2007_07_01_archive

Got A Tattoo

Things I've done so far in the first 4 days of my 2-week vacation:

1. Had dinner at National Sports Grill at Greenbelt, and ordered my

favorite burger so far anywhere in the country - their San Francisco

Burger. Ayus! And this was on the night of my last day at company A2.

Haha! This was sort of a mini-celebration I guess.

2. Gone to The Spa for a peppermint foot scrub and foot massage and

the all-time favorite swedish massage. (No. There was no extra service

provided. Dang! Haha! Not that The Spa offers that kind of service.

Not that I know of at least.)

3. Bought the latest (and the last) book in the Harry Potter series,

on the first day it was officially released. I've finished reading all

700+ pages in 4 days. Not a mean feat by any standard. There were too

many interruptions! Hehe.

4. Got myself a wicked tattoo. Finally. I've wanted to get one for the

longest time in years. And finally, I can now check this off my list

of things to do before I die. Some people still can't believe I

actually did it. Some are even asking for a photo with my face in the

picture so that they're 100% sure I'm not just pulling their chain!

Hahaha! It really must be so out of character for me based on how most

people know me. Anyway, I've posted the picture here that I took one

day after I got the tattoo. You can't see my face but I assure you,

that is me in the photo, and that is my arm. And by the way, that

ain't a dragon painted on my arm. If you look closely, it's really a

lion. ;-)

5. Other plans in the next couple of days? Get a haircut. Go to that

new Ayala mall - Trinoma. And maybe go someplace outside of Manila for

a couple of days. Let's see what happens.

Posted by jrv at 2:00 AM 1 comments

Long Break

Whew! That really was a long break. My last blog post had been way

back in November of 2006! And it's already nearly the end of July

2007! Time really flies when you're working your ass off for a

consulting company, doing mostly implementation work. My excuse for

not having blogged in the past 8 months or so, is simply and literally

- I did not have any more time! Maybe I did on some days, but it's

likely I was either too exhausted from the day's work and from

thinking about the work that still had to be done, and on some days I

was glued to my laptop watching seasons 1 and 2 of Prisonbreak, season

1 of Heroes, and seasons 1-3 of Entourage. Season 4 of Entourage has

finally started in the US so I get to watch a new episode every week

;-) The new seasons of Heroes and Prisonbreak are set to start in the

fall, sometime in September I think. Can't wait for those two to

start!

Anyway, back to using work as an excuse for not having the time to

blog. I'm sort of trying to restart my blogging mojo since I think I

will have the time now to do this again. See, I'm moving out of

consulting work (again) and am currently in-between jobs once again.

Long story. Yeah. But just wanted to write that I'm rejoining my

previous company (company C). After nearly a year (11 mos. and 20

days) doing consulting work with company A2, I've decided that it's

really too exhausting to be doing (leading) implementation projects

and so have been enticed once more to rejoin my previous employer

doing mainly production support work. At least I think that's what I'm

going to be doing. We'll see what happens. Hopefully, the stress

levels this time will be kept at a minimum or there will be none at

all. Mind you, this is only ONE of the reasons I've decided to rejoin

company C. As for the other, equally important reasons for leaving

company A2, well... maybe I'll write about it some other time.