my 2008 christmas

lemme see ... generally, it was all the same for me this christmas ... well except for a few things like 1)we've decided not to have our usual monito-monita this year, since at the end of the day we end up giving everyone a gift so what's the use? 2)i was not able to give gifts to my ates and kuyas due to lack of prep time and 3)i almost did not make it for noche buena, good thing we were able to arrive in manila by 11PM. we (the choir) had a singing engagement at canyon woods tagaytay, we sang at the christmas dinner of the residents ... we started singing at 730, left the place at 915, arrived in manila at 11PM ... goooooddddyy!!! ... there was one "unusual" thing which as my sis would put it "it's christmas, let it go" ... so rather than allow it to ruin the christmas spirit, i just let it go and enjoyed the rest of the celebration ... so at the end of the day ... it was still ONE HAPPY CHRISTMAS ... :)

i love it!

i'd say one of my fave movies last 2008 ... who wouldn't want their edward cullen right? it's his character that draws us (girls) to him ... it seems that men like him are hard to find these days ... but then again, in my heart i know there are still "a few good men" out there ...

buntis ka ba?

kanina sa mrt, since i came all the way from taft station i was able to get a good seat all throughout my ride to Shaw station and a lady with a protruding belly was standing in front of me. i kept on looking at her and her belly kasi i was trying to decipher kun buntis sya o hindi. kasi kun buntis sya, i'll offer my seat to her, eh super di ko talaga ma-decipher, kasi mukha talaga malaki lang tyan nya eh, grabe! kulang nalang nga itanong ko kanya "miss buntis po ba kayo?" kakahiya naman, so wala, all throughout my ride habang iniisip ko kun buntis sya, tinitingnan ko belly nya, pero hirap talaga i-conclude kun buntis nga sya e. pero nung pababa na ko i stood up and i offered to her my seat pa din ... pero pero (uli) iniisip ko pa din kun buntis nga sya!

p.s. ang galing ng bagong exit-entrance scheme sa taft station ngayon, di na sya nag-clo-clog katulad dati .. very good!

the downward trend

tonight on my way home, a realization struck me which made me smile ... and i was so excited to put it here kasi i want to see the trend talaga, baka makalimutan ko eh.

i consider CMC as my first serious job. a few months after i finished college i joined the company and i was with them for 3 1/2 years; and while with CMC a Ms V called me up and offered me a job at her advertising agency (PCMAG) where i stayed for about 8 months and i probably would have stayed with the company up until now had it not closed down due to bankruptcy. i rested for a while, hoping that PCMAG will be revived pero wala na talaga. and after about 8 months of rest TT offered me a job in a company where she was working for, JVS, where i stayed for about 8 months lang, kasi DB from MMPI asked me if i wanted to do events, eh am not happy na with JVS, so i resigned and joined MMPI and stayed with the company for 2 1/2 years. i got tired of MMPI so i left and i went freelance for about 8 months. my life was at peace then, until another friend of mine, MC invited me to apply at CPK, eh wala naman mawawala sa ken, so i applied, i got hired, i got tired then i resigned after 1 year.

not counting the companies where i stayed for a few months, it seems that there is sort of a downward slope in the trend of my length of service in a company -- 3-2-1 ... and my resting period would last 8 months tops ... and then, lo and behold ... it's been almost 8 months again, and i am once again part of PFW, for RP, an old friend (JE) invited me to join his company.

3-2-1, after 1, ano na? will i stay? will i last? will i ... ewan? ... and then direk A (older sibling of my friend who invited me) talked to me kanina and started making bilins and gave me pieces of advise, saying "mukhang magtatagal ka dito, basta i-enjoy mo lang, balita ko magaling ka daw (naks! eh gusto ko sabihin sa kanya, sus maryopes! eh di ko nga po alam kun pipirma uli ako for next season, at di din nga po ko tumatagal sa mga kumpanya eh!)

pero sabi ni JE pinagdasal nya daw ang pagkuha nya sa ken ... ako? pagdating sa work eto lang parati ko prayer these days "dear God i lift up with you all the uncertainties i am feeling now, i do not know which company i want to work for, or what kind of job i really want to do, in fact i do not know if i want to be employed (again). you know the deepest desires of my heart dear God, kayo na po bahala..."

we'll see, pero as of now, for the past few days i have been working my ass out, i am enjoying ... and i thank God for it ... for now .... :D

7 months ....

it's been 7 months ... i've been counting since the day i left my old job, because for the past years (and based on records, hehe) it would take me about 7 to 8 months and then i eventually get a job, as in i get to be an employee again. and now am contemplating really hard if i should accept an offer for a company which will bring me back to the world of fashion and events; and to "test the waters" and see if i really would like to be part of the company for quite some time, i have accepted to work with them for one season, or about two months, and from there we could both gauge if we belong together or not ... so help me GOD.

still am keeping myself busy with all the other stuff, and though august was truly a busy month for me, i am looking forward to october for another busy month.

Philippine Fashion Week ... here i come! hehe

i grew up with them ....

we are the sacred heart singers (who got together through AKBAY -- '83 pa ata yun -- a choir group in sacred heart church, composed of people from all ages) ... and the video you are about to see was taken during our last christmas party ... i grew up with them -- most of them i call "ate" and "kuya", since i've known them since I was like 8 years old ... we were there for each other through thick and thin (literally! yun iba sa kanila payat pa nun eh ... hehe) ... through ups and downs, laughs and cries ... most of our members have left already, but what's good about our group is that, kahit mawala ka na nang matagal na panahon, alam mo in your heart, na may babalikan ka ...



Sacred Heart Singers Christmas Party 2007 - video powered by Metacafe

si don cuervo, bow!

july 27, 12AM, I arrived at my friend's house for a stag/shower party (yup! combined) ... no there were no strippers or dancers, but just friends enjoying the last "singles" party of a couple who's about to get married on 08-08-08. immediately when i entered the door don cuervo greeted me ... it has been quite awhile since I last saw him ... and I missed him! hehe ... I drank the shot minus the lemon and the salt, yum! haha

a few minutes after, another friend of mine our "tagayero" offered me a mixed cocktail with gin, which I welcomingly drank ... and needless to say ... there were more "tagays" offered to me ... and sadly though we (me and another friend of mine) were already hiding from him, he has a way of finding us, so we had to drink the last few "tagays".

i went home drunk (or i'd say, just reasonably tipsy) and numb (from too much alcohol)... and tired from all the "kulitan", "tawanan", and "picturan" ... and we haven't been drunk for quite some time, and odd as it may seem, i kinda miss the feeling of being "reasonably tipsy" when you just laugh your heart out and be as "mababaw" as you can be ... though the only setback is when you lie down your head is spinning and the next day, you get a terrible headache, which i remedied with paracetamol and (more) sleep ... :)