Memories, things, songs, movies and all the other blah blahs that make me smile (and my heart skip a beat or two)…

More Than Words… I remember him playing the guitar and humming… just the two of us.. I need closure!!!

World Youth Day… brings back so much laughter and bonding time and him waking me up and asking me if I want some breakfast because he needed to go home for a while…

"Sasama ka ba?!?"… Beejay, Tim and Myra know what I'm talking about! Hehehe

Cleancut... hmm...

Sabayang-bigkas... Sir Valdescona scolding me for goofing off and not practicing... because of Genesis! nyahaha

Psychedelic... the word that made me win the spelling contest! weeee... and si Tim and our friendly competition... nyahaha

Psyche-quedelix... and the jacket and Rio, Rollyne, Marissa, Jeremy, Myra, Jeritza, Rachelle, Sheryl, Shiena, Fatima and me

Tagaytay... 3rd and 4th yr retreats at Tagaste... and si Batman! hahaha

Piano sessions at Shen's place... People Alone, Hidin' in Myself... open forums... selosan at tampuhan... hahaha

Daldalan sessions... mornings with mom and evenings with my sisters... madalas may singit na sumbong pa sa gabi kay mommy!

Half Crazy... Rainelle Manalo, paramdam ka naman!

Good Will Hunting... saw it twice in 2 days.. with tukayo..

Choco frap at Starbucks... with MBSI friends... Alice and Francis... miss those two!

RJFM at 12midnight... listening to those oldies from the 20's to 50's with tukayo... chika about anything and everything until 4am... para kaming matandang nakikinig sa old songs when we were only 18 that time.. hehe

Forever in Love by Kenny G... at 12midnight

Sago ni Manang Pilay... hahaha... I can still remember spitting sago from a straw with my sister Vivian... she'd know what I'm talking about hahaha

Tambay at Felben's... flirting with the crushes and starting catfights...

Him at our house at 6pm... he had some family issues and he went to me to just sit beside me and hold my hand and whisper bits and pieces of his problem... and my dad glaring at us... sweet!

Perfect of True Faith... and my unexpected attraction with someone I was competing with...

IV-Joy Newspaper with Aquisay... and all the funny articles we were supposed to publish! hahaha

Florante at Laura, New Yorker in Tondo... practices at mama's terrace... Shen and Rob... nyehehe

Marshmallows... and Marlon dying unexpectedly in 2nd year HS... and Ms. Macahiya (not sure if I spelled it correctly)... Marlon dying is not a good memory but the marshmallows are...

Shenesis... and computer classes

Buloy... and volleyball classes... and McDo sundaes... and Nellene and her stories...

X-rated movies... after PE classes in college at tukayo's house.. hahaha curiosity kills the cat!

Chinese New Year... telling my boss that I was absent because I celebrated it with tukayo and ethski!... and the look he gave me, sorta amused na naiinis because I got him! nyahaha

TWA time with Shen... nobody beats being with this girl friend every single day! Cowboy sobra! hahaha

"Love"... and it being so cheesy but being kilig when I first heard him call me that...

Reason for breathing by Babyface... and playing it 8 hours a day!

Kuwentuhan galore kina mama with Che... we can talk about anything and everything under the sun and the time's still not enough!

Rio at night... kahit na naiinis pa rin ako sa kumag na yan, I will never forget those nights na tambay sya sa house to talk about Che and his undying love for her! hahaha

Hamburger... and Derek making drama that I send him, my bestfriend, one in Iloilo when he was "thrown" there by his parents...

Mr. Datu and English 101... I got 2.25 the highest grade in his class (he's a terror and he gives 3 to everyone)! Imagine that!

Adatu and CPA review classes with ethski... and Lemuel making our days livelier... and my daily schedule of sleeping from 7-10pm and waking up afterwards till 5am to review then sleeping for 2 hours and then going to class before 8am... hmm.. how did I survive that one? hehe

Manila Bulletin and seeing my name as a brand new CPA!... seeing my family's happiness... my mama's tears... celebrating at Manila Hotel and Diamond Hotel with fellow CPAs...

95050934... my college ID number sa UST... hahaha memorize ko pa...

Ateneo... and hitching a ride home after a UST-ADMU game...

bratinella... when she discovered my old blog! bwahaha

YM sessions with friends till the wee hours of the day... and seeing him online and me going on invisible mode.. hehe

COCC and white hanky... and Michael Jay... and Jhing and She.. and si Teddy Bear na sunog!

Tears while aboard the jeepney... and people trying to hide their curiosity... hahaha

Unwell... and me being... well... unwell! makes sense?

His eyes... and that early morning kiss... And seeing that he called at 3am just to say hi!

Kayo, ano yung nakakapagpasingkit sa inyong mga mata tuwing naaalala nyo?

Dahil sa maraming di makapunta sa aking blog dahil yata sa pagiging for adults only ng url -XXX kasi ang start hehe-, binago ko na po ang blog address ko...

http://sashashing.blogspot.com

Pakibago na lamang sa inyong mga links, friends!

Happy Monday, everyone!

Pusong Mamon

Napanood ko kagabi yung episode ng MMK. Bida si Rustom Padilla bilang si Rod, isang executive secretary at si Gardo Versoza bilang si Ronald, isang engineer. Sa Saudi ang setting ng istorya. Matagal-tagal na sa Saudi si Rod samantalang si Ronald ay kadarating pa lamang dun. Naging flatmates sila. Bakla si Rod at unang kita pa lamang niya kay Ronald ay nagustuhan nya na ito. Si Ronald naman ay isang straight guy na may asawa at 3 anak na naiwan sa Pilipinas.

Sinubukan ni Rod na maakit si Ronald subalit sinabi ng huling sila'y di talo. Humingi naman ng dispensa si Rod at eventually, naging magkaibigan sila. Kinakantyawan sila ng mga kasama sa trabaho dahil sobrang TLC talaga ang pinakikita ni Rod sa kanya kahit na ba magkaibigan lang sila. Pero tunay na nirerespeto ni Rod ang desisyon ni Ronald na pagkakaibigan lamang ang mamagitan sa kanila, kahit pa sabihing patuloy na nagmamahal si Rod.

Dumating ang isang malaking dagok sa buhay ni Ronald nang iwan siya ng asawa at sumama sa ibang lalaki. Sa sobrang depression, nagtangka siyang magpakamatay! Isinugod agad siya sa ospital at si Rod ang tumulong sa kanya. Ang huli ang nagsilbing "private nurse" niya nang mga panahong walang ibang mag-aasikaso sa kanya. Doon nabuo ang kakaibang "bond" nila.

Umuwi sila pareho ng Pilipinas dahil hinatid ni Rod si Ronald. Sobrang pasasalamat ang sumalubong sa kanya mula sa mga magulang ni Ronald. "Tanggap" din ng mga magulang niya kung anuman ang meron sila ni Ronald.

Sa huli, di lang respeto ni Ronald ang nakuha ni Rod. Pati na rin ang kanyang pagmamahal.

Nakakatuwang isipin na binigyan ng respeto ni Ronald si Rod kahit pa alam nitong may gusto sa kanya ang huli, na isang bakla. Hindi siya nagsamantala na karaniwang ginagawa ng ibang lalaki malaman lang nilang kayang ibigay ng nagmamahal na bakla sa kanila ang lahat. Tsk tsk...

Sana lang wag ng lokohin ng mga lalaki ang mga kapatid nating may pusong babae. Tao rin naman silang nasasaktan... kahit pa masiyahin silang lahat na akala mo'y walang iniindang problema.

Lagi nating isipin na kahit pa anong kasarian ng isang tao, lahat nagmamahal at nasasaktan din.

Yun lang naman po.

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Nakakataba naman ng puso na naaalala ka ng kaibigan mo sa tuwing kailangan niya ng kausap at "masusumbungan"… si bespren Lem kasi, very private person… he's not used to sharing his problems, especially if it's a family matter, to friends. Pero naiisip niya akong tawagan o puntahan sa bahay basta rin lang burdened na siya. Siguro dahil sa nasanay na rin silang lahat na tambayan ang bahay nung HS. Or feeling nila president pa rin ako ng class till now.. Nyek!…or they probably trust me :)

Ayun lang, gusto ko lang ikwento. Kasi punta si Lem maya sa bahay… ilang araw ng may problema… gusto na magkwento, Shen!

It's Our Day!

It all started in second year high. She transferred again to our school, Our Lady of the Sacred Heart. There were several transferees and she's one of them. For some reason, the school decided that they will compress the four sections to three so they were put in our class. I never intended to be friends with her because I have my own set of friends... Apparently, fate had other plans than mine.

It was second quarter of the school year when something happened. I was one of the top students in class (teka, natatawa ako! nagyabang pa! hehehe) so I was placed at the back of the room. I became friends with a bunch of students from the last section and... her.

Shiena Tan.

(Marami pa itong kasunod... if u want to read the whole message, punta kayo dito.)

I texted her this morning because IT'S HER BIRTHDAY TODAY! I told her that I wish she'd get to meet Mr. Right already. Someone that would love her and take care of her and be with her when she needs someone to make kwento/daldal to. Someone who'd cherish her and make her feel important the way she does her loved ones. If she already found the guy (*wink* *wink*), well and good!

You deserve it, sis!

I also wish that our friendship would last a lifetime.

I may not have a tangible gift that I can give you right now, Shen, I have these memories and good words that I can tell the whole world about you.

Love u, sis! Be happy (parang commercial ng jollibee)! You deserve it! And whatever they say, you know that we all love you the way you are.

'Tol, painom ka naman! hehehe

HAPPY 28th BEERDAY este BIRTHDAY pala!!!

xxxooo,
sasha

p.s. Dalaw kayo sa lungga ng friend ko ha. :)

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Nawala ako kaninang umaga, Nona kasi we went to Antipolo church. Kasama buong family kasi birthday na ng sis kong si Vivian sa Tuesday. 26 na siya! We do this yearly kasi may panata raw sa kanya ang parents ko. Kanina namang after lunch, naglambing si bunso. Bili raw siya ng rubber shoes at intrams nila sa bukas. Ayun, go na naman after a few minutes of rest. Ang arte mamili! Mas maarte pa ang lalaki sa babaeng pumili ng shoes! Bumili siya nung TMAC na shoes. Sa 1st week ng October, naka-oo naman akong bilan ko siya ng Wade shoes. Haay... hirap maging ate, hehe :D

At eto pa pala... kasama namin kanina ang tita ko at sina Debbie at DJ, cousins namin. Tinanong ng tita ko kung ano'ng course gusto ni bebe kong kunin sa college. Aba naman, Nursing daw! Sabi ko sa kanya, sinong magpapaaral sayo, be? May kasamang ungot at lambing pa... ikaw 'te!

Waahhh tatandang-dalaga na ako sa pagpapaaral nito! hehe (parang nagrereklamong-hindi)

Syoombrraya

mes jours sont remplis de solitude

svp, svp me prendre loin dans votre monde

My Voyager

The content of my phone...

A dozen or so applications. But I have here my fave ones:

Lextionary - a smartphone dictionary, complete with pronunciation guide
iSilo - an ebook reader (can't live without this one!)
Windows Media Player and Playlist Manager - for my mp3s and wmas
Wordpad - if my brain feels like functioning

Books lined up in my phone library for reading (through iSilo):
Angela's Ashes by Frank McCourt (not yet done, in page 200 right now)
Christ the Lord by Anne Rice (started this one last weekend)
Suzanne's Diary for Nicholas by James Patterson (in the middle of the story last night)
The Devil Wears Prada (love to re-read certain chapters)
Four (4) Erma Bombeck books from Tim (all in first few pages, sis)
And of course, my all time favorite book, The Catcher in the Rye by JD Salinger (I've read this book I think a dozen times now)

My Playlists:
Alternative - I play this list going to the office or home when I feel like I want to be alone in a sea of strangers...
> Breathing by Lifehouse
> Bring me to life by Evanescence
> Broken by Seether
> Counting Blue Cars by Dishwalla
> Everything by Lifehouse
> Here without you
> Yellow by Coldplay

Sitti's Cafe Bossa album - everyday, when I feel like it (which is most of the time)

Sleepy - obviously, when I need a shut-eye
> Enya songs
> The Key to You
> The Way it is
> Visions of a sunset

Weekday Blues - when my moody self feels like saying hi
> Hey look at the sun by Sitti
> Para sa akin by Sitti
> I Wonder Why by Curtis Stigers
> A Promise I make by Dakota Moon
> Fields of Gold by Sting
> I Will Always be your Friend by George Duke
> Come back to me by Janet Jackson
> Those sweet words by Norah Jones
> Piano in the dark by Brenda Russel
> Run by Collective Soul
> The key to you
> The way it is
> Til they take my heart away
> True
> Visions of a sunset
> When we dance by Sting
> Yellow by Coldplay

I have some more songs in my phone that I'm too tamad to list down. I have Sting's 2 albums (forgot the album names), Usher's Confessions, Coldplay's album (the one where Yellow is included), a collection of Japanese and French songs, some OPMs and various kasentihan songs.

Ate Melai, ito naman ang kaulayaw ko ;)

ps. I want the Nokia N91! Gimme! Gimme! Gimme!

Midweek Blues pa rin...

Minsan, after ng ilang araw na pangiti-ngiti at patawa-tawa, bigla mong mapapansin na parang na-drain ka. Ubos ang reserved energy! Walang gana saka bugnutin.

Haay...

Ganyan ako ngayon. Wala sa mood tumawa. Parang malungkot na ewan. Mabuti na nga lang at nag-text si Allan, ang bading kong friend ng isang madramang message na pinorward ko naman kay Nona. Medyo nangiti :)

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Eto, naisip ko bigla kung bakit! May nakita kasi ako kanina habang paakyat ng escalator... yung kulang sa buhay ko. Ayun, nagsenti ng konti :(

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Nami-miss ko na sina Shen at Tim! Sis, magkita na tayo this weekend at marami na akong ipon na kwento! At Shen, listen to The Key to You tapos tugtugin mo sa piano. Serrano Laktaw days... Kaka-miss sobra! Ah, People Alone... nasa akin pa yung piyesang binigay mo :) Sana, isang araw, magawa ulit nating tumambay sa isang bahay na may piano tapos request-request ulit! Una ako :)

Hoy, Shiena Tan, pag nabasa mo 'to, magparamdam ka ha pre! Siguraduhin mo... mishu! :) at muntik ko ng makalimutang isulat... Sa 17 na...

HAPPY 30th BIRTHDAY!!! (Tama ba?!?)

Bad trip talaga si Jem, sayang yung pics! Sana nai-post sa friendster.

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And I wonder why we hold on with tears in our eyes... I wonder why we have to break down to just make things right...

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At alam kong magagalit ka na naman sa akin dito sis pero na-miss ko rin kasi sila bigla...

Si tukayo. Na-miss ko lang na may nakaka-relate sa mga gusto kong songs (after midnight talks about it din) at books (Oprah book club and the others). Ang babaw yata, sis!?! Pero yun, nasa senti mood kaya naaalala lahat.

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Updates:
Nagpunta ako sa isang interview this afternoon. May tumawag kasi sa akin offering me a Senior Finance Manager post. Okay yung interview kasi parang basic lang naman. I asked for a really good pay package kasi ano naman ang halaga ng pag-entertain ko ng bagong job kung pareho lang ang pay dito sa current company ko di ba?!

God willing, kung maging okay ang result, better... kung hindi, okay rin lang.

I'm in a better mood now. Nag-trip ako kanina at sumakay ng bus! It's been years since last na sakay ko ng bus e. Ayun, mainit ang ulo ng driver at konduktor kaya tawa ako nang tawa!

Salamat manong driver at konduktor! ahihihi

Midweek Blues

There's a saying old says that love is blind
Still we're often told "seek and ye shall find"
So I'm going to seek a certain man I've had in mind
Looking everywhere, haven't found him yet
He's the big affair I cannot forget
Only man I ever think of with regret

There's a somebody I'm longing to see
I hope that he turns out to be
Someone who'll watch over me

I'm a little lamb who's lost in a wood
I know I could always be good
To one who'll watch over me

My Past Chuvaness... Wehehe!

Dahil sa post ni Nona about dun sa babaeng iniwan ng asawa, naalala ko tuloy ang aking nakaraan... Nakakahiya man pong aminin, ako po'y na-involve sa isang lalaking may asawa na. Opo, tama ang inyong nabasa. Nakilala ko si Dork (not his real name) thru YM (I know, I know… ano ba naman ako kasi sa ganung paraan ko siya nakilala). Hindi naman iyong tipong nag-YM lang para makahanap ng boyfriend ha (uy defensive! Hehe). Nagkataon lang talagang nakilala ko siya. I was surfing the net that time, bago pa lang ako sa blog world, nung makita ko iyong isang tagline na nakakuha ng atensyon ko. Masipag pa akong mag-YM that time kaya I sent him a message. After an hour or two, he was online na kaya ayun, dun na nagsimula ang pag-YM namin daily. We became friends muna bago na-develop sa kung saan ang lahat.

Take note, hindi po ako pumapatol sa may asawa! Takot ako sa karma at ano naman ang kapupuntahan ko sa ganun? Ang daming lalaki dyan, di ba Mam Teks? Oo, alam kong married siya pero ang buong pagkakaalam ko, separated na siya for a couple of years. His ex-wife was living-in with another man na that time. They had two kids, the first one died when he was five years old and the other one is a girl, that time twelve years old na. This was confirmed to me by his cousin whom I met together with some of his friends. Naniwala ako sa cousin niya kasi bukod sa girl ito, naging friend ko na rin kasi. Blood is thicker than water, 'yan ang isa sa mga natutunan ko sa kanya.

Maya't maya ang tawagan namin at nagkikita kami once in a while. Mahirap makipagkita sa kanya on a weekly basis kasi medyo may pagkamanyak ba! Takot akong mabuntis e! Not until I'm 35 pa. Di ba, ate Ghee? :)

Professor siya sa isang university. He finished Psychology kaya nadala ako sa psycho ek-ek nya. To be quite honest, mahilig kasi ako sa mga intellectual type. Yun bang tipong mas maraming alam kaysa akin. Gusto ko rin yung tipong pinagsasabihan ako kung mali ang nagawa o nasabi ko. Ganun siya e. Kaya natapilok at nahulog ang puso ko, pakner! :(

Siguro tanga nga lang ako dahil in love. Instinct told me that something's amiss. Pero binabalewala ko. Sabi ni Lem, bestfriend ko, ang lalaki lima ang karaniwang bisyo: sigarilyo, drugs, babae, sugal at alak. Si Dork kasi di naninigarilyo, nagda-drugs, nagsusugal at umiinom. E di ano pa raw ang natitira?!? Binalewala ko rin ang sinabi ni Lem sa akin. Kasi hindi siya yung ganung tipo.

Almost a year into our relationship, bigla na lang I can't contact him! Parang nagtatago siya sa akin. Ang alam ko nun, weekend yun, dumating ang mama niya at anak niya sa bahay niya at naglayas daw yung bata dahil nasampal ng ex-wife niya. Apparently, sobrang problematic 'yung girl kasi nawawala yung kinakasama. Kinuwento niya sa akin yun lahat Friday night. Saturday morning, unattended na phone niya… until Monday noon. Nagpa-panic ako kasi I thought something happened to him. Tama kutob ko! Something happened nga! Between him and his ex (na technically, wife pa rin niya!)! Inamin niya sa akin Monday afternoon. Ang sakit kasi imagine, wala naman akong laban dun. Husband and wife pa rin sila e! Pumunta raw si ex sa bahay niya para sunduin anak nila. Nagkataong pagabi na nung Sabado dumating kaya hindi na niya pinauwi. Nagkukuwentuhan daw sila about their kid and their past when "that" happened. Di raw niya sinasadya, Devilicious! Hahaha! Dati super mega iyak ako when I heard that. Ngayon, super halakhak na! I'm so over him na talaga! Thank God!

Ilang beses pa niya akong gustong balikan, TK. Pero wa epek na! Tagal bago nawala love ko sa kanya. Ipokrita ko naman kung sabihin kong hindi ako na-tempt makipagbalikan pero buti na lang at matindi kapit ko… Sabi ko nga sa kanya, kaya nga nung una hesitant ako to really give him a chance because I don’t go for married guys! Kahit na sinabi niyang nakasalang na annulment papers nila... Bukod sa talo ako sa ganung setup, takot ako sa Diyos! Baka mamaya singilin sa magiging anak ko, mahirap na! Di ba ate Ann?

Nabuntis nga pala niya si Girlash, ate Melai. Kasi nalaman kong hindi iyon ang "first" time nila. May nangyari na rin daw nung dinalaw niya dati ang mag-ina niya a couple of weeks bago iyong incident na 'yon. O di ba nakakatuwa?!? At least, instrumental ako sa pagbabalikan nila, in a way. PERO, in all that happened, feeling ko pinasakay lang ako ng mokong na 'yun e! Ang kutob ko, talagang asawa pa niya si babae at nasa probinsya lang habang siya e nagtatrabaho dito. Kaya ko nasabing naloko ako. Deny to death siya, Momel, when I told him this pero naniniwala na ako sa kutob ko ngayon.

Iyan ang drama ng buhay ko noon, Nona! Nakakatawa na lang tuwing naaalala ko. Wala na iyong dating kirot. Hahaha! Jigs, sowee at tungkol na naman sa lovelife ito :)

P.S. Sa lahat ng aking young (in age and at heart, hehe) na blog friends, learn from my mistake ha. Iba ang intuition ng babae. If it tells you something's not right, investigate. Dig deeper. Kasi malamang sinasabi nitong you're committing a mistake already (or you're about to commit one).

Take me away!!!

It's really frustrating the hell out of me. You'll ask a very simple question that is EITHER answerable with a yes or no OR answerable with a very specific amount or word… will they give it? NOOO! They will point you to the direction of a possible answer but they will NOT give it to you! I am the boss right? But hey, in this company, the supervisors are way more powerful than the managers! Why?? Because they were here way back when I was still in college so they are closer to the big bosses than moi. It kills me, really, to tread carefully around my staff. I am not a bad manager (although I goof from time to time!) and I am always friends with my staff. I don’t make them feel that I am their boss but there are times that you expect them to treat you with courtesy. Especially when the higher ups need something from you that in turn you ask them to provide. Also, I treat everyone the same way I want to be treated. So it really, REALLY kills me to be treated this way.

I need to get away from these people before I bloody my hands!

Aaargh!!!

Samu't sari

Hey look at the sun
It's finally shining on my life
It's shining on my life
And it's all because of you
It's finally shining on my life
For me and for you

Late na naman ako! At least once a week nale-late ako for one reason or another. Kanina ang reason ko, california maki! Kung bakit kasi ilang araw na akong nagke-crave dyan sa pagkain na yan. Kahapon dapat kain ako nun kaso daming tao sa Teriyaki Boy kaya sa iba na kami kumain ng kasama ko. Dun sa sinasakyan ko sa may Suki Market, may malapit na bilihan ng mga sushi. Mura lang. Kaya nung makita ko kanina, buy ako agad. Ayun, pagdating ko sa pila ng FX, wala ng FX! Nag-text na lang ako sa aking boss para sabihing mahuhuli ako ng pasok ngayon. Sabi nga ni Nona, ayan daw kasi inuna ko ang pagkain, hehe!

Ngayong lunch naman, I had caesar's salad. Ilang araw ko na rin kine-crave yun. Dami kong cravings! Nyehehe! Next on my list… sisig! :)

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Nanonood ba kayo ng Super Inggo? Natutuwa naman ako kay Makisig. Tuwing nagsasabi siya ng "pare!" at "'tol!" at "aning!", napapangiti ako. Pati 'yung gumaganap na kaibigan niya, kahit bulol nakakatuwa. 'Yung innocence nila plus 'yung unconditional love nila for their moms…

La lang… Natuwa lang ako. Obvious bang walang mapanood sa gabi, pakner?? hehe

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Devilicious, I miss my mom so much! First death anniversary niya on September 29 :(

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Napapansin ko lang na lagi akong nahuhuli sa pag-comment sa new posts ng aking fave bloggers! Kung bakit naman kasi dito sa office, nagloloko lagi ang connection namin. Kung makalusot man, di naman ako makapagbasa nang maayos kasi biglang sumusulpot sa likod ko ang aking boss. Kaya pasensya na kayo, friends, kung nahuhuli lagi ang komento ko. Bawi na lang pag Friday evenings :)

>> Sarado na nga pala ang kapehan nina B1 at B2. Ano kayang dahilan? Paging Inkee and Ma'am Teks!

>> Si manong KD pala ang hubby ni ate Ann! Kailan ko lang nalaman. Kahiya ahihii!

>> Si Rex naman ay nagpa-highlights ng blue! Astig!

>> At si Kneeko?!? La lang! Paknerrr!!!!

Confessions...

I woke up at 6AM last Friday, my normal waking hour if I want to head to the office at 6:45AM. Instead of sitting up so I could start shaking the sleep off of me, I went back to sleep! I dozed off for an hour and when I woke up again, I texted an officemate to tell our boss that I was not feeling well. Bad! I was brave enough to go on leave because I know that there were no urgent matters that I need to attend to. Nyehehe

Another bad thing I did… last Saturday was our annual sportsfest at the office. It was held at Cabuyao, Laguna. I was to participate in table tennis. Yay! I don’t know how to play that one. And just so everyone knows, I am not an athletic person. I'm good at chess, scrabble, snakes and ladders… in short, I'm good at board games. I know basketball but I only watch. Dancing? Now, if that is sports, you can include me on that one ;) So, I did not attend the sportsfest. I pretended to be sick again. Super bad!

What I did on Friday and Saturday? Laze around the house, read, surf the net a bit… Come Sunday, it was my sister Grace's birthday! We went to the cemetery (in Bulacan) to visit my mom's grave. Last time we went there was May so my sister thought that it would be best to celebrate her birthday with mom.

Yesterday?? I was on leave again :D What did I do?? I watched The Devil Wears Prada with bespren May!!! Yipee!!! I love the movie! I especially love Meryl Streep's portrayal of Miranda! Brilliant performance! Anne's Andy is a breeze for her. I can't think of anyone else who'd portray Andrea except Anne Hathaway. I don’t like the actor who played the writer Christian Thompson (with whom Andy had a fling after breaking up with her boyfriend-they-changed-the-name-in-the-movie-to-Nate!). He looks blah! The boyfriend is kinda okay. Lily, Andy's bestfriend is a bit irrelevant in the movie. I love Stanley Tucci as Nigel! I love his voice, his mannerism, his delivery of lines… The movie ended differently than the book. It ended happily for everyone whereas in the book, Andy and Miranda separated in bad terms. But, I love both endings. I love the way Miranda just looked at Andy before entering the car and then smiling at Andy. And I love her delivery of "That's all", her perennial parting line. If I have ten stars to give, ten being the highest, The Devil Wears Prada the movie is a nine!

And bad ko noh? Four days relaxation, two days I got through lying. Hay, bad! But honestly, the end justified the means. Nyahaha

The Bossa Nova Diva

I have been looking forward to watching this lady perform every week at Eastwood City. She sounds "different" from ordinary performers. I don't know if anyone here knows Lisa Ono, the voice behind those songs playing at different metro cafes, but she sounds a bit like her.

I got curious at first because when you look at posters advertising her gigs, the lady looks like a foreigner. Her name sounds foreign as well. Sitti.

First time I watched her, I just knew this lady will go places. Her voice is pure heaven.

And the Bossa Nova Diva of the Philippines was born.

I bought a copy of her Cafe Bossa album and I just love her voice!

I don't know how I can upload her songs here so everyone can listen but I will try. :) Know more about her here. Listen to some of the cuts from the album here.