happy birthday, donna! happy birthday, kaloy! happy anniversary too!

when i think of donna, i somehow think of kaloy too - one way or another. just proves that they are a package :) hearts beat as one :) john en marsha :) kaya ni mister, kaya ni misis :) hehe. their birthdays are extra special because they share the same date... almost hehehe. 28 and 29? what's the difference? bwahaha! pareho na rin yun! so grand celebration ito. sa mansyon nila.

i went with suzy and dacks and we almost got lost on our way to their gorgeous house. food was great. daming visitors. finally, i met the characters in donna's teleserye :)

suzy, dacks, and i had a good dose of updates aka chismis hehehe. nakakatuwa. suddenly the spi characters came alive. awww. nakakamiss naman ang spi.

after dinner, we had a tour of the mansion and then off to tequila rounds. 2 rounds pa lang, we bid our good byes na rin kasi medyo late na e. oh well, we didn't make it to the last mrt. cab it is. kay mahal! kaya nga, hangga't maaari, wag ka nang mag convert!

cheers to donna and kaloy! spend the rest of your birthdays together! happy anniversary! aha! may nakita kaming libro mukang gamit na gamit! bwahahaha!

ang pangarap nyang lumpia

nag text sakin si wawin kahapon. sabi nya, "wala kong bagsak :)". ayan tuwang-tuwa kami dahil ga-graduate na si wawin! yey! sa tuwa ko, napatawag ako sa kanya.

chika chika, kumustahan, kulitan. hanggang naitanong ko kung anong ulam nila. sabi nya, humiling daw sya kay mami na magluto ng lumpia. peborit namin ang lumpia ni mami kse may pagka-thai ang style nito. imbis na lagyan ng itlog ang hilaw na giniling na baboy, ginigisa na na ang baboy (walang itlog) kasama ng carrots at pinutul-putol na sotanghon, saka ibabalot sa lumpia wrapper at ipi-prito. champion.

so si mami, upon baby's request, mega run sa pure gold para mag grocery ng ingreydyeynts. ok. matapos ang ilang sandali heto na si mami, dala-dala ang mga supot. "yeheeey, lumpia ulam!" yan siguro ang naisigaw ni wawin sa isip nya.

bwahahahaha! tawa ko na lang dahil sa makatuwid, ang lumpiang thai style ay nauwi sa lumpiang ready-to-cook straight from pure gold. just prito-prito and you have your lumpia. bwahaha, kawawang wawin. sabi ni mami, "tinamad ako mag prepare. langya, puro pala patatas yung lumpiang nabili ko!" hahaha.

to further degrade wawin, nagluto ako ng lumpiang thai style ni mami. at ininggit ko sya bwahaha! ang bait ni ate. talaga naman. ang pangarap nyang lumpia, sa mga kamay (at tyan) ko naisakatuparan. *evil grin

jana's visit day 3

day 3 for jana: possibly a brief malaysia experience and singpore zoo. how will i document it if i'm here at home? hahaha. i woke up with crashing thunder and lightning, pouring angry rain. self-check: headache's still there... agonizing headache. argh.

so ate josh, i leave jana in your hands. :) have a good day and enjoy the animals! animal scent and all! haha ;)

jana, hope you had a blast in your stay here in SG. as i said, there may have been flaws that tainted your grand vacation, still you had the grace and composure to be happy. woohoo! luvya girl!

i'm walking on sunshine wohoho!

it's been a very long time since i had a good walk under a nice sun. yesterday, on my way to meet the HS girls:

* it was 10 am
* the sun's good
* walking my way to the bus stop
* i had a mega relaxed pace - as opposed to my daily hurried and heart-pumping steps to work
* good music was playing in my ears (coming from my player, mind you. and not just ringing in my ears haha)
* i was singing along with every song (96.3 ikaw ba yan?)
* though i was squinting at the sun, i love the feel of sunshine on my hair, face, skin!

i needed this moment. i call it my sun-shiny-moment. woohooo! i love it!

jana's visit day 2

so again, according to the magic starbucks tissue, day 2 = sentosa (aka sentowsa). meeting time was 10am, vivo city. but since we are filipinos, we met at around 1130. :) mind you, this is due to unavoidable circumstances: ate josh's MC and my need return the dvds i rented. hehehe.

after lunch, we headed to straight to sentosa - with prickly heat and all. highlights were:

luge and sky lift(?) - still the best attraction for me! if only my helmet didn't fall off. good thing it was still strapped... on my neck! bwahahaha hindi naman ako masyadong na-srangle to death. great ride! next was sky lift - it stopped for a few minutes while we were way way up there. scary but good. what's funny? we saw this kuya pinoy coming from the opposite lane. we asked him to take our pic! he did so and asked how he will give it to us. ang sagot ni jana ay: "anong friendster mo?" bwahaha... pinoy nga naman.

underwater world and dolphin lagoon - *flashback* newport aquarium with thecx and michie awww... miss these girls. *flashback*..... this is my 2nd time to see the sentosa underwater world. jana had lots of pics to keep :) good for her! after the aquarium, we stopped for snacks and uh, naps :) yes. thanks to delifrance's good terrace we were able to steal some naps. and then time for the dolphin show. i wish i had a dolphin. they're creatures so sweet! hehehe. i heard from a colleague that one of the old dolphins in this show died some time ago. i bet it was one we saw last year. :( poor creature. may he rest in peace.

next stop supposedly was the songs of the sea show. i felt the heat was too much for me... by this time i have a terrible headache and a general feeling of being unwell. i said my goodbyes and best wishes to enjoy their night still and headed home - with a subway sandwich for me and kuya.

i feel good for jana. despite some flaws that happened that morning, everything will be ok jana! :) nice talk during our delifrance snack/nap time. :)

jana's visit day 1

so jana's here :) according to the itinerary so carefully documented on that darned starbucks napkin, friday = jurong bird park, marina bay, clark quay, bar. i wasn't able to avail my planned sick leave 'cause work didn't permit me to. oh well. ate josh - justified SL and all - made a great job touring the tourists in our absence(s).

i met them (ate josh, her mom, her kuya, and jana) at the merlion site at around 6pm. yes, i had to do the seemingly 100km walk/dash from suntec to city link, to esplanade, to merlion. loooong walk.

next stop was dinner at clark quay. ate josh and i were experts in commuting around singapore - so we opted to take a cab bwahaha! no luck in hailing a cab though so we took a bus instead and went to vivo city for dinner.

after dinner, ate josh wasn't feeling very well. as i said, justified SL. so it was just me and jana and clark quay. there was an i-don't-know-the-name festival, really festive with all the lights! we thought of going to MOS too. we searched for it with all our hearts and souls. block c! darn it, took us 10 years to locate MOS. and when we got there, we didn't know how to get in. bwahahaha! so back-out ito.

i dunno how we ended up drinking a mug of beer and eating chicken wings on this boat resto. surreal! it now beats the weirdness of the aloe vera incident. and we were like staring blankly at the waters - over the whole MOS thingy! hahaha! sheeesh...

overall, the theme was: "we didn't get our butts inside MOS!" hahaha very funny! and so the day is over, tomorrow is a new day and adventure :)

offline on a sunday

this seems weird - everybody on my ym buddy list is offline!

i'm chatting with camille, though (invi mode). still, it's weird all 148 chums offline!

aha! i see april online :) and now josh! :) they're waking up :)

bumnesss (not so)

another saturday. while the housemates opted to go to malaysia to have lunch at pizza hut (yup, you read it right), kuya and i chose to bum around at home. we have lots of dvds here :) what better way to spend the weekend - be in pjs all day, watch dvds while lying/half sleeping in bed.

kuya cooked the famous yummy spag recipe while i cleaned the house - swept the floor, mopped the floor, cleaned the stove and sink. dahil and dumi-dumi. argh.

after the chores and eating the hearty lunch, viewing time na. a little bit of oc, 200 pounds beauty, and rumor has it. 200 pounds beauty - very funny but maybe way too dramatic? rumor has it - weird, i was not too happy about it. good thing i was ironing clothes while watching it. ;)

now, we're watching E! on tv, while blogging, while the bed sheets are cooking in the washer, while my feet are prepped up on the sofa - still on pjs! don't worry i plan to take a bath before sleeping. :) hay this is life!

in a few minutes, we're off to stuff our tummies with dinner. ang saya saya!!!

si tita, tito, at ang pool house ko

i've been watching OC for the past 2 weeks. yes, after the desperate housewives marathon, i'm on the 2nd season of oc - loving every episode. hay. i'm hooked. so hooked i call seth's parents tita and tito. yes, i call kirsten tita and i call sandy tito. as in, "bilisan mo kuya, hinihintay na tayo nina tita". and kuya would ask me, "at san ka nakatira? sa pool house?" mwehehe... makitira ba?! makirelate ba?!

i only have one worry in life now - where the heck will i get season 3? i'm running out of season 2 episodes! they don't have season 3 yet on the video rental. they're selling it though for $69. no, thank you. i'll just wait.

i think ryan is gay. hehe i have nothing against it, pero naglalalaki-lalakihan sya e! nakakairita! bwahaha! i like seth and summer. :) and julie cooper is the perfect bitch. haha! of course i love tito and tita - salamat sa pag-ampon sa akin at pagpapatira sa pool house. i love it! hahaha!

usapang bata

napag-usapan namin nung mga nakaraang araw ang aming kabataan. bigla kong naalala ang mga kalaruan ko noon. haaay nakakamiss. sarap bumalik sa pagiging bata :) hindi kami nilunod noon sa laruan. at maraming laruan na inisip kong sana meron ako pero wala hehehe. pero masasabi kong masaya na ako sa mga childhood toys ko:

pinky - isa syang teddy bear na pink. malaki. halos sing laki ko nung mga 4 yrs old ako. lagi ko syang yakap-yakap sa pagtulog ko (with matching pink na night gown). dumating ang panahon na medyo dumumi na sya at nadadagdagan ang edad ko. hindi ko na sya yakap-yakap at ang pwesto na nya ay sa tuktok ng cabinet namin - kasama ng ibang lumang laruan at alikabok :( hanggang isang araw, kailangan na syang itapon dahil na rin siguro sa kalumaan. i miss pinky.

barbie at nadia - si barbie - sinong di nakakakilala sa kanya, taas ang kamay. hehe. si nadia - ay ang barbie kong egay. konti lang ang damit nila, as in tig-isa lang sila. pinangarap kong magkaron din sila ng magagarang damit at accessories pero hindi yun ang priorities ng magulang ko nung panahong yon kaya tiis-tiis lang din sina barbie at nadia sa maigsing kumot. di ko maalala kung ginupitan ko sila ng buhok. hindi ko rin alam kung san na sila napapunta ngayon.

jakiston - marami akong jackstone set. merong nabibiling mura sa tindahan, yung malaking mabigat na bola na pangit ang talbog, lagi kang dead. pero meron din namang mga medyo mamahalin, magaan yung bola at maganda ang talbog. may case pa. ilan sa mga exhibitiong naaalala ko: around-the-world, check, dot, point, cave.

pick-up-sticks at chinese jackstone - hindi ko forte ang mga ito. ni hindi ata ako nagkaron nito e. pero nakasubok ako kahit papano. hindi ko sya trip noon. solid jackstone fan siguro ako.

10-20 at chinese garter - masaya ang larong ito. pwedeng garter, pero may kamahalan ata ang garter noon kaya kadalasan, goma lang na pinagdugtong-dugtong ang gamit namin sa bahay. sa school, garter hehehe. uh, hanggang ngayon memorize ko pa ang steps ng 10-20.

gumamela - gumamela bubbles! masayang-masaya ako pag nakakapag palobo ako ng gumamela. naaalala ko, lolo ko ang nagturong gumawa nito. mula non, lagi na akong nagpapalobo. ang saya saya noon! tamang-tama may puno kami ng gumamela sa harap ng bahay kaya di ko kailangang mamitas sa kapit-bahay. kaya nung nagpunta kami sa malaysia kamakailan, tuwang-tuwa ako nung nakakita ako ng sandamakmak na puno ng gumamela: pink, red, orange! wow!

lutu-lutuan - hindi yung mga mamahaling plastic. lata ito. as in may mga tatak pa ng minola sa ilalim. binili ata ng lola ko sa palengke. enjoy! marami-rami rin akong "nalutong" putahe dito.

kisses and stationeries - wala akong batang kakilala na hindi naniniwalang nanganganak ang kisses. nilalagay pa sa bulak pero di ako nakapagpaanak kahit isa. hehe. stationeries - meron akong mangilan-ngilan. ang uso pa noon ay makukulay na folders, dun mo iipunin yung mababangong statio. di ko maalala kung san ako bumibili pero i think uso rin ang palitan ng statio kaya nagiging iba-iba ang collection mo.

buti pa ang bata, laruan lang ang problema hahaha.

ang hooters at ang gang

yes gang talaga ito. last friday was the 30th of august. uh, very informative. camachca, cutchoja, libunama, mabalosu, and martirje (ubs characters ito) had plans of going to a videoke on this date. martirje couldn't make it. eventually, mabalosu and jo didn't make it too because of an emergency.

so the rest ended up going to clark quay for dinner. janise said papasa kami sa amazing race: janise with the best friend, mike. marco with the gf, anne. and caths with the brother, kuya. hehe... ayz.

hooters it is - with the skimpy shorts and oozing (not so) boobs. ibang-iba ang nakita ko sa mga pelikula hahaha. baby back ribs: perfect! all 6 of us were satisfied with our meals, and then a few rounds of beer and tequila followed. tipsy tipsy, but not too bad :) pampahimbing ng tulog later.

we met 3 filipina waitresses there. and dami na talagang pinoy dito hehehe. :) there was lovely, the ojt, who kept on fixing her hair as she attended to us. there was jasmine-trias-look-alike, who was fine and kind. and there was ate-slang who was, uh, slang :)) hahaha. yun lang.

it was a great night, gang! ulitin natin ito. masaya ang hot seat session na ito bwahahaha!

btw, walang pics kse the high tech cam was with jo so nobody brought one. i therefore conclude: no jo = no pics. hehe.

btw2, remarkable ang group sa tabi ng table namin dahil malulungkot sila hehehe. hello friday night ito! hindi ito lamay! masaya pa ata ang mga lamay na napuntahan ko kesa sa kanila. hahaha show some bright spirit! loosen up! bwahahaha nangealam...