Another Certification Achieved

I really worked hard for this one. I have reviewed a number of documents and watched training videos. During the actual exam, my hands were sweating from the difficult questions. But when I submitted the exam and saw the Pass word flashed before the screen, I almost shouted "Yay!" inside the exam center with other people taking other certification exams. I am proud of getting this one. I am the first from our company to be certified.


Here is my Salesforce Consultant certification:




For the next challenge, I am going to take the release-specific exam for maintaing my Salesforce Certified Admin status sometime this month.

Back On The Wagon

It has been almost three months that I stopped working out. I do have the occasional weekend swim but that was not enough to keep myself fit and retain the bulk that I built for some time. I am happy that I am starting to get back to my workout groove. My work shift had to return to night shift so I have the extra time now to go to the gym.

What is interesting with my workout routine now is I can incorporate swimming as my cool down exercise. I am a bit hesitant at first because of the concept that a tried body should be rested first before taking a bath for the fear of muscle disorders as you get old. But since there are no proven facts about this, I decided to take the plunge. Pun intended.

Another new thing about my routine is the gym place itself. I have availed the initial month of gym membership in the condo where I stayed. First month is unlimited use so I am trying to make most out of it.

I know that once I get back to regular work shift, I will be putting my exercise route on hold. For now, I won't be thinking about it and just focus on making myself fit again.

New Blog Project

In line with listing my projects in this blog, I just want to post that I have created another blog site. This blog is about things that I learned daily. It may be a new word, new concept, new thing, anything that you can think of. Click on the link below to redirect you to that blog titled "One Thing To Know Today".

http://onethingtoknowtoday.blogspot.com/

I hopefully can regiously post something to it everyday even if I can busy with a lot of work or swamped with a number of problems. Maybe it would be a place for me to escape reality even for a few minutes. Hehehe, the drama.

Off The Wagon

I have reviewed by previous blogs, particularly this one. I was supposed to continue with my healthy lifestyle when I return to the normal work shift. That did not happen. I fell off the wagon, so to speak. I have been binging, not watching what I eat and I haven't done any resistance training for a long time.

What should I do now? How do I start again? Well first step, try to do more exericses. I haven't been in a gym for two months already. The only exercises that I get are from my weekly swims. Those are not enough. I need to think other alternatives that I can do. Next step is to eat healthy. I am reading up again on articles that can motivate me to control my cravings. One article said that I should not use the goal to have a six pack abs as my sole movitation. I should try to associate other health benefits that I can, like prevent migraines (which I am having a lot lately) and heartburns, as part of my goals. This would help me to stick to my commitments.

Now that I admit to myself that I am not doing a job in maintaining. Time to do something. I should blog what steps that I will be taking to get back to my goals. Starting today...

The Date Has Been Set

September 10-11, 2010. That is the scheduled date when I will be taking my consultancy certification exam. *Insert one big deep sigh here* Need to review again my notes. I know that I will do good on this exam and have the title as the first certified consultant in my company.

Got to keep my eye on the prize.

Swimming Practice

It has been two to three months since I went to the gym. I am already feeling the withdrawal effects. As an alternative, I am able to go swimming during the weekends. That is my only exercise that I get for the week and it is not enough. I still feel sluggish.

With the weekly swimming routine, I can now able to practice my swimming techniques. So far I am now able to cross the pool doing breaststroke. I was able to get the rhythm. Now I am up for the challenge of doing laps with butterfly strokes. I can reach 3/4 of the pool before running out of breath. I think I would eventually be able to find the proper rhythm just like with the breaststroke.

The lessons are now paying off. :)

Trainer Checked

I think I have list as one of my goals in life is to train a group of people. I have no spcifics about it, whether what the training will be about and who will attend it. Suddenly, this goal was realized.

Our company just hired 12 people, a bunch of junior business analysts and developers, freah from colleges. There was already a trainer assigned to do the tasks for the whole week but suddenly needed for a project. With no other resource available, you can say that this opportunity just fell on my lap. Since I was not working on any project so I got the job.

I was not prepared at all to do the training. I only relied on my current knowledge about the topic and just went with it. I do wish that I was better prepared for the job. I wish that I was an effective trainer. I am still glad though that I was able to do the task however the outcome will be. It is still something to be proud of.

I think I deserve one good pat on the shoulder. :D