"pig out day" with Janet & Ira

“One of the delights of life is eating with friends, second to that is talking about eating. And, for an unsurpassed double whammy, there is talking about eating while you are eating with friends.”
Laurie Colwin 'Home Cooking'


It was our long planned "pig out day!"...haha
There were lots of changes but there...we still did it! haha (basta next time, we'll go to that place na ah?! haha)

Well, our goal was to eat eat eat...it's pig out day!
And yes, we did! at The Red Crab in GB. We had buffet...(bottomless crabs eh? haha) and we didn't care how our hands were all messed up...but yeah, that was tiring too...haaay. haha
aside from the food (that was good), we just really had fun talking, ranting, raving(?) just about everything! And of course, pics pics pics again...and some (bad) acting...wahahahaha
It really feels good to be with friends and just having fun! (thanks, Janet & Ira)
After our dinner, Ira left (early...whats new?! hehe jk!).
Janet and I just went around Glorietta and did some window shopping. Oh yeah, we bought some clothes too from Dorothy Perkins. (BI si Janet. haha jk!)
Then we got tired...and just rested for awhile (actually, we really just don't want to go home yet..hehe) at Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf at GB. Had again some talks...kwentos...insights...and all...hehe It was fun. :)
Then there...we finished around 11pm already.

Oh...Janet, Ira...where and when will we have our next pig out day?! hahaha

getting there...

Dang! Just what’s needed! Something to relate to? It’s back! Yay! …so missed One Tree Hill! One of those things that can really keep you up! And… Aww…it feels good! haha

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There were some really good quotes from OTH that can kinda hit you big time …that can make you think more …hmm…
After college, there so many changes. So many things are happening. And you gotta face the reality (that somehow just sucks! haha) and try to figure out some things in life.

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Missing the simple life. Missing the feeling of happiness. Missing oneself.

I don't know who I am anymore or how I got here.
I miss who I used to be.
I wanna have a home again, you know?
Real friend, you know?
The kind of friendships that we used to believe in.
I miss that and I miss you.
I guess I just miss all of it.
– Peyton Sawyer

Missing life because of the times you get scared to do such things. Because maybe, just maybe, the next thing that you do, you might lose it all.

…there's gonna be a lot of times in your life when you're afraid.
But being afraid is okay but if you don't work through that fear you might miss out on some pretty great things...
– Nathan Scott

Missing your way you knew back then… when things were clear. You knew what you wanted. But now, things are so much different. And you are back there again. Back there… in figuring out what you want. Finding happiness. Figuring what direction to take. Finding your way in life.

And there’s a long way to go?

The rest of your life is a long time and whether you know it or not it's being shaped right now.
You can choose to blame your circumstances on fate or bad luck or bad choices or you can fight back.
Things aren't always going to be fair in the real world, that's just the way it is but for the most part you get what you give.
Let me ask you all a question.
What's worse not getting everything you wished for or getting it but finding out it's not enough?
The rest of your life is being shaped right now with the dreams you chase, the choices you make and the person you decide to be.
The rest of your life is a long time and the rest of your life starts right now.
– Haley Scott

Finding one’s way?

Yeah, getting there...

better days

I’ve been wanting to write my first blog for the year but I really don’t have the time…and know what to really write…haha

well, just really hoping that this year would be better…

...in everything in life.

and here’s a song pretty much says it…

Better Days

By Goo Goo Dolls

And you ask me what I want this year

And I try to make this kind and clear

Just a chance that maybe we'll find better days

Cuz I don't need boxes wrapped in strings

And desire and love and empty things

Just a chance that maybe we'll find better days

So take these words

And sing out loud

Cuz everyone is forgiven now

Cuz tonight's the night the world begins again

And it's someplace simple where we could live

And something only you can give

And thats faith and trust and peace while we're alive

And the one poor child that saved this world

And there's 10 million more who probably could

If we all just stopped and said a prayer for them

So take these words

And sing out loud

Cuz everyone is forgiven now

Cuz tonight's the night the world begins again

I wish everyone was loved tonight

And somehow stop this endless fight

Just a chance that maybe we'll find better days

So take these words

And sing out loud

Cuz everyone is forgiven now

Cuz tonight's the night the world begins again

Cuz tonight's the night the world begins again

after 4 full...=P

Oh my…
After 4 full (as in full! Coz of Paps and my sister.) shots of tequila sombrero, I writing now my blog that I’ve been wanting to post.
Well, I actually wanted to do a blog but I really didn’t know what to really post.
Hmm… let’s see…*still kinda tipsy* haha
This year’s celebration of Christmas was a different one again compared to last year (read my old blog about it).
There are again changes that some of which I really don’t like but then I know I have to deal with it. I still do miss my daddy with all these celebrations (how I wish he is still with us) but yeah, I know…he’s having a blast there with the Lord.
Anyway, we celebrated our Christmas with my Tita Nery’s family. Every one of us prepared together and helped each other with our food for Christmas. Each family had their own food to share too. There were lots of food and booze that made everyone so hyper…makulit…drunk(?)… and simply happy. We actually all had fun, especially when the kids excitedly opened their gifts in the early morning of Christmas. *pictures everywhere again…haha*
Love all my babies…haha

*pictures of us, kids. Haha (with my pamangkins: CJ, Kyla, Adrian and Matthew)*

I just really love being with the family and with my pamangkins. Nothing really beats to be with your family with these occasions. Right? Look.

*the family*

With that, we also surprised our relatives in the US with a call while we were celebrating. They were surprised with our call too! Everyone just talked a bit with each other just to greet a Merry Christmas. It was fun talking to them.

It really feels good to talk and be together with your family…relatives…love ones….that you wish that it will always be that way or even be way better. And I am just thankful for those moments …and of course, thankful to the Lord. He is the reason why all we have these celebrations and happiness. Thank you!

….Just love my family.
….Just love’ em.

*ok…now , I gotta rest…wait…welcome the new year…*

the good stuff at work

I know I haven’t talked about work that much here. Maybe because I don’t want to or there’s nothing to talk about…But last week was a different one! There were some good stuff at work…haha

Actually…it’s nothing much… nothing much these days at work…haha labo!

Not much of work/accounts to do…which is great! easy and not much pressure at all…(so, I have to enjoy it! haha)

What else?

Oh…Last Monday, we had our Christmas Party at the office. We had a dance presentation (that I can’t believe that I did those things…those office stuff…to put it in a better term na lang, “oldy stuff” for me. Haha oh, gah…nuff about it! Don’t want to talk about it na…haha but it was all fun)…and we won! Everyone had fun especially with all the laughtrip presentations of each team! The next day, we treated ourselves with a yellow cab pizza for lunch while watching our presentation in video (for personal consumption lang yun…haha)!

And also the good thing too this week (aside from some surprise bonus? haha), I got regularized! Yay! Together with MM (my batchmate), we had a good talk with my magaling and sobrang bait boss! Haha it was a fun talk too...(thanks, Ma’am Shellane!)

Oh…with that, we gave her a “thank you” gift! It was a calendar stand that says “I love my staff”! haha she was happy about it laugtrip again! Ang kulit namin!

So with the regularization thingy, we were obliged to treat the team with some sundae. And we did! Together with the celebration of Trissa’s birthday…and last day of work before Christmas…Everyone were so happy just having fun as well with the other bosses around! There were gifts…food…pictures all over too! haha

And so before, leaving the office…shot muna? Haha had some tequila rose. Gah! that made me dizzy(?) a bit! Ang kulit ng mga boss kasi! Puro kalokohan and laughtrip! Everyone were just really having fun and feeling the holiday spirit! Haha

Ah…how I wish that it’s always like this at work…fun and not pressure!

(the team!...centers!)

...And of course, being happy too!

close by

Lucas' closing quote: "Happiness comes in many forms-in the company of
good friends, in the feeling you get when you make someone else's dream come
true, or in the promise of hope renewed. It's okay to let yourself be happy
because you never know how fleeting that happiness might be."

Yeah…that's right! happiness...
It really feels good to have friends who are close by…
Friends who understands you (and not mock you! Haaay.), who are feels the same way with things at work…with people and with life…haha
drama, but it's true!

After such a freaking lousy, stressful week…and to the point of not eating dinner because of just being too tired …I needed a break!
Such a stress reliever just to hang with friends…and have a "quick" dinner? Haha tama ba? Quick one? Instant gimik, huh?

After work last Friday, I was able to meet up my friends…butas! Haha well, these are my (close by) friend…that means (aside from being close friends)…uh, we are just like neighbours…haha close by!

I met up Ira and Janet! (So nice to see them both! Awww…haha)
As usual, Janet had a car and drove us to GB.(eating and talking while on traffice ah? haha fun!)

We had dinner at NSG (again..remembering the good times? haha). We just chatted…ranted about everything that's been happening with us now…especially with work. Some things…really just suck..and you just have to let out sometimes..and that's a good thing…I mean, let it out with those friends who listens to you…and understands how you feel. And at least with them, you can be you! And at least be happy despite everything…

So…what else? Yeah… we just had a good dinner…

(look oh? just water for dinner? hahaha)

then when Ira left, Janet and I got coffee and went around Glorietta… as in went around! Haha just to find some dress and blouse that we need for parties coming up…we went to several shops…like until around 11pm. Haha sooo late…tiring but fun!

Yeah…that was all fun! Thanks for making it one, Janet & Ira! (i really needed that break too!)
Oh…til next time?
Ayt?
Friends who are close by?
hahaha
labo!

..t'was scary :(

Today was just a no ordinary day…right?

As usual, I got to work early despite the traffic and the freaking lousy weather. I learned that my boss is on leave. So yeah, last day of work this week and with no boss around…yay! no pressure! haha

So, I just edited some paper works…played some games in the computer. Nothing much! And oh...most of the time, our group was just chatting around…and laughing out loud…haha no pressure with work though. It was all fun at work…

then there…

Things happen! Such crappy things happen.

Really didn’t know what was happening around. All I know there was a walk out by that Trillanes, that Lim and company…they go straight to Manila Peninsula.

So yeah…but nothing much, right?

Yeah.. until we got all calls and texts from our family and friends on what was really happening.

Dang! It’s something serious! Really serious that the military..soldiers…everyone…tanks are all there already at the Manila Pen.

Dang! And it’s like only two blocks from our office! Gah?! The heck! What was really happening?! waaa

Everyone in the building was kinda panicking in the office…oh well.

Then when I was about to leave the office… some people who left just left the office came back! And saying… “wala munang baba…nasa baba na natin sila.”

Wutt? What was that all about?

Some of us looked outside the office…and there you go! I see some people running back to the office…and men in black with guns…snipers…they were the swat team! Yikes!

And there... that hit me! It scared me!

I was really scared…that all these were really all happening and I'm just near the area…

oh, crap!

...t'was scary

Then I call out to my sister again and tell her that I can’t meet here up right away coz some of the swat people are just around the office…and some say they’re gun shots already….waaa scaaary. And hear that there are tanks already at the lobby of the hotel…waaaaaa

So there…We can’t go out in front of the office…kinda locked out for a while…but some people left after some time...and just a few who were left at our floor...that scared me too...It was like I had no one with me already...So, I had to leave despite all things...

So there...people had to use the back of the office to go out…and my sister was there too…scared…and just fetched me…then we stayed a bit at her office coz we do not know how the heck we’ll go home. Haaay.

To cut the story short, we got home safely. And that’s the good thing.

But then...you get to see on TV what really happened. People are sooo pathetic!

Mga walang magawa talaga sa buhay oh! tssssssss! haaay!

Dang! People are just too insensitive. I don’t think they even thought about what they did…and that goes to both sides…haaay.

Elected public official doing that?...

letting the tanks get inside the lobby?...

military men all over?...

What the heck? Does that solve a problem? Pathetic!

Oh please…nuff of these crappiness!

Hope things will get better for everyone…

*prays*