my first birthday gift

i was out to lunch with some officemates when i received a phone call. i wasn't sure that i heard it correctly, but i thought it was from a flower shop and they were asking me in what unit my office was. when i got back, there was a commotion in the office. i got some box on my desk. which contains this... and just in time, i had the same color on too. :D of course, my "ever-supportive" officemates, who are always fans of non-existent love lives, won't let this "event" die down without a BANG!

thank you very much to my dear bestfriend Faye! i have always loved yellow flowers (and as Mapet said "hala! nagiging babae na si cherry"). this is definitely one of the best gifts ever. i wish you were here to celebrate it with me. love yah! mwah! :)

smile! it really is a good day! :)

moving.. yet again

yes, i have to move again. and this thing in my life happens almost as often as my birthday. no one is "kicking" me out this time though. and i can still choose to stay... but at the expense of a 10% rent increase. and it's not like i'm not paying big enough already! freakin' capitalism. well i thought that with what i am paying now plus the increase, i might just get a better place. something good and cheaper will also be great. but that also means pain-in-the-ass-apartment hunting again. sigh... how i wish i am just insanely rich (or someone who knows how to save) and could just buy a place, and rid myself of this "problem" once and for all! anyway, i'm looking for a place, and housemates (i just need a room of my own. but i still prefer people around). however, i doubt that you could uproot me from makati, so a place in makati is a requirement. hehe! anyway, help please!! oh also, i intend to just enter some condominiums here in the area and directly ask if there are any units available and such. anyone wants to have a walk around salcedo village with me? :)

disappointment

i've always been a fan of the Amazing Race. and i religiously follow the series once i find the team to root for. i remember that for the finale of the Amazing Race 5, Faye, Lorie and me all took leaves from work just to watch the direct (?) telecast at 9am. back then we were all rooting for Colin and Christie to win. and damn it, they were beaten by Chip and Kim who luckily got an earlier flight back to the US. and what's more irritating is that they sort of lost because they were not as "animalistic" as with the previous legs. this year, i've been following the Amazing Race Asia 2, and obviously i am rooting for Marc and Rovilson to win. it has been very fun watching them goof off, and win almost all of the legs. but since they've been winning most of the legs too, i was already preparing myself to the idea that they might lose (just like what happened with Colin and Christie). however of course, i was still hoping and wishing that they'll win. and now after watching the finale, i am more disappointed that not only did they lose, they only came third! :( well, i'm sure they are disappointed too. and i am definitely not irritated AT them ("hindi ako naiinis sa iyo, naiinis ako sa sitwasyon", sabi nga ni Lloyd dati). but what's irritating is that out of all the times/legs, it is in the final leg that they have to lose their "luck". anyway, they really performed well in the race, a far cry from both Philippine teams from the previous season. and i am very happy that they were there proud and waving the flag of our country, even though they are not pure (or at all?) Filipinos themselves. to Marc and Rovilson, thanks for being great representatives of the country and congratulations on all your achievements in the race. :) now, if i were like J and see any of them, that's what i would have said. :D

valentine post

since it is valentine's day, and i feel like a girl with what i'm wearing, then i'll be sappy and do something i haven't done in a while... post a song! tee hee hee! i used to accompany each blog post with some lines from a song. i don't remember anymore when and why i stopped doing it. but anyway, i just think this is quite fit for the occasion, and i am in the mood to be un-cynic for this day. ;) ------------------------------------- Staying home alone on a Friday Flat on the floor looking back On old love, or lack thereof After all the crushes are faded And all my wishful thinking was wrong I'm jaded, I hate it I'm tired of being alone So hurry up and get here So tired of being alone So hurry up and get here Get here Searching all my days just to find you I'm not sure who I'm looking for I'll know it, when I see you Until then, I'll hide in my bedroom Staying up all night just to write A love song for no one I'm tired of being alone So hurry up and get here So tired of being alone So hurry up and get here I could have met you in a sandbox I could have passed you on the sidewalk Could I have missed my chance And watched you walk away? Oh no way I'm tired of being alone So hurry up and get here I'm so tired of being alone So hurry up and get here You'll be so good You'll be so good for me - Love Song For No One by John Mayer ------------------------------------- but seriously, what if your person is someone you've sat next to in a restaurant, or someone you've passed by at the mall? how will you meet them then?

i want one

i have no idea where to get or buy it. but i saw it in Neil Gaiman's blog and i want it. obviously i will not use it as bookends, but still! help, anyone? this is one of the many birthday gifts i intend to get for me. :D --------------------------------------------- below is not the exact transcript of how our conversation went. but the "joke" is still the same. et: che, di ba favorite mo si sandman? me: yep. bakit? et: itong regalo sa akin ni j, sandman eh. gusto mo palit tayo? i would have said yes but he was referring to the stuffed toy version of this sandman: :D

my pre-birthday blog

in about a month, i'm turning 27. and ever since i wrote this blog years ago, and after jam and pat made those comments, becoming 27 has become the age to remember for me. ok, people might be commenting i'm becoming morbid again. but i am becoming a bit morbid because i'm turning 27 soon, and i have not been able to get that blog out of my mind. :P -------------------------------------------------- for the past 2 years, around the time of my birthday, i try to write a blog about my life. i obviously never got to finish and publish them, but they will be revealed now! february 28, 2006

"i can't believe i'm turning 25 in 2 days. i'm a quarter-of-a-century old! i always thought that by 25, i'll be accomplished, successful and content. but really, that moment seems so far away now. heck, i even thought i'll be getting married by 26. 26 years seems like a long enough time to go through relationships and find the person you can spend the rest of your life with, right?? well for some people, it might be enough. but not for me..."

march 5, 2007

"when i was about 13 years old, i planned out my life. i wanted to have my first boyfriend and first kiss at 16. it's because i wanted to have one while i'm in high school (because HS was so great and full of "kilig" moments), but i wanted to have it later in high school so i won't get "distracted". i didn't even take into consideration that we might end up in different universities. i wanted to be an engineer. i wanted to have that title placed before my very long name. i wanted to work "in the field" and not be stuck in an office all day. i wanted to accomplish something, and come up with a product that would change or deeply impact people's lives. then, i planned on getting married at age 26, and have my first kid when i'm 28. and i was also hoping that i'll marry my first boyfriend. but of course, we have to break up first, then i'll have 2 more other boyfriends, and then i'll meet first boyfriend again and fall in love again. then i'll quit my job to be a full-time housewife and live happily ever after. yes, that was a great plan, a kid's plan. so the first boyfriend and first kiss came 5 years later, i ended up loving software instead and became a programmer (meaning no "fields" for me), and i am now 26 and still very much unattached. the old plan is not working very well as expected, what now?"

so basically, every year i rant about how my plans never worked out and my life isn't what i thought it would be. and i think i am already past that stage where i can still pick it up and continue to try to make it work. i am not sad of letting go of this dream that i had as a child. but since i am no longer looking forward to anything, i feel greatly uninspired. i just don't have to drive to prepare for a future when i do not know what kind of future i want to have. this is also why i am such a big fan of living in the present, and would also greatly explain why i have nothing saved up. :p -------------------------------------------------- well for now, my goal is to travel the country. i think it is about time i see those sights in the postcards available in our souvenir shops. hopefully at least this year, i will get to see:

1. Banawe Rice Terraces
2. Mayon Volcano
3. Chocolate Hills of Bohol
4. Palawan

i need a travel buddy though. anyone interested? :)