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Went to Cagayan de Oro and Davao for work.

CDO - Hyperacidity attack at 3 in the morning, really bad hotel, construction outside my room, ac is hella noisy, really old bed and pillows, no hot water, got flu in the middle of training: worst training experience ever because of those things.

MNL - Rushed myself to the ER again a day before I depart for Davao.

DVO - Spent the first night in the hospital, they wanted to admit me for 48 hours, had to say no naturally, trained the morning after, good hotel, good food, good weather. It was smooth sailing after the first night.

Makati Med - Filed a leave last Friday, to finally have myself checked. Initial finding of the Gastroentorologist was Acid Peptic Disease. Ulcer. Advised to have endoscopy but paperworks got in the way. Specialist will only be available until Wednesday. I couldn't take a leave next week. Will settle for Saturday for the procedure. Hoping it doesn't hurt. Nurse assured me I was gonna be put to sleep.

Mom is coming back home. Not sure exactly when. Lots of bilin. I'm sure 1/4 lang maalala niya.

It's Saturday today. Raining. Hard. Will sleep in this afternoon. That's after a good night's rest last night.

By the way, the evaluations for my CDO and DVO training are overwhelming. I guess this is really my passion. I'm happy.

MMP 2009

lol @ the last pic. sorry jr. haha.

sa office

kanina while having our group meeting, sinabi sakin ng officemate kong si reg:

"bryan, ang swerte mo ngayon no?"

naalala ko ulit na oo nga, swerte nga ako ngayon. kaya sabi ko,

"oo nga eh, diba? ang bait ng mundo sakin. pero mas mabait ang nanay ko! haha!"

hehehe. totoo naman. namiss ko tuloy bigla si mommy :D

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i'm tired today. late na ko nakauwi, maaga pa bukas. buti na lang, ang sarap talaga katrabaho ng mga officemates ko. parang hindi ko naramdaman na naiinis na pala ako sa dami ng palpak sa office hehe. thank god for great officemates.

ayun lang, end of sharing

ciao!

angelo

angelo came to us the night my father died. while my father was being prepped for surgery, ate dolly was in labor. i never saw angelo in the hospital and it's been a few weeks after that since i first saw him.

last sunday, nanay celebrated her birthday and to my surprise, everyone was there (except the sons as always). while i was so happy eating crabs and kare-kare (not at the same time :D ), kuya thrist, ate dolly and their two sons arrived. angelo and fernan. i don't know but i really have this inclination towards these boys -- angelo's arrival and my papa's departure, and fernan, the only person in the whole clan whom i share my name with :)

after i finished eating, i went to nanay's room to see angelo. he was there in front of the huge tv and his hands were on the speakers just below it. he seems to be happy with what's on. he was smiling.
see, angelo is a special boy. i don't know the exact term for his condition but his mental faculties are not the same as ours (i can't say "limited" because for all i know, this boy is a genius, pala). it's also because of this that he can't fully control his upper and lower limbs.
i approached angelo and patted his back.

"you like what you see, angelo?"

he looked up to me with his happy eyes and managed to say a few syllables. his expression was that of a gaze, awe, and happiness.
i talked to him again while he was busy watching tv.
a few minutes after, nanay called and asked me to get dessert. so i left the room and angelo to his tv.

after dessert, i went back to the room and saw angelo by the door "walking." i was really happy to see him "walk." walking to him means moving his knees and legs on the floor.
when he saw me, there was that smile again and he was so excited he managed to shout "waaaw!"

"wow! you can walk already!!"

another syllable and he walked straight to me. i walked towards him and helped him get up. when i was holding his hands and back, it never occured to me that he has grown so tall!
i tried to walk him like a baby while still holding on to his sides. it took us almost five minutes to get to the dinner table with the rest of the family. the room's door and the dining table were merely two meters apart.

i proceeded to sit beside them at the dining table with angelo standing between my legs. he was really so happy. he kept looking up at me and was actually laughing.

he's so innocent and happy that time. i know many people would wish the same thing, even for just a fleeting moment. i do.

here's angelo and fernan with ate dolly, their mother (my cousin, kuya thrist's wife).


and the birthday celebrator with her apo's (plus one) :-) i really wish nanay all the happiness in the world.

clockwise from left: me, nanay, angel, lilane, ian, ate cherry, JR, and cheska

ciao!

dinner

when tita guing came back from cebu, she told us how the trip went really sour. we were talking about it on the dinner table. lola was sitting right in front of me and was adding her own experiences to tita guing's story. tita guing's blood pressure was reaching boiling point when my lola went, "ay! baling layu-a!! init pa kaayo! kapoy sos!" (ay! sobrang layo, ang init pa! nakakapagod, sos!)
i directed my attention to her and i was smiling while she was talking.

when, without any warning, without any apprehension, as if she's just talking about the weather, she quipped, "bryan, kelan ka ba magpapakasal?"

so i looked at tita guing and said, "nge, buti na lang hindi pala ako sumunod, nakapagrelax pa ko!"
it was followed by a record-breaking time of finishing my plate and hurrying to the kitchen.

jusme lola! ha-highblood-in ako sayo! hahahaha.
dear lola, may problema tayo sa tanong mo. sa tingin ko, ang una mo dapat itanong eh kung may girlfriend na ko. dahil dun pa lang, patay na tayo! hahahaha.
pangalawa, yung tanong would mean na may intention akong magpakasal. and lola dear, wala pa po sa isip ko yun. naman! i can barely afford things for myself kaya. hahaha. i'm still a litol boy :-)

haay... i love lola's naïveté -- brutal kung brutal.

LOL!

I'm back in manila. boo.

ciao!

of pillows and pimples

i haven't been changing my pillowcases for almost a month now. i don't usually keep track. i just go with how it looks. if it looks dull and the smell reminds me of my daily walk along edsa, then it's time for changing.

but the other night when i inspected my pillowcases, it was still clean - the color seems normal, the smell... well it still smells of the fabric softener i used.
well yeah, why the hell would i tell you about my dirty pillowcases?
see, i've been getting these weird pimplettes (small pimples :D ) on my right cheek. and i remembered, i've been sleeping on my right side lately. i thought dirty pillowcases may be behind my developing pimplettes. now, that's the reason for the sudden inspection of pillows the other night.
now, i have no idea what exactly caused my right cheek to "break-out."

see, i only get pimplettes when i'm in a bit of stress and panic for consecutive days. i get monster-sized zits in nooks and crannies of my face when i'm emotional. but this time, i'm in absolute stress-less situation. in fact, i am quite happy. no, scratch that: i'm REALLY happy. the universe seems to be pretty generous to me right now that at the back of my mind, i'm thinking this is getting a bit too good to be true.

anyway...

i was about to sleep last night and thought about the pillowcase. looking at the pillow brought back memories of my childhood. we were still living in our old house (the house beside the house i'm living in now) and it was only my papa and i. mommy was working overseas then. i remember how every night i would prop my head through the stairs while looking down and see my papa and my tito toto have a drink. it is normal for me to see my father cry while high on alcohol during those times. i don't exactly know what they were talking about but i always remember my papa tell my tito toto, "hindi ko na kaya..."

by then, i would be carefully sneaking down the stairs and innocently ask tito toto why my father's crying. he would always say, "namimiss niya na si mommy mo, patahanin mo si papa mo, 'nak."
i would just stare into my papa's face while he's all red and his face wet with tears and eventually say, "papa tahan na, tulog na tayo, antok na ko." i think that's their cue to cap the night off and go up to sleep.

minutes prior to sleeping, my papa would put my favorite pillow inside the fridge to make it cold. we had a fridge inside our room and there was nothing inside except a bottle of coke and water, there was just enough room for my pillow.
when everything's ready, my papa would get it from the fridge and gently place it between my arms and legs. i would hug it and feel the cold on my young skin. it was wonderful!
in minutes, i'd be in dreamland.



a few moments later i was sucked back to reality and i realized that i was just staring blankly on the wall inside my room. oh, the nostalgia...


and yes, i am really happy. thank you.

ciao!

the month that was

i was browsing through my december posts and found that i barely wrote posted anything haha. well, the past month has been quite busy. fotunately not because of work-work, but there were just a lot of activities and for the first time, i never felt bored on a christmas break.

for the most part, there were pictures and here they are =)

click banners to direct you to each album on my multiply site

ciao!

by the way

these happened.

dinner

and of course, we went to papa.

click to enlarge

ciao

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being phoenix

being phoenix

my gulay it's been long i know. i've been so busy with work. well, not really busy. it's just that i'm hardly ever finding time for myself. i'm guilty of missing those emo moments i usually have when i have lots of time with myself hehe.

so anyway, i'm finally done with my client's specifics training. and i think i know what to do already. i think. whatever. tomorrow we'll find out.

in other news, i got accepted for a management trainee position in rustans. i don't know if i'll take it. i'm already settling in the company i'm working for right now and i think i'm going to have fun there. it's just that i'm having difficulty accepting that i work there already. let's just say i'm eating my own words. haay.

in other, other news. mom's moving to chicago. *wink wink*

well anyway let's get to the point of you're being here. pictures. these are old though. been sitting at my desktop for quite some time now.

anyway enjoy.

we went to a spanish restaurant (i forgot the name) and i ate this.

my server hehe.

st. paul university the next morning for nikko's family day.

gotcha! caught this kid peeing in the bushes right after a game. l-0-l!

phoebe right after "the talk" of her staying there. for. ever. lol!

dumaguete cathedral


mom and jamie

flower vendors. love em.

ciao!

bday mommy

happy birthday mommy!

i love you forever! mwah mwah mwah!

Sana’y di nagmaliw ang dati kong araw
Nang munti pang bata sa piling ni nanay
Nais kong maulit ang awit ni inang mahal
Awit ng pag-ibig habang ako’y nasa duyan

Sana’y di nagmaliw ang dati kong araw
Nang munti pang bata sa piling ni nanay
Nais kong maulit ang awit ni inang mahal
Awit ng pag-ibig habang ako’y nasa duyan


Sa aking pagtulog na labis ang himbing
Ang bantay ko’y tala, ang tanod ko’y bituin
Sa piling ni nanay, langit ay buhay
Puso kong may dusa sabik sa ugoy ng duyan

Sana’y di nagmaliw ang dati kong araw
Nang munti pang bata sa piling ni nanay
Nais kong maulit ang awit ni inang mahal
Awit ng pag-ibig habang ako’y nasa duyan

Sa aking pagtulog na labis ang himbing
Ang bantay ko’y tala, ang tanod ko’y bituin
Sa piling ni nanay, langit ay buhay
Puso kong may dusa sabik sa ugoy ng duyan

Nais kong matulog sa dating duyan ko, inay
Oh! inay

bday jang

happy birthday janna!

love you forever sis! mwah mwah mwah!

dumaguete pics 3

feb 3 & 4

the day was spent at home. it was relaxing because i got a full body massage. by the way

posing for a pic this early in the morning really didn't make me happy

then i loosened up

then we all did


this is one progression of poses that you so want to get on film, though in my case, digital camera.

POSE#1
POSE#2
POSE#3

by afternoon, we headed for the beach.

i love this picture of my three cousins

tita guing said this was candid. didn't think so.

by night time, i was able to capture a lizard eating a dragonfly which was almost twice his size.


phoebe and ari posed for their very first photo shoot. look what photoshop can do.



the next day was the party look at the lechon.

GOING...
GOING...

GONE.

they like to pose... a lot.

ciao!