2014 Highlights

Simula nang gawin ko ang blog na ito, I always make sure na mayroon akong blog post before the year ends. Madalas pag-reminisce ng mga nangyari the whole year o `di kaya ay ang mga plano ko for next year. Palagi ako by months nag-re-reminisce pero dahil tinatamad na ako mag-reminisce by months... gawin na lang nating facebook. Wala ng all stories---just highlights!

Birthday
(January 5, 2014)

I don't think there's something special in here....bukod sa tumanda lang ako. LOL. Kidding! What I did on the start of my 20th year of existence? Dahil Sunday... I made sure I went to church. Then kaunting luto-luto at nagpunta kami sa Alabang to visit my Dad's cemetery with family. Went to visit Dad's family side, too. At kumain sa Tokyo-Tokyo (my fave restaurant). Nothing special right? Haha! But I include this on the highlights since its my birthday! :P



 Balai Isabel Brainstorming
(January 24 - 25, 2014)

 My 2nd brainstorming na in-attend-an ko sa PHR. Nakakulta ng utak `yung sa Bataan but this one, mas lalong nakulta ang utak ko. It seems like a bad memory, Muntik na akong sumuko. Charot. Na-pressure ako nang husto dito kaya ayaw ko na sana mag-details pa. But it was fun though....because after months, I met my writer friends again.


Mom's Almost A Week Hospital Confinement
(January 25 - 30, 2014)
Bad memory again. But highlights nga ito, okay? Bad and good, I still include. I have to leave the brainstorming early cause of this news. It was a very bad day for me. Na-confine si Mommy just because sa ingrown nail. WTF right? But this made me nervous a lot, too. Dito ako na-broke nang husto dahil sa laki ng bill na binayaran namin sa hospital.

OB Trip to BIR and PHR anniversary Sale
(February 4, 2014)
Good memory! First time ko lumabas sa office sa aking OJT at first time ko rin sa BIR. For more details, please visit my blogpost OJT Update

End of OJT in Toyota Motor Philippines
(March 22, 2014)

Completed my 670 hours of training in Toyota Motor Philippines. It was bitter sweet. Masaya ako na natapos ko siya at siyempre, mami-miss ko rin ang mga tao sa paligid ko. My superiors. They were really very nice to me at nakakatuwa lang na hanggang ngayon, kinakausap pa rin nila ako. And yay! They even gave me gifts that I didn't expect to have. All my service was worth it. Chos!

Signed Feasibility Papers
(April 22, 2014)

And we are done...on the hardest book ever! Halos magsisigaw yata ako noon nang matapos na namin papirmahan ang FS papers namin. We have a lot of troubled encounter in making this one. Ang matapos ang FS ay isang malaking achievement na sa akin/amin. :P








College Graduation
(April 24, 2014)

MY. MOST. AWAITED. DAY.
After so many years of studying, I finally walked in the stage to get my last diploma. May degree na rin ako sa wakas. Hindi ko pa rin makalimutan ang napakasayang feeling ng sa wakas ay makuha ko na ang diploma ko (kahit ang pangit ko sa aking grad pic, I mean---the eyes only) at lalong-lalo na ang itapon ko ang cap. Pakiramdam ko, nanalo ako ng lotto. Nakakaiyak---masaya na malungkot. Masaya dahil natapos ko na rin ang college at nakakalungkot dahil hindi na ako estudyante. Mahal na pamasahe sa jeep at bus. Nyek. Haha!

Contract Signing
(June 21, 2014)
One of my dreams is to be an exclusive writer of PHR. I made it.

Once A Princess Premiere
(August 6, 2014)

Star studded! First PHR book to turned into a movie. Invited ang mga writers at nasa premiere pa kami. With the artist. Isinama ko si Mommy dahil may libre tickets. Alam ko, nag-enjoy nang husto ang Mommy. Hindi inubo, eh. Nag-enjoy rin naman ako. Lalo na sa pakiramdam na katabi mo lang ang mga artista! Yay! I got to meet a lot of Filipino actors and actresses. And most especially, Miss Gretchen Barretto. I am really stunned to see her in person. Mangiyak-ngiyak ako noon kasi gustong-gusto ko siya. Stalker kasi ako sa IG :P And got to see one of my Filipino actor crush, JC de Vera. Di lang nakapagpa-picture. Sayang :P

CSC Passer
For more details: CSC Passer

Christmas
(December 25, 2014 and onwards)

Time to give back because I have so many blessings this year. Gift giving. Lahat yata ng family ko, binigyan ko ng gift. Went to Church, too. Na-complete ko rin pala ang Simbang Gabi. Together with my Mom. Great day!

I also have a year end/christmas party with my college friends. What to expect? Always a blast when I am with them! xx



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Indeed, 2014 is a great year for me. Puwede ko siya na mai-categorize na best year so far for me. Unlike, 2013---I can't say I just survived the year. This year, I can say that I don't just survived. I ENJOYED this year so much! Why? Bukod sa good memories, I also did what I really want in my life since I was young---TO BE A WRITER---and not just a writer. A FULL TIME WRITER. I also happened to triple the number of manuscripts I have last year. Maaaring pagsisihan ko man sa huli ang decisions na ginawa ko this year, pero magagawa ko ba talaga na pagsisihan? Masaya ako sa ginagawa ko. Hindi dapat pinagsisihan ang mga ganitong bagay.

Thank you 2014. Cheers and welcome 2015. Be better than my this year, pretty please?

xx
Cady

OJT Update...

Hello! I am back! Hehe! Have you notice? Minsan na lang ako magblog? At kung magpo-post man ako, maikli lang? Kung may nagbabasa man ng mga posts ko, napansin siguro! Ahehe! Anyway, I'm still busy with my OJT in Toyota Motor Philippines. I still have 200+ hours to beat before I finish and according to my counting, it will lasts until the last week of March.

My training is still doing fine. The past few weeks, I've been busy. They gave me a lot of works but I have also some absences! He-he! Well, may mga bagay talaga na kailangan namang bigyan ng pansin. And I am not complaining for the works. I actually love it when they give me work. It means that they trust me and also for experience. And last Tuesday, they gave me one wonderful experience! Haha!

I don't know if most people would classify it as a wonderful one but being out of the office was really a big thing for me. Sa totoo lang, medyo na-disappoint talaga ako noon na sa Accounting department ako napunta. I am targeting the Marketing one because I know I would expose to a lot of trips! Me-he-he! And well, mas gusto ko talaga yun kaysa sa major ko. But well, I have no choice but to love it. And good thing, they made me experience something that I dream of. (dream talaga? Hehe!)

Me being out of the office is a surprise. May ginagawa ako ng oras na yun pero hindi naman rush. Nasa isip-isip ko pa noon na babagalan ko yung ginagawa ko since yun na lang naman ang gagawin ko at malamang na mate-tengga na ako. It was 2 in the afternoon that time. Still many hours to go before our office hours end. Medyo excited pa ako dahil pupunta akong SM after dahil sale ng Precious Pages. Bigla akong inutusan ng Sir ko na kuhanin yung BIR form 2307 ng isang supplier. It was my job actually. Kaya lang sandali lang yun at ibaba mo lang naman yung form at ipapa-receive. I was looking for the other quarters of the company in the box where the form was in when suddenly, my trainer came to me. Sobrang panic yung mukha niya at sinabi sa akin na, "Pupunta kang BIR," Na-stun talaga ako sa kanya. Hindi niya ako inuutusan. Bihirang-bihira lang. Yung mga under niya lang ang madalas na nagtuturo sa akin. (Manager kasi yung trainer ko) I was like... "Po? Ok po," She was like... "Ngayon na!"

Nagulat talaga ako. Natatawa na nga ako na di malaman kasi panic na panic na talaga siya. Nag-panic tuloy ako sa pagkuha ng form sa box. Then sinabi niya sa akin na bitawan ko na daw yun at ibigay sa nagpapagawa! Hahaha! That time, itinakbo na nila yung special arrangement business trip ko sa GAD para papirmahan. Ni hindi ko pa naayos ang gamit ko, tapos na sila sa pagpapirma! And di na rin ako binigyan na patayin yung computer ko. Hahaha! Medyo OA di ba? pero ganyan talaga yung nangyari. Paano kasi ay 2pm na. At past 2pm na rin ako nakalabas ng Toyota dahil wala pa yung driver ko pagpunta ko sa lobby! Yun pala ay nainip na siya dahil wala pa raw ako eh ang tagal na daw niyang nandoon. Hehe!

And yes, I have a driver. And our car is Toyota Yaris. And I mean, that is Toyota's driver. And Toyota's car. Hehe! Medyo nanghinayang lang ako kasi gusto ko sana Camry. Charot! Hahaha! But nevertheless, feeling ko ang donya ko kasi may driver ako! Hahaha! O dba? And I am also lucky dahil sa company namin, di nag-o-OB na pinagbabiyahe lang. May sarili ka talagang car at driver. Hehe! Kaya lang, medyo nakakalungkot na alone ka lang di ba? Chika-chika tuloy kami ni driver. Kahit medyo naligaw kami kasi di pala niya alam kung saan ang BIR. Hehe! Di daw siya familiar.

Pagdating ko sa BIR, (na first time ko nakarating) tanong na lang ako nang tanong. Kaya lang, nakakaasar yung mga pinagtanungan ko. Aba niligaw ako! Sandali lang naman ako doon kasi nagpa-receive lang ako at nag-deliver ng document. Pero past 4 na ako nakaalis at sakto lang sa labasan ng Toyota ang aking pagdating kaya nagpahatid na ako sa Turbina. (na napaaga ako) Hehe!

May pagkamababaw pero happiest office day ever ko yun. Haha! It was a nice experience. And my classmates are feeling envy of me. Ako lang kasi ang nakalabas ng ganoon kalayo eh. And errr.. I also take pictures nga pala. Kaya lang ang papangit kasi ako lang talaga mag-isa. Nagpakuha pa nga ako sa guard para lang documentation. `Yung driver ko kasi ay nasa parking lang at sinabihan niya lang ako na i-text siya kapag tapos na ako at susunduin ulit niya ako sa lobby. Hehe!

Here are some of the pictures:

And just that... Ang pinakapost taalga nito ay about sa experience na ito. Hehe! And well, I'm not saying na dahil dito ay talagang magandang-maganda na ang OJT experience ko. There were times na malungkot ako. And well, may one time pa nga na umiyak ako. (But not in the office talaga, ha?) I was just so tired that time and I have known something that kinda disappoints me. Bakit kasi na-timing sa araw na yun? Ang nakakatawa pa... after that day, tinanong ako ng Sir ko. "Kailan ka last na umiyak?" Hindi ko masagot kasi kapag sinagot ko, feeling ko, mahahalata niya. Hahahaha! Kaasar talaga yung tanong na yun, eh. But well,  naiintindihan ko naman kung bakit. And it was actually for good. Nag-timing lang talaga siya sa pagod ko.

But what I should say is that, Toyota is a very good company. Noong una, nagdoubt pa ako sa company na ito dahil sa feedbacks but when days passed, I have seen how it became one of the biggest company in the Philippines. Number 10 in the whole world. And the number ONE automotive company in the whole world. It was a good training ground. I am proud I am having my training here :)

xx

Cady