injured

its been almost 6 months since my last post, its probably due to my lack of time and interest to post something. hmmm whats the latest news? lemme see. last friday i watched nigel barker at ATC. cool dude!!! its also sports fest season in our village and its games galore!!! hurrrrrray!!! oh, i've graduated last february! finally! THESIS IS OVER!!! haha! did some job searching for a couple of months and now, i've been installed in office since march 26. its been almost 2 months. damn! hmm..what else? today is election day, hence, no work. and im injured! its the first time i've been kinda-severely injured due to playing football. i really dont know what part of that woman's body hit my hand/arm so hard during the tournament. all i know is that her forehead collided with my nose. next thing i knew, i couldn't move my right hand. literally. my muscles were uncontrollable. what the hell happened? i couldn't even close-open my hand. anyway, its better now. im trying to heal it by shooting hoops, rotating/twisting it, doing kiddie close-opens, and doin a lil punching. hehe i really dont like the feeling of not being able to do lil stuff that i normally do, like cracking ice from the ice tray, pushing the door open with my right hand, writing a lot in my calendar, etc. because it still hurts when i apply force. weird because i dont feel pain when doing strenuous activites. perhaps i just ignore it. anyway, its all good. its gonna heal soon. hmmmmmm... i just have nothing to do this day. perhaps ill be downloading some songs, check my multiply, my friendster, my emails, burn cds, and yeah, chat with dear friends... ciao! =)

aubrey's despedida

masarap kumain sa taste of asia! yum yum yum! i love baked scallops! hah!

tomorrow is aubrey's flight! goodbye for now! we're gonna see you again! soon!!!

last FIC with my Fartner In Crime

goodbye aubai! balik ka agad ah! ='(

after 2 1/2 years and still shopping

meeting regina was the most exciting thing that happened this month! we met last fri, July 28, after almost 3 years of no communication! finally we had the chance to meet na last fri and i had to cut class pa for it! hahaha it was a brilliant idea! anyway, we met at glorietta4 and we just roamed around. then we entered Rustan's.DAMN! we saw a very beautiful top that was sooooo expensive! then we went outside and jackpot, we saw ZARA! GRABE THIS IS IT!!! SUPER SALE! at first we couldnt find any sale item and my friend reluctantly asked the sales lady where the sale items were. hehe nakakahiya. then we found out that it was everywhere! SHOOT! pwede na ako tumira doon! madness! we stayed tehre for more than an hour to fit a lot of clothes. i wasnt prepared to shop that day and so, i restrained myself from buying anything. then we went to mango, sale din! but i didnt find anything i like. then we roamed around the mall looking at each and every store that has SALE posted on its glass walls. we finally went to greenbelt and again, we searched for nice items. we stayed at coffee bean for about 2 hours just talking about what happened in the last 2 1/2 years. ang dami na pala nangyari. after that, we went back to glorietta and raomed again around the mall. my friend ended up buying a pair of shoes, tops, and a whole lot more and i was still empty handed. we went back to ZARA and finally i was able to get what i want, a light blue sleeveless top with a unique design. funny cause there were only 2 of those remaining, one small and one medium. first i tried the medium. it felt good but it was kinda big for me. i returned it and as i was searching for the smaller one, my friend found it and wanted it for herself. haha! pareho kasi kami ng gusto! swear! we always wanted the same items. she tried it on but it was quite big for her. i tried it on and it fits me well. GOOD! it was MINE! hahaha! then when we were in the counter , an older lady approached us and even wanted to get the top that i was going to pay for. she found it really nice and i told her that there was a medium over the fitting room where i left it. she got it! buti nalang naunahan ko cia sa small! haha! we left makati at around 9pm. nakakapagod. and guess what, i went back to zara just yesterday with my mom. imagine that! hah! it was my turn! madness again! uber tiresome! =)

ang tamang pag gawa ng sabitren

manually creating a sabitren, a state-of-the-art train strap! my right hand's swollen now. damn!


hook strap
body strap

ouch! now i gotta stitch it manually!

stitched with rubber grip. tigas man! that is hanger hook inside! =)

WHEW!

YEYYYYYYYYY!!!!!!!!! finally we're done with THESIS 1 defense! HURAAAAAAAAYYYYYY!!!!!!!! THANK JESUS!!! =)

post-thesis

wow its been a month! ang hectic naman kasi ng thesis! thank God nakapag submit na kami kahapon! ok defense nalang and hopefully, GO ang thesis namin! grabe, we forgot to eat breakfast, lunch, and dinner yesterday! plus, we did not sleep since thursday morning! OA!!! sobrang hectic talagaaa! ayun lang! antok na antok parin ako!!!!!!

books

honestly, I have never been really into reading books until 3 weeks ago when i turned myself into seeking for more books to read. yes. i became overwhelmed with the fact that i have read 3 books since then, one book a week, forcibly squeezed into multiples of school requirements for the past three weeks. this all started when, *confession* , i started reading the da vinci code about only three weeks ago. yes, it was the only time i started reading the book. i really really wanted to read it for a very very long time, 2 years to be exact, but I was of so much pride that I refused reading it. I told myself two years ago that I wont be reading the book until I get a hold of the hardbound-colored-with pictures-edition. Then as I heard that a movie was being produced, I thought of buying the book. Nothing happened. The movie was shown in movie houses still there was I with no hard copy. It’s a very damn shame! I put aside my pride and just ended up borrowing my friend’s hard bound–but pictureless–and black printed da vinci copy. I read it up to the 3rd to the last chapter, then watched the movie, then ended the book when I got home. anyway, since then I found myself reading a certain book when I have free time, well, forced free time. I have read By The River Piedra I Sat Down and Wept (for the third time, while looking for another book to read), The Devil Wears Prada(finally, a new book to read), and now, Confessions of a Shopaholic. The last two books definitely gave me a new perspective about the fashion industry (how I envied Miranda Priestly) and well, shopping. Quite honestly, I feel guilty that I kinda have 1/4 resemblance to Becky (the Shopaholic girl). I am amazed on her way of thinking when buying new things because sometimes I too have the same thing in mind. I wonder if I would be able to pull off the things that she’s been doing to avoid her credit card bills! Hmmm?!!! Well there! Amazing! im looking forward to reading all the SHOPAHOLIC series, and trying some shopaholic techniques too. =)

1st long week end of the school year

hmm.. let me see... yeah im on a 3-day vacation which means i could unwind.. heck no! i've got tons of things to do. first, a case for dynalec, then a progress report for feastud, a paper for introso, an orelec3 homework, and, once again, THESIS! hay.. i have been ranting about thesis to my friends and family members. hehe! i just wish we'd be able to finish it on time! please!

one more thing! iv got a livid bump on my finger from playing ball with my brother! it hurts a little but its fine. i hope id be able to catch the football properly on training day. hmm.. speaking of football, i feel bad about not being able to make tambay with the team nowadays. i really miss hanging out with them every day after class just like three terms ago. how i wish thesis was over. anyway, gotta do some school stuff now... ciao!

problem solved

ok.. i just called cebu pacific and they said that to be able to transfer flights, Php 112 must be paid for the seat reservations for one way, and Php625 for the upgrading/transfer fee. DAMN! and if ever we have to cancel our flights, we could refund it. however, Php224 would be deducted from the original price to cover the reservation fees done. oh well.. that solves our trip problem! well.. now, should we cancel or transfer?! we have to DECIDE before August 25 people!

back to reality

Two school weeks has passed and all laziness, gimiking and partying mood must be left behind. Papers, cases, thesis and exams are gradually coming back to my vocabulary after 2 months of forcefully disregarding their existence. I am so glad to have made my first two weeks party-full because everything is back to reality now. I just finished a critique paper due tomorrow and a case due on Tuesday but that ain’t all. I still got one case due on Tues and a thesis to furnish! I am actually feeling so damn concerned about our thesis for we are only given a month to complete everything to be able to move on to the next level, which is also due by the end of the term. Thinking there is Feastud and Dynalab, I can not help myself but worry on how to finish and pass everything.

I have a problem. A huge problem. 16 people in my block, including me, would be going to a trip on August 28. We already bought tickets thinking that we would be off from school on the last week of August just like the past 4 years but damn did the schedules move. Our thesis is due on the 30th of August and I don’t know what to do since the flights can not be moved to another date (I think) because it is a promo that we have availed. The only chance of us pushing through with the trip is by submitting the thesis before August 28. IT IS HARD! DAMN HARD TO FINISH IT ON TIME especially when there are certain concerns to fix within a group. Damn it! Anyway, I wish every school work would come to an end soon.. really soon..

Fiiiiesta!!!

Its been 12 years since I last stayed full time during Bacoor Cavite Fiesta and I can say that nothing has changed over the years. Even the fiesta celebration itself still hasn’t changed over the years. The "Happy Mother's Day" greetings to my grandma, ninang and titas, Pasiklaban ng mga Banda at Musiko where around 30 marching bands of Bacoor compete against each other by playing their upbeat music and displaying their flashy fashionable outfits, the feeling of giving up to the unending abundance of food set on the buffet table, the procession of the Flores de Mayo participants, the gossiping with my dear cousins, the intellectual chats about life, people, and current events with my loving grandparents, the beer bellies, the showy display of fireworks (Guerra, helicopter, etc.), the TORO (a person carrying a coat full of fireworks which runs after the people) which makes the crowd go wild, and the stunning pyrotechnics that brightens the sky and caps off the festive day.

The night celebration is the crème de la crème of the Fiesta celebration! All the people in town wait for the Kampana (bell) to ring at 9pm which means that the night celebration is about to start. They, including myself, excitedly go out of their houses just to have a glimpse of the showy display of fireworks set at the center of the St. Michael Parish grounds. The people also are very much thrilled yet in fear of getting in contact with the TORO fire which runs after the crowd. That’s what makes it very exciting! People don’t know when the TORO is after them. To cap the celebration off, a glitzy display of beautiful fireworks illuminate the Bacoor sky. Even though it is a yearly festivity, people don’t lose their hearts and affection for the celebration. People spend, eat, play, prepare, invite people, spend again, and again, yet it never mattered cause at the end of the day, it’s still all worth it. I wish the Fiesta celebration here in our village is the same as Bacoor’s way of celebrating it.

photoshoot

i wore my fatigue pants last night in church and i thought of doing my ala Mrs. Smith photoshoot that i planned 6 months ago!


but then i changed my costume:






well.. nagfifeeling lang! =)

Flag Football All-Stars / S.O.M. cLoe Edition

Well, yesterday was the women Philippine flag football league’s All-Star day. The different teams of the WPFFL picked several people from the team to participate in the different games installed for the day.

There were 8 different games for each of the teams to compete on (longest kick, longest punt, deflagging, longest throw, most accurate throw, fastest run 40yards, fastest run 80 yards, most accurate snap), and a finale game where all teams were mixed and divided into two for the patintero game! Really! Patintero!

I participated in the deflagging game where I had to deflag 10 people in 10 seconds. The most number of flags deflagged within 10 seconds wins. I and the rest of the participants were only able to deflag 8 flags, while one person, the winner, got to deflag 9 flags within the time limit.

After all the 8 team vs. team games, it was time for the patintero. The stipulations were the same with the original Philippine patintero aside from the fact that instead of just touching the opponent to be the offensive team, the “taya” or the defensive team needs to deflag one of the opponent team’s member. Cool! I knew it would be fun because patintero used to be my favorite street game when I was a kid. All the 6 ladies' teams (about 60 players) were mixed and divided into two –the red and the yellow team. I belong to the latter. At first, both teams kept on deflagging the opponent when they were the defensive team. A time out was called and after that, the teams were given two chances to win as many points as they could. It was the yellow team fist who tried to win a point but we failed because someone from our team was deflagged. Next it was the red teams’ turn to earn points. They were able to gather 2 points which made our team more determined. Our turn came and it was the most wearing part of the entire game because we were pressured to earn points. 5 in our team, including me were able to pass the red team’s defenders and were ready to score. We were “homing”, as what it was usually called. Imagine 5 points if all five of us were able to pass through the last line of defenders. Unfortunately, one of the members behind us who couldn’t move forward due to strict defenders on the line stepped back into where she came from, which was against the rules. We lost due to that but it was really fun! Really really fun! I felt I was a kid again! Plus, we had a free shirt just for the event! COOL!

Also, i wore my new pair of long socks! hehe

Some marker flags used for the games.

After the all-star games, I, MJ, KC, and Juan went to Shinjuku Ramen House in Makati to dine with MJ’s parents. I was able to eat the most delicious Gyoza I have ever tasted in my entire life! Hehe!

This is MJ

After the dinner, we went straight to MJ’s house and had some drinks. We talked about life, friends, football, and some sentimental stuff which drew us closer to each other. We also took some pictures and a video of Mj’s crib and ate lots of vodka candies! That was hella good time!

At MJ’s Rooftop

Airport View from MJ’s Rooftop

MJ’s doodle cabinet

Arrowheads Doodle Cabinet corner

Finlandia Vodka Candy!
My favorite!!!

Nangkasoy and Triple Chocolate

Those are the two limited edition flavors of Nestle ice cream that are sold for only five pesos per scoop at tropical hut grocery store, shopwise festival mall, and shell select magallanes. Surely, there are more nestle ice cream stands around metro manila that has that special promo offered for the summer. 5 pesos? Cheap right?! Compare it to the dirty ice cream which sells 10 pesos per sweet cone, it still comes cheaper because of the special flavor and luxurious ingredients! Damn it taste good too! Don’t be judgmental with the langka flavor. Taste it first and regret ever doubting it! Imagine langka ice cream loaded with kasoy! Imagine chocolate ice cream with bitter sweet chocochips and sweet chocolate slices! They both are delectable though NANGKASOY excite my buds more… I like it even better than Haagen Daaz’s Macadamia ice cream! Hehe ofcourse I couldn’t compare the taste since they are obviously different but I’d enjoy eating a scoop of Nangkasoy more! Just this afternoon I had three scoops one after the other. I just love it! You gotta try it!

family time

I just came from Subic- again- but this time, with my family. Well, as I’ve said, there was no planning involved as to where we would be going for the long week end, nor on how long would be staying in the unnamed place… and so, mother asked us to pack some stuff just incase we wouldn’t go home at once… and so we did. We had different places in mind. Subic, Anilao, Bagiuo, La Luz, anywhere in Batangas, anywhere in the north… EXCITING!

We left our house with our stuff and agreed, while we were on the way, that we’d be going to Subic! We had a stop over at mcdonald’s and then continued on with the ride. Ok. When we were just 10 minutes away from the area, we missed a shorter route which led us to an extra hour of driving around Olongapo City. Our first supposed to be destination: the beach. We went to several beaches and unfortunately all the beaches were super crowded that even the resort itself does not allow any extra accommodation for anyone for the entire day. And so, we just ate instead. We went to Rico’s Restaurant, a relative-owned resto in Olongapo. After which, we searched for a place to stay in. We rested for a little while and then got our excited-want-to-swim butts off the bed and got ready for our swimming activity. We inquired and searched for the best beach in the area and when we got there, I realized, it was the same beach I went to 2 weeks ago with my football team. Grrrrrreat- at least I got to swim under the sun! Funny, I think I didn’t get any tan line from the beach. How come I don’t get any darker??? Is this the maximumEST dark complexion for me? Rarrr! Hahaha! =) we ate again afterwards and slept. It was a very tiring day.. just plain road trip kills my butt. Wonder how I’d manage to stay in proper decorum on our Pagudpod trip, mind you, 16 hours of driving?!! My butt burns like hell! (my brother with the cam)

Next day: We visited the Subic Center (forgot) and checked out the amenities that they offer. We went go karting and damn it! my sister didn’t wait for me and my brother. The two of us waited for each other for a fair judgment on who’d finish the 10 lapses first but my sister got off and proceeded with her karting while the two of us were left behind, waiting for each other.


(my sister, me, then my brother)

DAMN IT! Ofcourse she finished first and I second but if justice was basis, she’d be disqualified. And so, I think I did win the race! Hehe! =)

Anyway, after karting, we had so may stop overs. One was in a crab stand along the road.


We loved seafood, and my mom has lust for crabs with aligue. We stopped by and searched for crabs with aligue but nothing satisfied my mom. We searched and searched at two crab stands but nothing really appealed to her. As an exchange for the time they spent attending to us, we brought some even without overflowing aligue.


We ended up eating at Razon’s, a famous eatery for their special halo-halo and palabok.


A chilled bowl of sweet banana, macapuno, and shredded ice topped with leche flan was served after the main course.

With bellies stuffed, we hit the streets again and squeezed into traffic madness. Headache! Headache! Super headache!

I got home and a shell report that needs furnishing waits for my arrival. Damn it! Instead of sleeping I had to do the report due to someone’s laxity. @$$! Ofcourse I shared with my family each and every detail of my rabid annoyance. Oh yes, I was every inch the frisky bitch itching for a punch to the impish freak! Even with a severe headache, I managed to stay awake up to 4 in the morning just to finish the report. Fucker! And guess what, I had to wake up at 7 coz we’d be meeting in school at 1030am! My headache was still there.. clinging.. DAMN! Anyway, it was already over. Oh man, was last night ever a physical and an emotional nadir…

Well.. nothing much. Just wanted to update this blog…

Today is my dadi’s birthday. I really don’t know what’s gonna happen today. All I know is that we’re going somewhere tomorrow. Subic? La Luz? I really have no idea because everything’s unplanned.. we’re gonna go wherever we feel like going to tomorrow…

Now, I just had SEX with my friend Aubrey and her boyfriend Rayjohn. Sinangag Express, that is! It was so hot in there since the place had no aircon. We chatted for awhile and then went to Cielin’s Cakehouse. They bought some dessert and then brought me home. I wish they live nearby so that we could just hang out whenever we want.

I suddenly remembered, by October, Aubrey’s going to Singapore and I know it would be less fun and saddening. Three of my best buds /neighbors left while we were still kids and I can still remember all the fun that we had before. I really felt lonely when they left. Well.. In a few months, another close friend of mine is leaving and so I’m expecting myself to be less jolly when the time comes. The good thing is, Im gonna have a place to stay in when I visit Singapore. GREAT! Im just gonna crash in her hovel haha! Im really looking forward to that..

Speaking of my childhood friends who left me here in my crazy street, I managed to find one of them in myspace yesterday and im glad I did. I received a message from her just now and I’m about to read it in a moment. The incredible wonders of friendster and myspace excite me all the time..

Well, as I’ve said, it’s my dad’s birthday today. We’ll be going to mass later then have dinner. Where? Crab shack? Contis? Rumpa? Anywhere near I guess.. but i’d prefer Dampa more so that I could eat all the seafood I want…

A-WEEK: ARROWHEADS AND ALCOHOL (March 17 – 24, 2006)

I can call this week a week of football and alcohol. Last Monday-Wednesday, Mar 17 – 19, 17 members of the football team, including me, went to Subic. We stayed at Legenda Suites feeling pimps since it was the best place to stay at, that’s what they say, in that Area. All 17 of us stayed in one suite with two rooms, a mini kitchen, a dining table and a living room, big enough to house all 17 of us. Some of my team mates arrived there early in the afternoon while I and some arrived at night. That night, the team gathered around the terrace just in front of the suite that we were staying in. We sat there, drank beer and rum coke, others, smoking, while sharing stories and corny jokes with one another. When we all got tipsy, some of us were asked to do a dare, pretty much silly stuff. Luckily, my dare was not that hard. Haha! I wont type it here since it’s a team secret. Heck! What secret secret? Didn’t you know that WHAT HAPPENS IN SUBIC STAYS IN MULTIPLY??? Haha!=) anyway, we all got very tipsy, I bet some got drunk, during the first night. We ended up grabbing the magic sing.. oops THEY ended up singin’! I ended up running and then diving luckily enough reaching the cushion as I fell down. Hitting the sheets was my mission! Hehe I slept at around 3am, and the others? I have no idea...

I woke up at 8am sober enough to grab some food in the kitchen. Chips ahoy, that is! a few were awake as well but no one of the few felt the need to cook since there was no available casserole for the noodles. Good thing there was a huge frying pan, which Cocoy, a team mate who lives in subic, brought for us. With that, we were able to cook 6 noodle packs which fed all of us. After breakfast, we headed to the beach, swam and played football, then headed to our team mate’s resto for lunch. By the way, the beach we went to has little slides on it! Stupendous! Imagine that – kiddos went sliding in the beach… AHEM! Cool thing! In the afternoon, we went go karting and at night, as usual, we gathered again in the terrace and swigged some beer and coke rum.

The next day, we left Subic and arrived Manila at 3pm.

Thursday was kind of a rest day for me. I went to our shop and helped my mom bake. It was a very long time since I’ve visited our shop since all the freaking thesis, cases, and exams kept me too busy to even drop by my mom’s shop for a jiffy.

Well Friday was a day for football training. We had to since our next opponent was the 2nd best team from last season. We practiced at Valle Verde 2 at around 2pm since our other team mates arrived late, as usual. After training, we headed to AYSEE”s. Damn their sisig is perfectly fine! I could be grossed out by other sisigs thinking about each and every innards mixed in there but AYSEE’s was exceptional. I couldn’t eat that much that day since I was still full from lunch and a couple of soft drinks, but I would gladly be back and feed me a full serving of their heavenly sisig- matching it with a bottle of beer perhaps.

Saturday- GAME TIME. We all worked our asses off and it kinda worked since we gave them a hard time to accumulate their touch downs. We lost but it aint that bad since all of worked hard for it. Keep yah head up gurlz! Anyway, after the game, we went to Gian’s place at Alabang hills. DING DING DING BENG BENG! We swam in their pool, swigged some wine and beer and coke rum, and when we all got tipsy, we just lay down. We went home at around 2am. Thanks to Juanni and Kathy who brought me home.. and also to MJ who cared enough to look for and cover me with towels out there in the sub-zero patio/porch whilst my sleep.

Anyway, that was a tiresome yet fun week with the arrowheads. I really missed them since I’ve been missing some practices and some gimmicks with them due to school demands. I really enjoyed my week with them and I really cant wait for the team’s next adventure / hang out / whatever sessions..

>>> Ill just try to spruce up this entry with a few pics when I have time… ciao!

FOOD GALORE

April 11, 2006 (Tuesday)
night out with my iegurls – vida, and iza (watched ice age2). First, I ate waffledog-bacon flavor… the waffle sold near town’s movie houses..the 15 peso waffle para tipid!) I really didn’t like it since it has mayonnaise (blech –waffle with mayo???) and so, I only ate the parts with no mayo and had my friends eat the other parts. after that, we strolled around town and went through the food stores to get some food. Kunwari pa nagtitipid but we went to starbucks and well… ate and drank coppi! Hehe we ate some holy kettle corn afterwards while watching ice age. We then went to justine’s house and slept there.

April 12, 2006 (Wednesday)
ok. Next morning ding ding ding breakfast time!!! 3 longanisa hamonado, 3 pandesal with cream cheese, a bit of rice (as usual), half a fried egg, and daing na fish. Hehe after breakfast I went home, took a bath and guess what?!! Lunch was served. My goolay the ulam was tinola! My favorite! And so I ate. Hehe then I watched “Are We There Yet?” with my siblings at home while eating some chips. Di pa talaga nabusog noh? Hehe ok. Worst part: Night out again with my iegurls –aubrey, vida and iza. We ate at Seaside in macapagal highway. Do I need to elaborate on this? seafood galore! We were so stingy but all we ate only cost us 800! Damn! Ang DAMIIIIIIII sweet and sour hipon, baked tahong (ooolalaaaah), inihaw na tilapia, and garlic rice! It was little in variety but huge in quantity! Hehe. Think it ends there??? We went to bluewave after and ate dessert at jollibee while watching some band play. Hehe ayos!!!

April 13, 2006 (Thursday)
Nothing much. Walnut pie, mango meringue torte, leche flan, chocolate cake, vanilla ice cream with brownies.. well basically desserts. That’s all! =)

April 14, 2006 (Friday)
Supposed to be a fasting and abstinence day…yeah it was till we went to Cavite to watch the processions. Surprise surprise! It was my cousin’s birthday and instead of the traditional Narvaez clan fasting, too much seafood and desserts were on the dining table. I tried to restrain myself from eating the meal and I survived. However, when the 2 ice creams were served on the table, I found it hard to control from walking towards it. Just a glimpse, please.. NOT! Ok just a cup.. NOT!!! Fine! 2 cups… one per flavor? NOT! 2 cups per flavor! YUM YUM!

April 15, 2006 (Saturday)
Well.. this day was a day off for my belly. We just had regular meals at home…

April 16, 2006 (Sunday)
HAPPY EASTER FOLKS AND HELLO BELLY! We ate at Josephine’s for breakfast…buffet style! I skipped lunch due to unavailability of stomach space… then dinner was quite normal..

well.. that was a week long food trippin'.. cant wait for football training.. CANT WAIT! CANT WAIT!

sakit sa chan

whahooooooooh!!! busog nanaman ako!

hay... what a day! before lunch, my blockmate, justine, insisted that we go to market market for us to taste the lucban pancit that she's been craving for. we went there, parked, and headed to the foodcourt. justine treated us to 2 orders of pancit lucban, my goshhhh ang dami!!! my friends bought barbeques and rice, and i, knowing me, would be easilly filled up with the pancit. i really wasn't a pancit lover so i expected that i would not be eating much of it. NO!!!!!!!! the pancit lucban was nothing like any other pancit. it has lechon as its meat, carot strips, and different kinds of veggies. PLUS, it's perfectly matched with vinegar! i ate 1/3 of the huge platter. quite surprising for me becuase i never really liked pancit that much. VINEGAR is the magic ingredient! eating the pancit with vinegar was quite odd but i assure you that it really jived perfectly.

rubbing bellies was the result of our pig out. but it didnt stop there, we headed to Solomon Guest House and ordered for chocolate beehive! we had super fun while dining at Solomon's. super laugh trip. i have never experienced that much laughter with my iegurls! tinalo pa work out training ko sa football. feeling ko na-burn na lahat ng calories na kinain ko! hehe

BEFORE






AFTER

plant visit = car picnic

the day was very very cold. i had three socks worn at each foot while sleeping and when i woke up at 7am, my feet were dead freezing. it was very cooooold!!! Anyway, Thursdays were meant to be my day of rest since I had no class during this day. Today was different because we had a plant visit at Intel and had to meet up at the Petron Gas station at SLEX for convoy 8:30 in the morning. 5 people in class brought cars to transport each and everyone of us to intel which was at General Trias, Cavite. We, mah IEGURLS, plus dianne and richelle, rode vida's car. as planned, each of us on the car was assigned to bring food for the trip. yeah we did bring! we brought food good for atleast 3 good meals, infact. Well, for me it was! we ate... and ate... and ate... the exact cycle was 1.) think of a good place to eat 2.) think of the food to eat 3.) eat! and after that, the cycle starts all over again. we had some picnic going around, only, we were inside a car. even though it was hard to eat due to unfomfortable eating positions, we were all at peace while feasting on some burritos, chicken pies, tikoy-de-turon, and some chichiria and desserts. i was stuffed but i admit that nothing else comes to mind than food. i was even longing for a coffee break to go along with some donuts and food for the gods that we brought for snacks... even just right after i've gobbled on them! hence, we stopped over at caltex starbucks to swig some c-o-f-f-e-e!!! yey! how takaw could i get?!!

on saturday, we will be having our LASARET -slash- lasallian retreat! oh no! it must be food madness again! haha! ready - get set - munch! =)

Kung hei fat choi.

And I thought I would be able to update this regularly…

Anyway, happy Chinese new year to everyone! Well, I am not Chinese but I think that we celebrated Chinese new year much more than that of Jan 1, 2006! Last Saturday, we went to Star City until the eve of Chinese new year and left at around 2am. Whew! Ooooooooh what a night! Rampage almost everywhere! Obviously it was a night where a lot of people celebrated chinese new year even though they weren’t Chinese. Long lines on the ticket booth, long lines on the entry point, long lines on the rides, and even long lines on the exit point. Good thing we didn’t have to fall in line for the entrance tickets coz we got ourselves free admission tickets! Hehe! My brother’s classmate owns the place.. yuhhhh!!! Well just wanted to see the place, see what has changed over the years, but we didn’t expect it to be that crowded on that day… anyway, that’s where we were on that eve…

Next day, Sunday, we went to bacoor, cavite to visit our grandparents. It’s actually my lovely Lola’s birthday, plus the last Sunday of the month = family reunion… we stayed there to devour over delectable meals.. feeling Chinese nga kami, ang dami food!!! Hehehe but sadly, walang tikoy sa bahay sa bacoor!

Anyway, after eating lunch, I slacked back at the sofa and lounged while watching Martina Hingis and someone (guy) against someone (a guy and another girl) playing for the finals of mixed doubles category of Australian Open. obviously I was a fan of martina only. Hehe! Whoohooh martina’s back and she still is very swift and alert.. same ol’ martina I used to cheer for way back grade 6! Too bad she only reached the quarter finals for women’s singles. Anyway, the next anticipated game was that of Federer! Man oh man!!! He did win! Yey!!!

Anyway, enough of that… just wanted to blurt out what has been happening recently.. well.. there you go…

im beachy!

oh my!!!

have you heard of the news about Cebu Pacific having a promo of a Boracay fare for only Php488 = one way??? = Php976 for round trip?!!! the bad news is... the selling of tickets was only up to last Jan 16!!!! however, i heard that they are having a new promo of 3thou plus plus for roundtrip. i just dont know up to when that promo would be offered... and i heard Sea Air had another offer of that sort, only CHEAPER than the php488=one way!!! but again.. promo time has already ended... DAMN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

i wanna go to the beach!!! any beach!!! please!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! come on now my friends!!! plan! just plan!!! i shall come!!! hahaha! =)

shockamommah!

it's been a very long time since my last bloggin'!

last Christmas break, instead of resting and travelling, i've been busy helping my mom bake for Christmas orders. almost everyday we spent every minute baking from 9am till 3 in the morning then waking up again at around 7am... so basically, i wasn't home most of the time.. it was tiring but i had fun! =)

well.. now im back to school! during the first and second week of school, i had a hard time adjusting myself in waking up at 5:45am every mon, wed and fri! damn schedule! its been more than a year since i've had a class as early as 8am! and in order to get in school on time, i had to leave home at around 6:45! damn! im having yawning and sleezy eyes attacks every now and then while im in class...

in school, since the first week, ive been inundated with homeworks and cases. that is the reason why i couldnt allocate some time to blog! poor me!!! however, im so glad im back to having physical activities coz now i have football trainings every MWF! yey! atleast i have a way to burn those calories that i've ingested during the break! whew!

anyway, im just having some free time right now... in a little while, im gonna have to start doing another case..

Alabogs 1997

whoooh! i just got back from a girls (plus 2 boys... oh 3!) night out with my highschool barkada and still i am capable of typing this amidst heavy tipsyness and drowsiness. i am in a euphoric state and can not resist typing whatever flows in my head. i am not yet in the mood to sleep though i know i should be waking up in about 4 hours.

i can say that this has been one of the best nights of the year. me and my barkada just stayed at sidebar, el pueblo and celebrated one of my kabarkada's (TepTep) birthday - slash - reunion. i couldnt explain what has happened for the past 7 hours. all i know is that we did a lot of silly stuff, ate and ate and ate and ate and drank and drank and drank and drank the entire night. buy one take one pa ang beer! plus masarap ang bagong mule ice! shoot masarap din ang tequilla lalo na ang asin and lemon! and the fruit margarita is a crime! enough of that...

i soooooooo missed my barkada! i just wish i could be with them often.. always!!! i had so many memories with them and i can say that nothing still compares to that. we've been friends for about 9 years already and the crazysexycoolness still hasn't faded away. we've been for each other through thick and thicker and no one really can replace their company. well.. im just so overwhelmed with our get-together a few hours ago. cant wait for the 30th! im gonna see ya'll again soon! AJA!!!!!!!!! >>> what was that Mac??? what happens in vegas stays in vegas. yeah right!!!

Denouement

im here.. guess where! in the office. im done with my ojt but here i am. my boss said he wanted to talk to us, me and droz, but droz couldn't find time to come so here i am, alone, waiting for my boss. he's in a conference right now and so I’m just using one of the PCs here in the MBD whilst awaiting for his arrival. hmm... a lot of things to write about. first, i was so surprised that there's music being played in the plant already! wow! they installed a sound system in the entire plant! Perhaps that’s where the budget for my and droz’s ojt went to since our contracts just ended haha! when i entered the plant, the song that was playing was... i'm blue im in need of a guy im in need of a guy... hahaha! wow! I was just reminded of our Boracay trip... and right now.. the song that's playing is loveshack! lololoveshack! oh that's my favorite song to sing especially when my footballmate shaq is around! We used to sing that to him just to make him laugh. hahaha funny!!! anyway anyway anyway... The songs being played are so if not techno and upbeat, very boy-bandish! If not, they are music from the 80’s. the peeps in MBD are singin'! cool! Voice from the loud speaker enters: SOUNDS CHECK ONE TWO.. SOUNDS CHECK ONE TWO.. talagang sounds eh with the S!!! MBD people are laughing their hearts out! Funny situation over here! Whoops it’s 4:30! i lost track of time with the sounds that are being played. Oh.. so that’s its purpose.. anyway, where is my boss???

He’s still not around. one reason im here is to file my request for payment. i wanted to file it but as I’ve mentioned, boss ain’t around and so no one would be able to sign it. filing starts at 3pm up to 4pm only and so, there's no chance of filing it today. ima' just let jen file it. thanks jen!

and another reason that im here, aside from the request for pay and my meeting with my boss, is because i wanted to fix my final report for OJT. i added some stuff that wasn’t included in my report that i was able to ring bind last friday. i wanted to bind it again but we’ve got no binder at home. and if i bind it somewhere else, I then would have to pay. since i brought my own materials, I guess it would be just fine if I used the binder in the office. That ain’t that wicked right?

It’s 5 pm now! im still waiting while sippin’ a cup of coffee.. oh my last cup of free coffee! huhuhu =( im also playing dynomite. A game that I, Kelly and Droz would play after meals until lunchbreak is over. This would have to be my last dynomite game as well because it doesn’t work athome!

........ Will I go now or would i just wait instead? I’ve stayed for more than 2 hours already, with nothing left to surf. Sayang naman ang pag hintay ko if I wouldn’t be able to meet my boss. I even didn’t go with my dad to makati for this. but if their meeting aint done in 30 mins… im gone…


TYPED AFTER “THE PANEL INTERVIEW” :

I ended up waiting for their meeting to finish. anyway…

CI people are bloody cool! My first impression of them was that they were silent people. Lalo na the girls of CI. they never talked to me before. only my direct boss and boss’ boss did! Well they had to ‘cause I was their trainee. I was too shy then. I merely talked…only when asked to. And I remember my first day.. perhaps Jen (cadet engineer) was so irritated because I made her stand up everytime the phone rang. The phone that was beside me…Just an arm away. I didn’t want to answer it because I knew nothing about the people and the company then. Besides, If I picked up the phone, I wouldn’t know who they were looking for, and what to answer incase i was asked about something. only thing I knew then was that Kraft were the makers of eden and cheddar cheese. And mayo! And oreos and chips ahoys.. and tang and maxwell.. and yeah.. a bunch more. I wouldn’t want to enumerate every product.... Anyway, as time went by, I knew a lot of people, a lot of production processes, a lot of techniques on how to obtain data, on how to approach the line people.. a whole lot of things indeed! Include kproxy and blogspot there. I gradually loved what I was doing inside the plant. I found amazing things to do at the peak of boredom. I kept myself pretty much busy, even though I technically wasn’t. what do I do??? it’s exactly what you (if you’re a reader from Kraft) is doing right now! huli ka!!!

Droz = B.I. HAHA! =) I had a hell lot of fun especially on learning different things from Droz. They say he’s the Kilabot! Haha! yeah.. super Kilabot! The self proclaimed OJT Manager. He’s got his own ways on handling things inside the plant, may it be work related or just plain foolishness. I surely learned a lot from him… more on the foolishness side though… kidding!

The fact is… I enjoyed my stay in kraft. During the meeting, feeling cozy at the finance board room, I was asked a hell lot of questions. I thought ojt was over. But then I was kinda like panel- interviewed. Not a serious one though. A lot of funny insights were shared during the “panel interview”. they caught me off guard there. I really didn’t know that they were to ask me questions, I just thought I went there to have a meeting with my boss and not with the entire crew. Oh well.. it was my first time seeing them in their not-so-serious side. They made funny remarks which kept me smiling all the time. Well good! Because I wanted my last day inside the office to be worth remembering. Then i saw jen playing with her hair. Her sign of i-want-to-go-home-now!!! ~ which really distracted me.. I couldn’t understand what the rest were saying due to this amusing act of jen, pulling her long hair upwards then sideways… I think she wanted to kill me for not going home at once… for waiting for their meeting to end. Right jen? Im sorry. haha! then entered sir Abet (spoonables analyst): “cream puff ko!” hahaha! I’ll try to find time to bake for him…really, if I could.

well perhaps it’s my last day to enter the plant today. I know im gonna miss everything in there. Even the sanitation area. Yeah, really ~ counting the foils and everything else…

I really can’t wait for the year-end get-together! ‘hope to see them all soon…

TO THE CI GROUP: THANK YOU VERY MUCH. And yeah.. i still want my buffet! Heehee…

shimmer in shiver

I was so lazy today, yet, productive. I was awakened by the loud knockings of my mother on my door. It’s been a long time since I’ve heard those knockings because I usually get up earlier than my mom since I had to go to the office. She woke me up for it was breakfast time. I was so sluggish on getting up, having frosted feet due to cold weather plus slight head ache and symptoms of cold attack. But since I hated eating alone, I had no choice! I got up, ate breakfast and then prepared for mass.

At 10:30am I got back from church and lounged while watching Paradigm Chef at Studio23. Just then i remembered that I was supposed to cook some cheese sticks or burritos as requested by my brother. Damn! i missed cooking for my siblings. Before, I used to cook merienda or lunch meals for them. Sometimes I even make desserts, but ever since I started playing football, my Saturdays became occupied (due to tournaments) and my Sundays were spent on resting/studying/working/shopping. =) I was supposed to be at a “Jingle Bowl” tournament right now by the way, but I refused since I planned to stay with my family, as how it has always been, on a Sunday. Anyway, I felt like I’ve abandoned my siblings and so I planned on making them something to munch on for merienda. I first searched for salsa recipes over the internet, but due to lack of ingredients, I made my own version. It tasted good after all! i also made cheese sticks because I knew it would be easier than making burritos. I was tamad pa naman! My brother was so excited and gladly helped me with the wrapping of the cheese. We used KRAFT eden and cheddar cheese…just to let you know! Hahaha! Anyway, I’m so touched to see the delight in my brother’s face while watching me cook the cheese sticks and the salsa for the dip. I felt like he really missed me and my cooking. =)

I finished at around 4:30 ~ finished cooking and tasting, that is. I headed to my room, cleaned my salsa-smelling self, and lounged again at my mom’s sofa in their room. Me and my mom looked for something nice to watch and as I was channel surfing, I passed by some channel, ETC I think, where they featured Christmas decorations. Shockamommah!!! I forgot that I was supposed to put up the other Christmas decors in our home. That was way long overdue! i immediately transferred the channel and sneaked out of their room to avoid being reminded of the Christmas decors that I promised to put up. Heehee. =) I then asked for help from our helper to get the decors from the boxes just so I could set it up and get the job done. Yes I did it!!! To think that I was so lazy to get myself outta bed!

Right now.. im doing the finishing touches on my OJT final report for school. I’m so home alone. well.. technically. my mom’s at a party. My dad’s out buying stuff. My sister’s out with her choir mates making caroling, my brother’s asleep,, the helpers are, well.. I don’t know, I couldn’t see nor hear them from where I’m at. it’s me alone in the me-loud glade…

I’m just staring at the shiny shimmery lights and decors around me as I type this while listening to some Christmas songs… feeling the cold breeze of Christmas air. I’m feeling soooo c-o-o-o-old! Wow! It’s only 2 weeks before Christmas… I hope I get nice gifts! =)

Pinoy BIG KRAFT House

today was my last day in kraft.

funny that pinoy big brother relinquishes the memories i had there. on my first day, when i entered MBD, sabi ng boss ko: "Goodmorning Cielo! aga mo ah! nanunuod ka ba ng pinoy big brother?" ayos ah! first morning greeting ko yun nung first day ha! and then on lunch breaks during my first 2 weeks there, puro PBB ang topic! and so, just to be able to catch up to what they were talking about, i started watching it narin. but nung natanggal si franzen, i stopped. i dont know why. perhaps i just didnt have time na. well.. droz is right! we are now officially evicted from the "Pinoy Big Kraft house". yeah... at the hype of PBB, i was also at the hype of my work. and on the last eviction night of PBB, our contracts just ended as well. parang eviction din for us! haha! anyway, im watching PBB kasi right now that's why that's what first came into my mind.

well.... wala lang naman... ayun lang. hehe =)

just random bloggin'

i have just arrived from lunch with jen, droz and jing. we ate at Mongolian "quick" Stop at SM sucat (new wing)~ same as the original Mongolian Stop, only, mas masarap sa original. sobrang nakakabusog talaga! in fairness, naubos ko! pano konti lang nilagay ko na rice! anyway, i wanted to eat FIC pistacio ice cream after sana kaya lang naubos na! naubusan nanaman ako! always nalang! hay...

hayyyyyyyyyyyyyyy............................

i am supposed to be in a meeting right now but it got rescheduled. tomorrow na at 10am. wow! my last day in kraft should be extremely bonggacious, and hopefully, productive (Jen!!! Yoohoo!!!)... basta kelangan special!!! hmm... i have a meeting from 10-12am. lunch-out or special lunch perhaps (kasi never pa ko bumili sa special meals sa canteen dito sa kraft, always yung tipid meals lang hehe) , then xmas party at night ~im not sure if im invited though. haha! im really gonna miss the kraft peeps! waaaaaah!!! next time nalang ang drama...

THE VHS

my VHS is broken. i dont know how and i dont know why. i was planning to watch some ol' movie and since the VHS ain't working, i ain't doin' nothin'! iv'e got lots of VHS tapes over here and now i cant watch 'em! i know DVD players are swarming electronic stores, and i've got lots of DVD's scattered around, but i wonder if VHS players are still being sold somewhere... gotta find me one!!!

SANTA COUSIN IS COMING TO TOWN

MY SUPER DUPER ADORABLE, KIND, AND GORGEOUS COUSIN JELLYN (HAHA SIPSIP!) IS COMING HOME AND SHE'LL BE BRINGING ALONG THIS FOOTBALL WITH HER. FOR WHOM??? FOR ME!!! WALA KASI AKONG MAHANAP NA GANYAN DITO SA PILIPINAS! PURO "VOLT" YUNG BRAND NA MATABANG PATULIS! MAHIRAP I-GRIP! EXCITED NA AKO!!! YEYYYYYYYYY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

WHY WOMEN ARE PHYSICALLY STRONGER THAN MEN

women are
physically stronger
than men

why???!!!

because WOMEN
can carry
two mountains
at a time

while MEN
can only carry
two eggs..

TAKE NOTE:

with the help
of a bird!

hahahahahaha! =)