My Updateses

Today isn't like Friday at all! Only one week to go before the big event in Cebu....

I pray to the Supreme of the supremes to guide me and make my non-IT brain to at least be an IT brain for the whole week!

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Good thing, I have some things to look forward to over the weekend:

(1) Im gonna watch Star Wars later with PS. (I am no fan of George Lucas. I was only able to watch one of his films when my school required us to do so, but I cannot anymore remember what film it was..) But PS wanted to watch this so badly, so there, we will watch. The film may be good. So, let's just see later. ;-)

(2) Of course, Friday Football. The weather is a bit gloomy today so I look forward also to the rain and the wind that will play with us later in MSC. I also look forward to scoring a goal. And I look forward to seeing my friends again.

(3) I look forward to seeing my high school buds.. Whenever this will be, I look forward to the tremendous bonding session we will have. We havent seen one another for such a long time now and I totally, totally look forward to their updates..

(4) I look forward to sleeping a little longer this weekend and have some kwela moments with Ebu. I look forward to Starbucks and to the supermarket and to the carwash shop.

(5) And Finally, I look forward to playing with Sam. She is so smelly now because she had her shots last weekend and she should not take a bath for ten days. I look forward to bathing her also.

Wheew.. thank God, I still have beautiful thoughts...

Pansamantala

My to-do list in my notebook has never been this loaded. Because of this sad and very untimely (it always is) fact, my blog won't be as updated as before. Although, I will try to steal some time from my work as much as I can.

For the meantime, allow me to share with you a very special picture I took in Roxas Boulevard. PS and I had dinner this evening there and I totally loved the breeze from the sea.



Have a great week my dear readers...

Part Two

Nothing beats the affirmation and the happiness you can bring to your loved ones after giving them a gift or after exerting all your effort to get a job done.

Just that delighted look in their faces is enough...



This is PS, checking out his new toy car after dinner in Baywalk. And that's his prized car..


Still checking out his new object of affection...


Finally... he took some time to look at the camera. But then, I was mistaken.. Hehe. He played with the toy car again until its battery ran out.

Matthew

1. PS celebrating his twenty something birthday. Bought him his favorite choco mousse.


2. I bought party hats for us to celebrate. We wore the party hats from Makati to Roxas Blvd. Kewl.


3. He wished first and then blew!

Happy Burpday again dolls! By the way, we also had confetti and toy trumpets to celebrate. Ang saya!

Kylie

My idol Kylie's got breast cancer...

Click me for details...

Janice Day.

Who wouldn't love Sam?

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If you are a fanatic of pirated DVDs, have you got some DVD copies of Series of Unfortunate Events, Flight of the Phoenix and Robots? They are my movies for the entire weekend. Go see these flicks, they can cool you down in this weather we have now! They will make you want to stay at home and curl up in bed with your air condition on. Sobrang nakakatamad umalis ngayon sa bahay.

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I played football last Friday once again with the SFC. And by the way, thanks to Ate Uni who came up with a wonderful slideshow presentation on our Zamba Escapade. Fun! Back to my news, yep, I played again after not playing for three games. Of course, I got exhausted once again, but at least I was able to de-stress. Loved it. PS watched me play. But I didnt score a goal. Well, what else is new?

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Check out the new pictures of Brad and PS here in my template under my "straight from her camera" category.

Brad grows and grows everyday. and he looks scarier and scarier each day. gee whiz.

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I hope it's July now.

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I used to hate the local pop band, MYMP. But lately, I have been seeing myself having fun with my MYMP record as I play it over and over again on my car stereo. And I must say that, even if most of their songs are revival, I dont care. The songs sound perfect, without that "trying too hard to be a different version" syndrome. Parang nakikinig ka sa mga friends mo na kumakanta ng mga songs ng mga hit singers ng US. It's warm, inviting, very relaxing.

Ideal for Sunday afternoons and weekend drives. :-)

Ika-Apat

PS and I have been together literally for 120 Days. Props to my PS who has always been the greatest. Apir!

Mantakin Mo!

Isang taon na pala akong nagbo-blog… I just ran through my previous posts and I was so delighted to know that I have been a blogger for a year now. Astig. May 11. To be exact.

And mga tsong, look naman at my first post here. Please check it out. Click me! Nakakatawa lang ang mga hang-ups ko last year. And for me, the power of blogging or even diary writing becomes more compelling after a year. You get to know and recall the things you have accomplished and not accomplished and the things that made you happy and not happy. Ang galing noh? It’s so nice to recall all these things and look at yourself now and see if anything has changed or if you are still the same old junkie or not-so-junkie.

Masarap maalala ang mga ganitong bagay, parang high school life or college life, ang sarap sarap sariwain. Nakakamiss at nakakalungkot at the same time kase tapos ka na sa stage na yon, pero kahit anong mangyari, nangingibabaw pa rin ang saya; na kahit papaano nakakasurvive tayo, nakakayanan natin mabuhay at makipaglaban.

Ang sarap lang isipin. Na sa loob ng isang taong pagbo-blog, ang dami kong naisulat tungkol sa buhay ko. Ang lahat ng mga realizations ko at that time na medyo nakakalimutan ko ngayon. Mabuti na lang at naisulat ko. Natutunan ko pala iyon noon.

Sa mga baguhan sa pagbo-blog, sa hinde pa nag-iisang taon sa blogging world, gusto ko lang sabihin sa inyo, kung gaano kasarap ang mag- isang taon. Ang sarap sarap isipin. Wala lang. And I am sure you all look forward to your one year here in blogger.

Have a happy weekend.

NGC

If you already got the best of the chinovelas/koreanovelas that eat up your siesta and dinner time every single day, or if you just can’t help but sulk when you see the anime shows, and tell yourself, “Anime na naman…”, may I present to you a better alternative.

National Geographic Channel.

Yup, you heard me right. The channel isn’t about birds and snakes and fishes anymore. They now have Seconds From Disaster and Air Emergency. (I only mentioned the two because these happened to be my favorites there.)

These two shows give you a very detailed analysis and a complete rundown on what happened before, during, and after the disaster. They’ve got forensic science, investigators, engineers and specialists and super advanced computers! The shows deconstruct the most tragic events of the world and they are so amazing in doing it and especially when they finally arrive at a conclusion or when they finally find out what caused this disaster. Amazing (at how they investigate ha, not the tragedy..)

Go see it. They air every Tuesday night and have re-runs on Sundays.

Hub

Welcome to my hub.

I wake up at 6am now and leave the house by 7am. Ten months ago, waking up at 6am and leaving the house after an hour was a big no-no. Pinagpapawisan nako ng malamig noon while tightly clutching the steering wheel of my car kapag ito ang nagiging scenario ten months ago.

But look at me now, kahit 6:30am magising, walang kakaba-kaba, relaxed pa rin, and at the same time thinking about the grace period we have at work. Buti na lang.

I seldom dress up great now. Ten months ago, I was very particular with what I would be wearing.

And my plan of posting pictures and putting personal stuffs on my desk before is no more a plan. It’s now absolutely not in my to-do / things to achieve list. Totally scraped out. I realized that a clean desk was the way to go to a clearer mind. Kapag wala mashado abubot, makakapagdecide ka agad sa mga bagay-bagay, wala ka mashado bagahe, wala ka mashado kelangan I-consider.

At work, I just do what is told. Magcheck ng email right away. Kumuha ng ten pesos na coins sa wallet at magvendo ng latte or milo. Tapos magcheck ulet ng email. Tapos I will check out my blog, see if someone posts a comment or see my friends’ blogs. Tapos pag sawa na, I will check my yahoo email. Mag-erase ng bulk at mag-empty ng trash. Tapos magpapatugtog ng Canon in D Major at ng Love Affair theme sa PC. Or if I didn’t forget to bring along my CDs, I will be a DJ in my corner and play all the songs that will at least make me feel good. Joss Stone, Kitchie, Cynthia Alexander and Session Road are my hit makers here.

Kung may event, sige bira. Kung may bagong project, sige bira lang. Kung may kailangan kausapin, sige lang. I just tell myself that being productive is something I should be thankful for. Mabobobo naman ako kung wala akong gagawin. AT ika nga ni Mina, wag tayong ingrata, I still want to contribute something in the productivity rate of this company. Oh well. Isa na ata ako sa madaming tao dito sa Pilipinas na nagtratrabaho kase kelangan magkapera at may magawa sa buhay. Gusto ko sana mapabilang sa mga tao who do their jobs because it’s their passion, it’s the job they have always dreamed of.

Why do I always end up like this? This was also the reason why I left previous employer. Do I always have to explore? When will I stop and be contented with what I have? Does this have to do with me being young and living life to its fullest potential? Is this normal? Ano ba talaga ang hanap ko? Experience? Pera? Ano?

Kapag kelangan ko ng reinforcement, andyan ang YM to let out my angsts and sad thoughts to my online buds. Unfortunately, the YM connection here at work has been cut off. But there’s always email. So there, I hang on to the thinnest thread of hope and patience my alter ego has been fabricating for me. And of course, there’s PS I always look forward to see every 5:30 in the afternoon. I love 5:30pm, the only time I feel so alive. And the Friday football of course. Four days na lang at makakapagsoccer na ulet ako. Sana lagi na lang Friday. Sana laging 5:30, para makakauwi na ako, tapos makakasama ko na si PS, tapos I can walk Sam na, tapos I can sleep na and well, wish that the next day will be a better day. Or sana, I can watch movies and have coffee with the goddesses. (anyhoo, this is the bum in me talking, pero I would love to do this...)

I need some fresh air. May alam ba kayo?

But then, ST lang daw ang kailangan. Hmmm… Sipag at Tiyaga...

Pasenshosa

Hindi masama kung maging patient minsan. Ika nga ng kasabihan, Patience is a virtue . Hindi puro ginhawa, hindi rin pwedeng laging ‘exit door’ ang laging resort. Magtiis. Wag magmadali. Sometimes waiting is a better alternative than living for the moment ata. Well, let’s just see.