Marathon

I went to Siem Reap over the weekend to watch the Angkor Wat International Half Marathon (AWHM). It is the 14th installment this year and draws quite a number of people. I went with my good friend Yuka Kato who's visiting me from SG.

My friend and former colleague Nick ran for his org, Globalteer. He did it in 1 hr and 20 mins and 12 sec. I talked to him for about 10mins after the run then Yuka and I went back downtown and got ready to go back to PP. Weekend spent quite well.

That was the first time I watched a marathon. Lingaw man diay. I have a Dutch friend who runs but I never really watched his runs, even once. The AWHM has a 3K Fun Run category. If I'd still be here in Cambodia by next year, I wanna try it. There were students from ISPP running this year with their teachers. That was really nice...

Meant to Be Here

I know that I'm meant to be here in PP again this time. Coz the Lord is taking care of everything!! Kapoy lng to go through it but I'm sure if He brings us to it, He'll bring us through it too.

Happy weekend everyone!!

Sihanoukville 2009

After a year and a half, I am back in Sihanoukville for a holiday. There are some changes, specif. in Ocheutteal beach but I had a better time than last year. Enjoy kaau mi ligo dagat yesterday. Nag-banana boat pa mi today. I plan to go back to PP tomorrow.

Till next time Kampong Som!!

Signs

All signs point me back to PP naman so far. So I keep hoping...

It's totally different to when I wanted to leave for DLSU. La gud koy kwarta pang-allowance then. When la na ko pasakya sa eroplano kay late na daw ko nicheck in, la na koy mahimo.

Ikaw na bahala tanan Lord. Amen.

Return

I just emailed my coordinator in PP. I now want to return there. I have to do this, I have a house to pay e.

I might stay there for good. I hope in future I can find a better job. I pray for God's blessings always.

Have a nice weekend everyone! :)

Moving On

"Stop being sad, Signora" --from the movie "Under the Tuscan Sun" starring Diane Lane. True, because it is a wonderful world out there. "As soon as my heart stops breaking Anticipating As soon as forever is through I'll be over you"

Academic

Last Sunday, I bumped into Academic Forward Thinking Inc. I applied as In House Researcher/Writer. Good luck to me!

Kalurong2 pa ko as of the moment. Coz one week na man ko lay klaro tulog. Napay Philam ako gibuhat. Hahay, di jud cguro ko para aning night work. I'll find something new. God bless me. Amen!

CWF Friends

Neville --He once called me a crazy Filipina. But he calls me Princess too and Angel. He's such an amusing chap. Last week we had a very interesting chat on the YM. It involved Khalil Gibran's The Prophet and the Bhagavad Gita :)

Today he sent me email that he met a person in Vietnam who could possibly give me an opportunity to better my career. I emailed the person alrdy. Any channel is always good!

Joseph --He said on FB that he found a job and will be moving. Wished him all the best and told him to keep in touch.

Aliw kaau the friends I made with my volunteering stint at CWF last year. God bless us all!

You by Basil Valdez

You give me hope
The strength, the will to keep on
No one else can make me feel this way
And only you
Can bring out all the best I can do
I believe you turn the tide
And make me feel real good inside
You pushed me up
When I'm about to give up
You're on my side when no one seems to listen
And if you go
You know the tears can't help but show
You break this heart and tear it apart
And suddenly the madness starts

Chorus:

It's your smile
Your face, your lips that I'd miss
Those sweet little eyes
That stare at me and make me say
I'm with you through all the way
Coz it's you
Who fills the emptiness in me
It changes everything you see
When I know I've got you
With me

Ayusin

True, ayusin ko muna buhay ko before I can think of anything else. I keep the faith, God will continue to bless me, I won't have to worry a thing.

Have a nice week everyone! :)

What a Week!

Yes indeed. This was one tough week. At the start of the week, I found myself alone again coz my cousin went to Manila for the Bar Exam. Then I received email from UEA telling me that my application for the studentship was not successful. I tried to finish my TESOL course online. I still had 3 modules to go.

But lo and behold, during Saturday lunchtime, I received a call from Sykes in Mabolo. They asked me to come for the exam. Then I went through the HR Interview and the Final Interview. I was hired!

We were supposed to start last Monday, 31 August with a training first, 2-10pm. But when I saw the compensation package from the contract, I knew it wasn't for me.

I finished my TESOL on Monday, 31 August and I'm now seriously looking for a job.

I signed up to soooooo many job sites. I'm confident I could find that new stable work soon. I keep the faith! :)

2009

2009 has passed so I wanna assess how my year went.

Actually I wanna say that it is 4yrs after I went to NUS. I was having a very hard time then. But I met very nice friends there and they kept me going. I had an Indian and a Filipino circle of friends in SG coz my 2 flatmates were from India.

Anyway, at the start of 2009, I went to Legazpi City, to work in Fr Jovic's NGO. I only lasted 4months then. Umuwi rin ako ng Cebu. I stayed there for a while. Akoy kusinera ni Dondon who was reviewing for the bar exams. I was asked to interview diay in DLSU but I didn't go in the end. Then in early October I asked my coordinator in Western if I could go back. She eventually said yes so I came back to Phnom Penh in October 2009.

I spent my Christmas holiday in PP. My sister and I were busy man pud with our charity event, Ex Dono so la kaau nako mafeel that I missed the Christmas spirit this year.

That was how my year went. I survived it! And I'm still in PP!

Filipino Mafia

Hay naku, istoryahan n lng namo Filipino mafia at Western. Saun!

Di daw sya matinag with ex-nun videoke singers. My God, how would he describe me if it comes to that? Makes me really think. Hard.

Good luck to us. See you soon.