Busy Weekend

Last weekend was an event-packed one for me...

Thurs-Fri : CSC Outing in Mount Sea Grand Resort, Tanza, Cavite

Had fun - the place was nice, the people wonderful, the water refreshing, and the slide exhilirating! Ang tagal ko na ring hindi lumalabas with friends, lalo na overnight, but because it was a weekday, pwede ako... Saya!

Friday - 11th Avenue vs Friendster Knockout Game

Tobby scored 5 points, can't count Jay's... he did good as usual, maybe 5 blocks and a dozen or more rebounds... Hinid naglaro si Jen, but they won parin.. Off to the semis!!

Saturday - Pahinga lang ako nito, too tired eh...

Sunday - Bruski and Nina's Bday

Dinala ko ang mga babies ko and Bunini (not in the picture) sa bday ng mga chikiting ni Mommy A.. Ang dameeeeng mga bata, ang gulo.. Natatawa na naaawa nga ko sa naghohost ng party.. kasi I dont think naiintindihan siya ng mga contestants niya... hehehehe.

Sunday - Christine's Graduation Dinner

Congratulations to Christine! BS Psychology Cum Laude graduate from UP Diliman.. She's off to PGH for Med... Kumain kami ng npakaraming seafoods sa Seaside kaya ayun.. Hinigh blood ako the next day... Oh well, masarap naman eh! :)

Magical Ball

Ang aking mga wishes sa magical ball na ito:

1. Longer life for Tatay, no suffering.
2. Be able to go to Singapore to visit Les.
3. Day job, with same or higher sweldo for Jay - para d naman niya ako iniiwan at 930pm.
4. Pearl farm Beach resort in Davao, or any resort in Palawan.
5. More photo ops.
6. Higher pay - syempre.
7. Lotto nlang kaya? Kahit magakano, basta milyon! :)
8. Mabawasan ang kulit ng mga anak ko - minsan nakakastress eh.
9. Jay and I's own house - in the right time siguro.
10. Continuous basketball "career" for Jay - masaya manood eh.

It's Finally Mine

Paid Les through the bank yesterday... And I now have a new (well, not so new..hehe) camera!
Sabi ni Jay, teka, tama ba? Basta something like ipupukpok niya sa akin yung camera kung hindi ko ipagpapatuloy ang aking hobby at hindi gamitin ng husto ang cam. Hehehehe. Syempre joke naman yun. :)

Anyway, sana nga magtuloy-tuloy na ang pagdevelop ko sa photography. So far, I am pleased with the differences in my photos. Factors include: good camera, editing skills learned, and a renewed passion for the art. Good.

Isa pang difference na napansin ko lately, and I soooo like it, is that my world is a lot more beautiful now. Promise, ngayon, whenever I look at things, or at sceneries, mas naaappreciate ko ang beauty, kasi nakikita ko lahat as possible photo shots.

And it's nice. Really nice.

Last night, I felt it all again...

I had a silly smile pasted on my face all the way to work this morning, and it was all because of a dream. The dream was simple, but very very nice. Actually, it was not the dream that was nice, but all the feelings that it made me feel again...

In the dream, I just met Jay again and it made me feel all the giddy feelings when you are just falling in love...

I remembered how thrilled I am at his every text message, how my stomach fluttered at the mere sight of him, and how my insides would all turn to mush whenever he would talk to me.

Haaaaaay. For those who are yet to fall in love, you're missing a lot.

Anyway, it's good to remember the feeling. Thank God for dreams.

I need to unwind

Last weekend was a stressful one for me. Had a big disagreement with my mom that had me depressed the whole day Sunday. I think the two of us are ok now, but I could still feel the heavy load inside me. Maybe because the heavy feeling is not only because of the disagreement per se, but with all the issues that it had raised.

So I am now to start the week with a heavy heart and a haeavy workload. I need some uplifting!!!!!!

Jay, wink wink. Haha.

*%$#*@!!!! Mabuhay Miles

Bwisit na Mabuhay Miles to. Fake pla siya, napaka deceiving. Hindi pala siya libre. Ang binibili lang pala ng miles ay ang mismong airfare. Hindi kasama ang fuel surcharge sat taxes.

Kalokohan pala. Sa maga sanay magbook ng fligts, alam nating mas mahal ang surcharges at taxes kesa sa airfare. Papuntang Kalibo for example:

2 way
Airfare: P576
Fuel & Surcharge : P3290

So ibig sabihin, after kong magspend ng P360,000 to accumulate the 8000 miles for a roundtrip sa Kalibo, ang matitipid ko lang pala is a lousy P576! Buti sana kung 1000 nlang ang babayaran ko. BUt no. I have to pay P3290.

So, anong kalokohan to?! Grabe, for a time, nauto ako nitong Mabuhay Miles na ito.

Stupid.

*in fairness to the Mabuhay Miles, medyo okay naman siya for international flights... (pero mas mura parin nung ng promo ang Cebu Pacific) Kaso hindi ko naman kasi siya plano gamitin for international dapat eh. Grrrrrrr.*

Weekend's Result

Back from Laguna... Ang saya manood ng laro...

Natalo nung Saturday, nanalo nung Sunday.. Both days Jay was spectacular. Hehehe.

I'm his #1 fan.

Ang Tawag Ni Daddy

Kanina, tumawag sa office phone ko si daddy gamit ang celfone niya. Ang pag-uusap namin:

Daddy: "Kelan ang uwi niyo?"
Dy: "Sa Sat, bakit?"
Daddy: "Crucial game sa kasi yung sa Saturday, 630 pm, kapag nanalo sila, pasok
na sa semis. Kailangan maglaro ni Jay."

Ganun. Nakakatuwa. Kasi after almost 2 years na hindi naglalaro si Jay ng basketball (dati ay member siya ng Intertown team ng Pagsanjan, kaso wala na ngayong Intertown games eh), nabuhay ulit ang basketball sa buhay naming pamilya. Lahat kami nanonood at nagchee-cheer. Daddy, Mommy, mga kapatid ko at syempre pati sina Andre at James.

Maliit na liga lang ito actually, pero mahalaga siya sa mga sumusunod na dahilan:

1. Naglalaro rin si Tobby at si Jen (bf ni Lucky)
2. Ngayon ko lang ulit mapanood si Jay maglaro after 2 years.
3. Nakakintindi na mga babies ko sa pinapanood nilang basketball.
4. Superstar si Jay. Hehe. (Bawasan lang ang hapo!!!!!)

Oh well, good luck sa inyo Mahal, galingan niyo.. Excited na ulit ako manood... :)

I Can Change My World

The magic of editing. Spot the difference.

Kung bakit hindi ko nakukuha ang mga gusto ko

Haaay. Nagsisisi ako ngayon.

Ewan ko ba, minsan kasi, pakiramdam ko, medyo mabagal ako mag-act sa mga gusto ko. Full of restraints kasi ako, lagi nlang iniisip na "wag nlang kaya". Kahit gustong-gusto ko na ang isang bagay, nagdadalawanng isip pa ako lagi, thinking na baka hindi naman dapat, or baka aksaya lang ng pera, or kung ano pang rason na pumipigil sa akin. Minsan, iniisip ko sa sarili ko na kung talagang para sa akin ang isang bagay, makukuh ako talaga yun. But hello. Alangan naman makita ko nalang sa cabinet ko ang isang blouse na dko naman binili, diba? Kailangan ko talagang kumilos.

Dahil nga ganun ako, marami akong napapalampas. At ngayon, ang talagang ikinalulungkot ko, ay yung pinalagpas kong P5000 fare ONLY for Asian destinations ng Cebu Pacific. Haaaaaaay.

Paulit-ulit kong binalikan ang website, paulit-ulit akong nagtry. Paulit-ulit din sinabi sa akin ng website na oo, limang libo lang, makakapunta ka na sa HK o sa Singapore.

E bakit hindi ko binili?!!!!!!

Napaka-hilig kong magtravel. Yun nga lang, hinid obvious dahil hindi naman ako masyadong nagtratravel. Dahil nga sa restraints ko.

Pagkakataon ko na sana yun noon. Pero pinalagpas ko na naman.

Hindi naman ako poor, may pera naman ako, e bakit hindi ko magsatos?!!!!!!

*In fairness to me, kapag nakapagdecide na ang utak at puso ko to go and get something, I will stop at almost nothing to get it. Yun nga lang, kahit na gustong-gusto na ng puso ko, minsan humihindi parin ang utak ko... :(

Happy Birthday

He is more than my favorite subject actually.. He is my life, my everything.. Naks! :)

Happy Birthday Mahal! Failed to make your day yesterday super special, but don't worry, I'll try to make up the whole year... Although that may be a bit hard as everyday with you in itself is already special...

I love you...

My Favorite Subject

Pictures would never be able to capture the true depth of his beauty, as his is more than skin deep....

But I still love photographing him ... :)

A Hundred-Year-Old Tree?

Photo shot at La Mesa Ecopark.

Fujifilm Finepix S9500

I'm sooooo excited!!!!

I have this weekend to try out Les's camera, at SAAAAAANA makakuha ako ng magagandang pictures... Ang trial na ito ang mgdedetermine kung dapat o d dapat kong bilhin ang camera na ito. ( Salamat Les sa chance, and wish me luck!!! :) )

I have downloaded na the manuals, tried to do some researches, sana lang ay maiapply ko ang lahat ng mga ito....

BTW, binabasa ko ngayon ang Bestseller na "The Secret". According to the book:

"Everything that's coming into your life, you are attracting into your life. And it's attracted to you by virtue of the images you're holding in your mind. It's what you're thinking. Whatever is going on in your mind, you are attracting to you."

Kaya ngayon, puro thoughts of beautiful photos, and thoughts of the camera ang iniisip ko. Para maattract ko ang talent of photography sa buhay ko.

Kapag nagwork, I will fill my mind with thoughts of winning Lotto... Hahahaha. More on the book some other time.

For my visualization, here are some BEAUTIFUL (bow!) photos taken by my friends:

Photos by: Migs Medina

Photos by: Les Magno