bitching and musings on V day

my William Hayes is not over his ex. i must admit i wasn't surprised. what's surprising is it isn't as crappy and shitty as i expected it to be.

i probably got used to the idea that this thing with him is an uber vicious-never-ending-sana-matapos-na cycle. OR i just don't give as much damn as i used to. which is sad. stoicbitch, are you back?

on happier news...

i got my Visa for Hello Kitty land this morning. yey! the initial schedule was March 1 but due to resource constraints, it was  moved to the last week of March.  still, i'm excited.

since my trip to Japan was moved to a later date, i will be flying back to KL for a short assignment. i'm excited since a bunch of my teammates are there plus the trip will just be for a week so yey!

and lastly, to celebrate V day, my fab girlfiends and i are having wine tonight at Barcino. april, imma drink your share hehehe!

so there, that's my V day so far. a lil bitch of bitching and a whole lotta musings :)

life is good.

and i wonder if i ever cross your mind

....for me it happens all the time....

the job that isn't

if i have not said it enough, i will say it again. i love my job!


not only do i get to travel and meet all sorts of interesting people, but at the end of the day, it gives me the feeling that my job really isn't a job. i like it too much for it to be.

my boss is awesome. really awesome.
my colleagues are my friends.
and everyday is always an opportunity for growth.

love it! wouldn't trade it.

:)

ps. i got my PA last night and it said...i'm getting a promotion. woot woot!

facelift

i finally upgraded my classic blog template to the new xml format.

nainspire ako sa yo abril!

new year.
new look.

sana naman may new love na din! this is, after all MY year!

cheers to all you wabbits out there!

next destination...hello kitty's birthplace

keeping my fingers crossed until my visa gets approved.

still, i can't help but be excited! who wouldn't? plus, it'll be springtime soon which means i get to see REAL cherry blossoms! mababaw na kung mababaw!

wish me luck!

ink!

i did it! after 2 yrs of really really thinking about it, i finally had it done yesterday. 

the colors are still bright and my skin was still swollen in this photo...but i love it! 

the tattoo artist was great! turned out, it's more painful to have a bikini wax! today, the colors became darker especially on the greens and it's even prettier than yesterday!

my sister said it's so me...indeed it is :)

one check on my bucket list...now on to the next!

Happy Christmas!

hope your Christmas was happy as ours :)

yes, we were bees! we drew yellow stripes as theme this year.

this is it! my scary age!

in a few hours...i will turn 35...

which, after watching an episode in sex and the city, has become my scary age. sort of. you see i've always thought that i'd be married by this time.  but obviously, i'm not. 

but i won't be disheartened. somewhere, someone is just waiting to be found or could be on his way to finding me...i just hope he doesn't make the wrong turn again :)

happy birthday dear old me. here's to more fab years ahead.

and to my dear dad....my first love, the only thing that makes me anticipate my bday is because it is your birthday too. happy 75th! here's to 100 years more of awesomeness! we love you papa!

call it what you want

coincidence...serendipity...or just another big fat silly trick that the universe has sent my way.

call it what you want. take it how you want.  he's back. again.  single and ready to mingle. not himhim from work. but the one that got away. the one itch i haven't scratched. the one who turns/turned my world upside down even when i had a boyfriend. that one. and what perfect timing now that himhim has been laid to rest!

could he really be that this time around?  my william hayes?

is he santa's early christmas pressy? or a birthday gift perhaps?

ok i'm stopping.

Rapunzel : A Tangled Tale

i have not enjoyed a single Disney animated film since The Little Mermaid. it did set the bar high after all and the ones that follow fell short. don't get me wrong, they're not bad. they're just not as good.

Rapunzel however, blew me away. the soundtrack was amazing. the colors are brilliant and the dialogues are hilarious. of course i am biased as Flynn Rider's voice was that of Zach Levi. it doesn't matter that the entire movie felt like hearing Chuck rant. no. it doesn't matter. at all.

here's what i'm singing in my head and i can't stop!!!

abril! watch it!!!!! you have to!

just around the corner

so how come i'm not feeling it yet? despite the fabulous displays in almost all the malls here in KL, i really am not in holiday spirits.

boo! imma have to start feelin it. SOON!!! after all, scrooge is so overrated.

35 days to go.

updates since my last post

Work:
I'm back in KL, this time, a project for Singapore. the last project for HK was a huge success albeit some issues, most of which are non-work related

I have a new member which makes us a team of 6 now. masipag pa. for how long, i'm not sure hahaha!
performance appraissal is just around the corner so i'm keeping both fingers and toes crossed! a promotion sounds mighty fine :)

Family:
Miguel was a scarecrow last halloween. oooohhh and he was the cutest scarecrow ever!

himhim:
IS DEAD. I KILLED HIM NA!

well, he's out my life at least. like way out. we hardly talked since i went back to manila..not even before i left for KL. do i miss him? i'd be lying and a straightass hypocrite if i say i don't.

so yes, i do. but not like before. something just died and he and i were never the same.

friends:
i'm gonna be a bridesmaid. again. one in december and the other one in january. lampas 27 dresses na ito!!!! lord, pwede bang tanggalin na ang maid at maging bride naman ako??? hahhaa!

so that's it. KL is gonna be home for the next month. which means, i will be celebrating my bday here and i will be missing Papa's big 75th celebration at home :(

counting the days

5 more days to go and imma comin home!
but first, i will be spending the weekend at the historical Malacca.
can you spell excited?

moment of truth

tomorrow will be the cutover for the last wave of this ever mahabang project.

uat is almost done and so far, no major issue has been encountered.

if everything goes according to plan, the days following this weekend will be a breeze.
wish me luck!

oh! oh! and this would mean that in less than 2 weeks, i'll be back in manila! yey!!! no more cooking! no more laundry! hello senyorita! hahahhahah!

booked

as the project here is coming to a close, instead of going back to manila, we opted to just exit KL for a weekend in Singapore.

could've been better if i was able to book a flight to Bangkok and join my bestie!

avril! elusive ang ating out of manila rendezvous anovah!!!!!

back in KL

for another month or so...

we are halfway through the project and i have yet to uncross my fingers since i got back last week hahaha!

this is it! go live for the last applications is drawing near.

so far so good.

i'm letting you go

to swim with the other fishes so i too can swim in a sea without you in it...

thank you.

you asked me tonight if it was brave of me for not taking the chance just coz i know there's no point or that i'm just scared for not wanting to get hurt. i had no answer, at least not to your face.

I'm telling you now. I honestly don't know. all i know is i have to make peace with what is and not hope or think of what it's not.

and this...letting you go...no matter how hard it is is the bravest thing i have done and will do.

good to be home

so it's day 2 in manila and everything is better than fine.

Day 1 was spent with my family. Well at least for the entire 4hours that i was awake! Hahaha! mama cooked adobo since i requested for it. Since i started getting lo ng out of the country assignments, adobo has been my welcome meal. So even if airline food as yet to be digested, i had to eat. After all, no one cooks adobo like my mom!

my nephew miguel could not get enough of me and i'm not complaining. he now has this eay of looking and smiling at you as if to say uuuyyy ninang is here! And his words! Omg! It's only been a month but his vocabulary has increased tremendously. That plus the fact that he's more pilyo than ever. once i said no and he goes "aba laban na ha!" and the gives me the cutest smile! hahaha!

Today was spent at work. and as expected, i was swamped. But i don't mind. I love what i do! 2 days down. 5 days to go before i leave again.

Oh and the best part is i saw him and i was ok. which is a far cry from where i was a month ago. Snaps for me!

manila, oh how i love thee. You're far from perfect but i am happy to call you my imperfect home :)

manila hostage crisis, my half cents worth

it's been 5 days after the manila hostage crisis took place. rolando mendoza will be buried today.

has the Philippine government done something about it besides pointing fingers on who is to blame?

i am currently in KL and the front page of the news for the days following the incident was that. being a filipino in a foreign land at a time like this makes one feel not shame but guilt. but i spoke too soon.

pictures have circulated the web which tainted what is left of our country's dignity. cops and students alike posed and smiled in front of the bus. so yes, for that i am shameful to be called a Filipino.

i have read a number of articles about those who survived and i can't help but feel that the people in my country did this to them. a mother lost a husband and 2 duaghters with a son in ICU. what do you make of that? how will they feel if they see that while they are in grief, people still had the audacity to strike a pose?

does it matter now whether mendoza meant to kill anyone or not? or that media aired the arrest or not?

at the end of the day, lives were lost.
 
that was that.
 
 
 

hope for the flowers

a very good friend of mine is in love.

wonderful news. it's one of those unexpected surprises that you love to get.

the playah is playing no more and i'm glad.

makes one think, there is indeed hope for the flowers. and the bees. and the trees.

ok, i'm blabbing. i'm just happy for him. way to go babes. it's about time.