Won't Let the Rain Ruin My Parade

Yes not even the rain, my sunny disposition will never let them ruin my day, promise.



It was cold outside, nothing that a hot cup of coffee can’t cure. The label said “best before Oct 2005” it doesn’t matter – it’s a Starbucks Espresso blend anyway it said “best before” and not expiration date (what’s the difference?) so it means it’s not anymore the “best time” to consume it but who cares? It’s still coffee and it still tastes good. Now tigress was in a bad mood, it doesn’t matter I had a nice good sleep and I know she doesn’t (I had like 3 hours only but it was dreamless). The queue at the bank was a little long - Jen said it wasn’t but who cares? I don’t – it’s a nice escape from the office hehehe.

I still feel warm and fuzzy inside, wasn’t able to get enough sleep but I’m happy. Yes I am happy and would love to stay this way forever.

Jologs Christmas Party 2005

Nakaraos na din sa wakas ang aming the party of the year (the only party). Those in attendance were Chona & Ronald, Ziella & Edward, Gabs, Jonal, Joey, Mark, Saree & Hydee and myself. The food is great every year naman okay mga dalang food sa potluck, this year best seller ang sinigang ni Gabs & Hungrypac moist chocolate cake na bili ni Joey. I realized that all my friends are really nice & polite - ako lang ata ang mean. We all agreed that we'll do "agawan gift" instead of numbering them then getting the gift that corresponds to the number you got (traditional exchange gift). As the name suggest pwede mong agawin ang gift na nakuha na ng iba but all my friends (headed by Ma'am Jean aka Chona) dread the pain of rejection hehehe pangit daw feeling ng di magustuhan gift mo. But in the end it appeared that all gifts were really nice and those who picked a particular gift had no plans of exchanging them na cos they liked it already.

Eto ang picture na gagawing album cover ng tatlong itlog este ng bandang itatayo ni Jonal, Edward at Joey. Sa bandang to Jonal will play the marakas, Edward on tambourine & Joey on triangle, yes puro percussions yun lang kaya nila hehehe.

Although Chona & Ronald got lost finding my place they arrived in one piece, nahassle nga lang cos it rained really hard last Saturday. And due to my powerful direction instruction skills - ayun they got lost sorry kaya mga friends!

Si Saree muntik nang maagawan ng cellphone nung #%&* na bata sa jeep, buti na lang Fafa Mark saved the day. Hmpft takot lang nya kay Mark noh! Dadaganan sya nun. And in fairness ang sister kong si Saree blooming, broken hearted pa yan ha pero ang ganda ganda nya (Sar, I'll collect the payment later).

Sa picture above, hulaan nyo kung sino ang mag-ex? Is it A, B or C? Hehehe.

The party was a success I should say, it's really great spending bond time with good friends - those whom you spend half of your life, those who knows you inside and out, those who comforts you when your heart is bleeding, people you can depend on to (emotional support, physical support kahit pa financial support).

HIGHLIGHTS of the event:

1. Dahil wala kameng cable - lahat sila gusto akong patayin dahil walang channel 2 TV ko wala akong matinong antenna. Alas nueve ng gabi ay gusto na nilang mag walk out sa bahay hehehe, o di kaya ay mang gising ng cable company para magpakabit or di kaya mambulabog sa hardware to buy Baron super antenna daw. Sa madaling sabi - di sila nakanood ng PBB finals (buti na lang may by the minute update sila from Chona's Mom - ultimo Studio 23 at DZMM pinagtyagaan nila hoping to get PBB updates).

2. Story telling time featuring Ms. Saree Manriquez. Lahat ng dumating tatanungin what happened to Saree & #%$. Sinabihan ko na si Saree to wait for all of our friends to arrive para isang pasada na lang ng kwento - tigas ng ulo ayun halos mapaos ata ng kakaulit ng kwento nya.

3. Ang Sinigang ni Gabs - as usual late si Gabs. Nakakain na kame at lahat kulang pa ang ulam namin at wala pa kameng dessert. But when Gabs arrived sinigang dala nya so maraming kumain uli yummy kase nung dala nya.

4. Gift giving - syempre pa it's nice to know that lahat ay nag abalang mag shop para ibigay sa bawat isa. Thanks mga sis & bro for the gifts! I love everything that I received!

5. Exorcism of Emily Rose on DVD na si Chona at Hydee lang ang nagtyangang tumapos (Mark, Gabs, Joey, Edward & I have seen it already) in the end nung tulugan na Chona requested not to turn the the kitchen bulb off - natakot ang lola nyo.

Too bad the others didn't make it this year like Vines & Ian, Daei, Doland, Joel & Richard. Di bale we'll see you guys soon and definitely on next year's party.

DONNIE DARKO

Dr. Thurman: Is the search for God absurd?
Donnie: It is if you die alone.



One of the best movie I have ever seen, no wonder why Jo is going crazy acquiring a DVD of this. 3 words I can say to compliment this great movie: profound, heartwarming & astounding.

La Dolce Vita

I feel so blessed, for things, love and graces given – for those asked, unasked & surprises.

I asked for a Jesse McCartney CD or a Kelly Clarkson’s Breakaway and my sister gave me Jesse. It’s just mababaw but I feel good listening to their songs. I am so dying to have the red Benetton laptop bag (hard to find – out of stock – no longer available – usual replies from Gift Gate, Oh & by the way thanks to my personal assistant for inquiring from various stores hehehe mas may talent ako sayo beeh!!!) I was able to reserve one at Gift Gate Alabang Town Center and will just pick it up on Dec 23. My ever cutie cuz Kuya Bern’s package for me arrived this week – TADA! The Empire Records Limited Fan Edition DVD that I have been wishing for eons of ages ago (OA hehehe I’m sorry I got carried away). I am just so happy but these are all materials things. Well if I am to blabber on emotional stuff this will all be boring but I am thankful for my groovy family – so looking forward to seeing everyone in 2 weeks.

And then the party of the year (duh, this is the only party of the year cos we hold just one every year hehehe) is tomorrow – finally. My mind is so full of what to buy – thinking if I miss anything for the preparation. Since I was so caught up with the tiangges we had I feel worried about tomorrow and because it’ll be held at my place I feel like cleaning the whole house and make it sparkling. I am so excited to have all my friends chattering in one room. I know it’ll be noisy and loud but I am not gonna complain – I miss them so much and haven’t seem most of them for more than a year now like Chonsie.

I met up with Ate Joy earlier, we had lunch at ATC – the usual we were both busy exchanging stories about what happened to us lately. Thanks Ate Joy for the gifts – I’m not going to take a peek on it will wait for Christmas promise. I am so happy that Danny is here with you this Christmas :-)

Now I have my eye on the rest of the wish list (wag nyong seryosohin – I mellowed down this year – I don’t demand for the particular gifts anymore I used a strategy hehehe more on doing the reverse and friends oh they love to bother me with what I really want so mas effective). The I still don’t have the O Zahir book, I saw this really cool greenish jacket at Artwork with lil puff sleeves (not too puffy) and Lacoste Pour Femme would be lovely (I wonder if Betsy Luchie is reading this). What else what else? Ah Curt Cobain’s Journal would be fantastic too.

That’s all for today – pictures from the party will definitely make it next week. See you friends! Happy weekend everybody!

SPY GIRL

Funny, sweet & heartwarming - you guys should watch this :-)

Kim Jung Hwa (from Non-Stop hehehe my fave) & Yu Kong (so good looking & funny!)

HAPPY BIRTHDAY

To my MA & belated to my ATE! Love you both!!!

Mahirap maging SALESLADY

As in ang hirap, sabi nga ng sister ko “now you know, next time be nice to them”. Not that I am not nice to sales attendants because I am pero there are times when I hate them when they pop out of nowhere then tails you from one rack to another. Isn’t that irritating? I know a lot of you would agree with me. Anyway, selling things even just to your friends is super tiring, look at what happened to me – I am now stuck here bored at home suffering from back pains & fever.

Thanks to my sister for the Christmas gift!!! Natanggap ko na yesterday ang aking Jesse CD. Hay Jesse :) *sigh*.

I would also like to thank a couple of friends for dropping by at my house yesterday and of course for buying goodies from what we’re selling. Daei & Issa and Jonal, salamat sa pagbili hehehe marami pa dito baka may pagbibigyan pa kayo ;-)

Next agenda – the annual Xmas party that my friends & I throw every year. This year we’re saying our byes to Prime Town cos we will be holding it this year at my house. Food has already been planned and we’re excited cos this is the time of the year na complete kame. We’ve been doing this for almost 4 years now and I am so happy and blessed to have Gabs, Zie, Saree, Vina, Gene & Chona as best friends. And the circle became wider, the circumference doubled – now we have Joey, Edward, Marco, Ian, Jonal, Issey, and a lot more in our special ring. This year we are so looking forward to having more friends around. We just hope that this will be as good as the past celebrations we had or better. Anyway just having my girls around is already a great opportunity to laugh cry & reminisce happy moments.

20 more days before Xmas and list is still incomplete. Super busy cos of the tiangge stints and nagrereklamo na sa bahay (my sister was here for the weekend) di pa ko nakapag grocery hehehe sorry. Next week busy pa rin. Pero this is really fulfilling pwede pala akong negosyante hehehe.