eating my words

last year, i said that running is not for me as i, for one, am not athletic.

a couple of months ago, thanks to my uber persistent friend tolits, and, after finding the perfect running shoes, i turned a new leaf. i began to run. and i loved it.

who would've thought that i, the ever clumsy, ever maarte non-athletic, can't-even-ride-a-bike girl would appreciate and love running so much that i already finished two 5k runs! one of which was at night, under heavy rain.

yup. i did and i never felt so friggin good!

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5K Nature Valley Run
5K Rock and Run

funny

college crush: good morning beautiful
me: good morning crazy person!
college crush: lakers or celtics?
me: (with full confidence)celtics...just coz i like odum and i hate coby!
college crush: odum is the powerforward of lakers. buti na lang maganda ka.

nuff said hahahaha!

he's back

just when i don't miss him anymore.

Chocolate Fire

not for chocolate intolerant..if there exists one.



they also serve soups, salads, pasta and sandwiches but the selection is very limited. i had the Mortadella which was ok albeit the overly toasted wheat bread.



Chocolate Fire
Herrera cor Leviste St.
Salcedo Vill. Makati

Tory Burch

i found myself cheating on my stylettos...with flats! Hahahaha!

my latest purchase ... a pair of tory burch flats. and yes, my feet are very happy!

oohh and i'm lusting over these!!!!

sex and the city 2

if the first one brought us tears and was a little heavy on the heart albeit the happy ending, the sequel will make the sides of your tummy and jaw hurt. it.was.funny! hilarious i must say.

from liza minelli singing Single Ladies to Samantha having hot flashes to abdul the gay butler, SATC2 proved to be the better movie. i loved loved loved it!

oh, and i wouldn't mind watching it again...and again...and again.

i am woman, hear me roar!
Oh yes I am wise.
But it's wisdom born of pain.
Yes, I've paid the price.
But look how much I gained.
If I have to, I can face anything.

I am woman

I am invincible

I am strong

i've been robbed

well, not really. but it sure does feel like it.

see, i was supposed to go on another assignment, this time in HK.

that was yesterday.

today however, i found out that somebody else is going. the same somebody who asked me to process my visa.

nice. just nice.

a man called linggam

the office in KL is located at the Technology Park which is a good 30 minute cab ride from the Renaissance in Jalan Ampang. if traffic isn't bad that is.

getting to work was easy since we just get the ones from the hotel. now, getting out of the techno park is another story. cabs are scarce not to mention very expensive. on the first few days we had to walk from the office to the nearest stop for us to get a cab.

until Linggam came along. he was our knight in not so shining revo hahaha! he picked us up every night, rain and traffic notwithstanding. he is a stocky middle eastern guy prolly in his 50s who, at first glance looks a bit scary, but has the biggest heart among the locals i met in KL. fatherly and funny, that's him. making sure we could get to wherever we want safe and sound each night.

on our last night there, he did the sweetest and most unexpected thing...he gave me a purse. a really simple purse that gave me the biggest smile and melted my heart.

if there's one thing i'll miss in KL, it is him.

thanks old man. drive safe and stay safe :)

shopping in KL

i don't wanna give anyone the impression that i hate KL. i don't. circumstances just made staying here a bit challenging and less fun.

besides the food which i obviously love, shopping is cheap. really cheap. yes, compared to Manila, there are lots of fab finds here that are almost half priced.

Debenhams, Marks and Spencer and The Face Shop to name a few, which are ridiculously priced in Manila are almost a bargain here. naturally, i shopped. and shopped and then shop some more. after all the stupid glitches at work, i feel like i deserved earned the right to buy stuff. hahaha! ok ok i'm making excuses! can't help it.

i still have 2 weeks to go and they already don't fit in my luggage! waaa! korea isdatyu?!

so now, i'm trying to stay away from the malls. wish me luck!

17 days down, 13 days to go

i normally don't mind having long assignments. i mean, i totally had fun in Melbourne despite the fact that i was alone for the first couple of weeks.

now that i'm in KL though, i feel like it's taking so long for the project to end. i want to go home. i miss my family, especially miguel who is spending this weekend in boracay.

it doesn't help too that this project sucks big time. i mean, our team here was given the "do you know what you're doing?" treatment since day 1. now, if it really were the case, i'd be big enough to admit that it's true. but it's not. and it sucks! especially when we are all doing our darnest best. kwestyunin ba ang skill sets namin when we are actually ahead of schedule????

next week the team from HK are flying here. time for us to prove them all wrong. and we are all so gonna bring it! ha!

on another note, i think i have gained weight since i got here. the food is great and all we ever do is eat! stress eating isdatyu?

the hotel has a fabulous gym and i plan to go this weekend.

so there, KL is ok. but it's not a place i wanna go back to.

kl ten days and counting

First off....we were transferred to a better hotel. Yey!

no more stupid anaps and my room has an uber nice view of the petronas tower.

sadly though, internet isn't free and it ain't cheap. good thing there's free wifi at the coffee shop just across.

i'm halfway done with work so the next couple of weeks will be a breeze.

i miss miguel. Mama said he can form sentences now so i cam't wait to go home.

bitchings and musings in Kuala Lumpur

bitchings:
1. the airport
it took forever for us to get an airport taxi. there's 3 of us and obviously the luggage won't fit in a regular car so we requested for a van. the cashier said yes so off we went in line. 30 minutes later, the porter told us we were on the wrong gate. fine. gate no. 5 he said. off we went again. the taxi came. it was a car. right.
we had to go back to the cashier and pay an extra 50RM because apparently, what we paid for was a car, not a van. argh! it took us 2 hours just to get out of the airport!

2. the hotel
I.DON'T.LIKE my hotel. i was given the smallest room possible. small enough to have a minor claustrophobic attack. i managed, however to have them transfer me to a bigger room on thursday.
last night, i hardly slept because the doors of the nearby rooms kept on slamming. really. i had to go out a few times with the hopes that the guests will get the picture. now, did they? hell no! stupid anaps!
having had a bad night, i was, this morning, awaken by the irritating sounds from the hallway. apparently, slamming the doors aren't enough. they had to speak at the top of their lungs while going from room to room. banging the doors as they pleased. really stupid anaps!
oh, and internet isn't free.

3. the stupid anaps
no explanation needed.

4. the cabs
unlike in Singapore, getting a cab here is like haggling in divisoria. much worse than the cabbies in manila. really.

musings
1. the food
for someone who is quite picky with food, i am loving the food so far. from curry to marsala to bokchoi and everything in between, everything is delicious. sans the scarcity of pork, i'm a happy camper.
Jalan Alor is a must for everyone visiting here.

2. the shopping
ooohhh this makes everything alright. stuff here are cheap! even at Debenhams! which makes it a shopping heaven. the damage so far, shoes for miguel, a dress, a pair of pants and a flirty top.

3. the sites
this, i have yet to explore. but it looks promising. tomorrow, we're off to Genting Highlands and i can't wait.

4. the hotel
stupid anaps are gone! yey!

so there, this is my KL experience so far. i will post some pictures soon.
gnyt sweeties!

Packed

In less than an hour. For a 3wk trip.

Somebody ought to give me a pat on the back or a star on my hand hehe!

malaysia here i come!

malaysia truly asia

in a few days, i'm off for a 3-week assignment in the land famous for the Petronas Towers.

it's gonna be my first time in KL and i'm sorta excited. just a tad bit :)

i love my job!

driving along edsa

because i had no choice, i braved EDSA.

i drove from Makati to Sun Valley and got home without a single scratch on the car.

and then i woke up.

anxiety much?

it sucks

that i miss him.

really, really sucks!

a sea of unfamiliar faces

for the first time in a very long time, going to work today was something i didn't look forward to. as part of our company's expansion program slash cost cutting scheme, almost half of the employees had to move to the alabang office in order to accommodate the new ones.

that being said, as i came to work this morning, instead of the usual warm and friendly atmosphere, i was welcomed by a sea of unfamiliar faces. the office was unusually quiet and the people i have grown to like and love over the last five years are gone.

it was like being new all over again and it sucks. change may be good but this one isn't. at least for me, it isn't. part of the reason why i love working is the people i work with. now that half of them are gone, going to work sorta sucks just a bit.

while it's true that making new friends may be easy and i'm sure the new ones are fine, it just isn't the same.

blogging, the lack of it

i was going through my old posts and i can't help but feel a bit disappointed. not with what i've read or how i've been writing the last 5 years, but because i realized, i haven't been writing in A LONG TIME!

i used to write everyday for crying out loud. now, i'm down to one entry per month, all of which are practically close to nonsense. i mean, the only entry worth reading was my bday blog for a dear dear friend.

and then it hit me, i have become addicted to microblogging. damn you Facebook and Twitter and all your one liner status updates! hahahha!

fine, it's convenient. true, it's real time. and yes, it's so much fun especially when friends react. but now, i'm beginning to think doing so has robbed writing of it's grandeur.

but who am i kidding? sans the existense of all these convenient online networks, i guess part of the reason is that i am beginning to edit. a lot has happened over the last couple of months but i have yet to summon the courage to write about them yet for fear of incriminating myself way too much.

so i'm bouncing back. i love writing. i may not be the best writer but i love putting my thoughts in paper. and the fact that i have kept this open means that everyone is welcome to take a peak. even him.

yes, there's a him. and normally i'd have given y'all the 411 on everything about him. but i can't just yet.

soon. hopefully soon.

found

the quest for the perfect pair of running shoes is over.

i had myself analyzed at Runnr in High Street and found out that my feet needed stability. yes, my feet are bobo hahahaha!

i initially wanted an adidas but when i saw the nike lunar elite+ in stealth and pink, i just knew it was the shoe for me. plus, it had reflectors at the front and back. hindi ako masasagasaan! hahaha!

last night, i ran 4K and my feet didn't complain at all. love it!

and so the swiping begins

after paying in cash for almost 10 years, i finally decided to get a credit card.

2 weeks ago, i applied and it came in today.

good luck to me!