Renewed Promise

"The fastest way to discontentment is to look at others' blessings.
While the fastest way to contentment is to look at others' lack of fortune."

The past week has been rather eventful. Whenever I feel that a month has passed by when it has only been a week since I last did a reality check, I know that the week has been good.

I've always loved capturing moments with my camera - to the point of putting good money in it. I've learned things on my own and from making SO MANY MISTAKES. Then after doing my homework for some months, I decided to formalize my education by being a student of one of the most prominent figures in Philippine photography. I was really glad that I decided to study again because I've always been making excuses not to. Eventually it came to the point that it turned to the "what-if" ghost haunting me. So I quit putting it off and took it upon myself to go for things without asking too many questions.

I will always be a student - that is my life-long promise to myself.

On Maintenance

One of the things I used to hate was the unwritten duty that came with having something of value. We have to take care of it. Simply put - Maintenance.

There are many forms of maintenance. A few come to mind..

Technology Maintenance

I'm kinda lucky that my family isn't rich. From being raised by a spendthrift family, I treasure the habit ingrained of having to be really mindful of equipment's wear and tear - being a tech buff. I'm talking about my PC. Can you believe that to this day my PC is still a single core CPU? And its still kicking ass. Maybe until Starcraft 2 comes out and I won't be able to play it will I upgrade. But until then, yeah I'm going to keep on maintaining this unit until it breaks down.

I was thinking.. it's weird.. why do I end up having fun doing this technology maintenance shit?

People Maintenance

Of course it goes without saying, you have to balance out your life - it's not just doing what you want - you have to share yourself with the people who value you (or do the same thing as you), and so it's time to hang out with the friends. I think I've started this year poorly since I ended up not being able to hangout with my best friends since December. Good thing, January seems to be always a lazy month, so I'm just going with the flow.

High Maintenance / Low Maintenance

Just an extra, funny thing of note - is there really such thing as a low-maintenance girl(friend)? *snicker snicker* I dunno, it seems God made them short in supply. I guess that's the secret to snagging a guy - "make yourself the low-maintenance type, just get it back during the upkeep season =D". In this day and age, when a 3rd world economy is feeling the strain even more, IT WILL MATTER to be low maintenance.

Body Maintenance

Ah yes, the Filipino people has the highest standard of personal hygiene in the world (for normal folk). See, maintenance is really everywhere.

Web Maintenance

Oh yeah, this blog is also a matter of maintenance. Luckily I still find the time to post at least once a month.. I hope that I can keep on writing as I feel that a new set of activities this year will eat up most of my time.

Unconventional Beginning

Ok, first of all, I wanted to make some changes this year by starting with the 2007 year ender. I scrapped that out completely because I believe all those people I know who visit are already acknowledged in their own right.

Next thing is.. what to write about. I have realized last year that I have been horrendously busy with stuff that I can write only twice per month. But like they say, "The only way is up" - so yeah we'll probably raise the count again this year.

This year for me is more of an "action year". Last year was more of a "realization and prepare" year. I wish to share this thought with everyone. Give yourself a "checkpoint" somewhere in your life.

It goes something like this..

Is there anything you wanted for yourself that you've accomplished the past year? If not how do you plan to accomplish that this year?

I don't want to go into details of this since I know we all have our songs to sing, and different songs have different verses. Sing your verse the way you want to - it IS your life after all.

And so we continue into 2008 - with a flame that burns that keeps us focused on our goals.

Shopfitting for 2008

Welcome to the 2008 season of Urban Warrior Cybercafe dubbed "The Next Blend". As usual, the shopfitting will take a few days. I can't believe it's been another year of stories and stuff. Without further ado, let us begin.