wHAT'S hAPPENING?

It is always on December. The year just won't go quietly:-(

After the 3 super typhoons that hits our country. Here the tsunami that has created a serious disaster over five countries in Asia. Let be thankful the Philippines saved from it.

We'll Spend New Year with My Family

I went for a sleep to rest a while ago. Woke up around 11:30pm. We are now supposedly on our way going to my province. After we shopped at landmark earlier this afternoon, I got sick suddenly. So ayun napostponed uwi namin ngayon (Dec 29). So we'll be going today instead. This is a tradition for us to spend our December Holidays with my Family in Masbate. Either it is in Christmas or New Year. As of this year, we decided to spend it on New Year.

I tried to check PAL if they still have available flight going to Legaspi City but unfotunately the schedule will open on January 2005 already. They are fully booked until end of the year. It is still a four hours drive to Bulan, we were just thinking about it and also it will going to be expensive. At the back of my mind thanks we do not have a choice but take a bus. No budget for a sudden plan like that. hehe. Hmm..3 days stay maybe will be just enough to answer their longing for us.:-) (Nanay keep on calling since yesterday)

SPENT OUR CHRISTMAS IN BAGUIO

Arrived at 7:30pm from our 4 days 3 nights stay in Baguio.

We went there last thursday Dec 23 right after our company Christmas Party. We held our party at AMF Puyat Sports. Yes Bing and I organized a Bowling Party. Green Team Losers!! (our team actually. yabang kc ni Bryan eh kala ko pa naman magaling hehe) And we matched up with shachoo team.. Yikes la na!! Anyways everyone had fun. Got home 1:30, we dropped by first at MetroWalk Starbucks with Bryan, Erika, Mike, Bing and Dan.

My post about our baguio...up next! That was just a nice vacation we had. My baby really enjoyed the temperature which reached 10 degrees. Yes that cold! We did even got rushes out of it and both learned to smoke! But really we had a very nice stroll. I appreciate the city more than from my first visit:-)

View our pics in my blogroll Album - Baguio.

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12:30am just got home. We had to stay first in Mcdo to kill time over dinner and let the passengers waiting lessen the crowd of mega street. Grabee hirap sumakay…

Sorry don't have an entry yet about our Paintball. Our pics are needed to be resize first before I upload here. Hope can post it tomorrow. I need to go to bed now, since I have so much to do in the morning aside shachoo arrived already and will attend the office for sure.

Today…I do have so much to do in the list. For office, have to make all the payments for pending dues from last month, needed to finalize the quitclaims of resigned employees and have it signed before they come on Wednesday. Have to make the budget for January 2005 and submit it to before our xmas party. Have to prepare our payroll and payments of our 13^th month pay that I will enter in the accounts of employees tomorrow.

I have also to start my shopping for xmas gift today. I have not yet bought even a single one. I know I am a way to late already. Sigh. But I know I can manage (I must and need to hehe). Or better yet not to buy anymore gifts…hehe. Pass muna ngayon xmas. Kung pwede nga lang sana eh, matitiis ko kaya? Hindi for sure.J

Siya gud amJ

My Friday

They're so much to blog about our yesterday. That was just a day! But cant make it, I have to go to office by 3:00pm so it will be a quick one.

Friday night we went to MIA. Baby fetched me from the office by 9:30pm I think. We brought some package for Tita Cynths. I was extremely drowsy so I just stayed in the parking lot and had some sleep.

We just love road trip. No questions ask when it comes to that. One of the few things my husband and I can really get along well.J

We proceed to Tagaytay after MIA. We stopped by in Tropical Hut Bacoor to buy some food. Though my husband's hanker for Carlo's Pizza, the traffic will get us to tagaytay dying in hunger for sure. We stayed for an hour and let that ten-wheeler vehicle all passed. It was 1:30am when we got there and we went straight over to Starbucks. It was damn cold and freezing up there! I had a tall hot chocolate, which did not help because I still froze. We left 3:00am and looked for a place to stay overnight.

We planned to go to Sonia Garden in the morning. But I suddenly changed my mind. Good thing Tagaytay Country Hotel was already fully booked. Not practical since we are going to stay for a couple of hours only. It is our wedding monthsary by the way.

Came home at around 4:30am. Woke up yesterday 12noon. Meet up Allanchu and Dyo in PR Malate. And there we start our Saturday in PR, proceed to Paintball in Roxas, SVM Party at night and end it at Mc Café in Makati.

Ok need to sign out now. We'll meet Allanchu and Dyo in Makati Square today after my office. Babyko will visit his office also today. So till my next post about our new found game. I really had fun with this one. Haha can release my anger to baby. Joke! J

I'm Back

I just couldn't sleep. So I ended up here. After those recent entries I made after my Boracay Escapades, I was thinking if I will just delete or leave it there. I don't know how will I start now after that, maybe by just saying... I'm back? Sometimes I get easily thrown up with my emotions. I felt very bad that afternoon (saturday) that made me even more easily bursted out that night. That was not I talking. That was I think my alter ego or shadow self whatever you may call it that night under the influence of alcohol.J My decision? I will leave that entry just it is. Maybe I can lend sometime my page with this friend inside me.J

Now it is me blogging not her.J

Yesterday. Got home 2:30am. It was Wednesday, our regular night out with Allanchu and Dyo. No play, no movie and most of all no beer this time. Allanchu sorry but I think am starting to hate beer now.J Every time I get drunk, that one inside of me tends to overcome me. And am not liking each time "she" comes out. She is weak and that was not me!

Ok back to my Wednesday. We just spent our evening talking over dinner and coffee. After dinner we stayed at first in Dusit Hotel for a while before we proceed to Starbucks greenbelt and killed time until my baby finally decided to go back the hotel.

My husband has to stay at Dusit Hotel for a night for the preparation of IPO launching of new system that held today. FVR and some Ambassador from several countries attended the event . This is the system my husband bragging about almost weeks now. It is his group who made the system. What is that Babe? TM Online Filing? System related to Patent Filing and it can access by all Patent Offices from several countries. Ewan ko tama kung tama ba?J Can't ask him directly now coz he is deeply asleep. When he fetched me from the office earlier, golly he looked so consumed and barely can't open his eyes while talking to me. According to him, the launching was a successful one though there was a technical problem occurred but immediately fixed anyway before the presentation proper began. Muntik na raw siya mabaliw lol!! A Congratulation to you Babe!

tIRED

Waaaaahhhh. I feel that 2005 has really begun now. This week, I've been immersed in a sea of admin/acctng tasks. Trying to catch up on a huge backlog that i thought i might clear over the Christmas/New Year break, but could'nt bring myself to do it. And some things (like quit claims of resigned empl, retro comp, tax returns, closing the books, and what really losing my sanity is budgeting, damnit) really must be done before xmas vacation.

7:30 still in the office. I could curl up under this desk and just start to sleep (but still have a nightout with Allanchu and Dyo). I am tired. I woke up this morning though its saturday with a headache (my head is just going to fall off at any moment). I felt awful, the morning temperature eitherr conducive with me going to work today. I plan very much on sleeping tomorrow sunday:-)

BACKLOG? Ehh i suppose just the idle me thing, i get idle, things build up and it seems too much. Kasalanan mo toh Baby!! I've been busy inlove this past few months. In love in billiards, bowling, nightouts, travel etc ect. Busy inlove with ....? I've been busy getting your time. Busy looking for an activity we can do together. Been so very busy competing with your work. It is too expensive to have your time, do you realized that? Do i really need to spend just to get your time? IyAYY!! i'M BLABBING again...:-( hERE is the complicated me again. Stop me!!

Ahhh!! im tired got to go. My hubby, Allanchu and Dyo just texted me. They are already in megamall.

BORACAY ESCAPADES!!

BORACAY! Globally acknowledged as one of the most beautiful beaches in the world. My 2 days stay in this island was entirely an awesome experience. A 3.5km stretch of powderly soft sand of White Beach is the Boracay Premiere Beach. Boracay...I can get enough of you. I shall be back! I Promise!

Read our Boracay Adventure....

GETTING THERE...(my first time in Ferry)

Nov 26 Friday Manila Pier 8 MBRS Virgin Mary. This is the vessel we ride on going to Boracay. This was my first time in ferry. The ship departed the port at exactly 5:00pm. And our overnight 12 hours travel began.

yAP 12hours in the middle of the sea. But trust me on this if you have no problem with a long boat trip, i would suggest it for you. Virgin Mary is actually a big ship and has good accomodations. It has a regular trip every Wednesdays and Fridays and departs at 5pm. You can really save a lot of money compare with the airline rates. And if you are a sea person you'll definitely love watching Boracay as the ship approaching it.

After we put our laugages in our suite room. Everyone did'nt waste time to stroll the whole ship. Seems i am not the only first timer on board:-) Nice ship, great crew, clean diners and most of all clean comfort rooms

After our dinner we decided to kill time on the roof deck before go to sleep. It was so cold but many were there to gaze the beautiful sky that night. We were there with few bottles of beer until i and Dyo got sleepy.

WE'RE ON THE WAY!

We arrived at Caticlan Port past 7:00am. The sky is perfectly blue. It is such a perfect day. I sat quitely in my corner with a dreamy smile. My heart gave a jolt of excitement when i saw the Paradise-like Island of BORACAY as they told. Another 15minutes of boatride

get us directly to the beach. It was high tide and boatmen have to carry us to the shore. Literally carry us for only five pesos:-)). Nyayy...five pesos lang ang bigat ko hehe.What is good being new to the place is that i can look forward to the experience with a child-like anticipation. There is just something so magical when you are a Boracay "virgin" you look at things with so much awe and beauty. That is what i felt from the time my feet hugged the pwdery sand of famous Boracay White Beach.

A shots from the roof deck of the ship. Approaching Boracay Island. I really like the cold wind and warm morning sunlight upthere.

1ST DAY

We settled our things in our respective rooms. We are hungry, but more excited to start exploring the island. We had our lunch to this one restaurant. The food were served right there front of the beach. The food were superb and the service was excellent. After a hearty lunch we went for a stroll around the area of station 2. Found a tatto booth/vendor and we decided to get one:-)

Tattoed for the first time. Look at that butterfly landed on my shoulder. hehe:-) Of course i won't get a permanent, that's only henna. I've been told that it will last for 3 weeks. Hmmm..matagal siya pero go pa rin ako, it is in the hidden part of my body anyway. Why Butterfly? I wanted that ethnic design of sun but my husband picked that design:-(

Don't like it either. Stop now allanchu!!!fine dami nito sa alibangbang. Look at your Dolphin. What happened? it became a dilis hahaha!! Ronnel (my bro) also got one in the arm, a dragon. Dyo was a chain anklet. Each design costs only P100.00 pesos. This shot was while we were having fruit shake along beachfront, waiting for the sunset.

This was shot while we are preparing for our Banana Ride. Look at that COCONUT TREE behind us. That is one of the Landmarks of Boracay Island. Another one is the infamous WILLYS' ROCK. Bad thing we did not get a shot from there. Though we had captured it in video when we do the boating. Willy's Rock is situated in swallow water near Boat Station 1. It is a

castle-like volcanic formation. As have been told this rock facing the beach has stairs leading to a chapel at the top which contains a statue of Virgin Mary. Willy's Rock is the most photographed landmark of Boracay. See.. that was really a bad thing right? When i come back, you will be the first one i'll run to. :-))

BANANA BOAT RIDE!!! Wow! what a ride. Everybody had so much fun with this ride. This was our first water activity on our fisrt day. What is P1,500 for a 30minutes of so much fun. I still feel the excitement we felt in there. Loved it when

we bumped on that waves that made us all screaming to death.*lol* The more intensed part was when they made the Bananaboat rolled over. As intsructed we all let go. Waaahh sobra sakit ng pisngi ko, felt like i was slapped. My neck, thought i lose my head on that.hahaha! But see the picture,do i seems hurt? Smile parin of course.:-))

THE INFAMOUS SUNSET OF BORACAY. We wait for the sunset while we are having our fruitshake after that wild Banana Boat Ride. How beautiful it is, the sunset started to conquer the horizon. Where the sky and sea joins, the sky bursts of wonderful color. It starts to fade into purple and midnight blue. Night starts to enfold and stars starts to appear like diamond on mignight blue velvet. Some boats in a distance have little lights making them seem like fallen stars twinkling on the ocean. A few restaurants have a special set up of a romantic dinner by the shore with candles and torches. It would have been a perfect opportunity to propose or have a dinner with your love one. I am romantically possesed this time haha! yAY!

We spent our night in bar and billiards. This pics was shot right in the bar. Nightout in Bora is superb. If you want to see people of all sizes and shapes, different natioanlities, machos and sexys, pretty faces and not so pretty this is the place to be. After several games and few bottles of beer. Our first day in Bora was done.

After we had our dinner. I recognized that most of the restaurants here are owned by forigners and offer all sorts of cuisine. The night is young, we've decided to check out the bar scenes. It's amazing how a island so small can offer everything. From soveiner shops, internet cafe, atm booths, photo developing shops, and diving schools.

2ND DAY

A peaceful shot of White Beach at 6:00am. This view stretches the whole 3.5km of the infamous powderly white sand of BORA!

I waked up early that day. I wanted to witness the morning in this island. Peaceful, cold breeze, pumpboats, and foreigners having their morning walk. Sad thing was the sun won't rise as i expected that day. It was windy and the sky was not so clear. There was a tropical depression as i heard someone said.

That 3 people right there won't even moved from their bed when i wake them up. But look alive at last! Babyko, Me Dyo and Allanchu wandering the beach.

After this shot, me and my baby went for a mountain hike. P100pesos/hour. The target was to reached the highest part of BORA and get the overview of the entire island.

Too bad was Dyo can't go on further. Me and My Baby continued, we reached the station 1 and we already passed on two mountain roads. I was too excited to reached the top of Bora but apparently, am to tired and can't pedal anymore. Can't go on any further, so we decided to returned back. It was a nice exercise anyway. Better we rent the motorbike next time. hahaha!!

Brother and Sister a Walk in BORA. My Brother who really is having a very great time. Hahaha!! I can still imagine his face begging to let him come with us. "You will be needing a photographer" one of his convincing lines.:-)) This was shot while we are preparing for island hopping. Our 2nd activity for the day after biking.

But before that we had first our breakfast with this restaurant, a terrible one. I wish can remember the name of the resto to warn you:-) Its a long story but i tell you it was a very worst service we ever encountered.

Forget about that resto anyway. Just after a few minutes, we do not want to waste any more time, so we went to island hopping. The waves are pretty rough that morning. The boatmen told us that we cannot go to other islands with that waves. Soooo sad:-( There are 5 islands according to them that we can dock on. Really too bad that we did not able to explore the caves and nice spots for snorkling and other attractions in that islands. PUKA BEACH supposedly was one of our destinations. This is the SECOND longest beach in the island. Puka Beach is named after the RARE Puka Shell which according to the experts as the finest in the world.

Without a choice, we went to snorkling just around the one island near the White Beach. Allanchu, Baby, Me, and my Bro Ronnel. Having fun with the water. I can't describe exactly what was under. Just amazed with the variety of colorful fishes under.

Other than the water we also enjoyed the buko. There was this vending bangka just around the water area. Sarappp..

Almost Noon. Boatmen took us to this resort named Nami. There was where we had our lunch. This resort is actually just in the other side of White Beach. Going there, we start waving excitedly to everyone we meet along the way, yes people we don't even know. And people waving back at us:-) I don't know waht with this island that makes everyone so warm and friendly.

After our lunch, we headback to WhiteBeach. Because of the rough waves that afternoon. Water activities was suspended for a while. So we decided to wash first and stroll the other side of the island until water activity resume. Believed it or not, there is a bowling lane on the island. Just that it is not yet computerized and a man is the one actually putting back the pins and rolling over back the balls manually. I tell you kawawa yung mama samin...hahaha!! Naawa ako promise kc i feel the man was getting tired already:-) We finished 3 games.

We also went to the back of the island. We found out that it is the Windsailing and Wind Surfing Station and all other air activities since it is the part of the BORA island that is open sea. It is called Bulabog Beach. It is also where Boracay Rock is situated.

Water activities resumed late in the afternoon. Had so much fun with the jetski. It was my first time to drive one and it was really awesome! This was our last water activity for our last day in BORA. That 2 HOT Men above!? Ohh they were my dates to this Island BORACAY!! *LOL*

That night we decided to have a buffet. Dinner was superb. After the tiring day, the food buffet was a big treat for us. This was our last night, before we knew it our two day vacation were done. There were so much to do in so little time. This is probably the reason why this Island hold a spell for many people.

I waked up the next day with a heavy heart. I shall always love walking by the shore, digging my toes and my feet on the sugar-fine white sand. There is so much you to do with this island. So small yet so rich. The thousand posibilities of this Island makes you want go here again and again and me and my husband are no exception. BE RIGHT BACK BORA!

M O R E P I C T U R E S H E R E

Waiting...

haha!! wait both of you. Even i cant wait to post our whole Boracay Adventure. It will be a very long post for sure. Are you ready to read it? Whatever the story in the post, you saw it in action anyway. So... let me first post my happenings a few days ago.

Before the recent post. Tuesday, we arrived here in Manila from our Boracay 2 days vacation at 6:30am. Bad thing about it was that i needed to come to the office to enter our employees salary. The plan was after lunch i'll go home and have my rest from that long travel. Badtrip! this Otsuka San and Shachoo has too many requests on that day. Tired, sleepy and feeling like am still in the ferry but had no choice, i needed to to work the rest of the day. Got home 7pm.
Wednesday>> Allan and Dyo won't let our regular wednesday nightout passed. We went in Glorieta and watched National Treasure.

Thursday>> All gov agency were already suspended by Noon. Super typhoon Yoyong was already in motion. 3pm and almost all offices within our building were already suspended and for us waht was it we're waiting for? Hayyy...Needed to call all other Japanese friend companies if they were already suspended their office before Otsuka San finally decided that we also must go home.... at 5pm. eH too late.

Fetched by my hubby in megamall. Wanted to watch Polar Express but I insisted to go home. I want to sleep early. I still did'nt got enough sleep since we got home from bora.
Friday>> Watched Bridget Jones Diary. I like the movie, I love THAILAND!. Hayy when can i ever hear their entire lines loud and clear. Always find it hard to understand British Language:-)

Saurday>> Yesterday. Got a chat with mama zette. I run to the nearest comp shop, our pc still giving me a headache. Shocks is that really for pc games only hah baby?? Pleaseeee.....fix it!!!
We attended Alumni General Assembly in Philippine Christian University. Got a chance to have a little chat with President Suarez and had a one shot pose. Will post the pic later.
After PCU, proceed to Ka Isangs favorite Bulalo, to Makati Coronado Lanes and our last stop Cart Noodle Malate. Got home 2am.

As of today...woke up 10am. My Hubby brought our laundry to laundry shop, i cleaned up our room which i think been already a while since the last time. Included the living room except my bro room hehe:-). Lunch at 3pm and now infront of my hubby laptop blogging...
Ok ok mahaba na naman siya.. haha! lam ko naman kaw lang nagbabasa nito up to the end eh. Lam mona kung sino ka hehe. Sige gawin kona post about boracay natin...wait!

7:30am in the office blogging.
5:30am Brown-out, no tv , no radio. Woke up early need to inform employees if we do have office today. Thanks to Bing who did the work! We have office today..

Yoyong is going away. Still windy and raining. Makes me think that spirits are tailing along with the wind. This super typhoon scared the hell out of everyone. Pray for the victims of the flood (then again it's man against nature, and the latter is uncontrollable). Nagbabawas na naman siya...