January 21, 2010

life | day 21 - the busy bee

at work.
work seems to have taken a life of its own at the start of the year.  i guess losing one headcount and not having a ready replacement is a bummer.  i am very happy though because my staff left for all the right reasons.  its a gift though that my team accepted the challenge of temporarily covering the vacated role - all of us divided the pie, some more than the others.  i don't see us filling the position until the end of february so the next couple of months is going to be taxing.  still a bunch of projects that needs closure and there are three more contracts i need to review.  kaya 'yan.

in photography.
still working on photos from the multiple shoots i did before 2009 ended.  first shoot for the year was with a young businessman from davao i met via model mayhem.  i'm much more comfortable shooting by myself now.  its always easier when the model is easy to work with and so far i have been lucky with all the models i've worked with.  hopefully there will be more shoots this 2010 because photography, while tiring sometimes, is one good thing that keeps my head off work.  not to mention that i meet a lot of great people along the way.

on friends.
i am thankful i have really great friends.  and not just the kind you say hello once in a while.  while there are indeed those who masquerade as something else, i know who are those really worth keeping.  no bitterness here.  no more wasting time on the unworthy. harharhar.

on love.
one word - playtime.

on dreams.
still working on it.  one feels like its happening soon.  the other is getting frustrating.  i'm giving it until the end of the month and then i'm going to have to decide whether to push through with it or not.

January 04, 2010

life | day 4 - first day back

it was something i've been sort of dreading except that i knew two weeks of vacation will just pass by like it never happened.  i enjoyed the two-week vacation because i got to rest (ok, probably not a lot of rest), spend time with family and friends.  i did 3 consecutive shoots in 3 different locations with different people.  it was fun, but now i'm backed-up in post-processing hell by 4 more people.

first day at work meant i would need to deal with the problems temporarily shelved over the holidays.  i somehow wished they would magically disappear over the two-weeks hoping that would be santa's gift but i guess i haven't been good enough to deserve some magic this christmas.  oh well, one can dream, right?  today was a bit stressful and i had to show some teeth in a telecon (ok, that was an analogy) because i wanted to put somebody in their proper place.  the intention was good except that it didn't sound like they thought of it lengthily to begin with.  its one of the things i hope will change in the future, for people to have well-thought of plans.  until then, i have to just ... errr .... smile but show them we're no pushovers.
sorry, marunong din ako mag-ingles. harharhar.

i decided, against everything my body was telling me, to jog/walk around highstreet tonight.  i swear i felt like my heart was going to explode while i was running.  it was a good 30mins of jogging and walking, no rests in between.  i think i just need to keep this up to slowly condition my body to the torture.  willpower, i choose you.

no dinner tonight.  water. water. water. oh i forgot, i had a banana.  if all of these reduced eating doesn't work, i'm sorry pero BELO na.  harharhar.

life | day 4 - first day back

it was something i've been sort of dreading except that i knew two weeks of vacation will just pass by like it never happened. i enjoyed the two-week vacation because i got to rest (ok, probably not a lot of rest), spend time with family and friends. i did 3 consecutive shoots in 3 different locations with different people. it was fun, but now i'm backed-up in post-processing hell by 4 more people.

first day at work meant i would need to deal with the problems temporarily shelved over the holidays. i somehow wished they would magically disappear over the two-weeks hoping that would be santa's gift but i guess i haven't been good enough to deserve some magic this christmas. oh well, one can dream, right? today was a bit stressful and i had to show some teeth in a telecon (ok, that was an analogy) because i wanted to put somebody in their proper place. the intention was good except that it didn't sound like they thought of it lengthily to begin with. its one of the things i hope will change in the future, for people to have well-thought of plans. until then, i have to just ... errr .... smile but show them we're no pushovers.
sorry, marunong din ako mag-ingles. harharhar.

i decided, against everything my body was telling me, to jog/walk around highstreet tonight. i swear i felt like my heart was going to explode while i was running. it was a good 30mins of jogging and walking, no rests in between. i think i just need to keep this up to slowly condition my body to the torture. willpower, i choose you.

no dinner tonight. water. water. water. oh i forgot, i had a banana. if all of these reduced eating doesn't work, i'm sorry pero BELO na. harharhar.