When and how in the world can I get this? Tell me, please....Sunday, April 13, 2008
Sunday, April 06, 2008
Fossil Watch
Got my advanced birthday gift yesterday from my parents. It's a Fossil watch! :) Not the same model as the one in my Christmas Wishlist but it's equally beautiful and stunning :D Thanks, nanay and tatay!
Saturday, April 05, 2008
Blind Item
Sino itong Manager ng isang kumpanya na ganun na lang kung makapagbitiw ng mga hindi magagandang kumento patungkol sa kumpanyang nililipatan ng kanyang mga "tao" subalit maging sya pala ay sinubukang mag-apply dito? Napag-alaman na ang Manager na ito ay sumailalim sa isang job interview sa isang malaking IT company na pinaglilipatan ng kanyang mga tauhan. Ito ay matapos nyang sira-siraan at lait-laitin ang kumpanyang ito sa harap ng mga nag-aalisang empleyado.
Puerto Galera 2008
Birthday celebration ni Giles yun e. Nasa Palanca kami (Omar, Giles, Jule, Frankie, Arianne at ako) ng maisipang mag-plano ng Team Outing. Unang suggestion was to spend an overnight in a Los Baños Resort then biglang naisip ang Puerto Galera. Giles suggested na kung mag-Galera kami, sana 3D/2N para hindi bitin. Few days after, Omar sent out an email to the team for the proposed outing. At matapos ang madugong panghihikayat sa lahat ng team members, 8 lang ang nag-confirm na makakasama.... ang saya di ba? Hehehehe... team outing turns into a barkada outing! Hehehehehe....
Bary, Elogs, Frankie, Giles, J-Ann, Omar, Stev and I composed the Magic 8 that spent 3 days in Puerto Galera last March 28-30.
Day 1
Nagkita-kita ang barkada sa Wendy's Buendia eksakto sa oras na napag-usapan, 5:45am :). Ako ang pinakahuli sa mga dumating, 3 minutes bago masabing late :D Hindi ko na matandaan kung ilang oras kaming nagbyahe, anong oras kami nakarating ng Pier o ng White Beach. Ang alam ko lang, safe kaming nakarating ng Puerto Galera bago mag alas-dose ng tanghali.
Pagdating sa tutuluyan naming bahay, binaba lang namin ang aming mga gamit at namili agad kami nina Elogs at J-Ann ng bigas, tubig, itlog at yelo. Habang ang iba ay naiwan sa bahay para magluto ng pananghalian. Buti na lang nag-grocery sina Stev kahapon at may mailuluto ngayon. Matapos ang nakabubusog na tanghalian, pahinga lang kamin ng konti at sugod na kami sa beach! (sayang ang init ng araw noh!)
Mga Prinsesa ng White Beach :)
(thanks Giles for taking the pics)
Stev, Me and Frankie
underwater shot by Omar with Stev, Elogs and J-Ann
after the 1st round of swimming, we enjoyed some coolers :)
Bary, Elogs, Frankie, Giles, J-Ann, Omar, Stev and I composed the Magic 8 that spent 3 days in Puerto Galera last March 28-30.
Day 1
Nagkita-kita ang barkada sa Wendy's Buendia eksakto sa oras na napag-usapan, 5:45am :). Ako ang pinakahuli sa mga dumating, 3 minutes bago masabing late :D Hindi ko na matandaan kung ilang oras kaming nagbyahe, anong oras kami nakarating ng Pier o ng White Beach. Ang alam ko lang, safe kaming nakarating ng Puerto Galera bago mag alas-dose ng tanghali.
Pagdating sa tutuluyan naming bahay, binaba lang namin ang aming mga gamit at namili agad kami nina Elogs at J-Ann ng bigas, tubig, itlog at yelo. Habang ang iba ay naiwan sa bahay para magluto ng pananghalian. Buti na lang nag-grocery sina Stev kahapon at may mailuluto ngayon. Matapos ang nakabubusog na tanghalian, pahinga lang kamin ng konti at sugod na kami sa beach! (sayang ang init ng araw noh!)
Mga Prinsesa ng White Beach :)(thanks Giles for taking the pics)
Stev, Me and Frankie
underwater shot by Omar with Stev, Elogs and J-Ann
after the 1st round of swimming, we enjoyed some coolers :)After taking a short break, Frankie led us to the "Brokeback Mountain". 'Wag nyo na po akong tanungin kung bakit ganun ang tawag sa lugar na 'yon. Your guess is as good as mine :D Nasa kaliwang dulo ng White Beach yung bundok. First time kong makapunta dito. Pagdating sa lugar, hala! hindi na ko nangahas pang sumama sa kanilang akyatin ang bundok. Ang tarik kaya... hindi kaya ng powers ko :P Buti na lang nagpaiwan din sina J-Ann at Giles kaya nag-swimming na lang kami habang namumundok yung iba. Pagbaba nila ng bundok, tuloy lang ang swimming. At nakatsamba ako ng isang magandang sunset:
Pag-uwi sa bahay, nagluto agad ang mga boys ng aming dinner: inihaw na tilapia at liempo... yummy! Then, we spent the first gimik night in one of the bars where the waitresses were gays. Nagtaob kami ng 3 pitsel ng mindorosling at pulutang mani. Kakaaliw panoorin yung mga bading habang nagsasayaw... lalo na nung pinatugtog yung Dont' Cha ng PCD.. kalokah!
DAY 2
The day started with a very delicious breakfast: Fettucine Carbonara courtesy of Bary, Elogs and Stev. Then, it's time to swim again!
sayang wala si frankie, he was too busy cooking adobo sa suka
Just before 12 noon, we went back to the room to have lunch. Frankie prepared something new to our taste, adobo sa suka! And in fairness, masarap huh! :) Nakarami ako ng kanin hehehehe.... Afterwards, nagpa-henna kaming mga girls (and Giles) at pagkatapos pinasyal ko sila sa Tamaraw Beach.
Henna ;)
Frankie's Angels
Pag-uwi sa bahay, nagluto agad ang mga boys ng aming dinner: inihaw na tilapia at liempo... yummy! Then, we spent the first gimik night in one of the bars where the waitresses were gays. Nagtaob kami ng 3 pitsel ng mindorosling at pulutang mani. Kakaaliw panoorin yung mga bading habang nagsasayaw... lalo na nung pinatugtog yung Dont' Cha ng PCD.. kalokah!
DAY 2
The day started with a very delicious breakfast: Fettucine Carbonara courtesy of Bary, Elogs and Stev. Then, it's time to swim again!
sayang wala si frankie, he was too busy cooking adobo sa suka
Just before 12 noon, we went back to the room to have lunch. Frankie prepared something new to our taste, adobo sa suka! And in fairness, masarap huh! :) Nakarami ako ng kanin hehehehe.... Afterwards, nagpa-henna kaming mga girls (and Giles) at pagkatapos pinasyal ko sila sa Tamaraw Beach.
Henna ;)
Frankie's Angels Bitin ang swimming sa Tamaraw Beach kaya lang kailangan na naming umuwi dahil wala pa kaming kakainin para sa hapunan hehehe... Pagdating sa bahay, namalengke si Bary ng pang-ulam at kami naman nina J-Ann at Omar bumili ulit ng tubig, yelo at bigas. Dahil naunahan kami ng paghiram sa ihawan, nagpa-ihaw na lang kami sa labas for 100 pesos. Pagka-kain, nagkatamaran ng lumabas kaya sa kwarto na lang kami nagpalipas ng oras... naglaro ng cards, nag-tarot si Stev, kwentuhan ng mga nakakatakot na istorya at kung anu-ano pa. Bumili na lang kami ng matotoma hehehehe....
sinusulit ang huling gabi sa Galera
sinusulit ang huling gabi sa GaleraDAY 3
Hindi na namin nagawang mag-swimming pa pagkagising, bukod sa late ng nagising, mag-aayos pa kami ng mga gamit pauwi at mamimili ng pasalubong. 2pm ang schedule ng alis ng bangka at 1:30 pa lang nakapila na kami sa ilalim ng sikat ng araw. Kaya habang naghihintay na makasakay ng bangka, piktyur piktyur muna.. :)
pauwi na.... ;(
Isang Pasasalamat.....
*Special thanks to Omar and Stev for the additional pics
Hindi na namin nagawang mag-swimming pa pagkagising, bukod sa late ng nagising, mag-aayos pa kami ng mga gamit pauwi at mamimili ng pasalubong. 2pm ang schedule ng alis ng bangka at 1:30 pa lang nakapila na kami sa ilalim ng sikat ng araw. Kaya habang naghihintay na makasakay ng bangka, piktyur piktyur muna.. :)
pauwi na.... ;(Isang Pasasalamat.....
At syempre mawawala ba naman ang sarili kong photo shoot... :)
*Special thanks to Omar and Stev for the additional pics
Saturday, March 08, 2008
Boracay 2008
About a year and a half ago, I had promised my parents that I would bring them to the most beautiful beach in the world, Boracay! And this year is the perfect time to make it happen because they are celebrating their 35th wedding anniversary. As early as November last year, I already booked a Cebu Pacific flight direct to Caticlan and also reserved a 3D/2N stay in Bans Resort from Feb 29-Mar 2. Time really flies fast....
DAY 1
Time of departure is at 11:15 am. My parents and I arrived at the airport few minutes after 8. It was my decision to come this early because I was expecting a quite number of people since summer is near or almost here and I didn't want to be late. Fortunately (or was it unfortunately?), only a few passengers were there. At 8:30 am, we were already in the pre-departure area and waiting for our flight. 11:15 came and no flight announcement was made. After 20 minutes and still no call from Cebu Pacific, I approached their desk and asked what was wrong with the flight. They said that the flight would be delayed by an hour because the plane was still in Caticlan.. They only had one plane for Manila-Caticlan-Manila route. I was a bit furious because they did not even inform us of the problem. The personnel said that they announced the delay and I said.... NO!!! There was no announcements at all. And then they went to the paging section and made the official announcement. After an hour, the flight was delayed again. I wanted to scream, I wanted to shout at each Cebu Pacific personnel but I just decided to keep it to myself and just hoped that everything would be ok. I couldn't hide my frustration. I wouldn't want to waste a single minute. We will just be staying in Bora for 3 days and it is really a very short time.
To make up for their kapalpakan, they provided us with free lunch and a bunch of souvenirs. But still, they could no longer bring back the lost time. And the cause of delay? This is their inaugural day of Mla-Ctcln-Mla and the pilot had a hard time to land on the runway. Hmmppff! Katwiran ba un? And there, after waiting for almost 5 hours, we finally boarded the plane at 1:15pm. I was not able to take pictures of my parents (with the plane at the background) before boarding because everyone was in a hurry and the excitement had faded.
Arrived at the resort at exactly 4pm and we changed clothes right away hehehehe... may araw pa naman kaya keri pa.. ;)
So love these shots.....
We had our first dinner at Andok's (hehehehe... tipid mode muna...) and went asleep early (around 10pm) 'coz I wasn't feeling well... sobrang hilo.. dunno why.
DAY 2
Woke up at 6am and got ourselves ready for a whole day of adventure. We had breakfast at Andok's (again hehehehe....). Soon afterwards, we had a taste of the morning Boracay sea. I never wanted to miss this so rare opportunity to take photos of myself wearing a new set of red banded bikinis? (hihihihihi....). So just before our scheduled island hopping at 9, I asked my nanay to be my photographer for this photo op (*wink*). No violent reactions pleaseeee.... hehehehe...
We met the bankero at exactly 9am. By the way, it was yesterday when this man approached me and offered island hopping. We closed the deal at 1200php, which I later found out was a bit pricey pala plus the 100php registration fee. The plan was to go to Crystal Cove first , then in Crocodile Island and lastly in Puka Beach to have lunch there. We were accompanied by 3 men, the tour guide, the kapitan and the alalay of the kapitan :). It was my first time in Crystal Cove and the 100-peso entrance fee was all worth it. My tatay and I went down to the first cave with the tour guide, which I called kuya. My nanay was afraid 'coz the stairs were too steep and slippery. Buti na lang marunong si kuya gumamit ng digicam, hehehehe... siya ang kumuha ng mga pictures namin sa cave.
Cave 2 was next. It was only me and kuya who went inside since my parents couldn't pass thru a small passage. To get to the cave 2, you have to do the duck walk and bow your head so low. Though difficult, it was all worth it. Watching the splash of waves hitting the stones, listening the sound it produces were quite an experience. Cave 2 was more dangerous than the first that's why there was a lifeguard just outside the cave holding a salbadida with a long string tied around his waist. The wave could easily get you out of the cave.
getting ready to crawl
see that hole?
pati sa kweba, nag-e-emote... bwehehehe...
DAY 1
Time of departure is at 11:15 am. My parents and I arrived at the airport few minutes after 8. It was my decision to come this early because I was expecting a quite number of people since summer is near or almost here and I didn't want to be late. Fortunately (or was it unfortunately?), only a few passengers were there. At 8:30 am, we were already in the pre-departure area and waiting for our flight. 11:15 came and no flight announcement was made. After 20 minutes and still no call from Cebu Pacific, I approached their desk and asked what was wrong with the flight. They said that the flight would be delayed by an hour because the plane was still in Caticlan.. They only had one plane for Manila-Caticlan-Manila route. I was a bit furious because they did not even inform us of the problem. The personnel said that they announced the delay and I said.... NO!!! There was no announcements at all. And then they went to the paging section and made the official announcement. After an hour, the flight was delayed again. I wanted to scream, I wanted to shout at each Cebu Pacific personnel but I just decided to keep it to myself and just hoped that everything would be ok. I couldn't hide my frustration. I wouldn't want to waste a single minute. We will just be staying in Bora for 3 days and it is really a very short time.
To make up for their kapalpakan, they provided us with free lunch and a bunch of souvenirs. But still, they could no longer bring back the lost time. And the cause of delay? This is their inaugural day of Mla-Ctcln-Mla and the pilot had a hard time to land on the runway. Hmmppff! Katwiran ba un? And there, after waiting for almost 5 hours, we finally boarded the plane at 1:15pm. I was not able to take pictures of my parents (with the plane at the background) before boarding because everyone was in a hurry and the excitement had faded.
Arrived at the resort at exactly 4pm and we changed clothes right away hehehehe... may araw pa naman kaya keri pa.. ;)
So love these shots.....
We had our first dinner at Andok's (hehehehe... tipid mode muna...) and went asleep early (around 10pm) 'coz I wasn't feeling well... sobrang hilo.. dunno why.
DAY 2
Woke up at 6am and got ourselves ready for a whole day of adventure. We had breakfast at Andok's (again hehehehe....). Soon afterwards, we had a taste of the morning Boracay sea. I never wanted to miss this so rare opportunity to take photos of myself wearing a new set of red banded bikinis? (hihihihihi....). So just before our scheduled island hopping at 9, I asked my nanay to be my photographer for this photo op (*wink*). No violent reactions pleaseeee.... hehehehe...
We met the bankero at exactly 9am. By the way, it was yesterday when this man approached me and offered island hopping. We closed the deal at 1200php, which I later found out was a bit pricey pala plus the 100php registration fee. The plan was to go to Crystal Cove first , then in Crocodile Island and lastly in Puka Beach to have lunch there. We were accompanied by 3 men, the tour guide, the kapitan and the alalay of the kapitan :). It was my first time in Crystal Cove and the 100-peso entrance fee was all worth it. My tatay and I went down to the first cave with the tour guide, which I called kuya. My nanay was afraid 'coz the stairs were too steep and slippery. Buti na lang marunong si kuya gumamit ng digicam, hehehehe... siya ang kumuha ng mga pictures namin sa cave.
Cave 2 was next. It was only me and kuya who went inside since my parents couldn't pass thru a small passage. To get to the cave 2, you have to do the duck walk and bow your head so low. Though difficult, it was all worth it. Watching the splash of waves hitting the stones, listening the sound it produces were quite an experience. Cave 2 was more dangerous than the first that's why there was a lifeguard just outside the cave holding a salbadida with a long string tied around his waist. The wave could easily get you out of the cave.
getting ready to crawl
see that hole?
pati sa kweba, nag-e-emote... bwehehehe...Next stop should be in Crocodile Island but since we had no plans to snorkel, we just decided to go to Puka Beach, instead. But kuya told us that it was not safe to go there because the waves were not so friendly. And he was right, it was the scariest boat ride I had experienced!!!! I was like in Anchors Away of Enchanted Kingdom (no exaggeration) for about 10 minutes and it was not a jowk! I could no longer take pictures of the sceneries 'coz I could not even hold my camera. Good thing, we got home safe....... whew!
I was a bit disappointed that we were not able to go to Puka. The food there was great. So, we just had our lunch at 'd mall (forgot the name of the resto) and again, went under the sun at the beach.
We went home at around 4pm, washed ourselves and took a nap. Went outside around 7pm to stroll, buy souvenirs and have dinner na rin. This time, we dined it at Gasthof and ordered the house specialty, Baby Back Ribs and their Gasthof Salad plus Lengua Estofado... yumm.. yumm.... I had henna tattoo pala earlier.
Just before going home, my tatay bought 6 sticks of isaw and 3 sticks of hotdog. I bought them Jonah's shake, Banana Choco for my tatay, Melon something for nanay and for me, Banana Rhum! Bwehehehehe....
DAY 3
This is our last day here so, we headed to the beach as early as 7am for the huling hirit. After more than 2 hours of swimming, sunbathing and picture taking, we already packed our things. Had lunch at Cindy's and bought more souvenirs.
Just as I thought we would be having a smooth fly going back to Manila, another one struck us. We were told by the manager of Cebu Pacific that there would be no more flight available and they would instead bring us (with 7 more peeps), to Kalibo and from there we could take a plane to Manila. The last flight they had in Caticlan was overbooked due to the changes of schedule caused by the delay of runway construction. All I could say was, DAMN! We did not agree of course. It will take us another 2 hours to be in Kalibo and we could not afford to waste time. After a few negotiations, they decided to booked us to Air Philippines.
while waiting for the flight back home......
Good thing about this incident.... we landed at the Centennial Airport...instead in the Domestic Aiport hehehehe... the place was cool... bago kasi e saka kami lang ang mga pasaherong nandun hehehe....feeling tuloy namin galing kami sa ibang bansa :)
So there! Our 3-day vacation in Bora... hoping to be back here..... ssssoooooonnnnnn.... :D
I was a bit disappointed that we were not able to go to Puka. The food there was great. So, we just had our lunch at 'd mall (forgot the name of the resto) and again, went under the sun at the beach.
We went home at around 4pm, washed ourselves and took a nap. Went outside around 7pm to stroll, buy souvenirs and have dinner na rin. This time, we dined it at Gasthof and ordered the house specialty, Baby Back Ribs and their Gasthof Salad plus Lengua Estofado... yumm.. yumm.... I had henna tattoo pala earlier.
Just before going home, my tatay bought 6 sticks of isaw and 3 sticks of hotdog. I bought them Jonah's shake, Banana Choco for my tatay, Melon something for nanay and for me, Banana Rhum! Bwehehehehe....
DAY 3
This is our last day here so, we headed to the beach as early as 7am for the huling hirit. After more than 2 hours of swimming, sunbathing and picture taking, we already packed our things. Had lunch at Cindy's and bought more souvenirs.
Just as I thought we would be having a smooth fly going back to Manila, another one struck us. We were told by the manager of Cebu Pacific that there would be no more flight available and they would instead bring us (with 7 more peeps), to Kalibo and from there we could take a plane to Manila. The last flight they had in Caticlan was overbooked due to the changes of schedule caused by the delay of runway construction. All I could say was, DAMN! We did not agree of course. It will take us another 2 hours to be in Kalibo and we could not afford to waste time. After a few negotiations, they decided to booked us to Air Philippines.
while waiting for the flight back home......Good thing about this incident.... we landed at the Centennial Airport...instead in the Domestic Aiport hehehehe... the place was cool... bago kasi e saka kami lang ang mga pasaherong nandun hehehe....feeling tuloy namin galing kami sa ibang bansa :)
So there! Our 3-day vacation in Bora... hoping to be back here..... ssssoooooonnnnnn.... :D
Monday, February 25, 2008
Zoobic Safari
It has been another busy yet happy weekend for me. Yesterday, my teammates in Lawson together with 3 expats went to Zoobic Safari in Subic and had close encounter with wild animals including Tigers!
Met the gang at 7am in Jollibee Munoz. Franz, Ella, Patti, Alane and Joelyn were in a van while Jule, Girlie, J-Ann and me was in Jule's car. We left Manila at 7:30 and reached Zoobic Safari at exactly 10:00 am. I really enjoy first-time trips specially when no one knows how to get to the place and all we have is a map hehehehe... I enjoy watching signs, people walking along the roads, deciding which path to take on crossroads.. I enjoy the excitement these things bring.
Me, J-Ann, Girlie and JuleWe started the tour with an introduction from a Zoobic Safari staff about the place, the sections that we were going to visit and some rules and regulations. Afterwards, a short animal show was presented with audience participation. Franz and Alane were part of it.
Then, we walked around the Serpentarium/Zoobic Park and met different kinds of wild and not-so wild animals.
*sorry, I forgot the names of the other 3 species... :D
Albino Python
Panda Bear
Last stop was at the Savanahh where crocodiles reside and there was a short Aeta show where they performed Dragonfly and Monkey dance.
We had our very late lunch at Aristocrat in Main Gate, Subic. But before that, a misfortune struck us. We were caught by this traffic enforcer turning left in an intersection where 'No Left Turn' is being imposed. We gathered all our powers to persuade this man to just let this thing pass. We didn't see the sign, we were just new in the place, we had foreigner visitors blahh.. blahh.. blahh... But our charms did not work. They issued a ticket to Jule and just told us that we should pay the penalty at the toll gate. I really felt guilty after that incident 'coz I was in the passenger seat and I believed I was half-responsible in keeping an eye on those road signs. I was the one who suggested to Jule to turn left since no traffic lights were present. Stupid me!
Franz checked the 'No Left Turn' sign across and it was indeed there. But what really confused us was why was it located at the right side of the road where it should have been at the left. I am not really an expert in road signs but my common sense tells me that whoever thinks of turning left in any road will always look at the left side, of course (Please correct me if I'm wrong, can someone please enlighten me on this?).
Anyways, I just told myself that this should not ruin my amazing day. After lunch, we went to Nike depot and bought myself a messenger bag at 30% off hehehehe ('yan ang epekto ng mainit ang ulo.. napapagastos! hahahaha...).... J-Ann purchased a gym suit at 50% off, while Girlie bought a pair of gloves 'coz she's planning to go back to the gym.
We are now ready to go home. Kept ourselves awake and busy talking about different stuffs. Showbiz, politics, religion and personal blah.. blah.. blah.. :)
I really had so much fun. Thanks, everyone! :)
*Thanks to Ela and Franz for more pics.. :)
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