pagpapacute 101

happy birthday tinsky!
health and happines for you!

practicality
i've been to several ukay-ukay lately and have been really happy, ecstatic is more like it (hehe) because of great finds!!! bags, blouses, cardigans... now, when i enter malls, i find everything exorbitantly priced.
there goes the 'miss practicality' side of me, at last, i finally found you.

i wonder how long this side of me will last --- hmm, for as long as there are generous people who expend their best kept things for sale.

be vague
some people can really be mean with the words they say.

i went through my old cherished mails, and came across this:
'if you can't be kind with a person, then at least be vague'

That's what i'm trying to learn now so that someday i won't make the mistake of making a person feel the way that i'm feeling now towards someone who has been unkind to me and was so clear about it.

i am happy for stirofechoes and hideandseek. they're just so brave.
can i ever do the same and take a chance ?

a lot of things have happened between me and this person --> she was my mentor, a leader i look up to. If there was one person who respected her the most, since the start and till now, that was no other than me. But if there was one person who would be most 'unable' to say face her now, that was also me.

perhaps, one day when time has healed the wounds (cliche but true), i would go see her and we would talk about how things are going with us --- and hopefully just laugh over what happened years back.

the only thing i'm certain of right now is that, as Toni (one of my few dearest friends at work) would say, He has a reason for making things happen as they did. and in due time we will know that reason as well.

feeling high when feeling low
everytime i'm feeling low, i just give my niece, jenny a call, hear whatever she can say, some i wouldn't understand and some i fortunately would. and there, im feeling high again. see ya soon!

i was at this bazaar last week and i bought this oshkosh pink dress for jenny,my niece who i adore so much. the lady had to ask me twice, "are you sure its for a two-year old girl?"
"yes"
"because that size is for a 5-year old"

so the next day, i was at my fone with my sister (jenny's mom) and i begged her to put my niece on diet, the pink dress might not fit her. Please?

lately, life at work has been so emotionally draining, people around me are feeling TOO low and i get to hear their stories --- some asked for and some just given. i sometimes wish i can shut out my senses for just a few hours. then, i can feel myself back in shape.

i wonder how advice columnists do it --- people unburden their problems to them and carry them along with their own problems. is there a limit to how much problems we can carry ourselves?

Best combo

At 230am, we were at mcdo feasting on fries and mcflurry – best combo the world has just like the four of us here who waited for the celebrant (plus 3 tag-alongs a.k.a bf) till wee hours of the morning.
happy bday atty chai!



How does it feel to be 26 and a budding lawyer?:)

Together with my friends, we paid our last respects to Raul Roco – up to his very last moment, he was most private, devoid of glamour – no media men and the likes. For some reason or another, a part of my hope for this country died..

the first in my circle of friends just tied the knot at the time of this shoot.
who's next, ladies!?!

betting on priorities
Some priorities need to be prioritized…
like, if the priorities that we’re talking about are time and space –
is there anything worth prioritizing than this?
I say, we ask hideandseek! Haha! peace my friend!
Just happy that I won the bet, almost!

As of this time...
fortywinks is out diving with the masters,
she wants to follow my footsteps.
heartonsleeve is on abscbn - tv.
twisterfries is in boracay.
winespirits is in binondo having lunch.
it is mother's day and some people have greeted me
(in anticipation for the quite distant future haha)
i greeted my mama, while i'm here in the office --- working before monday.
in self-pity, i asked my d if i can go out with a friend later and
with an understanding heart, he says yes.
thank you for making life a little easier for me.

inggit ako sa friend ko.

Why are some people hired for work to have fun!?!
palawan, you should definitely await for my coming too,
if not this year, then maybe next...

Bangkok, April 2005

Meritus Suites, Bangkok

Moi, by the porch

humbly proud
We're so proud of you pelicanbrief!!!
everyone else will call you now by that certain title,
but we, your dear friends, we prefer to call you 'att chai' humbling right?:)
(was it your idea, knicknacks?)
Now on to a new and exciting path, cheers!

Sweet reminder
A friend just asked for this song for her dear dad and she reminded us her friends to make the most of our time with our parents, everyday that we spend with them coz we never really know when they will be gone from us forever.
Thanks for the kind and sweet reminder, knickknacks.
Your faith never left your side amidst of it all.

Dance with my father
Luther Vandross

Back when I was a child, before life removed all the innocence
My father would lift me high and dance with my mother and me
And then spin me around 'til I fell asleep
Then up the stairs he would carry me
And I knew for sure I was loved
If I could get another chance, another walk, another dance with him
I'd play a song that would never, ever end
How I'd love, love, love
To dance with my father again
When I and my mother would disagree
To get my way, I would run from her to him
He'd make me laugh just to comfort me
Then finally make me do just what my mama said
Later that night when I was asleep
He left a dollar under my sheet
Never dreamed that he would be gone from me
If I could steal one final glance, one final step, one final dance with him
I'd play a song that would never, ever end
'Cause I'd love, love, love
To dance with my father again
Sometimes I'd listen outside her door
And I'd hear how my mother cried for him
I pray for her even more than me
I pray for her even more than me
I know I'm praying for much too much
But could you send back the only man she loved
I know you don't do it usually
But dear Lord she's dying
To dance with my father again
Every night I fall asleep and this is all I ever dream

blogging from the suite

Ok, forgive me for my excitement. Im blogging right here at Bangkok, from my suite at Meritus State Tower, enjoying the view from the 52nd floor and the ambiance of a room equipped with a very cozy living room, two 21-inch flat tvs with dvd component, unlimited internet access, a very spacious bathroom, and a small kitchen even (if you wanna cook at all.)

The breakfast in the morning is even better - american buffet. imagine, french toast, pancakes, bacon, eggs, cold cuts, all kinds of sausages, fish, dumplings, veggies, fruits, cereals, even yoghurt, many kinds of juices, and unlimited cups of coffee !!! and thats why, i give myself about an hour to finish breakfast! Now if you ever see me after the training, dont say a word, i know i gained weight. coincidentally, there's a weighing scale here in the bathroom, meant i guess to challenge me not to gain weight despite the heavy breakfast --- how encouraging! haha!

I know I owe my friends ‘pasalubong’ but that’s exactly why im blogging now, becoz I wanna warn you guys ahead of time, I don’t have any!!! There are tradeoffs, i guess, I have to train the whole day so I have no time for shopping. Not even for myself! Maybe next time, we can do the shopping together, that would be more fun that way, right? well in the meantime how does sampaloc sound?

O.M.G.I.F.

There's a thing called TGIF, then there's another called O.M.G.I.F. --- yup, last friday was it, oh my god, its friday.. hehe:)

Spent a delightful Friday evening with Splash friends and spilt ohmygod stories over mcdo and thai food and good coffee …

a few did-you-knows (as if you didnt know yet) :
Breaking up makes you beautiful
But love can make you even more beautiful (isn’t that right ana?)
and love is sweeter the second time around

Nakaka-miss kayo girls, I terribly missed laughing with you.
Benia, juls – can hardly wait for another ohmygod evening, your turn,ok?!

I've RESIGNed!
I know i said that i'm not resigning yet but there's this kind of resigning that i wanna do..
This one.

I am hereby officially tendering my resignation as an adult.
I have decided I would like to accept the responsibilities of an 8 year-old again.
I want to go to McDonald's and think that it's a four star restaurant.
I want to sail sticks across a fresh mud puddle and make a sidewalk with rocks.
I want to think M&Msare better than money because you can eat them.
I want to lie under a big oak tree and run a lemonade stand with my friends on a hotsummer's day.
I want to return to a time when life was simple, when all you knew were colors, multiplication tables, and nursery rhymes,but that didn't bother you, because you didn't know what you didn't know and you didn't care.
All you knew was to be happy because you were blissfully unaware of all the things that should make you worried or upset.
I want to think the world is fair. That everyone is honest and good.
I want to believe that anything is possible.
I want to be oblivious to the complexities of life and be overly excited by the little things again.
I want to live simple again.
I don't want my day to consist of computer crashes, mountains of paperwork, depressing news, how to survive more days in the month than there is money in the bank, doctor bills, gossip, illness, and loss of loved ones.
I want to believe in the power of smiles, hugs, a kind word, truth, justice, peace, dreams, the imagination, mankind, and making angels in the snow.
So . . . here's my checkbook and my car keys, my credit card bills and my 401K statements.
I am officially resigning from adulthood.
And if you want to discuss this further, you'll have to catch me first, cause.........
"Tag! You're it."

(from an unknown author)

capricorn
Forget being cool and calculated. You're running on high emotionally, and that's not even mentioning your energy level. Better cancel any plans for this evening that involve a guest list of more than one.

haha! i like my horoscope today! :)
well, before you start imagining things, i dont even have plans for this evening, except watch SHREK, watch SHREK and watch SHREK! Is it 5p already?!

some thoughts:
what will papa do now that he’s retired? Is retiring really what we are all looking forward to the minute we start working? What about the boardroom, that certain office aroma, your colleagues, deadlines, meetings, bossy bosses… won’t you miss all that? I heard him whine a few times about work, maybe its really time to go. Well, I cannot count the times I whined too so..

I’m thinking maybe its time for me to retire too. Makes me wonder, am I cut out for work? For this corporate world? The so-called corporate ladder of success seems exciting and challenging too – that makes it exciting I guess, to begin with. I always have this sense of fulfillment whenever I complete something valuable at work and at times I really don’t mind working overtime or spending more than half of my day in the workplace or on weekends even. Well, speaking from that, maybe its not time to retire yet..

holding hands
see the 'hands holding' image on the left bottom corner of this page?
its from my company's intranet. they just donated $250K to UNICEF for the tsunami victims.
i know its not a huge sum but it will help. and there are many more hands out there who have done the same too.

who says you cant have fun in mba?

Christmas lunch 2004 - last school day for the 2nd term
Super busog at Superbowl, burp!

New news
ok to officially welcome the new year -- 2005, here's a new news:
a new gmail account (fantastic! thanks to winespirits!)
a new dvd player
new dvds from my very thoughtful boss (to all art film lovers!)
new officemate (new lunchmate, new gossip buddy, etc)
new hope err renewed hope (d, i know you wont let me down.)
new age (older and wiser and chubbier haha!)
happy new year friends!