a toast for the year to come

no hangovers this time! wooohooo!

nway its been a few days, got really sick on the 26th.

just woke up the day after christmas with a sore throat, stuffy nose, back pain and a nagging headache. took a sick leave for 2 days plus 2 more off-days and that's 4 days of interchanging couch potato to bedhead and back again. i finished a couple of DVD's and drowned myself with gallons of brewed hazelnut coffee. 

finally came out on the 30th to do a quick grocery shopping for new year's and went to the wet market as well for fruits that i just think are way too outrageously priced at  the grocery store.

new year's eve would just be me and my Be. his family went home to Manila on the 27th and my mom and sis went down to La Union to usher the new year with our kin. and due to the crazy and unacceptable fact that we both have to work even during the holidays, we're left here in baguio to celebrate the coming of 2007 on our own, which i think is good enough as long as we're together.

so what's on the menu?

2-Cheese Baked Macaroni

Buffalo Wings

Chocolate Fudge

Blondies' Smores

Fruits

Wine

yeah that's it. i get off from work later around 7pm so id be too tired to put together an elaborate feast which will only be appreciated by 2 people (me and my Be) so we opted to go simple and cook something that we can give out on new year's day. the Blondies' Smores is something i came upon a few weeks ago and i tried to bake it for the first time last night and went sugar high for a few hours since most of the ingredients include brown sugar, marshmallows and chocolate chunks. and yeah, i have completed all 12 fruits! i went crazy at the wet market (palengke) looking for add-ons and amidst all the filth and noise and dust, i found myself enjoying bartering with the fruit vendors!

i have: oranges, apples, lemons, pineapples, papaya, melon, star apples, pears, chico, grapes, passion fruit and strawberries…and a whole large can of fruit cocktail in tow!

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so il be signing off 2006 in a few hours. im actually having goosebumps right now just thinking of everything that happened for the past year. if i could describe 2006 in one word, it would be EMOTIONAL. yup, its really complicated but a lot had me going on a regualr rollercoaster ride when it comes to emotions during this year. a lot of tears, dispapointments, frustrations and anger…but also there's the countless suprises and springs of happiness and joys and excitement…reflecting on this, i can say that ive lived a full life for the past year…

there will be no new year's resolutions, just concrete plans for the coming year. and as promised, there will definitely be wedding bells this time. no more palusots, we're strong enough to finally take the plunge.

that's it for now, will post our christmas photo-ops in a few days once i get everything in place.

HAPPY NEW YEAR EVERYONE!

the hangover after christmas ( a sequel)

it sucks when you have to go to work the day after christmas.

and it sucks more when you have to go to work the day after christmas with a splendid hangover.

…………………………….. <—–this is my brain right now. non-functional.

we had an amazing noche buena. my family. my Be's family. all of us cramped together at our quaint apartment. so far, id say this is one of the best christmases we had, especially that my mom and sister were ale to join us for christmas eve…i was just saddened for a tiny moment cuz my brother went to my lola's house in la union (he volunteered to represent me and my sis) for christmas…

anyhoo, there was so much food and so much laughter and so much photo-ops…and yes, who can forget the wine? while the oldies troubled themselves on how to uncork their red wine, we (especially me) made a bee line for the white wine…it was soooo good…so sweet and tangy that i was still drinking the next morning. thus, the predicted hangover continue to hover over my tired and throbbing head. but hey, its christmas, everybody knows its difficult to stay sober on christmas!

***will post pictures later, no time to upload!

hope all you guys had a merry, very christmass with your family and friends!

the hangover before christmas

ive had enough Mai Tai's and Margaritas to last me a lifetime (well for 6 months, atleast). i know that each glass contains a few ounces of rum and tequila, but multiply that to atleast 5-6 glasses (that will be around 10-12 glasses of Mai Tai's and Margaritas) and a random beer or two and you get a humongous hangover the next day.

the next day is now, at 9 in the morning, in front of my office PC.

ive never had beer and cigarette in over a year, only except for the occasional cocktail drink that only happens atleast once every 2-3 months. that's how pathetic ive become because of work. but deep inside, its the mature side of me tired of all the partying ive been so comfortable with during my college days that kept me a good distance away from getting drunk and lying comatose in bed the next day.

but last night was different. my Be's closes friends came all the way here in baguio from manila to spend a night with him. a night of get-together with an old friend they haven't seen in over a year. they braved migraine inducing ttraffic in Pangasinan and spend a night before christmas. who am i to say no? we went to Legarda, where i used to go every weekend of my college life (that was like eons ago!) to party the terrible week of scholastic horror ive been through. stepping out of the car, i felt nostalgia and goosebumps. ive never been in that place for so long that its no longer baguio's little Malate (party animals migrated to Nevada Square).

anyway, it started with a Mai Tai and another and another…it felt so good i totally blacked out and forgot i had to come to work the next day.

so right now, its the 24th of december and while everybody else is rushing to buy last-minute gifts and noche buena add-ons, im here blogging on my office PC while nursing a hangover that ive never felt in 2 years.

and damn, it felt good.

~.~ 

HAVE A WONDERFUL CHRISTMAS EVERYONE!

random shite

i formed this list out of nowhere while sitting on a jeepney on my way to work this morning.

a pair of jeans

a pair of metallic gladiator sandals

a set of undies

i just had this idea of purchasing all three come new year. doesn't matter where or what brand as long as i get them come 2007. this is not a christmas wishlist nor a new year resolution list. its just an i-want-to-buy-these list and there's no need to rush. please don't ask me to explain further because i myself can't understand why thse 3 items just popped in my brain out of thin air. and the weirdest loo-loo is i have to buy them sometime after new year. weird. creepy. whatever. will do anyway. haha.

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ive been with this company for almost 2 years and never, i repeat, NEVER had i incurred any form of physical admiration on anybody even if people seem to be hooking up or crushing on each other left and right. im a committed person, i love my crazy Be more than anybody else in the world, but im still human and am a girl who still has the right to view and admire the fine aspects of other male species roaming this earth, which brings us back on the first statement. ive never admired anybody since i first got in until today. yeah ive seen him roaming around before but he passes as generic to me. clean cut, fair…y'know just plain he-looks-okay. until i needed something from him and got a whiff of his primal scent. yikes, that sounded so ewwe but what i eally got a whiff of is his scent, as in cologne and not manly scent (that's gross!). and yeah, i liked what landed on my nose. some guys survive each day smelling like DOM's or deodorant but this guy, whoa, smelled liked a model straight out of a GQ spread. now that made my day. pretty lame but yes, it actually made my day. argghh i crush him naaahh! hahahahaha! hey Be, if you're reading this don't worry, you're still my one and only (shite ang corny, but yeah…wahetever…im overworked! give me back my life so id stop depending on GQ-smelling guys to make my day!)

mandatory weekly ranting

i had a 1-hour call that drove me nuts. my customer just found out that (through microsoft's automatic update hoo-la-la) her internet explorer was suddenly upgraded to the the latest version 7.0! problem is, Internet Explorer 7.0 has countless flaws and its giving us endless migraines with customers calling in because their explorer won't open websites or the toolbars are missing and all that. now, my customer's toolbars, i repeat, TOOLBARS are nada on her explorer. she has no address bar or even the standard bar. it took me an more than an hour trying to access her computer through Remote Acess and after i was able to view her Desktop and ready to try my hand configuring the explorer 7.0 she suddenly decides that she's just gonna callback. argh.

Note to everyone: DO NOT, i repeat, DO NOT UNDER ANY CHANCE UPGRADE YOUR BROWSERS TO INTERNET EXPLORER 7.0. well not for now, anyway, because its still not perfect. if you don't want your page to freeze or if you don't want to experience endless minutes watching the hour glass blink on and off your screen only to give you a page saying CANNOT FIND SERVER after, then DO NOT upgrade to 7.0. yet.

moving on, there was another incident here at the office that both annoyed and irritated me and one of my crazy officemates, Ryan. well thing is, by 4 pm onwards there's only the two of us left at our bay. most of our officemates have either logged out or coming later in the evening. the last few hours of my shift is dedicated surfing the net and chatting and watching videos at youtube or just kulitan with Ryan. lately, an HR employee makes use of the free space around us to interview some applicants. it so happened today that the HR employee who did the interviews today was highly maarte and mafeeling and speaks with this heavy slang attached to her sentences. i mean, give me a break. you're speaking with hopeful applicants who are surely terrified to be declined any position in the company if they don't try to speak like they've lived in the U.S.A. since they were 3 and just came to Pinas to waggle their american accents/slang to everyone who dare speak to them. so what happened is that we were at full force with our kulitan when she suddenly gets our attention and tells us to shut up (well not really shut up, but you get what im saying). i was miffed. i g-talked Ryan rightaway with this:

"pakialamera, pag auto in mo nga yan nang magamit naman nya pinagmamalaki nyang ENGLISH SLANG! sa mga sira-ulo nating customers!"

okay, ranting over.

~.~

notice my new lay-out? yeah, its so furfle and fa-gerl. cute, noh?

A.T.R.U. Christmas Party 2006!

our airsoft team had our first ever christmas party last december 16 and it was amazing! well even if we were not complete, everyone had a great time playing and hanging out and enjoying the food laid oout for our party. we have our families with us and it was just another excuse for some quality bonding time…the party ended around 11pm (as opposed to 9pm) because nobody couldn't bear to leave! we had a little bit of bonfire and a lot of laughs. sir mike's 8-year old son, Kael is just so cute and a smart-ass at that (as described by his own father). anyway, it was a success and we can't wait for the next party!

a succesful attempt with the mini tripod (which explains the long shot). 

a group pic with our families (don't you love my camo blanket? ^_^)

team kalashnikov (look at all thos AK47's!)

ang bagong loveteam ng bayan! (phot credits: the animal planet) haha!

bonding time with baby and mommie (baby's wearing a camo dress! so effing cute!)

eating time!

this is during the bonfire…im not really sure what my Be is trying to do here…hahaha!

and yes, the mandatory kilig pic of the night! *sigh

wishlist

our Airsoft team had our christmas/bonfire party yesterday and it was a blast! it was great so it deserves a separate post on its own (once im able to upload all the pix…..^___^).

~.~

so, christmas is just a few days from now and im still to put together my wishlist. well, i just labeled it as wishlist and not as a christmas wishlist because i don't expect all of these to be mine by christmas eve (that's wishful thinking…unless of course if im Paris Hilton or Catherine Onassis' sister).

so here goes:

1. a Tokyo Marui AK47 - this is killing me! im so into airsoft now and i know its crazeee to wish having a $300 worth airsoft gun when i can buy something cheaper…but this is such a beauty!

2. an HK MP5 - same reason as above! arrgh!

3. a Flight Suit BDU (Battle Dress Uniform) - for this one, i wanna have both the Sage Green design and the Woodland Camo.

4. a Tri-Color Desert BDU - ive always liked this uniform for no particular reason…

5. a Scott Vectra Airsoft/Paintball Full Goggle Mask - i know, one can buy local mesh facemasks for only 1k but this one i really like! im crazy.

those 5 crazy stuff ive listed above are honestly the only material things im wishing for right now. i don't want another DVD or another book or a pair of pants or a new pair of shoes. i know it sounds so impractical to want such things that seem so expensive to many, but Airsoft is a now a hobby im willing to keep. its just that being part of an airsoft team has been a great not only for me but with my relationship with my Be (he's an airsoft addict, btw). the camaraderie and endless laughs we get when together is priceless. so i figured that if i really wanna be part of a team for a long, long time then i have to invest on my gears and equipment…sounds right to me!

and lastly, there's still one wish i have although its more of a wish that id be able to pull it together. ive been wanting to resign and get away from the corporate prison that im in right now. so ive been planninig of doing the big job: putting up a business (with my Be, of course). i don't wanna elaborate on it yet, but im hoping and praying that this would work.

okay, enough with the drama. teehee ^__^

start of an addiction

why do i feel like throwing up after drinking a can of cold Mug Rootber? seriously, my head is spinning and i feel a little dizzy. i wonder….

anyhoo, wasn't able to blog about me finally taking the plunge and indulging my Be on his current hobby by taking part of it. im talking about Airsoft! just do a clickety-click here for further info about the game which has now become a sudden rage here in baguio.

moving on, last saturday was planned for me and my Be to go malling and watch a movie but it so happened that the there was also an airsoft game scheduled for those who have time to play. my Be couldn't say no to the guys so we decided that he would play for atleast 2 hours and i will accompany him. he was begging for me to play but i was not in the mood. we arrived at the gamesite with all the guys geared up. i was a sore thumb on my jeans! they kept on pleading for me to play and i know i have a number reasons not to.

#1 i am not wearing a proper attire.

#2 i don't even have a jacket to atleast cover my arms.

#3 i don't have a headgear such as bonnet or a helmet.

#4 i don't have a facemask or even goggles to cover my eyes/face.

#5 i don't have a gun!

so i just sat down happily and listened to my mp3 while the other guys continue gearing up and testing their equipment. when time came for the games to start, the guys directed on me again and this time armed with the following:

#1 black jacket

#2 bonnet

#3 face mask

#4 gun!

ack! there's no escape. maybe its half my fault cuz i was wearing my new high cut-slash-boot style rubber shoes that day! ugh. i mean, my Be was willing to play just wearing a shirt just so i can use his jacket and join them! i was handed a gas sniper gun and by that time my defenses were crumbling down and i finally gave in. everyone was so ecstatic.

it was crazy. i had a lot of mosquito bites on my neck and some bruises but it was waaayyy cool. can't wait for the next game! haha!

***will post pictures later since i.ph is going loo-loo again and won't let me upload any images. or yet, just go here and check out our pix for that day.

the drama queen is dead

im guilty of several misdemeanors.

guilty of being a lazy-ass.

guilty of gluttony.

guilty of being a boob tube addict.

i need help. quick.

let me elaborate…

yes, im a lazy-ass. i should be sitting in front of my office PC by 9:29am because i officially need to start taking in calls by 9:30am. but since im a reborn lazy-ass, my head is still buried under my pillows and warm comforters by 9:00am and rushing to work after my alarm shoots off for the nth time, meaning by 9:29am im still lounging sleepily inside a jeepney/taxi and making up elaborate excuses in my head. so yes, im a lazy-ass.

ive reached gluttony to an all new level last night during a spontaneous dinner at veniz grill. i was tired and cold and by the time i reached my Be's office to meet him up after work, i was so irritated i wanted to cry. and the only solution my Be could think of to ease the drama is to treat me to dinner. correction, he treated me to an Eat All You Can dinner. another correction, Eat All You Can Pasta Dinner. it was heaven. i was so  full i was ready to snore off right there at the resto. who's crazy enough to eat 5 plates of pasta laden with different types of sauces and cheeses? and include bottomless iced tea to that? me. gluttonous me.

ive said several times what a tv addict i am. a real life DVD Marathons Queen-slash-Couch Potato Advocate.

i think that's enough explanation.

in short, i am a Drama Queen no more!

operation cold dagger