almost new year..

hmmm.. while i was going over my fb profile, i was able to read again my personal note on my year in a nutshell.. it was nice to reminiscence my 2010 but it also got me into thinking, waaaa!!! what am i going to write for my 2011?

honestly, there's not much that happened to me this year. i was actually partly surprised it's almost ending but also glad that i'll get to plan for a better next year..

i have some personal goals and wishes for next year but i think i have to first make the most of what's left in my 2011...

planner buying failed

i went to trinoma this afternoon to buy the planner i've been wanting lately.. well, actually i already order online for my copy and 2nd sister's which arrived this morning through courier. 3rd sis also wanted one so i went to the mall to buy one since according to filed!, the planners would be available in the stores starting today.

actually, sister and i have seen the planner last last sunday at fully booked sm the block, i found it cute but didn't buy it since honestly i'm not planning to buy any planner already this year since i have some spare ones from previous years that i haven't used yet. yes, i'm addicted to planners. haha.. but i don't get to finish using them. my bad.

anyway, when i got home that sunday, i checked the filed! website and really liked the planner.. so, i planned to buy it the next saturday but it was already sold out at powerbooks rp manila. actually i've already read from filed!'s fb account that the planners are already sold out. i just wanted to take a chance but went home sad. anyway, there! i wasn't sure anymore if i can go to the mall on the 16th which is when the planners will be available again so i just ordered online and paid thru gcash. nice!

so, when i got to fully booked trinoma, they said it's already sold out. oh oh.. so i went to sm the block and guess what! they don't have stocks anymore, i was told that what was delivered were just enough to cover the reservations made.

okay.. so, i had no option but to again order online. hehe.. good thing 3rd sister won't be back until next year, hopefully the planner would be delivered by then because reading filed's fb posts, i'm getting that they're again sold out and waiting for the next batch of production of the planners to be delivered. very good business.. hehe..

for the curious ones, here's a picture i found on the net of the planner that's so in demand. hehe..

the best of chico and delemar

whew! i was able to finish the book before my personal deadline.. nice!

well, it was actually an easy read. not exactly a book in my opinion. just compilation of their show's top ten survey.

some of the list were nice, funny actually but there were also some that were just so-so and i think they could have just omitted or replaced with other ones.

i'll make another post next time on my personal favorites as a way to share with others. :)

by the way, here's my personal picture of the book.. with my cute bookmark... hehe.. :)

i have to finish this book before friday!
haha... personal mantra.. go go go!

ano ang hindi mo gusto marinig bilang single?

wala ka pa bang boyfriend?

paano ako magkakaroon e nasa bahay lang ako lagi. pag magpapaalam lalabas ang daming tanong:sino,saan,bakit,anong oras uwi.
sinong gaganahan lumabas? gustuhin man magattempt, wag na lang.

hindi ka pa ba magaasawa?

boypren nga wala. asawa pa? saka trabaho muna hahanapin ko.

yung lalaki cyempre bubuhay sa inyo.

cyempre gusto ko may sariling pera ako just in case.. ayokong totally aasa sa kanya.

my shoes...

hehe... one of my addictions is shoes... but i've already lied low with this. got nowhere to wear them anyway... hopefully soon i'll be able to wear them. to work! pray i'll find job soon..
for the meantime, let me show pics of what's remained of my shoes "collection"..


flat sandals...


flat doll shoes...


rubber shoes...


heeled shoes...


black/professional/office shoes...

boring day...

well, i'm so bored today. i was supposed to go out this afternoon to settle my credit card bill and buys some pbs. but it rained so hard and outside our house was flooded. so, i was stuck home. booh!

anyway, let me just share some of the places i've discovered these past few days from some blogs and from tv shows.

first is : red swan . i've read about this from a pex group i've joined. they went here a few weeks back and they liked it. but when i tried to google it, i found their fb acct, their flagship item is really their ensaymada which has different toppings. i can still remember their story when they had a 1-2-3 pass game so that they could all taste the different ensaymada flavors. it was nice but i'm not really comfortable sharing my food that way since they're just new acquaintances. and besides, if i was with my family or friends, we would surely just slice the ensaymadas into x number of eaters. better and safer. hehe... no offense to people who like sharing..

here's their fb account :

http://www.facebook.com/pages/The-Red-Swan-Grill-and-Barbeque/151581661562079

another resto i'd like to try is named Gayuma Ni Maria. i've read about this in a pex member's blog. the resto's name is already intriguing but the names of the dishes in their menu are as intriguing and catchy also. hehe..

here's their fb account :

http://www.facebook.com/pages/Gayuma-Ni-Maria/148108488537188

lastly, there's this place i've seen in myx channel that looks nice. it's a resort in batangas called Cintai. Cintai (cheen-tai) is indonesian for LOVE which is really the story behind Corito's Garden. it looks nice but i think there's not much to do but swim in their pool and see the animals roaming freely.. i think it's more of a pictorial place. hehe..

their website :

http://www.coritosgarden.com/

back again

wow... it's almost a year since i've last posted. my bad. i'm so so lazy. really!
well, i've created some blogs in other sites but didn't maintain them at all. i'm so bad!
but now, i really plan to keep this blog updated.
let me think, aha! i'll reward myself if i keep this blog updated for at least 3 months. yihee! let's do this..

my 2010 in a nutshell

< repost from my fb note >


2010 has been a mix of ups and downs emotion-wise. a lot of things happened, some i even forgot already. hehe.. anyway, i'll try to remember what the year had added to my memorybank. and i'm very thankful that so far each year's getting better and better. :)

~ the 4 times a year get-together with my high school barkada. thanks for the years of friendship and more to come.. :)

~ after 4 or almost 5 years since we last saw each other, was able to meet up with my college friends. too bad elaine wasn't able to come due to emergency, hopefully, next year.. :)

~ the occassional dining with former officemates, catching up and just hanging out with good friends. :)

~ travels : taiwan with dad, too bad wan't able to see much, was just there to see a fair with dad. :(

: last summer outing with combank group at punta de uian... :(

: summer outings with family :)

: last outing for the summer with former officemates at 88 hot spring :)

: last hurrah for the year at coron :)

~ ibank's reunion for its supposed to be 15th year...

~ the very memorable session at cris'... very very memorable for me.. hehe.. :)

~ effectivity of my resignation. after more than 4 years with my first job, i had to move on. but am still trying to find my place, my purpose...

~ had a chance to be a "mentor" to rdee who replaced me at my previous job. hehe.. i found it fun to make outline, schedules and stuff on what to teach about the job, the people and everything. i just hope she understood me. hehe.. :)

~ experienced athlete's life through shobe... i don't like it. and am frustrated with how children are now (thinking, talking, behaving and all)...

~ accomplished one personal goal this year: to watch movie alone. i enjoyed it too much i even did it a couple of times. haha. now, i don't like watching movies with anyone after experiencing the personal joy of watching alone.. haha.. :)

~ learning to accept someone for who he is, understanding his flaws and all. just being there for the person and accepting that maybe one of my life's purpose is to meet and help people cope up. knowing never to give up on people and be proud that i have enough patience, understanding and positivity for people i meet despite their negativeness in life.

i'm back!

haha... i'm back!

it's been a very long time since i last blogged. my laziness really got the best of me. tsktsk. well, to be honest i know i've got another blog out there somewhere.. but it's also not updated for a long time also. hehe.. maybe i'll just create a link so i could read on my other posts. hehe..

so, belated merry christmas to all. hope everyone enjoyed their holidays. but don't worry, we've got our last break for the year in a few days.

story books

yesterday, we went to nbs to buy manila paper for shobe and of course, i can't leave the store without checking out the books. hehe. anyway, i wasn't able to buy any books for me, also, i was saving my purchases for the book fair next month.
anyway, shobe was in the children's books corner looking and when i approached her to ask if there's any she likes, she showed me some but i told her it's quite expensive. so, we browsed around then, that's when she said that she needs to buy book for their book review. father got impatient 'coz he said we've been in the store for an hour already looking for a book. it's really hard to find one since according to her, her old books (the ones i bought for her just last year) were for kids already. argh! she's 11 and in grade 6 so, i don't really know which type of books to give her. my other sister asked the sales lady for elementary books used for book reviews, and we were in the right shelves. but it's so hard to choose. 2nd sis and i browsed around and found some but shobe didn't liked any, she wanted the book that was a little thick and had only words in it. we told her to choose another 'coz she's not really a reader and we know she won't read that book. hehe. anyway, after so much deliberation (having more than one sister plus parents makes choices wider and choosing harder, hehe) plus the fact that shobe was in her bad behavior of her "i want this, i don't want that", below are the books we bought. thinner, larger font and had drawings. phew!


me and 2nd sis chose this and told shobe she has to read this and i'll buy her the book she wanted (a little princess)

i think i was the one who chose this 'coz i wanted to read it. hehe..

3rd sis wanted to read this, so do i, and shobe.. hehe

being addicted to books, of course, i had to read them today. haha. and i did. finished all 3 books earlier and i was disappointed with the prince and the pauper. i felt that dr.jekyll and mr.hyde's ending was "bitin" and i knew from the start that they're one and the same person, just read the book for the whole story. then, i liked dracula most among the three 'coz i don't really know his story aside from him being a vampire. hehe.

so, i'm now off to finish my book. am done with the story books, but honestly, i've got a list of the other titles i'll be buying next time. haha. :)

nail polish

alas! after a very very long hiatus from one of the things i liked before, i'm back to the nail polishing days. hehe.. i can remember that i used to love nail polish especially those pretty colored ones. not those common pink, red, violet ones. hehe. anyway, when i started working, i was just able to maintain having polished nails in the early days then gradually stopped. i can't remember being told personally about it but i think there was a time we were reminded of the proper banking grooming and of course, that nail polish should be as minimal or natural as possible. hehe.. of course, feeling guilty, i stopped.
but, now that i'm not in the workforce anymore, i just suddenly felt the want to have my nails polished.. hehe.. but i'm now more for the simpler, natural, less eye catchy colors. maybe it's with the age also? oh man! i'm feeling so old again. hehe..
well, here's a pic of my latest purchase of nail polish. i'm trying them starting tomorrow. haha. :)

( fast-dry top coat, lilac pearl, cappuccino, love orchid )

going the distance (movie)

i want to watch....



Drew Barrymore and Justin Long star in this romantic comedy about a long-distance romance that may be worth fighting for. Garrett (Long) is still nursing the wounds from a recent breakup when he meets Erin (Barrymore), an unflinchingly honest girl with a big talent for bar trivia. Hitting it off immediately, the pair spend a romantic summer together in New York City. It was supposed to be a summer fling, but as fall approaches and Erin returns to San Francisco, the spark is still there. Subsequently dividing his days between working and hitting the bars with best friends Box (Jason Sudeikis) and Dan (Charlie Day), Garrett drops everything whenever Erin calls. The more Garrett's phone rings, the more his pals begin to suspect that their drinking buddy is taking the relationship a little too seriously. And they're not the only ones; Erin's sister, Corrine (Christina Applegate), is keen to ensure that her smitten sibling doesn't repeat the mistakes of her past, and she makes no attempts to sugarcoat the fact that she disapproves of the coast-to-coast romance. But the heart wants what the heart wants, and as the texting becomes more intense, both Garrett and Erin start to suspect that their summer fling may just be the real thing.

you're the one that i don't want

Finished reading the book You're The One That I Don't Want.
It was good, nicely written and entertaining that I just can't stop wanting to finish it. hehe.. Anyway, basically there's 2 love stories in the book. Of course, the story of the main female character, then her room mate's. Both were nicely thought and really kept me wanting to read more and guessing how their stories would end and who they will end up with. Good to say I was satisfied with the ending and glad that I finished it and was actually happy with the book. :)

post grad

one nice quote from the movie :

" What you do with your life is just one-half of the equation. More importantly, it's who you're with when you're doing it. "

inception

just watched the movie inception earlier with my hs friends. the movie was a bit confusing and totally fictional. the only thing that got me to finish the movie was this cute actor who played arthur. hehe. of course i did my usual research and found out he's joseph gordon-levitt. i read his bio and learned that he's also in the movie 10 things i hate about you which i liked when i was younger. he was actually the cute guy there! hehe.. but seeing him now, he's really more than cute. as the other bloggers said, he's "hot!". hehe.. i totally agree. he's so simple but there's this different kind of appeal he has that got me attracted to him. *drool drool drool*

anyway, here's some photos of him that i got from the net. just to have something to remember him by. hehe.


here's a sample pic of why i liked him. he really looks good with the brushed hair and looks fit in his suits in the movie.. :)

just wanted to share a cute statement t-shirt worn by one of the moms in school earlier. t-shirt says : " responsible for lost and stolen boyfriends "... hehe.. funny.. :)

being filchi

Let me quote from a facebook post of someone i know that goes like : "Some ask, do you consider yourself Filipino or Chinese?"

Come to think of it, being Filipino-Chinese is not easy. Here in the Philippines, it's common to see Fil-Chi people everywhere. Some may look like the typical Chinese with those almond shaped eyes and fair skin while some may look as Filipino with the moreno skin and Filipino like features. You can never be sure if the one beside you is one.

But how can one really tell if s/he is Fil-Chi? Is it based on having a Filipino and a Chinese parents? Or do we just count back on our family tree for any Filipino and Chinese descendant? How far should we go and how many percentage as we oftenly rate ourselves before we can consider ourselves as Filipino-Chinese? And if one has both Chinese parents and even their descendants are Chinese but had all lived here in the Philippines eversince, can we also count them as Fil-Chi?

There may be other more criteria of whether one is to be called as Fil-Chi or not, but I believe there's more to it than just one's ancestry. I think that Fil-Chi is not merely a combined nationality but also a culture in itself. Having a mix of both Filipino and Chinese culture, it's more diversed but could also be confusing. A Fil-Chi is raised to have a broader perspective, having to live both the Filipino and the Chinese way of living. A downside might be if one encounters contradicting stands on some issues. Then, there are also some families that could either choose to live a Filipino or a Chinese lifestye. This I guess, to refrain further complications.

Now, my answer to the question if I were asked if I consider myself Filipino or Chinese. Honestly, I can't tell. I don't feel being hundred percent Filipino or hundred percent Chinese or being more Filipino or more Chinese. I think I'll have to stick to being a Fil-Chi instead. Which I believe would allow me to safely say like what other people replied to the FB post earlier that if I'm with a Filipino group, I'm a Filipino and if with Chinese crowd, I'm Chinese. This is also to avoid being told to be denying your being Filipino or Chinese. These, as being raised in enjoying both the Filipino and Chinese lifestyle.

***But, life as a Fil-Chi doesn't end there. On my next post, my take as a Fil-Chi.

assembler

nakakapagod, nakakafrustrate at nakakabobo palang mag-assemble ng computer table.. :(

the backup plan

just watched " the backup plan "... very nice, funny and entertaining with moral lessons.. highly recommended especially to guys.. hehe.. would be a good eye opener to the intended ones.. :)