It's almost Christmas

Hours from now and it will be Christmas...I think I'm going to stay alone in my apartment or maybe I will go to my Team Leader's house and have a noche buena there. Anyway, I'm not yet decided on what to do this evening.

Christmas, a very important holiday...a season of love, sharing, giving and forgiving. Thinking about the things I've done and the blessings that I've received. I can say that I'm such a lucky person. I have a great family, good friends and a nice job. I don't have many responsibilities. I only look after myself and my family doesn't expect anything from me. I can say, life is so good to me. I didn't really experience hardships like others do but then I think there were times that I just took my blessing for granted. For this Christmas, I would like to wish for other people and for myself--for me to be a better person. hahaha!

Twilight and a little bit of shopping...

Yes..I hang out with my one and only apartment mate, Kareen. It's been a while since we really talked. We live in the same apartment but we didn't even have time to talk. Well, I was just too busy these past few weeks and I know that she didn't want to disturb me. Anyway, we decided to go to ATC and watch Twilight since my groupmates and I only have one more paper to revise and everything was almost done last Sunday. Before watching, of course we had our dinner and minutes before the movie starts, I saw a big SALE sign in CMG...well, I went crazy and I bought black ballerina shoes and one pink bag in just a span of few minutes..it was really awesome. It was a best buy...thank god! I passed that store...Then we went to the cinema side of the mall hurrying for we might miss the movie. I think I can't forgive myself if we've missed a part of that movie...well, I've been dying to watch this movie ever since and then when it was officially out, I didn't have time to watch it..that sucks, right? When the movie started, it was kind of disappointing at first because the Edward in my imagination is too handsome, well correction...beautiful compared to Edward in the movie but then the whole movie was kind of all right...not too bad. I was giggling and so excited when I watched it..some kinda like a teenager reaction...hahaha! Oh! I really want to watch it again...too crazy and I want to read all of the four books again...hahaha! Hmmm...a question keeps on bugging my mind...Where can I find my Edward? Imagining things again...silly..

It's over for now...

It's been a month or so that I've been cramming and busy and now, it's really official, all of my papers were submitted since last weekend and the last paper was submitted yesterday...Oh! I can't believe that I was able to submit every requirements. I thought I'm going to have an INC this sem but then there's still one problem--grades are not yet out..that will be this coming Friday and I'm not excited to find out what my grades will be...

Anyway, I really want to thank those people who were there for me especially my group mates. We've been through a lot and I'm glad that we made it. I think we're getting good in handling pressures...no much tears and crankiness and we can still manage to laugh at our mistakes...hahaha! I'm just glad that it's over..I feel like I'm so free today and I feel like shouting (party mood). I can now watch DVD, read the books that I want, shop for Christmas and meet some of my friends. Speaking of friends, I'm so sorry that I didn't have time to spend with you these past few weeks. I hope we can go out one of these day before the year ends.

One semester down...many more to go...

Excursion sa Enchanted Kingdom

Team building--
Destination: Enchanted Kingdom
Team: TeamJanbie
Date: Friday, December 05, 2008

I know that I don't have the right to have fun 'coz of my deadlines. I have papers to submit and I only have one more week to finish all of my papers. Anyway, I didn't regret that I joined our team building. It was fun even though I had a headache when I reached home and there were things that I had to do hours before I go to school. I was stressed out again and I didnt have the right to sleep since I spent my Friday afternoon having fun in EK. Well, I had to do my school stuffs...Again, sometimes cramming brings the best in me...

Going to the horror house...I think it was the the most unforgettable event. When, we entered the horror house, my TL's flip flop got broken maybe because everybody was pushing each other. Anyway, it was chaotic. When we realized what happened, my teammates and I laughed so hard that I almost roll and crawl because of my TL's reaction. Instead of getting scared, my TL was shouting to the "scary people" and was pissed off because of her flip flops. She even asked one of the "monsters" to help her out.well, I think we entered the wrong house because I though it was a comedy house...

The time I spent with my team was memorable and enjoyable. It's so nice to go out and have fun once in a while instead of just staying at home and cover myself with books and papers...hahaha! It sometimes make me feel so geeky and outdated.

Let's get married...

OMG! My heart stopped for 20 seconds...I'm speechless...

Burn out...

I think I'm too young to feel this way but I'm really burn out. I'm so tired of working and studying. Too tired that I dream of having nothing to do but just stay at home, sleep, sip coffee or tea after waking up or during afternoons, watch TV or DVD, surf the internet,read books, eat and sit. Basically, just stay at home or stay in a place far from civilization. A place where there is a nice view, maybe a mountain or sea. I want to be a bum...this is my dream. If others dream of being on top, having a great career and be competitive. Before, these are parts of my dream and now, I don't want this kind of things anymore.Maybe I still want them but not as much as I want them before. I'm just too tired to go after these things. I think what I want is a very simple life. It's just me who is making it complicated. The things that I'm doing now are giving me headaches and stress. I'm giving myself a year or two to finish what I started and after this, I'm going to live my life without much stress and pressures. Others might think that I'm such a ludicrous person, a person who wants to bum around but who cares...Maybe once in our life, we will feel this way or I'm just such a lazy person.

Unrequited LOVE

I'm really into drama these past few months and everytime I watch a drama, there is always this person that will love one of the main characters but then it is just a one sided love so she/he will end up hurt. In short, it's unrequited love. I wonder how it really feels to love someone and knowing that someone will never be yours. Just like LITTLE MERMAID, some of us think that the little mermaid and the prince lived happily ever after but then it was not the real story, they did not end up together. The mermaid sacrificed herself because of her love. In reality, these things happen. There were people who were hopeful that there love would be returned but then they just ended up frustrated, hurt and bitter. Some of them are...

Unrequited love is such a melacholy thing. Maybe they're not just meant to be, maybe there is another person waiting for them. There are endless possibilities why these people did not end up with their love ones but then I guess, that's life. We can't get anything we want even though we badly want it, even though our life depends on it...

WHY WHY LOVE

OMG! I can't deny the fact that I'm a certified DRAMA addict...Despite my busy schedule, I can still squeeze in the dramas that I wanted to watch. Bad for me...What can I do, the more I think about it, the more I can't work. So, I really have to finish the drama that I wanted...

Well, this weekend..I'm through watching WHY WHY LOVE...I'm in love again...waaahhhh...The drama is so nice. It makes me feel blissful...hahaha! And it makes me want to learn Mandarin. I now have the motivation to learn a new language...lol!

Visiting Manila's Historical places

Djhai and I went to Fort Santiago and Intramuros. It was so funny. It was like an educational trip. It was my first time to visit Fort Santiago and my second time to visit Intramuros. The feeling was great. It was like "me and my being a Filipino". It made me appreciate "me" being a Filipino. Sometimes, we dread to be one because of the discrimination that we usually get from other people and because of the things that is happening in our country but then Philippines is our home. The more I encounter people from different countries, the more I know about other culture then the more I appreciate our country and our values. hahaha! What can I say...I LOVE PHILIPPINES! and there is no place like HOME.

Anyway, we had a lot of fun. After Fort Santiago and Intramuros, we went to Harbour Square to experience the view of Manila Bay.

Procrastination...

These past few days or maybe weeks already, I think I'm one of the laziest people in this world.I'm always procrastinating and making excuses. Bad attitude, huh? I hope I will be motivated enough to do my research papers because there are three of them that I have to finish before 2nd week of December. I think I have to be a superwoman for the next few weeks since I'm already loaded with so many things to do. I already expect that I'm going to have sleepless nights and good luck to my eyebags..hahahaha! I think I'm really a sucker for cramming. For the coming weeks, I really have to give up on some things or maybe minimize doing them like watching drama (hahaha!so addicted to it) and sleeping.

Wish me luck...I need a lot of them. Hope my grades won't be so bad this term.

HAPPINESS...

As usual, the things that I have to do are already waiting for me. I think I'm going to be drowned this semester...

requirements/papers to submit + procrastination = kill me

Even though there are a lot of things going on around me and lot of things that I have to do but I feel so happy these days...I realized, I don't know when, that the most important thing inmy life is HAPPINESS. I feel so happy that I don't know how to describe it. I hope that I will always be a jolly person and not a cranky one...Maybe I'm feeling this way because I can now see clearly that the world is a beautiful place to live and life is like a rainbow. I hope that everybody will be happy as I am right now. I hope we will all be contented on what we have but will not also forget to chase for our dreams.

Can't wait to be free...

It's Friday again but then I don't know what's in this week. This is one of my favorite days in a week but then before my day really started...a bad news was given to me and that was for me to transfer to another station. This is one of my hatest thing to do and on top of that..I don't want my new station...hahaha! Before my weekday ends, I have to do things that I don't want. Well, what can I do...there are just things that I don't have any control of and the best thing that I could do is to bend to it. I always say to myself that everything has a reason but sometimes it's hard to accept things...maybe it's just my stubborness...I hope next week will be a better one. I can't really wait for me to finish my studies so that I can do the things that I want. I feel like I'm holding back my life and I can't wait to be totally free of any responsibilities.

THINGS TO DO AFTER MY STUDIES...

1. Have at least a month vacation--anywhere
2. Have a healthy lifestyle--jog everyday
3. Have a job that I really want
4. Learn how to speak Mandarin or any language
5. Read many books
6. Bake some cakes and pastries
7. Spend some time with my friends
8. Play--badminton, soccer, computer games...
9. Serve a community
10.Have a dog

An extraordinary day

Yesterday, I lost my cellphone. It was my second time to lost a phone. The first one was when I was in college while I was playing soccer and the second time around was--actually, I don't know where it was lost and what exactly happened. The thing that pissed me off was when I called my phone's service provider. Their customer service representatives were not helpful at all. I talked to four different CSRs before the service that I wanted was done and the only thing that I wanted from them was my plan to be blocked. I was not really concern about my phone but what I was worried about my plan. I definitely don't want to pay phone calls and text messages that I did not make. Anyway, thank god that my plan was blocked and so is my phone even though it was 3 hours late. These past few days, there were not some not so good things happened to me but then I'm not really upset about it maybe because I always think that I'm still a hell of a lucky girl.

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Hours before my phone was lost...

Well, I finished watching another Taiwanese Drama...hahaha! I was so happy..I'm crazy about Taiwanese and Korean drama and of course American series...

These are my favorites MVs from the Taiwanese drama Ying Ye 3 Jia 1.






Hope you will enjoy watching and listening to it because I did...;)

At the end of the day, I realized that things happen to us..a good one and sometimes a bad one..but then it's up to us on how we are going to deal with it. Last night, I chose to look at the bright side and I chose to count my blessings.

like a chain letter?

::START::

1. Add your blog/s to the list. Feel free to add all your other blogs. It’s okay if you only post these questions in one blog as long as you answer them.

2. Get back to ME and I’ll add your blogs to the master’s list HERE {Note that you are not ALLOWED to change this links and make sure to leave the exact URL.}

3. Copy from Start to End.

4. Tag as many friends online you know. But you don’t need to be tagged in order to join.



Who played along:1. Music of my heart 2. Me and Mine 3. Creative in Me 4. For the LOVE of Food 5. Little Peanut 6. Pea in a Pod 7. It’s Where the HEART Is 8. Around the World 9. Quicker8 10. Eds Mommy Life 11. My Precious Niche 12. Just Me.. Eds 13. Princess Vien 14. In The Spirit of Dance 15. A Pocketful of Happiness 16. 1 Twelve St. 17. Shopaholic Ties the Knot 18. A Reality Bite 19. me, Myself and I 20. My So Called Life 21. Haven of Thoughts and Feelings 22. My Life's Canvas 23. Disappearances Happen 24: My journey...



Questions and Answers:

1. Grab the book nearest to you, turn to page 18, find line 4.

--about which section might need to be emphasized (ano raw?)

2. Stretch your left arm out as far as you can. What do you touch first?

--window

3. What is the last thing you watched on TV?

--They kissed again (Taiwanese drama...hahaha!)

4. WITHOUT LOOKING, guess what time it is

--8 am

5. Now look at the clock, what is the actual time?

--8:04

6. With the exception of the computer, what can you hear?

-- My officemate singing a song.

7. When did you last step outside? what were you doing?

--few minutes ago, I was talking with my friend.

8. Before you came to this website, what did you look at?

--I was watching the news in yahoo

9. What are you wearing?

-- jeans, yellow shirt and slippers

10. Did you dream last night?

--I did but I can't remember what exactly it is.

11. When did you last laugh?

--a few minutes ago.

12. What is on the walls of the room you are in?

-- my schedules and reminders

13. Seen anything weird lately?

--Nope..maybe it was not weird for me.

14. What do you think of this quiz?

--just for fun

15. What is the last movie you saw?

--Over her dead body (Eva Longoria's movie)

16. If you became a multi-millionaire overnight, what would you buy first?

-- a business establishment

17. Tell me something about you that I don’t know:

-- In my 20+ years in this world, I only had written one poem and that was years ago.

18. If you could change one thing about the world, regardless of guilt or politics, what would you do?

-- I would fixed the ozone layer and change our environment--to a better one

19. Do you like to dance?

--sometimes

20. Imagine your first child is a girl, what do you call her? a boy?

-- Danielle Yvonne for my daughter and Devlin for my son.

21. Would you ever consider living abroad?

-- yes.



::END::now tagging:: weng and koren

FRIENDS

I've already received many blessings, some of them...I may even take it for granted.

One of the blessings that made me feel so lucky is my friends. I always have good and true friends. In fact, I'm always surrounded by them.

When I was in Elementary. I had a best friend name Faith. Too bad, we don't communicate now. Maybe because we were too young then and maybe everything just lost in time. She was my first friend whom I treated as a sister. I hope one of these days, we will meet again and be best friends.

When I was in High school and college...skark and muffins were there for me. I know that I had a not so good attitude back then but they stayed by my side. They were understanding and supportive. When we were in high school, I can still remember that we always do the same things. We ate, sleep, go to school, do naughty things together. Those were my memorable years. Though later on, when we were in college our interests varied already and some of them transferred school but then it seemed that nothing changed. We were more matured than when we were in high school. We met different people...we hanged out with other people at times but then there was always "US". At the end of the day, we usually talked about the events that happened to us. Then my graduation came...then summer...that was the last time we saw each other...then they graduated the following year...

I hope that I could hang out with you guys....talk to you like before...I know that things change but for me you guys will always be a family....for all the hardships and fun that we've been through, it made me a stronger and better person. I will not be the person I am now if not because of it.

After college...I met a lot of people especially in my workplace. I met the Angels and I met my friends here in my present company, where I'm working and I met some in my grad school. I know that there were times that I was unbearable but then they always try to understand me and so as I...I try to understand myself and my friends as well. Things are different now. We are older but sometimes our maturity is still questionable. This time, some problems are different but then there are some that are still the same but the point is, we always stick together. For the last few years, months, weeks and days, these people are the one who are always beside me. Supporting me in my every endeavour.

I'm writing this because I would like to thank these people. I will not be where I am right now and I will not be this kind of person...a better one if not because of them. In every accomplishments that I have and I will have, my friends, aside from my family, are part of it.

THANK YOU!
Life becomes easier because of friends.

Star studded event

Last Sunday...Krn, my roommate and I was invited to a party in Shangrila-Edsa Hotel. I was hesitant because I just want to stay at home and watch dvds. In short, couch potato...Well, they [Krn and Noreen] talked me out of it and then they told me that it would be a great event but then we had to wear smart casual...grrr....It means no Havainas for me. So, I have to wear sandals and be a girl-la-loo.

We arrived at 5:oo pm and supposedly we had to be there at 4:oo pm. Well, we were late and some of the reasons were: we left home late already and my friend, Krn insisted on taking MRT because this would be her first time(giggle!). So, we told the taxi driver to drop us off to the nearest station. She felt so happy that she was able to take the train. Anyway since we arrived late, we were not able to see the program. Noreen was already waiting for us in the lobby but then she didn't tell us that we were attending a star studded event and we only realized it when we enter the venue. It was Star Magic 2009 catalogue launching. Actresses and actors were there and our eyes were feasting. There were too many of them that it made me feel dizzy. Some of the big stars in ABS-CBN were there...name it...Claudine, Piolo, Diether, Bea, Sam Milby, Shaina, Maja and so many others. They were gorgeous that it made me think if they were real or not. They looked like manequins or people fresh from a cover of a magazine. They seemed surreal. Well, I was introduced to Noreen's boyfriend who was the one who had an access on this event. He was a great guy and he told us to move around and to get some food. Speaking of food...it was great especially the desserts and also wines were flowing. I even had more or less 5 glasses of white wine. There were many people and some of them were taking pictures...Well, too shy to do that...hahaha! After an hour or so, we left already. We didn't want to be one of the people to be left behind.

After the event, we went to Noreen's boyfriend's condo. He cooked food for dinner and we watched dvd/TV. The night was fun but then we had to go home early because I had to wake up at dawn.

Photo from ABS-CBN

HONGKONG trip...

I arrived late last night and now I'm so sleepy. I only slept for 3 hours today but it's worth it. The only word that I can say right now about HongKong is AWESOME! I love it there...I love there transportation system and of course their octupus card..There are so many things that I want to rant about our trip but then I don't know where to start.

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a week or so later...

I wrote the blog above, I think almost two weeks ago..then I stopped..

Here is the continuation...

Since I don't know how to put our trip into words, so I made a video and I just finished it hours ago...woooh!

First week of my classes

Yesterday, the weather was bad. There was a storm which started around two days ago. It was raining hard. One could hear the strong wind blowing. A day like this makes me want to just stay at home, maybe sleep or watch a movie and sip a hot coffee in my favorite mug but then yesterday was my first class for this semester...urrggghhh! Well, I could stay at home and be absent on my class but I would definitely be left behind. Good thing, I made the right choice, I went to class because right there and then our prof assigned text to read and discussed about our soon to be presentation and research paper. First day of class but then we were already bombarded with lots of readings and paper works...hahaha! Well, I chose this and I have to deal with it...




Tomorrow, I will be off to HK. I still don't think that this is the best idea but then I just have to enjoy it and try to make this trip a memorable one. So, I hope that everything will be fine and I hope I will not run out of money while I'm there...urrgghhh...I don't like traveling with only a handful of money. Anyway, I will just find a way to have fun with out spending much money..Oh! I hope I will not have a hard time catching up with my lessons in school...Saturday classes...sorry...HK here I come....

New Moon by Stephenie Meyer

"Before you, Bella, my life was like a moonless night. Very dark, but there were stars—points of light and reason… And then you shot across my sky like a meteor. Suddenly everything was on fire; there was brilliancy, there was beauty. When you were gone, when the meteor had fallen over the horizon, everything went black. Nothing had changed, but my eyes were blinded by the light. I couldn't see the stars anymore. And there was no more reason for anything."

--Edward

After reading this, my heart melted...
A girl can wish, a girl can dream that one of these days
something like this will be heard...

25th birthday

Last saturday was my birthday. Angels and I had a lunch date which started around 2pm...hahaha! Late lunch already. The day was fine. I could not say that I was ecstatic about it. There were so many things bugging me. Anyway, we had a lunch in a Thai restaurant in Eastwood and since Weng's and my birthday were two days apart, it was like a double celebration. The food was fine and what I liked most was the soup. After lunch, some of my friends had to go somewhere but Weng and I opted to stay. I was not in the mood to really socialize because I didn't want to just burst and say something that I might regret later. As what I had said earlier, there were so many things going on my mind. I'm thankful that I decided to stay in Eastwood with Weng, we were able to talk about things...

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What's going on?

Is it my personality or I'm just a bitchy person? It's been days already. I've been thinking so hard. I thought I'm going to have a wonderful semester break but I think this is worst than coming up with a research paper. I'm having a hard time sleeping and I'm getting restless. Logic tells me that I'm going to make a very bad decision and I don't want to make bad decisions. I already weighted the consequences and the advantages but then the result was a red flag waving unto my face. Then, my other side keeps on telling me that I could hurt other people's feelings if I would follow what my logical side. Well, I'm hurting them already even though they were not telling me what they felt. Such a bitchy person?

As I went over the things that happened, I made several mistakes or let's say many mistakes. One of these is I fully depend on someone. Well, I want to trust someone. I believe that each of us is unique, worth trusting and each of us is flawed. There is no such thing as perfect. Maybe there are things that I'm the only one who can do it but then there are things that I can't do which that person can only do. I believe on this but sometimes it's hard to accept things. I'm not the kind of person who easily accept things. Maybe this happens because there are times that I want things to flow smoothly. It's hard for me to accept mistakes when I could have done better...when that person could have done better because I know he/she can do better. Maybe I expected more...maybe it's just me...

I don't like blaming someone and I'm not blaming anyone because I don't want to make excuses. People blame others just to make excuses Maybe someone made some mistakes but I'm part of this. I should have known better. I bring this to myself and there is nothing I could do but accept things. I think this is one of the hardest part when you know that you will be dammned and because you tried not to hurt someone, you will be dammned also.

One other thing, I'm poor in communication. I am sometimes hesitant to express what I really feel because I might say something or do something that would make matters worst. I'm hot tempered and impatient person. I have known this for a long time and being level headed and being patient are not one of my finest virtues when things are getting chaotic. So, being patient and controlling my temper are not easy thing to do. In fact, it's a real struggle for me. I know that Angels haven't seen me yet being so mad or let's say throwing tantrums--I mean to the highest level. I don't want to be the person when I was younger. Bitchy and cranky. Until now, it's still an amazing thing why my friends way back bear with me. I know that I was not easy to live with.

The best thing that I could do is to settle my feelings and my thinking but it's kind of driving me crazy. I feel like I will end up hating myself for doing what I don't really want to do because I don't do things that I don't want to or they will end up hating me for being a bitchy person and for ruining a trip. I hope I would feel better before this coming Saturday or else I would just ruin everything and maybe ruin something that is so wonderful.