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Thursday, 31 January 2008 The rule: Remove 1 question from the list below, and add your own personal question to make it a total of 20 questions. Tag 8 people, list them out at the end of this post. Notify them in their chat box that he/she has been tagged. Whoever does the tag will have blessings from all.1. At what age do/did you wish to marry? 30! I think I'd have had my share of accomplishments by then. And I'd have traveled the world and am ready to finally settle down...you think? 2. What color do you like most? Violet. And Red. 3. If you can have a superpower, what would it be? Shape shifting a la Mystique! 4. If you can travel anywhere in the world, where would you want to go? I'd go island hopping in Greece, experience Turkish delight in Istanbul, dance the night away in Rio de Janeiro, bask under the glorious Parisian sun, and fall in love in Positano, Italy. 5. Which part of you that you hate the most? Stretch marks! 6. When you get sad, what do you do? Watch a romantic movie with the intention to cry my heart out, and eat something sweet and sinful right after. Fabulous! 7. What are you afraid to lose the most? People I love. 8. If you win $1 million, what would you do with the money? Set some of it aside for investment. Treat my family to the ultimate ULTIMATE vacation. Live in New York for a year or two. Buy my own studio and paint to my heart's content. Write write write. Travel travel travel. 9. What do you love the most last year (2007)? I really made the most out of it, that's for sure! 10. What is your New Year's resolution? Travel more. Write more. Live a healthier lifestyle. No idle, wasted moments! 11. What is the moment you regret most? Not pursuing what I really wanted in college! I chose to stick it out with the status quo. Oh well, making up for it now! :D 12. What type of person do you hate the most? Wimps! People who don't go after what they want thinking it will come to them eventually. Good luck on that. In the meantime, try growing a backbone. 13. What is your greatest asset? My rapier wit and irresistible charms. hahaha 14. If you had one wish, what would you wish for? Joy, happiness and adventure for me and the people I love ;) 15. Person you'd want to be stuck in a deserted island with? Johnny Depp or Hugh Jackman in Wolverine getup. Rawr. haha 16. Name the one body part your hubby or boyfriend tells you he adores. Hmmm. I have no boyfriend but I've been told I have a great ass. Wahaha. And I have nice eyes ;) 17. It's 2008. What are you looking forward to this year? Book project with Trish and Karlo, French lessons with Tere, and an abundance of out-of-town trips with friends and family. 18. Anything in your life that you wish weren't so awful? Hmmm. I guess I need to get my act together--enough with the procrastinating! 19. What's the shallowest thing you intend to do this year? Sign up for Professional Makeup lessons! 20. And the most noble thing you plan to do? Continue paying it forward. Life coaching, maybe. TAGGING: Steffi, Celay, Mina, Leah, Papu, Ana, Igor, Banggigay
posted by Anonymous @ 13:57
Wednesday, 30 January 2008 Extra shopping money! LOLKidding. I'm saving it for the rainy days. Naks. :P
posted by Anonymous @ 15:26
I recently read one of Butch Dalisay's blog entries, Why we don't write more novels (but should), and I was struck by some of the things he said about Filipino writers: Novels traditionally demand sweeping views from the mountaintop. Our problem is, we have very few mountaintops here in the Philippines; of the few that we have, even fewer of us have the lungs or the inclination to scale them. Instead we have become master pedestrians, or masters of the street scene, which is why we do so well with the short story, which requires little more than a few hours or a few days of action in places like cafeterias, boarding houses, and alleyways. We often complain that our attention span as a people is very short—such that the past 30 years of our politics might as well never have happened, since no real wrongs have been redressed and no one has really been punished as we lurch from one mishap to the next. That might explain why our attention spans as readers and writers are equally brief. We see history as a distant, bloody, romantic past that we dress up for to commemorate—not as the continuously unraveling, insidiously common thread it is. He made a really good point. Why should we limit ourselves to our immediate fictional space when there is a vast expanse out there for us to explore and write about? I think it's about time we start exploring unfamiliar territories--no matter how uncomfortable we find the unknown to be. We shouldn't wait for inspiration to come. Instead, we have to go out and meet it. Hay. Exhale. Labels: writing
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Tuesday, 29 January 2008
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Monday, 28 January 2008
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posted by Tricia @ 12:52
I had a makeover event yesterday in Ortigas and it totally inspired me to start dressing up again. Haha for the longest time, all I've been wearing to work are my uber casual jeans and shirt ensemble. My staple footwear? Flip flops. My feet are unbelievably dry from too much exposure to dust and the cold (temperature in the office is below zero). Time to pamper my feet. So the past month has been quite the roller coaster ride for me...but yesterday I finally decided to let go of all the emotional baggage I've been lugging around with me for the last two weeks. And it just felt really great. I'm not saying I have completely recovered but I am a work in progress. If I were a canvass, I'd say I'm almost complete. Just a few more finishing touches, a dash or two of color here and there, a bit of texture, and I'm more or less *ahem* a masterpiece. Higher market value! Haha Right after yesterday's makeover, I went home straight away and finally got to see my relatives from the states. They've been here for almost a month already and I haven't had the chance to spend time with them because of all my extracurricular activities. My absence has been felt by my family (just today my grandmother asked me to please be home early hehe) and I feel really bad about it so I've decided to take a little breather from OCCI and focus on life outside that safe, happy place in Ortigas. Hehe Sigh. I'm starting to feel like myself again. Eyelovit. Welcome back T!
posted by Anonymous @ 10:12
Thursday, 24 January 2008 Finally finished the marketing brochure I'm preparing. Well, I still have a page to go but I've already done 3/4 of the content--all the important parts--and sent it to our graphic designer for the initial layout. And it's only the first draft so I can afford to take it easy for the rest of the day. :)Hmmm... Now what?
posted by Anonymous @ 15:51
Do not put statements in the negative form. And don’t start sentences with a conjunction. If you reread your work, you will find on rereading that a great deal of repetition can be avoided by rereading and editing. Never use a long word when a diminutive one will do. Unqualified superlatives are the worst of all. De-accession euphemisms. If any word is improper at the end of a sentence, a linking verb is. Avoid trendy locutions that sound flaky. Last, but not least, avoid cliches like the plague. ~William Safire, “Great Rules of Writing” Labels: writing
posted by Anonymous @ 11:36
Wednesday, 23 January 2008  I think it was probably THE teen movie of the 90s. And Alicia Silverstone was the ultimate golden girl. Anyway, I don't really have anything much to say about it--except how much I loved Josh. Other than that, I'm just using it as a segue to my blonde moment during lunch--I chose to spend my break getting a foot scrub over filling my empty stomach with cheap cafeteria food. I know it's nothing interesting and most would probably dismiss this as mere guilty pleasure but sometimes a little self-pampering is what one needs to feel better about a particularly bad day. Or week. Next on my list--a massage. Labels: movies
posted by Anonymous @ 13:56
 NEW YORK - Heath Ledger was found dead Tuesday at a downtown Manhattan apartment, naked in bed with sleeping pills nearby, police said. The Australian-born actor was 28. It wasn't immediately clear if Ledger had committed suicide.
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Tuesday, 22 January 2008
posted by Anonymous @ 21:28
Your Score: Isis Indeed, you are 79% erudite, 79% sensual, 62% martial, and 58% saturnine. 
posted by Anonymous @ 21:12
Six year old Connie Talbot sings Somewhere Over The Rainbow.
posted by Tricia @ 19:24
 A line from Mr. Big in last night’s Sex & the City episode (the very first) had quite the impact on me.Carrie had just told him she was a sex columnist and she was writing about the concept of having sex "like a man," sex with no feelings involved whatsoever. She was about to ramble some more when Big comments, "You’ve never been in love, have you?" That practically shuts Carrie up. And prompts me to become a little bit teary-eyed. And then this happens: Carrie gets out of Big’s car feeling a little bit blue about what she just heard. She then turns back, knocks on his heavily tinted window. He rolls it down and looks up at her questioningly. She asks, “Have you ever been in love?” His reply: “Absofuckinlutely.” Waaaaaaaaah. Where are you my Mr. Big? Labels: sex and the city
posted by Anonymous @ 17:32
Your Score: Katharine HepburnYou scored 21% grit, 42% wit, 42% flair, and 7% class!
posted by Anonymous @ 16:49
Copy the list and then "bold" everything you've done. 1. Bought everyone in the bar a drink 2. Swam with dolphins 3. Climbed a mountain 4. Taken a Ferrari for a test drive 5. Been inside the Great Pyramid 6. Held a tarantula 7. Taken a candlelit bath with someone 8. Said "I love you" and meant it 9. Hugged a tree 10. Bungee jumped (sort of) 11. Visited Paris 12. Watched a lightning storm at sea 13. Stayed up all night long and saw the sun rise 14. Seen the Northern Lights 15. Gone to a huge sports game 16. Walked the stairs to the top of the leaning Tower of Pisa 17. Grown and eaten your own vegetables 18. Touched an iceberg 19. Slept under the stars 20. Changed a baby's diaper 21. Taken a trip in a hot air balloon 22. Watched a meteor shower 23. Gotten drunk on champagne 24. Given more than you can afford to charity 25. Looked up at the night sky through a telescope 26. Had an uncontrollable giggling fit at the worst possible moment 27. Had a food fight 28. Bet on a winning horse 29. Asked out a stranger 30. Had a snowball fight 31. Screamed as loudly as you possibly can 32. Held a lamb 33. Seen a total eclipse 34. Ridden a roller coaster 35. Hit a home run 36. Danced like a fool and not cared who was looking 37. Adopted an accent for an entire day 38. Actually felt happy about your life, even for just a moment 39. Had two hard drives for your computer 40. Visited all 50 states 41. Taken care of someone who was s*** faced 42. Had amazing friends 43. Danced with a stranger in a foreign country 44. Watched wild whales 45. Stolen a sign 46. Backpacked in Europe 47. Taken a road-trip 48. Gone rock climbing 49. Midnight walk on the beach 50. Gone sky diving 51. Visited Ireland 52. Been heartbroken longer than you were actually in love 53. Visited Japan 54. In a restaurant, sat at a stranger's table and had a meal with them 55. Milked a cow 56. Alphabetized your CDs 57. Pretended to be a superhero 58. Sung karaoke 59. Lounged around in bed all day 60. Posed nude in front of strangers 61. Gone scuba diving 62. Kissed in the rain 63. Played in the mud 64. Played in the rain 65. Gone to a drive-in theater 66. Visited the Great Wall of China 67. Started a business 68. Fallen in love and not had your heart broken 69. Toured ancient sites 70. Played D&D for more than 6 hours straight 71. Taken a martial arts class 72. Gotten married 73. Been in a movie 74. Crashed a party 75. Gotten divorced 76. Gone without food for 5 days 77. Made cookies from scratch 78. Won first prize in a costume contest 79. Ridden a gondola in Venice 80. Gotten a tattoo 81. Rafted the Snake River 82. Been on television news programs as an expert 83. Got flowers for no reason 84. Performed on stage 85. Been to Las Vegas 86. Recorded music 87. Eaten shark 88. Eaten fugu (pufferfish) 89. Had a one-night stand 90. Gone to Thailand 91. Bought a house 92. Been in a combat zone 93. Buried one/both of your parents 94. Been on a cruise ship 95. Spoken more than one language fluently 96. Performed in Rocky Horror Picture Show 97. Raised children 98. Followed your favorite band/singer on tour 99. Taken an exotic bicycle tour in a foreign country 100. Picked up and moved to another city to just start over 101. Walked the Golden Gate Bridge 102. Sang loudly in the car, and didn't stop when you knew someone was looking 103. Had plastic surgery 104. Survived an accident that you shouldn't have survived 105. Wrote articles for a large publication 106. Lost over 100 pounds 107. Held someone while they were having a flashback 108. Piloted an airplane 109. Petted a stingray 110. Broken someone's heart 111. Ridden a bike 112. Won money on a T.V. game show 113. Broken a bone 114. Gone on an African photo safari 115. Had a body part of yours below the neck pierced 116. Fired a rifle, shotgun, or pistol 117. Eaten mushrooms that were gathered in the wild 118. Ridden a horse 119. Had surgery 120. Had a snake as a pet 121. Hiked to the bottom of the Grand Canyon 122. Slept for more than 30 hours over the course of 48 hours 123. Visited more foreign countries than U.S. states 124. Visited all 7 continents 125. Taken a canoe trip that lasted more than 2 days 126. Eaten kangaroo meat 127. Eaten sushi 128. Had your picture in the newspaper 129. Changed someone's mind about something you care deeply about 130. Gone back to school 131. Parasailed 132. Petted a cockroach 133. Eaten fried green tomatoes 134. Read The Iliad and The Odyssey 135. Selected one important author who you missed in school, and read 136. Killed and prepared an animal for eating 137. Skipped all your school reunions 138. Communicated with someone without sharing a common spoken language 139. Been elected to public office 140. Written your own computer language 141. Thought to yourself that you're living your dream 142. Had to put someone you love into hospice care 143. Built your own PC from parts 144. Sold your own artwork to someone who didn't know you 145. Had a booth at a street fair 146. Dyed your hair 147. Been a DJ 148. Shaved your head 149. Caused a car accident 150. Saved someone's life Labels: meme
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Monday, 21 January 2008  'It's not what you wear...it's how you take it off.'I missed reading. And I wanted a light read. God knows I've had my share of baggage lately. I don't really need a dark, heavy plot to add on to it. Uh-oh shut up I'm sensing drama. Hehehe SO...upon my last visit to Fully Booked, the title caught my eye--The Art of Undressing by Stephanie Lehmann. Quite informative for a light read. I've always found strip tease interesting and I HAVE been bugging my good friend TJ to go find us a class already...hehe Needless to say, reading the book, which tells the story of straight-laced (and rather uptight) Ginger Levine, a 25-year-old aspiring pastry chef whose mother is a former exotic dancer who now makes a living selling sex toys and teaching the fine art of strip tease, was rather entertaining. I found myself sympathizing and being irritated with Ginger at the same time. She was this plain, awkward girl who was just incredibly insecure over her appeal towards men--the complete opposite of her outspoken, beautiful, and feminine mother. She dresses in drab and finds it difficult to be more open and 'sexy.' She refuses to be seen naked by a guy even when they were doing it--she prefers to keep the lights turned off and would only take her clothes off once under the blanket. Yes, I am rolling my eyes now. All throughout the book, you'd want to knock some sense into her. Especially during her particularly feminist tirades. Relax. You'd understand, though, why she was that way. All her life she felt overshadowed by her mother's glittery presence. It didn't also help that most of her ex-boyfriends seemed to like her mom over her. Youch. Anyway, she finds herself falling for a fellow student in her culinary arts class and, as she is desperate to win him over, she finds herself looking to her mom for advice on the art of seduction--something she has religiously condemned since, well, ever since. And so the fun begins. Lots of tiny bloopers that involve unshaven legs (among other body parts--ewww), tight-fitting cleavage-baring new shirts, horrifying first date conversations, unmet expectations, etc etc. Kaloka. Labels: books
posted by Anonymous @ 22:41
My Lakbayan grade is C+! How much of the Philippines have you visited? Find out at Lakbayan! Created by Eugene Villar.Labels: travel
posted by Anonymous @ 14:15
1. Learn French. 2. Buy a Nikon D-80 3. Bangkok 4. Take a creative writing workshop/class 5. Bohol 6. Boracay 7. Go on one of Carlos Celdran's tours 8. Camiguin 9. Learn Diving 10. Makeup classes 11. Book project with Tricia 12. 1 short story per month 13. Painting and illustration 14. Guitar or drum lessons 15. Strip tease classes!
posted by Anonymous @ 11:04
I know desperate times call for desperate measures--it has been a week since I've done no.2 and I got a wee bit worried. So I finally went to the nearest drug store and got a pack of laxatives. Never again. I took a pill around six in the evening, didn't really feel anything weird with my tummy so I figured, wow, maybe I'm immune to its effects. Eight hours later at the crack of dawn, I awaken to gut-wrenching pain thinking, 'Immune my ass!!!!' No pun intended. It did the job though. And I had a nice long (enough) sleep right after. Drank a lot of water before sleeping because I was dehydrated. A few hours later, I weighed myself and found I lost around 5lbs over the weekend. Effective when you want to lose weight fast. But I won't recommend it. It's cheating! It's like getting the answer key to an exam you ought to be studying hard for.
posted by Anonymous @ 10:25
Saturday, 19 January 2008 I'm weird. One minute I'm angry (see quasi-outburst below), the next I'm apathetic, and now I'm feeling wistful, if not a bit blue.I don't know. This is all just new to me. Maybe one day we'll be friends again. Not right now though. I'm pulling the disappearing act for a while. After this coming weekend anyway. Sometimes I ask myself if I'm just being melodramatic here. Not really. I just need to get my act together and I can't really do that when I see him all the time. I need to look out for myself first. I've forgotten myself the past few weeks. So as much as I'd like to oblige him by acting all normal again, I can't really do that. Even if I do miss the company. And, well, let's face it. Things will not go back to being normal. It'll be a different version of the way things were. Besides, what is normal anyway?
posted by Anonymous @ 14:02
Friday, 18 January 2008 I recently got out of this pseudo quasi sort of "relationship" slash arrangement with someone and I am just really feeling a bit cheated, annoyed, frustrated, etc etc by how the guy handled The Talk. As cheesy as it sounds, I laid my heart on the line, went the extra mile, became my utmost vulnerable, yadda yadda yadda, and all I got were these emotionally-stunted lines:FYI guys, this is how NOT to end things with someone.
Want to royally piss us off? Use all three on the same friggin night. Throw in a souvenir bracelet. Which we will just burn a few hours later so don't even bother. Want to drive us on an all out rage? Next time you see us, pretend nothing happened and act all normal and friendly and casual and call us by our last names! Hoy (insert last name here)! How convenient. Want to annoy us even further? Suddenly text us saying "Hey I kinda felt you avoided me earlier. I guess it's okay if that's the best way you can think of setting things straight between us. I hope we'll go back to how we were before." My advice? Stop being friendly, stop saying you understand because you DON'T and just shut up. You're not really being helpful. And the last thing we want is your pity. Because we don't need it. Your loss, not ours. Okay, back to work. Man I am royally pissed! And yes, I know my reaction's a bit delayed but my reason's really simple--I was distraught and was a bit slow in processing what was happening. It must've been shock brought about by all the anti-climatic answers I was getting. Oh well. Men.
posted by Anonymous @ 11:10
Thursday, 17 January 2008
 Johnny Depp is officially a god. Not only can he act and look sinfully delicious in front of the camera (would you just look at that picture?), he can sing as well. As in I didn't mind sitting through all the blood and gore and Mrs. Lovett's meat pies so long as I saw Johnny's disturbingly hot face up on screen and hear him sing in that (surprisingly) sinful baritone of his. Well, up until the latter parts of the movie because I was already struggling not to throw up the penne al telefono I had for dinner at Press Cafe earlier. I am not one for blood and gore, I tell you. The last gory film I watched was Hostel 2 and it nearly killed me. As in FCUK. Rica and I were laughing about how traumatizing our movie dates usually end up. Every time we watch a movie without the rest of our brunas, we somehow end up watching the goriest, bloodiest, vomit-inducing (though we never came to it) films. And it is, ironically, always by accident. First time it happened was during the French Spring Festival back in 2005. We wanted to check it out and instead of being wooed by the french, we ended up traumatized. The flick we happened to see at the time was a french cop film and it was disturbing. As in they showed a friggin autopsy right up on screen for heaven's sakes!!! Needless to say, we finished the movie with the biggest of headaches. Second time was when we watched Pan's Labyrinth, which was, in all fairness, a really good movie. However, we came in expecting to watch this purely fantastical, children's fairy tale, happily ever after type of movie...and, well, we eventually learned it wasn't. Instead we found ourselves seeing people dying of gunshots to the head, lots of blood, pregnant women dying, etc etc. And now, Sweeney Todd. Well I knew it was bound to be a dark film and I more or less know the gist of the story because I've heard of the broadway version but I guess I'll never be prepared to see men's throats cut in different blood-spurting, blood-curdling, bloody bloody bloody ways (and force and speed), bodies being dismembered...huhu it was tres horrible. But the movie, as any Tim Burton film, is really good. I just wish I didn't eat dinner before watching it. And I still love Johnny Depp. I'd watch it again (perhaps after three months) only for him. :D  And Sacha Baron Cohen was a hoot as Signor Adolfo Pirelli. Check out the hair.  And I've always been a fan of Helena Bonham-Carter. She was a delight to watch in this one.  Labels: johnny depp, movies, rica
posted by Anonymous @ 11:45
Wednesday, 16 January 2008 I read somewhere that most illnesses are caused by mental processes of the person rather than immediate physiological causes. I've always thought this true; I mean, I think some members of my family alone are prime examples of psychosomatic illnesses--there are a lot of neurotic, high blood people in my family. Gawd.I'm not saying I'm one of them but I think that recent strains in my life are manifesting in my physical health. I've been having a hard time breathing lately--my respiratory allergies are acting up. As in I can't seem to release all these toxins in my body and I think it reflects the state my mind is in right now. I'm just blocked. As in I'm not doing it consciously but I've somehow managed to curb all feeling whatsoever. Denying the fact that I am (I guess) sad..? See? I can't even say it with feeling. I just don't feel sad at all. I am just numb. Literally feeling nothing. I thought I'd be devastated but I'm not. The most I'm feeling is anger--but not even the full-blown kind. I just feel I was deprived of an explanation or whatever it is I feel that wasn't given to me but that's just about it. I know I must be feeling something beneath the numbness but I can't seem to let it out. I haven't even cried yet. I did the night before it ended but after...nothing. I don't think this is healthy. And I've been putting off getting better too. As in lahat ng bawal, that's what I do and take in. And I'm suddenly addicted to sleep again. I haven't done my morning pages in two days--and it's an exercise that's supposed to let all these negative thoughts out but I've been neglecting it. I've been bottling things up. Argh. This is really stupid. Whatever. I'll figure it out eventually.
posted by Anonymous @ 14:50
Tuesday, 15 January 2008 The upcoming Sex and the City movie! Carrie's getting married!!!  I can't wait to see Mr. Big up on screen again. Sigh. He's the person who perfectly encapsulates my idea of how a man should be. Yeah he had commitment issues but in the end, he came to his senses and pursued Carrie all the way to Le Paris! Eyelovit. :)  Anyway, I'm not in the mood to work yet so I've been taking Sex and the City online quizzes. I took a couple and the results were the same:  Ok, back to work. Well, after lunch. I've decided to take an early lunch break. I'm going to Rockwell to buy myself Havs because the sandals I'm wearing now are killing me. And I want to buy that black Topshop shirt that's on sale. Thank God it's pay day! Guess today I'm 100% female and retail therapy is LOVE. Labels: sex and the city
posted by Anonymous @ 10:26
Monday, 14 January 2008 Well, it was inevitable.Dealing with it now.
posted by Anonymous @ 16:21
Sunday, 13 January 2008 I still can't believe IT will happen today.I am going to be so...crushed. Tang ina bahala na.
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Friday, 11 January 2008
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Thursday, 10 January 2008 Well, I decided to skip the haircut and let my hair grow for now. Hehe start the year with a stretch!Life's been better the past week. After my pre and post new year drama moments (and when I say drama, I mean DRAMA), I finally managed to get my act together. And I love it. :) I really think 2008's going to be THE Year. As in I can feel it. A lot of things are happening and it's only the first of the month. As in I can feel the excitement. It's crazy but I'm just really feeling so optimistic about what's in store for me! Maybe I'm just feeling kilig I got to see my crush recently that I'm all giddy and excited about anything in particular. Hahaha *ahem* Anyway. I have a lot of things lined up early this year:
So far, that's 2008 for me! It won't end there though. I just know there are a lot of crazies in store for me that I may not even be aware of yet but all the more I look forward to it. LOL I only hope there wouldn't be any more addition to my psycho stalkers list. Waaah. Okay, deep breaths. Exhale all of them away to Neverneverland. Sayonara suckers! Labels: 2008
posted by Anonymous @ 19:09
Tuesday, 8 January 2008 It's that time of the season again...I am itching to get a haircut. I don't know why but I've never had the patience to grow my hair long. Every time it reaches a certain length (it's usually once my hair reaches the lower part of my shoulders), I get the urge to cut it short. And then once I've had a haircut, I wish I let it grow long instead.Sigh. What a kikay dilemma. Decisions, decisions. I want--need to get a massage though. My back has been hurting like crazy lately. Needs a lot of kneading!!! I wonder where I can get a massage that won't cost too much? Oh well back to work.
posted by Anonymous @ 10:07
Sunday, 6 January 2008  Finally got my own copy of The New Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain by Betty Edwards. This book was recommended to me by my Fine Arts elective teacher 3 years ago. I was taking Oil Painting as an elective then and I asked for advice on how I could improve on sketching because I'm better at painting than illustration. I know squat about shading, lighting, etc etc. Thank you to my officemate kris kringle for giving me a gift cert from Fully Booked! I'm feeling much better about myself today. And I'm so proud because I've been really committed to doing the Artist's Way workshop. Swear, I was so not the type to follow a workbook religiously. Guess the new year's bringing out some qualities I didn't know I possessed. I've been doing my daily morning pages (these are 3 pages worth of long hand journal writing)--week 1, I did seven out of seven. That's an accomplishment because it entails me waking up at least 30 minutes earlier than usual. And we all know I am not a morning person. And how much I love sleeping. I also managed to accomplish some of the tasks assigned for the week. One's the Artist Date, which I did today. Loved spending time alone. I was dreading it because I noticed the times I spend by myself lately are spent agonizing over this certain issue I have--literally made myself sick over it. But today I just spent it relaxing. And I went shopping for new jeans. And the book! I love it. I didn't know I missed the company I keep when I'm alone. :) So I've finally decided I will be spending my birthday in Dumaguete with Igor. I'm taking Friday and Monday off from work so that'll be 4 days of escape from my chaotic Manila existence. Bliss. And I'll be visiting a place I've never been to, which is perfect. New year, new destination. I need the change in scenery. And I've been hearing about how peaceful the place is--totoo ba baklush? Hehe anyway, can't wait til February! I'm booking my flight later so I'll make the Cebu Pacific P1 promo. I'm postponing Bangkok though. I think my family's flying there over the summer so I might as well take advantage of the free trip. And that'll be one too many absences for February if I push through with the trip.
posted by Anonymous @ 14:20
Friday, 4 January 2008 I've been needing to get away from Manila for a while...so I'm thinking of going to Dumaguete to visit Igor on my birthday weekend in Feb. And then going to Bangkok the last weekend of February to visit my friend Trish!Haven't booked my tickets yet but I ought to do it soon. Cebu Pacific's P1 promo's almost over! It ends this Sunday I think. Wow. Haven't been this excited in a month! I guess I really do need to detoxify. What with all that has happened in the past month. I think I'm feeling a bit overwhelmed by all the crazies happening to me. Hehehe. Sigh. Anyone want to tag along on either trip? :) Labels: travel
posted by Tricia @ 16:48
Thursday, 3 January 2008  Finally managed to finish reading a book over the holidays. And a philosophical one at that. It talks of the experience of Equality 7-2521, a 21-year old man living in the future dark ages wherein every man and woman is objectified as part of the single and only entity, "We." Anthem talks of Equality 7-2521's struggle towards individualism, a concept foreign to their society. Really makes you think about how frustrating it would be like if we were all objectified into one "type" or entity. No personal freedom to decide what you want to do with your life, your future occupation dictated by a "higher" council with you not being allowed to even object or have a say in the matter. Totally suffocating. *shudders* Anyway, I got inspired to read again by my cousin Francis. We had dinner at Fish & Co. before the new year and we had a really great discussion about philosophy. He's my favorite person to talk to about intellectual topics lately. He's still studying so his enthusiasm (and frustration) towards learning rubs off on me every time we hang out. Makes me feel like a student again. Hehe Anyway, was telling him about my job and how I wanted to make a new blog--something intellectual, something that'll obviously be less personal than this one. I just miss learning new things and blogging about things I'm unfamiliar about will definitely be a good avenue for me to "unblock." I've been on a learning rut lately. Hehe and with the new year and all, I think it's time to climb out of my little hole. :D Who knows, it might even empower me to write a worthwhile piece again! And I really DO have to start working on that book Trish, Karlo and I are planning on having published this year. Syet. Work work work!
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Wednesday, 2 January 2008  Sigh.
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Tuesday, 1 January 2008 I always do this at the beginning of every year. Instead of listing down my resolutions for the new year, I reflect on the events of the year past. So here goes :)It started out rather uneventful. January, I remember being on the verge of resigning from my old PR agency, yet struggling at the same time to remain optimistic that things would start improving within the year. And for a while, it did! Lots of interesting new events, got to meet a lot of new people...of course, the most interesting being Igor--yes baklush, you entering Outsource made it easier (not to mention more fun) for me to stay a wee bit longer ;) February, another year of me being single on Valentine's Day! hahaha I think I had dinner with my brunas, which automatically trumps going on a date with a guy I barely even know--which was what was going to happen had I agreed to go on that blind date my old officemate was going to set me up with. Went to check out the Hot Air Balloon Fiesta in Clark, Pampanga in February also. Went with Alet and my sister. That was interesting. March I learned to appreciate the art of drinking wine, what with all the society events happening at Rockwell, who was my numero uno client back then. Tons of events that month--Philippine Fashion Week (where I first laid my eyes on Mikee Carrion--still hung up on him haha) and that Triple Milestone Celebration in Rockwell Center, where the dragon lady told me I was project manager three days before the event. Whee! Haha all in the past! I loved it though. It was ngarag but I found I could do it. Even managed to get the event in the front page of two major daily papers. Wheee! :) April, went home to Davao for Holy Week and I toured two of my old Amex officemates around my hometown. Fun times! I miss my Amex barkada. :) May was when I finally traveled again! Went crazy touring Singapore with my sister! We stayed at Alet's snazzy serviced apartment in Penang Road where she was staying for a month until she found her own place in...er, I forgot the name. Had a fling with an Aussie law student. Just a little something to remember my trip by. It was sweet! And I got to watch Phantom of the Opera at the Esplanade! :) Also, May was when I saw noted fashion photographer Nigel Barker! And it was also when I finally left my old job. Last day at work was very productive--managed to arrange an Urban Zone feature on Rockwell. Got to work with Daphne Paez and Ito Kish. Hmmm interesting. May was also when I started my involvement in OCCI--took the first part of their Leadership Trilogy program--the FLEX. Major turning point in my life right there. Oooh May was also when my best friend Au went to the States for the internship of a lifetime! Yeah Miami! hahaha :D June I took the ALC before I went home to Davao for a much needed vacation. It was also when Steffi visited from Riyadh and I was able to convince her to go to Davao with me. Toured her around the city, took her to Pearl Farm with my brothers, which was a blast. I remember wanting to find work in Singapore during this time but I have to admit that it was a decision I made on a whim so eventually, I had to let it go. Now, I have no plans of going anywhere just yet. Lovin' Manila. hehe July to September I took the LEAP. And things just went uphill from there. Well, it was one hell of a roller coaster ride but every dip, every loop, every uphill climb was well worth it. I met wonderfully amazing people--people who really get who I am, people who would support me at the drop of a hat, crazy people like me really. A number of them have grown to be my closest friends. Really an amazing journey. I'm still involved in the company until now. Doing my best to pay it forward. So far, I've volunteered to staff the FLEX and ALC workshops and it's a really different, more fulfilling experience. And I say this with no bullshit. Because bullshit is overrated. I lost a lot of the weight I gained in college during LEAP. Also was finally able to work on building up my writing portfolio--I'm working on writing more stories! I love it. Also during our LEAP Night, I got auctioned off for a date that never really pushed through which was a relief! hahaha. And I slayed my dragons and I made a lot of breakthroughs. :) I also got to watch AVENUE Q in September!!! It was the bomb! Eyelovit and I can't wait to watch it again! Anyway, October I was out of a job again. I had worked for a while for another PR agency but I lasted only a month because, well, it was not the ideal place for me at that time. I got to go to Cebu though, which was interesting. Well, it was something of a nightmare--especially what happened AFTER we all went back (les stalker on top of everything)--but I came out of it stronger so I'm still thankful for that experience. This was September, I think. October to November involved a lot of kwentuhan sessions, late night talks on the phone, DVD marathons at my cousin's place, reunions, Leap 34 outside coaching activities, more kwentuhan sessions--I was jobless but I never ran out of things to do. And I was very productive also so it made every single day rewarding. And I was doing all this in really good company which is a plus! hehehe I started work in my new company in November too. It's been interesting so far... December...sigh. December was just the best. The Grand Finale. And I can't and will not talk about it here because it's something I want to keep for myself. Basta I love December :) So there. 2007 was ripe with a lot of interesting events. Some were bad but I swear they're totally forgettable when compared to all the great events that's happened--are happening. 2007 was a great year--one hell of a ride. As in I can honestly say I lived life to the fullest in 2007--especially towards the end...but I get the feeling that 2008 is going to be even more spectacular. :) So... HAPPY NEW YEAR EVERYONE!!!! Labels: new year
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