6 months to go...

yesterday, i had my serious 1:1 with my boss, it was a life changing decision that we both have to make. finally, the long wait is over - we had the verdict - cv is closing very soon. the global financial crisis has impacted the company's decision to execute closure plan - with that it has also impacted our personal lives. i will be leaving this company together with the remaining materials employees in q1'09, we had an option to take early release in february or complete the 90 days period beginning january, hence my LDO is end of april '09. i took the latter, for the reason that i still have to complete the projects i am currently engaged in, and of course to savor our remaining days in the building.

i have spent more than half of my professional life here - it was indeed a very sad conversation with my boss, (btw, he's an american and currently relo assigned in shanghai) he felt for all cv folks. the release was divided in 4 phases (phase 1 - cpu folks, phase 2 will be the ssg including materials, phase 3 will be hr and last phase will be the finance group)

i had my share of good and bad times here, more of a good times since this is really a great place to work. it had opened a lot of good opportunities for me to become a person i am right now. i will surely miss my counterparts in other sites, my cubicle, my notebook, the many places i'd been to, the teambuildings, trainings, airports hassles, the pressures, the focal period, the recognition and most of all the culture, hai my list is endless....ngayon pa lang na mi-miss ko na ito, nagiging senti ako hu hu hu...

i know life must go on ... i don't have plans yet to find another job for now, maybe i'll concentrate on being a homemaker for a while, this is my long dream career anyway, but i'm sure eventually, i'll find my place in a corporate world again.

some life's update

thank God - results of my mammogram screening and breast ultarsound were all negative. God is so good! again, thanks to all my blogging friends who's silently praying for me. it helped me a lot - salamat po.

am back to work again, "business as usual" while waiting for CV decision to come out. with the new baby, we had changed of plans, taking offshore assignment in my company is no longer an option, we will rather stay here, get the package and start a new.

i felt sad when i made the decision, i had invested 10 years of my life here, but nonetheless i'm happy that finally, i will be a homemaker soon - 6 to 9 months from now.

beginner's LO's

i'd been to scrapbooking during those low lights of my life, i found this hobby theraputic, nakakaalis ng stress. those few times that i'm doing scrapbooking and thinking about the style, gumagaan lahat ng dinadala ko sa dibdib ko.

i've had here two 1st LO's i did for Justin's baby book, so far I did 5 LO's na, once i uploaded the other 3, i'll post it here.

outstanding pupil

bumalik ang pagiging stage mom ko, tagal ko ng gustong i-post itong result ng 1st grading period ni baby bear - i'm proud to say she's doing great in school. she ranks 4th in their class, actually, 3rd yan kasi tie sila nung 3rd placer. sa over-all section ng grade 1 she ranks 8th. it seems this 2nd quarter she's doing even better, kasi she already got 3 perfect exams out of 7 subjects in her monthly test, we are just waiting for the quartely test which will be held 3rd week of oct. we promised her sg tour at the end of school year, pag na maintain niya na nasa honor list siya. mukhang she's enjoying her classes naman, sana nga magtuloy tuloy ang good studying habit ng anak ko. i spent lesser time na sa pag rereview sa kanya kasi me baby brother na siya na mas kailangan ng attention ko.

we are proud of you anak!

whew! i'd been through a lot

i must apologize that I have not been very good at keeping my blog up to date for the last while. our baby boy, Justin Joseph, arrived safe and sound on July 5th (yes, it was 3 months ago!) and life has never been the same since.

having two kids is rather chaotic but also the greatest JOY, though i've been through a lot due to post partum blues (suffered level 2 depression). my emotions has been a roller coaster ride after i gave birth, maybe because i was too hard on myself, felt too tired and too weak to take care of my family. the lack of sleep and my son's frequent crying at night eats up my energy - ganon ata pag preemie, "attention seeker" crying as if there's no tomorrow, plus the fact that we don't have a nanny nor a helper at home.

my birthday wish was to have one nanny that will take care and love my kids the way i do, ito na ata ang pinakamahirap na hanapin sa panahon ngayon - but i'm sure our Good Lord will help me find one. dumagdag pa yung sister ko sa problema ko, biglang naisipan na mag-abroad, kahit na masyadong risky yung decision niya, i can't stop her from pursuing...

recently, i've noticed a lump on my breast, so i had to undergo mammogram screening and breast ultrasound last oct 7 - hopefully result will be negative, yet to be discuss to me this coming sat. i'm hoping and praying that this too shall pass, sunod sunod ang pinagdaanan ko - sana matapos na po.

to all my closest friends and blogging amigas, am asking again for your prayers - sana everything will be fine. pasensya na po at palagi akong humihingi ng favor sa inyo.

God bless us all!