Gloomy Romantic

Speaking of gloomy weather, my fave highschool teacher posted this on her facebook wall:

Walking hand in hand with my husband under the heavy rain without an umbrella and getting soaked was totally ROMANTIC. I would want to do it again every chance that I'd get. - Leah Salinel

awwwwwww, sweetness

this weather is not gloomy afterall :)

Happy thought of the day: Prenup Shoots

I am having an off day. Prolly becuase I'm not feeling well, feeling a little feverish, or maybe because, again, for the nth time, the gloomy weather.

Anyhow, like most days, whenever I feel off, I turn to my happy thoughts. So, happy thought of the day: prenup shoots!

I've always been a fan of creative, non emo prenup photoshoots. I'm all for colors, nature, happy bright faces. Not really into lets-try-not-to-look-at-each-other kind of pictures. I think it's annoying.

Here are 2 of my recent faves:

I just love how genuine this picture looks! Plus the fact that it was taken in one of my favorite places, old Manila. The carefree outfits, the random strangers, the total concept. This photo took my breath away. I had to pause and tried not to cry.



The outfits are again A+. The big red heart is pretty straightforward but it's the Lover's Lane that brought a smile to my face. I have a nice memory of this place. I also think that it is always romantic to have a prenup photshoot in your alma matter - that's just me.

To my dear friend, Colleen April Celis, yes, Cyrus Baguio is married.

what would you do if...

Friend 1: My boyfriend is a fan of online gaming..
Me: and?
Friend 1: there is an online community
Me: and?
Friend 1: I happen to see his message board one time, I did not intrude, I saw it by accident. He messaged the game's top scorer, saying something like, congratulations on being number 1 etc etc
Me: and
Friend 1: the top scorer is a girl - a pretty girl wearing a sexy outfit in her profile picture
Me: mmm
Friend 1: is that even right?
Me: I bet your bf said it's nothing, he just congratulated the top scorer
Friend 1: he did say that
Me: you accepted it?
Friend 1: No. If the profile picture was a guy with a baseball cap and thick nerdy glasses, would he have congratulated him?
Me: I don't know. Maybe your dude is just, friendly
Friend 1: Freakin Flirt.
Me: I wouldn't like that if that happens to me too. But I wouldn't make it a big deal either. If he says its nothing, its nothing, but it shouldn't happen again.
Friend 1: Right
Me: Thing though is...somehow..becuase of that..
Friend 1: Say it
Me: I will have this thing in my head that he is actually capable of messaging people he doesn't know and the suggestive outfit makes it worst.
Friend 1: My point exactly
Me: mmm
Friend 1: what?
Me: guys will be guys..they will always check out girls, not matter how faithful they try to be
Friend 1: I get that...and I'm all for his checking out girls, I check out boys too, what bothers me is that he initiated a conversation with a total stranger. It was a private message.
Me: Ok, now that's not cool. If it were public, then I get it. If it's private, what was his intention?
Friend: I know...
Me: It's ok...as long as it ended there it should be fine
Friend: right
-end of story-

resurfacing

It has been roughly 2 years since I posted an entry here - the reason being is that, I forgot my blogspot password and was too lazy to initiate a password reset.

I am blogging again. A lot has happened in the past 2 years and I mean a lot! I hope I can summarize everything in this blog post. SO, where do I begin?

I can't remember what happened latter half of 2009 so I'm gonna bypass that part :P

First half 2010:

May 2010:

I can't remember anything before our legendary KL-SG-Bali trip. That trip was memorable. We rode almost every vehicle known to man. We were travelling 80% of the time. It was exhausting but it was worth it - more than worth it actually.

I got back in the office around mid-May and there were already a new batch of hires. They hired a lot while I was away - I felt alienated for a while. I really didn't care about these new hires since we get them like every month. They were introduced to me but I easily forgot about them. A lot was going on with me at that time, work, personal stuff and what not.

June 2010

Drama

I Finally got rid of it - cleaned my closet - for real this time.

July 23-24 2010

SAP Practice Offsite: I decided to join the Groove presentation becuase I haven't danced for a really long time. Around that period I kinda felt that it was going to be my last.

The offsite and the presentation went well (felt alone though as Ira didn't make it to the offsite and Katt went home early due to a asthma attack). During the offsite party, I decided to be friendly with the new people. I invited them to join me and dance with the rest of the company (literally). On the way to the dance floor, someone approached me and praised my dancing. I was like, Thank you! I was still groggy from the tequila shot I just had so wasn't really paying attention. The party was getting duller and the people were getting drunker, so a teammate asked me to go to one of the rooms where the rest of the team were apparently, drinking. I was still groggy, but what the heck? More alcohol means more fun right?

That groggy tipsy night started everything. The culprit of culprits.

August Something 2010

If only I can recover that 8-hour facebook chat.

August 28, 2010

The first time we went out. I had dance class, he had a review (which I think he ditched?). After dance class we decided to meet up in Shang. It was typical. We had dinner, movie, ice cream, went home. But what happened since that day was far from typical.

To be honest, I already noticed this dude when I first saw him in the office. He was tall, lean, dark and had a man purse - the man purse sealed the deal.

I remember a friend telling me, pag naging kayo, I'm gonna do a silent dance in my head - she did.

Several cyber flirtations came then exchange of 1 millon text messages a day followed. Whatever happened after that was history. Documented in every breakfast surprises, movie tickets, meal bills, radom letters etc. Let me just say that it was the most surreal phase of my 2010.

Oct. 16

Oct. 18

Oct. 26

Nov. 1

I can go back to that groggy, tipsy July night in 2010 and reminisce. Too many memories to write (will blog more frequent from now on). Bottomline, I'm happy.

Oh, I also resigned and found a new job.

Did I mention that I'm happy?

Taking conference calls at home has never been this yummy!

Yay!

Finally!

A hamburger phone!

Last weekend, Chungs, aka Teresa sent me a message via YM.

Teresa: Edell! may pasalubong ako sayo! matutuwa ka!

And yes natuwa nga ako! Yesterday, when she got to the office after her uber awesome vacation (Hongkong, Thailand, Bora) Chungs handed over her pasalubong for me :D

Tandadadan!!!

A hamburger phone! I was so happy I wasn't sure how I was able to say thank you! It was really unexpected and more than the actual hamburger phone, I'm happy that Chungs remembered!

Now, taking conference calls at home is going to be fun!

i did find treasures!

Went to Cubao with Nicole and Che today. Our objective was (at least for me and Che) to look for treasures in the lovely ukayans of Cubao. The first couple of stores were pretty disappointing. One, the stuffs are "new" so they are still very pricey. Two, none really caught my attention.

Our tired but excited feet brought us to this little store with little stuffs. I wasn't really gonna browse through the clothes because I was looking for bags. But No - Che kept on checking out the clothes that I decided to check them out as well. Then I found these - denim lorts. The ginormous pockets kept on calling my name so I tried them on. Tadan! perfect fit! again, perfect fit! Like the lorts were made for me!

and the best part is this:

I have a thing for crowns and this tag sealed the deal. Bought it for a hundred bucks!!! a real treassure.

Then we went to this other store. I was really surprised at how Che managed to stop a crazy jeepney from running over her. She just waved her hand and kept on walking - it seemed like she was trying to get rid of a fly.

Anyhoo, the second store was on sale! I was torn between two bags: a black classic one or this red modern sporty one. With the help of the 2 girls, I picked this bag and I'm so happy that I did.

It's an original red Puma bowling bag which sells at 2400php (according to the website) and at the store, it was priced at 380php! Major steal right? but wait..there's more...

Because it was on sale - the new price is 280php - not the awesome part yet - I bargained and I bought it for 250!!! 10 times cheaper! bwahahaa! Pure awesomeness! I've been planning to get myself a sporty handbag which I can use with my sporty outfits - but they're so freaking expensive that I'd rather buy shoes! Ahhh...this bag and I are meant to meet - gotta love Cubao!

the blog is alive!

It has been 3 months since my last post - I feel guilty. I have abandoned my primary outlet.

Anyhoo, I'm back!!! (fireworks)

So, work has been pretty challenging (and I really have to start my long overdue entry with topic about work). A lot and I mean a lot has been happening - its crunch time! But I'm cool with it - I find peace in it.

I am currently aadicted to this Korean reality show that was aired last year. Aside from the fact that it stars my recent favorite Korean Singer/Actor/Future husband, it is also a really funny show that for some reason uplifts my spirit everytime I watch it. It is the only series that is currently saved in my ipod and my ipod can't afford to lose battery (for I watch and rewatch several episodes on a per hour basis). Need not to dwell too much on it, as I might not be able to stop.

Last friday, we had the "poo poo pants day" in the office. Poo poo pants aka drop pants are fun to wear and me and my friends decided to wear them on the same day. This is it for now, I need to go back to my lovely job.

To the world!