JAI-nism: October 2005

Tuesday, October 25, 2005

happy birthday, tevs!!!

the birdie gal and moi at Metro Comedy Bar

tevs,

i've got bad news for you! mas matanda ka na sa akin ngayon!!! don't worry though, i'll catch up with you sooner than you think. yung treat mo ha? ;->
sorry, di na po uso ang Between You and Me cards ng Hallmark. sobrang mahal na kasi ngayon nun, kaya dito na lang sa blog. international network na, libre pa. yoko i-announce sa prenster, baka i-delete pren at block and report user mo pa ako.hehe!
just want to thank you for so many things. i don't think i'll ever be able to find another friend like you anywhere in the world. thanks for having been so good and patient with me. dapat kang kunin ng PNP, turuan mo nga sila nang tinatawag na Maximum Tolerance kasi that's what you've been doing the whole nine years we've been together.
hay, dami na natin memories together. lahat na ata ng kalokohan nagawa na natin.

basta, i have soooooo many things to thank you for. ang sarap kaya nang may friend who i know i can call up in the middle of the night after i've committed bloody murder. i know you'll appear in less than five minutes with a shovel and ready-mix cement to deep six the muderpaker i've wasted.

wish you all the best! sorry kung pinupuyat kita sa paglalakwatcha, hmmn..enjoy naman eh.

luv you!

Happy Birthday!

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Monday, October 17, 2005

i can soooo relate

for knee slapping fun and scenes that we girls make check this out....

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Saturday, October 15, 2005

from saturday market to bohemian rhapsody

Last saturday was a day of getting lost pour moi et mhen elaine. It was the day of our account's first anniv party in theme boheme. We still had work in the morning, so life went on as usual.

Lainey Outlooked (i farking miss e-pop!) me and asked where we would be eating lunch. If we don't stray from the building it's just a choice of McDo and KFC. I asked her if she had ever been to the Salcedo Saturday market. She admitted she had not, so evil l'il me tempted her with the delish menu usually sold at the market till she finally agreed to have our lunch there. We caught a dyip to Ayala and headed for Salcedo.

I have a poor sense of direction and can not remember street names or such if it meant saving my life. I wholly rely on buildings, trees, billboards and any other physical thingies that may be moved or changed to tell me where I am. After walking some distance from the back of Robinson's Summit, I no longer felt too confident of where we were going, unfortunately we met a patrolman and lainey asked him for directions. As how all stories normally go, the patrolman poited us in the wrong direction and therefore making us lose precious minutes of our one hour lunch break. GRRRRR...

I lurve the saturday market! Where else will you find vendors with Prada beltbags and CD shades selling bottles of chardonnay? Lainey and I walked around a bit to check on the food. Everything looked and smelled delectable but we settled for Ineng's yummy bbq washed down with fresh fruit shake. It was so funny how laine and I were not even speaking while we munched on our food, sa sobrang gutom walang imikan ito, galit galit muna!!!

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here are the staff of Ineng's doing what they're famous for

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ito naman ang epekto ng bbq ng Ineng's, scary!!!

We were late for work by twenty minutes, but it was all worth it. As elaine said, it was her best meal of the week. ..

Later on, we prepared for our bohemian themed anniv party in Grilla Grill. I'll cut to the chase, we received the wrong info regarding the venue, got lost and arrived late for the party. We didn't get to eat at the party so we dragged our fab boho-hobo finery to the Gs and ate there.

I thoroughly enjoyed the day in spite of all the mishaps; getting lost, dealing with stupid, talkative cabbies and patrolmen who don't know zilch, heavy rains and boho chic that has come and gone...

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Wednesday, October 12, 2005

imbécile d'avril

La vie car je le sais est finie. Je n'écrirai pas les détails parce qu'il blesse trop.Tous que je sais est qu'il a menti à moi. Il m'a trahi. Je suis blessé. À plusieurs reprises et plus d'encore.

J'ai demandé l'everlyn pour m'apporter à la plage. Je veux me noyer et toute cette douleur. Est-ce que je n'étais pas assez? Pourquoi il n'a pas dit la vérité. Il me trompent.Il m'a incité à croire je suis futé, beau, a aimé. Dans des ses bras que je me suis sentis a aimé et coffre-fort. Maintenant je suis cassé. Il m'a détruit. Aujourd'hui, ce soir, je suis brisé. Vulnérable et peu sûr. Laid et indigne d'amour. Je ne sais pas où nous irons. Dieu, je suis blessé. Dieu, si je tombe endormi, ne me laissez pas se réveiller. Prenez mon âme partie. Mais il m'a choisi. Je lui ai donné une autre chance. Portez-moi à un endroit sûr. Ne laissez pas n'importe qui me blessent...

*originally written April 1st, 2004

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Monday, October 10, 2005

a new interest in life

For the first time in several months I am excited over something does not involve price tags and a shopping bag.

My mhen, Elaine handed me a copy of "Hands On Manila", a newsletter about volunteer work, projects, and partnerships in the Metro. She said it may be just what we needed in our lives at the moment. My initial reaction was, "ME?!?Volunteer work???". I flipped through the newsletter during lunch and shrugged. Doing carpentry and hammering away under a scorching sun to build a low-cost village isn't really my kind of thing. I could read stories to children at the Museo Pambata (afterall, I did complete a storytelling seminar conducted by no less than Rene O. Villanueva) but, the Museo is not too accessible pour moi, it being in Ermita and all. Writing is more my thing and the Children's Hour office is right here in Makati, so I promised Laine I'd give it a try.

Today, two weeks after giving that promise I finally called up Children's Hour and spoke with a lady name Isa. She invited me to visit their office and check out their current projects. After putting the phone down, I realized I had butterflies in my stomach.

I am finally reaching out. I have always wanted to be involved in something bigger than myself. Perhaps this is the first teeny step to realize my potentials. Perhaps this is what I need to stop my frustrations, somehow being a self-proclaimed gourmand and shopaholic has lost its thrill. I guess I need something to stimulate me, a deed that I can dedicate to others, something indicative of my devcom learning, something...anything that is more significant than how I am currently passing time.

I truly hope this pushes through.

Wish moi luck...

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Monday, October 03, 2005

song for the complicated

Solitaire

The Carpenters

There was a man,

a lonely man

Who lost his love through his indifference

A heart that cared, that went unchecked

Until it died in his silence

And Solitaire's the only game in town

And every road that takes him, takes him down

And by himself, it's easy to pretend

He'll never love again

And keeping to himself he plays the game

Without her love it always ends the same

While life goes on around him everywhere

He's playing Solitaire

Another day, a lonely day

So much to say that goes unspoken

And through the night, his sleepless nights

His eyes are closed, his heart is broken

And Solitaire's the only game in town

And every road that takes him, takes him down

And by himself it's easy to pretend

She's coming back again

And keeping to himself he plays the game

Without her love it always ends the same

While life goes on around him everywhere

He's playing Solitaire

A little hope, goes up in smoke

Just how it goes, goes without saying

Solitaireee

And by himself it's easy to pretend

He'll never love again

Ohhh

And keeping to himself he plays the game

Without her love it always ends the same

While life goes on around him everywhere

He's playing Solitaire

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Sunday, October 02, 2005

what ails the hypochondriac?

i'm updating this in the office. i am not taking calls right now because i am suffering from tonsillitis (not again!). i have all the symptons of tonsillitis, fever, chills, swollen tonsils covered with whitish spots (nana?),

difficulty in swallowing, trouble with breathing, nausea, uneven cuticles and the sudden urge to go shopping (bwahahaha!!!)

Tonsillitis seems to be my body's favourite illness. I was never a sickly child but tonsillitis has been a recurring illness of mine. I would already be lucky if i came down with it only four times in a year. What's really frustrating is that whenever my throat is in this condition all the chocolate, freezing drinks, cakes and sweets in the world seem to be more tempting to have than at any other given time.

i don't plan to have my tonsils taken out any time soon if it means slitting my throat and getting operation scars. oh alright, if i don't get any better by the end of the week i'll try to pop in at makati med just to make sure i don't have throat cancer, tonsil cancer or cancer of the something and other.

don't worry, i'll update you and let you know if its terminal...

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