LAST DAY HIGH
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i am becoming a bit too emotional in this ordeal, actually NO. hahaha. just this afternoon, i talked to the 3 of my colleagues here in servicing, and did handover. i know i am leaving everything in good hands. i'll just miss them so much, the friendship, commaraderie made. 30 minutes till i walk out of this place, till this last blog post from this iBook.

my GM was so sweet, she even gave me a present (which i haven't opened yet), and i had lunch with almost everyone in the office, 10 of us from other teams as well. its a happy day yet of course, knowing myself, i'd be a bit sad, walking out from something that has been a part of me - good or bad, stressful or enjoyable, work or leisure. i want to look atthe good things, i have learned so much from the past 11 months, i did 2 jobs here - planning and servicing. i met a lot of nice clients, truly nice people, colleagues that have turned friends to me. i have been really blessed.

some shout outs, i know these people wouldn't be able to read this, but am just posting for my own sake and journal purposes:

1. the whole creative team for the support showed to me. i am blessed to have you guys, and i wish i could work with more people like you. we all have some disagreements but its nothing personal. your talents are unsurpassed. ting, rebecca and law - are the 3 creative people closest to me, and these people are my friends. thanks so much. special mention to rebecca - who is my twin, a friend i could always count on. i am thankful to GOD that i have met someone like her in thsi foreign place, i met a family outside home.. so this is like my 5th family na.

2. servicing staff - liza, carmen and jessica - thanks for making my life in this place better. these are the people who cheer me up, actually cheerleader kame of each other. usually times get so bad that kame kame na lang ang nagsasaluhan.

3. waiyin and lee leng - thanks for somehow taking care of me in this place, it has been a good 11mos, i appreciate the kindsness shown to me. i am sorry that i couldn't take the offer you guys gave, i am just looking forward to a place that will suite me.

so this is the end of another chapter, i want to say that i wished i feel numb about it, but i remember what MEL told me before, na mas maganda to go through it. so i will go through it. this is not goodbye anyway, it's just i will see them in another place.

these PAST FEW DAYS
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last friday, i was able to get out of the office by 6PM, on the dot talaga since medyo wala na akong pakelam at tapos naman na lahat ng work ko. briefed in jobs, and kung ano-ano pa. went to KBOX in cathay cineleisure for QT's despedida, he wanted to go videoke kasi, as usual had a blast with them. from now on, our national anthem would be "escapade" by janet jackson and electric dreams -- especially the line "we'll always be together, however far it seems.." truth to be told, these two people (helen and qt) are like my agency friends here. we have so much fun together, esp mga kabaliwan ni qt. its unfotunate that he needs to leave na, and go to ho chi minh. but definitely we will go and visit each other naman.


few last shots with qt and helen -- three of us together.

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SATURDAY was badminton day in bishan sports complex with officemates. its an exercise-sports day for all of us to relieve stress and all that. it was fund, thoug bitin anf 2 hours, at medyo madame kame in attendance. well, these will be my last few moments with them, as officemates, but of course i would remain friends with these people.


where is willy the baboy? i look so big in this picture.


with liza naman..

after badminton, rebecca asked me to go dinner, last wednesday kasi i asked her to join me in millenia walk since i need to find what kaye was asking me. so we just went suntec first since malapit lang naman yon. and since after badminton, we ate early dinner in our favorite place, ichiban. went around millenia walk to look at harvey norman, then to carrefour for groceries.


new sushi from ichiban boshi, gigantic slice of cheese with kani and corn. PK na.


unagi for 2, we had a total of 14 plates, and a total bill of $42, reb treated me.


one of the new sushi inventions, frutti maki ata ito. it has mango, strawberry and kiwi with rice, interesting combination and nice color, $1.90 per plate. it was good.


can you believe i ordered 2 of this, it was so good. soft shell hand roll, the sauce was extremely delicious, as in masarap talaga, kaya nga naka isang order pa ako eh, one plate, $1.90


kaye, sana tama naman ang kinuhaan ko ng picutre. well if you want this its $59.90. let me know if u want me to get it for you. grab the picture here na lang.

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got home around 2AM, cause reb and i were just chatting at marina square's hong kong cafe which is 24 hours on weekends. well, later (sunday), i have to go down to orchard and do a couple of things - get exit pass from lucky plaza. bring reb's watch at pacific plaza cause tinopak ang adidas watch nya. go and look for a present for dad (father's day), actually i have na, but si ags and cho were asking me to get something for dad. look for other sale stuff to buy. get a few more bags, try to buy the kropek of iya - ang layo ng chinatown (out of the way).. whatelse???!!!

puno na ang luggage ko, exag, at wala pa akong damit sa lagay na yon. i need to bring home pasalubong for my fam from bangkok, and mga bilin nila from sg. anong miracle kaya gagawen ko to make it happen. HAY.

these next few days should be fun and exciting. let's see, ill blog about it some other time, i am really exhausted, sleep na ako. (4.13am) na!

TAGGED by JULETTE
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Instructions: Each player starts with 7 random habits/facts about themselves. People who are tagged need to write on their own blog about their seven things, as well as these rules. At the end of your blog, you need to choose 7 people to get tagged and list their names. Don't forget to leave them a comment telling them that they have been tagged and to read your blog!

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(1) i find comfort in food. whether i am too stressed, too excited, too bored without anything to do - i really just go back to the basics and feed myself. when too stressed - i eat desserts (cakes, cupcakes, ice cream, puffs, all those sweet kind), and when i am bored - i just whip up something myself - pasta, etc. when its unbearable - i treat myself out to a very nice dinner.

(2) i find comfort in buying shoes. i wear black leather shoes eveyday, but i only have 1 pair. i only wear sneakers every other week - but i have 10 pairs since i started work here in SG. i love looking at them, all lined up. that's it.

(3) i get excited when i read food blogs - on how they discover new places to try. i just pee in my pants with sheer excitement and joy.

(4) i enjoy being alone. i love those days where i can just hang out by myself and read my books, or just surf the net. you can call me a loner, well, i really am.

(5) i don't drink alcohol so much, 1 bottle at most. i drink coffee and tea instead. i prefer cafe's over bar. i prefer conversations rather than dancing and going crazy. (yes, i am a 50 year old, boring person). but i love going with crazy with people am really comfortable with, maru maru???!!!

(6) i love my family and friends more than they know it. i care for people so much, though i dont think they know. i dont talk about it at all, but action speak louder than words.

(7) i have my own little world, and many dreams -- i dream of becoming a chef, a professor, advertising professional, cafe owner, ang dame basta.

i don't want to tag anyone. LONER nga diba?! HAHA.

MIKA-day
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this is his album cover - life in cartoon motion - i'm thinking of buying his record, i haven't bought a record for such a long time..

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i instantly like this song, my favorite in the whole album, no bitterness, leave it all behind. you just forget about everything. dont need to clarify, or close anything, its simple and its the way life is supposed to be.


My Interpretation
by Mika

You talk about life you talk about death
and everything inbetween
like its nothing
and the words are easy
you talk about me and talk about you
and everything i do
like it something
that needs repeated
i dont need an alibi or for you to realise
the things we left unsaid
are only taking space up in our head
make it my fault win the game
point the finger place the blame
it does me up and down
it doesnt matter now

coz i dont care if i ever talk to you again
this is not about emotion
i dont need a reason not to care what you say
or what happened in the end
this is my interpretaion
and it dont dont make sense

the first to wish to count to ten
i hold my breath and wonder when itl happen
does it really matter
if half of what you said is true
and half of what i didnt do
could be different would it make it better
if we forget the things we know
would we have somewhere to go
the only way is down i can see that now

coz i dont care if i ever talk to you again
this is not about emotion
i dont need a reason
not to care what you say
or what happened in the end
this is my interpretaion
and it dont dont make sense

dinner at SUN with MOON
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had our long anticipated dinner at SUN with MOON at CENTRAL in clark quaye. after a long and busy day at work, and with rebecca getting all stressed and pissed, we just had to go. oh, funny thing, we (rebecca is our creative group head, i'm in account management and our company for that evening was DES, our client.) she picked us up at around 8.50pm, then we all went straight there, and ate.. we were really hungry by that time.

des had sukiyaki ($16.80), reb had oyster and mushroom kamameshi ($14.80), and i had salmon kamameshi ($14.80); we also shared a serving of soft shell avocado roll ($12.80) and had black sesame ice cream ($4.00) for dessert. a total of around $85 for the three of us. most of the time spent that evening was just really chatting about work, gossip, personal life and etc.

kamameshi! ohmy! namiss ko ang kamameshi way back then, i remember, we (my family) would always eat there on sunday's since its one of my favorites, i usually take the one with beef and sukiyaki, talk about beef overload. when i tasted the rice last night, memories just really came back to me instantly.

it's sad that i wasn't able to take pictures of last night, but the good news is we are going to do it again -- as my going away dinner with another client, eng hwa, des' teammate.. they called me to reserve next thursday to eat seafood. well, i'm just lucky that some of my clients are really nice, actually most of them. its just nice to have developed friendship with them more than just professional relationships. well, i can say that i am blessed on that part, actually in most ways.

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i have to say thanks to helen for letting me borrow mika's CD. i am truly enjoying his music, i have heard of him from a long time now, but didn't have the chance to listen to his music. it was really good, just really nice. i mean, i wish i could listen to lilly allen and amy winehouse too.. but mika is really a discovery, i love "HAPPY ENDING" and "MY iNTERPRETATION", versus his more famous songs "LOVE TODAY" and "GRACE KELLY", maybe i could discover more songs..

i would post the lyrics next time, its really N-I-C-E!!!!

showbiz weekend
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went to helen and rommel's condo last sunday with mic. gusto kasi nila ng sneak peek into life in HCM, they bought us McDo dinner, watched THE BUZZ, naloka ako sa mga statement ni ruffa.

the rundown of funny statements:

"all of my boyfriends are young and handsome.." when asked about her past, and yes she was married to a certain someone in LA.

"pinulot ako sa basura? sosyal na basura naman sa CANNES non.." when asked about ylmaz' statement na pinulot lang daw niya sa basura si ruffa.

"my eyes are my witness, GOD is my witness, my yaya's are my witness.." ruffa kung binubugbog siya ni ylmaz. from GOD to yaya.. ano baaaa

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off to another topic, gretchen barretto and john estrada. HAHA! well the statement from her manager, Boy A., was that it was really gretchen and john. that was ruffa mae's house, when she celebrated her birthday surprised by eric santos. and she is sorry for the action she has done. pero sabi ni Boy, we dont know the story of what actually happened.. the only certain thing is wala silang affair.

i might agree na wala silang affair.. i was thinking ito ang sabe ni gretchen kay tony boy..
"honey, nag truth or consequence game kame, eto yong consequence.." - la greta.

HAY SHOWBIZ. HAY THE BUZZ. if you haven't seen the picture, here you go...





so there, pinoy showbiz is pinoy showbiz. di kaya nila lindsay lohan at paris hilton yan! wooohoooo.

the BOX that saved my LIFE
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since i was feeling a bit low for the past 2 days, i decided to order cupcakes from the marlamade pantry. (www.themarmaladepantry.com), actually i went here before on a sunday, around 5PM with achi icelle to try their cupcakes unfortunately it was sold out. the waiter told me, "don't you know, our cupcakes are usually sold out by 2PM.." so i was uber intrigued by this fact, and called in a day earlier to order their 5 cupcake flavors.

one would cost around S$3.90, it was a bit expensive for a piece but for me it was definitely worth it, than a buying one more pair of shoes. (earth to anton - don't spend so much, your pay is on hold) oh, i remember now, to be really really matipid the next few days, at sinabay pa talaga sa GSS - HAHA!

my love for cupcakes started when i was small, those cheese cupcakes from the panderia, Php6 each are still the best for me. they are the ultimate comfort food, together with spanish bread, pan de coco, and hopia baboy. i remember last feb, mom brought around 5 packs of hopiang baboy when they visited. also hopiang baboy is dad's pasalubong to me everytime he comes home from work, aggie gets a mountain dew, and cho gets something else, i am not sure if its bigboy or bazooka. basta puro kajologan lang nung mga bata kame, and those are the real small things that makes me happy. shucks, i miss home.



i'm excited to open...


the box with the goodies, the flavors are as follows: cloud nine, limonata, chocolate deluxe, nutella and elvis. they are waiting for me.


nutella flavored cupcake, i remember emailing sonja before (june 06) to try and explore what she can do with nutella and cupcakes, eh meron naman na pala dito.


my favorite - cloud nine - white coconut cake with cream cheese, the chocolate flavored cupcakes are too chocolatey, so this is really one flavor i liked.


the inside's...


limonata - tart lemon glazed cake. i like this too, unlike sugarhouse' lemon squares, these arent too sour, they are just right, and the cake was just right as well. it was the perfect combination.

sorry, for the not so clear pictures, my camera is in a mess, matanda na kasi siya, mga 4 to 5 years na.

FOOD FOOD FOOD - BANGKOK
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one of the main reasons for going to bangkok, aside from shopping is because of the food. who doesn't love thai cuisine, its good, spicy, and tasty - not as bland as the usual grill, fry and steam kind. so for me its really good, though if you ask me what cuisine i can eat everytime - easily, it would be japanese, sushi and sashimi in particular. i just love japanese food, they are made with good quality and looks so sophisticated.

but i wouldn't really trade the pinoy adobo, fried chicken, liempo, sinigang, and pakbet. its just plain comfort food. well, i've posted some of these in my previos bangkok entry, but i'd like to post them again. HAHA!


peanut butter thick toast from toast box, this originated in singapore, but since nagcrave ako, i ate there anyway.


chatuchak's fried chicken with sesame seeds. its good, given a chance i'd go for it again.


chatuchak's buko.


still at chatuchak, tom yum soup, i'd think the waiter thought na 3 kameng kakain nito, well ako lang naman.


milk team from toastbox


thai green curry, i love thai curry more than the indian curry. its just has a different taste.


mango sticky rice


i've tried thai resto's here in sg serving beef noodle and it taste so good, better than this one.


this is so spicy, just ate the cashews and didn't finish the meal na.


spring roll taste's ordinary, which i guess is not bad.

good news... NOT!!!
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i can't believe they are not gonna let me go on the 22nd?!?! and that i can only leave by the 26th, are they fucking serious? sorry, but i really dont have the energy to deal with this anymore. pag mabwiset talaga ako, di ko gagawin work ko. putang ina lang talaga. uuwe ko ng 22nd at bahala na sila sa buhay nila. i want to go home on the 22nd, so ill have 9 days of vacation at di naman sayang uwe ko. eh pag sa 26th, i have 4 days in manila, is that even enough. putang ina niyo, goodluck sa turnover at papalit sakin. leche!

if thats the case, i'd really need to think whether i would still want to go home ng end june or sa august na lang - BAHALA NA SI BATMAN!

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a friend has introduced to me to this website, and i was giddy when i was looking at it, www.chrispantry.blogspot.com, im adding the link to the blog list at the left hand corner. i am so excited to inquire about her good stuff, well actually i have emailed na, i am just waiting for her reply. i hope i can get some by this weekend so i can post it in this blog. shyet, speaking of paguwe sa manila, i have emailed yumi pa naman about her cupcakes na, sa august pa pala ako makakain. lintik naman oh.

a tribute to these beautiful little creation that makes one's sorrow go away (especially mine).. chicho got me these cupcakes from paisley and cream in clark quaye, after 6pm, they sell for about SGD2.50 each so PK na!