Save Me

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I hate this blog with a passion.
Goodbye for now.
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I miss you... I do, I do...

It's killing me.

I'm currently acquitting all my expenses from the Sydney trip. I want to cry not because I most likely overspent but because I miss the place soooo much!


I miss the sounds of the traffic lights (and sometimes violating them)...

I miss miss miss breakfast from sidewalk cafes...

Even if they tend to freak me out, I miss all those birds in the park...

And at the beach...

Walking your streets is so much better than walking the streets of Manille...



Besides, they don't make tea here like you do...

Princess Diana, Audrey Hepburn,Gabrielle Chanel, , Pia Colon

Okay, so what do I have in common with these ladies?


Lady Di has "Diana, a Story of a Princess"
Audrey has "Audrey Hepburn, An Elegant Spirit: A Son Remembers"
Coco has "Chanel : A Woman of her Own"
Anna has "Great Big Beautiful Doll: The Anna Nicole Smith Story"
I have "The Evolution of Pia"


I have to warn you though, it's still in it's draft stage. At least we have the core events in writing!

The Face of Patriotism

It's official - I got the map of the Philippine Islands on my face.
Luzon by my brow, Visayas on the tip of my nose (hello Rudolph) and Mindanao on my chin.
Heck the Palawan, Bataan, and Julo Islands are visible as well. (too visible actually).


Hatred.


Is this karma?


Do chocolates really cause pimples??


I got my pay today but it disappeared faster than you can say "yehey!". I say that more holdup occurrs in doctors' clinics rather than banks. Sheesh. I went to the derma during lunch break for consultation but she ended up giving Luzon, Visayas and Mindanao injections. Plus, she cooked up an extra long list of medicines I should take. To add insult to the injury, the Medicard office was closed so everything came out of my shallow pocket.


I don't know what hurt more, the physical pain or the fiscal pain.


Ay caramba.

She Was Afraid To Come Out Of The Water...

I am too tamad to work function.
Mind is in (non existent) vacation mode.
I ate too much yesterday (when did I not ever???)
I have nothing to wear to the wedding yet.
My skin is horrible (and that's putting it mildly).
I'll just burn my afternoon away (burn 30 CDs for Oz at that).
From now until lunch, maybe I'll learn new words.
Good luck with that.
I'm beginning to give up on myself on so many aspects of my life.
I still hate Wendy Pepper.
Why can't I be good, even just this Holy Week?

Channelling Becky Bloomwood

I AM IN DEEP SHHT.
SPENT 365 DOLLARS MORE THAN THE BUDGET.
Kasi naman they should have made clear how much the budget was from the start pa lang.


Buti sana if I made those purchases in cities where they're open to accomodating return requests in exchange for cash. Did I even make sense? Basta, diba in the US, if you don't like what you bought you can give it back to the store, no questions asked, they just give you your money back.


holy weak!

Haha.


Last Monday, 3 days before she was scheduled to go back to Jeda, Vicky agreed to meet up with me over coffee. Had I not resurfaced from YM 2 days before that, I would never have known Victoria was back in town (thanks Maya!).


I haven't seen Vicky since she left in Sept '04. Whenever she'd come back, our schedules just never jived. We had only 2 hours to catch up on each others lives; amazing we were able to ( methinks because my life is such a bore, 2 hours were enough). We talked about work, friends, family and shit. I loved her stories about work, it basically verified she is a flight attendant from hell. haha

Speaking of hell, my new station looks like Satan's loft:

Gulo!!!

First time mo?

*Ripped off from Jenie's blog


What I did for the first time during the month of March.


1. Spent the entirety of my paycheck in one blow
2. Met up with friends from high school I haven't seen in 3 years
3. Talked to Milge (haven't done that in 4 years!!)
4. Had coffee with Vicky (haven't seen her in 2 years)
5. So yeah, I basically reconnected with old pals
6. Went to Oz (Sydney, Bondi, Manly) and Spore
7. Drank wine at least once a week. (Part of the job)
8. Bought a shitload of magazines ( I don't even know why)
9. Bought Havaianas (Yes I finally succumbed)
10. Bought jewelry from a vintage store
11. Went to the beach alone (not bad)
12. Did my laundry
13. Closed a deal (or at least witnessed it)
14. Ate chocolate and/or ice cream everyday for 3 weeks
15. Went to ADB
16. Stayed in Shang Edsa for a week
17. Ate at HEAT Cafe for breakfast for a week
18. Bought a trench coat
19. Actually touched the fall collection of Stella McCartney haha
20. Watched Prison Break ( I'm going to lose a whole weekend to a PB Marathon)
21. Paid (okay, will pay) for my sister's tuition
22. Walked by myself in the streets of a foreign land from 2-4 am
23. Got addicted to Chai Latte
24. Bought a little black book (finally)
25. Bought my own cam (I dunno, but I'm not too happy about my choice) :(


So many firsts, but still my life's a bore. Shite, I'd be happy to get my first EI this week though. Please God?

Is this the end?

I blink for a second and suddenly it's April???
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The credit card statement came in today and I had to acquit all my expenses from the trip. Nakakahiya 70% of my expenses were meals/snacks. Haha
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It is so hotttttttt outside
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Going back to the gym tonight. Haven't worn me gloves in weekssss, hope I don't collapse
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I've been having chocolate and/or ice cream every single day for 3 weeks now. I can feel my triple chin as I type.
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Can't stand the pressure here at work. Quotas, deadlines ugh!


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More pictures HERE

Cheese!

part one



click on the lamp post for more pix :)

Ugh with a capital U

I'm baaack//It's really not as glamorous as you think

When I got to the office this morning, my passcode was no longer working and I almost didn't recognize my desk whatwith all the tambak accumulated in the last 2 weeks. Sigh, I could've been in Vietnam right now.


LAST WEEK VS. THIS WEEK


The hotel room
vs


The event
vs


The urban landscape
vs


The appointments
vs


The mini bar
vs


more pictures soon, thanks broadband!

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Flight is in a few hours. Just finished stuffing everything down my throat in my suitcase. Oh yeah, I went to Bondi late this afternoon (right after my last client call... yes, in business attire)then Manly just before midnight. Talk about last minute side trips.





It was raining a bit when I got there, this was taken at around 6:30 pm.



I'll upload pictures when I get back to Manila, of course unless, I get LOST!(And I actually don't mind)

Holler From Down Under

Updates to follow. Know what? Just go here =)


x.s. If I come up with another title as cheesy as that, do mankind a favor and shoot me. kthanksbye

Guess Where I Am La?

Im choking on Kiwi Banana ice smoothie from Auntie Anne's la.
Why I even bothered with it, id on't know la.
The buyers I'm accompanying decided we all split up and just meet when it's time to board la.
Good idea la.
I'm gonna go explore now la.


Bye la.


x.s.
I almost missed my flight kanina la, because I was watching Lost la.

Blue Moon Are You Lost Again?

Leaving in two days and yet I haven't been ticking the boxes off my to-do list (matter of fact, it just keeps getting longer)!!!


WHAT I NEED TO DO:
1. Uh get my visa
2. Get my tickets (that's if my flights were even optioned !!)
3. Turn over my work (to my boss hehe)
4. Collate all the materials I need for the trip
5. PACK! Dammit, I don't even know if I have clothes/shoes
6. GET MY SCHEDULE!!!!!!!
7. Make those phonecalls
8. Reply to emails
9. Tidy up my desk



10. Tidy up my life


On the other hand, at least I WAS ABLE TO:
1.Check the weather forecast ( Geez, will the weather gods please make up their minds!!!)
2.Print out ten thousand maps (coz' Im a geek that way)
3.Took note of which restaurants to eat in (ha ha and ha)
4.Chat with my BDM Buddy (he'll be babysitting me and he wanted to know what I wanted to do)
5.Well yeah that's about it.


And yes, I just had to blog in the middle of all these hullabaloo.

CHUMMYYYYY!

MELISSA GALARRITA-MENES!!! I SAW YOUR COMMENT ON MY PREVIOUS POST! NAGULAT TALAGA AKO I DON'T EVEN REMEMBER WHAT YOU SAID. GIRL BUHAY KA PA PALA! I HAVEN'T SEEN YOUR BABIES!


PLEASE CAN WE MEET UP? I MIGHT LEAVE FOR SYDNEY THIS SATURDAY. LET'S HAVE BRUNCH OR SOMETHING, FLIGHT'S NOT UNTIL EARLY EVENING. RIA J AND I WERE JUST TALKING ABOUT MEETING UP SOON WITH BUGOK AND CLARA S.


GO GO GO! WHAT'S YOUR NUMBER? I ALWAYS TEXT YOU BUT YOU NEVER REPLY. SI JUSTIN RIN, I ALWAYS TEXT HIM. I'LL CONTACT MILGE NA RIN TO SEE IF SHE CAN COME. OH AND LAST I HEARD FROM VICKY, SHE SAID SHE'LL BE BACK IN THE COUNTRY THIS MARCH. PA-LIBRE TAYO DUN, THAT GIRL IS A PSEUDO MATRONA ALREADY!!!


MEL PLEASE GET IN TOUCH WITH MOI!


KTHANXBYE,
PIA

Haven't done this in a longggg time

Four Jobs I've Had In My Life
1. Art Teacher (Surprise! This was a summer job)
2. Logo maker/graphic designer(Actually got paid for this non talent)
3. Recruiter (I love how it sounds so dirrty)
4. Multitasker


Four Films I Can Watch Over And Over
1. The Hand that Rocks The Cradle
2. Sound of Music
3. Before Sunrise & Sunset
4. About A Boy


Four Places I Have Lived
1. Manila
2. Maynila
3. Manille
4. Muhnila

and I quote - "i'm so well-travelled!"


Four TV Programs I Love To Watch
1. My Wife and Kids
2. Whose Line/David L
3. Jamie Oliver/ Nigella/ Anthony Bourdain/ That Chinese cooking lady based in Sydney
4. Lostttttttt


Four Highly-Regarded and Recommended TV Shows That I've Never Watched:

1. Prison Break (well I did see half an episode but soon will see the whole season yay!)
2. Grey's Anatomy (will watch, dont worry)
3. 24 (we have the dvds here, not interested)
4. West Wing (Um eww)


Four Places I Would Have Visited, Had I Had The Money
1. Europe
2. South America
3. Japan
4. The rest of the Philippines (uy, patriotic daw)


Four Websites I Visit Daily
1. www.piamaria.livejournal.com
2. postsecret.blogspot.com
3. ohnotheydidnt
4. so much more


Four Of My Favorite Foods (right now)
1. salmon
2. sushi
3. boy bawang/binatog
4. pumpkin soup from delifrance( actually, it will be, in the future)


Four Places I Would Rather Be
1. anywhere
2. but
3. here
4. i dunno, hong kong? spore? australia? new york/california/europe/argentina/tokyo???

Broke. Again i am Broke.

Yesterday, early morning:


Me: Are you going anywhere today? Wanna come with me to Makati? I have to buy stuff.
Mia: I can't I have exams on Monday.
Me: Tss, you were accepted at UP already! Besides, even if you fail all your exams next week, you'll manage to get a B!
Mom: Leave her alone.



Hahaha. I desperately needed my sister to come with me as I was sure she'd incorporate some senses into my purchasing decisions. So yeah, yesterday I spent 8 disgusting hours in the retail jungles of Makati (5 hours of which were spent at Rustans, I KID YOU NOT!).



I needed to stock up on basics plus threads to wear for work events in the coming weeks. First up underwear, puta ang mahal! I went for Marks & S (because Joyce told me so) and as I was being held up in the counter, I couldn't help but wish I lived in a european city instead because there, going al fresco or letting the girls hang wouldn't be such a crime. Next, I had to buy face camouflage for our rather high profile events (ugh!). The very convincing slash conniving lady behind the chanel counter duped me into getting their oven baked blush because "Look ma, I dropped my blush and it didn't break!". I wish I could say I was high at that time and so the irrelevant purchase, but no, I wasn't even inebriated. Afterwhich I got me a suit (because I own only one) and tops to go with it. I couldn't find shoes that would be gentle to my feet, and earrings, I forgot to buy work-safe earrings! I capped the day off with an appointment with the derma. A week ago I dropped by Essences and the lady from Murad slipped me a paper like a druggie would. Anyway it was about some free consultation with a Murad certified derma. Then I saw the magic words - GET FREE SAMPLES. Knowing how exorbitantly priced their products are, I booked myself an appointment. I don't know if all the Rustans associates were programmed to vomit only words of flattery and be very convincing but dammit the derma's like "Oh you don't need to be on the acne coplex program, you have good skin...you don't need the revitalizing chuva chuva, you're sooo young!Do you drink vitamins? Vitamin C?? vERY GOOD!! Tell you what, let me introduce you to the vitalic programm we have". So yeah, I didnt think Id be shelling out anymore money here but I was made to buy the complete Pomegranate line. I never even got the freebies.



I will not be eating lunch for a month. If I go desperate, don't be surpised to find "FEED PIA" tin cans on your desks next week. Kthanxbye!

For the sake of updating

Uh I really don't know what to say. I'm all alone in the office, got left behind as I had to accommodate a client. I'm too tamad to go down and buy lunch...there's no one to eat with anyway besides, fasting naman today eh (naks).


I have no idea what to talk about. Oh wait, Prison Break. Yeah, Im getting myself DBDs of the series because I keep missing it on Crime/Suspense. A lot of people have been telling me it's good (but yeah, Lost reigns supreme). So there. Oh and the lead? How can you go wrong with the name WENTWORTH MILLER? Really, I like it. Parang si Cillian Murphy. I wonder how close friends of Wentworth call him...Went?



Went Miller. We be close like that. (He really looks like someone but I can't put my finger on who!)


Ohmyface. Here goes another wastebin entry. Save me.
Oh and while you're at it, do keep your fingers crossed for me. I can't believe they extended my agony till Monday. I kinda have to be prepared you know, must I go shop already?


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Must get out of here, Im turning into a receptionist, the phones of my officemates have been ringing nonstop.


ONE DAY I WILL ERASE THIS ENTRY. SO EMBARRASSING.

Just another day

So yesterday while everyone was on the streets (or out of it), I was, well doing what I do best - being all unaffected. Actually, when we were told that the non-essential staff could go home already (yeah, degrading as that may sound, that's how they classify us in the emb, non-essential staff) I stayed for an hour longer as it was too hot outside, besides, there was cake (hee). Then, just before it got "all choatic", I fled Makati and headed for, tada, Edsa Ortigas. ahahaha. I had about 2 hours to kill before meeting Cha and so I traipsed around Shang until my feet declared its own state of emergency. Anyway, Cha and I had about 5 hours to spend before the concert, we scoured the dailies for the movie schedule, hoping to find a cinema nearby that was showing Brokeback. Nada, so we agreed to window shop instead. I really had no intentions of buying anything but Cha pointed me to the direction of Rustans (which we all know is on sale) and there I found Louboutins and Choos for under 5 grand. As much as I would've wanted to own those labels, they just weren't made for walking (how's that for cheese factor set to 9?). Anyway, I found heels formal enough for work but were decent for walking the stretch of Ayala as well. It burned quite a hole in my pocket, but Im thinking long term investment. God I just hope I don't fall flat on my face when I strut around in it! I couldn't quite discern how I really felt after that purchase and so we decided to flee the store before we could do anymore damage. We crossed over to megastrip for dinner but ended up eating at Tia Maria's anyway. Midway through dinner we ring up Mikey just to check how things are going in the streets (he's like the 4th person I called asking if martial law has been declared, because really, inside the mall = oblivion!). By this time, my dad SMSes me for the mpteenth time telling me to go home already. haha. After 2 hours of dinner, we walked off all those burritos, so yeah, more retail damage. We almost lost track of time, we got to the venue 10 minutes before it was slated to start. The number of people by the entrance only confused us on which door to take, so we stood in the middle for a complete minute. Upon deciding to take the door less crowded, an all too familiar shadow emerges right before us. It was Bamboo, he was lost too. haha. Some girls flock to him for a picture to which he happily obliged to. Cha and I stepped back almost dumbfounded. After the photo session he excused himself...passed right in front of me, and i swear he paused for a moment, smiled and said hi. Hindi pa nga nagsisimula yung show, sulit na. haha


So there, as expected the show was great. So worth, uh, braving edsa.The audience was great too, all decently behaved, walang rambulan. Bamboo made some funny spiels too, something to the effect of "State of emergency, just another day" and "Dito isang milyon, bago bahay,bago kotse, wowee!".


Sa uulitin!

Let it rain, fire from the sky, heaven help us

Anxious, I am.


Ang KSP na talaga ng mga politiko. There's a rally at Edsa and another here in Ayala. It's as if the only thing they do well is to interrupt business and drag the rest of us into hellholes.


Pampagulo talaga. I've scheduled 3 meetings today with people who are so hard to pin down (it took me 2 weeks for them to confirm). One just called me to say she can't make it as she was advised not to leave Dasma Vill (she's a diplomat, ye). Panic!! I texted my 2 other clients to check if they can still make it today but they're acting as if they never got it!


Ang dami ko pang lakad ngayon, both in Makati and Ortigas. AND THE CONCERT IS TONIGHT!


ugh, sana talaga wag magka-coup!


In two weeks, there's an Aussie Mission to the Philippines, kung matuloy yung coup, baka mag backout ang mga participants, if that happens, zero revenue!


Had Joyce and I not been able to catch Bamboo perform yesterday (surprise, surprise) before watching Geisha, I would've gone mad by now. On a side note, Pumpkin=comedy, Gong Li=Wow!


edit: aww man, rumour has it that they'll be sending us home na. naman!!!!

Save me from the fire

They're making us go home already because there are coup rumors. First of all it's past five, work ends at five. Secondly, those rumors have been going on since forever. Anyway I did a quick check and yes, it is breaking news according to this. Utang na loob, bawal magka-rally! I mean can't it wait till next week? I'm watching Bamboo this Friday in Ortigas!


The lengths I went through to get a ticket for me and Cha! haha!

J'adore Miuccia

"I'm fed up with cocktail dresses," the high priestess of Italian fashion said as she introduced her collection last night. "It's time for the strength of the street."

Referring to her use of fur, Prada said: "It's good to be politically incorrect. I think it's time. It's a moment to be tough and savage, just like the world. We've had enough of being passive and feminine."

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I'm convinced that this was what Marc was trying to convey in his collection but I dunno, it just went all wrong I think. It was incomprehensible but not Prada incomprehensible as Prada incomprehensible grows on you.

HOW I EVEN COME UP WITH THESE OPINION BEMUSES ME. But hey even the Pope wears Prada!

"Suppose you threw a love affair and nobody came."

Haha loving that quote ;) Anyway...


You know you live a boring life when the (insert adjective here, really any adjective in it's superlative form) that happens to you for the week is receiving a text message from 3 months ago. Yes,about 40 minutes ago, a message toot-toots its way into my inbox but is dated 9 November 2005. Talk about lagging! It was part of the SMS conversation I had with a client when we were trying to find each other in Hong Kong.



Oh but wait a minute, was I not just introduced to Ben Cab an hour ago? Was I not just shown around the collection of vintage cars by Gloria Diaz's brother slash father of Iliac D? Won't I be meeting with Dr. Joel Mndez tomorrow? Won't I be in the same boxing class as Rajo tonight? Can I get any lamer than this????

Wearable horror, or the lack thereof

This is gonna sound ditzy. Anyway, you have been sufficiently warned.


Every morning, after struggling to get out of bed and realizing I'm not dead, I am faced with yet another dilemma -- the wardrobe. It's like my tops were cast into some magic show because one by one they disappear! The past 5 weeks sucked me into a whirlwind of madness, probably the reason why I've only noticed this disappearing act lately. Really, what remains in my closet (tsk, like I can even call it that) comes with me to work at least once a week!! Well at least this loss is not because I can't fit into my clothes anymore (although I did gain 5 lbs in the past month).


Then there's the shoes. I barely even made it out of my bedroom today when the heel of my trusty old red ones broke. I surveyed the cabinet choosing which pair would be lucky enough to see me suffer in. The wedges triumphed. Then, about 30 minutes ago, I discovered that the sole of my right shoe is no longer compact ( half-way stuck to the rest of the shoe). Great. I have a meeting outside and I'll most likely be walking all over the office today. Thinking about the pairs I have back home, how they are bound to torture my feet or make me lose my balance, makes me want to do more damage to my wounded fist (yes, I've been boxing again, whee!)


I haven't been wearing earrings for almost a week now because they're a missing. What I have left with me are the broken ones, the divorced ones (you know, the ones that are no longer a pair, because I left/lost them in HK, Batangas and God knows where) and the one pair that just brings bad luck.


Bottomline is, I don't want to shop anymore. I've learned to spend only during sale season but demmit given the economy we have, retailers have been declaring a sale year-round (really, I can't recall the last time Mango was devoid of the red tags, and didn't Rustans just end a sale 2 weeks before the Prefeti, or whatever extravagance they've named their ongoing promotion??). I want to give EPS swiping a rest. I'd like to beefen up that savings account.


So help me God.

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About the image above. I can't put a finger on which editorial it is from. All I know is that it's part of Viktor & Rolf's collection a year ago. It was amazing, the show, they had Tori Amos playing on the piano, of course dolled up like the models. They're due to present their latest next week. Can't wait! Aww which reminds me, the only person (apart from my sister) who shares my love for V&R (and the exponents of) is Joyce (plus she's 100 times a bigger fan of Tori than me). Tomorrow Joyce is going back to her kingdom. No idea when she'll be back. Will miss her bad =(

Why I need a little black book now more than ever:

Listen up queenbees, project actualization is about to commence.


Oh yes. Let envy be bygone. Dreams shall not be stymied. It's time to get moving foos.


Where did I suddenly pick up all these chutzpah, you ask? I've always convinced myself that by the time I hit 25, I should've gotten my act together. Well guess what, it dawned onto me that in 6 months, I will be 24. As usual, it's time to procrastinate.


I'm doing my best to be as sound as possible. I pretty much have a vague idea of the What and the Where; the challenge really lies on the How.


I hope this effort won't go barren. As much as I take comfort in the battlecry of our fashion show director (Man's rejection is God's protection), I'm tired of frustration.


18 months, I have 18 months.

Office Fantasy #220

In the middle of partner search, replying to emails and receiving instructions from my immediate boss, for a whole 5 minutes, I basked in the idea of how my life would change if I had a secretary.


No, really.I was thisclose from actually enumerating a "TO DO" list for him/her.


Mad, this one!

The day off

It's finally here, my first leave for '06. I can only afford a one day leave, but given my situation, one is good. Yeah, I was so psyched for today that I woke up at 5am!! Six hours later, this is what I've been up to

where: ze parent's bed
what: multitasking ( i alternate between project runway,sis,luca luca on ftv and mtv, blog-hopping and e-window shopping, mp3 downloading and itunes updating)


SWEET!
Also, I have a fair stock of boy bawang on hand. Oh and it can only get better... checking in at the new world tomorrow! Ah the suite life! ;) So now if I can only find a new template for this blog...


Anyway, my favorite fall 06-07 look from Proenza:



Those jackets are love.

Ray of light

2 hours to go and im outta here!
Plus, I'm on leave tomorrow.

Yeba!

actually, there's a high probability that I'd be working from home tomorrow.

you know how it is these days, there's no escaping from work.

well at least i can work from me bed and ze idiot box (it's high time i reintroduce my self to my first love).

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"In a rare appearance by my rational self, I realized it was completely stupid and chicken-shittish of me to check out of life because it ruffled my feathers."--Marya Hornbacher "Wasted"

Ang bagal ng panahon.

"I've convinced myself that being flattened by a bus abruptly and painlessly is the best future I can hope for."
-Tart, Jody Gehrman.

The Letter for the day is M. M for Misery.

Could things get more frustrating at this point?
Apparently so!


Why does it always rain on me?


More importantly, why is it that I'm suddenly v. despondent of everything when I'm positive to have programmed myself to not care? Can the master of nonchalance be losing at her game?


Seriously, I've forgotten how to smile. At least genuinely...


SAVE ME.
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My miseries were supposed to be shipped back to Oz today. But no.......
I'm supposed to be on leave tomorrow. But no........


Everything has gone from white to black.
I really didnt see this one coming.


I sincerely hope you're all feeling mighty better than I am right now because it would just suck too much if all my friends were morose.


How I will be able to get through this week is a complete mystery to me (let alone the next 3-4 weeks).
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Atari, thanks for commiserating.
Den and Kelly, thanks for the company.
Rice, I'm glad we caught up last Friday. It was nice knowing the latest about our batchmates, even if most of the news turned out to be a testament of how my/our life/lives is/are going to the dogs.
Thanks too Poma, for simply being gay. Watching you get your hair colored (again) afforded me to forget about my sorrows even for awhile.

where you'll find me

i barely update here anymore because i've turned to the darkside. yes, livejournal. i seem to prefer it because of the friends feature. anyway, do visit:

www.livejournal.com/users/piamaria


let me know if you lj too so i can add you! (look mom, i can rhyme!)

what i want

pagod na pagod na ako.
physically, emotionally and mentally.
hindi pa tapos ang responsibilidad ko para sa event na ito.
tapos dinagdagan pa ng mga puti ang trabaho ko.
kung alam lang nila kung gaano kahirap (logistically) ang pinapagawa nila.
ang aa-arte pa ng mga artists.
konti pa lang ang nabebentang pintura.
ang dami ko nang nakakaaway para lang tuparin ang kanilang hiling.
nasa hate list nako ng maraming kompanya.
gusto ko lang talaga umiyak.
actually, iiyak na dapat ako.
as in tumayo na ako papauntang banyo ngunit nag-ring ang phone ko.
nasa taas na daw ang bisita ko.
so ayun, masyado akong busy para umiyak.
pagod na pagod na ako.


bow.

Last week I was so proud to have owned a copy of THE PERKS OF BEING A WALLFLOWER since I've been meaning to get one since forever. Halfway through the book, I couldn't help but wonder where all the witty banter went, then I realized I bought the wrong book. So if you find a copy of PLEASE DON"T KILL THE FRESHMAN: A MEMOIR, do let me know. =)


The Perks isn't too bad a read though I could think of a million better ways of spending that 600...


Meanwhile,I am immensely enjoying SEX, DRUGS and COCOA PUFFS! Page 2 pa lang I was laughing like crazy na!! Here's an exerpt -


Coldplay songs deliver an amorphous, irrefutable interpretation of how being in love is supposed to feel, and people find themselves wanting that feeling for real. They want men to adore them like Lloyd Dobbler would, and they want women to think like Aimee Mann, and they expect all their arguments to sound like Sam Malone and Diane Chambers. They think everything will work out perfectly in the end (just like it did for Helen Fielding's Bridget Jones and Nick Hornby's Rob Fleming), and they don't stop believing, because Journey's Steve Perry insists we should never do that."


Haha, basically he blames John Cusack/ Lloyd Dobbler for screwing up his dating life, abhors Coldplay (yay!), and was at some point in time, very, very addicted to the Sims. I love how he makes reference to Billy Joel as the epitome of uncool. Really, he's funny.

why???????????

Bakit nandito pa siya? He was supposed to leave Friday or Saturday!!!!!!
Tsss, what a way to start the week.


Leave.me.alone.

How It's Been

Work gets crazier as days go by. My card reads Business Development Officer, but the past couple of days witnessed me turn into a:

1. Graphic Artist
2. Gallery Curator
3. Gallery Assistant
4. Waiter
5. Copywriter
6. Kargador
7. Account Executive
8. Usher
10. Tour Guide
11. Babysitter (to grown ups)
12. Secretary
13. Translator
14. Prick
15. Scatter Brain


But since I've been in the vicinity of the mall (I practically live in the museum) I was able to get myself 4 books and a concealer from Shu uemura. Hihihihi.


Okay got to run back to my 2nd home.

Hello, goodbye

So let's see if I remember how to maneuver this thing.


If anyone still cares, here's how I've been lucklusterly living this craze call life for the past couple of days.


1. Witnessed pimples take over my face, no thanks to the stress brought about by the art of good living events.
2. Remember Amy? (You'd have to be a follower of my former blogSSS to have known her) Well she went through a lot this month. I had to sneak out a couple times during work just to catch up on the developments (they were just five minute breaks, that's all i could afford). Amy's back on track now, or so we all hope =)
3. Kat is still the princess of belair and will soon work for dm9. yay!
4. Katbau's mom passed away =(
5. Spent every centavo from my first paycheck of the year. On what you ask? Good question, I'd like to know too. Ze main culprits though would be Topshop and MNG.
6. Ate at Mandarin's Paseo Uno one weekday lunch. But since there was too much to do at work, we had only 30 minutes to indulge in the buffet. I did 2 rounds (love love love the Jap food station) plus mounted up on dessert (Ah cream cheese crepe how I miss you lingering in my tongue! I shall return for you my love). Man did my stomach hurt afterwards.
7. Went to a wine tasting event (had to, it was our event afterall) and was forced to down wine. Actually, I just didn't feel like mingling with the media so it was me and my glass of shiraz (i think).
8. Right after that wine event, I went boxing. It was the most draining class ever! Don't know if it was the wine or the new instructor. But I loved it anyway...ENDORPHINS!
9. Oh I got a friend hooked hooked hooked on LOST. Yay for Den.
10. Finally met up with Joyce for a day of shopping, gossiping, face stuffing, anorexia dreaming, bulimia fantacizing, and everything girls do when they catch up.
11. Searched for the perfect everyday bag (my current bag needs to retire badly).
12. Realized that the perfect everyday didn't exist in the Ayala area. So I settled for two almost perfect bags - a black MNG (why do I keep buying from there when my heart belongs to Topshop??) and a Luella lookalike (but not knock off mind you).
13. Finally ate at Fish and Co. Definitely won't be the last they'll see of me and sug.
14. I didn't get the chance to ooh and ahh and wow at the fireworks (which Australia won, btw)
15. Neither did I get the chance to see Narnia (it's still showing tho right? Whatever, I don't feel it anyway)
16. Nope, wasnt at the Mraz nor BSB concerts either.
17. Oh but I did get to try out Hungry Hippo =) and me likey
18. Finally bought How To Travel With A Salmon by Umberto Eco and Lullabye by Chuck P, knowing fully that I won't be able to touch them till about late Feb.
19. Ate 3 whole bars of Toblerone in two days. (It kept me sane)
20. Ate half a jar of snowballs (new dessert from Baguio).
21. Ate authentic Korean food.
22. Got a call from 2 multinational companies asking if I wanted to work with them. (seriously, anong ibig sabihin nito? Hope it's not a sign tho)
23. I also missed out on Cebu Pacific's promo =( dang!
24. Finally bought Mix 4&5 of the O.C. soundtrack, the Rockstar INXS soundtrack, A Lot Like Love Soundtrack and Lisa Ono.
25. Obssessed over Imogen Heap!
26. Uped my sugar and cholesterol level 12 fold.

And now for the things I want and must do:
1. Eurostar carnival. Heard good shite about that Fort wonder.
2. WATCH LITTLE MANHATTAN!
3. Organize the ipod.
4. Find buyers.
5. Try a new restaurant.
6. SAVE MONEY DEMMIT.
7. Buy Sex Drugs and Cocoa Puffs
8. Work on 'Operation Colon and Sugar gets desperate'
9. Stop spending.
10. Watch what I eat kasi sayang naman ang pagboboxing ko.
11. Save money.
12. Buy The Perks of Being A Wall Flower and Everything is Illuminated.
13. Get copy of that Linklater movie slash cartoon whose title escapes me right now.
14. Cook or learn to do so
15. SAVE MONEYYYYYYYYY

Not another...

Doesn't the new closeup song (smile my shining star???) remind you of the Wannadies' You and Me song?


Yun lang.

Mother Dearest

I've been going home later than usual no thanks to the after work functions we are required to be in (plus boxing afterwards).Last night, she asked why I've been going home "so late" and so I tell her that I have to go to all these events plus boxing...

Then, during dinner today-

Mother dearest: What's that note on your lunch box?
Me: Ha? Lunchbox?
MD: Your small bag. Is that a note from your boss?
Me: Ha?
MD: The black mesh bag, is that yours?
Me: Yeah...
MD: Then who is David Rakoff? Is he an Australian officemate?
Me: Ha?
MD: It said 'Don't get too comfortable with David Rakoff'
Me: That's a book! David Rakoff is the author!!



Don't Get Too Comfortable : The Indignities of Coach Class, The Torments of Low Thread Count, The Never- Ending Quest for Artisanal Olive Oil, and Other First World Problems by David Rakoff


Hahahahaha mother dearest thinks i'm involved in some interoffice romance against the will of my boss. She probably assumed that my gettng too comfortable with David is the reason why I've been turning up late nightly. Hahahahaha I've been trying to look for that book everywhere and since the title is too long for my brain to handle, I wrote it on a post it which I slipped into that bag.


How I wish it were true though (then my life wouldn't be so boring).


While we're at boring... I think that the most exciting thing that happened to me this week occurred in my boss' house yesterday. I was there to oversee the delivery of the artworks for next week's exhibit. Anyway, Rosa, his exotic cat (sorry don't know the breed), suddenly crosses my path with a squirrel in her mouth. Yes, a squirrel. If my memory serves me right (which I doubt)- it was the first time for me to see a squirrel. It was adorably cute even if dead. For a minute there I thought I wasn't in the Philippines! (Well technically I was on Aussie grounds). Apparently, squirrels are abound at that village. I actually have a picture of Rosa and the squirrel but I'm too lazy to upload.

Of Whirlwinds,Rainstorms & Sunshines

Dear Kat,


Being the bloghead that I am, I managed to squeeze in a few minutes of blog hopping amidst all the insanity that is my workload (and you all thought me working was just another urban legend). So this will be a brisk one. (God knows I am dying to update). Anyway, back to you:


Talk about turn of events. Very unpredictable Just as I was about to get used to your 'independent lifestyle' (sorry for the lack of creativity, me not coherent), you decide to end that chapter at its peak. I don't know how you'll take this but really, good for you. You have no idea how Steph and I tried soveryhard to conjure an image of you living that way. Hate to say it but we had fun doing that(ehehehe, I should've made a bet with her).

I read your blog. Three things:
1. Yes, I do not understand. Not sure if I ever will. But then you don't/didn't expect us to right?
2. Yes about the perfect and magical.
3. Wow are you so in love. Don't worry, you will be alright I'm sure (hello, if DM9 isn't a sign of good things to come, then I don't know what is!)


Take care always Kat


p.s. And I thought these things only happened in the movies.
p.p.s. I was just gonna say that I twistedly envy how your risque acts effectively translates into fun drama. (again sorry for the term, can't come up with shit) But then, I am to experience fun drama of my own shortly after i hit the publish post button as I will be delivering v. v. upsetting news to the big boss. ay caramba!


To the batcave!

Look ma, they're paying me to be a druggie!

Ha ha and ha!

I swear, apart from OD-ing on vitamins I have a million and one things to do for work. and yes, blogging happens to be 'and one'.

Drew, it was real, and it was great, and it was really great.

This is one of those movies that you can only either think of as overated or enjoy immensely. The former may result from the following reasons:


1. You find Cameron Crowe as pure Hollywood hype.
2. You cannot stand Kirsten Dunst, her perkiness and sagging twins.
3. To you, Orlando Bloom is the fairest of them all (gay men)
4. The plot just didn't kick it.


But me, I enjoyed it heaps.


Anyways, lookie what's in production-

Charlotte's Webb!!

She puts the 'huh?' in hollywood

Really, they should dedicate a whole season of Xfiles al to herself.


First she wins an Oscar. Then her drab gown gets praised left and right. Then she snags Mr. Martin. Plus she names her firstborn Apple (okay, I don't entirely find that whacked at all since it is quite a common name in this side of the planet but I loved the ruckus it created).


Want to hear the latest? Well we all know Mrs. Martin has a bun in the oven right? Well she plans to give birth underwater this time around. Click this link to be learned.


I know I'm weird but this girl just surprises me with her antics. Hmmm, an I say I'm queer friendly...

You heard it first here!

Or so I hope... Anyhow, this is probably the movie Im supa looking forward to catching this year (Elizabethtown doesn't count since I already have the DVD at home, though I haven't mustered enough energy to pop it in):



The Last Kiss is a contemporary comedy-drama about life, love, infidelity, forgiveness, marriage, friendship…and coming to grips with turning 30.

(pix from ohnotheydidnt)

Okay so the plot might be a tad too stereotypical (and maybe even banal) but I don't care and neither should you. It's actually a remake of an Italian movie whose name I forget. Well it looks to be Garden State all over again (the feel, i mean). Not sure when it'll be released, it doesn't even have a poster yet (yeah, I researched) but I seriously can't wait. Although I'm all for Cohen and Summer, I think that Rachel looks adorable with the Braff =) Oh and trivia, that other girl in the picture with Zach? I don't know her, all I know is that Rachel McAdams was initially offered that role but accepted another project =(


Okay enough now coz I know you don't care. Thanks for managing to read up to this point!

Pictures from one week ago

I just love this picture as it shows the mahiwagang kahon in all it's glory!



And this because it looks like May just punched me and Poma gaily looking on. (ehehe no pun intended)

My year, your year, every dawg's year!

Excuzemoi as I start the year with brain fart (alternating with words from the genius that is Mr.Hornby) -


1.Year of the dog pala ang 2006 and I only found out today.I just want time to stand still as I'm v. apprehensive about what 2006 has in store for me ( yeah so im still a narci, i have 360+ days to work on changing that). Besides, it's back to work for me tomorrow and we all know it's not something Im looking forward to. Shite, what if it's all downhill from here? I feel the need to ring up Susan and book a fortune telling session. I don't know but the idea of someone giving me an idea of what lies ahead of me gives me a sense of assurance. I know that it is one of the most inaccurate of sciences (if you can even consider it to be one) it's just oddly comforting. I really need to make amends with myself. '

I can see everything one it's already happened - I'm very good at the past. It's the present I can't understand.'

2.The past days have witnessed me despertely avoiding time to ponder on what to do with myself this year. It's not even the resolutions I'm referring to but more of the long term shite, yes, ze big picture. I'm desperate to do something new (I'd say radical but that would cost a couple thousand euros and the vestiges of my dirrty soul) like be an ovo-lacto vegetarian (only because it sounds like I'm cool and in control.) Hopping right back on the serious train, I really just fear being a letdown (to myself).

'Maybe we live life at too high a pitch, those of us who absorb emotional things all day, and as a consequence, we can never feel merely content: we have to be unhappy, or ecstatically, head-over-heels happy, and those states are difficult to achieve within a stable, solid relationship.'

3. My cousin was telling me of her friend who now works in Oz. I forget what exactly she does basta she's been in Canberra for over a year. Thing is, she found this travel agency that offers a world tour package (12 cities of your choice for only a little over USD 1500, or so she approximates). Even if that pretty much just covers airfare, it's still a steal no? I envy these breed of humans-actualizing their dreams at such an early age. I know sulking merits nothing but wasted time and emotions but I am only yuman. Knowing myself, I can only afford to comfortably traipse about the globe when a.) with the right combination of digits, I hit jackpot at the lottery b.) I slave myself for another 10+ years in the corporate jungle (ew, I know). I bet my sorry ass that option B is my ticket. But then I doubt if in 10 years my want to get lost in translation will equal to how much I want it right now. I don't even know if I'll live to see 10 years from now! I don't want to have to wait till I hit retirement to afford to do and buy everything I want. I mean by that time my knees would be too weak to do just about anything and my vision would be so bad that I wouldn't appreciate the sights. The time is now, but, as that ubiquitous Human tee would say - How soon is now?

'It's brilliant being depressed; you can behave as badly as you like.'

4. iTunes gets the best of me. I can only blame myself for this. Nothing major really but I do dread the day Windows holds up my library (I have a strong feeling that day was yesterday). I’m only 23, supposedly at the prime of my youth, but how is it that I have turned into a techno-ditz? It's also tres depressing that about 90% of my mp3s are of the plebeian variety. Feed me with more of Musiq! Air! Morcheeba! The Roots! the Virgin Suicide OST! Elizabethtown OST!! Dirty Vegas! MONIQUE DENISE TECSON, I know you are a big earner, I really have to have Damien Rice's album (they don't sell 'em here in Manille, lame right?). I'm too impatient to d/l. Oh and which of you blessed souls was/were able to watch Fashion Rocks 2005? You have to tell me who that female artist singing for the Vivienne Westwood catwalk is/was! (I need grammar lessons)

'Fuck. I hate all this stuff. How old do you have to get before it stops?'

5. After much deliberation (and denial), I can say that I have no talent. I used to be very good with the visual arts. It completely disappeared as soon as I set foot in college. I don't even bother discovering any musical inclination I might have. I may be dumb and waste a lot of time , but I do think I'm shrewd enough to waste my time on other matters. Sports? Maybe, but it's too unglamorous (don't sk me where that came from). Dammit is sarcasm a talent? God, tell me I'm a late bloomer.

'It's not a case of the glass being half full or half empty; more that we tipped a whole half-pint into an empty pint pot.'

Boys and girls, I am not wallowing in self-pity, I'm just being angsty all over again. It kills me that I'm getting all comfortable with this emotion.

Jason Mraz live in Manila Jan 2006!!

Friends in advertising...hook me up with a ticket!!!
Rockwell tent daw.
Kat, let's just squat on your roof haha (and eat the christmas cookies hahahaha)



I mean Im not the biggest of Jason fans but still right? You couldnt even pay me to go to the Backstreet Boys' on Feb! Unless, of course, Im in desperate need of dough, which, might be the case.

It's that time of the year, you know this is bound to happen

Did you keep your new years' resolutions, and will you make more for next year?
I really can't remember if I ever made one this year.


Did anyone close to you give birth?
Krisexy! Mel!

Did anyone close to you die?
Tita Edith. Closest ever. It used to be just Lolos/lolas tito/tita in laws…


What countries did you visit?
H to the ong Kong!


What would you like to have in 2006 that you lacked in 2005?
ehehehe job stability? Flourishing career? Obsene bank account ( meaning supa loaded), hunk of burning love? A waistline!


What date from 2005 will remain etched upon your memory, and why?
Crap


What was your biggest achievement of the year?
Not being food poisoned!!


What was your biggest failure?
Not being food poisoned!!


Did you suffer illness or injury?
freak allergies!


What was the best thing you bought?
Colon!!


Whose behavior merited celebration?
Off the top of my head- vins, for finishing pilot school? Poma…for getting a job haha


Whose behavior made you appalled and depressed?
mine?


Where did most of your money go?
shoes. And food. And the ipod. But shoes, god was that uneccessary.


What did you get really, really, really excited about?
boxing? Hk? Dining out?


What song(s) will always remind you of 2005?
It was only a kiss how did it end up like this? It was only a kiss.


Compared to this time last year, are you:
i. happier or sadder? I really cant tell.
I'm bato. Maybe happier?
ii. thinner or fatter?fatterest!
iii. richer or poorer?uh less poor?


What do you wish you'd done more?
get a life?


What do you wish you'd done less of?
eating. Criticizing.


How will you be spending Christmas?
same old same old.


How many one-night stands?
wala po. Ay wait. Are we talking of jobs? Ahahaha. Kung ganun 1. Ha ha and ha!


What was your favorite TV program?
LOST punyeta. LOST! JJ Abrams is lovvvve.


Do you hate anyone now that you didn't hate this time last year?
believe it or not..wala. It's all about the love.


What was the best book you read?
Life of Pi?


What was your greatest musical discovery?
zero 7. yeah, I only discovered them this year. And 4Hero.


What did you want and get?
iPod Video. Black. (kaya lang walang laser engraving. boo hoo). Oh and my job.


What was your favorite film of this year?
My memory fails me right now-Be Cool? No really, I enjoyed it! Garden State doesnt count since it was released last year. I'd say In Her Shoes but it didnt measure up to my expectations - which was totally my fault as I expected too much. Okay Ill just shut up now.


What did you do on your birthday, and how old were you?
Work. Because im fun like that.


What one thing would have made your year immeasurably more satisfying?
So now you want me to think of something that will surely cause me to spiral down into depression? The nerve!


How would you describe your personal fashion concept in 2005?
lacklustre. But the wardrobe I built in my head was wow! For the record, neither of the 2 were in any way near boho chic. eww


What kept you sane?
I was sane?


Which celebrity/public figure did you fancy the most?
ay! We all know the answer to this.


What political issue stirred you the most?
Jean Gay couldn’t have said it better none.. couldn't care less.. just the rallies that causes all the traffic


Who did you miss?
Easy. Friends I've lost touch with!


Who was the best new person you met?
Elvie Pineda. I swear…I did meet her!


Tell us a valuable life lesson you learned in 2005:
Be walang hiya. From Bret


Quote a song lyric that sums up your year
Change your face, you know you only got one, change your ways, while you’re young


Was 2005 a good year for you?
Oui.


What was your favorite moment of the year?
Lost in translationing in HK. Escapism at its finest!


What was your least favorite moment of the year?
Getting fat.


Where were you when 2005 began?
Trying to sleep.

Who were you with?
My conscience.


Where will you be when 2005 ends?
Sana unlike last year.


Who will you be with when 2005 ends?
Stangers sana


Do you have a new years resolution for 2006?
can pigs fly?

Did you fall in love in 2005?
can pigs fly?


Did you breakup with anyone in 2005?
I tried to breakup with fat but our connection was too strong. Yaknowhatimean?

Did you make any new friends in 2005?
Oo naman. Im not that anti-social. tss


Who are your favorite new friends?
Jack, Kate, Charlie, Boone, Sayid, Michael, and mj LJ posse =)


What was your favorite month of 2005?
January, November


What was your favorite record from 2005?
the killers', hot hot heat’s, light peace love, the beekeper


How many concerts did you see in 2005?
didn't go to any, just gigs. I think


Did you have a favorite concert in 2005?
none of the foreign artists that came here were my type anyways


Did you drink a lot of alchohol in 2005?
more compared to last year. Esp wine. Still no beer tho. Just cant stand the smell


do a lot of drugs in 2005?
hello painkillers!!


you do anything you are ashamed of this year?
the apathetic one can’t think of any

the worst lie someone told you in 2005?
fake grins are all it takes, these days, words don’t even get a chance anymore


Did you treat somebody badly in 2005?
me?treat anyone badly? I wouldn't dare step on a coackroach! (so you like my brand of pretenstion?)


Did somebody treat you badly in 2005?
not really…then again bato ako diba


How much money did you spend in 2005?
I’d say ask my accountant but I don’t got no financial alipores


What was your proudest moment of 2005?
Im just happy or sad or bato. I don’t tire myself by ranking moments.


What was your most embarrassing moment of 2005?
I have selective memory


If you could go back in time to any moment of 2005 and change something, what would it be?shopped more in HK


What are your plans for 2006?
get rich or kill trying. Ha ha and ha

Reunited,and it feels so good

I woke up on Christmas day with a text coming from Atari. Messy Christmas, he greeted. It's those honest to goodness messages that put me in such jolly mood. Weird, I know but that's what I'm known for. Can't wait for his New Year's greeting!!


The past few days were all about reunions for moi.

First, relatives invaded the house on the 25th for lunch. It wasn't as bad as I expected. After they left, colon in pocket, I kidnapped my sister and we walked around the village. I haven't done that in a long long time and it was extra sweet the way Christmas breeze felt on our skin.


Next day we headed to the not too distant south. It was cold in Tagaytay. I loved it. (though I hear it's about 14 degrees in Baguio, demmit!!!). When I got home, it was time to reacquiant myself with friends from New York. David Letterman and -






Yes, I finally have the whole of season 1 (and Im getting season 2 in a few days). Felicity Porter is sooo annoyingly stupid, but I love the series anyways. Sean and Meghan forever!! JJ Abrahms I cannot stop repeating how much of a genius you are.


December 27. The day has finally arrived. You see , a day in the office is never complete without receiving 30+ emails from my college blockmates. Okay fine, I admit to generating half of those, but come on, you look forward to seeing my name pop up in your inbox right?


Well after about 300 emails dedicated to planning a quasi block reunion, it finally actualized at the good ol' block party venue - the Costas'. Read more about the merry making at Kat's. (freshprincessofbelair.blogspot.com) I just have to add though, Im surprised no one got drunk (a first! or maybe it was because of the absence of the chinese community who were partying it up in Shanghai..and Tarlac ehehe) oh and Vins is finally a pilot (well he did just graduate pilot school) - I think he's the only one in the block who has got his career rolling (that and his 5 years stong relationship with Helne). Mucho impressive!


On the same night, in the other side of Makati. My friends from HS were throwing a surprise bash for another friend from New York. Yup Ana's in town.


Yesterday went by in blur though. I mustve slept half the day. Basta I was so so so surprised to realize today is the 29th na pala. Like whoa.


Okay, this entry is a total disaster. I guess we all know what my new year's resolution will be.

Tick tock tick tock

I feel like Im back in high school:


It's the last day of finals.
You have thirty minutes to go before you can leave the room and succumb to freedom. You finished the test 10 minutes after you received the questionnaire.
But you can't leave the room unitl the bell rings.


Well at least I had a cone of Bulla ice cream =)


15 more minutes...

I'm here till one!

Got an email from the trade com and I couldn't help but laugh out loud. Burp on the sarcasm:

Meet colon:

Finally bought him yesterday. I passed up (free) lunch at Mandarin's Paseo Uno today just so I can spend time loading him up with songs. Yeah I know Loser. Bankrupt loser.


Soon May will be a motohead. Congrats girl! Welcome to the betterside (hee). I'm picking up her Razr today from Poma's friend. You all must've heard about the limited edition pink razr right? Well I've got my eye on this:



2.5 hours to go and I'm off! Yay! Not coming back till next year. Wow that sounds good!

Cheers mates!

Digits - here's mine!

5
My sup caught me 5 times surfing the net. and that's just today. and im talking before lunch. oops hehe


19
Nineteen hours ago I just finished watching the sneak preview of THE FAMILY STONE. Comme ci, comme ca but worth watching anyways. After making a supa quick visit to the Apple store, I join May and Kat in the quest to find the boyfriend gift. Funny how May and i were so into it, cornering the front liners of Bally, Ferregamo, Tyler, Ralph Lauren, A/X, Dunhill, Aventi and Kenneth Cole as if we had boyfriends to waste money on. haha. Here's an anecdote for you - While the 2 were at Kenneth Cole examing the billfolds, one of them decides to ask for the price. The salesrep says 2,300 (or I dunno basta less than 2,500), the Costas was aghast, she insisted on paying 5K. haha big spenda! Kat, lagay mo na lang sa wallet yung balance hehe.


16
I bought 16 CDs in the last 5 days. 13 of them were blank. 1 Disney Classics for the exchange gift, 1 Marvin Gaye Gold compilation for tito maybe and 1 Lisa Ono: Boas Festas 2. You have to get the Lisa Ono cd. She's Japanese- Brazilian or a Japanese who grew up in Brazil, basta! It'll put any Scrooge in the yuletide mood.


7
I haven't had any form of workout in 7 days (zips don't count, they're too fun and being a novice at it, I don't get to do much action with those ribbons) and I've probably ingested a whole cake, a liter of Starbucks holiday drinks, and other junk.


2
The dept had a christmas lunch early this week at the pad of one of our bosses at Pacific Place/Plaza. It was at tower 2 (actually, I'm really not sure at this point, maybe it was at tower1). Basta ang ganda ganda duon, parang wala ka sa Pilipinas. The view, the space, the location, the good life! Having just slept over May's condo over the weekend, I'm considering moving into a flat as well. Now if anyone can point me to the direction of a decent space in Salcedo Village for the price of 2k a month coz Im a cheap! hee


1
One of my officemates is retiring. I'll miss her motherly ways. Her candor. Her dry humor.


6
I've been trying to concoct a decent literary piece for the past 6 days. Creative juices is/are on a slow boat these days.


16
If I buy the iPod video i Hong Kong, I'll only have to shell out 16k. If I get it here tho, it'll cost me 5k more. Thing is I'm not going to HK.


40
I woke 40 minutes late today but I still managed to get to work before 830. Yesterday, I think I woke up on time but it took me 30 minutes to realize that I had work that day.

MOVEAU, the word to remember!

Chanced upon this while going through my mail/


Me: Hey Mike, what's the latest slang for movies? Ü
Mike: hey pia! sorry...=( i don know any slang for flicks... hmmmm... maybe we can invent.. like if its a new film.. we can call it moveau! hahahah! sorry! hahah!
Me: Hahahaha sige, let's try if it'll go around. So I see you're still into that thing...coining new terms! one day mikey, one day you shall be a household name.
Mike: ya nga eh.. our "seasers" never picked up in the media world..hahahahahaha!
Me: haha what's seasers again? ____ teasers?
Mike:can you just kill me???? hahahahaha! thats why it never took off! my own co-inventor doesnt even know what it means!!!!!!!!!!!!!! series of teasers! hahahaha!=)

How colon got her groove back

Okay, i'll get ahead of you by stating that there was no groove to be lost in the first place. I just wanted to use that title, eh bakit ba?!


So yesterday I got mon tout premier pair of zips! It took me an hour to get to Urdaneta Vill from the Inquirer office >:( tapos kupal pa yung driver >>:(. Whatev, no one's coming between me and those zips, not even the 2 rabid dogs that Amic (the maid) unleashed soon after I stepped into the living room.


I was quite dissapointed with the set I had to choose from though the one I decided on is slowly growing on me (aw, motherly love, how about that?).


I guess this makes me a zipper? I'll be having lessons tonight with May, and maybe even tomorrow morning before I brave the retail jungles of Ayala to finally cross out names from that damned Christmas list. All these fiscal damage I've been doing this season turns me into a bigger Scrooge one EPS swipe after another.


Speaking of fiscal damage, I was withdrawing what was left of my measly 13th month pay in Glorietta last night when this gangly white boy draped in black enters my peripheral vision. It was Maksim/Maxim yo! I should've asked, begged , paid him to ship me off to Croatia!


And since we're talking about shady celebs :

Dear Diary,

Yesterday, at about 4pm, I realized I haven't had anything to eat for day so I went down to grab me some chow. As I was going up the escalator, guess who was going down in the opposite lane? Karl Roy! dear diary, Karl Roy and his brother Kevin. Lord, I thought as I looked away, I hope he doesn't recognize me. After mindlessly surveying the stores, I decided I was in no mood to eat and so made my way back to tower 2. Nako, diary dear! Nagkasalubong ulit kami.


Hayy, I think he was checking out Fitness First Plus...probably wants to switch gyms. He may have been dismayed in the end upon deducing I work in the building.


p.s. Diary, I saw Rhett Eala rin pala yesterday. He was leaving FFP. Also, spotted Champagne Morales by Starbucks. O di ba pseudo-artistahin ang building namin! San ka pa?!


Oh and MILES!! Sorry I let you down. Competition was SUPER tough!

Munik dear,

Here we go again. You're not answering any of my emails.


Anyways, 3 things.


1. So how do you like the music I sent ya? Do you feel like boomerang-ing the CDs back to your homeland in hopes of slashing my throat?


2. I was at a function not too long ago attended by people of all colors. I was talking to one of our clients (actually it was more like babysitting - he just wouldnt stop talking) when this French monsieur approached us. After exchanging cards, he told me he wanted to take me to Paris. Okay enough of the pokpok delusion. After exchanging cards I noticed a very very very familiar logo - he's from Alliance Moe! He replaced Bruno!!! haha I asked him if Bruno went back to France, he said nah, he's just hanging around here. Haha funny I can imagine him doing just about that in his parachute vest. Well this new guy, he seems very french ( I mean, you know how they say the french are snobby?) Julia's still around though.


3. Dammit now I forget. (After almost 3 minutes...) We have an intern who reminds me a lot of you! As in. She got big eyes too (though I think she's able to sleep with both of them completely shut hehe i jest) longgg hair and just about the same skin tone as you.




That's her in the middle. Oh and the chutzpah of you both! Haha bottomline is come home!