Her and His Story

Some would call this just sappy and some would call this labor of love. James and I recently started our very own blog about our random banters on relationships, on love and on each other. This is the first time ever, I shared an online presence with a man and it’s a huge step for me *grin*. It’s a he said, she said blog that we hope would shed some light for new couples and just plainly humor the in love and the love forlorn. This will be your online “teleserye” folks, although a not so Filipino melodramatic love story but nonetheless there will be drama.

Please visit our blog using this link: http://herandhistory.blogspot.com

PS. James and I are really interested in exchanging links with fellow bloggers who share one blog with their sweetheart or a blog that talks mainly about their relationship. Didn’t I mention it here before that I can get cheesy… Super cheesy that sometimes I have the kick myself back to reality…

My Theory X and Theory Y

Theory X and Theory Y are originally theories on employee management motivation, created and developed by Douglas McGregor. I have been contemplating for the past couple of days on how I view people and my perception of the world in general. And I realize I am more of a pessimist rather than an optimist. Hmmm, I prefer calling myself a skeptic. How about you? I have redefined McGregor’s XY Theories to fit according to my likings and of course to understand the instant perceptions I make of others and of myself.

My Theory X

• Pessimist
• Easily notices the bad rather than the good
• Expects the worse in things
• Worried on a lot of negative things
• Not that open to change
• Self-centered
• So basically theory X is worry, worry on a lot of negative things.

My Theory Y

• Optimistic generally
• More open minded
• The good in others trumps the bad
• Expects for the good
• More open to change
• Unselfish
• This is generally the opposite of my  theory X

As I said I am theory X. I am such a negative thinker and one would understand that if you’ve read my previous post on my random paranoia. Even James was surprised to read my paranoia rundown. Indeed, my head is a scary place to be. I would sporadically ponder on am I just being real? Well, our world is not at all friendly and sometime the goodness get sucked out. But am I just being real? Am I reflecting my thoughts and my  perspectives on the harsh reality that we all fondly grew up to? However, in one book I read, it said there that we all have different worlds. And our world is dependent on our view, perspective and our environment. Now I am twisting things out and I’m asking an age old question that has no definite answer.

How did I come up with my theory X and Y? The theory X i s basically what I am now. Theory Y is what I hope I can change into. However old habits are hard to break. I want to see the world with a different glow however I just need to understand things, X and Y theory. There is more to it and that would lead us to an unfathomable question of life.

Do you ever have days like this? I frequently have my contemplating days which can be so darn annoying and addicting all at once. Do you have any advice for me?

I am Officialy 23!

Yesterday, I officially turned 23. Another year and potentially another wrinkle (at least that’s the birthday greeting that my sister gave me via friendster), or not…

I was touched with the surprise my officemates gave me. I felt that there was some connivance going on when I found the front door locked when I arrived at the office yesterday. Upon entering our department, all my officemates were inside with this huge moist chocolate cake for me. I couldn’t really scream with so much appreciation but I was touched. I really didn’t expect any surprise coming from them. To the Mandaue guys, thank you so much… You surely made my day.

My birthday was actually pretty good. I am very blessed to have these people in my life… A simple greeting from people whom I didn’t deem would remember my day really brought a smile to my face. The entire day, I had this funny grin plastered across my stressed-out face. Yesterday, just felt purely good and I don’t usually feel that way. In a way I came to realize that I am filled with so much blessings that I need to recognize this more often and not take it for granted.

The best present I got for my birthday was from James. He edit my face in Photoshop and added a really beautiful effect. He copied all the contents in this blog and pasted the words in the image. A posterized outline of my face with embedded words created by my own hands. Michelle, definitely got jealous. *LOL* Peace teng..

When I get the soft copy of James’ gift, I will post it here. But for now, I will have to end this post with this cliché, “Live life, enjoy life cause life is beautiful”.

Just Updates

I have long been planning to change my banner. However, the last one I made didn’t seem to appeal the graphic forum I have attended and prefer the current banner I have. Anyway, I have been working on my new banner. Not really me, more like James has been working on with my new banner. He basically did 80% of this all. The remaining 20% is all me. Marvel at the beautiful watermark I’ve created… *LOL* Honestly, I suck at vector so much that’s why I had James made me one. He has this artistic gift he loves to boast about and at another lifetime he must’ve been a painting virtuoso of some sort. Anyway, here is my work-in-progress banner. Tell me what you think, okay? Be honest, be brutal, James will take it lightly…

This is far from finished and we will be working on it more. However between the two concepts, which do you like best?

For my second update, after this, I’m off to bed. James, finally got hooked with blogging. He is more interested in monetizing his blog though. He just officially started yesterday. He hasn’t really set up, set up, his blog yet since he still has some questions that I need to answer. I would still have to show him around wordpress. Anyway if you want to drop by his blog and say a quick “hi” and some words of encouragement perhaps, his link is here: elmasahe.wordpress.com

http://elmasahe.wordpress.com

This is how my day should be spent…

This is how a day should be spent: eating good food and watching good movies. Since I have been fairly busy with work and freelancing, I barely have enough time to do the things I enjoy so much. And if ever I do get the chance, there is always a flop. However, today is an exception.

How good is the food you ate that you just had to blog about it?! Yeah, I know my personal life doesn’t interest you, but if ever you’re in Cebu and you want good food for a cheap price, I would recommend Andoks. The roasted chicken is to die for. Andoks was once a small roast chicken stand that has now turned into this fast growing food chain all over the Philippines. I was once reluctant but now I am a believer of how sumptuous yet affordable their meals are. If you also want a pizza delivered within the metropolis of Cebu, try dialing Da Vinci’s number. Like Andoks the pizza is good and the price isn’t pocket denting.

Okay, the food I ate isn’t at all uber delicious. But the taste is very decent; the food is clean and is sold for a very cheap price. Today, I got to eat like I’m this food deprived person locked away in some forsaken dungeon for weeks. Good food for the right price. Now that’s sweet.

To top my very “full” day, James finally got to see his much anticipated Iron Man. Of course, he had to drag me along. I was not that excited to watch the movie since Iron Man’s genre doesn’t tick my taste buds. But as I sat there in front of this huge screen, I laughed, no – not cried, I got shocked, and once in awhile my jaws even dropped to all those stunts that must’ve caused Robert Downy Jr. some possible pain if ever all those were true. I was like, “that’s gotta hurt”.

The plot is simple and predictable. Very predictable, had about 70% of the story figured out. However despite that, Iron Man surprises me, every once in a while, with some quirky scenes that I must say only adds spice and tasteful humor to the entire film. I really enjoyed Robert Downy Jr.’s interpretation of Tony Stark’s character. He really played the part very well, he is absolutely riveting. The film is packed with a lot action; stuffs get blown up good, really great weapons, 2 pseudo-transformers killing each other, yeah, the movie is packed with a lot of action… Tony Stark’s last line clearly sets up a sequel and I, together with James, will be watching out for it.