Changes...

Changes are inevitable. As long as people live, aspire, dream, wish, hope and be a human being, changes will always happen. Some changes show its good outcome immediately. Sometimes its fruits can only be appreciated over a long period of time. But no matter what good things people can get from it, a change will always pose an equal opposite effect. The fear of losing something, the sadness of getting away from your comfort zone and the feeling of being lost or confused, all of which will sink in no matter how solid your spirit is.

In the end, we'll just have to cope with these changes and have the memories of that comfort zone become an inspiration for us to move on to the new challenges that lie ahead of us.

Best sleep

After 36 hours of being awake because of the mySAP NEA Upgrade Project's Cutover, I was able to sleep at 5pm yesterday. I woke up at 4am this morning and I really felt rejuvenated. It was my longest and best sleep for the past 2 years. During the cutover, I kept myself awake during the 36 hour stretch by eating a lot and most of all thanks to my pingpongmates, Gilbert, Edward and Andrew and to Kars and Hani for a mini game (Hani you really deceived me =P).

Looking forward to Cutover 2. =)

New 7 Wonders of Nature

Please vote for our very own Subterranean River in Palawan. Second round of voting is still going on. Currently on the lead for Group E (Forests, Natural Parks, Nature Reserves) is the Amazon River and Palawan Subterranean River is on second place.

Follow this link to vote: New 7 Wonders of Nature

New Prince of Tennis

A new series of Prince of Tennis (manga) was released last week. It will not be released on the weekly Shonen Jump Magazine but on Square Square. And so chapters will be released on a monthly basis.

The story starts with the Japan U-17 (under 17) Selection Team Training Camp. Ryoma Echizen just came back from America to join the training camp. His appearance was really flashy. The selection of high school and middle school students were filtered by having them catch at least one of the tennis balls that were dropped from a helicopter. Ryoma took the last tennis ball just when the arrogant high schoolers were about to get the ball.

I hope the series will offer something new in the series aside from the flashy tennis techniques. I wonder if Ryoma still has a room for growth.

Being busy

February was a busy month. It's filled with a mix of project work-related and initiative-related activities. People say that if you don't want to miss someone (or loved ones) you have to make yourself busy. You must do something that will divert your attention. Based from the busy month I had, I can confirm that it's not always true. Like almost everything in the universe, it depends on a lot of factors. For one, the things you're doing will only worsen your homesickness if it reminds you of the people you miss. Your endeavors may immerse your mind into something else but when it's done, you have nothing more to think about but those people you want to be with.

Nevertheless, what matters is that you've become busy for a while to think of something else, to make yourself happy if it's just a few hours or minutes. Those precious brief moments are essential to keep the mind and heart uplifted instead of thinking too much of the things you desired, which will have to wait.