koreans, taiwanese, chinese, japanese.. sorry if i seem racist or whatever, but they all look the same to me. haha.
the other day, i met two taiwanese girls, panny and charlotte, in megamall. kamusta naman ang pick up line nila na "you have beautiful eyebrows"?! haha! and yes, we exchanged numbers. panny texted me in the afternoon and invited me to a seminar in edsa central. well, i didn't go.
yesterday, she texted again and asked me if we could meet up around 7pm. at dahil may topak ako at sumasama sa mga estranghero, sinabi kong oo. [segue: sumama na ako sa isang bading na hairstylist at sumakay sa bulok na owner jeep pauwi. nakipag-date din ako sa isang lalaking ka-text ko lang at yes, naging bf ko on the first date. haha] i met them at the lobby of the somerset in salcedo and we went to a food place-- they called it a restaurant, but it was more like a small room with 4 stalls of pinoy food.
turns out that jote was right-- they were indeed trying to recruit me int their little world of make up and doom. apparently they work for amway, and they're here in the philippines to teach filipinos about cosmetics and skin care. kamusta naman at talagang ako pa yung nilapitan nila di ba??? hahaha!
i was "pleasantly surprised" to find out that charlotte is engaged to a french guy, and that she can speak english, french and german aside from their native tongue. they're going to get married in august, move to hong kong, and get married again in france!
anyway, i didn't stay long. left after 20 minutes or so.
but me meeting up with random foreigners isn't the catch. for some reason (which is probably katopakan again), i asked naeem if he wanted to meet up with some taiwanese girls. and yes, he was there.
eto na lang: now i really don't know how the hell i had a crush on the guy. it's weird, now that we actually met up-- the weirder part of which is that we met up because of taiwanese girls-- i don't find myself attracted to him. i was actually disgusted that he actually came, said nothing, did nothing. i wanted him to leave the minute he arrived. i know it sounds mean and a tad psycho, but based on our so-called interaction.. blech. sayang, he's cute pa naman. but the brandon boyd wanna-be thing and the ex hirit-- ugh. sorry if you read this dude, but i just want to say that you are such a bad liar and it will do you some good to just be yourself.
the other day, i met two taiwanese girls, panny and charlotte, in megamall. kamusta naman ang pick up line nila na "you have beautiful eyebrows"?! haha! and yes, we exchanged numbers. panny texted me in the afternoon and invited me to a seminar in edsa central. well, i didn't go.
yesterday, she texted again and asked me if we could meet up around 7pm. at dahil may topak ako at sumasama sa mga estranghero, sinabi kong oo. [segue: sumama na ako sa isang bading na hairstylist at sumakay sa bulok na owner jeep pauwi. nakipag-date din ako sa isang lalaking ka-text ko lang at yes, naging bf ko on the first date. haha] i met them at the lobby of the somerset in salcedo and we went to a food place-- they called it a restaurant, but it was more like a small room with 4 stalls of pinoy food.
turns out that jote was right-- they were indeed trying to recruit me int their little world of make up and doom. apparently they work for amway, and they're here in the philippines to teach filipinos about cosmetics and skin care. kamusta naman at talagang ako pa yung nilapitan nila di ba??? hahaha!
i was "pleasantly surprised" to find out that charlotte is engaged to a french guy, and that she can speak english, french and german aside from their native tongue. they're going to get married in august, move to hong kong, and get married again in france!
anyway, i didn't stay long. left after 20 minutes or so.
but me meeting up with random foreigners isn't the catch. for some reason (which is probably katopakan again), i asked naeem if he wanted to meet up with some taiwanese girls. and yes, he was there.
eto na lang: now i really don't know how the hell i had a crush on the guy. it's weird, now that we actually met up-- the weirder part of which is that we met up because of taiwanese girls-- i don't find myself attracted to him. i was actually disgusted that he actually came, said nothing, did nothing. i wanted him to leave the minute he arrived. i know it sounds mean and a tad psycho, but based on our so-called interaction.. blech. sayang, he's cute pa naman. but the brandon boyd wanna-be thing and the ex hirit-- ugh. sorry if you read this dude, but i just want to say that you are such a bad liar and it will do you some good to just be yourself.
The Last Temptation
Filed under: bookworming
i said that i would shift away from fiction for a while, widen my range.but Neil Gaiman gives you
UNDILUTED WONDER.
tingnan mo nga naman
Filed under: in good company
mukha ngang totoo yung kasabihan na mamamalayan mo lang ang halaga ng isang bagay [tao] kung wala na ito [siya].
mas masaya na ako ngayon, pero inaamin ko, nangungulila rin naman ako sa "hecticism" ng dati kong gawain. tila nasanay na ako. madalas kasi akong hindi mapakali. dapat may ginagawa / inaayos / kinakalikot palagi.
ginawa at ipinadala ko ang larawang ito nung huling araw ko sa dati kong trabaho. minsan naiisip ko rin ang mga kaibigang naiwan ko.
ngayon ay panahon na naman ng pagkakaroon ng mga bagong kaibigan. :)
mas masaya na ako ngayon, pero inaamin ko, nangungulila rin naman ako sa "hecticism" ng dati kong gawain. tila nasanay na ako. madalas kasi akong hindi mapakali. dapat may ginagawa / inaayos / kinakalikot palagi.
ginawa at ipinadala ko ang larawang ito nung huling araw ko sa dati kong trabaho. minsan naiisip ko rin ang mga kaibigang naiwan ko.
ngayon ay panahon na naman ng pagkakaroon ng mga bagong kaibigan. :)
my standard reply: "it's a Harry Potter movie." so what do you expect? wait, let me rephrase that: what else can you expect?what i did not expect: helena bonham carter and evanna lynch. Bellatrix Lestrange's appearance was the highlight of the whole film.
Weasleys and Snape rule.
the inevitable
Filed under: work work work
as with tala, here's my own inevitable comparison of old work and new work. nyahaha.
as most most of you know, i left the world of IT sales and entered the realm of design. i'm still handling accounts though, because even if i really like to be in creatives and production, my experience and skills are mostly in management and dealing with clients. but that's ok, since i can always learn from the people at work. :)
probably the biggest downside here is the building (yes, i do take accommodations seriously). to describe the building where i now work in one word: bulok. we are talking about pests, lack of lighting and ugly carpet. ewwwww. i miss the clean, pest-free, bright lights and the ever reliable johnson controls personnel of IBM. and oh yes, the bidet in the toilets.
as expected, my salary has significantly decreased. here comes the difficult part: minimizing my expenses.
people have not really been a problem for me, here or in IBM. i love meeting new people and learning from them.
a huge upside: MUSIC. we play music here of every genre all day, everyday, any damn day.
i don't have a laptop, but i do have my own workstation and PC.
food in the ortigas area is a lot cheaper than in eastwood. thank god. surprisingly, it's quite easy and cheaper to commute from here. yay!
but some things don't change: i still go to work ridiculously early and constantly crave for caffeine.
at this point (5 days of work), i can honestly say that i have no regrets about my career move. when i was in my old job, i dreaded each day that came, was scared of going to work, procrastinated a lot, hated meetings, and couldn't wait to go home.
now it's exactly the opposite. as i've said before, money isn't everything. sure, it can buy me a macbook, a drawing tablet, an mp3 player, camera lens and branded things. but i realized that what i need in this stage of my life is not money: i need direction. material things can always wait. heck, i'll be working for the next 40 years of my life, and i sure do not want have any "what if's."
enjoy.
as most most of you know, i left the world of IT sales and entered the realm of design. i'm still handling accounts though, because even if i really like to be in creatives and production, my experience and skills are mostly in management and dealing with clients. but that's ok, since i can always learn from the people at work. :)
probably the biggest downside here is the building (yes, i do take accommodations seriously). to describe the building where i now work in one word: bulok. we are talking about pests, lack of lighting and ugly carpet. ewwwww. i miss the clean, pest-free, bright lights and the ever reliable johnson controls personnel of IBM. and oh yes, the bidet in the toilets.
as expected, my salary has significantly decreased. here comes the difficult part: minimizing my expenses.
people have not really been a problem for me, here or in IBM. i love meeting new people and learning from them.
a huge upside: MUSIC. we play music here of every genre all day, everyday, any damn day.
i don't have a laptop, but i do have my own workstation and PC.
food in the ortigas area is a lot cheaper than in eastwood. thank god. surprisingly, it's quite easy and cheaper to commute from here. yay!
but some things don't change: i still go to work ridiculously early and constantly crave for caffeine.
at this point (5 days of work), i can honestly say that i have no regrets about my career move. when i was in my old job, i dreaded each day that came, was scared of going to work, procrastinated a lot, hated meetings, and couldn't wait to go home.
now it's exactly the opposite. as i've said before, money isn't everything. sure, it can buy me a macbook, a drawing tablet, an mp3 player, camera lens and branded things. but i realized that what i need in this stage of my life is not money: i need direction. material things can always wait. heck, i'll be working for the next 40 years of my life, and i sure do not want have any "what if's."
enjoy.
