Livewire!

The following pictures were shot last night during a near-fire incident in my neighborhood, just two houses away from our house.

This was the fourth time it happened in a month, and i hope this is the last time i'll be seeing such horrifying things.

It started from the electrical cables outside which, people say that due to it's age, cannot hold the amount of current passing through it (overloaded), so it exploded and snapped. It nearly started a fire and threatened the lives of some neighbors.

After numerous phonecalls to the fire department and Meralco, volunteer firefighters came to the scene after a few minutes. They're always first to arrive in emergencies like this.

Two hours later, the servicemen from Meralco came at last. But it took them the whole night to assess and repair the damage and finally replace the old cables. Hopefully, after this, I could sleep peacefully at night and not be paranoid about fires occurring in my neighborhood.

the morning after...

As if nothing happened!

Thank You, Gracias, Salamat

I just happened to learn that aside from my mother who frequently visits this blog, other people have viewed this,too! It makes me happy that people take notice of what i do, specially being the Leo person that I am, I admit I thrive on other people's attention and appreciation.

And speaking of appreciation, thank you to those people who took notice or fancied to take a look at this blog. Salamat sa paramdam! (thanks for making your presence felt). Feel free to express your comments here, and i hope to spark up some friendships with y'all.

Cheers everyone!

Starting Anew

Woke up with a smile. Took a quick bath and dressed up. It's another Monday. I hope it doesn't turn out to be a manic day.

Beat the buzzer. Punched in at 7:59am. Whew!

It's the first working day of the month. I just want to start it nice and smooth. So the rest of the month would be a breeze, if not that easy. I just hope I could manage to survive the month.

"Firsts" never fail to excite me.

Am I still making sense?

Anyway, have a nice day everyone!

I'm too sexy for my....

You Are 80% Sexy

Your Sex Appeal Is: Extremely High You're very sexy. You just have that certain something that takes over a room.You know how to attract, entice, and keep whoever you want. You are truly appealing.

While she was sleeping...

Ebony watches over my sister!

After-Lunch Hangout

there's a place inside the company compound where we love to hang out after having our lunch...

the Child-minding Center

because it's peaceful, quiet, windy, surrounded by trees and plants, and it's specially soothing. Soon, it will be a place full of children when it becomes fully operational. But before it becomes a riotous place, Manny, Ted and I savor the peace and quiet every lunchbreak.

Ted having an "mtv moment"

definitely not the way to use the see-saw

for babies only

pics from the not-so-distant past

seen around...

at Puerto Galera (June 2007)

yeah! i want's to be a swimmer

at Bataan (April 2007)

recognize the logo?

Baguio - revisited

Remember the last time i went to Baguio?

This time, it's with my sister......

at Wright Park

and some friends with their kids...

had fun picking strawberries!

at the strawberry farm in La Trinidad

and goofed around!

in one of the stores near the Lourdes Grotto

It was a weekend of "touristy" activities.
What a way to spend the remaining days before sobering up for the holy week!

Kalayaan....

We're celebrating the Philippines' 109th Independence Day. But today was declared a working holiday.

Holiday ba yun? Hehehe! Anyway, I don't mind going to work though!

Manny, my foodtrip buddy. He doesn't seem to mind going to work on a holiday either!

Anyways, Mabuhay ang Kalayaan! Mabuhay tayong lahat!


God save the Philippines ;)

Hay! buhay....

And the shirt says.....

BIG brother Jonax

No matter what happens, the shirt says it all.

(and God is soooo good, ya?)

Crashers

Before anything else...

Happy Birthday doc Odj!

birthday boy having his cake during pre-birthday celebration last Friday

May you have many more birthdays to come. More people to share life and love with. More laughter and the good things life has to offer.

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Previously


Checked out Nicotina last Thursday before crashing at the Atrium. There was an office activity there and we were told that some of the participants had gone somewhere, hence excess servings of food. And that's free dinner for us! Yey!

outside... going in for the kill.

the crashers
(me not shown in picture. always the "putagrapher". hehehe!)

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Friday night was socials night of the DTTB Pre-dep people. Yeah, we were there, too!

the "kaladkarins" (because we're easy to tag along in any kind of trip)

the new batch of Doctors to the Barrios (ready for deployment to the far-flung doctorless areas of the country). Good luck guys!

found a new videoke partner. Don't worry Ted. You're still my favorite singing partner, though!

A Little Bit of This, A Little Bit of That....

Yesterday, i learned that the size of one's foot is proportionate to the circumference of his/her ring finger.

Hmm, made me remember the thing most Pinoys do when buying pants (jeans or otherwise). What most of us do (yes, I'm also one of "them") aside from checking out the pants size stated in the label, we hold up the the waist of the pants from both sides and try to fit it around our neck. I was once told that the circumference of the neck is proportionate to a person's waistline. Interesting!

So I tried researching for some more of the human body's surprising facts when it comes to proportionality. That's where Wikipedia comes in. What a cool source.

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Meanwhile, ate G invited some people at the office to have lunch at her place. It was fiesta in her neighborhood last Sunday and she had the excess ingredients cooked up for us (too bad I wasn't able to take pics of the sumptuous feast). Although I've already had lunch with Ted, we happily obliged to ate G's request and sampled among others the very delicious spaghetti, the yummy garden salad, the tasty squid, and the sweetened nata de coco for dessert. It was kinda an eat-and-run thing coz we had to be back at the office by 1PM.

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Back at the office, it rained hard yesterday just before closing time. Weather reports announced the first tropical storm that entered the Philippine area of responsibility was named Amang.

Typhoon Amang leaves RP

05/21/27 08:30 AM

Two days after being the first typhoon to enter Philippine territory this year, typhoon "Amang" (international codename: Yutu) left the country Sunday night, continuing to gather strength as it did so.
The Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA) said Amang was located 1,350 km east of Batanes as of 10 p.m. Sunday.
It said Amang now has a maximum sustained winds of 175 kph and gustiness of 210 kph, and was moving northeast at 22 kph.
Amang was expected to be 1,790 kms east northeast of Batanes by Monday night. - GMANews.TV

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I really am not a big fan of rain. Especially because when the rainy days come, it also rains inside our bathroom. And why is that? Well, nakakita na ba kayo ng alulod sa loob ng banyo?

The house where I live in is kind of an ancestral house which belongs to my grandparents. It was a large house subdivided to accommodate the number of families (us and my father's siblings' families) who either opted to stick with the oldies or just can't have a place of their own due to financial constraints.

Unfortunately, our bathroom space is located between two high structures. When it's raining heavily, most of the rainwater go through our kitchen roof then to the bathroom roof and ends up in the gutter down to our bathroom drain.

So year after year, when the rainy season comes, it frustrates me that i couldn't crap in there without getting wet. We had to resort to bringing an umbrella inside the bathroom so we could do our "dirty business."

More frustrating is the fact that we need a considerable amount of dough to solve that problem. And even if Mom and I put our savings (if there's any) together, it's still not enough to do some makeover for the house.

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But now that my sister is also working, my hopes are up that one day, we could do the much-needed overdue renovation to the old house, starting from the bathroom. Then perhaps, we could pick up from there. We've got plans for the house and I'm hoping that little by little, and with some help from sis, we could make it feel more cozy and homey. It may not look like a dream house, but then, that's a different story.

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With a little bit more of patience and hard work, one's dreams can come true.

Yes, sweetie, good things come to those who wait. Pana-panahon lang yan!

Here and There....

My mother's been complaining, "yun at yun na lang nakikita ko sa blog mo."

Sorry 'Ma. I haven't updated my blog due to the one or more of the following reasons:

1. I've been busy (kinda lame excuse, but i hope it works. hehe!). Bad blogger, bad!

2. Internet connection is kinda slow. (can't i think of any lamer excuse than this? hehe!)

3. I couldn't find my motivation (or inspiration) to write.

4. I've had some more serious issues to sort than write posts.

I can't think of any more reasons. They may be lame excuses but they're true. Honest!

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Anyway, even without new posts, my mom gets updates about me as I usually call her or she calls me. Hearing each other tell stories about our everyday lives is better than reading it from a blog. Sige, Tsiki, i-justify ang katamaran!

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I called mom last Sunday to greet her because it was Mothers' Day. I wished she was with us so I could give her a big, warm hug! But i hope the phonecall did the trick (no personalized cards again for this occasion).

Anyway, I've greeted all the mothers I know and I will greet them again...

Happy Mothers' Day to all you moms, inays, nanays, mamas out there!!! Pati na rin sugar mommy, hehehe!

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Anyway, yesterday was election day (Senatorial, Governors, City Officials). I wasn't really up to voting, but then, it's one of my rights as a citizen of my country. So I made some last-minute preparations and went to my poll precinct to exercise my right to vote.

As I was writing the names of the people who will hopefully lead towards the betterment of my city and my country, I was also praying that my countrymen will vote wisely.

Bumoto po sana tayo nang naaayon sa dikta ng konsyensya. Maging wais na botante, hindi bobo-tante.

I hope this election turns out to be different this time.

Cold Summer Night

Keep on blaming myself

I should've eaten my pride

How can I convince you?

Is it a matter of time?

Many times I've hurt you with my foolish ways

Now I know I have to pay the price

Is there a way for you to turn around?

Turn around and come back baby

Baby can't you see?

It's been cold summer nights since we drifted apart

Cold summer nights since you walked out that door

Cold summer nights here on my own

I miss you babe and I need you here

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It rained hard yesterday just as I went out of the office to go home.

What the hell?! It's still summer, isn't it? Kasagsagan pa lang po ng tag-araw. What's with the downpour?

Who knows? The weatherman did not report any rainshowers for that day.

But there I was, braving the heavy rain and strong wind, armed with my not-so-sturdy 2-fold umbrella. After the usual inconveniences that go along rainy days (heavy traffic jam, flooding in the streets, and getting stranded for hours if you're not lucky enough), I got home safe, but a bit wet. My umbrella almost gave up on me.

Along the way, seeing some flooded streets, I suddenly felt a tug in my heart.

J would never let me walk on these floodwaters.

But he wasn't with me that night.

Maybe not anymore.

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Cold Summer Nights by FrancisM.

Some words were edited to relate to this post.

Today...

The car and the passenger jeepney were blocking half of the street where I pass by everyday.

closer view of the damage

Good thing I left home early for work. ;)

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Anyway, I'm going back to my aerobics-taebo session today at 8am. I'm looking forward to losing a little of these flabs in my body. I know it would take a great amount of time and effort, considering the extent to which my once not-so-hot-but-looking-okay body became im-so-not-fit-and-not-okay frame. But more than my wish for a leaner body, doing this exercise jumpstarts my working day and gives me another reason to be happy. (Exercise releases happy hormones)

But then i guess, being happy doesn't necessarily need a reason. Or does it?

Nah, just stay happy folks! And have a great day ahead.

MAMA MIA!!!

She got married at age 18; gave birth to her eldest daughter at 19. Before she reached 21 years old, she's already a mom of 2 daughters. The following years saw her juggling the roles of a wife, a mother, and a student trying to finish her college degree. By age 28 a baby boy came as an addition to the family. The dream of getting her college diploma had to be set aside to take better care of the children.

Her husband worked for a steel fabricator. She augmented the family income by being a direct seller of cosmetics and a seamstress at home. Life gave her neither riches nor great opportunities. But she tried her best to give her children the important things they need. Her creative ways and ideas made sure that the family would not go hungry. Together with her husband, she never made the children feel that they were poor. But she neither gave them the idea that they were well-off. They just lived within their means.

Years later, the steel fabricator closed down and left her husband jobless. I guess there was not much choice for her back then but to go abroad and work as a domestic helper/caregiver in HK to send her eldest daughter to college.

Up to now, even if her eldest daughter is already working, she opted to stay and work there until her youngest son graduates from college.

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The woman is my mother.

Whenever I feel like life is being unfair to me and i wanna whine about it, I think about the things she have gone and had to go through raising me and my siblings. Wala pa sa kalingkingan ang mga pinagdaanan ko kumpara sa mga pinagdaanan niya. At 27, I'm still a whiny baby. My mom was pregnant with her third child (my brother) when she was my age.

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I gave her a call yesterday just to greet her a happy birthday. Nevermind that the long distance call would cost me mucho dinero. I used to send her pesonalized greetings but i got busy with work, so I hope that simple phonecall will do the trick, if not equate to the more dramatic effect of my personalized greeting cards.

Happy Birthday, Ma! I love you.

To Err Is Human...

To forgive is divine.

I went through Valentine's Day as normal as I could, even if everywhere I turned it was like a "for-couples-only" day and those without a partner is an outsider. One colleague quipped "ang mga walang papa, i-firing squad sa Luneta."

Yup, once again I am a member of SMV (Samahang Malamig ang Valentine's)

But why should I sulk? I should get out there, there's work to do. Why wear black on V-day? It's so cliche. I should wear something bright and happy, put on makeup and NEVER. GET. CRANKY.

At this point in my existence I have resolved to face my demons one by one, tie up the loose ends dangling in my head and reconnect heartstrings that got cut for some reasons. Last quarter of last year I started with a friend of mine from highschool.

And once again this year, on Valentine's day, I filled my heart with peace as I chatted with a gradeschool classmate whom I was once close with, but eventually we drifted apart more than a decade ago.

I poured my heart out and asked forgiveness for whatever hurt I might have caused her. She said there was nothing to ask forgiveness for, and if there was, she has long forgiven me. She also apologized if ever there were times she'd been mean. Know what? I've forgiven you a long time ago.

It was truly a liberating experience. Though we're miles apart and just communicating through computer, it was as if she was beside me again, still her bubbly self and recalling the things we did together in gradeschool.

I only wished we had that chance to sort things out nuon pa. But as they say, better late than never.

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A while ago in an orientation we were conducting, a colleague put me on the spot by announcing that I am currently single and available. One participant said "eh di malungkot ang Valentine's day mo kahapon?"

But my colleague quipped "hindi po. Ginawa niyang masaya."

Indeed, even without a significant other, I was happy on Valentine's Day.

I hope y'all had a happy one, too!

And to you, Mae. Salamat.

HAPPY VALENTINE'S DAY!

Hey everyone!

HAPPY VALENTINE'S DAY!!!

the extroverted introvert posing with the delicious Dennis Trillo

CHINESE HOROSCOPE

Chinese New Year is just around the corner, and people at my office are somewhat excited about it. We've been talking about tips from feng shui experts on what colors are auspicious for this year, what kinds of fruits and how many of them should we place at the dining table, lucky charms we should give to each other, etc.

For us Filipinos, it has somewhat weaved its way in our culture. Perhaps because most of us have somewhat a bit of Chinese lineage in us. I for one am always faced with answering the question: "Chinese ka ba?" or "May lahi kang Chinese?" (Are you Chinese? Do you have Chinese ancestry?)

Up to now, I still haven't figured it out. I still have to ask my mom. Up to now, I still get surprised whenever asked those questions. I just usually reply: "Bakit? Mukha ba akong Chinese?" (Why? Do I look like Chinese?)

You be the judge. ;)

left pic: with mom and grand aunts

right pic: my maternal grandparents

Well anyway, since we were a bit crazy, er, excited about Chinese New Year, we've been looking up our horoscopes and here is what mine says:

EARTH LAMB Horoscope

Feb 1, 1919 to Feb 19, 1920

Jan 28, 1979 to Feb 15, 1980

Lamb people have good taste and are quite charming and elegant … and rich. You may find them the center of attention at a stylish dinner party, ravishing all with incomparable wit and bon mots. The opposite is also true: they are often quite shy and sometimes prefer complete anonymity, the quiet life at home with a good book, a roaring fire, and the joys of the palate. A creative flame burns in their lives and you may find them before a canvas experimenting with bright bold genius strokes of paint. Sometimes, they tend to be pessimistic and question the meaning of life, wondering "why they dwell among green mountains." They are quite often deeply religious or spiritual and quite passionate about their work and their belief.

Sweet Potato Soup and Cellophane Noodles are among keys to good health.

Earth Lambs are like dancing daffodils, moving with kinetic exuberance and joy. Like all Lambs, these creatures are wonderful to socialize with, you just can't help loving their friendly ways and enthusiasm for living. They make lemonade out of lemons, velvet out of porcupines, and find serendipity everywhere. All their friends and colleagues get caught up with this passion. As you can imagine, they make the best of traveling companions. Earth Lambs are honorable in all their dealings; they roll up their sleeves and do whatever it is that must be done. They know true contentment because they can think of yesterday without regret and tomorrow without fear. Earth Lambs love good books and spend many happy hours seeking treasures in used bookstores. This serious nature also applies to their college years and careers, which they pursue with utmost dedication, hard work, and diligence. At some point in later life, they are rewarded with unexpected financial fortune. What a cozy twosome the Earth Lamb makes with a love partner. Relationships are filled with exquisite warmth, gentleness, and tenderness, with magical threads of sensuality taking them on beautiful carpet rides.

Famous Lamb People: Sir Laurence Olivier, Josephine Bonaparte, Margot Fonteyn, Mikhail Gorbachev, Toni Morrison, Leonard Nimoy, Pierre Trudeau, Katharine Hepburn, Boris Yeltsin

You may also check out your horoscope here.

Another Day....

Wednesday

Had dinner with the St. Lazarus Choir at Aristocrat. I didn't intend to stuff myself that night because I was once again subjecting myself to diet+workout to lose the flabs I have acquired over a couple of months. But our former chaplain, who is now based in the US, was in town so I figured: what's wrong with a night of kwentuhan over dinner with good friends?

I gave in. I just told myself, "well Tsiki, Thursday naman bukas. You'll be burning those calories at aerobics class tomorrow."

Thursday

I did burn those calories through one hour of aerobics and tae-bo. You folks might say "good for you." I even skipped the usual office merienda of cholesterol-laden fishballs, squidballs, chicken balls (gosh, what other kinds of balls will they think of next?) and opted to snack on some pears. Healthy diba?

Ayos na sana but nagkayayaan ang Training Girls to have dinner at Lola Ely's. It's a homey and charming place where everyone can just go and enjoy the food without burning a hole in their pockets. I swear, their chicken barbecue is worth the almost 10-minute walk to their place (located at the corner of Bambang and Felix Huertas Streets in Sta. Cruz) from our office. At least I get to burn a little more calories before devouring Lola Ely's heavenly specialty.

Another 10-minute walk to reach my jeepney terminal to go home. But leisurely done this time while talking with my supervisor. Non-work stuff. We split up at the corner of Oroquieta & Malabon Streets and I proceeded to walk the remaining 3 minutes to my terminal. All the way home, I was thinking....

Twice a week of aerobics/tae-bo class; twice a week (average) of 15 to 20-minute run on the treadmill; a weekend of doing chores. Not bad.

In the span of three years, I have never maintained my ideal weight for more than a month. It takes a lot of work for me to take off a few pounds, but it takes just a couple of days of impulse snacking (plus occasional heavy dinners) to gain it back (minsan doble pa!).

Next week, there will be no time for all of my workout sessions as I will be doing fieldwork. Too bad.

But then, there's always another day!

ala McGyver

Last Saturday, my father ran out of ideas on what to cook for dinner. He thought that the porkchops he grilled for lunch would be enough for us until supper. I would have thought so, too, if not for my bro's bandmates who came to practice their songs for the school's Battle of the Bands. Syempre, we had to feed those kids, 'di ba?

So I shared with Papa's dilemma while rummaging the fridge for whatever foodstuff I could salvage -- eggs, hotdogs, green bell peppers, shallots, unopenned sachets of hot sauce from the othe night's pizza -- and then I thought, "this is a job for the stir-fry queen."

These days, you gotta make the most out of what is available and within reach. I can still hear my highschool economics teacher saying "dapat kayo maging MAPAMARAAN!" Resourcefulness is the key.

So without much resistance from dad (after a lot of convincing done), I donned my imaginary apron and proceeded to whip up another ulam my dad never thought I could possibly cook.

I'm still thinking of a name to call this dish. Any suggestions?

top it on a bowl of steamed rice.

As always, my family had no choice but to eat it. Papa showed his appreciation by heaping it up on top of his steamed rice. I even had to stop my brother from finishing it off because my sister who usually skips supper suddenly felt hungry and gobbled up what was left of the viand.

The ulam was good for six people. There were four of us. I only ate half a serving. You do the math.

See previous kitchen adventure here.

Finding One's Way Back...

The other day i was a mix of emotions. For some reasons i felt like i was lost, confused, and alone. And pretty much helpless like a little child.

"..do you know, where you're goin' to..."

Times like these i just needed someone to talk to (or chat with!); someone who really listens and doesn't try to answer my problems, but gives realistic suggestions. But then, i wasn't really having problems that time. I was just stressed out (and pretty much overwhelmed) with all the things goin' on around me (particularly work) and he was there to cheer me up. Dude, you know who you are. Salamat talaga.

He cleared up my "messy head" and got me on track by the three simple words he said-- move your butt. Yes, whenever i feel stressed, i sulk in my tiny little world, wallowing in my confusion and frustration. But somehow i managed to muster all my strength to get out of my shell and face whatever the day throws at me.

Back at the office the next day, people asked me jokingly "are you clear now?". Well, yeah i guess.

my friend's reaction to this pic made my day.

As always, he makes me feel like the prettiest girl in the world.

Yup, i'm back on track.

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One of my friends is also back. Back to the office and to the welcoming arms of the Carmelites (foodtrip group). I hope he stays for the month so we could celebrate his upcoming birthday with the group.

Jhunted, another "Pfizer dude" in our office

and my adopted younger brother

bonding, booze and birthday...

It was a night of music, laughter, and a lot of drinking. January 13, a day before my sister's birthday, I was at the office checking up on Dad who's at home working up a storm with the pica-pica (finger foods). I was anxious about how things would turn out. After all, it's not just another birthday celebration where we eat, sing with the videoke and get ourselves drunk till the wee hours of the morning. Somehow, I wanted Tet's birthday to be something different. And different it turned out to be!

cousin Francis, the boys' tanggero for the night

In my head, I pictured a scene with candlelights, small tables with chairs, cool January breeze and acoustic music under the stars. So I asked my younger brother to bring his friends along to play some music for us. Cousins who live far away will be coming over and I figured it would be nice to showcase the talent of my bro and his friends.

Tropang Generoso

the crazy cousins (with Papa in the background)

Generally, it was a success. Not bad for a first-time party planner, eh? Save for the delay (party started at past 9pm contrary to my 7:30pm announcement) and the divided attention (cousins were initially interested in singing with the videoke). But once they heard the duo play (yup, only one guitarist showed up, bro played with the kahon) they didn't let them go till it was about 11pm.

our very own version of Bamboo and ChoBobot trying out the kahon

After that, it was the videoke showdown of the concert kings and queens. And while all of those were happening, the girls had.... well, girltalk! It was one emotional but liberating girltalk as we all layed our cards down, some confessed insecurities, admiration, share hopes and dreams, figured out why as we grew older, we were slowly growing apart on all aspects.

That night, we shed tears (of joy! for the birthday celebrant) and came the realization that we shouldn't let each other drift away. We all grew up under one roof, one compound. We played games together, shared secrets and more.

drinking with flair! (hehehe)

That night, we renewed our ties and really bonded. Let me tell you, it wasn't the alcohol talking. How else would I be able to write about it here if I was drunk?

In the end, Tet's birthday party turned out to be really different.

my sister Tet, the birthday celebrant. would you believe she just turned 26?

looks a lot younger to me! Cheers!

Oh by the way, we finished around 3am the next day. We slept a couple of hours and then had another videoke showdown while munching on my dad's special pancit.

;)

in the news lately...

Eleandre Basino Buendia

a.k.a.

ELY BUENDIA

vocalist of the now-defunct Eraserheads

and frontman of Pupil

(one of my "heroes" back in college)

from Inquirer 01/09/2007

Singer-songwriter Ely Buendia, 36-year-old frontman for the rock band Pupil, was rushed to the hospital on Sunday after suffering a heart attack. He was given an emergency angioplasty to treat two arterial blockages on Sunday night.

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Ely Buendia and the rest of Eraserheads resuscitated the dying (or dead?) Pinoy Rock Scene and paved the way for other bands that are popping out like mushrooms nowadays.

He's still alive and heading for recovery after a second operation (angioplasty).

Long live Pinoy Rock!

pyromaniac...

the other night, i went with Eva and Beng to witness the 2nd world pyrolympics at the esplanade near the SM Mall of Asia. like last year's showcase, it was such a blast. the three of us had a great time. too bad i didn't have my camera with me coz sister borrowed it. maybe i'll just fill you in with some photos of last year's showcase...

some were like fireflies, while some were like stars falling from the sky....

it was good while it lasted. after being awed by the colors the luminated the sky, it was time to go home. as usual, with events like this, expect heavy traffic. i got home by 1 am. but what the heck. if the organizers decide to do this again here next year, i'll still go and watch the show. it's not everyday you see events like this.

Feliz AñoNuevo!

I hope my spanish is right. Hehehe!


I got caught up in the holiday rush so I haven't been able to post updates. Now the new year brings me still a sh*tload of work so I'll just fill you in with pictures of last month's (December) highlights....

with Eva and Marj after the Christmas Party of the Sectoral Management and Coordination Team

the staff of Health Human Resource Development Bureau with Health Secretary Francisco T. Duque III (we won best group costume here)

glamor girls (right before the DOH Lantern Parade where we won Most Creative Award)

the winning lantern

the other entries....

more pics on next post!