Free concert

Lapit na 2008!

My sisters and I watched Regine Velasquez perform at Eastwood last night. I'm not really a Regine fan but given her singing prowess, I wanted to witness her perform live! Supposedly, it's free but since you have to buy food, it still cost something.

I used to not like Regine Velasquez but watching her perform live has turned me into an instant fan. Not naman die-hard. Let's just say that before I used to think she was over-rated, etc. but now I think she deserves all the praises she receives. She's pudgy in real life. Well, she is pudgy on TV too but I thought TV adds 10 lbs. to the real weight. In her case, it seems that wysiwyg. At ang skin... to die for! I am so envious of her skin. Parang mapapapunta ako Belo niyan... 'pag may pera ako. Haha!

After the mini-concert, there was a fireworks display. It was so nice. At last, I was able to witness again Eastwood's fireworks display. The last time I did was, I think, when I was still in college. We live fairly near Eastwood, near enough to witness their fireworks display from our house. Well, that was before our neighbor decided to construct a 3-storey building! Kainis. As in it blocked our view! So every night when Eastwood has its fireworks display, it irks me that I can hear the sound but can't see anything. Every time, I peek outside the window hoping that I could get a glimpse but all I see is that frickin' edifice. I don't ever think someone occupies that building. I think it wasn't made to be occupied. It was made to show people how much money he has. Or maybe not. Pero bad trip pa rin. Che!

Hmph! That edifice ruining my good vibes...

She's no fun

Okay na sana araw ko eh.

WET BLANKET! Che!

Great Divi Adventure

Christmas and I went on a Great Divi Adventure yesterday, with matching kumunoy (quicksand) pa.

The plan was hatched the night before yesterday when former classmates invited us to a lunch date at Trinoma. And since I didn't know of any excuse to go on a lakwatsa again, I "squeezed" in a Divi trip before the schedule get-together, which is perfect since I really had to buy those stuff. I thought going to divi after the Christmas rush would be okay since everyone's supposedly done with their shopping, etc. Boy was I ever wrong! The great multitude had the same idea and so they too were there in divi, shopping for round fruits and firecrackers for New Year's. And to make matters worse, it just drizzled so the normally dirty and muddy streets of divi have turned into even dirtier and muddier puddles of mud! As in I was wearing sandals pa! Talino! I was even hit by this gigantic box on the head! As in masakit siya! But what do I expect? Divisoria's usually cramped and dirty and chaotic on ordinary times, what more during this season? I just feel sorry that I dragged Lola Xmas on this. Lo siento, abuela!

After breaking free from all the pushing and pulling, it's time for Wai Ying, the place to be. As we are already near the church, Lola Xmas and I decided to walk all the way to Wai Ying. But suddenly Mother Nature decided it's time for a shower. I don't have an umbrella with me and Christmas has this small one which is not even hers. And this made us decide to just take a pedicab going to our destination which is a good idea dahil malapit na maputol kamay ko sa bigat ng dala ko. Given the situation, taking a pedicab would be the best idea pero good lang siya kasi hindi linagay ni Manong Pedicab ang trapal niya! So my left leg was drenched and so was Christmas' right leg. Nagmistula kaming mga basang sisiw.. hmmm.. wrong animal ata. Haha! Basta, the redeeming factor na lang was the MSG-laden Chinese food. Yummy!

In spite of the "quicksand," the wild crowd, the rain and the heavy load I was toting around, I say it went well. Aside from being able to accomplish some errands, I was able to buy 2 dresses for myself- isang pangbinyag ko at isang pang-everyday dress. Both dresses were able to satisfy the only criterion- that I could wear it with tights. I was happy with my purchase only I think I was a little impulsive when I bought the white, lacy dress because it was too big and too short for me. It has yet to be altered to fit me nicely and not look like a table cloth on me. Pero happy na rin. Although I still want that white eyelet dress Blair wore on the Wild Brunch episode.

The lunch date was canceled for no apparent reason. Maybe they just didn't feel like going all of a sudden. Pero sobrang okay lang kasi tinamad na rin kami. Plus, putikan na kami! But Christmas and I still went to Trinoma for coffee. Siempre may kapihan naman sa Binondo, gusto lang talaga naming ikutin ang Maynila. The coffee was the final event of our Great Adventure. The journey home was a breeze since traffic's light and I didn't have to wait in line for hours to get home.

I got Happy Duck from Christmas and she got lip balm from me... AGAIN! Now, Happy Duck doesn't serve her original purpose which is to be a wrist rest. She is now happily working as a paper weight to keep my notebook's page from turning.

Christmas 2007

Merry Christmas!

This wasn't the most cheery Christmas I've had. It was a boring one actually. Fewer gifts to open and fewer food choices. The family didn't feel the need to prepare much food since we knew we were going to have early dinner at an aunt's house. Next year, I don't want to go there for early dinner since it makes everything for our family alanganin. We can't prepare a decent midnight feast for ourselves since we were in another person's home. Three years ago, we had our own well-planned, well thought of Christmas celebration and I want that back. Next year, I plan on taking charge of everything- from revamping the tree to planning the noche buena feast. I am making next year's Christmas extra special.

I, surprisingly, received the most gifts. I who didn't buy anyone anything (although I intend to). And I loved everything I received. Now I just want to reorganize my priorities and make things work for me. Since Christmas is already here and will be gone tomorrow, I guess I have to start concocting my new year resolutions or better put, my to-do list for the year 2008.

What disappointed me, aside from the less than stellar and exciting Christmas celebration, was that I didn't get to wear tights. I must have gained some weight since the dress that I originally intended to wear with the tights has gotten too short. So that was a bummer since I had that wardrobe in mind since October. 'Di rin excited, 'no? But that good thing is... Ate Bam gave me a pretty, pretty dress that I could pair up with my tights and so I could live up my Gossip Girl fantasy, style-wise. Speaking of Gossip Girl, Blake Lively is the cover of Lucky for January 2008. Normally, I only have access to back issues but yesterday I got to read the current issue. Thanks to Java Man. Hmm... I don't even know if I got the cafe's name right. Basta it's that café inside Powerbooks in Greenbelt. Going back to GG-style... I actually prefer Blair's wardrobe to Serena's. Especially that white eyelet dress.

Again, a very Merry Christmas to all my family and friends (even if only 3 of my friends do actually know that I have a blog).

I wish for all my wishes to come true. I wish for more money, a honey (harhar) and, oh, world peace.

Just a few hours away...

Saling-pusa. That's me when I tagged along my sisters' last minute Christmas shopping spree yesterday. I didn't get anyone anything this Christmas for 2 reasons: 1) I was busy and 2) I was short of cash. But I'm planning on getting some of my friends gifts after the holiday rush but I am still clueless as to what I would give them.

Going back to yesterday's Christmas shopping, we spent the entire day walking around the shopping complex. I didn't buy anything but I was dead tired from all the walking we did. The good thing was there weren't many people... as compared to the other Christmases. Two years ago, we went to Greenhills just hours away from Christmas and the place was packed, as in hindi mahulugan ng karayom. With Glorietta, I don't know if people opted to go shopping in tiangges, other malls or they're still scared of that bombing incident.

Omigosh! Christmas is just a few hours away! I am so excited but apparently, I don't know why I am. The gifts beneath the tree are noticeably fewer and our Christmas tree decors are blah, but I still enjoy counting down the days... (and now) hours 'til it is Christmas day. I just wish that people wouldn't be grumpy and sungit (as the are every Christmas).

As per my mother, we have a new tradition. According to Serena van der Woodsen, you couldn't have a tradition if it's new. I agree. But not according to my mother. And we do really have a new tradition which is having pre-Christmas dinner at my tita's house. It is their Christmas celebration whereas it is just our pre-Christmas celebration. No, we don't sleep over Christmas. People who do are such a bore. Going back... due to that new tradition my mother has, we still don't have anything planned for our noche buena which is a big, big bummer (for me). Just because we ate dinner na at my tita's house, the people here don't feel the need to prepare something more special. Blech! Ano ba 'yun? Kakornihan. Nakakainis. They're the grinches who stole our Christmas.

Singit lang

I'm in a rush to finish all the work I need to do before this week ends. I was in a bit of a frenzy yesterday buying the supplies I needed. Good thing school's already out that I was able to let the driver drive me around and let me do my errands relatively easy. The only effy thing was the traffic which wasn't really that bad. I've gone from Pasig to Quezon Avenue and to Makati in one day and I was able to do everything on my to-do list.

Today is actually very hectic too but because I am home and I don't really have much self-discipline, here I am again in front of the computer, surfing and blogging away. Aside from my deadline tomorrow, it will be our shop's Christmas party tonight. I need to get their gift packs ready for tonight. Of course, ang aming handa... walang kamatayang pansit!

Also yesterday, my sister got Juno and I in the Taylor Hicks mini-concert last night. I am not really a fan but I had to watch him perform to make up for the time I wasn't able to watch Eliot Yamin. He's good. And he looks like a cross between George Clooney and Jay Leno.

Oo nga pala.. I just want to post one of this Sunday's PostSecret entries...

Beautiful.

Okay, I should be back to what I should be really doing right now. Adios!

So what's new?

Wala lang...

My youngest sister just got engaged lang naman. Okay, do I have to be pressured? Uhh... I think I should be but I am not. I have 3 older sisters that should do the panicking first. When she showed me the ring, I thought it was just a ring, nothing really special about it. It just didn't register that it is the ring. Up until now I am still in denial. I still can't believe that one of us will be getting married.

Also, Ycel came here in the house to deliver the stuff she wants me to gift wrap for her. I love wrapping gifts and she doesn't so... perfect! Effort nga lang kung effort since she came all the way here to bring her stuff. What's also embarrassing was that the house was in a state of disarray, as in.

Speaking about house stuff, I'm irked that, in a span of 1 year, we've had 3 house helps leave without prior notice. So now we're left to do all household chores for ourselves and as a consequence, super duper makalat ang bahay. Dishes left unwashed, laundry piling up and bags and other stuff strewn all around. Last Thurday, I was being a good girl and tried to do the laundry but instead of getting a reward for my good deed, here I am- sick. My muscles are still aching, am still coughing and blowing my sinuses out. Good thing a new house help will be arriving tomorrow. I hope this one's a keeper- as in housekeeper. Haha!

Grrrr...

A customer keeps on texting in his/her stupid questions. Nakakainis!

My Favorite Things- December 2007

More nail polish... from Face Shop. Not really the best colors but these will do. These colors don't really go well with my skin tone pero keri na rin. Most of the clients go for these shades so it's actually better. My personal preference when it comes to nail polish shades are red like Brucci's Berrylicious and pinks like OPI's Strawerry Margarita.





This is the white eyelet dress I oh-so-want to covet! It will go well with those tights we have. Inspired by Blair Waldorf's outfit in the Wild Brunch episode. I've seen affordable versions of this dress in SM but my sister said it's sold out already. Shoot. I don't want to frickin' look like everyone else. And tights are making its way to the general public, too! I plan to don a dress and tights combo on Christmas and I hope that not a lot of girls have the same idea in mind. Basta, bahala na si Batman. I just hope that it will be extra cool this Christmas so it wouldn't be too much of a discomfort to wear tights.

Peter Pan Syndrome Begone

I need a haircut and a hair treatment and a facial.

And I need to grow up.

This forthcoming new year, I'm planning to shed my childish ways and try to become a grown-up. Hard as it may be for me, I reckon it is for my own good. I need to take things seriously and not always make jokes when talking about serious stuff. But I think I'm already in for a good start since I'm more positive now. Of course, I still can't stop "telling the truth about other people" ;) But at least, personally, I don't have those crying spells anymore. Although I still can't help but think about yesteryears and have regrets. That is one thing that I have to learn to do without- dwelling on the past. I reckon I am wasting too much time in retrospection that I don't spend enough time in the now and I'm afraid that that will be something I'll regret in the future. Like being caught up in a vicious cycle and I want OUT!

Regret is one thing I have to battle right now. As we speak, I have a lot of regrets. Some even stemming from my childhood like when I was told to take up ballet lessons during summer break but I didn't want to because it would take too much of my playtime. I also regret that I didn't think for myself when choosing a course for university. I also regret that I didn't do well in school. I regret that I was too uptight and let my anxieties get the best of me. If I were to list all of my regrets, the list could go on forever. I wanted to a lot of things but because of my indecisiveness, still am nothing. That's one thing I want to do, to focus on what I really want to be and work on it so I'll be an expert on my field and not be hopping from one field to another. To be able to do that, I need to resolve my personal issues and quit wallowing in the past.

Is the way to success just a path you just have to choose to take? Or is it something elusive that no matter how you try to capture it, you just can't? I guess I should just take a leap and see for myself and who knows I might just find it. And if I don't, at least I could say at least I tried my best. As according to a Lighthouse Family song,

If you never, say goodbye
To the best thing in your life
There are things you don't appreciate
At all
So it's best that you don't try
Holding back the time
Are you ever, gonna be
Quite satisfied

Thursday=GG Day

I just finished watching Gossip Girl's 10th episode, Hi Society.

I swear this series is getting better as the story develops. Less catfights, but more secrets are out. In last week's episode, Blair Waldorf Must Pie, the kids have come to find out about their parents' "past". And in this week's episode, Rufus and Lily's past is clearly making its way into the present. Usually, infidelity ticks me off but in this case, I get giddy when the story is about them. And I don't really feel that sorry for Allison, maybe because she had an affair first. I know Rufus and Lily's love affair is already ketanders stuff but it can rival that of Dan and Serena's. Haha! Obviously, Rufus isn't over Lily and I think Lily has just realized that she, too, isn't over Rufus. What might have been... tsk.. tsk..

With each episode, I am starting to dislike Jenny. In my opinion, she is even worse than Blair. But I shouldn't be surprised if she turns out all bitchy since in the Gossip Girl spin-off, It Girl, Jenny has become some kind of a wreck who gets drunk andsleeps around. I think...

Another thing I like about this episode is how Chuck's getting jealous over Blair and Nate's reconciliation. And I thought Chuck Bass isn't capable of seriously falling in love or lust or whatever you may call it.

I just hope that they'll be able to resolve this screenwriter's stuff they're having in the States right now because I definitely don't want my Thursday ritual interrupted, especially now that it's getting better.

Lola Juno's Bonggacious Homecoming

I'm back!

I spent the long holiday at Juno's hometown, Calapan in Oriental Mindoro. I consider it my first time to set foot on the island although technically, it wasn't. Two years ago, we took a RO-RO bus going to Boracay via Mindoro.

We left Thursday when Manila was currently in a turmoil. The ride going to Mindoro didn't go as I expect. I thought we would be sailing on rough seas since the weather wasn't really great and it was drizzling now and then, but surprisingly, the seas were calm. What (semi) freaked me out was that I can't see anything! We were sailing through that body of water at night so there wasn't any land in sight.

Juno's "mansyon" is a mansyon indeed! Lola, haciendera pala ang beauty mo! Haha! Juno and I spent those 3 days cooped inside her room, watching Gossip Girl episodes and playing Prime Suspects and Candy Cruncher on her laptop. So when my parents and sisters will ask me what I did in Mindoro, my answer is, "Naglaro ng games sa computer at kumain." Haha! I had fun since basically that is my idea of fun. Hopefully, next time, everyone can come.

And now I'm back here in Manila. In my room I share with my three sisters. A far cry from Juno's spacious room that no one sleeps in. I missed my pc. I missed checking my emails. I missed petting and feeding my fluffy friend. I'm still swamped with my to-do's but I am not really in a condition to accomplish anything. Maybe later I'll be cooking some balms. I'm now eating KFC chicken for lunch/dinner but I don't feel like eating.

Speaking of KFC chicken... I think I have reached my saturation point for KFC's chicken. Lately, I've been eating a lot of fastfood that I have reached my saturation point for Jollibee's and McDonald's chicken, spaghetti and burger. After deciding that I can't eat more of those, I decided to switch to KFC, but now it seems that I've eaten too much of those too.

I spent 4 days at Juno's but I don't have any pictures to prove it except one pic which was taken by Juno's dad. Most of the pictures I took were of Juno's room and the scenery during our trip back home. And oh, I saw dolphins! But does it really count if the only thing I saw of them were their dorsal fins?

Pictures taken during the 2-hour boat ride back to Batangas port. The clouds prove how schizophrenic the weather was.

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