pyro-olympics

we went to watch the pyro olypics at roxas last night and it was some experience. traffic was crazy going there.. we literally just stopped in the middle of macapagal, parked, got out of the car and set up our stools my the damuhan. of course this was because a hundred other cars in front f us did the same thing.

anyway, i really wasnt expecting to get great pictures of the fireworks since malayo kami naka upo and my camera isnt that high-tech... plus, i was only going to figure out which setting would be cool to use one the display actually started.. opportunity to play around with my camera lang. but i did get some cool shots... thanks to my shaky hand. :p

(still fixing the photos.. to follow...)

syempre hindi mawawala ang kodakan with the family! :)

two-faced dutch boy

every year on Christmas Eve, my family and i hear mass a few streets away and have noche buena either in our house or a cousin's house (depending on whose turn it is to host). after eating and opening gifts, we head home and open our gifts to each other along with our other office gifts. this year, i expected it to be exactly the same. boy, was i wrong.

my sister, ria, left for work before midnight to make her 1am shift at RCBC tower. a little passed midnight mom got a call from her saying someone bumped our car from behind. mom gave her instructions on what to do and hung up. a few minutes later, she got another call from her and this time, mom was not prepared to hear what my sister had to say. apparently, the asshole who drove into our car banged her head on the hood and tried to run her over when she fell on the ground. luckily some guards from GT tower were there.

my brother, my brother in law, and 2 of my cousins rushed to makati (from BF paranaque) to come to her rescue... my tito, who was in san lo was the first to get there.

so the drama begins. a little background on my family (mommy's side)... no one messes with the girls of our family and gets away with it. (side kwento: when the twins went on their prom, the whole clan was at the coffee shop 'chaperoning'...)

so this dutch guy was in for some bad shit for what he did. good thing no one punched him coz it turns out, the guy had shriveled left limbs... im sorry for sounding so politically incorrect but this guy really pissed everyone off tonight.

when they reached precint 6, the guy denies everything! the nerve! and he even unfolds this whole drama as he enters the precint in his small thingie that moves him around (closest description i have is a mini golf cart). so he denies everything, says everyone is ganging up on him, calls the dutch ambassador, refuses to give his name, and refuses to move! by this time even the pinoy police are getting pissed at his arrogance.

long story short, i just got home and as we speak they are getting my sister's statement, that guy's statement, and a guard witnesses' statement. we're pressing charges of course... assault and physical injury... just so he gets detained until he can post bail on tuesday.

im soooooo pissed right now at the nerve of the guy to deny and lie! i would LOVE to at least get to punch him or kick him where it hurts. he does all this on Christmas day no less!!!

actually, everyone is angry right now. but im glad my sister is okay. last time she texted me, she said she was still shaking and really pissed at that liar.

im going to wait until she gets home. and i hope that guy gets what he deserves.

estupor borracho

last night was a blast. had so much fun at the christmas party... well, a little too much fun according to my mom. :p ay nako, i dont think ill ever hear the end of it!

every year during corplan or christmas party, someone always gets drunk... this year was my year.

julette, kaye and i made our grand and uber late entrance as el cheap-o badings... and we were the official GROs of the night. basta walang sumasayaw, kami tinatawag.. sayaw naman kami! haha. it was fun. anyway, im sure ill hear all the stories up to next year about how drunk i got, but id rather remember how much fun i had dancing (still drunk). haha.

many thanks to everyone who, in one way or another, took care of me... anton, paulo, rap, mang noli, mister manny bede, kaye, apple, anna, julette.... and everyone else.. i really wont be able to remember everyone given my drunken state.

got nominated for celebrity look alike and the the loveteam award. and pau came as a dick head.. how appropriate... the juding and the nota!

photos at my multiply site. kampai!

quiet time

today im a little under the weather, and a bit sentimental. maybe its the lack of sleep. but i think its the weight of knowing that a really good friend of mine if going through one of the toughest times of his life right now.

i pray that He give you the strength to get through the changes that are happening. i know you would want to be left alone right now, but when you realize you need company, or maybe just someone to listen, marami kaming naghihintay na i-text mo... darating kami.

12/12 --- 24!

i had one of the best birthdays this year --- lumalabas i had 2 birthdays! as if saturday was not enough to send me to cloud 9 in happiness, today was off the charts.

grabe. ive never been given a surprise like that in my life. overwhelmed beyond words.

everything that happened today seemed to build to the big surprise kanina. the surprise lunch, with a bwisit afternoon meeting, to the almost loser-ville evening which turned out to be a surprise dinner with all my dearest friends. super memorable to see my friends together... college and post college friends. i know some people couldnt make it, but i know they would have if they could. im happy none the less.

thank you to everyone who made me cry. i know its not that hard to make me cry, but ive never trembled that way in my life. as in may reading na ata sa richter scale yun e! haha. thank you for all your letters/notes. kahit na pinagtawanan nyo ako lahat dahil sa ka-iiyak ko. well, thats me!

thanks lily... for getting in touch with the college people.. i know how hard it is to get everyone together... :p

thanks anna... for torturing and threatening people in the office to write letters to me.

thanks pau... for expertly deceiving me. best actor ka.

thanks mel... 'special' is an understatement to what i felt because of the surprise. you have no idea how much today means to me. i can never thank you enough. (im still shocked you got in touch with pearl pa talaga!) you know me too well. haha. ang galing mo.

i cant thank everyone na isa-isa, but you know who you are...

BIG THANK YOU TO EVERYONE.

i really do love you all.

PS - once again, i forgot to take all the pictures i wanted to take. haha. got caught in the moment. :p

Oh, Joy!

super happy. there is no other way to describe what i feel right now.

thank you to all the people who made my day.

to anton, my early bird. kahit na nabasa ng todo yung pants mo. :p binaon mo yung ulan? hehe. joke. kahit na alam kong si vinsi ang totoong pinunta mo dito, salamat sa pagpunta. hahaha, joke again!

to paulo. actually nauna si paulo kay anton but we had other business to take care of. haha. thanks for not staying in bed to sleep today. :) im thankful i was given the chance to be your friend. :) kyo lang ni mel nakkita nung 'cassandra ponti' look ko... i have no evidence of it, except for your testimony.

to anna, kaye and julette. my girls. i know im usually masungit and majorly mahirit (esp to anna) at the office, but i hope you girls know i love each one of you. sino-sino pa bang mag tutulungan sa office, kungdi tayo tayo di ba? thanks so much for making today extra special.

to kikaye, my caterer. thank you thank you for your wonderful food. everyone said the food was great. dont worry, mom gave your number to all her friends. haha. :) thanks for dropping by, kahit na you missed my sister. :)

to bede and jaycee (aka mr san juan and ms makati). suuuuper thank you for coming. jaycee, remember that kids dont lie... hahaha. im sure vins knew what he was talking about. :) nako bede, may karibal kana!

to pedi and ainee! akala ko di na kayo pupunta. thanks for again making me feel you guys are there for me. (malakas loob ko to be mushy kasi i know pedi probably wont b able to read this!) thanks thanks for everything!

to mel. where do i begin? i guess i should be thanking Him for letting me meet you. haha. its been such a wonderful ride with you, and im looking forward whatelse is in store for us. sana naman may lovelife na up ahead for both of us.

today, i blew my first bday cake since i stopped having bday parties as a child. today was the second time to have friends over. today it rained. even if it rained exactly when the whole thing was suposed to start, i still had fun. ill definitely do this again. haha.

sabi nila, blessing pag umulan on your bday. although technically its still not my bday, i hope the blessings would pour in the way it did today, not only for me but for everyone here. :) halabshu all!

PS - i forgot to take pictures... i have no pictures from saturday. just 2... :(

good news, bad news. old news, new news

just finished eating dinner. thinking back on today, parang ang daming nangyari at super used ang brain ko today.

we've been working on a presentation to Client for almost 2 weeks now. ang tagal di ba? but thats how it goes in the office. you just keep going back for clearances until the bosses give you their go...so today was round three with the bosses. (the first 2 tries left us bloody and with shattered spirits. well, speaking for myself at least.) i wont go into my frustrations with the daily happenings, since i would not want to sound like all i do is whine... after a heated discussion in the boardroom, we finally had an approved presentation... crafting na lang, wich they left to our discretion. as long as were confident daw. such trust our bosses have on us! hahaha. anyway, just some trivia... bumalik din kami dun sa unang pinag-usapan... binaril nila, pero yun din ang binalikan.. somehow. bilog nga ang mundo. :p old news, new news.

good news! after a rough day... i was pleased to come home to see this orange package for me... i totally forgot ruth sent me a package from virginia and hoped it would reach me before my bday, so i was semi surrised to see a package in my name. its here! hahaha. 3 days early. the simple joys. now my problem is im itching to open it. haha. i keep shaking it to guess what is inside. :p lets see how long i can resist opening it. my first bday gift this year!

bad news... today is a sad day for one of my closest guy friends, mike. tito manny, his dad, passed away. up to now i feel the weight of the situation and parang naiiyak ako na hindi. earlier this year, when i last saw mike, he mentioned to me (and mic) they found out tito had cancer. as if this were not enough to weigh him down, mike's family had other big changes to deal with as well.

in one hand, tito's passing is a blessing so he and his family will not have to suffer longer than necessary. on the other hand, its almost Christmas and i know how close they all are to each other. im going to go see him tomorrow... i still dont know what im going to say to mike when i see him, but im sure ill think of something when i get there. bad, sad news.

paramdam lang

i've nothing new and exciting to say.. pero kailangan ko magparamdam sa blog ko. hahaha...

im working on my year-end post. i thought about it when i realized matatapos na ang 2005 and i couldnt help but think: where did the rest of my year go? parang kahapon lang i was ranting about how long and gruesome this year is... tapos i wake up one morning and its 2 weeks to Christmas?! waaaaaaaaah!

weeeell, actually i WAS supposed to write about my pre-bday bloo hoos kaso that would only emphasize and broadcast my already erratic and emotionally unstable image. hehe. by the time i got to sit down and write about it, naisip ko tapos na yun... why write a lasting memory of it. thanks to those that 'helped' me through:

1. mel, for always being the level headed friend and for the wonderful treat last sunday.. you're right, i needed it.
2. pau, for being the ear for my angry texts. kahit na at some point you stopped replying... hahaha.
3. kaye, for that YM session saturday night. thinking about other things (like the elusive christmas freak show party costume) distracted me from the ampalaya-level bitterness.

yun lang. wala ako masabi ano?!