BITS AND PIECES

There's one saying that I have proven to be so true...

"When a door closes, a new window opens"...

something that I can relate to.... BIG BIG THANKS TO GOD!!!

now.. things are starting to get different. I am starting to work on a project for my new "home" and seems that everything's going so well.

For a while I thought I was left alone on a blank.. nowhere to come... I almost give up... almost regretting the past decisions that I made...

and now I know why those things happened... and it is where I am now...

faced with an opportunity to grow... to take another step on my career... and to be a better person...

it just feels good...

hmm... hope I could get the car that I want... this year!!!

so here..

after sending my proposed budget for the BPI project to jem, im wondering... how did they see it... whether it's ok or not... still i told them that i am not used to presenting out budgets coz honestly, what i usually do is I ask clients witheir budget and from there, i see what I can work out...

i guess this is one of my weakness... giving out figures for talent fees... I am more of the execution side but when it comes to asking me how much would i charge to something or to a certain project... hmm... in going to have a hard time...

owel... i know i would be receiving feedbacks from them soon... maybe within the day...

for the meantime...got to attend to another editing work...

hay1 ganito talaga pag wala pang regular income...

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So this is what you call a day...

I woke up as early as 7:30 am to prepare for a meeting with the project manager of 1ISA, the company where I applied as a creative officer. I was able to present them some sample works and I guess they did like it coz they called me up to discuss a project with me...

I was there at 9am and Jem, the project manager, arrived a bit late.. but it's ok... then he discussed with me a project that they are doing in which they already involved me in... To cut the story short, I got the job. But not as the usual employee... I got to prove my capabilities with them with this project that they gave me .. before I could finally become a regular employee with them. Meaning, this project is some sort of a "probationary" test for me.

The project is all about a bank doing a promo launch this coming march. So they gave me the account to work on.. all on the creatives aspect of the launch... from brochure to avp...from planning to execution... sounds great, right??? Hmmm...

And so he asked me to email him a quote for the budget which i need to send at the end of this day... tomorrow morning at the latest...

I was happy to know Im doing great... then I headed off to INQ office for some stuffs that I need and while on the train going to makati, Jem called me up asking if I could join him for the meeting with the bank client around 1pm at makati. Haha! the thought of getting the job still haven't sinked in to my system and here he is calling me for a meeting with the client! Everything's just seems to go on my way...and I can't believe it...

So, on the way to INQ office, my thoughts was still on this project.. thinking of the best way that I could do it... while suddenly, I received a message this time from my INQ TV boss, asking me to see him at his office by 3pm this afternoon. OH, my!!!! Like, they are all getting in today!!! So, I called him up and told him that I have a 1pm meeting and I might be a bit late for the 3pm meeting with him. He told me it's ok.. we can meet even later than 3pm.. what's with meeting.. still I dont have any idea...

Now, I am organizing my thoughts... absorbing every detail of what had happened on the first half of my day....

Thanking God for all this wonderful blessings...

Crossing my fingers that everything would go on perfectly...

after a while of being invisible, i have the chance to sit again here in front of my pc...

for a while of being gone, a lot of things happened...

i am busy doing writing and editing job for Asenso Pinoy the past weeks and its kinda big help for me now... especially now...

it has been almost a month now that INQTV is nowhere in our system. and this gave me so much time doing my sideline with Asenso. But of course I am.. or should I say we are still on the waiting game until this time...

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met my besty last thursday at SM Megamall... sort of.. the "usual thing"... hehehehe!!! I can't post details coz she would kill me!!! hahahaha!!!1

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I already have my gown for Ron's upcoming wedding on Saturday...I should say I am happy for him and IJ... seeing how they passed through a lot of things lately... their little angels are watching them, im sure...

will post pics of the wedding soon...

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dropped by earlier to my previous office... a production house that seem to be giving a full blast production this year...

and now, i have my options:

--> first, to go back there knowing that they are considering of getting me back. Advantages? hmm... I know almost everybody there, of course, except the new ones who came when I left, I am used to the environment, and I know I am at home with the company. What's holding me back? Just a simple what if's.... Hard to explain but it's kinda complicated that issues could arise...

--> Singapore, a 2 hours flight... with lots of opportunities and career growth... I dont know where things will to with this options, and still a risk to take.

--> Continue my freelance thing at the moment... with which money is always the consideration...

Hah!!!! but now all I have to do is taking one thing at a time.. let time shows me the right to do...

what a wonderful year for me....

since it's a new year... i thought of giving my blog a new look... for the nth time! hehehe!

thanks again to Caz.. for her wonderful works!!! hope i could put some of the final touches soon!!!!

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As i guess it was the last happening together.. of us INQ TV...

A Christmas Party where not everyone was present... still it was fun after all....

happened December 21, 2005 at our boss's place...

after almost 7 bottles of vodka... still walang epekto.. videoke as usual conqured the night.. kung saan bumangka si allan and charlotte... hehehe! actually... ako din... slight!!!

mas ok sana kung lahat pumunta... mukang this marks the last time together... but no! I still hope we could work together again soon... im sure marami pang raket na dadating!!! hehehe!!

Then suddenly it happened...

In a click.. i found myself jobless... even without the final word of our boss...

Thank God i still have these "rakets" to make myself survive... but i know I can't stand this thing forever..

I found myself updating my vitae, printing copies of it, surfing job sites, and even trying to use some "connections".

What if I try the corporate world? hmm.. still i know it would be a hard start for me if i do so.. i am not used to the 9 to 5 life...

I dont know.. what i need now is a focus...

Just need patience in finding the newly opened door for me...

Is this year right for me? Hah!!!! What a way to start my 2006...

.... INQ TV is on the rocks.. well.. honestly, we are not airing anymore... Our weeksly show just ended even before 2005 ends... and now we're here... supposed to work out on a documentary which I am really not sure about the status... we, the staffs, are still hypothetical on where we are heading to... thought provoking questions like " are we still here or should we all pack-up and move on?" The waiting game is not yet over. I HATE THIS DILEMNA. When all of us seems to be blindfolded by the truth.. when all things turned out to be a "suspense game" for everyone. Then you'll realize the possibility of not having a pay cheque for this month! Ugh!!!!... much more.. the crap of looking for a new-and-this-time-a-stable-job.

From 24 people last year, we were trimmed to 12 last September... and now we are only 10 left. Ten people left inside a vehicle that suddenly stopped moving. And whether it would continue to run, into what direction, still.. the answer is nowhere to be found.

This is a very crucial decision that we have to face. Now, as to whether to step out on this vehicle and go with a new one, we still can't decide.

Leaving INQ TV is not as easy as it seems. I may have been here only for a year and three months now but there is this attachment that holding me back. I know this is the same for the other nine.

We all hope that this paranoia would nd up soon.. very very soon. As to what would be the final decision, we just hope and pray that it would be for the betterment of everybody.

So here I am.. back to bloggin.. after weeks of busy holidays... christmas and new year came... more exciting happenings happened... a lot of stories filled the end of my 2005... come 2006 now Im excited to write it all...

I may not post everything into details but here are some... *wink*

MEET AND GREET BARNEY

Sya ang favorite character ng lahat ng pamangkin at pinsan ko... so when a chance to see them perform live... Kyla, my little cousin had to be there. 1,200 buck per head = 3 hours to see Barney... hay! Just so to make these little kids happy. You just have to see other kids carrying Barney stuffs, too... and souvenir items for sale really cost too much... oh well...

since it was the first and last time that Kyla could see Barney live, tito emil make the most out of it for his bunso. After the show we headed to the mall... and found myself buying my cousins their christmas wishes... rubber shoes... haha!!! as in... kawawa naman ang card ko... naholdup nila ako!!! but its ok.. minsan lang naman e... Tsaka imagine this: Boyboy is my inaanak, Ysa is my mom's inaanak, and Kyla is my Dad's inaanak... so, anong laban ko????

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HAPPY HOLIDAYS!!!

Tis the time when Igot to spend with my family... a reunion with all my relatives on my mother side. I usually spent it with my Dad but I wanted a bit change... so I was with my Lolo...

We may not have a super engrandeng handa but we are happy...really happy together...


I saw the smile on my Lolo's face seeing us all together. We had exchange gifts, videoke, full of fun and laughter...

But of course I made it sure to also spent time with my dad... :-)

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2 WEDDINGS IN A ROW

It's my first time to Bicol...

I went home to my apartment Christmas night after a "christmas date" with my dad, tita myrna, dan, lyn and my pamangkins. It was planned that we have to leave 4am on the 26th for Bicol... everything was planned clear.. not until the morning next day...

Woke up 4am and called up my officemates. The plan is, they would dfetch me up on my apartment since its on the way naman. So there, I called them up... they are already at the office waiting for the others.

Well, say they might have some hangover with their Christnas celeb so to cut the story short, we left the city at 8 in the morning... hehehehe!!! so, the journey begins...

it was a 12-hour drive from Makati to Buhi, Bicol. It was the longest land travel I've had so far... and it was a tired-but-fun roadtrip... we had a 30 minutes stop over for lunch at a little canteen along Atimonan, Quezon.

We arrived there 8 in the evening. As in lahat kame e gutom na gutom na. Good thing, Allan and Rica prepared some dinner for us! :-)

The next day.. everybody was so busy for the couple's wedding. Hay! sobrang comedy and nangyari! Parang pelikula!

You can see Allan in paranoia.. as in sobrang taranta... more and more relatives are coming in especially from the bride's side and of course he wanted to make everything as perfect as it can be. Me and Les was left at the bride's house while Allan and the rest of the crew went to the hotel for his preparation...Allan's grandparents were the ones who would escort him to the altar. They are at Naga City that day... while all the while 2 hours before the wedding called in and say they could not make it to Iriga City (where the church was) because their suppose van to use for their travel cant make it... so waht our groom did was he sent another van (the one that he is using) to pick-up his grandparents... at syempre dahil sa magulo utak nya that time, nawala sa isip nya na yung barong na susuotin nya e nasa van... he only knew it when he was about to get dressed! So ayun... last option was to look for a shop that offers rentals of barongs. At, good thing mejo late nagstart ang wedding at nakahabol ang dear grandparents... pati na rin ang totoong barong nga ating groom! *wink*

It was a wonderful wedding.. so to say..

Sad, we have to leave that night back to Makati in time for Lanie's wedding the next day. I missed all the wonderful places to see here.. but I guess it's ok.. we're here naman talaga for Allan and Rica and I know we made them happy...

So, back to a 12-hour land travel .... we left Bicol at 7pm and arrived home 3 am (buti na lang di inabot ng 12 hours...)

Lan's wedding is as perfect as it was planned... at Fernwood Gardens, with a Filipiniana motif... a well-planned program... it was so solemn and organized.

Sayang nga coz the planned avp didn't push through... because of some unexpected things...

Today... start of 2006... im here sitting wondering where am I heding for. Our work situation is kinda complicated.. wala ng INQ TV.. we don't know yet what will happen to us... still hanging and expecting for an answer.. be it good or bad..

Singapore is just there.. I know I'll be there soon... but what about today? the present? I am hoping everything would be cleared... soon...