extended vacation

didn't go to work. apparently my experiences with horsie (ay ang pangit pakinggan!), just horsing around (mas pangit haha!), left my body pained and bruised. hmmm... i'd rather have body pain than emotional pain... riche is right in warning us that it'll be painful! =(

as my friend said, "ano ba yan? madidivi rin lang sa horsie pa! at babae pa si horsie!"... haha the best hirit!

and now, i feel like i'm going to have a fever. horsie had nothing to do with the fever. i guess the weather's just not that good - not suitable for human survivor haha oa. it's a good thing the rain got tired of just pouring down. in fact it was a sunny day this morning when i woke up, but it's getting kinda cloudy and cold again. =(

had a cup of cold coffee and as expected, heart beat's gone mad with matching headache (on the right side only haha!). guess i'm just going to enjoy the remaining hours of my extended vacation =)

it was inside that i cried...

i know i shouldn't have... it was really a big mistake. the sound of raindrops and this certain sequence that passed by my life made me do it, and then i cried. only, there are no tears. isn't that weird? i know i'm crying but my eyes are dry.

how could certain people be so unoriginal and cliched in choosing a name? i mean, there are dozens of unused names out there? why use MY pet name? as if you care... as if it matters.

well, as i said about a million times... if it makes you happy, it can't be that bad (for you, that is). one thing i know though... something very basic... what comes up must come down. maybe not now; not in this lifetime. i hope you'll be numb then. that way you won't know how it actually feels =)... wishing everybody well =)

tagaytay notable notes

to be a kid... is something i'm dying to experience again. we've seen the kids' fascinated faces while playing around with the carabao statues in front of greenbelt church (our meeting place). they're just so adorable! return to innocence...

magaganda pero kuripot... said the owner of the inn where we stayed... at least maganda! haha! a deal's a deal, and that is, P1,100 for an overnight stay. we wouldn't have insisted if we didn't have an agreement with the fixer! it's your problem, not ours. bitch! haha! suddenly riche and i were reminded of a certain tita in belair... sheesh they're everywhere!

nature trip... in tagaytay picnic grove is superb. makes me want to be a flower haha! labo! the eco park (?) is really something! makes me want to thank the one supreme creator over and over again... for bringing such wonders into life.

happy memories... suddenly flashed back in my mind; even if the quality time included falling off the passenger seat and being laughed at =)... twice! times when you didn't have a care in the world as long as you're happy and snug with someone you love(d) (back then).

my horsie... is one cool animal! =) i wasn't able to make her gallop. the instructions were: "i-whip mo nitong tali, tapos tadyakan mo sa tyan". isn't that mean? stupid me... tried to whip him, ended up whipping my leg! tange! tried to make tadyak, ended up just merely brushing my feet on her belly or ribs?! i can't! poor horsie. anyway, my horsie and i had a good stroll haha! =) and occasional small gallops with the help of manong's palo sa butt (ng horsie, not mine haha).

buy a tripod... is something i should do (liza, kaw rin!). do i need to explain?

i'd love to... have a rest house in tagaytay. someday, when i win the lotto! as for now, life is hard!

big mak's... is a superb burger stand. they sell P29 burgers with iced tea. reminded me of burgers and sandwiches in CC during college. yummie!

sniffing drugs... well, we just assumed that the guys in the house opposite ours were doing that. we could see them from the window and they have these candles or whatever fire-source those were; they were pretty quiet. what else could they have been doing? having a prayer meeting? don't think so! haha!

revelation... always makes me smile. haha! hey! i'm not alone! _____ and i are in the same league. and though i thought the only difference is _____, hindi raw. haha! if i were a food, i'd probably be... jam! haha!

giving away blind items... is something i won't do haha! baka patayin ako ng 2 pretty gals ko. super fun talga ang trip! try everything while you're young. soon, you may find out you don't have the stamina to do so. be happy! =)

tagaytay...

On the way to tagaytay with two pretty girls, riche
and liza.. OP ako haha! Theyre starting to doze off
and i always have a hard time sleeping in a moving
vehicle.. What else to do but blog.. Three.. We
noticed how the kada have travelled in threes. Subic:
camille, liza, caths. Puerto: liza, caths, ecel (and
james). And now tagaytay.. Hmmm curse daw, liza said.
This is cool! I know now how to commute to tagaytay!
Sounds like a good getaway when i get fed up. Naaah.
Im not that adventurous. But maybe, yeah, i could try
it some time. Geez! The last time i checked, most
buses have curtains to, you know, shield off the sun.
Is this bus from mars? Or africa maybe! Gotta stop!
Getting dizzy again..




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palipas oras while traffic instead na mabugnot...

Hay.. On our way to tayuman. Tita pings birthday.
Waah! Ang layo! Traffic is kinda bad.. Hay. Anyway,
whats good is we will see my adorable niece, lianne.
She looks a bit like shan cai. Whats funny is she has
this mindoro accent because she spent her earlier
years there. Plus she thinks like an adult! Cute kid!
Hope i could post some pics later. Tomorrow is
tagaytay day with college chums. Good way to alter the
monotone of my life. If itll be awesome tomorrow, we
might spend the night there. Just look for an inn
probably.. If not, then head back home by 5? Hmmm...
Tagaytay brings some good memories. Geez! Traffic!
Init na ulo ng driver aka kuya hehe.. Quiapo church
na. I guess ill stop na. Getting kinda dizzy n wiwi
mode na! Waah!



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and yet more time with dear notie

hmm... i spend an average of 40 hrs a week with donna. from the time i step into the office, to our hundred-restroom-trips-a-day, breakfast, lunch, afternoon break. and if we go out after office hours, hmm... more bonding time! geez... i guess, i spend most of my awake-hours with her!!! and as if that isn't enough, everyday we still have a wide array of topics to talk about. walang repeat ng topic haha! chika ever! isn't that amazing?

no lakads tonight so donna and i decided to go to the world trade center ONLY to purchase loreal products USING CREDIT CARD haha... they're giving out more than 50% discount on most items! hmmm... it hit me just now that the products will probably expire soon that's why they're almost giving them away. they have this room where only a number of people are allowed to come in at a time. all the rest waited in a lousy queue outside. what's most annoying is... just as we're about to enter, as in hahakbang na papasok sa room, the attendant dryly announced that they've reached the cut-off and they're calling it a day... darn it... so much for loreal.

oh well, we just scouted the rather typical bazaar, bought a few christmas presents, and headed off to bluewave for dinner part 2 (part 1 consisted of burger mcdo meal and a tiny sized iced tea, P25). it was weird in bluewave 'cause the setup was like a sayawan but all the people were prim and proper, sitting silently... corny haha!

oh, we almost got lost on the way home... aren't we stupid? haha! maligaw ba sa hometown (mine, that is)?

it was a good night =)

can't sleep

i slept early last night... and now i can't sleep... why?

had a 30-min nap at 11pm. susme tama bang mag nap ng 11pm? ang alam ko sa nap e... mga lunch time ganun ba... good luck kung anong oras ako makatulog!

found out i have 10 bruises on my legs, mostly on the right hita. 1 lang sa left. talgang binilang ko raw! i don't know where i got them... oh no not another paranoia attack haha! no more!

heart beats a little fast na naman. dunno why either. stopped drinking coffee na nga e... tea lang is that bad too?

a little bit sad... thinking that it will be a cold christmas for nanay and ivan, knowing that daddy's not around too...

wishing i were a fairy... then i could make everybody's wishes come true =)... but you have to go through this process: you have to submit some forms, i'll review them, ask counsel from God, and approve or disapprove your wishes... swhing! =)

napagatripan ko na naman kuya ko... bwahahaha!

actual ym conversation... all characters and situations are not fiction.

aldwin: may kilala ka bang sa coke nagwowork ngayon?
caths: wala eh bakit?
aldwin: naghahanap ako ng commercial ng coke e
caths: yung tito raw ni char
aldwin: ano yung tito ni char?
aldwin: sa coke nagwowork?
caths: oo
aldwin: tanong mo nmn kung may commercial sila nung coke... yung maliiit na bottle ng coke na kumakanta ng xmas na
caths: kaya lang may problema
caths: maliit na problema lang naman
aldwin: ano?
caths: pumanaw na ang tito nya
caths: may kilala ka bang esperitista?
aldwin: potang ina!!!!
caths: bat ka ba nagmumura?
caths: may nasabi ba kong mali?

wonders of the world

sleepy head... i wanted to sleep the minute i opened my eyes this morning... my eyes were mere horizontal lines throughout this day haha. darn it... matulog kse nang maaga eh!

hmmm... isn't it amazing how it happens? pouring it gradually (but not cautiously) to creatures with still faces... and souls with no voices... beings who offer nothing but comforting words and happy smiles and meaningful expressions - and you expect nothing more but you become so satisfied and fulfilled, as if you had the best pat on your back.

fascinating how these could be enough to make you smile likewise... as compared to whatever superficial and undefined emotion you get from something that used to be so full of vibrant life and promises - these are more unreal than those you cannot touch and see. mumu maybe? maybe...

bati na kami ni win!!!

sleepy again. slept late... i've had too much of the major thing... plus major_friend's making vulgar revelations in my tagboard! haha peace tayo ah!

earlier, i went home to "perform some bodily functions" and decided to eat my lunch at home as well. win was there, watching jackass. and i thought maybe it's about time to speak with him again. it's been like 3 weeks? if i'll wait for him to make the first move, ay naku baka mamatay ako nang nde kami nag-uusap...

well, i just sat down beside him... slapped his leg (yeah brutal e no! mahina lang naman!), and asked him, "ano?". he just smiled shyly, like he always does, and that's about it! bati na kami! i didn't hear him say sorry or anything that would imply that he's sorry. he just smiled... and that's enough. anyway, mom talked with him already. i bet he'll still do the same stuff over and over... if he wants to learn the hard way, then let him do it the hard way... the only thing is, his body won't allow him to do just about everything and i guess he doesn't fully understand that. enjoying the freedom he has earned when he stepped into college way beyond what he could handle...

realized that i only have 3 family members left and what we don't have in terms of quantity, we should make up in terms of quality. hay i love my mom... kuya... win... if only i'm this vocal to them... =)

*jackass rocks! those guys are so freaking crazy! pero parang wala na ata neto ngayon sa mtv?

guess what?!?!?

major ding's haunting me wherever i go! i see his image everywhere haha! i hear the music!!! haha!

the last i heard, he's restrained in a camp somewhere... and investigations are ongoing...

snippets of thoughts

good breakfast over at lolo dan's after the mass. the 70+ yr-old lolo dan still calls his wife "ma"... isn't that the sweetest? hope my family will be like that in the future. hope i'll reach my 70th birthday, be cool and still rock!

saw the second most disturbing thing (after the animal-humping-a-man thing) last night. a certain AFP major was "striking" his strikers. he actually video-taped his malicious behaviors with his helpless neophytes... major is macho and gay! major is gwapo and ding!

it's another gloomy day! sun's hiding again... all blue and sulky =(

having this certain fondness over someone. oooh.. is it a crush? generally feel uneasy and shy and happy when he's around... oh, stop! it's just a little crush!

the corner of my right eye is making small tiboks... is twitching the term? ma says i should rest more...

dimsum's band launch at sop. abbey (lead) and elena (back-up) are my HS schoolmates and i'm sooo proud of them! bad trip! i missed it!

notie, your man's different! he's not like the "regular" guy. i saw this look in his eyes and i knew then that he can't live without you. trust me... HE WILL BE STRONG ENOUGH TO FIGHT ANYTHING OR ANYONE THAT WILL COME BETWEEN YOU TWO. =)

oooh, i bought this new pair of cutie slippers for P60. the old one's torn na. ang tagal kong pinagtyagaan nun ah! ang hirap maglakad pag sira ang tsinelas... marupok at mahina walang tibay na maaasahan! hmp! hope this new one's better =)

also bought this comfy sofa bed yesterday. after much deliberation and a million and one hassles over credit card verification, we finally purchased it! christmas in this home will be cozy and warm and good! yahoo!

heard over the buzz: dino guevarra's philandering and he physically abused kim. heard over rated k: a man's wishing "sana 2 ang puso ko" because he lives with 2 women. and the two women are ok with it. girls, wake up!!! this is the new age and mrtyrdom over men is laos na!

gloomy saturday

woke up at 11am. had a good chat with camz last night: updates, updates. =) camz, talk to you soon. maybe next week? when all of us are in tagaytay... yeah, from baguio to tagaytay. i hope this one pushes through. =)

anyway, it was a blessing that we didn't go to baguio (last night supposedly) 'cause i heard there's this virus there... i forgot the name... i'd call it flu with rashes rather than the scientific-med-hard term... hard to spell and fathom and remember. i'd leave that stuff to jo... hehe! he's the expert... not only in that, but also in jingle bells and coco products haha! nasty!

it's so gloomy! no sunshine, only rain... i hate it when it rains! it's simply cold and sad. everything has hints of gray and everything seems to have extra shadows... scary... i don't like the sound of raindrops either. they sound like tears.

i saw my reflection earlier and i noticed that my skin's still dark from all the sun bathing i did last summer. the suit marks are still on my back... haha remnants of the original hue. counted and there are only a few more months before the sun and the salty water kiss us again. even mauie's already in the mood for summer (and wedding haha kulit!). go ahead and change your layout kokopya na lang ako haha!

i'm outta here... before i entertain any further damaging thoughts, better get ready for grocery! =)

christmas na!

another friday... =) supposed to meet wendy for either a visit to st. paul or videoke session. di natuloy.

i saw a lot of christmas lights along my way home. very fascinating and pleasing to the eyes! plus, there's this special christmasy chill when you wake up in the morning until you close your eyes at night. and i just love it! the season of giving gifts and just being merry and just taking a good rest from work. it's also the season when your bonus goes through this painstaking process:

employer
\--> your bank account
     \--> palm of your hands
           \--> malls --> bank
           \--> inaanaks --> parents' pockets
           \--> loved ones --> malls
           \--> bills
           \--> exchange gift
           \--> more bills
           \--> vacation

amazing, eh?!

of course the christmas mode around here will extend until the 3rd week of january because of the fiesta =). goody! i love it!

* turns out that sometimes, even twinkling lights and festive mood and cheerful sights and sounds aren't enough to cover up remnants of pain... ma and i bought this new facial product called ERASE, which claims that it can "erase" pimples, whiteheads, etc. why don't we have a product that works the same way, only from the inside... as in "apply this product on your heart and it will erase all traces of aches and pains... your heart will beat anew... try it and feel it... ERASE"

* happy birthday in advance... to THE dear baby boy!

just keeps getting better...

it never fails. i keep on receiving disgusting, disappointing, annoying updates and news regarding something i'd rather forget. i don't look for those. i just sit and live here silently minding my own business. i mean, i don't go out of my way to look for facts that will only hurt and irritate me. they come my way through various means!! my goodness! am i a magnet of negative feedback and vibes?

i don't want to see those.
i don't want to hear those.
i don't want to read those.
i don't want to view those.
i just want to put it all behind me.

i get affected and so i try to avoid those for the longest time. BUT THEY HEED ME! waaah!

it feels good to share secrets sometimes. you get the feeling (or illusion?) that somehow the load gets lighter.

and the doubt rises again

the other night, i accidentally left P200 beside this monitor. the morning after, only P100 is left... another mystery of things just magically disappearing somehow, with the common denominator that is manang...

the PS2 issue around here is still fresh since we still don't know if manang had something to do with it. we just accepted the issue as it was, shrugged the negative thought off, and tried to just forget about it.

but now... i'm beginning to somehow unintentionally "cultivate" a tiny level of doubt in manang due to the following facts:

she commented that before midnight, she went down to make wiwi and saw kuya using the pc. she saw the 200 beside the monitor... --> most amazing how she managed to notice that money when it was piled among clutters of paper. it was almost hidden! i wouldn't have noticed that if i were sleepy as hell and i had the wiwi urge.

this morning, she kept on blabbing how she looked for that bill around the house. --> ok, acceptable. i have no fuss over this behavior.

she blabbed further that the reason she has money now is, my mom just gave her her salary. --> ooops... sablay. i was not asking! why the heck do you have to defend yourself to death?

i told ma and kuya that, again, she is innocent until proven guilty. kuya says otherwise - she is guilty until proven innocent. somebody's not yet over with the stolen PS2 issue! (look who's talking!) haha talk about positive vibrations huh! that's quite mean, man! put a little more trust! we'll see... in just a little while...

baby allen rocks!

finally... we (with donna, maricor, harbie, thyra, and rico) saw baby allen!!! awww so cute! mommy aileen and daddy abet are so lucky to have their little tabachingching angel. he's 3 months old. he's so chubby (pong pagong?). he's so adorable. he's so bait. didn't even hear him cry. he just stared back blankly at us while we looked like fools trying to get his attention and playing around with him.

i bet if he could only tell us how he felt, he'd say "duh! what are you creatures trying to do with me? you're scaring me! you look like weird and mean people! what are you trying to teach me?!?" haha... he's really an angel. asked aileen if we could take him home even for just a week. ayaw. damot! haha! ginawang toy si baby allen! i could still smell the scent of allen's grip on my finger =) ang bango bango!

another i-want-a-baby mood (not necessarily a spouse haha)... =) i should get a puppy instead. i read... to satisfy your parental yearnings, nurse a puppy.

* aug, 2006 is a significant year... tama, friend? anyway, it could always be moved the next year... latest is 2007 siguro =)

bye bye baguio

it's tested and proven. if you get way too excited over a trip, it won't push through! =( for the past week, this has been my avatar image:

overly excited for baguio, i customized my avatar to simulate my would-be look for the trip. i even planned to dress up just like that and strike a pose beside a pony when i get there on the 20th. haha! i have a sweat jacket just like that...

ok... until my mom felt some negative vibes over this trip and asked me to pass on this trip. plus, there were 2 black butterflies
in our house that night she made that request.

my mom's this cool, lenient mom and she just nods her head when i have a trip. no curfews, no conditions, doesn't even fuss who i'm with. she has this overflowing level of trust in me (and in people). that's why when she feels bad about it, i simply abide! just going back to the basic and simple "mom knows best" principle.

mga makasaysayang "lakad", literally, ng buhay ko

i kind of lost na my momentum for this post... but worth posting 'cause i literally walked and walked for almost 18 hours. now my legs hurt and it feels like they're gonna fall off from my body soon haha morbid.

unang walk - ccp and baywalk jog/walk with the pretty and sexy maricor (630-900am)
notable notes:

the last time i jogged there was about 20 yrs ago... socks: the ones with like fur balls above the heels na uso noon. lemme draw it...

there were a couple of aerobic groups there! cool! my mom would love that!

after walking around the ccp complex, you could always traverse the baywalk!

baywalk is a schizo and has 2 faces: day (the family mode) and night (the gimik mode)

i will never forget manong magtataho's kind gesture of accepting our P15 payment for 2 glasses of taho (actual cost: P20) just because he doesn't have change for P100.

likewise, the kind gesture of the elderly joggers who offered us their breakfast baon - hot soup... they have this big pot of soup that reminded us of lolo jehan, nelo, and patrash.

had the best breakfast at mcdo, p. gil (na nilakad din namin from baywalk)! hotcakes and cold chocolate! yummers!

pangalawang walk - women's forum at the world trade center with ma (100-500pm)
notable notes:

it was really boring. full of contacts-hungry organizations.

setting: hundreds of walk-in booths that offer products, services, or simply get your contact info

nevertheless, good bonding ito with ma

pangatlong walk - powerbooks power walk with myself (530-730pm)
notable notes:

the girls and i were supposed to meet at 7, but i went straight to makati from the women's forum rather than go home pa. sayang effort.

there were no seats available so while scanning for books, i just stood there, walked a little... scan, stand, read, walk... for almost 2 hours!

finally at around 645, the carpet area was finally opened. i read half of this "indulgence" book.

pang-apat na walk - dinner at italianni's and greenbelt stroll with riche, allen, mauie, ecel (730-1100pm)
notable notes:

simply put, great food!

oh, we met the famous italianni, the owner of the resto! hihihi! ask the girls!!! i swear!

there were about a million birthday celebrants that night!

we concluded that you have to be a professional singer and dancer before you could be hired as an italianni's food attendant.

a night stroll at greenbelt park is so relaxing... the kids at the fountain are so adorable!

we learned that mauie bought her bra strap from freeway haha i-broadcast ba?

pang-limang walk - clubbing at a certain "sayawan" in greenbelt with the girls, except mauie (1100pm-100am)
notable notes:

wild crowd!

young crowd!

nasty foreigners!

i actually took some gulps of sanmig light! i thought i could NEVER tolerate the taste of beer... but, hey! it actually tastes like cali, ampalaya flavor

it was really good to have danced my heart out with the girls... bumped backs and bodies with people you don't know... naniko ng mga irritating people... constantly checked if there were still 4 bags, and a jacket, on the floor.

music and a know-it-all doll

This day was ok. Everything was really great until i
put myself in a very vulnerable situation: alone in my
room, about to sleep, i turned the radio on, sang
along (yeah, even with erroneous lyrics), and
foolishly entertained some thoughts again. How cant i
when sad songs invade my nerves? And this doll is
staring right through me? Reading my thoughts. Darn
it, she knows, doesnt she? She has this smile that
tells me -- I know! --. Turns out shes more loyal to
the giver than to me. I have a weak sense of self
control tonight. I have all the power to turn the
radio off and likewise put the know-it-all doll in a
box. Yeah let them (and my hormones) overpower my will
tonight. Tomorrow ill go jogging with maricor to shake
off these negative vibes.



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manang is annoying when she...

has her eyes glued on the tv...

all day and literally all night!

talks and rants with a megaphone voice while i'm watching tv. (off topic: yeah... i've pretty much accepted my role as a constant shock absorber... at least i have the ability to hear and somehow ease others' pains)

switches the tv to another channel while i'm watching FRIENDS. heck! i turned my alarm on so i won't fail to watch FRIENDS and she made lipat just when it was about to end; hello! i'm still here!

switches the channel to gma to watch the equally annoying mike enriquez. i like tv patrol. don't like 24 oras.

other than those, i love everything about manang... how she keeps the house decent, how she washes and irons our clothes, how she kills all gamo-gamos at night and sweeps them out of the house, how she opens the water pump every morning when i call out her name from the bathroom (pag ako naliligo, laging nauubusan ng tubig. i swear!). stay cool, manang! thanks for "consuming" my semi-tasteless oatmeal cookies!

=( =( =( sponge caths stressed out =( =( =(

my my... i feel so stressed out today. for starters, i had the weirdest and ugliest dream - about suicide (not mine), blood, and other scary stuff. i actually remember the stale smell of blood from that horrible dream... too heavy to handle for the day.

round two, it's almost the time of the month... and i get all depressed and i generally feel unwell and my tummy gets all rumbly and everything from here to there just aches a little and i become just a little bit bratty and pouty and sulky and i just don't stop complaining... hear me?

round three, i received the greatest shocker via a phone call - at work! it was a big mistake to give her my number. i was actually expecting that. somebody's REALLY mad over somebody who's REALLY close to me. the mad one's pouring it all out to me and i got all shaky and nervous. she somehow sounded mad at me too... i was losing my temper but i held on just a little bit and i did her a big favor by becoming this superelcetromagneticultrablastic sponge for her for about 30 mins. yeah yeah i swallowed them all. i was trying to defend my friend but realized it's nonsense and dangerous... she's got no ears at this point in her life. please, bless her with mighty ears. in the end, i calmly said, "why don't you talk to her about it to settle things? it's not my job to defend her anyway". thank heavens she got convinced. i almost added "remember who we're serving here?" but i just shrugged the thought off. i don't want to sound preachy preachy and goody goody at the same time bitchy bitchy.

=( =( =( i need a looong rest... =( =( =(

* friend, if you're reading this, please don't send me THAT offline message. i don't want to see it now. i don't ever want to see it. pleeease?!?

bakit daw hindi "madevelop"

i know everything's just a joke, but why not answer the question? patulan once and for all for wala lang reasons. i'll be as serious hihi and discreet (hell! i should be discreet!) as possible. here are my mostly illogical, unreasonable, but honest reasons...

because of the friendster principle aka it's-a-small-world-after-all principle

three's a crowd. four's an army. heck! four?!? totally unbelievable!

i still believe you insistently extract something out of me for purely egotistic reasons

you just love the thought of it. believe me!

we have completely different levels of satisfaction in love and in life

i have a new belief and hope

there's just no spark, butterflies, sweaty palms, or whatever high school stuff they term it - on both parties ha

the last time something like this happened, everything turned grugskliruzkish (what the heck does that word mean? it just sounds so ugly!)

i love whatever we have now... and i want it that way. i'm not really happy about the "two" things you have and i'm praying you can do something about it soon

hindi ako film, i guess? haha ay ang corny ko dun a

my ears are not that bad though and are always available... i believe yours are two of the best i've borrowed, pwedeng lumevel with my girlfriends' ears haha! stay cool!

heaven sent

i received the most wonderful gift and insight last night.

if it was indeed God who had touched me in my dreams, i thank Him for giving me the gift of forgiveness.

now it's my turn to share the gift to someone who's in need of it. and i'm giving it away... sending it his way... =)

5 dozens of lifeless cookies

ok... i have 3 jars of semi-tasteless oatmeal cookies. want some? haha!

i remember the first batch (about 2 dozens) i made a few weeks ago tastes almost perfect. that's why i promised a friend i'll give him some when i bake another batch... i added some cutie raisins pa naman on top para di nakakahiyang ibigay... may decor ba.

what went wrong? well, the instructions clearly state: 1 cup of firmly packed brown sugar. ooopsss...

i forgot to pack it firmly!!!!!! waaaaaaaaah! nooooo!!! OA

dummy me! stupid me! ang tabang! who would want to eat tasteless oatmeal cookies with raisins on top? hmmm... pwede pa rin namang panawid-gutom pag super nanginginig ka na sa gutom... good luck sa mga kakain...

friend, i'm gonna have to bake yet another batch. sorry!!

*mental note: pack the sugar firmly!!!

drifting away

for quite some time now, it's been the same piece of shit. win's not home on time and couldn't be reached. he would often come home very late, or worse on weekends, he'll go home the next day na! brat! text him, call him, what do you know? he doesn't care! we've been too nice... "please call or text us if you'll be late"

we've used and abused the power of technology just so he could get in touch with us... lahat na ng text/call collect chuva... name it! and he still has all sorts of excuses! unbelievable!

last saturday, after numerous attempts of getting in touch with him, i've had enough and i hoped that ignoring him will teach him some lesson. surprise surprise! the little brat knows how to fight back with pride and gives me this equally snobby attitude! maybe he's expecting me to apologize? geez... i didn't realize that earlier! duh! it's been some time since we had a misunderstanding like this... mabigat talga sa dibdib pag may di kabatian...

maybe we've been to lenient with him... enjoying his freedom to the point of going beyond what his body can handle. if he didn't have this heart disease, then he could go ahead and live his life as he wants it in vice city! heck... he's so papa-like talga... multuhin sana ni papa and ituro ang tamang landas... brat

two little secrets

dear you-know-who-you-are,

that was a nice talk. gulat ka no! nagulat din ako. our secrets are safe. we are two lucky bitches ay babes pala hehe mali pa e! at least we got out of it safe and not extremely damaged... haha!

let's just take these as blessings in disguise... now i don't want you having second thoughts about it, ok?!? that's something beyond normal and we're not brought in this world to tolerate and nurse the abnormalities of bruised people. that's definitely out of our control. let's not play gods here... clear?

you're not alone. i'm not alone. =) and we'll get through with grace.

*winky wink =)

light magic

saw the most fascinating thing over ibc today - photocatalyst technology in japan. if i remember it right, titanium oxide is used to coat the surface of ceramic tile or glass. once light touches the surface, any trace of dirt is wiped clean... now that's what i call a NEAT technology! some buildings are coated with the solution and every morning, upon the rising of the sun, presto! spic and span! even annoying traces of water droplets become invisible after a rain... ang shoray!

how fools behave

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*this just keeps on repeating infinite times...

love before sex, or sex before love?

this is quite an interesting topic... saw it at y speak in abscbn.

i caught a few lines from the debaters:

love before sex:

what difference do we have with animals if you have sex without love?

love is commitment and you don't just sleep with people you don't love

sex is done for the purpose of pro-creation, therefore it should be done by people in love, who have pure intentions

sex before love:

sa panahon ngayon, be practical! dapat sex muna nang sex bago mo malaman kung love mo sya (caths says: duh! mukang wala lang syang maisip na masabi haha)

as long as you're responsible for your actions, it's ok

you have to know if you're sexually compatible with your partner before you tie the knots.

wanna hear my thoughts?
i guess, the sex-before-love people are mistaking love for marriage. those are two separate things 'cause you could be in love, but not married, and have sex... fine with me. at least you're in love!

i have nothing against people who are in this kind of relationship, i mean engaging in sex outside marriage, as long as they're responsible enough for their actions and they do the act of "it" inside the walls of love... that's why there's the term making love. =) otherwise, that's called humping haha.

on the other hand, sex without love, as in what? making out with strangers? or people you don't love? is a definite no-no for me.. that's when the animal thing comes in.

lastly, it all depends on each person's discretion and i respect everybody's judgment... that we all perceive what is best and what works for us. and my discretion is: the act itself should be contained inside marriage. limitation? i guess as long as you're not being selfish, it's fine. does this mean though that anything but "that" is ok? hmmm... dilemma! and off-topic. =)

all the way to the top...

hmm... this should've been posted last friday night pa... dunno what went wrong =(

with the body state i have right now, i can't believe i still have the energy to lift my arms on keyboard-level to convey my thoughts.

wall climbing was not that bad. ok that's an understatement 'cause it was the best! to think i almost backed out yesterday! it's a good thing i didn't. if i did, i wouldn't have "acquired" the following learnings:

ehem, ehem...

for P195, it was an activity that allowed me to push myself to my limits

the normal vertical-wall type wasn't that hard! =)

the wall that was slightly inclined towards the top was more challenging

the slant-vertical-slant-vertical was extremely hard! i didn't make it through the 2nd slant part

when you feel like you can't go on anymore, you have to let go. know your limitations!

you have to warm up before you make sugod the wall (now my arms hurt like hell... i'm so schufid!)

i can't make it through the fifth level haha!

never wear the underwear that camille gave you (when you go wall climbing lang... i love that green one! thanks camz!) haha!

the rocks smell terrible... i didn't smell it during the climb, i smelled it on my hands eeew! baho!

they have these cute elves'-shoes-look-alike shoes ! goody!

listen to the mentor's instructions... you'll make it to the top! unless, of course, your arms are badly strained na...

take lots of pictures! *wink, wink

i love my chums' company!!!

to be determined: if i could still get out of my bed tomorrow!!!

joke, joke, joke!

cristy: ano ang kotse ng mga magician?
caths: ano?
cristy: e 'di chedeeeeeeeng!!!!

bwahahaha!

annoyances vs mood lifters

some annoying things about my morning:

hearing mike enriquez's voice over the radio... so annoying! extremely annoying!

sleeping for only 5 hours because of telebabad. lousy! slept at 2 am (this item has a corresponding reason to smile item )

crying just a little for certain reasons

being free but not being free at all

PGMA claiming that the philippine's financial status is improving

returning to my old vice of drinking coffee. tibok tibok (that's my heart thumping hard again!)

but there are reasons to smile still:

watching episodes 3 to 6 of smallville with kuya

making a certain person smile... somehow

only 1 weekend before payday (i thought we're going to have 2 more weekends)

* hearing someone's pains and somehow absorbing those pains; talking about kalokohan and fooling around! haha! (now here's a guy complaining about a girl! instead of the usual girl-complaining-about-guy stuff... music in my ears!)

bringing along 2 bananas for dessert

having another holiday! (2 actually: 15th and 29th)

baguio on the 19th!

oooh wow it was a close fight! and the score is: 7-6 in favor of reasons to smile... and so i smile! =)

one cool watch

saw the coolest watch. i like! i remember seeing this from someone, i forgot who she is haha! anyway, jet's leaving for the states soon and she'll be back on dec. 10. might as well make pabili haha! this is a nice christmas gift for myself =) weee!

suddenly i'm 12 again! wooohooo! cool!

guess what? i'm chatting with ivan right now. i went online to post how boring my day was... and there he is... the charming and sometimes sungit but equally lovable ivan... greeted me with a cute "te musta ka na" no punctuation marks parang walang emotions but so cute! i miss this kid! now i have something more interesting to talk about!

i'm pouring it all out with a 12-yr old kid, who's pouring it all out as well! =) cuteee! we're talking about serious stuff here! crushes and studies! haha! i love hearing from kids! i love how they sulk or get excited on the overly trivial matters (for us, that is!)... sometimes, i get tired of hearing about "adult" stuff. matters that cause nothing but sadness, anxiety, and sorrow.

he tried to show me his webcam view. i didn't see it 'cause i have a firewall... "ano yung firewall?" he asked... aaah so cute! the innocence of kids. sometimes i wish i still have that innocence and care-ko attitude. as in "care ko sa inyo! i'm busy playing with my stuff!" haha!

now we're playing tic-tac-toe using the doodle imvironment... cool eh?!? first round... i lost... over a 12-yr old? haha some brains i have huh!

i also remember the day justin proudly showed me his drawings... cool ones! haha! he spread them all out on the floor... i miss those kids =).

isn't it weird and funny how, as kids, we badly wish we were grown ups... and now that we've grown, we want to go through this reverse osmosis (huh ano yun? it just sounds like a nice reverse thing so i used the term haha!) process. return to innocence!

and he ended it with another cute "cge ate caths bukas nalang kasi kain na kmi e. online ka uli bukas ha" aaaw so sweet! i love kids!

my sassy girl (again) and enemy at the gates

haaay... watched my sassy girl again, this time with win. yesterday was with ma and kuya... the other day with office buddies... hmmm... looks like i forced everybody at home to watch the film (thanks to rv for lending me the dvd!). they liked it too no! hmm... manang hasn't watched it yet.

only, i didn't like the girl being so violent. plus the guy being so overly submissive. sumkinuva oa but overly cute din naman! hmm... true story pala sya. i checked out the review and it pretty much tells everything about it. great ending! totally cool!

earlier, watched enemy at the gates. kuya asked me to watch it and it's a good thing i did. it was a very good film. can't take my eyes off the tv! the scenes are so moving and i almost felt like i was there looking through the... what do you call that? i don't know... research says: peep sight. poor sacha! he was too young! his mother didn't know that he died =(

oh, the love scene's so umm... exciting! sneaky! discreet! hush-hush! haha! ganun ang mga gusto kong love scenes! mga patago haha!

hmmm these 2 films are 2001 movies pa... good films! =) and i better sleep another long week coming!

adios, memorias (goodbye, memories... hanep pang teleserye ang dating)!

last night, we went to manila memorial (with ma, kuya, win, and tito corny) to check out how papa, lolo, and lola are doing... haha =) they seem rather peaceful naman and happy. papa's his usual silent self haha! we brought this blanket and made latag on the grass. win and i went off to buy pizza... guess what, we got lost! haha! i called kuya pa to fetch us... tange... naligaw sa memorial haha!

i was cleaning my room this afternoon and i saw "our one only picture". stared at it for about 10 mins... reminisce konti... smiled a little... and put in the SM bag aka trash bag... haha no sense keeping an old photograph if makes you feel sad rather than happy.

i also had to put elmo and this small cute bear inside a bag... i won't throw it though. i just kept it somewhere... oh poor elmo. i could still remember the day elmo came into my life... elmo was sitting on this chair in kfc... he looked so cute! tulog ka muna ha elmo and baby bear...

i also read my old diary (2000 to 2003). mymy! there were a lot of heart aches and pains in there! i really had a lot of spirit in me huh! to hold on to something for almost 4 years despite doubt, a mountain of emotional pain, feelings of unstability... i guess the happy times compensated for the moments of hell... that's how i saw it then. somehow i have regrets. they say there should be no regrets... but that was something i could definitely grasp by the neck but i didn't do anything about it... regrets regrets... if i only knew it would come to this, i should have done what i always wanted to do back then. i didn't because i thought this was something worth keeping and worth fighting for... obviously, i took the risk and i lost the game - for a while...

oh, it's good i'm done cleaning my room... i'm getting kind of muddled whenever i see memory-emitting-stuff! that's why i have to send them all away muna... =) til we meet again elmo!

huhu i'm sick and tired (literally!)

hmm... i feel better now. maybe the jasmine tea and calamansi juice and sugar helped =). i was sneezing like hell (well, hanggang ngayon naman e...) for the past few days. back track... been quite a while since my last post.

thursday night 7pm: videoke with office buddies... grabe! 'di naman ako singer so naturally, sa lalamunan galing ang voice ko -> this produced a mega ouch after the 3-hour singing, errrrr.. sigawan and dance dance session.

thursday night 11pm: had a good swim at rv's place... hmmm it was raining and the water's soooo cold! since it was cloudy, we didn't see the stars... too bad. it was a good swim though, bura lahat ng pagod!!! sarap!

thursday/friday: supposed to sleep over at rv's place... but we didn't sleep... ay naku awake til 530 am! just talked about anything and everything: aroma, super run, formation! name it we talked about it! haha the best!

friday: didn't go to work... bad girl! well, super pagod and feeling sick na e! so i decided to head straight home na lang.

* watched my sassy girl... hay naku, the best itu! made me cry (what doesn't make me cry?)... "fate isn't just waiting for a chance to happen... it's making bridges for the chances..." nice no!

isang rebolusyon

i feel terrible... i have the following stuff making aklas in my tummy:

banana (1 pc)

oatmeal (1 mug)

lunch (about 1 1/2 cups of rice + ulam)

banana (1 pc)

green tea with creamer (1 mug)

water (about 4 glasses)

imagine how i feel today!!! wanna go home na!!!! huwaaaaah!

i tot i taw a scawy biwd...

...saw this display at ace hardware... even tweety bird is in the mood for halloween haha...

my third post

ok... this is my third post. i'm really down today. it all started when i heard the "bad news" this afternoon. now i'm worried. what's next? this isn't an oh-it's-just-a-trivial-matter material... and christmas is coming. everybody should be happy during the pre-christmas, christmas, and post-christmas season...

i'm not really in the mood to be cheerful today or to talk with anybody. can't even force myself to "produce" a fake smile... =( cranky cranky me... =( mom was trying to make a conversation with me earlier, i managed to give her a few nods and aaahs... but my mind was wandering elsewhere. sorry, ma...

i don't know if this headache is a result of the bad news or i just have a headache that's why i'm fussing about the bad news.

focus, caths! it's not what happens, it's how you take it...

i read last night from PDL: train your mind to whisper to God constantly... i chose the phrase "Help me trust you". it was a very timely lesson...

help me trust you...

oops, that was bad news

Lord, help me trust you...

love notes day

for the QA team, friday = love notes day. all works are put on hold and all ears are on rv's boombox hehe! well, it's just a cellphone inside a mug - that's our boombox haha! it's quite difficult to listen so you really have to come closer.

today's letter was from a girl named cathy (not caths hehe). she had a bf who's 5 yrs older than her. he took care of her and really loved her and treated her like a baby (oh, shocks, so sweet. haha!).. and the usual crap happened - the guy met another girl and simply said goodbye to cathy. her story's twist is, the other girl got pregnant. so the guy had no choice but to marry the girl and live in the states.

after 7 years, cathy saw the guy. he tells her he loves her still. all the while, she thought she was over him. but, if i heard it right, she said she thinks she's willing to be a mistress. duh... all the things one can do for love...

anyway, joe d mango naturally took the guy's side (another mega duh) 'cause he was able to give up his happiness for a noble cause, and that is to be responsible for the child. he actually thinks it was a noble act? HE SHOULDN'T HAVE PLAYED AROUND WHILE HE WAS STILL IN A RELATIONSHIP... AND YET ANOTHER DUH!!! ... nde naman ako masyadong galit no? haha sorry it all comes back every once in a while when i hear sad tales like that...

hmmm... my story could qualify for a love notes story haha! magpasa ba raw?

another anyway, i liked what joe said, ...you may be in his heart, but you could never be in his life... that's too sad but it's true... that the only remedy is to let go and move on... =)

childhood kalokohan

just wondering if all filipino children experienced this unexplainable act either in the shower or under the rain...

get a tabo that could snugly fit on your head.

salok water from a timba (or from any water source).

put the tabo firmly on your head, like a hat. be careful so the water won't spill.

feel the vacuumy effect as the water is trapped in the tabo.

then feel the water slowly dripping from the tabo, all over your face and neck and body.

enjoy every dripping moment until there's no more water left in the tabo.

repeat til you feel tired and sawa.

haha wala lang, we were talking about childhood play times. i was surprised to learn that we all, at a certain point in our lives (chilhood phase ha), did this thing. we were wondering where we learned it. did anybody teach that or was it just done out of curiosity by a child?

comments are most welcome! =)

urban legends and my mom's better mood

i don't know what hit the pretty QA people (kasama ko dun ah!) today. we had an extreme chika day! the tales ranged from exorcists to worms to dwendes to kapres to paglilihi and all sorts of creatures and stories that'll give you goosebumps. maybe because halloween is coming and the tv networks air nothing but scare-you-to-hell-movies. ok season na naman ito ng i'm-alone-late-at-night-watching-tv-then-a-scary-scene-is-shown-and-i-run-with-all-my-might-to-my-bedroom-kse-natakot-ako! susme... napakatapang ko talaga!

oh, my mom's in a better mood today! a few weeks ago, her office in NAIA closed and they had to transfer to the fort in makati. she was a bit down because she had to give up the comfort of working nearby (tricycle ride away, like my office =)). plus she had to say goodbye to the people she worked with for quite some time now. she had been pretty quiet and not her usual kulit self, but i noticed a better transition lately. funny pa nga last night, while making kulit kulit and munching a large block of chocolates, she had her jaw locked. susme, di magkaintindihan pag massage and pag rere-align ng jaw nya... she was pretty scared haha! and kanina, while preparing dinner, may pasayaw-sayaw pang nalalaman! kuya and i just rolled our eyes and told her, "o kulit kulit ka mamya, mag lock na naman jaw mo!" haha!

i asked her if she still feels sad about this sudden change. she answered with a nice grin, "i'm feeling better!"... yeah, that's the spirit, ma! =)

a comparative study between a wife's prayers and my prayers

just got home from baclaran for the novena. at the start of the novena, an inspirational letter was read. it was a thanksgiving letter from a wife. it was something like...


dear mama Mary,
i thank you for bringing back my husband. a few months ago, he left me for another girl. i completed the novena and i prayed hard for his change of heart and repentance. and indeed, he came back and sincerely asked for forgiveness. now we are happy and we are blessed still with a little angel.
*and the letter was signed.


i was smiling (i was alone, btw. hehe!) as the reader ended the letter... knowing that we were entrapped in a similar dilemma but our prayers were extremely different.

she prayed for her husband to come back.

i prayed that i may learn to let go of the one man i loved and accepted wholly.

she prayed for her husband's repentance.

i prayed that he (and i) may be happy eventually living our separate lives.

we both prayed for acceptance but in different perspectives...

she prayed that she may accept him despite his weaknesses.

i prayed that i may accept the situation and learn to move on without him. (i read in a good book: learn to move on, he has moved on anyway...)

it was good to hear though that it was a happy ending for that couple, they're married anyway... God has blessed them with a union no barrier could ever separate. =). God has blessed me with a "separation" that will open the door to a true happiness - one not stained with lies and deceit. =) it all comes down to francis kong's most inspirational phrase... it's not what happens, it's how you take it. *double grin

name vanity

i saw this name pendant in silver works. i didn't know they do this stuff... =) i really want one like this. my officemate knows a shop who does this for 2500 (gold). i almost got one a couple of months ago. whew... it's a good thing i wasn't impulsive that time. 'cause back then, i naturally wanted his name on that pendant!!! haha what would i do with that pendant if i had it done?!?! have it done again to spell caths haha!

anyway, gold is out and i think silver looks better. so maybe i'll get one some time (a little impulsiveness won't hurt, it'll be my name anyway!). i think it only costs 500 for the 1st 5 letters, excluding the necklace.

oh, holy night

just got home from a rather holy night-out haha! it was our ex parish priest's dinner treat at blue wave. had bacon and asparagus tempura and it was yum! and the sushi's good! hmmm...

on our way home, we saw some of father's friends from the rogationist; aaah they looked cute, drinking coffee, all dressed in white shirts... mymy! some of them were soo pogi haha! plenty of time to get out of the seminary! and "befriend" us haha! they all looked so neat and kind and goody-goddy in their white shirts. one was even wearing a white shirt with a teddy bear print aaaah... cutie! kung pede lang makijoin sa coffee-drinking session nila e... haha! pag-interesan ba ang mga kaparian? haha! onti na nga lang sila e!

sa ride home, we asked fr. about the da vinci code and angels and demons... well, of course he negated it. he said those were mere speculations. i dunno, dan brown somehow convinced me with his "speculations"... but as grandpapa-guy-in-da-vinci-code-or-angels-and-demons-nde-ko-sure (ang haba hehe) asked his grand daughter, "would it matter if you knew those facts?"... no, it doesn't really matter. 'cause i still know what i believe in... foundation's quite good. =)

* i dunno what it is with guys and white shirts... and eyeglasses. attractive talga for me haha! or guys in white shirt and kalbo (or semi-kalbo lang)... attractive din! hmmmm...

2 plans down the drain

nothing much to nag about... i've been pretty busy in the office... hanep! as if! yeah, it's true! i was really beezee this week! defensive! kontrahin ba ang self? haha!

well, it's another weekend. my mom and i were supposed to hit the road and have this trip to laoag tonight (together with ma's friend). but there were a few hassles so to cut it short, we didn't go. sayang. it could've been a perfect bonding aka pictorial activity with my momma!

the second purnada gimik is our supposedly red-box-night gimik (with QA people). we postponed the night-out so the boot campers could take a rest tonight. hopefully, we'll get through with the plan next friday. biritan itu!!! hehe! ehem ehem... the rules say: no practice! come as you are!

tomorrow, i have no clear plans yet, but i hope i'll just be a regular bum so i could heal my literally broken and hurting heart. haha! funny my mom told me that i shouldn't lock my door tonight, just in case. haha pa-paranoidan kami ng mom ko!

i was also browsing through my past posts... haha i have a funny life! actually, i was hoping i could someday look back at my bitter posts and just laugh at them. and now, i just did! it's good! now this is the good transition i'm talking about. =) weee!

OA queen

i'm having these chest pains again... i feel it when i inhale, like big needles pricking my heart. i wait for a couple of seconds, and try to inhale again. basta it's like a pinching feeling and i can't really breathe well. basta masakit since early this morning pa... why? am i dying soon? sigh...

just in case, i have an "exit letter" for you guys:

dear ma, kuya, wawin, and friends,

i want you to know... i love you all and i treasure every moment i had with you guys... you all made my life extraordinary.
thanks for sharing my short but meaningful life with me. I thank God that our paths have crossed; it made me realize that life is really wonderful.
thanks for all the heart aches and pains, without them i may not have been a complete human. thanks for the countless laughters and smiles, these all graced my existence.
if i may have hurt you sometime in the past, i now say i'm sincerely sorry. please forgive me. and i now forgive all those who have hurt me.
if tomorrow, i may not be given the chance to see the sunrise again, i have cleansed my heart and i have expressed my love to all my treasures in life.

love,
caths

OA no? geez! hormones! haha!

3253

This is funny! I turned my phone dictionary on while composing my serendipity post. While trying to spell "fate", I accidentally punched in the keys 3,2,5,3. A word appeared, but it wasnt the word i was looking for so i hit the * key.. And there it was.. The 4letter name mentioned somewhere here in my blog.. Naloka ako sa sequence ng 2 words na yun! Did i say i accidentally hit 3253? Theres no such thing as an accident nga e! It was meant to make me laugh! HAHA!

serendipity

Last night, on our way home, we were listening to the soundtrack of serendipity. Allen said it was a very good record and i said to myself that yeah, i should get a copy someday.

I was channel surfing earlier when i chanced to see serendipity over this channel (whose station id, btw, resembles the logo of mcdonalds).. I remember watched that movie a long time ago with kuya. I didn't forget the plot but i forgot the details already.. I heard a couple of good lines. something like "there is no such thing as accident; everything happens for a reason and eventually constitutes to a grand plan. And this makes up your fate or your destiny".

Yeah, its a feel-good movie. If only it happens in real life.. Im saying this because i haven't experienced my own true-to-life-feel-good-movie yet.. One that will endure all tests of time and space and, yeah, maybe even distance - the most ominous barrier of them all. But i'm pretty sure others have their own feel-good tales to tell.. Proof that some time in the future, i'll forget that once in my life i said, "oh, stop! it only happens in
the movies!". =)

rape!!!

i saw the most disturbing thing yesterday. i watched "weirdest behavior caught on tape" and there was this video which showed a man with his pants off (knee-level; maybe he was trying to make ebs in the jungle) and an animal (i think it was a small elephant or hippo, i can't really remember). at first it seemed that the animal was only chasing the guy. since the man's pants were on his knees, he was having a difficulty running, so he just did his best to push the animal away... and then it appeared that the animal was really horny... goodness! somehow the animal managed to push the man down, the man's butt now exposed... and then!!! the animal started humping the guy! i couldn't really tell if the animal "got in"... but it looked really sick! the man was helpless and was literally "raped" by the animal... so animals could be rapists too?!? and they don't only rape their own kind? geeeeez! that really is disturbing!

i know this is a worthless post... but i can't help but post it!!! my goodness...

some annoying but amusing signs i look like a kid...

scenario 1: while running a bank errand for my mom, the banker (thinking that i was just a HS kiddo) was not treating me seriously. as in like joking around with me like i was a kid nga. he asked for an id and i presented my then college id. his eyes widened and he said "kolehiyala ka na pala!". it was then that he dealt with me seriously! haha!

scenario 2: my mom, kuya, and i were going to the casino (hey slot machine lang po ang alam ko ah!). syemps, the security people asked for my age. well, they were not convinced so mega ask pa sila when my birth year was! eventually, they let me in din naman. hello! do i look like a liar?!? haha! funny pa nga, i kept on psyching in my mind that "i'm above 18, i'm above 18..." so i blurted out tuloy "18" when they asked for my age... e i was 20 na ata that time... haha! bawi tuloy ako "20 pala hehe sorry".

scenario 3: the immigration officers at the airport sternly said, "ay pag minor po, kailangan ng DSWD permit bago makalabas ng bansa...". my mom said, "24 na yan". ayaw makinig haha! insisted that they require the DSWD permit... finally she had some sense in her system, and looked at my birth date... hello!!! 1980 yan! shouldn't you look at facts and not the physical hitsura?!? my gaaasss!

scenario 4: this happens quite often during reunions or gatherings with our relatives or my mom's friends. the usual how-are-the-kids stuff? then once they knew that i'm already working for almost 3 yrs now, ok eyes wide talga and, "huwaaaaaat? working na?!?! muka lang pinabili ng suka!" hay naku gasgas na yang linya na yan! 1billion times na sinasabi sakin! pede ba ibahin... "para lang pinabili ng candy" wag naman suka hello?!?! hehe umapila pa!

oh well, amusing nga (although annoying na rin minsan). better to be small and look young than be small na nga and look old pa, right? =) oh, petite is a better term! in fairness, HS-or-college-girl-look-alike na ko... nde na elementary harharhar talga!

waiting for an aftershock

Ok, fine! I thought of him today (actually, a lot)... So predictably, we had another intensity 4 earthquake at around 1030pm. Haha! I-associate ba ang earthquake dun?! Ang kulit ko kasi e! Sabi nang stop it e! But still, im doing pretty great! If i were an alcoholic, ive been sober for a couple of weeks now. Good job! I commend myself haha!

I cant sleep yet. Actually, im kind of afraid to sleep.. Anticipating the aftershocks (pessi ako ngayon a). The philvocs guys warned kse that there could be a couple of aftershocks pa e. Good to hear though that the intensity of an aftershock is always less than or equal to the intensity of the main (?) earthquake.. The earthquake guys also stated that we actually experience up to 20 earthquakes a day.. And there goes my feeling of security... Down the drain. Thanks a lot, earthquake guys!

Ok.. Looks like there'll be no more aftershocks.. Im outta here!




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toot-toot

i was browsing one of the appendices of a certain document here in the office. it contains all the cities in US (i think). that four-letter name kept on catching my attention... geez! out of curiosity (and wala lang), i searched and replaced that four-letter name and this stupidity(?) showed that there are 413 cities in US that contain the name... uhmmm... yun na nga. hehe!

ex:
FOREST[toot-toot]
[toot-toot]VILLE
CLOVER[toot-toot]
COTTON[toot-toot]
GARDEN[toot-toot]

hey, i did not violate any rules of moving on here... i just found it interesting hehe!

nagulat ako...

at about 1230 this morning, i received a rather surprising message from someone who's obviously sorry for what he's done in the past. i guess i wasn't the only one who received that message, right? i mean i know it's addressed to a number of people.

of course, my sympathy and loyalty is still with my friend, and i still think he is a jerk (i'm not sorry for feeling this way!), but i have to say i salute him for sincerely admitting that he was wrong and that he'll never love again like he loved her. well, no matter how sorry he is, it can't bring back the past and now he has to face the consequences.

sometimes, i wish we have this control z button in our lives. if we've done something nasty, hit control z and remove all emotions and memories from our being... start anew, and everything will turn perfectly well. but life just doesn't work that way, dear. he seems really sincere and bothered though. =( i didn't reply. i'm not in the position to reply anyway...

mushy but good

"Lana, i didnt come here 2 get you.. I came here to be with you." -Jason.

Who needs superman when youve got jason.. Haha! Darn it.. Why didnt they give that line to clark?! or better yet kay lex na lang haha rumble na ang characters... =) episode 2 is good =)

weekend ender

For my weekend ender, Oh my...Kuya asked me to watch this, what do you call this? Free style boxing slash wrestling (i really had to spell slash no?). This is not one of those too-violent-but-look-theres-no-blood type of wrestling... Man, they're bleeding! Too many punches! The floor is already blood-stained! Nasty!

For a moment, i thought the other guy's dead.. Hehe.. Brutal! Oh well, the game is (is this considered a game?) over. The japanese guy won.. guess they really have very high pain tolerance... Unlike me.. When i have to go, i have to go.. Napakadaling kausap.. Hehe.. Call it giving way for other people's uhmmm, convenience... =) and happiness...

if it makes you happy... =)

To start off with my rather peaceful weekend (all gimmicks are cancelled hehe), i cleaned my email inbox.. There are a lot of unnecessary clutters in there.. Remnants of the past i'm slowly trying to forget.. If you want to forgive, you have to forget; and the only way to forget is to empty your memory bins. Just a few more stuff in my room though. I have the whole day tomorrow to clean up anyway.. *triumphant grin..

I just wish everybody well... Like the song goes ~~if it makes you happy, it can't be that baaad..~~ You happy? Im kind of happy na rin! Pde na.. =) Everybody happy! No problem with that! Thank God for all my life lifters!

(off topic: he's joking, isn't he? Everythings just a joke.. Remember? Of course it's a joke - and a good one huh!)

we are UAAP champs!!!

im not a fanatic... didn't see the game either, but it feels good!!

flashback (twinkle twinkle...): i was a froshie then - the first and last time i watched a live game... we lost. haha!

girl will meet hawaii

donna and i were talking about how we sooo want to go to hawaii someday. Actually, it's one of my luxury goals, or should i say dreams?

Discovery travel and adventure channel used to air this girl meets hawaii show. I swear, i have this smile on my face when i watch it!! Then i say, "shocks! Ang ganda!" aloud and sigh, of course i still have that dreamy smile... Can't help it!! Haha! I miss that show! I didn't really know the time slot then, but when i happen to see it while channel surfing, ok eyes glued!

i think my chances are slim, but who knows? I want to be there with my mom! She's the only constant good and cool thing that i have. =) the second trip will be with my friends.. The third will probably be with the one i will love (yeah, i'm using future tense here =)).. And the succeeding will be with my hubby and children. Ok getting kinda far and off topic now!

Whenever ma or kuya asks me what i want for my birthday or for christmas, my answer is a constant and abrupt "trip to hawaii!". They just laugh... Hey! did i say something funny, dummy? Haha! Ask me what i want and then laugh at me!! Haha!

dear hawaii,

wait for me ha!!

love lots,
caths =)

random thoughts

something heavenly: an asteroid will pass by tonight. Wanna see it! Lampas na ata hehe!!!

something sad: Not feeling very well tonight... Head aches and nose runs/sneezes and throat coughs hehe tao ba mga itu?!?

something weird: It's september and the weather's simulating summer. Aloha! Woohoo!!!

something hilarious: Our impersonation of pudra... "madz, ibigin mu na aku madz!"...

something more hilarious: someone's clowning with my friendster account... That's so panny! Harharhar! Tickle me more!!!

something exciting: 86 days before Christmas! Oooh I want a counter on my site! Which blink blink blinks!!!

something frustrating: downloading 6.44 gigs of data from citrix... Spare me please!

something inspiring: I'm on my 3rd day in PDL =)

something new: pics on my header! haha tinadtad ng muka ko! wait til i fill the entire row! haha walang kokontra! this is my site!

something sweet: a couple of grandmamas and grandpapas celebrating their 50th wedding anniversary was aired on the news... Aaah so sweet!

something tired: me! (huwaaat? i'm a something?!?!) hehe... i'm outta here!

sat pics

here are some pics with abbie and dencia last sat...

this is teacher dencia's cube =)











in front of the new building (it was new when i was in HS!)...











maglupasay ba sa floor ng faculty?!? haha!











took us 1 million yrs before we could align=center ourselves in this pose...

no man deserves your tears, and the one who does will never make you cry...

need i say more?

crazy - javier

heard this over ASAP... it's a nice song... not really gaga over the lyrics (n/a with me anyway), but the music's really good. =)

Hmmmmmmmm......hey yea hey...hoooooowhooo....baby,

[Verse 1]
Kind of like a summer's breeze,
you do exactly as you please,
drop a brother to his knees just for fun.
I think it was the first of May,
girl I can't forget the day,
right then and there I knew you were the one.
Do you think that possibly,
you could spend your life with me,
cuz girl this love is growing, and it's hotter than the sun.

[Chorus]
I get a little bit crazy baby,
everytime you call my name
my heart beats a little bit faster,
after, you are in my arms again.
You try to fight it,
don't even try to hide it,
emotions falling down like the rain,
I can't find the words to explain it,
ain't it, crazy how i fall,
everytime you call my name.

[Verse 2]
It's kind of like a work of art,
you shot an arrow through my heart,
even though we're worlds apart I can't deny,
it feels like your apart
of me the finish and the start of me,
girl you are the heart of me,
and that's no lie,
did I mention that I love you so,
and I just want the world to know,
if I could you kno I would write your name across the sky.

[Chorus]

Crazy, crazy...
Evertime that your close to me,
I lose control of my sanity,
everynight, everyday, every word and you say,
girl do you know you put a spell on me.

[Chorus]

Crazy,
Everytime you call my name,
I don't know what to do,
I'm so in love with you.

a 1 en a 2 en a 3!

My bro's using the pc again so mobile blogging na
naman.. It's hard ha! I strain my fingers. ouch! Plus
there's no next line char here. It's replaced by
alien-like chants... Duh!
See what i mean?
Yeah,
that one! Nasty! 
Anyway, i finally found the
magazine i've been looking for! The one with the
exercise chuva article! I also found my dumbells - my
brother's been using it all along! Ayan! Im super game
to start (for the x to the nth power time) exercising
again... A 1 en a 2 en a 3 haha!!
I have a bad
routine... Wake up, work, go home, watch tv, quick
shower, and read a book til i fall asleep. Bad no? No
exercise in any form.. No wonder ive been having quite
a lot of chest pains and palpitations lately...

Coffee... I love coffee! 1/2 tsp coffee, 2 tsp
brown sugar, 2 tsp creamer - kraft is good! tastes
better than coffee mate... it's too bad though
that kraft's been out of stock in the supermarket (why
do we call it supermarket?) for a couple of weeks now
(dami kong side comments ah! daldal!)... and i
complain of palpitation... gotta stretch those muscels
now (what muscles?)...




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in heat

it's so darned hot today! maybe it'll rain later or tomorrow na.

went out with denise and abbie today. we saw this play sponsored by spcp... i forgot the title of the play 'cause we really didn't watch the play naman.. haha lousy viewer! we just made chika! the play's not that interesting anyway. it was held in the gym.

it felt good to be back in st. paul. brought back a lot of kindergarten, elementary, and HS memories. that's about 11 yrs of my life =). there were a lot of changes in the campus. my 4th yr classroom is now the principal's office. it's nice to see though that the chapel's still as it was... same with the flagpole.. haha! i remember a lot of happy memories, really!

we also went inside the faculty room and (guess waht?!?) we took pictures! we literally had a pictorial! goodness!

it was a good day! =) goodie good day =)

(but i was quite stupid and impulsive last night and early this morning! i now regret it!)

byebye ps2

while my mom and were in a burial ceremony in loyola memorial in guadalupe, i received a message from kuya that his PS2 was stolen (of course there was an oh-so-lutong-mura that i could almost hear when i read his message).

when we got home, manang told us the whole story...

12pm:
she was sitting ouside, watching the tricycles pass by, when a couple with their baby girl arrived. they looked for my mom and kuya and implied that they'd like kuya to be their baby's ninong. since they seemed to know mom and kuya well, manang opened the gate and let them in. they sat down and the mother opened her big bag and took out a small towel to wipe the baby's pawis... implying this time that they're thirsty. so manang got 2 glasses of water. and as expected when she went back, the "family" was gone! she tried to run after them but a neighbor told her that the couple rode a tricycle already. and when she went back inside the house to investigate what they took, PS2 was gone along with the controllers and cables and all... =( byebye PS2. they might have known the PS2 dvds were pirated 'cause they didn't bother to take those... either that or the shoebox of dvds didn't fit their bag haha!

the question is... is manang an accomplice? kuya raised the following reasons that prove manang is an accomplice:

point #1
kuya says:why did manang open the gate? she's been a maid for so long, she should know better that she should never let anybody in...
caths says:if i were manang, i would've done the same thing: let them in... it was scorching hot outside... poor baby girl. it was a new tactic, yeah, but maybe she just felt awa for the baby. also, they dressed rather well daw, neat and mukang happy family nga ang dating.

point #2
kuya says:why did the robbers bother to take everything, including the controllers and cables? if he were the robber, he would not take the accessories along anymore.
caths says:if i were the evil robber, i'd do the same and take the accessories... they're neatly stacked anyway and it'll take only a few secs to keep them all in the big bag. besides, it's more saleable that way.

point #3
kuya says:manang's been with us for less than two months. we don't know her that well so we shouldn't trust her yet...
caths says:that's the point! we don't know her that well, so we don't have the right to judge her (yet). although we really couldn't tell what runs in her mind.

my verdict, manang is not guilty... poor manang... she (and kuya too, kanya PS e hehe!) just became a victim of deception and ill intention. hope they use that PS2 well... =( poor baby girl...

pbcom

while this guy's "chanting" about something i'd rather not discuss here, i could clearly see pbcom tower from afar... and i'm reminded of someone who shared this fact to me, "pbcom is our tallest building...", and i curiously looked out the bus window... i didn't know it yet at that time so i was really amazed to know that fact.. like i was always amazed about anything and everything.

got to stop blogging! hello?!?!? i'm in the front row and i'm mercilessly blogging!!! =)

=) a super jolly(bee) day =)

Can't let this day pass without conveying my thoughts.
It was a great day!! Everything was pretty typical in
the office... The usual work and a lot of laughs and
teasings! Gosh! I bet i exert more energy joking and
laughing around than i do when im working!

Off by 5 to meet denise and abbie in sm (where else?). We bought
this tiny blue dress for michie's cute niece, cheska.
Then we headed off to jollibee for cheska's kiddie
party.. Ooh wow! A kiddie party! It's been ages since i
last attended one! Hehe! Too bad the games were over
when we arrived. We could've bagged all the goodies..
Haha! Agawan b mga kids?

Jollibee's really cool! He
went over to our table and joked around with us. I was
asking him to speak up. "pipe ka b, jollibee?" haha! He
didn't reply =( just kept on giving us high fives and
kept on shaking our hands. maybe he's really mute. Im
certain hes not deaf though.. Haha! Pag tripan b c
manong jollibee? When we were leaving, i felt pretty
sad for a moment 'cause michies leaving on friday. =(

on my way home, i passed by st andrew's adoration
chapel and so i just went in to say hi and thanks and
my i-lift-it-all-up-to-you prayers. It's a natural mood
lifter and i swear i felt greater and lighter when i
went out! I even had this little smile pasted on my
face while i was walking home! Cool!

And my day ender? Watched "say it isn't so" with kuya.. It was pretty
funny! Murphy's law could really work in full force
at times! And so i end my day with a smile.. And hope
for another good one tomorrow.. Hope? Work is a better
word.. And work for another good one tomorrow. =)



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trivia

nothing much to write... did you know?

for a day, the amount of dead skin cells that the entire human population shed would equal the height of a 4-storey building? thanks to dust mites - they feast on our dead skin cells. imagine yourself drowning in a pool of dead skin cells haha! ~discovery channel

if your pillow is at least 5 (or 3, sorry i can't remember) yrs old, 10% of its weight is made up of dust mites and dust mite poopoo... eeew! ~discovery channel

weekend paranoia

why do i get the most unexpected (the meaning of unexpected here could range from annoying to surreal to frustrating to funny to unbelievable) messages/calls on weekends? there's a pattern here! weekend comes and suddenly i'm stunned when i receive such messages... whatever! trying to move on here!!! ooooh! what's next?!?!? it's a mind game! =)

PS
*camille, nde ka kasali dito... haha i totally enjoyed our chika moment this morning! =)
*my title is exaggerated and oa... haha! as always!
*off to sleeeeep! =)

water

a friend once told me: when she dreams of water, she'll surely cry afterwards. and then it hit me that before i learned of the tragic truth last month, i dreamt of water. i'm certain! i can't recall the exact scenario, but i'm sure there's water.

also, just before my birthday, i dreamt of water; raindrops! i was playing in the rain in an unfamiliar place. the next night, i cried.

i don't know if it's just a coincidence. i'm not THAT superstitious either, but i just found it interesting that my most recent tears are preceded by dreams of water! i don't know if i'm just such a big cry baby or what... haha!

i just dreamt of water the other night. there's this resort with a BIG and DEEP pool! oh no! would i cry out loud sooner or later? we'll see! i didn't swim though... sayang! didn't even touch the water... we'll see hehe!

 uy feel na feel! 

fire drill!

cool! we had a fire drill at about 2pm. it's funny 'cause they vacated the parking lot since early this morning, but in reality, the parking lot won't be empty when a fire happens! haha! the event was graced wit all sorts of props like millions of manongs with helmets and water hose and a fire truck (arrived a little late though!).

this is the entire QA team (minus cristy). our good old building's at the background, along with the whole spi population. we were a little bored so we just took some pics. what else would you expect us to do when we're bored and left with a cam?!? haha!

next time, heed His signs

I feel sick today. My head aches and I’m not really in the mood to be cheerful today. I feel cold and unwell. I just want to lie down and sleep some more. =(

Woke up at 3am because my bed was shaking rather hard (or was I just sleeping lightly, I was thinking a lot about you-know-who before I slept), and then it hit me that we’re having an earthquake. I have this terrible fear of earthquakes but I managed to stay calm. I sat up on my bed and had my slippers on just in case I had to dash out my room. It lasted for less than a minute, but I was really terrified. Oh well, it ended eventually and I was just too sleepy to feel afraid.

I was cleaning my stuff some weeks ago and I found The Purpose Driven Life book, along with a greeting card. I was supposed to send it to you-know-who last Valentine’s Day, but for some reason I wasn’t able to send it. Could it be yet another sign? I really am so stubborn. I’ve been given all the signs I asked for and yet I ignored them all. Now I have to learn it all the hard way. Last night, it’s all coming back and I was just stupid enough to entertain the thought that I miss him a lot. Look what came my way… an earthquake! I now recall all the signs God sent me years ago that he’s not the one! There are quite a lot; I pushed them all away.

It’s ironic that I’ve given about 5 copies of PDL but I haven’t actually read it yet. Maybe that’s why I wasn’t able to send it. I was supposed to read it first before I give it away. I was supposed to accept that gift first before I give it as a present to somebody else. It’s next in line after Da Vinci Code…

Hope my mood will “mutate” later on. (Yeah, I really have to use the term mutate… and I imply I’m in a bad mood?!?!?)

bangag

I feel so light-headed today.

Backtrack:
Saturday night, total hours of sleep = 0. Reason, reunion and endless chika.

Sunday afternoon, total hours of sleep = 3. Reason, Sunday bonding with family. They insisted that I go with them to the grocery. “Hindi masaya pag wala ka…” aaah so sweet!

Sunday night, total hours of sleep = 7. Reason, helped kuya with office stuff and blogged.

Monday night, total hours of sleep = 4.5. Reason, talked over the phone with a friend ‘til 2am. Expressed my gratitude for always being there for me, hearing me out. =) I had a hard time expressing myself but I told him anyway – in the weirdest way possible.

Total: 14.5 hours

So for 3 days, I should’ve slept for 24 hours. I lack 9.5 or one night of sleep. If abusing your body is a crime, I should be in jail and rotting by now. Dear body, sorry for abusing you and for not taking care of you… *sob, sob. I promise to unplug the phone line later so I could sleep early. I promise to exercise every other night, starting tomorrow night (huu! Bola!).

Going home... off to sleep!

crazy reunion

it turned out i didn't wait in vain... am talking about the reunion here (not the other waiting for crap thing)... had the best laugh in months. it really never fails... reminiscing about events since way back kindergarten! haha!

after dinner, we stayed at abbie's uncle's house. their house is like a hotel with a lot of images of saints and other religious stuff 'cause abbie's uncle is a priest. so we drank, laughed, and got really rowdy in front of all these statues of saints.. haha! bad!

i didn't get some sleep. just talked and laughed endlessly! they were even planning to go to ek sana after the overnight but i felt so tired na i had to pass. sayang this one's a once in a lifetime moment with them and michie around... oh well i had enough good laughs. =)

tell me a tale

lies, lies, and more freakin' lies... oh puleeez!!!!

leaving

saturday = offset. exciting no! haha! but yup i am excited! am leaving in 20 minutes to meet my highschool chums...

last night, i had a good chat with mau and liza... we were so kalog as always... talked about nothing but shawarma! and samurai balls (i didn't know they have baby octopus in samurai balls =)) and back to shawarma haha! we're so baaad!

a friend asked me how i'm doing... "are you really ok?"... and i confidently answered, "yup!" as a matter of fact, i deleted his number already... this is my cure for my constant urges to send him messages. and yup i don't memorize his number haha! another friend reacted "ano ba binura mo pero memorize mo number!" haha! wee! another great leap of this creature called caths! and so i say again... one small step at a time and off to greater leaps... =)

and yup it's time to leap off this office now =)...

in dire need

Nku.. M here alone sa starmall LP.. M a bit early 4
our call time haha! So 1 hr is 2 much allowance..
sitting on this bench with one manong whos playing
games with his phone. Ok so this is the moment when im
in a dire need for blogging.. When ive seen all the
shops around here and everybody else is still on the
road. haha! was supposed to hang out in a net cafe
downstairs but the places packed.
Ok d bkground
musics my immortal. very timely. i was just thinking
some time ago that this songs so me. in a nice way.

its been quite some time since i was here in lp.
maybe way back college? thesis days? and an awful lot
more way back hs for practices. 
Just received a
message from michie shes some kinuva malayo pa.. Haha!
Ok..No sign of anybody yet.. So wait galore muna ko.
If after 30 mins, noones stil here,blog ulit!



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nothing to do

it's a friday night! i noticed just now that i use an exclamation point way too much... does that mean i'm almost always overly excited? haha!!! oops... there i go again! and again! haha! arrgh! stop it!!!!

katamad... tom, i have another 4-hr offset session... for our team building and leadership talk. ok this reminds me of francis kong. he's one brilliant guy! i really think he's a cool person. that was the first time i took down notes over a usually-oh-so-boring-talk. that talk was overly different... mede me really look at life from a different perspective. check out his site businessmatters.org... and his book, the early bird catches the worm, but the second mouse gets the cheese. haven't started with it yet but i could tell it's pretty good.

and tomorrow's another big day... off to meet with highschool friends 'cause michie's here! isn't it funny that the only time we get together is when michie comes home? haha! the last one was 2001. we'll probably have dinner and head off to tagaytay for a perfect bonding a.k.a reminiscin session... gotta sleep! can't wait!!! (and i end my post with yet more exclamation points... duh!)

michie's here!

ohmygosh! michie's finally here! if there's one person i miss, that would be michie gurl... =) she hasn't changed a bit... only she's become prettier!!! but she's the same old michie i knew way back grade 1! haha!

we went out for dinner last night with dencia and abbie. geez... we were so rowdy! haha like we used to be back in our school days... what else did we do but reminisce about elementary and highschool stuff! and laughed out loud! too loud haha!

after dinner, we forgot to take pictures and we agreed we wouldn't go home til we have some pics taken haha! so we tried to pose in the most "discreet" corners (like in front of watson's! duh! so much for being discreet huh!)... but everywhere we went, people just kept on noticing us and our posing posing... so i thought of going to this one hidden place... haha! national bookstore - specifically, folders section haha! nde naman sya msyadong hidden no! so there we were, made siksik so we would fit in my cam... haha! and this is the result...





what's a better place to take pictures than folders section of national bookstore?!?!bwahaha!

mama norriet and papa alfred

we met up with mama norriet and papa alfred last night at yellow cab in glorietta. yum! thanks for the treat! those two are soooo sweet! living proof that long distance relationships could survive (some creatures are such weaklings nga lang talga hehe!). i could actually see mama norriet's mom and dad in their image. haaay... so nice! it's just a little sad that mama norriet's leaving next year... and overwhelming that she's starting up a new life... exciting! yahoo!

we asked this waitress to take our picture... and medyo dinarag nya kme haha! "compress!" it sounded more like a command than a suggestion haha! "mam lipat kayo sa kabila para nde masikip!" haha! ok fine! we're leaving! haha!






earlier that day, we met maricor in power books. i have nothing to do with the guy in yellow... haha sumingit lang sya! hehe! we also saw strange couples-like-they're-in-luneta couples sitting on the reading area. we almost took some pictures but they left na before we could take some... haha! plus, we're terrified of manong guard haha! he scolded us for sitting in a non-sitting area.. sorry na nga manong e!



and earlier still, we took billions of pics in the office. lang magawa haha!

megazillion assignments

naku... since last week, i feel i'm back to my school days... with projects and all. as in! i've been "assisting" my younger brother in his homepage school project... suddenly all those html tags are alive again... hay! i actually enjoyed it and i enjoyed his amazement that certain crazy combinations of weird words and symbols actually result to a... tantananan! a site! haha syempre feeling magaling ako... "ano ba? di mo ba alam yan?" "aaah! lagyan mo lang ng form tag gagana na yan!" and if my suggestion actually worked, yeah! we do a high five! hahahaha! as if alam ko talga!!! hay saya! well, i think he's really satisfied with what he's done... =) hope he gets a good grade for it...

from young bro to big bro... my kuya naman, is asking about stuff about macros... haha! the last time i handled vb was... 2 yrs ago? sadly medyo rusty na talga ko sa vb (and all sorts of programming haha!)... pero i could make him uto pa that i still know something haha! so heto... mega review para di ako mapahiya haha! funny talga!

michie's here! i really can't wait to see her... we need to do a lot of catching up for chikas... and sumbongs! men! uughh...

oh... i remember, we have a new family bonding activity every sunday. haha! this is really exciting! know what we do?! we buy our groceries in sm sucat! haha well, we agreed that we'll watch at home ka dito and head off to sm sucat every sunday morning.. haha! the whole time that we "traverse" the grocery, well, we just have some fun and we actually bond that way! haha! babaw no! but it's really fun!

maverick and ariel

11 am - kuya and i went to mc depot (something like that) to look for good buys in the philips sale section. i was hoping i could find a good component, but the place looked like a warehouse sale... full of people (rich ones hehe) who were scrambling for the giant tvs (that only rich people would buy). so byebye component... maybe i'll have one next christmas hehe.

12 pm - kuya dropped me off in rp, where i met my HS buddy. watched the notebook... geez... we had a good cry there. it's been some time since i cried in the movies. well, i knew it was a good movie 'cause my kuya (whose heart is made of stone) commented that the movie is nakakaiyak... asked him if he thinks maiiyak ako dun. he said "oo naman! e yung mga walang kakwenta-kwentang palabas nga sa tv iniiyakan mo eto pa?!?!" haha! is it my fault if i cry easily?!?! huwaaaah! but i definitely find the movie very inspiring . uyyyy! hoping pa rin! who knows someday i could relate to the movie (actually ngayong pa lang, i soooo could relate na. dunno why)?


4 pm - there was this maverick and ariel mall show... dencia and i were dead curious what ariel and maverick look like in person so mega pa-simple kami na walking walking and waiting waiting for the show to begin haha! we bought mcfloat and fries pa! o diba ang hirap ng ginawa namin and kanda tapon-tapon sila while we're waiting... well, it turned out we waited in vain kse super tagal start ng show we decided to go home na. ano ba? i think those guys are cool pa naman. sayang didn't get to see them haha! uy pasimple!

5 pm - fx: on our way home (with dencia) there was this manang who talked with us. haha amazing how she found it that easy to converse with strangers. wala lang kakaaliw lang si manang.

bowling galore

wow... been quite a while since my last post. maybe there hasn't been anything that interesting to write hehe...

we're off to our team building - bowling! this is my second time to go bowling. the first one wasn't that bad... hehe!

going... going.... byeee! =)

_...ooo---~~~==='''""" after the bowling galore """'''===~~~---ooo..._

am home now! whew! bowling was fun... leah + caths + cathy = green team! aka blogger team (pde ring brother team) haha! i was kind of hiya hiya naman sa brothers ko... consistently my score was the lowest haha! but it was really fun! had lots of food too! and megazillion pictures! i'll post my ala dale-corrine pose here. soon!

oh... this is also the last day of dorots... dear dorots... we had a good cry when we presented our farewell gift to her. i'll surely miss that gal... esp we became closer when she came back from ohio. well, that's the way life goes... some friends come (lovers too) and some friends go (lovers too)... haha! duh! she's not really gone gone! she's just there somewhere! but it's still not the same though... with one member of the team missing. hay... well, this also signals the start of something grand for her. and for all of us too, i hope! =)