28@28

last night, 28 july, maan and i had our first taste of seeing how 'young' people are now - at 28 years of age.

we planned on having a haircut and binging at g4 afterwards. by chance, maan saw tokti at sm and invited her to our salon session. tokti had her nails done, maan and i had our mane chopped, and i also indulged in a 30-min massage. then, maan and i ate sisig at dencio's, as planned. tokti then invited us for a treat at ice vodka bar in greenbelt.

upon goin inside, the bar, contrary to other bars we've been to, isn't mausok. tokti ordered majito (minty drink, it's good actually) for us as her treat and we proceeded to people-watching. there's this american couple who, after a dance are kissin openly. then there's this pair of two men where we stood next, whom we assume to be metrosexuals (since they seem oblivious to the world!). there's these 2 pairs of couple (whom i assumed just met there), wherein the male's a foreigner and the girls are filipinas. after some bolahan which i heard (hmmm, yeah okay, i eavesdropped!), the two pairs went out and we took their seats. maan on my right, and tokti on my left.

grabe, the two girls seated across us seemed like college kiddies with three boy kiddos. sadly, the girls kept dancin despite that (or was that deliberate? i dunno) their backs are close to the men (hustlers i suppose) seated next to them. then there's this girl who really, really danced wildly - and was subsequently joined by a guy who's as wild as she was, and another girl trying to steal the light from them (perhaps!). susme, maan and i are soooo shocked. kulang na lang mag-undress ang mga bata!

sarap na sarap sa cake at feel na feel ang new 'do na nirampa

nahimasmasan lang kami with the white choco dream AND the choco cake at coffee bean!

til next time (*wink)!

(thanks tokti)

ang ouija

sabihin nang baduy. but local flicks entertain me. =) (what movies are for kung papagurin ka lang sa pag-iisip, right? at least pag pinoy, maeentertain ka talaga without giving anything to mull over!)

watched it last wednesday (opo, first showing date!) with maan, tonette, bebe, ate doty and her friend (sorry po, i forgot!). it was a "photo-finish" for me since i had to rush from ortigas to g4 (we had a practice group meeting pa kasi).

twas pretty scary. there was an instance when i wanted to head out of the cinema. tapos may part pa na i wanted to shout at manong guard who had me scared by just simply standing at the corner of the moviehouse. hehe. a real stress-reliever (moreso since the "air" at the office is nothing but stress-inducing!), the screaming made it so easy.

a day after that, i didnt dare enter our conference room alone (despite instructions from one of the bosses that we will talk about the case he assigned to me inside the conf room), hehehe. yoko nga baka ma-open pa yung tv! hehehe. juday kasi in the movie is a lawyer, and in one scene, she was haunted by the ghost inside the conference room of the firm where she's working. kapareho pa naman ng conf room namin yun nasa movie! hehehe...

not so bad movie after all. pero, mas scary pa din for me yung patayin sa sindak si barbara!!! =D

i am...

...sad.

Being a part of your Firm has been a wonderful experience.

I am thankful for the opportunity that you have given me,

for the knowledge and training that you have imparted,

for your contribution to my growth both as an individual and as a lawyer,

and more importantly,

for being my “second home”.

Really, thank you.

i miss...

...going to school.

that's why, starting august, i'll be saving up 500 bucks a week! so that, by october, i have (hopefully) sufficient moolah for a 6k tuition fee!!!

i want to enrol here --->>> http://www.solair.upd.edu.ph :)

hay, things are definitely going to change starting tomorrow. i feel sad - melancholic, to be precise. but going after one's dreams entails sacrifice.

i just hope that big bro and the pack wouldn't take it against me.

and i hope my heart won't get me into trouble.

birth

nine months.

now i know what i want in life.

aptly sent by my friend, maui, is this forwarded text message:

there's no point in sacrificing your happines when it doesn't conform

to what your heart dictates.

as eveyone is created uniquely,

everyone gets a right

to choose where they'd be happy...

if it ensures lifetime happiness,

then go for it.

you wouldn't want a miserable life

faking the world with smiles.

river piedra

if only i could toss my feelings to the river piedra, perhaps, just perhaps, i would be relieved of this unnecessary pain.

"i was sure i could never fall in love with someone like him. i knew him too well, all his weaknesses and fears. i just couldn't admire him as the others seemed to.

but love is much like a dam: if you allow a tiny crack to form through which only a trickle of water can pass, that trickle will quickly bring down the whole structure, and soon no one will be able to control the force of the current.

for when those walls come down, then love takes over, and it no longer matters what is possible or impossible; it doesn't even matter whether we can keep the loved one at our side. TO LOVE IS TO LOSE CONTROL."

-- by the river piedra i sat down and wept
[paulo coelho]

day 3

ikatlong araw na ngayon mula nang lumisan ka sa aking mundo. kung para sa yo, ito ay isang bagay na hindi na dapat pang pagtuunan ng atensyon, o isang pagbabago na dapat nang ako ay naging handa - puwes para sa akin hindi, ikatlong araw na ito mula nang gumuho ang aking mundo. ikatlong araw na sinusubok ang tibay ng loob ko na di magpatianod sa bugso ng damdamin. ikatlong araw na sinasanay ang sarili na manumbalik sa dati nang kinasayanang pag-iisa. ikatlong araw na nang pakikibaka sa isiping ang tiwala ay maaaring di na maging gaya ng dati, na ang tiwala ay tuluyan nang nasira.

kanina, matapos ang isang araw ng pagsasaayos ng buhay ng mga tao (habang naiiisip ko na sana ganoon din ang magawa mo sa sarili mong buhay), sinamahan ako ni tria at ethel sa sidebar sa el pueblo para magmunimuni habang kaulayaw ang ilang boteng alak. masarap isipin na ang pansamantalang pagkalango ay makakapagdulot ng kawalan ng ulirat sa sakit na nararamdaman. pero, mahirap nito, hindi lahat ng pagkakataon ay kaya nitong pawiin ang sakit.

tatlong araw na.
tatlong araw na sana ay mabilis na lumipad nang di ko na namamalayan pa ang sakit na dinulot niya.

dulcinea

ill never look at dulcinea the same way again. no, not because the food that they offer does not suit my buds. it's just that something happened connected to it. an act of betrayal, or evil, even. i was devastated. i am not gonna hide that. i am currently wallowing in pain caused by my plain and simple stupidity and belief in the goodness of men, which was taken advantage of.

i find my feelings really valuable that whoever takes a whip at it deserves to be eradicated in this, if at least my, world.

on exhaustion and disgruntled employees

habang tinitipa ko ang entry para sa aking blog ay nanananghalian ako. hay, oo, tama ba naman yun? =) sayang kasi ang oras, dami ko pa kailangang tapusin. bakit kasi nauso pa ang deadline? bakit kasi may batas? hahahaha, kung walang batas iha, di wala ka sanang propesyon! well, di sana mas tahimik naman ang mundo - pati mundo ko. siguro kung di nauso ang batas at natural pa, ang pagiging abogado, mas masaya ako. =)

kaninang umaga lang, may mga nakausap ako. "disgruntled employees." sabagay, sa araw-araw naman eh may mga nakakasalamuha at nakakausap akong ganoon. kasi, tumingin lang ako sa salamin, makikita ko na yun. hehehe. minsan, a matter of contentment lang siguro problema ng tao. minsan din naman, may problema na talaga. kasi naman, may perpekto ba sa mundo? utopic, ika nga. malabo.

ayun, sila "disgruntled employees" ay nais nang lumayas sa kanilang pinapasukan. medyo lihis naman kasi yung nangyari. basta. unfair. sana lang makita ng mga kinauukulan na mga huwaran naman talaga sila "disgruntled employees".

hay tapos na break, trabaho na. tax + crim + corpo = insanity

FINALLY

matapos ang ilang buwang pamamahinga, im back!!!

hay... much as i want to update my blog often, im being held up by the many tasks that i have to accomplish.

how's me lately? hmmm...

got new "acquisitions"!

lots of changes happened.

sa office, three people left. one of them is my "batchmate" (insofar as pagpasok sa firm). come to think of it, it'll be my ninth month na this july 15.

at home, my desktop crashed. baaddd!!! luckily, dad bought a laptop (which i am currently "taking advantage of" hehehe).

hay buhay buhay, im currently setting my eyes on this person. sometimes he disappoints me. sometimes, he surprises me. tama na. bawal mausog. =) sana lang talaga...

oh well.