My random thoughts for tonight…

1. I thought of my most used social networking and blogging sites that I’ve been using as of the moment, and I came up with this list: WordPress (for my blog), HelloTXT (for my Life Stream), Facebook (to connect me with my friends), and Plinky (for random questions).

2. The Transformers movie has excellent visual effects, but most of the opinions I heard from others find the story a little bit disappointing.

3. Out of curiosity, I watched “Villa Estrella” with my friends. It was scary at first, but the story got a little bit boring as the movie reaches its climax.

It still makes me happy that I am now doing my 401st blog entry. This gives me a f eeling of having a new beginning again. New beginnings always bring the feeling that you are becoming a stronger and a better person.

I remember before, I had a fear of having my blog read by my relatives. As much as possible, I only want my friends and online friends read my blog. But we know that technology is making the world smaller and smaller. And now, you can just connect to all people you know, as well as connect your blog, life stream accounts, and social networking sites into just one site, particularly Facebook.

I suddenly realized that all of us have his/her own opinions and we should never be ashamed of it. It maybe wrong and it maybe right, but opinions are opinions. Sometimes, sharing your opinions will make you realize if it is right or wrong. We just need to be open minded. Different and contrasting opinions really do exist. It’s up to you what to believe in.

I also realized lately that we really can’t please everyone. Well, I realized this fact many times already in the past but sometimes, it is really just depressing when people won’t get to like you. Of course, I know some of us would want the people around us to like us, but of course that would be a very hard thing to do. Sometimes, we just keep on pleasing those people, though there are times when all we can say is “If you don’t like me, then don’t. I don’t like you either”.

Well, a friend hasn’t been replying to all our text messages lately. I want to ask him, “What’s the problem? Are you really that busy that you can’t even answer us with a simple yes or no. If you really don’t want to communicate, then I assume  you are irritated by our messages. Okay, then I’ll stop communicating with you”. Of course, friend are friends. I know I can’t afford to hate a friend for a long time but sometimes, things happen that cause misunderstanding. But I care, and I will always care.

Happiness… We know and we feel what makes us happy. We just need to follow our hearts. I am afraid of blaming myself in the end when I just let myelf my happiness go. But of course, we should also take into consideration others’ feelings.

Oh well, lots of realizations recently and I am happy that this new start really made me hopeful for better things to come.

This is my 400th blog entry here in my blog and I know my fellow bloggers understand the feeling of reaching this “so-called milestone”. Haha.

Well, I find this a nice way to jumpstart this new month/third quarter of the year/second half of the year. Well, I want to be positive as we start the second half of this year. And as usual, I always try to view my archive and look for my favorite posts. For Volume 3, I looked for my favorite posts from entry #300-399.

What I mean with “the best of Rowjielogy”, is a collection of my favorite entries.

• High Feeling
• The CompanY’s Group Hug
• A Year At Work
• An 80’s Christmas Party
• Destination: Bohol
• Colorsplash
• International Thank You Day
• A Tribute Campaign: Certified Senior Bloggista
• Climate Change
• Free Rice
• Home Sonic: Strike 2!
• Belly Laugh Day
• Biorhythm
• Nandito Pa Rin Tayo
• I See Red
• I Saw Her Tired
• Happy Two Years Old!
• Three Stars And A Sun
• Earth Hour 2009
• Vote Earth!
• Haircut Therapy
• Global Warming Awareness
• Get Inspired
• A Day On The Rainbow
• MRAZmerized
• 24
• Earth Day 2009
• Company Outing 2009
• A Decade From Journal To Blog
• A Year of Singing, Dancing, & Stealing Things
• And Then We’re Connected!
• The David In Me
• Shuffled Open Views
• Pens For Her Studies, Juices For Our Health
• Rally. Fiesta. Campaign.
• Independent Pinoy
• Signs of Depression
• We Can Talk About It
• Birthdate Tells It So
• Keep On Moving

Woah. It seems like only yesterday when I posted those blog entries and I am amazed how fast time passed by. But definitely, looking back to past blog entries make me feel good, inspired, and full of hope for better and happier things to come!

I have tried opening and updating my curriculum vitae/résumé again yesterday. Well, it definitely means that I opened myself again to possible opportunities that might come to me. Well, no plans of resignation yet, but I am just now open to the thought of grabbing a better opprotunities if it will be given to me.

I went to job searh engines again and looked at the current job openings. It gave me the thought of getting out of what I know as of the moment, and try to learn new things.

A friend of mine at work has resigned and it actually makes me feel bad. But when I thought about it, it’s her choice and she already know what she’s doing. If she thinks she made the right decision, then I support her for that.

While we were eating our lunch today, someone said that he thinks that I got a big amount of savings in my bank account. Well… that’s my wish! Haha. I still got to pay some debts. But I am happy that I can still save little by little. And then another one said, “He has a goal in life”. I suddenly stopped and asked myself… “Goal? What is my goal in life?”.

Those thoughts are actually on my mind right now. But I am sure that I want to keep on moving forward…

I admit that I somehow believe that the characteristics of a person can be read through his/her birth date.

If the results are good, then fine. If not, then I try to realize if it’s true or not. I actually don’t want to focus on the good results. I  just keep it to myself. I’d rather point out the negative results if I want to share it to others.

Anyway, according to Facebook:

Rowell Discover Secret of Birthdate!
This is the results :

You were born on 18th of April 1985.

:: Actor.
:: Talented to entertain people.
:: Loving and generous.
:: With their natural attraction, they have no problems to befriend with anybody.
:: Have a lots of personality that make others hard to understand them.
:: Like a chameleon, they manage to suits themselves with environment.
:: Lucky, but they suffer cause they depend mostly in luck and mood.

Rowell Discovered About Love & Life via Day of Birth!
Story about Rowell’s Love & Life! are :

You were born on 18th day of April 1985, Thursday.

Your Life : At first glance, people think you are quiet type of person. Actually you are cheerful, but conditionally. You will show your joyful character only in good mood. One the other hand, when you are moody, no one would dare to be around. Because of your emotion fluctuation and frank character, some find you hard to be around.

Your Love : You hardly show your feeling towards opposite sex no matter how much you like him/her. Your partner also has similar character so your love affairs often take quite a while to flourish. Time tells it all. Your sincerity makes you very attractive.

Personally speaking, I find the results above correct. But it would e better if other people will be the ones to judge it.

First of all, welcome to Mobile Thoughts, where I’ll be posting short random ideas using my mobile phone. I really hope that I can do this everyday. Anyway, my random thoughts for today…

1. Michael Jackson’s death is still in the headlines. I feel sad when I hear his songs played on the radio and when I see his music videos on MTV.

2. I have watched “The Transformers” with my college friends. The effects are great. The story is just fine. I’ll be making a review of the movie soon.

3. I had a flu shot yesterday and I am feeling its side effects. I suddenly had mild colds and I felt a little dizzy this morning.

Source: CNN.com

I had some thoughts of Michael Jacson for the past few days. First, when I answered a prompt in Plinky asking “Whose famous people did I see in real life?” (Click here). I answered Michael Jackson. I feel very lucky to see him when he had a concert here in the Philippines in 1996. I actually did not watch his concert but I saw him when he went to a public hospital in Parañaque. He waved at the people outside from the second floor of the building.

Second, on my way home the other day, the bus was playing his concert on TV. We can’t really help but watch his outstanding performances. I am not actually a huge fan of MJ but I really consider him as an icon, inspite of all the controversies about him. His talent is one of a kind and his songs are classics. Some people even cry when they see MJ performs live.

For him to be called the “King of Pop” means he has the same level of respect from people like Elvis Presley, Madonna, The Beatles, etc.

That’s why I am really shocked after hearing the news that he already passed away at the age of 50. He is such a big loss in the music industry, but I know that he will always be remembered and his music will live forever.

Goodbye Michael! Thank you for your music that inspired all of us.

Let's drink to that!

One of the things that I look forward to whenever I meet my friends is staying somewhere we can talk after having our dinner. We would usually go in a coffee shop, though we have also tried staying in an ice cream bar. Well, for me, I don’t care much on the place just as long as the place is comfortable and perfect for conversations.

Well, me and my friends would usually talk about what’s been happening to our lives recently, then we’ll talk about our high school memories until we all laugh about it. I should say that those stories are already “classic” because we keep on talking about them all over again, but still, we can’t avoid laughing about all those things.

Well, we just talk about anything that comes into our minds – revelations of past secrets, frustrations, problems, good news, etc.

These conversations actually make me feel good and realize a lot of things. One of the reasons is that I am now able to talk some things which I can’t before. It’s nice to feel that at least we have grown up and we already have a sense of maturity. Also, I feel that I am not ashamed to tell stories about my frustrations and mistakes because I am with the people who share their stories of frustrations and mistakes as well.

I just hate it that time is running fast that’s why we have to cut our conversation and leave the place already. But even though the time was short, it still makes me thank the people whom I had a conversation. It’s just nice to know that an effortless talking can make someone else thankful for it.

So the next time someone would invite me over to have a cup of coffee, I am 90% sure that I would join them. Well, I am really not after where we’ll go, but I would really be after the conversation while drinking a cup of coffee, or even eating a scoop of ice cream.

Whenever me and my friends tell each other that we are “depressed”, one thing goes to our minds… go shopping! Yes, that is one of the many ways of releasing depression.

I’ve been thing of posting this blog entry for few days now and I made a shortlist of some causes of our depression, as well as the ways of releasing it.

First in the list of the causes of depression is… WORK. Yup… work. It’s just so boring to think that we have to go to work in 5 out of 7 days in a week, worse is 6 out of 7, and worst is when you have to go to work the whole week. Come on, rest is important. Your body will always find time to rest. That is why I always look forward to an “event” at least once a week. What I mean with “event” is something like a party in the office, or a training outside the office. It can also be a movie night or dinner with friends. Well, anything that will change the usual everyday routine. Work is really stressful and can be boring at times.

Depression can also be caused by personal problems, which we really encounter once in a while. As they say, it just depends on you how you will handle your problems.

Here are the signs when I am “depressed”. I hope most of you can relate in this list…

1. I go to the mall unplanned, and buy clothes.
2. I buy 2 or more audio CDs.
3. I inivite anyone who is available to go the mall with me.
4. I eat a lot.
5. I go to a quiet place close to nature.
6. I buy some magazines to find new art inspirations.
7. I buy a book which I will not read.
8. I update my blog and all social networking sites.
9. I text people our of the blue, especially those whom I don’t have any communication for a long period of time.
10. I go to the church when there is no mass so I can pray silently.

Doing one or more items in the list I showed actually helps me to get out of any depression. You might have other things that you do whenever you feel depressed, but just a friendly reminder: don’t do things that will make you more depressed. Make sure that the things that you will do will help you get out of your depression and will make you feel that you are a better and stronger person.

Source: GMANews.TV

Dahil tungkol sa Araw Ng Kalayaan ang bog entry na ito, ay mararapatin ko ng isulat ito sa Tagalog. Ipinagdiwang natin kahapon ang ika-111 Araw Ng Kalayaan. Marami nanaman ang tuwang tuwa dahil ito ay nataon sa Biyernes kaya ibig sabihin, masaya nanaman ang karamihan para sa long weekend. At alam kong malulungkot kayo sa 2010 dahil  ay matataon sa Sabado. Sorry, walang long weekend next year!

Ako? For the first time in my life, pumasok ako sa Araw Ng Kalayaan. Medyo mas malakas ang bulong ng aking anghel sa akin kaya napapasok ako ng opisina upang tumulong sa mga kailangang gawin ng aking mga kadepartamento. Hay, di ko na talaga maramdaman ang long weekend na yan. Lagi ako pumapasok sa opisina sa tatlong pagkakataon na na nagkaroon ng long weekend.

Well, ayoko na magpost ngayon tungkol sa Araw Ng Kalayaan na feeling nagpapaka “nationalistic” ako. Pero oo, mahalaga sa akin ito at mahal ko ang Pilipinas. Kahit papaano ay gusto ko pa rin na umunlad ang ating bansa para di na kailangang umalis ni daddy at ni ate papunta sa ibang bansa. Naniniwala pa rin naman ako sa ating bansa at sa kakayanan ng ibang tao na nakatira dito.

Well, isang pruweba na malaya tayo ay itong blog… nasasabi natin ang gusto nating sabihin tungkol sa mga bagay bagay. Nais kong balikan ang aking blog entry noong nakaraang taon tungkol sa araw ng kalayaan. Nakakalungkot dahil  nakita ko sa search terms na lumabas sa aking blog noon ang mga ganitong klase ng taong… “Kailan ang araw ng kalayaan?”… Hmmm… Kung ito ay assignment ng isang kindergarten student, ay mapapalagpas ko na. Ngunit kung ang nagsearch nito ay isang elementary o high school student… Ang masasabi ko lang ay kung ayaw mo ng history kagaya ko, eh siguro naman dapat alam mo kung kelan ang araw ng kalayaan ng bansa mo. Hindi naman siguro mahirap imemorize ang June 12. Isulat mo sa post it o sa kalendaryo mo para di mo na malimutan.

Kung babalikan ang aking post na “Ika-110 Araw Ng Kalayaan“, may nagcomment ng ganito:

” pwede na rn,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, pero sana about ung independence day!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! ok!!!!” – HAhahaahahahahah

Isang halimbawa yan ng tao na walang magawang matino. Nagtatapang-tapangan pero nagmukha lang namang duwag dahil hindi niya inilagay ang tunay niyang pangalan. Di ko mawari kung anong problema sa blog entry kong yun. Pakiramdam ko ay gumagawa lang siya ng assignment at naghahanap sa internet kung paano ba ito ipinagdiwang. Matutuwa ako kung makakabalik siya sa kaing blog at magpost uli after one year ng isang walang kwentang comment.

“sorry!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!d q alam ang araw ng kalayaan ng bansa natin pero sana matandaan q na ito!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!” – Nal

Sana nga Nal matandaan mo na. Nakakahiya ka na kung di mo pa matatandaan. Pero kung bata ka pa, well, you’re forgiven.

Isang blog entry ko naman about National Heroes Day na pinamagatang “Bayaning Pinoy“, isang comment ang agaw pansin. Di ko na sinagot noon pero may isang matapang na sumagot sa komento yun…

“hi poh…ask q lang poh kung ano poh ba ung mga kahalagahan ng pagdiriwang ng araw ng mga bayani taun-taon? …pki-sagot naman poh.assignment q poh ksi un eh..cge poh….tnx alot……. asap….” – Justin Romero

At ang sumagot…

“Oo nga. Nakakalungkot mang isipin.At meron pang mga taong tulad ni Justine Romero na di masagot ang sariling katanungan, nakakabadtrip lang. Justine, wag ka nang magpasa ng assignment mo.” – Xerez

At ngayon, sasagutin ko na…

Justin Romero, hindi kita nais pahiyain. Pero kasalanan mo na din at inilagay mo ang buo mong pangalan ng nag-comment ka dito sa blog ko. Well, kung tatanungin mo ako kung ano ang kahalagahan ng pagdiriwang ng araw ng mga bayani taun-taon, aaminin ko na mapapaisip muna ako saglit. Pero ang ganitong klase ng tanong ay di mo talaga makikita sa mga libro. Pero dapat sa sarili mo ay alam mo kung bakit ba ito ipinagdiriwang. At bakit ko kailangang sagutin yang assignment mo? At “asap” pa ha. Parang nagkaroon ako bigla ng responsibilidad dyan sa assignment mo ha. Kaya agree ako kay Xerez. Nakakalungkot talaga isipin na may magtatanong ng ganyang klase ng tanong. Sana ay makabalik ka din sa blog na ito para ma-redeem mo ang sarili mo. Magiwan ka ng komento at sagutin mo ang tanong kung ano ang kahalagahan ng pagiriwang ng araw ng mga bayani.

Oops. Di ako nakikipag-away. Gusto ko lang gisingin ang mga Pinoy na tila walang pakialam sa mga ganitong bagay. Paano tayo uunlad niyan kung ganyan?