..turning a year old

I just turned 26 yesterday. I don't feel anything special about my bitrthday except that it rained the whole day! hehehe.. Some people say that when it rains on your birthday, it's a sign that God is blessing your birthday. Well if that's the case, then God must be really generous in blessing me. From what I've heard, there was a low pressure passing by the country. hehehehe..

Anyway, a few days ago, me, Jovy and Agdie were eating dinner at Jack's Loft while catching up with our lives. It's been 8 months since we last hang out together. We're all busy with work and other stuff. Agdie was always traveling. Jovy and Allan were busy with their stuff. Marien resigned and transferred to another company. Macols, Allen and Guchie are busy with their own lives also. And as for me, SFC stuff and gym are the things that keeps me busy. Ofcourse, I also spend time with Randall and SC2K peeps. Anyway, we were talking about the stuff that we did last year and places that we've been to.Those were really happy and memorable moments for us. We really bonded as a group. We left eastwood at around 11pm. On my way home, I became so sentimental that I'm still thinking and reminiscing about the things that happened the past year. I really missed those times that we just go out and enjoy each other's company. Anyway, I posted some pictures here and as you can see, I've been to places with these guys. hehehehe..

Picture taken at Puerto Galera Ma. Elson, me, Jovy, Macols, Marien and Agdie. This was my second trip to puerto galera and first time to ride the banana boat. I was really tired after this ride because I was having a hard time pulling myself out of the water everytime the boat trips. But I really had fun with this trip because this was our first real out of town trip. hehehehe

Guchie's despedida at Metrowalk. In the picture (L-R) Mark, Mario, Marien, Julie, Guchie, Agdie, Jovy, Allan, Macols, me and Allen. I can't forget this event because there was some rally in Makati when this happened and the people in the office were already thinking a contigency plan if ever there's some changes in the government. Aside from that, this is the earliest time our gimik ended. We went home at around 1 am. hehehhehe

Picture taken at Splash Mountain in Los Banos. (L-R) Me, Marien, Allen, Macols, Jovy and Allan. After a month of stay in the new office, we went to Los Banos for our first swimming trip.

Taken at Baywalk. Standing (L-R) Allen, Jovy, Me, Cathy. Seated(L-R) Arun, Jack, Allan, Macols. This was taken five days after I just started with my new office.

Macols' Despedida at IOKTV. (L-R) Allen, Allan, Macols, Jovy, Me, Agdie, and Marien. We tried KTV for a change. We sang our hearts out in here! hehehehhe.....

Trenders at subic. Jovy, Allan, Agdie, Me, Randall, Marien, and Macols. This is our second real out of town trip and Randall's first out town trip with the group. This is also his first long drive with his car. hehehhe...

Leslie's Tagaytay. Randall, Me, Macols, Jovy, Marien, Agdie and Allan. We went to tagaytay a week after my birthday. I was really groggy at that time since I just came out of my shift.. I'm on a night shift the whole month! ehehhehe... Those where the "shifting" days...

SC2K goes to Singapore (part 3)

Third day in our singapore trip and i'm already feeling tired. why? I haven't fully recovered from all the traveling, touring and sleepless nights(I have a really hard time sleeping on other person's bed). Anyway, the agenda for that day was to hear mass in the morning then go to the Science Center after lunch. But, since we got up late, our plans were changed. We still attend the mass then went to Novena to eat lunch but instead going to the science center, we went to chinatown and suntec city. Anyway, here are some pics from Marvin's camera from our trip(I wasn't able to charge the battery of my camera.)

Taken by Ted using Marvin's Camera. Me, Randall, Resie, Marvin and Shella at a restaurant in Novena. The food there was great. I love to eat there again.

Taken by Marvin. Norleen, Ted, Me and Randall. Still at the same restaurant.

Taken by Marvin. Shella and me imitating the images at the door of a Hindu Temple in Chinatown.

Taken by Resie. Marvin, me, Randall and Shella touching the famous fountain of wealth at Suntec Mall.

SC2K goes to Singapore, part 2 (Sentosa)

On our second day in Singapore, the group head off to Sentosa. We're supposed to leave Pau's house at around 7:30 am, but since we slept late we woke up at 7:30 and left the house at around 10:30. hehehe... Sentosa is an island that was developed as a theme park. You can ride a bus or cable car to get there, but I would suggest you ride the cable car because of the view. A lot of people I know who visited the country said that this island is really a must- see. And I can now attest to that! The kid in me really had fun touring around the island (except for standing in a long queue waiting for the bus to arrive.). Anyway, here are some more pics from our trip to Sentosa.

Trying to find my artistic side.. still can't find it. heheheh...We were waiting at the train station (i forgot the name of the station) and I remember the season 3 racers of Amazing Race (one of my favorite reality shows.) went to Boon Lay to do a detour. heheheh.. just a trivia.

Taken by Serg's bro ( I think). SC2K peeps - Shella, Serge, Resie, Marvin, me and Randall- while waiting for the train to arrive. I think we waited for about 7 minutes for the train to arrive so little photo session just to kill some time. heheheh...

Picture taken by Serg. Marvin, me, Randall, Resie and Shella. Photo ops at Harbourfront while waiting for the Divino family finish their to do stuff.

Taken by Marvin. Me and Randall at the cable car with Shella, Resie and Marvin. The view of Singapore from up there was really beautiful.

First stop for the day. Sentosa Luge and Skyride. This is one of my favorite attractions in sentosa. Its like a go cart but without engine. I really love this ride because I was able to apply my NFS (need for Spee) skills! ehehehhe..

Taken by Serg while we're riding the skyride.

Taken at the Underwater World. Im happy with this pic because it came out really great. I also enjoyed this attraction because I get to see a lot fishes. There's this one area there where the fossil fishes are being displayed. It was really scary because the fishes there are really big and looked really old! hehehhe..

From Serg's camera taken by kuya Mike. Me, Randall, Shella and Serg at the Dolphin Lagoon while waiting for the dolphin show.

One of my many attempts to be artistic.. hehehe..

Taken by Serg's Bro. SC2K peeps and the Merlion in Sentosa. We never get the chance to go near the statue because we're in a hurry to watch the Musical Fountain, which is one of the most popular attractions in sentosa.


Some miscellaneous pics from the trip. I already modified the pics just to give it a more lively appeal.

One of my many shots in the musical fountain show.

SC2K goes to Singapore....

Atlast, I was able to squeeze some (little) time to update my blog. I have so many trips last summer that I was not able to put in this blog. Anyway, I'll just post here my most recent trip.. Singapore (yes! you read that one right!). I went there with Randall's college friends last June 16. We stayed there for 6 days. It was a very exhausting (I got sick, by the way..) but fun experience. I borrowed my dad's camera for this trip but I'm really not satisfied with the pics. I'm contemplating of buying a second hand Canon 300D SLR from a forum, but since the prices for a 350D is going down, I'm thinking of buying a brand new 350D instead (yeah!). I hope I could buy that before the year ends. Anyway, here are some pics.. Enjoy! By the way, ( ang dami kong pahabol! hehehehe..) I only have pics from the time we arrive in singapore to our trip to sentosa. I don't have yet a copy of our pics in singapore zoo and other places. I forgot to get them from Randall.. Maybe next time.. hehehe.. Some pics are from Marvin's camera.

Taken by Marvin. The guys that i'm with are making fun of me because they learned that it's my first time to ride a plane and first time to go on a trip ouside the country. (Kodak moment daw!)

Taken during our flight to Singapore. I think this was around 7pm.

Taken by Paulo. Me, Randall and Marvin at the pic. We just arrived at the Budget Terminal at Singapore. Pau and Ted fetched us in the airport. I think Pau was so overwhelmed that he took pictures of us while we're exchanging our money, on the bus going to terminal 2, and at the MRT. hehehehe..

Taken by Pau. We saw this in the MRT station in Changi Airport. We're supposed to be pointing at the flight details in the Budget Terminal, but we didn't notice that we're pointing Terminal 2 Flight Information. I think we're just tired and hungry. hehheeh.. excuses!

Taken by Marvin while we're waiting for the bus en route to Paulo's place. I forgot the area where this bus station was located.

3D Pavement Art in Esplanade Mall. Really cool!

Esplanade Site Map.

The Esaplanade. We hang around here for a while after we ate dinner together with the other SC2K peeps who arrived singapore 2 days ahead of us and those who were already living there. We also took some group pictures here but we used Serge's camera. After we took some pictures, we went home to Pau's home and call it a day.

I'll post more pics next time.. i have to work first. hehehehe...

Panata, bus ticket at iba pa..

Last night, me, Vienna and Kim decided to do our "panata" at Temptasian in Megastrip B. FYI, our panata is to pig out at any new restaurant. Our officemate coined the term "panata" to it because we usually do it every payday. It's been a while since the last time we dine out. I don't even remember the last time we did this! hehehe.. Anyway, the food there was really good. We ordered chicken with sesame seeds, sisig, mixed veggies with tofu and yang chow rice. I like the chicken. It was recommended by Lemon (that's the waiter's name!). I like him, by the way, because he was so enthusiastic and hyperactive while getting our orders. hehehe.. We stayed there for a while to catch up on the usual stuff then I went home and vienna and kim watched a movie. Since it's already past 9pm, I head straight to star mall only to find a very long queue of people waiting for a van bound to Balibago. I was thinking of taking the MRT when I saw a bus headed towards to Binan. I took that because i'm really in a hurry to get home. Unfortunately, I arrived home at around 12 pm because there's this bus driver that literally parked the bus in the loading and unloading lane of EDSA- Ayala. Anyway, while I was on the bus, I saw the bus conductor holding a handheld device similar to a PDA. And so I thought, " ang sosyal naman ng kunduktor na ito, naka-PDA pa! Dinaig pa ako!" heheheh.. And then he asked the girl beside me if she's a student and where is her destination and to my surprise, after a few clicks by the bus conductor, the handheld device dispensed a bus ticket! I can't believe what I saw that I kept the ticket. eheheh.. by the way, below is the ticket from the bus station.

Haay.. memories!

Yesterday, I received an email from one of my yahoogroups that a new poll was created. I logged in the group and voted. Then I saw the list of the polls that we created before and I saw two polls about me. One poll is asking if they want me to be their group mascot and the other one is asking the people if they love me. I know they're really weird people! hehehe.. I also checked the threads that emerged from that polls and it really made me think about the days that we spent so much time answering the email sent by one of the members. Those were the days. I still remember the times that they make fun of me in the email, tease me and my ex, tease me about how I react and stuff. Times that we discuss stuff like relationships, love, sex, computer stuff, etc. Yeah.. those were the days. I remember last year, i read the posts in ppgals yahoogroups, and I can't believe how lame we were! hehehehe.. most of our posts discuss stuff about our crushes, boyfriends and other male encounters! Blackmail material in short!! hehehe.. I can't stop laughing while reading the threads. We promised that we will not delete the messages so that we could really laugh about it after 10 to 15 years.. hehehehe.. Haay.. memories!

Just this morning, I was listening to the morning rush at RX 93.1 and their top 10 survey question was what will you say when your ex is crawling back to your arms. I was really tempted to send an entry, but I opt not to do it. Anyway, that question made me reminisce the times ( yeah! with an s!) when my recent ex boyfriend asked me to take him back. The first time he did it was around 3 years ago. I have given up talking to him because he really made it clear that he doesn't want me to be his friend. He sent a text message basically asking me how I was. I didn't reply due to 2 reasons. First, he texted me at around 9:30 pm and I was already sleeping!, Second, I don't know what to do and what to say. In short, he freaked me out! heheheh.. Anyway, he called me up the next day and we talked about that stuff and we became friends and after some months , we got back together. (stupid me!) heheheh... The second time he did that to me was last year. After 17 months, I broke up with him and a month after that, i have a new boyfriend. 3 weeks after that, he saw a picture of me and my current boyfriend at my friendster account. Then one sunday evening, after I got home from work, he sent a text message asking me if the guy in my friendster account is my boyfriend. I said yes, then we again talk and talk and talk.. hehehe.. then he asked me if I would take him back and I just asked him why. And he just said sorry for asking those questions. After that, he didn't made any attempt to get back with me again. Anyway, he's now happy with his current girlfriend and I'm happy with my current boyfriend.

Last na ito.. hehehe..
This morning also, I received an email from Thyra and she's asking if we have pictures from our college days. Definitely, I don't have any picture. Vienna has pics so she emailed a few pics to us. We are now making fun of those pics because of our looks. hhehehhe... I was really skinny during college and the pictures prove it! hehehehe.. Unfortunately, the site has having difficulties uploading the pics. hehehehe.. maybe next time..

Boring na nga.. Magastos pa!

It's really a very boring day today. No work.. since we don't have projects yet. Maybe next week, our new manager will assign us new tasks to work on. I'm trying to learn C# again because after 1 year of supporting applications, i forgot what i've learned! hehehehe.. Aside from having a very boring week (i don't have anything to work on since monday!), it's also a very expensive week for me. One of my thesismates posted a promo from Cebu Pacific Airlines. The promo says if you buy tickets from March 6-8, the fare only costs around 10 pesos. But the trip to your chosen destination is from June 20 to October 30(?) 2006. It is so ideal for us because our classmate who is working in japan will come home at that time! (yey!) Since the booking is done online, I did the booking and buying of the tickets, since I'm the only person in the group who has a credit card!heheheh.. It costs me around 8000++ pesos for the 4 roudtrip tickets (take note: ROUNDTRIP!) tax and other fees included. Then after that, my barkada here in the office are planning a trip to Vigan! yeah! But we haven't decided the date for that trip yet. Ialso have second thoughts on going to that trip because, i have so many debts (no thanks in using my credit card!). I also haven't fully paid my cellphone. And there's also my everyday expenses, like breakfast, dinner, transport fare and stuff. I'm also tempted to buy a DSLR camera, no thanks to that photography forum! heheheh.. Good thing, my boyfriend is helping to stay focus and forget (for the mean time) my urge to buy my luxury item. yey!

Manic Monday..

Bad day for two consecutive mondays! yeah.. I've never felt this low ever since i told my ex boyfriend that "he can do whatever he wants because I don't care anymore!" and that was almost 8 months ago! Last night, my boyfriend texted me saying he's frustrated for some reason.. I know it has something to do with me and it's bothering me! I texted him this morning to discuss it. He called me on my local and he just told me to forget it because it's really not a big deal.. i just kept quiet while listening to him say stuff. I'm still thinking about the stuff he told me through text, and it still bothers me. I hope we could discuss this tomorrow as he promised. Anyway, he just ruined my day today because of that thing that frustrates him.

Weird Serial Number

I withdrew money yesterday from my atm account and it dispensed a hundred peso bill with a very weird serial number.


I don't know if this is genuine or fake. Anyway, I'm not going to spend this money (i hope so! hehehe... )

Bad Day

Yeah I'm having a really bad day today.. I'm not even in the mood to work. Probably still tired from the beach thing last weekend. Anyway, I'm currently listening to the radio and the jocks played this song. I searched the internet for the lyrics and there's this one line that I think really hit me.

Bad Day - Daniel Powter

You kick up the leaves and the magic is lost
They tell me your blue sky's faded to grey
They tell me your passion's gone away
And I don't need no carrying on

Stand in the line just ahead of the law
You're faking a smile with the coffee you go
You tell me your life's been way off line
You're falling to pieces every time
And I don't need no carrying on

Cause you had a bad day
You're taking one down
You sing a sad song just to turn it around
You say you don't know
You tell me don't lie
You work at a smile and you go for a ride
You had a bad day
The camera don't lie
You're coming back down and you really don't mind
You had a bad day
You had a bad day


Well you need a blue sky holiday
The point is they laugh at what you say
And I don't need no carrying on


You had a bad day
You're taking one down
You sing a sad song just to turn it around
You say you don't know
You tell me don't lie
You work at a smile and you go for a ride
You had a bad day
The camera don't lie
You're coming back down and you really don't mind
You had a bad day
You had a bad day


Sometimes the system goes on the blink and the whole thing it turns out Wrong
You might not make it back and you know that you could be well oh that Strong
Well I'm not wrong


So where is the passion when you need it the most
Oh you and I
You kick up the leaves and the magic is lost


Cause you had a bad day
You're taking one down
You sing a sad song just to turn it around
You say you don't know
You tell me don't lie
You work at a smile and you go for a ride
You had a bad day
You've seen what you like
And how does it feel for one more time
You had a bad day
You had a bad day
You had a bad day

Coup d etat na ba?

yeah.. it's sad to know that our politicians are so selfish. If they do care about the poor people, then they should stop criticizing the current administration. I'm not a pro- administration, by the way. It's just irritating that they held rallies calling for the president to step down her post.. make the ultimate sacrifice.. as if they know better what to do!? They use the poor and announce to the public that the president is not doing her job. Hello?? have you done your part to help the poor?? I don't think so! When I judge people, I always think of what Christ have said to those who judge Magdelene.. "Those who have not sinned cast the first stone." I hope this people learn from this situation in the Bible.

Strawberry Farm pics (Baguio pics part 2)

Here are some additional pics from my baguio trip two weekends ago. Enjoy
These pictures, by the way, were taken from strawberry farm in Benguet.

Baguio Pics batch 1

Here some pics I took from my trip to Baguio last weekend.

We were stranded in Mabalacat, Pampanga for 5 and a half hours. According to the driver, there was problem with the wiring of the alternator. We can't travel because our headlights don't produce light, so we waited for the sun to rise. While waiting, I took some pictures (ofcourse!).


Sunrise. I still can't get the correct setting for this. Anyway, I still think it looks ok.

My namesake.. hehehe.. It's really cold in Pampanga, compared to Manila or Laguna. She leaned on the van to get some heat from the sun. She didn't know that I'm taking pictures of her. The picture would look perfect if not for the "sampayan" exposed at the background! hehehe..

This pic was taken last Sunday. I don't really know anyone from the picture (except for my brother, ofcourse!) . All I know is that they're all from Laguna. The picture came out really nice (i think!).

Next batch, pics from strawberry farm! yey! heheheeh...

May hangover pa ng ILC

I'm still tired! just arrived last night from baguio. I'm just going to post some pics taken from my amazing k750i phone. hehehe.. I'll share my experience next time. Enjoy!





Me and my boyfriend at Mines View Park. We're supposed to attend a workshop, but I opted to tour the city with my bros and sis in our cluster. He tried to attend a mid-career workshop but he didn't like it so he went with his bros and sis in their chapter (actually, he followed them because they already left when he decided to join them. eheheheh...)


This is taken after they picked me up in my office. I'm still wearing my office ID. hehehehe..

This picture was taken in front of the mansion (we're faced in front of the mansion..) . The view was nice.


I was focusing on the view. I never thought that the phone will capture the ark.


The mansion gate. One of my sisters commented that it looked like a crown. heheheh..

... And then came K750i

Yeah! you heard me right.. i'm so happy with my not so new phone! Last month, (January 16, 2006 to be exact!) I lost my phone. For some stupid reason, i don't really know where I placed it in my bag. I was on my way to Magallanes MRT station when I realized that my phone was missing. I started to think where did I left my phone (Up to this writing, I still don't know where i lost it!). And since i just woke up ( I was sleeping during the trip), i can't think straight (I was still sleepy! heheheh..). When I arrived at the office, there I started to panic! heheheh.. I first called my mom's phone. She did not answer my call so I then called our phone at home. I told her that I lost my phone and I didn't know where! heheheh.. Then I called my boyfriend. He was home at that time but I don't remember his phone number at home. Good thing, I left my cellphone bill in my drawer so I got his cellphone number. I'm not good at remembering numbers, by the way. hehehhe.. I called him and told him i lost my phone.

After a week, I bought a second hand sony ericsson k750i from my friend Joanne. It was hard for me use at first because I'm so used to my old phone, but after a while i started to get used to it. And now, my boyfriend wants it! hehehhe.. yeah! He always say to me how worth it my phone was! yeah! I know that! it doubles as my digicam when I need one! (I'm an aspiring photographer, rememeber?) hehhehehe.. By the way, the pics from Lumban are taken using this phone. cool? yeah! I know! heheheh.. Here are additional pictures using this phone. Enjoy!

The bear was a gift from my little brother. I never thought that the picture would look this great! This picture is also posted in my photo gallery (please do visit!).

This is one of my boyfriend's pic in my phone( I think I already deleted this one?). I took this yesterday in Seattle's Best Cybermall where we met so he could give my digicam.

This one was taken at Fazoli's where we ate dinner yesterday.