in fairness
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mga 6.30pm ng tinawag ako at ang AD ko sa office ng MD namin, dahil ito sa isang AE namin na binigyan ng termination letter, kausapin daw namin at gusto kaming makausap to clarify certain things at humihinggi ng isa pang pagkakataon para magbago. siyempre, ano naman ang magagawa ko, kundi nagjoin ako kasi directly reporting nga siya sa akin, and kelangan ko supportahan ang AD ko on this matter.

well, nakakatawa talaga siya, umiyak siya on 2 separate occassions, 32 years old na siyang babae, at nagsisimula siya sa new work as an AE. so medyo kakaiba ang situation ng kinakagalawan namin. well, marami siyang hinde naiintindihan at kailangan ko pang ipaalala sa kanya or ipamkuha sa kanya. its just weird na parang bakit ako pa ang nagaadvise sayo, when hello, you are 8 years older than me. but anyways..

ito ang nakakatawang part, umiyak siya at sabi niya na dapat daw napahalagahan niya ang tinuturo ko sa kanya rather than iwan niya ako pag 6pm na. di daw siya nakakilala ng tao na nagrereport siya, na todo gabay at super detailed especially at lalaki pa daw ako. and na puro magaganda lang ang masasabi niya sa akin.. at humagulgol na siya, katawa! ang sabi ko, anyone in this office, ay gagawin yon para sayo knowing na you dont have any agency background, lahat yon tutulong sayo.

ang sabi ko sa kanya, we are a team, and we help out each other, but i felt like di mo man lang tinry na tumulong, i felt na pagdatin ng 6pm, kahit may sign off na artwork, go ka na, and i feel dahil yon sa wala kang passion, commitment and accountability sa work mo. if thats the case, i will never sleep well at night, kahit alam ko na nandito ka sa office.

simple and direct, but if you want to change, you better know what i am expecting from you. we'll see in one months time if kaya o hinde, but gutfeel ko lang ah, hinde kakayanin. may mali sa pagkakataong ito. ay one more issue ko pala, ang FIT, parang it doesnt FIT.

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sidenote: LORD, you always hear my prayers, you are my saving grace, and just pulls me through all things that i face in this life. i can never thank you enough for all the blessings that you bestowed upon me. from the people i've met, to my family and friends, to the opportunities i get, its overwhelming, and i always believed that there's a light at the end of every tunnel.

blue jazz saturday
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i was in the office yesterday, waiting for the interactive team to supply with all the stuff client needs to approve. shucks, nabato ako buong araw kakahintay, but okay lang, i was able to do things that were due this coming week, and also, nakaligpit ako ng gamit and files ko. wheeew, feeling ko game na ako for a fresh new start. my stuff were so unorganised, that i really tried to keep everything in place and in order.

i went down to book cafe twice, since reb, kev poh were there brainstorming, i just had to disturb them and hang around, or else masisiraan talaga ako ng ulo. haha! i went off at around 9pm, kev and i went to have dinner at blue jazz cafe, since he was famished na daw from all the brainstorming, unfortunately rebecca couldnt join us.

blue jazz cafe was okay, it had this nice vibe going, quaint, yet quite nice to spend the night chatting there. i'm thinking of bringing sina helen there. it reminded me of fat michaels. i ordered fish and chips, while kev had this grilled dory fillet, which he loves/d, had a bottle of red wine, and some potato wedges. i wished i ordered the grilled dory na din. haha!

anyway, we stayed til mga 10.45pm and went off na din, i owe kev dinner and drinks, next round na.

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masaya ako, kasi december na, masaya ako kasi sweldo na next week. shit, monday na naman tomorrow, but okay lang, masaya ang linggong ito. anyway, need to prepare, i have a badminton game tonight. masaya ako, kasi close kame from the 2nd of december onwards, meaning dapat may sweldo na kame by mid month. haha!

one more month
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exactly one more month, and i will be back home. i am soo excited to be back home, as in i can't wait. i can't wait to take a break, have a vacation, have a bit of R&R, and just be lazy. oh anyway, am in the office now, ang saya, as soon as i can submit my clients requirement which might still be in the evening, i will go to paragon and takashimaya siguro. i'd probably be looking around and buy some stuff that i need.

i can't wait for HK and MACAU too, i hope maka-book na kame ng hotels, and if ever we are extending, i hope che and mon, can manage to rebook our flights. mukhang first few days of jan ay nasa HK ako. anyway, it should be fun, though i'd be spening less time in manila. well, bawiin ko na lang sa shopping, which reminds me, i cannot shop for the next few weeks, i've been spending like crazy the past few days.

sa tinggin ko, yong mga ibang christmas stuff ko, sa HK na lang ako magshop. para maiba naman, i cant wait to visit H&M and UNIQLO. hello, there!

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i hope there would be something fruitful for me in the next few weeks, i mean i hope things do materialise. it's something kasi na i am excited about, its a dream to be doing it if GOD allows me to do it, i will pray for it, and i will channel it na. as in, iniimagine ko na na nandon na ako, and i think it will happen.

i don't want to get my hopes to high, but am naturally a hopeful person, and i think its a good trait. LORD, if its meant to be, i know you will give it to me.

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went home at 1am last night, woke up and went to office at 10.30am for work, and do things that needs to be done. at nandito pa din ako upto now, and feeling ko i would be spending the rest of the afternoon here, sana huwag na lang until later since i need to go somewhere para maaliw naman ako. window shopping ba!

anyways, back to work, i just dropped by para magparamdam of some sort.

a world of fun
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since i am doing a christmas campaign for one of my clients, naisip ko na magandang gawin title ng post, and headline/concept nila. anyway, super lapit na talaga, and i am excited for all the festivities to happen. christmas is my favorite season, sabi nila pag tumatanda ka na daw, mas di mo na mafe-feel ang christmas, pero sabi ko nga, i am eternally 10 years old, kaya kahit pag bali-baligtarin mo ang edad ko, damang-dama ko pa din ang pasko.

i finally chose my first present, and sponsored ito ng dalawa kong kapatid. you know how i have been looking for a bag for such a long time.. mula kay fred perry, til ben sherman, well i finally chose one, from calvin klein. maganda siya, plus the fact that it was on sale! yehey!


i can use this to bring home my laptop, i can use this as an overnight bag, work bag, vacation bag. all rolled into one.


the handle is mala crocodile skin pa, i dont know if its totoo or not.


this is the coolest accessory i've seen for quite a while. astig!


i got this pair of nike, 2 months ago, but di ko ata siya na-post. na love at first sight ata ako sa shoes na to, more than any other pair that i got. the moment i saw it, i knew i had to get it.


oh, just to share my few flavor of the month shoe, i am in love with this.

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our bbq event is definitely pushing through, i just booked the pit kanina, and medyo puno, buti there was still a pit open for us. thank god! i need to estimate the people going cause i need to borrow some tables and chairs, i wonder if some friends can help me find extra tables, i am really excited to do the bbq, it will be a lot of work, but friends are volunteering to help me out. yay! people will be bringin in desserts, drinks, i'd be doing the pasta and bbq wings and liempo. so it would be one helluva early chrsitmas festivity.

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wait lang, kailangan ko na atang magdecide, as in final answer na kasi napaka-fickle ko na sa pagdeal sa issue na ito. ano ba talaga, ton?!

CHRISTMAS na!!!
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oh my, 44 more days and its christmas. actually mas excited ako this year for christmas to come kaysa last year, i dont know why, mas feel ko ang christmas spirit. so to start off the holidy season, tada...


toffe nute latte and raisin walnut cookie from STARBUCKS. toffee nut latte is my favorite christmas drink, mas masaya siya inumin kaysa sa peppermint latte. so merry christmas to everyone!!!

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speaking of christmas, i want to plan a bbq-get-together with my CRUSH friends, i am looking at dec 1, and am really excited to prepare for it. actually nagiisip na ako ano pwede kong handain, and before i go to bed, i'll read up on 3 cookbooks, might help me to think of something to prepare. i'm planning a small gathering lang around 10 pax (kevp, keva, nas, D, joey, mel, steph, audrey), plus sina achi, ahya and E. something to be thankful, for the past year ba.

i also wanted to do special table setting and stuff, kung sipagin ako magagawa ko ito, i just wanted to make everything perfect and special, although i feel duduguin ako nito.

i will update on the recipes that im planning to do, but pag tamarin ako, may set recipes na ako in mind.

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ano naman ang christmas kung walang wishes diba? or birthday? hahaha. well, ito ang pinagkaka-abalahan ko ngayon, i just fell in love with these beauties.. you know how i love sneakers, plus i also like vuitton, them combined seems just perfect.


louis vuitton bastia


louis vuitton damier, in brown and black.


louis vuitton mini lin in sneaks.


louis vuitton monogram (also comes in laces)

i like the monogram and bastia the most, price ranges from US$450 - US$550. i sounded off to my mom, sabe ko i likey. sabi niya, pag siya daw, hinde daw niya matatapak sa sahig ang ganyang shoes. i told her, do you really think i'd buy that expensive shoes, i cant even afford one.. sabi niya, "feeling ko, bibili ka, kasi mahilig ka sa sneakers eh.." well, mas maganda kung bigyan na lang nila ako! HAHAHA.

mom and dad, this is what i like for christmas!

MALACA TRIP
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2 to 3 hours bus ride from singapore, and you arrive in malaca, the part of malaysia which has european/portugese influence, somehow like macau, but i have never visited macau. so sa january na lang ang comment regarding macau. actually, i know that i wont be coming back to malaca in the next few years, but it was nice to have been there, talaga R&R, just eat, relax, walk, eat, coffee, walk.. yon na yon. i can say that overnight trip is OK na, rather than to stay there for 3d/2n.


view from the room i shared with kev ang. the room itself is very spacious, parang 1br condo which has everything naman that we needed, most importantly, the breakfast was good, especially the local malaca coffee.


this is jonker street, where theres a lot of antique stores. actually its like this street in manila, na malapit sa fat michaels, which sells a lot of vinyl records and old furnitures. shit, i forgot the name of the place, but i have visited that na. arg! so its somthing like that.


the town itself was pretty quiet, at ang daming good places to eat. though we never did the tourist thingy of visiting places, kasi di naman masyadong interesting.


beautiful colored flowers in the town area, i saw something like this sa hongkong disney, but shades of blue and purple naman.


fountain that may somehow replicate european or portugese architecture.


bukit st.peter, or st. peters chruch on top of the mountain, though we didnt go there kasi ang taas and masakit na mga paa namin.


we had lunch at this chicken rice ball store, which they say was quite famous, it took us 30 minutes before we even could sit down, one thing though, kahit over busog na kame, ang mura lang ng food, compared to singapore standards ah. for example, a fridya night out would cost $50 per person, but the dinner for 8 costs S$50 lang. saya diba?


of course i dont have pictures in my own camera, cause i just keep taking their pictures, this one is while trekking their roads, kevp was our official tour guide, with mel as our official mama bear who arranges everything for us. it was fun, all of us played a role to do something naman.


ikot-ikot lang, ang init at ang alikabok ay over. nung naliligo ako nung gabe, black ang tubig dahil sa alikabok na kumapit sa akin, tama ba naman yon?!


just walking around town..


while waiting for our satay to cook, picture muna, here with nas and joey tan!


mel and kevin ang's turn.


having dinner at the satay store, dylan, kev poh and emily. its funny since im having a hard time calling his name, i just called dylan, D. and nas called him D na din, so now he is D.


on the way back to singapore, nasa bus.


the only picture of me in my camera, wala akong magawa. half of the time in the bus i was sleeping lang.

uhm, san kaya ang next?!

MELAKA food!!!
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i am back from melaka, malaca or whatever you call it. it was a fun, overnight trip lang. my local friends were right to say that overnight lang, pwede na, and we dont need to stay 3d/2n, the best part was kahit walang tulog, we were able to relax, and just hang around, i mean how often can you do that?!

the food was good, we didnt eat at those really cozy european type of cafe's but we were able to eat local food, really immersing ourselves in the culture for a day at least.


A&W rootbeer float on the way home. saya!


geographer cafe's cakes and pastries, as recommended by joui, we had a little break from walking along jonker street, which sells antiques and a whole lot more.


since macau was a previous colony of portugal, natural may egg tart, at siyempre di ko napigilan ang sarili ko kahit kakatapos pa lang namin maglunch, 1 costs around RM2.


my own precious box, pero di siya masyadong masarap, pwede na, pero not that fantastic, mas gusto ko pa ang lord stows.


its the first time i ever tried of chicken rice balls, and malaca is famous for this, as in pila pila talaga.


haianese chicken of malaca, medyo kadire pagnasa tabo pa, pero masarap na when you are eating it.


milk tea and lime juice, iba ang lime juice in malaca versus the ones in singapore, but both masarap.


i have never eaten satay this way, usually kasi grilled siya eh then dip lang sa peanut sauce. this satay is weird, parang shabu-shabu ang style, with different kinds of meat, uncooked, then dip lang sa peanut sauce then pwede ng kainin.


the peanut sauce, oil, peanut and sugar combined.

wished we were able to stay and try different places, but then all things come to an end, i just look forward to the next trip.

HOLLOWeen pictures
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yay! blogger is back, i can upload pictures na ulet. im just attaching some pictures from the halloween thingy we did back at the office. this thursday, i am off to malaca, i hope i get everything signed off first para no worries na talaga ako. pleaseeee....

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was with mech earlier, we had lunch at ajisen in bishan then went to city hall and bugis to shop. after long walking and boredom over not seeing anything we like, i suggested we go to muji! pakshet, special sale ang muji with their last season stuff down to 50% off their retail price. i got some stuff which i definitely think are good buy, like really nice designed cuts and shapes. it different but its nice. well, i wasnt able to buy anything for myself, but i got some stuff for some people. mech got to buy 8 pcs of clothing all for herself, i call it wardrobe overhaul. actually, may isa lang talaga akong gusto na jacket eh, pero not on sale and it costs around $275, and sana kung nasa europe ako with 4 seasons. hello i am in sunny singapore!

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kevin poh and nas, my wine-mates!


mel and me, with our twinhats.


crushers celebrating halloween.


party party


the servicing team, complete line-up!


buddies


halloween shots


the old team, was with these guys for 4 months already!

HOLLOWeen
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aside from having another stoned/boring/stressed day, we played it up last oct 31, we tried to make a happy occassion, something thats worthwhile, i can say na it was really the effort on suites part, but the creatives naman really participated.
my boss and i went to GREAT WORLD CITY to buy ribs, sushi, sparkling wine and stuff for the lunch, while in the office, they ordered pizza, and some fried finger food.

of course we had to take pictures, and i posted a whole lot in my multiply. somethings wrong with blogger and i cant upload photos, kainis. steph won a creative MP3 from leonard since siya ang nanalo na best in costume. i personally voted for her, cute kasi eh!

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last friday, steph emailed everyone for dinner and movie with david kasi on wed, he's flying back na to china. unfortunately i wasnt able to join them kasi over ako sa busy, as in after my offline, i went back to office ng 5pm, and started work again, i finished around 11pm. it was funny that nas and kev poh was still in the office during that time, and 3 lang kame natira. since we were like sending emails within the 3 of us, we kinda decided to go for drinks after work, around 11pm, we went to wine connection.

as what happened last friday, we were back, we had 2 bottles of red wine, and one cheese platter, with some grapes, carrot sticks, bread and cracker. it was NICE.
after a few glasses, my head was spinning na, and they asked me to stop drinking because i was turning red na daw, nahilo na ako. went home at 2am, at nakatulog ako sa taxi na, buti na lang nagising ako when i was near my place na.

the conversation was also great, we were just talking about everything, everyone's life, personality, family, personal issues, work et al. it was just really a very relax and chill out session which i really missed doing with old friends. basta, yesterday was just great.

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si rebecca pala ay pumasok na, unang araw niya last thursday, so i treated her to lunch. then yesterday naman, di daw sha pwede kasi marame daw shang gagawen, so after having lunch with officemates, we all went to cold storage (grocery) to buy and stock up on food, so i bought a few snacks from rebecca, kasi mahilig siya sa roasted nuts, at baka wala pa siyang snack sa office. wala lang, naturally thoughtful lang ako with my friends, and people i like.

oh since we are on that subject, marami nagsasabi sa akin na napaka-transparent kong tao. once we were in a meeting, at tinext ako ng friend ko at ang mukha ko daw, mashadong halatang di ko gusto yong isang tao. well, true, totoo naman na di ko siya gusto at di ko ide-deny. after a few weeks, i had an argument with that person, at nagsigawan kame. HAHAHA!

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oh, toffe nut latte is back, meaning my favorite season is just around the corner. YAY!