i'll be home for christmas

...in a span of less than an hour (52 minutes to be exact), i kiss 40k+ goodbye...these are the times that as much as you want to love x-mas, the thought of overspending is not something to be loved at all...and mind you, i haven't started buying gifts yet coz what i was doing was paying multiple bills - credit card, phone bill and the whole nine yards

...2 days more and i'm going home to spend time with my family for 8 days - perfect fix for some time off from work which i badly needed...and i'm excited this time coz some of my childhood friends that i haven't seen for a very long time will also be home..yey!

...hopefully this x-mas will turn out just fine :)

charity

...did some charity work earlier this morning at a home for sick and malnourished kids somewhere in Cebu...getting there was almost a horror ride - it's like the slumps of India magnified ten folds and i don't want to start talking about the details of the sight...it's just bad, no, horrible is the correct word

...i'm sure anyone who can see those kids will have their heart broken...they all looked so fragile and all you want to do is to take care of them and take them out of the place they're in...but that's not always the case...i can't imagine how these parents go on having unprotected sex and not thinking about the consequences



...oh well, enough of my rants...i'm just thankful that i'm blessed...sure, i have enough set of my own problems but that's not even half of what those kids have now and will have in the future...i'm just hoping that something bright will be ahead of them :)

the best 5 days..probably

...was in CDO the last weekend (well 5 days actually)...the initial plan was to attend a concert and a wedding after that plus a road trip come Sunday for some ancestral home visit and some pizza...all were done except for the road trip (i hate it when people bail out at the last minute - such spoilers)

...but anyway, this vacation was just what i needed, i had a hell of a work week before that (thanks for having 2 of your big boss around)...i'll let the pictures do the talking :)











...i don't know how many cups of coffee i've drowned myself with the last 5 days...and i don't want to start talking about the multiple dinners i had with friends...the pile of calories is just in time for the holidays (hey, at least i got an excuse)

...and ow, one last thing, i finally finished the fifth and final Percy Jackson installment...i super love it!!! i can't still move on...my mind's still filled with too much love for Greek mythology

on house arrest

...i'll be spending the whole Sunday on house arrest probably until midnight (if i can endure it) all because of a nasty prediction a fortune teller told me more than a month ago...she said that i'll be in a car crash involving a female driver and if there's any consolation to it, she said it will only be a minor injury (i wanted to ask her badly to define what minor is)

...better be safe than sorry you know even if i'm not the type who believe in those kind of stuff...good thing i still got a lot of books to read...i'm now on the 4th installment of the Percy Jackson series - The Battle of the Labyrinth (i'm super excited for the movie coming this February)



...i probably be cooking dinner for tonight (some friends might be coming over)...now i got few hours still before the day ends to prove the prediction wrong...the only bad thing is i forgot to ask her if its Manila time or EST hehehe

...and OMG!!! this will give me multiple wet dreams...i super can't wait!

shift Rogue and Thanksgiving

...after postponing my shift's GA for countless times, i finally got the chance to take the kids out last night...thanks for Thanksgiving Day, everyone got a chance to take some time off from work...they wanted paella for dinner so i took them to Cebu's best place for anything Spanish...had paella valenciana, chicken ala horno and some pork ribs at Hola Espana...enjoyed the whole dinner and was able to catch up on some office gossip...i swear i'm the most dense person in that floor, ignoring almost everything that didn't matter to me much hehehe




* @Hola Espana with my team leads :)

...had coffee at Starbucks after (i was already complete with the 2nd planner - i already gave the first one to my pseudo-girlfriend in NYC)...coffee was the dessert that night...we were too full that a bite of some blueberry cheesecake would be too much



...and the best part of the night was when we headed to a gaybar (they all wanted to, they haven't been to one and yeah, it's going to be my 3rd in this lifetime)...had some karaoke in a VIP room while having a view of men dancing in a stage showing how they can bend their bodies like pretzels without an effort...spent almost 2 hours doing karaoke and called it a night



..i'm definitely looking forward for the next one...it's going to be a bigger crowd :)

another happy weekend

...my Manila weekend vacation was just something i needed...got to spend time with friends (those that i haven't seen in almost 4 years) and of course i get to spend time with my bestfriend...multiple coffee breaks, fancy lunch and of course the much needed retail therapy (i guess i went overboard with what i was suppose to spend)

...Sunday was super special coz i get to spend time with Simone (my bestfriend's baby) for the first time...we had lunch at Chelsea and head to Sonja for some dessert


*@ Chelsea for lunch, we we're trying hard to make her smile for the pic she ended up crying hehehe


*@Sonja having cupcakes for dessert


*on to more retail therapy :)

...back in Cebu, and a signal no.1 welcomes me back to work, guess this is the perfect sign that vacation mode is over...good thing i bought the Percy Jackson series and something from Melissa dela Cruz (it's like Vampire Diaries meets Gossip Girl)...indulgent reading at it's finest


*these babies will keep me on house arrest this weekend :)

...the only thing i don't like about the weather is i can't get to wear this perfect pair of sneakers i bought last week from Zara...oh well , bad timing i guess



...and ow, did i tell you i haven't see New Moon yet? i need a date! :)

Manila

...i'm spending the weekend in manila and it felt so good to see old friends again...catch up over coffee ( i couldn't count how many cups i've finished in the last 2 days)...this trip was supposed to be a reunion with girls but turned out few things happened last week that it ended with only me and my bestfriend :) good thing i already got my bags packed, i got no reason to cancel the trip :)



...my social calendar is fully booked even after midnight...by the time i get to see cebu, imma get myself a good massage and hibernate for a whole day

...but as of now, i'll enjoy more time with my friends...less photo op this time though...i'm getting lethargic when it comes to taking photos (which is soo not me by the way)

fierce!

...i've been overplaying this song a month back and now the video is out...and it's absolutely perfect!!!!

cooking

...i cooked sweet and sour fish around 5am earlier...not your typical breakfast eh? but i was craving for it the moment i woke up and yes, i am proud to say that it did taste super yum (in my own standards anyway) hehehe...

...last night the 2 fab fags came over my apartment to have dinner...i cooked chicken adobo and have them eat some leftover milkfish from lunch and they both liked it...i'm now starting to be good at this stuff...now all i need is a boyfriend to be the perfect guinea pig for my cooking - he's going to be one lucky guy (or at least i think)...

...i'm off to Bohol this weekend with my British boss and some guys from work...i'll probably skip the tour and head straight to the beach...pure shores mode one more time baby...time to get my tan on before x-mas :)

not laidback at all

...it's a rainy Sunday morning, perfect to cook up something hot - i've been enjoying the liberty of having to cook for my own food from time to time , soon i'll be really good at it that i can start inviting friends for dinner - but i know that thought has got to wait :)

...lots are in store for today..a badly needed haircut and a new hair color plus i got to shave ASAP!...i also have to get some shirts altered (i bought something from Heather Miss Grey and it turned out to be a size bigger)...i also need to get a patchwork for my denim duffle bag and probably last in the list would be to finish Middlesex by Jeffrey Eugenides...i have been trying to finish it while i was in Shangri-la the last weekend but to no avail...the water was just too tempting



...whoever said about a laidback Sunday?

the annual x-mas list

...this is going to be my final splurge list for the year then i can start saving for something more valuable, as old people call it -investment...i felt that i need to reward myself with little treats simply because i've worked hard for the last couple of months and rewarding myself is just what i need...so here's what i'll be getting myself for the next 3 months unless someone can give me any of these in an instant

1. Technomarine Cruise series - it's good to have a very casual watch that i can easily switch with my Philip Stein when i feel like it...and i soo love the color



2. Apple In-Ear Headhphones w/ Remote and Mic - music is my life support and i can't imagine living a day without my iPod...most probably this baby will be the first one to be taken out from the list



3. LV Damier Canvas Messenger Bag - this i think i something that i really need to think hundred times before getting it...this will make me broke for a month hahaha...goodluck...January maybe



...of course there are a lot of other stuff i wanted but i think these three are really worth mentioning...hopefully before December ends i'll get these babies in the bag :)

...what's in your list?

26 and 2 days

...i'm now officially a year older and got nothing else to do but to embrace the inevitable fact - that i am getting older and for every single year that's been added up i'm getting closer to my greatest fear - becoming some random old gay guy, single and probably lonely - such not a good idea to entertain early this morning...of course i'm sure i'll do my best to stay away from that route and i'm very sure i can :)

...i got the busiest Facebook wall yesterday that i can no longer count how many thank yous' i've said to friends...it really is heartwarming to know you got a lot of friends who really care but the best are those who i get to talk to few minutes over the phone catching up and wishing you all the best in the world :)



...i'm 26, here's to 26 years more :)

fortune telling

...went to see a fortune teller that was recommended by a friend last Saturday...we endured the horrible traffic to get to Plantation Bay where she has a small booth for fortune telling...i know two people who can read palms but it was actually my first time to get a card reading so i was excited :)


*inside Madamme Luz's booth :)

...went well, if all of it would be true then i'll probably be very rich in the next 10 years coz all i heard was career, career and more career...oh well, i don't want to start talking about the lovelife part because it's disappointing...let's just say i'm not cut out for lovemush stuff


*Madamme in action :)

...spent the whole day at Shangri-la earlier with friends...i brought the camera but too bad i left the memory card stuck in the reader...just one of those days where i'm having my occasional memory lapses hehehe

....it's going to be my birthday tomorrow...i haven't planned anything yet but hopefully everything wil turn out fine..i still got an executive meeting to worry about...wish me luck!

blue monday and HMG

...i went on a retail therapy this weekend coz i needed something to wear for a friend's black and white NY theme birthday party and i'm soo glad that along the way looking for it i learned that Heather Miss Grey line was already available in Cebu (i was actually 2 weeks late of the news of its arrival)...i was looking forward to get my hands on some of the pieces featured in chuvaness.com

...i ended buying two...too bad the one that i really like didn't come in the right size but i'm gonna be sure waiting for it :) they are the perfect outfit for a laid back Sunday :)



...i love the back details of this one :)



...earlier, i watched a movie that will be probably the worst that i will ever get to see in this lifetime...it still puzzles me that they created a sequel out of this total mess...finishing Rob Zombie's Halloween II was like a 2-hour painful torture..if not for my friends watching it, i could have stormed away out of the cinema..it was horrible beyond description



...and ow, i also did a book retail therapy at Fullybooked earlier...i'm going to start reading on the Percy Jackson series before it starts showing early next year...i'd probably be done with it by tomorrow now that i'm on house arrest...off to Chapter 4 shall we? :)

plotted and planned

...i've finalized my work schedule for the rest of the year and boy i'm glad i'll be working for only 4 days a week with a couple of 2 weeklong vacations for both November and December...a much deserved lighter schedule i should say :) i got all my flights booked...one for a post b-day celeb in Manila this 20th of November and the homecoming flight come December for Christmas

...had to celebrate last night for Sheila's promotion (this is the 2nd round by the way, the first time was in some fancy Mexican tequila bar)...started with some modern Aussie cuisine at Canvas - the food was really almost A+, if not for me being in a diet i could have eaten much beyond what i had ordered hehehe




*Canvas's pork medallions and grilled prawns with cream spinach pasta on the side...yum eh?

...it's going to be a very busy night later..i got 3 parties to attend to - 2 birthdays and a housewarming...hopefully my alcohol tolerance can keep up...i better prepare some honey for a hangover fix

...but first i badly need a haircut, a shave and some body scrub...pamper me time :)

Best Actor

...something in my Macbook's video archive...watch while i do it with Brent Corrigan hahaha



...naughty naughty :)

less than 10 minutes

...turned out i was way too prepared for my assessment for promotion that the whole thing was finished in less than 10 minutes...i was expecting to be given a hard time but i guess by the time he (Site Director) saw what i was able to accomplish for the last 3 quarters he was impressed

...thanks to my mentor of course for giving me the boost of confidence :) now i'm just waiting for the memo to come out and for the adjustment in my paycheck (oh, yes were talking about doubling what i'm currently earning baby)...it's probably be the best b-day gift ever and it's going to be a happy happy christmas

:)

BIG

...something BIG will happen tonight...they say good things happen to those who wait and i think i've waited long enough for this day to come that i can't forgive myself if i screw it up...i haven't prepared for it yet though i'm thinking i don't really have to...i just have to show 'em what i got and hopefully wing it...i'm starting to have jitters right now it's not even funny and this is so not me

...this is all work related anyway...i felt like i need to write this before i get to sleep (if i can get a decent one)...i should not be thinking about it much...i badly need some mint tea to feel relaxed :)



...if this one goes well then it's going to be a very happy birthday for me and probably be one of the nicest post b-day gift...i'm crossing my fingers :)

bad news

...i received a message from my boss in Facebook earlier and i was just shocked and at the same time felt sad about what i read...someone i know (not personally, but i get to email and talk to her though weekly conference calls) encountered something very tragic...

Woman Disabled by Flu Shot Reaction
Source: www.myfoxdc.com



...hope she gets the treatment she needs and will get well soon :(

ooops!

...i did it again (i let someone call me "baby" for the 2nd time on the dance floor hahaha) and i swear this is going to be the last time (at least for this year)...blame it on the patron...yeah that evil patron tequila...i dunnow where i'll end up if i took more than what i can handle

...the 3 days OFF from work was something i needed so badly and it felt good to have a long rest (i even overslept)....and now i have a fever/sore throat/rhinitis combo...and i got nothing else to blame but me....i was drinking way too much that it's no longer funny


*Maya's Patron tequila and sangria chaser combo...sip it!

...and by the way, i need to get the word "diet" back in my system coz almost everyone noticed the few pounds i gained the last couple of weeks (yes, even my friendly Starbucks barista made a comment about it...ouch!)

...gotta fit in those Tyler back again before they go out of style and yeah, someone needs to shave :)