Finally, after almost 3 years, I managed to change my phone because my sister paid for it first. Haha :) I have to pay her monthly phone bill though until the phone gets fully paid. Fair enough :)

I got the Nokia 6500 Slide and my sister got the Nokia 6500 classic.

      



And yeah, that ends my blog post. At least I remembered to blog about it :)

After having dinner with Jules, Erwin and their officemates, I went back to the office to finish more work. But since I wasn't in the mood yet, I decided to go to the Prison Break website to check out why there was no new episode last Monday. While typing the "PR" on the address bar, Pol's Friendster profile address showed up so I decided to go to that address instead. Why not, right? I haven't seen it for a long time. And then, I got what I deserved. A new picture of him and a new girl, yet again. I felt bad - READ: jealous. I don't want that feeling anymore. It's been 1 year and 6 months. Jeez. Now, I'm not in the mood to work. Shet. I don't deserve this.

Had my first Cold Rock ice cream. Low fat (?!?!) chocolate ice cream with Reese's peanut butter cups and white chocolate. Yummy! I love it! Next time though, I won't add white chocolate. It made me chew a lot, instead of just swallowing them together with the ice cream.

Go watch the movie Hairspray. I absolutely LOVED it :)

I wanna watch it again!!! I asked my HS friends yesterday if they want to watch it, they said no because I've watched it already. Duh?!?! I'm the one asking if we can watch, surely, its OK with me to watch it again right?

Burned lotsa cash last Saturday at the book fair huhu. I'm cash strapped! Nevertheless, I loved the books I got - my 2nd Sarah Dunant book, the book I've been eyeing for months (A Million Little Pieces), The Bible Code, and Ate's favorite author (David Eddings). Since I got 4 books of the same price, I got a free book. Yay! :) I can't remember the title right now and too lazy to look for it at Amazon. Its the sequel to "Why French Women Don't Get Fat."

It was also hard for me to go back to the book fair because during last year's book fair, I remember calling Pol while I was waiting for my friends to finish their book shopping. I remember telling him getting the Roddy Doyle book I've been looking for years. And it was the last piece at that. I told him I was meant to buy that book. He couldn't quite comprehend why I couldn't find the book for years. Yeah, me too. I dunno if it was just always out of stock or they never stock that book at all. Ah, memories :)

Got coloring and activity books for Dana and Vera as well. And Mom's puzzle book. Which reminds me, I have to ship it to Davao within the week.

Also bought The Golden Compass, since its being made into a movie. Hehe :)

'Til next year's book fair :)

Been busy with work. I'm waving my arms already that I'm drowning but it seems that everyone else is drowning as well.

Anyway, I have a new fave jeans and its the one I bought at the TopShop sale last August. I believe it was meant for me because its W28-L29. Its a common size so I never thought that I could find one. Maybe I love it because its been a long time since I bought TopShop jeans. Ever since the advent of skinny jeans at TopShop, I resorted to buying jeans at Dorothy Perkins. The jeans are great but not that great like TopShop. I just LOVE TopShop jeans. And TopShop in general haha :) The last top I bought at TopShop was cute according to my officemate.

Yeah, I just had to blog about my new fave jeans. I just love it so I had to blog.

Took this quiz today: Which Transformer are you?

And the result:

I AM
77%
JAZZ

Jazz

Jazz picked his sports car form because it’s the epitome of style. If there’s one thing he digs about Earth, it’s human culture.

Like Jazz, you are good by nature. But beware because mischievous thoughts sometimes tempt you. You want to be a leader and show some promise, but you have much to learn. In addition, you enjoy being one step ahead of your friends as far as trends and technology.

Take the Transformers Quiz

I occasionally play Second Life. That's where I became Bratinella Schumann. So I really got a good laugh when I saw this parody site of Second Life. Go check it out. Hope you'll have the same laugh as I and Jojo (officemate playing Second Life also) did :)

Two weeks later and I still receive comments from people "Nakita kita sa TV!" Oh God! Please stop. I just want 1 day of fame and not two weeks.

Pudge told me he's going to HK on Friday so I told him to bring me See's candies as pasalubong. And then he replied, "Are those the champoyish ones?" What the heck?! The See's candies are far, far, far from being champoyish. Jeez. So that it will be clear to Pudge what candies I was referring to, I sent him the URL of the image of the candies.



When he saw the image, he told me "Oh those. Hindi aabot ng Pilipinas yan kasi kakainin ko na yun kaagad." Oh jeez. Thanks friend, that is so sweet of you.

Bumped into Charo and Jovan at Rustan's yesterday and I ended up going to their house. And that means, I got my Ikea Skubbs as well. I was so happy when I got them. After eating dinner, I spent my evening fixing my cabinet. Hauling everything out in my cabinet and organizing them in the Skubbs. Weee! :) Super babaw (and OC) of me! :)

Now, I have excess Skubbs :) Haha :)

And oh, this is how the Skubbs look like. The one Jovan got for me are in white while the one I got in HK last year are in black.



PS. I blogged about my Skubbs in Multiply (and my first blog at Multiply) and I surprisingly got replies. Haha :)

Seph's mommy, Mommy Lydia, texted me today asking if the Ktext of Bruce and Wendy are already activated. I normally don't mind if I still get queries about Ktext since Ktext is my baby and I'm like a proud mom of that product. But today I did mind the query because it was about the 2 people I hated the most when they were still inside the house. Haha. I know I shouldn't be biased because they have contributed and will continue to contribute revenues to ABSi but I just don't like them at all. Period. Enough said. Haha :)

Of course, Wendy did not reply. Whatdya expect from someone like her? Haha. Peace to the Wendy fans. Bruce did reply asking for instructions on how to go about it. But when I replied back and asking for feedback, I never got feedback. Oh well, its their loss.

I'm thankful that Mommy Lydia has in some way helped my baby Ktext. She has seen the benefits of the product, apart from the monthly royalties his son gets, and she wants to share it to the newcomers in the industry. Thanks Mommy! :)

I wanted to blog about something a few days back but now I can't remember it. Anyway, I'm sure I will be able to remember it again one of these days.

Two weeks ago, CGS challenged us, the mobile powow team, to level up, so that we can drive more revenues to the company for the balance year. I might take that "level up" thing to heart. I had my interview with them last Tuesday. And I will have another one next week or the week after. Even if things are exploratory at the moment, I'm having separation anxiety already. Haha. I don't know why!!! Maybe because I've been with ABSi ever since I started working. I've had good and bad memories here. Gained and lost friends. But all in all, I learned a lot from my 7-year-stay here. I've attempted to leave lots of times already but I always chicken out and decide to stay. This time, lets see wait I decide on. I'm hoping that the package is good. Jules and Leah are also hoping the same.

When I saw CLK in the office this week, he told me "O, andito ka pa?" Haha :) I wanted to reply, "Malapit na." But I replied "Of course!" And then he gave me a high-five. I just find it funny that it happened the same week I had my interview.

Aside from hoping that the package is good, I'm hoping that PMP will let me go. I know CGS will let me go, but I'm not quite sure with PMP. We have this certain bond since we both "belong" to "The Chicks" group - me, PMP, Liza, Fiesta, Jules, and Erwin. Though we don't go out anymore, we have remained close and in touch with each other. And its only me that and PMP who are still with ABSi in that group. That's why I have a strong feeling PMP will not let go of me easily. May pagka feeling man ako with my assumption, but I know PMP quite well to know what he'll decide. I'll work that out with God. Haha :)

Gotta eat dinner. Watching Rush Hour 3 in a bit. Ciao!

My officemate Dencio confided to me early this week that his girlfriend will be working in Japan for 2 years. He asked me what he should do and what they should do. I actually felt funny when he asked me for my insights. We all know how dysfunctional I am when it comes to personal relationships. Anyway, I told him that long distance relationships (LDR) are really hard. It's a test of strength for both parties. I told him its not an easy task. He said he wanted my insight on LDR because he knew that i just had one. Haha. Since I couldn't expound on how the relationship will go since I don't know the girl and I hardly know Dencio since I just know him from gimmicks and our long employment here in the office, I just told him to set a weekly chat session with his girlfriend to catch up on things. And to call her at a regular date. Hearing someone on the other end does make a difference. I told him as well that dropping quick notes (Friendster, YM, etc.) aint bad. It helps the person go through the day. Trust me on this one haha :) And most of importantly, I shared with him my one of my love lessons, and that is to pray together. All he could say was, "How sweet!" Haha, that's me, sickeningly sweet when it comes to relationships.

After 2 days, I asked Dencio how he was and he said that his girlfriend agreed on my 2 suggestions, the regular chat sessions and phone calls. They've even set the days already. How lovely! :) I felt happy because I knew they were both willing to work things out. It's always nice to know when couples decide to work out their relationship come rain, come shine :)

Yesterday, Dencio shared with me that they prayed together for the first time. Dencio said it felt good after they prayed. And his girlfriend wondered why they were not doing it before. I told Dencio that I was so touched that they followed my suggestion. He thanked me profusely for bringing it up with him. And I greatly appreciated it :)

Even if mine didn't work out, I realized that it doesn't mean that I will not be able to share my love lessons with others. That it will not be applicable to them as well. I just hope and pray that everything will work out with Dencio and his gf after 2 years of LDR. If God is in the relationship, I wonder what could possibly go wrong :)

I'm still dying to have this! Sigh.

SOMEONE HELP ME GET THIS!

Whenever I hear D'Sound's As Long As I Sing, it never fails to lift up my spirits.

Song goes like this:

I’ve seen so much betrayal
still I believe in fairytales
I’ve cried through nights and days
Still I give my heart away
I’ve listened to the songs,
folk telling me my wrongs, I’m singing:

Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh
Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh

I’m never in control
of my deceiving soul
I yearn so desperately
for someone to depend on me
I don’t know anymore
if I’ve ever loved before, just singing:

Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh
Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh

Now I’m empty. No one holds me
and no one touches me
Knowing the night is a relative thing
as long as I sing…

I JUST LOVE IT! :)

Sandara has left the country. Again. But this time, I'm not sure when I'll be seeing her again. Not like her previous trips where we, her friends, know when to expect her back. Sigh.

I told Patty yesterday before going to her despedida and today before picking her up at her place, "Hindi ako iiyak." because it would mean to me that I've come to terms that I may not see her again. I succeeded yesterday but I failed today. I cried but not the hagulgol type. The "The Buzz" cameraman was recording everything when I kissed her goodbye. I might look kawawa on cam that's why I restrained my crying. Haha :)

I will surely miss Sandy. I'm hoping that I will still get to go out with the friends I met and gained through her.

Cheers Sandy! Wish you all the best as always! :)

I miss talking to someone :) Someone who will listen to your stories however mundane it may be. Someone who can share your feelings, dreams, and fears with. Someone who'll share their own stories as well.

I always come to this feeling at night because Pol and I used to talk 11 PM til the wee hours in the morning every single day. And it was the highlight of my day. Not the party I went to, not the clothes I bought at the mall, not the laughs I shared friends and officemates, and certainly not the comfort food that I had that day. It was always the time I get to talk with Pol on the phone. I developed then a certain comfort in hearing his voice on the other end of the line.

But as we all know, I can't dwell on those things anymore. I've inched my way to moving on and I think its the best for me now.

As I've said in my previous post, 'til the next one comes along :)

This is the Harry Potter Boxset Books 1-7. WOOOOOOOOOW! Go check it out in Amazon

Leaving Davao later and going back to my second home, Manila.

My 28th birthday wishes:

1. Good health. For me, my family and friends.
2. More friends. Better relationship with friends.
3. Though too much to ask from God, Someone :) Not necessarily being a relationship with Someone, but someone I can share my life with and someone who wants to share back his life with me.

The Mundane ones:
1. Out of the country trip :)
2. Shoes. Take note, shoes, and not slippers.
3. Weight loss.

Happy birthday to me :)

I'm just here at home, in Davao, lazying the whole day. Still on my Prison Break marathon since Sunday. The bad news is, the (pirated) DVD is only up to episode 15 of the second season. GREAAAAAAAAAT! Now, I'm itching to watch the rest of the season. But where the heck will I get it at this hour?!? Anyway, I'll just watch the rest of the episodes when I'm back in Manila.

Anyway, my 28th birthday is pretty quiet except for the birthday phone calls and messages :) Even though I haven't rested because of the Prison Break marathon, at least I did not spend it alone in Manila. At least, I was with my family for a change. I last spent my birthday with them when I was 16. When I was still in fourth year high school. Man, that was yeaaaaaaaaaaars ago. I feel old. Not that old, but old. Like what Ate Corina said, I'm in my late 20s. Haha :)

I'm just not good at handling my birthdays. If I could just skip that day, I would. I don't mind the plus one in my age, I just don't want to experience that day. Yeah, weird of me. I have what they call the "birthday blues." Haha :)

I can say that I'm happy now because I know I'm a better person. What I've experienced when I was 27 was like a crash course on love and accelerated levels on life. Though it took me almost a year to get over Pol, at least I'm very thankful for all the things I learned during and after my relationship with him. He may never be able to forgive me and he may never want to be my friend again, but I'm very faithful about it. I've been asking God to let me have a boyfriend for years but he didn't grant it immediately. I was very patient about it. But when He gave me Pol, I totally forgot to bring Him in the relationship. I still don't know why how could I have not done so. It was taught in my theology and philosophy lessons. I've read it in magazines over and over. I've watched it on TV gazillion times. Yet, it was one thing I didn't do.

Yet God was the very first one I turned to when Pol left me. When the grieving took a lot out of me, God was there to comfort me. When I was crying in the dark for hours and in my sleep, God made sure I woke up to a brand new day. And of course, friends were there. They made sure I was not harming myself. That I was not sulking in the corner of my bed. That I was not crying in my office cubicle late at night. And my favorite vodka made sure I was physically numb and tired to think of Pol.

The better me is very excited about having a new relationship, even though I still have no idea with whom I will that have with. I'm excited because I know I'm bringing God with me this time. That God will be the center of the relationship. You may think I've gone super religious, but that's what I have learned from being faithful towards the situation.

The past year at work has been very good. I got promoted to the managerial level. Yeah! :) Though before reaching that, I was already on the brink of leaving the company I was with ever since I left college. I had low morale because my officemates were leaving, too much politics and the itch for more money. That coupled with my heartache, were enough to drive me nuts. I knew I had to focus on fixing one problem first because I knew will not be able to handle it. Since I knew Pol will not remotely be friends with me, I decided to fix my work life. I submitted resumes left and right. I had interviews before going to work. But still, here I am, working for ABSi. Bored with what I'm doing, but here I am, still working at my 7-year relationship with ABSi. And I think I'm here to stay. Nah, I don't have issues with loyalty =p

So that sums up my 27th year :) You'll never know, I might be excited to celebrate my 29th birthday next year with this new disposition that I have. Again, happy birthday to me :)

Snippet from a Regina Spektor interview:

A person should come home and think about their life and what they’re doing to making it better, and have fun with their friends – just their own world. And that way good will radiate outwards from them. Instead they flip something on and they’re like, who’s cheating on whom, or who’s divorcing whom. People are watching movies to see if there’s real chemistry between two actors.

I LOVE what she said! Sometimes I think I have become too jaded to care what's happening around me but really, its how things should be. I should have fun with the people who are important to me. And not dwell on little things.

Read the full interview here.

Domi asked me for the ringback code of Wendy (Valdez). I said: PB666. And then he replied, "Gaga!" Haha. I'm so corny, I know. Anyway, I did reply Domi the right ringback code haha :)

There is no petite line in the Kate Moss collection. Heartbreak.

I was so disappointed when I asked the saleslady if there are petite sizes for the Kate Moss jean I was eyeing and she replied, "Wala po." Great! Why why why?!? Come on Topshop, do come out with petite versions. Please. This short Asian is begging. Haha :)

I'm not exactly a Transformers fan. Heck, I can't even remember watching them when I was a kid. I do know them, but I can't replay an episode on my mind. Well, I wasn't exactly watching tv when I was a kid. We weren't allowed then. So it was just me and my books. And mom's magazines. Anyway, I digress. I was so amazed with the movie! I love it! Makes me wonder even more why I couldn't replay any episode in my mind. Its either I really haven't watched them when I was a kid or I'm just getting old. Thank God I live in the era of movies where any graphic or animation is possible. It makes movie-watching worthwhile.

Great soundtrack, super duper graphics, good story = I LOVE THE MOVIE.

Jihan asked me if I still had trouble sleeping. I told her I'm having nights of blissful sleep ever since I had that massage in Bataan. Oh wow! This is the benefit of massage then! :) I think I'll have one regularly from now on.

YM-ed to me by Ernan:

Havaianas talking to other slippers: "We are the best slippers! We are superior than anything else!"

Spartan: "Tumbang preso nga?!! SPARTANS! PREPARE FOR GLORY! AHHOO AHHHOO AHHOOO!"

My friends are really mean to me when it comes to my slipper fancy :(

This time last year, I was madly in love for the first time. Back then, I've been waiting for him for weeks already to tell me that he loves me too. But as of press time, he's in love with someone else. Of course, to "commemorate" last year's big event, I visited his profile and I'm just so happy that he is happy. I wished that upon him because I couldn't make him happy. The relationship may have been pretty short, but I learned a lot. I never imagined I'd learn all that from my first relationship.

Shall I say, 'til the next one comes along? :)

I spent my weekend at Mei's house in Bataan. And it was a weekend of "firsts".

We left Manila Friday evening. When we arrived at the bus station, oh my, the line was snaking. I was kidding Mei the whole time we were in line that there will not be enough buses to transport all the passengers. By the time its our turn, the bus crew will tell us "Sorry, we ran out of buses. Try again tomorrow." But thankfully, I'm just weird enough to think about that kind of situation and we arrived Bataan around 11 in the evening. It was my first time to go to Bataan.

Tita Wilma, Mei's mom, told us Friday night that we were going to Subic Saturday morning. Since Mei and I are lazy on weekends, we woke up late so by the time Mei's mom was finished with her morning errands, we were still not ready to leave. We arrived SBMA around lunch time and I was so awed since it was my first in SBMA. Hell yeah, I had fun shopping :) Thank God! I didn't bring lots of cash with me! Or else I would have bought a whole lot more. Haha :) I was able to buy the lotion I have been looking for a long time already, Palmer's Cocoa Butter. I was very, very ecstatic when I found it in the shelves.

Then we had late lunch at Pier One Subic. Nice beachfront view :) So breezy and unconventional for a Pier One franchise. Afterwards, we walked along the shoreline, to burn off what we ate. Haha :) Just kidding. Tita Wilma wanted to show me around Subic. And then we went to Subic proper. I was just laughing in my head when I observed that it was a "Gordon" country. Gordon bridge, Gordon village, Gordon street, Gordon politicians, etc. You know how it is here in the Philippines. I don't need to elaborate :)

But the real treat for the day was the body scrub at a spa in Bataan. My first time to have a full body scrub. Haha :) Let's not go into the details since it involved being naked in front of a lady stranger and the said stranger scrubbing your body for about an hour. Funny thing was that the stranger told me I had lots of dead skin in my legs. That didn't sound nice but I surely had a good laugh. Must have been very noticeable for her but not for me since I get to see my legs everyday. Haha :) I also had a massage after the body scrub. My first time as well.

We had to go back to Manila the following morning. Mei had errands to do for her mom back in Manila. But no! She wasn't able to do it since we were both tired from our weekend fun :)

Number of Firsts: 4 :)

This is the funniest spam ever!

From : Ktumbali
To : ktumbali at gmail dot com
Date : Jun 16, 2007 8:33 AM
subject: Good Health To You

HAHAHA! That really made me laugh.

The Level 3's in the office have a tax shield benefit. It means collecting food and gas receipts. It also means encoding the details (total invoice, tax paid, invoice number, date of invoice, TIN of establishment, name of establishment, address of establishment) one by one. And I did that awhile ago. It took me 3 hours to encode my May tax shield. Haha.

PS. My back aches from sitting upright for 3 hours.

I just had a weird conversation with one of the daughters of a former president of this country. I'd rather not dish out about it. They might send me to jail and I will never get a "Get Out Of Jail" pass.

Ah shet, patay na patay pa rin ako sa kanya.

I just checked my Friendster account after months of consciously avoiding logging in. I swear my hands were trembling. And of course, stupid me, I checked my profile and there it was, his testimonial to me. Of course, I saw his new pic with the girl right beside the testimonial. He's happy in the picture. Well, I wished that upon him, to be happy. Wish granted then.


I know, I'll be happy soon :)

I'm feeling blue right now. Maybe brought about by the colds but I can now say that I'm not gonna be part of Pol's life ever anymore. I've lost all hope, even in my daydream thoughts. I wish I'll be happy soon, like him.




PS. This just struck me. Maybe I'm feeling this way because 2 weeks from now, it will be our anniversary, well, supposedly. Nah, I won't linger on that thought. It'll just crush me into pieces.

This was how I spent my Philippine Independence Day long weekend:

Saturday morning: Office. Overtime. Too much work.

Saturday afternoon: On the road to Laguna for Sandy's 3rd year showbiz anniversary party. The car had no aircon. We were all inhaling the fumes of the vehicles all the way from Quezon City.

Saturday evening: Sandy's slave at some resort in Laguna. Helping in preparing her party. I smelled like liempo after. Too bad I didn't get to use the bath tub but the hot shower was enough for me.

Sunday morning: On the road back to Manila. That was a pretty fast ride. Thank God!

Sunday afternoon: Glorietta with Jules and Erwin. Dinner and movie (Paano Kita Iibigin).

Sunday evening: Playing with Nigel. He made me sleep in his plastic bed. I was so afraid to move because the bed might not be able to sustain my weight.

Monday morning: Back in Katipunan by lunch.

Monday afternoon: SLEEP! ALAS, SLEEP! Sent birthday greets to Charo and Wency.

Monday evening: Trinoma with Yay and Pudge. My first visit. Free dinner and free alcohol courtesy of our Russian comrade Louie.

I definitely had fun :) The lack of sleep was totally worth it. I wish I could spend more weekends like this.

Forced to work on a Saturday. What a bummer! I sometimes work on weekends but that's my decision. I just hate when people ask you stuff at the last minute, on a Friday. Jeez.

I watched Ocean's 13 last night and I love it! :) I had a good laugh :)

And so was the girl on my left. She had both her feet on the chair! And she was laughing like she owned the cinema.

And I must say, Brad Pitt is still hot, hot, hot!!!

I love taking pics where I can see misspelled word/s :) Here are the latest pics:

Hachooo! I've been sneezing the past two weeks. I think I need to see the doctor so that I'll know what's been causing my nasal allergies.

They told me we will just have one round of beer. I had three. I'm dizzy.

Yesterday, I had Tokyo Tokyo for lunch. And then Kimono Ken for dinner. No Japanese food for me today. Please.

Inno texted last night that he was in the ABS area. Not even in the compound, but quite near the compound. Awww, how sweet of him to remember me. Its nice to know that friends remember you once in a while :)

And I went to the CD sale again. I bought Stereophonics' Language.Sex.Violence.Other? and Bloc Party's Silent Alarm Remixed. Haha. CD spree!!!! And the sale is extended. Oh no. Bad, bad, bad extension.

I want to cry right now. People borrow money from me, as if I don't need the money too. As if I don't have bills to pay like rent, water, electricity, labandera, etc. They ask me to pasa-load to them or ask me to call them and talk for a lengthy time, as if I don't pay for my own phone bill. I don't even have savings to speak of, for crying out loud. I buy clothes in the ukay-ukay shops just so I can have "new" clothes to wear in the office. My weekend lunch costs P35 only. Even if it tastes really bad, or I'm so sawa with what I'm eating, I eat it, just so I can spend a little more on myself when I'm in the office.

But its really not fair when a person borrows a huge amount from you, but an hour after you agreed to lend the person the money, you hear the person say "Tara order tayo sa Amazon." Ugh! It's not just right at the moment. Some other day I guess, but not on the same afternoon. If the person only knew that the money I lent is all I have in my ATM. Sigh.

Not because I'm single means I don't have bills to pay. Or that I have savings. I live on a per payday basis. I wanna lug around a poster or placard which says "I'm poor. Don't borrow money from me." Heck! I can't even afford to buy a new TV or a new electric fan. Jeez. And they have the guts to borrow money from me.

I know its my fault too because I can't say no to my friends. You know me, I want to help people. Because I believe in good karma. That when the time comes I'm gonna need the money, they will let me borrow also. But I'm afraid that will not be the case. Sigh. I want to cry.

I've been losing sleep. As in, I sleep at 12 midnight and I'm wide awake by 3AM. That is so strange. I can't catch up on sleep on weekends because I'm going out with friends. Haha. I know I have to prioritize my health that's why I'm begging Jules to give me Tylenol sleeping pills. Please, Jules, let me have some!

I took the day off from work yesterday because I wasn't feeling well. My body has been aching since Friday and then I went out with friends the whole weekend, thus stretching my body limit. Now, I'm shivering here in this freezer office. Sigh, I'm abusing my body. But I had to go to work today because I need to confirm the salaries of my staff, which was due yesterday. Yeah, I'm a good boss haha :) Just kidding! I don't want to experience not getting paid on a payday. All for good karma :)

I just spent 2K on CDs. make that 2.5K since I was at the CD sale yesterday. I think I bought around 20 CDs. Haha :) I can't remember all the titles and I can't bear to see my stash because it makes me feel guilty. I'll probably check them again this week. Haha :)

O M G! I can't wait for the new Maroon 5 album. Check out the behind the scenes in Amazon.

Terrific, terrific musicians! AAAAAAAAAAAH! I love them!

Just when I thought that my work week is over, just when I was just killing time by surfing the Net and downloading MP3s, just when I wanted to take a leave from work today, that the biggest problem of the week was unveiled. Our technology and content partner accidentally deleted our catalog of polytones. JEEZ. And since I'm the content person, I have to be on top of this. Which explains why I'm still here in the office. Great, just great.

When your roommate texts you, "one little two little three havaianas, four little five little six havaianas..", I think its time to stop buying slippers. Haha. I am aware though that I have lots of slippers already. And I have vowed not to buy a new pair anytime soon. Not unless, there's a sale sign haha :)

I am trying to couple the raintones with some graphic content.

I have a couple of questions:

do you get rainbows after the rains?

do get thunderstorms with lightning as well?

Here we go again with the weird questions from our Italian partner.

I don't know what to say. Trust me, he's asking innocently but its kinda stupid. Halp me answer! Halp me!!!!!

Halalan 2007

I just finished exercising my right to suffrage. I woke up around 8 in the morning and I walked my way to the precinct a little after 9. Yes, I walked. Its just right across the building where I live. Of course, before reaching the exact area, I was bombarded with sample ballots. I had a handful mind you. Thankfully, my precinct number did not change from the last elections. But I had a hard time finding it. While looking for my precinct, I saw Dindo Pumaren. Ooh, the brother of Franz, who I voted for again. Anyways, it took me less than an hour to finish the whole thing. There were only 5 seats per precinct so we had to wait when the seats were all filled up.

I knew it was gonna be hot, so I wore a sleeveless top. A red, sleeveless top, at that, because I saw on TV, when I woke up, that the President is wearing red today. So, I grabbed my red, sleeveless top. Haha, yeah, I'm easily influenced.

I just hope my ballot gets counted. Well, cheating doesn't happen on the individual ballots but on the election returns. So, I think that's fine with me. To all those not voting, you don't have a single right to complain on the results haha :)

on multi-tasking

Are you a multi-tasker? Like what our bosses want us to be? Read this article then. Interesting insight :)

An officemate turned 29 recently and it scared the hell out of me because it made me realize I'm turning 28 on my upcoming birthday. Can somebody stop the time?!? I can't believe I'll be 28 soon! Yeah, time flies at lightning speed.

I still don't know who to vote for tomorrow's elections! Only the Kapatiran Senators are on my list for now. And Chiz Escudero because I like his style. And Angara because Jules coerced me to vote for him. She's friends with Angara's daughter. Haha :)

My family is voting for TU. Because they are government employees. They are not voting straight TU but majority of the senatorial ticket will be TU candidates.

My sister said the opposition has been hitting on my aunt on the local AM radio stations. She's a government treasurer and the opposition is claiming she's been collecting taxes illegally. Haha. Funny, we should be driving Audi's by now if she was doing that. Heck! They even dug up the heart transplant of my uncle. The opposition is claiming we got the money from the government to pay for the hospital bills. Haha. My lola will rise from her grave if she knew what they have been saying. And I bet, they wouldn't be talking about that if my lola is alive today.

I never imagined something like this would happen. It's so telenovela-ish.

Happy Mother's Day! :)

Speaking of, the guard at the ground floor lobby greeted me "Happy Mother's Day!" OMG! Do I look that old already and be mistaken to be married or have a kid already?!? Oh my. Oh no. I think I need to dye my hair again so that my white hairs will not be visible and I will look "younger." Haha, pathetic attempt to cover up age.

Erwin called me up earlier to tell me Nigel was with them. So I immediately rushed to where they were and played with Nigel.

I asked Nigel if he wants to eat and he said "I want 1 hotdog and 2 bread." That means, he wants a hotdog sandwich. Haha :) He thinks the sliced bun are 2 pieces of bread. So cute :) He kept on saying that the hotdog is yummy. Poor kid. Haha :)

And then he found out that my celfone has games. And he kept playing until my phone almost ran out of batt. As if he understood what he was playing! He was just pressing the keys around. Haha :)

Afterwards, he was showing off and was dancing Akon's Smack That. Hahaha. Terrible dance. Even his parents don't know where he got the steps.

It's so nice to play with kids once in a while. You kinda wish you were still that innocent :)

just finished

Book: Shopaholic & Baby
Author: Sophie Kinsella

I've been looking for the paperback version of this book since last year and its always out of stock. Alas! I finally saw a paperback copy at Fully Booked MoA last week. So I grabbed one (along with Teri Hatcher's Burnt Toast). Finished reading it over the weekend :)

Another addition to my Kinsella collection :)

must have

Alnum: Rhythms Del Mundo
Artist: Various Artists

Tracklist:

1. COLDPLAY - Clocks
2. JACK JOHNSON - Better Together
3. ARCTIC MONKEYS - Dancing Shoes
4. DIDO and FAITHLESS - One Step Too Far
5. IBRAHIM FERRER - As Time Goes By
6. U2 with COCO FREEMAN - I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For
7. MAROON 5 - She Will Be Loved
8. KAISER CHIEFS - Modern Way
9. OMARA PORTUONDO - Killing Me Softly
10. VANYA and RDM featuring QUINCY JONES - Ai No Corrida
11. STING - Fragilidad
12. VANYA and RHYTHMS DEL MUNDO - Don't Know Why
13. AQUILA ROSE and IDANIA VALDEZ - Hotel Buena Vista
14. FRANZ FERDINAND - The Dark Of The Matinee
15. LELE featuring RADIOHEAD - High And Dry
16. IBRAHIM FERRER - Casablanca (As Time Goes By)

Bought this a few weeks ago at Amazon.com and I love it! And then I loved it even more when I read that the profits of the album sales will go to a climate change awareness and disaster relief charity. Yeah!

But you know me, I originally bought this because there's Coldplay on it. Haha :) And with my fave Coldplay song Clocks at that. So I knew I had to have one. But now I'm loving the Dark Of The Matinee. You gotta listen to it, its in Cuban.

Go buy one now! Super sulit! Do check out the Rhythms del Mundo website.

A few days back, it was reported that Jinggoy Estrada will run for the next presidential elections. I was brushing my teeth then and I stopped what I was doing because I couldn't believe what I was hearing. And then Jules texted me asking if I was watching the news. I replied back with "Let's get out of here." I was so surprised by her answer "Let's relocate to Spain."

EASY!

I don't know if she was serious or not, or if I will laugh at her reply. Well, let's see on 2010 if we will relocate or not. Haha :)

Our Italian content partner asked me these questions:

If there is anything that can help us to get further insight on what the rain season represents for pilipinos, that would be great.
In many countries rain is perceived like a drag, and understanding how the season is perceived would be of help.

Mind boggling for those who live most of their lives in a tropical country, where there are only 2 seasons. Rain or Shine. I couldn't gather any insight as I perceive rain as just part of our daily lives. Its summer now but its been raining the past 2 days. Its that weird getting asked that question. Its like getting asked by a sociology student for a thesis paper.

The first thing that came to mind was "wet feet." Stacey said rainy season depresses her because she remembers when she was still a kid, her parents wouldn't let her out of the house.
But today, since its raining, it means she's gonna get wet because she doesn't have an umbrella. Haha :)

Rain is romantic, as we've seen in countless movies and tv shows. Sharing an umbrella. Kissing in the rain. You know the drill.

Rainy season though may mean power outage, floods, and water-borne diseases. Rainy season here in the country is beneficial to the grade school and high school students as they almost always don't have classes when there is a typhoon visiting the country. Haha :)

Rainy season is not something as we look forward to like how people look forward to having snow or the change of color of the leaves come autumn or the bloom of the flowers come spring. Its not a sight to see nor an event to get excited with.

At least, it got me to thinking outside the daily grind of work haha :)

So what's your insight on the rainy season? :)

English of Pechay

Mei and I were discussing last night about the politician Pichay and how his campaign is very effective. And then Mei asked me the English word for the vegetable, pechay. I couldn't answer her because I didn't know the answer.

So today, on our way to work, I asked Tec. She answered me, "repolyo". Oh-kay, "repolyo" is not an English word. In the office I asked Stacey, and she answered "cabbage." A few people popped me their responses as well as it was my YM status. Only Julie got it right. Chinese cabbage is the English translation for pechay. I confirmed it with Wikipedia.

Afterwards, people asked me why I was asking. I said, "Nothing." Really, there's nothing to it. Just a simple question that needs to be answered or else it will bug the hell out of you.

Interesting day so far :)

Lesson for the day: Don't catch up with your ex' friends. They'll just tell you updates that'll break your heart.

nakamamatay

Lifted from the MMDA signs, i say "Huwag mag check ng Friendster, nakamamatay." My heart did die though last Thursday. Those 3 words "In A Relationship" were very painful that day. Thank God! Friends were there to rescue me. And the Myx Live taping of Up Dharma Down lifted my spirits :)

Watch out for Up Dharma Down's cover of APO's Kaibigan in the second installment of APO covers :)

blogging again

So many of my friends knew about my blog and then they would pester me with questions about my post. Sometimes they forget how private I am. That if I don't tell you the story, don't even try to pry. That's why my old blog had updates via Twitter only. Haha :) Just so it had updates.

I felt I couldn't breathe. I knew my friends will quiz me forever on my posts. Whatever is in the blog, that's all you're gonna get. But I guess they couldn't read that from me. But I say, curiosity killed the cat. Haha :) I would most probably clam up more and nothing will come out from me.

Anyways, so much has been going on with my life that I want to express it somewhere. So here I am, in the middle of work, creating a new blog. I hope this will help me move on :) He has.

Sigh, why is the L word, life's pre-occupation?