ILOCOS Trip- April 16-18, 2012

                The farthest north that I have gone!Whew.

             We hunted for airfare seat sale for months but no no avail, we decided to do it by bus. Yup! On the eve of May 15, sunday, we hurried to Partas bus terminal in Pasay hoping to get a deluxe bus going to Laoag. Deluxe. whoah! Well, it's like a standard bus where you can recline your seat to the max and have a goodnight sleep. Less passengers, too! Well, that's how I can describe it. hehehe.  We phoned in of course before going there to be sure that we have the slot but to our surprise, once we're there, the bus wasn't available. So we contented ourselves with the deluxe bus going to Vigan instead (Php795). Oh boy! 10 hours of bus ride! Good thing I always find my sleep cooperative anywhere, anytime. So we left Pasay at 1900 (Partas do know how to spell PUNCTUALITY) and arrived in Vigan at around 0400. We took a bus from Vigan to Laoag (Php 158).  

                 So as what it was, an all-girl trip to north! With me were Laila Ibay, Esmie Bayawa and Debbie David. :)

Galera - April 8, 2012

Puerto Galera - The. Most. Practical. Beach. Getaway
 So here are some of the photos!With me were Cel, Tnoi and Ed. :)

  

One Saturday And I Was On Leave

Gusto kong magsulat.

Ngayon. Ngayon mismo. Yung walang tigil. Walang humpay. Walang ieedit kundi ang spelling na eventually typo din naman later. Kung anong maisip, issulat ko.

Sabado.

Dapat may trabaho. Sa kabutihang palad, ipinasa ng isang katrabaho ang leave na dapat ay para sa kanya. Presto. Petiks mode.

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Im thinking of my mom. Earlier I had my dinner, alone as usual at a not-so-fancy restaurant somewhere and I saw a mom and her two daughters eating opposite my table. A strike of bitterness hit  me. I have always loved the idea of treating my mom of something when she was still alive. The problem was, back then, I was still at school. I still want to give her a treat though. If only I could…

100 To Do’s for 2012

So it was in the first week of this year when a friend told me how he was planning to have a list of 100 things to accomplish for 2012… At dahil inggitera ako, nag-joinsung rin ako sa idea. Why not, diba? Hehehe… here is my list… in random order… simple lang naman sila...nothing fancy..chos! pero wag ka, simple lang daw pero hindi ko pa machechek-an jan yung iba...hehehhe...I made sure na achievable sila… yung iba frustrations… yung iba para idisiplina lang yung sarili ko… yung iba long-time  dream…oo, dream na maii-consider… yung iba kailangan ng tulong mula sa iba, yung iba kailangan ng budget at yung iba kailangan ng tulong ng tadhana..ni Miss Fate….

To Ed, … let’s see kung ilan ang machecheck-an before the year 2012 ends..hehhee…

Babala: Pagtitiyaga sa pagbabasa ay kailangan.

1.       Color my hair red ( as in ) and see what will be the effect!

2.       Photo with a celebrity

3.       Never miss a day to feed ASIMO - my alkansiya (kung ma-miss man, may multa)

4.       Ceiling inside my room

5.       Color my fingernails gold

6.       Hair rebond before my birthday and before xmas

7.       Go to Boracay

8.       Wear a skirt

9.       Watch Hunger Games with CVG friends in March

10.   27’’ waistline (maintain measurement for a week!)

Frustrated of Downloading Before Sunset's Best Scene, I Resorted To This!

Before Sunset

Scene VI – The Car Ride

Location notes: Quai Henri IV is located on the Right Bank just west of Pont d’Austerlitz.

Jesse: Glad somebody does. Now, this is better than the Metro, right?

Céline: Definitely!

(The camera cuts ahead of the car, leading it as it pulls onto the main road. The conversation continues.)

Céline: I was thinking...for me it's better I don't romanticize things as much anymore. I was suffering so much all the time. I still have lots of dreams, but they're not in regard to my love life. (Cut to interior of the car.) It doesn't make me sad, it's just the way it is.

Jesse: Is that why you're in a relationship with somebody who's never around?

Céline: Yes, obviously, I can't deal with the day to day life of a relationship. Yeah, we have, you know, this exciting time together and then he leaves, and I miss him, but at least I'm not dying inside. When someone is always around me, I'm like suffocating!

Jesse: No, wait, you just said that you need to love and be loved...

Céline: Yeah, but when I do it quickly makes me nauseous! It's a disaster... I mean I'm really happy only when I'm on my own. Even being alone...it's better than...sitting next to a lover and feeling lonely. It's not so easy for me to be all romantic. You start off that way and after you've been screwed over a few times...you...you…you forget about all your delusional ideas and you just take what comes into your life. That's not even true I haven't been...screwed over, I've just had too many blah relationships. They weren't mean, they cared for me, but... there were no real...connection or excitement. At least not from my side.

Jesse: God, I'm sorry, is it...is it really that bad? It's not, right?

Céline: (Shaking her head with eyes nearly watering.) You know...it's not even that. I was...I was fine, until I read your fucking book! It stirred shit up, you know? It reminded me how genuinely romantic I was, how I had so much hope in things, and now it's like...I don't believe in anything that relates to love. I don't feel things for people anymore. In a way...I put all my romanticism into that one night, and I was never able to feel all this again. Like...somehow this night took things away from me and...I expressed them to you, and you took them with you! It made me feel cold, like if love wasn't for me!

The Best Experience for 2011!!!

Yoooohoooooo!!!!!!!!!! I am soooo proooooud of this!!!!!!!!! 

My Travels for the Year 2011

    The year 2011 is the most travelled year for me. I will always be thankful for the people responsible for making my travels safe and memorable. I was able to put my mark from Luzon to Mindanao plus one international trip pa! I think it is fun to take a peek on those trips one by one...

Galera (January 30)

     

         This started it all. With me were my teamates Debbie David, Esmie Bayawa, Tere Domine, Dinah Salazar, Kristel Riano, Cj Mendoza, Ryan Presaldo and Chad Miclat. We wanted something outdoor and something cheap so Galera Getaway came into being!

This One Never Fails to Make Me Smile

Camiguin Pictures

Taken on White Island, Camiguin on November 6, 2011.

Who Are You?

join me in one of my trips...

That Night

That night when my feet felt strange on a distant place

When a wish for a great night seemed to get blurred

I saw you standing, gauging, smiling.

You were a rugged type as they had described

And what do I think of rugged men?

Guess Who's The Newest Product Endorser of Bench!!!!!

Tandaradan...............

(drums roll)

I Bought This Pair of Shoes For Only Php299!

Wahahaahah!

See my colorful fingernails???hhehehe

I bought this pair at People Are People in Glorietta. I asked the store associate twice if the price was right. The display I saw was a size 39. Good thing Kuya looked for my size. 36. 

Photo Courtesy of Khervin

While playing cards with " the amigas"

Raven While Playing Angry Birds

There is a curious bird!

Of Why This So Called Loyalty To Jollibee

      I remember taking a pledge before the year 2011 started. I promised not to eat at any fast food resto, particulary Jollibee because of the accumulated fats inside my belly. Suddenly on July 30, 2011,  I told myself, " What the heck! I want Jollibee Spaghetti right now." And so began my ever loyalty to Jollibee again. That morning, aside from the spaghetti, I also had my hot choco, Creamy Macaroni Soup and Regular Yum!

Wednesday Tambay

Date:                   October 5, 2011, Wednesday
Venue:                Tnoi's residence in Sulawesi Island (we don't know exactly where it is)
Event:                 Long-waited Tambay
Participants:        Rose, Tnoi, Ed and Cel

Details (my own version):

a week or two before  -everyone had agreed to meet on wed, oct 5, wed being the rest day of Tnoi and me. the last time I saw Tnoi was in May when we went to Coron.
5:00 - Tnoi texted me that he could not accompany me on surprised Nanay Lita's (Ed's mom) birthday celeb
7:30 - I texted and called Tnoi that he should accompany me because he said yes last night
8:00 - Tnoi called and said yes. He will wait at SM Calamba
9:30  - finally I got inside the Greenstar Bus
10:00  - I texted Tnoi that I was on my way to SM Calamba
10:00-ish  -Tnoi texted that he won't be with me that he would rather do the cleaning of his place since we will be coming over later for our tambay
          - I told Ed that it was just me alone coming to his mom's birthday.

Karen and Mom

       I love the voice of Karen Carpenters. Hers was the voice that didn’t need high notes just to prove a point of what a good voice quality is. I was influenced by my mom when it comes to liking the Carpenters songs. When she was still around, Karen’s songs were part of our family set up. She used to sing along with videoke whenever she could. My mom’s voice quality sometimes had given me goose bumps. I was in my early teen when we had that videoke player that she really had a fondness of. Love Me for What I Am, Just Fall In Love Again, There’s A Kind of Hush, You, Yesterday Once More, Solitaire, Only yesterday, Love Me for What I Am, I Won’t Last a Day Without You… these are just some of the songs my mom and Karen influenced me.

One Saturday

        Today is saturday and is my last day for work. As always, I am stuck here in my room. I'm bored. What a productive life I have. I had a dinner with Ed the other night. He told me that he and Tnoi met to watch a movie. Catching up on each other's life. Tnoi, according to him, learned to make sure that his rest days will be spent out productively. For example, when he started to notice that he has been into dvd movies for quite a time, he would get up and go out somewhere. Go out somewhere. Why can't I do that?