A Perfect Saturday :)

This is indeed one of my happiest Saturdays ever! :)

Woke up at 7am and had breakfast and kulitan with the people at home.

I had my P&G exam in Makati; and fortunately, I passed!

sorry, it was harassed inside my bag haha =P

Then my bestfriend and I went to Trinoma for our tradition. What tradition? Well, we are obliged to treat each other out every time we get our first salary from our new job. Haha! It's her third time already since it's her third job. But since I'm about to leave my current job already, I think she's getting a treat from me again haha!=))

Late lunch at Holy Cow. Food was yummy!=)

 Grilled Beef Brochette

Watched "Paano na Kaya?" haha! We're not fans ok? We're just curious. hahaha! Well, the movie's nice anyway.=P

Had yogurts at Red Mango. Yummy!

   Blueberries!

We can't find nice flats, so we decided to  get clothes instead. Good thing Maldita was on sale!=) We both got dresses originally worth P1099 and P1200 but were already on 50% off haha!

On my way home I realized that one of my favorite local RNB bands will be playing at Taboo Room by night. So I texted some friends and invited them to come with me, and they agreed! yey!

So, while waiting for my cellphones' batteries to get charged up, my college friend texted me that they're in our college event somewhere in Kalayaan, QC. Then I realized that I promised my other college friends that I'll be attending that party too. So I hurriedly left the house to go to the party.

Outrage 2010. It's where I got ultimately drunk last year. And this time, even if unlimited booze were still available, I didn't drink much 'coz I've got some friends waiting for me in Ortigas. haha! But I enjoyed the party a lot after seeing a lot of people I missed.=)

orgmates and our applicants

Thursday Club reunited!=)

While I was tipsy, I took a cab to Ortigas Home Depot to watch K24/7 at Taboo Room.=) I texted the Magic 7, but only 6 of us were able to come. Well to think that it's unplanned, it's really great that we're closer to being complete haha. I think the first and only photo that we're all complete was that of our New Year Champagne Party haha!

K24/7!!!

 Magic 7 (minus 1) =p

 huge Red Horse at the Muziklaban

  

Then we went to Musicmatch, just right beside Taboo. They sang the karaoke while I slept. hahaha! =)) I was home by 4am.

Confused? Don't Stop Believin'.=)

Until now, I haven't decided about what I really want to do.

I am not happy with my current job anymore so I'll be leaving the company soon. Right now, I'm just serving my 30-day turnover, so I'll be with the company until the 27th of February only.

Talking about the 27th of February, well that's the QR OD in Diamond Hotel. So I think I won't serve my last day at work anymore so I could attend the QR OD. hehe.=P I better have new photos ready by then.

But I still have a dilemma. I don't know if I'll be applying to another full time job while chasing a cabin crew position on the side. Well I wanna take a break first. I got too tired and stressed from work so I think I deserve some rest. But I'm also considering getting a part time job instead. Uhm, maybe doing online jobs such as writing and tutorials, or accepting research work, or doing modeling stints again, or just grab any "rakets" that come my way. Oh my, I'm so confused! I need to make money or else I'll be useless haha! Plus, I really want to pursue with my Masters, so I need to save up for it. Too bad, today's the deadline for application to the Masters of Public Management at the UP Open University, and I wasn't able to make it. I prefer to take it there 'coz there, I only needed to go to school during exams. Everything else happens online, so it's very ideal when I'll be working full time. But since I didn't make it to the deadline, I think I'm postponing that for next year.

Another option is putting up a business. But what business? Hmm and I just wish my parents could give me a capital. But I don't think they trust me much that I could grow a small business into a big one. So I think it will be better to do a business which involves a small capital only, which I could earn alone, and get some business partners who could contribute to the capital and to the business as a whole. My coffee shop plans won't be feasible now. I think I'll consider event productions and fashion retail instead.
 

If all else fails, I still have a backup plan haha. I decided to push through with my 2nd exam at P&G, which was originally scheduled last December. Good thing they allowed me to take the exam yesterday. Luckily, I passed! What's next is not to mess up with the interviews (which I'll found out when after they have emailed me on the Feb.6). It's been one of my dream multinational companies to work at. So I'm really keeping my fingers crossed.=)
 

Oh gosh, I'm really confused now. There are so many things running in my head and I just can't run away from them. I hope that everything will fall into place in the coming days.

But thanks to this inspiring song from Glee...I'm being positive! =) 

So now I'm telling myself...DON'T STOP BELIEVIN'!!!

15th Phil. Int'l Hot Air Balloon Fiesta

Let's go and see these balloons fly above us! wee!=)

15th Philippine International Hot Air Balloon Fiesta

Feb. 11-14, 2010

Clark Freeport Zone

Check out their website for the schedule and ticket reservations: 

http://www.philballoonfest.net/

Tickets at Php 100.

This is Why I Love CEBU...

The first day of my first time ever Cebu visit was already elaborated in my previous post. Now let's get down to the other activities I did while I was there.

Of course I wouldn't try Skywalking and riding the Edge Coaster at Crowne Plaza 'coz I've got fear of heights haha! I think, 80% of the things I did in Cebu was EATING!!!! hahaha!=))

Being a city girl, I can't live away from the city for a very long time. I really like Cebu City 'coz it just looks and feels like Manila. haha!=))  From malls to the streets, to its hangout places...it doesn't really look far from Manila. I'm not talking about all that's positive here ok? Because just like Manila, they also got cab drivers who were acting as if they're driving a Golden Taxi haha.=)) I think I spent more than a thousand bucks in taxi rides (even if most of my cab rides were shared with friends).

My favorite mall now is The Terraces, an Ayala Mall in Cebu. Yes I like it more than Mall of Asia and other Ayala Malls here in Manila. It's like a fusion of Trinoma, Glorietta, Greenbelt, Mall of Asia, and Alabang Town Center. haha!

inside the mall

garden outside

Every single day of my 3-day stay there, I never failed to go to this mall. haha! It's where I had really good lunches! First was at the food court (i forgot the name of the stall) where I have tasted yummy Bopis and Kinilaw. My meal costed me less than a hundred bucks.

Next day's lunch was at Hukad, which means "hain". We ordered Bicol Express, Grilled Pusit, and Sinigang na Hipon. The best part: UNLIMITED RICE!=)) The place looked posh but actually, it's very affordable. It only costed us P554, and we were three who shared.

The third lunch I had there was at Casa Verde. It actually had a main branch but we only tried the one at the mall. It's known for its sumptuous yet very affordable Ribs and Steak. Imagine, Bryan's Ribs only costs P188 and The Dax (Steak) only costs P250 when each serving is good for two already. It was actually the longest longest lunch I ever had haha! Oh yeah, overeating at its best haha!=))

Bryan's Ribs

The Dax

Casa Verde's cozy interior

I also had good finds for dinner. First night's dinner was at Manila Foodshoppe, which looked like North Park. Three of us shared in a single order of Buttered Chicken (12pcs) which costs P115. Really affordable.

menu

buttered chicken

black vinegar

For the second night's dinner, a friend of mine from Manila who moved in to Cebu brought us to a place of Ihaw-Ihaw called Larshan. It had a series of stalls of grilled meats and fishes. What's very unique about this place was people eating using their hands wrapped in plastic. But in my case, since I found it hard to eat using hands wrapped in plastic and since I am eco-friendly, I just used my bare hands to eat. Another must-try there was their rice called "puso". It's actually rice cooked inside a woven pouch made from young coconut leaves. Each "puso" costs around P2.50 or P3.00. We were served a basket of "puso" wherein we could get as much as we want to. They wouldn't lose count of how much "puso" we've eaten 'coz they already knew how many pieces they put in the basket they served us. To open it, just find the sliced part and pull the wrapper away. Not to mention, I had 5 servings of "puso" hahaha!=))

Larshan

"puso"

this is how you do it!=)) 

models are over-eaters haha!=)) 

For the third night, we just had late dinner and a few drinks at Pier One in Park Mall.

shrimp sinigang and baked oysters

my favorite: weng-weng!=P

We actually did a lot of hanging out there. We bought some stuff at Robinson's Place, (I didn't like the place actually), we had coffee and wifi at Gloria Jeans  along Escario St. (looks like Buendia hehe), strolled around Terraces and Park Mall. We saw SM City Cebu but we've never been there haha. We didn't go to Magellan's Cross and Plantation Bay 'coz my friend has already been there before. But I was glad to have heard an English Mass at a church there, which I dunno the name.=p

billiards at Pipeline

Of course we wouldn't leave Cebu without buying Danggit, so we went to Tabo-an Dried Fish Market where I bought Danggit, Dilis, and Dried Mangoes.

Just for the sake of taking photos at the beach, we went to Maribago in Mactan Island where there were a lot of beach resorts. Actually, the original plan was to go to Bantayan Island, but we didn't have much time to take a 4-hour travel just to get there. And so we ended up at Maribago White Sands Resort, even if it costed us P500 just to get there.  Yeah I knew that the cab driver's overcharging but we didn't have a choice 'coz were in a hurry trying to catch the sunset. Day swim there costs P500 (P300 for swimming and P200 consumable food & drinks). Swimming time was until 6pm, but for in-house guests, they can swim 'til 9pm at the pool. It's already 5pm when we got there so we begged that they allow us to swim 'til 9pm too. And fortunately, they agreed! haha! Unfortunately, it rained!!! It's too cold to swim so we never attempted to haha! We just took a lot of photos to compensate haha!=P

So that's my super unplanned visit to Cebu in a nutshell. Three days was quite short. There were a lot of places there which I haven't visited yet so I think I really need to go back! haha! Next time, I'll stay longer. I hope my pocket would be cooperative by then haha!=))

Whatever It Takes...

...We'll keep trying!=)

That's the spirit! If you really want something, you gotta do everything to make it happen. In our case, it took us a plane ticket, a hotel accommodation and a little pocket money to move a bit closer to something we really want.

I am not actually referring to this as a dream because until now, I'm not really sure about what I really want in my career, or should I say, in my life? haha.=P But I think for those who were with me, what we're talking about is really a dream.

If only I didn't want a break from work, I wouldn't fly to Cebu. It was really unplanned. I just invited a friend to come with me and the moment she agreed, I immediately booked a ticket. I booked last Jan.19 for a roundtrip ticket (Cebu Pacific) dated Jan.23 (9:35pm) to Jan 27 (4:50am). I also announced to our forum in PEX that I'll be going to Cebu, that's why I got to join my fellow PEXers there.

It's actually my first time in Cebu and I almost missed the plane! I arrived at exactly 9am at the airport!!! Thanks to the help of the cab driver that it took us only 40 minutes from Marcos Highway to NAIA 3 haha! IF I came 5 minutes after 9, I think I wouldn't be allowed to board the plane anymore. It's the last trip to Cebu that day so I was really lucky to catch the plane before it's gone haha!=))

I stayed at Capitol Tourist Inn with my fellow PEXers. Though we're not all together in one room. One stayed somewhere else, while my friend who's originally with me stayed with her friend at another hotel since she's from a different flight.

We arrived at 9am at Marriott Hotel and there were already about a hundred girls in the room. The CV submission started after a few minutes. There were 3 QR representatives: one was a Chinese lady, one was a hot British guy (haha), and the other was Laura, the Argentinian lady whom I've met in Manila last Aug.'09 during the QR Assessment Day. There were also a lot of pretty girls from Cebu, Davao, Manila, and other nearby regions.

When it was my turn, Laura admired my suit in the photo, as well as the photo itself. She asked if I had it taken in Cebu, but I said it's from Manila. Well maybe it's just her way of finding out where I was really from. haha. She asked if it's my first time to apply in QR, but I said it was my 2nd time and that I've already met her during the Assessment Day. She asked what we did there so I answered that we had group discussions. I think she's verifying if I was really there haha. 

After me and my fellow PEXers were done. We had some pictorials outside the hall. haha. Only two among our group got a magic call, which meant that they're in for the Assessment the next day. However, they didn't manage to reach the final interview. But it's okay, we'll keep trying anyway. The most important part of our trip was spending the weekend together in Cebu, wherein we got to know each other even more, and we simply had fun!=) [I hope it shows in the photos haha]

You are my BB Love...

Make's me wanna sing that Nicole Scherzinger song. haha! But it's not BABY...it's BB! I'm singing for my new Blackberry Curve 8520. haha!=))

I've been using the phone for exactly a week now and it has never let me down. I really love it.=P

I am a Globe subscriber so I activated my prepaid data plan by sending BB ON 220 (P50/day, P220/5days, P1200/month). Well P1200 looks like a big amount if I'll lose it all at once, while P220 every 5 days feels lighter haha.=))
 

Top 3 reasons why I love my BB:

1. It makes my life more convenient.=)

-Phonebook contacts are linked with their FB and YM accounts
-I receive emails directly to my phone's mailbox
-I can download attachments and view office documents on my phone
-One push sends my photo to tweetphoto (easy tweeting)
-I can do research anytime anywhere (example: getting the hotline number of Shakey's pizza haha)

2. It saves me from boredom.

-Games and internet always keep me busy
-With loads of applications I have downloaded, I have no excuse to get bored haha!

3. It makes me cool! wahaha!=))

-Now I know why BB is the number one selling smartphone in the United States (as stated in the Blackberry website) hahaha!=))
-I can now relate to the celebrities in my twitter who keep talking about BB haha!

-With its professional look and popularity, I think it improves my image wahaha!=))
 

And now, I am recruiting more and more friends to use BB too! Well actually quite a lot of them were BB users already, it's just that, they don't apply for a data plan, even the prepaid one, that's why their BBs are not totally useful haha!=P

Tastes Like Heaven!

If Selecta has its Gold Series, Magnolia has its Heaven Series.

And this is my favorite flavor!

It's really yummy! Very rich in chocolate.

Plus it has real bits of crushed chocolates!

Ultimate chocolate ice cream satisfaction.=)

Fun Finds Online

came across these interesting stuff while surfing the internet...just wanna share...

Ambigram Generator

http://www.wowtattoos.com

Looks great as a tattoo!=)

Virtual Webcam

http://www.manycam.com

Cool webcam effects!=P

Palm Reading

http://palmreading.chineseastrologyonline.com

My latest addiction! haha! Really interesting!

Yahoo Status Check

http://www.yahoostatuschecker.com/ 

I've been using this since 2008 haha.=P

Asian Films & Series 

http://aznv.tv

Addictive...I love!=) 

Movies to Watch in 3D!

My friends and I watched Avatar in 3D last Monday at Trinoma, which cost Php 300 (Php 400 for lazy boy seats). I enjoyed watching the trailers of the sequel/threequel/fourquel of some of my favorite movies! Made me even more excited for 2010.=)

Toy Story 3

It really has a lot of trailers. =P

Well this is the official trailer, but not the 3D trailer.

 

This is one of the 3D Double Feature.

 

This is another 3D Double Feature I saw in the cinema. Funny haha!


Shrek 4: Forever After

Yey! Another Shrek. Puss in Boots is so fat!=P

Ironman 2

MARVELous!=)

My list of movies to watch this year keeps getting longer! I guess I need to have lots of movie buddies hehe. I love!!!

Better Late than Never =P

I never made any effort in getting my own Starbucks Planner for 2010. Thanks to my friends who are indeed coffee addicts! haha!=)) Well it was unlike last year wherein I had to drink lots of coffee and bring lots of friends, including my grandmother to Starbucks, just to avoid turning myself into a diabetic. haha!=P

This year, I never attempted to collect stickers for the planner at first because I didn't like the planner that much. But since a lot of my friends already have it, I got pressured to own one! haha!


So to count all of my Starbucks purchases since the 1st week of December, it was only a total of 4 Grande Frappes (Holiday & Regular Flavors). It was on my 4th purchase that a friend of mine gave me his extra stickers, which left me in need of only 3 stickers more. Came January, my officemate took my sticker booklet so to fill the last 3 slots. And on the 2nd week of January, I finally got my planner!=)

My officemates and I didn't claim our planner together; but it was really cool that the three of us got different designs! It looked like a collection. Love it!