end of year blog

Has this year been good? not really. Many sad things things happened to me. frustrations. emotional pain. sickness. stress. but still a lot to be thankful for. For one my father was miraculously saved from stroke. These things happen for a reason. God would always be there in times of trials. and by believing in Him and having faith - it shall all pass and we get a lot stronger!

Lots of mishaps and for that I hafta generate another year's worth of promises. I am ashamed to call resolutions because it never gets actioned after posting 'em here. On top of my list would be regarding my health. Need to stay fit, exercise, eat right. Next would be financial. More mature way of spending money. Invest rather than spend. Love? It will just come around...

Come to think about it. Its not bad at all. It just makes me feel weird that it would be 2009... year after year, we just get older and maturity is something creepy for me. For 2009, all I wish for is to have an informed decisions (how to drive my life). Be more responsible and take a good look at life ahead and where I'm going. Tolja these things make me wet my pants.. :)

Christmas sickness -

and for the second time, I got sick again. the day after christmas, we all went to greenhills and ate lunch .. some shopping .. and overstayed in cheesecake -

end result. I got sick. Saturday. Sunday. Monday and Tuesday. Darn! a lot of plans got mixed up... even my first time to finally go to Baguio and attend my friend's wedding. Shesh... all bcoz of that URTI. and how many times I've quoted Dr. Wong's advice back in Sydney that i should not take antibiotics but mom wouldnt believe me...

good things from this ordeal... i lost 10 pounds. i was able to change mac's look - upgraded to Leopard (well its about time).. reminisced through some old photos back in high school, college and sgv days... and im just lonely that i can already count in one hand the days before i leave and go back to sydney. so many people to meet and things needed to be accomplished in so little time.. its just not possible now. :(

W2 and the gigabytes / Pasta fever

i know i got sick and stayed in bed for three whole days. its partly my fault and weather is to blame on the other end. but still the W2 should not be so mean. The wickedness is just to apparent and almost everyone is being blamed. i just have so much angst that when it explodes it produces undesirable rage.

the gig went well by the way. all i can recall is that we went to saguijo and realised that urban dub is not playing there but greyhounds is. I saw Borgy with his reggae looks. 750 bucks put into waste. tsk tsk... then we transferred to Libis where Urbandub is playing. Cafe or Club Dreid? something. Bands who played where Kwan, Fastpitch and of course Urbandub. Even Dennis T. was there. T'was nice and now I am officially a fan. They even sang 'Last Christmas'... cool.

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Since I came home at around 5am. My optimal sleep of 4 hours should endure the heavy day ahead. We went to Greenbelt for family lunch and to celebrate mass. Pasta fever - ate at Italianni's for lunch and fuzion for afternoon snack (and again ate pasta. My niece have this weird desire for pasta lately... and now i deserve to have my full 8-hour sleep.

absent on day 5 and 6 -

drats. sick for two days and just literally on the bed. my mom helped me recover. high fever. delirium. throwing up...

now i feel a bit better. ready for action? but too afraid to get sick again. my body's fragile. need to take more vitC's now.

missed the wedding of my Sydney friends - Ruby and Lito. Hey I'm so sorry guys. Don't worry I will make it up to you.

tom's another gigabyts nyt. planning to go to makati and watch urban dub, etc.... hey jaidy, wish you were here.. haha

day 4

day four. pollution. crazy jeepney drivers who don't turn their headlights on - its freaking night time already. but they just don't care!? traffic. it was just crazy and horrendous. 3.5 hours back and forth from makati to greenhills.

well... welcome to manila! haha but it was all good. i managed to buy a new luggage. the well-deserved retirement of concord luggie has finally arrived. it went with me through my asian trips (Cambodia, Korea, Singapore, HK and Thailand). My new one should be with me when i go to Japan this April or Euro tour this Sept. *fingers crossed hopefully i can make it*

greenhills? wtf - i just wanted to have more toys! i-touch and new blackberry. and i promised myself to save this time around... watta dilemma?

g4? traffic was just b***s***. ended up just hanging out in G4 Bux. and I discovered this cherry drink... it was like the signature hot choco back in sydney. it was just soo dark, small hint of cherry but blends well. Jaidy would've loved this for sure.


currently, im just taking some rest. trying to recover from this exhaustion. i reckon i'm sick but i told my mom 'how can i be sick if my appetite is like this?' while getting my second serve. also have this severe colds - they got me hot fresh calamansi juice and it was the best.

so for day 5 - i might just sleep all day. but plan is to accompany my mom to SMB for christmas shopping... if i have the energy i want to bring her to ATC...

day 2 and 3

POEA. Shopping. Shakey's. Starbucks. Malate. Friend's place. Home. Glorietta. Burger Machine.

Obviously it was so exhausting. I got tired. Slept all day.

*POEA was quick just because I paid some premium to deliver it to me directly to my home and I don't have to wait for the pointless queue.
*Shopping - nothing much really. So many things I wanna buy but with money constraints. I ended up just buying some mossie items and got myself a new book. fantastic-
*Shakey's... Oh it was so great! I missed this pizza. Nice mGr pizza with mGr (Karla - you know what I mean!!). Laugh-trip.
*Starbucks >nothing new. just wanted to have a new planner - and now it comes with a pen
*Malate? Just for drinks. Music's good just like Oxland but not as spacious as the latter -
*Friend's place. Hangout for the drunken night. Breakfast at Starbucks. Tuna sandwich. Nothing special..
*Glorietta. Was able to buy jeans and shirt at Mossimo. Free flip flops. HiM mag and Woody Allen's book. Twilight. I know its overrated but still ... Twas nice. Then starbucks (its getting closer to ze planner)...
*Burger machine. Yummy for empty tummy. And its cheap hey.

Now its Day 4 - still hafta know what happens....

day 1

been home every christmas. actually i've been home 2x this year. i still cant help but feel overwhelmed each time i hear "Welcome to Ninoy Aquino International Airport!". though i haven't slept and was dead tired from full day's worth of flying, some moments remain priceless. the look on my family's face when they saw me. i just really missed them... esp my nephew and niece seeing me back - it takes away all weariness.

today we went all day shopping @ duty free. chocolates. perfume. grocery stuff. eating my old time faves-Chowking. Jollibee. some things can make you happy no matter what the cost is. the cons of course would be the all time humidity. keep me sweating like my forehead's faucet was broken. another would be the mozzies. had heaps of mozzie bites all the time. and i just cudnt sleep last night.

holiday is here. balikbayan's everywhere you go. duty free is jam-packed. the dollar was reasonable at Php 47 per $1. But prices aren't that cheap. but hey, people would still buy heaps and heaps of chocolate. filling their carts like there's no tomorrow. i guess it comes with the usual notion of giving giveaways.

now i'm just taking some rest. and i hear the weird weird voice of a basketball commentator. people cheering. balls bouncing. clapping. ahh.. the familiar basketball league. and again, it didn't surprise me to see a poster of pacquiao in duty free. so many things on my mind that kept me mesmerized with how we filo's enjoy the zest for life. christmas carols. christmas lights. simple laughter. family reunions. indeed i would never miss christmas back home.

hey, i missed polosport parfums! got it again and shared the twin pack with my brother. yipee.

Chillin' at Changi

This is it. Few more hours and I'm home. It's funny how I used to love shopping at changi. But with the weakining of aussie dollars, sing dollar is almost equal to AUD. Only thing I spent was a well-deserved "the ultimate" from coffee bean.



Then I watched heroes, rearranged files and finally achieved a sense of relief (doing number 2 *haha).



I feel exhausted. Half a day travelling really drained my energy. I desereved a nice jollibee treat when I reach home.

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Pressure is on...

[ This message was typed earlier on but I was too stupid to have pressed something on my BB and the whole message was erased. The sound may not be as realistic as what I had typed before. ]



This never happened to me. It was my first time that I'm literally running and catchinh for my flight. Remember home alone? Yeah I was like the family running with all my baggage. Weird enough (maybe through the surge of adrenalin) it didn't feel heavy at all.



its all because of that verdello white wine! I took a sip at 3am and told myself that it wouldn't hurt to lay down a little. Unexpectedly my eyes began to close. The nap took about 2hrs. Good thing, PJ called me up! I was in such a rush that I don't know where to start!



- my carry on bag wasn't pack yet

- house is a total mess (niko forgive me but I wasn't able to even commence cleaning)

- haven't eaten, showered. (Haven't done number two for crying out loud)



I managed to storm out of my flat before 6am. My flight is at 8am.



Charge it to bad luck but I was trying so may times to check in via internet but it remained futile.



... Good news! I was able to make it. Bought some souvenirs and still have 5mins to type away my thoughts.

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Overload

Its thursday! One last day to go prior to my holiday leave. Got so much on my hands. Backed with frustrations - it just can't be done. I became much aggressive now at work. I guess this originated from my training on 5A. Learning to say NO! Haha...



I just don't want to exceed my capacity. Burnt is not an option. So I decided to shop with friends. Already bought the last few that I need to bring home. Jeff de Brughes. Oakley. Clinique. Damn, they're so damn lucky...



Tomorrow's going to be really hectic. I just wish it'll all be finished. And I wake up and I'm finally home with my family.

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Sporky I-dog!

Got myself an early present.
Meet Sporky, my dancing music partner!

rants and rave

its quite awhile since i blogged. i missed it.
here are couple of ups and downs happening to me lately:

- was able to buy two tickets to coldplay's concert. wohoo!
- was way beyond my budget! its indeed a credit crisis...
- was able to finish my pies (internal meetings)
- was not promoted to manager
- was able to buy reese and more reese!
- was put on another week's appointment for property inspection
- was able to clean my flat
- and worst of all my gotenks' head from my keychain was completely destroyed... :c

two of my friends lost their job
my other friend was finally accepted on a good job
my other friend will resign from her job
and i now feel that i suck at my job

its not always rainbows and butterflies
but come to think of it
there are more things in life than work -
and now im realising that there's still much to learn...