napag-iwanan

June 23, 2008

I don’t know why I’m feeling so blue. It may be because it’s Monday (I had a blast over the weekend!), or my boss is back in Manila, or Jo-Ann won’t be coming to work effective today, or Germs will be leaving on Friday, or my housemates are deciding to leave our apartment one by one, or I haven’t gone home to Batangas for quite some time, or the aura in our office is so negative, or this is just PMS, or it’s all these reasons altogether.

I must admit, it’s highly because of Jo-Ann and Germs on top of all the other reasons. People do come and go. It’s part of life. I shouldn’t be too sad because I know the change won’t be that drastic. It’s not as if we won’t talk anymore. Perhaps on the next two weeks, it would feel as if they just took their VLs. We might pretend that it’s ok and honestly there is no choice but to move on.

This past couple of years, I been an expert for being left behind. Beng, Rey, Mikmik, Urven, JC, Boyen. Perhaps, it’s the very thing of knowing that no matter how much you say that things won’t change, you know that it would.

Jo-Ann and Germs. I can’t be too selfish thinking of how I am feeling about you two leaving. I know it breaks your hearts more than it breaks ours. Mas mahirap ang umalis kaysa maiwan. And honestly I am so happy for both of you because I know you so wanted this opportunity. Good luck friends. Chunky chika overload won’t never be the same without you.

 

meme!

June 20, 2008

I don’t get tagged often so I might as well answer this. Thanks Frances!

Four jobs I’ve had
- Sales Info Assistant
- Research Assistant
- Sales Forecast Analyst
- Project Implementation Officer

Four movies I can watch over and over
- My Bestfriend’s Wedding
- 50 First Dates
- SATC
- Bucket List

Four places I’ve lived
- Batangas
- Los Banos
- Makati
- Mandaluyong

Four TV shows I love
- Friends
- SATC
- Ambush Makeover
- House, Prison Break, HIMYM, B&S, hehe.. pinilit


Four places I’ve vacationed (most recent)
- Singapore & Malaysia (1 lang siya para saken.. hehe)
- Galera (ayan wakeboarders ha, sinali ko sya) 
- Cagayan de Oro - Camiguin (go white water rafting peeps)
- Palawan

Four of my favorite dishes
- Fettuccine cheese
- Pizza
- Buffalo wings
- Lutong bahay ni muder 

Four sites I visit daily
- my yahoo mail
- Inquirer.net
- pag may time, blogsite ko

Four places I would rather be right now
- UP Dil (kasama mga classmates ko kasi MBA night na!)
- LB (need I say more?! pero gusto ko kasama college friends)
- Batangas (chikahan with Angela! chikahan talaga with 5yo.. hehe)
- somewhere I can surf

Four people I tag
- tin
- grace
- rey
- karina

kung fu panda

2 words: hilarious, inspiring!

Makes me wanna go to China, practice yoga (I can’t do kung fu but at lease yoga can help me move as gracefully as Tigress), eat noodles, and make-up my own secret ingredient in some special recipes.

It’s all in mindsetting. Something is special because you set it to be.

 

satc

This is an overdue post. Wala lang. Friday na e so I feel like blogging for a change.

Well, what can I say? I loooove the movie. I’ve always been a SATC fan. Always will be. Watching the movie is like walking along memory lane because there’s a sense of familiarity as if I was in New York with them all along and a sense of longing for the SATC girls I call in college! : (

Carrie reminds us why 20-somethings go to NY- 2L’s: Love and Labels. Makes me think that Manila is Philippines’ NY. Do I stay to work here for those two reasons? haha..

Also, the ‘Big’ questions, what happens after you’ve found ‘the one’? But I haven’t found ‘the one’ yet. That alone is a big challenge for me so why bother what happens after that. haha

Of course SATC won’t be SATC without those fabulous fashion showcase but bottomline is, trends do come and go but in the end, it’s friendship and love that matters.

I’m sorry my blog didn’t give justice to how much I like the movie. June 1 ko pa kasi napanood. Beng and Joyce, Maui and I miss you badly. Bigyan nyo kami ng DVD nito pag meron na. hehe

 

quality time

June 8, 2008

It’s a long weekend! I know I can’t really say that I badly need this break. I just had a long one a week ago but this one is different. Last weekend was about Lovely and shopping and getting away from the toxic lifestyle I had. This weekend is about facing and conquering the life I have, embracing it for all it’s abnormalities and learning to love it. And most of all in between juggling acads and work, I sooo want to keep with the people I missed so much lately.

Last Friday, I wasn’t able to go out with Cesar and Adan. Obviously I could not join them in Bicol because I have to catch up with a lot of readings and I haven’t gone home for a month. Even few hours before they left, I was kidding them that the butanding season is already over and we should have coffee instead. hehe.. Miss you Char and QB! Hope you had a great Bicolandia invasion.

I wasn’t able to meet the wakeboarders whom I haven’t seen for ages. Obviously, they also have plans.

Honestly, that last hour at the office I feel depressed because I am unsure of where to go to after. My former officemates at SMB planned to go out but that was for Saturday and I could not commit to that because of my family. I wished we had planned to do it Friday instead.

Thankfully when I got home, Maui was still half-awake (or I pushed her to be half-awake and then get-up just for some therapy kwentuhan?). Thanks dear for the time! Kelangan lagi tayong may chocolates for comfort alert! : )  We realized how much we missed Beng that Friday! BJ, I supeeeer miss you! Come home na!  

The rest of the weekend I’m just at Batangas having meaningful chikahan with Mommy and Lovely, cooking pasta for the boys, quality time with Angela (I look crazy giggling while watching her sing rap mp3’s) and although I am behind the schedule I set for my readings, I know that every minute with them is quality time well-spent.

I know that because of the the things I’m juggling I cannot expect to plan gimiks or go home as regularly as I wanted. Oh well, honestly, I’m not asking that my friends go out with me every free time I have. All I’m after are real conversations with people that matter. Chikahan lang at coffee. Walang alak! To my therapists, I miss you!

By the way, you won’t believe that there’s tequila and vodka sitting in our apartment and I really wonder when are we going to consume them. Alcohol di na kita namimiss, namimiss mo na ba ako?! : )