Welcome 2011!

The year 2010 is about to end. There are a lot of things to be thankful for before this year ends: good health, great friends, loving family! Thank You, Lord, for being with me all throughout the year! I'm ready for 2011, dear Lord! May You continue to provide countless blessings to my family, friends and yours truly! You are so good to me, dear Father! I give You back all the glory and honor. Amen.

Enjoy the New Year everyone! :D

Spent Time With Vinoya Family...

I spent time bonding with the newly weds - Michelle and Jon together with Jon's family in Lake Sebu the other day. Lake Sebu is a municipality in South Cotabato that is known for it's natural lake, stunning 7 waterfalls and their T'Boli culture. It has become even more popular because of their 200-meter zipline right above the 5 water falls - the highest zipline in the country! It was a thrilling experience being able to experience riding the zipline! Almost everyone of us took the chance to experience the adrenaline rush - zipping!

Too bad, I wasn't able to bring my digital camera. I still have to wait for the Michelle to upload photos from her camera. It was so careless of me to forget it! :D I'll be making another entry for the photos. I just want to say for now that I really had a great time with the Vinoya family. I also took advantage of being able to spend time with Michelle and Jon. Who knows, maybe next year or the years to come, they will be making baby birth announcements! We won't have the chance to do something adventurous like the one we had in Lake Sebu! Besides, I might move back here in Mindanao for good. That's my tentative plan, actually. So I took advantage of the moment to spend with the couple!

The Lake Sebu photos will be posted soon! So please stick around! :D

Congratulations Michelle And Jon!

This year's homecoming is a special one! I came home not only to spend time with my beloved family, but also to be part of my dear cousin - Michelle's wedding with Kuya Jon.


On December 28, 2010, I and many of our relatives and friends got together to witness Jon and Michelle take their vows as husband and wife at the Church locale of Iglesia Ni Cristo in Koronadal City, South Cotabato. It's an event in their lives that anyone closest to them would not want to miss, especially myself! I'm so glad to be a part of their love story!

with the groom...

with the bride...

To Michelle and Jon, I wish you both all the best in your wedded life! Congratulations! I love you both! :D

Busy Past 3 Days

I've been back here in the province since Sunday but I really haven't gone to my Mom's house yet. It's been a busy past 3-days!

When I arrived here in GenSan, I stayed at my cousin Lainy's home to practice the songs that I will be singing at Michelle's wedding. I have to stay here because my guitarist is Jayson which happens to be Lainy's brother.

The following day was rehearsal day at the Church. The wedding was set in Koronadal City which is an hour bus ride from GenSan. I was hours early for the rehearsal so I went to see my friend, Maria Den and her boyfriend Daniel who treated me for lunch in a nearby town. I had fun chatting with Maria Den and was glad to finally meet her new boyfriend. Maria Den and I were good friends since college days.

Dan and Den

Posing with Maria Den

I came on time for the rehearsal. We were all kind of frantic for Michelle's BIG day the next day.

The wedding day wasn't as perfect as what we all were expecting. But we're all glad we were there to witness Michelle as she walked down the aisle to be with her now husband - Jon Vinoya. I'm really happy for them.

Now that we're passed the mixed emotions for the wedding, I still haven't gone home. Although I wanted to. There were just a lot of things to do and places to go first before I can finally come home! :D Of course, I wanted to see the home were I basically grew up. For sure I would be able to see same old photos displayed on the photo frames and the sports trophies and other medals I got during my high school and college days that my Mom was so proud to display. I hope I'd be able to finally come home tomorrow. :D

More pictures are coming soon! :D

Makati Triangle Light Show...

My friend, Judith and I went to see the light show at Makati Triangle at 6pm this evening. They have this event at Makati Triangle every weekdays for the whole month of December. A lot of people go there (families with kids, basically) to witness the pretty light show. Although there were too many people at the area during that time, they don't seem to be very noisy. I even like the atmosphere. It was relaxing. Maybe because of the music being played or maybe the people were just patiently waiting for the light show to begin.

Anyway, here was the video taken from my digital camera. It was a nice experience being there, though! :D

My Mom Finally Got Herself A Phone! :D

I was able to talk to my Mom on the phone today. She finally bought herself a phone and thankfully, she now knew how to atleast, answer all calls! LOL!

I was with my friend Judith early this evening. It was quite a long day. We went to see the light show at Makati Triangle. It was nice! I'll blog about it later.

Going back to my Mom. So I was talking to her and she wasn't aware that she was on speaker phone so Judith can also hear how funny my Mom is on the phone. :D We talked about my homecoming and then all of a sudden she told me that the digital camera I bought for her on her birthday was soaked in the water. She wasn't able to have it fixed and that she was sorry about the digicam. Judith was laughing while hearing me and my Mom talk. Then she asked me what I bought for her this homecoming. She doesn't like surprises that much, does she? Of course I didn't tell her what I bought since I haven't bought any as of yet. I miss my Mom and I'm excited to be with her when I get home. I'm gonna do a last minute shopping tomorrow. Sigh! It wouldn't be that much. I'll just make it up to her on her next birthday. I better think of birthday gifts for mom as early as next month. I want to make her happy on her next BIG day! :D

Torn Between Work And Family - A Dilemma

I'm in a dilemma right now. Talking about being torn between spending quality time with my family and my freaking job. I really want to go home but work gives me a hard time with my vacation leave. Sigh. I have already bought an expensive plane ticket for this home coming. My flight is on Saturday and my supervisor hasn't given me any positive news about my Vacation Leave request. I really want to be with my family and on my cousin, Michelle's wedding.

Filing for vacation leave is a struggle in our office. Their system sucks! They should prioritize those who have good scorecards. Not the "friendship" system. And I don't think I deserve this. I've been working my a$$ out, I've been doing my job well and I haven't been absent for months. My supervisor doesn't give me other options for my request. She doesn't even talk to me. I think she's scared because she knew I'm going to break down at any time if she gives me negative news. Yeah, she should be scared.

I deserve a break from work. I think my boss wanted me to just quit the job because I've been a pain on her bulging neck. It's her fault most of the time, anyway. I'm just the kind of person who's transparent enough and outright frank about how I feel. There's always been a strain between the two of us. Well, I'm not the only one in the team who hate her. And I don't want to hate her forever either. We have enough of each other already.

I'll talk to her boss and check if she talked to him about my request. It's pretty obvious that I have trust issues with my supervisor. I'll find out tomorrow if she really submitted my request to the higher management. Coz if not, all hell is gonna break loose! Sigh. I really don't want to hate someone like this.

Anyway, if I am to leave my present employer, I hope I'd land on a better job with good pay and better supervisor. Sigh. Easy for me to say.

Year-End Thanksgiving..:D

I didn't go to work today. It's our Thanksgiving Day at Church. I have filed for a vacation leave but it wasn't approved. The slots were full so I don't have a choice but to be absent today.

I didn't go back in bed when I woke up at 9pm last night because I feel like I had enough sleep already. I just finished my online chores. Later on I'll prepare for Church service. It's our Church locale's year-end Thanksgiving today. I'm a member of Iglesia Ni Cristo and this is an annual event for us before the year ends.

As what I have posted on my other blog, there's so much to be thankful for this year: my Faith, a peaceful life, a lot of blessings, good health, great family and friends and a lot more!

Time to prepare for the Church service! Happy weekend everyone! :D

Feeling Better And Ready To Hit The Gym...

I'm feeling a lot better now. I was sick yesterday because of tonsillitis but I think I'm ready to hit the gym. My head doesn't hurt anymore and my tonsils are not swelling anymore. :D

I miss the gym. I miss 3 days of working out this week already! Although I don't eat that much because of being sick, it's way better if I'd be able to burn the calories I have incurred for 5 days. I'm addicted to working out, I guess.

I haven't bought my dress and shoes for the Thanksgiving Day this Saturday at our Church. There are a lot of things that I need to accomplish today. Gotta take off!

Sick Again...

I'm sick since yesterday. My tonsils were swelling and my head really hurt. Too bad I wasn't able to go to the gym today. Sigh! I hope I'd feel better tomorrow. I have a lot of things to do. Grr! This is how I end up after days of deprived sleep and getting all stressed out. I knew this will happen.

I hate being sickly because I live alone. I miss my brother. He and his wife were here the last time I was sick. I have no choice but to take care of myself. Sigh.

Citi Of Angels

Last Saturday was our account's Christmas Party and annual recognition day. It was a night of fun! The party was called "Citi Of Angels" wherein, obviously, most employees wore angel costumes. I didn't because I don't want to spend as much. LOL! I performed with other singers that night and we called ourselves "the Sessionistas".

Here are some of the photos:

The roof deck of our building was filled with angels!:D

Posing with the white and black angels...

Pretty friends/teammates! :D

Isn't he a cutie? LOL!

The Sessionistas

It was tiring but it was a rockin' night! :D

My Mom And A Couple Of Our Differences...

I have talked about me and my Mom's differences on this blog. But I never really elaborated on what those differences are. Well, let me tell you a couple of our dissimilarity.

My Mom is loud especially when she's around family and friends and I am not exactly the silent type but I don't like talking too much either. She feels like she can say whatever comes in her mind and most times she gets tactless especially on sensitive issues. She's comfortable doing that because she thinks people understands that that's who she is. Whenever I'm around, I shush her sometimes because I know that she's going to get into trouble if she doesn't stop. Well, most of the time she just go on and never listen.

My Mom is close-fisted and I'm not. I prefer to enjoy whatever I get from the fruits of my labor. She will always reprimand me about my spending and that I have to save for the future. She's the type that invests on lands and properties. If Outer Banks foreclosures are available here in the Philippines, she might have took advantage of something like that even if she has to spend for the repairs of the property since it's sold much cheaper. I think she got this character from my late grandfather. I don't know. I just have a negative vibe about spending for properties. I feel like it's so hard to maintain and take care of. I mean, like right now, she's fighting for a piece of land with our tenant who's claiming the farm as his own since he and his family lived there for more than 10 years already. She's basically risking her life for that property. And that worries me. Knowing my Mom, she definitely won't give up even if it will endanger her life. Sigh.

I am excited about going home although I know that I have to deal with my Mom's eccentricity. It's just that whenever I'm with her, I feel like I'm not used to being around her anymore. My being irritable gets in the way sometimes and I'd feel guilty for hurting her feelings.

I hope we won't hurt each other's feelings on my coming vacation. I just want to spend quality time with her. I hope she doesn't bring up any long forgotten bad times and just enjoy our togetherness. I miss her and I'm hoping to have a happy vacation with her.

Christmas Trees Along Ayala

I love the month of December not only because of the blessings that I receive this time of the year but also because of the air it brings. The weather is colder and the nights seem to be very colorful. I like strolling around the Metro at night during this time of the year. I haven't took pictures of night times in Ayala with my new camera yet. I'm planning to do that one of these days.

This is the only shot I have on my digital camera. It was taken during our Christmas party at the roof deck of our office building. I love the christmas trees along the center isles of the Ayala avenue when it's night time. They actually look like fountains in the middle of the streets.

I'll be taking some more photos of these beautiful sights in Makati sometime soon. A friend of mine keeps telling me about the lights show at Makati Triangle which I'm going to check out before I this month ends.

Back To Normal Routine! :D

Phew! What a relief! The crazy week has ended!

I was able to perform last night with the other "sessionistas" at our Christmas party. I think we did pretty well. It was an awesome party filled with people dressed as angels! I had fun! I'll be posting the photos tomorrow. I need to get some sleep now. :D

Well, I'm back to my normal routine, I guess!

The Pretty Christmas Tree

I think it's the same Christmas tree that they use at the main lobby of our office building each year. I have been in the company for almost 3 years now. But then I see the same tree every Christmas. They just redecorate it, I guess. I was able to take a shot of the tree. It's pretty. I also came across a picture of my colleagues when I was browsing photos on facebook.com. Then I realized that it's basically the same big old tree!

This was the photo of my friends last year. The shot was amazing. They obviously place the camera on what seem to be the glass mosaic tiles.


And here is the pretty Christmas tree! :D

Will Visit Aunt's Mansion

Homecoming! I can't wait for it! My vacation leave wasn't approved yet but I'm positive that I would be able to come home, be a bridesmaid at Michelle's wedding and spend quality time with family and friends. Lainy texted me about making the most of my vacation. I really don't have any plans of how to spend my vacation. She told me that we're going to visit our Aunt's new mansion in Davao after Michelle's wedding. I heard it's a beautiful home. I bet it has a garage with garage door openers. I'm really excited to see the house myself! :D

I just want to go home! I miss everyone back in the province. Sigh!

The 2-hour Tagaytay Experience

Let me tell you about what happened yesterday on our team building in Tagaytay.

We all agreed to leave Makati at 7am. Judith and I were at the meeting place around 6 o'clock in the morning. Some team mates came around 8am. So basically, we left at 9- it was too late and we're already expecting traffic jam on our way to Tagaytay. I'm already upset before we left since I didn't get enough sleep the previous nights.

As expected, we were in the middle of the traffic jam. Was stuck there for 2hours. My butt was already hurting since we've been sitting for more than 3 hours already. And then our driver announced that the jeepney's brakes wasn't working! The brakes needed to be fixed right there and then, in the middle of the road! Grrrr! You can just imagine the frustration and humiliation.

It was past 12noon. We haven't had our lunch yet and that added to the agitation. I would've jumped in the first bus that's routed back to Manila. Too bad there wasn't any at the moment.

So we waited until the jeepney got fixed in less than an hour. We're hungry and we actually don't have any idea where we were headed in Tagaytay.

The cold weather and the nice scenarios changed our mood when we arrived in Tagaytay. The place is cold and green! :D I was smiling already when I was taking some photos. If only we were early, we could've enjoyed our stay in Tagaytay. I actually went home early with Judith because I have to attend our Church service. Judith doesn't want to stay so she went back in Manila with me. We were in Tagaytay in just more than 2 hours, basically! LOL! I just went there to eat and take pictures.

It was the worst team building ever but I'll make sure I'll go back to Tagaytay with friends and enjoy whatever the place has to offer! :D

Here are some of the photos I took.

Waiting for the freaking jeep to get fixed...

I was with Judith on the front seat of our ride...

Judith in the rear view mirror! :D

Behind me is the famous Taal Volcano surrounded by the lake...

Everyone was hungry!

The team

I wish I didn't come...

I Need More Sleep! :D

It's back to work tomorrow at 2am. I really didn't enjoy my rest days because of being so busy for the preparation for tomorrow's performance. I'll be singing and will be playing the guitar at our party tomorrow at work. My co-performers and I aren't that ready, actually. We lack practice and most of us haven't memorized the songs! We still have until tonight to furnish the songs. As expected, I won't get enough sleep again.

I wish we'll be on training tomorrow so I won't have to take a lot of calls. Being on training with projector bulbs and a babbling trainer is better than taking calls, anyway! :D

I hope I can get some sleep today.

Anxious And Plain Tired!

I'm so tired! I haven't gotten any sleep yet. I'm getting anxious of an intermission number that I'll be performing with other singers at work on our party this Saturday. I'm not only going to sing, it's my first time to basically do the accompaniment with my acoustic guitar on that intermission number. Sigh. I just finished learning the chords of the songs they wanted to sing. My hand hurt a bit. There's one other guitarist who'll help me out, though. We'll practice later. I hope I won't mess up.

I'm just plain tired. I still have work after our practice later. Geez! What the heck did I get myself into?! LOL!

Online Purchasing Makes Life Easy!

Online purchasing has been easier these days. Thanks to the technology, we don't have to make an effort of going out of the comforts of our homes just to search for cheap prices even for better quality of a certain product and service because all the information we needed are now available in the internet. All we need to do is click and type whatever we want to search.

Just like searching for the best insurance companies online. To those who are yet looking for best term life insurance quote and rates, you might want to check out Wholesaleinsurance.net where you can compare insurance companies and find the best one that will suit your needs!

As for me, the internet is definitely the best invention ever! It made our lives easier! :D

Feeling Sick But Hoping To Get Better... :(

I feel sick! I don't have fever but I've been feeling dizzy after Church this morning. I thought a power nap will make me feel better, but it didn't. I have to pay my bills this morning so I went out even though my head was throbbing. I felt better though when I drank my favorite Frappuccino Grande at Starbucks! :D

Then I bought some groceries at the mall. I felt sick again when I went back home. Sigh. I hope I will feel better tomorrow. I better give me some sleep now. I haven't gone to the gym for 2 succeeding days. I feel fat and sick. :(

G'night everyone!

The Intervention on Bio

One of my favorite channels on T.V. is the BIO Channel where I watch a lot of real life stories. One of the shows that I often watch is "The Intervention". The subjects are people who are addicted to alcohol, drugs and the like and some are suffering anorexia. These people are wasting their lives and they seem like their on the edge of killing themselves not knowing that their loved ones are also suffering.

The subjects agreed to have their lives documented not knowing that it's their family who asked the show to intervene on their lives. To help their loved one change for the better.

Most of the subjects end up getting treated in a rehabilitation center and go through oxycontin detox for those who are addicted to drugs like heroin, Morphine, etc. They were able to get a second chance to life. Some didn't.

Whenever I watch the show, it always make me cry. I not only pity those who suffer from the addiction but I also feel sorry for the family who gets hurt physically and emotionally.

Thank God, I haven't been through these during my rebellious years.