juls random thoughts

I've been out of the loop for so long. My last post before this was almost half a month ago. Sad to say, I don't think I'll be back now as I am still so busy in the office. And tomorrow I'll be leaving for Beijing, China and will stay there until sunday. I am partly excited for the trip as it is my first time to go there. I can't wait to see Tiananmen Square, Forbidden City, Olympics countdown clock and hopefully The Great wall of China. I also can't wait to taste authentic chinese food. I'm really hoping for the best for this trip.

Well, that's it for now.

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Got tagged by Pat



ISTJ - The "Examiner"

ISTJ's are very loyal, faithful and dependable. They place good importance on honesty and integrity. They are "good citizens" who can be depended on to do the right thing for their families and communities. While they generally take things very seriously, they also have an offbeat sense of humor and can be a lot of fun - especially at family or work-related gatherings.

ISTJs are often called inspectors. They have a keen sense of right and wrong, especially in their area of interest and/or responsibility. They are noted for devotion to duty. Punctuality is a watchword of the ISTJ. The secretary, clerk, or business(wo)man by whom others set their clocks is likely to be an ISTJ.

At work, ISTJs get things done on a timely basis. They honor deadlines, and they believe in thoroughness. A half-finished joy is not a job well done. They established procedures and schedules, and are uncomfortable with those who do not do the same. ISTJs put duty before pleasure. As long as they can fulfil their responsibilities, they feel useful and thereby satisfied. Their work does not have to be fun, but it has to count toward something productive. ISTJs believe that vacations are something that one takes only when work has been accomplished; thus, at times they do not take vacations even when they could and should. - (Hmm... this one I am not sure because I seldom pass on vacations, actually, bihira nga ako makaipon ng VLs).

Famous ISTJs:
- Andrew Johnson - American President
- Benjamin Harrison - American President
- Elizabeth II - Queen of England
- Evander Holyfield- boxer
- George W. Bush - American President
- George Washington - American President
- Harry Truman - American President
- Herbert Hoover - American President
- Jack Webb - actor, producer
- Jackie Joyner-Kersee - athlete (heptathion)
- Thomas - Christ's apostle
- Warren Buffet - Investor, businessman

ISTJ careers:
Ha! my current career is included in the list! so, ibig sabihin ba eh enough na ang denial ko na I am not on the right career?! hmmm...

I want to know your personality Tet, Quel, Em and Nol.

I have been so out of the loop on scrapbooking. In fact, I haven't posted anything for a long time in my scrapbooking blog. I haven't touched my scrapbooking magazines subscriptions and just few minutes ago, I browsed my mail digest from scrapbooks-exchange yahoogroups and I can definitely say that I am so out of the loop.

I really love doing scrapbook layouts, I've even accepted the fact that I may not be able to make pages as beautiful as my SE friends BUT nalulungkot ako na wala na ako sa mundong yun. So many factors. I just hope I'll go back there soon. I need that outlet.

Thanks Em. Your tag is so timely as I have tons of things to do which I need to organize now otherwise I'll be lost kasi hindi ko alam kung ano ang lahat ng dapat kong gawin.

BUSY PEOPLE: 1.) my chopsuey 2.) mind bubbles 3.) vanity kit 4.) somethingpurple 5.) a detour 5.) juls random thoughts 6.) (your link here)

1.) Prepare for my training session tomorrow. I'll start teaching at 8am and I am only reading the topics now and it's 10:14 PM already.

2.) Prepare for the rest of my instructor sessions. I will be teaching whole day (both concepts and hands on), started today until friday of next week and so far, I only get the chance to prepare the night before the session.

3.) In addition to this, review and edit the final report for a client tomorrow after my staff completed the review notes and submit it to the partner's review just in time for the client meeting on wednesday, which I am REQUIRED to attend, so I have to do this in between my teaching assignments.

4.) I need to review and edit the other reports (two reports for each client) for all my other eleven clients. These are all due on May 15, again, sabay sa teaching assignment ko, oh di ba?

5.) Update blog. I have so many kwento about our weekend gimiks that I hardly have time to write.

6.) Be a MOM to Kurt even if work is neck deep. I keep my weekends sacred that no matter how busy I am at work, I make sure that saturdays and sundays are for family only. I go back to work on sunday night after kurt has fallen asleep.

Now, I am oh so glad that I deferred the certification that I was supposed to take this june as posted here and here, otherwise I need to add here two more super urgent tasks which are:

1. to attend two hour review class every night, and

2. is to read and understand at least 20 pages of my book everyday

oh.. one more to do, to be updated with the episodes of lobo. nyahahaha!!! big deal eto ha, I stay up late just in time for the current night's episode to be available in tfc now for me to download it.

So Quel, Tet, Mia and Jody, what are your to do's?

Some of my must-see destinations in America from the 100 Places to See in Your Lifetime list in no particular order.

Warning: Photo overload.

1. The Big Sur
http://geography.berkeley.edu/programcourses/2003_Field_Pictures/SouthCoast/0312_
BigSurHighway.jpg
According to Wikipedia, it is in the central California where the Santa Lucia Mountains rise abruptly from the Pacific Ocean. The terrain offer stunning views, making Big Sur a popular tourist destination. Although it has no specific bondaries, many definition of the area is between the Carmel river and San Carpoforo Creek. I dunno but I can just imagine how beautiful it is. I can just remember the way I felt when I saw Pacific Ocean in Monterey, CA. It is so beautiful eh to think di naman bago sa tin ang Pacific Ocean. I even created a scrapbook layout about it.

2. The Grand Canyon
http://www.oursaviorchurch.org/school/faculty/gthorp/wp-content/uploads/2007/05/tour_grand_canyon_1.jpg; http://www.familyvacationco.com/LA2Grand/grand_canyon.jpg

I think I've seen the Grand Canyon in one of my plane rides from San Jose to Phoenix, Arizona then to Austin, Texas when I was in the US but since I've never been there I'm not sure but para talagang yun kasi ang ganda. According again to Wikipedia, it is a steep-sided gorge carved by the Colorado river in Arizona. Hay, I so wish I could go here.




3. Nantucket
http://www.crimerant.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/07/nantucket.gif
This place, I only learned from this 100... list. For me it's like Sausalito, the small town near San Francisco or Carmel, CA near Monterey. Well, that's my impression. I'm not really sure but given that impression, I want to go here. Per Wikipedia again, it is an island (that's the difference) 30 miles south of Cape Cod, Masachusetts. It is a tourist destination and summer colony. It is part of the National Register of Historic Places so it must be really nice. It features one of the highest concentration of pre-civil war structures in the US.


4. Monument Valley
http://www.destination360.com/north-america/us/utah/images/s/utah-monument-valley.jpg
Again, something that I only learned from the list but I think I've already seen in the movies I've watched. It is located on the southern border of Utah with northern Arizona. It is part of the Colorado plateau. More really nice pics can be seen in wikipedia.


5. Yellowstone National Park
http://www.legendsofamerica.com/photos-wyoming/YellowstoneMorningGlory.jpg
Eto, I know na even before and I so want to go here na, di pa ko nakakarating ng US. It is located mostly in Wyoming but extends into Montana and Idaho. The park was the first of its kind and is known for its wildlife and geothermal features specially Old Faithful Geyser, one of the most popular areas of the park. I'm more excited to see the geysers found there.


6. Yosemite Park
http://www.desktopscenes.com/Scenes%20from%20a%20Day%20at%20Yosemite%20(2003)/Yosemite%20Valley%20Tunnel%20View%20Panorama.jpg
This one, sobrang sayang. My sis and I planned on going here for my first long weekend in the US and her visit to me in CA but since I've only been in the US for less than a month and mostly nasa Texas pa ko, di namin na plan then when we went to AAA to inquire, sabi nila, mahirap na kumuha ng booking as sobrang late na kami. Sayang! hubby and his family went here and maganda nga raw. This National Park is located largely in Mariposa and Toulomne Counties, California. Designated a World Heritage Site in 1984, it is internationally recognized for its spectacular granite cliffs, waterfalls, clear streams, giant sequioa groves (I saw hubby's pics with these trees, talo ang Muir woods pics ko with the giant trees), and biological diversity.


7. Mount Rushmore
http://blogs.trb.com/news/politics/blog/Mountrushmore-thumb.jpg

Well, I guess this is the most common among my list of seven destinations. This is near Keystone, South Dakota. To those who don't know, the granite sculptures are the heads of US past presidents George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Theodore Roosevelt and Abraham Lincoln.



Now, to my the three places that I've been to that is included in the list.

Here they are:

1. Lake Tahoe with hubby, tita alma (hubby's aunt) and faye (hubby's SIL who went all the way from Las Vegas to join us for this trip)





2. Statue of Liberty - with my sister. At ang nakakatawa, pareho pa ang suot kong damit sa pics na napili ko dito at sa Lake Tahoe.



3. San Francisco
Inside Alcatraz



The Golden Gate Bridge:


The "Crookedest Street" - Lombard Street


Fisherman's Wharf


Next entry: The World

I have a 9am review with one of the partners in our office this morning. Given that we don’t usually arrive on that time (usually we arrive 9:30) I set my alarm clock to make sure that I won’t be late. The alarm clock rang and unfortunately, it was not only me who woke up, Kurt was also awake, which was unusual as before the alarm has no effect on him. The little boy won’t make me take a bath. As in! he’s saying that “mama, no office ikaw!”. Ayaw nya ko paalisin at pinapahiga pa ko sa bed so I am convincing him that I have to take a bath na. Then he said this nakakadurog puso at nakakagulat na tanong: “mama, love me?” then “no office!” as in both hubby and I are shocked with his statement. As in this is the first time that we heard this from him. Him saying that if you love me, please don’t go to office. Bigla ko tuloy naalala yung email na na-receive ko from my officemate about a kid buying one hour of his dad’s time. Oh my God! I never thought that we will come to this point. Every day, upon waking up, he will always ask if I have no office, to which I reply that I’m going to office, usually he’ll just request that I leave later or that he’ll drive (with me on my car or his dada’s car) and that’s it. But now, may pangungunsensya na. Out of guilt, I stayed and lay down beside him while his dada is trying to make him go out of the room para I can prepare na for office. After a few minutes, he decided to follow his dada outside so I went out na rin and ate breakfast, the little boy has been telling me, “later office, finish eat” then when I went inside our bedroom to get my bathrobe, he immediately followed and locked the door shut behind us. As in kinulong ako ng anak ko sa room saying “no office ikaw! Stay here” natatawa-tawa na ko and at the same time sobrang touch talaga ako pero di talaga ako pwedeng ma-late but I won’t dare go out and make him cry. So I patiently waited inside the room, siguro nainip na rin, he went out and that was my cue to take a bath, after that, hindi na nya ko pinigilan. I guess, napagbigyan ko na sya to leave later and well, the effect, late ako sa review ng boss ko. I do not regret being late though I know negative point against me yun. At least, hindi ko pinaiyak ang anak ko at pinagbigyan ko sya sa maliit na request nya. I just wish it’s a weekend already. I always love it when he asks if no office and then my reply is Yes.