LP 80: Masinop

sinop, masinop: Word: sinop
English Definition: (adj) /ma--/ economical; thrifty; frugal; careful



Isa akong G.I. o Genuine Ilocano pero hindi ako kuripot ngunit hindi rin ako gastadora.Isa akong "wise spender". Ewan ko lang kung masasabi akong masinop, dahil inililista ko lahat ng aking mga gastusin upang malaman ko kung sumusobra na ba ako sa aking pamimili. Paano ba naman kasi, pag nasa grocery na ako at may nakita akong mukhang masarap kainin eh napapabili ako :-) Tapos, dahil nagiging pampalipas oras ko ang pagluluto at pagbe-bake ay napapabili ako ng mga sangkap na karamihan naman ay mga imported kaya mahal. (I'm a G.I or Genuine Ilocano but I'm not stingy neither a big spender, instead I'm a wise spender. I'm not sure if I can be considered thrifty because I list down all my expenses to make sure that I'm not over spending. I do this because I tend to buy a lot more than what I need. I can't help it sometimes because whenever I'm in the grocery and I saw something that is looking delicious and something that is suddenly available here, I grab and buy it. And, I also tend to buy a lot of ingredients which are mostly imported so it's quite pricey because I cook or bake as my past time.)

Masinop din ako sa gamit o maalaga. Lahat dapat nasa ayos, para mabilis hanapin at para makita ko agad kung alin ang naiba, nawawala at kulang. Gaya na lamang sa mga pinamili ko sa grocery, dapat nakaayos. O di ba! (I'm careful with my things too. Everything should be tagged and in proper places, so that I can easily find what I need, see what is missing and what else is needed. Just like in my mini pantry, everything should be in place. See!)





(Some of the things in the pantry are the things I brought from Manila)

Not So Good

When I started this blog, I promise myself not to make it like the previous blog that I had. A blog that is full of negative feelings. I don’t want this one to be like that. But I guess, this is the time that I couldn’t hold on to that promise anymore.

I’m just human and I have my weaknesses too, and one of them perhaps is “not holding on to my emotions”. Even before coming here, I promise to myself that no matter what, I will be strong – emotionally & physically- because I don’t have anyone here. I will not get the emotional support that I will need, so I should take care of myself.

Somehow, I believe I’m doing great in taking care of myself, with the help of some friends and the cyberspace. But when the day ends and the night comes, when work is done and there’s nothing to do anymore, when cooking or baking isn’t good thing to do, when facebook is lifeless, when I have to put down the phone, that’s when the sadness creeps in. That’s when I feel so all alone. That’s when I miss home so much. During those times, which are so frequent now, I cry myself to sleep. Wishing for someone to be here, wishing for my best friend to be here. Wishing I have someone to talk with like the way I talk with my best friend or with another friend, where we can talk everything under the sun, even in the inner core of the earth, from the most serious things to the most senseless things. Those times when everything feels so light and makes you feel that no matter how hard life is, everything will just going to be fine.
I miss those days…


Evening Solace

The human heart has hidden treasures,
In secret kept, in silence sealed;­
The thoughts, the hopes, the dreams, the pleasures,
Whose charms were broken if revealed.
And days may pass in gay confusion,
And nights in rosy riot fly,
While, lost in Fame's or Wealth's illusion,
The memory of the Past may die.

But, there are hours of lonely musing,
Such as in evening silence come,
When, soft as birds their pinions closing,
The heart's best feelings gather home.
Then in our souls there seems to languish
A tender grief that is not woe;
And thoughts that once wrung groans of anguish,
Now cause but some mild tears to flow.

And feelings, once as strong as passions,
Float softly back­a faded dream;
Our own sharp griefs and wild sensations,
The tale of others' sufferings seem.
Oh ! when the heart is freshly bleeding,
How longs it for that time to be,
When, through the mist of years receding,
Its woes but live in reverie !

And it can dwell on moonlight glimmer,
On evening shade and loneliness;
And, while the sky grows dim and dimmer,
Feel no untold and strange distress­
Only a deeper impulse given
By lonely hour and darkened room,
To solemn thoughts that soar to heaven,
Seeking a life and world to come.

By:Charlotte Bronte

Litratong Pinoy: Tamad (Lazy)

Sa trabaho ko, kailangan masipag ka at alisto, lalo na kung set-up ng bagong showroom. Madalas 2 hanggang 4 na araw bago matapos ang pag-aayos ng isang bagong showroom. Kaya naman kung minsan tatamarin ka na sa dami ng kailangan pang gawin at tapusin. (In my line of work, it is necessary that you are hardworking and alert, especially during set-ups of new showroom. Usually, set-up lasts from 2 to 4 days. That's why sometimes you get lazy already from the workload that is needed to be done and finish.)

Kung minsan nakakainis din kung may mga kasama kang hindi puspusan ang pagtratrabaho, mas madalas ang pagtetext ang inaasikaso, gaya nito: (Sometimes, it is annoying that some of your colleagues are not focus in their work. Most of the time they are texting or talking on the phone, like this one:)


Pero syempre, sa layo naman ng mga showroom, nakakapagod din ang magmaneho kaya kung minsan ang aking kawawang tsuper ay nagpa-power nap habang ako ay nag-aayos ng showroom: (But of course, since the showrooms are far, it is so tiring to drive going there back & forth so my poor driver had to take a power nap while I do my job:)


Mas masaya kung lahat ay masipag at hindi tamad. Alisto at hindi mabagal. Pero madalas, sa umpisa lang ang sipag, paglaon pagod na ang lahat kaya nakakatamad. (IT is much better if every one is exerting effort and not lazy. Alert and not slow. But most of the time, it is only in the beginning that everyone are alert and working hard, in the long run everyone gets tired and lazy.)


Kaya, pagpagod na ang lahat at tinatamad ng magtrabaho, ang pampalipas oras at pagod ay PICTURE TAKING! (So, when everyone is tired and too lazy to work, the past time is PICTURE TAKING!)