still alive and kicking

This must have been the longest I haven't blogged which is actually a good thing because it means I am TOO BUSY with more relevant stuff. Haha. December was CRAZY and although I looooved being busy with orders and holiday whatzits, I surely missed kicking it back and relaxing. Ngayon pa lang ako nakapahinga which technically isn't 'rest' since I am doing clean-up galore. I literally turned the whole house into my workplace. All my stuff were strewn everywhere and I mean EVERYWHERE. My gallon containers were in the living room, the library was filled with uncut labels, plastics and products and my bedroom was filled with boxes boxes and more boxes. I'm just thankful for the help and support of my family. Kahit ginawa kong tambakan ang bahay eh hindi nagreklamo. But really, I need to think of something regarding storage.

My resolutions last year were pretty general so I really couldn't tick off those that were accomplished. Well, for starters, let's just say that my perennial resolution which is to LOSE WEIGHT wasn't done. I actually gained weight. Bah. The upside is that I lost the additional weight naman. As for the 100 movies for the year, that wasn't met as well, which is perfectly okay. And my number this 2011 is higher than 2010 so okay na rin. As for books naman, I finished 13 books ☺ One per month which is still a far cry from 2 per month or 24 titles. Still no daily morning routine, no lovelife and I still can't bake a cupcake for crying out loud. But what the heck, I am enjoying life and who cares if I can't bake a cupcake when I can just buy one.

I will try to concoct a more comprehensive, quantifiable New Year's Resolution List for 2012 because for one, it is fun being able to tick one item off at a time from the list and the goals are much clearer. Later when I'm done with organizing shizz because I want to start 2012 with orderliness and everything in its proper place.

Later, loves ♥

thanks to my pans

At long last. Finally done with my grand bazaar event. Although I haven't done my financials yet, to see if I really ROI'd. Hopefully I did because I would sure feel bad if I didn't because I put so much effort, sleepless nights (actually more on 2-hour sleeps) plus andami ko pang taong inabala. I feel so loved ♥ Not only by the people who helped me get through with this little annual project of mine, but also by all my "fans." Tsarot.

Five Four days of sweat, laway and libag. We closed for one day because the guards didn't let my representatives in because they didn't have IDs. Sayang sa rent pero at least it was the day with least attendance. But still, that's 3,500. I can buy a pair of Birkenstocks with that amount. And oh, I ran out of stocks by the second day and we had nothing to sell by the third day. So I harnessed my hidden superpowers and whipped up, more or less, 200 bottles of scents. Who would've thunk? Thunk you. So by the fifth and last day (holiday and sweldo day!) we already had stocks to sell. Loves it. Thank You.

By the way, I had my little misadventure on the third day. A lot of events led to my misadventure happening but I'm too lazy to retail the series of unfortunate events. Let's just say I spent ten hours (TEN HOURS!!!) on the road, going to Alabang then back to Makati then home. At hindi siya joyride. Nakakiyak na ride. Pwe. I was supposed to go to the bazaar via bus because I wasn't able to hitch with AD. I was already there in Starmall Alabang which was apparently just minutes away from AAV. Kaloka. I asked barkers, security guards, a random stranger on the street and nobody knew how to get to ATC. Like I'm from Pasig and if someone asked me how to get to Megamall, I could answer them in a heartbeat. I really wanted to take a taxi but it costs P350. Kahit sa gate lang. If they were to use the meter, it would cost only P70. WTF. Kaya hindi umaasenso Pilipinas, gulangan lahat eh. So ang ending- I took a jeep which the driver said would pass by ATC. Mali ko naman eh hindi ko sinabi na ibaba niya ako sa ATC. I just assumed that he would tell me when we're in ATC already. Which he didn't. I just realized naligaw na ako when we passed by Juno's village. I got off the jeep, called her and asked if she's home. Thankfully, she is. I was bawling with inis. Hindi cry. Bawl talaga. I was super frustrated, tired and lugging around KILOS of stuff. But then again I was able to pay Juno a surprise visit- surprise sa kanya at surprise para sa akin. At least, win-win situation. Dava? And I was also able to go to my supplier for my materials. Okay. Repeat after me: Everything happens for a reason.

Hindi nako nakaikot sa bazaar. I wanted to buy myself some V-neck shirts but since we're really busy with last-minute production (aka labeling), no chance to gallivant around. Plus, I haven't done my financials yet so I don't know if I have K to spend. Haha.

Done with the bazaar. Will work on orders now. Toodles.

Happy 1st of December, everyone!!!

And on another note, I need a haircut NOW. Ang haba na ng hair ko. Literally.

how much wood would a woodchuck chuck if a woodchuck could chuck wood?

Fangirling on my free time ♥

Was talking to AB a while ago and the topic of Chuck (one of my favorite series) was brought up. So then I started getting all giddy because Chuck is currently my peg for the perfect boyfriend. Ha. Asa. But anyway here are Chuck/Zachary Levi Youtube videos ☺

Chuck + Sarah scenes coupled with this Lifehouse song just sends me into a giddy-trance-mode.
"How can I stand here with you and not be moved by you?"
I die. A thousand million times of kilig.

[Wow. Can't get over the fact that Yvonne Strahovski and I are the same age.
Now I feel so inadequate. Bah. *grunt* ]

I must have posted this song many times already. I love it that much. I love Chuck that much.

I didn't even know he could sing until Ycel gave me a link to this video. And this video

made me fall even deeper in love with Chuck even if this was done outside his capacity

as Chuck. What a dreamy voice Zachary Levi has ♥

Gaaaahd! Seriously, Chuck is my peg for the perfect boyfriend (and yes I know I am being redundant) because he's cute, kind, super nice, tall and very smart with or without the intersect. And he can handle the intersect! Morgan has the intersect for like 2 seconds and then he feels super invincible and it went straight to his head but Chuck knew how work it perfectly.

I'm sad that this is Chuck's last season. I kinda grew attached to the whole Chuck cast especially the awesome trio of Chuck-Casey-Sarah. But all good things come to an end. Just look on the bright side, I'll always have the DVDs whenever I need a good dose of kilig or suddenly feel the need to swoon :)

11.11.11

Wala lang. Just jumping on the bandwagon.

Still busy but was able to squeeze in some quality time with my friends.

Last Monday, accompanied AD in Manila Seedling Bank. I had no plans whatsoever to buy anything from there but I ended up buying more than AD. Not for personal reasons though. The POW badly needs some spiffying so I got new plants and also new pots and potting soil mix and fertilizers. Finished at around 2pm and was already nursing a mild headache by that time. Maybe because I was already hungry or maybe because of the mid-noon scorching heat. I'm guessing both. AD's lunch treat at Chicken Charlie. My treat at Starbucks. Even if I say that I am not having Starbucks just to fill up my card with promo stickers, I think I am actually drinking coffee from Starbucks because of that planner. I have all the planners from each year. Unused. E I could buy a big Moleskine planner at half the price of what I will spend if I get all the stickers needed to redeem the planner. But if I get the Moleskine, wala akong coffee.

Went with A to Divi last Tuesday. She had to buy eco bags for their Christmas gift packs to be given to employees. I had to buy additional fabrics and ribbons. Well guess what happened... her original Longchamp bag was slashed lang naman. Fortunately, all her things were still inside. But still that bag cost at least three thousand. Although I am a Divisoria veteran, it was the first time that something unfortunate (slashed bag) happened either to me or my companion and I felt responsible. Well, that was a lesson learned also for me.

Only 4 minutes to go until 11.11.11 ends.

Crunch time na!

last song syndrome

and the visuals, too! Nyahaha!

What? It's funny! Well, I still think it's too risqué to show on TV and on channels easily accessed by kids. I'd be scandalized if my nephews start dancing like that. But aside from that, I really find the video funny.

weekly fix

Been pretty busy these days but that doesn't mean I can't watch my series. I still do, right before I go to sleep :) I just don't have the time to post about it. However, my beloved Chuck has premiered last Saturday (Philippine time) and I reckon I have to commemorate the beginning of the end. I didn't know this season would be Chuck's last until the end of the episode when they previewed next week's episode. Inasmuch as I would like to see more of Chuck + Sarah + Casey and the Buy More-ons, I think they can't stretch this any longer.

Chuck 5.01 Chuck Versus the Zoom
So anyway, this season start off with the new team going on their own mission, independent from the government and they're kind off fumbling. I think it has nothing to do with their skills because Casey and Sarah are super spies. It has something to do with their confidence level, that they're going at it by themselves without helicopters and uniformed men to back them up when push comes to shove.

You see I am not excited to see Morgan with the intersect because he is Morgan and he is just supposed to be Morgan. Pero in fernez, natawa ako when he changed "flash" into "zoom." And speaking of flashing zooming, I feel Chuck getting a little possessive over the ability. Though I have a feeling the intersect will be back to Chuck's brain soon.

Seeing Sarah with short hair makes me want to cut my hair short also.

But then again, I feel it won't work on me because:

a) short hair will make me gain 20 more pounds and make my round face even rounder;
b) my hair is wavy alright, but in no way are they like Sarah's curls. Mine are juvenile delinquents and in hair prison, they belong in maximum security; and,
c) copying Sarah's (Yvonne Strahovski) haircut will not make me look like Sarah. Asa pa.

Aside from my vanity concerns, I really love how Chuck is so sweet and would give everything for Sarah. I hope they just took the money and live comfortably and peacefully together and start their own family with little Sarahs and Chucks running around in this cute little house with picket fences and a red front door.

Pero nanaig pa rin ang kagustuhang maging hero. If it were me, I'd take the money and let the world fend for itself. Malaki na siya, no!

New episode tomorrow!!!

New Girl 1.04 Naked
No stills because the file is in the other computer. Boohoo. Anyway, this is going to be short and sweet. Just want to say that last Tuesday's episode was worth the wait. Super funny. SUPER. I am in love with Zooey Deschanel. I can so relate to her. Well, I hope I could be pretty like her and dress fabulously cute like her but the only thing I can identify with Jess is her un-ladylike-ness-ish. I will never be mahinhin. I will never have finesse. And yes, I always break into a dance like the dingdong shuffle or the waist whittle. At least I don't break into a song. Bahaha.

No new episodes for GG and Hart of Dixie this week. Starvaganza na, bombonanza pa. Wala lang. Gusto ko lang sabihin yun. Night, toodles! Now off to watch Bones' first episode of the 7th season :D

this will bore you

I'm sad that I was not able to write an entry the first day of November because it would have been dated 1.11.11. But I still have November 11 :)

Update!!! Last Saturday, Jo and I went on an eat-all-you-can pig-out at Vikings. Pero hindi ko nasulit kasi I was mega late. Yeah, yeah, yeah I know what you're thinking but it was  really unavoidable. That Saturday I had planned to hit two birds with one stone- deliver an order to a classmate and meet with Jo but what I thought I had planned to a T but my printer said I could pick up my labels in the afternoon pa, meaning I can't do my delivery but I HAD TO DELIVER THE ORDER TODAY, IN THE MORNING so I just printed the labels in my (naghihingalong) printer. Buti na lang black & white lang yung label ko kundi wala na talaga. And the pouches I had made weren't finished yet- they had yet to be stringed. FML. I was supposed to leave the house at 9am, be at IC at 10 and meet with Jo in MOA at 11. Ending? I left the house at 11am and to make matters worse, the traffic was frickin' heavy. It took me two loooong hours to get to Manila. After making the delivery, went straight to Vikings where Jo was waiting for. So super lugi ako sa mahal na buffet na yun. To maximize the cost of the buffet, one has to be there early because in pig-outs, pacing is key and when you only have less than an hour, time is of the essence pero nasulit ko na din daw yun kasi nag tenderloin at rib eye steak ako.

But I'm really really thankful that my friend wasn't mad at all. I was super apologetic and I guess she knew my reason was valid. Kwentuhan lang while eating, walking, etc. I really miss my friends. I miss having them just one train ride away. After Vikings and MOA, headed back to Divi to have coffee and buy stuff I forgot to buy on my last Divi trip.

Ycel called from Hungary. No, I didn't get to talk to her. If I remember it correctly, I had just finished taking a bath and my phone was ringing when I went out of the bathroom, the call was forwarded to the Nail Spa as what happens when I don't answer calls during the first five rings. It rang again but when I answered there was no one on the other end. I knew it was a call from abroad because it had a different country code. I just found out this morning that it was Ycel. She emailed me that I didn't answer her call. Sayans. Sana abot ng Magic Jack ko ang Hungary.

I'm so proud of myself for being so productive these past few days. But still I think I need a calendar to I could really see a tangible reminder of the time I have left before the bazaar. I feel that I've done a lot already but there are still a bazillion other things that needs to be done. I haven't been able to go to the Nail Spa which is sad because I need to focus on that, too. But Nov & Dec really belong to my fragrances and we gotta hit when the iron is still hot.

I need a facial and a haircut. NOW. I can feel the lumps and bumps on my face. And the hair is now one tangled mess. But I can't indulge myself yet on vanity chuva because I need to focus on being a one-man-production-line. But after all this holiday hoopla, I will indulge myself big time.

Christmas is just 51 days away!!!