I have been missing a number of things since I set foot here at Singapore. The very first is the celebration of my birthday, followed by my brother's birthday, Christmas Day, New Year's Day, and the list goes on... Frankly, it is hard to spend those celebration without your family; hence, a big salute to the overseas Filipino workers (OFW). Really, I can't imagine how you were able to surpass that 'homesick' thingy.
Added on my list is the graduation of my niece, Stephanie. Not only that, she graduated with honors: a silver award and a best in writing award. She consistently gets that Best in Writing award. I am uberly proud of her.
I remember reviewing her one night via Yahoo Messenger's doodle for her exam in Math. I was so happy that she answered my questions perfectly - even after the examination.
*Deep breath* I promise, I won't be missing anymore important family celebration. In 55 days, I will be able to hug again my mother, my brother, my sister-in-law, and my niece. Seven days after that, I will be right back HOME.
Anyhow, congratulations Stephanie!!! Continue making your family proud. I love you.
A week before Valentine's Day, the sweetness in me urged me to send my mother flowers and my angel chocolates via Flowers Express in the Philippines. It was my first time to try out such e-commerce.
Happiness filled my spirit on Valentine's Day as my mother cannot describe the gladness in her heart as she received flowers from me. It was just exactly how I wanted it to be.
It is with that event that I become more excited as the chocolates that I had sent to my angel will be arriving in his office Friday of that week.
My order was three (3) Van Houten Chocolate Almonds in tin can. with the following message:
Mahal,
You are God's greatest gift to me. I honestly love you!
Missing you,
Madz
But to my dismay, no message landed the hands of my angel, and worse, he did not receive the 3 chocolate almonds that I ordered. Instead, he received this package:
It really frustrates me that I immediately called Flowers Express. But no one's answering the phone. It then lead me to sending them an email courteously asking what had happened. But after a week of waiting, I haven't received any attention from them. I followed up my inquiry and put in the signature my blog address (thinking it might startle them in some way). It does, and here's what I've got:
And guess what? Tomorrow is exactly a month since I heard something from them. They just kept me hanging. AND I AM SO MUCH DISAPPOINTED WITH THEIR SERVICE. If they only at least replied, I could have again use their service in the upcoming birthday of my mother. It is simply frustrating.
I know it won't really matter to them if I won't trust their service anymore. Their company and web presence is already established. And a low profile blogger like me won't do any harm in their business. But why am I blogging this? To let my friends know and think twice before placing an order with Flowers Express. It is like, ORDER AT YOUR OWN RISK. At the same time, I am still hopeful that via this sort of open letter, I could get an answer from them. I do hope so.
That was my status as I changed the page of my calendar from February to March. Yes, I wanted March to be FAST! Believe it or not, from the day that I set foot here in Singapore, I am already having my countdown. It is exactly 76 days to go before I can finally hug my mother, my brother, my sister-in-law, and my niece. I am so excited!
God is so generous that he is really making March to come by so swiftly. I just can't believe it that I am already a week old here in my new crib.
I am now realizing why people kept on telling me that time is fast here in SG. My time is occupied by my work in the office (as of the moment). Back home, I just have to check my mail, Twitter, and Facebook. If time or mood permits, I will scribble my thoughts and have a blog post. At 10:30PM, I will lay down and make myself sleepy. Then, I will call it a day. The following morning, the same routine will happen. The next thing I know, a week had passed by already.
But sometimes, I am contemplating. Why does it feel that I had the luxury of time when I was in the Philippines? Those days when it is Monday, yet, I am wishing that it is already weekend (and vice versa). Both SG and PH has 24 hours per day, 7 days a week. But why am I feeling that SG time flies so fast? And in PH, time is something that you wanted to pull from being so slow.
Most probably, I am not looking forward to anything on weekends here. That's why it really never matter to me if I had to go out for work. At the same time, working for me means that I'll be coming back home anytime sooner. On the other hand, back in the PH, I am always looking forward at spending quality time with my family and with the love of my life. That's why I wanted the weekdays to be over and the weekends to be long.
Anyway, no matter what seem to be the logic of SG being a fast paced country, I am still happy that my countdown already reaches line of 7. Sooner, I'll be back home. But for now, I'll be singing this:
In order to update myself of Philippine news, it is my habit to read interesting news and stories in Yahoo Philippines.
Today, what struck me was the Lady Gaga and Lady Maria duet. A tear dropped from my eyes as I finished watching this video.
Maria is that lucky to have that very rare opportunity of singing on-stage with Lady Gaga; on the other side; Lady Gaga is very fortunate for having the chance to touch someone else’ heart. Aside from which, I love the message that is being conveyed by the song that they sung – Born This Way.
Another story that captured my attention was about a Filipino blogger in the pen name BryanBoy who stirs a fashion revolution. From doing his craft in web design, he had been invited to a number of fashion shows. Okay, let me rephrase it. He had been invited to a number of international fashion shows wherein his comments really matters. And I mean international. He had invites from Isabel Marant, Mugler, Balmain, AF Vandevorst, Gareth Pugh, Rochas, Damir Doma, Chanel, among others.
Photo Credits: AFP
And it is interesting to note that these invites were all triggered by Jacobs, the influential American creative director of French design house Louis Vuitton. Isn’t that amazing?
I remember reviewing her one night via Yahoo Messenger's doodle for her exam in Math. I was so happy that she answered my questions perfectly - even after the examination. 
