Moving day…
Posted by: L. on: July 3, 2009
Aloha from the big island of Hawaii!!!
I’m moving my blog from a wordpress subdomain over to MY own domain at www.Lorirose.com. I couldn’t pass up the opportunity to have a website domain in my name! I don’t have much content on it, as of yet, but… I’m working on it! Until then, Rose and I are enjoying life in Hawaii! Mahalo!!! ( =
Coraline for Rosie
Posted by: L. on: January 29, 2009
Rosie wants me to take her to see Coraline, as soon as it comes it out. I’d never heard of it, up until she mentioned wanting to watch the movie. After a little research and talking to a couple friends, now I’m actually pretty excited to see it. Go me, watching yet another kiddie movie!
Welcome 2009, Sayonara 2008!
Posted by: L. on: January 6, 2009
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I haven’t written in my blog in quite a few months, so I figure it’s about that time for me to update my random 3 readers. This past year has been really good for me, I’ve accomplished some cool personal and professional goals.
A year ago, I set a few personal goals for myself (most of which, I probably won’t even mention here). Happily, I accomplished a quite a few of them and am still working on conquering a few more of those personal goals. The typical promise most people make to themselves, to exercise more often and lose weight, is one goal I failed. I did work out through out the year, but not as consistently as I wanted. Professionally, I’ve accomplished a lot of the goals I planned on. I’ve learned a great deal, continue to learn and have been consistently receiving stellar reviews at work. I’m happy and proud of that achievement.
Lately, I haven’t been writing for myself and shooting pictures, as much as I would like. That’s on my to-do list for the upcoming year. I started three different websites a couple months ago, which I haven’t had time to finish building, as of yet. That is another side project, I hope to make time for this year. I’ve been planning out the website structure, theme and content; however, implementing those plans, in conjunction with my already jam-packed schedule is a whole other story! Since I started learning web design, I wanted to have a few personal sites to showcase what I’ve learned. Not to mention, I think my websites will give me a great creative release. I want to write about more topics I care about. I’d also like to publish my photography on my sites, too. I have some of my photography published on Flickr, but it’s just not the as having my photographs on my own personal site.
My Fun 2008 Facts:
- Rose’s gap is finally being filled with a tooth! No longer will she be asking Santa for one or two front teeth for Christmas!
- Last Spring I was promoted. It was exciting to know that my colleague & friend Amy and I (and of course the rest of our team), played a huge role in how much our team evolved and grew compared to when we first joined TruView in 2007. I’m very proud of what my team has accomplished. Even now, the tides are changing and I can already see how I will be able to continue to help propel my team. The opportunity to accomplish great things is very exciting, though the economy is scary, I have faith. Eleanor Roosevelt said it best, “Women are like teabags. We don’t know our true strength until we are in hot water!” Now is the time to let your true character and strength shine through. Each day, I feel more and more confident that I will reach my next set of goals. (That’s a long bullet point!)
- Two of my favorite high-challenge clients renewed their contract with my team!!!
- I learned how to make a website with HTML/CSS! (Thanks to Nic and Sae!!)
- I have a great boyfriend. Okay, not really, but it would be nice if that were true.
- I finally have my 401k.
- I made a lot of great friends, had a lot of fun and learned so much in 2008.
I closed 2008 in a Disney fashion with Rosie, her best friend and 3 of my little cousins. It was fun-filled night of pizza, cupcakes and sparkling cider, extremely entertaining! Hopefully, next year I’ll be able celebrate 2010 in a different country, not sure where as of yet, but that doesn’t really matter right now.
I’m looking forward to a new adventure in 2009, setting and accomplishing new goals, while enjoying life with my friends and family.
Happy New Year, Everyone!!! ( =
Professional Development
Posted by: L. on: August 10, 2008
- In: Life| Neo SEO| Uncategorized
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I’ve been getting additional training at work to build my SEO skill set. I’m excited about the additional opportunities at work. Management has allowed me to put more focus into special projects for client campaigns. I get very excited about being able to see my ideas and plans come into fruition AND see the positive affect my ideas have on client campaigns. I have to say, I really enjoy when a client implements the changes I suggest. Not too long ago, I had a very good client call with the account executive and client. I sat in on the call and consulted him on the needed changes for his site, in order to improve rankings in a specific query.
There isn’t a day that goes by that my mind isn’t thinking about what else I can do to get successful results for our clients. There isn’t a day that goes by that I’m not thinking about what else I can do so that I continue to build on my strengths, and excel in my career. What can I say, my appetite to learn and excel is endless! But, I do have a lot to learn and I’m not scared to admit that. I’m fortunate that I have smart friends, who don’t seem to mind my questions.
A few things I’ve also been thinking about:
Building a site, themed on Reputation Management and SEO.
Going back to school and getting a professional development certificate. Haven’t decided which program:
The .Net Development program intrigued me, after numerous discussions with my TruCast colleagues. I also was considering UW’s Marketing Management course, too. However, I then found the Advanced Interactive Marketing program and it seemed to fit with the work I am doing now. We shall see. Though, I think I know the answer…
Either way, off I go. Time to act and not just contemplate.
“Too Flattering Sweet…”
Posted by: L. on: July 15, 2008
I was a freshman in high school when I fell in love with Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet. The play was my first taste of romance, passion and heart break. I dreamed of having some of those same feelings, like being enraptured by love against all odds. Though the the love story was tragic, even in my youth I had some relief knowing that in their death, they would be together forever. As I grew older, experienced more of life, cynicism couldn’t keep its evil claws from crawling through my mind. How could they possibly know what love is, I thought to myself. They’re so young, they barely knew each other a week. That’s ridiculous. Isn’t love more than the physical attraction? Yet still, I have always been drawn to their story. Who doesn’t hope to find love in this sometimes harsh and cold world? You read Romeo and Juliet and can’t help but hope that they can be together in the end, even when the entire world has the odds set against them. They found each other, though they were from different worlds. In each other, they met their match. They found a love where they couldn’t see being without the other. It is so difficult when you mature and realize that it becomes more and more difficult to meet “the one.” Unabashed love seems impossible, when songs of experience taints your heart with fear and caution. When you read Romeo and Juliet as an adult, their love seems juvenile and premature. In spite of this, one still hopes for this requited love of Romeo and Juliet to flower because they hope for one’s own requited love.
ROMEO O blessed, blessed night! I am afeard.
Being in night, all this is but a dream,
Too flattering-sweet to be substantial.
“Too flattering-sweet to be substantial” is what gets me most. Love is more than attraction. Attraction provokes and pulls you to your complimenting opposite. I’ve felt those “flattering-sweet” feelings.
Posts Going “Private”
Posted by: L. on: July 15, 2008
My blog has been a mix of experimentation and expression. However… I have other plans for my blog.
“L” Avatars
Posted by: L. on: July 4, 2008
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Me & Grandma
Posted by: L. on: July 1, 2008
My grandma’s short term memory hasn’t been very good lately. Though, she does remember a lot of other things. My grandma would take a nap, wake-up and then ask about breakfast. She would also ask the same question, over and over. She forgets my fluency in kapangpangan isn’t that great, so she’ll ramble on to me in her native tounge. I’ll grasp some, but have to ask her to repeat or translate. In spite of her short term memory dwindling, my grandma still remembers some of the silly things I did as a child.
I was about 3 years old when they moved here from the Philippines. When they came here, they lived with my parents, me and my brother in California. I was a fiesty little child. From what I have been told and what I recall, I was a brat. The transition must not have been that great for me, because one day I had a minor altercation with my grandma. This altercation could have stemmed from a culture clash, but I am not sure. I remember what happened, but I don’t recall why. To this day, my grandma still tells this story. She may have forgotten a million other things, but she still tells this story.
Our home in California in was a little two-story townhome, in this agricultural town, on the east side. It wasn’t a nice part of town and was mostly populated by immigrants. Our backyard had a little slab of cement, covered in plastic grass. Our windows had bars on every window. I have had dreams of my childhood home.
One day, I hardly recall the details, aside from the actual event. I was in the house and my grandma was in the backyard. I slid that glass door to a slamming shut and locked it. Me, in my defiant, 3 year old voice, yelled at my grandma,”GO BACK TO YOUR AIRPLANE!”
This story has been told and re-told for years. It still cracks me up to hear my grandma tell the story. This event foreshadows the relationship between me and my grandma over the years. We’d butt heads, but I’d get over it. I love my grandma.
Tisay Rambles
Posted by: L. on: June 30, 2008
My Lola Rose (Lola is Tagalog for Grandma), along with my Lolo, has been in town for the past couple weeks. They live in my home state of California. She is in her mid-eighties. My Lola and Lolo are from the Angeles City in the Philippines and have been living in the U.S. for almost 28 years. My grandparents helped raise me and my brother because both of my parents worked full time. My mom ran a successful and busy bridal shop in Monterey, CA. While, my father worked for the government.
My grandparents are an interesting mix of old-school-conservative, yet modern as well (though mostly conservative). An example of why I say this, last week I mentioned to my grandmother that someday I may want to marry again. (Notice the italics on someday.)
Grandma says to me with her thick filipina accent, “Marry? Why you want to marry again, ah? Are you happy?” I looked at her in shock, because she has been married for over sixty years to the same man. There are times, my grandfather looks at my grandma like she was still young and beautiful. They are very sweet on each other. “Grandma, of course I am happy! I am just saying, someday, I may want to get married again.” So, then Grandma says, “Why you want to get married again? You are free! You can do whatever you want! You don’t have to say nothing to anybody!” (Imagine, if you will, the accent of a native Filipino. The words with “f”, sounds like a “p”. The words with a “v”, sounds like a “b”.) I don’t grasp the notion that marriage has to be like a prison sentence, unless you marry the wrong person. But then again, I can’t claim to be an expert on the subject, just because I have been married once. I know what worked and didn’t work. All I can do is learn from the past and move on. Anyhow, so I told my grandma, “I am perfectly happy right now. But I wouldn’t mind reaping the daily fruits of marriage, you know…daily.”
Ironically, this isn’t the first time I have heard this from the older women in my family. When I was in California last April, my Great Aunty also passed on the same sentiment to me about marriage. She said, “Save your money. Nevermind getting married again. You can do as you please.” She has also been married for a very long time (well over 40 years). Filipina women are interesting creatures. They are notoriously loud and vocal, yet in many ways they are also quiet and reserved. In my opinion, I think they only act subservient and docile, only to give the appearance of a patriarch. Really, I think this is a femme manipulation. Anyhow, I digress. I wasn’t sure if they were speaking from their catholic upbringings or if they were saving me from disappointment. Overall, I know their intentions are good. That modern aspect to this advice, they were encouraging that I maintain my own independence and be happy in my life. I was very shocked to hear what they said. I thought they would be pushing for me to marry. I am glad they are not. Their words did provoke me to think about what I really want in the long run. Deep down, I’m still a romantic. So, I don’t believe that marriage is something that can be forced. I still believe in love and all that it entails, I just think that love has to be more than just feelings. I think love is feelings put into actions, actions that contribute to bliss in every sense.
Birthday Weekend! Canada, Eh!
Posted by: L. on: June 27, 2008
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