admittedly i just started reading this manga and i do have some background with the jargon but man, i would have loved to have been reading this during training. medical procedures, operations, the eye candy (must not forget that), all intertwined in the drama and powerplay in the medical profession. they might not have mcdreamy and the mcdreaminess of grey's but i think i like this better.
i've gotten to the end of yakitate! japan but of cours it's not finished yet. it veered towards fantasy as the series went on. i have to admit that i like the ending in the anime better as there was some resolution. i was perturbed in the manga regarding kawachi's reactions - he's tororo!
ack! it's time, have to go, will be back in a bit!
^_^
the thoughts in my head need releasing, and the world is a darker place because of it... beware the silence, my friends, for it breeds
Wednesday, March 31, 2010
Tuesday, March 30, 2010
oh dango dango
i made dango! sort of successful, seeing as i didn't grill it but overall it was yummy all the same.
i really should go to sleep and i will after this, promise.
i do have to uphold the promise to myself that i would be an online citizen once again. ergo, here i am blogging.
i think for my next culinary project, i will make hand-made noodles. not too sure how to go about it at the moment but i will do my research. i'm thinking, simple... udon?
seeing as i didn't have any interruptions at work, i have no -isms to share. sad.
but i do have an old one but from a different person. she said, "Person X will be doing something else starting today 16 March until end of April, for one month."
think about it.
^_^
i really should go to sleep and i will after this, promise.
i do have to uphold the promise to myself that i would be an online citizen once again. ergo, here i am blogging.
i think for my next culinary project, i will make hand-made noodles. not too sure how to go about it at the moment but i will do my research. i'm thinking, simple... udon?
seeing as i didn't have any interruptions at work, i have no -isms to share. sad.
but i do have an old one but from a different person. she said, "Person X will be doing something else starting today 16 March until end of April, for one month."
think about it.
^_^
Monday, March 29, 2010
work
i am seriously thinking about changing jobs... well, sort of.
i was reading this and it got me thinking, maybe i should give home-based a try. the pros are there and the main one is that i don't have to worry about outfits et al and transportation to go to the office (which has always been a bother to me ever since they told i had to look office-y, ergo no jeans except for fridays). i don't have to deal with that stupid person again, which again is a major pro in my book.
then again, the cons... you have to work for your pay. not that you don't do that when you go to the office but there's no set monthly amount for home-based subcons but i think i can handle that. i mean, i don't get that much of that work done in the office anyway because of other duties which frankly, these other duties are starting to scare the living daylights out of me whenever i think about it no matter how confident i am that i can do those other duties mainly because it means i have to deal with more people and there are times when i really really don't like people.
can you see where i'm going with this?
if not home-based, i'm in the market for going abroad for jobs that match my skill. i've found a few but they're to a not so safe place so i'm quite leery of that, considering also that i am female and those places are notorious for not really being nice to females at times. then again, there's always that risk when leaving your country to work in another.
which reminds me. i was reading through my plurk and an entry caught my attention, which led me to this article and i found myself laughing and wondering if i was ever that... idealistic when i graduated from university. it's amazing really, when you think about it. all your academic life -- gradeschool, highschool, college -- you're coddled and protected and then when you enter the REAL world -- not the real world c/o OJTs my friend -- you get a real SHOCK that dang, i didn't realise the big bad world can and will eat me up for breakfast and forget abouit my by lunch.
but there are questions in that article that i would like to answer:
1. What awaits you in the real world?
a lot of heartaches, triumphs come few and far between, but when you're lucky, there's a break to be had and you can be content. hard work.
2. Have you ever thought of leaving the country for greener pastures?
yes. there will always be that thought in my head. the call of the almight foreign currencies is loud.
3. What's your expected salary in your first job?
my first job paid 13K. my second job got a bit better and from then on i got promoted and thus got a higher paygrade which meant larger taxes to pay *sniffles*. i'm somewhat resigned to this higher taxes that go with the higher paygrade but that doesn't stop me from bi***ing about it.
4. Would you consider a job that is not related to your course?
yes. my course has nothing to do with what i'm doing now. if i was really selective and just looked for jobs related to my course, i'd be a pauper! not that my course in university is useless in the workforce, but it's in a field that i needs a bit more training (grad school) on to be more effective and that training usually doesn't pay a lot so if i wanted to pursue that (and believe me i want to) i need to save money, which means getting a job that is not necessarily in line with my course.
haha dire and preaching of doom? suck it up. it's for real.
in my reading of the article, mind you, they're all cum laude or magna cum laude graduates from a host of universities, my impression is that those from the more upscale universities have almost similar expectations, in that the workforce will welcom them with open arms and hefty salaries (unless of course, the workforce you are entering is your family business) while those from the not so upscale universities have a more realistic view in what they will be entering into.
i'm not dissing anyone, far from it. that was just my impression upon reading the article and their responses to the above questions. there is a fifth question, Why do you deserve your award?, but i can't answer that because i didn't graduate cum laude or magna cum laude. i just graduated!
^_^
i was reading this and it got me thinking, maybe i should give home-based a try. the pros are there and the main one is that i don't have to worry about outfits et al and transportation to go to the office (which has always been a bother to me ever since they told i had to look office-y, ergo no jeans except for fridays). i don't have to deal with that stupid person again, which again is a major pro in my book.
then again, the cons... you have to work for your pay. not that you don't do that when you go to the office but there's no set monthly amount for home-based subcons but i think i can handle that. i mean, i don't get that much of that work done in the office anyway because of other duties which frankly, these other duties are starting to scare the living daylights out of me whenever i think about it no matter how confident i am that i can do those other duties mainly because it means i have to deal with more people and there are times when i really really don't like people.
can you see where i'm going with this?
if not home-based, i'm in the market for going abroad for jobs that match my skill. i've found a few but they're to a not so safe place so i'm quite leery of that, considering also that i am female and those places are notorious for not really being nice to females at times. then again, there's always that risk when leaving your country to work in another.
which reminds me. i was reading through my plurk and an entry caught my attention, which led me to this article and i found myself laughing and wondering if i was ever that... idealistic when i graduated from university. it's amazing really, when you think about it. all your academic life -- gradeschool, highschool, college -- you're coddled and protected and then when you enter the REAL world -- not the real world c/o OJTs my friend -- you get a real SHOCK that dang, i didn't realise the big bad world can and will eat me up for breakfast and forget abouit my by lunch.
but there are questions in that article that i would like to answer:
1. What awaits you in the real world?
a lot of heartaches, triumphs come few and far between, but when you're lucky, there's a break to be had and you can be content. hard work.
2. Have you ever thought of leaving the country for greener pastures?
yes. there will always be that thought in my head. the call of the almight foreign currencies is loud.
3. What's your expected salary in your first job?
my first job paid 13K. my second job got a bit better and from then on i got promoted and thus got a higher paygrade which meant larger taxes to pay *sniffles*. i'm somewhat resigned to this higher taxes that go with the higher paygrade but that doesn't stop me from bi***ing about it.
4. Would you consider a job that is not related to your course?
yes. my course has nothing to do with what i'm doing now. if i was really selective and just looked for jobs related to my course, i'd be a pauper! not that my course in university is useless in the workforce, but it's in a field that i needs a bit more training (grad school) on to be more effective and that training usually doesn't pay a lot so if i wanted to pursue that (and believe me i want to) i need to save money, which means getting a job that is not necessarily in line with my course.
haha dire and preaching of doom? suck it up. it's for real.
in my reading of the article, mind you, they're all cum laude or magna cum laude graduates from a host of universities, my impression is that those from the more upscale universities have almost similar expectations, in that the workforce will welcom them with open arms and hefty salaries (unless of course, the workforce you are entering is your family business) while those from the not so upscale universities have a more realistic view in what they will be entering into.
i'm not dissing anyone, far from it. that was just my impression upon reading the article and their responses to the above questions. there is a fifth question, Why do you deserve your award?, but i can't answer that because i didn't graduate cum laude or magna cum laude. i just graduated!
^_^
Sunday, March 28, 2010
weekend vs wick-end
i just remembered a friend's comment on a local commercial, if one of the actors in the commercial said "wick-end" in place of "weekend" and i've been trying to say both words out loud and now i can't distinguish which is which haha
seriously though, from what i can hear from myself, "wick-end" has a slightly longer pause in between syllables compared to "weekend" which I usually say as almost one word.
oh yeah, i wrote a haiku(-wannabe) for my boss's newborn son and it goes like this:
as day grows to light
hark! a cry through the heavens
a new baby boy
i don't know if it's any good since this is the first time in a long while that i've written any poetry. i do have poetry though but they're all dark and angsty. it used to be up in my site in yahoo but that site's already down. which reminds me, i have to see if i still have the wherewithal to maintain a site for my stuff -- stories, poetry, pictures, drawings, fanfics. that sort of thing, the last site i had, i got bored with the maintenance and the upgrading and i found i didn't have time to produce more work (naks! as if!)
and that was when i didn't have a full-time job! now that i am part of the workforce... see where this is going?
then again, time management is an important aspect of being in the workforce and as such should be utilised for this endeavor. hah! if and when i can have inspiration to do it. as it is i can't even finish Illusion and i have a number of revisions i have to get done. but then again i get hit with tamari-its and poof, nothing gets done... aside from sleeping and reading manga online hehehe
i think i need to find actual friends, as opposed to the virtual relationship i have with the computer et al, but at the same time i have to maintain a virtual presence so i won't be too bored and destructive *evil* problem is... i don't get along that well with many people and the ones that i do get along with are not here at the moment. making new friends is a bothersome thing. i can't rightly hang out with the people at work as hey, that's work and hanging out with them would be too much time already spent with them seeing as we work together already and my team... i'm their supervisor so that can get awkward, as they can't really hang out with me and let loose since "i'm the boss" and i don't really want to hamper their enjoyment of time spent with each other. at the same time i can't really let loose with them as well as "i'm the boss" and i might loose their respect.
so that leaves who?
you?
^_^
seriously though, from what i can hear from myself, "wick-end" has a slightly longer pause in between syllables compared to "weekend" which I usually say as almost one word.
oh yeah, i wrote a haiku(-wannabe) for my boss's newborn son and it goes like this:
as day grows to light
hark! a cry through the heavens
a new baby boy
i don't know if it's any good since this is the first time in a long while that i've written any poetry. i do have poetry though but they're all dark and angsty. it used to be up in my site in yahoo but that site's already down. which reminds me, i have to see if i still have the wherewithal to maintain a site for my stuff -- stories, poetry, pictures, drawings, fanfics. that sort of thing, the last site i had, i got bored with the maintenance and the upgrading and i found i didn't have time to produce more work (naks! as if!)
and that was when i didn't have a full-time job! now that i am part of the workforce... see where this is going?
then again, time management is an important aspect of being in the workforce and as such should be utilised for this endeavor. hah! if and when i can have inspiration to do it. as it is i can't even finish Illusion and i have a number of revisions i have to get done. but then again i get hit with tamari-its and poof, nothing gets done... aside from sleeping and reading manga online hehehe
i think i need to find actual friends, as opposed to the virtual relationship i have with the computer et al, but at the same time i have to maintain a virtual presence so i won't be too bored and destructive *evil* problem is... i don't get along that well with many people and the ones that i do get along with are not here at the moment. making new friends is a bothersome thing. i can't rightly hang out with the people at work as hey, that's work and hanging out with them would be too much time already spent with them seeing as we work together already and my team... i'm their supervisor so that can get awkward, as they can't really hang out with me and let loose since "i'm the boss" and i don't really want to hamper their enjoyment of time spent with each other. at the same time i can't really let loose with them as well as "i'm the boss" and i might loose their respect.
so that leaves who?
you?
^_^
Saturday, March 27, 2010
sorry to the ants
is it too elitist to say that i cannot truly and honestly fathom how someone with the IQ of an ant continue to survive and let alone be a functioning member of society?
then again i really should apologise to the ants, as they more often than not, exhibit a lot more sense than this person.
there goes my firm belief in myself that i was a patient and understanding person because honestly, i really wanted to scream that time. just scream and scream and scream. it's really frustrating when you believe that people have brains and OMG they use their brains too! and then discover that yes they may have brains but they're a malfunctioning piece of trash.
how hard is it to understand this instruction: when you check your work against the final transcript and you see errors, please report this to the shift supervisor or the production manager.
what would you do? how do you understand this?
honestly, i want your views.
but let me tell you what she did. for every single one error she saw in a single transcript, she would tell me the error. just the error. and then say, just for confirmation, shouldn't this be like this and like that?
*screams*
and then she tells me, sorry but as i told you before, i have trouble understanding instructions...
*screams*
then what the hell are you doing working in a job that necessitates (strict) compliance with given instructions? for crying out loud!
i think i'll post a note to myself: "all instructions in step by step single syllable (if possible) simple words (Kinder level) only please." so i won't forget that i have an idiot in my team.
i need to de-stress. screaming hurts my throat but shopping hurts my wallet and at this point in time i can't really afford to hurt my wallet, so i guess it's time to grab a pillow and just scream.
*screams*
then again i really should apologise to the ants, as they more often than not, exhibit a lot more sense than this person.
there goes my firm belief in myself that i was a patient and understanding person because honestly, i really wanted to scream that time. just scream and scream and scream. it's really frustrating when you believe that people have brains and OMG they use their brains too! and then discover that yes they may have brains but they're a malfunctioning piece of trash.
how hard is it to understand this instruction: when you check your work against the final transcript and you see errors, please report this to the shift supervisor or the production manager.
what would you do? how do you understand this?
honestly, i want your views.
but let me tell you what she did. for every single one error she saw in a single transcript, she would tell me the error. just the error. and then say, just for confirmation, shouldn't this be like this and like that?
*screams*
and then she tells me, sorry but as i told you before, i have trouble understanding instructions...
*screams*
then what the hell are you doing working in a job that necessitates (strict) compliance with given instructions? for crying out loud!
i think i'll post a note to myself: "all instructions in step by step single syllable (if possible) simple words (Kinder level) only please." so i won't forget that i have an idiot in my team.
i need to de-stress. screaming hurts my throat but shopping hurts my wallet and at this point in time i can't really afford to hurt my wallet, so i guess it's time to grab a pillow and just scream.
*screams*
Friday, March 26, 2010
the month of ah
reading blogs... and thinking about what to write, cos honestly, what do i write about that could possibly be as interesting as say, those adorable celebrity babies? weird? yes it is. so what do i do? i tweak the settings of my blog, just a touch, nothing too dramatic.
see, i really have to have a goal. i can't just ramble on about whatever comes to mind, because let's face it, i want this blog to be coherent enough that everyone can understand it, assuming that there are of course, people who are reading this!
*crickets*
yep, as i thought.
must advertise! read me, read my blog! topics are all over the place!
excet for religion and politics.
i've always been told that those two are the big NO-NOs of topics, unless of course you're participating in a religious or political debate with learned members of the community that won't all of sudden pull out weapons of mass destruction -- or just a teeny tiny weapon of you-only destruction -- and then they're acceptable topics.
then of course there's the song My Way (by Frank Sinatra) that, if you're ever in a karaoke or videoke bar (why are you there anyway), you must not sing... badly. i've heard of people coming to blows and even people getting seriously hurt because of this, the other singer sang it badly, etc etc etc. fortunately for me, i don't sing in public places *evil* much ^_^ but i do know the song because my father knew this song. he used to sing that in the mornings and sometimes in the afternoons when he's not doing anything, and yes with the mic and swelling music in the background. he was kinda good too.
what i do sing -- in the privacy of my room or in the privacy of my personal space ^_^ -- are usually japanese songs interspersed with korean and english songs. here's the j-rock/pop girl emerging... dude, like she was ever refused entry into the real world, come on.
the funny thing about this though is that sometimes i can follow the japanese and korean songs better when i sing along to the songs than when english songs are playing.
SLAINTE baby!
see, i really have to have a goal. i can't just ramble on about whatever comes to mind, because let's face it, i want this blog to be coherent enough that everyone can understand it, assuming that there are of course, people who are reading this!
*crickets*
yep, as i thought.
must advertise! read me, read my blog! topics are all over the place!
excet for religion and politics.
i've always been told that those two are the big NO-NOs of topics, unless of course you're participating in a religious or political debate with learned members of the community that won't all of sudden pull out weapons of mass destruction -- or just a teeny tiny weapon of you-only destruction -- and then they're acceptable topics.
then of course there's the song My Way (by Frank Sinatra) that, if you're ever in a karaoke or videoke bar (why are you there anyway), you must not sing... badly. i've heard of people coming to blows and even people getting seriously hurt because of this, the other singer sang it badly, etc etc etc. fortunately for me, i don't sing in public places *evil* much ^_^ but i do know the song because my father knew this song. he used to sing that in the mornings and sometimes in the afternoons when he's not doing anything, and yes with the mic and swelling music in the background. he was kinda good too.
what i do sing -- in the privacy of my room or in the privacy of my personal space ^_^ -- are usually japanese songs interspersed with korean and english songs. here's the j-rock/pop girl emerging... dude, like she was ever refused entry into the real world, come on.
the funny thing about this though is that sometimes i can follow the japanese and korean songs better when i sing along to the songs than when english songs are playing.
SLAINTE baby!
Thursday, March 25, 2010
so bad of me but i can't help it
is it so bad, really, to collate and collect all the random stupidity that i encounter every day? be it at work, on the road, at home, we all encounter those scratch-your-head-clear-your-ears-are-they-for-real moments that ack really should be common sense but then the people who do them apparently have no sense at all?
i've been victim of this for a long, long, long time now and after that long, long, long time, i've finally come to the point that i just have to laugh it off and not get pissed at it anymore, cos really, if they haven't developed common sense before i met them, during their formative years, what hope do i have that they'll suddenly develop common sense? really, sometimes, i just want to bash their heads in and "for crying out loud, the answer to your question is in the question itself, why can't you see it?!"
i admit, i'm a late bloomer in being understanding and patient in this instance, but i'd like to believe that i am patient and understanding now with this and that i am a patient and understanding person overall.
though admittedly, to have a collection of such, i must remember to WRITE THEM DOWN somewhere and then transfer them to a document of sorts haha ^_^ it's almost instinctive for me to delete st**** questions ASAP but i will make an effort to remember those past encounters and collate them and then who knows, maybe make a book out of it! now ain't that a grand idea?
i've been victim of this for a long, long, long time now and after that long, long, long time, i've finally come to the point that i just have to laugh it off and not get pissed at it anymore, cos really, if they haven't developed common sense before i met them, during their formative years, what hope do i have that they'll suddenly develop common sense? really, sometimes, i just want to bash their heads in and "for crying out loud, the answer to your question is in the question itself, why can't you see it?!"
i admit, i'm a late bloomer in being understanding and patient in this instance, but i'd like to believe that i am patient and understanding now with this and that i am a patient and understanding person overall.
though admittedly, to have a collection of such, i must remember to WRITE THEM DOWN somewhere and then transfer them to a document of sorts haha ^_^ it's almost instinctive for me to delete st**** questions ASAP but i will make an effort to remember those past encounters and collate them and then who knows, maybe make a book out of it! now ain't that a grand idea?
Wednesday, March 24, 2010
i am alive! sort of
OMFG it's been almost a year since I last blogged! HAHA i guess that just means i'm either having a very uninteresting run in life or i'm just lazy.
i vote for the latter, personally.
it's summer again! and thus, my birthday is near! i want gifts! cheques will do nicely too ^_^ totally merciless.
work is... well, i would say frenetic, and let's leave it at that. the whole thing would need a whole other post to explain.
on another note, my nephew is going to compete in an archery tournament *yay!* and i get to attend haha and it's in Cebu, so it's going to be my first time to go there. which i am really excited about. i'm going to do a bit of research on places to visit and places to eat! very important! and omg i have to get my camera fixed. actually my brother's camera that he lent me when i went to HK - a long time ago - and that camera actually won't work in high altitude places, which sucks, coz it's be stuck in video mode when i want to take pictures and stuck on camera mode when i want to take videos! then again i can just go with what i have ne? and use it as is, which i can do! solution!
am currently reading Yakitate!! Japan. the anime's already finished, i know, but it's way different reading the manga as compared to watching the anime. this is of course so i don't get bored waiting for the latest Bleach and Naruto to come out! hahah and yes i've managed to catch up with the lates Bleach chapter and i am totally loving Byakuya and Ukitake ^_^ kakkoii!! ergo, i'm on the hunt for Bleach episodes!
book-wise, i need to finish the Labor Code of the Philippines ^_^
ciao!
and i promise, like my plurk, i will endeavor for a daily blog and post!
i vote for the latter, personally.
it's summer again! and thus, my birthday is near! i want gifts! cheques will do nicely too ^_^ totally merciless.
work is... well, i would say frenetic, and let's leave it at that. the whole thing would need a whole other post to explain.
on another note, my nephew is going to compete in an archery tournament *yay!* and i get to attend haha and it's in Cebu, so it's going to be my first time to go there. which i am really excited about. i'm going to do a bit of research on places to visit and places to eat! very important! and omg i have to get my camera fixed. actually my brother's camera that he lent me when i went to HK - a long time ago - and that camera actually won't work in high altitude places, which sucks, coz it's be stuck in video mode when i want to take pictures and stuck on camera mode when i want to take videos! then again i can just go with what i have ne? and use it as is, which i can do! solution!
am currently reading Yakitate!! Japan. the anime's already finished, i know, but it's way different reading the manga as compared to watching the anime. this is of course so i don't get bored waiting for the latest Bleach and Naruto to come out! hahah and yes i've managed to catch up with the lates Bleach chapter and i am totally loving Byakuya and Ukitake ^_^ kakkoii!! ergo, i'm on the hunt for Bleach episodes!
book-wise, i need to finish the Labor Code of the Philippines ^_^
ciao!
and i promise, like my plurk, i will endeavor for a daily blog and post!