hot in here
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its so hot in manila, that its not even funny anymore. people here in the office, gets sleepy and irritated because of the freakin weather. its so hot, that i dont even wanna to go out and get lunch. and my usual 10 minute happy walk from ayala to the office --> is now my hell walk.

hey, i think that this is the first time i felt that my work/world is slowing down. maybe because of the fact that i dont have any deadlines as of now. i know that work is coming in, *they are in a briefing* hahaha! so it would be all work in no time. thats fine with me. a day without being busy, makes me feel helpless and unproductive. and i dont want to feel that. i want to be ready and on the go... just give me ample time to breathe and i'll be fine, alright! :)

i didnt like the dvd's i saw last weekend, it was boring.. i expected 40 year old virgin to be fun.. but it wasnt that funny. wedding crashers was so-so.. prime is defintely not a comedy... will there be no entertaining movie at all?!
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last saturday evening, my family decided to go get halo-halo at razon's, cause dad havent tried that and mom was raving that he should go and try it. so all of us went there. i got sisig , halo-halo and silvanas.. undoubtedly, the halo-halo was good, their ice, as creamy smooth as ever. but their sisig - its good, i just wished that they sliced and diced it better and thinner, super buo pa ang balat at taba, parang isang buong piso nung panahon ni jose rizal. shucks!

to achi mich and ahya ichi: just a little trivia, razon puts only 5 ingiredients to their halo-halo.. leche flan, saging na saba, macapuno, (sago), basta all white in color. astig! at ang ice, may thin pa sa ice monster?! :) ill bring you there once you guys are back here late june!
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i feel good things coming this week. i am on leave tomorrow then off to a birthday dinner, then seminar the next day, dinner again to follow, etc, etc... will i book my flight now? or wait? decisions.. decisions...

superb weekend
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my weekend was superb! i was with great company, great food, and everything just right! as a recap, my friday evening was spent in 7 corners and watched "the fashion show"!

saturday, i had time to watch dvd - "transamerica" ( i applaud felicity huffman - her acting was superb. anyways, i though it would be a funny movie between her struggles, her son, et al.. but it was kinda serious, but funny in a way.) and "derailed" ( i liked the movie, although it came predictable, i still like the "revenge" part.. or the thought that you'd be able to rise again and get back what is rightfully yours).

my sunday was supposed to be boring, up until my cousin wanted to eat saisaki buffet. so tita bot, tj, ags and i went to saisaki in west ave to have lunch around 130PM. we were all so hungry by that time. i dont recommend eating there anymore, and i wouldn't think ill eat there again. there were still too many people, but niligpit na nila ang sushi bar nila, eh para ngang naglilihi ako sa sushi eh! hahaha! but you can get if you request for it. so i requested samlon sashimi and california maki, until they die slicing all of it. also, their beef, you gotta request if you like, or else they would not bring out anything anymore. haay. disappointed!
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ena and i hadnt had sleep in 2 days. lalo na siya.. anyways, its okay, i just hope that somethnig good will happen out of it, out of the hardwork we poured into it. at least, if it happens, something good before anything else happens. its more of ending things with a positive note. wink wink wink! :)
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i've been eating so much junk lately, so much chips, ice cream, candy covered biscuits.. i think i need to stop. gotta eat fruits na ulit. i blame it all on the being stressed or "ngarag" coined in the advertising world. hehe. pucha, sa iba ko sinisisi ulit. anyways, marc, my HS friend, wants us to go out, he is back from shenzen last saturday, he'll stay here for good na daw. he wants us to eat chicken joy.. ayaw ko na ng jollibee!!! pero malamang yun ulit ang breakfast ko tomorrow.
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- want to go to macau for a vacation. i watched travel asia the other day, and i was so intrigued by it. haay. i promise myself that my next vacation, i will spend it there. :)

nothing's changed

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Got this from the net... Wala lang.

Anton's color is green.

Green is the most down-to-earth color in the spectrum — reliable and trustworthy. People know they can count on you to be around in times of need, since your concern for people is genuine and sincere. You take pride in being a good friend. For you, success is measured in terms of personal achievement and growth, not by status or position. Rare as emeralds, greens are wonderful, natural people.
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friday night - i had dinner at 7 corners, finally.. after a long time of planning, it finally happened.i was with my high school friends (lester, bon and his gf tere).. and it was fun. i realized that these are the people who i have stayed in touch with for the past 6 years since we graduated high school back in 2000. its been a long time, and yesterday, it seemed like things havent really changed. it was nice to know that. bon&tere loves to eat out, and i always ask them for new finds cause they try everything, we share notes when it comes to good food. they have tried vivere in alabang. okay daw. we plan to go to circles in makati shang naman next time. im excited!!!

anyway, i loved the salmon sashimi and unagi maki, i had about 6 pieces of each. their nanbread is also good(freshly made), with hot shrimp curry. i also liked their fresh lobsters which i requested to be grilled with some mussels. i didnt eat too much meat so maybe thats why i wasnt that full. a slice of roast beef and some lechon topped my meal. of course i couldnt let go of desserts, i had ice cream tepanyaki (mocha and vanilla ice cream plus fudge browines with almonds and cashew), mini cheesecake and chocolate with strawberry cake - i liked their cakes becuase it was just a mini sampler, not really a slice, so you get to finish it.also had chocolate fondue with fruits.

i dont know whats with me lately, but i crave for sushi and japanese. ate at bennehanna (wrong spelling ba?!) ang saya sa little tokyo pag walang tao.. i suggest people to go there! NOW.
then followed at eastwood to watch the skinned for summer, kahit announcement of winners na lang ang naabutan ko. anyway it was worth it and was fun. patay sa akin yang mga nanalo..aapihin ko sila to death. i think liv made a good job, ang galing ng mga designs, very unique, kahit sa pictures ko lang nakita. buti na lang magaling kumuha ang photographer. haha!
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kanina, i went to paz bacause mic's lola died.. and john&tin followed after an hour. we were talking nonesense after, anyways, i'm looking at a trip to malapascua in the next few months.. want to go there, and i think that i'll have fun with them. guess what?! tin (john's gf) loves foodtrip.. something in common, so i am thinking that i will get to see them every so often to discuss food stuff, and new finds. hey, they are good company.
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excited for my next adventure!

i've been tagged by achi mich.. so here we go...

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4 Jobs I’ve Had In My Life

- Strategic Planner: interviewer and transcriber

- HR Coordinator

- Accounts Executive for Media (if there is such a thing?!)

- Music 1, listening station

4 Movies I Could Watch Over And Over

- Land Before Time

- Finding Nemo

- any light and funny movie will do

4 Places I’ve Lived

- Banawe in QC

- Santa Mesa Heights in QC.

4 TV Shows I Love To Watch

- Will and Grace

- FRIENDS (yes, upto now!)

- My Name is Kim Sam Soon

- American Idol

4 Websites I Visit Daily

- http://mail.google.com

- http://tonlim.blgospot.com

- http://www.mail.yahoo.com

- Blogs of my friends

4 Of My Favorite Foods

- Ice Cream, gelato - anything that has nuts...

- Brownies and Cakes - anything that is chocolates and has nuts! any dessert actually..

- Nowadays, japanese food - sushi, etc!

- Italian food, pasta's...

4 Places I’ve Been On Vacation (the last four)

- Singapore

- Vietnam

- Nueva Ecija

- Puerto Galera

4 Places I’d Rather Be Right Now

- anywhere but here.. preferably singapore and ho chi minh, or bangkok! basta!

4 People I Wanna Tag

- Paulo & Angel

- Julette & Kaye

- Sheryl

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as much as i want to do good in this thing that i am doing now, i kinda feel weird doing this, becuase i dont think that it is in my job description to do this. i feel super multi-tasking na to do all of this. nakakapagod lang minsan... i know that i dont have any right to rant because firstly i agreed to do this work, and second, it is something new to learn.. third, i want to be of help. so siguro nga wala akong karapatan humirit. hahaha! never mind, kalimutan niyo na ang last part ng post ko. hahaha!

just random kwento's...

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last thursday night, we (people at the office) all went at pau's second one man show.. which i can say is very successful.. nakakatuwa lang cause we all look like we dont know anything about art, mukha lang may alam. hahaha! elayne was so funny, dahil ubos na ang paintings - sold out na, dodoblihin daw niya yung price. hahaha! well, it was something different for me, its cool to see art. let me qualify that, its cool to see art, if you the know the one who makes it. hahaha!
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friday was fun, except that i want feeling that well. we all were celebrating anna's brithday, and it was inuman in the veranda, with music from berlin's mac, chicken bbq, san mig all over, at siyempre si wintson at marlboro ng mga tao! anyways, julette and kaye still proved they are my two HO's, and julia and ching ang susunod sa footsteps nila. si angel naman, binigay na kay anna ang trono niya! hehehe! well, it was loads of fun kahit nagkaroon ng konting dramahan! :) :) :)
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im used to the fact that i wake up early on saturdays, specifically 830AM... gulay, minsan na nga lang ang weekend, parang may office pa. anyways, i went to jollibee for brunch with matthew (anak ng pinsan ko) - he made me buy all those food kasi he likes nga daw, and made me eat it all by myself!!! lesson: next time dont listen to kids. in the afternoon, i went with cheryl to greenhills, went to the eye doctor cause she wanted new contacts, anyways, after we went to see yours, mine and ours.. this was my first movie in a long time.. long long time. we also ate tons of food.. footlong, and beard papa cream puffs. after the movie, we just went to kohican coffee.. which is always a nice place. i encourage you guys to visit, murang version siya of UCC.

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sunday was spent in bed.. i got a dvd copy of the korean series "my lovely sam soon", famously known as "my name is kim sam soon". i totally loved this series, im not a fan of korean stories, but this is a funny one. i finished it din yesterday.. marathon nga talaga. after watchnig it for over 5 hours, i had dinner with family, and guess what i ate.. korean bibimbop at cafe monaco, i wrote about this place in my old blog, which unfortuantely gone now, for reasons i do not know. my sunday turned out to be all korean.

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i wonder how next weekend is going to be...

get lifted
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everything is happening so fast last week and this week too, that i can't even seem to absorb and digest everything that is happening. seems like yesterday, january pa lang, and now its march na.. so ano tomorrow? december na. hay. i guess i should enjoy the NOW!

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last week was fun. ate at kai with some friends back from shanghai. and it was like despedida again cause they are going back there and work there na. they were persuing me to join them, but i just dont see myself there. i dont even knoe how to converse in mandarin, all the more to work and live there.. i dont think so.

i've accomplished so much last week, i woke up 7am on a saturday which never happens, but an appointment is an appointment and i cant do anything about it. so there it goes, i am kinda hoping that something happens there. sana lang they could give me more! went to topman after to buy stuffs.. so much for sacrfiicing. hahaha! and after that night, cheryl and i went to sta. lucia east grandmall to visit john's new business. it was nice to see something happening, something that actually happened already. we suggested things for improvement, and then went straight to eastwood, and lounged in jack's loft. - i love that place, but the one in wilson is much much better.

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lately, my mind is not slowing down. we are working our minds off non-stop.. strat dito at strat dun... fun naman but somehow nakaka-drain din. i found out that it is much better to brainstorm outside the office, like any coffeeplace than inside the boardroom, medyo limiting lang kasi siya. also,buti na lang at hindi sumasabay ang conprobe kundi utak lugaw na ako. hahaha! i just got to laugh it off, kundi walang mangayayari sa akin.

malu, ena and i met outside the office yesterday.. we were talking for about 3 to 4 hours. we talked about everything, and i was open to her about things, ena and malu was open too. i thin everything went great. all i can say is that my friendship, admiration and respect for these people (including inay) goes beyong the walls of the office. i will be forever grateful that i have met them. :) :) i'm finally really happy to be able to share to them things that i was afraid or cautious to share before.

friday na!

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hay. thank you lord at friday na.. seryoso, thank you for the continous blessings you are giving me. i can't thank you enough. today - i feel great. i feel things are going to happen. i dont want to jinx it but i am just optimistic that things will be going to be great.

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on things i need to do:

1. i'd like to go back to ongpin/binondo.. to try that crepe place that sheryl shared to me. and go back to bee tin to buy more stuff.

2. i need to go at sta. lucia east grand mall - to visit john's new business, may i-consult pa daw, dapat ko ata huminggi ng consultation fee.

3. aggie (my sister) is asking me to accompany her and watch close to you.

4. i have a sunday morning appointment

5. and many more

whoah!! go lang ng go!

recap of my weekend

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i've always loved weekends. the thought that you can accomplish so many personal related things, or staying in bed the whole day is a blessing.

last saturday, i accompanied my mom to ongpin.. we went to "bee tin" a chinese grocery store, which showcases a lot of imported goods from asia. so my mom was minding her own thing and so was i with my brother.

funny thing was i found an aisle that made me giddy.. (times when my mom and dad would buy me new he-man, thunder cats or ghost buster figures when i was young) anyways, the aisle was full of imported stuff - like biscuits, rolls, and chocolates, candies. and i am a sucker for these things. my brother would get the usual meiji choco babies and strawberry chocolate stuff. and i was like hoarding stuff! my mom and brother was both shocked with what they saw.. like a little kid that cant get enough of these little new finds. but the good thing now, is i am able to pay for whatever i get. my mom did offer to pay for all those stuffs i got, but i insisted that it was me who got all these, and i should be the one paying for it. - yabang noh? bagong sweldo lang kasi that time. hahaha!

that afternoon, me and my siblings went to order pizza from yellow cab.. which i enjoyed so much. i also cooked pasta that same afternoon, and so we were feasting italian like there's no tomorrow. and our new bonding activity is magic sing. we borrowed our aunt's.. and we were like competing as to who gets the highest score. and i did.. 969/1000! out of 10 songs with 100 as the highest.

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that sunday, i just stayed home.. rested lang. cant wait fo the next weekend!