Help? May 4, 2008

I just noticed that almost all the pictures in my posts is replaced by a note from photobucket saying “The image or video has been moved or deleted” but I didn’t move or delete them, what happened?! When I go on edit mode though they appear together with the body of the post… I know that once I post the pictures here (with the URL) I can’t move the photos in any other subfolders in photobucket because it will ruin the link but there’s still something wrong. I tried viewing my blog in Internet Explorer & in Mozilla and it appears the same way on both..

Pocketful of Sunshine May 3, 2008

A lot has happened over the past 2 weeks and obviously I haven’t had the time to update anything here. I can’t even post in GT Since I started at Globe the earliest I left the office is at around 7pm and tumatakas nako nun! Hehe I’m still at my learning curve and I’m sure I’ll get my rhythm soon. But seriously, no one stands up at 5pm sharp! When 5pm rolls in, it’s like 3pm - everyone’s deadma! Anyway, a quick recap of what happened with me — these past 2 weeks it was just house-work-quick yosi with BF-house — day in & day out that’s about what happens to me. I can’t even check my emails because when I get home I just take a quick shower, dress up and even before my head hits the pillow I’m asleep already. Yesterday (May 1), was my Lolo & Mama’s (Lola) 50th Wedding Anniversary! It was a grand celebration - they renewed their wedding vows in church and we had a huge reception at Max’s in Sucat. I’ll post some pictures as soon as I can since they’re not even uploaded to the pc yet.

I’m not a really huge fan of American Idol but I did like that Always Be My Baby rock version by one of the contestants (I know some are cringe-ing saying “You don’t know who he is?!” but as I’ve said I don’t have time to even check my emails what more watch TV). Last night, I caught some parts of AI and saw Natasha Bedingfield’s live performance of Pocketful of Sunshine and I LOVED it! Hehe she’s not even part of the show

Here’s the video of her performance - something to entertain you (and me) while I work (yes, I now bring home work… Pfft).

I got a pocket, got a pocketful of sunshine
I got a love & I know that it’s all mine oh, oh oh oh
Do what you want but you’re never gonna break me
Sticks & stones are never gonna shake me, oh, oh oh oh

Take me away, a secret place
A sweet escape, take me away
Take me away to better days
Take me away, a hiding place

I got a pocket, got a pocketful of sunshine
I got a love & I know that it’s all mine oh, oh oh oh
Do what you want but you’re never gonna break me
Sticks & stones are never gonna shake me, oh, oh oh oh

Take me away, a secret place
A sweet escape, take me away
Take me away to better days
Take me away, a hiding place

There’s a place that I go that nobody knows
Where the rivers flow & I call it home
And there’s no more lies in the darkness there’s light
And nobody cries, there’s only butterflies

Take me away, a secret place
A sweet escape, take me away
Take me away to better days
Take me away, a hiding place

Take me away, a secret place
A sweet escape, take me away
Take me away to better days
Take me away, a hiding place

Take me away
(I got a pocket, got a pocketful of sunshine)
A secret place
(I got a pocket, got a pocketful of sunshine)
To better days take me away
Take me away
(I got a pocket, got a pocketful of sunshine)
A secret place
(I got a pocket, got a pocketful of sunshine)
Take me away, a hiding place

The sun is on my side & takes me for a ride
I smile up to the sky, I know I’ll be alright
The sun is on my side & takes me for a ride
I smile up to the sky, I know I’ll be alright

Things I Want To Buy Right Now April 20, 2008

Inspired by the thread in Girltalk “Things You Want To Buy Right Now” here are the things that I, umm, want to buy right now

Teacup Yorkshire Terrier

Macbook

iPhone

I’m sure I have a lot more to add to this list but as of now these are the top 3 things I want to buy.

Teriyaki Boy April 20, 2008

BF visited me here at home yesterday; it’s nice to be able to spend time with him here in the south, because I’m the one usually visiting him in Pasig. We went to the place where I had my aircon fixed and where I had my oil changed for the car because I was going to pay for it na - I can pay a little later since daddy knows the owner, hehe Anyway, the card swiping thing wasn’t available to BF and I just ate at Burger Machine. He had the Double Burger with the Chili Con Carne while I had the Cheesy Bacon Burger. We dropped by Ruins to look for a DVD to watch at home - we ended up buying My Big Love, haha! We also bought Sago’t Gulaman, yummy! We decided to buy a movie because my sister’s BF was at the house also so. When we got home we watched My Big Love right away. It was funny because Sam Milby really looked ridiculous and it was eye candy also when he got thin already. Plus the kilig moments in the movie helped too.

After the movie, BF and I were supposed to go to Laiya Grill along Aguirre Avenue but we wanted somewhere where we can just chill (I know pretty impossible on a Saturday night) so we decided to go to Bluewave (along Macapagal Blvd) instead. But it was quite crowded also so we ended up going to Harbor Square (beside CCP) instead. We just walked along the path by the bay (naks! HHWWPSSP! Haha, “holding hands while walking pa-sway sway pa! :P). We both love Japanese so it was a unanimous decision to eat at Teriyaki Boy.

I’ve always loved Japanese food. I’m generally not picky with food so if I want a quick Japanese fix I can eat at Tokyo Tokyo, Teriyaki Boy, Sumosam or any other Japanese fast food/resto out there but a good Japanese fix for me is eating at Saisaki. I haven’t really tried all good (& expensive) Japanese restaurants but I’m ok with Saisaki. Anyway, since we had Burger Machine earlier in the afternoon already I decided against ordering my usual of Katsudon. But BF still ordered his Gyu-Yakiniku Don, hehe Rice topped with beef egg. I ordered my usual Kakiage tempura nalang. Plus, an order of California Maki, haha, we couldn’t resist! After dinner, we just sat outside and had our nicotine fix then he drove me home na. Speaking of driving, I drove from the house to Macapagal and I insisted on this because the car that BF brought was their manual car and I wanted to practice again. We passed by Coastal road and guess what, na-traffic pa kame, haha, my left food literally went numb. It was all good, at least I can say that I can still drive a stick shift.

California Maki

Yummy Kakiage Tempura

Back to Reality April 19, 2008

I went to Boracay with friends last April 11-14. It was super fun! This trip was 2 years in the making. I was with BF and I’s close circle of friends from college. My bestfriend was there also! No trip could’ve been more fun! We had a 2pm flight out of Manila on Friday (April 11) and an 8 am flight out of Caticlan on Monday (April 14). We stayed at Ole, yes, it’s the Mexican/Cuban/Spanish restaurant in D Mall. They really have nice rooms. They had 3 rooms in all and we rented all of them, hehe, we were 8 in the group eh. The 1st room was good for 2 then the 2nd was good for 3 then the 3rd room was good for 4 but if you’re a tight group I’m sure it’ll fit more. BF and I were in the 2nd room. The group was supposed to be 9 but 1 friend backed out at the last minute because he was sick with fever for 3 days already. We got settled in the room at around 5pm already so the 1st day wasn’t really filled with activities. We just had dinner at Gasthoff - yummy ribs - then we had drinks at Paraw after.

We really went there just to relax so we just had steady days. Sleep, eat, drink, sleep, eat, drink & so on and so forth. And we didn’t do any water activities any more (snorkeling, parasailing, etc). We just lounged at the beach and drank shakes. Oh, it rained! But we were swimming at the time so it was fun! I met a girl from the Czech republic, her name’s Marcela. One of my friends wanted her braids so I asked Marcela where she got hers (it had beads kase). We had lunch at Shenna’s (near Rock & Roll crepes) - I ordered their Carbonara which was literally a plate full of pasta. For P125, it wasn’t bad. Though the service will take long. Whether you come early or during lunch hours - which will take longer. For happy hour we drank in Guilly’s Island but before we got their me, BF and one friend ate ihaw ihaw first. I had 1 isaw and a hotdog, hehe There was an event going on it was Myx at the Paraw area while it was Campus 99.5 RT at Guilly’s. The bands over at Myx were nice but the crowd wasn’t. It was too much so we just stayed at Guilly’s. I have a picture with Ramon Bautista! Haha he was a host at the event since he’s also a DJ for 99.5 RT. He’s sooo funny in person! And he’s really nice & accommodating. Kamikaze was the main band of the night and when they started playing the crowd came flooding in! As in children, manongs, bangkeros, everyone! We almost got trampled on! Good thing we weren’t sitting on the mats & pillows on the sand. 2 of our friends were asked to join a game in between bands, the guys who invited them were sitting just behind us (inside the ropes) so we just crossed to the ropes and stayed with them. Kamikaze was sooo good! Jay was so entertaining! He got the crowd hooked! After they performed we just stayed at Guilly’s and partied!

The following day was a really slow once since it was a Sunday. A friend of ours is staying in Boracay already because he’s fixing something for work there. He works for a company that has ferry deliveries to Caticlan and he’s in Boracay because he’s fixing the delivery route there. Anyway, he took us to this amazing place near Panoly & Shangri-La already (super dulo), waaay past Station 1 already. It was also near the Balinghai residential condominiums. The beach front had, I think, around 4 hug cabanas where you can just lounge. Eat, drink, sleep, smoke or what have you. We bought liempo on the way there and we had it bbq’d for us. I think this is private property so it’s not something really accessible to anyone. Our friend knows the manager (I think) of the area. We stayed there the whole afternoon until early evening, BF and I joined our group around 7:30-8pm already. We just had dinner at Ole and bought drinks to drink upstairs. Since we had an early flight the next day we just decided to stay in and drink in the biggest room. We left Ole at around 6:30am and we were settled in the pre-departure area by 7:15-7:20. When we arrived in Manila we had brunch at Lin Lu restaurant, it’s one of the little eateries beside the Domestic airport. Since some of them had shift that night, we all hailed cabs and went on our merry way.

I didn’t have shift Monday night anymore because technically I was a “bum” already. I resigned from Accenture already and I’m now working for Globe Telecom. I’m officially starting on Monday (April 21). My first day was last April 16 but the 3 days were just for orientation so I start work on Monday. Good luck to me! I’m really excited! My first time ever since I started working to work during “normal” hours. I’m still adjusting to the rush hour traffic and the huge amounts of people. I didn’t get to experience this at night. This is also my 1st time to work at an “office”. After working in a call center, I worked in a BPO setup, pretty much the same except we didn’t have calls.

I am welcoming the change. I’m even embracing it! I can’t really say much about it yet since I haven’t officially started but we’ll see by the end of next week if I’m still alive, haha!

I’m welcoming myself to the real world.

TGIF April 9, 2008

love TGI Friday’s! BF loves it too & so does my family. We eat here during birthdays we also eat here just because. Whenever the budget permits, BF and I eat at Friday’s. We always order the Friday’s Three For All appetizer which has Mozzarella Sticks, Buffalo Wings, Loaded Potato Skins & sticks of celery you can dip in the sauces (pictured below) and their Caesar salad (with or without grilled chicken).

Anyway, I was going over my folders in my computer when I saw this photo of uber yummy baby back ribs BF and I had in Fridays. A friend of ours gave BF and I a complimentary receipt where we can avail a full slab of ribs absolutely free, no purchase necessary! *drool*

Here’s the mouth watering ribs we had:

Friday’s Caesar Salad:

Three For All Appetizer:

After a big and hearty meal BF and I try to save room for dessert. Take note the operative word here is try If ever we do succeed and still have space for dessert (which we seldom do) we always order their best seller (I would like to think) Mocha Mud Pie! Yummmmmy!

I can’t wait for our next TGIF meal!

Long Weekend April 9, 2008

At work, we follow US holidays so the long weekend that just passed doesn’t apply to us but we still get carried away by the hype. F invited BF and I to go with his family to Canyon Woods to celebrate his parents’ 35th wedding anniversary. He was worried since he’ll be stuck with his family he wouldn’t have anything to so he invites us along. It was such a fun day! Now I’m wondering why he thinks he’ll get bored - his family’s wonderful! Maybe because he’s been living with them since birth, he has seen past the wonderfulness of them already. Anyway, the baby of the family was with us so that was extra fun (baby of his older brother). We had sooo much food! We had CPA (Chicken Pork Adobo), rice (of course), salad (balsamic vinaigrette with strawberries & grapes), bread (focaccia, ciabatta, with herbs, w/o herbs, wheat bread loaf) - which we dipped in balsamic vinegar, olive oil & Parmesan cheese, & lasagna (instead of using ground beef F’s sis in law used meatballs) - this was just lunch! After lunch, we all had siesta. Then when I woke up at around 7 the table was set for dinner already!!! Buhay baboy! For dinner, we still had the bread, rice (of course), eggplant with tomatoes, garlic & balsamic vinegar - super yummy! - fried fish (it was tilapia, I think), steamed okra with bagoong, ensaladang mangga (also w/ bagoong, syempre), pork binagoongan, & left over lasagna. I didn’t eat too much since I was still full from lunch.

After dinner drinks consisted of a 5L mini-keg of Heineken draft beer - which I found too sweet, by the way - red & white wine & juice, hehe. I had both red & white wine and guess what, there was pica pica on the table ready to be devoured! F’s sis in law set up a beautiful cheese plate. It had strawberries, grapes (green & violet), Gorgonzola (love!), cheddar cheese and another cheese that I wasn’t able to get the name of. We also had fish crackers and more bread. I played poker (Texas Hold ‘Em) with BF, F, F’s brother & dad. The first round was just a ‘trial’ round while the next one we had a buy in of P50, hehe. The kuya was joking around that he bets the game will end up with the girl (me!) winning the game, guess what? I did! Hahaha! I joked to BF that we now had money to pay the toll - which is where we actually spent the money on.

It wasn’t that cold in Tagaytay maybe because it’s the summer, I’m not really sure, but it was cooler that night. We slept with the windows open but we still opened the fan, it wasn’t really “Tagaytay cold” enough. Of course, when we woke up food was on the table again. We had sunny side up eggs (I only ate the whites, of course), tapa, leftover eggplant (with garlic, tomatoes & balsamic vinegar) from last night, chili con carne & garlic fried rice. I had a little of everything though I finished up all the leftover eggplant.

We were out of the house by 11am since the owners of the house will arrive after lunch and the caretaker would still have to clean up the house. It was really traffic going back to Tagaytay. We decided to have lunch at Leslie’s - it was super packed! I think we waited around an hour to an hour and a half before we finally got a table. You could just imagine the waiting time before your food is served. We ordered 2 Special Bulalo, 2 orders of Lechon Kawali, 2 orders of Ensaladang Mangga, 3 orders of the Crispy Fried Tawilis, 2 orders of Laing & rice - of course.

While having lunch, another friend of ours I and his girlfriend K texted us that they were in Laiya (Batangas) and asked us if we liked to follow. Since F, BF and I were kinda bitin with the Canyon Woods overnight we replied and confirmed that we’ll follow - not knowing how far Laiya is!!! No one knew it was that far. Anyway, after Leslie’s we made our way to Startoll then Lipa then San Juan then to a dirt road going to the different resorts you can go to in Laiya. I and K were in Pahiyas, so of course, that’s where we went. We got there at 6:22pm already so we didn’t swim anymore, we just waded by the shore and wet our feet. There was a tent of Chowking there so that’s what we had for dinner plus halo halo for dessert, yummy. The boys drank a few rounds of beers and then we settled in the little room. F, BF & I decided to leave Laiya around 2am so as not to get stuck with everyone else who’ll go home the next morning. I was on the bed with I & K then F and BF were on the floor (on cushions). BF was facing towards the bed so he was staring at the space under the bed. He asked F if he wanted to switch places, F asked him if he’s feeling something “funny” that’s why he wants to trade places then BF told him no, he just wanted F’s spot because that’s where the vent of the aircon was. Then F started making up stories about red eyes peeking out from the bed, etc. BF jokingly sat up and pretended to see something then F stood up, opened the lights & panicked because he though BF saw something! It was sooo funny! 2 grown men trying to make themselves one with the corner of the room! Haha! Then and there F decided that he was awake enough to make the drive back to Manila. He was thinking that he didn’t want to travel at 2 in the morning when there was a long dirt road with trees on the side as his only view. I told them its their call, for me I was asleep at the back and didn’t wake up until we were at F’s house already.

My Live Signature April 2, 2008

I was browsing through some blogs here in wordpress when I came across this blog (sorry I’m still trying to find it) and when I scrolled down I saw that she had a signature after every post. I’m not really sure if she’s directly connected with wordpress but she gives tips about wordpress. I saw something about how to add a signature. I think I tried to follow that and didn’t succeed, I forgot already, but, what I did was I just googled about how to add signatures to blogs and came across the site named MyLiveSignature. They can do real signatures but you’ll have to send them a copy of your signature, of course, and I’m not sure how long before they’ll send back the file. There’s also a feature in the site where you’ll write with your mouse and they’ll create the signature for you but it was quite hard because it didn’t really look like my handwriting.

You’ll go through several pages of options - what your signature actually is, font, size, color, etc. And this is what I came up with.. Tada!

*Edit:  I was going through the different themes of wordpress and as I opened each theme to view how my blogs would look the “eternally pink” signature kept on popping out because of the bright pink color. As much as I looove pink this particular shade was too bright for me and I wanted something really elegant & neat so I created a new one which is smaller and more subtle.

Alvin and the Chipmunks April 1, 2008

I looove Theodore! Haha after such a long time of wanting to watch this movie I finally watched it over the weekend at BF’s place. I was on my way to pick him up Sunday afternoon to go the mall when he texted me that he was left alone in the house which means we can’t leave - apparently the maids left also. When I got there he was watching There Will Be Blood but he said that I can watch whatever I want since he’s stopping the DVD because he found the movie slow. I can’t really agree yet because I haven’t seen it yet. I chose to watch Alvin and the Chipmunks. It was so light and funny! I found them so cute. I even told BF that I wanted a chipmunk of my own, haha! I’m always like this, whenever we watch a movie (or even just TV) and I see an animal I like or find cute I tell him that I want one, hehe. I wanted a seal once, and a whale, plus dogs, birds, cats, name it! Going back, there were scenes in the movie that I was just smiling and cuddling an imaginary chipmunk in my arms because I found them (especially Theodore) so adorable! Haha I’m sounding weird now Here’s a synopsis I got from this site:

 

In a tree farm, three musically inclined chipmunks, Alvin, Simon and Theodore, find their tree cut down and sent to Los Angeles. Once there, they meet the frustrated songwriter David Seville, and despite a poor house wrecking first impression, they impress him with their singing talent. Seeing the opportunity for success, both human and chipmunks make a pact for them to sing his songs. While that ambition proves a frustrating struggle with the difficult trio, the dream does come true after all. However, that success presents its own trials as their unscrupulous record executive, Ian Hawke, plans to break up this family to exploit the boys.

I love Theodore! (look at his glazed eyes, haha)

Project Blog #1: Media Habits March 28, 2008

I just recently made ‘public’ this blog to my fellow Girltalkers. There’s a thread there entitled Support Group for GT Bloggers. After reading through the posts, it inspired me to share my own blog. Though I haven’t really shared my real name this blog will still let them know me more as a person. From that thread, a fellow GTalker (Mindy), was kind enough to create a blogring for all of us GT Bloggers. I’m proud to say I’m part of that blogring. The Project Blog was born from there - something for the group to do & update and it will also help each other know more about how the other GT bloggers think & feel about certain topics. A new project will be posted every Sunday, it’s now Friday and I haven’t done the project yet. Don’t get me wrong it’s not something I have to do, I want to do it. I’m actually excited about what the next projects would be. I just can’t believe it that it’s taken me this long to do this particular project.

 

Media Habits

• What do you read, watch, download, listen to? Why do you prefer those?
  • I actually read a lot but most of them are non-fiction books. I like the romantic, sappy, cheesy, corny, tear-jerker kind of novels, hehe. I was introduced to this type of books when my bestfriend offered to lend me one, and the rest is history. Now my mom is telling me to dispose of these books because we’ll soon move to another house and my precious books will just be kalat.
  • Watching movies is BF and I’s past time. When we still had the same schedule before (get out of work at 11am), we would catch new movies every Wednesday. But now, we just watch on the weekends. TV, I loooove watching CSI! Las Vegas and New York to be exact but I’m starting to love Miami, I just like it now. I also like watching sitcoms like Everybody Loves Raymond, Will & Grace, Friends, etc - obviously these are reruns, hehe. I only get to watch a little TV before going to sleep this is around 10am-2pm so there’s not much on. Oh! I also have this thing with cooking shows! I watch it every chance I get. With music, I can say I like all of the genres. I just like techno/house/chill out more. May it be old school (as in Beatles, even The Platters), hip hop, RnB, rock, even country, I like ‘em! The one thing I can’t stand is the really hard rock type of music - like the screaming, scary ones.

• What do you do on the internet?
  • I surf! Hehe at work Girltalk is almost always open the whole shift - I just refresh once in a while to check if there are new replies (I’m not being biased :P). When I get home, I automatically check my accounts in multiply, friendster, & facebook. Sometimes myspace when I remember to. Of course, I also check my email.

• How much have you spent/save on this habit?
  • Hmmm, I can’t really say I’ve saved on buying books because the authors that I like doesn’t come cheap in National Bookstore - they usually price it at P359! But I always check out Booksale and Chapters & Pages because they usually carry the authors that I like.