But I know it means wanting the best for the people you love, putting their interests above your own, always. Love does that. Love is what you live for."
- Angelina Jolie on Love. :)

What a way to start the day!

I got a really maddening email today. I know I really shouldn't mind it. But seriously...

Anyway, *deep breath* I will let it go since I am better than this. Let me just consult with the people who know best to deal with this. Goozefrabah. Let this be the last I say about it.

My take on Toy Story 3

This post is very much delayed. I had work, a valid excuse. :P hahaha...

The bu and I watched Toy Story 3 last week and I totally loved it. I remember watching the first Toy Story movie and how amazingly it captured all my childhood fantasies that my toys could talk and that they would meet up every night when the humans were asleep. It was amazing and I loved it a lot.

When the second movie came out I didn't want to watch it in the cinema. All these movie franchises kept coming out with sequels and Toy Story 2 never felt like a priority on my list of movies to watch. So sadly I wasn't able to watch it in the cinema.

When news that this movie franchise was coming out with it's last movie to close the series I thought nothing of it until everyone around me started making a big deal out of it and my brother asked me to download the first two movies so he could watch them again. Which I did.

After watching the first two movies of the franchise I was slowly becoming excited for the movie to come out. All the marketing and plugging really got to me. So when it finally did come out, the bu and I decided we would make the effort and put it on our list of movies to watch.

Now that you have the back story of my relationship with the Toy Story franchise, let me give you my take on the movie...

Toy Story 3 is a brilliant movie. It pulled at your heart strings and made you miss all your childhood toys. It made me want to go back in time and treat my toys better. It made me want to make sure that my kids treated their toys well. It actually made me want to dig up my old toys and see what kind of a toy keeper I was. Toy Story 3 made me think about toys in a whole new perspective.

It was actually a bit sad to see that there were a lot of toys that were in the original movies that weren't there anymore. But I guess that made it more realistic. But I think what made the movie great was it had it's own story while it closed the chapter on the over-all story. I loved all the antics and stunts that the toys had to do to survive. I loved the reset button and the Spanish version. I loved the dancing and the fashion show. But what I loved the most was the pita.

Just thinking about the movie and it's scenes already makes me want to laugh out loud and I believe the movie did just what it had intended. So if you want to see a movie that will make you cry and laugh out loud then this is the movie for you. I would recommend this movie to anyone. :)

In my book, Toy Story 3 is a winner.

Being the New Girl

One of the major things I was worried about before I started working was that I would be known as the "new girl" and that freaked me out. A lot.

This is my frist time to work in a company that had this many people working together. I haven't really been able to count how many we are...hahaha, people might think that I'm weird if they realize I'm counting them. But we're significantly more compared to my old company. :) So, you now get the picture of why I'm scared of being the "new girl". There's so many of them and I'm the only one, it's that feeling you get when you enter a class as a transfer student and you know they all have friends already and you have to figure out where you belong. It's a big deal.

My temporary desk is situated in one corner, right beside the creatives guys. The accounts team however is on the other side of the room, away from my corner. They're the team I'm supposed to work with. Add to that the fact that my corner is actually sort of like a mini hallway where you have to walk a few steps to see the rest of the room. So...I'm virtually alone. I don't really know if this is a good thing, or a bad thing, but at least it gives me the chance to acclimate, observe and learn how they work without being right in the middle of it.

The con however is that I don't get to interact with my officemates as much meaning this whole "new girl" phase might actually take longer than expected. The only time I get to talk to them is during lunch break and I must say, they make an effort to be nice to me. :) They're really friendly and you don't really feel shy to say stuff like I would normally be. I know, I know...nothing like the real me. But that's how I am when I'm new at some place. I keep quiet and observe til I feel comfortable enough to be myself. It takes a lot of time. Some things in my life I'm still not comfortable with despite the fact that it's been almost a century. But that's a different story altogether.

What I'm most thankful for is the fact that I know God is with me through this whole process. I got a day off in the middle of the week. Something most people wouldn't get. It was a break from something that was new, a relapse into the comfortable zone. And I tell you, it was something that I needed very much. :) It helped a lot, because at least I'm not edgy all the time. I'm on my guard all the time when I'm at the office. A survival thing I guess, when you're still not familiar with your surroundings. :) So a midweek break was very welcome indeed.

Now most of my friends have been asking me where I'm working. I've actually not been saying anything out of respect for my old boss. I wanted her to get comfortable with the idea first before anyone knew about the details. So I apologize for all the secrecy. Don't get me wrong, I love my new company and everything about it, I just want to be sure that it wouldn't hurt anyone once word got out. :)

I'll keep you hanging for a bit longer. Just a bit until I feel that it's ok. Soon enough. Who knows, we might all be surprised.

Welcoming the new in my life...

I'm in the middle of my first work week and here I am posting on my blog instead of working. The perks of being new on the job I think is that for the first few days you just get to acclimate yourself with the surroundings. Get yourself used to the people and all that...

I'm never an early person. Ok, maybe never is stretching it. I'm rarely an early person but I'm not late either. I like being on time, most of the time. But for three days in a row I've been early for work. I get so stressed out in the morning that I get to work so early. Famished most of the time although I had breakfast today. hahaha...

Anyway, must pace myself and get into the whole new office groove. Will blog more in detail over the weekend. Just wanted you to know I was still alive and totally loving it! :)