Saturday, 23 August 2008

BLUEBERRIES, BULLIES AND BLUES

I didnt go to Russia for a refuge, I have not updated my site for some time as I have been spending most of my afternoons with A, aside from work of course. A doesn't like me to continue having this blogsite. I dont know if it is due to jealousy, distrust or A's just evil.

It has been raining recently. I keep on wishing for it to rain something nice and cool, not just water. Just imagine if it rain cute furry bunnies... I hope one day.

I have been eating those berries for my breakfast, but I think they're too gassy; I feel bloated afterwards.


A and I watched HellBoy 2 last Thursday. We liked it, it's for kids though, aint it? I have no time to evaluate the story, so if you want to watch a big, red guy with horns- cut, just watch it.

Then Friday was our Jamaican Day at work.


Those were seasoned pork and chicken, basmati rice with red beans (cooked with coconut milk, spring onions and thyme), fried banana and salad.



We were supposed to wear something yellow and/or green, so that's me.

I have read in one reading material that "bullying" has been accused against some people in their workplaces.
I read that article from a magazine, and after reading that literature, I have been made sentient to the fact that anyone can accuse anybody (even me) of anything, anywhere-
By nature I am outspoken, blunt and frank. I say it when I have to say it, and I have been called "Bitch" (often jokingly) in the past. But I dont think someone can call me a bully (like in that magazine) as I can recollect:
- I provide staff trainings, and Im realistic to their needs.
- I arrange the schedule as fair as I could, recognizing their needs, wishes and requests, acknowledging their circumstances.
- I help them with their jobs, even though deep down I ask "Can they help me with mine?"
- I inspire them to give their best, even though I know that "initiative" is best developed when young.
In this magazine, whoever this accused person must be someone who:
  1. lost his/her patience when discovering that someone has not used his inventiveness and schemed a lax and obtuse mode to achieve a shift.
  2. Whoever this person must have known that some irrational individual have endangered the safety of some people, had performed illegal acts and when confronted had still rebuffed and repudiated censure.
If Im to be accused of being a "bully", I'll just say it's not me.
1. Just because (perhaps) someone is falling below my standards and is closed minded and cannot accept criticisms;
2. just because (maybe) someone has no initiative (maybe, ahem.) and do not understand the meaning of "assessments" nor how to implement it.
Again, I repeat, Im talking hypothetical in here, any similarities are pure coincidence.
How can I be a bully?

I am a debater.

I have been a batch representative when I was a college freshman, and represented 500 students in La Salle's Student Government for a year.

I was the Senior Class President of my batch.

I have worked as an Intensive Care Nurse. (These things will reflect the fact that I have patience in most areas).

I am young.

I am smart.

I maybe dangerous.

But I am surely not a bully.

Anyway, please show your support. Please vote against A in my new poll.

29 picked a peck of pickled pepper:

carlotta1924 said...

looking preppy sa pic mo ha. =)

you're no bully, you just know what you want.

prinsesamusang said...

i wonder why A does not want you maintaining this site? hmm... and about those berries, something in them makes me want to fear them. haha! i don't know... and that lunch's looking yummy! it's lunch right?

Richard the Adventurer said...

Basta ang masasabi ko lang.... Essential ang mga fruits at matatamis na foods para sa brain... Brain fuel tawag sa kanila... Love it!

salingPUSA said...

haLo...there you are again in your self-taken-photos.cool.

Anyways, I think people will just push you around and tag you the way they want to. What is important is that you know who you are. The truth exists even if other people don't recognize it. It also works the other way around. Others might think that you are the nicest person in the world, but if you are in fact a bully, it will not change a thing.
I believe you are not. I agree with Carlotta, you just know what you want and you know how to get it.

boying said...

tigil na ang blog na 'to?

boying said...

A, 'yaan mo na si kris jasper ituloy 'tong blog o...

my-so-called-Quest said...

i lab lab blueberries kuya.
uwian mo ko dito. hehe kasi puro preserves meron dito nyan. hehehe


mukhang masarap ang food! yummm

sabihin mo kay A wag magselos=]

huey mei said...

A is evil....

redlan said...

Ayteh, nag update ka pa? damu na utang mo pero it's worth to wait and worth reading as always and forever. so SORRY for A. I don't want to call him A E. But i don't have choice. All I know is I want this site to continue its existence and most of all I want to continue to laugh. Most of the time, I am insane and only LAUGH is my medicine.

You are not bully you know. Basi BULI guro.

Tira tira. lmao

KRIS JASPER VAN DYKE said...

keep it coming guys.... call A evil... and if A doesnt listen, I'll expose A's Friendster. lol.

RONeiluke, RN said...

i'm confused...

JAMAICAN DAY?

i thought you're currently in England?

hmm...

grabe kagutom naman nung pics... T_T

redlan said...

I already saw A. hehe. exposing A's FS..... magkaroon ng baha dito sa cyber world at baka it would start a war between CHINA and UK. or the filipino community or magkaroon ng scaregiver. joke lang....

KRIS JASPER VAN DYKE said...

@ Ron: we have theme days (might be a nationality day or colour day, or anything like halloween) in our Nsg Home. It's our patient's chance to try other culture's foods. as it was a jamaican staff who'd arranged it, that's why it was Jamaican day.

@ REd: u did? hmmmm...... are u sure? lol.

boying said...

whoa. nakikinig ka pala kay enya? poaborito ko iyong 'afer ventus'

Suus cuique mos. Suum cuique.
Meus mihi, suus cuique carus.
Mememto, terrigena.
Mememto, vita brevis.
Meus mihi, suus cuique carus.

tsaka soundtracks din?
paborito ko sina james horner, john williams, john debney, grame revell, tsaka james newton howard.

redlan said...

YES. hinala lang pala. haha. Nakita ko siya sa pic. am not sure though.

chat boeard ba to? joke

redlan said...

board* errr...

† Yods † said...

napadaan din. salamat sa komento at pagdaan sa blog ko.

mukang masarap yung mga food. naguton tuloy ako. lolz

UtakMunggo said...

is this a hypothetical scenario or has someone accused you already? you have the right to snap at someone if they fail to measure up to the standard that's expected of them, so long as it's an objective attack. not a personal one.

nag-vote na ako. :D

chezza said...

Ang aga ng winter blues! Smile ka muna sa last days ng summer :) Bully? very sensitive word yan dito---you can make a complaint if someone accused you of being one. I've got the RCN covering me two years ago when a colleague(pinoy pa, fyi) accused me of being a bully. Keep your head up!

the donG said...

"I am young.

I am smart.

I maybe dangerous.

But I am surely not a bully."

pwedeng lyrics sa isang kanta to. hehehe... i think you are a bully to A. hahaha...

jericho said...

i agree with dong. you're a bully to A. hehehe. pero i think you are not a bully in general ... maybe persuasive .. or seductive? hehe

ifoundme said...

daw kadefensive hawwwwww...... okay na, you are not a bully and if ako ara da, i think i'll enjoy working with you.

Josh of Arabia said...

hi kris..nice to be back..here.snya na bz..salamat ng marami sa support ha..second wil do, pero hope makbawi this week to go for gold hehe..sure im jst around to support good blogdude like u..

sarap naman ng berry na yan..and im still thinking whose A :)

regrds,

Keitaro Hanazawa said...

Sarap ng Berries. Sarap ng food!

Hurrah for Jamaican day! Bakit pala may ganyan kayo? May staff ka bang taga-Jamaica?

You're not a bully. You're simply misunderstood.

Expose A's friendster!!! joke lang. :)

amicus said...

I dont know if it is due to jealousy, distrust or A's just evil.

lolrof. really realy funny. haha. of course i want you to stay blogging.

KRIS JASPER VAN DYKE said...

ei! tnx guys.

A (im sure) is not happy with the results and the petitions. lol.

But same old, we argued about my site again last nyt. I hope some people would understand that blogging is part of me now. I'm enjoying this at the mo, so no one can dictate what I should and should not do.

Camille said...

wow blueberries! ang duhat at blueberries ba ay magkamaganak? hehe.. hows my fashionista friend? bespren parn? grabe i like that mirror.. sana meron din kami ganyan kalake na mirror dto

redlan said...

hala. i was thinking basi magreact si A. Kag pang akigan kami. Basi wala ka na time sa iya. Isa lang bala ang A sa alphabet. Give and enjoy more time with A than your blog.

barrycyrus said...

i love blueberries

 
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