10 random facts about me

Since its 10.10.10, i figured i would write down 10 random facts about me. so here goes:

1. i love books (kinda obvious). my taste in books is eclectic, depending on my mood.
2. i love music. i love to sing, was a choir member all throughout my elem, HS and college days, until now that i am working, i am still part of the not so active company choir =)
3. i am an only child. i would like to believe that i am not spoiled or bratty. but when i do get my moods and my bitchy self comes out, i use the excuse that i am an only child, so i naturally have a license to act bratty =P (well, the excuse does come in handy haha!).
4. i sleep most nights with music in the background. it kinda helps put me to sleep (insomniac alert).
5. i remember a lot of things: facts, names, events that happened in the past, but i tend to forget birth dates, except for those people really close to me (but sometimes, i still do =P).
6. i love the color blue. when shopping my eyes automatically look for blue stuff.
7. despite the fact that i am quite sickly, i have never been confined in a hospital (proud!).
8. i cannot sleep without a water bottle (or pitcher, or glass) beside me. i wake up in the middle of the night thirsty.
9. i love spicy food. i eat most of the time having fish sauce as my sawsawan or soy sauce and calamansi, both with siling labuyo in it =)... my mom said my yaya while growing up was bicolana, thus i was used to eating spicy stuff since i was a kid.
10. i dont like bananas ... as in! but i can eat the occasional pinasugbo from iloilo =) that's about it .. my taste buds and my tummy and bananas are at odds, they really don't get along! ... my nutrition prof in UP said it might be psychological (hhhmm, pwede ... psychotic naman ako paminsan =P).

there you have it, my attempt to do something 10-ish this 10.10.10 ... hhmmm, it was kinda hard to put it together though ... have to stay clear of the emotional things to keep the list factual, well except for the bitchy self entry haha! ...

i am invincible

i am invincible
i feel i am so, i know i am so
i am invincible when i know what i'm doing
when i know what steps to take
what to look for, how to solve a problem,
how to decide what's best.

i am invincible
when i can control things,
the outcome of an experiment, a study
when i can say with certainty
"approved without thinking"
when i can decide with my eyes shut
without even needing to see, feel, hear, more than once.

i am invincible
when i know i am right
when i know that those i love
are behind me no matter what
i feel invincible

when i feel loved, trusted, appreciated

when people say i can do things i normally cannot do
when people say that i have potential
when people recognize something in me
that I myself cannot see.

i am invincible ... or am i not?
at this point, i feel cracks in my walls
a tremor in my solid ground
as doubt begins to take seed and fear starts to knock.
my fortress is being besieged
by forces i cannot control
by forces i cannot fathom
loneliness, anxiety, sadness, doubt, fear
enemies i have no known protection for.

am i invincible?
i hope to the heavens i am
whatever made me think i am, i need those now.
but before i regain my strength
i need to repair my fortress
fill in the cracks, stabilize my foundation,
refill my ammunitions.
i need to find my center, my passion,
my inspiration, my purpose.
and for these, i need more than just time ...
i need myself to be whole.

am i invincible?
i hope to God i am
with every fiber of my being
i hope and pray that i can overcome this siege
i need to outrun it and outlive it
for me to regain my strength.

my summer book loot

my latest book stash is composed mostly of young adult reads. i find them refreshing -- the stories are short, but engaging. the plots may seem predictive and simple (but at times not!), but the twists and the characters add more zest to the reading experience.

i am actually looking forward to reading the hunger games series as i read a number of favorable reviews about the books =). dawn of the dreadfuls, one of the 2 only non-YA in my stash, is also an anticipated read as i loved pride, prejudice and zombies. the second non-YA in my stash is ilustrado by miguel syjuco, another book which gained numerous favorable reviews.

well, i hope to finish reading them during the summer and am looking forward to raiding the bookstores again after. actually, i am waiting for prince of mists by carlos ruiz zafon (i already reserved a copy in powerbooks megamall hehehehe) which will come out on may 14. (thanks aileen! =) ur the best! - - aileen is our trusty book consultant in powebooks, in short she is responsible for half of my book loot hahaha! )

sooooo, here's to a summer filled with books and numerous adventures! =) and all of these adventures i can experience without leaving the airconditioned confines of a cafe or the safe haven of my bedroom =).

i wish

i wish ...
i can make things better for you,
that i can hold your hand through tough times
that i can somehow ease your pain and hurt,
that i can help you move on and heal

i wish...
i can make things brighter for you
that i can make you smile and laugh
and enjoy the simple pleasures of life
like friends and easy conversation

i wish...
i can make you listen
that i can make you appreciate and understand
the things that you keep taking for granted
and the things that you choose to ignore

i wish...
you will realize that life is never what it seems
that what you think is right may not always be good for you
that life can be both fair and unfair
depending on which consequence or reward you deserve

i wish...
you will just look around you
and appreciate what you have
fighting for something may not always be the right course
especially if that battle has already been lost.

*image from http://www.sxc.hu/m/m/mr/mrinkk/505428_holding_hands.jpg

book ends

I recently finished two books : Beautiful Creatures by Kami Garcia and Margaret Stohl and Pride and Prejudice and Zombies by Jane Austen and Seth Grahame Smith.

Beautiful Creatures started out slow but the storyline was good. A gothic novel that has interesting twists and turns. Though quite dark, there are bits of humor injected that makes it less serious and light.

Pride and Prejudice and Zombies was quite a read. I haven't read the original Austen classic (since I am quite intimidated by the classics =P), but now I would like to grab one and read it (more to compare it with the zombies version). I really had fun reading the book =). There exists an interesting contrast between the writing style and what it describes (imagine a katana-wielding heroine wearing a long dress while battling and beheading zombies in the english countryside while speaking in the old english tongue). For me, this adds to the charm of the book. I can't actually wait to read the prequel = Dawn of the Dreadfuls.

You're in UP

original post from FB's Overheard at UP page... astig! =)

Dr. Jose Dalisay: "You're in UP 'cause you can think and speak for yourselves by your own wits and on your own two feet. And you can do so no matter what the rest of the people in the room may be thinking. You're in UP 'cause no one can tell you to shut up if you have something sensible and vital to say. You're in UP 'cause you dread not the poverty of material comforts but the poverty of the mind. And you're in UP 'cause you care about something abstract and sometimes as treacherous as the idea of a "nation", even if it kills you."

(posted by SJ San Juan)

from Overheard at UP

naaliw ako sobra sa entry na to as posted in Overheard at UP FB page:



may sumakay na 2 ale na medyo madaldal parehas.. tpos may ksakay din kming mga marine students yta..nagbayad ung mga marine students tapos cnabi nla na estudyante daw..tpos eto na nangyari...

UP STUDENTt: ma, bayad po isang estudyante..

ALE NA MADALDAL 1: tingnan mo sa UP, wla clang uniform. di tuloy mukhang estudyante.. tignan mo ung mga yun (mga marine students) pormal na pormal.. mukhang kagalanggalang..

ALE NA MADALDAL 2: oo nga, iho (knausap ung nagbayad na UP student) bakit ba wla kaung uniform? hindi tuloy kau mukhang estudyante.. mukha lng kaung mamamalengke..

UP STUDENT: (ngumiti) ah eh, WALA DAW PO KASI SA ITSURA PAGIGING ESTUDYANTE, NASA UTAK!(tawa ng malakas ung mga marine students, tinamaan yta.. syempre pati ako nkitawa na rin)

ALE NA MADALDAL 1: sabi sau wag kang magtatanong ng mga ganyan sa mga tga-UP, laging may bala yang mga yan eh!!

[by: Jiro Castellano]

start your week right ...

i got this off my friends' FB status:

We heal our minds whenever we let bad memories go; we heal our souls whenever we pray; and we heal our hearts whenever we forgive.

meaningful reflections

a friend sent me this SMS this morning. the message hit a number of spots and i found it to be truly meaningful.

Lenten Reflections:
1. Sometimes, God breaks our spirit to save our soul.
2. Sometimes, He breaks our hearts to make us whole.
3. Sometimes, He sends us pain so we can be stronger.
4. Sometimes, He sends us failure so we can be humble.
5. Sometimes, He sends us illness so we can take better care of ourselves.
6. Sometimes, He takes "everything" away from us so we can learn the value of the little we have left.

Happy Easter Everyone! :)

it's time

after a week of sadness, confusion, heartache and anxiety, i woke up today decided to have a change of heart. i suppose it would be better to face each day with a smile and a sunny, positive disposition. maybe, it would help me better cope with the situation i am currently in and hopefully a positive attitude can one day bring good news and a better future. kinda idealistic ... sounds a lot like those motherhood statements we see and hear during positive reinforcement seminars... but at this point i don't have anything to lose. and besides, i already look like a panda with huge circles under my eyes, so a smiling panda for starters would be better than a mopey one. soooo, as dramatic as i am the past few days (my past entries can attest to that), i wouldn't let this day pass without writing another entry. ending my week or rather starting my week with a more hopeful tone =)... (my wish now is that i be able to have the strength to keep this up and not go into relapse ...)

its time
to stop moping and start coping
to stop crying and start smiling
to stop hurting and start healing

its time
to wait in hope rather than in anxiety and dread
to pray for better days than to blame the past
to live each day at a time and not hide from it

its time
to find strength in patience and understanding
to smile again amidst the hearts' chaos and confusion
to find joy again even in the simplest of things

its time to face each day with renewed hope
that one day soon everything will be alright
for now, i just have to start to wake up and breathe
for me to be able to laugh and love and once again live.


*image from http://www.flickr.com/photos/ashting/2143482916/

learning and waiting

i learned that...

there are consequences to things both said and unsaid,
and to actions done and not done

intentions however honest or even noble
can still be misconstrued and be perceived as malicious

people who know you well enough
are still prone to believing lies about you
when anger and jealousy take part

i learned all these in a short span of time,
drowning me in the process.
and now trying to understand and grasp reality
while waiting for a judge to reach its verdict

i can say everything i want
to prove my innocence
but deaf ears do not hear nor see reason
they only feel dark, illogical wrath

for now, my only ally is time
hoping it does heal wounds
wounds accidentally inflicted
by naive actions and honest intentions

riding an emotional roller coaster

its the time of the year again when i feel like i'm in an emotional roller coaster. every feeling is heightened, i feel like i am absorbing the emotions of people around me. at the end of the day, i feel totally drained. well, one upside is that i tend to lose my appetite if am in one of these moods, therefore decreasing my need to go to the gym haha! (justifying =P).

i am sad, melancholic, angry, confused and numb all at the same time. happy? i get my share of laughs every once in a while, but after that, the gloomy and pensive mood sets in again. I really don't know why i feel like this, maybe i am just hormonal =P. still, maybe there are stuff i need to face, issues i need to resolve, situations i need to accept and consequences i need to take responsibility for. i guess i just need time to sort things out and eventually (hopefully) get a grasp on the reality i need to face and live with.

unanswered questions may need to be answered or not ... depending on whether i really do want to know the answers. a friend said that ignorance is bliss and that there are just some things thats better left alone. trying to dig up the reasons behind past actions and the whys behind the whats is two-faced: you either end up feeling better knowing the truth or you end up feeling more miserable. in the end, i guess a few things do matter: how i accept what i learned and what i do about it. someone once told me, its okay to have what if's but it would be better to have more what nows. i guess it kinda means that its okay to have regrets (who doesn't?) but it would be better not to dwell on them. it would be best to work on what we have now since we really cannot do anything about actions already committed in the past.

*image from http://www.socialdesire.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/09/emotional-blogger.jpg

holding on to pain

How can you hold on to something that is not yours?
How can you even let yourself hope
That by some weird circumstance
The world will flip over and the heavens will
Smile in your favor.

Reining in feelings hasn’t always been
Your strongest point, but
Accepting hurt and suffering in silence is
You’d rather take the pain than let others
Know you are being torn apart

Praying, wishing and hoping that one day
The powers that be will look at you and say
You deserve to be happy with someone
Who will be your inspiration, your strength
And your reason to smile

Until that day comes, keep your heart in check
Keep your feelings behind locked gates
Especially if the fates throw you in an arena
Where your heart is doomed to suffer
no matter what the outcome is.

Let go no matter how much it hurts
Even if holding on makes you happy
Even if holding on makes you feel complete
For holding on to something that should not be yours
Can only ultimately lead to one thing: pain.

The One That Got Away

A friend sent me this article ... its a really nice read ... plus i can quite relate to it haha! =P (kaya siguro pinadala sakin to =P)


The One that Got Away
by Mark J. MacapagalManila Times, Aug. 23, 2006

In your life, you'll make note of a lot of people. Ones with whom you shared something special, ones who will always mean something.


There's the one you first kissed, the one you first loved, the one you lost your virginity to, the one you put on a pedestal, the one you're with...and the one that got away. Who is the one that got away? I guess it's that person with who everything was great, everything was perfect, but the timing was just wrong. There was no fault in the person, there was no flaw in the chemistry, but the cards just didn't fall the right way, I suppose.


I believe in the fact that ending up with someone, finding a longtime partner that is, does not lie merely in the other person. I can actually argue that an equal part, or maybe even the greater part, has to do with the matter of timing. It has to do with you being ready to settle down and commit to someone in a way that goes beyond the little niceties of giddy romance.


How often have you gone through it without even realizing it? When you're not ready to commit in that mature manner, it doesn't matter who you're with, it just doesn't work. Small problems become big; inconsequentials become dealbreakers simply because you're not ready and it shows. It's not that you and the person you're with are no good; it's just that it's not yet right, and little things become the flashpoint of that fact.


Then one day you're ready. You really are. And when this happens you'll be ready to settle down with someone. He or she may not be the most perfect, they might not be the brightest star of romance to ever have burned in your life, but it'll work because you're ready. It'll work because it's the right time and you'll make it work. And it'll make sense, it really will.


So that day comes when you're finally making sense of things, and you find yourself to be a different person. Things are different, your approach is different, you finally understand who you are and what you want, and you've become ready because the time has truly arrived. And mind you, there's no telling when this day will come. Hopefully you're single but you could be in a long-term relationship, you could be married with three kids, it doesn't matter. All you know is that you've changed, and for some reason, the one that got away, is the first person you think about.


You'll think about them because you'll wonder, "What if they were here today?" You'll wonder, "What if we were together now, with me as I am and not as I was?" That's what the one that got away is. The biggest "What if?" you'll have in your life.


If you're married, you'll just have to accept the fact that the one that got away, got away. Believe me, no matter how fairy tale you think your marriage is, this can happen to the best of us. But hopefully you're mature enough to realize that you're already with the one you're with and this is just another test of your commitment, one which will just strengthen your marriage when you get past it. Sure, you'll think about him/her every so often, but it's alright. It's never nice to live with a "might have been," but it happens.


Maybe the one that got away is the one who's already married. In which case it's the same thing. You just have to accept and know that your memories of that person will probably bring a nice little smile to your lips in the future when you're old and gray and reminiscing.


But if neither of that is the case, then it's different. What do you do if it's not yet too late? Simple...find him, find her. Because the very existence of a "one that got away" means that you'll always wonder, what if you got that one?


Ask him out to coffee, ask her out to a movie, it doesn't matter if you've dropped in from out of nowhere. You'd be surprised, you just might be "the one that got away" as well for the person who is your "the one that got away."


You might drop in from out of nowhere and it won't make a difference. If the timing is finally right, it'll all just fall into place somehow and you know, I'm thinking, it would be a great feeling, in the end, to be able to say to someone, "Hey you, you're the one that almost got away."

this song got me thinking

as usual, valentine's day was a big huge zero for me... so while in a senti mode, i heard this song and it got me thinking ... i was always seen as the fat (ugly), funny girl since my grade school days until college and grad school... i can quite relate to some of the lines in this song (to those of us who knew the pain, of valentines that never came)...


I learned the truth at seventeen.
That love was meant for beauty queens
And high school girls with clear skinned smiles
Who married young and then retired
The valentines I never knew
The Friday night charades of youth
Were spent on one more beautiful
At seventeen I learned the truth.

And those of us with ravaged faces
Lacking in the social graces
Desperately remained at home
Inventing lovers on the phone
Who called to say, "come dance with me"
And murmur vague obscenities
It isn't all it seems at seventeen.

A brown eyed girl in hand-me-downs
Whose name I never could pronounce said
Pity, please, the ones who serve
They only get what they deserve
The rich-relationed home-town queen
Marries into what she needs
With a guarantee of company and haven for the elderly.

Remember those who win the game
Lose the love they sought to gain
In debentures of quality
And dubious integrity
Their small town eyes will gape at you
In dull surprise when payment due
Exceeds accounts received at seventeen.

To those of us who knew the pain
Of valentines that never came
And those whose names were never called
When choosing sides for basketball
It was long ago and far away
The world was younger than today
And dreams were all they gave for free
To ugly duckling girls like me.

We all play the game and when we dare
To cheat ourselves at solitaire
Inventing lovers on the phone
Repenting other lives unknown
That call and say, "come dance with me"
And murmur vague obscenities
At ugly girls like me, at seventeen.


Lyrics: Janis Ian

Reflections on Friendship

it has been a loooooong time since i last wrote something, so again, to start things off (and hopefully, i can write regularly again) i decided to reflect a bit on friendship.

based on my experience, there are different types of friendship: there are the high maintenance ones, the kind that can leave you stressed out, yung tipong you constantly need to keep up with whatever they think is right or wrong, to constantly keep track and tabs on each other, sometimes, leaving you with the feeling that there are certain requirements to fulfill; on the other hand, meron ding low maintenance, yung tipong kahit ilang araw o buwan o taon pa man kayo hindi magkita eh, pag nagkita kayo ulet the connection is still there, like there was never a physical separation or a break in communication. both have their pros and cons and sometimes the types overlap and i am not saying that either one is good or bad, depende sa tao yan: sa ugali nila and how they view friendship. and yet for me, meron pang isang type and i guess it is the best one: the type na parang pang-kindergarten, yung parang no holds barred, yung tipong you accept the person no matter who, what, when, where, how, or why. the type of friendship that sees, hears and feels and knows (as in really knows who you really are, inside and out), the type sensitive and considerate enough to sense the others' feelings, yung tipong paminsan, iniisip mo pa lang o kaya tingin mo pa lang eh alam na nila ang iniisip mo o di kaya alam na nila na may something, no words required. the type that is nurtured, the type that is characterized by full acceptance. yung tipong kaya mong sabihing galit ka sa kanya o naiinis ka or di kaya yung pwede mong laitin o pagsabihan, kahit pagalitan pa, without fear of being judged, kahit na mag-away pa kayo - mahinahon man o hindi, in the end magkakaintindihan pa din kayo kahit gaano ka-babaw o ka-far fetched ang dahilan ng pinagtampuhan or pinag-awayan. yung kahit na di kayo mag-usap o magkita o magkalayo kayo you know na the bond is there. in short, the strong bond of friendship formed will still hold true despite differences (be it siginificant, yung tipong super magkaiba kayo ng ugali or yung tipong petty na magkaiba kayo ng peborit color) and will manage to keep the relationship intact and formidable.

i recently had a wake-up call regarding this. i heard from someone that you should never expect things even from your close friends because that can only lead to heartache. parang in the end, masasaktan ka lang. may tama naman yun, and tama sya ulet kasi i learned it the hard way. BUT, the wake up call was that maybe i was really expecting too much from people who do not really regard me in any way as significant. how did i arrive at this conclusion? a lot of things na din siguro, but the last trigger was the fact that they weren't even aware of why i was recently hurt in the first place, and that spoke volumes. now, sadly, i am starting to let go. don't get me wrong, i am not cutting ties, i am just loosening my grip on the cords that i have held on to so tightly for years. i should learn to accept that maybe the things i did or did not do in the past (admittedly, i do have shortcomings and faults) somehow lead to this, and that i should learn to fully accept where my place really lies.

this is the point where i am thanking the Man Upstairs for hard-core friends. the type i described earlier. the siblings i never had but was given to me nonetheless. the people who held on and still continue to hold on to a friendship that started way, way back =). again, i admit, i am not without fault, nor am i in any way perfect, both as a person and as a friend, but despite all these, i am blessed enough to have found people who, given my imperfections, still chose to accept, understand and share their time and friendship =). i also learned that though years do add to the depth of friendship, it doesn't necessarily follow that the worth is the same. and again, i have been blessed to have found good friends recently =). for you guys, thank you so very much. thank you for everything you have given me and for making me feel loved and supported (drama! pero pagbigyan nyo na ko haha!). alam nyo na kung sino kayo. salamat, salamat ng marami.

Corny as it may seem, but i have a song that kinda describes how i feel right now. para po sa inyo =)

‘On The Side Of Me’ by Corrinne May 

I’m not the easiest person to love
I’m often the one who lets things go unresolved
Yet you choose to beon the side of me
on the side of me
Yet you choose to beon the side of me
on the side of me

I’m not too proud of some things
I’ve done in my life
The skeletons in my closet
Are too big for me to hide

Yet you choose to be
on the side of me
on the side of me
Blessed Charity
You’re on the side of me
on the side of me

‘Cause everyone needs a friend to hold
when it’s cold outsideand there’s no place to go
Everyone needs a friend to hold
all alone I cried
there was no place to go
I remember when nobody cared
but you

I’m not the easiest person to love
But you, you’ve opened your heart to show me what I’m worth

‘Cause you choose to beon the side of me
on the side of me
What a mystery
You’re on the side of me
on the side of me

‘Cause everyone needs a friend to hold
when it’s cold outsideand there’s no place to go
Everyone needs a friend to hold
all alone I cried
there was no place to go

I remember when nobody cared
I remember when nobody cared
Nobody cared
But you

Yeah you choose to be
on the side of me
on the side of me

Signing In ...

Its been while since I last signed in. Super duper hectic at work.. just launched a new project so super dumog na naman ang monitoring and inspection activities... haggard ever! =)
school is also catching up, what with reports on a weekly basis pero the good thing about it is .. last stretch na to! compre na on feb (hopefully i'll pass... ) then graduation na! yey! i can finally say na i survived MBA!! hahaha! =)
until then, i have to keep things in order and working smoothly both at work and in school and to do this, i need to keep my sanity! which by the way is constantly teetering on a rather dangerous slope hahaha! (as if i am completely sane to start with...)

Komyuter Files: Sta. Lucia

Kanina nang papunta ako sa Katipunan may nakasakay ako sa jeep na magkaibigan. Super chika to the max ang dalawang eto na para bang alang pakialam sa mundo. Kahit na super sikip na nung jeep, cla yung tipong alang pakialamang nagkukuwentuhan ng crush nila, crush nung prendship nila, crush nung kapitbahay nila at kung sinu-sino pang crushes chorva ng mga kaibigan at buong neighborhood na yata nila. So anyways, nung mejo lumuwag na ang jeep kasi madaming bumaba sa Sta. Lucia Mall, kwento ever pa din ang dalawang bruha at deadma to the world. Nainis pa nga yata yung katabi ko kasi nakasabit na lang yung pwet nya eh ayaw pa din nilang umurong para man lang makaupo sya ng maayos kahit super luwag na dun sa kabilang side nila.

So non-stop pa din sa chika ang dalawa hanggang sa umandar na ulet ang jeep. Maya-maya eto na ang nangyaring eksena sa jeep:

Girl 1: Magbayad na nga tayo

GIrl 2: OO nga ate, bayad ka na

Girl 1: Bayad !!! (at ayaw pang iabot nung katabi nyang bruha ang bayad, at ayaw din magstretch ..... aba...aba... cge na nga iaabot ko na....)

Habang inaabot na ni Kuya Manong Driver (KMD) ang bayad...

Girl 1: Dalawa yan... Sta Lucia

Huwaaaattttt?!? nanlaki ang mata ko at nang lahat ng pasahero sa jeep, sabay napatingin kami lahat sa kanilang dalawa...Si KMD, natigilan at nagbagal sa pag-drive .. by this time nasa may Ligaya na kami, mejo malayo-layo na din eto sa Sta. Lucia...

KMD: ANO?? san kayo bababa??

Girl 1: (umiikot pa ang mata na parang bingi ang manong driver) sa STA LUCIA nga ...

Everybody (as in everybody sa jeep): LAMPAS NA....

Girl 2: Ate (or ati yata... mukang day-off nila eh), Di ka kase tumitingin sa daan!!!

Girl 1: Lampas na daw .. lampas na daw o! Hihihihihi! (Gagah...lampas na talaga..sinapian na yata si ate)

KMD: Bumaba na lang kayo dito, tapos tumawid kayo sa kabila tapos sakay kayo pabalik

Girl 1: (by this time na-realize na nya na lampas na nga talaga sila) Sasakay pa?!? Di ba pwedeng lakarin na lang?

Ako : HUWAAAT! (sliently eto .. sa loob-loob ko lang) .. "naku, malayo-layo na din yun" ( eto cnabi ko na to talaga...eh mukang naka-malling outfit pa naman sila, sayang naman ang porma pag naglakad)

KMD: Malayo-layo na din yun, nakikita mo yung malaking bldg na yun sa may kalayuan?? Yun yun.. pero kung kaya nyong maglakad nasa sa inyo yun (sabi ngisi ni KMD na parang nakakaloko, sabay iling..)

Girl 1 and 2: Baba na tayo...

Pagbaba ng 2 nawawalang day-off girls, nagdakdakan na ang buong jeep.

"Mukang first time nila pupunta sa Sta. Lucia"

"Eh bakit kasi daldal cla ng daldal eh di pala nila alam kung san sila bababa"

"Naku, sayang ang porma ni ate... baka mapilitang maglakad yun"

at kung anu-ano pang sapantaha ....

KMD (tingin sakin) : akala ko ineng sa Cubao pa sila, kasi parang ala naman clang pakialam sa dinadaanan natin at kanina pa sila daldalan nang daldalan eh

Ako (kibit balikat) : onga po eh, antagal na din po kasi nating nakatigil sa Sta. Lucia kanina di naman nila pinapansin (gatong mode ako).

Ano na nga kaya ang naisipang gawin nina ate?? hhmmm... muntik ko na nga sabihing "ate, sa SM Marikina na lang kaya kayo bumaba? malapit na din naman tayo dun"... kaya lang baka lalo silang mawala, kasalanan ko pa...

Isla Verde

pambihira......

Dahil hindi halos tumitigil ang ulan nitong mga nakaraang araw, ang aming village na dati rati ay Vista Verde ay na-transform na naman to the waterworld village of the future --- ISLA VERDE!! OO! Korek! nagmistulang Isla na naman ang aming mga kabahayan sapagkat sa paligid-ligid namin ay puro tubig .. OO tubig ... sinalo na naman ng buong Cainta ang sangkatubigan na binuhos ng masungit na panahon sa bayan ng Rizal. Ang Imelda Avenue na major highway namin dito sa Cainta ay isa na namang major parking lot. Ang mga kotse ng mga residente sa mga tabi-tabing village, este water parks pala, ay naka-park na sa highway ... baket kanyo??? eh baka kasi anurin ... baka paggising mo eh nasa kabilang ibayo na ang kotse mo ... buti sana kung ang mapapadpad sa garahe mo eh Benz (sosyal!) eh pano kung tricycle??? good luck na lang talaga ...

From my class ay nag-meeting pa ako kasi may report pa kami sa saturday kaya nakauwi ako sa aming water park village mga 11 pm na. sabi ko na nga ba eh, nagbabadya na naman ang noah's ark mode ng aming lugar kasi super daming tao sa daan, mula sa katipunan-aurora area, at lahat cla papuntang Rizal. So yun... pagdating ko sa gate .. dyaraaaaaaaan...... tubig galore!!! ilabas ang mga canoe! ang mga bangka! ayan na ang baha!!! "hello daddy...nasan na si Damian?? ipasundo na ako dito sa gate .. oo sabihin nyo dalhin ang speedboat!"...

so anong nangyari??? eh di ala... lusong sa baha ang byuti ko... deadma na kung naka-maong at sneakers... lusob eto... (remind me to bring slippers next time ... kelangan ingles para may impact!) so yun, habang bitbit ko ang aking mala-tokador na malaking backpack na may lamang uber kapal na readings at laptop, nagmistulang water adventure ang pagtahak ko sa aking landas pag-uwi. naglakad ako sa baha mula gate ng village hanggang bahay namin... o di ba? eh kesa naman maghintay pa ko dun sa gate eh andami na ngang tao dun na ewan ko ba... naghihintay na bumaba ang tubig ... sabi pa nung isa... ay mababasa ako ... sheeeeet ateeeeee .. nakatsinelas ka na nga eh!!!!! so bago ko pa sya majombag nang bonggang-bongga eh lumayo na lang ako ...

so yun... muni-muni sa baha ang nangyari .. in fuhrnezz, napagod ako!! pramis! workout etoh. mga 30 minutes din ako naglakad, doble ang oras kasi ambigat maglakad sa tubig hahaha!

sana pag mga ganitong panahon eh biglang ma-makeover man lang ang village namin para kahit na baha eh fiesta mode pa din .. o diba?? parang feeling bakasyon ka.. paggising mo sa umaga ang nakatambang sa yung paningin ay water! para kang nasa beach! ... mai-suggest nga yun sa aming homeowners association... dapat pag tag-ulan maglabas sila ng decree na all residents should have their own canoe o kaya raft o kaya bangka ... ang saya nun! hehehe =)

o di kaya ang tag line ng village namin ay Vista Verde - your ultimate summer getaway all year round! the water world village of the future ... sosyal! eto pa masaya .. pag nag-overflow pa ang mga palaisdaan sa Rizal, may mga makikita ka pang isda! korek! isda ... so pag wala ka na makain at tamad ka lumusong sa baha dahil ala kang canoe, mangisda ka na lang ... pihadong makakabingwit ka ng gurami o kaya hito sa harap mismo ng bahay mo! sosyal di ba??

ano daw???

I came across a book entitled "the more the manyer - pinoy cliches and other words of wisdumb" by Tahanan Books sometime ago in powerbooks. kanina, di ko na napigilan ang sarili ko kasi tuwing madadaan ako sa powerbooks, nakikita ko sya at parang tinatawag nya ako (shiet ... haunted?? hehe) anyways, kakatawa kasi sya and everytime i pick it up and peek at the pages (peek lang ha, hindi basa to death wehehehe!), natatawa ako. why? well, to prove na nakakatawa nga sya (sana may ma-prove at nang ma-justify ang pagtawa-tawa ko sa powerbooks mag-isa), here are my top 10 favorite lines from the book:
1. Can you repeat it again once more for the second time around ? (ulitin natin, baka hindi naintindihan...)
2. That's what I'm talking about it! (sabi ko nga ... yun na nga yun...)
3. Every cloud has a silver lightning (ano yun? bagyo?)
4. Don't just do something! Stand there! (bawal gumalaw ha!)
5. The idea crossed at the back of my mind (na-traffic cguro...)
6. Give him the benefit of the daw! (huwat??? ano daw yun???)
7. I always go there sometimes (teka.... nalito akoh...)
8. Well, well, well, look do we have here! (well..well...well indeed! :P)
9. And where do you think you are off to running to? (malayo sa yo! ...)
and my peborit:
10. Hello? For a while. Please hang yourself. My Boss is out of town, would you like to wait?

And there's more ... hehehe =) kaya lang di ko na sya isusulat at baka ma-IPR chorva pa ako. If you want to read more, go grab a copy of the book. Available sya sa powerbooks =), btw, sale sila ngayon until the end of the month (libreng plug etoh... hahaha! halata bang adik ako sa libro?).