BITS AND PIECES

Theres this Film Festival called "Cine Europa 8" , a collection of short european films happening now till October 2, 2005 at Shangri-La Cineplex.

It's a free admission festival on first come first served basis. So I tried to watch one film last night. "Villa des Roses "... a bittersweet story about the other side of love and romance.

I was just surprised to see that a lot of people are patronizing festivals like this. Of course aside from the fact that it's free, the quality is very good as I could say. I can only understand them right after the film. The reason they are giving a free admission is for the people to recognize how good they are in producing films.

Honestly, I am impressed. Effects, transitions, acting, productions, well... thumb's up.

Tonight, we'll watch again the remaining films... If you guys want to try it, better be at the cinema earlier to get a seat.

I got a new ear piercing! Hehehe!! Courtesy of my besty Cleng.

Felt like I want a "simple" change...

So I got one... And I liked it!

*wink*

Its the WAVE 89.1 's D' GATHERING held at Robinson's Galleria Trade Hall last September 24, 2005.

I'm glad Anne gave me two tickets so I had with me Chris, my cuzin to watch our favorite bands. It was a night full of fun. Well, I had it also to overcome my "stressfull mind". I am happy Chris is with me that night. Knowing she's the only one in the "household" who understands me... with all the things that has been happening lately.

There are lot of performers that night... But nothing compares to our favorites!! M.Y.M.P, U-Turn (cute ni Bam!), I like the performance of K-24/7 though it's the first time I saw them perform. Kyla, my all-time favorite, South Boarder... and more!

Our night may not ended well because... ohh... Chris... you know why. But definitely, even if we have to left the place at exactly 12 mn (which we called ourselves as cinderellas) we surely had fun.

Thanx to Anne!!!! and of course.. thanx Tin!

Remember that presentation I did for Maggi? Well, I just had it presented to them today. Right after I emailed my project the other night, they called up yesterday and told me to report today for final assesment.

And there it goes. I thought it would be as simple as it seems but the moment I was there, inside that room, in front of the Accounts Supervisor, I felt some cringe on my stomach.

He told me to present my project like I am on the actual presentation. Like as if there's a panel of clients in front of me... imagine myself presenting a project proposal to couple of peeps. What the @*%! How in the world can I imagine a lot of people in front of me when in fact he's the only one there? Plus my heartbeat keeps on going fast! "Bahala na si Batman", I thought.

Then I started to talk. In fairness, I guess I did well. The nervous on my system slowly "depreciate". Most especially when Chris (he's the accounts supervisor) agreed to most of my explanations. And I believe I didn't look stupid. (I hope so!) But the fact that it has been 3 years since I last had a presentation like this, it is really a hit on my stomach.

Then he tested my "analytical skill" as they called it. He presented me a table of 2 sets of data, and asked me to define what's wrong with it. There's a little error on their data and he asked if I could point out what is it. Fortunately, after three attempts, I did it! Which I am happy about.

One good thing, is that, Chris has been nice to me and charlotte (my officemate... we both applied for the job). We never felt any awkwardness with him. He made us feel relaxed everytime we had interviews. According to him, there's 3 vacant positions. Unfortunately, we are 4 who applied for it... and soon, we'll know whether we made it.

To rate my self 1 to 10... maybe 7 or 8? But of course, I dont want to expect. Let's just wait until Tuesday...

My fingers are still crossed...

Anne gave me 2 tickets to d' gathering --> WAVE 89.1's event this coming Saturday, September 24, 2005 to be held at the galleria tradehall, robinson's galleria...

My besty would be there too... of course not with me but I guess with her labbydabs, Oliver. Hopefully we could see each other around... :-) She actually won the tickets by joining wave's texting promo last week... you just have to see how excited she is for this... better check out her blog... (ayan nik ha.. free promotions ng blog mo...) hehehe! Thanks to Anne for giving me 2 tickets! I owe you one girl!

This is gonna be fun... I know! With whom will I be at this event???? hmmm.... still having thoughts about it.... *wink*

now i know how far can a so-called "friend" can go....

everything's just a matter of discovering on up to what extent they can understand and relate to you...

have i been so selfish for me to get this from them?

seems so unfair...

This isn't an ordinary day for me... really! And I dunno whether I should be glad about it or whatever.. coz... at the end of the day I realized... I have eaten a lot today!!!

I mean... for months now I have been used to eating not that much... oh! did I tell you I've lost like 20 pounds or so? For three months...I have been into this diet thing... and I could say, It was succesful. People have noticed the changes... and I'm happy with it...

But today, I cant believe I've eaten this much. For breakfast... I had jollibee longganisa meal (that is rice... take note)... then my post-prod team had lunch at Chubby China (I love it there, really!) Ang dami ng servings,, as in sulit!!! I had Beef Brisket Rice... which is damn perfect! Plus the fried noodles!! whew!!! then... for snack.. would you believe I had sukiyaki at Kitaro! Si emeric kase... hay! I thought.. that sukiyaki would be my last meal for the day....

Just when I feel of not going home yet.... aside from the fact that the rain didn't stopped for the whole day... I guess... maybe it's good to catch a flick for a while... So since Alfred is still at the office.. we took the 8pm show at G4. THE BROTHER'S GRIMM.

Pero si Alfred, nagyaya sa Burger King... kaya... hay! Though I only got Onion Rings and Iced Tea... Kasi naman feelingko nirerestore ko uli yung na-loose ko na pounds!

Back to the movie, i could say... hmm.... I liked it but i think it still lacks something. I dont know but seems like there's a lack of continuity in the story... or maybe in the sequences... But storywise, its ... well.. creative in a sense that it depicts some of the popular fairy tales I knew... Reminded me with Shakespear In Love...




Matt Damon and Heath Ledger star as Jake and Will Grimm, two brothers who travel from town to town to get rid of spiritual creatures. Not bad for a fantasy film.

On my way home... i thought... there's a little time left for us to be together at the office... 2 weeks is so fast... we are soon to have our separate ways...

.... sad.....

Watched THE PERFECT CATCH last night with Lanie at Greenbelt 3 right after the 7pm mass (which I attended for mommy's birthday)


A romantic comedy that will surely take your heart out! *wink*

Drew Barrymore is still the same cute girl I liked way way before. And Jimmy Fallon, he's... well.... funny though.

I had a great time with this flick. Well, a feel good movie where you'll find yourself giggling and laughing till the end...

I guess... 4 stars for this movie...

*wink*

We tried adobo flakes with kesong puti and the beef bolas with sweet and sour sauce. The food was very good though... but we enjoyed our final desert: the banana cinamon pudding! Now I know what to order the next time I visit the place.

Orange is no doubt the predominant color of the place, all the way down to the nectarine-colored bucket chairs. You might think you were in a funky SoHo diner were it not for the huge black and white stills from Filipino classic movies from the '50s and '60s covering the walls.

you might wanna try the place... affordable yet classy... :-)

Felisse... I hope this would be the start of everything....

Congrats for being one of the Jollikids Apparel models!!

I'm so proud of you...

As part of a so-called "test" or better be a screening for NESTLE's accounts and events manager position, I am here doing a sample marketing presentation for MAGGI. Which at this point, I am longing to bring back the good-old-advertising-days wayback college.

The specification is quite simple but seems like I haven't been into the marketing world for quite some time that most of the terms, I forgot. I am targetting the position moreso because of the travel thing that it encompass. I mean, EVENTS is what I am looking for now and here it is... just a matter of a simple presentation plan.

Tommorrow, I should email it to them... and I wonder... would my work be fine? good? or worse??? Hah!

It's mommy's birthday today... she's supposed to be 56 years old now...

She's the best mom ever... and im missing her so much....

But I know wherever she is, she's happy and peaceful... I know she's watching over me through these times... she's my ANGEL...

Mommy... how I wanted to see you... even for a single second... if given a chance... I wanted to hug and kiss you... I wanted to say I LOVE YOU....

Thank you for making me the way that I am now... Of all people, ur the most who understands me... ikaw ang kakampi ko... ikaw ang BESTFRIEND ko....

Happy Birthday mommy... I may not be there to visit you... but deep inside my heart, you will always be occupying the biggest part of it...

I MISS YOU!

hay!!!

andito ako ngayon sa 20+... sa dati kong office... sa dati kong cubicle... eto nagbloblog... habang hinihintay si bambam...ayoko pa kasing umuwi.... di ko pa feel.. ayoko kasi mabadtrip...

hay... nakakamiss yung pwestong to.... tong pc na ginagamit ko ngayon... dati, sa akin to... walang pwedeng makialam... pero nakakatuwang isipin na ganitong ganito pa rin ang itsura nya mula ng umalis ako. di nila iniba ng ayos... pati yung mga souvenir na iniwan ko dito... nasa pwesto pa rin. nakakamiss kasi ang sarap ng working environment dito... imagine solo ko tong kwartong to... tong table na to... nakakatuwa rin kasi nakapost pa sa cork board yung mga pictures namin...

actually... muntik na akong bumalik dito... kung di ako napabilang sa naretain sa work ko ngayon, malamang dito ulit ako... which is ok na ok sakin... iba kasi mga tao dito. masarap ang pakiramdam kapag welcome ka sa isang lugar... kapag nakakarelate kayo sa isa't isa at lalo na kapag jive lahat ng characters nyo... mahirap kasi pag nasa isang lugar ka na hindi ka maintindihan ng mga kasama mo...

masaya dito.. kahit naman sa office ko ngayon masaya din. kasi kahit may indifferences, nagkakasundo pa rin.. walang rules.. walang do's and don't... basta alam mong di ka nakakasakit ng tao... at ok kayo.... go lang ng go.

kung bakit ako nandito ngayon... wala lang... namimiss ko lang sila. at kahit pa mapagisipan ako ng di maganda.. keber! basta't malinis ang kunsensya ko. I cannot please everybody di ba...

Dito at home ako... dito kahit busy mga tao, walang nakasimangot... masaya pa rin... may alitan man, mabababaw naman. Di tumatagal.. bati na ulit...

Hay... ang sarap ng may peace of mind...

ewan ko lang mamaya... pag uwi ko...

No one can pull you down unless you allowed them to...

I have my own way... and i'm living with it. I knew where I am and the fact that I'm being responsible with all my actions, I knew my limits, and I knew I'm not doing anything bad... it's all enough to say I am worthy as a person... No one has the right to tell me, in front of my face what kind of person I am, especially those who never knew and can never relate on my way of life...

I know I can never stop anybody from thinking "bad" about me... it's their own opinion and I can't do anything about that...

And it pisses me off... of all people.... duh!!!!

but...as long as i knew I'm not doing anything wrong... that I'm not hurting anybody..., the hell I care!

"I am not rude unless you rude to me... I am not a bitch unless provoked! ...."

SURVIVOR .

That is what I am...according to a close buddy I considered as "My Angel". This morning he told me that again.. "sabi ko sayo e... ikaw pa... e survivor ka!..." , as soon as I told him the good news of staying on my job. I wanted him to be the first to know... but I can't help myself talking and sharing it first with my cousins... who were the first peeps I saw next to my officemates.. *wink* Maybe I would call him the next day, I told myself. But it doesn't matter anymore.... that good-morning-wake-up-call came up earlier before I could call him.

He is my angel. Why? Because he just makes every moment of my life brighter.. even if we are not together... even if we seldom see each other... even if we only talk on the phone most of the time... Because he is so true that he never pretended to be somebody... humble enough to be his own self... to cry without hesitations, to laugh out loud without embarassment, to show his imperfections as human... and he, too... has the strenght to let me know of my own imperfections as well, and accepting it as I am.

Not everybody is lucky enough to have his or her own angel in life. And I am blessed God gave me one. A true soul I couldn't simply loose... someone I've trusted my life with... someone I cared so much about...

He's a friend way way back... became close dudes... good buddies... then best friends... together we walk towards our dream... I am glad at this very moment, he already achieved the biggest dream of his life... and I am flattered to be the first to know about it. Still... he remained humble... still the same old guy I knew before...

At that time when I almost fall... facing the deep downside of my life... when I thought everything would end, it was his wings that saved me from my unimagined death. He embraced me with his both wings until I am ready to face the world again. To which I felt so secured. But that time when death almost conquer his way, the only way I knew to save him is prayer. What he always told me as the key to everything. And undoubtedly i knew it will work. And it did. God is so great.

We fell in love with people whom we simply can't have. I shared my love problems with him, and vice versa. Thus, tagging ourselves as "the hopeless romantics"! (Wee... corny pare!) Then told ourselves... someday... it's gonna be our moment...

I just have one prayer right now.... I pray that my angel would never leave me... just as what he promised. That even if we go on our separate lives, may the bond that we have never breaks and that till forever... we have each other....

GOD is so great! Another blessing came just right now... right at this very moment...

We just have our team meeting... the FINAL VERDICT... as we call it.... picturing ourselves as one of the cast of a relity tv, where there's someone to be voted out. For a clearer picture, we are, all in all, compose of 24 people here at INQ TV. And as I told you, INQ TV will be up until the end of the month. Meaning, we are loosing our job.

But there's still a chance of hitting it.. a one major documentary intended by the end of the year. And fortunately, I was included in the final 12 of the staff to do it. No final story yet but definitely it would push through. Sad, coz there are still others who didn't make it... and others who voluntarily gave way for others...

This is the moment we are all waiting for. Now that everything has been finalized, I guess... moving on is next. No more holding back or whatever. This job will only last for 3 months and so, I guess, a new life is waiting for me at the end...

At the end of the day, found myself with Lanie and Lindle at Starbucks Powerplant having coffee and still wondering... where would this thing lead us....

*wink*

it was not a good day for me... well actually even before the past weekend began. there are some things that brought me to my nerves caused by "some people" to the point of affecting even those who shouldn't be. oh well...

i guess the point of still hurdling to the issue is no use.... ako lang ang mahihirapan... so better be it... let them do whatever they want... at least in a way I've learned...

so I asked my besty for a coffee or dinner... to unwind... above all the present problems and situations we are in... good thing, she's available.

had dinner at Italliani's at MegaMall. It was the first time I tried in that place.. (I usually had Italliani's at Greenbelt). Actually, there's a lot of choices before we ended up at Italliani's... theres Sbarro (where we usually have our bestfriend's date), Spaghetti factory (which I haven't tried pa) and Dulcinea (where we argue about the servings)... did I forget something bes?



I guess it was a good choice.. coz the moment we stepped out of the resto, our tummy are so full... we find it hard to breath.. especially my besty... *wink*



We had Penne Arrabiato (Penne pasta with mushrooms, tomatoes and fresh basil in a spicy peppered-vodka sauce ) and Grilled Pork Chops ( pork chop marinated and grilled. Served with garlic mashed potatoes and grilled vegetables ) plus the warm accommodation from Rocel and Lea (those who were assigned for our servings)

It was Friday and the office environment is still the same... sad and quiet...

So Lanie and I decided to go somewhere... maybe a coffee or a flick... we decided to go to Power Plant...

Had dinner at Cucina.. I had the perfect Beef Salpicao in my entire life! Lanie had her Tuna Fetuccini. We just styaed there and talked about office. Memories, the experiences we had...

then watched THE LONGEST YARD .It was really funny though, we laugh out loud through out the movie. I really like Adam Sandler... even before.. :-)

It was a great night with Lanie. Sad, coz we just started hangin together lately.. we already did spa together, eat, talk, malling, movies... She's the closest person I have here... and I will miss her... :-)

Thursday... September 01, 2005

it was one of the great night we had.. we had 29 days left to be together... we wanted to make the most out of it.. so here we are... at 1920 Bar.. having the great time of our life... overtaking the thought of parting ways... of loosing our job... despite the hurt inside us, we wanted to smile.. to laugh... and to treasure every moment left within us...

i got the chance to read these two books by BOB ONG wayback college days through my classmate. And yesterday, I got my self my own copy.

I know these books are already an old best sellers but it is something that I guess I wanted to have until now. It just makes me feel good everytime I read it. Remembering my childhood days, I can't help but to laugh and relate to each and every detail that the author is showing.

These books shows the reality of our country... our culture.. the vulnerabilty of Pinoys... in a light and comical way. Non naman really comical but it'll just makes you say "oo nga no?" then smile...

I dont know how many of you who gotta read this post was able to read these books but really, I recommend it to you! I haven't heard any bad reviews about them ... maybe because, these writing are really wonderful!

There's still another book entitles "Ang Alamat ng Gubat" which I havn't read yet. I dont know maybe one of these days, i might find time for it.

I am wondering... in the next few months, where will I be? After the end of this month, will I be somewhere else? A different field? or still in the media world?...

Hmm.. I don't know. The scenario still doesn't sink on my head. But, everytime I go to bed at night, I can't stop thinking about the future.. most especially the coming weeks ahead...

Aside from myself, I am also thinking about my other officemates, especially the bread winners... I dont think its right that this problem we are facing now should affect their families, their kids...which is of course... undoubtedly will happen...

In a matter of weeks, everything will change... all of us here doesn't have any single idea on what the final verdict would be... but whatever it is I guess the best thing that we have now is that... we all have each other... walang iwanan... walang laglagan... tulungan hanggat sa makakaya...

Tuesday night... our Boss treated us for dinner at Dencio's Rockwell Power Plant Mall. It was his post birthday celebration with us.

It was 7 in the evening when we got there. But since the non-smoking area is still full, we have to wait within the smoking area until there's an available seat for the 18 of us. Sir told us to group ourselves, well to have the family style menu ordering.

Order what you like... Iba iba para daw masaya! Sir just dont have the idea what our group ordered... hehehe!

As soon as we got into the non-smoking area, we occupied the long table... as in loooong table. weee! It was really good to see us complete in get together like this. Then the foods arrived! It was the best part really. We have bulalo, sisig, chopsuey, sizzling squid, sinugba, lechon paksiw, sinigang na hipon, and more!!!! di ko na nakita yung order ng ibang group... It was really a big Fiesta!!!

The dinner was really GOOODD!! Everybody was satisfied... syempre Libre!!!

Just as we thought that night would end up that way....its not...

after the dinner we headed back to our base for "some updates" according to sir. I dont know why but all of a sudden we all felt some cringe on our stomach that everybody felt something is wrong... oh! not with the dinner, not with the food... but with that "some updates".

As soon as the meeting started, everybody just kept quiet. That "some updates" just came to be the biggest and saddest news for us. Sir have the hardest time of explaining to us in a way that we wouldn't feel that bad but in any way we felt really... really... unexplainable. Say, simply... WE ARE LOSING OUR JOB! INQ TV will end... up until the end of this month... How would you love that, huh?

There are some options however but in any angle... everything was clear... its time to move and look for a new job. The reasons are clear though... but of course we cant help but think about each one of us.. especially those who have their families.... our crews... those who are not earning that much.

The meeting ended up 12midnight.... still everybody has something in mind but speechless... The next day... all of us failed to sleep well... everybody was quiet... you can see resumes scattered around the office.. jobstreet websites....

coz it sucks when you know you only have a month to scout for a new work.

I wonder, was that night our last dinner together?