Entries for August, 2008
August 9th, 2008
Clarify
You'd think she's a liar
You wonder why she doesn't tell it like it is
You begin to distrust her with her own words
But still you find ways that she is reliable
No, she's not hiding skeletons in her closet
She isn't keeping dreadful things about her from you
She's just like that: quiet and reserved
Avoiding questions needless to be brought up
Some lies are told not to mislead
But to avoid needless explaining
Some stories distorted not to deceive
But to simply cut the story short
At the end of the day, she muses
"If they only knew what's really going on,
They'd only disappoint themselves
From worrying to death over nothing."
I'm just sorry I can't explain things myself.
A self-seeking question: what are your strengths and weaknesses?
Some self-assuring, professional-level answers:
My strengths include being patient, open-minded, determined and disciplined. I am patient in a way that I could maximize my waiting time. For example, in commuting to places two- to five-hours far from my destination, I sleep during the trip to recover the 8-hour sleeping time I might have missed during the week. Another example is preparing an AVP for an activity: I don't just sit and wait for the program to load or execute a command or save a big file. While it does its task, I set up and check all the equipments I'll be needing for that activity: sounds, projector, lights, etc.
I am open-minded in terms of my willingness to learn. If there are skills required of me to accomplish a certain task, I work on them not just to do what needs to be done, but to produce excellent results, and use the same skills in other dealings. For example, I am willing to be a good persuader just so I could talk my way into good sales and productive leadership.
For me, determination and discipline work hand in hand. I am disciplined enough to answer the needs of a task given to me, but more than that I am determined to excel in accomplishing that task. An example would be in academics: I am disciplined enough to study my lessons ahead of time, and determined to not just pass, but pass with flying colors.
I'd say that my weakness only shows in team works; I'm not much of a good team player. It's not that I am bogus that I want to lead rather than follow, but that I am more comfortable working on my own--not asking help from others, and getting the work done myself. The worst part here is that even though I personally have completed the task entirely on my own, I claim no credit over my own work. Weird, but true of me.
It's been a year since I was asked these questions. And today, not much of my answers here have really changed; still the same weakness as ever, with the strengths redefined for clarity. I'm not working out the perfect and most pleasing answers. I just want to tell things like it is--to make things clear even to my own self. I find them useful in future work-related [slash-job interview] situations.
Busy days are here once again. Surprise, surprise.
mood refreshed
yahn @ 04:51 PM | Book Of The Yahn [Add comment/s]
August 17th, 2008
Current Play[Life]list
I tell Him:
Tell me how I'm supposed to breathe with no air
Can't live, can't breathe with no air
It's how I feel whenever you ain't there
It's no air, no air
Got me out here in the water so deep
Tell me how you gonna be without me
If you ain't here, I just can't breathe
It's no air, no air
And He answers:
Huwag kang matakot na matulog mag-isa
Kasama mo naman ako
Huwag kang matakot na umibig at lumuha
Kasama mo naman ako
Huwag kang matakot na magmukhang tanga
Kasama mo naman ako
Huwag kang matakot sa hindi mo pa makita
Kasama mo naman ako
Huwag kang matakot
So I suggested:
So I'll say why don't you and I get together an' take on the world, be together forever
Heads we will and tails we'll try again
So I say why don't you and I hold each other, fly to the moon
and straight on to heaven
Cause without you they're never gonna let me in
Still, He has the same answer:
You’ll always be a part of me
I’m part of you indefinitely
Don’t you know you can’t escape me
Darlin' cause you’ll always be my baby
Indeed, I'll always belong to God no matter what my circumstance is--long as I accept that gracious fact. 
mood happy
listen Retro songs
yahn @ 08:01 PM | Book Of The Yahn [Add comment/s]
August 31st, 2008
Becoming
Things have been changing lately for me. A lot of things actually have changed. I find it too selfish for me to say that the whole world has changed for me. Of course this isn't really the case. Matter of fact is me completely changing. Now I don't know what exactly is happening now.
Eventually, you'll see that it's all worth it.
Batang-bata ka pa at marami ka pang kailangang malaman at intindihin sa mundo
Nais ko sanang malaman ang mali sa katotohanan
Batang-bata ka lang at akala mo na na alam mo na ang lahat na kailangan mong malaman
Sariling pagraranas ang aking pamamagitan
Nagkakamali ka kung akala mo na ang buhay ay isang mumunting paraiso lamang...
Whatever tommorow brings I'll be there
With open arms and open eyes
Non-sense post, I know.
yahn @ 02:39 PM [Add comment/s]