Monday, March 28, 2011

last night was crazy

it was the hk rugby 7's and we partied so hard we acted like westerners. we've been dancing the whole time, we got really wasted that we were swaying when we went to a friend's place to sleep. there were 4 of us and it so happened that we were the four people in the group who, let's just say have notorious stories when drunk. we were all nursing a bad hangover the morning after. they were all gagging but i was surprisingly the only one who didnt have to do that. hahahahaha...

anyway. the highlights of the night were having my bag stolen. yep i lost my winter coat, housekeys and phone with it. good thing i got my money and id's with me so it's not really that earth shattering. it feels good to be phone-less for a while. i think ill go crazy if i lose my id again! i just got a new one 3 weeks ago so it would be embarrassing to get a new one. they might think that losing my id became a hobby of mine.

the biggest highlight would be: kissing someone. ha! i know it was just brought about by booze. but yeah it feels nice. how come all my kiss moments start in bars? i wish i can tell you more about it. but errrr... i'd rather not. it's sorta one of 'em aawwww moments i'd keep the details to myself for a while.

Saturday, March 26, 2011

BS 77-86

im not religious. i dont know, but during primary school i was consistently awarded the 'best in christian living'. i suspect that they only give it to me because i was at the top of the class but it's a tradition to let the students who made it to honor roll an extra award. i was not good in arts, music, sports, so voila, the questionable award. i swear i dont remember exhibiting any role model character in a religious kind of way. then i was put to an all girls catholic school in secondary year. but for some reason i did not enjoy it. i do not get why we had to pray before and after each class plus a morning praise then an angelus, and we still have a one and a half hour religion subject! then we are required to do some church participation on weekends. gaaahhh!!

i believe in a supreme being. you can call him/her/it anyway you like but i call him papa jesus. what i do not like is the catholic teaching. i think it borders on crazy and ridiculous. i believe in doing good and not hurting other people. i dont really worry about what will happen to me after death. a lot of catholic people are so preoccupied with what happens after that they tend to repress themselves on their living days. this is what i think: when i do good, im happy. so you see, if there is such a thing as heaven, i'd go there because of my good deeds as per catholic teaching. if there isnt such a thing and we just return to the ground then that's fine. at least i lived my life happily. i go for what i want. i dont hurt other people intentionally. i lived without any grudge, so if there's no heaven with beautiful people and you dont age and get fat, then that' fine. i had my share of heaven a few times in my life.

and what's up with masses? i only like the singing part. but other than that, i'd prefer to do my praises and pleas personally. it must be the sense of belongingness in a community that they're after... but isnt faith personal? i dont know... i pray when i need something. i pray more when im thankful. on my own.

anyway, you'd think it would be hypocritical to say this... i like taking photos of churches though. i dont like the statues.. but i like to see the human extravagance to demonstrate to pay tribute to his/her faith. you see the most luxurious things inside churches. perhaps it give them the sense of pride. for me, they're more like museums. only you can take pictures as much as you want. :)

last christmas e and i did photowalk around pampanga churches. and mind you, they are from different provinces so you have to give us credit for our effort. i've always wanted to do it but e got her car when i started working so we never really found the time. our province is known for its grand churches. we went to 7 churches that day. here you go:










Thursday, March 24, 2011

im kicking myself now for not thinking of it all this time

my blog should be named as: BLOGSOM

and im not fokin' kidding! :)

Wednesday, March 23, 2011

The Most Beautiful Love Songs

Wala naman. Share ko lang. Gusto ko pag kinasal ako kakantahin to sa reception ng live band.

1) Forevermore
2) Kahit Kailan
3) More Today Than Yesterday
4) As
5) Head over feet
6) You’ll be Safe Here
7) Huwag Kang Matakot
8) She will be loved
9) Truly Madly deeply
10) Sana’y Wala ng Wakas

Tuesday, March 22, 2011

alam ko na!!!

CAPOEIRA!!!!

dear papa jesus,

sana po magreply ung capoeira master!

blsm

Monday, March 21, 2011

Exciting things worth looking forward to

I told you my life has been pretty jammed lately.

Here are the things I will be doing in the next 3 months. It’s not much. Considering I have 4 weekends for the bloody Canton Fair. Gaaaahhh!!

1) will watch the play EQUUS – yes, the play that marked the end of youngster roles of Daniel Radcliffe

2) will see MOMIX REMIX – description says it’s a dance illusionist show. It’s a mixture of ballet, comedy and circus in a surreal backdrop

3) will see THE SCRIPT live – yep, we got tickets to the popular Irish band that popularized The Man Who Can’t Be Moved and Breakeven. I’m going with the whole PM! Yeeeey!!!

4) Will see THE HOUSE OF DANCING WATER in Macau – it’s supposed to be the most expensive show on earth with a budget of 2 billion HK dollars. I got the cheapest ticket but reviews say it’s ok because it looks spectacular in any angle

5) will go to GUIMARAS and enjoy the beach and eats lots and lots of mangoes. It’s my favorite fruit and I’m not joking when I say I can eat a kilo of green mango just by myself in one sitting.

6) Will go to ILOILO and take photos of their nice churches. It’s touted as the Vigan of the south with its old churches. Good for taking photos!

7) Will go HOME and see the family and bestfriends. Yippee!!

8) Will go to PENANG and snorkel at Pulau Payar and party with n! Woopee!

9) will participate in the HK YOGATHON for the HK breast cancer foundation. i find my inner peace when i do yoga. and what a great opportunity to do it while raising breast cancer awareness? it's the cancer that pulls my heartstrings because i've had relatives who died from it. anyway, it's a yoga event where they invite several yoga instructors and everyone's encouraged to join. it's an outdoor venue so it should be a good experience. it's an 8hr event and i hope to do at least 4. wish me luck!

Hmmm…gotta plan some more. Not much, no? hehehe…

the time when i just relaxed

i may be traveling here and there but you see i've always been restless. im actually more exhausted when im on vacation because i always try to make the most out of my time out that i just schedule 10 activities in a day. i rise up early to take sunrise and i sleep late.

but yesterday was different. i went to shenzhen with 3 friends and we just made it our ME DAY. we were originally planning on doing go kart and happy valley sightseeing then a massage to cap the day. but it was raining that we ended up on the spa the whole day.

we started with the nice chinese lunch and then had our body scrubbed. it's as what you imagined it to be. you hire someone to scrub all your body. the lady did not miss any part except for my genitalia and my scalp. and scrub she did. i use sponge or loofah whenever i take a bath but i was surprised to see so much dead skin cells out of my body it's embarrassing!

then we headed out for a nice chinese style massage. it's a good 90minute session that you would really feel that your blood circulation has improved. it's one of the best feelings in the world having your muscles soothed like that.

last is the ear cleaning session. just when you thought you've done a good job with your cotton buds, ear cleaning shall change that. it's a bit eekie having something sharp go through your inner ear like that but you'd really feel the difference.

we spent 7-8 hours in the spa. we did all of these plus a couple of billiard game. in the end we ended up buying a few oil paintings in shenzhen before heading for a late dinner. those should make a good BS.

we spent quite a fortune but considering that it's our way of thanking our body for all the hardwork, it was well worth it. it's equivalent to an expensive night out.. only this time without hangover! i love spas! woopee!

Wednesday, March 16, 2011

random

sorry you have to bear with me on this post. you can call it anti thesis to moving on, desperate, pathetic or whatever you call it. di ko naman ibig sabihin na gusto kong balikan si b. sa totoo lang masaya naman ako sa buhay ko. ang dami kong nilolook forward na mga bagay bagay. mas exciting pa nga buhay ko ngayon.it's the being loved i miss, not him.

minsan napapatanong ako: pucha bakit ung matabang kaklase ko nung high school na milya milya ang lamang ko, may asawa na ngayon? ako kahit prospect man lang wala? nakakaloka!

di naman ako pangit. fun pa ako kasama e. sobrang koboy din ako. kahit saan mo ko patulugin or kahit ano pakain mo saken di ako maarte. saka alam mo grabe ako magmahal. as in sayo lang iikot ang mundo ko. gigive up ko lahat. siguro sa lahat ng pinagdaanan ko isa lang ang msasabi kong proud talaga ako. wala akong regret. di ba minsan may mga taong nagsasabi na sana sinabi ko na mahal ko sya, sana nabigay ko to sa kanya, sana sana sana... ako di ganun. napakita ko sa kanila kung gano ko sila minahal habang kame pa.

anyway, baka kulang lang ako ng exposure. kase naman tatlong grupo lang nakikita ko buong linggo ko. officemates, gym mates, pinoy mafia. tapos medyo pahinga pa ko sa kakagimik. naubos kase pera ko kakabook ng flights. hmmmm... teka ano bang hobby ang pwedeng careerin nang hindi kamahalan. sabi ni kuya r mali daw ang maghanap sa bar kase di naman daw seryoso mga tao dun. bad investments kumbaga. kase nauubos pera mo tapos faulty lang ang returns. hmmm, aikido kaya? wargame? photography ulit? what to do what to do?

BS 76

i havent posted about tioman last year. so here you go. it would have to be one of my best snorkeling experiences ever. if you were to ask me to name my top 3 snorkel destinations so far, tioman is definitely included. i'd go for tioman, balicasag, coron... not necessarily in that order.

anyway, this trip was not originally included in my itinerary. i just planned on going to singapore to meet n and my sister (who was in sg that time looking for a job) but it seemed that a vacay with n was not the same without a beach. there were other choices such as bintan, langkawi, penang as they are the cheap ones... but we bravely arranged tioman because there were good reviews from her friends and in the net.

it was my first trip in a malaysian place and i must say i loved it (that's why im going to 3 malaysian places this year! ha!). the place that we stayed in has a very nice manager and he really accommodated us poor travelers. their food was superb and the room is ok considering the money that we paid. and did i say that he's nice? it's not the crush type but he certainly did a good job giving me a good impression about malaysians.

but the best thing about tioman is marine life. it's craaaazy! we went to two different snorkel sites. one is a marine sanctuary where they breed fish and you could see fish that are big enough to scare you because of their size. think about a single milkfish that you can buy for 200 pesos. that big. then the other one is superb. we basically snorkel-circled one tiny island and you could see the variety of marine life in there. it's my first time to see a baby shark, a pawikan and so many different types of fish --- all in 30-45 minute snorkel experience!!! there were two batches of snorkelers because a & h had to go back to sg the next day. i accompanied both. we went to the same areas but i still enjoyed them all the same!

after this trip i bought an underwater camera. i would not want to miss any other snorkel moments.

i did not take much photos from this trip. i enjoyed it that much that i preferred to stay in my snorkel suit and kept looking at the beauty that is tioman.

people in the photo are n and her friends. the other girl happened to be the sister of the bf of r, my filthy dormmmate. small world, e?

Tuesday, March 15, 2011

all i want to do is...

TRAVEL!!!

i still got a 13 years til my 40th birthday and i must say i'm doing well on my goal.

these don't include the hikes, camps, bike destinations that we did in hk. i just like being out! hahahaha!

BS 75

this is the sun yat sen memorial. it's a surprise destination from our taipei day tour because we bumped into one pinay and she told us that it's a place that we should not miss. and she was right. glad we followed her suggestion. we did not go inside but the facade is already a photo op.


Monday, March 14, 2011

BS 69-74

on the day that i was supposed to start my work in madrid, i did a quick stopover at the PARQUE DE RETIRO before going to the madrid fairgrounds. it is considered the lungs of madrid. it's a huge park at the center of madrid and a good walk around its oval would make you appreciate the sights of madrid. it's nice to see that despite the cold winter weather you can still see lush greens and good sunlight. i saw some cyclists, too! makes me want to go and pedal soon! i hope we do biking soon.

photos here you go!






Thursday, March 10, 2011

stress buster

Remember when Friendster was so ‘in’? Then you put bulletin posts with surveys. Don’t you just miss them? Got these from a friend:

My earliest memory is:
- my aunts coming from work and were teasing me from downstairs that they bought me something. I hurried down and fell on the whole flight of stairs. I was three.

At school
– you mean grade school? I was one of the brightest.

My first relationship was
- with J.

I don’t like talking about
- food calorie content. Food is meant to be enjoyed! If you do count how it’s going to add to your body fats, don’t waste your time talking about it to other people. It’s plain annoying and senseless.

My most treasured possession is
- my camera. Wait, maybe my blog.

My mother and father always told me
- I’m too good and ambitious to settle down. See, I’ve been brainwashed all my life! hehehe

In the movie of my life, I’d be played by
- Sarah Geronimo. Sorry, I’m such a fan!


I wish I had
– lots and lots of money. I’d travel and study for the rest of my life.


I wish I hadn’t
– lent money to friends who never pay – twice!


My guiltiest pleasure is
– listening and dancing to boybands' hits from the 90's


When I was a child I wanted to
– be a scientist, then a journalist, then a lawyer. Now I’m a saleswoman.


Its not fashionable, but I love
– net stockings


If I could travel anywhere, I’d choose
– Great Barrier Reef


My greatest fear is
- losing mobility. I’d rather die than live with body parts missing.

The hardest thing I’ve ever done was
– deal with heartbreaks. Char!!!

I relax by
- taking photos

What I don’t find amusing are
- Twitter. Branded Products. Shopping. Fine Dining. Staying in expensive hotels. Obsession over Apple products.

My worst job was
– working in a call center


If I wasn’t me I’d like to be
– one of the travel show hosts in Natgeo or Discovery Channel


I am most grateful for
- my family. We’re not the i-love-you type but I know that even if I’m the dumbest person in the world they’d still love me.


My biggest regret is
- booking that flight to Iloilo wrong!!! Faaaak, that’s $600 rebooking fee!


The five people I would invite to the perfect dinner party would be
– father, mother, sister, e, husband-to-be


The person I admire the most is
– if it was someone I really know, it would have to be my father. But if it was someone I read from history books, it would have to be Leonardo da Vinci.


My favourite childhood television program was
- Ang TV


I collect
– nice photos, fridge magnets

My worst habit is
– losing things


The thing I most wish could change about me is
– my height. I wish I was taller. Then I’d be a cabin crew.


I’d like to be remembered for
– being the little Filipina girl who travelled to 150 destinations for vacation with her own hard earned money before she turned 40, and wrote and took nice photos of them

Tuesday, March 8, 2011

BS 68

i tried wargame last weekend. it was so damn fun that i'd like to keep doing it over and over again.

got a few realizations:

1) wargame is fun. im not the first person to like it after the first try

2) there are many cute chinese men. i just dont see them on weekends because they're all playing wargames

3) wargame players are not war freaks. they are a gentle bunch of friendly people

4) shooting someone with consecutive bb pellets feels so good

5) im not good at flirting! i had a crush on one of the instructors and i could barely keep the conversation. aaaahhhh!!!

june pls come soon

june 3-7 iloilo and guimaras

june 18-20 pampanga

june 25-27 penang, malaysia

ako na! ako na ang walang pera kakabyahe! pero at least masaya!

Monday, March 7, 2011

time heals all wounds

nakakatuwa naman, ok na talaga kame nung isang ex ko.. as in wala ng bitterness, wala ng awkward moments. totoo ung sinasabi nilang darating ang araw pagtatawanan mo na lang lahat ng crayola moments mo dati. at ito na un sa amin.

wala namang intensyon na maging bestfriends kame. pero at least di nagpapanting tenga ko pag naririnig ko pangalan nya. at nakakapag-usap na kame ng nagtitinginan sa mata at di nanginginig boses ko sa pagiging emo.

BS 53-67

i know you're thinking that i've completely lost my interest in this project. but you see i've been really busy with stuff. you have no idea how my calendar is filled every day that if one element comes in, i would not know how to fit it.

im filled on monday-thursday by work + working out, friday is for mandarin session + getting drunk, saturday is for my close friends, and sunday is for running house errands. i know i've been desperately wishing for a boyfriend but i really dont know how i'd squeeze him in. unless we live together which we know by now is really the start of fucked up relationships i'd have, so we might as well dismiss the idea.

i love being busy. i feel so bad if i've got nothing to do. i always look for doing new things. today i tried doing the airsoft wargame and boy it felt so good. it's like all my depression has been shot away together with the bb bullets. it feels good to shoot someone, with pellets of course. more stories about that tomorrow when i get the pics.

anyway, since i've been gone for two weeks, i'll give you one of my most memorable experiences. TOLEDO. it would have to be one of my best destinations to date. moscow was lovely with the red square but other than that it's still one densely populated city. madrid was ok but you see some vandals in some places... but toledo... aaahhh, you just won't run out of good things to say. every turn is really picturesque. and i am not even exaggerating!

I am very poor with directions. I went to Toledo with a huge map only to find it more of a disadvantage. That bloody map was really confusing that I was lost for 3 hours before I reached the center. I was that poor with directions. I literally walked the whole expressway and ended up on the residential area until someone came to help and pointed me the way. Thank god for nice locals! The expressway walk was ok. I was able to take photos while walking. It’s like walking in a very old city that you see in the movies. You see castles, brick buildings, and everything is just yellow. But boy when I reached the center, the feeling is just much more than your average orgasm. It’s that overwhelming. It’s like being in a set of a period movie and you find yourself looking for people in corsets and carriages because you’d be convinced of the backdrop. The ayuntamiento was good, the alcazar was lovely, the infantry school was marvelous, the museum was quaint but delightful… but these are nothing compared to the cathedral. I’m not a religious person but once inside that super grand cathedral, you will feel the blessings of heavens. It’s like the beautiful works of god has been concentrated in that place. You will get intimidated by the luxury of the church and royals from way back then. It’s like you despise them for being too luxurious, but you love them for having exquisite taste. If not for it, how can you see such beauty in your lifetime?

I kept walking the whole day. I only stopped when I had the asian buffet for lunch. I know it was a stupid thing to do, but I was really craving for sushi at that time. It didn’t fail me and I was able to eat as much sushi and sashimi to my heart’s content.

It was raining on my way back. Good thing I checked the weather and I was able to bring my compact umbrella. It was raining really hard so imagine me in my wintercoat, freezing, drenched and walking fast because I was afraid to miss my train. I was walking for a good one hour and I just made it in time for my train.

I wish I can tell you what a beauty Toledo is but even though I say one hundred positive words I guess it will not be enough.

Here are the pics:















Wednesday, March 2, 2011

this sunday i will...

try wargames! yeba! pls wish me good bones!