winning and losing

woke up today feeling like the world is so much better. ang saya ko talaga. main reason really is that im so looking forward to next weekend but the cherry on top was the oh-so-fabulous win by ateneo yesterday.

being that im in another timezone, it was really hard for me not to watch the game live.. but even harder not to watch it at all. thanks to acky... i got to watch online (at the office.. hehehe). happy as i was, it was one of the hardest things ive done because im used to cheering my lungs out at games... and for me to watch the game and have to literally hold my mouth shut so i wont react at all was excruciating. feeling ko puputok na puso ko. syempre i had to pretend i was "working".

anyway, we won, and la salle lost. what was supposed to be just a comment n pat's blog turned out long enough to post.. so here are my thoughts. haha.

you really see what people are made of when they are down. i may be miles away from araneta, and STILL i have my fair share of bitterness from our green friends --- i work with one, and my sister is married to one. si ko maintindihan kung bakit pag talo na sila, iniiba yung usapan bigla... 

1. congrats, mas marami naman kaming championship trophies 

-- okay, fine. i cant deny that, but a win is a win. fact also is, WE ARE THE CHAMPION THIS YEAR.  

2. okay lang manalo kayo, mas malaki naman sweldo namin sa inyo. 

-- uhm, okay. sa basketball kasi part ng stats yung financials ng mga alumni ng school di ba? (rolling my eyes)  

3. sige, kayo naman.. para sumikat din kayo. 

-- ano daw? halatang bitter at walang masabi. hahahahaha!  

4. luto naman e. ang papangit ng mga call ng referee. 

--- gasgas na to. pobreng mga referee lagi na lang sila may kasalanan. they only call it as they see it. tough luck. we've had our fair share of bad calls (or lack of) too. and please dont blame the players for the ref's "bad calls". the boys just want to play and win the game. its just funny (and sad) how people can get used to the glory of winning so much that they forget how to lose with grace... oh well.

wait, not to generalize... i had more la salle friends call / text / ym to congratulate me for the win (akala mo ako naglaro, no?). thank you for that.

great season for ateneo. finger or no finger. good or bad calls. championship or not... it was one hell of a season (weirdest 4th quarter though). too bad i only got to see one game live.. and had to watch the last one online.

ONE BIG FIGHT!

wish list

like everyone i have a list of things i want to buy in the immediate future...

1. admu jacket at adidas... im a size small. hehehe. if someone can PLEASE buy this for me, i promise to send money to manila for it. pleeeeeaaaase???? i KNEW i should have bought the last piece in podium before i left!

2. dslr. i had to put this on hold coz the offer to work here fell through. i needed all the savings i could get my hands on at that time. i think ill be able to afford one by my birthday. :) weeee!

3. new ipod nano. eto luho na lang talaga. totally impractical coz there's nothing wrong with the one i have right now.. except it doesnt have video. :p maybe ill get it.. maybe i wont...

4. my own mac. yes, im a mac convert. since the office issued one to me, i love it more and more each day. maybe not in 2008... but soon after.

got hit while walking along nguyen hue

left the office to go meet two of my favorite friends here in hcm at dong khoi. so i was walking along nguyen hue boulevard, bag and laptop in hand, looking at the buildings and the lights and the motorbikes passing me. then, while i was crossing the street, i was surprised that it hit me...

im WALKING the streets of SAIGON

i can honestly say i LIVE in SAIGON

fart on my face. 

i smiled at the thought. i felt like a real adult and im proving im capable of independence. 

ang saya lang.

thats all, thank you.

ps. belated happy birthday jiller... mellie... and happy brithday shoti... and advanced happy birthday mommy ni hanz. :p

living in

redge moved in yesterday and slowly my once semi-bare apartment is becoming more and more homey. funny how it took a guy like him to make this place a little more girly. hahaha.

wait, before i get any violent reactions. and before any of you call mommy to squeal on me, let me clarify. first, redge isnt my boyfriend... can NEVER be. secondly, mom knows he moved in. and lastly, he's me pseudo room mate coz i had an extra room and he needed a place to move into.

grand gestures

good friend of mine is here because of his "girl" is here on a vacation with her family and he thought it would be nice to meet up here. short of the story, he got on a plane, and arrived this morning not knowing what kind of place will welcome him at the end of his flight. hanz aplty put, its a grand gesture.... and we all need grand gestures once in a while.

so hanz and i found ourselves having lunch at quan an ngon (along nam ky khoi nghia) giving him a crash course of all the gems of ho chi minh so he can razzle dazzle her family. its sweet. :) i think i got carried away coz even when i got back to the office, i kept thinking of options of where he could take them for meals, shopping, sight-seeing. haha.

wala lang. i guess natuwa lang ako kasi im a hopeless romantic and a sucker for surprises.

(ahem ahem... someone please start dropping hints somewhere back in manila... ahem, ahem.. lily? hahahahahaha!)

homesick?

is it weird that i don't really feel like i'm in a different country? 

i was walking "home" tonight and i thought at how adjusted i am to saigon --- not that i had major adjustments that i went through. is that weird, or does it just show me how adaptable i am? or maybe its because work has kept me busy to notice and think of the differences?

in any case, i guess the explanation is irrelevant simply because i'm happy that i'm not crazy homesick in my first month and a half that i've been away, and thats good from whatever angle you want to look at it.