typical telemarketing day at the Cathay Land Sales office about 2005:

anne: hello sir?
client: hello, sino ito?
anne: hello sir! si anne pu 'to, remember, na-meet ko kayo yesterday sa (insert place here)??
client: oh ya, i remember! hello, ms. puto!

(lol!)


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its been almost a full month since we lost our dear friend to stupid dengue. we had the best times together, and after everyone left, we only had each other (including iris and benedict) to rely on for strength to carry on with our jobs.


benedict, iris, jnl, anne

(this photo was SUCH a premonition of what was going to happen the year after. it's our first photo of us four together)


ive been hearing stories of how anne has been 'present' the past month. from sir ryan's globe duo phone call from her (he and his brother swear it was anne's voice on the other end of the line. the number could never be contacted after that phone call) to kat and vange's dreams of her. Unfortunately, i don't have any stories/encounters.

until this morning.


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i was rushing to leave the house this morning when i saw this on my car:





it was right where i could see it!

and it's yellow!




i bet we all know of how butterflies are associated with departed loved ones, right? i believe it has something to do with their metamorphosis from a caterpillar to a butterfly, and how people 'transform' into a more beautiful, perfect being after death.

i just KNEW it was anne!

it reminded me of the makasaysayang yellow shorts that she'd always wear:



all hands beach, subic  (2005)



caylabne bay resort, cavite (2006)



caylabne bay resort, cavite (2007)



caylabne bay resort, cavite (2007)

i swear, she wore those shorts til she couldn't fit into them anymore. it's such a shame that she would never be able to fit into them again. ever. and she was on the way to losing the pounds already! that was one of her goals, really (to be able to wear them again). shame, shame, shame.





we seriously miss you, anne.


*sigh*

i always want to see the good side of things. though i know it could be dangerous sometimes (meaning, we could always over analize and justify too much) or hard to do altogether, i choose to believe that everything happens as part of God's perfect plan.

ondoy followed by peping and news of another typhoon coming = hell on earth, and seriously, it scares the sh*t out of me. is God telling us something? definitely. is he punishing us? im not sure. but whether (weather) its a warning/reminder/sign, i dont think anyone expected it to be this monstrous.


(photo: ashley d. crystal)


i remember one of peabo bryson's songs which goes:

"Love always finds a way
When the clouds have no silver lining
She comes through shining
Love always sees the light
Through the darkest night
In a small way
Love always finds a way"

and i believe that the silver lining in all this ondoy drama is the filipino's bayanihan culture 'shining through'.



(photo: deejayap)



(photo: kevin tatco)


and despite all this, you know what? life goes on.


(photo: media tumbler.com)


galeng no?


-hindi mo kame kaya, ondoy!-

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we were flooded too (in our office) which we didn't really expect because we made sure our restaurant/office is high. but the flood outside apparently reached waist-deep, so we got knee-high water inside. We really didn't know. the strong winds and heavy rains caused some leaks in our house so dad and mum passed by the office to get vulca-seal after church. when they saw mud on the floor of the resto and office, they knew we had a lot of cleaning up to do.

our whole sunday (september 27) was spent cleaning. just us five in the family, no one else. we attacked in work clothes and set-up the component (actually, ipod and speakers lang naman. lol!). the sister and i were 'ice skating' on the soapy tiled floors while the parents and the brother laughed (no, actually, the brother was corny. he didn't laugh. lol!).

in all our dugyot glory, we headed to kfc for a quick meal, my treat (yeheees!). we were so embarrassed that we were all so dirty (but hey, everyone else was flooded too, right?) but we burst into laughter when we realized that mum was still wearing her gold hoop earrings all along. (donya, through and through. lol!)

the day turned out be be a much called for bonding experience that we hadn't experienced in a long time. too bad no photos were taken. we were busy havin' a great time! we couldn't even complain one bit because we know how lucky we were to have had such minimal damage. hay, Lord, Thank You!!

how's that for a silver lining??;)

cant say enough how i love love love weekend markets. everything's fresh. they have everything from fresh fruits to fresh produce, to freshly cooked food:)

this weekend market especially felt fresh. because it was raining. (my hair! my hair!!! haha!)

salcedo market is one place that's hard (for me) to go to, but is always worth the travel.




it just looks empty here, but there were lots of people. everyone was avoiding the rain.






effin' good food

 




the deadly ginisang bagoong bacolod--- bagoong with chicharon on top. i didn't even dare.






tonight's dinner. WINNER with rice. i'm sure winner also with pasta. i think i'm going back next week.






still calling my name. my will power was stronger. but my friend's wasn't.

she was thinking of the many possibilities to eat it on the way home. with grilled eggplant and tomatoes, among others.

my mouth's watering. okay, ill stop now.






hungarian sausages!!

i got the cheezy one. in some kind of bread. with pickle relish, mustard, ketchup and LOTS of mayonnaise.

but i didnt get to eat it. joal did. huhuhu.




so i guess i really have to go back next week:)

for now, off to harang reh.

'God is like rexona, He never lets me down' :)

i got a lot of reactions from this status message on facebook, and you know what, i guess because it's true. i've once shared with my friends how i have this note posted on my small room corkboard that says '3 blessings' which serves as my reminder to see and count all the good things that happened to me, no matter how bad the day seemed. and whenever i see and start to count, i always (always, always...) go beyond three. God has been good. very very good.

thank you Lord for everything! thank you for the very fast and so far still very fruitful 2009. im excited for your plans for me and i know you will never leave my side:)


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PS. really off-topic, but please take care of my beloved doc hof. it breaks my heart that i wont be there for his farewell tomorrow. i'll surely miss the wise man with the umbrella :(


(image: google images)
 

me wanna watch astro boy.

now, now, NOW.

 

(video: SummitScreeningRoom@youtube)

its amazing how fragments of my childhood pop-up one by one in HD (hello optimus prime and cobra commander).

if only they could make tumbang-preso and langit-lupa (im-im-impiyerno) in HD (labo). but nothing beats the real thing, IMHO.

i remember my friends and i smuggling our g.i. joe's and paperclips (and my aunt's stash of thread) to the nearby santan (retro!) bush (among others) outside my house when i was younger. we created treetop hideouts for our 'teams' and tied thread from one tiny branch to the other. the paperclips were either tied or wound onto the action figures' arms and torsos so that we could have our own SKY COMMANDERS!

remember?


(photo: retrojunk.com)

it was expensive to get the real thing


(photo: parrygamepreserve.com)

so we improvised. and had hours and hours of fun. and brownouts did not matter because we didn't need electricity.

i hope kids nowadays could experience what we experienced before.

i hope my (future) kids would, too.

good thing i kept all my playdough stuff from my wonder years, all sealed and protected in their respective boxes, mind you. i guess i'll have to get a new batch of clay, though (claydough. lol!)

or maybe create it from scratch! if i could only remember the ingredients...

...is not a baby any longer!

she's on tour with the UST Singers (her nth one!) and is now in the US. she's coming home in a few days.

i was so glad to stumble upon this photo of her with my friends:



that's jd, jaimie (zeh 'baby sister'), chris ong, and friend (heehee. sorry i dont know her name. yet.)

chris and jds are friends from ACS who are now based in san francisco. they hosted jai and "friend". im sure they did cartwheels over chris' gourmet sandwiches!!

thanks to ate noreen (my san francisco host) for taking this lovely photo. it was taken at the end of their san francisco stop while they were waiting for the ride of the group to LA. i wish i was there. if only for michael jackson (IF ONLY FOR MICHAEL JACKSON??? [high-pitched]).

im glad jai was able to spend time with friends from my group. there was rina and gp in new york, and chris and jd here. and friendster leo and zsazsa too! im glad she's in the same, er, 'industry' as i am. i know how enjoyable concert tours could be. this is one thing we have in common (touring) but being able to talk about the same hosts (ate noreen! nikko! ate marsha! chris s! all of you! miss you all!), concert venues, places we've been to.. it's almost as if we've travelled together, which we havent done in a LONG time. these are things we will be talking about till we're old and wrinkly.  :)

but, *sigh*, they've been there for over a month already. at this point, i think i'm way past that (being on tour for a long time). hindi ko na kaya. i mean, i love my friends to death, but i'd probably be pulling all my hair out by the end of the month. i dont know. the best way i could probably put it is how my friend said it: it's very 'now'. i mean, i get tired of shopping too, you know? (HAHA.) thank God we have short and sweet trips with the ACS. :)

(which i never blogged about. hmm...)

hurry home jai... dear kuya is expecting pasalubong misses you already! ^_-


 

after blogging about that lethargic saturday, I rang my friend onyl to ask him about some person I read about online.  my query led to another topic, and then another, and then.. waaait.. medyo nakahalata na ako. ano ang cellphone ko, landline??? so we decided to just meet and catch up over late dinner. i went out after all.


i met up with him at starbs in rockwell, then we convoyed to this thai place he was recommending. i was like, 'ooh, at least rockwell. nice place, probably air conditioned, with a nice asian ambience'.


boy was I unprepared for what was coming.


we drove out of the rockwell compound and into the side streets. then lo and behold: there was SOM’S.



(too bad I didn’t bring a more decent camera. like I said, I was totally unprepared. forgive the cellphone images, will you?)


som’s is this rustic (rustic?!!) house in makati where they serve, well, home-cooked thai dishes. it’s amazing that at past 10pm, they still had a lot of diners. and i'm talking yuppies and expats a! I was kinda kilig hearing the spanish conversation going on beside me. it felt like I was back in barcelona, eating at some al fresco café/diner... only with aggressive pinoy mosquitos feasting on my yummy bare arms. ouch!


this was their ‘set-up’, literally across the street:



as my friend aui would probably put it: gusto nyo pala ng rustic, ha! hehe. kudos to the owners for placing little glasses with tealights on each table. it added to the overall effect. at least there was a hint of ambience.


anyway, the food:


since my friend had eaten already, we just ordered something for starters, one rice meal, and one kind of dessert. everything to share-- meaning I ate most of it, and he just shared with me. hehe.


for starters, we got catfish salad:



not bad, but after you’ve tried the catfish salad of people’s palace in greenbelt 3, nothing comes close.


i honestly do not remember the name of this dish:



it was some rice dish surrounded by sautéed pieces of chicken, veggies, and an in-your-face amount of chili peppers, then topped with an egg, sunny-side up. The first bite was good, until I bit into the pepper. It was too spicy for me, I think I ate it all quickly so I could proceed right onto dessert.
 

we were supposed to get the green curry (beef), but they didn’t have it that night. this was the guy’s (manager? owner?) recommendation- the name was too complicated, we couldn’t even say it right while ordering it. and i wont even bother asking onyl. if you know him, you’d know why :)


anyway, he got this sticky rice and mango dish for dessert:



basically, it was malagkit with some sort of thick, sweet coconut milk sauce served with a slice of mango. it’s very filipino, if you think about it. nothing great, but it was okay. i think i enjoyed this the most.


overall, if you’d like to have cheap thai food carenderia style, i’d recommend it. i think you go there for the experience though, more than the food. if my friends invite me for another som’s adventure, i’d probably come back to try their other dishes, but me picking this as a place to eat: maybe.


..or maybe not. :)
 

my spurt of merriment for the day :)

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for pia. and gutsy.

okay, for the kiddies and the sesqui-tandrez who give a shit..



(photo: www.themarklim.com)


i can't decide whether it's funny, cute or ting. okay, it's all of those :)

haha! aww.. ting!




 

i had the slowest saturday today.




and i had the weirdest junk food combination this late afternoon:


oIshi marty's cracklin' vegetarian chicharon                   plus                hershey's hot chocolate from 7-11         
                                                     


...

...

...

okaaaay, you can say eww now.

the vegetarian chicharon's actually quite good, and the bag says 0g trans fat so, you know, i willingly suspended my disbelief, just for the heck of it. and the hot choco was good, i remember discovering that they had it in manila finally (the 7-11 coffee corners back in the US were the bomb! and the dollar-for-three huge cookies were the best things! they kept me awake for my inter-state roadtrips) and that made me frequent 7-11 again. i usually shift french vanilla capuccino and the hot chocolate.

today's cup though was not that great, i dont know why. then pair it up with the chicharon, then disaster. but you know what? i was too... 'blah' to even care.

and that's after i ate chicken asado siopao. maybe because that was the only thing they had? i don't know.


it's a saturday night and i'm here, surfing the net, indoors. i have no urge to even go out. am i really getting old or am i just weird today?

photo: xiao_tian_jelly

i can't wait to be on tour/tourist mode again!

hell yeah, i know i wont look like any of these payotot guys, but who cares? magbo-bonnet ako, baket? lol!

double beetch!:P

...

*siiiiiigh* i need a break!
 

i was pleasantly surprised to launch Firefox and find this on my Yahoo homepage:

 

it's RUDY on the Yahoo featured news clips!!!!

click here for the article.



daniel "rudy" ruettiger is the main character from one of my most favorite movies of all-time.




sean astin of The Goonies and Lord of the Rings fame played rudy:
 

he was a small man that wanted to play so much for the Fighting Irish, the football team of the University of Notre Dame. despite limitations financially, educationally (low grades) and physically (he was too short to be part of the team), he worked hard on acheiving his goal and eventually made it to the team and finally was able to play before he graduated. it took a lot of heart to do what he did, i suggest you go watch it and see what i mean.

i first saw this film when we had our training for my first job. we had the best officers, and they knew exactly what to show us to motivate and train us. i've seen it a couple of times already as a trainee and as a trainor myself, and it never fails to make me or the toughest of my officemates cry. nakaka-miss.

this is Rudy being carried out of the field after his team won the game. no one has ever been carried out of the field ever since (at least as of the movie release-1993).

he's one of those success stories everyone looks up to, and he now has written many inspirational books, has established the Rudy Foundation for children's advocacy and gives inspirational talks around the US, for a fee of course. and he doesn't come cheap.

talk about making a difference. and earning from it.


here's a homemade trailer i found at youtube. the guy couldn't find the original trailer so he made one himself. not the best but it captured what the movie was all about.



watch the movie!!!





(photos: movies.yahoo.com and google images)

 

before i exit:

this is coffee prince's yoon eun hye as go eun chan:

     

 

this is yoon eun hye as her

( GORGEOUS SELF )

... how could you not love her?;)

귀여워 !! \(",_,")/

 

yes, i have it. *sob*

i don't know why but i've had this obsession with anything korean (and japanese, and taiwanese, actually. so anything asian?) since coffee prince. i hate it, but i don't. get it?

and then there was news that sandara park was part of a new girl group. from chuvaness, of course. i swear i abhorred her when she was still 'hot' in manila. now i couldn't get enough of her! i find her so cuute!:)




i mean, look at her!!!!:D



anyway, she's part of this girl group 2ne1. they're a bunch of cute girlies and they look like this:



this is their 'street' get-up.


and like this:



'space version' of their video.

they're surprisingly cool. they were launched about a month ago and they have different versions for their video 'FIRE'.

i like the street version:

 

the other girl is also cute, Park Bom. she's the one with the long hair and who sings the main vocals.



the other two does the rapping and the dancing and sandara is supposed to be the 'fresh' voice. personally, i think she just provides the superstar factor (or simply: hatak). but minzy and cl are good.


gaaa! i know them by name!!


enough. enough of this.

충분히 되겠군요!


(i dont even remember where i got these pictures, but thank you, whoever you are!!)
 

i have been planning (like crazy!) to renovate my room for quite some time now. i feel that at present, it's just so.. cluttered? i guess because im such a senti freak and i keep EVERYTHING from receipts to plastic wrappers only because they reminded me of something. now my room is a mess!

and im the most organized between us siblings, mind you.

the plan is for my room to look like a lounge area, but ill spare the details for another entry. i have been a permanent fixture at most national bookstore branches the past months just browsing through books, magazines, and practically anything that could give me inspiration for my project. ive come across lots and lots of organizing books (hgtv's books have funny pictures too, which adds fun to the work!) and they pretty much have the same first step into fixing up one's abode:

eliminate clutter. (ouch!)

well actually, ive done that in the past, and ive thrown out a LOT of stuff, but i dont know. junk tends to still collect everywhere. so imagine how excited i was when a friend of mine suggested that we hold a (tadaaaaaaaaah!) garage sale for the coming US tour! i couldn't wait to get rid of my stuff!

first up: magazines. lots and lots of it. i dont know why but i get all sentimental even if the magazine contains nothing that interests me. i have one giant maleta full of it (im not kidding) and then some. i assessed my attachment to my magazines and decided that i couldnt throw them out because there were pictures/articles/whatnots in there that i liked, but was afraid to cut out. 

stupid, eh?

i kind of talked myself into finally snipping out what i wanted and compiling them into a folder/scrapbook. ive started last night and just for the OC in me, i listed down the magazine title and the person on the cover, so id know which ones i would be selling/throwing out. i was amazed at how old the magazines i kept were! i have this old, old preview magazine with Rico Yan (God bless his soul) on the cover! yikes!


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... aaaaaand this is an old entry i never posted. what the heck, i wouldnt be able to finish it realistically so i'll just post it anyway. but not without updates:)

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so yes, i've cut out the bits and pieces i liked from magazines, and i organized one entire wall for all my odds and ends. it now looks something like this:



at least my pieces, magazines, files and bags are all in one place. i plan to have the whole wall renovated into an entire closet/office system, which explains why i didnt need to hang anything on the bare wall. this is my start. the magazines, while the garage sale is still in the works, now function as fillers and stands. you just can't see them:)


my shoes are a big problem, though. i have a lot. i have some in boxes, and others just in racks. my friend pia and i have been on a quest to find the perfect shoe boxes for the longest time. i think i finally found it.

 

and i found it in SM! they've truly got it all.. for you. it's the perfect shoe box system! it's stackable and it's clear so you could easily spot what you need. and the best part is, it has little doors that you just pop open when you need a certain pair of shoes. no re-stacking necessary!


BUT! for P400 ($8.00) a pop, no thanks. maybe when im richer. (i could buy shoes with all those P400 combined!) yep, cheap na kung cheap. but eventually. eventually.


other stuff:



i want this table! it's like P400 (gaa, the cost of just one shoebox!), but i couldn't find it anywhere!! for my laptop, when i use it by the bed!!! it's adjustable so i could pull this table into where i am, the legs would easily slide under the bed! right now, i use the chair of the electone organ! sad! and why do i keep using exclamation points?!!!



and at this point, i've moved my furniture around already. I HAVE SPACE!!:) and i plan to have my bed made into something like this:



somkinda sofa bed with storage underneath. hmm. for more junk? i dont know:)

well, thats about it for now. i'll update when ive made some major changes!

COFFEE PRINCE - Drama Offers Hot Trends, Aromatic Tale



Tracing the unlikely romance between a tomboy (Yun Eun-hye) and a modern-day Prince Charming (Gong Yoo), the stylishly comical TV drama “Coffee Prince” has all the right formulae for addiction . including coffee. / Courtesy of MBC

By Lee Hyo-won
Staff Reporter

Pretty boys, cross-dressing and clandestine romances consistently had viewers _ especially young women in their 20s and 30s _ craving for more servings of the MBC TV series ``Coffee Prince.'' The 17-episode drama came to a close Monday, and a special behind-the-scenes feature was aired Tuesday.

Tracing the unlikely romance between a tomboy (Yun Eun-hye) and a modern-day prince charming (Gong Yoo), ``Coffee Prince'' has all the typical ingredients of a Korean drama. Yet, delightfully reminiscent of Shakespeare's ``Twelfth Night'' and provoking sensitivity like ``sunjeong manhwa,'' or girl's comics, ``Coffee Prince'' has all the right formulae for addiction _ including coffee.

Never Never Land

The world of ``Coffee Prince'' is far from real, and its fantastic, cartoon-like quality is undoubtedly its biggest selling point. Colorful characters in comic circumstances keep things light: Adorable Little Prince and Peter Pan types reign here, and even the adult characters refuse to grow up. Tasteful incorporation of after effects, or computer graphic images like thought bubbles, and other cartoon-like images distanced the drama from the mundane.

Eun-chan is a hardworking 23-year-old struggling to make ends meet, supporting her childish mother and troublemaking younger sister. A series of mishaps with Han-gyeol, an easy-going, wealthy playboy, lands her a job at a cafe.

Although Coffee Prince only hires male employees, this is no problem for the tomboy, who despite having a pretty face, is armed with taekwondo kicks, monstrous appetite and stamina and a wardrobe full of boxy clothes that hide every hint of a curve. Her short hair and husky voice also mask her femininity.



Pretty Boys & Hushed Eroticism

Not surprisingly, Eun-chan and Han-gyeol become fatally attracted to each other. In this ``coming of age'' love story, Han-gyeol, a 29-year-old Casanova, transcends the boundaries of his sexuality to love a ``boy,'' while Eun-chan blossoms into a grown woman beneath her boyish appearance.

``Coffee Prince'' kept viewers on their toes as Eun-chan comes close to being found out that she's a girl, while Han-gyeol constantly suppresses his desire to kiss her. The heart fluttering kiss scenes between the two evoke the eroticism of ``yaoi manga,'' or Japanese cartoons that feature homosexual liaisons between beautiful men, heightening the fantastic nature of the drama.

Three other adorable Coffee Princes or characters ranging from cute to sexy delight female viewers.

While elements of fantasy mesmerize viewers, the realistic dialogue and characters' frank attitude toward dating and other love troubles are completely relatable. The drama's two other main characters, Han-seong and Yu-ju, learn to settle down after dating on and off for 10 years, and their wisdom guide the inexperienced lovebirds, Eun-chan and Han-gyeol.

``I like you. I don't care whether you're a guy or an alien. I'm fed up trying to hide my feelings. Let's give this a try!'' exclaims Han-gyeol as he finally professes his love. Such openness is well in sync with the uninhibited attitude of the younger generation toward love and sex.

Trendspotter & Trendsetter

Hit dramas here have often showcased new social trends from fashion items to dating styles. Korea has recently seen a new rise of specialty coffee shops distinguishing themselves from mega-chains like Starbucks found at almost every street corner.

Coffee Prince, the cafe that gives the series its name, embodies this trend. Viewers get a peak into the aromatic world of baristas (coffee gurus) and hand-roasted drip coffee. Unique interior spaces are all the rage, as shops parlaying an edgy style are sprouting up all over Seoul, and the chic decoration of the cafe is eye-catching.

TV series in recent years have lacked the stronghold of fashionistas like actress Kim Hee-sun, who institutionalized fashion items through her dramas in the late 1990s. But ``Coffee Prince'' has been dubbed a ``walking fashion magazine spread'' for leading man Gong Yoo. The model-turned-actor struts a clean-cut, ``metrosexual'' or ``dandy European'' style, sporting slim-fit collar shirts with the long sleeves folded and paired with neat slacks and stylish walking shoes.

The trend-spotting drama also has viewers rediscover different corners of Seoul, like a peaceful jogging track tucked away in the north part of town, a peaceful coffee spot in Hongdae and a romantic rooftop studio near Mount Namsan.

``Coffee Prince'' has served its last cup of coffee here, but it has certainly left a dark coffee stain in the hearts of many. Fans of Korean drama in Japan, Taiwan and other South Asian countries can look forward to seeing the series soon, as it has already been exported to numerous countries, according to MBC.


SOURCE:  http://gongyoo.multiply.com/journal

i was invited by my friend onyl torres to watch the play last friday, january 25. i saw it with mimi and yayen, my friends from ateneo glee club / chamber singers. it was 'critics' night', so the production was not supposed to be perfect yet at that point. there were a lot of props and effects that were not used yet, transitions from scene to scene not fine tuned yet, etc., but all in all, i liked it. i would recommend it to everyone.

despite all  the imperfections that the audience saw, the  production team of peta was able to  communicate the  essence of  the story.  this 'advanced screening' was meant for the critics and peta alumni so that they could share their opinion on what were necessary / unnecessary for the production to reach its full potential with the right balance of play time while remaining true to the message of the play. i would have wanted to join the discussion, but could not because it was a closed-door thing, only for the peta alums. the three of us criticized on our own over chowking dinner and over the phone with onyl.

anyway, i pasted the short clip from PEP below so you have an idea of what the play is.

im bored. i wanna get a haircut.

i know it's blogging crime to post for the sake of, but i have nothing better to do..

i am posting this picture of my sneakers because at least three people noticed it at rehearsals last night:
 

it was funny they noticed because i've used these a couple of times already.

got it from people are people in gateway mall when i was caddying my friend jolegs, who was vacationing from indiana. it's sort of my christmas present to myself, (from my harang money. haha! so it means i got some other stuff with my savings)

i got it the same time i got my ipod nano (3rd generation). i got the one in teal(?).


photo: phonesonline.ie

[i know, i know. everyone expected me to get something in purple, but it didn't come in that color. so why teal? don't ask me why. i'm just happy i have it.]

so thur.

arf.

(what a boring day)

i'm watching the tech run of skin-deep, my friend onyl's 1st PETA play. i get to watch it BEFORE everyone else, so i kinda feel sepcial sspecial special. (what is it with today???)

*sigh*

at least there's something i can look forward to.

oh, oh! and i'm watching it with my friend mimi (who's leaving for paris next friday to be with her boyfie 'pete [who modeled for dockers in paris, aha!]), who calls me 'kuya' (me? kuya? waaah!). so its going to be a ateng-utoy night (para naman may bonding before i bring her to the airport. sad naman if the travel is our only bonding time.)

but then another friend, yayen, texted. she'll be there also, and she wanted to be 'chika seatmates' (thats really what she called it), so threesome date it will be! yahoo! its getting funner by the minute!

anyhow, i better get going before i bore myself to death.

im sorry! this is so cheesy, i lovvit:)

ive received this a couple of times through text already, but it hasn't been compiled all in one blow like this one.


buti pa

Buti pa ang Paranaque..... ............. ...may BF
Buti pa ang farm........ ........... ..... ........may chicks
Buti pa ang halaman..... ............. .......may nagaalaga
Buti pa ang bulaklak.... ............... .......blooming
Buti pa ang candy....... ......... ........... ...sweet
Buti pa ang gulaman..... ..... ....... .......may sago
Buti pa ang manok....... ........ ........... ..nakatali
Buti pa ang mangga...... ................. ...matamis ang pisngi
Buti pa ang bees........ ... ................. ...may honey
Buti pa ang tennis...... ...... ........ .........may love
Buti pa ang stuffed toy.......... ....... ......hinahalikan
Buti pa ang papel....... ..................... ...sinusulatan
Buti pa ang report...... ...... ............... ...may objective
Buti pa ang Geometry.... ........ ........ ...may triangle
Buti pa ang Chemistry... ........ .... .......may lab
Buti pa ang mapa........ .......... ......... ...sinusundan
Buti pa ang nitso....... ....... ............... ...may bulaklak
Buti pa ang patay....... ....... .......... .......may dumadalaw
Buti pa ang prisoner.... .......... ......... ...binabantayan
Buti pa ang jaywalker... ......... ......... ...pinipituhan
Buti pa ang pinto....... ......... ............. ...binubuksan
Buti pa ang big bike........ .. ..................humahataw
Buti pa ang alphabet.... .... ......... .........may U and I
Buti pa ang poste....... ..... ............... ....steady
Buti pa ang radio....... ............ .......... ...pinakikinggan
Buti pa ang rosary...... ....... .............. ...may mystery
Buti pa ang Three Kings........ ...... ......may regalo
Buti pa ang misa........ ............. ........ ...serious
Buti pa ang novena...... .... ............... ...constant
Buti pa ang pari........ ......... ...................committed
Buti pa ang soccer...... ...... .......... ........may goal
Buti pa ang basketball.. ........ .......... ...may ring
Buti pa ang Disneyland.. ............ .... ...may Mickey
Buti pa si Mickey...... ....... ................. ....may Minnie
Buti pa si Michael Jackson.......... .......may moves
Buti pa si Camilla Parker Bowles.......may pag-asa
Buti pa ang kalendaryo.. ..... ............... may date
Buti pa ang hersheys...... ...... ............. may kisses
Buti pa ang probability. ......... ........... ...may chance
Buti pa ang telepono.... ........................ hini-hello
Buti pa ang film........ ..............................nade- develop
Buti pa ang typewriter.. ...................... ..nata-type pan
Buti pa ang exams.......................... ......sinasagot
Buti pa ang problema.... ...................... iniisip
Buti pa ang assignment.. .................. ..inuuwi
Buti pa ang panyo....... ...........................nadadalantay sa pisngi
Buti pa ang baso........ ...........................dinadampian ng labi
Buti pa ang unan.............................. .....inaakap sa gabi
Buti pa ang kamalian.... ....................... napapansin
Buti pa ang salamin..... .........................minamasdan
Buti pa ang hininga..... ..........................hinahabol
Buti pa ang tindera..... ...........................nagpapatawad
Buti pa ang awit at tugtog...... ..............pinagsasama
Buti pa ang sugat....... ...........................inaalagaan
Buti pa ang lungs............................. .....malapit sa puso
Buti pa ang bra................................... ....kakabit ng dibdib
Buti pa ang kotse............................. ......mahal
Buti pa ang pera................................ .....iniingatan
Buti pa ang mahjong..... ........................sinasalat
Buti pa ang damo........ ...........................dinidiligan
Buti pa...magtrabaho ka na at baka.....masisante ka pa!!!

hihi.  my favorites are :

Buti pa ang lungs............................. .....malapit sa puso
Buti pa ang bra................................... ....kakabit ng dibdib

haha!

thanks to chuvaness.com and julie vega (long story), i was forced to create a blog account. im not really the blogging type, but what the heck.

like i said, today is the first day of my new life. for many reasons.

1. my sister and i are okay after my 1 month of ignoring her. i had my reasons. the thing is, we're okay now.

2. i found out that a friend of mine was still alive. gad, that friend scared me. if you live alone and dont answer texts/calls the whole day (when you ALWAYS do), you scare your friends. you could have died or something! anyway, everythings okay now, so thats such a breakthrough (did i get it right landmarkers?)

3. wehell, well, well.. look DO we have here.. i'm blogging now!

4. i just talked to my director and our chat was pretty okay. there were clarifications for a lot of loose ends and the air has been cleared, and i'm all set to work again.

so i grab a quick, healthy lunch, do some errands, and get new batteries installed to my watch and race back to the office to call abroad all in less than 30minutes..

and then i lose a sale.

i'm in real estate, you see, and i have been working on an account from Canada, only to find out that they have closed a deal with someone from the other group. I did not bother fighting for the sale just because (again, long story) and now, i don't know what to feel. i just lost at least P60,000 worth of commission. and all because i was out in the field for almost a week. when email is all you have as a weapon, its hard. especially since my laptop has been busted since my days in Washington. i have to get it fixed. my files! my music! MY PHOTOS!! MOBILE INTERNET!!!!

anyhoo. to de-stress myself, i read my favorite blogs and organized my stuff (yeah, yeah.). i think i'm going down to the mall to run some errands and find myself some mochi balls or something to perk me up.

for some reason, i'm not affected. i would normally wallow in self-pity or do something stupid but for today, i just let things go. i feel empowered. i feel nothing can bring me down just yet. or ever. i feel like i am defying gravity..

..or maybe i feel this way because my sister was watching wicked juuust before i fell asleep?

i don't know. but i DO feel a bit wicked..