out! and a Pacquiao brunch

...after spending the last few weekends at home i was finally convinced by friends to go out on a Saturday night (got no choice really, they showed up knocking on my door already made up, interrupting my X-Men trilogy marathon)

...it's pretty much the same when you go out these days...i've seen few new faces but they don't seem to excite me at all...i don't know if i was just looking for something more interesting or that partyboy inside me is totally dead...either way, it was quite a waste of time...had 2 shots of vodka and called it a night (my alcohol tolerance is back to square 1)

...now, i still have my X-Men trilogy to go back to :)



..which reminds me to change that wallpaper...it's way too fuckin' vain hehe :P

...come early Sunday morning i was one with the whole Philippines glued to the TV set to catch Manny Pacquiao's fight on Pay Per View while having some brunch with friends from work :)

...it wasn't as exciting as his previous fights but you gotta hand it to the guy for still being on top of his game..if not for Clottey's nasty defense till the 12th run he could have been knocked out and i could have won some cash (i bet for the fight to be over by the 7th round hehehe)



...at least the pasta was to die for...surprisingly asparagus and sardines go very well together :)



...and of course it did put a big smile on my face hehe

overplay!

the best music video ever!!!! (or at least for the past 10 years! hehehe) this is way too awesome! Diet Coke curlers, literally smoking eyewear, awesome choreography and a pussy wagon...it was worth the hype and the wait



...overplay this kids, it's worth it!

on house arrest

Current Facebook Status: on marathon : Flashforward and CSI NY; a bag of leftover Ruffles, 2 packs of YanYan and my Funchum! all i'm missing is a cuddle :)

...i'm nursing a bad case of lower back ache and this will probably keep me in house arrest for the next 2 days...the only thing that i was able to do during my off from work is some retail therapy from Lacoste (the vintage/washed series is back!!!)



..stayed for few minutes at Starbucks (i got lots of free GCs that i can treat you guys coffee for one whole week hehehe)



...if anyone wants some tea latte love then let me know...it's on me :)

fly in / fly out

...i've taken a break from packing my stuff for Manila...i'll be flying early morning tomorrow to attend a quarter business review (fulltime nosebleed mode) in Makati that will last for 3 hours...so help me God and bless my soul :) if only i could get to spend a little bit longer in this room then i'll be happier :)



...if you're near Mandarin Oriental, then let's chill :)

...i'll be flying back to Cebu Friday morning just right after having a breakfast fix (now why didn't i haggle with my boss to spend the rest of the weekend in Manila? hmm) oh well...i need to find/do something interesting come Saturday night then

...a date maybe? it's been ages since i had one :)

summer edition

...2 days ago i heard it from the local TV that summer officially started and i just thought i started it way too early - from spending the weekend at Imperial Palace to Boracay the week after...i'm now in the process of getting my skin tone back to where it used to be...i find it funny sometimes to see myself in the mirror looking way too dark :)

...and since it's summer, everyone needs something colorful, light and breezy so i got myself the perfect scent for the season - Diesel's "Fuel For Life" - summer edition :) i checked Rustan's earlier and it won't be available locally until early April :)



...i have been obsessing about the original Fuel For Life when i get to smell it the first time...and to have something of a lighter version that's perfect for daywear is just absolutely wonderful...i'll probably be using this daily till summer ends :)



...what's your favorite perfume/cologne for summer kids? suggestions? if you can find something better than this then you are a genius...but then again we have different senses so to each his own :)

the big chill!

...a deluge of beautiful strangers, sun-kissed skin, smell of sea breeze in the morning with the company of good old friends - that's just how i spent my weekend :) and i don't want to talk about the food coz i'll have a hard time stopping for sure :)







...Boracay's what i badly needed to anticipate for this coming toxic workweek...we have a client on site and i know it's going to be super busy...pleasure before business first as usual :)



...i'll be back in this lovely island by April but as of now, i need a new haircut and a new hair color, a diamond peel session and 1 big carton of Likas Papaya (i heard it does wonders!) hehehe

....summer officially started yesterday, and if having Starbucks by the beach is not perfection then i don't know what is :)

love weekend

...i got a love fix a day before V-day when i attended the wedding of one of my agents...it's always nice to see two people in love really happy...the garden reception was even too way romantic for my own standards hehehe :)





...spent Valentine's day cooking pasta for friends and did some sight seeing of couples holding hands while having coffee...sweet :)

never again

...there was a reason why LBC/UPS/DHL was created - and that is to make sure that when you talk about Express Mail/Delivery it means express in the most literal sense...unfortunately, people from the post office don't know what the word means

...my friend who recently came back from her short vacation in Japan (i'm super jealous), sent me something from Calvin Klein as pasalubong...but instead of having it sent over LBC, she was possessed and decided to send it through the post office...and that screwed up everything...it took us both multiple phone calls to do a follow-up on it's delivery

...my last resort was to go to post office and made a personal follow-up and only after that i was able to get the package...psot office system here sucks bigtime...it's like going through HELL!!!



...good thing i didn't get to the point where i have to throw a bitch fit...a little intimidation was all i needed (a lil' American accent works wonders hehehe)

...thanks Ble for the gift..i needed something classic and this was just perfect..and the collector bottle is a super plus :)

suite and wet

...i ended up having an unplanned getaway last Sunday when me and my housemates decided to go to Imperial Palace - it's a new waterpark resort and hotel in Mactan...the pictures posted in their website were worth checking out so we went to see the place and plan for a day tour

...the first thing i saw in the carpark when we got their was this beetle that was an exact replica of Herbie...i knew i have to take a picture right away and channel Lindsay Lohan...damn! i left my leather jacket - i'm sure it will make the picture perfect!



...the place was surprisingly HUGE...bigger than my usual fave Shangri-la..and their waterpark was interesting enough that i was instantly turned into a little kid getting excited to try all of the good stuff my eyes have seen...can i just say wet, wet, wet in the most literal sense? I LOVE IT!!!







...we ended spending the night at the hotel...and oh boy, what made it perfect was we were upgraded to a suite room with the same local rate you pay for a regular roomm...i'll say it again...PERFECT!!! hahaha





...and ow, did i mention that the view outside was equally perfect? :)



...i'm now seeing tan lines and i know i'll get much more when i hit Boracay next week...summer's officially starting kids! :)

stupid

..i did one bad move 2 days ago, so stupid that i still can't get over it...i tried updating not only the software version of my iPod touch but also the firmware which equals to getting all of my songs deleted

...it's an old iPod i know but i love it to death...it's my ultimate life support for all of my lunch breaks and all those me-myself-and-i moments at work...and now i'm going to rebuild it, starting with more than 3000 lost songs, playlists that ranges from old high school stuff to freshest unreleased cuts

...the price you have to pay for being a happy clicker...i just wish i can get close to as what it used to be...but i know it will take a VERY long time to do that :(

toxic

...work for this week is a bit toxic coz we got clients visiting the site till Friday..so no slack allowed (not that i'm saying i do when they're not here)...i got 2 more weeks to spare and we'll have another client visit and a quarterly business review after that (i might be heading to Clark for it)

...i wore the jacket i've been obsessing the last week earlier in the office...took a few shots to take my mind off from work for a while :)





...i can't wait for Feb 15 to come coz i'll get to finally see Percy Jackson on the big screen..i'm a super fan of the series and hopefully this adaptation won't disappoint :) i'm suoerduper excited!!!!

i finally got it!

...this is what i have been obsessing about since Sinulog when i saw it worn by my bestfriend's hubby :)



...i didn't get to see it the last time i visited Zara in Manila...thanks to my online shopping skills, i was able to find the product code and asked a friend to buy it for me...it's a bit pricey for a jacket (i can buy 2 Lacoste polo shirts with the price but it's soo worth it)....can't wait to whore it out hehehe

...now all i need is a new pair of shades for Boracay come the next weekend :)

iWant an iPad

OMG!!!!! this is the next best thing that i will ever have next to Tonio (my Macbook) or maybe even better...i was just blown away the first time i get to see it unveiled in Apple's official website...

..the perfection that is called iPad :)



...my bestfriend and I will be getting one as soon as it's released...this baby is worth every penny...can't wait for it to become available worldwide...if the date won't change then i got some extra time to save for some higher specs :)

...the only problem now is what to name it when i get one...Tonio 2.0 perhaps?

goodluck!

...i went out last night with one of my close friends to help her with a job interview she's about to have within the week..it will be her first time EVER to try getting a job and since she's applying for a call center, i was the perfect guy to do the coaching/mock interview

...had dinner at Tsim Tsha Tsui (and i must say, i LOVE it much!) and got some dessert at the usual Gelatissimo where we did our lil' mock interview in a corner table :)



...all the luck in the world for my girl...i'm confident that she'll be able to wing it...that night was worth spending outside rather than keeping the original plan of house arrest :)

...5 days more and it's the start of February and i got 2 major things lined up (and no, not one of them includes the overrated Valentine's day hehehe)

...i've been overplaying this old song since this morning for no apparent reason...something random chosen by my Itunes playlist...ahh memories :)

'Cause you give me something
That makes me scared, alright
This could be nothing
But I'm willing to give it a try
Please give me something
'Cause someday I might know my heart

i see you

...the promotion i was waiting for finally came and trust me i've been waiting for it for too long...i was already at the point of deciding when to give my resignation letter (i gave it another 15 days more and if it isn't there yet then i'll kiss my company goodbye)...since it did, now i'm a little happy and i'll stay and enjoy the moment till i get to that point again of wanting to leave

...speaking of waiting, this one came so unexpectedly...someone i used to be with almost all the time way back college added me up in Facebook and sent me a message...he was hot way back then but now he's way HOTTER!!! i was distracted by the profile pic that the message he sent instantly was last priority



...agree much? shet!!!! i can't wait to see him and catch up...just like the old times :)

Sinulog 2010

...last week marked my 4th year celebrating Sinulog and i think this year was one of the best i ever had (the first year i got to experience it set the bar too high hehehe)...my friends from college came over as well as my bestfriend and an old friend from Singapore (talking about spreading yourself too thin)

...i ended up being a busy bee meeting a lot of friends that by the end of the weekend i was super exhausted...but it was all worth it :)

...these are just some of the pictures posted over FB and there's a lot more...different crowd, different place...the only thing constant was me :)









...i spent the whole Monday in a beach somewhere north for some much needed Sinulog detox...till next year kids :)

old flame

...when you rekindle an old flame then you must be ready for the consequences to come (specially when it ended bad the first time)...but this one is a totally different story...it is a reconciliation for all the right reasons :)

...i've been going out a few times with this guy (who happens to not fit in any category of my IDEAL type checklist by the way) and we hit it off right away...it was something that was designed to be just a casual thing, lustful (he was crazy good in bed - a pleaser in a very excellent way), and most of the time our conversations are all about the same thing since we don't get that much in common

...he was the ultimate probinsyano type and i was the one who's super exposed to everything worldly (i just couldn't find the exact word to describe it)...but as i've said we clicked..and then there was a long hiatus...a break...something tragic happened, his dad passed away...he spent the last few months in his hometown

...i gave him the time he needed...no calls, no text...nothing

...then earlier i got a call, he was back in town...and although he's still hurting, i saw in his eyes how much he missed me..and it felt like it was the first time i saw him all over again :)

...i'm in for this ride and let's see where it takes me...i caught myself few times smiling alone just thinking of his voice...if you don't call that crazy, then i don't know what is

spur retail therapy

..i had a very long day earlier that by the time i got home i was totally knocked out...woke up with an aching head and was starving like crazy...now that i'm fed, i can now spill details about it :)

...the original plan was to get a haircut and buy some nose pore strips (i got blackheads and they've been bugging me for the longest time)...since my hair stylist was still not available, i ended having a spur moment of retail therapy...i hate myself...i should be saving for something bigger...oh well

...saw a nice pair of leather shoes in Lacoste, bought it up for dress-up days for work (see i can always justify every purchase) hehehe..too bad the pic didn't do much justice to it...bad camera phone...hate it!



...head to Rustans after and saw that Calvin Klein was on sale...seeing those pro rib trunks half their original price is like lechon on a sunday morning, it is super irrisistable hehe...bought 2 and probably i'd be back for more :)



...had some haircut and bought some nose pore strips (finally!) but before heading home, i came upon a stall that sells knockoff in ear headphones for iPod...Php220 is like your regular order of venti triple shot mocha at Starbucks...so what the hell, i ended buying one..and in fairness to it, it works wonderful, the only questions is for how long? :)



and ow, someone tagged me in Facebook..a lil' something from the bukid :) kilig mode hehehe....love love love!

kick!

...i've been losing steam with how the way i do my job lately...i used to push myself really hard to meet whatever expectations my boss/client have of me...but now, i think that drive is fading and i'm afraid by the next couple of weeks it will all be gone

...i used to be excited in attending meetings/calibrations (coz i can get to talk a lot) but lately i've been dreading to attend one...i used to enjoy the time being locked in the confines of that corner office...i've mastered the art of multi-tasking of taking pictures of myself and that of talking to clients at the same time



...but now, i just HATE doing any of it..

...i need something to motivate myself and to find back that purpose of why i always try to be the best...if i can't find that motivation then i guess, i need someone to kick me hard in the ass to get back to my old self

...this is sooo not right :(

post x-mas gift

....had coffee with prettyboy earlier at Starbucks and we exchanged Percy Jackson books and surprise surprise - he gave me a post x-mas gift...i thought it was very sweet and thoughtful of him to do an effort...i haven't received much gift last x-mas, so this is like an icing on a cake :)

...and look what he got me? hehehe :) as much as i want to flip them on the other side i can't...this blog should stay kid friendly hehhee



...now i can play poker all night long...these nude male playing cards will give me an excuse to shuffle some daily...thanks prettyboy...now i'm pressured on what to get you for your birthday hehehe

...and ow, i found this 2009 mashup in YouTube that is super good!!! enjoy!