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From: Joanne Lao

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Joanne Lao

A New Home

I finally moved!

Guys, my personal blog is up, http://paje20.page.ph/.

You may follow me on that site, as I might not be able to update this blog anymore.

Thank you for the support (wtf?! haha..)

See you on my new home :)

First Pictures

A Baby Boy!

I haven't been able to post in quite a while. I have been busy with work, especially now that we have been deployed in Operations for almost 2 weeks.   To start off, we were able to accomplish the Congenital Anomaly Scan for baby Gabe. The said scan aims to look for any abnormalities during the baby's development, and at the same time, provide corrective measures or actions if still possible.   And so, we had it done in Borough Medical. Eversince, we have been aware of how slow their service is. However, we were left with no better alternative as it was a Saturday and there was a shortage of OB-Sonologist on duty. The cost was also higher than we prepared for, as we estimated only P900 (New World Clinic). We called in advance to check if there was going to be an OB-Sono on duty that day and were told that she was going to be on duty at 1pm - 3pm.   We got there at around past 12, and I think it was even almost 1pm. I immediately asked how many patients were waiting for the OB-Sono so that I could estimate the time we are to wait. The receptionist told me that I was the first one to be there, so we waited. And waited. And waited. The wait took 4 and a half hours of our time, with the receptionist explaining everytime that the doctor was on her way. Imagine, kung emergency yung reason for my being there, baka wala na ako, or sobrang naisugod na ako sa ibang hospital. Knowing that we already spent that much time, we just had to be patient.   The doctor arrived and had whatever equipment ready. Finally, we were ushered into one of the ultrasound rooms, and the procedure began. She began by telling us the measurement of the organs, head, heart, spine, major veins, as well as the visibility of the organs, kidneys, lungs, bladder, stomach. Then she showed us the face and the gender. At this point, I am so happy to share that baby Gabe is a BOY!!   All the wait was worth it. All the disappointments, frustration about the time, yung pagka-asar namin sa OB-Sono, and sa staff. Lahat un, lumipad sa kawalan. Literal na tears of joy. And did I mention na lutang kami ni Jeff sa kaligayahan about the news? We excitedly shared the news to our families, and they were also happy to hear about it. I would like to post the pictures now, kaya lang, I am currently in the office, walang powers to upload pictures.   I still have a lot of news to share. Maybe I will post the pictures later, when we get home. And then I will post another batch of stories. Some are of the happy nature, and some are not. But hey, who said life is always happy?

Another Reason to Celebrate

The list just keeps getting better! First, I was able to get a job despite my being pregnant. Second, my babe was promoted to level 2 before he even signed his regularization contract. To add another, I passed my IELTS exam!  Tomorrow, we will be able to see Gabe for the first time via 2d ultrasound. We wil have him checked for any congenital anomalies and have his gender checked. Let's all hope for more good news. :)

Congratulations!

I am so proud of my babe right now. He has not signed any confirmation for the regularization of his contract, and yet, he is already promoted. Here is the email proving his skills and Gabe being our lucky charm. I am sensing wonderful things ahead of us. :)

Congratulations to our new Level 2 Agents!

In light of this momentous event, please be advised that these kind-hearted individuals are at your disposal. As much as possible, please direct all of your queries to them and they will be more than happy to serve you and provide you with answers.

Let us wish them well in their new roles

Last First

Perez Jefferson

Dela Paz Christian

Ramos Dennis

Rosales Mary Anne

Firme Nathaniel Bryan

Martinez Francis

Berueda Gerard Anthony

Fidel Edward

Chillax Sunday

Went to the pre climb meeting of Piknikers last night. Kakainggit, meron silang Mt. Daguldol traverse habang iwan ako sa bahay :( oh well..

Anyway, today is a Sunday, and all babe and I did was to chill. We got up at around 11am, ate brunch, waited for Pacman's fight and decided to ditch it with so many spoilers in FB. Ok, so Pacman won, big deal :)

At the moment, we are watching "The Cat", a Korean horror film with babe ditching out a lot of parts (haha!).. More updates in a little while :)

Updates and Realizations

Just a few updates after the last post I had.. I was able to accomplish the remaining exams for IELTS. It was held at the Crown Plaza Hotel in Ortigas. Hopefully, everything will go well. The scores will be posted on the !8th of November.

After the exam, I met with my baby hubby in Galleria. We went for a quick stroll and looked at some baby strollers. We were so impressed with the attending salesman for Baby First. I think his name is Joselito. One thing is for sure, babalikan namen ung stroller na un. The price was very reasonable and it was already a set - car seat and stroller in one.

We then set off to Fairview. We visited Kuya's grave. Kuya, btw is babe's deceased nephew, and his real name is Denzel Gabriel. We met ate along the way, shared stories when we got there, and ate merienda back in ate's house. Babe cooked spaghetti and it tasted good. Ate also served ung favorite kong bico, with the sweet sauce that I am not sure what it was called. We slept afterwards (parang baboy lang.. haha!)

Sunday, babe was in the mood for cooking. He cooked me beef sinigang which was absolutely scrumptious.. er.. delicious na lang.. hehe! We chilled all day long, and the day after because it was also my first day in the graveyard shift.

Speaking of shifts, I am starting to feel Gabe more. Maybe because he hates my shift, or sa madaling araw lang talaga cia naglilikot, I am not sure. I just have to make it a point to rest when needed and that i drink plenty of water, and eat when I am hungry (which is lagi na lang :)). We are currently on the client specific training. Our trainer told us that training will last for 3 weeks. So far, the environment is pretty relaxed, to the point of boredom, but overall well.

I also applied for site sponsorship with page.ph and I got approved. So far, I am at the start of the process. Good thing, I have friends who have sense when it comes to blogging. :)

I am hoping to add more entries in the coming days. I need to sleep pa muna ulit. :)

One Down, Three To Go

Just finished my speaking test today. Hopefully everything will go well. My interviewer was Malcolm Gamet, and I think he is British. The rest of the exams will be on Saturday. We can do this, Baby Gabe!! Yosh! :)

A Wiggle From Within

I finally felt baby Gabe move!

This is one milestone that i will forever remember. The date is November 1, 2011. This came a surprise as I was having a rough day at work. Baby Gabe must have felt that and gave mommy reassurance that everything will be alright. Guess what, it worked. The feeling was so pleasant, I can't think of any adjectives to describe it.

I am now looking forward to every movement our precious darling will make. I am pretty sure daddy is too. :)

Examination Day

When I had the interview for Siemens (an ATOS company), I was told that the batch I will be in will be deployed to the Towers Watson account. One of the requirements that they need is for the employees be IELTS certified.

IELTS stand for International English Language Testing System. Simply put, it measures ability of one person to converse, understand, and use the English language. The organization who manages it are the standard when it comes to measuring the how effective we are when using the language. IELTS also is a requirement when migrating abroad, either for academic or residential purposes. It comprises of 4 exams, namely, Listening, Reading, Writing, and Speaking.

And so, our batch is on our 2nd week. I am to take the speaking test on Thursday, the 3rd of November on the British Consulate, and the rest of the written exams on Saturday. Given the scores that I got from our written test exercises, I am kind of anxious as to how it will turn out on Saturday. I also need to make sure that I don't blank out on Thursday during the speaking exam.

Wish me luck. I know baby Gabe is adding more luck on my side. This is another step, and as Maya always say, failure is not an option. :)

Unemployed - Not!

So I wrote about resigning and quitting my job. True, and it has been almost three weeks now that I am without a job.

Realizing that we won't be making the savings that we planned for with just babe's salary. The best solution - me, getting a job, ASAP.

I hitched a ride with babe one day and decided to pass my resume to his office. I figured, if I don't get in, I could still let my resume circulate until I get something. Due to favorable circumstances and the strength of my memory (haha!), I was able to pass the test, the language assessment, and the technical interview.

So there, I was given the list of requirements that I have to accomplish before the actual job offer. The HR personnel said that the actual account is to start by the 17th, which is not that long from today.

Yay for me, yay for the support babe has provided me ever since, and yay for baby Gabe for being our lucky charm. :)

Pics From Climbs

Gulugod Baboy - May 13 - 14, 2011

Mt. Cristobal Traverse - May 28, 2011

Mt. Ugo Traverse - June 24 - 26, 2011

Baby Gabe

A few months back, we found out that I was pregnant. An unexpected surprise as we were not planning on having any babies yet due to our financial standing. However, things happened, and here we are, with our little baby at 17 weeks.

Finding a good OB is not that easy. Well, technically, it should be as our current OB was referred to us by Jeff's ate. Somehow, we always had reasons to put it off, until finally, we got to meet her last week. I was given tips on how to get up from a lying position, gave me a better baby book, and had us hear baby gabe's heartbeat :)

I will be posting pictures as soon as it is available. Dr. Cecil mentioned that she will be recommending the ultrasound for gender and etc on my 7th month. (tipid no? haha!). By then, I might be as big as a whale. Oh, and did I mention that we are planning on naming our baby Gabriel Skye? :)

Mrs. Jefferson Perez

New beginnings indeed.

September 18, 2011 - The day started out normal as it is. Breakfast in the morning, the usual rush to the bathroom, preparation of things, feeding our babies. What a day it was. :)

We first drove to Iko's to fetch our cake. This is the second visit to the said place and guess what? We got lost - again. Luckily, we made good time, with the day being Sunday. As we were nearing the place where our wedding is to take place, we remembered something important. We forgot our marriage license!

So there, we had to quickly drop off the goodies as Ate and company arrived to pretty up the place. We explained what happened, they understood, and we left in a hurry to get the documents. We also realized that we forgot the bible, his socks, and that i have yet to fix my hair.

While i was having my hair done, he went home to get the things we needed. I had to do my make up and dress while in the car. Good thing I am sooo resourceful (haha!). We got there a few minutes after 3PM, whereas the time we set was 3PM sharp. Talk about being late. But hey, it is OUR wedding day :)

A quick rundown of events, my mom and brother were late. The reverend was in a hurry, literally. Kelangan pang habulin ni babe ung sinasabi nya para ulitin ung vows whatever. To make the long story short, it was not the solemn wedding that everyone was expecting. It turned out to be a comic wedding after all.

And so, we are husband and wife, vowed to love each other forever, not letting anyone come between us, with our parents, friends, and loved ones to witness our special day. :)

New Beginnings

As the title goes, a lot of new beginnings are bound to happen to me in a span of a few weeks. It is both happy and sad, and some might say worrisome, and a not so wise move.

This month will be the end of a 7 year employment to what I call my first home. I have come to the point wherein the people around me is not enough to compensate for the things I find faulty. They have been my second family, as I have spent most of my time with them. Heck, I even spent more of my time with them than with my family and friends outside my work. Bittersweet memories indeed.

This month will also be the start of my new life. Ending my employment is such a bold move, given my condition and I would be honest to say that there were a lot of times when I wanted to take back my paper and wait for baby Gabe to come out before leaving my post. Of course, there should be no turning back, what's done is done. As terrifying it may seem leaving my comfort zone, I need to get back on my feet and do something different. A new job will be a part of my new life.

Another new will be my status (yay!). In a matter of a week or two, I am bound (?) to marry my best friend, my confidante, my soon to be ex-boyfriend, and the future dad of my soon to be kids. Life is exciting indeed.

I am thinking of writing something commemorative, something to remember my friends, the management, my previous bosses, my old company (with pictures, of course), just so to remember them by. Maybe I'll start during my vacation, after the wedding, and while I am looking for new employment. :)

All I Need

Just thought of a song. :)

 

Kissing you was not what I had planned
And now I'm not so sure just where I stand
I wasn't looking for true love
But now you're looking at me
You're the only one I can think of
You're the only one I see

 

*All I need is just a little more time
To be sure what I feel
Is it all in my mind?
'Cause it seems so hard to believe that you're all I need

 

I guess it's true we've all been hurt before
But it doesn't seem to matter anymore
It's maybe a chance we're taking
But it always comes to this
If this isn't love we're making
Then I don't know what it is

 

No stars are out to night
But we're shining our own light
And it's never felt so right
'Cause the way I'm feeling
It's easy to believe?
That you're all I need

Happy birthday to my future!

My babe refused to age. Well, "refused" may be too harsh a word, and I could probably use the word "reluctant" instead.   My babe is reluctant to celebrate this day as he is not too fond of adding a year to his age. There. That sounds better.   Let me share a few things about him. At least those that I know and I am aware of. :)   1. Doesn't snore.   2. Loves to sleep.   3. Patient - at least when he tries to wake me up.   4. Strict - I was only able to see this side of him when he dealt with my babies and Riza's kids.   5. Conscious - he always wait for recognition, regardless of what it is. May it be cooking, something handy that he assembled, whatever. You have to let him hear the positive of it.   6. Vain - this is something recent. He is too aware of how his body looks like. He is no longer overweight, yet he constantly bugs me that he has a big stomach. Babe, you don't, and if you do, i'll always love you for that. Real men don't need abs, right?   7. Loves to read. I am pertaining to forum articles, posts from the web, gadget blogs and the like. He recently took up the interest in reading "percy jackson" books. I am so glad that somehow I was part of what influenced him to read more.   8. Video game fanatic - he tells me that he "was", but it seems that it is coming back, but with more moderation. That's ok. At least it's not something that will cost us more than what we have. :)   9. Loving, generous, trustworthy - this i don't need to explain further.   10. I LOVE HIM.   I could think of a million other things to describe him, or to mention a lot of other things that could be considered as "him", however, I might run out of words and time to say whatever needs to be said.   Again, happy birthday love!

Sugarcoated Asshole

There are just some days when you would wish some people dead. I am generally a nice person but I can't help but wish anything nice to a certain person.   Magtatambak ng trabaho, expecting the figures to be nice, last minute changes, looking at everything you do and searches for error. No feedback from the account, mangapa ka na lang kung ano na ung feedback ng management ng account na hawak mo. No appreciation at all. Ungrateful indeed.   Ok lang. Konting tiis na lang.   Ang alam ko, hindi nagtatagal mga ganyang tao sa company. Ewan lang. Bahala na.