If someone wants to be a part of your life, they’ll make a way to be in it.
Temper temper
I’ll be the first to admit it. When I’m in a bad mood, there’s no saying what’s gonna come out of my mouth. I tend to NOT have a censor when I’m angry. So I make time to stay away from the people I’m pissed off at, just so I won’t say something i’ll regret later.
This is when i write.
I write down all the things i want to say. I know i’ll never let the person concerned read it, but the mere action of putting the words to paper is therapeutic. Needless to say, the works i’ve put down aren’t full of sunshine and rainbows.
And anyone who knows me knows I write a LOT of notes. To myself and to others.
Maybe i need a sounding board for all these things i want to say, but im afraid whoever that sounding board is gonna be, she/he will suffer under a LOT of abuse. And will probably not stay friends with me for long. Coz even i’m offended of the things that i say under the influence of anger. Stupid stupid things that I don’t really mean and wish i could take back coz they resound in my head, torturing the good friend personality that i tend to hold on to.
Saturday was no different. For some reason I got so annoyed over the littlest thing. So I got up, went to a quiet place to think and breathe. After a while even i realized how stupid i was being.
But if i said the things i wanted to say, i probably would’ve ruined a friendship.
And thanks to the person who made me laugh. It was the perfect distraction.
City Lights
Well not exactly. Love this.
It’s K’s birthday today!
To the future Atenean lawyer who’s gonna let me get away with murder (and other crimes) and one of my best friends: HAPPY BIRTHDAY!
(k, yer old. but that’s ok, we still love you. :P)
Happy Birthday Rhea! :)
To the girl who cannot take a bad photo (yes she is that gorgeous), even if she tried, HAPPY 23rd BIRTHDAY!
How was your Halloween?
Mine was tiring but especially fun. You see this year, the IMS costume contest ballooned into a company wide (well at least this branch of the company) competition, with different departments all participating. I was part of the organizing committee and may I say, that is a fun group of people to work with. And even if it was a lot of work (and red tape gah) it turned out quite well. I loved several costumes (mine was hardly a costume, it was my debut dress and Anna lent me a lei) in particular:
Guitar Chic came as her Alter ego:
Karlo came as John Lennon (what can i say im a beatles fan): 
And of course there was (Yarrr) Jack Sparrow:
Breakfast at Tiffany’s done beautifully: 
Jack (Bripman!) and Ennis (RCB) from Brokeback Mountain were also present:
A Hogwarts student came by: 
And the Joker slipped in: 
There were a lot more interesting costumes but I’m too lazy to find decent pictures. 🙂
Went to an afterparty at Music21 where we ate, sang, even danced the night away(well at least they did). And after being hostaged and dragged to Guilly’s (the nearest place to Music 21 we could think of) i dragged my tired tuchus home at 1am.
So that’s why i slept the whole way home to Bataan, and only got up coz i heard the call of breakfast. I stuffed my face, then to stave off boredom (my sister was asleep, the kids were playing Wii and I didn’t have a controller for myself, my other cousins hadn’t arrived yet) i went to help with the making of the bouquets for the cemetery. One thing i learned, I have no talent for making bouquets. None at all. Even if it was simple sticking stems into floral foam, i managed to make three of the most sorry-looking flower arrangements I’ve seen. Needless to say, when my cousins found out I was helping, they laughed their butts off and proceeded to rank the three ugliest arrangements and deemed it mine. (Sad to say, they were right)
Going home to Bataan only means one thing: FOOD TRIP. And that’s what we did.
So I’m back in Manila now, heavier but happier.
Back to work!
Trin turned 18, I am officially old.
Setrina, JJ, my bestie’s sister turned 18 last Friday, October 24, 2008 in a soiree at Patio Ibarra that was pulled together in 2 weeks. (I know, coz J was in a frantic pace trying to get everything done)
And i learned the past few weeks that planning a real debut takes a lot of effort and money. For one of those debuts with an event place, and decent food and all the fixins, prepare to spend around 100k or more. If you are the party planner, set aside sleeping for a while since you have to coordinate with everyone and decide on a lot of things and deal with a lot of miscommunication mishaps and teeny screwups that’ll drive you nuts.
I also learned that I wanna parlay my d40 purchase into a moneymaking venture by becoming one of those debut/prenup photographers (Man those guys charge a lot).
The mantra of the night was “Jeez, we’re old.” That i’m sure Diane (who i was with) got tired of hearing from me since i repeated the phrase like 20 times. Coz I felt like it. We were surrounded by the 17 to 18 year old set and these were kids from my high school. And man have they changed. Montessori definitely changes people haha. Come on, if you see kids (literally kids, playing various kiddie games)Â you haven’t seen in several years suddenly wearing tuxes and gowns wouldn’t you feel old too?
And Diane was all mommy stuff coz she’s a stay at home mom now. Lordy lord.
I definitely want to enjoy my childhood now (Yes I am still a child).
That said, HAPPY 18TH Trin! And like I said, I wish you love (coz love is all we need wahaha), all kinds of love to get you through the last 2 teen years and the rest of your years. 🙂
Proud.
One of my bestest friends in the whole wide world Martin Villamor was declared a Certified Public Accountant last October 20, 2008.
Congratulations Martin! 🙂
(and i chose the most decent photo of the lot that i have ahihi)
Tony’s gone. Rrramon’s the one.
So Tony’s been at Mayer’s for a week and i called and asked when I could get him. They told me Monday after lunch, and I thought, perfect. Rest day. No plans. I can drag Mom and Joannaman along. We always like going around Binondo checking out the jewelry and they’ve missed Dong Bei so I knew it was easy asking them to go with me.
So we went around Binondo, at Joannaman’s insistence. I’m not much of a jewelry person myself, I only wear what people give me.
Dong bei was delish. I stuffed myself with dumplings, I think i ate 3/4 of the order. I was hungry so sue me. We even got takeout dumplings and chicken for dinner for two nights. Frozen so it’ll last.
Then went to Mayer’s to pick up Tony. When i asked what went wrong, they told me that they just replaced the unit. So rest in peace Tony.
It’s Rrrramon now. 🙂
In the spirit of going girl
This may be my favorite picture of my hand. Thanks Paolo!