Rock your Votes

NO, it’s not another political election. It’s the 2005 Weblog Awards ™. I never thought weblogs also have this kind of yearly event and has been going on since 2001. There are three phases to go through before the winners of each category are chosen, the nomination phase, the elimination phase and the voting phase. Prizes are not grand - the Weblog of the Year owner(s) will receive 2,005 US cents (US$20.05). Though contributors can donate their own prize to the category of their choice (kewl!). But then again, its not really for the prize but for the recogintion of one's effort in sharing their wisdom, talents, opinions, beliefs, ideas (etc.) to the world wide web. Congratulations to all the nominees.

For 6 months that I have been blogging, I still consider myself as a newbie in this growing community and its a delight for me to be a part it. Anyway, I’m so excited to partake in this event that all I did all afternoon [and evening] is to browse through the nominees and voted.

So go to the 2005 bloggies and exercise your blogger rights. Voting will close at 10:00 PM EST on Thursday, February 3. Good luck to all the nominees. Will I be nominated next year? :-)

Yehey! I'm Back

I'm back online and I owe it all to my bebe. [muwah! muwah! muwah!] What will I do without you? I would probably be still frustrated and irritated the whole weekend, I’d probably be bored to death here at home, I would probably miss my little blogger world so much and go insane. But thanks to you, all of the above are a thing of the past.

And as soon as my computer was back to normal, I blogged my self away until 3am … see how I miss blogging at home :-) and eventually waking up at 2pm the next day. So what did I do? I created another blog. It’s all about the results of my addiction to personality tests and quizzes, entitled fuel for my narcissism [sorry Jj for borrowing this line from your post, it actually inspired me to do this blog]. Before, I attempted to do a blog on 100 things people don’t know about me [entitled, Me in a nutshell] but I’ve never gone beyond #45 since then. So now, [thanks to Jj] I decided to make another blog [about me] based on the results of the quizzes that I have taken. These were previously posted here in Talk on Corners blog and I’ve moved them all to fuel for my narcissism blog site at http://www.whoisshenski.blogspot.com.

Its so nice to be back online, really! wanna stay but need to go and shower, i have a party to attend to [it's Wheng's birthday]. Probably be posting again tomorrow, coz I don't think I'll be able to post an entry tonight.. with all the liquor that I’m anticipating to be served later.

Endings and Goodbyes

In every beginning there is an ending, that is inevitable. People ask, why do good things have to come to an end. Man evolves. We are born as babies; parents wish that we would stay as a baby, innocent and naive. Then it has to end, we need to grow up and be toddlers.. or should I say pain in the ass. But then we have to be an adolescent and end our childish antics. As we grow older, we need to end our carefree lifestyle and become responsible, independent individuals. In life, we face a lot of endings. Some may be senseless, some are devastating, some are appeasing and some are fulfilling. This week has full of endings for me. Endings that made me realize that people can change; an Ending that makes you hate the writer and Endings that will test the bond of friendship. So what am I talking about?

Jennifer Garner as Elektra

I watched Elektra last night with my fiance. And what can I say? I love Jen as Sydney (ALIAS) and I love her as Electra. This a**kickin' femme fetal is absolutely my hero, as a CIA agent/double agent or Marvel comics character, she really is the best person to play these roles. I just wish that the fight scenes were a little bit longer (I just can't have enough if it, I guess). They have a good storyline but i feel that there's something missing and I just don't know what it is. I'm disappointed that it has to end, they could have made it more longer than an hour and a half. Or maybe that's just the FAN in me that's talking, but nevertheless "SOBRANG BITIN AKO"! The ending was very inspiring, the conversation with Elektra and his Teacher. In the end, people can change. We may be astray at one point or another but will always find the way and our true calling, if we have a pure heart.

Park Shin-yang & Kim Jung-eun
Another ending was the Koreanovela that hit the PH shore by storm: Lovers in Paris. The End finally went on air last night. Due to the rampant DVD/VCD piracy in the country, a lot of people have already seen the ending of this TV series even before local network, ABS-CBN released it. The final episode was not what they have expected it to be. Thus, people who were able to see it in advance were disappointed by the original ending (Filipinos loves happily ever after kind of ending). The network realized that their ratings for the finale will surely go downhill because of the ending being rumored to be not a happy one. There were speculation (others say its confirmed) that ABS-CBN changed the original ending of the story to a more desirable ending... not really a happy ending for the two lead characters (that's my opinion) but better than the original. Well, I have to see first the original ending so I can confirm if they changed it or not. (I'll be watching it this weekend). Nevertheless, I enjoyed watching this series. I cried, laugh and laugh while crying at the same time. I wished their story would never end but I guess that's quite impossible. P.S. I love a guy who can wear a pink colored shirt and still look so manly. Looks good on you Park Shin-yang :)

L-R: Kim, Maya, Shiena & Baet
Maya is on her way to her exit interview, as she said "wish me luck", it struck me. This is it and no turning back. She'll never turn back. I don't know what to reply. Do I need to? I came to know Maya when she was hired for a sales position in this company, which was almost 3 years ago. And I have grown to know (and love) this naive, smart, moody, sensitive, generous, kind-hearted and caring person (and a walking thesaurus too). I will surely miss her when she moves to her new office. To me, she has been (and will always be) a little sister that I never had, giving her advises on life, love and boys and men :) This office will never be the same without her. At least I have my blogger legacy that she can take along with her. I know its not the end of our friendship... not yet a goodbye, but see you around. Take care, I love you girl!

Fully Booked

Half of the week have already past and seems like the weekend is so close yet so far. Starting this weekend, all my Saturdays and Sundays are booked! Such a hectic schedule for me. Aside from the regular Sunday yoga class, my Saturday has never been this fully booked.

Jan 29- its Wheng’s b-day party; Feb 5-6 – the going-away-beach-party of our resigned colleagues (minus the bosses of course) at San Juan, Batangas; Feb 12- I will attend a bridal fair at Megamall with my fiancé, Feb 19 – I will take the Sacrament of Confirmation at Good Shepherd Cathedral (need this so I can get married in a Catholic Church); Feb 24-27 – our trip to Bangkok (which I’m so excited – I can’t wait to get a Thai Massage).

So how’s that? With this chilly weather we are experiencing, I just hope that I don’t get any virus or something. My planner have no more space for them, they won’t be able to fit in my schedule.

Anyway, my computer is still unusable so I’m again writing my post in the office while waiting for my yoga class to start. My yoga buddies won’t join the class tonight, they have their own things to do: Maya is goin’ to watch Meet the Fockers with sisters and friends while Kim is off to meet her honey because he’ll be flying to Hong Kong tomorrow. Ahh, and me.. I’m alone here in the corner of my cubicle, typing my hearts out since I’m not gonna be able to blog at home.. This is so frustrating. Adrian will be able to fix my PC when he comes over to my place on Friday. And till then, I need to sacrifice, be patient and keep my nerves calm. No internet, no blog, no surfing. This is not a very good time... not at all...

2 Good News and a Blogger's Nightmare

I've never missed blogging this much.. Well maybe there was, this one time when I over-used my internet allotted access hours, thus my connection got suspended. But last Sunday was different, because my PC's bios crashed on me and needed to be updated. I'm no computer wiz so I asked the help from Adrian. But I can’ wait to get home to do this post. So I'm staying a little late in the office just to rush this one. This is every bloggers' nightmare, a crashed PC!

Ahh, one good news is that our VP already left for MY already and I was able to open my blog in between clients’ phone calls and email inquiries. As I goggled the web, I came across a site called Waypath. The site is a Blog Discovery Engine that lets you find new blogs you want to read. I like their slogan: what bloggers are saying ... about everything. And was surprise to see that my blog about Jen and Brad’s breakup was published on the Entertainment section. Kinda felt flatter actually that someone noticed and minded to include my post in the selection.

As I continue to browse, I ended up in a site called, The Weblog Review, where you submit your blog site and the site’s staff review your blog based on appearance, content, over-all impression etc. It’s a very unique site that actually help us bloggers to know what others think of our site (without any biases). And of course, I’ve registered my blogsite for review as well. Though I’m waiting for a slot to be opened so I can submit my request for review.

Another good news from my RX93.1 mailing list, Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (the movie) is due for release on November 18,2005. And I've already plotted it in my planner. Now, I need to rush myself in finishing what I'm reading so I can finish reading HP and the Order of Phoenix. I actually stopped reading at chapter 12, because I read in an article in BBC online that Sirius Black died in the end. Argh! Talking about anti-climactic experience.

Anyway, I’m looking forward to blogging for the rest of the week. I just hope I get to salvage my PC at home.

Encounters with our VP

What a week that was! I didn't even have the time to do my Friday random post. This is because our VP for Op from MY is in the country. Meetings here and there, it really kept us in our toes and harassed our GM (which is a good thing, btw). And I can say that I had a very close encounter with him. I read in a book that, when you get the chance to talk to a BIG Boss of the company, you must put your best foot forward to impress the guy. Talk about your work related ideas and other things that might get them to notice your potential... but in my case, it was nothing like that (at all!) Seems like I'm so myself that I crack joke at him and not being serious at all when he talks to me. I don't know why, but it just comes naturally to me...its like every time I open my mouth and start to speak everything turns into a funny thing...I don't know if its just a reactive impulse on my part so it won't be obvious that I'm nervous. My colleagues even gapes at me during those moments. hahaha!

My Post Friday Randon 5: Encounters with our VP OP:

1. If you offer to help him with the setting up of his laptop, prepare to do the unexpected; like he prefers that you get him a cup of coffee than help him with his laptop.

2. Don’t forget to ask if he wants black or with cream for his coffee, you’ll hate him if he says (in a serious tone) he does not drink the kind of coffee that you bought for him. And you’ll hate him even more if he says “joke!”

3. Your struggling under the table to plug in his computer, afterwards you say, “did your enjoy that”? (while he’s sitting in the chair) –hahaha! He grins and widens his eyes!

4. Tell him you need to catch the bus by 8pm so he’ll cut short the meeting.(which is true, btw)

5. When he tells you to have a drink before meeting your future grandparents-in-law, just say no. And he’ll confidently say: “Good Luck, I know you’ll charm them”.(while firmly shaking your hand)

All’s well that ends well don’t you think?

blog matters

My morning was filled with blog-matters. Taught Kim how to do some simple html codes for her posts and her blog template. I’m so glad that I’ve influence her (Maya and Winnie included) to put a little bit of creativity in their respective blogs. As Maya would say it, it’s my Legacy. In time, when we’re already living in different countries, Maya’s in London taking up her MBA, Kim is walking Tricia in the streets of Paris, Winnie is cuddling in Canada, Baet is shopping in the streets of 5th Ave. while I’m enjoying the view in my beach house in the Caribbean … they’ll be reminded of me, every time they post something in their blog.

It’s so amazing how Internet revolutionized our relationship with other people by means of communication. Email, chatrooms, online messengers, free sms, blogs, etc. BLOG is the in thing nowadays, Merriam-Webster named BLOG as the word of the year for 2004. I’m wondering what will be the next big thing on the Internet. And I hope I’d be able to take part, experience and enjoy it as much as blogging.

when it rains it pours

I can tell you about our food trip yesterday but I’m more excited to tell you about the good news that I received today. Nope, sorry it’s not the anticipated call from Mr. AVP nevertheless the news elated my spirit and shifted my emotions from the early morning depression. My client, a universal bank here in PH signed up for a 1-year package. And that’s not all, full payment is already ready for pick-up. So now, I need not worry on where to get my pocket money for our Bangkok Trip next month. And that’s another wonderful news.

It’s confirmed! My passport is ready, my luggage is already out from the cupboard and is sitting right next to my vanity dresser. Coz we are going to Bangkok, Thailand next month (Feb 24-27). Since we exceeded our target for the year 2004, all employees in our company (with at least 1 year tenure) are eligible to the all expense paid trip to Bangkok. Good thing that Luz was able to convince our GM to get the 4 days 3 nights package rather than the 3 days 2 nights. I think we’ll be staying at Montien Bangkok (Hey, Erwin, is this hotel any good?). Anyway, we all hope that this will be better than our HK trip last year.

The A-holics are off again to another Asean neighbor to experience their culture, authentic Thai food, beautiful sights and the best of all their weekend market (Chatuchak!!!). Another Shopaholic adventure for Kim, Baet, Maya, Winnie, Kimchi, Fritz and Me. YEHEY!!!

More good news to come!!!

Anyway, backtrack to yesterday, we craved for some sweet, delicious and hundred calories rich cinnamon. So during the afternoon break, we went to Cinnabon and bought 1 big mouth watering, eye tempting, oh so yummy Pecanbon. And Maya treated us with some cinnamon sticks. After finishing the mouthful of Pecanbon, and Baet ordered some cream cheese as dips, we fumble through the bag of cinnamon sticks. Those mmmmmssss… and aaahhhhs… are enough to describe how we feel. We want some more! Our 2nd bag of cinnamon sticks was courtesy of Kim. And that was our food trip… sa uulitin! Now we need to go to Gold’s Gym to shed those calories.

BTW, Terranova is on SALE again! Everything 199 to 599! And with those big words, hanging on the display window, a true shopaholic can never pass this chance. This is like a heaven on earth. As we leave the store, I was holding a bag with a gray slacks and a blue and white croquet halter top (which matches my blue swimsuit).

There goes my VISA (again!)

Uncle Rene and Lorraine's renewal of vows

Adrian and I were invited to the renewal of vows of Uncle Rene and his wife Lorraine at San Augstin Church. I went to Adrian’s pad and headed to the salon, which is right across Adrian’s street for my trial hair and make-up. Our ride already arrived while I was still in the salon so Adrian went to get me and helped me dressed up. I think it just took me, less than a minute to dress up and put my accessories. Of course I don’t want to be the reason why the Best Man is late.

We arrived at the church, 2:45 p.m. the wedding was at 3pm. (Thank God there’s no traffic!) So I made my way to the church together with Adrian, Dandin, Gina, Abby and Lolo Pako. Meet the Groom, Uncle Ating and some relatives from his mother side. Met Adrian’s Ninang Aida, who will also be our godmother in our wedding.

Adrian and Me at San Agustin Church, Intramuros, Manila

After the ceremony, we went straight to Heritage Hotel for the reception. Food was ok.. nothing really great but even tough I didn’t ate any rice, just a French bread and a salad and 4 kinds of main course, I felt stuffed and needed to stand up and walk for a while so my stomach can relax a little bit. Come to think of it, probably it was the dessert who’s responsible my full stomach.

The reception program ended with a money dance. After a while, Adrian noticed that no one was attempting to go and pin some cash on the couple. So as a responsible Best Man that he is, Adrian ask me if we can start it off. So I took out a 500-peso bill and I pinned it to the Groom’s barong and Adrian to the Bride…and of course as a tradition, I danced with the groom on the center of the ballroom. And that started the couples money dance, some pinned a thousand bill, 500s, we even saw someone gave an envelope. Hehehe, we’ll definitely have a money dance in our wedding, right Be?

At the Heritage Hotel Ballroom.

My pretty hairdo. in all view, front, side and back.

Thank God It's Friday

Ahh...TGIF!!! Salamat naman weekend na at sweldo pa! hahaha. Though I shouldn't be all that happy because after I pay all my bills and give my share at home (telephone, mobile, water and grocery), I'll be empty handed again. Oh well, its Friday and I don't want to stress myself with inevitable things.

So what happened to me today? Well, I got myself a nice pedicure and manicure after lunch. I usually do this myself at home. But since I don't have the time and I have a wedding to attend to tomorrow, I guess its ok to treat myself to some little pampering. With a book on my hand (Can You Keep A Secret by Sophie Kinsella, which I’ll finish before Sunday), which I’m pleasurably reading while Mercy of David Salon do her thing.

Went back to the office by 2pm but I wasn't really in the mood of working, since my newly French Tip nails are still wet. After a while of distracting Maya and Kim from what they are doing. I had no choice but to go back to work since the phone is always ringing and emails are coming in from clients. After about 2 hours of work (with in between gossip and ipod-ing ), Kimchi offered to buy coffee at starbucks... "Do I want coffee or not?" I ask myself. Maya's getting a tall Toffee nut Latte, Kim's getting a White Mocha -Decaf, Kimchi's getting iced mocha, so what will I get? What else’s but same as my eating buddy Maya.

Speaking of Maya, I got a letter from her (i think around 11am), saying that she's hungry and wanted to know where we'll eat for lunch and her stomach is already making noises. And she hopes to find a suitable eating buddy in her new company. Yes, she resigned already (lucky her) and now she'll start to work next month for [deleted] But I know for sure that I'll never be able to find an eating buddy like Maya. We just like to eat the same food at the same time. She'll ask me, where do you want to eat? I'd think and say...gusto kong mag KFC, and she'll say "that's exactly what I was thinking too" :) I'll surely gonna miss her... I'm missing her already just by typing this post.

Anyway, after office, Kim and I attended yoga class and I’m very much enjoying our yoga sessions nowadays because we always do the shoulder stand with plough and the wheel pose. Because every time I do these asanas, I sleep soundly during relaxation. Right after yoga, I headed to the machines to do some cardio exercise. I planned to do some weights after but then, I saw Fritz and we chat for a while and the next thing I knew, Its already 9:30pm. Gosh, don’t have time to do my program anymore. So I just went and took a hot and relaxing shower before going home.

Friday Random Ten: Guide to Life

1. Remember that nothing is more important than your own sense of happiness and inner peace and that of your loved ones.

2. Compassion is something you develop with practice. It involves two things: intention and action.

3. You may indeed be a very busy person, but remember that filling your head with thoughts of how overwhelmed you are only exacerbates the problem by making you feel even more stressed than you already do.

4. Don't overschedule. Allow for some downtime.

5. Gently remind yourself that life is okay the way it is, right now.

6. So many people spend so much of their life energy "sweating the small stuff" that they completely lose touch with the magic and beauty of life.

7. Reminding yourself of what's really important helps to keep your priorities straight.

8. Give up on the idea that more is better.

9. An apology is an excellent opportunity to deepen your love and your partnership.

10. The starting point of a life filled with love is the desire and commitment to be a source of love.

Guide to life are excerpts for Luz's Daily Guide emails. Thanks Luz!

Feed your mind with good seeds

Thoughts are the seeds of karma planted deep in our minds. Eventually these seeds will sprout and grow, consuming our energy and deepening our karmic debts. Negative thoughts will only produce additional negative thoughts as well as generate bad karma. So if one must think, strive towards thinking only positive thoughts, viewing them as seeds planted for a happy future.


-- message from a yogi

Jam songs

I was listening to my mobile radio while at work today. While I'm tuned on to my favorite radio station JAM 88.3 I heard these great new songs. well, new songs to me since it was the first time I heard their songs and their names even.

I first heard, Everyday Miracles by Sara Groves and i didn't expect JAM would play a worship-kind-of-song. But this song is very inspirational. I love it! the melody and lyrics are so beautiful..

It's the everyday miracles that keep my hope alive / It's the way You move in little things that help me survive / And I know You move in greater ways / But this is great enough for me / What You do with my everyday is amazing /

The things that seem impossible, I lay down at Your feet / And just when I am needing most You are there for me / And I know you've made the lame to walk / And caused the blind to see / But what You do with my everyday is amazing

When I'm down on my knees /And I can't make it through / When it's up to me / It's really up to You

The next song I heard was Hey Julie by Fountains of Wayne. Very cool and up beat song..and the lyrics are sooo sweet :)

Workin' all day for a mean little man / With a clip-on tie and a rub-on tan /
He's got me runnin' 'round the office like a dog around the track / But when I get back home you're always there to rub my back

Chorus:/Hey Julie, look what they're doing to me / Tryin' to trip me up, tryin' to wear me down / Julie, I swear it's so hard to bear it / And I'd never make it through without you around / No, I'd never make it through without you around /

Verse:/Hours on the phone makin' pointless calls /I got a desk full of paper that means nothin' at all / Sometimes I catch myself staring into space / Counting down the hours 'til I get to see your face /

Bridge:/How did it come to be / That you and I must be / Far away from each other every day? / Why must I spend my time / Fillin' up my mind /With facts and figures that never add up anyway / They never add up anyway/

Verse:/ Workin' all day for a mean little guy / With a bad toupee and a soup-stained tie / He's got me runnin' 'round the office like a gerbil on a wheel /He can tell me what to do, but he can't tell me what to feel /

And here, a story of a young love from a man's point of view. pretty cool.
In a Real Love by Phil Vassar

I was 18 makin' minimum wage / With a letterman jacket and a Chevrolet / I thought I was cool / Yeah, I ruled the school /You were CUM LAUDE with the strawberry lips / You had the whole world danglin' at your fingertips / You senior year, and I was your daddy's worst fear / We ran off on graduation night / Thought a couple of left hand rings would make everything alright/

With a little bit o' live, little bit o' learn / Little bit o' watchin' a few more candles burn / And findin' out what life was / With a little bit o' fuss little bit o' fight / Little bit o' kiss and makin' up all night / And one day wakin' up, oh in a real love/

Well I was 22 workin' double overtime / I was spendin' dollars and makin' dimes
We were overdrawn, and barely hangin' on / Then one night you came to me
With tears in your eyes and the EPT and said "guess what" / Yeah baby ready or not / Well I just smiled but I was scared to death / How am I gonna' have a kid when I'm still a kid myself / Repeat Chorus.

if anticipation kills...

This morning when I woke up, I was excited. It’s Wednesday tomorrow and I've been waiting for this day to arrive since last week. But it feels like an entire year has past. I confirmed my meeting and Yes! It’s confirmed. But after we had our afternoon break, when I arrived at my desk, a new message reflects in my mobile, which rests on my table. As I open the menu, saw the name and its him. The person I'm meeting tomorrow. The excitement immediately faded and turned into disappointment and sadness. He cancelled our meeting and re-scheduled for next week. I had no choice but to agree. Anticipation is really killing me.

I want those Oakley!

If you have seen Blade” Trinity”, then you know what I’m talking about here. That Oakley shades that Jessica was wearing is to die for! So cool and funky and makes you want to wear it even at night. After my long search in the internet, I've come across this forum, and their topic? Jessica’s Oakley sunglasses. Its actually an Oakley Half-Wire. The same sunglasses worn by Jessica was actually auctioned by New Line Cinema. And the winning bid was $ 462.09. That's about 25K in local currency.

Since I can’t get hold of that sunglasses, lets review the movie shall we? Action sequences – excellent. Executions of fight scenes – impressive. Soundtrack – heart thumping. Very good musical score during fight scenes. Jessica Biel had such a superb transformation from goody good character of Mary in 7th Heaven to this ass kicking, muscle toned, no bulging belly, Abigail character of hers. Story – ok, though they could have made it more interesting and put some twists. Ryan Reynolds is the MAN.. ahh, those gorgeous abs of his.. good thing he was captured and tortured to death, if not, we wouldn’t have seen those beautifully crafted abs and the love handles…did I say more? He’s Mr. Body Beautiful (2nd to Brad Pitt of course). And Wesley, what can I say? He’s the star, the lead actor and producer.. of course he can’t die at the end. Duh!

at work with shiena

This is me. pretending to work but actually sleeping. Hahaha!
No, I'm actually thinking and talking to someone. Really! Pramis!

Photo courtesy of Maya and her Sony cybershot dscp8 digicam.

A-holics at the Office

L-R: Me, Maya, Winnie, Baet and Kim.
Will this be the last group picture of the a-holics at their current office? Abangan ang susunod na kabanata....

Photo taken by Rico. Sony cybershot dscp8 digicam courtesy of Maya.

Jen & Brad: A Shocking News

I just finished posting an entry in our wedding blog when I saw a shocking news at Yahoo! I can't believe my eyes. It this true? Is this some kind of a JOKE? if it is, its not very funny at all. But when I clicked the link, its true. Jennifer Aniston and Brad Pitt have announced their separation. A picture is displayed with a caption: Jen and Brad: Over. I still can't believe it and so I checked E!Online to see if they also have the news on them. And there it is. In the front page, with the headline: Say It Ain't So: Brad & Jen separate after 4 years. This is such a sad story for me. These 2 gorgeous actors look so good together. And its so disappointing that their relationship will just go to waste after 4 years of marriage. I hope they can still patch things up and be a happy couple again.

Isn't it ironic? Here I am, excited on planning my own wedding and updating my wedding blog and after doing so, I'm faced with this separation news of Brad and Jen. This is the reality of life. "It's like a box of chocolate, you'll never know what you're gonna get". Or in this case, You'll never know if your marriage will work or not.

Friday Random Five: What can I do and did

Before Friday ends in a few minutes and begins a new day, here is my random 5:

What can I do and did this week.

1.A new blog template.

A few months ago, it was just a dream, a gloomy vision of having a template of my own design and in my fave colors. And now here it is… a reality.

2. Taking a good advise.

If someone gives you a good advise, take it. I know I did. If not for Maya’s advise, I will never be looking forward to Wednesday. Thanks Maya. You’re the best!

3. Blogging till wee hours

It’s addicting. But I love it. Can’t believe I’m up until 3am to finish my post.

4. Afternoon Starbucks appointment

“What time are we going to Starbucks?” is synonymous to “I need more stickers to get my planner”. Every afternoon, we go to Starbucks to get coffee, a sticker or two and eventually the most coveted planner in the planet.

5. Clean and Shui for 2005

Before leaving the office today, I cleaned my drawers and my in&out tray. Took home my pixar toys ( Mike Wazawski, Sully, Boo, Dory, Marlin and Nemo) for cleaning. Minimalist and organized is my mantra for 2005.

Bad to Fab

I woke up with laziness creeping in my entire body. The sun in a clear sky is peering though my window so I forced myself to get out of bed. Took a shower, pressed my blouse and pants, got dressed and headed to the bus stop. Its 8:30am and I’m still standing here in the waiting shed. This isn’t a good sign. Its beginning to be a bad day. Obviously, I’m 30minutes late. But with a change of luck, just after a few minutes, Rico was handing to me an order form from my client. Yahoo! “May benta ako!”.

The afternoon was even far better. I received a reply from my inquiry at powerbooks’ website last night on the book, Shopaholic and Sister by Sophie Kinsella, the staff wrote that the book is already available at their Greenbelt branch. I can’t wait to get hold of that book. And that’s not all, I received another wonderful message in my email. A response that I’ve been waiting for since yesterday. A well known financial institution is requesting for my cv and wanted to meet to discuss potential employment. Could this be it? Oh God,let this be it. I hope this is it. It really made my day. Excitement filled my entire body and soul. And so to celebrate, I treated myself to a mouth-watering strawberry and crème frap at Starbucks and also to help Kim complete her sticker card so she can claim her planner.

After office, I met up with my fiancé at Glorrietta and went to Powerbooks to buy another addition to my Shopaholic series collection. I also bought Dan Brown’s Deception Point for Adrian. And as I go to the counter and pay for the books, I notice stacks of cute and colorful bookmarks. The shopaholic in me crawls like a thief in my blood stream and into my brain telling me “you need a new bookmark!” I no longer have control on my hands and it started to flip through the different bookmarks. Good thing I got a P500 gift check (b-day gift from my officemates) so I just paid for the remaining P330. Using VISA of course.

And so after my book shopping, we went to subway to buy takeout for dinner and then headed to the cinema to watch Ocean’s 12. Of course we made our usual detour to Taters to get some white cheddar popcorn and iced tea.

It was a great, fantabulous and funny movie, better than Ocean’s 11. Good story, wonderful actors, interesting twists, I had a good laugh too. But I didn't enjoy those scenes where the camera's movement were wobbly. It was making me dizzy. So for that, I’ll give this film a 9.5/10. I hope there’s an Ocean’s 13 …can they actually survive the third one, since that number is know to be bad luck? So in that argument… I think this will be the last time we get to see Danny Ocean and his Gang rip off someone… and this time, of their own league.

Reasons Behind the Images

You may not have noticed that the pictures above are already link to different sites. I have originally planned to just make the images static, but then I thought it would be boring.. so I added links to the images :) I linked the images to websites which represents them (not necessarily sites that I visit all the time).


So why are these images here? There are reasons behind these images. These images are all about me. What I love, I like, I do, I want. It's all me. To summarize it all, here are the answers to your Why?


Vrksasana or Tree Pose - this is my favorite yoga asana

Ticket - I love watching movies with popcorn at hand, musicals and theater plays, concerts too

Shopaholic - That's Sophie Kinsella (Madeleine Wickham is her real name). I love her shopaholic series novels and I love shopping period

Eiffel Tower - I love to travel. And Paris is one of my dream destinations

Sunset - I love beaches and sunsets. That's me and my fiancé Adrian at White Beach, Puerto Galera

Starbucks Coffee - my fave coffee shop, place to read my pocketbooks and occasional coffee klatch with friends

The Corrs - I'm a fanatic of this Irish siblings

Billiards - It's the only ballgame that I play. And so much fond memories :)

Books - I'm not a bookworm but I love reading romantic comedy novels

Monster Inc. - I love this movie, and cried at the end. My dream job is working for Pixar

Dachshund - I love puppies and doggies. This is Tricia. Kim's Baby

coveted planner in my hands at last

Yesterday, at long last, I finally got my very own Starbucks 2005 Planner. Thanks to Maya and Kimchi for helping me complete my last 3 stickers. I carefully opened the plastic cover, with Maya on my side, it was an overwhelming experience for me. Hahaha! Over acting ba?

Anyway, aside for that wonderful news, it was a particularly busy day at the office. Since Kim was on sick leave (poor thing, she has cough and no voice), I was doing double duty. Answering the phone, sending proposal, troubleshooting, deadlines etc. Good thing I went to the gym before going to work, thus I was not grumpy and lazy. And I ended my day with a relaxing yoga.

And later tonight, I’m looking forward to watch Ocean’s 12 and Blade Trinity with Adrian. Good Night.. I mean Good Morning! I go to sleep now.

Fantabulously Proud

I can't just stop browsing my weblog :) seems like im obsessed with my new masterpiece. I'm just so proud of what I have done here, having no formal training in html and all...but still it worked out very well. Of course I couldn't have done it alone, as I've mentioned in my previous post. Gosh! I keep on staring at my site for the longest time and I can't get enough of it. Others might think that there's really nothing awesome in my new template. But what the heck, I'm happy, proud and conceited (blog wise that is). The simplest things make me happy and this is one of those things.

I hope my officemates are not irritated when I insist on them to view my new template. Hayy.. I love this feeling.. and I don't want it to go away. I even told my colleagues that I think I'll be making a career change and offered my services for free. hhehehe! I don't think I have the right to charge them just yet. I can add their site in my portfolio heheheh.. If they are generous enough, a coffee or frap at starbucks is fine by me. So I can already complete my sticker card and get that fantabulous 2005 planner.

Seems like everyone has one and seems like only kim and I are the only people who haven't got one of this coveted planner. I started to collect the stickers after Maya got herself the planner. I think that was Dec. 17,2005. And to date, I just need to buy 1 frap and 2 peppermint drinks to complete my stickers. Me and Kim promised to ourselves that we'll get the planner and complete all 21 stamps by Friday. I can't believe this planner is worth 2,100 pesos of coffee. WOW!

New look

now, time and again.. i've decided to revamp my weblog template. what can you say? comments anyone? Anyway, I'd like to thank the following for the ideas:My bebe Adrian, Google's web search and images, www.angiemckaig.com, and http://blogtemplates.noipo.org for the template.

i'm tired.. I'm going to bed already.

away from home

I’m back from my holiday vacation and I can’t believe it’s coming to an end. Why is it that good things never last? Can we just freeze time and live in this day forever? I think this is one wish that I may never be able to get.

Hay, whatever! Well, as I arrived here in Manila from my holiday trip at my fiancé’s hometown in Nasugbu, I decided to do my report. But it seems like the odds favors my way because my intranet account’s password already expired and so I changed the password and tried to login again, but still to no avail. Until my account was suspended due to exceeding the trial login. Agrrrh! Is this a sign or what? So I end up browsing through (and commenting too!) my friends’ blogs and updating myself on their holiday out-of-town trips.

As for my own holiday O-F-T trip, I spent the New Year at my fiancé’s hometown in Nasugbu, Batangas. It was my first time to celebrate the New Year away from home and my family. But it’s was both happy and sad experience since I get to spend the New Year with my future family-in-laws.

After office hours, Adrian and I left for Nasugbu the night of the 29th to avoid the flocks for commuters in the morning. We left the bus station around 9pm. I’m glad that we were able to get good seats and I was even thrilled when the conductor turned the channel to abs-cbn, just in time for the koreanovela Lovers in Paris. My attempt to convert Adrian to watching this show is slowly making progress. Though after the show, I slept throughout the ride. I just woke up 15 minutes before we alight.

New Year's Eve

What I love being in the province is not just the fresh air, the relaxing mood, Adrian’s relatives but most especially the food :) It’s a must that every time I’m in Nasugbu, we have to stop by Aling Celing’s Halo-Halo and have their delicious special halo-halo with matching barbeque. So before going to Adrian’s Lolo and Lola’s house, we dropped by at Aling Celing’s and ordered 2 special halo-halo and 10 barbeque… yummy! I want a second round but there is still dinner to look forward to :)

learning time for Abigail and me.

New Year celebration was fun. We get to see some awesome fireworks and Dandin lighted some whistle bombs and a fountain to drive away the bad luck. We jumped and shook our pockets with coins for good luck. Oh yes, Adrian and I kissed at the strike of 12 midnight too…hhehhehe!

It's my last new year celebration in singlehood.

Eating Kiat-kiat (mini ponkan) while waiting for the new year

Dandin cookin' some BBQ

while watching the fireworks with abby and gina

Abigail eating her first meal for the new year.