i had an easy and relaxed day. i attended the planetree retreat. i was away from work and home, into this beautiful ford's colony place in williamsburg. oh how i wish i live around this place.
here's some of the house's i passed by...













clubhouse patio and golf course...






the snacks were served non-stop all day and the lunch was superb. a smorgasbord of delectable cuisine. i wish i had taken a shot.
i learned interesting points about planetree. their mission makes so much sense to me now.
the facilitator of the retreat shared us this story... it's amazing!

The Goose Story

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Next Fall, when you see geese heading south for the winter,
flying along in V
formation, you might consider what
science has discovered as to why they fly
that way:


As each bird flaps its wings, it
creates an uplift for the bird immediately following it. By flying in the
V formation, the whole flock adds as least 71% greater flying range than if each
bird flew on its own.

People who share a common
direction and sense of community can get where they are going more quickly and
easily because they are traveling on the thrusts of one
another.


When a goose falls out of formation,
it suddenly feels the drag and resistance of trying to go it alone and quickly
gets back into formation to take advantage of the lifting power of the bird in
front of it

If we have as much
sense as a goose we will stay in formation with those who are headed the same
way we are.


When the head goose gets tired,
it rotates back in the wing and another goose flies
point.

It is sensible to take turns doing
demanding jobs--with people as well as with geese flying
south.


Geese honk from behind to encourage
those up front to keep up their speed.

What do we
say when we "honk from behind"?


Finally, and
this is important, when a goose gets sick or is wounded by gunshots and falls
out of formation, two other geese fall out with that goose and follow it down to
lend help and protection. They stay with the fallen goose until it is able
to fly or until it dies, and only then do they launch out on their own or with
another formation to try to catch up with their group.

If we have the sense of a goose, we will stand by each
other like that.

why do i feel so tired?

my september schedule is just f*cked-up!
i have been working almost everyday and running errands.
non-stop since pong left.
it's coming back to me now, how hard it is when he's away.
i don't feel okey.

i hate this b*tch at work. the other job i'm taking about. the new manager is a devil. she refuses to staff the unit with 2. i work there the other week with 6 sick patients by myself. she instructed to call for help from med surg unit as needed. those poor nurses don't even have time to pee. they have sicker patients. for surgery, crazy brain injuries in posey bed. and she expects them to help me. shunga shunga pala sya eh! ba't kaya di sya magtrabaho sa floor ng makita nya.
nakaka-bwisit! i had this gigantic patient. a 3 hundred pounds dead weight that can't even lift her hundred pounds extremities. she expect me to give her a bed bath, turn and dress her up. who'll be watching my other patients. syempre, do i have a choice?... my back was killing me for a week after that.
it's not f*cking worth-it. it's just not.
then she called me to her office to tell me that my pay rate was more than what i'm suppose to. she asked me to sign a contract to work more hours if not...she'll decrease my pay. i REFUSED to.
gagah talaga! tinakot pa ako. sino bang gustong magpakamatay. sa kanya nalang.
tsaka hindi naman sya nag-hire sakin at nag offer ng rate.
pucha, nakaka-gigil. aghhhh! gusto kong pag-sasaksakin ng ballpen!

why does life gets more complicated as you get older? more troubles, heartache, problems, pain...

newbie

i'm officially a new employee.
my first day, monday. orientation at the hampton roads branch...
it's such an amazingly huge place but this is not where i'm gonna be working.
i'm excited!

new job

my morning started early today. after a long while (5 weeks to be exact) of getting away from not calling the HR from this new rehab place. i did finally returned back their phone calls and headed up for initial interview. the director was very pleased of my resume and did'nt even asked me a lot of non-sense questions and was just very specific that they wanted me as full-timer. i can only do few hours a week to begin with. that is for me to see how the place is. she offered the position right away and we went straight to HR. she left me there and was sure i was going to accept the offer. the offer was awful. i almost choked up to death. literally! i was so embarrased since i was obviously disgusted with the offer. my materalistic self couldn't hide it. all i had to say was. "i'm going home and i'll think about it."
so i did and called HR right away. i was contemplating on how to negotiate my salary as i was driving home. but as she answered the phone. she was like... "linda" (the director) got after her for not even asking how much i make as fulltime. and i just blurted that i demand (never thought i could do that. *i'm so surprised with my self. i need a pat on the back...lol) not less than what i make as fulltime. so she made phone calls.
i did accept the position but i'm still not happy with the pay. it's 10 bucks less than what i make in texas. i guess the pay here is not as competitive compare to other states but at least it's more than my pay as fulltime. (too bad...you can't win all the time)
pong will be leaving on easter. i'll be busy somehow, something to look forward to...

this is the place i'll be working at
(i hope it works out)