meh ko mukha ko

when they announced their engagement, my reaction was, "meh"

when almost all news channels are going over and over about having exclusive coverage of the event, i thought, "meh"

when local news programs kept reporting about the royal wedding every frickin' time, i was like, "meh"

i don't care
that's what i thought.

was wondering why all the fuss about a wedding and would want to see for myself so i joined the bandwagon and watched the royal wedding on tv. would you believe that i cried? i cried.

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and it was also fun seeing this wedding cos it seemed like a disney movie. fairy tales really do come true. especially for kate princess katherine, duchess of cambridge. they even rode a horse-driven carriage. how cool is that? and this time i didn't cringe because they're really a prince and a princess. i'm frickin' allergic of 'commoners' trying to do a royal wedding themselves. anubah mga ilusyonada! ang feeling ko naman, hamak na commoner lang din naman ako pero kahit na, princess-princess-an weddings make me barf. sorry, ayoko lang talaga ng sweet-sweetan.

sana lang talaga mas maaga nagpakasal si william- nung marami pa siyang buhok. at nung guapo pa pala siya. well yes he's still good-looking but not like before cos before he was handsome. ngayon, keri lang. lol.

i want prince harry but he walks kinda funny.

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and how cute is that? he's in the kids' carriage. waaah!!! i so want him.

fml

do i really want to be a domestic goddess?

after today, bigla akong napaisip. mahirap pala.

today, i cleaned the house, ironed clothes, washed the dishes, cooked rice and dory fish in sesame oil and oyster sauce. i swear sasabunin ko ng bonggang-bongga, kukulahin ko pa yung katulong namin pagbalik niya. kung babalik pa siya. kapal talaga ng fez ng mga críada na 'to. but it's also comforting to know that i can survive without a maid.

organic schmorganic

i'm not really big on the organic revolution but i like trying out new products.

i'm out of shampoo and conditioner so when i saw these on the shelves of shopwise, i thought maybe i should give it a try because 1) it's philippine-made and 2) they make use of natural products such as gugo. i got the strengthening shampoo with aloe vera, pearl powder and the conditioner with gugo bark and calamansi. both are peppermint scented which to me smells like feet. i like peppermint but when you work in a nail spa you tend to associate the smell of peppermint with feet. the shampoo is okay but i reckon the conditioner isn't really doing a good job. i have to put on a lot of the product and even having doing so, it's still buhol-buhol. so just after a week, my conditioner's almost finished and my hair still in a tangled mess. i'm not very happy with their conditioner. won't be buying again. i'd rather go for much cheaper conditioners that actually do their job.

but i'm fine with the shampoo- it's okay. it's only the conditioner i have an issue with.

project 100: holy week movie marathon

little fockers

 weird but fun. i remember watching the first- meet the parents - and i was laughing my lungs out. that was a few years back- movietime with the t-party girls at rp. good times ☺
anyhoo, i expected this movie to be more about the kids as the title suggests (at least to me). but no, the kids aren't the focal point in this story. they're just there. that's all. it's still about jack's trust issues with his son-in-law, greg.
and oh, am i the only person who thinks jessica alba looks weird? was flipping on old magazines and saw her pictures- i never really found her pretty, even during her dark angel days. most especially her dark angel days.

wall street 2: money never sleeps

shia la beouf, i ♥ you! the only reason why i want to watch this is because of shia. first-name-basis. yes, we're closed like dut.
second movie in my marathon and looks like we have a recurring theme here- trust. totally not on purpose, just a coincidence although i really do have trust issues. bah.
very socially relevant being situated in a time of recession. i didn't really get this one because 1) i wasn't really paying much attention to it as i was also doing other things at the same time, or 2) i don't really get this banker stuff and because of reason #1, i didn't get it all the more since i wasn't paying attention. but still, shia's such a cutie. so excited for transformers 3 here.

the roommate

leighton meester! yay!
although i must admit i didn't expect much from this which is a good thing, i reckon. i really can't say much about this except that leighton is gorgeous, even if portraying a psycho. and man, i am envious of the waist. why don't i have a waist? so unfair. well, technically i have a waist but it's concaved. it should be convexed. fml.
and oh, there's also minka kelly there. not really a big fan of her. before i saw her on 500 days of summer, i didn't even know her. yes they do look alike but i like blair leighton because of the association with gossip girl and blair waldorf and her wardrobe.

little manhattan

been wanting to watch this since i-can't-even-remember-when. and so i got to dl the movie last week and voila~ the rest, as they say, is history blah blah blah.
what a cute story. gabe, 10, falls in love with rosemary. but it wasn't that easy. i guess love never is. gabe's words. i can't believe that would be the words of a ten year old. i don't even know if i can come up with words like that myself. as of now, i am still conflicted whether or not i would want to be in love cos i don't know i can handle the heartbreak if ever my heart gets broken. an ounce of prevention is better than a pound of cure, right?
i hope this movie gets a part 2- gabe and rosemary, ten years after and it will be rosemary who's totally crushing on gabe and he wouldn't even give her the light of day.

It's amazing how quickly time moves. Just yesterday, I thought I loved her, but now, I don't even care about her at all.

wish i could say the same...

week 16: oxymoronic- holy week celebration

long holiday weekend last week. i love love love laid-back days- aah.. those days when all you think about is what movie to watch next.

daddy came back from the province! we're one quasi-complete, happy family without AB. nonoy was injured so he had his driver-friend drive for us to fetch daddy from the airport. ang driver namin may driver, o ha! anyway, since they're going to fetch daddy and makati is on the way, i hitched a ride going to my supplier. headed to the airport afterwards. lunch at mcdo and stayed inside the automobile, reading pride & prejudice (more like trying to read) and waiting for the plane's arrival.

home with the parental units. stayed at home for a wee bit then headed to my sister's home to concoct my wonderful stuff.

early morning @ my sister's home to pick up where i left off last night. finished orders to be delivered tomorrow. picked up labels and flyers then back to my workspace aka my sister's room.

delivery day! i love love love delivery days. my sister V agreed to drive me to my delivery destinations- kapitoloyo and the fort. i ♥ my customers! i hope the orders just keep on coming ;) after we made both deliveries, fetched AD from work in makati then we headed to galleria to have lunch. scrumptious thai cuisine for lunch and dq ice cream for dessert. was enjoying eating to our hearts' content that we forgot our car has conked out on us. today we learned how to put gasoline inside our gas tank using a makeshift funnel. which was still a major FAIL. gasoline kept spilling on the parking floor which made me scared and think i could blow up anytime soon. luckily, that didn't happen. whew. one more stop before heading home- blushing cupcakes. celebrity sightings- billy joe crawford, iya villania, drew arellano and nikki gil.

stayed at home la-dee-da ♫♪ mass at 5pm which wasn't a let down, if you know what i mean ;) oh, we went to the shop to put up some decors up. and finally got the bathroom light working.

dvd marathon. mommy had her ang babaeng hampaslupa marathon. haha.

nene the househelp took her day off so we were left to do the cooking, the cleaning, etc. went to megamall to meet with xmas. she was arriving late so i pass time inside national bookstore. and with all the bazillion pens i already have, i still left there with a new pen in hand. must practice self-restraint. starbucks with lola xmas. stories about anything and everything we can think of. time was short. we bid each other adieu. pork tapa from lola- pasalubong from sg ☺ i really can't wait to have someone else man the shop so i can concentrate on being a landlady of leisure. haha.

easter sunday!!! was supposed to have mass early but wasn't able to for reasons i now forget. lunch at kenny rogers sta. lucia with the parental units and AC. coffee afterwards. had my first glass of coke and mocha frappuccino after 40 days and 40 nights. weeee.... manned the shop. kudos to me cos i don't really do that haha. goob job, me!

fun week i had last week. it's already the middle of the week and so far, so good. i wish more awesomeness will befall the coming days. more order, i hope. more money, yes! haha. haha. haha.

how to fry fish and influence people

dahil ang sosyal namin na katulong ay naka-leave mula pa nung sabado, we have to do everything ourselves. buti na lang nandito si daddy because he does the cooking. hindi maaasahan ang mommy namin sa ganyang bagay dahil hindi siya domesticated. i can sweep the floor, set the table and wash the dishes but i cannot cook. i don't know how to and i don't want to. but today when i came home from some banking errands, my dad asked me to fry fish. i don't know how to fry fish. i don't want to fry fish. takot ako sa mantika eh. i can't even fry egg without burning it. i can cook but i am very selective to what i will cook. i cooked lemon chicken once. even menudo. but frying is another thing.

anyway, my dad said he will teach me how to fry fish. kawawa naman daw kasi ako. how to fry fish 101. he started by teaching me how to turn on the gas tank and the stove, which i told him i already know so he skipped to the frying part. after i put the fish on the pan and after he told me what to do with them, he told me, "anak, konting utak lang kailangan diyan." i was tempted to answer, "eh paano yan, marami akong utak," but i didn't cos i know i'll never win against my dad kasi mas pilosopo siya. barado ako sigurado.

so there, my first time to fry fish. i'm so proud of myself ☺

happy easter 2011

only a few minutes left of easter 2011. it was a good day but my own personal wet blanket just had to ruin it. mind over matter. i don't mind and i won't let that specific incident matter. thank God for spare rooms i can sleep in.

our celebration of easter wasn't as bongga as i expected it to be- inihaw na baboy, coke, daddy's dinuguan, etc. the sisters who are already married celebrated with their in-laws and AB isn't here in manila, so there were only the four of us- mommy, daddy, wet blanket and me. since our househelp took four days off work and we didn't want to cook, we just went out and had lunch in the most bongga mall ever- sta. lucia. well, sta. lucia has its pro- it's very accessible. plus, the starbucks outside reminds me of the hills, jejemon style. haha. anyway, lunch at kenny rogers. it was okay. first time to drink coke again after 40 days. mocha frap also. discovered i'm not so crazy about them anymore.

so for the first time (ever) i did manning duties at the shop on a sunday. hooray for me! it was okay naman. i was just feeling a little bit under the weather and i forgot my reading material here at home but it was okay. i really should be spending more time there, be more hands on with the biz. make it work. i really want a reliable internet connection cos i swear you can put me anywhere and i won't mind, just give me an internet connection and a computer and i'm good to go. it doesn't take much to make me a happy bunny.

and oh, there's this teeny thing i want to complain about- people who don't have the initiative. or maybe they're just plain inconsiderate. if we don't have a househelp around, please pick up after your friggin' self.

so that's all for now. week in review i will do tomorrow. for now, will go to sleep and get ready for my great divisoria escapade with my girls ;)

trying to wipe this silly grin off my face

i think it's ironic that the week that should be spent on low-key mode is one of the best weeks so far this year. i feel a bit guilty that i didn't give up some of the stuff i am addicted to like cityville, tumblr and sweets. i gave up coke and mocha frap for 40 days but i still looked for alternatives. next year talaga kahit alternatives wala. but then again i think i shouldn't feel guilty that i feel this happy. kahit pa semana santa. we're told to reflect not to sulk, ya?

so yesterday was fun. our ride just conked out on us cos we didn't put enough gas. but aside from that teeny mishap, everything's a-ok. delivery day with V driving me to two destinations- kapitolyo and the fort. i take so much joy and pride that people like my stuff. and big-time people, mind you ;) oh my i am such a happy bunny. after we made all deliveries, fetched AD from work.

market visit at galle. ate at this new thai restaurant- 8 spices.

i ♥ thai food so so so much! default order would be tom yum goong and bagoong fried rice. no pad thai and pandan chicken this time. we had pomelo salad and this pork dish very similar to adobo. me likey so much! actually kahit tom yum pa lang solve nako eh. even if i've been to thailand and it being the only country i've been to, i still want to go NOW. i wanna food trip. i wanna go there and bring home lotsa sampaloc and spicy dilis.

went around the mall for a wee bit. five years ago, i know galle like the back of my hand. i was there every frickin' day, whether i like it or not. bought pambahay clothes for joaquim. dessert at dairy queen c/o V before we face our problem head-on. haha. walked to shell to buy gasoline. grabe pati tin container you have to buy- for 100 pesos. kung maka-take advantage nga naman. oh well. we lugged 4 liters of unleaded gasoline back to the parking lot and tried to siphon in the tank using a makeshift funnel made of bottled water. spilled too much gasoline. we were scared that we might cause an explosion or something so we just asked for someone's help. grateful that there are still good samaritans out there. so after all that, we had the automobile up and running. yay!

we were supposed to pass by metrowalk and buy our dvd stash for the holiday but since we were pressed for time because V still had this meeting at 7pm and it was already 6pm, we skipped metrowalk and headed to blushing cupcakes in libis.

cupcakes!!! i wanna learn how to make cupcakes! AD just bought six cupcakes then we headed back home. blushing cupcakes reminded me of banapple, but more worn down. it could definitely use some 'freshening up.' their mint cupcake is okay. from what i remember, sonja's is still better but it's been a year or two since i've had my last mint condition so i really can't rely on my judgment. but if ever i have a chocolate mint cupcake craving, i know where to go ;)

and today... vacation mode. today is that time of the year when it is perfectly okay to do nothing. bumness is justified. i like it. and today we made progress haha. shit. relapse ito. but i don't care cos i made progress right at the moment i least expected it. no, i shouldn't let my guard down. ano, ganun-ganun na lang? **schizo attack** but yeah, i can live off this for a week or two.

week 15: surprisingly pleasant

seriously, i thought the past week would suck. but surprisingly and to my delight, it was okay. i survived. it survived. we survived. finally, things are starting to go my way. little by little does the trick ☺

rest day i actually used for rest ☺ finished reading helen fisher's why we love and then proceeded with my movie marathon mondays- the chaperone, out-of-towners and morning glory. then continued with my dexter season 2 marathon. must find ways to become landlady of leisure quick!

supplies shopping at makati. so i can save on cab fare, i took the fx going to ayala then took a cab going to supplier then back to glorietta. still it cost me 150. next time i have to plan these trips to really save on fare/gas money. anyhoo, went to glorietta to meet with AD who will buy me my balato. but first, had my lunch at food choices. nagpakiyeme pa ako ng unti- bought mary grace cheese roll and lemonade from potato corner. nabitin ako sa cheese roll. parang panis na ang lemonade. so i bought chicken wings from slammer burgers and apple-flavored iced tea. solve. should've been more honest with myself from the start. haha. after lunch (at 3pm), AD took me to the newly-opened forever 21 in sm makati. i'm not really an f21 fan and i do not go ballistic over cute clothes like other girls do, but i do understand. in the end, got myself a sleeveless floral  top with crochet detail at the back. my first forever 21 purchase. milestone, woohoo! over.
from makati, we went to cubao. thrifted two blouses. i ♥ juxtapose. and to cap off our day, a burger and nacho salad at mama chit's.

can't remember what happened. watched dexter, perhaps? can't even remember if i went to the shop.

at the shop. yay! a quick "seminar" on customer service. basic customer service not so basic and common sense not so common. or baka tamad lang talaga? ewan.
ocular on a prospective location of new shop. i agree we need to expand. i need to expand. this park is too small for me already. and with the proliferation of shops like mine? seriously, people? go fug yourselves. ha! anyway, i am still unsure. do or do not? hmm... higher risks, higher returns. do i risk it?

concocting orders and supplies inventory in rome. seems like we're on a roll these days and i am praying that it won't stop. just keep 'em coming, Lord. being a one-man production line is really my thing ;) although AD said i should learn how to delegate things. yung mayayaman daw magaling mag-delegate. but but but i'm such an oc perfectionist who wants everything done correctly but am very impatient to teach people again and again. if i've shown you how to do it, i think that's enough to do it right. if not sure, ask questions. effin' mediocrity. or maybe these people are just plain lazy. DO. IT. BETTER.

día del libro. no more classes actually. just went to ic for the día del libro. volunteered to help in lourdes' booth but i wasn't much of a help and i think it wasn't needed anyway. was able to buy two comics en español- snoopy and mafalda. sorry naman at hanggang ngayon yan pa rin ang level ko. waited for a 2-volume dictionary but since i had to go and meet with ycel at 2, left sans dictionary in hand. but my classmate got me one. yay! sabi nila steal na daw yun at P500 at wish ko lang ay gamitin ko siya.
lunch with joji at chicken bacolod inasal. it was okay though i think mang inasal is better. mang inasal is more barbecue-y at hindi ko masyado gusto ang maasim-asim na timpla. but they said inasal is supposed to be maasim-asim.
rp with ycel. gallivanted around the mall for hours. looked for leggings made of smooth, shiny material na walang garter daw. peace! haha. when we got tired from walking, merienda at starbucks and still i kept my penitensya and just had caramel macchiato. i thought additional choco/caramel drizzle is free? strolled for a while, killed time while waiting for the main event...
left rp at 5:30 and made our way to cubao via lrt/lrt. epic concert that was. the script was amazing. awesome. still under the spell.

a new person-of-interest. impeccable timing, i must say. although he looks a bit like an owl. and i just adore owls right now which explains why i crush him. had a blast with ycel and our seatmates. hahahahaha
arrived home 11:30pm. past my curfew. no worries though because i already left home as a pumpkin.

no lunch-out. pero may merienda-out. at nasunod ang gusto ko- stuffed crust at pizza hut. whoopeedoo! i'm a happy bunny ☺ then strawberry banana for dessert. life and its little pleasures.

things are looking up. thank God. i hope that things will continue being this way from now on.

3-in-1 coffee mixes ♥ spare rooms ♥ cheap thrills ♥ thrifted blouses ♥ sisters who give me stuff, drives for me when i need a ride ♥ a nice cab driver who didn't ask for "dagdag" ♥ sampaloc ♥ cheetos jalapeño ♥ discovered tomato soap and how it's doing wonders for my skin, so far ♥ a bundle of new 20s bills ♥ friends ♥ going to epic concerts with an awesome friend ♥ getting new orders. i don't really mind being busy ♥ daddy back from the province ♥ noticing you noticing me from across the room... chos! ♥ having great friends. it's not the quantity. it's quality, people! quality! ♥ breezy summer nights ♥

must practice my gratitude journaling.

oh danny boy

that was frickin' awesome.

the thrifted comic books en español.
the caramel macchiato with additional caramel drizzle.
the glazed krispy kreme donut c/o ycel.
the concert.
man, especially the concert.

but the concert would have been more awesome had i come prepared. i'm a fan alright but i only know the words to my favorite songs and usually i prepare before i go to concerts but this time around i was busy and my sister's hogging the my internet connection. excuses, excuses. i know, i am not proud of this. i felt like a fake just swaying lamely and screaming my lungs out. when all else fails, just scream your lungs out. and now it feels like i wasted an opportunity. oh well.

source: @thescript twitter page

but still that was frickin' fantastic! the script was awesome and i think they genuinely enjoyed the crowd. the energy was consistent and their live performances sound so much like their studio-recorded ones. i like the band for their songs and lyrics and i never really got into the personalities in the band but tonight, man, danny was hot in that striped shirt. loose, by the way. who else would look hot in loose, striped shirt and mc hammer-ish pants but him. okay, i might be biased but still... ¡ay papi! at nambola pa. they said manila crowd (at least those who were in front) was the best-looking audience they had. yeah right. if i know they say that in all of their concerts.


still nursing a thescript hangover. can't sleep yet.
thanks lola for the upgrade and most especially, the company ;)

it was all yellow

their dresses, i mean.
a post a week late due to busy schedule and/or time mismanagement.

went to tagaytay last friday to be my sister's "official photographer." we left home 6:30am so we could be in tagaytay by 8am.

usually, tagaytay at this time of the year isn't chilly. but thanks to global warming (or should that be no thanks?), it was cool and breezy. i can live with a climate like that. i want a climate like that. but i reckon it's still too far from 'civilization.' i want malls to be in walking distance. the bride and her entourage were checked in at the taal vista lodge, so we hung out there for a pretty much long time. my sister and her seamstress had to do some repairs to some dresses which i think were perfectly fine before the "repairs." but i like the bride- she's so calm and collected and not pa-importante at all and i like her simple, classy wedding.

after our first set, we went out first to have lunch. it was a friday and supposedly, no meat on fridays. but we begged off from abstinence from meat because we were on vacation. wala na ngang coke, wala pang meat? sisig sounded perfect to me and i must have sisig! lunch at dencio's- sisig, laing and bulalo. 

went back to the lodge to assist the bride and her entourage get ready for the event. took more pictures of everyone donning their frocks. 

the wedding ceremony was at the beautiful calaruega chapel. i love small chapels because i feel close to God when i pray in chapels. i remember back in high school, i would always visit the oratory every morning. small, solemn chapels are my thing, y'know. haha. also, if and when i get married, i want it in a small chapel too. hindi mukhang aalog-alog and mga guests mo na piniling tig-iisa silang pew.

well, it depends on the person getting married. i guess it all boils down to preference. while others would want a big wedding in a cathedral or a beach wedding, i prefer mine in small chapels where just people who really care about me could fit in. anyway... 

it was a beautiful wedding all in all. it went out smoothly. perfect. well, maybe except for the part when the priest said another name in place of the bride's. an honest mistake, i'm sure. na-confuse lang si father. i even got teary-eyed. 

had merienda at bag of beans before setting out on our journey back home. had caramel macchiato and blueberry cheescake. again. was it just me or their caramel macchiato doesn't taste like the first one i had? or maybe didn't enjoy it as much cos of the splitting headache i had that time. traffic going back to manila was horrible. buti na lang i wasn't the driver cos i was able to sleep on our way home. madaya! oh well. 

so that was my event last week. my event this week would be the script's concert this saturday. so so so excited already ☺

excited much?

so excited for saturday! prepping myself and have been playing the script on repeat since last saturday. so ngayon dito naman ako mag-flood ng videos

I wanted words but all I heard was nothing

some tried to hand me money, they don't understand

i'm not broke, i'm just a broken-hearted man

trying to make it work but man these times are hard

and my favorite...

what am i supposed to do when the best part of me was always you

and what am i supposed to day when i'm all choked up that you're okay

i'm falling to pieces

actually, ang emo nila. haha.
4 days na lang ☺

project 100: the out-of-towners, chaperone, morning glory

yay for movie marathon mondays!

the out-of-towners

hilarious. not originally in my list but came across this one while channel surfing; caught this one on hbo ☺ a middle-aged couple from ohio goes to new york where they were met with a serious of unfortunate events.
funny. as in i was cracking up every now and then.
i love this movie. i love steve martin.

the chaperone

in the tradition of wrestlers making their way into the big screen, a cutesie patootsie movie. it was nice and i enjoyed watching it but the same, old plot. the rock in the game plan and the tooth fairy.
ray gets out of prison after seven years and tries to rekindle his relationship with his daughter. it was entertaining, though i would never believe that a twelve-year-old girl could drive a big bus.
eh pelikula nga naman. lahat posible ;)

morning glory

rachel mcadams!
even if this movie sucked, i would've loved it still because of rachel mcadams. but it didn't suck. it was actually good. a nice surprise, actually, since i was kinda expecting it to be bad.
after being fired from a local network, becky fuller (mcadams) was hired as executive prod of an ailing morning show. she gave it time and effort and believed that it they can make it work.
this movie made me believe that everyone can have a happy ending.

booktrack 2011-05: why we love

i'm way behind my target. just finished my fifth book of the year when i'm supposed to be on my eighth already.

i've always been fascinated with science and how the brain works. psychology interests me. if i wasn't trying to please my parents by choosing a course closely related to law, i would've taken up psych. but what's done is done, so the next best thing is to read about it.

special meaning. aggrandizing. intrusive thinking. frustration attraction. all terms i encountered in why we love (helen fisher). 

the books explains why we feel the way we feel when we're harboring some kind of special feelings towards a special someone. it's enlightening. and now i know i can blame it on dopamine, norepinephrine and serotonin. ha. you know what's actually funny... i can see myself in some of the descriptions. not that i've ever been in love. what i've felt for my persons-of-interest is more of infatuation. cos seriously, how can you love someone you've never even spoken to?

"someone is camping in your brain; you must throw the scoundrel out."
best advice ever. and i think i have thrown the scoundrel out. i think. though not yet entirely but i'm getting there. well, now that i have a better understanding of how this thing works, i think it's easier to see that maybe he's really not all that.

very nice and informative read. though there was this one thing that annoyed me in this book- how focused was spelled. focussed. paulit-ulit pa naman siya.

next read: still deciding between flipped and built to last

week 14: one thing's that pretty consistent in my life- food seems to be the highlight of every day

☺monday☺
delivered the goods to my suki. good thing i have my sister here and she was more than willing to drive me to fort. i hope my suki will order again... soon. free ice scramble c/o V. lunch at shopwise. my lunch was a hungry hungarian sandwich. V had shawarma pero parang malansa so she didn't finish it and just bought jamaican pie. i used to love jamaican patties but then i realized that i they smell like dog food, so now i don't like them anymore. we ran errands after having lunch. meralco and bank to pay bills, bills and more bills.

after running errands, V dropped me off at sle where i will wait for nene so we could watch sarah g's movie. i promised her last week that i'd treat her to a movie and merienda.

☺tuesday☺
shop duties! i was a good girl and was there even before the shop opens. once in a while, i would have to show 'em some good example. was there most of the day. AD fetched me from the shop to accompany her fetch mommy from malvar. brought mommy home, then went with her to rome. i fell asleep mara clara pa lang. she woke me up several times so i could go home already. super tired already and sleepy so just went on with my sleep. sarap matulog ♥

☺wednesday☺
because i am a stage auntie, went with V for J's fitting. took a cab going there cos we will be hitching a ride with AD back home. cab fare cost us P173. kaya ayoko talaga mag-taxi. ubos talaga pera. haay. anyway, reached our destination right on time. J went to his fitting- he'll model one shirt lang naman pala. made AD treat V and me to lunch- go greek! had mixed meat gyro. yum!

☺thursday☺
shop duties again! i'm such a good girl ☺ but i think i went home early again cos J fetched me from the shop. we bought merienda then brought it to ADs house. and pretty little liars catch-up sesh. mr. fitz is such an eye candy.

☺friday☺
tagaytay with AD, D and J. i'm ADs official photographer so she brought me along, pero siempre lamierda na rin. [ever since i found out what lamierda really means, i feel awkward using it but still there's no other term which could perfectly capture the filipino connotation of "la mierda." btw, la mierda means the shit.] perfect weather. if only there's no volcano in that place, i would love to live there. isinantabi muna ang lenten practice na bawal kumain ng pork on fridays cos we were on "vacation mode." lunch at dencio's with bulalo, laing and pork sisig. sinful. haha. wedding preps at taal vista lodge. wedding ceremony at the chapel in calaruega. it was a beautiful wedding. if i were to get married, i want it in a small chapel as well. ayoko ng masyadong pabongga. weddings in small venues tend to be very solemn and intimate. even i who don't even know them and only met them just on that day, almost cried while i was listening to the priest's sermon and while i was taking photos. well, iyakin naman talaga ako. merienda at bag of beans. ordered caramel macchiato and blueberry cheesecake. yummy ☺ but didn't enjoy it as much cos of throbbing headache. very heavy traffic going back to manila. super borlogs na pag-uwi.

☺saturday☺
last meeting for fili1. discovered that our profe is taking time off for a month and this means that we can have a break, too! grabe, kaya naman ako bilib na bilib kay Lord eh. here i was thinking of whether or not to enroll for fili2 because 1) i need a break, 2) i need to focus on the shop most esp. on saturdays/sundays, and 3) finances-- tapos i find out that we are indeed having time off. ten weeks! oh wow ☺ thank you, Lord!
lunch at hongkong chef c/o joy. she celebrated her birthday last march 19 so it was her birthday treat for the class and our profe. scrumptious chinese food. my favorite was the shrimp salad- not too much mayo. then off to the other side to have merienda. coffee and mais con hielo at jay-j's. whatta combination, no? but i tell you, i was in dessert heaven, haha. moa to find something, but to no avail. hard-to-find na ata yun eh :(

☺sunday☺
stayed at home the whole day. was supposed to go to makati for Js fashion show. but we had to beg off the last minute cos Js sick and was wheezing since saturday. we hope he doesn't have asthma naman. just brought pizza for merienda. i was craving for pizza hut's stuffed crust pero ibang pizza binili nila. there's this place along libis where they sell humongous pizzas. it was okay but my ♥ still belongs to stuffed crust pizzas and/or cheese pizzas.

brand new week. i hope this week would go smoothly, most especially in the shop. one of the techs will go on leave daw. i hope she's telling the truth. i will try to be optimistic here but of course, there's still this glimmer of doubt. i told her i'll be giving her a raise starting may. i hope that's reason enough for her to come back.

i'm keeping my hopes up. i need new affirmations!!!

project 100: how do you know, never let me go, catch me... i'm in love

and even with a busy schedule, i was able to add three more titles to my list. hooray for me! there's still chance that i can hit target because it's the holy week soon. i know i know, holy week is supposed to be spent repenting for our sins, but it's the only rest we can have, 100% guilt-free! i'm not yet sure if it'll be spent watching movies cos i kinda plan on having a dawson's creek marathon. i miss my childhood/teenage years. i miss the good ol' days when all i have to worry about is passing my subjects.

how do you know

i expected a lot from this because of the stellar cast. i should've known better than to keep my expectations high. but i mean, who could go wrong with a reese witherspoon movie? tapos may paul rudd pa? diba? oh well.

rom-coms are my cup of tea but how do you know didn't deliver. though it's not really that bad, i just expected a lot. me and my high expectations. *sigh* plus, it was already 1am when i started watching and i was also working on an order so i wasn't actually paying much attention to it. but i don't know if i would give it one more chance. so little time, so many movies.

never let me go

another movie recommended by tumblr people.
so far, so good. movies referred by tumblr people are no-fail. 500 days of summer. flipped. and now, never let me go. that's why i'm always in the look out for recommendations from them.
another factor which made me want to watch this is carey mulligan. i love her in an education. and she kinda looks like jen lindley/michelle williams and i am a fan of jen lindley and her beauty (as compared to joey potter. eeyuck). and andrew garfield's in it, too. a little scrawny but will do. and the role kinda calls for his scrawniness. haha. as with kiera knightley, i don't like her much. don't ask me, i don't know why.

can i just say that this is one of the most depressing movies i've seen as of late? albeit the surrounding circumstances, it is a beautiful love story. depressing but beautiful, still.

catch me... i'm in love

finally. sorry naman at masyado akong fan ng sarah geronimo movies. haha. well, it took this long for me to watch it cos i was waiting for jaime's free tickets and i was bringing our househelp as a 'thank you' for her help.

it was okay. well, being john lloyd and sarah's past two movies as my peg, okay na na okay siya. though in my opinion, mas feasible ang sarah + gerald tandem more than a sarah + john lloyd. but i think her movies with john lloyd worked (most esp. the first one) because she really had a crush on him. she was crushing on him like a schoolgirl for real. which is cute ☺

my favorite image from this movie is the dream sequence. sarah has this recurring dream where she was in red and everyone else was wearing black. i love the effect. matteo guiducelli was funny. i never knew he could be funny. i like it when actors (esp. cute ones, though i don't really find him cute) aren't afraid to make themselves look silly on camera. sarah's talking voice isn't as sing-song-y as it was. a lot of things i liked about this movie.

there weren't as many cons. i can only remember two things: the storyline was too fast-paced that i think it didn't develop as smoothly; in other words, bara-bara, and that once again, they got the movie title from a song. In fairness, no show ang wigs ng star cinema.

recreation therapy... check. not to mention i finished pretty little liar's episode 14 to 22. watched it staggardly, of course. kung dati naiinis ako sa show na ito, ngayon mas nae-enjoy ko siya with all the cliffhangers and whodunits and whathaveyous. plus, i really really really find mr. fitz cute and i get giddy over spencer and toby.

week 13: triskaidekaphobia

♥ monday ♥
woke up early because it's laundry day but was delightfully surprised that our help already did it. was supposed to deliver an order but since V has this meeting in makati, she can drop it off on her way home instead. catch-up with chuck episodes while trying to clean my room for the nth time. AD asked if i can accompany her do her grocery. i love grocery shopping.


♥ tuesday ♥
successfully dragged my ass off to the shop and do some manning duties. went home earlier because i was able to coax AC to treat me to the sarah g movie. however, we had to defer cos we'd make it to the last screening which is too late already. asked for pasalubong instead- strawberry banana-flavored krushers.
 
♥ wednesday ♥
mommy asked me to go to sle to help her withdraw cos she doesn't know how to withdraw from an atm. my parents are already senior citizens and they resist to learn how to work these new technologies. she treated me to lunch ☺ found milky way mint inside the dollar store ♥ had to go home and make my brother-in-law's order- green tea and fresh bamboo. since it's wednesday, asked AD if she wants to hear mass at padre pio.i was wearing shorts and i didn't know they were strictly implementing this dress code. they handed me a sarong which i had to wear over my patas. shopwise afterwards- hungarian sausage c/o AD. then off to cubao to fetch V and joaquim.


♥ thursday ♥
since the automobile was coding, we only have limited time to do everything- go to my suppliers, go to gilmore to have V's computer fixed. lunch at joey pepperoni with V and joaquim. was at the supplier at 1 but only finished with everything at 2:30- just 30 minutes til the window closes. luckily, we made it to pasig without being caught and because we can't go to gilmore anymore, so V had to buy her hard drive from sle na lang. we were already dead tired from running after J the whole day. already famished, we ate merienda at jollibee with- Vs treat.

♥ friday ♥
rush rush. have three orders, all for delivery within the next three days. this is what i did the whole day until 3am the following day which is...


♥ saturday ♥
an hour late for class. was a bit lethargic for sleeping at 3am in the morning. after class, was able to coax my classmates to eat at max's, un ave. success! craving for chicken satisfied ☺ free movie passes c/o jaime. had to stop by divi to buy heating mittens and booties. the heat must have drained all liquids off me, plus i was super sleepy already. actually slept on the train on my way home.

♥ sunday ♥
lunch at ADs cos it was her hubby's birthday last tuesday. yummy yummy pansit malabon, nilagang baka, chicken wings and ice cream!!! at napanindigan ko na naman ang hindi pagco-coke hanggang easter sunday.

i think i have made peace with the number 13 already.