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did 5km yesterday at the Globe-Ayala Land Run for Home. went with the boyf, telyn and jace. it felt really good to sweat it out!

i was so proud of myself, i didn't walk the entire time. hehe there were a handful of periods where i did brisk walking but i basically ran more than half the time (unlike the New Balance run 3 years ago).

i'm starting to think running is one thing i should be addicted to--with the health benefits, the natural high, plus the chance to bond further with my runningmates.

i should get a good pair of running shoes soon. will head back to Runnr as soon as i get my egc's. :)

hooray for sweat-inducing activities!

oookay, that sounded kinda kinky.

Transformers Revenge of the Fallen's fight scenes were really awesome.

I just wish they did an alternative to the scene where Shia HOTNESS LeBeouf died and went to heaven to meet the other Primes. sheesh.

we'll see it on imax when the hype has died down a bit hehe :)

and yeah, i'll be downloading the soundtrack. pirate alert!

it's been about 2 years since i realized a huge part of me is an introvert.

i'm not like the boyf who always seems to want to be around people, around friends to be exact. don't get me wrong, i love hanging with my barkada (hello, DS_TOG friends!). i guess i just value alone time more than greg does.

when i went to college, i initially found it difficult to make a new set of friends which is why i tag along my high school barkada's various set of blockmates instead of my own. it's probably also because in my block, during our first year together, there seemed to be established groups already--the girls from ICA, the boys from AHS, the girly girls, the Magic-cards-playing guys, etc. I didn't seem to fit in any of those so I didn't exert any more effort and opted to just go with my high school friends in ADMU, even though they have new friends of their own. looking at it now, parang medyo nakakahiya yun hehe pero from another angle, it's fun, too, kasi i got to meet people from other blocks.

halfway through freshman year, i started to be friends with one of my blockmates--Adi. He was a clear introvert right from the start but even he was part of a group. we clicked since pareho kaming jologs, matipid, barubal, cowboy. i felt comfortable around him dahil barubal din siya sakin, to the point na he treats me as if i were a guy from his barkada. haha gagong yun. actually when you think about it, parang siya na nga ang pinaka-close kong blockmate. from there, nag-widen yung group of friends ko from the block. nung una, i'd always go with adi and the rest of the boys--lloyd, mike, jason. we'd have lunch and even watch movies in galle. then i became forever-groupmates with lai, jeah, even johanne! then towards graduation, adi and i got to go on trips/dinners with sherwin, jason, eunice, fumi and mar. bottomline: it took me quite some time. ours wasn't like the other comtech blocks who'd always have block lunches together or watch movies all the time. we definitely weren't like greg's block who'd always make it a point to go drinking or even out of town pag free cut (i missed that term!).

now naman that i'm working, parang the only group i make an effort to go on nights out with is my high school barkada. i don't mean to say i dislike being with my other sets of friends, it's just that nasanay lang ako na sila ang kasama ko. probably because we've been together for a long time (especially the CSA-ADMU contingent: macky, kathy, karen) and we more or less like the same stuff--not to mention having the same spending capacity.

it has even reached a point when greg thought i don't like his ua&p friends at all since i seem to be too tamad to go with him whenever they have scheduled drink nights. i honestly like them--they're a cool bunch. they're all affluent (heller, they're from ua&p) and yet a huge part of them is jologs. funny, even. they know the coolest places to hang out in, and it doesn't necessarily have to be expensive. they're really nice to me and i have fun with them. yun lang talaga, medyo biased ako to going with my own set of friends on nights out.

this quite saddens me as kath will be leaving for singapore in a couple of weeks. she'll be trying her luck there, which i think is good for her. for me, she's the independent, work-abroad type. medyo nalungkot lang ako since on trips out of town or out of the country, it's always me, greg, kathy, macky and karen (plus drew now! :P) who go together. the realization set in deeper after the coron trip. we had a blast, and since she'll be leaving soon, we're not sure when the next trip will be. like i said, biased ako. sila ang travel and gimmick buddies ko. hindi na kami makukumpleto (unless kathy doesn't get to find a job there. hehe honestly, a part of me wishes for that. selfish.).

here's to a fresh start for kathy. i'll miss you, yayat. you'll forever be the twin sister i never had :)

PS: painom ka before you leave!!!

back to work, back to all the stress.

here's how the trip went:

DAY1

-left the house at about 645pm and picked up kathy & zy.

-went to the airport, found the boyf in the waiting area.

-waited for macky outside since Globe was out and i was the only one who had the e-ticket.

-checked in soon as karen & drew came.

-waited til 10am to board. the zestair flight was delayed for an hour and 20 minutes in total.

-flight was really bumpy. nahilo ang lola mo.

-kuya mike picked us up, brought us to Coron Village Lodge where we finally met ate ezel, our tour guide. we had a quick lunch then we got ready for that day's activities. we had to bring our snorkeling gear (goggles, in my case) and aqua shoes (i had to make do with makeshifts--slippers with garter. hehehe! kuripot alert.)

-we got on 2 trikes and were brought to the pier. boarded the boat and headed off to Atuwayan Beach. it was called such because it had lot of "tuways" or shells. drew and greg did some snorkeling. the rest of us opted to just stay by the shore to take photos since per ate ezel, sea urchins and jellyfish frequent the area. nyikes.



-Twin Lagoon was next on the iti. the water was 70% salt and 30% fresh water hence the mixture of hot and cold water. it started to rain so it got difficult for us to move, especially with kathy afraid of the water. hehe good thing ate ezel and macky were able to accompany her. buwis-buhay actually, they both almost drowned because of kat. hahaha! kaasar lang, i lost my nice speedo goggles. i was trying to fix my hair so i took off my goggles for a while. it slipped my hand. thinking it'll float (like it does in swimming pools), i didn't make an effort to scurry and look for it. yun pala, lumulubog yung goggles dun. ayun, wala naaa.

-We went to Kayangan Lake next. this was my favorite if not for the trek. the water was very serene. contrary to Twin Lagoon, this was 70% fresh and 30% salt water. our stay here was more relaxed since it stopped raining, plus there wasn't the fear of jellyfish or sea urchins. hassle lang because you have to go up to view the much-photographed entrance to the lake, go down to the actual lake and take that same trail to get back to your boat. hasslehoff talaga!



-Next and final stop was the Maquinit Hot Spring. we were supposed to do fish feeding at Siete Pecados kaya lang it was too dark already so we put that one off for the 3rd day. Greg was planning on jumping into the super hot water, buti na lang di nya tinuloy. Aaray yun, for sure.

-we then headed for home to bathe, have dinner, watch Tayong Dalawa (part of the itinerary yun! :P) and then sleep. we didn't have any more energy to drink so borlogs na kami after watching Bok JR and Bok Dave.

DAY2

-We had to get up early to go up Mt. Tapyas. The view from the top was so-so, nothing extraordinary. We just took photos then went back to the lodge for breakfast.



-Rested a bit, the others did some CR time and prepared stuff for that day's trip.

-We rode the boat for almost 2 hours (ang sakit sa pw*t!) to get to Calumbuyan island. the others took a nap on the hammocks while ate ezel prepared our lunch. after eating, we re-applied sunblock then went snorkeling. there were lots to see! there were various corals and fishies. we were all very proud of kathy as she was able to swim by herself :) no need for ate ezel to assist her every second. hehehe good job, kat.




-it took another hour to get to coral garden. grabe ang alon, ayaw mambasa! this time it was only zy, greg and drew who took a dip. the rest of us took photos with the beautiful scenery hehe camwhores.



-then we were off to the Japanese gunboat shipwreck. scary, nagkaron na ng corals yung ship. lots of fishies pa rin. we even saw scuba divers way below us.

-we headed home, did the same routine as day 1 except greg, macky, drew and kathy went for drinks after Tayong Dalawa. hehe other than greg, everyone was asleep by 230am. the boyf went drinking with the neighbors and the Bobs from the lodge's resto. 5am na natulog ang lolo mo. ayun, puyat.

DAY3

-we were an hour late. we stopped by Siete Pecados to feed the fish pandesals and monays. bilang puyat, si greggyboy lang ang hindi nagpakain ng isda hehehe




-headed to Malcapuya island. malakas pa rin ang alon but it wasn't as scary as day2. the boatride was again exhausting (kahit na sila kuya bangkero naman ang nagddrive :P) so derecho lunch when we got there. rested a bit then we started taking photos. what can we say? the beach was so photo-worthy. actually, naubos yung oras namin taking pics. the only time we went to the water was when we were looking for the scary giant clams as we boarded the boat. kaya lang dahil nakakadiri at nakakapraning ang mga damo sa ilalim ng tubig (stingrays likewise hide in the sand so we really had reason to be paranoid, okay? :P), we all decided to just board the boat and leave. hehehe





-we decided to take on Twin Lagoon for the second time. it was hectic the first time we went there, thanks to the rains. this time around, the water seemed as fine as that of Kayangan Lake. Kathy was extra confident in the water by this time, kaya lang when she got tired, kuya bangkero had to pull her around using a stick. hehe! everyone took their time swimming and taking photos as we bade Coron goodbye.



DAY4

-after having breakfast, we took a bath and prepared to head for Manila :)

-cebu pacific was 20 minutes early. way to go, CebPac!

-we took a van from terminal 3 to glorietta to have lunch at A Veneto.

-after buying dessert, we all split up and went home to get much-needed sleep.

theme songs for the trip: Boom Boom Pow (c/o idunnowho) and Broken Strings (c/o Zy)

'til the next one, guys!

we'll be off to coron tomorrow! yipee! this trip is about 5 months in the making. it's really a good thing cha was able to endorse her tour guide to us. at least nakamura kami somehow. if there's something the bangkok group likes, it's cheap-ness! wehehee :P

our per-pax budget for our 4D/3N coron trip?

1,826 - 2-way airfare (zest air and cebupac)
6,000 - inclusive of lodging, meals, transfers, entrance fees, boat & tour
guide for all 4 days
350 - terminal fees

around 8,200 in total :) not bad, especially since we don't have any plans of going out of the country this year (aside from Kathy who'll be trying her luck in Singapore next month. next destination for Bangkokers: Malaysia and Singapore! :P probably next year na hehe), thanks to the AH1N1 virus.

updates from last week:

tuesday - watched Terminator Salvation, thanks to my movie passes

wednesday - had dinner at Razon's and waited for JR at Uncle Moe's. katamaran kicked in kaya nag-uwian na lang hehe

thursday - did the metro station event. had dinner at North Park then went to Buendia. we were supposed to check out Ponti's crowd since they play alternative/rock music every thursday, kaso puno na when kathy got there. had a drink at Bistro10 in C Palanca, kaya lang 11pm pa lang, last call na. buti na lang din, otherwise we wouldn't have ended up in Tabu. That's where all the hot men are!!! a bunch of the guys were really smokin' (and i don't mean yosi :P). apparently, a lot of brazilian male models live in that area so they usually hang at Tabu. got really tipsy with the beach kamikaze, i could barely walk straight from our doorstep to my room.

friday - thank God for holidays. bummed around at home 'til the boyf and RG picked me up to have dinner at the latter's house. went to discovery suites for abner's birthday celeb. just had 2 shots of tequila, actually. hung out with the Hudyo boys. they even tried to strip karlo naked. good thing i didn't see his goodies. brrrr.

saturday - i had to leave for the office to fix some stuff for the event on Sunday. Greg picked me up from the office and went to his house for his dad's birthday naman. got a brazilian hehehe then went back to his house, tambay lang.

sunday - tambay with the sibs at home, went to church at 3pm (i was late!), had snacks at Chef D Angelo in G5 then bought groceries--a weekly family thing for us :)

over all, it was a fun week. buti nalang may 3-day weekend. hehe!

will be back on monday for updates on Coron :)

If there’s one thing I find hard to resist (aside from Starfish hihihi :P), it’s dessert. The world stops whenever I take in my Red Mango medium swirl with almond slices and semi-sweet choco chips. It’s a science for me—the way I get 1 choco chip plus around 3 almond slices (depends whether the server from Red Mango gave in to my request to give me extra almond slices for free :P) with every spoonful of fro-yo. I have to focus and take my own sweet time whenever I take a mouthful. Sarap talaga, pare! Nauubos na ang pera ko sa sobrang sarap! Hahaha!

It wasn’t always like this. Parang ever since I started working, lunch ain’t complete without anything sweet—be it chocolates, a drink from Quickly, a slice of cake or ice cream. Must have started when I get stressed at work. If I feel I have been working too hard and that I have to reward myself. What can I say? Dessert makes me happy—it’s comfort food! Kaya kahit namumulubi na ko, sige, dessert pa rin. Thank God for cheap sweet treats such as:

• 100 grams of dark chocolate with almonds from Candy Corner (P70.00)
• Taro choco sago with extra sago (P60.00)
• Slice of cake from Red Ribbon (P50.00 more or less)
• Selecta’s rocky road ice cream stick (P10.00)
• Mango crepe with raspberry ice cream from Crepes & Crème
(around P120.00, yeah not exactly cheap but it’s good :P)
• FIC’s Raspberry ice cream (P50.00 per scoop)

I’m thinking this might be a problem when I’m older and my metabolism isn’t as fast and reliable as it used to be. Di bale, bahala na si Batman. Basta ang alam ko, masarap kumain! :P

told the 'rents about the work being offered at the head office. as expected, they were all for it. here's how they saw it:

*so i don't tire out typing the names over and over, let's call *** "HEAD OFFICE" (or "HO"), and my current employer as "CURRENT EMPLOYER" (or "CE).

PROS:

1. HO is recognized as one of the top employers in the country, therefore i shall get great benefits. i agree. i see how they take care of their employees naman.

2. as mentioned in #1, cool benefits are up for grabs--better health insurance, more GCs monthly, bigger bonuses, i guess. it's something we don't have in the subs, i know.

3. salary will definitely increase, although i doubt if it's that significant. it's actually the benefits i'm vouching for.

4. i won't have to take the train going to and from the office since my dad works in makati and he isn't retiring anytime soon.

5. more opportunities to do training abroad (with the position being offered in HO, i don't think it's a possibility) and take post-grad studies. about that, i don't see the latter as a direct pro since i really don't intend to do any more studying. i look up to people with masteral and doctorate chuva degrees but i'm really not the diligent student type. i'd rather use my time putting up my own business than study to get a degree (which my dad tells me is primarily for better marketability and bragging rights--from which i won't exactly be filthy rich unless i'm in a high-paying job, i think). might be mediocre of me, okay, i get that, but i'd really rather take cooking or dance lessons. to each his own. apologies for digressing.

6. HO definitely has more equity than CE since the former is the mother company, the latter is merely a subsidiary.

7. more space for career growth in HO. daw. i don't kinda see it that way but we'll see.

CONS: none daw. but i feel if i move to HO, i'll be in the thick of all the politicking. i think we may just be a bit detached from all that crap here in the subs.

the boyf wants me to stay with CE. there might be more opportunities for career growth daw here. i'm not quite sure, either. basta all i know is i don't wanna be stuck working in the office until i get a loyalty award. i hope to have the datung to put up my own business so i have better control over my time.

wala pa naman yung formal offer (salary + benefits) so i guess i'll cross the bridge when i get there... or technically when the formal offer gets here. :)

i just spent 270 pesos on my lunch. well, okay it's supposed to cover merienda as well. nothing exciting's going on and there's tons of work to do (but i'm still too freakin' lazy to move) so i felt i had to reward myself (yet again, i know) by giving in. i bought a half order of baked ziti with meat sauce, a slice of sausage pizza plus raspberry iced tea. i tried to fight it off, thinking raspberry iced tea will just give me UTI and that i have to stick with water. unfortunately, the iced tea won.

on another note, mench followed up on my decision on the position being offered to me. still hasn't changed, actually. i'm 90% for trinoma and 10% for head office. unless the salary's twice there, that is. hehe but i seriously doubt it. i'm still not aware of the salary/benefit package so i've yet to make up my mind.

i'm just happy i can go home early now.

this is such a senseless post, i know. hahaha!

May's over, June's here! bilis ng panahon. the sale seemed successful (though i haven't gotten any form of congratulations from the bosses)--the event was richer and more thought out relative to last year's. at first i thought i'd be going through hell once again. things went smoother now. surprisingly, it was easier than i'd expected.

anyway, to recap last week:

may25
the mom's birthday. just had dinner (pansit was on the menu, of course) at home. we had a roll of chocolate cake from Red Ribbon for dessert.

may26
mench calls me into her office. thought it was for the sale, yun pala i was being considered for a position in AMG. i'll be working in mench's team which is a good thing. i'll be helping her do start-up Marketing/Events work on community malls like Marquee, UP Technohub and Nuvali. after which, we turn the projects over to the respective marketing teams. the spoiler there's i have to partly do work under corporate sponsorships which means i'll have s***y for my boss, too. shit. who would want that? i've yet to know the salary and package for the said position. i'm sure the salary increase wouldn't be that significant, but i'm definite the benefits will be way better than what i'm getting now. haaay. i'm about 90% sure i won't be taking that job but i am very curious how much it pays. :)

may27
sorta ngarag mode--the sale's on the following day!

may28
i wasn't able to go shopping as soon as the mall opened (as planned. harhar!) because i had to go to makati for a meeting. tried going around when i got back but to no avail, there was so much to do, still. ended up shopping for 2 tops after mall hours.

may29
i initially intended to have my hair dyed but we had a team lunch meeting (at Cyma... opa!) which ended at 2pm. good thing mench allowed us to go around. i was able to buy 3 more pieces--got back to my desk at 330pm. hekhekhek! went back to Plains&Prints at 5pm to buy another one. left the office to meet up with Greg at Gateway. we headed off to Malcom's Place in HV Dela Costa for dinner. quite pricey for ordinary-tasting pasta, actually. in terms of value for money, i give it a 2 out of 5. after dinner, we had drinks at Capone's A Venue. good music by the band, Overtone (or was it Overtones?). Greg and I will be back there next Friday :)

may30
did choir practice for Lenlen's wedding from 1030am to 2pm. went home to rest and do some grooming chores. left the house for the TriNoma Green Party at 530pm. had good food from Cibo and drinks (mixed with Mango Rum!) with the officemates. nakipag-Englishan pa nang konti with the cute guy from Green Drinks. did some last minute shopping with Greggyboy then headed home.

may31
watched How I Met Your Mother before Greg picked me up. went to Carlo Bro's house since we'll be riding with him to Roni & Richelle's wedding in Caleruega. haha late kami, greggy kasi eh! it was raining when we got there, buti na lang may umbrellas si Bro. drove to Splendido for the reception. grabe, it took some time before we got to eat. haaay. during the reception, we periodically discussed what we like and what we don't like to have in our wedding. hehe ang kyut, medyo nagpaplano na.

moment of the night: when the couple was doing their first dance, greg and i were seated together. he thanked me for coming with him and i said, "baket?". he said, "wala para may kausap ako, may kasama ako" or something to that effect. i said, "baket, andyan naman sila JR and Carlo ah?". he replied "gusto ko lang kasama kita. mas kampante ako pag kasama kita. kaya nga gusto ko kasama kita parati eh--sa mga inuman, sa mga lakad ko. kasi pag kasama kita feeling ko kaya ko gawin lahat."

muntik naman akong naiyak. "i love you" lang ang nasabi ko.

love you, greggyboy. you really are my high. :)

it was a great way to start the month. here's to great starts!

got to see spurts of the juday-ryan wedding special last sunday night. i was trying to sleep as early as 1030pm but because of periodic needs to pee, i dozed off to dreamland at around 12mn.

anyway, in the few scenes that i was able to catch the show, i found their wedding (the one in batangas, not the manila reception) simple, sweet and well thought-out. i would want mine the same way.

the earliest i'll be settling down is probably in 3 years. still so much to see, so much to do (especially saving!). when i do decide to get hitched, i'd want to get married out of town. not because of Juday's wedding, god, no. i've always wanted to since Tita Nette's wedding 2 years ago--i fell in love with the quaint Chapel on the Hill in Batulao. after that, i kept telling the boyf (in passing) that i wanna tie the knot there. the chapel's small, best for intimate ceremonies. it's literally set upon a hill so you get a great view from the chapel, especially when it's almost sunset.

yun lang, the boyf keeps reminding me to keep the plans simple (as if naman engaged na. hahaha :) we're cool that way.) because we both would rather spend on the honeymoon than on the wedding. doing a destination wedding, even if it's a couple of hours away from Manila since it's in Tagaytay, will be difficult and costly in terms of logistics. what do i keep telling him? "ah, basta, gusto ko doon." hehe anobuhhh? you get married just once. and i honestly feel it shouldn't be that expensive since a) tagaytay is very close to Manila and b) because of that, your guests can very well spend on their own transpo to the wedding. i mean, if they really are your friends, they won't scrimp on gas just to be able to attend the wedding, right?

since scotchbrite more constantly brings up weddings now more than ever, i've been trying to make a list of guests hehehe adik. he insists we keep it to a max of 100. a year ago, i said it should be about 150 since we both have a lot of relatives. after seeing that judy ann and ryan did 80 guests, i'm rethinking it. ano ba naman ang network ko compared to judy ann and ryan's? hahaha :) just the other night, i tried to make a list to fit just 50 people. adik, diba?

liked the song below. got it from the show. i feel it's so me-and- scotchbrite. i just hope it stays that way until i fool him into marrying me. *EVIL LAUGH* hahaha :P

Wala Nang Hahanapin Pa
Apo Hiking Society

Mayroon siyang estilong kanya lamang
Ang kanyang pagkababae ang dinadahilan
Pagsubok sa pag-ibig walang katapusan
‘Di naman daw nagdududa, naniniguro lang

Ewan ko ba ngunit kahit ganyan siya,
Minamahal ko siya, wala nang hahanapin pa
Kahit ano’ng sabihin ng iba, minamahal ko siya,
Wala nang hahanapin pa

‘Di raw nagseselos ngunit nagbibilang
Nang oras ‘pag ako’y ginagabi
At biglang maamo ‘pag may kailangan
‘Pag nakuha na ikaw ay itatabi

Ewan ko ba ngunit kahit ganyan siya,
Minamahal ko siya, wala nang hahanapin pa
Kahit ano’ng sabihin ng iba, minamahal ko siya,
Wala nang hahanapin pa

‘Di magpapatalo ‘pag mayroong alitan
‘Di aamin ng mali, magbabagong-isip lang

Ewan ko ba ngunit kahit ganyan siya,
Minamahal ko siya, wala nang hahanapin pa
Kahit ano’ng sabihin ng iba, sinasamba ko siya,
Minamahal ko pa, walang kaduda-duda,
Wala nang hahanapin pa

finally got my red mango fix. after more than a week, red mango trinoma has sliced almonds on stock. enjoyed every spoonful of heaven :) i'm good for another week. i should start starving myself since i've been giving in to my every whim since the previous week.

on a different (and ickier) note, my face is starting to peel. skin up there's tighter now. i'm just wondering if my putting on sunblock this morning had anything to do with the seemingly low rate of peel-age. hehe no word from dr. geraldez as of yet. today, i look like an old lady with uber dry and tight skin. i should make faces and take photos. now.

sure didn't help when i was on the trike today and every vehicle in front of my trike was spewing tons of smoke. sheesh. talk about malas. guess you can call me "pinausukang anne" today. wehehehe. cornik.

looking forward to next week when my face is all peeled off. sakto for our coron trip next month :) fingers crossed, it won't rain in palawan when we get there.

i was held up at Belo yesterday.

got an appointment for a simple glycopeel cleaning. stef tells me it's nothing painful--they just clean your face and rid them of blackheads, whiteheads, pimples and whathaveyou's on your face. total bull!!! it was super painful! good thing i had an eyemask on--the nurse didn't see the tears. hehe it was as if she was scraping my skin off! gawd, did it hurt. it was a far cry from my first ever facial from VMV Hypoallergenics.

anyway, as mentioned, i was initially just supposed to have the shitty cleaning for 1,200++ but when the derma checked my face out prior to the procedures, she said everything negative there was to say about skin--oily, rough, pimply, scarred, filled with marks. haaay. she even told me the pimple mark on my left cheek had to be lasered already. it won't be eliminated by any simple (nor cheap!) procedure. she reco'ed i get the spanish peel to take out the brown marks. it was worth almost 6 grand. pakshet talaga. she almost guaranteed though that it'll take out as much brown marks (not the red ones, though, which have to be lasered. shit.) as it can after the peeling. thing is, i'll have to look like a monster for about a week.

so there. my face was all blotchy and red after the session. even i couldn't stand my face (wonder if greg did). they gave me a shitty, holey umbrella for the 7K++ worth of services.

a day after the procedure, my face is a bit tanned (as advised) but the red marks from the pricking yesterday somewhat subsided. i'm supposed to start peeling by thursday. it should be done by tuesday next week.

good thing this crappy pc doesn't allow us to post photos online. otherwise, i would've posted my BEFORE photos here. hehe

haaay. tiis ganda talaga.

work's really starting to pile up now. somewhat feels nice to be productive all day, not having lull moments during office hours (yeah, i'm weird that way). just hope it's still manageable somehow.

got this from my aunt. #1, #3 and #11 made me feel guilty. reminded me of a guy i dropped like a hot potato. bad, bad me.


> 21 Utos ni Bob-Ong

> 1. "Kung hindi mo mahal ang isang tao, wag ka
> nang magpakita ng motibo para mahalin ka niya."

> 2. "Huwag mong bitawan ang bagay na hindi mo kayang
> makitang hawak ng iba."

> 3. "Huwag mong hawakan kung alam mong bibitawan mo
> lang."

> 4. "Huwag na huwag kang hahawak kapag alam mong may
> hawak ka na."

> 5. "Parang elevator lang yan eh, bakit mo
> pagsisiksikan ung sarili mo kung walang pwesto para sayo. Eh
> meron naman hagdan, ayaw mo lang pansinin."

> 6. "Kung maghihintay ka nang lalandi sayo, walang
> mangyayari sa buhay mo.. Dapat lumandi ka din."

> 7. "Pag may mahal ka at ayaw sayo, hayaan mo.. malay
> mo sa mga susunod na araw ayaw mo na din sa kanya, naunahan
> ka lang.."

> 8. "Hiwalayan na kung di ka na masaya. Walang gamot sa
> tanga kundi pagkukusa."

> 9. "Pag hindi ka mahal ng mahal mo wag ka magreklamo.
> Kasi may mga tao rin na hindi mo mahal pero mahal ka.. Kaya
> quits lang."

> 10. "Kung dalawa ang
> mahal mo, piliin mo ung pangalawa. Kasi hindi ka naman
> magmamahal ng iba kung mahal mo talaga ung una."

> 11. "Hindi porke't madalas mong ka-chat, kausap sa
> telepono, kasama sa mga lakad o ka-text ng wantusawa eh may
> gusto sayo at magkakatuluyan kayo. Meron lang talagang mga
> taong sadyang friendly, sweet, flirt, malandi, pa-fall o
> paasa."

> 12. "Huwag magmadali sa babae o lalaki. Tatlo, lima,
> sampung taon, mag-iiba ang pamantayan mo at maiisip mong
> hindi pala tamang pumili ng kapareha dahil lang maganda o
> nakakalibog ito. Totoong mas mahalaga ang kalooban ng tao
> higit sa anuman. Sa paglipas ng panahon, maging ang mga
> crush ng bayan nagmumukha ding pandesal, maniwala ka."

> 13. "Minsan kahit ikaw ang nakaschedule, kailangan mo
> pa rin maghintay, kasi hindi ikaw ang priority."

> 14. "Mahirap pumapel sa buhay ng tao. Lalo na kung
> hindi ikaw ung bida sa script na pinili niya."

> 15. "Alam mo ba kung gaano kalayo ang pagitan ng
> dalawang tao pag nagtalikuran na sila? Kailangan mong
> libutin ang buong mundo para lang makaharap ulit ang taong
> tinalikuran mo."

> 16. "Mas mabuting mabigo sa paggawa ng isang bagay
> kesa magtagumpay sa paggawa ng wala.."

> 17. "Hindi lahat ng kaya mong intindihin ay
> katotohanan, at hindi lahat ng hindi mo kayang intindihin ay
> kasinungalingan."

> 18. "Kung nagmahal ka ng taong di dapat at nasaktan
> ka, huwag mong sisihin ang puso mo. Tumitibok lang yan para
> mag-supply ng dugo sa katawan mo.
> Ngayon, kung magaling ka sa anatomy at ang sisisihin mo
> naman ay ang hypothalamus mo na kumokontrol ng emotions mo,
> mali ka pa rin! Bakit?
> Utang na loob! Wag mong isisi sa body organs mo ang mga
> sama ng loob mo sa buhay! Tandaan mo: magiging masaya ka
> lang kung matututo kang tanggapin na hindi ang puso, utak,
> atay o bituka mo ang may kasalanan sa lahat ng nangyari
> sayo, kundi IKAW mismo!"

> 19. "Pakawalan mo ung mga bagay na nakakasakit
> sayo kahit na pinasasaya ka nito. Wag mong hintayin ang
> araw na sakit na lang ang nararamdaman mo at iniwan ka na ng
> kasiyahan mo."

> 20. "Gamitin ang puso para alagaan ang mga taong
> malalapit sayo. Gamitin ang utak para alagaan ang sarili
> mo."

> 21. "Ang pag-ibig parang imburnal...nakakatakot
> mahulog...at kapag nahulog ka, it's either by accident
> or talagang tanga ka.”

> Nalaman kong hindi final exam ang passing rate ng buhay.
> hindi ito multiple choice, identification, true or false,
> enumeration or fill-in-the- blanks na sinasagutan kundi
> essay na isinusulat araw-araw. Huhusgahan ito hindi base sa
> kung tama o mali ang sagot, kundi base sa kung may kabuluhan
> ang mga isinulat o wala. Allowed ang erasures.

my current addiction: Red Mango swirl with almonds and chocolate chips. Yum!

it's been taking a huge chunk off my weekly budget and putting more tonsilitis risk. sarap eh. love the mix of the semi-sour yogurt with the sweetness of the chocolate chips and the almond crunchies.

anyway, work-wise, the sale's in less than a month. we've yet to have the approved study for the ads. super ngarag na naman ako nito by 2nd week of may to push for everything (both off and onsite) to be up by may 18. haaay.

sure, it's fun to be productive and not have to pretend to work. from time to time, it's good to just be surfing the net when you're bored with nothing to do in the office but c'mon, being swamped with work doesn't excite anyone at all (or does it???).

i still need to make time to blog about the happenings of Dec08 til 1Q of 09. major major blogging to be done.

for now, toodles. :)

woke up at 6 am to this message from the starfish:

"di ako mk2log, bumabara sipon ko amfotah!" -feb 19, 12:11 am

scrolled to the next message, from starfish again. hmm, 3 messages long.

"Uy i cannot sleep maybe it's because of my baradong ilong hahaha... I dunno ewan! while watching i thought of you. everyday i meet a lot of people naisip ko what if u wernt my girl?? pero walang makakapalit sayo hehe parang you're everywhere. i do this, i think of you. whenever i flush the toilet i think of you. Hahahaha! so from now on, you're (my) everywhere my lab. isa kang best experience :) la lang!" -feb 19, 1:22 am

put a smile to my face. di na ako nakatulog after sa kilig. hahahaha! kinilig amp!

scotch brite, you're my best and my last. the others never even came close. you're my everything and it'd be more than great if i could be able to do all my other planned and unplanned adventures with you. labyu.

it's officially been 4 wonderful years with greg :) hasn't been a walk in the park, that's for sure, but it was definitely worth my while.

been through ups and downs. i'm sure there are more to come. we've seen each other at our best and our worst. gawd, he even farts at me shamelessly... regularly.

he ain't my dream guy. i'm not his as well. i like tall guys. the derek ramsay type. he likes vertically-average chubby girls. but surprise, surprise, we click. he knows how to make me happy. he knows what ticks me off but he does it a lot to piss me off then laughs at me. he knows what makes me smile, what makes me not-hate him. he's well aware that i'm a proud, proud person who almost always hesitates to say sorry during fights and yet he makes the first move to patch things up between us (even if i was the bitch who started it--i swear, i'm working on it, my lab).

greg loves me so much i'm not quite sure i deserve him. thankfully, he still wants me around. :)

here's to more anniversaries, more dinners out, more movies together, more XOXOs, more fights, more making up after the fights, more roadtrips and travels and everything in between together.

you know i love you so much. happy 4th anniversary, my starfish.

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this weekend:

jan10
roadtrip to bulacan
window shopping at podium (even saw some guy at Topshop hehehe)
met up with his parents at camp aguinaldo
dinner at Gerry's Greenhills
tiangge!
tambay at home
brought my cousin to the hospital
listened (and sang together) to old alternative CDs while waiting in the car
counted down together to 12mn haha cheesy!
"happy anniversary" kiss at 12mn

jan11
met at the office just when the event started
dinner at CPK
toyed around with the piolo pascual photos in my pc
saw angelica panganiban hahaha!

Christmas is just around the corner. If i were younger (like at least 15 years younger), I'd really be excited for all the gifts and the Christmas parties. Now that I'm an old fart, gifts are a surprising rarity and Christmas parties are always filled with beer and the objective of getting all wasted and hyper.

I'm wishing I had all the time and energy (and the patience to invite friends--who're too darn lazy to reply--to go out) for the latter. What else is the Christmas season for if not spending the vacae with loved ones.

I'm wishing I'd be done with all my work by next week so I can do general cleaning on my workstation.

I'm wishing Chen would send me an email or text since she wasn't able to during my birthday. Sure hope she's okay--she never fails to call or text me on November 7.

I'm wishing I have enough moolah to shop to death.

I'm wishing I had access to multiply here in the office so I can easily shop online (if only the previous wish would come true. soon.).

I'm wishing for an out-of-town trip before the year ends. Dumaguete, maybe? Laoag would really do just fine.

Wishing and hoping and praying. Merry Christmas, everyone!

Sealed the previous week with a ticket to the sweet, sweet victory that was game 2 of UAAP season 71. It’s such a good thing *** backed out at about 10am of that day. Mucho thanks to Mackinky for letting me have her ticket! I had to leave the office early (talk about undertime) to get to Araneta in time for the pre-game awards. The entire 3 hours were filled with “pahaging” bickering to the poser guy to my left who’s from DLSU. Hehehe Lucky for me, we won! He was seated more than half the time.

The weekend was so-so except for these things:

Saturday
• Tambay time with Brille and Jericho. Cute kids!
• Shopping on an upset stomach with Greg at Karl Edward bazaar. Artistas galore!
• Wearing ourselves out shopping for and with Greg at Glorietta
• Dreaming THE Chris Tiu dream (details in another post. Hahaha!). Ilovett!!! I almost strangled my brother for waking me up.

Sunday
• Hearing from Greg that I could see Chris Tiu in the flesh at the NBC Tent!
• Rushing to NBC Tent after the family stuff at Glorietta.
• More hang time with Brille, Jericho and with Jarreb! Little hottie Jericho was hugging me the entire time I was carrying him (which, by the way, caused my biceps to get sore for a couple of days).
• Chris Tiu was there! In all his hotness!
(*just so we’re clear, I’m not a Chris-Tiu-fangirl. I actually think Atkins is hotter. It’s just that my dream the previous night was just so darn great. Woot, woot!)

Tuesday was bonfire time! I was on the brink of not going because the rain poured that afternoon. What else can you expect from Bel Field after? Mud, that’s right. Lots and lots of mud. We stayed in the perimeter of the field the entire time. It was fun to see old faces. It was fun-ner to be in school once again. Maybe it’s not so much the pride of having gone to such a nice school as the thought that the campus itself gave that feeling of being at home (cliché, I know). I used to spend the entire day in different places there (to hell with number coding!!!) with different people. Brought back lots of memories—both the good and not-so. Heck, we almost forgot the building’s names. It felt really good to be walking in the old halls, sitting in benches (that were owned by popular posses. Whatever.), seeing the old classrooms and seeing students in their pambahay get-up coming out of their classes with their books and their IDs strapped to their necks. I miss the student-me. Hehehe 

Talking about familiar things, Greg and I ended up at Alley after the bonfire. We met up with Milo, Tim, Inigo and Kate.  Enjoyed listening to all the drunk-talk about “Man vs Wild” and all the icky things the host does. Hehehe  What’s more hilarious is when Tim thought a dog/rat was licking his feet right at the time when he was telling this certain icky story. Gawd, did he squeal! Hahaha  I almost thought it was part of his story. Good one, Tim.

Anyone have a DVD of How I Met Your Mother’s season 1? Hypothetical high five!!!

Today’s another day. I’m just hoping to get to *that place* tonight with the girls. Hehe 

highlights of the previous weekend to date?

Friday
-watched "Babylon AD"--a sucky movie with greg. labo, pare.
-headed to TBoy for dinner
-coffee dessert at our favorite table in Coffee Bean Ortigas
-that's when JoniGirl and PAris sent me an SMS telling me they were in Elbow Room, drinking. hahaha :) how i love spontaneous invites.
-they spent the night drinking (i'm still not allowed to drink due to the sclerosing agent. ehehehe!) while i joined them in laughing so damn hard at the freak show that was the band! be a hosto, whydontcha?










Saturday
-it basically was a ho-hum day which started off with a marathon of Grey's season 1.
-met up with Greg at Shang to buy something then off we went to Fort.
-shitty dinner at Cebu Lechon. Never again. 'Nuff said.
-went to Serendra to buy another thing. hehehe :)
-coffee dessert again (i guess there's no stopping the pimples now.) at Bo's
-watched the replay of TARA3 at home

Sunday
-sick, sick, sick. period.

Monday
-shot the TVC for Ayala Malls. Can we be any more of an extra??? heheeh :) "Lights, camera, action! CROWD!!!"
-semi-company lunch at Conti's. free foooood!
-Greg's gonna have more money! Secret na lang muna why... :) Congrats, monster! :)

Tuesday
-figured how much workload awaits me. goodbye to leaving the office at 5pm sharp.
-will be saying goodbye as well to some moolah for our new fridge at home. hehe merry christmas, ma!

Wednesday
-need to buy something cute for myself. where, oh where to get the money?

i survived the Style Therapy sale! :) after weeks of ngarag-ation of putting up an entire tent inside the mall, i'm free! well sort of. some of my tasks were held up the couple of weeks from the sale so i still have a pile of sh*t to go through. no biggie, though :)

while waiting for Greg to come pick me up for my nth sclero session, i used my movie pass to watch For The First Time, and gawd did it suck! Do guys really change from playboy to loyal overnight? Were his ex girlfriends that cheap (don't forget bootycall-ish!) to go to the restaurant just for him to tell them he's sorry? What was Geoff Eigenmann's role again??? Did she have to cry like she was having an orgasm? Sheesh, talk about cliche and mushy. hahaha :) I like Greece. I should troop over there soon.

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i've been contemplating going out of town for my birthday. i just can't figure out where, with who and from where i'll get the funds. hahaha! i'm thinking November might be too toxic since it's nearing Christmas. we all know what christmas means--tons and tons of events at the mall. i'm fantasizing about bumming at the beach. hmm. where to go, where to go?

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no matter what i do (or put on), the pimple fiesta that is my face is still happening! i'm hoping it's just hormonal so they all vanish as soon as i get my time-of-the-month in 2 weeks. ayayay. check out this photo taken last saturday at JR's celeb.




i'm wishing for a clearer face and clearer legs very, very soon.