Friday, August 31, 2007
weekend tip from cainer
"If we ever want to be happy, all we have to do is reach for joy. Never mind how things seem, find the hidden magic this weekend." Let's see about that ...(4:11 PM) ♥ tal
Monday, August 27, 2007
sugar high
just got back from cile's dessert couture event at the loft. i'm sleepy and yet i know i can still stay awake until 3am for the F1 Turkey replay with all the sweets i just ate plus the 1-2 finish of ferrari will keep my eyelids from shutting down. anyway this has been quite an eventful long weekend so far. saturday was spent nursing a hangover (i have to remind myself again and again to eat rice before i can enjoy as much iced cold beer as i want!) and beating deadlines. sunday i was up early to beat more deadlines. after i was done with my writing and a quick prep up, i rushed to the mall to catch the first afternoon mass schedule because i had to meet up with tep at gram's diner for some discussion after a good news last friday. after our rendezvous we met up with my friends at the mall to head to the highlight of my day - the dessert couture!this night was superb. it was tep's first time to really spend time with my college barkada and i think she now understands more than ever why i love them so much. they are the best company for all times after all only we can make a lot of noise without annoying people in a quite formal setting and it is only we who can pressure my dear friend's bf to give a hint on personal plans though he didn't really give in but the point is we were bold enough to do so ;) i loved the food and it would have been really great if i kept the champagne all throughout the evening but i had to pass because friday night was enough for me. moving on i cannot imagine that i did not get to finish the second to the last course because i was soooo high on sugar already. i made sure though that i tried everything even the liver whatever because i know that would make cile happy =)
after the event, it was college all over again. i together with adri, ther, janus and neil trooped all the way to mister kabab for some real food. we badly need it because all the sugar was just too much. as proof we were having a mini concert on the way to the car. as if that wasn't enough we even had an impromptu photo shoot at the parking of power plant. we were "sober" on our way home and that is when the mood shifted, back to talking about dream careers that don't really make money but that's another story ;) for now i would just like to let the sugar kick in some more until my 3am tv time.
(1:25 AM) ♥ tal
Saturday, August 18, 2007
breaktime
it's a long break for F1 and for me. my life's been loosely tied to this sport, not that i'm a fanatic but it's one of the reasons why staying in on weekends is major (victoria beckham TM), hehe.there are two long weekends up ahead. i have decided to stay in for the first long weekend. no surprise there but let's wait and see where the second one will take me. everything's been a blur these past few days. i've been feeling sick, busy, crazy but not necessarily insane and yet i feel totally okay. i guess because there is really no apparent reason to be upset.
now while i have made a few attempts at fiction lately there is still nothing like the real world. the recent blur includes hazy snippets of tales that will put to shame the tv series that you watch religiously and you know why? we hate watching the same scenario come up again, we feel like the writers are getting lazy when that happens. in my case whoever writes my daily script has let me down, how can i get caught up in something over and over again. my favorite characters learn from their mistakes and redeem themselves but some people around me are a continuing disappointment. all i can do is be amused while trying not to succumb to the itch of having to put it simply b*tch about these things because it is a waste of time.
anyway this break is timely. i miss not having to be away from rockwell on weekends. i think i can see clearly in the days ahead, now if only i can start eating chocolates again. my royce is waiting, you see i'm just not in the mood to give another box away. hehe.
(5:54 PM) ♥ tal
Sunday, August 12, 2007
not so fiction 2
i am not a slacker but i have bouts of laziness and i hate it when it stretches out to a week. i have not emailed the people i am supposed to get in touch with for my top stories. my editor likes me a lot and i am not about to give her a reason to un-like me. i have yet to make plans for the holiday ahead. he's been busy for weeks with this big case and as usual i've been caught up with work being the brazen serialist that i am so we deserve this break.my online messenger lets off a buzzing sound.
BFF: hey, why up so late?
JUST_ME: hey miles away, trying to write
BFF: remember our mantra?
JUST_ME: write drunk, revise sober...of course!
BFF: haha, serious stuff?
JUST_ME: yeah, interesting though but just not really in the mood for it
BFF: what else is up?
JUST_ME: about 20 more lined up under things to be done asap, haha
BFF: bummer, wait gotta run...i've to get back to work
JUST_ME: don't work too hard ;)
BFF: alright then, i'll just party harder!
i think i have to go now too but not off to work. i've been staring at a blank page for hours so i shut down my laptop. i lie down in my bed and then start thinking about last night again. there could be a more important answer to my friend's question "what else is up" after all.
(8:35 PM) ♥ tal
Monday, August 06, 2007
not so fiction
i longed for the rain to stop so i can make a mad dash to home. i have stayed long enough to part read part browse a book i have been wanting to buy. i thank the rain for that because i would have wasted a good 600 bucks on some chic lit book i would not want to read again nor pass on to friends that has long been a habit of mine. i was getting antsy and have given serious thought to light the last dunhill i have but instead i play my ipod full blast as if drowning the sound of rain drops would stop it from falling as well. my mind is now beginning to wander.i am with my guy best friend who just won a gold in cannes. my boyfriend is on his way from a very important client meeting. he's a hotshot rookie lawyer of the number one firm in the country. i was happy with my life but i was also conscious of the stares particularly from this one guy who once had been a part of me. i seem to never get past the label of home wrecker, thrown at me by those who knew both of us and believed i should have known better, after all he was still semi-attached when we had our thing. he meant it when he said he wanted to fight for it, for me and for us. although i am passionate about going for your dreams and not giving a damn about what other people think i had to give ours a pass. actually now that i think about it he did not stare like the others, he merely glanced once and then looked away.
the rain show no sign of stopping so i went ahead and went home. as soon as i opened my door i smile. even in my drenched state, i still believe that happiness is a choice. should i change my mind i have tomorrow to deal with it.
(11:08 PM) ♥ tal
Saturday, August 04, 2007
these days...
there is that one thing that we look forward to every single day.that one person we hope to see or bump into at work. a friend had her gorgerous nike (which is in the same building as her office) guy who she bumps into every morning at the elevator. that one place you can't wait to go to during your breaks. it has to be power plant for my friends over at nestle.
in my case it's the friendly crew of my favorite starbucks. the place is apparently a lucky place for baristas so i guess D has me to thank for dragging her along. imagine we spent a whole saturday there! i can't blame us because it was really conducive for me because i was writing and to D because she was studying.
there is also that dinner with friend or friends that would make a whole day of work seem like a breeze. just like what i had with kara who i thought was out of the country at the time of my birthday. she wasn't so to make it up for missing my birthday we had a good meal at recipes and then dessert at gelatone. yes, same repertoire as my lunch with lora because obviously both are my faves. my friends still surprise me. kara is the quiet type but that evening there was no silence as we talked about our future trip to new york, that is by the way not happening anytime soon and might even take years in the making but we just like the whole idea of it, and laughed at my firm belief that she ditched my birthday for a shopping spree at hongkong but if anyone asks we are sticking to that story.
you know how in college you have free cuts. i never knew i'd have that again but i did! it was fun hanging out with you guys, you know who you are! i look foward to more free cuts, hehe ;)
deprived of internet connection and proper electricity connections to run machines, i resorted to reading during my downtime at the office. i'm not complaining, i finished two books and the latest issue of adobo in just three days.
everyday i know that even if i sometimes feel all stresed out i will still end up smiling because it's just darn better to look back and laugh than sulk for reasons that won't even matter in the days to come =)
(12:56 AM) ♥ tal
