Saturday, September 19, 2009

work

A few days ago I was working from home at night, trying to finish something that I needed to do on a request I received. As usual, I was connected to the database and wishing for the query to finish faster. My son was playing in the room where I was, suddenly he asks me "What are you doing, Mommy?"

So I say "Working" per usual response.

Then he says "Yes, but, what exactly are you doing when you say you are working?"

Well now that surprised me. This was the first time he ever showed any interest in what I did. So I told him that my work is about getting information (without mentioning queries and databases) for a person who requests for it. I told him that I'm typing out commands to the computer so that it will know what information to get, so that I can in turn send off that info to the other person.

Maybe that was too much information for him, he just said "Oh" and then went back to playing. But now that makes me wonder if he'll go into the same line of work that I'm doing... he's showing good aptitude at math in school, so I'm guessing that logical thinking comes easy for him. I guess we'll see in a few years time..

Tuesday, September 08, 2009

free day of yoga


Nakapunta ako kahapon sa isang session ng Bikram yoga -- ito yung yoga na ginagawa sa isang mapakainit na kwarto -- naka-on ang heater halos isang daan deg F. Mahigit din isang oras kami duon -- may mga bagong pose akong natutunan, katulad ng rabbit pose at saka yung iba di ko na matandaan.

Maganda yung napuntahan ko, sunstone yoga ang pangalan nung lugar. May paliguan, may libreng gamit ng yoga mat at twalya pang yoga at twalya pang ligo. Ang pinuntahan ko ay yung alas sais ng umaga hanggang lampas alas siete. Dami ring nagpunta, siguro mga labindalawa kami duon. Tapos yung kwarto maganda rin dahil buong salamin ang dalawang dingding, kaya kita ko kung deretso ba yung likod ko o kung tama ba ang ginagawa ng katawan kong pose..

Eto ang nakakatawa -- yung guro ay naka suot ng tank na pang yoga. E di siempre kita kilikili duon :) .. eto ang hindi ko maipalampas -- may buhok sya sa kilikili ahahahaha... dami!! para bang pinatutubo nya talaga at trini-trim ng siguro kalahating centimeter. Tuwing titingnan ko siya sa salamin napapatingin ako sa buhok nya -- e kulot pa naman ahihihihi.. haaay buti di ako napatawa nung una siyang nagtaas ng kamay.

Ang masasabi ko lamang ay -- kailangan malaki ang self confidence mo para di mag tanggal ng buhok sa kilikili .. at mag-tank .. at magturo ng yoga sa maraming tao .. Siguro itong self confidence na ito ay makukuha lamang sa pag praktis ng yoga ng matagal.....