Hello 2011!

Goodbye 2010! Hello 2011! Last year was truly tumultuous and I hope that this year will prove to be better. I resigned from work last year and applied in a new company. I enjoy my work very much despite the low salary I am getting. But hey, I am not complaining since the workload is not that heavy. I enjoy coming in to work because there is definitely less stress (you don't know how tense I was when I was still working for my previous company, its no fun talking to complaining customers!) and I like most of the people in our office.

I guess it is common for people to have a New Year's resolution so I think it is only right that I post mine here. Let me give you 10 of my resolutions for this year.

1. Try to be less serious, learn to enjoy more- I am always worrying about this and that and honestly, for most of the time it is something really trivial and beyond my control. I want to enjoy my youth while I still have it. 
2. Lose weight, I mean REALLY! - I know its a pretty common resolution and one that often gets broken but I am really SERIOUS about this. I am going to be slimmer this year since being chubby isn't really helping out my image and I want to be healthy and all that stuff. 
3. Improve my looks - I have posted on my blog before that I want to change my hair color, eye color, etc. and I may still do that depending on how my mood goes. But most definitely I want to start looking better and stop looking so boring. 
4. Be more smart with money, be more thrifty! - I am an impulsive buyer :-(  Most of the time, I buy these really useless junk and my budget suffers as a consequence. I want to be more analytical and wise in money matters and I will try to remember that its not how many you own but its how much you keep.  :-)
5. Be less bitchy, be more friendly! - I am sorry but I enjoy being a bitch for too long. :-) By bitchy, I mean that I am too opinionated and I don't take crap from anyone. I could sometimes come across as bossy and snobby but that's all going to change (little by little). That doesn't mean that I am going to let people walk all over me (just let me see them try!) but I will make a concentrated effort to be sweeter and nicer even though I feel like scratching some people's eyes out.
6. Go to church more often - I am a very prayerful person but there are times (specifically Sundays) that I fail to hear mass. I will have to make it a point that I go to mass every Sunday since I don't work anyway on that day and its my way of thanking God for taking care of me and my family.
7. Smile more! - I don't smile a lot because I think that I look better if I don't smile because my face creases up every time I flash a grin. I know it sounds weird but that's the way I look at it.
8. Catch up on my reading and finish my cross-stitch - I don't get to read too much nowadays and I truly miss it. I bought so many books too and they're just gathering dust in my room. I have to pick up on my cross stitch especially since my friend Denzyl gave me this pretty Barbie cannister lunch box for Christmas and I used it to store all my thread. 
9. Update my blog regularly - I love my blog and I really want to have as many followers as I can. That's why I have to find ways to make my blog more exciting and interesting to my readers.
10. Be a better child to my parents, a good sibling to my brother and sisters, and a good friend - I think this doesn't need any explanation. I want to show my parents how happy I am that they raised me and my siblings the best they could, especially my Mommy who is always there to support me. To my dear brother and sisters, I am sorry if your "kuya" is sometimes like a frivolous butterfly but I promise to improve myself so hang on there! To my friends, well what more can I say? I am always here when you need me.

I was going to include that I should have a new boyfriend this year but how can I make sure of that? Its not as if I achieve that without the help of someone (i.e my crush) and I don't know how that would happen since I am so shy and I don't even know his name!

Wow this post is so long already! Before I close this, here are the gifts I received this Christmas:

My office colleague, Ronald Gow, gave me this shawl and I am currently using it in the office.

My sister, Marie Chit, gave me this lovely Barbie notebook

My office colleague and friend Denzyl gave me this shopping bag. I love the message.

Denzyl also gave me this lunch box. I like it.

Marie Fay, one of my sisters, gave me this bed sheet which I will definitely use.

Enjoy and Happy New Year again!

Charmedwishes...
Blessed be!

The Cute Guy In Black

This happened in the office where I used to work in España. It was a huge corporation so in every floor of the building, there were at least two departments. Our office was located on the third floor....those familiar with the area its the PLDT building near Jollibee. I was feeling kinda full at that time and needed to relieve myself in the comfort room. On my way out to the hall, I saw a middle aged man and a male friend waiting for somebody by the door of the office department just across to ours. Also, I noticed a a cute guy in black coming out of the office department across to ours. He was smiling at me so I did the same. There was something strange with his smile... kinda naughty smile.

The male friend asked me if I was smiling at him and I said jokingly "no, of course not." He asked me again "Whom are you smiling at?" I responded w/ laughter "its definitely not you", then I continued walking to the comfort room in a queue behind the cute guy and the middle aged man. The two men went straight into the cubicles while I patched my face before emptying. The middle aged man left soon after he finished.

I was waiting for the cute guy in black to come out so I could catch a glimpse of him again (hehehe). Several minutes past, he wasn't out yet. I ran out of patience so I just went inside the cubicle next to his so I could peek (Can you blame me if I was a little bit fidgety, why I couldn't hear any noise inside that cubicle?....not even a running water, tehee!Oh, I just looked underneath to check if I could see his feet while sitting in there,silly me!) and no, I didn't see his feet which made me feel like I wanted to run away as fast as I could.

As soon as I finished my job inside the toilet, I opened the door and pretended to patch my face again, me facing the mirror against the cubicle where the guy was in and waited curiously for another minute for him to come out. Another minute past so I got a bit worried that something might have gone wrong with him inside, I knocked at the door asking if he was alright, but there wasn't any response so I just shrugged off. But because it was a bit strange for me, with little hesitation I opened the door slowly, and OH! it wasn't even locked at all and it scared me to death when I saw the cubicle empty . "Oh my gosh he just disappeared!!!" I screamed with a terrified voice. I sensed he was just playing tricks on me and the hair on my scalp was raised. I had goosebumps all over my body.

I rushed out of the comfort room with the speed of lightning sweating and trembling. Still, with a look of horror, I mentioned the incident to my co-employees, and one of them told me that somebody in that office department had died in a car crash not long ago, describing his appearance, how he looked like and the description fits the mysterious guy I had encountered. After that event, it came to my mind that the middle aged man might be the father of the crash victim (the cute guy in black), and the male friend whom I thought was just fooling around with me....I guess he couldn't see the cute ghost.