The Story of my Life

My last weekend was eventful. I want to tell you about it in detail, but I have 180 unread e-mails, 3 loan agreements to format and circulate, 1 mission travel to arrange and 4 bosses to assist. Talk about bunching huh?!

I also haven't recovered from lack of sleep. For the past few days, my sleeping hours range from 4-5 hours per day. My eye bags are looming, darker than ever. Top it with mucus-filled throat and congested nasal.

Haven't played badminton for two weeks. Hence, a bigger tummy and arms.

I will talk to you again. But first, I have to get rid of all these. Ciao!

ps. My french boss came to visit yesterday and my gaaadddd, I look like hell!

Got this from RR. Inggit ako so I'll post mine. hehe

...a hot coffee on a cold morning.
...a 15-minute drive to work.
...dreaming about Sabrina.
...cooking for my family.
...lazing in the beach while listening to good music.
...a good book.
...heckling with HB crew.
...reading friends' blogs.
...catching up with old friends.
...reminiscing blunders of friends over booze.
...watching an exciting badminton match.
...a good conversation.
...Kuya's funny antics.
...knowing you've done the right thing, no matter how difficult it was.
...a flowering plant you nurtured for a long time.
..."I love you, Anak" from Dade.
...hearing your favorite song on the radio.
...a wish come true.
...driving Dade to the bus station.
...seeing people happy because of a good deed you've done for them.
...the look on a child's face after opening a present.
...finding 100 peso bill in your old pants' pocket when you're out of cash.
...helping someone realize her dream.
...lending your umbrella to a colleague who's stranded.
...knowing that someone thinks of you.
...knowing someone misses you.
...having someone open the door for you when your hands are full.
...a friend who keeps you company when you're stranded.
...endless chatting with your bestfriend.
...an all-nighter.
...a day of sleep.
...a surprise visit.
...a sweet dream.
...a warm hug.
...another year to live.
...another year to explore places, meet new people and enjoy life.

"And in the end, it's not the years in your life that count. It's the life in your years."
-Abraham Lincoln

Things that are living in the pockets of your bag, jeans or jacket: travel and pay checks, old cigarette pack that just looks interesting, sugar lumps and all the stuff that has found home in your pockets. They are all the treasures our project is looking for! Our goal is not only bring all this objects into light but show the owner of them.

Been listening to this song over and over again. Love it even though it doesn't have any meaning to me. I just love listening to it.

After All
by: Peter Cetera and Cher


Well, here we are again
I guess it must be fate
We've tried it on our own
But deep inside we've known
We'd be back to set things straight
I still remember when
Your kiss was so brand new
Every memory repeats
Every step I take retreats
Every journey always brings me back to you

After All the stops and starts
We keep coming back to these two hearts
Two angels who've been rescued from the fall
After All that we've been through
It all comes down to me and you
I guess it's meant to be
Forever you and me, After All

When love is truly right
(This time it's truly right)
It lives from year to year
It changes as it goes
Oh, and on the way it grows
But it never disappears

After All the stops and starts
We keep coming back to these two hearts
Two angels who've been rescued from the fall
After All that we've been through
It all comes down to me and you
I guess it's meant to be
Forever you and me, After All
Always just beyond my touch
You know I needed you so much
After All, what else is livin' for?

After All the stops and starts
We keep coming back to these two hearts
Two angels who've been rescued from the fall
After All that we've been through
It all comes down to me and you
I guess it's meant to be
Forever you and me, After All

Someone wanted to sneak into my workstation last night hoping to leave this for me ...

Unfortunately, I worked late last night. The surprise that was supposed to be for me, backfired. It contained this cute creature...

Thanks to you. Now, I am officially a mouse collector (only the cute ones okay!?). hehehe

WARNING: EMO MODE SWITCHED ON

I'm nearing the end of my calendar days. In a few days, I'll be 29. When that day comes, I know I will receive greetings from friends, relatives and even acquaintances. Alongside these greetings are questions about my personal life and plans of marriage, worries about my ovary and how my biological clock is catching up on me. On that day, please keep these worries to yourself and let me celebrate adulthood worry-free. I am 29, I believe I have heard all that and I don't need to be reminded of them yet again.

But if you're really wondering why I haven't jumped into the bandwagon, or at the very least why I'm not in a serious relationship, allow me to feed your curious mind. (I'm after your boyfriend or husband. Mwahahahaha...Kidding!) The answer is pretty simple: I'm holding out for THE ONE. Of course, I've dated quite a few. But none of them has given that magical feeling or had me curling up cause I had butterflies in my stomach. Nor has anyone made me say YES, without a doubt, without questions.

I don't want to settle. Primarily because I know what I'm capable of doing when I'm not 100% with a guy. I don't want to be with a so-so guy because I want someone who rocks my world. Someone who makes me incredibly and undeniably happy. Someone I can live without but wouldn't want to. Someone who would always want to sit beside me because he always wants to stay close to me. And until I find the person that makes me smile up to my third molar, I will not wear that white dress. Understood?!

Sure I miss being with someone. But if it were merely for the sake of having someone to go with you to your friend's wedding, or to pick you up after a night of partying with girlfriends, or to bring you to your badminton game, and all other perks - I would not be wasting my time, nor the poor guy's time and effort.

I'm holding out for The One. I don't care if I'm 35 or 50. Yes the clock is ticking, and so what? Let it tick...until it freakin' breaks!

It's mom's birthday today. She would have been 57.

Loving, caring, compassionate. Full of wisdom. She taught me to explore. She taught me to try things, make decisions on my own. And if I fall, I have to get up and move on. She said it's in falling that we learn life's lessons.

I have a magnetic white board in my workstation. It serves as a locator for my bosses whenever I'm not around. It's also meant for them and others to leave important messages if they come and I'm out. This morning, I found this:

He/She was here...But I don't have a freakin' idea who he/she is. Could this be the doing of the girl they see around 8th floor? hhhmmmm...

"As we grow up, we learn that even the one person that wasn't supposed to ever let you down probably will. You will have your heart broken probably more than once and it's harder every time. You'll break hearts too, so remember how it felt when yours was broken. You'll fight with your bestfriend. You'll blame a new love for things an old one did. You'll cry because time is passing too fast, and you'll eventually lose someone you love. So take too many pictures, laugh too much, and love like you've never been hurt because every sixty seconds you spend upset is a minute of happiness you'll never get back. Don't be afraid that your life will end, be afraid that it will never begin."

A-Age: 28

B-Band: Daughtry

C-Career: blogger, chatter, slacker

D-Drink or Smoke: Every freaking day! Bwahahahaha...Kidding, cut down na ako. Now, it's every other day. mwahahaha

E-Easiest friends to talk to: Bespren Chel!

G-Gummy bears or gummy worms: Both

H-Have a boyfriend: A lot! hahaha

J-Junk food you like: Clover is the best!

K-Kids: I want to have 4! Two girls and two boys

L-Longest ride ever: 8hrs lang ata...

N-Names of your future kids: Sorry. Don't want to share this sacred piece of information.

O-One wish you have now: I want to wake up from this dream. Get real.

P-Phobias: Maniacs

Q-Favorite quotes: Bukas luluhod din ang mga tala!

R-Reasons to smile: Fridays, good conversations, surprises, flowers, people smiling back, small acts of kindness, a warm hug.

S-Sleeping hours: 10:30pm to 6:00am

T-Time you woke up today: 6:00am

U-Unknown fact about you: I peed in my pants when I got really drunk.

V-Vegetable you hate: bitter corn and okra

X-X-rays you've had: Hand and chest.

Y-Yummy food: Kare-kare, pizza, pasta, salmon, my kaldereta and nilagang baka! Yes, I cook. May angal?

Z-Zodiac: Virgo

I tag Arle, Ritch, Meyj, Marie

...at Jay's and Alex's 9pm to 9am party

...at Little Bianca's 1st b-day party
with the Tsinays (minus Meng and Ge) Kristine, Iris, Arle, Sons and Ai

Last weekend's music practice was not as productive as the previous weeks. It must be the smell of the lechon from the kitchen (Happy Birthday Padge!). So instead of last Saturday being the last of the series of practice, we will have to meet again this coming weekend.

We were recording Shalom when I made a blunder halfway through the song.

Group singing: (lyrics) Isang araw tinakwil ko si kuya...
and I go: (lyrics) Isang gabi madilim sa dagat....

They went on while I giggle at the back. After that last take, we took a break and dealt with the lechon.