Dream School

Why is “isaw” called “isaw”? Would you know?

I wanna share to you guys the pictures I took from my “halakhalakan” session with Banana and Tabs. Happy times. It’s nice to feed yourself with a lot of good vibes and happy thoughts before starting to work the whole week again. Go try it. You don’t have to sulk on Sundays and say, “Monday na naman bukas…” Go out with your loved ones or just do fun things. They will help you survive your monotonous life at work. ;-)



By the way, we ate isaw in UP-- our dream school. :-)

That Coke Commercial

Mga Katoto,

I cannot find that latest Coke commercial, but my gurlfriend Sai is nice enough to share the UK version of it. Click me and sing along!

Here goes the lyrics:

I wish I could share, All the love that's in my heart
Remove all the past that keeps us part
I wish I could say all the things that I should say
Say em loud, say em clear, for the whole round world to hear
I wish I could give all, I'm longing to give
I wish I could live, like im longing to live
I wish I could do, all the things that I can do
And though I'm way overdue, I'll be starting anew

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This post is inspired by Mina (who recently purchased 2 bags and a pair of shoes! Mas matindi ka!)

I admit I am very much guilty of impulse buying. I am like this: When I see something great like a very stylish pair of pumps, or a nice blouse or pants or something cute (huh?), I’d tell myself, I don’t need them yet. So I wont buy (that day). But I’d be thinking about it the whole day, the whole night, until I will finally make a decision to check it out again (just to see if it’s still there, or simply just to see it again). And well, I think you can already guess what happens next. I will come out of the shop with a new purchase. Great.

Is this classified as Impulse Buying? In fairness, I do some thinking first before splurging. But it always ends up this way. I still splurge. Parang for formality lang ‘yung ‘thinking period’. Because of this, I did some research on the net about impulse buying – how to curb it, how to know if you are an impulsive buyer and anything at all about this habit.

Click me to read the article.

But why do I always splurge? Shopping gives me that natural high, I get excited when I have new purchases especially when I am feeling kinda down and weird. I guess it’s natural-- new things like new friends and new surroundings, cause you to become excited, a bit agitated but you know deep down, you’re in high spirits. In relation to this, it really boosts someone’s self-esteem. You feel good because you look good (a bit selfish for a theory but this proves to be true for me). And really, I use naman all my purchases. I just don’t display them and keep them in their boxes. Sulit naman eh.

Kaso, minsan OA nako eh. And right this very moment, I’m thinking of buying that pants I saw in Bayo and Celine.

By the way, meet Sai and Barbz. Photo taken last week in KFC Glorietta. Besides shopping, lunch with my good ole friends makes me high too!

Windstruck

You gotta watch this Korean romantic flick. Windstruck or Yeochinso. It stars our Sassy Girl, South Korea's 'It girl' Jeon Ji-hyun.

It still had the quirkiness of Sassy Girl -- the slapping and kicking and cursing. Ji-hyun still got that 'girl power' attitude. Funny/Romantic movie but would make you weepy in the end. Great OST. It had 'Knocking on Heaven's Door' and some 60s songs all throughout. ;-) And the cinematography... Korean Director Kwak was really very good at it.

I fell for Ji-hyun's love interest, Jang Hyuk. He acted so real and sincere and his lines... he delivered them perfectly. Guys like him, are they for real? I cried while watching this flick (to think that I dont usually cry when watching flicks like this). The movie may not get 10 stars from film critiques but to a typical 23-year-old like me who only needs a flick that will totally move her and entertain her, Windstruck is 10 stars.

Do you have any recommended movies for me? I would really love to watch them. ;-)

Career and Shoes

Am a freaking regular now. On the other side of ‘career news’, my ancient disease is slowly making its freaking presence felt once again. I have been late for two weeks now. And I should not blame the freaking cold weather. Discipline and an extremely deafening alarm clock will freakingly (is there such a word, hehe) be of assistance. Be of assistance? Since im talking career here, I thought I should use ‘be of assistance’. Ka-linya nito ang ‘for your reference’; ‘for your perusal’; ‘for your information’, among others. Am a freaking regular now. Astig.

Check out my new shoes! Sale sa Glorietta. At sa lahat ng malls. Season ender. Got this freaking beautiful for 800 pesoses. Thanks to sai.



Weekend na. :-)

Tidbits and SFC

Tidbits:
1. The cold weather in the country is making me tardy. Bokya. 2. My regularization in my work is ongoing. 3. My being impulsive has done it again. I just purchased the first album of Joss Stone. Winner. 4. I make sure to walk Sam every Sunday. Kahit ang laki nya at kinakaladkad na nya ako. 5. It's A for effort for DPWH. They're currently repairing the roads of EDSA. Buti naman, sinisira nya ang shack ng koche. 6. I am busy. But since this blogging thing is highly therapeutic... 7. Below is SFC (Saturday Football Club). This was after our Do or Die game last Friday. Thanks to Kuya Toch, to Gelo and Toff, my team won. You'd see some bagets in the photo. They're good. I am the one in blue. We played for nearly three hours. Talk about addict sa football. Til the next game team! :-)

Lost & Found

This post calls for a W-O-W-O-W-E-E!!!

I finally found my KITCHIE NADAL CD!!!

All the while I thought it was stolen, but hoh nope! It was in my CD player, slowly collecting dust. Hehe. I dont use this player often and that's why I completely forgot that Kitchie was there! My sister wanted to listen to her CD and when she pressed the CD button of the player, there she was, Kitchie, singing her first track! Hahaha! It was really funny! Thank you St. Anthony!

Brand New Day Ito!

It's now time to play some serious football! I'd be kicking some ball again tonight at MSC! Oh-wow, I am so excited! I havent played for a while now-- work kinda got in the way, so there.. :-D

This is such a GV day too. Besides the fact that my friends and I are totally looking forward to football tonight, I am wearing my pink earrings also which I recently claimed to be lucky. And then, my Joss Stone is so rocking my speakers here! She is AWESOME!

And then, Poang P, is here in Manila for the weekend. Matinding balitaktakan na naman ito with the semi-dyosa! And last but not the least, you guys who so love to read my blog! Big Thanks! You keep my hits up! Great!

Pictures Muna!

Umeemote Ako, Pardon Moi

I cannot think straight.

Exchanged emails with him, asking me how I was, etc. I said I was fine. He asked me if I'm seeing someone new now. I said, "Yes." My curiosity was killing me, so I asked him the same question. He said, "No." He asked me if i still hate him. I said, "Not anymore." He hoped the guy was worth it. I said, "I hope so.."

:-( I got sad after. I palpitated. But it's over now. I guess it's not meant to be.

"If love was a bird, then we wouldn't have wings. If love was a sky, we'd be blue. If love was a choir, you and I could never sing. Cause love isn't for me and you. If love was an Oscar, you and I could never win. Cause we can never act out our parts. If love is the Bible, then we are lost in sin. Because its not in our hearts. So why don't you go your way and I'll go mine. Live your life, and I'll live mine. Baby you'll do well, and I'll be fine. Cause we're better off, separated." - Separated by Usher

There.

Keepin it Gurr-roovy

Guess what’s been keeping my CD Player busy???

Mina!



After so many weeks of contemplating whether to buy Joss Stone or not, I FINALLY DID!

And it is totally rocking my world now! All the tracks of Joss Stone's Mind, Body and Soul album are so... amazing. I am really loving it! If you are a fan of Norah Jones, Diana Krall, Alicia Keys, Sarah Mclachlan and all that slow jazz kind of music, please, please add Joss in your list. All songs are of original material, all groovy and soulful, and guys, come on, the lyrics (which I am very much particular with), they’re something!

Here’s my say!

Mind, Body and Soul is Joss Stone’s second album. She wrote most of the songs here. And by the way, she’s only 17. Her first album was Soul Sessions (this one’s got ‘Super Duper Love’ – another personal favorite). Just some added info.

Anyhoo, with the sudden trend of RNB, with every singer performing an RNB act and getting famous for it, who would ever thought that someone would come up onstage and sing some soulful music (and be good at it)? When you hear her song over the radio, you’d know that it’s her, keeping it groovy with her alto voice. There are influences of reggae and hiphop too in most of her songs. And they made her album more FANTABULOUS. My top favorites are: Right to be Wrong, Spoiled, Jet Lag, & Security .

This one’s ideal for a warm afternoon drive to the country (naks). It is at its supreme when you listen to it in your most comfortable couch, reading your favorite book or just staring at nothing and unconsciously moving your toes to its beat..

Here’s a part of the Right to be Wrong song:

“Ive got a right to be wrong; I’ve been held down too long; I’ve got to break free; So I can finally breathe. Ive got a right to be wrong; Got to sing my own song. I might be singing out of key; But it sure feels good to me. Got a right to be wrong; So just leave me alone.”

Ten stars!

(Next on my list: Joss’ Soul Sessions, Sarah Mclachlan’s Afterglow)

Ako ay isang Bruhaha

“Maybe, some kinds of love are better not realized. Maybe, they can’t really exist in life. Maybe there is a kind that can only exist in the heart. That living it would taint its purity or shatter it apart. Maybe some things are really not meant to be. There are some things our eyes will never see. Gentle touches we will never feel. And those whispers too soft for us to hear. Maybe some feelings are far too strong to be shown, secrets far too deep to be known. A love that is a reality only in the stars above.” – Russell E. Tacla, Tribute to my Purple Happiness

I just thought of sharing. This piece made my personal theory more concrete. And at least I wasn’t the only person who’s got the same say. Now I feel good.

There are really some things that are not meant to be touched at all. Swear. Things that are ought to be kept in the most remote area of your system. Para wala ng gulo, para hindi ka na rin naapektuhan.

But with this theory comes this million-dollar question: Aren’t you just trying to smother yourself with defenses?

Nope, not if you have accepted this wholeheartedly already.

The Weirdos Pretending To Be Decent

Trivia: This is only our second family picture. Our first family picture was taken nineteen years ago, when I was only 4 years old. Too bad, I wasn't able to scan the picture and show it to you guys here. Next time.



Meet them (again)! From Left: Ang Kontrabida, Poang P. ; Ang Primadonna, Piningpine ; Ang Dyosa ng mga Dyosa, Omama ; Ang Balidosa, Apapa ; Ang Unica Hija, Ebu at Ang Bitchina, Panit.

This was before we attended Mass last Christmas Eve, in the island still.

I love my family! And now, we have two family pictures! Happy Panit!

The Sofa and The Weirdos

Shots were taken last December 24. The weirdos were foolish enough to pose for the camera and act serious. They failed to realize that the subject in this photo op was our ten-year-old sofa in Oriental Mindoro.

My brother EBU was the only one who didn’t buy my idea. Matalinong bata.





PS: That is my Kukur Business behind oh! Omama bought an AWFUL LOT of curtains and bedsheets. She is our most valued customer. She even got a give-away last Christmas!

Carrie

"There are relationships that bring lots of questions, relationships that bring out the unexpected, relationships that bring you far from where you started, but the most exciting and challenging relationship is the one you have with yourself... and it is also fabulous if you find someone to share it with." - Carrie, Sex and the City

Janice digesting...

Freaking New Year's Resolutions!

I usually make my New Year’s Resolutions. From as simple as not anymore indulging myself to Cloud 9 and Big Bang (as they bring out the worst in me – acne for short) to the difficult-- like waking up early and going shopping whenever I feel like it (which is, sad to say, often). Good for me, I was able to control myself from eating chocolates. But the latter, as always, I wasn’t able to achieve it.

When I was younger, I used to promise myself every New Year’s Eve that I would not anymore be maldita. But oh well, Janice cannot be Janice if not for her being maldita. So, there, until now, I still am bitchy, maldita, mahadera, bruha, impakta at malantud na maldita. You might just wanna know.. :D

For this year, well, these aren’t really promises. They are more of my targets (like revenues, hehe) para mas safe. Pero when you think about it, promises and targets are somewhat similar (Think, think, think). You target something because you don’t want a particular promise to be broken. Anyhoo, here goes my freaking targets: (1) For my KUKUR Business to fully blossom (in fairness, it’s doing ok, kaya lang, I need another supplier. I kinda don’t like the one we have now.) (2) To save money (I’m 23 and dapat by this time, my savings account must at least be sailing well. And if I really want to pursue this business, I need more capital!) (3) What I really want – actually this is more of a question which I target to answer within the year. (4) Since I still cant teach, I might advertise myself as your kids’ freaking tutor!

And the things I will keep: (1) SOCCER! (2) Shopping (im sorry, therapy ko ito) (3) Gimmicks with friends! (4) My phone. (5) Blogging of course. (6) My torn wallet.

Well, so far, eto na lang muna. I can sense that this year will be a great year for me and to make this assumption come to reality, I must work hard and have lots of fun and enjoy my being 23!

Happy New Year Everyone!

It's Special

I think I lost my Kitchie Nadal CD. When I went to the island, I thought I left Kitchie here in my workstation. But when I got here, Kitchie wasn't here. :-(

I'd have to check my house again. St. Anthony, help me find Kitchie. It's special.