Puritas rule!

November 16, 2006

Marilyn and I had another post-birthday celebration. (And we are planning for another. A tea parteeeeh this time!) Lette cooked spaghetti. Van brought cake. Marilyn ang I ordered pizza. It was the typical pig-out and kodakan at the pantry but we were delighted nevertheless.

 

Anyway, what I’m about to talk about are the puritas.

PURITAS. puritas. puritas.

Our friendship started during Jo-Ann’s post-break-up episodes. Frequent quickbite breakfast that always turn to inuman session till mid-afternoon. Eventually, the friendship loop becomes wider when they start joining our so-called Friendster parties. Who would forget the PFP-UBE (Phenomenal Friendster Party-Ultimate Bonding Experience) and the Riviera Scandal. And there goes the random inumorning sessions, shopping, Quiapo spontaneous trip, card reading trip with Madam Mimi and Madam Alma, pictorials galore, Club Manila East, Mimosa and of course the business that lasted for a couple of months. The list is endless.

Kakalimutan pa ba ang mga war-freak days?! I think this is the reason we got our name Purita. Actually, I’d say that our group is so misunderstood. Perception saten: yosi break parati, nagmumurahan, nagsisigawan lagi pag nag-uusap kahit magkakatabi tayo, over-break lagi, dugas sa aux, malalakas uminom, may sariling mundo! Purita culture nga ba? haha.. Well… walaakongpakelam! Masaya tayo! Once they know us, they’ll never forget us! mwahahahahaha (sabay pindot ng remote control mala Princess Punzalan)… Need we say more?!

Marilyn- my fellow ka-scorpio who likes me leaves a sting (meaning a good mark) once you know her. Ang pinakamatibay mu-moda samen! Panalo lagi sa pictures. She’s like the group’s ate, (sorry naman badat!) always opinated. Ang kaututang-dialang ko lagi sa start ng shift about shobiz cheka (kasi dati syang child star..hihi), books, wicca, GV mode sessions >:), atbp.

Martha- Once you know her you’ll never forget her. Pucha! May paganun ganun pa! Ang pinakamasalimuot na biography na narining ko. Of course she never fails to surprise us with her anecdotes. Noon akala ko kakaiba na pinagdaanan ko sa mundo til I met her. Second rate ang kwentung buhay nyo pag tinabi kay Martha! Pero kahit ganyan yan e nuknukan ng kabutihan yan!

Jo-Ann- Ang pinakamabuting tao sa Purita! As I’ve said, she doesn’t have a single bad bone in her body! my gawd! Kelangan kang i-workshop mas often! She’s the one I turn to during the occasional senti mushy mode days. Napakabagaaaaal magbasa ng book kaya ang eleven minutes ko ay eleven centuries na as of last time check! Siya ang pinaka senti (at mental na rin) sa group. Shish! Perhaps one of these days, mapapanindigan ko na ang pagiging Jo-Ann mode! hahaha

Germs- Her do-you-have-snow-there version never fails to make us laugh! Siya ang batayan ng mga reaksyon! Dahil sa minsan ay may taglay kaming ka-OA-an sa pagreact sa mga bagay-bagay, minsan, it’s better to consult Germs first! Kung ano reaction nya, tiyak yon, TUMPAK! hahahaha. Her comments along with her facial gestures are so hilarious! yebaaaah! Goodluck sa twins nya!

Lulet- Madami pwede sabihin kay Lulet! But of course she is the highest superior! hahaha! For me she is the epitomy of office stress (jukas lang pero di ko babawiin). Miss Congeniality. The official cook who uses out of this world herbs for her pasta! See you sa grad school mamay! Shutaaaap na! haha

 

I know I am quite ambitious to try to describe these girls! I can never describe them well enough. E kahit nga sumama ka samen ng 1 week malilito ka sa complexities of our personalities! It’s always a wonder why we click! Whadaheck! Kelangan pa ba i-memorize yan!

spontaneous kung spontaneous

November 13, 2006

Katulad ng lagi kong sinasabi, lately e nagiging predictable na talaga ang buhay ko. Ang dami kong pinaplano pero at the end of the day, ganon pa rin ang takbo ng buhay. Tutulog pa rin akong nagangarap kung ano ang magandang plano sa buhay ko… No wonder di nahirapan si Madam Alma ng Quiapo nung hinulaan nya ko.

Nang mismong araw ng birthday ko, depres-depresan nanaman ang drama ko. It was like any ordinary day of my life. Maraming bumati. Uminom din naman kami ng aking mga kachokaran dito sa opisina pero ayun nga. May quasi-quarter life crisis nanaman ako. Perhaps it was the time of the year kasi mag-2007 na tapos medyo bente-tres na ko noh at ganun pa rin buhay ko. Ewan! Siguro masyado lang ako naging masaya sa birthday ko last year. Siguro tumatanda na talaga ako at pag tumatanda ka na ordinaryo na ang birthday.

Subalit, datapwat, ganunpaman, nagkamali ako na magiging ordinaryo lang ang birthday na to dahil maswerte talaga ako sa aking mga kaibigan, kachokaran, kachorvahan! Ang blog entry na ito ay tribute sa mga kaibigan ko na andiyan bago ko malaman na may tinatawag palang quarter life crisis. Sa mga taong nakakita kung ilang beses ko ito pinagdaanan, nilampasan, natutunan, namiss at binabalik-balikan! hehe. Sayang, kulang tayo! Pakshet QB! Wala ka! Plano pa naman naming humiram ng 1 kotse sa garahe ng Peru Savings Bank!!!

Pero ganon talaga, kasi kung nagkataon sigurong kumpleto kayo at andun yung mga pinakaimportanteng tao sa buhay ko, baka nachugi na ko the following day. Pero salamat! Eto lang masasabi ko: Trade-off nga ang buhay! I can’t have everything, but I have you! Belat na lang sa iba! Alabyaaah!

Nagplan kami na manood ng European Film Festival sa Shang. Madaliang text lang. Dahil sa unlimitext na yan, mejo bumaba na nag value ng text messages lately kaya minsan ang mga importanteng text ay naiisang tabi na. Buti na lang at kitikitext si BJ at Bogart! Pero nalate pa rin ang karamihan. Sorry naman… wala pa kaya akong tulog. hehe. So ayun, si BJ lang nakanood ng film… habang natira kami nina Rey at Bogart sa Mambosa na nagkakape! Ayun, yosi, harutan, walang puknat n a chikahan, yosi, harutan, walang puknat na chikahan. Dumating si Cesar at Rica. Yosi, harutan, walang puknat na chikahan! Update sa buhay. QLC nanaman ni Emcee! hehe… Tamang chikahan lang hanggang sa dumating ang epitomy ng sponteneity- si BENG! At first, we thought it was Panky, Spanky, Funky, Whatever! Thanks to her very posh korean stylist you can now mistake her for an Orange and Lemons artist or TINY of PB! hehehe… alavyah hunnybunny!

Hayan na! usapan na sa nalalapit na TSUBE (themed spontaneous ultimate bonding experience) turned TSUBA (themed spontaneous ultimate bonding adventure). Yaman din lamang at ayaw na namin magplano sa buhay (Walang difference magplano o hindi though maganda kaming gumawa ng itinerary). So inilaan namin ang nalalabing oras para sa isang pre-truba! tsk tsk! Anong plano?! Anong plano?!

* isaw tayo sa Diliman * balik na lang tayo sa 9.30 film * sige tara na! bus o MRT? * bahala na! spontaneous nga * go na sa MRT! * char, rey, magpanggap na kayong pilay para sa pwede kayo dun sa dulo! * dali na wala naman nakakakilala saten dito! * baka pagkaguluhan tayo! kasama natin si panky * amuyin nyo ang top ni beng na natuluan ng shawarma sauce * lahat dapat pati si sosy high rica * uy! si beng nahiya kay rica! * si bogart naiwan sa shaw! napagsarhan ng MRT! * si beng nakalusot, si maui hindeee! * hahahahaha * hehehehehe * diliman na! * mang jimmy’s na lang! wala na isaw! * sa sarah’s kaya tapos inuman na * susunod si Adan! di tayo if-fail non * mang jimmy’s na nga lang. 4+1 * hahahahaha * yosi… harutan… lafang…. * kwento si rica with sound effects * cheka si BJ about the korean salon * cheka si BJ about her fafa with kilig factor this time * wag na tayo manood ng film. spontaneous tayo! pinlano na natin yon sa scrap that * baguio tayo! * tara! spontaneous nga! walang pakelam kahit nakashorts si beng at emcee * badtrip si queenie. pakirawraw! * san tayo?! magpakaspontaneous tayo * LB tayo * tara! * hahahahaha * hehehehehe * CUBAO! * college po. anim * zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz * college na! * isis tayo! * walang tao sa cafe… sa square na lang * jungle java na lang * moni moni moni ng beer * in fairness very posh na ha * may mani talaga at refillable * bakit ganon ang iced tea * may bayad ang cr?! pucha naman * tequila tayo! isang bote kagad * moni… yosi… harutan… * moni… yosi… harutan… * moni… yosi… harutan… * shot mo na! * tayo na lang tao! * {deleted emotional part ni emcee about friendship} * wehehehehe * tara sa campus * aba! may ministop na dito * nescafe ice nga * papic tayo sa UPLOSBAÑOS * tara na! uwi na tayo * bangenge mode * ihing-ihi na ko! * psssss sa olivarez * hahahah * cubaoooooo! * borlag sa bus * vavu! * spontaneous talaga! * sa uulitin * mwaaaah!

Sa totoo lang di ko masalaysay ang nagyari nung gabing yon! Di ko lam kung ito ay epekto ng kabangengean! To make it sound better, let’s put it this way, masyado akong naging masaya!  This entry isn’t enough to relay my thankfulness to the best friends  you can get in the whole wide world ! sa susunod makukumpleto rin lahat ng pinakaimportaneteng tao sa buhay ko! as for now, magpakaspontaneous muna tayo! steady lang! missssss ko na kagad kayo! til our TSUBA! mwaaaaaah!

 

 

 

 

 

re-SOUL-ution

October 27, 2006

“I think I’m having another pre-birthday syndrome,” I told my roomie Maui. Not again! I’m in a point in my life where I feel contented yet at the end of the day I hear the “but” coming. My life is in acceptable harmony based on the standards of my friends, hehe, but I felt that there’s more I can do with it. So we made a decision of pursuing our passions for once. We had an agreement to list down 10 then pursue it this coming year. We could start pursuing it now but I am financially constrained because of the coming 50th birthday of my mom. And so my re-SOUL-utions are here:

1. to travel somewhere alone. “No man should go through life without once experiencing healthy, even bored solitude in the wilderness, finding himself, depending solely on himself and thereby learning his true and hidden strengths.” I have long thought of this but have no guts to push through. But recently, I read Sputnik Sweethearts and thought it as a sign. So maybe, just maybe, sometime soon, I’ll board a bus alone but not lonely.

2. to attend a retreat! - Alone if possible. I’m not even particular with the sponsons. It may even be organized by a group or religion I don’t belong. 

3. to pursue more on tarot cards reading.

4. to paint more

5, to save for a digital SLR. Pursuing photography though may be postponed til 2008.

That’s the list for now!  Wish me luck!

Emceerious Living

October 21, 2006

This entry was supposed to be posted in my Friendster blog account but because I’m using a proxy site. It failed to upload..

 

I haven’t been blogging in my friendster account because: a) I have limited access to Friendster during weekdays and I’d rather sleep on weekends; b) My updating is limited to accepting friends and testimonials, reading e-mails; b) Friendster isn’t “friends”-ter anymore but “met-this-person-once”-ter yet I don’t want these met-this-people-once’s deleted because who knows what will happen tomorrow but I don’t want them to know updates I’d only disclose to close friends; c) I have a boring life -  there’s nothing bloggable in the dailiness of it; d) I keep another blog account but neither do I  disclose the access because it’s for purposes of storage of my random ramblings and emceerisms.

 

Well, Anyway, so you’re asking what made me blog now?

 

I felt so down this week. My self-esteem is at its lowest and I want to go ego-shopping! (I’d rather not talk about the reason) I want to cry. Ayoko nung tulo lang ng luha effect! Gusto ko hagulhol galore! I asked my friend Marilyn to schedule that in one of our sessions, a lungangian sa pag-iyak session. She found the idea ridiculous! Who wouldn’t want to cry like a toddler lost in a mall. WAAAAH! Ang ganda kaya ng idea… so self-liberating! hihi

 

Then, I browsed through the Friendster testimonial I received through the years. Ended up counting my blessings: hilarious friends, unspeakable memories, contagious laughters, mauulit-pa-kayang mischiefs. In the end I thought of giving back to these people the ecstasy they brought. The original plan was supposed to be an individual testimonial for friends and how thankful I am for having them but the access is veeeerrrrry sloooow because I am just using a proxy site. >:) hihi  Eureka! The blog! The blahg! The people I’m really thankful for may not actually read this but I hope the angels will tell them that someone out here is thankful for them. I also want the blogging community to know how not-so-great Emcee can have too many great friends. Talking about ironic life!

 

 

 

To all my friends: EconSoc, Lamdans, Rhoans, high school barkada, CSC, manongs, manangs, housemates, pseudo-housemates, taga-SMB itaas mo!, ka-RA, taga-Sykes, et cetera et cetera, I miss you all. It’s been more that a couple of years since I graduated but as I always say, “ you can take me out of UPLB but you cannot take UPLB out of me.” Dugong LB to ‘tol!  Now that I am working, when insanity creeps me, it is among my UPLB friends I regained my sanity from, as always. In the end, the unbearable becomes… still unbearable yet fashionably unbearable.

 

To my housemates, Maui, Mica, Ghia, Xyza, for the company I am so enjoying, for the things housemates share, for the things sisters share, Tenchu! Thanks most especially making our place my comfort zone . A hash bar in disguise because of natural high I get in your company! Yeaaah! No matter how serious or how grim life gets, thanks for adding a comic strip to it! Looking forward to our themed parties!

 

To the EconSoc whose text and emails never fail to make me smile and wish I could time travel. Special mention to the following—

Tin: for the daily dose of prayers, thanks so much! For the constant sweet nothings… nakakagaan ng loob sobra!

Joyce: Drama queen whom I lost to law school. I miss you so much! Thanks for never failing to remember us kahit iba na ang set of friends mo… bigatin na eh! hikhik!

Byn: for the art of chismisan and update-an we have! (Actually, this week Byn and I were exchanging emails. She wants me to update her of the latest chismax. I barely know anything and though she is in the great US of A, she must have known more. We exchanged updates of common friends but there weren’t anything juicy. In the end, I just updated her with the latest SHOWBIZ chismax… I promised to save more and send her issues of Star Studio, Tiktik, Bosero, atbp. haha.)

Bart: Freeeend! Sa constant Gnyt message kahit na alam mong nagsisimula pa lang ang araw ko by the time I receive that. Gnyt!

Gabe: Thanks for the being the one-text-away gimik buddy!

Jacque: Salamat sa time-to-time chika kumara. Kumareng kumara na ang level natin! hehe

Plong: Cousin! Miss you!.. la lang

Mikmik: Misha partner!

 

To the resident Lambdan, special mention to our lineage (*inaanak CHE),-ang kinaiinggitang bloodline ng soro haha, thanks for always making us feel welcome and important! Looking forward to our golden glittering year!

 

To Corly, Cesar, Rey, Adan, BJ, Bon D., Bon Q., Con, Daisy, Gabe I MISS YOU GUYS! Looking forward to another siraan-ng-buhay-wala-ng-bukas-masakit-maghiwalay trip! We need another UBE!

 

To Marilyn, Martha, Jo-ann, Lette, Germs, Jansen. Thanks for making OSMA still a tolerable place for me. Thanks for being there during my ego-shopping moments!

 

To all the kids I see everyday, thanks for reminding me to listen to the child in me: the impractical, unrealistic, and very vulnerable to joy child in me!

 

 

In books, the acknowledgment page begins the writings. In movies, it is at the end. Since I’m no writer nor movie-maker, I say my thank you’s anytime I want. As to what part of my life’s chapter I am, I don’t know too. Let’s ask Ma’am Bello!

happy birthday renzee!

October 11, 2006

Happy 12th Birthday to my lil big brother!

 

This is officially the last year before you reach your teenage year! There are so many things ate would like to tell you:

1. Respect daddy and mommy. Love them. I like you when you aren’t too shy to tell them I-love-you’s. Do it often and mean it. Follow them as long as you can. They know best! Reason out if necessary but so it with respect. Same goes to lolo and lola. We are so lucky to have grandparents like them.

2. Respect your kuya and ate! Ahem! You are lucky you have us both (less the constant utos and teasing).I love you so much and I promise that nothing will change! Your kuya loves you so much though he isn’t showy of it but you’ll see in the future you two, with your towering height, will be sparring partners! Also, respect your younger cousins. Age isn’t the prerequisite for respect.

3. Don’t forget your childhood kalye games. They are worth sharing in the future. They are better retold than those computer games.

4. Study your lessons and develop your study habit but don’t confine yourself with the lessons in the classroom. Explore! There are more to learn outside the classroom or the school. There are better teacher than your uniformed instructors and the best students know that! Learn more on arts! It can be more fun.

5. Choose your friends well. Friends can be the best teacher (refer to number 4) if you choose them well. I will try not to tell you not to befriend someone because even from the worst of friends you can learn lessons. As bad example, that is! But I am an advocate of the idea that all people are good by nature. You just got to know them. Find the goodness in people!

6. Be faithful! Always pray! There is a Supreme Being stronger than all forces combined. Be spontaneous in talking to Him as if talking to your alter ego. Practice your own spirituality.

7. Believe in karma! Whatever you do, it will come back to you three times. When somebody does good to you, pay back and pay it forward to someone else too. When somebody does bad things to you, try not to get even. Life is an endless cycle. Believe that what goes around comes around.

8. Don’t be afraid to fail. Who hasn’t been a failure once or twice. Just remember to learn from these failures.

9. Pay homage to the inner light in all things. Namaste! Signs are everywhere in this world. Most of the times it isn’t in the signs but in the recipient of signs. Trust your instincts! (Always refer to number 6) Believe that timing is everything or at least, that timing matters!

10. Read a lot dear! Be an omnivorous reader. You wouldn’t believe but your ate so much loves to read she even reads the back of the shampoo container when she was young. Don’t streotype wide readers as geeks. (When I say don’t stereotype widereaders to geek this goes without saying you should NEVER stereotype at all. Everyone is unique and a person has his own individuality that my be similar but still different from a group he belongs.<this can be another number>)

Hang in there. There are more to come. I am writing this because I may never have much time. Not time, but I mean moment. We are eleven years apart and either one of us might find it awkward talking about all these. hehe.. I love you Renzee! Happy Birthday!