Straight from Milky Way

I’m leaving this place in a few days. I’m pretty...

Mon, 19 Mar 2012 01:36:14 -0400

I’m leaving this place in a few days. I’m pretty sure I’m coming back in no time, but I still feel sad about leaving. NY and NJ have both been my comfort zones away from home. I loved it here!

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Thank you for the wonderful memories with the most awesome people! I shall see you again soon! :)

Today’s the start of a good life! I’m officially...

Fri, 02 Mar 2012 01:33:43 -0500

Today’s the start of a good life! I’m officially done with work. At the moment, all I can think of is how to spend my bum days. I’ve worked my ass off here in America, and I deserve an awesome break!

I am giving myself up until after my birthday to decide what I really wanna do. I’ve too much plans in mind— go back to school and take masters, venture into a new career path, or continue to pursue what I’ve started.

I am very grateful because God has been really good to me. Life has given me a lot of options! And all that’s left for me to do is to decide wisely.

Lets see how everything goes. I am excited to discover what life’s in store for me!

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Life is great— Can’t complain! :)

And though I still don’t get to appreciate Florida that...

Sat, 04 Feb 2012 01:32:00 -0500

And though I still don’t get to appreciate Florida that much, there are few things that I love about being here. One of them is being with these boys!

I was literally pulled out of my bed to go out last night. I wasn’t really feeling that well cause of cough and colds due to the sudden weather change and my workload.

Glad I was able to push myself to go out, I had fun!

Last few days in Florida before I head back to New York/Jersey.

Picture taken at Hard Rock Hotel & Casino, Hollywood, FL

I wouldn’t be ashamed of telling the world that I was...

Tue, 17 Jan 2012 09:59:58 -0500

I wouldn’t be ashamed of telling the world that I was crying in the cinema while watching Toy Story 3. It’s my cartoon—and Toy Story will always be a big part of me!

Picture taken at Downtown Disney, Orlando, Florida

My 3 days sweet escape to Orlando— exactly what I needed...

Mon, 16 Jan 2012 21:09:35 -0500

My 3 days sweet escape to Orlando— exactly what I needed at the moment. It feels so great seeing Karen, KC and Rob again, “my so-called family” in Jersey! And that just made me so excited to go back up North and spend some more time with them before I go back to PI.

Never too late for Christmas—my 6th and final lens for...

Thu, 29 Dec 2011 11:01:12 -0500

Never too late for Christmas—my 6th and final lens for 2011! Welcome home, baby!

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This coming 2012, I hope to travel more, shoot more, and start my own travel/photoblog!

It’s been almost 2 months since I moved here in Florida! A...

Mon, 26 Dec 2011 23:20:04 -0500

It’s been almost 2 months since I moved here in Florida! A lot already happened, and opportunities came from left to right. I would love to share everything to you, but I was just too overwhelmed with the turn of events.

Life is awesome—that sums up everything at the moment.

Belated Merry Christmas, folks! Hope you had a good one! :)

Yesterday, my friends and I went pumpkin and apple picking! We...

Tue, 18 Oct 2011 14:44:37 -0400

Yesterday, my friends and I went pumpkin and apple picking! We carved our own pumpkins after. All my first and it’s really an awesome experience— would love to do that again! :)

…and yeah, we’re almost ready for Halloween!

Been enjoying New York City lately… Well, yeah, it took me...

Thu, 29 Sep 2011 20:14:00 -0400

Been enjoying New York City lately… Well, yeah, it took me a little while before I learned to appreciate the big apple’s beauty.

I hope I could share with all of you the amazing views I’ve seen. I’ll try to post more pictures soon! :)

Washington DC

Sun, 28 Aug 2011 17:52:00 -0400

I know nothing else about Washington DC aside from the White House— that is the sole reason why I wanted to go to DC. I never knew that there’s a lot to see in there, so I thought that a day trip would be more than enough to see its best. But I’m wrong— there’s absolutely a lot more for the second most visited state in the US. Living 10mins away from the top destination in US (New York), it feels good I was able to set my foot in DC.

After Anna (my co-worker) and I went to Six Flags Great Adventure, we talked about where to go next. And she mentioned about her wanting to go to Washington, and since I also wanted to take a picture in front of the White House, I agreed to go there with her.

Originally, we planned to ride the Amtrak which would bring us to Washington in 5hours. We checked their website, it’s quite expensive for a 5hour ride costing a one-way ticket around 100usd or more depending upon your time of travel. And then I found out about the 6hour bus ride which would only cost around 50usd for a two-way trip. We decided to just take the bus.But when I was about to book our ticket, Ace (another co-worker) told me that he and his wife are also planning to go there to meet up with his cousin. So we could just go with them and chip in with the gas expenses. We all thought that it’s gonna be more practical and way comfortable so we scratched our supposed to be very tiring trip and waited for another week to get to DC. Well, I guess it’s way more practical and comfortable.

We left New Jersey around 3am, we had a stop somewhere to grab breakfast. We arrived in DC before 10am. We stayed a little while in his cousin’s apartment and headed to the penn station by noon. We had lunch and off we start. We opted to do the bus tour, it was freakin’ hot that day so the all the bus tour operators would shut down operation by 5pm. For 5 hours, I’m more than happy that we were able to go to the top attractions.

We had dinner at a Chinese Restaurant and headed back home around 10pm. Arrived home safe before 3am.

If I would be given another chance to go back in there, I definitely would! And probably, I would push through for a 2 or 3night stay!

Here are some of the pics during the trip:

Penn Station

Where to go essentials

All set!

Capitol Hill

Lincoln Memorial

White House

The Gang

The best cupcake in the whole world are from here! Just saying.

Washington Traffic

I am stuck here at home because of the hurricane, Irene. No work...

Sun, 28 Aug 2011 15:27:15 -0400

I am stuck here at home because of the hurricane, Irene. No work and nowhere else to go. It wasn’t as bad as the news tries to show the world. Not atleast, here in our place. New York, on the other hand, was hit but not as hard as we expected. All is well, as of the moment.

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This is my first attempt to edit a photo, quite impressed with the outcome. Now, I’m gonna sign up at Flickr and start sharing pictures in a few. I’m glad that the photo and travel enthusiast in me has been awake now. I wish I could update my social networking sites once in a while. It would be lovely to share to you guys my photo encounters in places I’ve been to.

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I miss everyone! I’ll be back very soon— with all the stories and photos to share!

Have a good one, guys! :)

Meet my new baby— Mooki! I named it after what my...

Wed, 17 Aug 2011 20:28:15 -0400

Meet my new baby— Mooki! I named it after what my co-workers call me here. I don’t know where they got the name from, but they just love calling me that way. It makes sense anyway since I bought this through the money I earned from here.

They believe I am too crazy for spending so much for this. I don’t care. I know this is worth every buck I paid for— nothing would compensate to the memories this baby will capture in the future :)

It’s been a while! Been busy with work for the past months...

Tue, 09 Aug 2011 17:24:06 -0400

It’s been a while! Been busy with work for the past months where wake up-work-sleep routine works best. Summer came, my working hours was cut and started going out and partying hard— it’s not the same as with home but it’s fun! Got drunk and wasted a couple of times and wished I was home to laugh my ass off with family and friends. I still miss home, by the way.

I went places too, I will try to blog about them in my next posts.

No significant changes at all, still the same old stuff. Except that I got a short hair now, which I believe will grow fast. In a few months, I’m gonna say hello to long hair again.

Photo

Mon, 18 Jul 2011 08:07:05 -0400

Enjoying my break from work at the US Capital—WASHINGTON...

Wed, 13 Jul 2011 12:28:00 -0400

Enjoying my break from work at the US Capital—WASHINGTON DC :)

I miss her, and everything we used to do together. I wanna be...

Sun, 10 Jul 2011 20:49:36 -0400

I miss her, and everything we used to do together. I wanna be home soon and spend time with her again! :)

Fireworks display at Belleville, NJ in celebration of...

Tue, 05 Jul 2011 16:17:18 -0400

Fireworks display at Belleville, NJ in celebration of USA’s Independence Day

After a long day, it feels very rewarding to get this!...

Fri, 01 Jul 2011 23:03:17 -0400

After a long day, it feels very rewarding to get this! Everything paid off. This means more to me than what my boss or my co-workers would say about my work performance— because this is from someone who experienced my service firsthand.

Thank you Lord for another blessed year! :)

Thu, 09 Jun 2011 21:03:42 -0400

Thank you Lord for another blessed year! :)

Holy Week

Tue, 26 Apr 2011 22:51:00 -0400

What seems like the worst week ever, turned out to be a great week.

A week prior to Holy week, I already know that I would not have even a single day off. This is America— All work, No Holiday/s. What added to my sadness is the fact that it’s my first Holy week away from my loved ones. I am proud to say that I have a family who knows the very essence of the season. And this year, I wasn’t able to do my part and I missed a lot of “what should have been.”

Palm Sunday. I was able to hear the Mass. I took the courage to ask for my boss’ permission to release me early that day to be able to go to Church. And she allowed me to clock out early. Ever since I came here, I’ve been itching to hear the Mass. Finally!

I feel refreshed and renewed. Nothing beats the feeling when you are able to cry your heart out, when you know you are able to say everything you want to say even without saying aloud a single word, when you are able to honestly admit your faults and mistakes without the feeling of being judged, and all. It is only in this kind of conversation and it is only with Him that I feel very comfortable to open everything up. I mean, we have this constant conversation everyday but the feeling of being in His home is way better.

I am grateful that He helped me all throughout the week. The Country Club couldn’t be busier than Holy week. With a lot of people coming in every minute, I don’t know how I was able to survive. I worked double the time I used to work, literally. I go home and sleep. Wake up, and go to work. I don’t even know where all the energy came from, but I’m glad I was able to survive the week.

We had some sort of wine contest where everyone should sell the wine special of the week. Whoever gets the highest number of sales wins 2 movie tickets or a gift card. Being the non-sales/marketing me, I was never excited about it. I didn’t even bother to really “sell,” I just ask all the guest if they would like to try the wine special and all, and that’s it. Well, at least, I did my part. I tried to sell, and if they don’t want it, I would not insist.

Easter Sunday. There were a lot of people. I don’t know how we were able to fit in 400+ guest in a room with 180 room occupancy. It was a very crazy day, but everything went well.

At the end of the day, the big boss gathered all the employees and gave us Easter presents. And she announced that I won the contest. And what made my boss really proud of what I did is the fact that I’m triple away from the second placer’s sales. I was shocked. Really. I never expected it. I couldn’t explain the feeling during that moment. Priceless, very priceless.

The gift card means nothing to me. I am grateful because God made me feel that there are still a lot of things that I am capable of doing. All my life, I thought I could never be into Sales/Marketing, and I’ve degraded myself when it comes to anything related to it, because I know I really can’t. But I’m wrong.

He used the Holy week to make me realize a lot of things— spiritual, personal, professional. I was able to ponder deeply despite the week-long rush.

I took home the biggest chocolate bunny! Look at how happy I am.

Too much sweets? Life couldn’t get any sweeter than this!