randomness

randomness

dumaguete-ness is still coming up. sorry i've no time to upload them all, i'll try to upload it in multiply if possible.

the other day, a co-worker told me that there was a letter addressed to me. it was snail mail and handwritten in back-to-back pink (yellow) paper. honestly, we had a hard time reading it because of the handwriting and flow of thought. BUT we got the point of the letter. it was from an attendee of a seminar we regularly conduct; a letter of appreciation to us being good trainers.
the letter contained three things: 1. appreciation of our work, 2. she wants to continue her education, 3. preaching - citing instances in her life on how God works.
grabe. nakakataba ng puso. there are people pala that would really take the time out to say how much they enjoyed the trainings/seminars. saya.

and since we're in the subject of work. here's the TDD family.

taken during on of our meetings. crunch time.
(click to enlarge)

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we watched rata... ratatu... ratatouw... ratatouille *sigh* last night. IT WAS HELLA FUN.

i'm not sure but i think the story is a bit too mature for younger viewers. however, the story IS good. kainis! ang daming magagandang movies na sunod sunod!

tomorrow's the simpsons! hehe.

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listen to amy winehouse! there's a lot of songs to be favorite-d :)

Tracks:
rehab
you know i'm no good
me and mr. jones
back to black
love is a losing game
tears dry on their own
wake up alone
some unholdy war
he can only hold her

ciao!

in the land of women

in the land of women

one of the few best movies i've seen this year so far. watch it! my fave character in the OC plays the lead. expect some witty one liners.
and i think the girl here is the girl from one of the forgettable horror/suspense movies i've seen.

Devastated over his breakup with his girlfriend, Carter Webb leaves L.A. to stay with his wacky Grandma in her suburban Detroit home, across the street from the Hardwicke family. As Carter struggles to reconcile his own inner conflicts, he is drawn into the pains and loves of the Hardwicke women -- all of whom, in their way, fall in love with Carter, and all of whom, in their way, help him find his way back.

(source: IMDB.com)

ciao!

the video

the avp i made for lola

more to come

ciao!

dumaguete day1

dumaguete day 1

oh gosh. first off, sorry i just updated now. i've been wanting to do this the day my feet landed in manila from dumaguete. but i got caught up with a LOT of things. really.

so anyway, i finally had my more-than-week-long vacation in dumaguete. although i know that i'll regret this in the future (LWOP) i still had a blast. it was the most relaxing vacation i ever had because there were virtually no daily itineraries like visiting relatives and dinners everywhere. i guess the only stressful part of the trip was the day i got there because the night i arrived was the night lola is having her party. she is 75, phew!

before i actually went to dumaguete (same day) i went to pick my mom from the airport to go directly to the domestic airport. i had to wait for an hour before she went out of the airport. i was so giddy because we might miss the plane going to dumaguete. fortunately we didn't. so we rushed to the domestic airport in a hurry and we met yuri there already. the flight was ok. well until the latter 10 minutes of it. apparently, kasabay namin yung bagyo papunta sa dumaguete and the turbulence was terrible!

mommy and i at the airport

when we finally arrived in dumaguete, the weather was super OK. it was only until we arrived in the house that the rain started to pour. really hard. at that time, it was only a matter of hours before the party started in the hotel. so basically what we did was just to drop our things in the house and rush to the hotel as fast as we can with our suits and ties and barongs and shoes in tow.
the moment we got there, we had to check everything - the place, equipment and food. actually all i checked was the equipment because i was the designated host and avp man. damn, i wouldn't do my almost 1 week of doing the avp for nothing! after doing that, i immediately dressed up in one of the rooms assigned to us.

everything was going perfectly; had my script and myself ready when... an angry, old, disabled american(husband of a family friend) was dissin me WHILE i was in front looking for the file in the laptop. apparently, "one of my guys" inserted a flashdrive onto his laptop and the virus detector detected it and he saw it. i went like "oh no, i don't know that man. may i check the files please?"
i was being sooo polite believe me. BUT he was giving me the attitude. he even had the audacity to bother me with a lecture on how advanced his computer is and that i should not mess it up.
i was already becoming irritated by his attitude and the way he's talking to me as if i'm a fucking idiot. so i finally said, "that not my flash disk, i don't know that person. and do whatever you have to do," then turning to tita guing guing i said "talk to that fucker"
so i managed to be a happy person while talking my ass of in front of my relatives. until the prayer part came. sister mary jane (that's not her real name) had a audio-visual prayer.
damn.
i was so irritated because we had to use the computer again for the prayer. for some weird reason, when i check the laptop, there were no folders open for me to just click. so i had to suck it up and ask the angry, old, disabled american again where the file was. so i did.
"hi, do you know where the file is for the prayer?"
and then he looked at me mockingly, with hands in the air, and said sarcastically "i don't know, you were the one who messed everything up..."
WTF! at that point, i really wanted to make a scene where a laptop flies and an old man gets kicked in the ass.
so with a deep breath, a clutched fist, and pissed off face and a smiling voice, i said:
I DID NOT EVEN TOUCH YOUR LAPTOP. I LEFT YOU THERE EARLIER REMEMBER? and then i left.
at that point, i did not want to talk to him anymore.
i went out for a cigarette because i really, really, really wanted to answer back and lecture him about manners. my point is, i know your laptop is better than what we already have BUT we NEVER forced you to bring it because OUR LAPTOP IS FINE!
and when i was turning my back on him, preparing to leave, i heard him say "look, i'm disabled and i should not be doing this, i am a guest"
damn right you shouldn't.

ANYWAYYYYYYY.....

aside from the "personal glitch" everything went well.

so that's day 1 in dumaguete.

pictures!enzo's poem for lola

with all of the apo's (minus janna, daryll, and phoebe)

peechur, peecher panic mode

the diamond lady

more pictures to come.

ciao!

before my sabbatical

before my sabbatical

before my week-long sabbatical, i'm breathing.
before my week-long sabbatical, i'm beginning to be happy.

i'm picking my mom from the airport tomorrow noon to rush to yet another airport to make our domestic flight for dumaguete. and you guys know what this means... pictures... A LOT OF THEM to come hehe. too bad daryll and janna can't come along because of the fucking greencard.
don't worry guys, you'll be here for christmas, i promise.

i'm so looking forward to tomorrow's start of adventure! tomorrow evening, we celebrate lola's big 7-5! coolness.

anyway, i hope you guys still read my blog hahaha...
nawalan ito ng activity for quite some time now, sorry! hehe..

ciao!

MY CELLPHONE IS FUCKING GONE

yesterday morning was a regular day for me. woke up at the same time, same morning rituals. coffee, bath, brush, dress up and go. while on my way to the jeepney, i thought of riding the taxi instead. but i thought "what the heck, i've been commuting for two weeks now and i've got no extra money to spend on cabs." so i opted for the more normal thing for commute - a jeepney ride and an mrt ride to work.
while on my way to the jeepney, an sms came to my phone. it was from sha. it was a quote so i just locked my phone and placed it in my pocket.
so i rode the jeep going to the mrt and when i got there, malamang, i rode the mrt. it was monday morning rush. a lot of people in the station and in mrt. while my face was being squeezed to the window on my way to ortigas, some lady stepped on my shoe - with her high heels. she looked at me with an attitude. omg! the nerve of this woman! so i said in a very sarcastic tone "SORRY MISS, AH!" and then gave her the mrt-morning-pissed-face-of-bryan. she looked irritated which irritated me even more. my bag was in front of me and my arms were resting on my side pocket where my cellphone was.
it was already in ortigas station and people were literally running towards the ticket machine to avoid the queue. while on my way down, i reached for my lip balm in my pocket. and i felt something missing. i knew immediately what it was.

MY CELLPHONE IS FUCKING GONE !!!
@*&%*#$*&#)*$& !!!

cold sweat. i was so helpless because i cannot go back to the mrt just to check because i know it was snatched. fuckingmotherfuckerasshole!!!!!!

i was half swearing and half almost crying of irritation while walking the long distance from the station to my office.
i was thinking that if i took the cab going to work, i might have spent a couple more but i might still have my phone.

anyway. so there, delete my globe and i'll be using my smart number again.

** update: i now have a new globe number

ouch!

OOOOOOUUUCCHHH!!!!

i feel lightheaded. very lightheaded.

today, i paid my electric bill. all P5982.62 of it. well half of it since yuri's sharing. BUT STILL.. WAAAAAAAHHHH......

i didn't wanna touch my money in my account because i know i'll be needing it. so when yuri paid his share, it was that money i used for daily expenses. i know, i know it's stupid. i just don't want to touch my atm money. period.

just a while ago, i already have the 5k cash so i went to the atm near our house to withdraw 1k more. the atm was well lit. it was on the main road and there were no tambays at all. so it was safe. i covered my hands when i typed in my pin even though i know no one is looking. everything went well until the money was being dispensed.
it was out of nowhere when a small head with bloodshot eyes popped in on my side. "KUYA PENGENG PISOO!!"

"PUTANGINA MO!!"
I ALMOST JUMPED OF SURPRISE.

"FUCK, UMALIS KA NGA DYAN!"

i really shouted at the poor boy. yeah, he was innocent but it's not really fun when you get scared shitless for a couple of seconds just because of that. and HE WAS STILL THERE WAITING FOR HIS PESO.

"UMALIS KA NA DIYAN, WALA AKONG PISO!"
and i gave him a stern and very mean look.

he walked away. siguro i'll be laughing at this in the near future, maybe even pity the boy. but for now, i'm not at all amused.

so there goes our almost 6k for electric consumption for the previous month.
a price too big to pay for a two-bedroom apartment with one aircon, a pc, a fridge, a washing machine, 2 electric fans, one "tube" light, and 4 "power-saving" lights.

tangina.

my blog, i did not forsake thee

my blog, i did not forsake thee

first off, I MISSED WRITING HERE.

i feel like i've cheated my blog because instead of writing here, i've just been posting pictures after pictures. i don't know why, but i just don't have the patience anymore of sitting in front of the computer and staring at the blank page. in any case, i guess i owe this to myself - to write a potentially long post of what's been happening. a collective post, as you might imagine. i just don't know if this is gonna be longer than my october 2005 post.
so just to get my mind straight, let's put everything in its category.


work
yes, work. as you might notice, i haven't been blogging about work at all. the last you've heard is the things i have noticed about customers (which got mixed reactions) in my previous job. but to cut the story short, i've been looking and looking. finally, i've found the job that i think i can excel in. to simply explain it, i teach/train people. for the months before this job, i was at a loss. i guess the collage/abstract photoshop pictures i have put here before was the best explanation. like i said in my panel interview for this job, and that was the only time that i was able to think clearly as to why i seem to be just going 'round in circles, i want to be many things. i don't want to be stuck doing things that are routinary and mechanical. i want things to be fun, exciting, and, to some degree, unexpected. well, yeah. and i've noticed that i have pressured myself too much about having a good job - a job that i really imagine myself doing 2 to 3 years from now.
i have a job now. although, honestly, and i've been saying this to my friends a lot, i know that this is not YET the career i wish to pursue. for now, and i may be wrong, this is just a stepping stone to another career i wish to take. however, i intend to stay here for a couple of years. because as much as i want to jump from one job to another, i still want my future employers to think that i am serious in what i want to do, at least to have a direction, which for now, i don't know if i still have.
so if anyone of you knows a career counselor, refer me. and i'm not kidding.
all these aside, i want to put on record, though, that i have nice colleagues at work. our boss is not like your typical boss. my co-supervisors are as fun and naughty as i. so enjoy lang.
it was also my first ever seminar last thursday and it was the most exciting thing i ever did for work. but tiring at the same time. i don't know but i guess i'm in my element when i'm in front of people just talking and making jokes and at the same time teaching them. hmmm. mag artista kaya ako?

house
i want to sharniwala sa bill ko. feeling ko may magic na nangyayari eh. share naman kayo.
also, just a while ago, while i was on my way to hang my clothes dry, i accidentally bumped on one of the computer speakers and it fell. it didn't break. BUT FUCK. it was not on its wire anymore. i could almost feel my hear pounding as i look at it on the floor. i just came from the bath but fuck, i was sweating like a pig. the reason: it's yuri's speakers. so i immediately sent him a text message about it. as of press time (naks) i still haven't received a reply from him. i just hope no blood gets spilled over a speaker.
it was also last monday that our helper, ungga (yeah that's been his name eversince), waxed my floor. my floor now, for lack of a lesser word, DAZZLING. hehe. sa floor lang pala yun. kasi nagmukhang malinis ang bahay after that. hahaha.

election day
while in the subject of monday (may 14), i went back again for the second time to execute my right of suffrage. wanna know whom i voted for?
i forgot the order but it was LEGARDA, ESCUDERO, LACSON, PANGILINAN, AQUINO, ANGARA, ARROYO, ZUBIRI, PICHAY, PIMENTEL, DEFENSOR, RECTO.
it was so freaking hot in the precinct that i forgot i was voting for VILLAR. dammit i don't want to vote for recto and angara but i just itched to put them in the 11th and 12th post. damn the heat, i forgot about villar.
i voted for BINAY but i didn't vote for MERCADO simply because i don't like the way he smiled in their posters. para siyang walang alam tapos sumabit lang sa ticket nila binay. tapos si binay, dahil nasanaya na kay mercado, dinadala pa rin niya hanggang ngayon. ergo, the vicious cycle. haha. ang babaw, pero i didn't vote for JUST because of what he looks like. and to be on the logical side, though, i don't really know if he has projects in makati lol.

jen's visit
a month before the election day, jen came without a warning. like a thief in the night, she just "missed-call" (verb na pala ito) me. and when i realized that it was the week when she was supposed to arrive, i texted with; BITCH! ARE YOU HERE ALREADY? i dunno if those were the exact words but it definitely came off as something like that. ask jen! haha. so she was. the end.
haha kidding. we made plans to have dinner with her on saturday. so along with her pasalubong and (although i've heard her sing this before over the phone) the "crocodile, crocodile, may we cwoss the wotah, ta see ya loveleh dawtah, in a cup o' saucah!" rhyme, we also took pictures hehe.

[PICTURES]

two days before she left, we went out again. i asked permission from jen's mom but she said that we can only have her until early evening. i asked why, she said that her daughter is so makalat and magulo that all her stuff still isn't packed in the luggage. so i said, we'll make do with that time. it was supposed to be an early dinner with the same gang with patty. but patty was in leyte. abner tried to make it and cheska said she'll follow. we ended up with yuri, jd and mikee. turned out to be fun!

doing dance revo... i never thought i'd use that word again.

modelingfuck face

uhhm.. hmmmm...

seems like glow in the dark air hockey

remember this pose

and again...

lol!

seriously. what's up with that pose??

fucking around

hahahahahahahaha! aylovet!

wooshoo!

posing with a baby with wind in hair? amazing.

SO ENOUGH OF JEN.

for the past few days, mikee has been visiting my house and here's what i have.
now who can say that a flight attendant landed in their house?! haha! luckily the plane need not crash.

"would you like a barf bag, sir?"

family
i just talked to my mom this morning and she was worried that my brother and sister won't make it here in june. their greencards still has not arrived. i'm praying that it gets to them fast because i'm thinking about dumaguete and makati with them already every single day. and i've already arranged it with my boss to be on leave from the 22nd to the 29th. haay... dear god, please give them the greencard already.
there is also a growing tension here at home because of my cousin lilane, whom by the way is 6 months pregnant (i think). whatever is happenning, i wish her well and i'm missing her already. i really wish her all the best and god's guidance and providence.
hay family. you really can't choose your family so you just have to stick it up and swallow everything.


grabe i didn't know that i was typing a novel na. haha. sorry.
i just want to share to you the message i sent to someone through friendster because of her shout out.
here's what she said:

"Before I let you go, I want to say I love you!!! I dont know how it started and didnt expect will end this way... but one thing's for sure... I dont regret loving you! Maybe another time... in another lifetym. "

this is what i said:

or maybe not.
or maybe you don't deserve that brand of love.
or maybe you can do far better.
or maybe, it's already staring you in the eye and you just don't take notice.
or maybe, i'm just crazy.
or maybe, i know nothing of love.
or maybe, i'm mad.

but this one's for sure: we love because we are humans. but humans are in such madness that we forget what loving really is. and that's the vicious cycle.

but i hope you continue to love.
love yourself more first.
for you plant the seed of love in yourself first before someone can taste the sweetness of its fruits.

i dunno, i just felt mushy about it. haha

ciao!

happy mother's day

happy mother's day!

love you lots!