up close with Mclaren Mercedes

My Friday was a bit stressful in the morning. While I was on my way to the office, I got an sms from an officemate telling me that a lunch meeting with my "favorite client" (a callcenter) was set up (with out my prior knowledge) by one of our company's partners (a leading broadsheet) and my presence was requested. WHAT the f@#%! Its Friday and I'm in jeans and flats! It's a big NO NO for me to go to a client meeting not dressed in a proper attire. I can't believe this is happening to me right NOW, aside from I'm already running late for an hour (coz I played with AJ for too long..)I have so many things planned to do during my lunch break (personal aesthetics kinda stuff). Before agreeing to this lunch meeting, I have to make out a plan on how to accomplish both my personal and professional responsibility.

The Plan: prepare materials for the meeting-go to salon for a quick fix (ok fine! I'm having my underarm waxed :P)- buy a closed-heel shoes - go to meeting. Looks like a plan! So I replied to the message and told them that I'll join the meeting, but I'm in jeans because I was not adviced beforehand about this appointment.

Everything went exactly as planned. Glad to have received my new credit card (my old one expires next month) for I was able to purchase a pair of shoes from Celine. I arrived at the meeting place, Itallianis @ Mall of Asia and was so glad to see that even our client were in casual wear. Thank God! It sure is embarrassing if they are all in corporate attire.

The meeting went well and showed very positive reception on the services that we offered them. After the meeting, Marlon (an Account Manager from the Broadsheet partner) told me that some Mercedes cars were on display at the mall. I thought it was just the normal Mercedes you see on the streets of the metro, but when he said.."the one that Kimi drives"! I went overly excited..Kimi! the love of my life.. a Mclaren-Mercedes F1 car on display. Oh! I got to see this myself. I'm glad he asked me to come and even offered to take a picture of me with it. Oh yes, I was pretty excited. I only see this on TV and pics of it at F1 sites and whenever my friend Erwin watch a US Grand Prix (he sends us photos too). I have yet to watch a race, LIVE! I really wish my next out-of-the-country trip will be in Penang, Malaysia to watch an F1 race.

I guess I can say that my Friday isn't so bad after all. Except for the aircon of the car that went dead (again!) in the middle of our ride home while it rained. Thus, I was wiping the windshield from moist from Katipunan to Fairview. What a DAY!


Just Sharing:



(L)Juan Pablo Montayo,(R)Kimi Raikkonen
at the 2006 US Grand Prix drivers parade



That's me in jeans & new pair of shoes :p and Ms. A from the Broadsheet
posing with the Mclaren Mercedes F1 Car



up close- sayang di kasama sa display si Kimi.

If your an F1 fan, you know what it means
when the Safety Car is on the track

photos from USGP 2006 courtesy of Erwin

photo of me with the Mclaren-Mercedes courtesy of Marlon

photo of the Mclaren-Mercedes and Safety car courtesy of my N6010

planning for a baptism

AJ will be 2 months old this Sunday (maligayang bati, anak!). Sigh, time flies really fast, before I know it we're celebrating his 1st birthday. But before that! Let's get the baptism rolling. I am now busying myself with the planning of his christening. We already got a date, September 16. We really wanted to have his baptism on the day of our 1st Wedding Anniversary (Sept. 3) because my father in law is coming back from LA this August 20. Unfortunately, my brother who's in Singapore was not able to get an earlier flight so we have to move it on the 16th. I guess its also an advantage for us since we'll have ample time to prepare for this celebration. I have already reserved the date and the church, informed all the God Parents and what's left for me to worry about is the venue. Our ever reliable super friend, Ezra (who's also my wedding coordinator) will be sponsoring AJ's give aways and the invitations. She also suggested a venue in the Greenhills area which we'll be visiting this weekend and highly recommended a caterer that is with in the budget. I just hope everything works out well *fingers crossed*.

I was planning to make my own invitations prior to Ezra's sponsorship (with the help of Adobe Photoshop CS2). That I will send via email and print copies to be handed out. But when Misty referred me to evite.com (~ a free online invitation where you can choose a design or make your own and manage your guest list and RSVPs all in one place.~) I was so glad that she told me about this site. Its so cool and easy to use. Choose your design template or create your own and then just indicate your event title, host's name, date, location, some text message and recipient's email address and WHALAH! your done. What's nice is that you can import contacts from your email provider(AOL, Yahoo, Hotmail, Gmail, MSN Messenger even from your Outlook). No more encoding all those addresses. And what I love the most about this site is its hassel free RSVP tracker. The guest just chose to either attend, not to attend or not sure and evite automatically updates the guest list. And sends reminder too to those who have not replied to your invites. This is so 21st century! hehehe and am lovin' it. Well, the only downside of this method of invitation is that you can't invite those guest who do not have an email account and are technophobic.

But over-all I rate this site with 4 STARS (5 being the highest).

eyes that bind

I'm not gonna rant about work because I'm so tired of it...So lets talk about AJ to keep my mind off work.

When I arrived home, I went straight to my mom's room where AJ stays for the night during weekdays. They were cleaning poop! I went to his side and showered him with kisses. As I was asking him what he did today, he was staring at me.. intensely. I felt like he was listening to every word I say. He answers back with gargles and coos. So I continue to talk to him and after a few seconds he started reaching for my shirt and when he was able to get hold of it.. he doesn't let go... as if telling me not to go and kept my face inches away from his chubby cheeks and wide open eyes. It was the first time that he stared at me like that when I speak to him. I felt like he knew and recognizes me even if I've been away the whole day.

Its times like this that I wish I don't work a 9.5 hours job so I can just be with him 24/7.

writing with a mouse

The results of your analysis say:

You plan ahead, and are interested in beauty, design, outward appearance, and symmetry.
You are a social person who likes to talk and meet others.
You are diplomatic, objective, and live in the present.
You are not very reserved, impatient, self-confident and fond of action.
You enjoy life in your own way and do not depend on the opinions of others.

I'd say the result is close...99%. Sometimes they are true.. sometimes not! but its fun getting to know who you are by means of these quizzes. I've answered a lot actually (here).. just for fun (even those in Cosmo magazines..hehehe!)

Thanks to CheH for the link.

First Day

Wonder why I haven't posted a thing for this week? Its because I've finally went back to work after 2 months of maternity leave. It was like first day of school for me... excited to see my colleagues, hearing the latest office gossip, prepped for the new policies and reports to be done, etc... I realized how much I missed all these people, the laughter and mockings during lunchbreak, the in-between phone call chats, jokes at each others uttered words and/or embarrassing moments with clients. These are the reasons why I'm still here..working to hit our overly-humongous targets.
First thing I did was clean my cubicle. It has already accumulated 2 months worth of dust. As soon as everything was back into its place, I pulled out Andre's picture frame and place it beside my computer. Stared at it for sometime and said to myself..."I'm settled and ready to face my challenges for the day". My first day went fairly well. No irate customer assisted..(Thank God!)
I also didn't wait for the next day to inquire at Gold's Gym about their new rates. Before talking to their sales rep, I have already decided that I want to renew my membership. The only question is ... How much will this cost me? P14,500. ten sessions/month. valid for 1 year. Think, calculate...SOLD! I signed up the same day.
At the end of the day, I arrived home and Andre was already asleep. I miss him terribly. I was teary eyed when I watched him sleep. This is the first time that I have not held him for a day. And that made me even sadder. I just kept staring at him until my eyes can no longer hold up.
I hope the days to come will be much better.