Pssssstttt!

Anybody here?

I’m back! ^_^

 *yawn*

But it’s almost 12 midnight, and I gotta rest…

Will all see you soon! (…if there are still peeps visiting my blogsite..)

Goodnight!

A Deeply Moving Post.

…is what I want to offer as my latest entry, but, I am yet again thinking out loud.

Why do days and nights seem to be in sudden short of supply?  Last time I checked, I was looking forward to summer, hoping I would finally get the chance to get away with my friends to any vacay spot in the country.  But, the insentient I was just deciding against each and every plan they made with the reason that I can’t have a break in my work schedule.  “Wala ng free VL slot…” “’diba pwedeng week days na lang, pag rest days namin,” my usual lines which usually disappoint them because they know, I’ll be again a drawing or an imaginary friend to them. 

A ditto usual situation with my family.  

Ang hirap ko i-book kala mo artistang mala-judy ann santos ang kasikatan.  I even can’t squeeze in my schedule my log in times to my blogsite, friendster, facebook, and multiply sites.  Major loser talaga!

Now I realize it is already July.  Oh, okay, where did March, April, and May go again?  Wait, could probably a wicked witch have had put the same spell on me as with sleeping beauty that made her sleep for a hundred years…?  (Err.. for me, a hundred days lang.)  It just makes me sad that this seems to be the point when I could no longer differentiate a day from others.  I couldn’t even remember how many rest days I did not drone on.  I now find pag mumunimuni and pagtunganga sa glow in the dark stars ko sa kisame very relaxing and worthwhile.  Just scares me a bit that I would keep on spending days like this, without me accomplishing anything—outside work, that is. 

Guess I just jabber on this thought because last night was my off when I had the chance to have dinner and coffee again with my uber kulit friends.  Recognized how tremendously I missed them, missed laughing with and at them, and how, of course, I miss those people who I haven’t been with in a long time.  Intellicrap (my ex web writer officemates) and Everfrendz (chosen group name defines it already, high school friends), I need to see you asap.  And to my college friends, LB ulet, set na set na, wala ng atrasan ha?

In less than 15 hours, I’ll get ready for work, again, a monotonous cycle kind I know I don’t want to run away from yet. Oh well, it’s the 30^th day of the month again… sweldo time!  Oh yeeeeaaaaahhhh!  One of the good things why my work rocks, a derivative in my boring life’s equation I wouldn’t like to just brush aside.  Ipon lang, Ja, ipon lang muna, it’ll sure pay off. 

I honestly want to post something again that is beautifully written, (again? kung meron man na nga before) but really was just thinking out loud on this one.  It’s just too bad I have pure twaddle ideas in my mind most of the time, and I mean most of the time.

A… C… phlegm…

Kung mahilig ka sa tanga moments, matatawa ka dito. Hence, I love this vid.

Sarap tumawa, pare.

Bow.

Di ko na alam.

Digging away to find peace of mind.

Being here is just too jading.

Marvin’s Day.

January 11.  It was Marvmarv’s birthday, and of course, dahil feeling the best girlfriend si Melmel, she organized a “parang pang tv series” na surprise party for him. Just so kunwari special na tao naman si Marvin.  Haha.  Love you “baby love” Sandoval!  Big boy ka na!

Held at Juju’s place. Palpak ang “party popper” namin, di man lang umabot ang confetti sa ere.  Hence, natawa nalang kami kesa nasurprise and bday boy.

Potluck Smorgasbord. Goldilock’s sansrival, siomai, puto, lumpia, palabok; Andok’s manok, liempo and atchara; Yellow cab’s Charlie Chan (or what Marv likes to call Mr. Chan) and spaghetti; Thai resto’s pah shui (whatever spelling it has) and kung ano pang noodle yun; home made mac salad; Tita Juliet’s (???) Korean BBQ chorva; Coke, Sprite, Magnolia mango juice, Atonov,  and Novellino.  Bushuuuuug! (dislclaimer, though, food in the pic is not yet complee, obviously)

This surprise woulnt be complete without props (i.e. happy birthday sign or whatever, balloon, huge hallmark greeting card (signed by people who dont exist), and of course, the cheap party popper.

The lucky bastard birthday boy with his girls.

People who made this possible.

Di halatang may mga plastic yan sa bulsa!

We’re glad it went well, kahit maraming di nakapunta.  So, pano?  Planuhin na natin surprise nyo sa birthday ko ha?  

Asa. Haha.

My 2008 Christmas

Most can agree, it didn’t feel Christmas at all.  Firstly, breeze was not that cold unlike in early December.  It was just like any night of February and March.  Secondly, carols were scarcely heard on streets and all you can listen to is your neighbor’s Aegis songs over videoke they rented 3 days before the holiday, which they keenly used each night till 25th.  Imagine the nightly noise.  Also, majority of the houses in our village was not decorated anymore with fabulous lanterns and fancy lights.  Was that because of tighter budget or just finally saying no to the monotonous yearly “Labas. Kabit. Tanggal Tago.” process?  Anyway, moving on, I have to have traffic mentioned.  Still a severe pain in the ass.  Why wasn’t it any different on the eve of Christmas?  Traffic was still heavy when you expected everyone to be at home indulging in booze, preparing their own special fruit salad, trying to curb their kids’ urge to open gifts until 12mn, or just doing any holiday whatever.  Don’t people celebrate in front of their Christmas trees anymore?  Why were they everywhere?  And when I say everywhere, I mean Novaliches and the stretch of Commonwealth.

These things I am bitterly antagonistic about are, actually, just my description of my Bisperas.  And on top of it, I needed to hurl myself to the office because I had a shift that night.  At exactly 12 midnight, about 5 fagging hours from “log out”, I was in my comfy chair, in front of the computer, gibbering with someone over the headset (whose Christmas was yet to be celebrated after 11 hours), welcoming the most wonderful time of the year.  Err, why is now there a tone in my head?  Last Song Syndrome, perhaps.

Hmm… Thinking about it now, maybe it’s not that bad after all. My first alas dose without my family, that is.

You see, at least, I still had my Noche Buena.  Grabbed a bite whenever I had the chance to put a customer on hold or mute, and chewed as fast as I needed to.  I packed my mom’s lengua with her continuously improving white sauce, had Riel’s which was his mom’s roast turkey with gravy, and Ramram’s was his wife’s spaghetti with meatballs.  Of course, with my Chuckie drink slash dessert.  Noche Buena solved!

Aside from that, we, in our team, decided to have a real celebration, which we can call “Pagsalubong sa Pasko, Eastern Time!”  At 8am of 25th, right after work, we unrelentingly searched for a gimikan open on a holiday.  We checked our usual tambayans and all were closed.  “Buti nalang rollback ang gas,” said driver number 1, “kung san san tayo sumuot at naghanap, puro sarado.”  Eventually, we found one.  Nova Stop!  Haha.  Pinagtyagaan na, may beer tower naman eh.  It was a great bonding moment with my friends from the office, and bow, I was wasak. (Obviously, picture was taken in the office.)

Family (before leaving for work), check.  Food, check.  Beer, check.  More food, check.  My friends from work, check.

So, yeah!  Thinking about my Christmas now, it’s not that bad after all.

Aaaarrrggghhh!  My head! Damn hang over.

Nuninuninu!

You thought you know yourself a little too well.  You thought you don’t need anybody else to tell you what’s right, what’s not so right, and the better way to do what is right. 

Then, came a person who has an uncanny effect on you. 

With his simple acts, he obscurely hits you in the head; letting you realize things you could have realized for yourself only if you weren’t a brat; having you appreciate the minutest things that could have gone unnoticed in your everyday; and making you feel all so fuzzy inside every single minute with or away from him.

Suddenly, you felt that shrewd knock.  

Hey!  He’s there.  For you.

You’re being cared for, silly.  Finally. 

And I’m so damn happy for you.

One at a Time.

Mga dude, tsong, pare, tol, this is me pleading…  Help me in accomplishing these things I’ve been dying to do for the past few months.  You already know the reasons why I can’t make any of these things possible, right?  …My laziness, my work, my indolence, and my job.  (eh? ah basta!)

Sigh.  Well, hear me out.  I just wanna…

1. Save.  Big appetite + big bucks + kaladkarin pig out buddies = financial hemorrhage.  If you’ll check my savings, you can’t even compare it to a student’s savings from his allowance!  But I think I’m improving, for the past two paydays.  *poker-face 

1. Visit a salon.  I swear, have never stepped in one since March of this year.  I wanna get my hair fixed and my nails really clean (di talaga kasi ko marunong ng mala-manicuristang paglinis, eh!)  I can’t even explain why it’s hard to drag my feet nowadays to walk in a place where I know I can get lots of pampering.  Weird.

1. Bond with my family and relatives again.  After so many dine out pig outs, celebrations, road trips, and out of towns that I missed doing with them, I’ve had enough.  Well, I think this part of the list is the most possible one, because I have already filed a vacay leave for my cousin’s wedding at the end of this month, in Quezon, Isabela.  [Hmm, why don’t we try using the things I missed doing with my family in a sentence… We’ll have dine out pig outs throughout the 8 hour road trip to an out of town place just to be part of one of the sweetest celebrations in my clan this end of August.  Yeys!  Ain’t I lucky to fit ‘em all?  Haha, shallow idea, I know.  But boy, can’t wait for that!

1. Have that happy redhorse bottle again with my Intellicrapper friends.  My officemates from my first ever job are among those I really would love to see regularly and keep in touch with.  It’s just very unfeasible because of the schedule we each have.  The most recent Conspi get together would have been a blast for me, but then, it was when I got this bronchoconstriction chorva and the doctor advised me not to go to gimikans or other “over-polluted places.”

1. Experience that ELBI getaway again. Eko…?  May…?  Melmel…?  Marv…?  Juju…?  What now?  I can’t attend homecoming, you know that.  Loser na ako, Fine.  And besides, I just want an impulsive lakad.  Yung may magtetext nalang na LB tayo, overnight, tapos pag dating dun, mag kukunsensyahan, at gagawin nalang na 3 days 2 nights?  Haha, tapos tatanga lang naman tayo sa campus ulit at mang-aaglahi ng mga kabataang class.  Don’t you just miss that??? Let’s lets, guys!  Ay, isama na rin natin ang pag tambay at overnight sa new pad ni Eko sa jelabang.  Aight?

1. Be in Baguio.  Yes, baguio.  This is not actually my request.  It’s Patrick’s, my poorlittlebestfriend who has never been in that threadbare place all his life.  And since I’ve not been to Baguio yet with any of my barkada as the company, we’ll try to make it happen talaga, sooner than the soonest!  Eh?  Goodluck.  Umm, VL form, where are you?

1. Get a driver’s license.  Can’t bear to cut short people’s subconscious dreams anymore as I wake them at 2 in the morning.

Pasok ng isang kwarto, kalabit kalabit, “Kuya, pwede pa-hatid?”  Magsasalita ng puti lang ng mata niya ang nakikita, “uuuummmmm, si Papa nalang gisingin mo.” Labas ng kwarto.

Pasok ng ibang kwarto, kalabit kalabit, “Papa, pwede pa-hatid?” “huuuuuuuhhhhh? Si Kuya mo nalang.” “Ayaw eh, kakatulog lang kasi.”  “Ayan, si Mama…”

Lipat kalabit, “Mama, sige na… Late na ako…”

Buti naman wala pa naming nagtuturo sakin kay Potpot, sa asong bunso namin.

Well, thanks to my Riel for the sundo hatid mode when you have Cdub kahit super out of the way ako. At least walang traffic in the morning, diba, sarap magdrive?

1. Open another bank account.  Ye, for my “improving” savings status.  Whatever.

1. Eliminate bulks of carbs from my meal.  Again.  In 2006, along with three days a week exercise, taking in just little amount of carbs was not a problem. That was when I was still able to go to beach resorts.  Needed then to fit in a two-piece, that’s why I was firm in maintaining my healthy living chorvas.  Now, I’m starting to feel uncomfy again with my tummy and macho braso.  Amfufu.

Number 9, why don’t I just stop at you, for now.  Single numbers are better to look at than multi-digit numbers.  Besides, inundation was never good to me as far as I know and I don’t think there’s even a slight of change on that.  GOODLUCK NA NGA LANG SA AKIN.  Friends, umm, help?

Kikilig Kilig

Whoa!  Where am I?  Haha.  Ye, I know, eons ago was the last time I took time to post something here.  Believe it or not, some people miss my updates.  There are no assumptions here, people, coz they sure let me know.  Diba, May?  However, in as much as I want everyone to be brought up to date regarding my life, I can’t find the right “emotional drama mode” for me to write everything.  Basta, work’s starting to get fun, money’s easily gone, and I’m losing weight, which is according to mom and super friends.  And oh, I am uber smiling eve-ry-day.  Happiness, it means. ^_^

Anyway, what’s this post for?  Nothing!  Absolutely nothing!  Well, there is one I wanna share, though, that is cute.  This morning I remembered to log in to my multiply site to read some of my friends’ latest blog entries. And the first blog I opened was Melai’s, showing lines and pictures of her kakiligan for her boyfriend, who’s also a super friend.  And nahawaan naman ako of her kakiligan, which is the reason I would like to post these pictures here.  Here it is… presenting… the kabaduyan, yet over kilig, cutie, terno shirts!!!  Okay, everyone, all together now, aaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhwwwwwwwwwww!!!!  Commendation for Marvin, galeng galeng sa idea!

It’s just so cute seeing other people being so sweet and so in love with each other kahit alam natin na magbebreak din naman sila!  Ahahaha.  Kidding of course. 

Hearts all over the world tonight, Chris Brown says.  And I’m happy I’m one of those few who are surrounded by those.   Stay in love, everyone! 

Friday Friday on a Tuesday

Tuesday this week—It was just like any ordinary boring and “ngaragan” weekdays when we received a message from Yen, asking us to meet her somewhere for a dinner treat.  Though most of us were already in wasted mode, we still graced the dinner event. (Marvin, Melai, May, Yen, Jayson, at ako ay galing ng trabaho, si Patrick ay galing ng LB at papasok palang ng night shift work nya at 10pm.  Si Juju the freshest fresh grad, lang ang galing ng bahay) 

Kape, dinner, big time chismis, at kape again at Megastrip.  Another goodtimes with my godly but tanga friends.

Syempre Jologs kami, and this is our favorite jologs pose! The rakista kuno.   

  
The koreano pose! (dapat nakapikit for maximum impact) 

In memory of Jericho, this is the Eko pose.

 Pagod, pero masaya, waiting for kape at Seattle’s

(Andito na si Yen at May dahil wala sila sa kulitan pose.)

It was a blast!  (Well, it always is naman basta with them.)  Too bad it wasn’t a Friday or weekend, we would have enjoyed it more had it gotten no time pressure.  Went home quite late, pero okay lang “kahit 4am palang gising na ako, at 4am pa ulit ang gising ko kinabukasan.”

Special thanks to Yen and her bonus, and to Jayson’s office reimbursements. Hahahah!

See you guys again pretty soon.