guess what i had for LUNCH
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menudo and adobo. yes, thats what i had for lunch. nas and i went to have lunch @ cafe 3D that serves authentic filipino dishes, 2 viands, with rice and drink costs around S$5, cheaper than those restaurants in lucky plaza. i liked the ambiance, its cozy, with troy playing in the dvd screen, and a lot of pinoys eating. and the best thing is, its open for 24 hours. wow!

so the funny thing was, when i was supposed to order
"isa nga pong adodo, at menudo.. at iced tea.." - me
"ay pinoy ka pala? kala ko..." - waitress

i was like thinking duh. i dont think someone not filipino will go and eat at the restaurant right? and the weird thing is when nas ordered, the lola at the counter was saying, "ito naman mukhang pinoy pero di marunong mag tagalog, kung sino ang di mukhang pinoy, marunong mag tagalog.." HELLOW. HAHAHA. o sige na lola.

so it was a fantastic lunch, the encounter was amusingly weird.

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im quite fully packed this week, im watching movie with officemates on a wednesday night (the black sheep), meeting up mech(missed my cousin, in the truest sense of the word) and sel maybe on thursday dinner, and have to catch an early flight back to manila, and then lagare na naman. i wonder san kame magdinner, they are asking me to think, but di ako makaisip. sana friday na!

i have a few plans while back in manila though

- meet dyan, bespwet and ags, how about lin? for dinner or lunch.
- have a lovely surprise for a dear friend.
- bon's birthday on the 8th of august, and etc.

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okay, i want to go home na.

preparing to be back HOME
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yesterday, i went out with my cousins to meet diane (kapatid ng asawa ng pinsan ko) they went here and stayed with us for a couple of days. so we went to vivo city and met them there. i went in to desigual, and got a really nice polo shirt, for S$30, original price was at S$100. exag noh, well its a really good brand from spain, so the price i paid was okay, plus the fact that it was on sale. so much for not shopping!!

so after we went to chinatown for dinner, i missed chinatown and all its glory - the ambiance, the food, and everything, plus the weather last night was just perfect. it was a bit cold, but not raining.

so i woke up a bit late today, around 11am, then went straight off to lucky plaza in orchard to get multiple exit pass since ill be going home this week. so nakapila ako for like almost an hour just to get my exit pass. ewan ko pero ang bulok talaga ng system. exag! so after the long wait, i went to the 'kababayan restaurant', cause i feel like eating adobo, but ang haba ng pila, and take note, it was 3 in the afternoon. since ako ay isang taong walang pasensiya, i just went to food repulbic to get myself chicken barbecue. then off to esprit, where i saw really good items on sale, sa super tuwa ko, i got a headache then and there.

ang swerte ng officemates ko, on aug 8, the night before national day (holiday), they will be having a crush party night (bar, drinking and stuff), then on aug 10, they will attend the seminar of phillip kotler (gawd, i cant believe im missing it), then after non, they can go for the rest of the afternoon. and i cant believe im missing all of that, especially the philip kotler thing. grrrr... oks lang, cause i will be home naman.

i am a COURIER man
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i will be back in manila this coming saturday, and i don't have any idea on what the heck ill be doing back home, i don't have anything important to do. i just feel na para lang akong magiging courier guy with all the things i need to bring home na bilins. may gulay. here are the things i need to bring back:

1. ags' macbook with mom's ipod.
2. aunti dawna's speedbooster router (this one, i dont even understand why i need to buy it here, eh same price lang in manila)
3. mom's bilin of shirts and bags (again!!!)
4. cup noodle's for dad
5. some stuff for friends
6. royce chocolate for bon
7. iya's lobster kropek (ang laki ah, handcarry ito)
8. 2 weeks worth of office clothes that i'd ask manang to iron for me. ayaw ko mag-iron ng clothes...
9. kung sakali bespwet's psp..

ang dami non, exag. anyways, i just look forward to being in manila once more and spend time with my family and friend. i believe my last trip was less harassed na nga eh, i was able to control my time, though bitin nga lang. this time should be fun.

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dreaming of boracay

sana okay si bespwet with my plan of going to boracay on jan 3 to 6, 2008. before man lang ako mag-25 years old, sana maka boracay naman ako. HAHA! even if she's the only one who goes with me okay na ako. but mom said, if wala akong kasama, they will accompany me daw. hahaha. well, im okay with any of my family.

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people in the office thinks that i am around 27/28 years old on the average. my gulay, ano ba yon. i am jsut 24 years old, just turned 24 this year, ano baaaa... may youthful glow naman na ulit ako, its back. anyway, the funny incident was with nas, she thought i was 28 nga, so is showed her my drivers license na im just 24. so she told me, oh im janaury 1983 too, i asked her, what date?? she said, 16th. eh mas matanda pa pala sha sa akin ng dalawang linggo.

the funny thing is nas is a filipino, but she left the country since she was 8 years old, so she can't speak the lanuage na, so she can't understand. so i just called her 'ate.'; 28 pala ah, but in fairness to nas, she looked 22, and she is pretty.

here are what my officemates thought of my age:
1. nas thinks i'm 28.
2. dylon thought i was 27.
3. david said that i am a senior so i shoulg be around 28.
4. audrey thought i was 27.
5. mel thinks im around 25.
and many more.

energizer bunny
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walang stir 'to pero di pa ako natutulog since yesterday. as in, my days has been going on for like 48 hours, di ko na nga madisitnguish alin ang kahapon sa kanina, pero shempre blog kiti blog pa din ako.

what happened was i needed to wait for the creative team to produce my artwork by today, since i have a 10am client meeting. and since i planned to wait for them to finish since i dont want to drop by the office in the morning to collect my artwork. i waited for them to finish til 8am this morning. so shempre wala na akong tulog, i was just doing my jobs, surfing the net, etc.

afterwhich, i went home to take a shower, ate my cereal then around 9.20am, i went to the clients office na, then i presented the creative materials, tapos kelangan ko magre-work for tuesday presentation to bosses, since wala don yong hinahanap nila. my meeting was done by 11am, went straight to office, to type up briefs dahil i needed to follow up my other clients as well.

so here i am, its 4.36pm and i havent got home yet. mahaba-habang tulugan ito later. i miss my bed na, the past few days has been maginaw ah, kulang ang isang kumot for me, i needed to get the other one like i used to. at umuulan dito parati at walang araw which is good in a way, kasi di mainit, pero ka-depress lang talaga ang weather.

anyway, off to a new days tom, i hope i get my pay na.

GONE SHOPPING
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last night was CRUSH's movie night, meaning we rented a theater then we also invited our clients to go watch a movie with us. they decided to go with this movie called "gone shopping" a local production starring kym ng and adrian pang. the movie sucks, i swear, sana natulog na lang ako sa bahay.

BUT i have to say this, i enjoyed the night. 6 of us went off first to vivo city to eat - joui, joey, alice, dylan, huong and me. afterwhich, we went our separate ways as dylan and i went to eat at food republic first. met david and kevinp at carl's jr since i needed to buy the girls some finger food. leonard and frank was there too with their repective wives, then saw madam alisha, yufina, so we all got our free popcorns and coke. so eventhough we all went home real late, it was such a treat. i mean it was pretty fun. unfortunately mel and nas couldn't make it.

i can't believe i am going to say this, and i don't want to jinx it too but i feel happy in where i am today. imagine having to sacrifice 11 months of my life here in singapore being miserable in that other agency which i don't even want to mention the name. i am just glad its over. i am beginning to enjoy this place, and the people are just great. i thought i would be having a hard time to get along with them, but they are just real nice and friendly.

LORD, marameng salamat, as always. i have to be thankful over and over again.

random stuff and growing up
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okay, na-depress ako, i went through marc jacob's site and i saw a lot of things i want to get. and i am sure MJ in singapore and hk won't even carry those items. grrr. i want the new shoes (the red one in particular), i also like the windbreaker, some shirts, and that silver/gold metallic colored bag for ags. if only i am in new york having a vacation and had 18-month bonus. argggg! i would shop and raid the MJ stores there.

anyway, so much for my hinagpis regarding marc jacobs. mom ym-ed me whether i want to get a condo of my own, kasi sabi daw ni dad na since i am earning might as well get one for me, so at the same time when aggie works in makati, pwede daw makitira sa akin. HAHA! i like the idea but di ko ma-abot.

concern 1: i don't have money to pay for a condo, lets say that i can even pay for the monthly fees, i dont have money pang down payment and turn over. though mom said that they will help me with the payment, but no point, pera nila yon, kanila yon. ayokong makigulo, if i am getting something, dapat i am at the point na kaya ko na and im looking for it na.

concern 2: mom's contact even send me the pricing for the condo, its in makati ave, antel spa and residences. (www.antel.com.ph), and natawa ako sa pricing, parang sa tinggin ata nong girl mayaman ako, kasi i told her i like 1 2br condo IF EVER. 4 fucking million pesos ang presyo. diyos ko kahit mag-overtime to death ako di ko kikitain yon, unless... HAHAHA!

prices:
studio - Php 2.2M
1br - Php 2.6M
2br - Php 3.9M (one time payment)

diyos ko, masisiraan ata ako ng ulo. and come to think of it, i am just 24 years old. hahaha. nah, i am not gonna worry about condo's first. all i need to worry is to save up so i can put my money - to investments and travel. i need to learn how to invest my money wisely. i have been reading all those things na while your still young you better invest your money etc. i hope i am not too late. i will try to do this.

so if i get my paycheck, i should come up with a device on how i can divide this to my - allowances, savings, trips, and investments. i will come up with a plan, kelangan ko gamitin ang talents ko saaccounting for this.

LORD, i want to go to new york, but i promised rebecca that i will go to tokyo with her next april, and its like spending over $3,000. equivalent na to new york, but a promise is a promise, so tokyo muna. so push to some other time and new york. and i still promised my mom i'd treat her to bangkok, not really promised, but i intend to do so. although kayang kaya namna yon kasi di naman kamahalan ang bangkok.

anyway, back to work na. i have bee writing nonesense all this time.

the donut factory
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can you imagine that with all the designer brands singapore has, they don't have krispy kreme's (layo, but my point is HK has them nga eh).. well one of the reason they said was that it didn't suite their tastebuds, krispy kreme was too sweet for them, which is actually true. none of the cakes here are sweet, their mildly sweet if ever.

this donut factory has opened since last year, and since there is always a long queue for this (and i mean loooong), i never really bothered to try. but alisha, our creative service manager went gaga over this donut, that one friday, we decided to queue for 1 hour and 30 minutes just to grab some. i grabeed one dozen - double chcolate, apple cinnamon, peanut butter, original glaze, i shared mine with the whole of servicing team.


i like peanut butter and double chocolate.


thye say mint was good but i never really ordered since i dont like mint. ano bang lasa yon, parang choclate tapos ang toothbrush ka, semi-weird.


one of our art directors audre ordered chocolate kaya, which i dont dare try. kaya is for toast, kaya nga kaya toast. i asked her how was it, and she told me she ate it for breakfast, so mala-kaya style breakast nga, maybe with semi-boiled egg and tea tarik pa yon. haha!

bossini adopts the simpsons
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and i am not talking about jessica, ashlee and papa joe... i actually was looking at the latest issue of 8 days and found an ad of bossini, with the simpson's - bart, marge, homer, and the rest of the family.







i was never really crazy about bossini, though the last couple of months, they have been featuring popeye and the cardboard game monopoly in their designs. actually, was supposed to buy monopoly kaya lang walang size... so what i'll do next is go to the nearest mall and grab a simpson shirt. hahaha! i think HK, taiwan has these designs too.

the ad has a lot more design and colors to choose from. so i better be there. also, if i can find a necklace with that famous pink donut with homer's bite for cho, it would be doubly great.

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oh, i finally bought the usb router for this new service laptop that i am using, actually bulok siya, kelangan ko papalitan to sa office, its too slow for me.

one more thing, i've met tnbt's group ceo last friday, he asked me if i'm a suite? and i said yes, meaning servicing ako. then he just said hi, and told me that he heard a lot of good things about me, and i should keep it up. sana di stir to, kasi feeling ko stir eh. hahaha.

anyway, off to dreamland.

i'm on leave
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thank God its friday, though there is nothing much exciting happening over the weekend, am just excited to get some sleep and rest. last night, i was in bed by 9.30pm, bagsak talaga ako, di ko na kinaya. exag!

here is what i'm hoping to be doing over the weekend:
- i need to rebook my flight, before the ticket prices go up again.
- i need to order the macbook of ags
- get the router of auntie dawna
- get my employment pass and passport at MOM
- get an exit pass from the embassy (maybe next weekend)
- i need to clean - the room, bathroom; change my sheets, and the rest.
- i need to get that connection with the internet ready. nababato na ako without internet connection. shiyet.

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the other night, some of my officemates and i were having dinner at the office, KFC, shit namiss ko ang crispy chicken. and then we get to talking about stuff, and manila.. namiss ko tuloy ang manila ulet. HAHA! they assumed i know how to play pool, okay fine, di na ako kumontra kahit i barely know how to play. they talked about boracay, tagaytay's mushroom burger, and etc. naisip ko lang, i have so much to find out about the philippines pa..

plus, there is something we have that they don't.. krispy kreme!


boxe inside my ref, i'm planning to get these as pasalubongs for my office.


the original glaze and cheesecake, during the time i was in greenhills, they were gicing away free donuts, i had one, but then my mom and sister, doesn't want their, so i had 3 fucking donuts.

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oh my, if mom's ym to me is pushing through, i will be in HK for my leave. YAY! deadma na ang lakbay pilipinas, i've heard may kripy kreme's din naman na sa HK eh.

CARMEN's farewell
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last july 10, colleagues of mine from previous agency and i had dinner at this modern japanese resto in CENTRAL, which is near from my office, $3 away lang siya. carmen and i were there first, since the 3 of them arrived late na cause they were stuck in a meeting. bwaka! pero nevermind, at least we got to sit down at eat and chat as we usually do.

i do miss these people though, but things here are okay too, i mean better than expected, better than how i thought it would be. so i am really fine with it, but still they have their own unique personalities and 'jiveness' if there is such a word that i miss.



(left to right: me, carmen, rebecca, liza and ting - these are my good friends here in sg)


i will see rebecca soon... ;)

late night THOUGHTS
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first things first, its monday morning and i am okay, i mean i wasn't able to get much sleep from last night, 3AM! but its really not so dreadful as before. i remember kasi the sunday night's before gusto ko na talagang umiyak. now, not anymore (i hope this stays for good), but i still have trouble sleeping.. i dont know why i keep re-assessing things on a sunday night, di tuloy ako makatulog ng maayos. and the feeling is terrible, my head is cracking as of this very moment. and hindi ako late kahit na i haven't got sleep. wohoo!

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so kate, was here since friday. i got my vietnamese coffee filters and cashew nuts. coffee filters for colleagues and cashew nuts for rebecca as always! anyway, i spent most of the weekend with kate and his friend paolo. nakakatawa talaga how all of us could be interconnected in a way, friend of a friend of a friend, etc. anyway, once i get the pictures from kate, i will upload it and give this blog a little snipets of what happened.

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che left me an offline message saying na sana maabutan nya ako sa ym, whats up with her? ano kaya meron? i hope she is doing good.

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okay, one thing that really made me stay up so late and kept me thinking, was paolo and kate's kwento about vietnam, and how i could also get a job and live there too like them. to be honest, napapagisip ako.. they were saying, oh apply ka na namin ah!!! HAHAHA.

here are some excerpts from their kwento's..

PRO's
- the standard of living there is cheap! you will be able to save up and survive on a 100USD budget per month.
- the food is great (from what they say, i don't doubt it though)
- i will be an expat and live the expat life.
- i can get an apartment (2br) for USD 400 to USD 500, and the location would be perfect.
- i alreay have friends there, and they seem to enjoy every single thing about saigon.
- shopping for overruns: ed hardy, fred perry, samsonite, to name a few. kate got a big samsonite luggage for USD 120, and in manila it was Php12,000. WTF?!?!

CON's
- lack of a decent movie house and shopping malls. (but i can save!!!)
- people don't really know how to speak english, therefore high blood ang aabutin ko with them.
- vs singapore, mas madumi, mas magulo..
- no starbucks, mc do, kfc, coffee bean, but may JOLLIBEE!

nasa ibang lugar na naman ang pagiisip ko. as what i told kate, pera pera lang yan. if i get a very irresistible offer, why not?! but come what may na lang, as of now i am not really looking for anything there, this is my 3rd week pa lang at crush. maybe after a month, joke! HAHA!

something MISSING------

i have been slave driving myself for the past few days (exag term) but what is really the point of all this? makes me wonder about julia's post the other time, on what is real life anyway? i mean, in 'real' life there should be something much better than this right?!

i am torned between a very mature and realistic answer, and something that is pure yet so unattainable. its easy to say that we need to work to be able to live, but not to live for work. yet, it is a very fine line. i need to shut down and reflect a bit, i need to know the purpose of my life. i need to do something that is worthwhile, and the heck, i dont even know what is it.

don't misunderstand though, i am not being ungrateful or anything, believe me, i can say that life is good, and i have been blessed with so much, more than what i can ask for even. i have so much people around me, family, friends and all this who i can say truly cares for me. i have a job that is somehow fulfilling. i have faith and trust in the one up above that sustains me all throughout.

its just that i feel that there is something missing, there is an empty space that needed to be filled. as of the moment, i dont what it is, so what i did is to YM aggie. i told her to find a charity so we can be able to give back the blessings we have. i feel that i have been blessed with so much that i needed to give back - in any form, make other people happy, make them feel loved too.

so currently, she is looking for a charity that we can help in our own little way. come christmas, i'm going to plan a very special party for 30 kids, though i am sure i need help, volunteers or monetary, lets share a bit of ourselves to our less fortunate brothers and sister.

NOTE TO ANTON. no more shopping til end year, CHRISTMAS for the KIDS 2007 is your new target.

so if you want to help out, lets plan something, this will be really fun.

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not-so-complete


this picture is so cute, reminds me of being a child once more. masaya ako with these people kasi i can be like a kid once again with them. we do silly and stupid things, and we talk about anything in the world.


we love eating. cafe juanita was the destination, filipina pasta is what i ate.


since our work is so not relaxing, we made it a point to relax. NOOOO, actually this was just to support inay in her new business. family nga diba?!


our favorite spot, tumambay sa kanto. hahaha!


with the famous bumble bee shades.

CUTE CUPCAKES
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had dinner with carmen, ting, liza and rebecca yesterday, since it was carmen's last day in my previous office. she told me that she brought donuts as farewell present to the staff. i remember kelly bringin in polar pastries, and ivy making muffins when it was their last days too.

so when it was my turn, i actually gave it a bit more thought and class. haha! NOOO. i just really wanted to try chris pantry's cupcakes, so i thought.. hell, this is the perfect opportunity. i just ordered the mini though, since it is kinda EX(pensive), regular cupcakes are at $3, and mini's are at $1.50. i ordered 2 dozens - 12 chocolate, 12 vanilla, but all lemon cream cheese frosting. i loved the frostings though to bits and pieces.



farewell cupcakes to everyone



some are topped with sprinkles, chocolate kisses, candies and heart shaped edible thing. i dont know what you call that.


funny though, here was a conversation with carmen, since the 3 of them are late during dinner.

"when you were leaving the office, were you crying?" carmen asked.

"i'll be honest, i almost, but still was able to control it.." me.

"yeah, i kinda feel it cause you were sniffling..." - carmen

"yeah, i walked out so fast, cause ting was crying, i saw your eyes are turning red, and rebecca was getting it too, so i made sure i was out of the office before anything else happens.." - me

its really funny looking back at it. but i somehow saved myself from all the embarassment, lesson learned from FAT MICHAEL's experience. anyway, all of us agreed that eventhough it was like a hell-hole, it was truly an awesome experience since we all met each other in there, and that is where friendship truly lies.

GOOD MORNING MONDAY
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it should be a good morning, great even. i had bagel omelette, and cappucino to start off my day. i'm ready to go to the WIP with the whole agency this morning, and i am excited to meet my other client later at 2. so it should be great.

my weekend was a boring one, mainly because my new laptop (from office) has no wireless connection. so i can't even check my mails, do multiply, surf the net, etc. mom even messaged me if i was at home, kasi di daw ako naka-log in sa YM. well, i was at home, its just that i didnt have internet connection. oh my, my life here in SG revolves around the internet so much, that i feel very weird without it.

saturday was basically errand day. had lunch at home while watching dvd, good tv and reading the papers. went to do my laundry eh i had to do many rounds - for my clothes, rags, and etc. went out to do some groceries - bought cocktail nuts to mix with my yogurt, coke lite, pears, tuna, chaosansi (bamboo shoots). medyo healthy lifestyle ako ngayon at seryosong nag-didiet ako. after which, i went to do 1 hour of cardio exercise. my dinner was made by mixing raisins, cashew, peanuts, pistachio with my strawberry yogurt - its GOOD.

sunday was nothing, just went to visit the church and go look for a laptop for ags, the cheapest SONY VAIO is at SGD1,925.. and DELL is like selling for SGD1,400. so she better choose something na so i can bring it back home this august.

suprise came my way, when i saw a check from IRAS, giving me back my money for this year's tax. ang baet talaga ni LORD! (IRAS and SG gov't too for being so efficient).. woohooo! i better save up na for christmas. i want it to be my best ever, before it turn 25! i'm planning something that should really be fun!

guess who's BACK
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i am back in singapore, second day in this new job of mine.. feeling okay and steady. HAHA! the only term to be used .. "steady lang.." everything just feels so new, i somehow cannot feel anything yet, stuck between, 'am i dreaming' and 'is this really happening'.. ewan ko may ganong mode ako the past 3 days. parang tulog ako na hinde, parang half awake. ay basta, mahirap i-explain. feeling ko lang lahat ng ito.

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i somehow feel the pressure to do really good in this job, kasi naman di naman talaga ako magaling sa first impressions and stuff, and for me, kelangan masanay ako sa tao to be able to improve and for things to go much much better. but i cannot afford to waste time, i need to do something immediately. i just need to get back on track and focus myself on this, and i am sure everything will go smooth.

in fairness, mababait ang mga tao dito. well, i cannot say for sure but kahit papano the initial meeting and greeting was OK. people are friendly, though i cannot wait to deal with the creatives, and get this first project. kailangan ko makuha ang pitch na ito. i cannot wait to be fully on board, and get things going na.

although may challenge - i need to get numbers, meaning bring in business. shucks. ito ang bago, i dont do that before, kasi for sure numbers come in na. but now, i need to be proactive enough to meet my monthly targets. ibang level na nga ito. lech!

oh, i just met one of my clients earlier together with my general manager and group planning director. they had a product briefing, at kakaiba ang product, i am quite unfamilar with it, i chatted with the regional marketing manager for south asia, and he is cool. i like the way he thinks, and from the way i see it, parang gusto ko itong cliente and working relationship kahit di ako familiar sa product. we shared ideas for a while, and we seemed to jive. he's australian by the way, so the thinking is not really-singaporean kind.

i cannot wait to work with my colleagues. i also can't wait to meet my clients and start doing work for them. i cannot wait to earn for this agency and do my best to achieve our goals. i just cannot wait. i hope this is a good sign.

OMAKASE lunch
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i've been dreaming of eating at omakase since way back in 2006, nasa GASSO pa ako non, but i never had the chance because their only 2 branches would be eastwood and alabang. i told ags, na i wanted to eat at OMAKASE pag-uwi ko, and she told me meron na daw sa morato. it was a bright and happy monday lunch for us, and we also asked tita bot to join us.

we ordered a lot of food, as in a lot. imagine, our total bill would be Php 1,700+ for just the 3 of us. tita bot paid anyway, but still babuyan to the max.


we started off with the philadelphia roll, some kind of a tuna with cream cheese, and i love cream cheese so much so i got this one, Php 195.


10 pieces of sashimi for Php 170, not bad.


tofu wrapped in beef, this is my second favorite tofu dish aside from teriyaki boy's tofu steak.


tita bot and ags munching on great japanese food.


tita bot also orderd gindara, i loved the skin part of it, crispy and good.


a combination of chicken and beef tepanyaki, Php 290. masarap ang gulay.


dragon roll, Php 200 (ata).. i loved the taste, may spring onion ata sa loob thats why it really tasted different, fumu-fusion ang sushi's nya. and the sauce was like teriyaki sauce in mayonnaise. so it was really kaka-iba, unusual from my normal soy sauce and wasabi.

i'd go back to try different sushi naman, i'm happy with it. thank god, there's a lot of good japanese resto's here in sg so i won't miss it that much. actually, there's also a lot of good ramen here. yum! i can't wait for our pinoy lunch later, i hope it pushed through.

last night in MANILA
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i can't seem to think how to organize my posts, i keep on cancelling food shots, et al. so i thought why not just group it as per event that happened, but there were so many events, and all of those were absolutely fun. i really can't wait to be back. though, i have a few options, i really need to weigh those things, i can either go back or save those leaves for another occassion and just go to a different place. anyway..

here are some of the pictures from SERENDRA, for a more complete list, please go to my multiply, ena and joan also brought their camera's. some random things:

(1) ena is super payat, nainggit ako, ako din.
(2) sonja is super nice. i swear by her cupcakes, kahit mahal siya, its worth it for me, and i guess its also worth it for every dessert lover in the country. flavors that topped my lists: berries and cream, berry delight, choco cream pie, red velet.
(3) ang saya to see pedi, ainee, and all of them, kasi all of us ay wala na sa GASSO, so it was semi-reminscing na nga.


met them for dinner at ZAO, vietnamese bistro. i feel that their service was like that of a soft opening, and how could it happen that on 2 separate dishes, there were 2 strands of hair. please lang, mura lang ang hair net. decision: i wouldn't go back to this place. i didn't even take pictures na of the food we ordered.


since they treated pedi and me sa ZAO, we treated them for camomille tea and cucpakes. SONJA's. ordered creme brulee, berries delight, berries and cream, choco cream pie, and flourless chocolate cake. yum!


a pretty pleasant experience


we were outside having a chat.


sonja took this picture. saya!


oh and since i introduced myself to her and she remembered me, she gave these free cupcakes and wished me a happy trip. take note, i was supposed to order for takeout, but she just gave it to me for free, since she is grateful daw.

thats the second time she gave me free cupcakes, last saturday, i also went there with julette, ordered 3, and gave me 3 more for free, complemetary daw from her. exag. nahihiya na nga ako eh. she gave me choco cream pie, flourless chocolate cake, etc.

it was really a nice experience, being there for good dessert, and good company. next time naman ulit.