Meanwhile in Boracay

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Today

Today is a well of all things viral, virtual, and videos.

Yeah, I know. From THAT annoyinglyhorrible music video I'm not even gonna mention.

This sorta looks like my ideal food pyramid.

Now, here's a set of FREAKISHLY AMAZING AND ENTERTAINING cheering videos from Japan. God I love them, I swear.

THEY'RE ALL GIRLS HERE!!!!!!!!!!!

THIS IS JUST HUMANLY IMPOSSIBLE.

OH. MY. GOD.

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On a more serious note, I just did something new yesterday. Check this out. Can you guess?

So refreshing!

randomness

Found this on the beach.

Funny conversation:

Me: “Miss, where can I buy bottled water?”

Staff: “ Sir you can buy it in Meaty Mart.”

Me: “Is it far?”

Staff: “No sir, just a few meters away from the hotel. You can also try Sweet and Sassy.”

Me: “Okay, thank you!”

Ten minutes and a tricycle ride after, a sign greeted me: Mighty Mart Grocery

Overheard in the gym:

Guy 1: “Pare kanina ka pa text ng text dyan eh, buhat na!”

Guy 2: (Walks toward the equipment, still texting) “Teka pare, pera ‘to eh… Aanhin ko ang magandang katawan kung wala naman akong pamasahe bukas.”

Hahaha, nahulog ko tuloy yung buhat ko.

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The God of Small Things... like reading

I can't finish my book. Ugh. It's a bit harder than I thought. And I thought it's gonna be another fast read. Wrong. There are some parts of the book that read like a normal narrative. Then suddenly, without warning, it changes, as to how to call it, I don't know. The only thing I know is that it changes. Quite frequently. And that's where I become blank. It's just after reading two pages more that I'll notice that it just doesn't make sense to me. So I go back all over again. I can just put it down and read another book, but I don't want to lose whatever patience momentum patience I still have left. The last time I did that, I never went back to read the book again.

So there. I hope I finally finish this na. It's been a month already for a book that's not that thick.

ciao!

boraemo (bora-emo)

the gift

They say big things come in small packages.
Small package: The gift.
Big thing: The thought, the effort, and the gesture behind the gift.


Along with this small token is the video of their messages of thanks (which I have to figure out how to convert so I can upload).
Thank you Batch 26. It's the small things that I love most about this job. Good luck and God bless you all.

fire in the city

lonely city

fire at work

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dormant. bohol. and some random $#!+

i have been dormant, i know.

there's too many things that happened in the last two to three weeks and i won't even try to be specific about it. chief of which is our barkada's adventure to bohol! yay!! first time!

also, there have been a lot of blessings that came my way mid-march. thank you to all those who prayed for me. thanks anton! siya kasi ang isa sa lagi kong napagre-request-an na ipag-pray ako. and the only thing that i ask of him in his prayers is that He gives me whatever is best for me, that's all.

as much as the answered prayers inspire me, of course, there has also been a lot of emotional stress for me. BUT i won't write it down anymore. i feel it's best to leave it in the past. it's quite hard to relive those experiences and write about them. aside from the fact that once i write it all down here, it becomes more real =s

anyway... sorry for that downer. haha. if your my friend on facebook, i'm sure nasuya na kayo sa mga pictures and videos :) but for the sake of my blog, here they are :)

the things we did:

rio verde lunch, butterfly sanctuary, chocolate hills, baclayon church, balicasag island, dolphin watching, balicasag snorkeling and fish feeding, bohol beach club dinner, E.A.T. danao (suislide, plunge), beach volleyball, panglao beach swimming. (i think i missed some hehe)

lol! look who i found in bohol!

THIS IS SOOOOOOOOO COOOOL!!!

you gotta try this when you go there, i swear!

this is THE PLUNGE: a canyon swing adventure attraction mounted over a 200 meter high and 300 meter wide gorge. A person would have to do a 45 meters free fall before being launched on a pendulum swing measuring to a hundred meter diameter. Cable has a maximum working load of 5 tons.

“The Plunge” is the best “fear factor” experience among other adventure activities on offer. One has to literally plunge to an open air where about two seconds, the plunger will all be defenseless, feel nothing and left all alone.

This experience is one great way to de-stress and even make one appreciate life the more.

It can accommodate 50 pax in a day. Total experience will just take around 10min.

For P700, it is sure worth the experience!

ciao!

ER part II

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dear 2010

and i can't believe that work starts on tuesdaytomorrow :(

2009: the round-up

ang bilis ng 2009 no? parang kumurap ka lang sandali, tapos na siya. ang daming napagdaanan, nakakaiyak, nakakainis, nakakatuwa, nakakatawa. siguro, hindi man defining year ang 2009 for most of us, somehow, it still helped us define who we are :)pero, apart from the heartbreaks and the disappointments, the blessings and the material things, this is, by far, my most traveled year. i hope 2010 can at least level it, if not surpass it :)
(given na ang financial freedom, no need to mention hahaha)

this is my 2009

travels

vigan, laoag, pagudpud, potipot, iba, dumaguete, tacloban, ormoc, cebu, bacolod, iloilo

ang dami ko talagang narating nung 2009. mula sa tuktok ng pilipinas at hanggangmuntik na sa zamboanga, sayang. for work or pleasure, kahit na ano pa yan, i want to go to more places this 2010 :)

work

annual lakbay, visayas provincial training, retirement, night-outs

lakbay this year was held in ilocos and i went there twice. first to do an ocular and the second for the event itself. this was also the year that i was retired from work (and re-hired again). dahil dito rin kaya ako naging credit card - debt free :) this is also the first time that shey was able to go out with us after 3 long years of working with her.

bokbok adventures

michelle's new son, bokbok, ninoy aquino funeral.

monumental. yan ang right term sa pagdating ni bokbok sa buhay ko :) salamat sa santa claus ng buhay ko haha. daming mga memories na na-immortalize (naks!) dahil sa kanya. salamat bokbok. malapit ka na magkaroon ng mga kapatid :)

thank you din sa mga nagmamahal sakin, mahal na mahal ko rin kayo. kilala niyo na kung sino kayo.

cheers to the year that was and cheers to 2010. i wish you good health, a happy spirit, and a blessed year.

ciao!

christmas party 09

3rd year in a row. tiendesitas. every year it gets (fill in the blanks).

guess what song.

ice, ice, beybeh!

haha utu uto si lem 

ciao!

canteen + trilogy + park

fernan


canteen


eating won't get you pregnant


see-food diet works


diet makes me do bad, bad things


eating is a way of life


tin, norman, jonel, reg


chocolate souffle and chocnut ice cream... gone in 60 seconds


bryan mannequin


them mannequins


washington sycip park

sharing: when we started taking pictures in the park, a security guard came up to us and asked,
"para saan yan?"
me: "ah wala po, personal lang po."
security guard: "private kasi 'to eh."
me: "ok."

we continued taking pictures and the guard went away.
we posed and we played and we jumped.

then the a-hole guard came back again and said, "BAWAL TUMALON DITO."

what the hell diba? bawal tumalon sa park?! gago.

reg


jonell


bryan


hahahahaha!


MAS HAHAHAHAHAHAHA!

tiendesitas to follow :)

ciao!