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this day marks my second year anniversay of residing here in the US… it is unfortunate, however, that it also marks the date of my first car accident. yep… an old car bumped my poor baby barcie on Culver in Irvine while I was on my way to get dinner at my favorite Mexican Chipotle Restaurant. aside from slamming on the steering wheel and a sore back, I am pretty much ok. my poor car though needs to be repaired.  :(   oh well, i guess things happen, I just have to be thankful somehow that the person who hit me was a good guy and admitted that it was his fault and there were really no major injuries. It just sucks because I have to rent a car, have barcie repaired, miss work (well, i won’t MISS work but i don’t have PTO either but insurance will take care of that) and I am a little bit shaken by what happened… whatever God’s plan is on this one, I leave it all up to Him… sometimes, things are just a blessing in disguise…

i am just so inlove with my islands… and so proud of them…

1. World’s 10 Best Scuba Spots  (Coron, Palawan) http://www.forbestraveler.com/2007/08/07080701_story.html

2. Discover the world’s top 30 island beaches (Boracay Island) http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/19634277/page/2

3. Top 10 Beaches of the World (2 spots go to Palawan)

http://www.guardian.co.uk/travel/2007/feb/16/beach.top10

4. World’s Hidden Paradise Beaches (El Nido, Palawan)

http://beach-list.com/index1024.php

i just ended another audit engagement. its funny how most people celebrate, especially the ones in the accounting department, whenever my colleagues and i announce that this is our last day. hahaha… i dont blame them, i want to be out of that place too if someone was asking me to come up with a million schedules and supporting documents that was buried along with the tons of documents that a company has. i would NEVER want to be on the other side of what I am doing. i dont want ME being asked questions that happened a long time ago, trying to give reasons why the hell my company lost revenue or why we earned money.

when the time comes that i am fortunate enough to change jobs again, anything might happen.. but for sure, i will never ever be on the other side. i would alway prefer to be the one requesting for documents and making them look for answers with my questions. on that note, i hope they know that i am not that eager to ask them too much… its just my stinking explorer asks me to…

Last Wednesday, I had to go to the LA office for training. When I was sitting on the driver’s seat of Barcie, I remembered something important… I didn’t print on mapquest directions and I am not a 100% sure on how to get there without it. My first instinct was to get back to the house and print it… but I will be using a lot of my "save-me-traffic" minutes to do that. An inspiration struck me and I thought… "Oh, God please… I hope I still have that post-it the last time I went there…"  So I looked.. and you know what?  That old torned post-it was shining in my hands, giving me the directions to get to where I needed to go… and as always I can feel the Lord’s love through the little miracles I experience each day.