School started last week. My morale has been a bit low ever since I got that horrendous grade last term, added with the current upheavals at work, well, it's a cocktail to fuel my low spirits.
Leo and I are FINALLY groupmates this term for our Financial Management subject. Hopefully, we'll do great. We're not groupmates for our Organizational Behaviour subject, but that's ok. At least we're stressed out together.
Just this evening, he was stressing himself out while he was thinking of the things that he has to read for school. When he stresses himself out like that, I get stressed out as well. *sigh*
I also cried all over him tonight. He mentioned nonchalantly that he and his family are going to the States early next year. He acted like it was just something that they do regularly (which they actually do. He and his family have been going out of the country for vacation ever since he was a kid), while I was silently crying. If ever their trip will push through, it will be the first time that we'll be apart for more than a month. Moreover, I will be the only one left behind. His whole family, including his sister and her family, will be going!
What actually bothered me was that his ex-girlfriend is in the US. What's stopping him from meeting up with her? I'm scared that if he sees her, he'll realize that he still loves her. Or if does find out that he loves me more, what if the girl makes a wild play at him?
I know the trip is still a long way off. Less than a year actually. It's going to be selfishness on my part to wish that he won't be able to go. But if it's going to make him happy, then by all means, go forth and enjoy. I'll just wait patiently for him to return. By then, we must have already celebrated our second year anniversary. I hope it'll be better than our first year celebration.
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My sister-in-law and her baby, checked out of the hospital this afternoon. The baby is so tiny sleeping on their bed! My family and I decided to playfully call her, "Clo-clo", much to the annoyance of the mom. Hehe. She's just SO cute and tiny! My sister, the nursing student, changed the baby's clothes and cleaned the navel (where the umbilical cord used to be). My sister-in-law is still scared of holding her baby since she's so small. We'll all get used to her and she'll eventually grow. At least now, I know it's a girl and I can buy coloured stuff for her now. We get to buy her "kikay" stuff!
Monday, May 30, 2005
Saturday, May 28, 2005
Welcome Chloe Mei David!
I would like to introduce you to the new addition to our family. My new niece, the daughter of my brother and his wife, Chloe Mei David!
Here's another picture.
She somehow looks like our family.
I'll be uploading more pics at my fotopage.
Wednesday, May 18, 2005
It's Here!
Check out this Pugad Baboy comic strip by PM Junior and found in the Inquirer website today. My officemates and I were laughing so much when we read it since it alluded so much on the Star Wars characters (yesterday, Brosia was "sar-sar binks"!). Heck, most of the comic strips in today's newspaper were spoofing Star Wars! It just means that the fever is already here.
My high school friend called me up at 6pm to ask me to come to Greenbelt 3 to accompany her. Apparently, a friend of hers gave her Star Wars Premier tickets at Greenbelt and she's watching it tonight with her boyfriend. She asked to see me and to just catch up with each other until she meets up with her boyfriend.
When I got to our meeting place, there was some sort of event happening at the GB3 fountain area. People were dressed up as Storm Troopers, Darth Maul and etc. It's like being in an anime convention except the characters are more familiar. I wanted to have a picture taken with a storm trooper but I was busy having dinner with my friend over at Cafe Breton (my favorite place! Leo and I had our first "date" over there).
I can't wait until Saturday. I'm watching it twice this weekend. At Louie's THX on Saturday night (tickets courtesy of my Tita Norrie) with my family; and on Sunday at Greenbelt 3 with my barkada. Can't wait!
My high school friend called me up at 6pm to ask me to come to Greenbelt 3 to accompany her. Apparently, a friend of hers gave her Star Wars Premier tickets at Greenbelt and she's watching it tonight with her boyfriend. She asked to see me and to just catch up with each other until she meets up with her boyfriend.
When I got to our meeting place, there was some sort of event happening at the GB3 fountain area. People were dressed up as Storm Troopers, Darth Maul and etc. It's like being in an anime convention except the characters are more familiar. I wanted to have a picture taken with a storm trooper but I was busy having dinner with my friend over at Cafe Breton (my favorite place! Leo and I had our first "date" over there).
I can't wait until Saturday. I'm watching it twice this weekend. At Louie's THX on Saturday night (tickets courtesy of my Tita Norrie) with my family; and on Sunday at Greenbelt 3 with my barkada. Can't wait!
Tuesday, May 17, 2005
Monday, May 16, 2005
Especially for you...
Due to the recent reconfiguration, we found ourselves neighbors with the collections people. We knew that it will be a big change for us, thus my officemates armed themselves with I-Pods and radios to keep the noise generated by our ever-loquacious collections department at bay (you should hear them, "Mr. XXX. Hindi ko po kayo sinisigawan. Ganito lang po talaga ang boses ko....mr. XXX. Pagsalitaan niyo po ako. Hindi ko po kayo inaaway...Mr. XXX. Huwag niyo po akong sigawan. Bastos? Bastos? Sino po ang bastos? Hindi po ako ang nambabagsak ng telepono. Mr. XXX, you have until today to pay your PXXXX amount due! Thank you! Goodbye!"
Apparently, there's a certain person in the other cubicle that takes "last song syndrome" to the extreme. She keeps on playing "Especially for you" by MYMP (I think) EVERYDAY. There was a time she played it a dozen times over and over again. To amuse ourselves, PJ and I made a bet on what time she will play the song again. I lost and I gladly paid him his due (a softdrink in can).
Ri sent me this...thing (she calls it movie meme). Let's see how well I'll do:
total number of films i own on DVD/video:
I honestly don't know. my dad's the collector. i just supplement from time to time. i think we have around 400 now. Originals, around 10 maybe? (Hey, all my LOTR's are originals!)
the last film i bought:
Legit: The Princess Bride
pDVD: Spongebob Squarepants
the last film i watched:
In the theater: Shattered Glass
On video: CSI? (It's what we have been watching lately) or LOTR
On HBO: Baby Geniuses 2
five films that i watch a lot or mean a lot to me:
LoTR - when my friends first told me about the first movie. i thought they were pertaining to the legend of the five rings (it's another game). i forgot that i owned all the books in the series (1975 edition including The Hobbit). we bought premier tickets to the movie and i get to drool over legolas.
Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory - i remembered watching this when i was a kid. it got me hooked on chocolates!
The Star Wars saga - according to my dad, this is the first movie that i ever watched. he took me (and my sister, i think) to the luneta theater and we watched "return of the jedi" at the moviehouse! i recall eagerly waiting for channel 9 to show it.
dead poets society - my high school barkada is named after this movie. ::sigh:: i miss them.
little mermaid/aladdin/beauty and the beast - for me, these are the best cartoons that disney ever churned out. at my age, i still love to watch cartoons. i don't know why but i still tune in to disney channel, cartoon network or nickelodeon (for spongebob squarepants). maybe because the soundtrack is very catchy (menken and rice. a formidable team). i memorized most of the songs by heart. or i just never grew up.
and lots more!
to which5 4 people am i passing the baton and why?
Leo - since he loves movies more than I do. He loves art films (but then, he doesn't have a blog)
Allan - because he likes watching movies. i watched a lot of movies with him before.
Rico - because he has watched more movies than i ever have watched in a lifetime. he also first discovered the korean telenovelas before they became mainstream.
Mindy - who loves watching tv (and movies) and has something to say about it.
Apparently, there's a certain person in the other cubicle that takes "last song syndrome" to the extreme. She keeps on playing "Especially for you" by MYMP (I think) EVERYDAY. There was a time she played it a dozen times over and over again. To amuse ourselves, PJ and I made a bet on what time she will play the song again. I lost and I gladly paid him his due (a softdrink in can).
Ri sent me this...thing (she calls it movie meme). Let's see how well I'll do:
total number of films i own on DVD/video:
I honestly don't know. my dad's the collector. i just supplement from time to time. i think we have around 400 now. Originals, around 10 maybe? (Hey, all my LOTR's are originals!)
the last film i bought:
Legit: The Princess Bride
pDVD: Spongebob Squarepants
the last film i watched:
In the theater: Shattered Glass
On video: CSI? (It's what we have been watching lately) or LOTR
On HBO: Baby Geniuses 2
five films that i watch a lot or mean a lot to me:
LoTR - when my friends first told me about the first movie. i thought they were pertaining to the legend of the five rings (it's another game). i forgot that i owned all the books in the series (1975 edition including The Hobbit). we bought premier tickets to the movie and i get to drool over legolas.
Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory - i remembered watching this when i was a kid. it got me hooked on chocolates!
The Star Wars saga - according to my dad, this is the first movie that i ever watched. he took me (and my sister, i think) to the luneta theater and we watched "return of the jedi" at the moviehouse! i recall eagerly waiting for channel 9 to show it.
dead poets society - my high school barkada is named after this movie. ::sigh:: i miss them.
little mermaid/aladdin/beauty and the beast - for me, these are the best cartoons that disney ever churned out. at my age, i still love to watch cartoons. i don't know why but i still tune in to disney channel, cartoon network or nickelodeon (for spongebob squarepants). maybe because the soundtrack is very catchy (menken and rice. a formidable team). i memorized most of the songs by heart. or i just never grew up.
and lots more!
to which
Leo - since he loves movies more than I do. He loves art films (but then, he doesn't have a blog)
Allan - because he likes watching movies. i watched a lot of movies with him before.
Rico - because he has watched more movies than i ever have watched in a lifetime. he also first discovered the korean telenovelas before they became mainstream.
Mindy - who loves watching tv (and movies) and has something to say about it.
Wednesday, May 11, 2005
And then there was....
Our head will announce tomorrow that ESM, our current team leader, will be transferring to a new post effective Monday.
Being the default person for event planning, my boss told me the news this morning so I can come up with some sort of despedida for him by Friday. Actually, before my boss told me, ESM already shared this tidbit with me. Not surprising since ESM and I have grown pretty close these past few weeks (we are, after all, seatmates). This will be the third despedida that I'm setting up this year. I hope this is not a trend.
I don't know how to take the news since he has been a vital part of our team for the past few months. When our boss transferred to another department, our VP offered first the position to him. Amazingly, he declined the would-be promotion and focused his sights to other opportunities. Knowing this guy, a lot would be coming.
Nevertheless, this move will be leaving us orphaned. His assistant team leader will be taking over the team but as it happens, this said ATL is currently out of the country. I might be sub for him for the next two weeks until he gets back. It will be a handful but I hope I can manage.
ESM is also encouraging me to move. He said that I have stagnated too long and my potential to grow is enormous (I hope he did not mean the physical growth). I'm just waiting until July and then we'll see.
Being the default person for event planning, my boss told me the news this morning so I can come up with some sort of despedida for him by Friday. Actually, before my boss told me, ESM already shared this tidbit with me. Not surprising since ESM and I have grown pretty close these past few weeks (we are, after all, seatmates). This will be the third despedida that I'm setting up this year. I hope this is not a trend.
I don't know how to take the news since he has been a vital part of our team for the past few months. When our boss transferred to another department, our VP offered first the position to him. Amazingly, he declined the would-be promotion and focused his sights to other opportunities. Knowing this guy, a lot would be coming.
Nevertheless, this move will be leaving us orphaned. His assistant team leader will be taking over the team but as it happens, this said ATL is currently out of the country. I might be sub for him for the next two weeks until he gets back. It will be a handful but I hope I can manage.
ESM is also encouraging me to move. He said that I have stagnated too long and my potential to grow is enormous (I hope he did not mean the physical growth). I'm just waiting until July and then we'll see.
Monday, May 09, 2005
Die Ipis, Die!
"Ipis" or cockroaches are icky little insects that creeps me out. Whenever I would see one, I would go running the opposite direction.
Unfortunately, we're having some sort of ipis infestation at work. Fortunately, the breed is not like what we have at home (the brown flying ones). The ones at work are more of the little ones that find their way in little itsy corners. Nevertheless, they still scare the bejeezums out of me. Whenever I would see one crawling on my desk, I would drown it in alcohol and pummel it with a newspaper. To think it's not even 1 cm long. :D Overkill. Hehe.
Just this morning, I saw one crawling near my computer. I screamed my voice out which brought my male officemates to my workstation. I don't know whether they were annoyed or amused or scared, but they just stood there and watched the ipis silently make its way across my workstation. Ugh. Die ipis Die!
Odd thing is, I know we have monthly or quarterly maintenance done to eradicate such pests. I don't know why they seem to be getting bolder now. Ugh. Losing my faith on them pest controllers, I requested for a can of baygon. Can't wait to get it next week for I'll surely kill those little pests.
If I can act the "scared little girl" at work, I can't pull that act here at home. Over here, it's every girl for herself.
All of us siblings are scared of cockroaches. You should hear us outshouting each other everytime a flying ipis makes a rare appearance. Of course, we would push my brother to kill it for us and being the dutiful brother that he is, he would quietly creep where the ipis is resting and make a guerilla attack--hitting it once and run away as fast as he can. Not bothering to see whether he killed it or not.
Nowadays, we managed to find the stomach to kill any ipis that crosses our path. Actually, we would ignore them if they won't cross our respective comfort zones. I for one, would kill any ipis that would somehow manage to find itself in my room, or in the bathroom. Try taking a poop with an ipis running over your feet. Ugh ugh ugh! Yuck!
Funny though that the ipis is the most resilient species there is. I remembered reading once, that if a nuclear bomb should go off, the ipis would survive. Ugh.
Unfortunately, we're having some sort of ipis infestation at work. Fortunately, the breed is not like what we have at home (the brown flying ones). The ones at work are more of the little ones that find their way in little itsy corners. Nevertheless, they still scare the bejeezums out of me. Whenever I would see one crawling on my desk, I would drown it in alcohol and pummel it with a newspaper. To think it's not even 1 cm long. :D Overkill. Hehe.
Just this morning, I saw one crawling near my computer. I screamed my voice out which brought my male officemates to my workstation. I don't know whether they were annoyed or amused or scared, but they just stood there and watched the ipis silently make its way across my workstation. Ugh. Die ipis Die!
Odd thing is, I know we have monthly or quarterly maintenance done to eradicate such pests. I don't know why they seem to be getting bolder now. Ugh. Losing my faith on them pest controllers, I requested for a can of baygon. Can't wait to get it next week for I'll surely kill those little pests.
If I can act the "scared little girl" at work, I can't pull that act here at home. Over here, it's every girl for herself.
All of us siblings are scared of cockroaches. You should hear us outshouting each other everytime a flying ipis makes a rare appearance. Of course, we would push my brother to kill it for us and being the dutiful brother that he is, he would quietly creep where the ipis is resting and make a guerilla attack--hitting it once and run away as fast as he can. Not bothering to see whether he killed it or not.
Nowadays, we managed to find the stomach to kill any ipis that crosses our path. Actually, we would ignore them if they won't cross our respective comfort zones. I for one, would kill any ipis that would somehow manage to find itself in my room, or in the bathroom. Try taking a poop with an ipis running over your feet. Ugh ugh ugh! Yuck!
Funny though that the ipis is the most resilient species there is. I remembered reading once, that if a nuclear bomb should go off, the ipis would survive. Ugh.
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