Ageless... :D

Oh yes, I'm a year older. But that doesn't mean that I look old. As a matter of fact, people think 3-4 years younger. LOL. It's fun to make people guess your age. :P

Anyway, I celebrated my birthday last Wednesday with my family and godmother. We had dinner at Ä vénetto because I was craving for pizza and pasta (and I wanted to check out the place). I also saw Mei and Christine there. :)

Celebration with friends happened last Saturday, where we (me and Ivy) planned out how we can surprise Nikki because she's leaving soon. We finally settled on giving her a treasure box where each of us can give her one item that would remind her of the person and another item which reminds them of Nikki. I know it's corny but we were able to pull it off! Thanks to everyone who participated! :D (It's a bit hard to gather everyone.. but hey, I did my best. ^_^;)

We had dinner at... guess where? Ä vénetto, of course! I can't get enough of their food, yummy! :9 Although I think we should have ordered more? I wanted them to eat and eat until their tummies burst. :p



After dinner, we went to the rooftop where the fountain garden ended. Too bad it was raining and they couldn't see how pretty the place is. I love the fog effects though! Really cool! :D

We sat down at the food court after a while, thinking of what we were going to do next. Then they all suggested they go to our house for a sleepover. O.o; I called up my Mom, unfortunately my cousins were already staying for the night. So we all went to Chrissa's condo (which I really, really, really miss) and talked until it was already morning. I only had around 3 hours of sleep and when I got home, I quickly went to church. After church, I went back to my room and read Narnia book 5 (thanks to Ivy! :D) and finished it around 4pm. It was a good book. T_T

I was only able to sleep around 10pm because I had to arrange my things for school the next day. x_X

Oh well, not getting much sleep was worth it! I really enjoyed the quality time with my friends. ;)

HOME SWEET HOME.

A lot of things have happened these past few weeks. A lot of firsts too. Let me try to jot them down.

1. Went to my first training. It was very informative and surprising (we had exams before the training. O_o;).

2. Got my first assignment as an On-The-Job Trainee. Although it was a general topic and badly needed narrowing down, I tried hard to finish it with as much information as possible.

3. Got my very first paycheck, but I gave all of it to my parents... just because. ;)

4. My patience was definitely tested... a lot of times. Sometimes you just have to suck it up and smile. :)

5. Was able to play trial games (those with 1 hour limits)... unlimited number of times. :D

6. Shared a room with another girl with the same age.

7. Went to Laguna at 9pm and got to the boarding house around 12 midnight. I almost missed my stop! Well, okay so I missed my stop, but it was only two blocks away and I was so sleepy in the jeepney.

8. Got a big bump on the back of my head from sleeping in the ferry. Ouch! >.<

9. Talked to the boss of each department. And yes, I'm scared of one boss... Wah! T_T

10. Got to visit a (different) plant as an engineer. Hehehe... :D

11. Ate lunch at Umenoya! I had shrimp tempura... Yummy! :9

12. Shared my dinner with another guy... literally. We had our food split into two down to the side veggies. It was funny! XD

13. Got sick and still went to work. (I had coughs and colds... but I couldn't miss work! >.<)

14. Went parasailing... whee! :D

My faith in God was tested during the whole experience. There were a lot of times I wanted to quit because of various reasons but then I'll just pray and ask for strength. And true to his words, he gave me strength... and more. I received a lot of blessings and I'm so thankful for EVERYTHING.

The OJT was hard, but my colleagues, friends and family gave me the inspiration and encouragement I needed. My fellow trainees also made the experience fun as we shared funny moments during lunch time. :)

I'm not sure if the training is finished because my supervisor told me that he'll keep in touch to document the report I wasn't able to finish. (The test was going to be finished on JULY according to our Gantt chart.) But I'm so happy that I was able to complete the number of hours required. :)

On Tuesday, another sem is going to start. I'm finally graduating next year, yay! At first I was dreading this year because my close friends are no longer in school but I have to think positive. This is my opportunity to create new friends in school, right? ;)

I also hesitated in renewing my membership in ERG. I have a lot of things to finish and with a full load... I can only focus on a few things, ERG will probably fall in the last place on my priority list. :( So I talked with the TNA head so I could figure things out, and he pointed out why I should renew. :)

Things are falling into place and I couldn't be more thankful for my wonderful architect, God. ^_^