Life At Work

There are a lot of variables that stuck me thinking today. First is the question ‘What motivates you?’. I was anticipating that our conversation will again lead you to asking me the question I do not know what to answer. It frustrates me not knowing how to respond everytime you snap that query.

Obviously work-related statements like this leave me dumbfounded, yet I will try to answer it now when I still have time to think.

I wake up everyday to spend it with the people that I love. Thus, I go to work because I have friends whom I love spending my time with. I guess you were right when you said that I am serious about my job but I am not really into it. My goal is to just do what I am expected to do and other than that, I am empty.

Thirst is what I feel for what I really want. There are a lot of things I am dying to achieve but at this point in time, I let myself to just stay in the sidelines – because I have no motivation – except to be with my friends.

I remember I told you I just want to be ordinary. I am that person now. My dreams are kept tied until the time comes when I am already tired of keeping them. I have had enough of dreaming but since they said to not let go of our dreams, I am keeping them.

Lately I have never been worried at work. I just get in and get out of the office. I laugh with my seatmates, talk about funny and unserious stuff, whine when we get tired and eat when hungry. Could these be my simple motivation?

One more issue that I am facing is that people can’t tell if I am serious or not. Then I found myself agreeing that part of it might be true. I always make people laugh. I throw jokes that sometimes my comments and answers are no longer being taken seriously. One told me to just let it be. He said that I am just a happy person that I am. I am currently thinking of separating my crazy side with the serious one but it’s going to be boring. Sometimes people just can’t take me for what I am. The same way I feel about myself at times. That’s why it surprises me whenever someone trusts and believes in what I am capable of doing.

Life at work when mixed up with my personal life gets a little heavy. For this reason, I’d rather just let everything be the way I wanted them to be. But it doesn’t mean that I will stay like this forever. I am just letting myself enjoy being normal. Later on, I will claim my spot in the supernatural ladder.

Motivation at work is not on my top priority list. These are my goals as of the moment:

1. Call every service master, waiter, cashier, etc. by their first name. That’s the reason why they have name tags on so why not make use of the opportunity to make someone feel recognized?
2. Smile to a stranger inside the jeepney asking you to pass his/her fare to the driver.
3. Make someone laugh/happy.
4. Block negativism, embrace reality and slay fantasy.
5. Save money so that any time soon I could leave my job whenever I want to.

These may change but these are what motivate me to wake up everyday. Simple joys bear more contentment than luxurious temporal things.

Let’s talk about work and I would just limit my answer when you ask. Let’s talk about life and I will tell you everything that’s in my mind.

Cebu, Bohol and cebu Again

The unplanned trip turned out to be the best I had to date! It was the cheapest and the most satisfying of all. Our only goal is to meet our virtual friends - friends that we met at our company's online chat; however, we have accomplished more than that. We were like taking on a journey without a map at hand, yet we did get what we wanted.

It is a pain to wake up early but I did not have trouble doing that. I bet I was so high that I did not feel the need to force myself out of my bed. But honestly, although I enjoyed this vacation, I was sleepy the whole time!

So how did my trip go? I am now ready to share it with you!

That's me and my travel buddy. And these are what we have been up to:

Outside Cebu Capitol.

Ayala Center Cebu, the best I've seen so far.

IT park reminds me of Cyberzone Fillinvest Corporate City in Muntinlupa.

Cebu City Hall

Magellan's Cross

Sr. Sto. Nino

Outside Larsian with our friend who happened to be having the time of his life at the same place.

My Joy! I am a sucker for sweet-kinda-stuff so I really enjoyed this place.

CnT Lechon where we had 3 plates of flakes and pieces of meat chunk that we weren't able to finish because we were so full!. A must-try food indeed!


It was my first time to taste orange shake and ube shake c/o Orange Brutus.

After roaming around the city (there were other things we did that I cannot discuss here), we went to Bohol. Our plan B was to go to Bantayan Island but since we found a very cheap day tour package and a very affordable hotel, we scratched it.


We even got a nice ride.


Man-made Forest

The Chocolate Hills although it's not that chocolate-ey when we went there!

Butterflies Conservation Center

At last, I've seen the tarsiers. I thought they were as tall as my thumb when they're actually as big as my fist.

This hanging bridge scared me. It's scary than the zipline!


Loboc Zipline made my Bohol trip unforgettable. I experienced how it is to fly!


We had to cool down a bit after such adrenaline rush. We rode a boat filled with food and we toured around Loboc river.

We could've just skipped this python but my friends wouldn't let the day pass without touching it. I am ophiophobic so don't ask me where I was


Baclayon Church. They said that there's an image of the priest who founded the church on the second photo. Can you see it?


At the Blood Compact Shrine messing up with the statues.

And that ended the day tour. We spent the rest of the day sleeping, hanging at the beach and the next day we went back to Cebu.

The last day of our trip would be something I will forever talk about! Our sky experience at Crown Regency Hotel was indeed breathtaking. We tried the skywalk, the edge coaster and the zipline. We did not claim our photos though because they were expensive. Here are the only shots we have:

I would recommend the zipline and edge coaster. They have other sky adventures that will be opened next year. I will definitely be back and try the free fall.


We had to try the famous Brian's baby back ribs at Casa Verde before calling it a day. I wasn't able to finish mine but it was really delicious.

The next day, we came home not just with pasalubong but with tons of memories worth keeping.

It's really nice to have friends. It was our first time to meet in person but we felt like we've known each other for such a long time. They were our tour guide and if not because of them, we would have not gone that far.

Our next destination will be Cagayan de Oro. It's gonna be us and more!