God is a God of Perfect Timing

Today, I was supposed to have two meetings. One at 10 am, the other 2 pm. So happens, as of yesterday, I wasn't ready for the 2 pm meeting.

Guess which meeting was postponed?

The 2pm one of course!

I cannot count the times when God has fixed my schedule. I prayed that the afternoon meeting won't push through and my prayer was granted!

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I was able to get a cab ahead of my son. It was 8:30 am.

I reached Makati about an hour later. Since I was still early for my meeting, I went to the nearby Mini-Stop and bought Coke Zero and Nagaraya Crackers (original). Nice snack!

The 10 am meeting went okay. An outside consultant joined us and gave useful inputs.

I hitched a ride with him till Greenbelt where there were plenty of taxis.

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In the afternoon, I revised the screeners and GD guides based on our discussion this morning.

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All in all, a nice day and it's not yet over!

The Day Before...

It's the day before D day (my 50th birthday).

My lunch at Zensho pushed through but only with my mom. My son had to report for work because his OIC got into a fight and he had to open the shop where he is branch manager. Anyway, it was food trip as always.

Took a short rest and was fetched early.

So we were early for our 3 pm meeting. It lasted about an hour. Discussed details of an FGD.
I'm supposed to prepare a discussion guide and screeners due Monday.

(It looks like a working birthday for me.)

Had merienda in Cubao. Ate dinuguan, lumpiang togue and tokwa't baboy and dalandan juice.
And my son might bring home pizza.

All I do is eat!

Doctors' Visit, Client Meetings

I saw my two doctors today. Bad news. Blood sugar is high. Hemoglobin is low. I was asked to go on a low-sugar diet and no chicharon and chichiria. Oh no! We were told to buy 10,000 units of Recormon for my hemoglobin.

I have two client meetings coming up. One is tomorrow at 3 pm to discuss the FGD which has just been approved. Yehey.

The other is next Tuesday, February 22, which was the one supposed to be held on my birthday. Looks like they really want me to be present in that meeting. Hhm.

I am still not through with the long report I am doing. Anyway, no rush.

I'm eager to eat at Zensho Restaurant tomorrow with my mom and my son. It's eat-all-you-can!

Happy Heart Day!

It's Valentine's day and I have no official "valentine". So what?

I made a booboo in FB. I wrote, "On Feb 18, I will be turning gold. It's great to be a century old!" A friend immediately corrected me so I had to write, "I stand corrected. It's great to be half a century old!"

Already, friends are greeting me.

But alas, on my birthday, I have a 2 pm Client meeting. Sure, I will have breakfast at Alex III. And some friends might come over for lunch. But it would have to be a quick lunch because I will be fetched at about 1 pm.

I revised a report today. Converted summary tables into diagrams. Thanks to Powerpoint, the task was relatively easy.

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Sssh. I have a surprise for mom. I asked my son to buy her a rose or three roses since its VD today. She keeps saying that she loves receiving flowers and that she misses the times when Kuya (my older brother) would give her roses on Valentine's Day. Hope she appreciates the gesture.

A Meeting, Dinner with Friends, and Work

Yesterday, I had a meeting with a new client. It lasted almost an hour. I'm being tasked to write a sample report. When I saw the data, it is indeed, not easy. Hope I will be able to do a good job.

Last night, I had dinner with friends at Little Asia in Tomas Morato. We had spring rolls, crispy fried chicken, combination chow mien, ebi tempura, and lengua in white sauce. Our balikbayan friend paid the bill.

Then, we had tea/drinks in a nearby coffee shop.

These friends are from the scriptwriting workshop of Mr. Nestor Torre way back in 1997. Long-lasting friendships are to be cherished!

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Oh boy, the report I am being asked to do is quite difficult. I really hope I will be able to deliver.

Ohhh, How My Back Aches!

I've been working on my report for hours for days already. How my back aches!

The good news is that I'm about halfway done in one report. The bad news is I have another report due also on Monday. I might ask for an extension.

On Wednesday, I have an important client meeting. Hope it goes well.

My friend texted me a while ago. She was inviting me for dinner. Too bad. Wrong timing.

Meeting Went Well

Instead of fetching me at 12, my friend arrived at 1 pm so I ate spaghetti for lunch first.

We were early at the Client's office.
The meeting went well. Haha. At first, I was nervous. They all thought I was feeling cold because my hands were shaking. So we transferred venue. (That's usually the case when I do presentations. My first words are "shaky". But as I go along, the nervousness disappears. I hope I won't start nervous again on Wednesday, the final presentation to two owners and two managers aside from the two employees we met with today.)

There were only a few minor corrections on the report and I was able to make most of the revisions when I arrived home.

After the meeting, by the way, we had an early dinner at Dencio's in Araneta, Cubao. We had chicharon bulaklak, calamares, pancit, special sisig, and molo soup. Yummy!

I was paid another partial amount.

What a great day!

God Answers the Smallest Prayers

This morning, I had a hard time waking up. Felt soooh sleepy! So I prayed that there would be a wheelchair for me when we reached the hospital so I wouldn't have to walk a long distance.

Well, what do you know? Upon arriving, there was not just one but ten (!) wheelchairs in front of the lobby. Yehey. God answers prayers indeed!

But we had to wait long for the doctor to come. I took a nap and prayed the rosary. The doctor remembered me as telling her that my son looks like Jake Cuenca. Ha ha. She was skilled enough to find my vein in one try. No ouch.

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I spent the rest of the afternoon and early evening preparing tab specs. For those not familiar with the term, it is the specifications made by the analyst for the data processor in order for the latter to know what data tables are expected of her - the table titles, from what questions in the questionnaire, base description, whether averages should be computed, whether significance testing should be done, if cross tabulation is required, etc. It's quite easy to do but one must be careful about the details because a single error could mean unnecessary costs and loss of time.

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Tomorrow, I have a client meeting in McDo Crossing. Hope I will be of help and of course, get properly compensated in due time.

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Life is good!

Something's "Wrong" With Me

For several weeks now, I feel like throwing up whenever I eat. There were times when I actually puked. What's wrong with me?

I checked with the Internet, and there could be a number of causes of vomiting. One of which, and the most plausible in my case, is diabetes (too high or too low sugar). I think, I am taking too many anti-diabetic drugs that my blood sugar is becoming too low. Well, I will find out next week when I have some tests and see my Internist.

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I just came from a meeting, a presentation of the marketing research agency I am a consultant of. I talked briefly about the company, discussed the market Client is interested in, and presented our proposal for a market study.

I think the meeting went pretty okay. Hope we get the account but there are two other contenders. May the best agency win!

Earthquake

Late this morning, I had another client meeting. It was held in Shakey's. We ordered bunch of lunch. It was just a short meeting because my client had to go to another meeting elsewhere.

Upon arriving at the condo, I just took my medicines and went to sleep. Then at about 1:30 pm, we felt an earthquake. My first earthquake while on the 25th floor of a building! Nothing scary though because it did not last a minute. Whew!

I slept some more.

Then, since I learned that a new project came in, I worked on it right away. I finished writing the report except for the conclusions.