Still on 2010 - What the Stars Have for Me

2010 Horoscope for Scorpio

In 2010 year of the white Tiger natives of the zodiac sign Scorpio will be busy making money. This 2010 year you may await additional material values, extra money and new ways to earn it. The income will be on its maximum rise from February to November. But Saturn does not favor Scorpios-businessmen - the more they earn, the more they risk losing. Scorpios, who belong to artistic professions such as writers, artists, and musicians, in conformity with horoscope for the 2010 year of the white metal Tiger, will be luckier this 2010 year. In the middle of the Tigers year planet Saturn in Scorpios 2010 horoscope promises bright success to those born under your zodiac sign. Don't underestimate the communication with your relatives, this 2010 year they may render considerable help, especially in the beginning and middle of 2010 year of Tiger. It will be better to avoid fortune-tellers, healers, sorcerers and different sects during the 2010 year; otherwise Scorpios may easily fall under their influence and make several irretrievable mistakes.

In 2010 year of the metal Tiger the Scorpios career is marked by a slow yet constant decline. You will devote a lot of time to obtaining an additional education, making business trips. Many routine affairs will come out. This year of the Tiger in Scorpios 2010 horoscope May and June are the only favorable months for your career. In this time you will strike a bargain, which will bring excellent results in early 2011. In autumn 2010 you should be more cautious with money. And mind your promises! December 2010 will bring you affairs connected with ideology, religion, different cultures, and foreign languages. You will establish contacts with foreigners.

Your outstanding and emotional private life in 2010 year of the Tiger will make up for all the difficulties in your business! Spring and summer 2010 will be packed with bright impressions and new romantic acquaintances. In your horoscope 2010 Venus and Mercury will patron easy relationships - just what single tired Scorpios needed. Married or attached Scorpios throughout 2010 year of the Tiger will enjoy the warmth of family hearth.


2010 Chinese Horoscope for people born in Sheep years:
1907, 1919, 1931, 1943, 1955, 1967, 1979, 1991, 2003.

If your birthday is before February 4, then your astrological sign is Horse, not Sheep. (Verify Your Sign)

Sheep people shouldn't have had any great fortune in 2009, year of Cow. This is because Cow and Sheep have a fighting relationship, which brings very poor luck to people. In 2010, year of Tiger, there are many Lucky Stars coming into Sheep people's life. Those signs shows Sheep people have good career luck, people relationship, financial status and love relationship in 2010. However, when Sheep meets Tiger, sheep always have pressure. Therefore, Sheep people need to become smarter and act stronger during the Tiger year. Then 2010 will be an easy year for them.

Career: Tiger brings Sheep pressure. Therefore, career pressure will exist during the year of Tiger. The good news is you have a job. The better news is you have a two Sky Helper and Moon Helper Stars in 2010. Whenever you have difficulty or trouble in your task, you can get help from people close to you. Also, you will become smarter in the Metal Tiger. You will have more creativity or have an outstanding idea to show people. Then you will gain the reputation from your boss and coworkers. If you have any chance to sign a contract for your business or career future, then you have better advice from people. Make sure you understand the contract to avoid any entanglement in agreement later.

Money: Sheep people have both Moon Star and Happy Star appearing in the Metal Tiger year. This clearly means that your talent, performance and reputation bring good income for you in 2010. If you own a business, then you will see your business booming and your profit growing. However, you cannot gamble your money luck into a short-term risky investment. This is because that you have an Unlucky Star showing that there is a hole in your pocket. Your money is leaking while you are earning. Either you spend more time and energy to watch your financial management, or make some donations to charity to prevent from money loss from other investments.

Love: Sheep people shouldn't have had good love relationship in 2009. There are two Lucky Stars, Sky Helper and Happy Star, showing in the Tiger year. They are the good sign for people relationship and love relationship. Therefore, Sheep people will have more social activities and have more chances to meet the opposite sex. If you are still single, people around you might introduce a match for you. If you have girl friend or boy friend, then both of you will have closer love relationship, even a marriage opportunity. If you are married, then 2010 will be one of great marriage years in your life. Young couple might have a new born child arriving. But if married people try for a new relationship, then it has a chance to cause big money loss, because Tiger is watching Sheep.

Health: Sheep people have many happy happenings in year of Tiger. The good mood will bring good health. But there is an Unlucky Star in the health area. That means you still need to pay attention the safety when driving or working. The most important area is that Sheep people must watch for the health of family members. If you have elders or sick relative at home, you should check their health condition often. Since you have a Moon Star in 2010, the health of family members shouldn't cause a big issue. Also, if it's possible that Sheep people don't attend any funeral in the year of Tiger.

Fortune: There are many good signs for Sheep people in 2010. Career, reputation and wealth have good opportunities. But your intelligence and courage are required to reach your dreams. The social and love relationship will bring you a happy mood in 2010. If you are married with children, you might have trouble taking care of your career and children at the same time. If you are a married female, then you don't have enough time for your kids, husband and your own career. Sheep people have good luck in the year of Tiger. They should spend more time taking care of their relatives or help other needy people.

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Dear God - My Wish List for 2010

Countdown till 2010 - 3 days.

Dear God,

Thank you for the year that was - 2009. It was a bittersweet year for me. All the joys and pains that I have experienced this year surely made me better and stronger. Saying goodbye to familiar faces and places made me appreciate what I have left - a husband who loves me and a weird but happy family. As I say goodbye to this year, I welcome the year ahead with a hopeful heart. I pray that it would be a brighter year. I also have the following wish list, and I hope they all come true.

- I want to find the meaning for my existence, to realize my potential and to appreciate the gifts that I have.
- I want to be able to continue my Wednesday Novena to the Our Lady of Perpetual Help.
- I want to finally get pregnant, and if I do, I want to reach full term safely and deliver a healthy and normal baby this year.
- I want to find a stable source of income ( a job that I will love and who will love me back, business ventures, etc.) to augment our finances and settle all our obligations.
- I want to increase our savings.
- I want to celebrate our 2nd year Anniversary abroad.
- I want to clean our apartment, say goodbye to the things that we really don't need, and find more storage space.
- I want to buy a car.
- I want to move in to our very own condo unit in the first quarter of 2010.
- I want to have more movie and dinner dates with my husband.
- I want to spend more time alone to reflect.
- I want to read more books - 1 or 2 books a month would be fine - 1 fiction and 1 non-fiction.
- I want to have regular visits to the salon and spa because I just turned 30 and I want to maintain my youthful glow. Hmm, I can't even remember the last time I had a facial!
- I want to be able to shop on a whim.
- I want the Noynoy - Mar tandem to win as I am hopeful that they will serve our country and people best.
- I want a better economy and more opportunities for prosperity.
- I want to look for opportunities to help the children and the elderly.
- I want to find time to volunteer for PAWS.
- I want to reconnect with my old friends and see how many of them are still my friends.
- I want to study make-up.
- I want to bake.
- I want to master cooking Caldereta, Kare-Kare and Sisig.
- I want to eat more fruits and vegetables.
- I want to spend more time with my family and pets.
- I want to listen to The Morning Rush regularly like what I used to do when I was in college.
- I want to create different playlists that will suit my every mood.
- I want to travel abroad - Bangkok, Vietnam, Singapore, Malaysia.
- I want to travel locally - Busuanga, Bohol, Palawan.
- I want no more climate change-related tragedies.
- I want peace at home and in myself.
- I want to become better in everything I do.

Thank you, Dear God.

Your daughter who's now 30 - Ian :-)

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So This is Christmas

Hope you had a Merry Christmas. I did. Despite the disappointments and frustrations. Allergies and windburn. I can still say that my Christmas went well - except for the fact that my husband and I weren't able to hear mass because of my terrible allergies.

So what happened? We were expecting that Dec 25 will bring answer to our prayer for a baby. As it was the date when I was supposed to take a pregnancy test to see if the treatment went well. Sad to say, I had my period on Christmas Eve - while we were busy having our Noche Buena. So my OB asked me to see her on the 28th - prescribed Clomid since Femara is too expensive and it didn't work, and scheduled me for an appointment again on Jan 5. After that, I suppose, we will try out Intra Uterine Insemination (IUI). Hopefully this will work for 2010.

Days before that, I had the most outrageous allergies. I only remember wrapping all the Christmas presents for half a day, then I took a shower afterwards. Hours later, my palms were itching. I saw small blisters around my palms. Then it became worse the next day so we went to see a Derma. The day after Christmas we went back to the Derma because my condition didn't improve. So she gave me medicines - Celestamine, Zithromax, Cytobiologische Tablets and Ataraxid - I feel like a drug addict - too many drugs! Ugh. Now my allergies are almost gone. Hopefully they will all go with 2009. But then I still have this wind burn. I can't wear lipstick and my Burt's Bees lip balm isn't working well either. Anyhow..

But then as I said, my Christmas wasn't that bad. My husband and I were able to bring good cheer to our loved ones - despite my being unemployed for the past month, we were able to buy gifts for the people dear to us. We were also able to gift each other a Lacoste shirt (violet, matching!), which will now be an official tradition for both of us. Last year we had it in blue, let's see what color we'll get for next year!

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What's Keeping Me Busy?

Yes, I am now unemployed. But I'm still enjoying it so I'm not yet on the lookout for a new job until 2010. Let me share with you our new bundle of joy in the family. On November 4, my parents brought home a baby boy. He is now officially part of the family and I named him Johann Jacob. He is our new bunso. He's so cute and adorable. I hope he'll grow up to be a good boy.

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SAHW at 30

I am entering week 1 of my new life as a stay at home wife (SAHW). Some women call themselves SAHM or WAHM, because they are Moms already (M in the acronym stands for mom). I wish I could call myself a SAHM or a WAHM too, soon. So what happened, you might want to ask.. I left a well-paying, nine-to-six job in one of America's trusted banks located at the Bonifacio Global City just last Thursday, a day after I turned 30. The reason? I realized that I value family over work and I could not compromise having to work even half day on my birthday. I had a disagreement with my boss. Maybe we just had different principles. I don't want to force myself to go to work on my 30th birthday - I felt that if I do, I would one day look back full of resentment, simply because I chose to be a good employee rather than a good daughter, sister and wife. I was also scared that since my request for leave to celebrate my 30th birthday was disapproved, what then, would be approved? It should have been my boss' present to me - as there was nothing urgent for me to attend to at work on that day, but he chose not to. So I chose to go ahead with my birthday as planned. I even received a call from my boss the night before my birthday which somehow appears to be a threat of sanctioning me for insubordination if I don't report for work on my birthday. I told him I was sorry, but I really couldn't make it and I have prepared myself for the worst on my return to work. I did.

The day after my birthday, I finished what I had to do and handed my boss my resignation letter. I was prepared for it because I won't be happy working with him anymore, because even if the threat of insubordination was not there, the statements that he made the day before my birthday were really something that I wasn't expecting to come from him. My boss and I had a good working relationship which dates back on my CVG days - he was the one who invited me to join the bank after I left CVG. But then after what happened, I just know that we could never go back to where we used to be.

I'm not mad at him, I understand that he just had to stand by his principles as much as I had to stand by mine. I felt sad for leaving my new team behind, though. I've learned to get to know them on a deeper level. We have plans laid out for their career development - one of my passions
is to develop talents in an organization. But it all had to end so quickly. I wasn't able to say goodbye to them. I just sent them a text message last Friday, which happens to be my first day as in the world of the unemployed. Two out of my five staff replied, the rest did not.

Oh before I forget, I also realized that one of my "friends" in facebook who also happened to work in the same bank, and who used to work in CVG as well, has been reporting my facebook status to my boss and who knows, maybe to those countless others who are not in the loop. My boss told me on our last conversation that I have to be careful with what I write on facebook as it might be grounds for some legal action by the bank. What the? I never mentioned the company's name in any of my posts and I believe it's my right as the owner of the facebook account to write whatever status I feel like writing as long as I don't post libelous comments or anything obscene.

Anyhow, I'm fine. A lot better. Maybe this hiatus from work would take me where I really want to be - a successful entrepreneur and homemaker. And of course, since I am now work-stress-free, I can focus on my TTC goal - get pregnant in a month or two! :-)

It was all worth it, I can say. My birthday celebration was fun and very meaningful. I'm happy and so excited to be a SAHW at 30. :-)

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One month and counting

It's been a month since I joined the company where I am working now. So far, so good. There are times when I miss my former team in CVG, the biggest team of 10 I've handled. At one month, I'm still getting to know each member of my new team. I'm still learning the best approach to use for them.

I can say that I am lucky to have this job - nine-to-six, a considerate boss, prime location, great compensation package, focused work assignment. I just miss my old team, my associations, the privilege of autonomy and flexibility, the familiarity, my nice and big workstation.

But then this is it. This is where I should be now. I'm over and done with CVG. I just have to do what I should - work.

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Saying goodbye to Tarzan

Tarzan was our good old red Mitsubishi Lancer '82 car. We've had lots of happy memories with him. He's been our car for as long as I can remember. Tonight, I received a text message from my mom saying Tarzan has been towed away by his buyer. Tarzan hasn't been in good condition for almost a year already. And then came Ondoy. Tarzan was half sunk at the height of the flood brought about by that terrible typhoon. When I got my first pay last week, I thought of reviving Tarzan. I was glad that my husband agreed. But then yesterday morning. when we sought the help of a friend who knows a lot about cars, he said that it would cost us way more than our budget to revive Tarzan, given his current state which was worsened by the flood. And that was when we gave up. Part of me blames my dad because he didn't take good care of Tarzan. Mom and I and I'm sure my brothers, too are sad because we will really miss Tarzan who became an essential part of our family. He brought me to work during my crazy shift years at CVG, he brought us to the hospital when we were sick, to the malls, family gatherings, and bonding activities when we were younger. How do you say goodbye to an old friend who has been there all along? I know this post sounds crazy,but this is how we are in my family - we are crazy sentimental people.. well, at least my mom's side. Thank you Tarzan. We will always remember you.

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Unang sweldo

Dinner was on me last Saturday. My family had a happy dinner at Chili's Morato to celebrate my first salary. It has been a tradition. See photos taken using our Canon EOS 500D. :-)

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Where are you now?

Heard this song playing on the radio of the cab on my way home one traffic night. I couldn't help but look back on the memories of the people who came my way. This song describes how I sometimes feel wheneverI wonder where these people are, whatever happened to them and will we ever cross paths again. We need people - good or bad, as our encounters with them teach us and mold us into becoming who we are. So, to the people I've met and lost, to the people who stayed with me, to my grade school, high school, college, grad school friends, my former officemates and colleagues, my teachers, my former crushes, my former loves, my pets, my relatives, my enemies (if there were any), and all those whom I happened to cross paths with - Thank you. If it wasn't for you I will never be who I am.

WHERE ARE YOU NOW
Honor Society

To my favorite teacher
Who told me never give up
To my 5th grade crush
Who I thought I really loved
To the guys I missed
And the girls we kissed
Where are you now?

To my ex-best friends
Don´t know how we grew apart
To my favorite band
And sing-alongs in my car
To the face I see
In my memories
Where are you now?

Where are you now?
Cause I´m thinking of you
You showed me how
How to live like I do
If it wasn´t for you
I would never be who I am

To my first girlfriend
I thought for sure was the one
To my last girlfriend
Sorry that I screwed it up
To the ones I loved
But didn't show it enough
Where are you now?

Where are you now?
Cause I'm thinking of you
You showed me how,
[ Honor Society Lyrics are found on www.songlyrics.com ]
how to live like I do
If it wasnt for you
I would never be who I am.

And I'll never see those days again
And things will never be that way again
But thats just how it goes,
People change,
But I know
I wont forget you

- guitar solo -

To the ones who cared
And who were there from the start
To the love that left
and took a piece of my heart
To the few who´d swear
I´d never go anywhere
Where are you now?

Where are you now?
Cause I´m thinking of you
You showed me how
How to live like I do
If it wasn´t for you
I would never be who I am

If it wasn´t for you
I would never be who I am
If it wasn´t for you
I´d be nothing
Where are you now?

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Updates!

It's been over a month since I last updated my blog. So many things have happened as days have gone by soo fast. Here's a run down of what I've been through:

1. A New 9-6 Job

Yes, I re-joined the corporate world effective Sept 16. So far, I'm happy with my work. People are nice, the office is great (I'm now working at The Fort), work is more focused, I have a considerate boss, I'm surrounded by a few familiar faces, and I have a normal schedule. The only drawback is that my sched is within the rush hour so it's pretty hard to find a nice cabbie as most of them are allergic to EDSA.

2. Typhoon Ondoy

My husband and I have experienced riding in a 6x6 truck of the AFP. This was during the height of typhoon Ondoy, when we accompanied the AFP team to rescue my in-laws in Provident Village, Marikina. We waited for the rescue team in Camp Aguinaldo and were asked to accompany them because they were not familiar with the place. Ondoy really left a scar in the hearts and minds of the Filipinos. We were lucky that none of our relatives was hurt and our apartment was not affected by the flood. But then my heart goes out to the victims especially those who have lost their loved ones.

3. 2 + 2

My husband and I have been living in a small apartment, just the 2 of us, since we got married. Except for our kitty, Tweety, our small unit is now housing 2 more people. My father in law and uncle in law stay at home every night while they are still cleaning up the mess left by Ondoy in their house. The house is not yet livable, so to speak, so they had to stay with us for the meantime. Quite an adjustment for us since we've been so used with just the 2 of us, but it's ok so far.

4. 10 Years

We celebrated our 10th anniversary as a couple with a gadget blast! Well, thanks to my retirement and our savings, we were able to buy 2 dream gadgets - a Canon EOS500D and an Asus K40IJ laptop (which I am using for the first time as I write this blog)! We had dinner at Seven Corners in Crowne Plaza to celebrate the occasion in a more intimate and gustatory way! :-)

5. LIT, LAT and NK Cells

2 weeks after our 3rd LIT session with Dr. Lara Aleta, we tested for LAT and NK Cells. The result was good (63%), but we needed another session to hit the target which is 80%. So we had our 4th and hopefully last LIT on Oct 8. NK Cells test results are now within range, thanks to Sis Regina Liu's acupuncture expertise. We'll consult with Dr. Chiaoling Sua-Lao soon. I can almost see the green light for us to go TTC again! :-)

So that's what I've been up to the past month.. Now that I have a new laptop, I will blog more often! :-)

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New Moon Trailer - mtv version :-)

Weeee!!!! Sooo excited to see the movie!

Movie Trailers - Movies Blog

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New Job, New Life

Thursday, September 3, was job offer day. The pay was a lot higher than I hoped for, plus the package is guaranteed 14 months. Shift is 9-6. Really better than Convergys. My boss is a former Senior Manager at CVG, who, I can say is a really good man. The only drawback was that I will be based in The Fort, a location that's still alien to me. But I am quite excited now that I saw the offer. Excited enough that I completed the pre-employment requirements in just one day. Now I'm all set to take the plunge. And I will just make the most of it for as long as I can. :-)

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Two roads...

... so many thoughts in my head. there are two roads to walk on and one road to choose...

Those were lines from the song "Thinking Over", from the soundtrack of Raising Helen. Love the movie, love the song. Those lines somewhat speak of what I feel right now. In a few, the person from the company where I will be working soon will give me the details of the job offer. But if I were to choose, between employment and being a stay at home or work at home wife, I'd choose the latter. I've come to enjoy thinking of the gazillion things to do at home. I don't get bored. I just love cleaning, decorating and organizing our space. And I enjoy planning our meals and cooking them. But is the choice mine to make? Nah. Well, at least not for now. We still can't afford it. Hubby cannot shoulder all the expenses alone. I have to help him bring home the bacon. With the cost of our apartment rent, condo amortization, the household bills/utilities, groceries, insurance and my super expensive treatment (LIT, tests, check-ups, meds) in preparation for pregnancy, I just have to pass up on the housewife dream. I do hope that our upcoming business becomes successful. Sorry but I really don't see myself confined in the office for a very long time. But given the need, I just have to take it. In the meantime...

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Popop's 9th Birthday

It was August 9, and my dear Popop turned 9. Here are some photos.

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I am now a Visitor

Almost a month ago, I was wearing this ID.



After a few days, I returned to the office to submit my clearance, and I was requested to wear this ID since I had to surrender my employee ID.

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Dog Labor

My husband and I saw these dogs, Habagat and Bagwis, along Morayta, Manila, several weeks ago. They are holding the basket with their mouth and people who want to take pictures of these dogs are requested to place their donations in the basket.. which, I believe, makes them heavier, so in effect, lalong mangangawit yung dogs.. Poor dogs.. Anyway, just lastweekend, we passed by the same road and we didn't see them there. I wonder where they are now.

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The LIT Experience

My husband and I were 30 minutes early for our 9am appointment at the Immunology Unit, PGH. We were accommodated, nonetheless, by their friendly staff. They filled 12 test tubes with Kristian's blood, which will be processed to be able to get the white blood cells which will later be injected to me. We were asked to come back at 12nn. We stayed at a nearby Jollibee and were able to read almost all of the editorials of the Philippine Star. Then we went to an internet shop right next to Jollibee, and accessed facebook and checked my emails. I was nervous when we went back to PGH. Dra. Lara Aleta came, and I was her first patient. She warned me that it will hurt a little and that there might be discomfort afterwards, and I can expect rashes, more pain and itching. And it did hurt. She had to do it in 2 areas of my left arm since she had to inject all the contents of the small vial. But she was good. It was kinda quick. She put bandage around the wounds after covering them with a clean cotton. She told me not to wet the area for 3 days. I should also not expose it to sunlight. After the procedure we bought some DVDs since it will be a long weekend, Friday being Ninoy Aquuino day. It's been almost 8 hours since the LIT. I feel fine. Except for the discomforts that I have been warned to expect. The area feels hot, and painful and itcy at the same time. I still have 3 more sessions to go. I really pray that all this pain, effort and money will have a beautiful outcome - a safe pregnancy and a healthy baby. :)

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On Giving and Taking

When are you supposed to draw the line between giving and taking? People say that when you give, you should not count nor expect anything in return. But then it can get nakakapagod at times, especially when you feel that what you are doing doesn't even get noticed, much less appreciated. Nakakapagod when you think you deserve a little reward but then it's not given your way, or if it is, people limit them to just too little. Nakakapagod when after getting your little share of reward, someone takes over and get much more than what you thought you've earned for your efforts. And when you speak up, they take it against you. And give you the silent treatment, the cold war. And then you ask yourself, do I deserve any of this? But then you know you don't. Because you've given your best and you're just getting your little reward, just little, not too much. Life!

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The Week After

It's been a week since my last day at work. A lot of things happened in between that last day and now. It was Thursday. And it was a stormy Thursday. Now, traces of the storm seemed to be all gone. I was able to process my clearance, had a good talk with my boss and had a chance to see some friends at work. Had my hair rebonded - nice! I also had a phone interview a week after that stormy Thursday, with a potential employer, another multinational company, but no longer a hard core call center/BPO. I met with a former senior colleague prior to the phone interview, as he was the one who offered the opening to me. The job sounds interesting - normal nine-to-five hours, focused area of specialization, and a reputable US based company.

I was able able to what I've always wanted to do - whip up really good meals, not the usual ulams hubby and I have on the table, but special ones. In the afternoon, my kitty, Tweety and I take our siesta. Then some cleaning and organizing on the side. Of course, I have more time to watch the TV now, so the cable bill gets utilized well.. Hehe. I still have a lot of things in my mind that I want to do while the new job starts. I want to study make-up, do some hard core blogging (my other blog), bake, get to level 34 on farm town, really clean and organize our apartment, give away stuff that we don't use or need anymore, organize our files on the computer, create new playlists on my music player, catch up on the movies I've missed and run a DVD marathon, watch Princess Hours again on DVD, read the Twilight saga once more, read more books - new ones, learn more about running a business, design more stuff for our upcoming business - all of those on top of our LIT sessions. See, I'm a busy woman. Now I'm currently CEO of the household. Beat that!

It wasn't as hard as I thought. I was able to go through the first week just fine. No regrets. I'm looking forward to a really brighter future.

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Closing Time

It was so unexpected. I thought I still had a week left. But then a brief and unbelievable conversation ended my 64-month tenure. Who says life is fair? My first day at Convergys was a Thursday. It was April 15, 2004. Who would've thought my last day will also be on a Thursday? Anyway... Here's the last email that I sent to let everyone know that I was leaving..

I wanted to take a moment to let you know that today is my last day at Convergys.

The last five years has been quite a journey. I was a witness to the tremendous growth of Convergys and the HR team: people who have come and gone, people who stayed, process improvements, manual to online, new policies and systems, etc. Through the years, I have learned a lot of things and have been acquainted with wonderful people who have helped me grow as a professional and as a person.

Yet difficult decisions have to be made in certain circumstances. New journeys have to be taken as we seek what we truly need. Personal endeavors would sometimes call for us to move on.

With this, let me express my heartfelt appreciation for all the support, understanding and friendship that you have generously given me. I hope that the positive associations I have made in this organization will not end with my tenure.

My very best wishes for the future go out to each and every one of you.

All the best to the CPS HR Team and Convergys :-)

It was a good 5 years overall. There were a lot of good times to look back on. There were also a lot of bumps and bruises. But I am thankful for the experience and the friends I have gained. Convergys will forever be part of my life. I believe I was able to contribute to its growth , as much as I have become a better HR professional, through the years. I also hope that I was able to touch the lives of as many people as I could.

But sadly, times could really get so tough. And with my experience these past few months, it taught me some lessons that I would forever remember.

1. People judge by perception. You don't have to explain yourself to people who like you; but to those who don't, no matter what you say and do, they will never listen and care.
2. You will only know your true friends when you are faced with a very difficult situation.
3. If it doesn't work the first time, try again. If it still doesn't work, QUIT. Do not wait, just quit and move on.
4. Trust your instincts.
5. There are still a lot of people who, even if they are not always visible, care for you and love you, and you will miss them and they will miss you when you're gone. And it doesn't have to end there. Thanks to facebook! :-)

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