If one day you wake up and find you're missing me

sigh

2011-04-11T00:36:00.002+08:00

I'm tired but can't sleep. I feel like I'm worried about a lot of things. :(

I have a long list of things to do... and even longer list of things I Want to do. and probably even longer list of things I wanna achieve! But I dunno anymore :(

2010-08-25T23:32:00.001+08:00

Not Like the Movies – KC Concepcion Music Code and Lyrics Code

I’m your average dreamer, I’m a true escapist
Always expecting a happy ending
Maybe I’ve been watching too many movies

Maybe I should grow up and start pretending
When I saw your face thou, everything was slow mo
And I started wondering why..?…

Why can’t it be?
Just a pathway full of roses
Leading to a sunset view
With the one you’ve always dreamt of greats

Why can’t it be?
It was like a movie scene, the way I felt for you
Only you didn’t fall, now it’s not like the movies at all
(…not like the movies at all..)

Should I kept my heart charged
Should have been more patient
Should I kept deny on my addiction

What was I expecting
Did I have a vision of a scene
That only lived in fiction

Now I know that you are not gonna be my co-star?
And it starts to wonder why..

Not Like the Movies – KC Concepcion Music Code

2010-08-21T20:15:00.003+08:00

1) try laser tag - supposed to do today but i wasn't able to go:(
2) ocean park (even if i've been there more or less 3 times already.
3) try different restaurants on my list!
4) watch a movie
5) play bowling again, (not on wii! hehe!)
6) watch the stars
7) go to pet express moa!
8) travel outside metro manila

hay...

2010-08-16T20:36:00.002+08:00

almost all my life...

i have been doing what other people like me to do. not what i like to do. why? sometimes, it makes me happy because i love those other people. but then again when i think about it. does it really make me happy? especially that they feel like it's what you want?

I have a lot of dreams in my life but then again, I am sure not all will be done in this lifetime. But as much as I try to do what I want, most of the time I can't coz the people around me whom I love sometimes wants me to do otherwise.

Broken promises, taken for granted, and it's my fault again.. over and over again..

some people have it easy. they get everything they want without any guilt even if there's a gray area or done in bad faith. but then again, i believe in karma. one day... i'll say one day...

I am so tired. everything I do, it's for them. and yet, if I make one single mistake or I get fed up it's magnified to a big shit.

oh well tiis tiis. well that's all i can do for now naman :(

karma

2010-07-31T10:21:00.003+08:00

super tired this week had lots of thing to do and still undone. energy levels are going down. but the reason for my blog today I guess is called karma.

I always felt like it's unfair but now I try to just let it go and tell myself, someday, they'll get their own karma for all the dishonesty, selfishness and manipulation of all those people.

Anyways, enough about that. what would be better for you? good workplace or better work location? if it were only easy then I'd say most definitely good workplace but then again, life is just not about me. It also involves my family. But we'll see soon. All these great people in my workplace makes me happy and content in a way that even if I didn't get to do what I truly love which is retail marketing in a big company, I'm content with the way it is right now.

Lord, Thank you. All your tests have a reason. I know all these makes me a stronger and better person. Happy weekend everyone!

back from hiatus

2010-07-02T22:51:00.002+08:00

Guess what, it's been a rollercoaster ride eversince I've last blogged!

I now have a job (after taking so much time thinking selecting, I ended up with something complicated but then again, I believe that things happen for a reason and there's a reason for this!)

I now have a part-time/sideline/biz on the side at the same time. who would have thought that when things are low, everything is on the low side but when things start to catch up with all the lax time i got it would be doubled! But then again, I really find it's a blessing to have this. Something I love to do and maybe I just got what I asked for :) Probably just a little more to achieve my dreams! :)

It's really been a while since I last updated this but hopefully when i get the extra time I will surely update this and change the layout as well! I really find black backgrounds a little umay already! :)

Oh, by the way, I tried letting go of something that fills in negative energy. why? It seems like what my gut feel is right and confirmed. :p Good Riddance!

I know what my passion is. Quarter life crisis is really a stage in life where you feel lost but to combat it is to try new things! or try doing something you don't like and you will know what you like :P

Supposed to go on a trip but will not push thru, but it's okay :) I'm so missing a lot of things eversince I started work, but I think this is for the best. I'd rather be someone useful/independent :)

For my friends who still await the posts in my blog, kindly pray that I do pass my certifications on the first take! hehe! Thanks! :) byebye for now! :)

Guess what?

2010-04-04T01:50:00.001+08:00

I can now blog using my ipod:) expect more updates from me then :)

I can finally say ipod is <3

busy-ness!

2010-04-03T21:40:00.002+08:00

I'm too busy too blog lately but I really need to update this. New layout hopefully coming soon!:)

Anyways, in probably a week's time, I will be on my second or third job. I think I should say it's my third job and it's my second company:) Since so little time is left, I wanted to finish everything in my list below so that when I start work, everything will be in order:)

1) GP List (expenses etc) DOB etc!
2) My Doggie in car sign!:D
3) Cosmopawlitan's site
4) Paws N' Fins site updates
5) Employment requirements
6) Xerox of important documents
7) weekend stints
8) Shopping!
9) and a whole lot more....

it's lists and more lists! But I have to say that the past 2 weeks have been extra fruitful and busy!:)

I also plan to change my blog's layout to a simpler style and hopefully, I will be able to blog about my fabulous finds:D

Ta-ta for now!:) Hello again, corporate world but this time, I'd surely do my extra stints!:)

Randoms

2010-01-22T11:23:00.002+08:00

I just wanted to pour out these useless thoughts and get it over with and get back to work! I still have so many things to do but these useless and annoying thoughts keep bugging me!

I forgot where or whose status in facebook I saw this message but I think it's good and at least it makes sense!

"I don't wish for them to die. but if they do, I hope they burn in hell"

well something like that. To all those people who are plastic, user, liars, etc. THAT "quote" is for you!

I know, I sound like as if I'm filled with hatred inside. But so what, for those people who abuse other people and just used them for their own personal gain or whatsoever that is for you!

There, I feel so much better! I can now get back to my work! whee~

Lists, Lists and more Lists!!!!

2010-01-12T00:56:00.002+08:00

List #1 - Things to do

1) Download and install Itunes
2) Dock my Ipod and Put Classical Music
3) Organize my Files
4) Delete Unnecessary Files
5) Back them up on a CD
6) Organize my stuff
7) Organize my E-mail
8) Clean up Facebook Invites
9) Clean up unused Apps
10) Update Phonebook and consolidate information to my phone:)
11) Do the Errands and Chores
12) Get my backpay
13) Exhaust all old blank Cds, Dvds
14) Organize Wii games
15) Organize my books and wrap them in plastic
16) Look for a nice Card holder
17) and more and MORE!

LIST #2 - Things to accomplish/achieve within the first quarter of the year!

1) Change Blog Layout
2) Change PawsandFins layout
3) Change Plurk Layout
4) Change my Multiply site's Layout
5) Read a book
6) Learn at least 2 Piano Pieces (I think I already finished one)
7) Read at least 2 Magazines
8) Try to get into the habit of playing Wii Fit at least three times a week (for the first quarter)
9) Recheck my Video Collection

LIST #3 - Some Goals for the year 2010!

1) Make a sideline / main line:)) haha joke!
2) Drive at least 100kms
3) Study new piano pieces and practice my skills
4) read books (hopefully at least 1 each quarter)
5) read magazines (hopefully 2 each quarter)
6) Organize organize organize
7) Fix my lappie!
8) Self-Study /Review Nihongo
9) More to come:P

Holiday Season!

2009-12-18T21:17:00.002+08:00

I would want to post a personalized holiday picture card but then again, my lappie is broken and i don't wanna install photoshop here:)

Advance Merry Christmas Everyone!

Oh, I also need to revise the layout of my blog! will probably revise it when I get back from my vacation and while still looking for new work!:)

well, the reason why I'm blogging after on hiatus for a long time now, I've been thinking of doing something new with my blog. and aside from that is I was supposed to pour out my thoughts about the recent happenings but I decided na it's not the right time for now :D

Well, recently, I feel like no matter how hard I work, they will never be satisfied. Well then again, a lot of people never find contentment. another realization is that most people don't care what you think or what happens to you. what they care about is themselves only. they would always want to be "ung nakakalamang". sometimes I feel like I won't live long because of this.

anyways! enough about that! Happy Holidays everyone! I hope things get back to normal and get better next year.

HAPPY HOLIDAYS!!!

My Current Wishlist

2009-11-30T20:25:00.002+08:00

Well, since I wanted to place goals on what to buy instead of being an impulsive buyer so here's my list!:)

1) FitFlops (Shakoha Boot by Anna Sui)
2) E63 / E71 / E75 / or just a new phone that has wifi
3) New Lappie since the one I have now is sinusumpong!

Well, I guess that's it for now. I will buy number 2 hopefully before christmas! wish me luck! :) I hope I could sell off the old phones for a good price (I bet hindi!) and hopefully I could decide which one na!:)

Why?

2009-10-23T01:12:00.002+08:00

why do I think of you? I always wonder if it's true. I hope to hear the truth soon!

Anyways,

I really wanted to watch 500 days of Summer! I am a Joseph Gordon-Levitt fan eversince his Ten Things I Hate About You movie! I can't wait to watch it! Hopefully sa saturday na!!!! :)

and Again..

My body clock is a total wreck. When I was working, I make sure I'd be asleep by 11 or 12. Now that I'm enjoying my break, my body clock is messed up.

and Another...

Not everyone has this opportunity that I have right now. I must work harder to accomplish it. Inspiration, where art thou?

Not everyone is given this chance or special things, why do I feel unsure whenever they spend a lot for me? Why do other people have the "kapal ng mukha" to just receive and receive and still do bad deeds and making them look good in front of others but they're bad deep inside?

I still have a lot to learn. to discover. to accept in order to survive.

Goodnighties World!

Nintendo DS Game: My Sims Party

2009-10-22T23:45:00.003+08:00

I have always loved the Sims games! With the new Sims, I tried it on my DS and viola!!! It was full of mini-games which i really like! It's sort of like Mario Party without the board. I tried the Single player and finished all the festivals. I loved it! But it really makes it more exciting with more players playing for the win!

Cute factor is still great! Characters are still cute and adorable! From Gino, the chef, to Rosalyn, the mayor. Each and every character was given a role!

One of the Mini Games. The fossil search. In this mini game you must carefully dig for the dust and blow them to clear the fossils!

In this mini-game, you must mix the right solutions and shake it correctly to achieve the desired output. Watch for which direction you should shake the flask!

One of the mini-games that I liked! You must twirl your fork CAREFULLY to get the spaghetti and click on the eat button to let your character eat it. The first one to finish the plate gets to have the most points! This is really challenging and super fun!

Who said soft serve ice creams are just in one color? This mini game is basic in the sense that you should give what your customers want or ELSE! hehe:)

There are still lots of mini-games that are super nice and cute. Try it and enjoy the game!

Just wanna share...

2009-10-17T23:39:00.002+08:00

The Lord's prescription:

Every Morning
Take a full glass of gratitude.

When getting to work
Take 1 Tablespoon of peace.

Every hour,
Take 1 pill of patience and 1 glass of humility

When getting home
Take one dose of love.

Before bedtime
Take 2 capsules of clear conscience.

Ironies

2009-10-08T08:49:00.000+08:00

got this thru SMS:D Just wanna share:)

1) gud guys go crazy over easy girls

2) gud girls are taken by ungrateful guys

3) d most loyal are those being cheated on

4) cheaters are begged by the good ones to stay

5) the most worthy of good relationships are the ones that aren't taken seriously

6) those greatly hurt by their greatest love end up being players

7) opportunities for relationships come when you least expect it

8) when your ready and wanting someone, chance never presents itself.

Are Pianists Smarter?

2009-10-05T14:54:00.003+08:00

Reposted from Laarni's Multiply

ARE PIANISTS SMARTER?
A group of scientists believe they are. A study conducted in Germany on two groups; one of non-musicians and another of pianists, pitted the two groups against each other in a series of challenges.

The two groups were asked to perform sequences of complex finger exercises or movements. While the exercises were being performed the participants were hooked up to a MRI (magnetic resonance imaging) machine. The machine was attached to the participant's heads to measure brain response.

What the scientists found was surprising. Both groups could perform the activities with the same amount of success. However the MRI report showed very different brain responses in the two groups. Simply speaking the pianists could complete the exercises correctly with less brain activation than the group of non-musicians.

From this we can see that piano player's brains are more efficient. This is further evidence that learning a musical instrument can enhance your brain function.

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Well, what do you think? Being a pianist myself would like to think this is true and applicable in my life but then again, this might be not true:) hehe!

Fireflies

2009-09-23T08:13:00.002+08:00

I like the song I dunno why but it kinda reminds me of Ultra songs. (lyrics are from metrolyrics.com)

Fireflies
Owl City

You would not believe your eyes,
If ten million fireflies.
Lit up the world as I fell asleep.
'Cause they fill the open air,
And leave teardrops everywhere.
You think me rude,
But I would just stand and stare.

I'd like to make myself believe,
That Planet Earth turns slowly.
It's hard to say that I'd rather stay awake when I'm asleep,
'Cause everything is never as it seems.

'Cause I get a thousand hugs,
From ten thousand lightening bugs.
As they try to teach me how to dance,
A foxtrot above my head,
A sockhop beneath my bed.
The disco ball is just hanging by a thread (thread, thread).

I'd like to make myself believe,
That Planet Earth turns slowly.
It's hard to say that I'd rather stay awake when I'm asleep,
'Cause everything is never as it seems (when I fall asleep).

Leave my door open just a crack (please take me away from here),
'Cause I feel like such an insomniac (please take me away from here).
Why do I tire of counting sheep? (please take me away from here)
When I'm far too tired to fall asleep.

To ten million fireflies,
I'm weird 'cause I hate goodbyes.
I got misty eyes as they said farewell (said farewell),
But I know where several are.
If my dreams get real bizarre,
'Cause I saved a few and I keep them in a jar.

I'd like to make myself believe,
That Planet Earth turns slowly.
It's hard to say that I'd rather stay awake when I'm asleep,
'Cause everything is never as it seems (when I fall asleep).

I'd like to make myself believe,
That Planet Earth turns slowly.
It's hard to say that I'd rather stay awake when I'm asleep,
'Cause everything is never as it seems (when I fall asleep).

I'd like to make myself believe,
That Planet Earth turns slowly.
It's hard to say that I'd rather stay awake when I'm asleep,
Because my dreams are bursting at the seams.

The Supposedly Mid-Year Report!

2009-09-21T02:12:00.003+08:00

This is long overdue. But then again, I'm TOO busy to blog the past few weeks if you know:)

Here are the goals I have done at the start of the year! and my comments/report below each goal! :)

1) Blog at least 3 times a week.
----- I was able to do it before I got hired... Due to the many events that happened the last few months it wasn't 3 times a week. But hey, I'm making bawi anyways:)

2) Use my planner to the fullest.
----- I think I did! I listed down all my expenses and all things that I needed to remember (well most of the time anyway)

3) Format my laptop this year. (At least learn how!)
----- Guess what! I just did! Just few days ago.

4) Drive at least 50 kilometers by the end of the year (I hope they let me drive though)
------ This is already way way accomplished. I counted my drive from our new home to work. 15 kilometers one way and 30 kilometers roundtrip. and besides, even before moving here I think I already accomplished that:) I'll try to count my mileage haha! I'm thinking I might be nearing the 500kms mark. what do you think?:D YAY!

5) SAVE, SAVE, SAVE (actually, I'm being super practical and thrifty lately... which is a good sign!)
------ Yeah, Whatever I saved during BUM days are spent during employment days. Well, I did spend on a lot of things though:) I'll be back being a bum soon so I'm pretty sure that I'd be back on saving again!

6) Read books at least one book a month (I hope d na sumakit ulo ko, kakainis labo kasi mata ko)
--- Well, I need to make bawi on this! I finished one book already and halfway on the next one.

7) Take more pictures (more memories!)
---- Apparently, I failed at this one. After so many eventful happenings at my work, I fail to capture them on film. Seeing Jericho Rosales, Vicky Belo and Jollibee at my work! haha! Whee~

8) Finish Cooking Mama! haha:D joke lang! HmmMmMm! I'll think about it.
---- Obviously, I Wasn't able to finish this yet. I'm such a perfectionist when it comes to some stuff. i wanted all gold medals in all recipes. so... i guess that's it!

Yay? I think I accomplished at least 50%! well. the rest will be for next yr! Just kidding!

Anyways, why am I still awake at 2:22am? I just finished some work-related stuff. It's really better for me to work at this hour/time. I work fast (well as long as I'm not sleepy) and it's holiday tomorrow! Whee~ The rare holidays we don't have work should be celebrated!

Gotta go~! I still need to wake up early tomorrow to do some grocery shopping!

~Tammy~

B.U.S.Y.

2009-09-19T21:02:00.007+08:00

I've been too busy the past few weeks / months! Due to work and THE MOVE.

But anyways, before I bore you with all the details, I just wanna do a checklist of what I need to accomplish this "long" weekend. (I have work on saturdays so it's not a "long" weekend for me!)

1) Install Photoshop CS2 or CS3
2) Install Super5 Converter
3) ~~Install IPmsg~~
4) Install Itunes
5) ~~INstall Chikkatxt~~
6) Install Windows IME (language support)
7) ~~Install Easy GIF~~
8) ~~Install NERO (make sure to download that one too!)~~
9) ~~Finish the financial stuff for my work (actually, it's not part of my work but I love dealing with numbers anyway)~~
10) Take pictures of the new puppies for sale!
11) Update my site and take pictures of stuffs for sale!
12) Clean out my mailbox (both yahoo and gmail)
13) Clean out my facebook invites
14) Do a tasklist for job
15) Do a project list for my job and future endeavors
16) Blog about my experience at the book fair and the 3-day sale of MOA!
17) Blog about the MOVE
18) Blog about my first hand experience with my broken lappie!
19) Clean aquariums, try to buy new fish!
20) Fix my stuff! open as many boxes as possible
21) Shop for new clothes
22) Mdel>Blog about my goals and my mid-year report?
23) Blog about my work! haha!
24) ~~copy Fonts~~
25) Copy files

Current Wants!
1) I want the hellolulu laptop bag for my laptop! but I already have a laptop bag... hehe!
2) More books
3) More time to read books!

Anyways, that's it for now! I need to finish those goals for this "long" weekend! will surely be a hectic last 3 weeks at work!:) I survived!

Pretty Annoyed

2009-07-28T18:52:00.003+08:00

Sometimes, the reason why I don't like to be kind is because some people who don't think of others will take advantage of you. There are quite a number of instances of this case happened to me recently. I'm pretty annoyed with the fact that even people I don't know are taking advantage of my kindness.

Of the many people I've encountered lately. There are probably two the stand out. Both of them I don't know personally. I know I should share my blessings but I wanted to share my blessings to those who truly deserved it!

A perfect example of someone who truly deserved something better. In my workplace, I try to greet everyone who greets me even if he/she isn't someone I will be working with. Definitely I'm nice to everyone unless you're not nice to me/took advantage of my kindness/etc. One day, going down the elevator, I happen to chat with our janitor. I saw him neatly dressed and I joked "Kuya, aba may lakad ah!" Then he told me that he was actually going to school!!! I was shocked!! I couldn't believe what I heard. Night school back then was probably more common than today. I was so happy and inspired that someone does his best everyday without complains and go to school after work! As days pass by, I found out that he was on a scholarship and is on a 50% scholar. I wanted to help, but I don't know how.

I told my officemates about that janitor and they were also surprised. Imagine he goes to work 9 to 6pm and goes to school 6-12mn. I wanted to help but I don't want it to be a big help na baka masanay. So one time, I was given a "packed" lunch from work and I just gave it to him coz I'm sure he would appreciate it more than some person. diba? I remembered what Lyanne and I talked about , "Marami diyan, pinapaaral, pero bumubulakbol, kung ano ano ginagawa, hindi naappreciate or kaplastikan and gamitan lang ang nangyayari, e yung iba, grabe ang kayod para lang makaaral at makapagtapos." And to think si Kuya parang never nababadtrip. I am guilty of being badtrip at times but wow, si Kuya, parang never nabadtrip. I wish I could help. erase that. I will help!

Then back to the topic above,

The more I think about it, the more I get annoyed. For someone whom I didn't know personally, never worked with, never conversed with or yet, not even smiled with to ask me for something many times, Isn't it annoying? I just tried to ignore it (although feeling a bit guilty, but I don't wanna be abused again) but no, they find ways just to get what they want without thinking of others. Isn't that a sign or a hint that I don't like it. Isn't it enough?

Anyways, just my thoughts. (if anyone can suggest on how I can help not in terms of money or over help please comment) Thanks!

My Lovely Saturday Afternoon!

2009-07-19T11:44:00.004+08:00

Since I don't like being idle at the office, I opt-in for a half day that day. We went to Sakae Sushi to eat!!!:) We were already planning to eat at Sakae Sushi for a month already! It's my second time there actually but I still enjoy those sushi's rotating around:) Sorry pictures are courtesy of phone camera only that's why it's a bit blurry! We were also lucky since SM Mall of Asia is having their sale, Sakae Sushi also participated by giving 10% off for adult buffet! Whee~

Look at our pile! 20 plates!!!:) yummy!

If you don't like the buffet, you can also opt-in for ala carte and per plate basis:)

The loading area:)

Eat all you can Sushi Buffet! Also comes with bottomless Ice Green Tea or Hot Green Tea and a bowl of Miso Soup!:)

Our very strategic location! ha ha ha!

It was so fun eating at sakae Sushi! :)

After eating we shopped for a while and bought stuff:) I'm so glad that I have no more pending gifts to buy:) whee~:)

LSS Moments!

2009-07-08T21:38:00.002+08:00

Eversince I started driving, I'm having this LSS moments from songs on the radio. Since I cannot remember the titles and artists, I just google/yahoo! the title and artist. Here's song number 2 that caught my attention with the lyrics. I will just highlight those lines that I liked a lot:)

Collide
Howie Day

The dawn is breaking
A light shining through
You're barely waking
And I'm tangled up in you
Yeah

I'm open, you're closed
Where I follow, you'll go
I worry I won't see your face
Light up again

Even the best fall down sometimes
Even the wrong words seem to rhyme
Out of the doubt that fills my mind
I somehow find, you and I collide

I'm quiet, you know
You make a first impression
I've found I'm scared to know
I'm always on your mind

Even the best fall down sometimes
Even the stars refuse to shine
Out of the back you fall in time
I somehow find, you and I collide

Don't stop here
I've lost my place
I'm close behind

Even the best fall down sometimes
Even the wrong words seem to rhyme
Out of the doubt that fills your mind
You finally find, you and I collide

You finally find
You and I collide
You finally find
You and I collide

At long last!

2009-07-05T17:01:00.003+08:00

I've heard this on the radio quite a lot and been wondering what's the title since I know the song but I can't remember the title and artist. Right now, I was actually craving to hear some music to sort of to relax and calm my mind. Then I was humming this song. I Yahoo!'d it but no worthy results came out and tried a lot of times until I found it! Finally! I'll try to embed the song here so you could hear it:) I love this song:) From what I've read the artist is and Irish band pala:)

The Man Who Cant Be Moved - The Script

Going Back to the corner where I first saw you
Gonna camp in my sleeping bag I'm not gonna move
Got some words on cardboard, got your picture in my hand
saying, "if you see this girl can you tell her where I am"

Some people try to hand me money, they don't understand
I'm not broke I'm just a broken hearted man
I know it makes no sense but what else can I do
How can I move on when I'm still in love with you

Cuase If one day you wake up and find your missing me
and your heart starts to wonder where on this earth I could be
Thinkin maybe you'll come back here to the place that we'd meet
And you'll see me waiting for you on our corner of the street
So I'm not moving, I'm not moving

Policeman says, "son you can't stay here"
I said, "there's someone I'm waiting for If it's a day, a month, a year"
Gotta stand my ground even if it rains or snows
If she changes her mind this is the first place she will go

Cause If one day you wake up and find your missing me
and your heart starts to wonder where on this earth I could be
Thinkin maybe you'll come back here to the place that we'd meet
And you'll see me waiting for you on our corner of the street
So I'm not moving, I'm not moving,
I'm not moving, I'm not moving

People talk about the guy that's waiting on a girl
There are no holes in his shoes but a big hole in his world

Maybe i'll get famous as the man who can't be moved
Maybe you wont mean to but you'll see me on the news
And you'll come running to the corner
cuase you'll know it's just for you
Im the man who can't be moved

Chorus 2x

Going Back to the corner where I first saw you
Gonna camp in my sleeping bag I'm not gonna move

Too busy to blog!

2009-06-27T21:19:00.003+08:00

I promised myself back then to blog at least twice or thrice a week. But after being employed for a month. I blog less and less. I love my job or should I say I like the people I work with:) They're really nice. One of my fears when starting out on a job is "politics" in the workplace. But so far, there's no "politics" here. :) I feel like I have two sisters whom I can ask advise from too!:) I learned a lot.

Anyways, I was supposed to blog my wishlist for this half of the year but I feel like I wanted it to be perfect with images and all that. Well here's the short list and probably summary of my wishlist for now:)

1) Nokia E90 (But I'd probably buy a lower model kasi super luma na phone ko... sira na kasi ung samsung)
2) Walk With Me Original DS game!:)
3) Rockband Set for Wii!
4) Another DS Lite for my shobe!
5) Smaller Laptop so I could bring it to work
6) Sun Wireless broadband internet

Well, those are the only things I could think of right now. I know I'm too kuripot to buy siguro kasi I know how to earn my money. I promised myself kasi rin na I wanna earn my own money and ayaw ko matulad sa ibang tao e aasa asa sa sipsip or sa ibang tao. Just this lunch time. I was really tempted to withdraw money from my ATM to buy number 2! I was not in a good mood today that I just wanted to splurge. Good thing I decided not to. Hindi pa right time:) and besides, I wanna save up for something:)

Anyways, I'll try to blog my wishlist tomorrow with pictures. But if it didn't happen, I must be busy packing or something. :) Tata for now!

Nintendo DS 3499 - Rittai Picross (Japan)

2009-06-13T22:35:00.004+08:00

If you liked Picross, I'm pretty sure that you'd like this. This is just a 3D version of Picross! I like how the game makes you think and analyze things and boxes. I'm almost done with this game. If you like puzzles, you'd like Rittai Picross. You don't even need to learn how to read Japanese to play this game. For those who don't know what Picross is, Picross is like Minesweeper only way way way better! I recommend this game for people who don't like RPGs and doesn't play hours straight.

Genre: Puzzle/Logic
Score: 5 Stars out of 5!

The 2nd Event...

2009-06-07T15:32:00.007+08:00

For some of my friends, I'm sure they're thinking that it was the first event in my job. It's actually the second. The first one was just near our office and wasn't sure if anyone I know would be in that place. Probably I was too naive back at that time. :)

Beauty Upgraded.
Beauty Celebrated.
Beauty Experienced.

BEAUTY BY SM.

It was actually more of a relaunch of the Watsons Department stores format. Instead of the usual beauty area you see before, This was the new and improved beauty section at SM Department Stores. I'm sure a lot of you would think that it's not under Watsons but it is. So here are some pics of what I slaved over the past few days. Seeing those collaterals without the execution was too plain for me. But after seeing it on the gondolas, I was pretty happy and wow-ed also. :) I not being biased here, but the new format was really nice. I was thinking that they are probably following with the trend or format of the department stores abroad. Or probably, another Rustan's in the making. Anyways, enjoy the pics!:)

Oh, I almost forgot, I saw Jericho Rosales LIVE. Grabe! the girls or women should I say of all ages are nagtitilian!!! I would like to have a picture just for remembrance's sake but my feet hurts and I don't like crowded spaces. hahaa!:D He's not my crush anyway. hahaha!:)

Once again, enjoy the pictures!:D Those collaterals are what I've worked hard for... imagine the rush. but we made it:)

Sorry for the blurry pic but try to notice how many cellphones were out?

The Amu'in posters! Actually if you purchase P1,500 and up inclusive of Spa Essentials and Amu'in products you get 15 min signature Amu'in spot massage for FREE!:)

May funny kwento for this. This is actually called the VESTIBULE. I don't know what that is at first and they told me that it was for the door (entrance) I thought the vestibule was a big big big image covering the whole door and when we arrived at ORTIGAS DS, I said. Shux! bakit wala yung hinahabol kong vestibule!! I was envisioning it to be super big and all that! Yun pala it was just a small thingie!

Right VESTIBULE

THE MAKE UP STATION!!!!

Just a little Piano Music...

2009-06-01T20:25:00.004+08:00

I came across a video from Pat's multiply. I was so happy to hear this. I feel so alive again:) Just wanna share it to you peeps!:D Here's the link :

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0v3d6SFcDys

After hearing and watching this, I felt so happy and relaxed!:) I love the sound of the piano and the cello!:) After hearing this music, I was tempted to play the piano!!!

Anyways, enough about this. I haven't been updating for quite a long time!:) I'm super busy with work. I'm not sure pa if I'll stay long here in this company. I sort of like it already but I feel like promotions are slow and I really wanted to try my luck in branding:) But we'll see...

In fairness, After seeing the output through the Megamall Department Store branch, I felt so happy and wow-ed! :) Thinking that collaterals looked plain whenever they got delivered in our office. When placed into their proper places, they look quite different.:)

I've always believed that there is no perfect life. I might be enjoying/doing pretty well in my work but it is also the time that I have been worrying about a lot of things. I'm not as happy as I used to be when it comes to the other stuff. Well, I just hope everything will turn out okay soon:)

A lot of things to be blogged about...
but too little time...

2 weeks....

2009-05-23T22:54:00.006+08:00

currently listening to : string quartet (Coldplay songs)
current mood : confused

For those who are close to me, you'd probably understand my blog title for this entry. It is the time I've been working. I got my FIRST ever pay slip. and thanks to those tax stuff, my already-low salary is now lower. haha! :D But it's okay, The first week was like a rollercoaster of emotions but now because of work. Because of the many complications that things bring at the same time when I started working. Call it coincidence or maybe, it's simply fate playing its games.

I even cried because I feel like I have to choose over things that are important to me. I was so worried that I just kept myself busy at work to distract my mind over some things. I so miss not working. I control my time (well most of the time anyway), I get to do things without rushing so much. I can go online ALL DAY. I can be productive and at the same time do things that I like. I was probably super stressed the first week. I realized too that super totoo yung sinasabi nung manghuhula last time!:D

Anyways, just wanna share some rehearsal pics of David Archuleta near our office!:D I also saw David Cook!!!! :D But it was too far away...

When I took this pic, I wish I could leave a video while the set up and fast forward the video when viewing it. It would have been cool to do that!

With a view of the bay:D

Since I brought my camera with me, I also took the chance to shoot IMAX!

See the guy in light blue shirt? That's David Archuleta! :D He was singing songs loud enough for me to hear in our office!

Still Singing....

I just wanted to shoot this as well and the numerous bouncers around the vicinity!

I was wondering why they are called bouncers?

What else? Well, I'm so sleepy right now! I was supposed to write movie reviews and game reviews! Oh wellz, maybe soon!:D

I learned and did a lot of new things eversince I started working! But what strucked me the most was that one time, nakasabay ko yung janitor sa elevator. He was actually nice and nagbabati. And I joked na "si kuya o bihis na bihis ah" then he told me that he was still going to school. I was shocked. Imagine, ako, all I wanted to do was to go home and this person after work still goes to school. napa-WOW talaga ako! And I told him. Wow kuya! Ok yun ah! Ituloy mo lang yan!:) I'm not sure if I heard it right pero sa PAL daw siya nag aaral. I wish him all the luck! Sobrang napabilib ako sa kanya:)

I learned a lot of new things but I'm very sure that I will learn much more this coming weeks and months. I just hope I can handle it. the most hectic part in my work hasn't arrived yet. I just remembered something so weird. I remember something during the start of my college days. And something happened this week that made me realize something.

I still have a long list of To Do's and Wanted to Do's :D I'll probably and hopefully blog about it tomorrow:D

P.S. the title also shows how long I have been driving (minus some days like today, this wednesday and sundays) :D

Ballet Philippines 40th

2009-05-08T18:23:00.004+08:00

The highlight of my day today was to watch my cousin's daughter dance ballet at CCP. She's still a kid probably taking up preschool. She's super cute and adorable. As far as I remember, this was my first time to watch ballet LIVE! It was nice and I was so smitten with the kids dancing ballet. They're super cute and funny! I had a great time! And what I enjoyed the most was that I was able to spend some time with my cousin's daughter! She's so cute and funny!

Anyways, I got a text today saying that I have an orientation on Monday. I was wondering if this was already the start of my work and if I'm paid for it or not. I thought I was going to drive the car that was exchanged for the Rav4... But when I checked, I saw that it is on manual! NoOo!!! :(

I don't like to drive the Civic, :( It's too fast and big for me. I still like Suzuki Swift! :D I just wonder if my shobe will let me drive the Swift though. We'll see:D

Promos Promos Promos!

2009-05-08T00:42:00.007+08:00

Mother's Day is fast approaching so I can't help but notice the flow of promotional activities of different companies! Just wanna share what I got from my e-mail:D

--Fully Booked Promos--

Treat for Mom
A minimum purchase of P2000 in Fully Booked entitles you to:
- a one-hour photo session at Blow Up Babies
- a P500 discount on Blow Up Babies membership
Valid in Fully Booked Bonifacio High Street and Gateway only.
Purchase period is May 10-31, 2009. Deadline for claiming is July 31, 2009

Exclusive for Fully Booked Discount Card Holders
Present your Fully Booked discount card at any branch of The Spa and get P200 off on any regular servuce that is worth P1,000 and above. This offer is good until June 30, 2009

Free Periplus Bag!
With a minimum P1000 single-receipt purchase of any Periplus cookbooks. Ongoing in Greenbelt 5 and Shangri-La branches only.

Book Geek of the Month of May
Prove your mettle against fellow book geeks and win P5000 in GC's from Fully Booked! Qualified contestants will compete on Saturday, May 30.

---Havaianas---

For every purchase of a leisure towel and a pair of flip-flops from Havaianas, get 10% off on your purchase, a Havaianas bag, a shu uemura complimentary makeover coupon and a free shu uemura UV Armor Sun Protector sample. Promo runs from May 1 to 31, 2009.

The UV Armor Sun protector sample is only available at All Flip-Flops Metro Manila and Boracay. shu uemura complimentary make over and UV Armore Sun Protector sample may be redeemed at the shu uemura boutique in Power Plant Mall, Rockwell. Coupon may be redeemed from May 1 to June 30, 2009.

Have Fun Shopping!

Havaianas Mothers' Day Promo!

2009-05-07T18:27:00.006+08:00

Promo runs from May 8 to 10, 2009 at selected Havaianas authorized retailers:D
(Image and details from the Havaianas Newsletter:D)

I wonder if I use my Belle de Jour Coupon I get extra 10% off? Just kidding!:)

So many things to blog, oh so little time!

2009-05-07T17:11:00.002+08:00

I still haven't finished my vacation trip blogs. I will really try this weekend. Sheesh! I feel like I start work next week and I'm so nervous! :D Anyways, just a summary of what happened today! Submitted my requirements, unfortunately, the HR in charge was on leave so I couldn't get my contract. So I have to come back tomorrow or something. So I just went to MOA and picked up my Dad's eyeglasses and meet up with my shobe. :D Then we ate at Teriyaki Boy. hehehe! I really like the spicy tuna sashimi with tempura flakes. But I like Sugi's Spicy tuna sashimi with tempura flakes better:D Walked around, bought things. Saw Pao Tsin! Oh I miss Pao Tsin!!! hahahahaha:)

Anyways, the highlight of my day was when I drove home. I think I am more confident to drive and change lanes. Well, wala naman kasi mashadong traffic! that's why!:))

Thank goodness I got home safely, I know my shobe would be mad if I bumped her car:)) hahahaahhaa!

Anyways, will try to post reviews of the movies too! wahhh So many things to do but oh so little time!:)

Fruitful Day!

2009-05-04T20:23:00.002+08:00

Woke up around 7 in the morning but still felt sleepy so I woke up around 730 or so. Showered around 8am and left the house before 9. arrived at the medical center around 9+ and guess what. My estimate would be around 150 persons cramping up in a small place. Got my blood sample which really hurt!!! I wonder if diabetic people do this everyday. It hurts noh!! Then chest x-ray. Then while chatting with the people beside me. I did something very spontaneous like going to NBI carriedo to get my NBI clearance. LRT to Carriedo. Got a little scared because if I saw it right, I saw a guy pickpocketing someone's cellphone. :( But who knows, It might be something else, right? Grabe! Imagine NBI has around 4 floors? (not sure) and the line was from outside the building!

Anyways, I finally got my NBI clearance!:D Went home via LRT again! Yehey! I feel so fulfilled! :D I never thought I could go to NBI on my own! :D and to think that it was a spur of the moment thingie:)

I was supposed to blog/review on some DS/Wii games and movies I recently watched. But again, I didn't have time. :D

Anyways, I'm still thinking about the Job Offer. I'm still quite unsure if this would be the right path for me. Now I understand quarter life crisis! So I'd probably live until 80+ Just Kidding!:)

Gotta go for now:) I'll try to post some movie and game reviews:) Oh which reminds me, I'd change my layout soon!:D

Betta Macrostoma

2009-04-30T22:40:00.003+08:00

I was browsing for fishes on sale. When I saw "BETTA MACROSTOMA FOR SALE!" I was like what's that!? I was super surprised at the tag price. Betta Macrostoma is actually six thousand pesos EACH! Arowana is even cheaper! Of course, curious as I can be, I searched through the web and looked for pictures. I can't believe it. It was a mixed feeling of awe and the thought of it's not worth it. But the more and more pictures I browse. The more I like the fish! hahaha:) I'm officially now addicted to fish.

I wanted to post some pictures but I'm not sure if it's okay since they're not mine but they have watermarks of the owner of the photos.

Anyways, I bought 12 aquariums today! 8 pcs of 4x4x6 and 4 pcs of 8x5x6. I was actually eyeing this for a long time but too busy to go to DLSU to pick it up. Finally, I bought it today after sort of being happy for selling a dog and shipping the puppy to Palawan!!! I was soo happy with my purchase because some of my fishes will have bigger homes now! Yay!:) I'm now thinking of buying the 8 pcs aquarium that could hose 40 bettas in each space. I'm planning to buy it if I start to work so that I can weigh the possibilities of continuing this hobby while working or not.

I'm so happy! I'll try to upload pictures. I'm still owe my vacation blogs. :D Check the pictures of the Betta Macrostoma. I'm sure you'll be amazed somehow. :D

Movie Review : Sweet Lie (Lost and Found)

2009-04-28T23:12:00.004+08:00

Finished a movie where I got bitin during the flight back to Manila. I love romantic comedies. Light, easy, and tingly! Korean movies have the knack for making romantic comedies! This movie was no different! Funny, cute and touching especially at the very end.

The story mainly revolves the first love of a girl during highschool. By accident, the girl bumped into the car of her first love when they were already adults and professionals. Since Jin Ho (lead actress) also got her bag stolen, she took this opportunity to fake amnesia and spent time with his first love, Min-Woo. But Jin Ho's childhood friend Dongshik is madly in love with Jin Ho ever since elementary. A love triangle. Who won? Better watch the movie!:) But I cried when I saw the scrapbook Dongshik had made ever since they were kids. Awww! Here's the line I liked the most!

Photo from avistaz.com

Jin-Ho: I can think of a time ..... when I was.... in love with you...

Dong Shik: I can't think of a time when I wasn't.

Nice right? <3

Day 1 of my Holy Week Vacation!

2009-04-25T20:05:00.003+08:00

April 4, 2009

Went to the airport so early in the morning! Ate Kopi Roti's Coffee Bun and drank their Naicha! I like my naicha better! hahaha! :)) Boarded Singapore Airlines going to Singapore!:) I was at first excited boarding Singapore Airlines because I remember they have games on board! But I was disappointed! The games when I was a kid was still there, graphics are still the same or maybe, I'm just all grown up from playing those games:) Watched a movie. It's actually a Korean movie. I forgot the title! :D What I like best about this airline is they have more than 50 channels to choose from and imagine more than 50 movies from all over the world. They have American movies like The curious case of Benjamin Button, Highschool Musical 3 ata, Yes Man and a whole lot more. They have Korean, Japanese, Indian, European and Thai films too!

Arrived Singapore-lah!

checked in at Meritus Mandarin Hotel just near Orchard Road!

Had lunch at their top floor popular for their Hainanese Chicken which was really super yummy! Pictures from my brother's camera.

We also ordered my favorite Seafood Hofan! Also very tasty!

Fried something dumplings with wasabi mayo sauce! Yummy too!

Tofu with something that I forgot. Haha!

After lunch we walked around the malls near our hotel and my parents went to meet up with the others to ride the ferris wheel which I forgot what it's called. Then the 3 of us just walked around the mall until Ahya had to go meet his friend. So my little sister and I just bought some food at Takashimaya and felt happy when I saw ToriQ! So this was what Tokwa was talking about back then! Food were tasty and not expensive compared to what we had for lunch!

While strolling around Takashimaya's food floor, I remembered the Japanese Series with Ryoko Hirosue. I forgot the title but the food stalls were sort of featured in that series! :) It felt like I was in Japan for a while.

Ate dinner and prepared for tomorrow's activities!:D Nothing much but it was fun!:)

Totally Random

2009-04-24T19:08:00.004+08:00

Again, my blog is on hiatus-mode again! A lot of thing have been happening, partly mine but mostly the problems have to do with something else. Of course I'm worried even if it's not exactly my problem but still, I can't help it be worried as well. I wanna shout to those people who have abused and don't f(*&@#$ care at all. Why is this world a creepy place? It's because of those abusive people who don't care about you but only care about themselves. Their own welfare, their own gain, advantage, whatsoever. Anyways for all those abusive people and users. May karma get the better of you!

Anyways, I was so mad the other day. why? This person lied about something just to sort of get ahead. And as usual, I just cried instead of explaining carefully my side / my point. It has always been my weakness to explain things fully. I know I'm a good teacher when it comes to teaching other things but when it comes to explaining myself/what i'm thinking, that's where I fall short of. I remember teaching accounting to my friends, teaching math to my shobs but how come when I explain things especially things that matter to me, I sort of mutter the wrong words. Anyways, for that liar, come what may. Karmahin rin un someday! I plan to write all those things and one day iprprint ko and ipapabasa ko. But what the heck, baka by then I'm already dead. Anyways, I will be strong for whatever waves.tides. storms that come my way. Diba? All these abusive, user, liars will go to hell someday. And thanks to them, It taught me how not to trust, not to be attached, and I'm sure, that lesson will make me successful someday:)

I'm so worried about a certain problem (not mine but my dad's) I hope things will be okay. I hope things will be fine or be solved right away.

As usual, I still didn't blog about my holy week trip. I keep hesitating and busy working kahit wala pang work! Sometimes, I wonder, I'm already busy what more if may work na? Siguro kasi, ayaw ko lang humihingi ng humihingi, I make sure that I work hard for what I get. Oh ewan! well, I know I wanted a certain company but I don't like to wait anymore. we'll see :) I have so many things to blog about and to take pictures too. Maybe this weekend after I asikaso my fishies! I'm now making Saturdays and Wednesdays my clean aquarium and todo asikaso fish day. I have been neglecting them these past few days. Sorry fishies!

For those who wanted to adopt fishes, Post a message here! :) Just bring your own lalagyan and of course. pick-up only:) Thanks! I need to lessen my fish... Namamatay sila sa dami na..

Oh, I remember something about my mom said today, about a certain relative was showing off her jewelries or something. I just told her na ganito na talaga ngayon, ung mga taong hindi naman pinaghihirapan money nila lakas mag show-off palibhasa d naman nila pinaghirapan feeling nila easy lang mag earn ng money. And besides, bahala sila mag show off kasi I'm sure one day mauubos rin money lalo na't hindi naman sha marunong humawak nun:) Di ba? And hanggang doon lang kaya niya. show off, kasi palibhasa walang pumapansin sa kanya! ha ha ha!:)) Parang blind item to! Well, once or twice ko lang ata to nakita tong relative na to and in fairness, yun lang ata ang talent niya:) show off. Haha! Ayaw ko na maging mabait. Siguro nga tama sabi nung isang tao, galit ako sa lahat ng umaaway or umaabuso sa parents ko especially sa mama ko. Bato bato sa langit, ang matamaan, well... sorry nalang, binato ko kasi eh, may gravity kaya nahulog at natamaan, pasensha na! wahahaha!:))

Random

2009-04-19T09:38:00.007+08:00

I feel like it's already months when I last blogged. But not to worry, I finally got the pics of our vacation. I'm just thinking twice if I should blog about it or not.

I have a new pet! 20 Flowerhorn frys! :) I hope I feed them till they grow big enough to breed. No pictures for now, But I'll try to take a picture later including my Betta frys! They're bigger now and cuter! :) I noticed a lot of crowntails! Yehey!:)

I've been busy thinking about the job I will apply for and also busy selling dogs, thinking of new ideas and such. I must work harder! :) I need to make goals everyday and achieve at least 50% Huhu!

After seeing Philip's Blog, I am inspired to do similar posts with pictures first without any captions leaving some mystery to the reader. I hope it's okay with him that I'll try to do it once in a while:) hehe!

Addicted to restaurant city! Here's a screenshot (the only picture I could share for now) of my restaurant. It looks like a tower defense game in warcraft! :D This was the waste of time I have been doing the last few days! I'd better stop soon cause I feel like it's such a waste of time.

Last night, I played my DS lite again after a week or so! And I got sleepy playing! hehe:) that's probably my sleeping pill! hahaha:) And oh! I started watching movies lately at night. I'll blog about it soon! Those movies were nice and funny!:) I like movies like that. Light and full of laughs.

Gotta go! Now that I think of it, I know how my week was wasted aside from Restaurant City. It was actually the reading of mails that kept me busy and cleaning up my mailbox. Well, at least it's finished anyway.

Random Post

2009-04-13T14:48:00.003+08:00

Well, before I blog about my holy week vacation. I'll blog about the boo-boos before the trip and my job interview today!!!!

My poor phone! I don't why it turned like this a day before my 8-day vacation!!!! sayang. naiwan tuloy siya. dapat sama siya eh!

Huhu! Well I hope repair fees won't cost so much. I just repaired the flex of this phone last hm.. last month or so! And I love this phone! It's my favorite phone so far well it's probably a tie between the old treo. sigh!

Aside from my samsung boo-boo. My motorola phone also needs to be format or something which I didn't do because I was busy packing my things.

Maybe it's time to buy a new phone! haha:) we'll see:D

JOB HUNT UPDATE!

I have an interview this morning 830-10am at Makati. It's a bank. For those who are close to me, you know about the bank thingie. Since I don't wanna bother my dad to drive me to makati. I left early around 730+am and took a cab to Makati. The cab driver was nice so I gave him extra tip!:D Arrived too early around 8am but I was probably the 7th or 8th person. I waited and waited and to make the long story short I was interviewed and asked what position I like and I said marketing and more on the conceptualization. Then she told me that there are no current openings in that area and my resume will be placed in the active file (whatever that is) and the weird thing is I'm free! I wasn't asked to come back the next few days unlike the person before me which was applying for something else ata. I felt like it was fate smiling at me:D But hey, I did my best in the interview and if first impressions last, I'd say that I'm here to prove you wrong:)

Anyways, tomorrow will be a less busier day:D hopefully:) Just wanna plug. We have new chihuahua puppies for sale! many pups to choose from:D

Loooong Week

2009-04-01T19:35:00.002+08:00

And again, I turned down another job offer. A long story why. I like the job, the pay doesn't matter to me that much now and location is average. Well complicated things happen and we can't do anything but to be flexible with how things are going today.

Anyways, enough about that. Today we went to the Member's Treat of S&R. For the first time, S&R Aseana's parking is full and a lot of people are inside shopping on a weekday! That was around lunch time! I bought Lipton Milk Tea, just because I had a new "recipe" making it in a slushie which tastes so good. Bought Pantene shampoo. why? It was on sale. around 150 pesos off the original price and it's imported. Eversince Pantene changed their recipe locally, I stopped buying since my head hurts whenever I use their shampoo. So I'm glad the imported ones are on sale and bought 2 bottles! :) Ate their new garlic-shrimp pizza. Yummy! And I planned to buy G's and my favorite Dark Crunch in minis but someone bought them all:( sad.

Everything will be fine, right? I should start listing down things already before it's too late. I don't want to forget things that I needed to bring on the trip. I hope they have Wi-fi.

hihi!

Long Overdue

2009-03-30T09:02:00.005+08:00

As I promised, my third ocean park trip pics. But I could only share one since other pics are just pictures of my cousin's cute little kiddos:D

I know, I know. Blurry, but it was nice to get a full shot minus the glass divider marks.

My latest craze : RESTAURANT CITY in Facebook.

I know, I promised myself not to get addicted to any games or facebook-ing. But this really is something nice, unique and new! It's not the usual games where you need to invite gazillion friends to advance. This is something really cute and fun!

Something weird going on my fishies, at least 10 died today and yesterday. but the weird thing is that. 8 of those are teens and 1 adult. weird...Anyways, here are some fish updates. I've finished transferring cups and aquariums outside to our balcony. Why? Coz my room looks crowded with a big table (the brown table) kahit na there's a lot of space pa. But I feel a lot spacious after the big table is moved outside. Here are some pics.

New set up! The brown table used to be in my room.
So I'm trying to make the brown table as my Hatchery:D

Grow out tanks are on the left side:D hehe! they're empty for now...

Top view of my cups. they're so neat and organized. I like it. well.
Just a random fact. I arranged it by alternating males and females.

My outdoor sink. Smaller than my sink but then again, it's better than nothing!

Anyways, went to Robinson's Otis this afternoon. bought some stuff and tried this.

Envidia Drink! Philip said that it tasted like Cali. But since I only drank Cali once. I don't remember. But shobe told me that it tasted like Cali. so there you go. It tastes like Cali.

Anyways, what else? I already forgot. :( Anyways, time for bed already... Nytie everyone!

Busy Day

2009-03-27T01:02:00.002+08:00

I know I haven't been blogging for the past few weeks. I was busy with something that I don't remember what. Anyways, I'll really be doing picture blogs this weekend (hopefully).

I've been trying to wake up early and I realized that lately, I have dreamless sleep or probably I just can't remember. But having a dreamless sleep makes me more energized and capable of waking up earlier:) Another thing that I did is to change the schedule of fish feeding from 6-7pm to 9-10am. Adjusting wasn't easy because I had to make sure I do it almost the same time everyday for the baby fish food which I prepare twice a day. So adjusting it to 9-10am was a big plus for me. I usually feel more relax within the day rather than feel annoyed whenever I forget to feed the fish on the 6-7 timeslot. And another hassle is that if I go out with friends or family, I tend to rush feeding them when I get home.

So the 9-10am schedule is great. I get to finish the tasks in the morning which leaves me a little time for myself during afternoons, doing what I like or finishing other tasks. I also realized that feeding them in the morning makes me appreciate them more. I can see clearly their colors like the 2nd batch (since 2009) are purplish green in color with a few "albinos" with reds:D I was hoping I could research more on their coloring and kinds so that I'd make no mistake when pricing them. Like what I thought wasn't expensive (pastel) was actually more expensive compared to ordinary colors.

Hopefully, I'd be able to distinguish the kind with just one look:D or know what patterns are good patterns or quality breeds or not:D

Before lunch, I read about the scams in dog-selling/buying. And there are a lot. I should be aware so that I could be able to gain the trust of the customers as well. In marketing, it's called research! wahahaha!

This afternoon we went to RP. It's been a long time since I've last shopped. It felt great. Ate shawarma which was yummy! drank Zagu (grabe. tagal narin ako d nakainom! years already!) Oh I noticed too that their market changed from everyone to schoolkids:D Bought Ipod charger. bought clothes which made me realize that the clothes I bought from giordano last time was really overpriced and NOT WORTH IT. We ran out of time since we were planning to go to Duty Free after dinner (which was 6pm) Shopped at duty free. Chocolates were overpriced. Did not see Snicker's black choco "cubes". Liked an Esprit bag and thought of buying since mejo inexpensive na sha compared to others. Still liked the Kipling wallet but I still have 2 new wallets and it's impractical to buy the original when there are a lot of replicas which costs like 5% of the original:D Bought Oregon Fresh Wasabi chips. Yummy!:)

Anyways, I got home super tired. ate the chips, ice cream and some iced tea. Yikes! Anyways. gotta prepare for sleeping na. I don't wanna ruin my body clock which was ruined after watching a DVD series!

Nyties!

String Quartet Tribute to Norah Jones

2009-03-21T08:49:00.003+08:00

After listening to the String Quartet Tribute songs, I decided to download them. Why? I love the sound of violins, double bass and other instruments. It eases my mind and I just love them. I miss playing the piano whenever I head violins etc. I was actually trying to find Tribute to U2. But unfortunately, I couldn't find any. So I settled for a Norah Jones Tribute. It's soooo nice:) If this were nice here, what more if it was live!!!

I'm was going to embed a sample here but I have to do that later when I get home:)

Try to download it, it's really nice:D By the way, if you liked it, Why don't you come for the DLSU Chamber Ensemble's major concert. I wanted to go, but I'm not sure if I can:) It's going to be at DLSU. Gotta go!!

P.S. I don't usually listen to music using earphones but this really is nice with earphones :)

Looking for shirts!

2009-03-20T19:41:00.002+08:00

I really wanted to go shopping these days since I want to have new clothes and also in preparation for the vacation. David and Goliath sent me this thru e-mail. I like the nuts about you and A monster ate my homework! hahaha:) Maybe I'll just use my coupon from Belle de Jour to buy the nuts about you shirt:D They're cute noh? :D

Anyways, I've been busy the past few days. I feel like I'm so sick. My head hurts quite a lot and I feel so tired. I don't know why... I hope it's nothing serious. :D

I'm going to post pics of my cute little kiddos (my cousin's kids) I'm being called Auntie now!!! yikes! lol:))

Randoms

2009-03-18T21:18:00.003+08:00

I have this headache that occasionally comes whenever I'm super angry about something. Yeah, today was no different. Some stupid people really wants to make a big issue out of something else. And seriously, I'm not taking any sides here. I don't like both of them. I just hope they get their karma and be over with it. Don't they feel guilty making other people fight with the mess their making? Well, life's not fair. Bahala sila sa mga kalokohan nila. Isang tanga. Isang paawa-effect. Parehas silang abusado. Anyways, bato bato sa langit. ang matamaan, guilty! hahaha (I'm beginning to sound like Ru here.)

Anyways, I made "strawberry" flavored pink cheesecake today! Finally! I was planning to take pictures along the way to make a step by step documentary here. But sad to say that my headache really hurts and I just wanted to finish doing the cheesecake:)

To go or not to go? We'll see:D

Meet Lipstick

2009-03-17T21:22:00.002+08:00

I know I didn't update on my fishes. But I was busy with selling dogs for the moment. I was looking at this fish the other day and her nickname popped out in my head. Meet Lipstick:D

She's really a cutie!

Checking if her lipstick is okay:D

I bought the male last time at cartimar. I really wanted something like that. Honestly, I was unsure if I will buy it or not. But anyways, nandito na eh. I mean, nandyan na eh.

Celeb to Binbo Taro

2009-03-16T13:45:00.002+08:00

Before I started blogging on blogspot, I was already thinking of writing game reviews and other reviews and here I am doing my first JDorama review.
Celeb to Binbo Taro
11 Episodes
Romance, Comedy

Like what Louis Ting mentioned in his review. The lead girl (Alice) is like Paris Hilton, daughter of a rich hotel owner and living in the suite of the hotel. Their first encounter with the Binbo Taro (Poor Taro) was during the construction site during a catfight with another girl. But fate really is persistent that their paths crossed again when Taro was hired to be Alice's driver. It was really a nice and funny story. If you want to watch something light then this is for you.

The thing I like best in this story is the unbelievable twists during the latter part. You'd never thought that something like that was going to happen:) And another favorite character of mine is Asako:) Watch it and find out what's so special with Asako:) I also like the kiddos! They're extra cute:)

My Week in Summary

2009-03-13T19:43:00.004+08:00

Monday

Met with NKK/Japan Studies Peeps! I was late coz I need to feed my fishies and finish up some stuffs. Met them at KopiRoti Greenbelt 3. (PICTURES BY JANIS AND RU! THANKS!) I didn't know they have milk tea. It was a little too late when I found out but it's okay :)

There are two balikbayans, but Janis is still here till May so I'll just post another "despedida entry" by May. But Pucca-chan will be going back to Halifax today! So here's the balikbayan!

Pucca-chan (Kris)

All of us present. (from left) Me, Pucca-chan, Janis, Empress, Ru, Boy Abunda (err I mean Lord Byron), and Syun Batista.

Take two! Chikahan moments at Kopiroti with Boy and Kris!

After that, Renchan went home coz she still needs to wake up early the next day. We proceeded with our dinner! Ru suggested this Ramen place at A. Arnaiz.

Ukokkei Ramen Ron!

Pien li thie! Haha! I remembered the series Fated to love you! Their stick-ons menu!

My order: Hiyashi Ramen, my favorite. compared to Hiyashi Ramen of other restaurants, the presentation is quite different and simple but taste wise, it's so yummy that I wanna go back to Ramen ron and eat one of these again soon! Hiyashi Ramen is also known as cold Ramen. So yummy! I hope I get another chance to eat there again.

Pucca's Oolong Tea! I ordered Iced green tea in the same pitcher:D

Janis' yummy curry rice! Look's yummy!

After eating at Ramen ron, we decided to eat desserts but Ramen ron didn't have any so we went to Mcdo and ate sundaes.

Again, thanks to Janis and Ru for their superb pictures!

Tuesday and Wednesday

well, nothing interesting has happened. :D so there!

Thursday

Had one job interview and my schedule is to go to cartimar and harrison plaza after my interview. Well, luckily, I made it on time at cartimar and bought fishes and food! Ate Taho and my favorite Wintermelon Juice!:) YUM! I saw a phone repair booth at Cartimar and thought that if I get my phone repaired then I don't need to go to Harrison Plaza! I don't know why but I really hate a lot of phone repairmen. Why? They tend to ask for your phone and make kalikot even if I told them already what's wrong with my phone. I use it everyday so I know what's wrong. It goes like this. not verbatim but almost like this:

Me: Magkano po mag paayos ng flex ng samsung?
Technician and Saleslady: Anong model?
Me: Samsung D820 ata
Technician: dala mo?
Me: oo
Technician: patingin nga (then parang kinakalikot na feeling ko pati inbox kinakalikot which made me pissed) Wala namang sira ah?
Me: Akin na po cellphone ko. dibale nalang po. (super pissed off. I told them already ung flex nga sira. sheesh kung wala, edi tell me agad!!! Sinasayang mo oras ko. nangalikot ka pa ng cellphone!)

Then went to Harrison Plaza. I tried to ask one how much is it to repair the flex and he told me 1000 pesos and I was so mad that hindi porket naka-polo ako e tataasan mo na price. The first time I repaired my phone was for around 800 or 700. then second time for only 500. then you're telling me it's 1000 pesos? Sinong niloko mo? I went away in a hurry and went to my suki. Then I asked how much. He told me 500. I said I remembered it was less than that. and he told me okay, 400. Then I thought about it for a while then since I was sooooo tired I just let them repair my phone. Then ayun. nakakwentuhan ko and learned more about mall rental spaces. Finally! phone is fixed! :D

Friday:

cleaned some fish homes and went to my little sister's dean's lister recognition thingy. didn't have a chance to eat their food but it's okay since we stopped by Becky's kitchen and bought some treats! Yummy!:D

Anyways, that's all for now!:D

I have to remind myself...

2009-03-10T01:53:00.003+08:00

I am destined
for greater things.

Hectic Weekend!

2009-03-09T02:13:00.002+08:00

I really had a long weekend today. But main highlights are my dinner at Yakimix (which I looked forward to and got a little disappointed) and the fortune teller.

Yakimix was pretty okay. It's not bad or probably my mood isn't just that good. Too tired and I felt that my day was so wasted over 2 potential doggie buyers. It took the whole afternoon. They offer maki, tempura (daw), salmon sashimi, tuna sashimi, grill, salads, sweet and sour pork, seafood rolls, fish fillet in probably supposedly lemon sauce but parang hindi rin. then ice cream and cakes and other stuffs for dessert which I didn't get to try as much. considering I ate only a few things at lunch and due to my super hectic afternoon, I ddin't get to any snack. I think hindi na talaga ako sulit sa eat-all-you-can. I only filled around 1 plate or 1 and 1/2 plate. And I was looking forward to desserts but my brother was sort of nagmamadali and probably wanted to go home so I just tasted their desserts and ate an ice cream stick. sheesh! Pero super busog talaga. Probably, I'm just not in the mood rin. Chair were a bit uncomfortable kasi they move a lot. But overall, the place is okay, food is okay. If you wanted to eat at Yakimix, you'd better have the appetite.

After having a sort of bad day. (2 potential buyers dropped by and didn't buy any dog compared to days that I'd sell 2 dogs a day.) I was reminded of my experience last friday. My mom told me I was such a crazy person. laughing and crying while the fortune teller read the cards and tells me more about my self, thinking, personality and probably future. I was laughing cause she got a lot right. Especially bout my love life. Then tears started falling when I was reminded of my personal stuff that only a few friends know. (I think one or two persons know about this.) And guess what the fortune teller told me something about that and I was so shocked.

I was a little hesistant cause sometimes we don't want to know more especially if it's something negative or something we don't like. But this experience sort of helped me emotionally and mentally.:) She was really right about a whole lot of things. Anyways, I'm looking forward to the future now.

I hope tomorrow's gonna be a better day. I hope to accomplish a lot before I go to sleep tomorrow:) I need to prioritize the jobs I want and decline already those I don't want. What's the point of going to interviews if you don't like the job, right? My belief back then is to try all possible opportunities and I'm such a learner. I wanted to know more about a lot of things and more companies. But I know my goal eversince the start of my college years and that is not to know more about companies. :)

Gotta go. I am so sleepy. Sleeping almost 6am last night and woke up around 930am. then I'm sleeping at almost three am today. I hope I wake up early tomorrow. I feel a lot of energy or I feel masipag whenever I'm puyat. Weird but True. :)

Random-ing

2009-03-04T17:36:00.002+08:00

I've been waiting this the whole day! Yes, some fish vitamins and their food. I'm low on supplies and I don't wanna buy on my own coz I might buy some other stuff and spend even more. :D So here they are!:D Yay! I bought a stash so I would not run out of supplies for some time!:D

These cost me almost 500 pesos! yikes. But then again, This would probably last for 2 months or so.

I had a job interview this morning. And I really got tired of answering exams. The experience with this company is quite different and a little funny. Some people are nice and smiled even if they don't know me but some didn't bother. I don't blame them. Went to school to get my SSS. FINALLY! after the oh-so-long wait. Went home. Fed a part of my fishes, changed clothes did some errands and went to Robinson's Otis. Bought some stuff (Mom's orders) and ate ice cream.

Since they have a promotion of free junk food for the health tea. We bought one just to try it out. (Both the drink and the chips!) Drink tasted good but a little too sweet for me. Chips were great! (Or probably I'm just hungry at that time) I like the onion flavor. And I thought e-aji are chips without MSG. These chips are probably on a different category. :D

I liked their packaging. It gave me an idea for another poster for paws and fins:D :) It's just 1030 and I'm feeling oh-so-tired already. Got another interview tomorrow. We'll see how it works out:)

I hope there are no exams on the job interview tomorrow. I think I took those sets of tests more than 5 times already. And honestly, I'm tired of circling the same answers everytime so I try to circle different answers in those last few tests:))

Gotta go, short entry but I guess fruitful one:) Oh, I can't wait for my fishies to get so big and plump!:)

Just for Laughs

2009-03-03T10:15:00.001+08:00

from www.humordb.com

Dear Tech Support,

Last year I upgraded from Boyfriend 5.0 to Husband 1.0 and noticed a distinct slowdown in overall system performance -particularly in the flower and jewellery applications which operated flawlessly under Boyfriend 5.0.

In addition, Husband 1.0 uninstalled many other valuable programmes, such as Romance 9.5 and Personal Attention 6.5, and then installed undesirable programmes such as NFL 5.0, NBA 3.0, and Golf Clubs 4.1.

Conversation 8.0 no longer runs, and Housecleaning 2.6 simply crashes the system. I've tried running Nagging 5.3 to fix these problems, but to no avail.

What can I do?

Signed,
Desperate

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Dear Desperate:

First keep in mind, Boyfriend 5.0 is an Entertainment Package, while Husband 1.0 is an Operating System. Please enter the command: "http: I Thought You Loved Me.html" and try to download Tears 6.2 and don't forget to install the Guilt 3.0 update. If that application works as designed, Husband 1.0 should then automatically run the applications Jewellery 2.0 and Flowers 3.5.

But remember, over-use of the above application can cause Husband 1.0 to default to Grumpy Silence 2.5, Happy Hour 7.0, or Beer 6.1.

Beer 6.1 is a very bad program that will download the Snoring Loudly Beta.

Whatever you do, DO NOT install Mother-in-law 1.0 (it runs a virus in the background that will eventually seize control of all your system resources).

Also, do not attempt to reinstall the Boyfriend 5.0 programme. These are unsupported applications and will crash Husband 1.0.

In summary, Husband 1.0 is a great programme, but it does have limited memory and cannot learn new applications quickly. You might consider buying additional software to improve memory and performance. We recommend Food 3.0 and Hot Lingerie 7.7.

Good Luck,
Tech Support

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A wealthy and very well-dressed stockbroker arrived at a psychiatrist's office to talk about his anxieties.

The dapper, extremely confident and very dignified gentleman parked his Porsche and entered the doctor's office.

The psychiatrist greeted him.

"Doctor, I am so compulsive!" cried the Wall Street broker. "I have to do everything perfectly. I can't stand the anxiety!"

The doctor said: "Alright, take this test first". He handed the broker a form.

"What is this?" asked the stockbroker anxiously.

"It's just a test - to show how well you can follow directions. I'll be back in 20 minutes" and the psychiatrist left the stockbroker alone in the office with the test.

The broker stared at the questions for five minutes, and shook his head in disbelief. He looked again, and his shoulders dropped.

"This is an outrage! But I HAVE to pass the test.." he said out loud. "I can't make mistakes!"

Then with a sigh of embarrassment, he reached down, untied and pulled off his highly polished $800 Brooks Brothers dress shoes. Then he peeled off his silk socks.

The now barefoot businessman then carefully folded the socks, put them in the shiny, expensive shoes and, with a groan, dropped them in the garbage can.

A minute later, he gathered his courage again, shook his head, slowly untied his $150 Hermes silk necktie, unfastened his monogrammed gold cufflinks, and slid his Rolex off his wrist. He threw them in to the garbage as well. His silver tiepin and his paisley braces followed.

A moment later, the stockbroker dropped his head into his hands and groaned. No longer confident and dignified, he looked around furtively.

Then he angrily shrugged and stood up. He stripped off his $2,000 navy blue pinstriped Armani business suit, and his starched white shirt, folded them up and stuffed them in the garbage.

The broker finally sat down in his shorts and finished his work, shaking with anxiety.

The doctor came back, looked around, saw the stripped Wall Street financier and his expensive clothes piled in the garbage and is stunned. "Why did you do this?" he asked in bewilderment. "What is going on?"

The broker, formerly so well-dressed, dignified and impeccably groomed, angrily and wearily picked up the test.

"Why didn't you warn me about this before I came, doctor? It says right here: ALL questions MUST be answered in BRIEF! No exceptions!"

I need to..

2009-02-28T19:24:00.006+08:00

finish this tasks.

(btw, how do you do the code or whatever for a strikethrough line between letters?)

1) Recreate Paws and Fins poster
2) Print copies of poster
3) ~~Take pictures of doggies left for sale~~
4) ~~e-mail the pictures~~
5) ~~Copy Fated to Love You Disc~~ ayaw macopy eh
6) Update buyer's databse / profile / potential buyers
7) Fix my Stuffs
8) Arranged Mp3s
9) Put music on my Ipod
10) ~~Fix all ads for doggies, stud services etc.~~
11) ~~Finish all tagged notes for facebook~~ <== almost done but i didn't do the rest na
12) Finish selecting the best ipod apps
13) Post articles about pets on the pawsandfins website
14) Try to design new layout for the Paws and Fins Site
15) Transfer fishies! <-- almost done!

What else? I feel like there's a lot! well probably a lot if I listed down things I wanted to do:D

It's another friday... to... saturday

2009-02-27T12:05:00.005+08:00

I woke up pretty late today after sleeping around 4am last night. (well, maybe I should say last morning!)

This was supposedly a "friday" blog. But saturday suddenly came and here I am blogging what happened on friday on a saturday:D And again, I slept late almost 4am but I woke up early this time probably a little before 8am.

Friday

I was supposed to make fruit salad in the afternoon but went to RP to accompany my brother to shop. Yeah, he's more vain than I am. He buys more clothes than me. He has even more perfumes than me. :) So to make the long story short, I bought 2 shirts from Giordano which made me a little uneasy because the designs are nice but I'm not sure about the quality of the cloth. We'll see:D

Saw a jacket at Nike that I like but after seeing the holes (sadya) at the armpits it kinda turned me off. Sayang, I liked it a lot, color combination and style:D Oh wellz. I knew I wasn't going to be that lucky anyway.

Ordered take-out food from KIDO MANGA, the new probably anime themed food place. I ordered Royal Milk tea 16oz. for I think 95 pesos? And an EBI-something burger for I think 88 pesos and Takoyaki! I didn't like the taste of the milk tea that much, I feel like Teablends' milk tea is even better at less than half the price! I think they didn't consider that putting too much ice would have a bad effect on the milk tea's flavor. :( For the burger, it was pretty much okay. A few shrimps on the patty. On the bright side, I like the crunchiness but taste wise, I like my burgers with cheese (I think). Sorry to Philip, you must have been expecting pictures of the place hehe! Sorry! Here are some pics of the food:D

Anyways, some fish pictures. Here is our favorite. We call him cutie coz we thought she's a girl but she's actually a guy. purely crowntail and look. I think it's double ray crowntail. He doesn't grow big. or probably he does but only a little compared to his sibling. But I like it that he's fat:D

Another update of my 2nd batch of fries. (2nd batch this season, btw)
I'm really tired today. Sheesh, I feel like I still need to finish a lot of stuff! Watching dvds isn't doing me any good at all.

Job Hunt

2009-02-26T16:24:00.002+08:00

Let me start with last monday. I had an interview at a logistics company. Well it was okay. Turns out that the person who interview Guids was also the person who interviewed me. But the difference is that I was given a timed exam afterwards compared to Guids. Anyways, I actually enjoyed the exam minus the math part. I used to be so good at math. I feel like after college I sort of lost my talents in math! Joke! Or probably, the xerox copy of the exam was just so blurry that I was having a hard time differentiating between the three's and eight's. Honestly, I think I like the company. Location wise is great. office hours sounds good. I think I forgot to ask about the pay. Haha! The interview had a fun time interviewing me cuz we need to answer an essay then I forgot to place my forgetfulness as a weakness and she told me, aha! you forgot! haha! Anyways. It was okay. Ate lunch at Chinoy King at Rob Otis and bought sony dvds! YAY! :D

Today I had another interivew. It was okay and there's no exams, and I got interviewed by their CEO. I felt so shy and probably SURPRISED. Which made me a little uhm... speechless. So I'm not expecting to be accepted in that company.

I'm actually waiting for some company for the final interview. It's almost three weeks! *sigh* anyways. Sorry no pictures for now. I'll take some of my growing fishies soon!:D I want to get a job! I don't wanna be a bum. Or even just wanna know when I'll start working. I'm a little tired of interviews. I think I got karma from being a little picky when it comes to a job. But then again, I don't like to work on something I don't like to do. I don't wanna quit a job because I don't like what I do.

Now I'm wondering, am I really bagay for a sales position? I really wanted a marketing one but it seems like HR people are putting me in sales. We'll see. Gotta watch DVD. I want to finish that DVD as soon as possible:D I wanna try making coffee jelly. Maybe I'ld make one soon:D

Randoms

2009-02-23T20:20:00.000+08:00

I know, I haven't been blogging for quite some time now. It's just that I'm so busy with my new gadget haha!:D Anyways, I had an interview plus exam last monday. I'm still hoping for the other company but weird thing is they still haven't contacted me about it. I'm really getting a little tired of this now and I want to have a job already. Bumming around is fun but I want to start my career! :D No pictures today. I still have a lot of things to do!

I wonder if what percentage of the October graduates have a job already? :D Maybe I'm a little too picky for the job I want.

Anyways, will probably blog again later. (of course, with pictures)

Pet Updates

2009-02-21T08:09:00.003+08:00

The title was supposed to be fish updates but then I thought it isn't just fish pictures. so Pet Updates! haha:D

Baby fishies! more or less 2weeks old to 1 month old:D

Just keep swimming, just keep swimming!

Our lovable parakeet (left) and African lovebird (right) I call the parakeet pancakes coz I find it cute but my little sister doesn't want it to be called pancakes and kept thinking of a new name until one day she also called him pancakes:D the African lovebird is called angel. I forgot why.

Both birds in their "dipping pool"

Ready, Set, DIP!

I know, I'm not a good photographer. But I hope you enjoyed the tour! just kidding:D Anyways, another job interview on monday! we'll see if how will it go:D gotta lunch now!

Cutting Costs

2009-02-20T19:53:00.002+08:00

Saw this in someone's plurk and of course I found it really cute and funny so I wanted to share it to you peeps:D
ENJOY! :)

I hope this will not happen to my cubicle:))
In fairness, they did the windows:D

Cute rabbit and telephone! hehe:D super cute and funny!

Now it made me think, why are there two monitors?:D

Well hope you had a lot of fun cause I did have fun today:) Even if that SSS didn't show up (they said Feb20 and look what happened). Thanks for the fun time Guids, Gracee, Chard and JET:D It was a blast!:D

Paw and Fins

2009-02-18T21:52:00.000+08:00

Totally Random

2009-02-18T16:52:00.003+08:00

Feeding fish has become a part of my daily routine. Breeding them probably also became a habit too. But seeing these are simple joys.

If you click the picture or look closely, you could see tails sticking out or should I say pointing down.
Papa fish is tending to the babies.

Since I promised myself I need to fix my drawer-full of stuffs and roomful of mess before I accept a job. I started little by little today. I fixed my drawer and rubbed it clean. I threw a lot of stuff. and made a lot of stuff into scratch papers. I saw this.

A bookmark I bought at Australia's Opera House and haven't even used it. I find it a little expensive for a bookmark but it's the opera house! haha:D More or less 300 pesos. Just for a tiny bookmark. I'd better use it! Even chocolates are cheaper than this. But then again, I can't keep chocolates for a long time:D

Then I found this.

2 courses worth of course cards. See the yellow thingy? That's actually a post it stating the grade I have for Relstri since I wasn't able to get my course card! That Relstri course card made Richard Wu guilty! But I didn't mind anyway. :) Should I throw them away? :D

As I promised, I'd share about my recent job interview. I won't mention the company name here but it is an IT company, well not exactly IT but a techie company. The first time their HR called I already declined since I really wanted a career in a FMCG company. Then last time the same HR called again and asked me for an interview and said something like the CEO saw my resume and would like to interview me or see me. I felt a little shy so I agreed. I knew I was to be interviewed by the HR manager first. So I did and we did talk about a lot of stuff. At first I wasn't really interested but I kept thinking about what the other applicant said that the people in that company stayed long. (Meaning this company is a great company and takes care of its employees. Diba?) I just said that I'd think about it. Which I did. And now, the thought keeps bothering my mind. Am I fated to be on the IT path? A friend told me that once you started in IT it will be hard to shift careers or paths, so there.

I'm still unsure. but we'll see, I hope target goal is that hopefully by March or April I have a job. But then again if I start april, kakahiya I have to file for leave agad hahah:)) We'll see:D who knows, I might just end up pursuing my dreams/goals:)

My fishies

2009-02-17T13:50:00.004+08:00

Honestly, I'm a little tired of my fishies already. they're so many! I now have a hard time choosing which I like better than some. I have a few female crowntails and the tiny (ayaw na lumaki) fishes.

Anyways, Here are pics of my fishies. I cleaned them last night but I just took pictures just now. haha:D There's more downstairs. 2 aquariums or 3! haha:D And hopefully more to come. There's this new batch of fries but unfortunately, most of them died, probably they knew I couldn't handle them. Well, I could but I think I also need to set aside some time for myself. :D

Fishes in my room:D I watch them before I sleep:D

Fishies outside. see the leftmost cup? that's the fish that never grows and has a big tummy:D

I'm so happy that finally, I got my blogbank ads already:) I'll blog later or tomorrow about my recent job interview. :D

A.N.N.O.Y.I.N.G.

2009-02-15T22:26:00.005+08:00

My mother asked me and my little sister to go to Shopwise at Harrison Plaza to buy some chicken liver. (If I were a experienced driver I'm sure she'd ask me but I think they're afraid to let me drive just like I'm afraid to drive myself. It's way easier driving the A1's car coz surely, when you get bumped there's no problem with it. But if I get our car scratched I'm sure I'd get a lot words from either my brother if I use his car, my little sis if I use her car. And to think only those two cars are easily drive-able for me. I used to like the look of our Civic but when I tried driving and accidentally stepped on the gas when I need to step on the brakes, I got a little scared. And anyways, I need to stop about driving chatter.

We found a great parking thanks to the nice parking aide. Picked up chicken liver and some junk food. Since shopwise's cashier lanes have changed for the worse (siksik, slow service, pangit na ung area. parang siksik d na ok mag grocery doon) My lil sis and I lined up at 2 lanes just to make sure we'd be at the fast lane. Apparently, since Shopwise's changes made a lot of customer uncomfortable, some people are trying to take advantage by trying to make singit sa pila. I thought sa lane ko lang, But no, turns out, ung lane ni shobe ni try rin shang singitan ng iba. but what I experienced today is really annoying. Some lady tried to singit in my lane but I told her off by saying "Nakapila po ako." tapos ayaw pa niya umalis nung una. but sinabi ko ata ulit im not sure or made the gesture of nakapila ako. then she went to my back. But feeling ko nananadya, she kept hitting my butt using her cart. Of course, avoiding conflicts, I just moved or avoided the cart. and she still keeps on bumping it to me several times even if umiwas na ako several times. I was really annoyed. kulang nalng pagsabihan ko sha na "hoy bruha pwede ba? 1 inch away naman? d ka naman sisingitan. ikaw pa nga ung sisingit nung una?" I was really annoyed. Here I am, trying to avoid conflict iniiwasan ko nalng nga cart niya several times, talagang nananadya.

Siguro mataray lang ako today! haha:)

I'm still selling dogs and fish! Kindly visit my site www.pawsandfins.tk
I need to think of ways to sell my fishies. Well, I need to be un-sentimental to my fishes. Sometimes, I don't like to sell some of them away coz I find them cute and have a little attachment to them already. I have to select wisely coz a batch of 200-300 fries are growing already. My babies are growing! I'll take pictures sooon.

Gotta go. have to fix my stuff and just get myself organized again. after all, tomorrow's monday!:D it's a weekday. I have to condition myself that it's not vacation mode. Good luck everyone! Have a nice week! Oh by the way, I just want to share something. click on the pic. I found it funny!

Looking Back

2009-02-13T01:15:00.002+08:00

Sometimes in our life, we tend to look back and wonder what if we chose a different path. Would today be any different?

I would to believe that things happen for a reason. Sometimes, I regret some things and told myself that today would probably be a better day if I had chosen a different path. But then again, if you think about it, maybe, I am here because this is my fate.

Labo ba? Well, I just remembered some things. I was so naive back then. I don't wanna assume things and just enjoy every moment. All I have to think now is that "hindi rin naman talaga pwede bakit ko ba naalalaa/ naiisip" haha! :) *sigh* Probably, I was happy without knowing it back then. The magic was there haha:D ewan ko ba. bakit ko nga ba iniisip. kakainis!

oh maybe, just maybe I never thought I'd be thinking like this. haha!

these things should have signs like: WARNING: DANGER AHEAD. hahaha!

I will probably wonder about those things but it's too late to ask now. What's the point of asking anyway. Diba?

I just hope I'm making the right choices :D And all I wish is for the best!

Now I know why I have been thinking about it! Shucks!

Freakonomics + Job hunts

2009-02-11T19:05:00.002+08:00

What a busy week! Monday started off with a job interview at a food company. It was okay but I was sort of expecting exams, etc. I was the only one to be interviewed and we were done after a few minutes. Took a cab home and just wanna share some things.

Usually, whenever I ride a taxi, I usually pay a little extra since it is my way of saying thank you for the safe ride and I'm just happy I'm home safe and quick. This wasn't the first time, but monday's cab driver asked for a extra after I closed the door of the cab. I was a little annoyed since I really give extras but the fact that there is a meter plus then additional 10 pesos (dapat wala na nga) He still asks for extra. But I just wanna get home safe and I don't wanna argue kasi kahit anong mangyari talo nako sa situation na to. So ayun I gave him a little and he didn't even say thanks. Makarma sana yun.

Tuesday came and finally I had the time to fix the new location of my fishies! And I was scheduled for a facial by my mom that afternoon. I honestly don't like these stuff but I sort of agree just to make my mom happy. Since I'm still jobless, I might as well do whatever she likes. Since I have to wait for her, I ordered a drink at Gloria Jean's and it was yummy. Iced White Chocolate Oreo. Yum! Since I was a little hungry, I ate cheese galore which was actually lacking in cheese:D hehehe! A company called and asked if I was interested in an account executive post and I just answered that I have to think about it.

Wednesday came and I was actually scheduled for an interview somewhere in Mandaluyong but so many unlucky things happened. I accidentally cut a big part of my hand well not exactly super big. but it was big. Ouch! then I had to go at a company and we arrived there sadly, lunchtime. then had to wait but I understand why naman. May story pa but I think I choose to keep it for myself. Haha! Anyways, then ayun. Taxi ride home again. the cab driver is so nice and fast. paid him extra and he even said thanks! Great ride since aircon's working unlike the tuesday cab and fast he advised on going through San Marcelino which was great. :D Fed my fishies and isolated some took them to my fish clinic haha! just for observation:D

Having a super headache but still okay. I've started reading Freakonomics even a little noon pa. but I stopped since I really wanted to share what I've read.

In the first part, Did you know that legalizing abortion was actually the factor why crimes lessened in the United States when a lot of people are predicting that crime figures would rise up? And something about that a broker or seller of real estate how he waits for few days to get the best deal when selling his/her own house but when she/he sells another person's house he/she just get the first deal that comes by. and what else.. I sort of forgot. My head is in a total mess right now. haha!:D Sakit kasi.

Anyways, Tomorrow will be a busy day. Fish Day, Stuff day and Marketing and promotions day! haha:D I hope I get to do all those things tomorrow. need energy! haha:D good night then!

Giving Up Wine

2009-02-09T19:01:00.001+08:00

Got this from an email. I had a laugh after reading it:)

Giving Up Wine

I was walking down the street when I was accosted by a particularly dirty and shabby-looking homeless woman who asked me for a couple of dollars for dinner.

I took out my wallet, got out ten dollars and asked, 'If I give you this money, will you buy wine with it instead of dinner?'

'No, I had to stop drinking years ago', the homeless woman told me.

'Will you use it to go shopping instead of buying food?' I asked.

'No, I don't waste time shopping,' the homeless woman said. 'I need to spend all my time trying to stay alive.'

'Will you spend this on a beauty salon instead of food?' I asked.

'Are you NUTS!' replied the homeless woman. I haven't had my hair done in 20 years!'

'Well, I said, 'I'm not going to give you the money. Instead, I'm going to take you out for dinner with my husband and me tonight.'

The homeless Woman was shocked. 'Won't your husband be furious with you for doing that? I know I'm dirty, and I probably smell pretty disgusting.'

I said, 'That's okay. It's important for him to see what a woman looks like after she has given up shopping, hair appointments, and wine.'

Fish Updates

2009-02-07T18:00:00.002+08:00

More fish updates today!

My tank. hehe! one batch! Can't wait to put them in a bigger aquarium. probably next week!
Close up! they're so fat! haha!
Another close up.

Honestly, I got a little tired of them. But anyways, have to make their food everyday and feed them on schedule. A little bit tiring now especially I really had a long week! So I was thinking that probably when I have a job already, fish breeding will have to stop... :(

What a Tiring week, and it's not over yet.

2009-02-06T21:20:00.003+08:00

Going to the DLSU Job Expo daily is not really tiring at all. But if you were to have interviews and exams on the same week. Well it's something else. I think I'm not used to going out anymore. Sleeping late and waking up early isn't really a problem at first. But when I got home this evening, Super knockout. All I wanted to do is crawl to my bed and sleep.

But life isn't always sweet. I had to feed my fishes, do some more errands. So all I did was a power nap and went back to work again.

Monday

Went to job expo around 11 am. Passed resumes and lunched at Aristo! then went back to the job expo. Realized that graduating on october has a lot of disadvantages. (1. No job expo on 2nd term, 2. you will never be entitled to a free pass on job expo days compared to those graduatin first and third term). Went home around 5 plus because I had to pick up some stuff and thanks to Guids coz at least he lessened my load and kept me entertained while waiting.

Tuesday

Went to job expo around 11+am. I really don't remember much what happened. But went home around 5 to keep Guids company. Enjoyed the day.

Wednesday

A little before 8:30am. - arrived at the company
10:00am - interviewer starts interviewing (I was 5th)
10:40am - my turn for interview. took less than 5 minutes! Grr! compared to those before me, they did 10-20 minutes interview!
more or less 11-1145am - arrived school and went to the job expo and passed resumes. (Lucky, I finished exactly a little before the lunch break)
12nn + - Met with graduating friends and stayed at school.
Around 5pm - Ate merienda/lunch/pre dinner at McDonald's and went home.

Thursday

A little before 9am - arrived at Boni Mandaluyong for interview (supposedly)
9am - tons of exams.
1145am or so - finished exams and was asked to return after lunch break for interview but I just stayed, waited and kept myself busy.
2-220pm - Interview time
2:40+pm - Arrived school
more or less 3pm - Panic submission of resumes.
yehey! finished before closing. and went home.

Friday

a little before 9am - arrived at Boni Mandaluyong again for exams
9am - took exam
10am - finished exam and went home
11am - arrived home. panic looking for the xerox copy of my birth certificate for SSS. and fish for torch.
1110-1120am - went to school. thanks to Guids for helping me. Sorry mejo nairita, I really feel uneasy people waiting for me.
1120am - met with Torch for his fish.
1139am - job expo with Guids.
12:00nn - STRC tambay
more or less 12:30 - Lunch at DONDON! YUMMY! I MISS eating at DonDon! said hi to achi nats! haha! kilala parin niya ako!:) went back to STRC
more or less 2:30pm - went back to JOB expo for SSS and other companies.
3:00pm - went to NKK's GA at Tereso Lara
3:20pm - nahatak for charades (Nahiya ako..)
420pm - stayed with Guids
4:30pm or so - ate at Dimsum and Dumplings!
5:00pm or so - went home. Thanks guids. I really appreciate it:)

7pm or so - power nap.

Well. I still have an interview tomorrow am. and yikes, I had to reschedule another interview because earlier appointments come in the way whenever they schedule me for interviews:( We'll see.....

I'm supposed to give updates regarding my fishies but ahya's playing dota and I can't upload stuff.

In the Mood

2009-02-05T00:47:00.003+08:00

Right at this moment, I wanted to play the piano so badly. But I can't it's so late in the evening and I still have to wake up early tomorrow. I noticed that whenever I wanted to play the piano this bad, Something is really bothering me.

When something bothers me and my thoughts, I usually keep myself busy doing stuff just like cleaning fish homes (unless super dumi na). Basta hands-on work.

Tonight, a big chunk of thoughts keep bothering my head.

Listening to U2's Beautiful Day to keep this thoughts out of my head before I go to bed or else puyat nanaman ako nito. Kahit super tiring na tong araw na to.

busy week

2009-02-03T20:12:00.003+08:00

Since this week is the JOB EXPO week. my blog is pretty much on vacation. A lot of things might have happened this week but then again, it's either I'm too busy or I'm too tired to blog about it.

Anyways, it's fun to be in school again. I mean, it's fun to visit school again:) hehehe!

Anyways. I'm so busy that I even forgot about typing these stuff!

Gotta go. will blog soon!

My Kryptonite

2009-01-30T23:44:00.002+08:00

I'm not superman or superwoman. But I think I know what my kryptonite (weakness) is right now. Definitely, things will always be out of our control. Just like what happened to me this morning. purely bad luck.

1) I had a 10am interview but on the way to the place, policemen are breaking traffic rules by making sure to keep Roxas Blvd open for the King of Brunei. In which I got stucked in traffic.

2) My bag's zipper broke. (dahil sa pagmamadali. hay!)

3) When the HR saw that I'm a fresh graduate, I think she closed my application already. Sayang oras ko. But okay lang.

These are the times where I don't wanna be left idle or have time for thinking. But this afternoon till this evening, A lot of things were occupying my thoughts. Well, it started early afternoon pala! But I was busy cleaning aquariums and my fishies' homes so I didn't have much time to think about it.

But after cleaning all of them, even fixed my table for fishes and supplies, I began to think about a lot of things and realized my kryptonite. I think alam ko na before pa, But I was too stubborn to realize. Hay!!! must sleep. I've been super tired these past few days.

お休み。

On Luck

2009-01-29T21:14:00.004+08:00

I was ordering some stuff for my beloved fishies. I'm running out of supplies and I just need them. Bad luck since the "supplier" suddenly raised prices :( sad. But I think I'm pretty much resourceful and we'll see if my idea works.

Anyways, around last year. Whenever I go to cartimar, I make it a point to check out the fish that I wanted. As much as I wanted to buy it, I don't want to risk it. It costs 1000+. It was opaline in color. (Not sure) I really wanted it. But my practical self tells me not to buy. It costs like an arowana noh! It was really nice.

From my 100-200+ fishes now it's down to more or less 100 (not including newborns). The second batch of fries are placed in the aquarium outside our home and it was really hard to check all the fishes and see their colors. (I used to see it everyday but my dad placed some sunlight protection to lessen algae buildup). Few days ago, I tried to catch some of them just to check out the color and quality. Guess what! I was so happy, I really wanted something like this. Not opalines but at least similar. Opalines are more pearly white in color. Here is a picture of my fish! I'm so happy! I'm starting to reproduce this color and pair since I rarely see them in cartimar.

Anyways, after feeling sad and unhappy about the morning's bad luck. I went to timezone (coz I had to wait for some people to meet at RP) and checked my timezone card. Still have a lot of credits so I tried the catcher game since I remembered the candies. I wasn't expecting anything else. But on my first try. I got this!!!!

I was so surprised and I can't believe my eyes. I felt happy coz I was feeling so down that morning. haha!:) I was sort of laughing at myself coz when I see this plushie, I remember myself coz I have a cough and my nose gets jammed up once in a while this past few days. Hahaha!

I had a job interview and exam today. I was a little ticked off by the fact that she texted us that my schedule is 8am. I arrived at the place before 8 and guess what. 830 pa daw office hours nila. Crap? Another booboo happened but ok lang. We were given tons of test. The first one was a personality test 300 items! Yikes! I was yawning during the test since I slept pretty late last night and mejo troubled sleep pa! nagisging ng mga 4-5 then went back to sleep!

I was asked to return next week for another interview and then I went to RP. Had fun and felt happy:) Don't have to say why:)

Knockout. Pag uwi. did some stuff then after some time, Irested on my bed and fell asleep asap. :D

Anyways, I really like the song by U2 - Beautiful Day.

For those who wanted a pet, kindly comment here or something. I'm selling fishes and dogs.

It's a beautiful day! <3

Fish Bowl

2009-01-29T00:20:00.002+08:00

This will be included in my wishlist!

I have already imagined where to put it pa!:D Cute noh!!! super cute.

Literally, A fish bowl. Bow.

I must really be.. err...

2009-01-27T00:54:00.003+08:00

Hot headed this past few days.

Just 2 mins ago, Someone texted me with this message. "Visit us at SMSCaster.com for FREE! > hon d2 ka mag reply load mo ako 150 pesos" btw, eto pala ung number. 0927 - 9622026

I really hate scammers. Hope they go to.. well you know that place is. I'm really pissed off. I don't know if dahil maganda ba cell number ko at lagi ako tinetextan ng ganyan. Because I was so annoyed. I replied "Gusto mo ba isumbong kita sa imbestigador? lumang style na yan ah" I was really annoyed. Why is it that a lot of people are lying to other people just to get ahead?

Mataray na kung mataray, pero feeling ko kasi, bawal nako maging mabait. Wala napapala kabaitan ko. Maybe, I just feel so mataray lately. Dapat tinext ko pala muna "sino ka" tapos pagnalaman ko sino itetext ko ng "isusumbong kita sa Globe at Imbestigador ha? ok lang ba?" Para maloka un. I feel so nasty today. Super taray.

Siguro napuno ako, coz today, someone asked me the last price for the dog, and then I asked him how much does he want it ba or budget niya. Btw the dog is worth 18k. and he wanted it for 10k. Then mejo ok lang pag ganun. d pa ako nagrereply, sinabi na niya. Remember daw, he was offered a similar dog but older for 12k. pero d daw niya binili. Haller? Sakin pa sha magtatawad? 10k? e 18k nga price ko. ano siya hilo? bakit d niya binili ung isang dog? I think he's not stupid for him not to know the market prices for these dogs. We don't price that high. We give reasonable prices along with the extreme care we give. I really hated people who just do that and yun pala d naman pala talaga plan bibili in the first place. After giving him an offer he can't refuse, WALA d na nagreply.

I must be pretty annoyed today. This afternoon I was supposed to do a 10-20 minute power nap. But d ako nakatulog, kasi nung time na muntik nako makatulog ginising ako. Grr! Anyways, for those load scammers out there, I really hope one day mahuli na kayo.

Forgive my crankiness but I personally think I'm entitled to rant out sometimes:)

Anyways, I'm probably just tired. Gotta rest now!

Job Hunt and Chinese New Year!

2009-01-26T16:23:00.006+08:00

Job Exam 1

Last week I applied for a management trainee position at a company. With the attractive monetary benefits, I'm sure a lot of people applied in that job. Anna and I were chatting around and I saw quite a number of Lasallians, Ateneans etc in that exam. I thought the exam would be like an IQ exam or something like that but it was more of personality exam. 37 items 20 minutes.

We needed to be there 1:30 pm sharp. And in fairness, I think we started on time. But since it's a group, we have to wait for a long time. I went home around 4-5 pm already! I think it was more of 5 pm. The first two cab drivers didn't want to take us in, the first one asking for an extra 50 bucks. (And heck, I don't wanna pay 50 bucks since I really pay extra naman to give a "tip" but asking for extra 50 bucks for metered taxis, I think that's too much.) And I told Anna, that if the third one still asks for 50 bucks or doesn't want to take us in, We'd better take the jeep and MRT. But luckily, the last cab took us in and chatted with us. He was really nice and at first I got a little hesistant but I think unlike other taxi drivers, he gave us a level of trust when I told him to just go with the Vito Cruz route since it's friday and Lasallians (well most of them anyway) don't have any classes:) So he did take that route and we paid him extra:)

Job Exam 2

This morning, I had my job exam for another management trainee position at Makati. I saw Jenny's lil sis there! And we just chatted and shared a lot of stories even on the way home via MRT. We had to take a lot of exams and by I think more or less 1030am, We were dismissed (O! parang classroom noh? hehe!) Anyways, so far these past two interviews I had more fun since I saw some friends:)

Happy Chinese New Year!

It's year of the OKS! oops. I mean, Ox. I hope this year will be a better one compared to last year. Well, a lot of people say that the first day of the year on both the English calendar and the Lunar calendar are bad days. But nevermind that, I really REALLY hope that this year turns out to be a better one:)

Happy New Year Everyone!

FOOD

We ate at Fish Out of Water at Greenbelt 5 last night. It was okay. But I think Casa Armas is better especially with the Paella. Oh, and also, it was my first time to try ostrich meat. I was a little hesistant about it but it tasted good naman. Paella was okay but the more you eat it the more tasty it gets:D Oysters were great! Yummy!:) I love eating oysters! hahah:) I remember that I ate Baked FRESH oysters in Canada last year and you don't even have to add anything on it and it tasted SO SUPER GREAT! :) Yum! Then I remembered the Oysters in Australia too!:( I like eating oysters!!

Anyways, I'm a little hot-headed right now...

P.S. I need to take more pictures to put on my blog. So probably and hopefully, I take some more pictures soon! (I actually did take pictures of some of my fishes but I think Multiply's the place to upload them.)

Magic 8-ball

2009-01-22T23:39:00.004+08:00

If you notice the stuffs in this website, You'd probably see the Magic 8-ball on your right. I've tried it many times. I tried to ask the same question many times and guess what, I don't know if it was just by pure luck or just weird. But so far, all of the answers I got were true. Weird.

Anyways, I was chatting with JC over YM this afternoon about the plurk issue. And we talked about how that person "kinaya" ako kahit na si JC ung malakas humirit. I realized, I shouldn't be kind to people anymore especially to those who don't deserve it. Yeah, I was mad for tricking us, especially ME! (No proof of existence so far, so GUILTY until proven otherwise) And I was also mad for saying something that was really off topic and low blow. But I was even more mad at the fact that even if JC said the same things I did. Ako ung tinira niya. Well, D nga niya kaya si JC. Pero ok lang, so what, it just proves what kind of a person he is. The funny thing is that I used to see that person really great. Wala akong masabing masama sa kanya, NOON. The first time I encountered something bad with this person, Akala ko pa ako nagkamali nagsorry pa ako. Siya pa may lakas loob na magalit. Pero ok lang. Ako daw makulit, but if you ask our friends I'm sure sasabihin nila mas makulit siya. (proven to in my plurk) Pero ok lang, I think I had enough of this person. Not worth my time, my kindness and I would just like to think that this is a learning experience for me. I was consistent with my rebuttal statements and went all the way:)

Anyways, today went by smoothly. I was supposed to take pictures my 2 diplomas long before but I just forgot about it. My next entry would hopefully be about my diplomas! :D

Finally, I think it's a sure thing that I will not be going to China to study anymore so I could seriously look for jobs na. I have been stopping once in a while everytime the 6-month trip to China would resurface in the conversations. I know I have been a little picky with looking for work. It's just that I don't want to work for something I don't like and regret it later and change jobs. I'm just glad that at this moment, I know what I want and what career path to go to. There are two choices but both of them leads to the same outcome. :)

Good night! I'm keeping up with my goal of 3 blogs per week! Yay!:)

Good Riddance

2009-01-22T00:02:00.005+08:00

If you happen to be my friend on my PLURK. Then you'd probably know what happened this afternoon. Honestly, I felt a little sad because I felt like I lost a friend. But then again, like what someone really special told me that if that person was able to do something like that, then he wasn't a friend in the first place. Like what JC said, be consistent with my arguments and I did. I didn't say something out of the topic unlike what that person did saying stuff that were not even related to the topic. So good riddance. Narealize ko, ako kayang kaya niyang ganunin kasi mabait ako. So ayaw ko na maging mabait. Marami kasing abusado eh.

Anyways, enough about that topic. I don't care anymore.

Yesterday, we received a cake. And guess what! It's one of my favorites! The Triple Chocolate Roll! I ate this cake for the first time around 3 years ago. I love it, back then it was bigger. But hey, I still love it up to today!

Triple Chocolate Roll from Red Ribbon. Picture courtesy of the Red Ribbon Website!

I think triple chocolate roll got its name because of
1) the chocolate swirls
2) chocolate icing (or coating)
3) chocolate cake (the foamy part)
4) chocolate filling inside the foaming part.

hey! that's 4! haha but I still find it super yummy!:) YUM!

Anyways, got to sleep! :) Good night!

Cheese Bar

2009-01-20T09:31:00.008+08:00

I'm starting to keep myself busy again these past few days. Imagine, I haven't played the wii for almost two to three days now.:)

I tried breeding my fishes again:) Yesterday, we went to cartimar and browsed through the Japanese shops there and I saw this!

I was attracted to the word CHEESE! I love cheese! :) I was probably expecting a lot from this food but when I opened it and ate it. It was literally cheese bars with a little stuff on the sides. Sheesh! I could just have sliced strips of cheese. Hahah!

[I've deleted a part of the entry] I just realized that this is not a private blog so meaning I should be careful with whateveeeeeeer I say.

P.S. If you noticed, I changed the tags on all of my posts and segregated them into specific categories:) Yay!

I will never ever buy from that shop!

2009-01-17T14:09:00.003+08:00

I love pets! who didn't know that our home may sound like a zoo when people knew about the number of pets we have. But of course, like people, pets multiply and well, we need to sell some away to make up for the truckloads of dog food we order. (and fish food that I buy) Last week at Cartimar while waiting for my little sister, I tried to look for shops with few supplies of fighting fish for sale and tried to look for the owner so I could sell my extra fishes so maintenance would not be that much of an issue anymore. I only tried two shops, because other shops were on full stock. The first one where our secretary must have bought my fish food from was very masungit. I was hesitant to offer them my fish since I remember in that shop that once we saw a fish on the floor (out of water) and they didn't bother to put it back on the water. MEAN! Well, I just didn't mind that shop since there are at least 10 shops more around the vicinity.

Another shop was very kind and told me his boss' number and told me to come back in the afternoon because his boss is not yet at the shop. Unfortunately, I had to go home. So I called up their boss and asked if she buys fighting fish from breeders and she told me yes! Of course the price exchanges etc. But before we talked about that she told me na sayang kakaorder lang niya ng 50 fishes! sayang nga! But then again, 30 of my fishes are already "reserved" by my shobe's ninang. And no, not for sale. Mabait talaga and the next time I go there, I might as well as buy my fishes vitamins there. diba?

Now, the shop I called this afternoon was located at the mall. Robinson's Place Ermita to be exact. I usually visit this shop whenever I go to RP but their prices are more expensive compared to handyman and cartimar so I never buy from them and if ever I did, I probably did buy once or twice. (Now that I think of it, I think I did buy) I called them. Mahiyain ako usually especially to strangers but I think about my future and of course I want to help sell our dogs as well, I need to do this. I kept their "calling paper" (It was literally a paper, should be calling card) for around two weeks in the hope of getting the courage to call and try to sell. Guess what? I just asked if they can do consignment, or buy fishes or dogs. and the girl just shut me down by saying may supplier na sila. She didn't even ask for the price. The heck? What if I offer 50% off compared to your supplier's price? Well DI WAG! Someday, I will knock your shop out of that mall but building a better and more friendly shop for everone.

Actually, my mom already warned me about masusungit na pet shops. But if you were a good business person, you'd definitely look for goods/pets that would have a competitive price so that the next time you order from your supplier, you could haggle. DIBA? Just like what I did at greenhills when I bought our Wii Fit. I have a "suki" but in order to get the lowest possible price, I canvassed around for the prices of Wii Fit then the last shop I go to is my "suki's" shop and get the best price. Imagine slashing off at least 1500 pesos off the price tag. I think I saved around 2000 pesos compared to going straight to my suki's shop.

I was really annoyed, mad and a little discouraged. But then again, I won't let a stupid person ruin my day just like that:)

Job Interview Entry #2

2009-01-17T12:49:00.005+08:00

This must be my 3rd entry about job interviews but I don't wanna backtrack and edit the titles of my past entries so I'd just place number 2 just to be sure.

I had an interview this morning for a Public Relations Company. I'm so glad that my dad drove me to the place since if I commuted or took a cab, I'm sure it would take me even a long time. My dad doesn't know the place that much. Well, we had a map and it was wrong! The map probably got confused with the intersections etc, 'coz if we followed the map, we might end up somewhere even farther!

Honestly, all jobs interviews that I went to are pretty ok. If you think about it, I have been very OC with the jobs that I apply. I was strict with myself on apply on marketing jobs only (for this time). But I think, I'll wait for the DLSU Job Expo this coming February just to broaden my options and who knows, I might find a great job via Job Expo! diba?

This company is really interesting. Probably because it's not a big name company but more or a small yet making waves company. And here, I realized that we must really have a daily subscription of newspapers! We used to have one but I kind of forgot the reason why we don't subscribe to newspapers anymore. After the interview, the boss asked me to answer a 2 questions and one of it is about ZestAir. At first, I thought that it was just a random question placing random things but meron pala talagang ZestAir. I asked my dad and he told me that ZestAir is by Zest-O. Wow!

I like learning a lot of new things! I feel happy if I discover something new:)

Took a cab home and felt sorry for the cab driver since his brother died few days ago or last night because he got held up in a cab. And I gave him a lot of extra money. But when I got home, I felt like I was scammed. Well, nevermind. At least I got home safely diba? :)

It's a lesson that I need to learn. Do not be too soft-hearted for most people because a lot of people will abuse your kindness and think only of their own welfare but not yours.

anyways! I'm glad I did three blog entries for this week! I was actually setting a goal for myself of blogging at least three times a week:) Yay!:)

Job Interview

2009-01-15T11:12:00.007+08:00

This should be blogged yesterday since everything happened yesterday. But I was too tired last night and did a lot of stuff so here it is

I have a scheduled interview at a company near Monumento at 2pm. I was thinking leaving 1 hour earlier since it's my first time to go to that area. Thank goodness, LRT wasn't so crowded. It was not crowded at all! I even got to sit down:D haha:) The lady over the phone told me the directions to their place. And guess what, I was lost for a moment. It was really my first time to ride the LRT till Monumento (if I remember correctly) and It was my first time to go to that area too!

I was looking for puregold since the girl over the phone started her directions from puregold. Thank goodness for the kind vendors and guards I finally found puregold. maybe 1 -2 blocks away from the LRT. Maybe, I was scared of getting lost. I asked people before making a turn. I imagined myself driving without any idea where the destination was. It would probably take me whole day. That's why I like to commute whenever I go to a new place since it's easier to walk sometimes. You don't need to deal with turnng the wrong corner or something:D Since walkways are always TWO WAY!:D

Anyways, I arrived at the street, the nice lady over the phone told me that the number is 111. I still have around 15 -20 minutes left before 2pm. I saw 108, 109. then 11. so I assumed that was number 111. but it is not a grey gate! yikes. Then I asked people where -insert company here- is. They pointed me to a far direction. I was puzzled, since 108, 109 is here then 111 is soooooo far away. like a block or 2 away? I called up the company, thank goodness for giving me their number last time. Guess what! that street has two numbers! one old and one new! so, the company may be 111 but another number is 127! that's why it's still so far away! Yikes!

Finally! I found the place. I find it okay. honestly, d naman ako mapili sa workplace as long as they have a restroom. haha! basta malinis restroom it's fine with me. They keep asking me if the place was okay. It was really okay. I was just a little hesitant on the LOCATION not the place itself. It was really easy since it's just one ride away. but if you think what if the LRT's broken. yikes!

If LRT is not broken, then it would be fine. :D Imagine, just a ride everyday. saves time, money and energy:)

After the interview, I got back home riding the LRT. It took me just around 20 minutes or less from Monumento till Quirino Station. I was counting the average time for the first few stations. Around 1 minute per station since the LRT was almost empty. Everyone in the female cart got to sit down the first few stations.

During the whole train ride, I was thinking whether I'd be eating an ice cream at Mini stop on the way home. I really love their cheese ice cream. When I was about to go up the steps of the convenience store. I saw a friend from Chamber. I was a little bit shocked. Well, to make the long story short. He was scammed by someone. He saw a guy near burgundy asking for directions. The guy was looking for a trucking rental shop at Nagtahan. He was talking about COD and stuff that's why he brought this pouch with 12k in it DAW. It was in a pouch and you'd think it was a wad of bills and you could see a 50 peso bill from the outside. He told my friend that he would leave the 12k with my friend and wanted to get his wallet in exchange. But my friend told the guy that he only has 20 pesos in his wallet. So the guy just took his cellphone and necklace and told my friend to wait for him at the steps of Mini Stop. When he told me about what happened, the first thing that came to my mind was that he was probably scammed. He didn't open the pouch. We tried to call his phone, but the guy keeps rejecting the call. Then I thought, OH NO! Lumakas kutob ko na wala na d na babalik phone niya. Then I told him to just open the pouch, I'm pretty sure he was scammed. well. the pouch was really hard to open, We had to borrow scissors pa! then guess what. puros newspaper lang sa loob na cut into rectangles para magmukhang bills.

Grabe noh? I really felt bad for him. Since he really waited for a long time at the steps noh. I was really inis at the time. Thinking that probably these guys were targeting La Salle Students. Oh, the guy had an accomplice. I hope they get caught one day. Karma will definitely get them someday.

Two realizations for the day :

1) Imagine life without the LRT. Shucks! Baka d pa ako nakakatapak ng Monumento by today.

2) There are a lot of scammers out there. I hope they get to pay for those bad things they do someday. I really really hope MAKARMA SILA!

Touch My Hand - David Archuleta

Best Job in the World?

2009-01-13T19:48:00.004+08:00

Saw this article on the Yahoo Website!

Here's the article posted from the Yahoo! News Page!

"SYDNEY (AFP) – An Australian state is offering internationally what it calls "the best job in the world" -- earning a top salary for lazing around a beautiful tropical island for six months.

The job pays 150,000 Australian dollars (105,000 US dollars) and includes free airfares from the winner's home country to Hamilton Island on the Great Barrier Reef, Queensland's state government announced on Tuesday.

In return, the "island caretaker" will be expected to stroll the white sands, snorkel the reef, take care of "a few minor tasks" -- and report to a global audience via weekly blogs, photo diaries and video updates.

The successful applicant, who will stay rent-free in a three-bedroom beach home complete with plunge pool and golf buggy, must be a good swimmer, excellent communicator and be able to speak and write English.

"They'll also have to talk to media from time to time about what they're doing so they can't be too shy and they'll have to love the sea, the sun, the outdoors," said acting state Premier Paul Lucas.

"The fact that they will be paid to explore the islands of the Great Barrier Reef, swim, snorkel and generally live the Queensland lifestyle makes this undoubtedly the best job in the world."

Lucas said the campaign was part of a drive to protect the state's 18 billion Australian dollarglobal financial meltdown. a year tourism industry during the tough economic climate caused by the

"Traditional tourism advertising just doesn't cut it sometimes and we are thinking outside the box by launching this campaign."

Queensland Tourism Minister Desley Boyle said some people might question whether it was risky to let an unknown person become an unofficial tourism spokesperson for the state.

"I think the biggest risk will be that the successful candidate won't want to go home at the end of the six months," she said.

"This is a legitimate job which is open to anyone and everyone."

Applications are open until February 22. Eleven shortlisted candidates will be flown to Hamilton Island in early May for the final selection process and the six month contract will commence on July 1."

Now! who wouldn't want a job like that? haha! It's like earning around 700,000+ pesos a month! All you need to do is stay there for 6 months, report and blog about it! I like the job. but thinking about doing it everyday kind of scares me. Imagine, you'll be in the water for 6 months EVERYDAY. Yikes! must bring lots of sunscreen! haha:) TONS! maybe a sunscreen company would like to sponsor. Haha!:)

Random Things

2009-01-12T14:05:00.004+08:00

Another random blog.

I was so happy with my new Nalgene water bottle that I took pictures of the actual product.
From left to right : Pink N-gen Nalgene, Blue OTG Nalgene

I like the pink-ness of my new Nalgene bottle! But of course, I still use my OTG bottle. I use it everyday and will remain that way. PINNNNNNNNNNK!

Anyways, enough about my Nalgene bottles! Do you remember I posted some random stuff last time asking readers to guess what this is?

Yes! This thing! Others joked that it was a telephone cord. But for me, this is what I've been looking for all those accessories shop in malls. But sadly, I think I have to go as far as greenhills again to buy this. This is actually a pantali sa buhok. My lil sis told me when we saw this at greenhills that this thingy does not put marks on your hair. I usually keep my hair in a ponytail whenever I'm home and sometimes, if you keep your hair in a ponytail, after some time, your hair gets marks or creases. At first, I didn't believed what she said. But after using it for a long time now. It's really true! Now, if I could only find something like this in Manila.

I took a photo with my contact lens case! forming an emoticon :0 haha!:D

Oh, by the way. this also comes in insect repellant wristbands. While I was trying so hard to search for this stuff, I saw that they have it in Handyman. Guess what, A ponytail in Handyman? I don't think so! Turns out that it was actually an insect repellant band probably for kids. And now that I remember it, my cousin's daughter has one on her wrist haha!:)

anyone knows where I could get this stuff? thanks!

Oh, Me and my little sister went to Cartimar yesterday and I feel like that going to Cartimar is even better than going to an amusement park. I could just stay there for 3 or more hours and not get bored. :D I bought an aquarium, fish food and some vitamins for my dearest pets!

Me and my little sister saw some jellyfish! They're so cute and comes in different colors! They come in blue, black and white! We ate at a bento box restaurant. (more details on a separate blog entry) and was hoping to eat taho and drink wintermelon juice that when we decided to eat taho na, the store was locking its doors already :( sad.

Anyways, gotta go! :)

Friday Fun

2009-01-09T20:04:00.006+08:00

Woke up around 7:40 am. Showered. Dressed up. Fan Dry my Hair. Ate breakfast. Drove out of the house with my little sister who's not so little anymore. One of my goals for this year was to actually have a habit of eating breakfast. I bought a new kind of cereal last time and I promised myself that eventually, I will eat cereals for breakfast. And I did! I loved the flavor of the cereals. Not too sweet, Not to bland. Just right! Whee~ Success!

Another goal of mine is to drive at least 50 kilometers by the end of the year. I was wondering why we are going to leave the house earlier. Yun pala, I will be the one who will do the driving. Except for that I only drove out of the house and out on the main street and my little sister decided she drives. I think I cannot drive under pressure. She has a class 10am. I don't want to be responsible for her tardiness today. Imagine if the prof ask her why she's late and she'll say that it's because her sister drove the car today. Yikes! I was a little unsure because I wasn't prepared to drive. But after we arrived at Mckinley Hill. She told me to just drive since it's still early. And so I did. It was really fun since there weren't that much cars around.

Parked it and we went to her school. While she's on her class. I just waited for her at their library. I like their library. It's so... NEW! All books are new, interesting and nice. I browsed the Cadbury Simple Chocolate book and some other book about living spaces. Chatted with a few people and students. It was actually fun. I think I like their office and school a lot compared to others. But who knows, it's still too early to say these things.

After my little sis' class, we (together with her friends) ate at Joey Pepperoni. It was ok. I think I like Sbarro more. hehe! After eating, we went back to her school and waited for a while for my job interview. It was ok. I got tensed. Dunno why.

After that, my lil sis and I went to Bonifacio High Street to buy her FitFlops. I drove the car!!! YAY! I was a little tensed. But I arrived and parked safely. Then I saw my the Nalgene bottle I wanted ever since last last year! I bought one before as a birthday/christmas gift for Mel. But during that time it was the last bottle in stock. And I already have the OTG (On-The-Go). I have the blue bottle and bought the green one as a gift for my brother last last year too! Here are the pics
Image from www.nalgenechoice.com.

This was what I have. The red one is not available here in the Philippines but I think I saw it when we went to Chicago last last year. If the red one was available back then, I think I'd buy the red one! hehe!

Back then, the N-gen wasn't even released or wasn't available here in the Philippines. I really wanted it because I bought my OTG bottle thinking it was leak-proof. But it wasn't because it is one of their lines that was offered to be easy to pour and drink from. When N-gen was released I really wanted it but it was a little expensive and I already have the OTG. I was so happy that I saw it this afternoon with all colors available to choose from.

Image is again taken from www.nalgenechoice.com.

Well, it was a choice between the pink bottle or the orange one. I really had a long time deciding which color should I buy. Can you guess what color I bought?

Anyways, my lil sis bought something from Aquazorb and a Nalgene Shaker.

After shopping, She drove the car back to her school and I practiced my driving around and went home. (she drove all the way home.) It was fun but tiring and I think I got a headache from the init-lamig weather.

50 kilometers! HERE I COME!

Eventful Week

2009-01-08T10:32:00.004+08:00

Monday

I can't remember what happened, but I think this was the day I filed something without a folder for my mom:D arranged it systematically by date in ascending order:)

Tuesday

Agenda: MOA with ISJ peeps

Went to MOA Ate at Sbarro
Yummy food! This was actually Janis' food! Mine was the same except for the cake. I ate Mango cheesecake!:D Across is Byron's food! looks yummy too! :) I'll be back at Sbarro's next time for sure to try it out:)
From Left : Me. Janis (The Balikbayan). Ru (The Boy Abunda of ISJ).

After eating and chatting at Sbarro's we moved to another location : Seattle's Best
GeeJay (Our source for airport gossip! haha!) From Left : Chino (The listener) Byron (The Lord Byron! Quotable quotes!) Ru (Boy Abunda of ISJ)

Wednesday

Agenda: Job Interview in the Morning

Had my 2nd Job Interview at that company. Well, I alloted 50 minutes for the travelling time. I need to ride the LRT, MRT and a Jeep / FX going to that company. I was actually 45 seconds late! Grr! The first train at LRT was so cramped that I could squeeze myself in. Then I had to wait for around 3-5 minutes before the MRT train left. Then I had to line up for the jeepney ride and TRAFFIC. yikes! If I probably squeezed myself in the first LRT train then I probably wasn't late! grr! Well. The job was really okay. But thinking about the monetary benefits and the location made me think twice. Honestly, it was just my friend who advised me not to take a job with small monetary benefits. When I went home, my parents just told me that if I didn't get the job at a certain company, then I should just go to China for six months.

Well, after the interview, I had a brunch at 7 Eleven just to pass time. Since I wasn't sure at that time if I'd be going somewhere to have lunch with someone:) Then walked all the way back to the MRT station and went to the meeting place! Lunch was super great:)

Thursday (TODAY!)

Well, had another great lunch. when I say great lunch. It's not about the food:)

Friday (TOMORROW!)

Well, another job interview. If I get a job offer on this one. I'd probably take it since I'm guessing that I wasn't accepted for my "dream" job.

Randoms

2009-01-05T23:14:00.003+08:00

Well, I really wanted to blog about something interesting but for the record. I was really busy today. Wanna practice waking up early and the best I could do for today (since vacation mode) is around 9am. tomorrow, I have to wake up at least 10-30 minutes earlier! Fed my fishies, watched dvd so I could finish the 10 episode Japanese series. Then installed something for my Dad's computer and filed papers and documents for my Mom. Answered phone calls too!

It was a busy day but at least I didn't just bum around.

I have been thinking about a few things that would be my goals for this year.
I haven't organized them yet, but here's a rough draft of it!

1) Blog at least 3 times a week.
2) Use my planner to the fullest.
3) Format my laptop this year. (At least learn how!)
4) Drive at least 50 kilometers by the end of the year (I hope they let me drive though)
5) SAVE, SAVE, SAVE (actually, I'm being super practical and thrifty lately... which is a good sign!)
6) Read books at least one book a month (I hope d na sumakit ulo ko, kakainis labo kasi mata ko)
7) Take more pictures (more memories!)
8) Finish Cooking Mama! haha:D joke lang! HmmMmMm! I'll think about it.

Have a great start everyone! I was feeling a little down of some bad news (well, not sure yet but I think I shouldn't be thinking about it! Looking forward for a better year!)

The Gas Pedal is my Friend!

2009-01-02T17:45:00.009+08:00

Today at around 9 in the morning, My brother woke me up telling me that we will fill up all our cars with gas today. I was still sooooo sleepy and half wondering why am I going with him since my credit card is not the Shell Citibank Card na.

(Just in case you didn't know, Shell Citibank Mastercard gives 5% rebate on gas purchases at all Shell stations. )

But I didn't think about it that much since I was so sleepy and I just brushed my teeth, washed my face and changed into pants and went down. The reason why he woke me up because I was going to drive all the cars to the Shell Station. and no, it's not just that Taft - La Salle Shell Station but the one in Macapagal Boulevard (the one near MOA).

Honestly, to practice my driving skills is okay. But I was still sleepy after sleeping late last night! And I told my brother that I don't wanna drive the new car. (And maybe he was scared that I might bump the new car so he said of course! hahaha!) I was thinking that I also don't wanna drive the Trooper, it's so big! Parking it in our parking area is okay, but getting it out of the gate was like super hard for me! Anyways, We went to the Shell Station using the Civic first. Honestly, now I can't remember but I think I went out of the gate butt first! Yay! and yea, I was really slow at first with the Civic. It has been a long time since I last drove a car noh!

The gas pedal is my friend! At first, I was scared to step on the gas. I was really careful with the turns and lane-changings and I know, a few cars overtaked me but at least didn't honk their horns:) During the first 5 minutes or 10 minutes. My brother pressed the hazard button. (Oh, I hope the next time I drive alone I will be able to caution other drivers using that hazard button! HAHA!) But after Quirino, I think he turned it off na. Luckily, today, there weren't as much motorbikes around. Now, I understand why some people hated motorbikes while driving! Anyways, we reached the shell station! Yay for me! I was a little annoyed because I was wearing slippers which made it a tad difficult stepping on brakes and gas pedals because of the mat, I think.

Anyways, after the gas station, We went home and again, I was having a little difficulty with our gate. And accidentally, I stepped on the gas pedal where I was supposed to stepped on the brake! But luckily, I stepped on the brake agad. (oh, that was the time when my brother went out of the car to check if I could enter the gate.) If the gas pedal is my friend then the brake pedal is my Bestfriend! haha! and I did it! whew!:)

Next car, my brother's rav4 and he told me he was the one driving it our of the gate and our street because he didn't want me to make gasgas to his mags? or is it mugs? the wheels of the car? I gladly obliged. Same banana, drove all the way to shell station and while going back home via Macapagal, my brother held the steering wheel and told me to step on the gas pedal on the max level. Of course I was scared. I wanna learn how to drive safe not to drive FAST! But well, brother's orders so I did it.

Next car the Trooper, this car, I really had a tough time taking it out of our gate. but I did it and my brother told me to turn left at Taft Avenue. and when I saw the shell station I asked him happily if we were going to fill the tank with the gas station at the Taft Branch. (Thinking : Yay! shorter route) But he said no! (oh no!!!?) I drove around leveriza and donada street turned 2 turns before going back to Taft again. Then ayun, he told me to go to the Shell Station at Taft (other side sa kanina) and fill up the tank. When we arrived at that gas station. We found out that it was way more expensive! Imagine for V-power, It was around 3-4 pesos cheaper at the Macapagal Station! So my brother asked me if I can drive till Macapagal. And I told him, He could drive! haha! So he told me to just drive home. And this is the hardest part that I bumped the side mirror on our gate! I was having a difficult time that my brother drove the car in one part. Anyways, Pinasok niya ung car since hindi ko talaga kaya and nilabas niya ulit ung car para i drive ko papasok and park it. And I did it, finally.

The second to the last car, my shobe's car. My brother asked me to ask her if it's ok that we fill the gas tank of her car. But she said coding daw today so we didn't bother na. Whew~

I really wanted to go straight to bed and sleep again. But my brother told me to go with him out for a drive using the new car. He was going to do driving OF COURSE! haha! We circled Macapagal once more and he was driving really fast. And the unique thing I found out with the new car is that it can become semi-manual.

And I told him if we can stop by Harrison Plaza 'coz I need to buy something to organize my stuff, he said ok. But I think he kind of forgot so we just went home.

And I slept.

Goodbye 2008! Hello 2009!

2009-01-01T01:10:00.005+08:00

Farewell 2008!

A year that started out quite okay but ended with a bad bang! Goodbye 2008! There are so many things that happened in that year! I'm so glad 2008 is over. I know a lot of people can't wait for this year to be over! Goodbye 2008!

Hello 2009!

I can't wait to start another chapter/year! I know chinese new year is still on end of January or February but I can't wait to have a better luck this year! I'm going to be happy! I'm going to enjoy and be luckier this 2009! Happy New Year everyone! We'll make 2009 a better year! or best year ever! :D Reach for the stars! I'll make a list of things that I wanna accomplish this 2009 and hopefully at the end of the year, I'll be able to do each and every one of them!:)

Have a great 2009 everyone!

Wordle

2008-12-29T23:58:00.007+08:00

Before I post about the "telephone wire" thingy. Let me share what Phil has blogged in his multiply!

This is actually made by Wordle (www.wordle.net)

In the first option, you can type in some random words that pops into your mind and they generate an image with special effects which you can easily edit as well. You have the choice of colors, whether words are horizontal, vertical etc., the font and more! It is really a cool idea to just make random wordle images and have fun!

But aside from typing in random words, Wordle also lets you generate a Wordle image by using your website that has an Atom or RSS Feed! I tried that option and used my blog here in blogspot as the word generator and look! Wordle created an image with tons of random words in it! This is really nice!

Try it!:)

Not an Ordinary Sunday

2008-12-28T21:24:00.009+08:00

We were set to leave at Ten a.m. going to Tagaytay to eat lunch at the Highlands Greenhouse! Ever since as a kid, I only liked a few restaurants in Tagaytay Highlands. I didn't like the buffet at the Clubhouse. I didn't like the food on the 2nd floor of the sports center. But I remember liking the pasta a lot at the Peak. (I'm not so sure if it's still there right now or even the name, I can't remember if it was the Highlands Peak or just the Peak.) It was actually located at the top part and they really had yummy pasta!:)

I'm not so sure if it was may second or third time eating at the Greenhouse. and I liked it A LOT!:) Not only they are in very affordable prices. the food is just like, fresh from the garden!:) Usually, they first serve you with bread with butter (you could opt-in to ask for Olive oil and Balsamic vinegar if you don't like butter with herbs). But today, since the whole restaurant was full, there have been some delay on the bread with butter!:) They serve you bottomless Dalandan Juice. I think it was freshly squeezed but I'm not so sure. You could directly go to the buffet and get yourself a bowl of soup. Last time it was pumpkin soup! Yummy. Today, I didn't know what it was. Haha! Then you could just go fill your plate with some veggies and fruits for your salad. Today, I had some mango, suha, melon, some leafy veggies, egg and i-forgot-what-else. Ate it with the honey mustard dressing and again, I forgot what the other salad dressing's name is. hehe! Yummy!

Then pasta time! I put some shrimps, squids, salmon, scallops and mushrooms on my plate and handed it to the waiter for them to cook it with Penne pasta with white sauce:) I was thinking about getting a second serving since I told the waiter to have only a little pasta and the cook gladly oblighed with it!:D as in I think I only ate around 1/3 or 1/2 of the plate. super konte lang! But I felt really full so I decided not to eat since it's an hour and a half on the way home. Then I didn't eat desserts anymore since there's no ice cream! hehe!

After that, we went around and decided to go back home and pass by some bee farm. Ilog Maria. Does it sound familiar? To me, it isn't. But we bought a lot of their products and went home. We were supposed to pass through Sta. Rosa but since we didn't know that the Bee Farm was at the Aguinaldo Highway in Silang, Cavite, we had no choice but use the Aguinaldo Highway on our way back home. TRAFFIC. and to make the long story short. We got home around 5 p.m.

Anyways, before I end my entry. I want you to guess what this is.

Just comment or put ur guesses in my chatbox! I'll talk about this in my succeeding blogs. I've been looking around stores crazy for this thing!

Belle De Jour

2008-12-26T23:31:00.006+08:00

Planners are very useful in our lives. Especially if you like your appointments and things to do in an organized notebook. But I think, the hype for the planner grew during the Starbucks earlier christmas years where they offer a free planner for around 21 stickers (21 drinks). The starbucks planner back then was very pretty and nice. People go crazy collecting stickers and fortunately (or unfortunately), I didn't bother. I just helped them fill up their cards while drinking my favorite, Iced White Chocolate or Green Tea Frap.

It was probably last year that I knew about the Belle de Jour Planner. I'm not sure where but I think I saw it online. Bought one. Used it for the whole year. Unfortunately, I was still not used to using these kinds of planners, I actually use the monthly calendars years before.

This year's Belle de Jour is way way way better! Anyways, I'll write more about it as we go along the pictures!:)

The Belle de Jour 2009 box! This year, they came up with the idea of selling it with the option of a box. It costs 20 pesos but I think it's worth it:) It has a silver bottom and a pink tom with the Belle de Jour logo.

The Belle de Jour 2009 and 2008! See, even the covers look great! The 2009 edition has more colors! And it looks more fun!:) Oh! and another thing that i like about the Belle de Jour 2009 is that you can "fold" it just like a springed notebook!:) great, isn't it?

This year's planner comes with Forget-me-not notepad and coupon holder in one! Just in case u didn't know, the Belle de Jour Planner comes with many many coupons that you could really use!:) I like the mix of the colors used in this year's planner.

The Belle de Jour planner comes with a lot of tips on how to maximize your planner, a page for your goals this 2009, vision statement page, someday maybe list, dream board, health checklist, menstrual tracker, birthday list (which i really like), vacation planner, christmas gift list, and a lot of tips!

See how colorful the pages are. Aside from better pages. the paper quality is also better this time. Honestly, I didn't like the paper quality from last year's planner. But this year, It is better (Or maybe, the colors are playing a trick on me!) hehe:)

Here is a picture of the Birthday List! Sometimes, I wish the space would be a bit bigger since some people have the same birthdays and I tend to cramp up their names in that space. But nevertheless, that was one part of the planner that I maximize:D

The planner itself. If you can see (I know the picture's small and blurry) aside from the ordinary timelines, you have a MIT list below and errand list on top. It's really a nice and useful planner if you really use it.

This is what I like best about the Belle de Jour Planner! COUPONS that I can really use! Last year's planner, I think I used around 5 or more coupons? or even MORE! I used up the CBTL coupons!!! Hey, who wouldn't like a Buy one Take one Ice blended drink, right?:) Aside from the drinks, CHEESECAKES at CBTL! hehe! I also used the coupon for a pair of Havaianas at all flip flops. Of course, the cupcakes by Sonja at Serendra. and many more!:) This year's planner comes with even more coupons!!! whee~ but wait! There's more! haha!

I also get this "discount/privilege"? card. with this card, I get to have a 5% discount on all services, 10%discount on hair care therapy, Earn points for credits and most importantly, I get to have a free haircut and hair therapy on my birthday with this card!

Isn't it nice? hehe! Can't wait for next year!:) Can't wait to use my planner na!:)

I Finally Got my License!

2008-12-25T18:14:00.009+08:00

December 23, 2908

The night before I was scheduled to go to LTO. I couldn't sleep. I'm not sure if it was the afternoon nap that kept me awake or I was really excited to get my license. I slept around 1-2 in the morning and woke up around 6+ am! Went to LTO with my Dad at around 730 am. We arrived there before 8 and of course. Drug test. They let us wait so long because they weren't ready to open yet. Luckily, I was the first one, since I don't want the bathroom to be dirty and all. I couldn't fill up the bottle with my urine. It was hard!!! Paid 400 for the drug test and "eye exam". They just asked me if what is the grade of my eyes and if I'm wearing contact lenses.
Grabe. LTO Tayuman was so full of people! Probably a hundred at least. or maybe five hundred! Met Jesylyne before lining up for something! haha:D Then lined up for the photo-taking. then waited for my name to be called for the cashier

then grabe! The cashier was so damn slow with the transactions that I think, it was the slowest counter ever! I was so inis coz the person who took her picture AFTER me was able to pay first! She must have been piling up the paperworks coz when I was so pissed off waiting (after all, I think I really finished the photo taking first compared to another person) I went to counter 12 and asked if where are my documents? Then she showed me the stack of documents and told me, "Tatawagin ka nlang mamaya" After giving me a snotty stare. I wanted to tell her "Paki bilis bilisan naman. hindi naman magtatanong yung mga tao sayo or d ka nila guguluhin kung mabilis ka mag trabaho. para kang nasa luneta! Ambagal mo eh, kaya ka natatambakan!" But of course, I didn't do that. Why? She might do some power tripping and I may end up coming back the next day to get my license. After I followed up my papers, she finally called me. After paying, I have to wait at Window 14 for my exam permit.

I was hoping I could take the exam before lunch time so I could go home early. But no! at 11 am, window 14 announced that they will not release exam permits before lunch, so all those waiting for permits must come back around 1230 for the lecture and after that they will release our exam permits! So my Dad and I just went to Jollibee to eat! After that we just went back and waited for the lecture. The lecturer asked all those people who will be taking the exam to move to the left part and while I was taking a seat, this egoistic guy sat on the seat I was going to seat on. And during the whole lecture, he was so damn KSP. why? He was like trying to show me his reviewer pointing out the answers but I didn't mind him. why? I already finished studying that reviewer that morning! Aside from that, he was making so much noise and shouting answers and feeling magaling! That was of course until he shouted the wrong answer. Hahaha! I was annoyed when he was occupying my space. Sana! d nako inagawan ng seat kung mejo maglelean siya sa side ko! Damn it!

Anyways, after the lecture, I just ran off to window 14 and waited for my name to be called. I got my exam permit and raced up the stairs to be able to take the test ASAP and get out of that place ASAP! haha:)) The exam was printed with your name on top so I was guessing that everyone has a different set meaning different questions. Coz when Jes finished her exam, she told me some questions that would come out but I didn't see some of those. And guess what! Some of the questions were not on the reviewer and I wasn't sure with some of my answers! After the exam, I just went back down and asked my dad one question that made me think a long time!
"Kapag ikaw ay nasa highway at gusto mong mas mabagal ang takbo kaysa sa iba? saang lane ka dapat? " A. Pinakakanang linya B. Pinakagitnang Linya C. Pinaka kaliwang linya

So what was your answer? Until now, I still don't know what the answer for that. What I answered was the B. Coz for sure, I knew that the left lane was for the overtaking and fastest lane. while the rightmost lane is for the shoulder where cars stop. so I sort of guessed that it was the middle lane! But my dad said NO! the answer is the rightmost lane... I explained my point and still he told me it was the rightmost lane.. haha!

Anyways, after the exam, I waited for my name to be called. Honestly, I was a little worried, Imagine, if i failed the test, I would have to wait like 1-2 hrs per counter again! Finally, I passed and then I WAITED AGAIN FOR THE SLOWEST CASHIER ON EARTH. CASHIER NUMBER 12! again, the one who finished the test slower than me paid first! Damn it! Then around 3pm, my name was called and we waited for counter 14 to release my License. took so long. but finally! I got it and went home.

Here's the picture of my License! Yahoo!:) want me to drive your car?:D haha! I wanted an old car to drive, My brother told me to just use our Trooper but I wanted his Rav4 since it's older compared to the Trooper! haha:D
Of course, I covered my picture and other personal details! haha! What were you expecting? haha!

Anyways, this was actually the shortcut of what happened during my experience at LTO Tayuman! imagine, from 740am till 4pm?

Merry Christmas!

2008-12-25T17:56:00.004+08:00

I know, I haven't been blogging the past few days where I should blog since there are so many things that happened and well... Apparently, I was out of energy by the time I'm supposed to blog about it. I have a runny nose, sort of sore throat and I get tired easily these past few days
(dunno whY).

Anyways, MERRY CHRISTMAS TO EVERYONE! Happy Holidays!

So, how was your christmas? :D

DiscPainter

2008-12-20T22:43:00.004+08:00

Sometimes, before I log in my Yahoo Mail, I check those news in the center and I came across the article "Best Holiday Gifts for a Digital Man". Only one item caught my eye. It was the Dymo DiscPainter. If I'm not mistaken, Dymo used to be very really popular for those labels-making kit, where this mini machine that makes tiny labels where you punch letters to stick it to almost everything. Eversince label stickers were introduced to the computer users. Dymo's label-making kit wasn't that popular anymore.
I think this is another of their great ideas into action...The DYMO DiscPainter!

It costs around $280 and this is really nice. It paints images/labels or anything you want on the top of your disc. the catch: the top side should be inkjet-printable surface. Just like an ordinary printer where you can print documents, pictures etc. This DiscPainter prints discs! Just like an ordinary printer, the DiscPainter also has the options of Draft, Normal and Best!

This product could be added on my wishlist, but then again, I think I like the Canon Selphy more:)

Forever a Student

2008-12-19T22:42:00.004+08:00

Now that a lot of students are starting their vacations, I came across some who are bored with their vacations! When I was a kid, I was like that, I wanted to start school immediately. But when highschool came, I don't wanna go to school! I wanted to be in vacation mode as long as possible!

Now that I think of it, I am like in vacation mode for approximately 2-3 months by now. For those 2-3 months, I have learned how to breed bettas. I have set up our wii's homebrew channel so we could play those unplayable games because of region factors. I have learned about selling dogs using forums is not so easy (I have encountered some people who would just wreck your honest ads. Crab mentality... ). I have learned a lot of things in this "vacation mode" I'm in. Oh, I also learned how to take better pictures. Most of the things I've learned are mostly through experience and tinkering with the camera!

But if I look back and see my goals and dreams that I wanted. I wasn't even finished with the goals I've made when I started this journey. I wanted to read the books I bought 2 years ago, and the business magazines I bought last book fair. I wanted to be better at Adobe Photoshop. I wanted to know how to format my own laptop. I wanted to watch all those movies I haven't watch over the past few months or years.

I made a few small goals like practicing early to bed, early to rise habits. Trying to wake up on the first alarm and not pressing the Snooze button. (Because I feel much more workaholic if I wake up on the first try.) So far, these small goals were successful! :)

Anyways, enough rambling about my goals. After an effort to clean up my e-mail. I came across the newsletter from Obsidian Dawn website. It was last year's OJT that started me to brush finding for Adobe Photoshop and this site was absolutely lovely! The site has tons of brushes that are pleasing to my eyes. And as I open those links once again. I feel like I'm a student once again. Trying out the tips she's giving and so far I'm successful and super happy!:) I really love to learn and probably, this is something which motivates me to even work harder.

Some people may say that it's too late for me to study some things. But I believe in you're never too late to study something! You just need the right motivation and the inspiration to do it!

I know this is mababaw , but I'm so happy I learned how to put colors with going over the edges on the brushes:D

Anyways! That's it for today. If you want me to link your blog/site. Just leave a comment! I'd gladly link you. My blogspot is still on its under construction state!

Play Auditorium

2008-12-17T18:55:00.005+08:00

Last time, Beni showed me a site since I love music. He asked me to go to Play Auditorium and try this game.

At first, I was little annoyed coz I don't know why it makes my system lag a little. But after playing the first few rounds, I was hooked!

The colors were very attractive and even the music that goes along it is really nice. It may be a little repetitive but I remember all those days where we play our instruments in the practice room.

Aside from the music and colors, I was attracted by idea of solving puzzles! Lately, I've been playing sudoku, crosswords in my Nintendo DS lite and this was just another puzzle game similar to another puzzle game I've been playing in my DS.

Here are some screenshots of the game:

The game has different seasons: spring, summer, winter and fall!

so far, I'm on the Spring 3:6, I think. I really like it, but it get tiring after around 5 stages straight:)

I recommend it for music and puzzle lovers out there! Try it and get hooked!;)

Gift Ideas

2008-12-15T09:19:00.003+08:00

I have been looking for the right gifts for my family. I was planning to give my Dad a pair of Fitflops. Finally the shoes with the built-in gym is available for the men!

For my Mom, my little sis told me that my Mom wanted some nightwear. Well, she was in-charge of that since her fashion sense is way better than mine and their taste match better than mine:)

For my lil sis, it was soooooo easy! I had so many options to choose from.

Either
1) a pixel skin by Speck

(in yellow mango color, this color on the web is different from actual)
it is actually called corncob yellow but we call it mango yellow!

or
2) Ipod Lego Mini Speaker

but since my lil sis has the 2nd gen Ipod Touch, I don't think she'd be needing this.

3) Something from Sanrio, of course a Cinamoroll thingy:)

In the end, the PixelSkin won coz it's a thing I'm sure my lil sis will love and use:)
after that I found the QQ speakers she wanted so yahoo! two gifts in a day:)

For my brother, it's so hard to give him a gift,
He has several perfumes, his interests are photography, cars and scuba diving. I really wondered what can I give.

and then we saw this!

The Lego Ferrari FXX! Cool, It's not just a model car but a lego one too!:)

but the price range is just way too over our budget. We'll just have to think of other things:)

that's it for now, gotta sleep!

My First Post

2008-12-14T23:00:00.001+08:00

I have blogged through different sites, xanga, diaryland, livejournal, multiply, etc but I have yet to try Blogger(Blogspot). Why the sudden change when blogging in multiply was already effective and a lot of people have been viewing it. I just thought of trying something new and trying what my brother suggested since I'm, like, over 15 hours online a day:)

will update tomorrow... I hope!:) At least something new to be busy about:)