Suspend-It

I recently started watching the series, Awkward. I guess I find it funny that it was nothing like my high school experience, at all. I mean, sure I had a hard time with my love life and determining how I really feel for a guy, but I don’t recall any bullies and people driving cars at that age.

It’s probably because I lived in another country. Hahaha!

I couldn’t help but envy Jenna when her mom gave her a room makeover though. I would literally kill (okay, not really!) people just to get a room makeover. I’d do anything to get my floor carpeted and get a raleigh carpet cleaning once in a while.

I don’t really see the purpose on getting a ceiling floor though, aside from being able to see how you look like everytime you wake up. Haha! Do you have any idea on what the purpose of ceiling mirrors are, because I really haven’t the slightest clue!

Take photos of your rooms and share it with me! Go on!

I have always been a big fan of modern furniture. I made a scrap book of what I intend to get for my future house. I doodle potential designs during my free time, and I randomly google furniture designs, and this is how I found out I prefer modern designs over anything else.

My dream house design would mainly consist of minimalist and modern pieces, and it wouldn’t be too colourful. I have long been over my bright colour phase.

What kind of dream home do you have? What colour schemes and furniture themes would you get? Do you have a specific location you want your dream home to be?

I haven’t really put much thought into where my dream home will be. All I’m sure of at the moment is that I want it to be placed somewhere quiet, but not too far away from civilization.

If you find any places that match the criterion I just mentioned, feel free to let me know! I read my comments all the time, I assure you.

As a person quite concerned with the way humankind has been treating the environment, I have always recommended green shopping to all my friends. With the industrial things that we all use, we’re actually not aware of how much damage it causes to the current environment.

Do you remember the time when tools were only made of stone and the only occupations one can have would either be a gatherer or a hunter? I’m actually quite intrigued with this kind of lifestyle. Marketing strategies make us have this kind of mentality where we think that most of the things in the market are our necessities, when in fact, many generations have survived without the existence of these.

I just feel that it’s impractical to rely too much on material things, but then again, that’s just me.

I’m doing my part on saving and preserving the environment. Are you?

Earlier at work, we had a seminar about keeping web sites secure. The seminar focused on key topics like hacking techniques, https connection, pci compliance hosting and ethical or white hacking. The thing that struck my interest was Ethical Hacking. To give you an idea, it is the type of job that hackers do, only these ethical hackers are paid to do it to protect the system. To give you an idea on what they actually do, they demonstrated some hacking methods on some of our deployed web applications. Unfortunately, one of the chosen web applications was my project. In a few minutes they were able to get some user info in my database without authentication. It was so embarrasing especially because my boss was watching. Anyway, that is what the training is for.
Regarding the ethical hacking job, the presenter said that tbey actually train for these sort of stuff for auditing systems like banks and insurance companies who handle very sensitive information. However their skills are that of professional hackers so if anyone of them goes rogue it will cause a lot of trouble. Now isn’t that cool?! With great hacking comes great responsibility as they all say. Hehe. Someday, i will be an ethical hacker.

While I was drawing the dream home I had in my mind, I wasn’t quite sure of most of the details. One of the very few things that I am sure of is the fact that my dream home HAS to have pergo accolade flooring.

It’s just pretty and it looks like real hardwood flooring , without requiring you to actually deal with the difficult maintenance of hardwood, and this is actually why I fell in love with it.

I love modern and minimalistic style homes, and I guess this is key to having the look and feel that I want. My home would probably have thick glass or full pane windows..

I’m getting too carried away with this, aren’t I? This is all just too exciting for me. I must get back to building house designs on The Sims! I actually got hooked to that game because it gives me the feeling that I actually am an architect without the diploma! Hahaha.

I have always had this feeling that a Branson Missouri vacation was something that I want. In my opinion, this is the best form of getaway.

It’s the music capital of the world, which is one of the many things why I consider it awesome. I love music myself, you see, and it takes away the stress I went through in a day when I plug in my earphones and just rock and roll. Nothing calms me down more than music does.

This is definitely a perfect getaway for music lovers, like me.

I have seen many websites that offer to help you set up with plans, and I can say that they are really helpful. I’m not very organized, so most of my plans end up… not existing or messing up entirely. I mostly rely on the internet to help me out with my life. I know it’s a bad thing, but I’m trying to fix it in my own little ways.

Being the paranoid person that I am, traveling isn’t such a great idea. I don’t exactly know why, but for some reason, this doesn’t stop my need to visit places far from home and to explore different cultures.

Most of the time while I travel, the only thing that hinders me is the thought of you might like to call “a travel emergency“. Not only am I paranoid, I am also quite sickly, and this isn’t really such a great combination.

I tend to get sick because of the things I eat, and I’m pretty clumsy, so clumsy that at one point I broke a bone from hitting an inanimate object. Sad, isn’t it? I actually got used to it, so I try to be more careful nowadays.

This goes to show that nothing can stop you from doing things you really love.

My sister just got married last February, and I just couldn’t stop myself from thinking about grandkids.

Imagine how down I felt when she told me that she and her husband don’t have plans to take care of a kid anytime soon.

I just couldn’t stop myself from thinking how adorable kids are, and how I’d like to just squeeze their chubby little cheeks until they’re all red and even cuter.

I think I fell in love with BOB revolution strollers. They’re just so handy and practical. They make outdoor activities even easier since you can put so much stuff inside them instead of carrying over nine thousand bags while walking a rocky terrain.

I have also heard many good things about this stroller. My friends told me that this is one of the good quality ones, and that it’s worth all your money.

This definitely is one thing all the outdoor freaks and parents out there would love.

On a rainy, almost stormy afternoon, while having lunch with my friend and office mate Wendi at this nice Tempura restaurant, we got into talking about the big flood that damaged several villages last September which buried a lot of houses under water. It turns out that her grandparents’ house was one of those that were affected.

Wendi shared that no one was hurt and most of the damages in their house have now been repaired. The only problem was the fact that all the documents, textbooks, and even their highly valued pictures plus the negatives are now beyond restoration. I guess nowadays, having a digital camera can be handy in preserving those “Kodak moments”.

I remember my friend Mark who doesn’t like taking pictures on the context that he treasures everything with his memory. I agree with him. However, it’s still nice to have mementos to share to your friends, children and grand children someday, don’t you think?

With my nine-days vacation, I planned on using some of those days to go on a 3-day trip with my new friend Diego and his friends. Diego was the one who organized this trip which includes two nights in a Beach Resort, island hopping, two days of snorkeling, a boat ride for firefly watching, and whale interaction. ^_^

I’m pretty excited for the trip. My only problem right now is that the phone signal in that area is very low. Consequently, I might need to purchase a cell phone booster to make sure I’m able to still contact people in case of an emergency. Oh well, that’s just a minor problem which can be set aside. After all, compared to the sublime scenery and experience, worrying something like the phone signal seems pretty lame.

I can’t wait to see those fireflies and whales!