I will try... for 2009

Looking back at what I wrote for New Year's last year, it has become so profound that I chose that particular piece out of our church program. Galing! It fit my year to the t. Being in such a different place, 2008 has been pretty good to me.

So what to do with 2009? Hmmm... Even now, I have a lot of great things planned already so just keeping my fingers crossed and hope and pray to my Lord nalang gid for His best.

1) I will try to be more in control of my temper. Hay... ara sa lahi. I will try to be more patient, calm and not so obsessive about things. Ang wrinkles! Mahal pa naman ang botox!

2) I will try to be healthier in the way I eat. Oh God help me gid on this one. Less fat, less salt. Hay... How sad naman ang new year hehe

3) I will try to dress my age (argh!). Kung si dad pa, mag babayi na ako. :P

4) I will try to be more responsible with my expenses. Blah blah blah...

5) I will try have my mole near my eye removed before mid-year. Dr. Cline... dali nalang gid.

This is what I have so far. Not much but it says a lot. Notice, I didn't say I promise, only that I will try. I will. I will. I will. Keeping my fingers crossed.

stuffed stocking

got a lot of great things this Christmas 2008. but not the material kind. i got a lot of neat stuff, don't get me wrong and i got ninoys and stuff, too (which is never a bad thing). but what beats everything is who and what i have in my life right now.

with 2008 almost over, a lot of things has just fallen on my lap and i cannot be more thankful. granted, i got the worst problems i have had in my life to date, but i got the best blessings as well. to count, i have had more blessings than woes so that just writes all the woes out of the picture.

2009 is fast approaching and its like i'm entering the new year running but its such a wonderful feeling to be doing something that you love with the people who you need at this particular moment in time right there with you, holding your hand.

Merry Christmas everybody! Jesus lives and He is just full of surprises! :D

Feelin' the jinggle

Fireworks are going off outside my room right now. This is crazy! I love it! Not to mention that the fireworks in Roxas these days have definitely improved. Kewl! :-D

The past few days have been so crazy. One party after the other, I can barely keep up with whats what and whens what. Madness! But I say it with a very big grin on my face.

In about 2 hours I have to wisk myself off my very comfortable chair, feet off the bed and get downstairs for yet another party. I love this time of the year because I can actually say that I get tired of lechon at some point. What a feelin! I love lechon and I love the chicharon bulaklak even more. Thank you, Michael for the very cholesterol filled contribution. Keep up the good work. Best chicharon bulaklak and I am not exaggerating. Heavunh!

I kinda wanna go out and meet up with friends but at the same time, my pjs feel oh so good right now. Hmmm... what to do. What to do.

One thing I wanna do this New Year's Eve, HAVE FUN! And leave all the stupidity and tears behind in 2008. On to a better 2009.

Got one of the best gifts I've had so far from my bhe2. So corny na naman! But he does have good taste and he is really proving to be such a sweetheart gid. I have good taste ;)

11 days 'til Christmas

NOW I CAN TALK ABOUT IT...

I'm just so happy right now. I have been so blessed. Had a slight healthy scare a few weeks ago. Had to go to Manila to have it checked out. Thank God it wasn't serious. But, to be honest, despite everyone's nervousness and anxiety, I wasn't concerned one bit. Up to the day before I was occupied with other things, excited about other stuff. Even I was surprised at my lack of attention towards the "situation". I thought, maybe it just hasn't sunk in yet. But until I got in and out of the doctors '(take note, plural) offices and after the very uncomfortable and unexpected tests... wala lang.

I don't want to appear arrogant or holier-than-thou... But I just have to say that somehow, God just didn't make me worry. As a lot of people know, I am probably the most nerbyosa girl. I can hang out with the best of them. I typically want things to be in control or 90% predictable. Not a big fan of surprises and all that. So, just goes to show what kind of person I am. But like in other circumstances, it was just like I just knew. What could I gain by worrying? The thing about healthy issues is the fact that most of the time, it is competely out of your hands. It is the ultimate place in time and life that you do realize that it is just between you and Him. Everyone and everything else is just a tool. Maybe its because I've had to deal with other problems in my life that when I reached this point, I could already handle it. Praise God for it! I alone could have fallen into a nervous breakdown and would have probably made it so much worse. So, thank you, Father! This is all you!

CCF STOP

I do appreciate the things I got to do this time in Manila. Since I spent more days there, I got to relax a bit. Going to CCF after my tests was like a wonderful breath of fresh air in the morning. Just what you need to take you further. Just wish I could have tried harder to convince my mom to go with me. She just hung out at Podium the whole time. Hay...

GO MANNY!!! WHAT THE ---?!?

The Pacquaio fight was something to talk about. Honestly, in my very humble and inexperienced opinion, Dela Hoya could have done so much better. I am not a boxing fan but I remember his fights from years past and this was... well, I don't know what that was. I am 100% for Manny but it was kind of insulting in a way. It could have been a good fight. I didn't get to watch the live telecast because was picking Tito Nonoy up at the airport. I got to watch the delayed telecast nalang. But even when I was listening to the radio, you could feel that things weren't at their fullest potential. Tsk tsk tsk.. Hope its a better rival next time. Hope its Maryweather :)

I LOVE EAT!

One of my favorite restaurants in Manila as of the moment are Tsukiji and Chelsea. I am so glad I got to go to them and just binge.

Tsukiji has always been the place I would go to with the Alcantaras. Tito Nick's thing and I love the place as well. Tsukiji is probably one of the places I got to really fall in love with simplicity and elegance of natural and uncorrupted ingredients. Thats why Japanese food is always on a class of its own. Forget the California Makis and other stuff invented by other races to be passed off as Japanese. This is what Japanese food is all about. Love love love it :)

Chelsea is always a mouthful. My favorites is the duck, the chilean sea bass and baked mac.

Serendra resto favorites also include Italianni's (love the parmesan fish and the steaks and porkchops! Ooohh.. and their dalandan shake!), Zhou, Mamou, Mary Grace, Silk.

Mom also celebrated her 5*th birthday at Gloria Mare's - Greenhills. I love the Peking Duck. Sigh! To die for! Everything else was sooo good. Even the taho was just right. Then again, I was really hungry at about 8pm that Tuesday night.

MARKY CIELO'S PASSING AWAY

Just like Rico Yan a few years ago, I wasn't really a fan per say. I could appreciate both actors but not a big teleserye person. As many people know, I am more Korean in this aspect. haha! But I do have my moments.

But this death is just so sad. Sad in the sense that both Rico and Marky had so much going for them but by some unexplained reason, they were taken away. I remember Marky for what he stood for. How he was so proud to be of Igorot descent. Not to mention he didn't have that many intrigues and was your typical boy next door. Charming and just smiling most of the time. So it was sad when I heard. Sayang...

Born May 12, 1988. Died, December 7, 2008. 20 years old.

WTC, i have arrived

had so much fun at the WTC bazaar over the weekend. but the problem that i usually have is that i think i bought a lot or enough but end up with just a handful of items and so much more left on my list. dang it!

for the first time in my life, my hands were practically bruised! i am not exaggerating. but i have to clarify that it wasn't because i got a lot. it was because the plastic bags were horrible and torture to the person carrying it! should have borrowed pam's thingie that she uses to carry bags. shucks!

i just love looking over new stuff with new and fun ideas. and you have so many moments where you think, "why didn't i think of that?". i still regret not being able to do my part with our outlandish biz. la pagid ko ya ka duty. hay.. would love to take part in the marketing aspect of it all.

saw some artistas and models there also. ate sooo much siomai! its the best thing when you want a quick snack. its that or fishball/kikiam for me. wash it down with cold mountain dew. heaven! works so well when you have siomai with some chilli on the side. mmmm...

wish i could have had more time to shop and look around more carefully.

still on a high

What a week since I last wrote. Will try to post as much as I can.

CAPTESA 2008

My last post was about our victory last CAPTESA. Got some pics of our kids during the event. I am so proud! This is another big step for us. That's 3 years in a row already! Humbling and surreal at the same time for all of us.

congrats to everybody involved! we are all champions! --- and i don't mean this in a yabang way. its in a way that shows what you can achieve if you work hard and practice, practice, practice.

A moment

Thank you, Father, for never leaving or forsaking me. For planting hope and faith in my heart. For being able to face the twists of life with my head held high, peace in my heart and victory in the horizon always. Thank you, Lord. Your name be glorified. In Jesus mighty name. Amen.

champs back to back to back

captesa competition finally over and done with, we can all relax now. whew! so stressful and completely over my head at times. but it was all worth it. 6 out of 8 golds (for the 2nd year in a row!) and 2 silvers in hrs! gold in table napkin folding, bed making, centerpiece making, skirting, cooking, mocktail and cake decorating! silver in bartending and table setting (daya gid ni ya but couldn't complain kay looks like we are getting greedy. sigh!).

Pics to be posted soon!

welcome home dahling...

its sleeky silver, shiny, purrs like a kitten, smells oh so good and as comfy as a nice warm blanky. slap me i'm deliriously happy. joey calls it "tita fe". leave it to him to be oh so supportive ;) but, he did play a big part in this so credit goes to him as well.

am so happy, happy, happy!

he's just not that into you

can't wait for this movie to come out! looks like fun!

the moon last night

too bad i didn't take a pic of the moon last night. as i was making my way back from ilo2 to roxas (back aching and head all dizzy), i saw the most awesome sights i have ever seen in my entire life. the moon was at its quarter phase and above it were two stars. so it looked like a smiling face. i thought it was adorable just the way it was but my driver, larry, told me that in the old days, the elderly would say that someone must have eloped. awww... isn't that just too romantic? then i texted dad about it and he answered it was jupiter and venus together. again, another romantic point of reference. isn't it just a dreamy thought? sayang didn't get a picture of it 'coz i was too tired to do anything when i got back. wanna kick myself now.

smelling Christmas in the air

its finally december and looking forward to this Christmas after a long sting of blah Christmas pasts. made a mad dash to complete my hijado/a list but still managed to forget 1 of them. darnnit! i tried not to accept ninang roles from people i am not very close with. after all, it is a lifetime commitment (you don't need a seminar to understand that part of the deal). How can you even be there for the kid someday when you have barely anything to say to the parents. yikes!

but Christmas shopping is proving to be so much fun so far. not until the point where my money runs out haha but as of right now, things are under budget. wuhu!

A friend of mine asked me what i wanted for Christmas this year. Then i realized, its been years since i even thought of a Christmas list! Thought this would be fun, so why not?

Some are a bit ambitious and selfish, but this is just sort of a game. Peace on earth and goodwill to men will always be the most popular choices.

Things i want for Christmas:

1) for my thingie to go away (this is a little prayer and not just a wish).
2) a new hyundai santa fe or chevy captiva (but my dad won't like it, though)
3) a new pug puppy (male, preferrably)
4) bath and body's black currant vanilla body wash and foam bath (got one on my birthday and i love it! so trying to use it only on special occassions).
5) P1,000,000! la lang heheh gusto ko lang :-P cash lang tani.