Friday, May 30, 2008
sweet home davao
finally got hold of my stash from NY (thanks so much BF!!!) and catching BF online while waiting for my ride to the airport point to only one thing - a great time coming up in my hometown ;)(2:17 AM) ♥ tal
Monday, May 26, 2008
more pop culture and sports ;)
friday - a bridal shower i almost didn't go toi met lora through beia. the three of us spent most of our time together watching games, attending events and having really long dinners. when bei moved to the US, lor and i would meet up for lunch in greenbelt whenever we have the time. lora has many other friends. i met most of them at least once and i've heard of them from her many stories but really ours is a friendship that revolves mostly around only the three of us so i thought that the long lunch we had in cafe bola where she handed me her really cool wedding invitation was enough. that it's no longer a must for me to attend her bridal shower because i don't really know anyone there but i'm glad i did because of one reason - JOHN LLOYD CRUZ. haha. sure, it was nice to bond with the other girls in lora's lives but JLC stole the show! imagine naman ang message para kay lora pero feeling naming lahat kami sa lora, hay. ibang level talaga! ;)
saturday - home sweet home
i spent most of the day at home resting and watching the season finales of grey's anatomy and ugly betty. both turned out to speak to me again. damn those series, haha. breaking my stay at home mode was dinner with snicket at gloria maris. again, these are precious moments i am trying to enjoy while i still can. it should be so much easier if i have happy memories to hang on to anyway it's not like i'm never going to see her again but still i need the cheese now. i also grabbed some ruffles and ice cream which came in handy once i was back to being a couch potato after the hearty meal. ferrari 1-2 in monaco qualifiying, eating junk is sometimes worth it!
sunday - from north to south
started my day with a repeat of last night - ruffles, fic chocolate ice cream and f1 qualifying in replay. after afternoon mass i rushed to buy the gift for toptop, my good friend abi and pj's baby. the baptism reception at kamayan in west avenue was an eventful one because apart from checking in on my belfield buddies' lives, my big college crush who was once a passing topic in one of my past entries was also present. i'm happy to report that freezing in front of him is now a thing of the past. after that, grunch and i proceeded to his hap chan all the way to lp (finally and as if i didn't eat chinese the night before!) where the rest of who could make it to the ebench sunday club were waiting. while on the road, i got updates of the monaco grand prix from kuya tonio. the last bit about kimi getting a penalty sor tof dampened my good mood.
monday - wrapping up the weekend
we ended the impromptu taboo game at around 2 in the morning. now i'm trying to shake off the fact that hamilton won the f1 monaco grand prix and that kimi scored zero points by eating junk and writing this blog while watching IRL (hoping that danica patrick will wipe off the sadness of the earlier news). we'll see about that, there are still 70 more laps to go so for now here's to hoping we'll all have a great week ahead of us! =)
(2:43 AM) ♥ tal
Friday, May 23, 2008
i'm not lying when i say i love pop culture and sports ;)
monday – following a packed weekendmy morning was spent with D in alabang, easing up the night before with a healthy breakfast while watching last night's tennis match replay and playtime with baby caloy. being in makati did not hurry me up in any way as i shared tea and chitchats with teppy until late afternoon. now dinner was no different in fact it was an extension of the starbucks session. teppy and i laughed over beer and quite surprisingly discussed a topic that isn't exactly a favorite of mine ;)
tuesday – on a gossip girl high
while most people found the gossip girl finale boring, i kinda liked it. dan's final breakup with serena was a sincerely touching moment, with a cringe-worthy aftermath. the two were forced to dance together for the sake of the wedding photographer. when the photographer left, serena said, "he's gone. you can let go. "i don't want to," he answered, and she leaned into his shoulder. it was a painful and surprisingly affecting moment that of course made cry. i have two words for you dan, "ang labo mo!" joke, haha so yeah i didn't just kinda liked it. i really liked it.
wednesday/thursday – crazy for david cook
he had me at "you'll always be my baby" so while i didn't really follow this season as much as i did previous ones i just had to see david cook win. i woke up early and stayed glued even through some boring performances. it was worth it. as he dissolved in sobs, i cried too. i realized one of the reasons why i still watch this show after so many years is my undying faith in pop culture. U2 got it wrong that day because i've certainly found what i've been looking for.
thursday – football fix
penalty-kick shootouts are a hassle because for football fans they have no soul but in this year's UEFA champions league, one penalty kick spelled the difference and my ever reliable google reader fed me with the best words to set me in the mood for the replay.
"a newly laid pitch and a rainy night in moscow conspired to beat chelsea in the UEFA champions league final early hhursday morning.
manchester united had a little something to do with it too. but the european champs almost certainly wouldn't be the champs now if captain john terry hadn't slipped on chelsea's fifth penalty kick. but then chelsea might not have gotten to the shootout if united goalie edwin van der sar hadn't slipped and fallen in first half injury time as he tried to set up to stop frank lampard, who easily hit the open net."
football, they say, is boring but when you've got a hard core underdog up against a team that had a stellar season dueling on a rainy day then they might as well eat their words.
friday - obviously a slow day...
that's why i had time to waste on another thing i like to do - blogging ;)
happy weekend everyone!
(2:02 PM) ♥ tal
Thursday, May 22, 2008
early morning and i'm already wired
D: what time is american idol finale? (my alarm for the day)T: now na which means i've to get up na pala
D: go, now na!
(T hurriedly goes down with pillow in tow and turns on the tv)
Z: DC or DA? (z's version of good morning)
T: DC! all the way! =)
Z: alryt!!! =) IM YOURS DAVID COOK....=)
T: may joao ka na! ibigay mo na sa akin si david cook!
Z: Hahaha =) =) manchester or chelsea?
T: chelsea! tama na ang manchester na yan!
Z: yeay!! =)
T: same team! hope our bets win =)
Z: btw, would u know what time is soccer?
(T frantically turns on pc to check)
T: m checking now sa net, haha
T: tapos na! hassle! lam ko lang din today eh u wna know hu won? (the absence of the smiley face clearly dictates bad news)
Z: Shet!! Sino? Macnhester?
T: Man U, nyar! Boo walang replay sched pa!
Z: Grrh!! Di ko na kakayanin pagnatalo pa c DC...
T: Ako rin eh, na sad ako kasi kaya naman ng chelsea eh, hay
(T shouts while tears fall down AND while texting people the good news. yes, super affected!)
T: yahoo!
Z: Omy god! =) naiiyak ako
T: naiyak na ako!
T: i love it!
D: Hehe, He's crying
T: ako rin! haha
D: Omg!
T: Grabe D, im so happy!
chelsea lost but david cook won, you can't have it all. that's just the way it is but i'm fine with that. anyone who can fill me in the replay sched of the game though, please do. i want to see chelsea play, i'm sure they lost in style ;)
can't wait for monaco - more good news hopefully!
(9:41 AM) ♥ tal
Tuesday, May 20, 2008
what a weekend it was
it was pretty packed but it went by fine. what great way to spend a stormy friday night than by meeting up with richelle at starbucks to meet gideon, her new fab nikon camera. after a little chit chat we moved to nearby chowking for real dinner fix while i wait for parej to pick me up. for a while there i thought we could squeeze in tea with cile before heading to bea's party but cile had to rush off to work. bea's party was a blast, the mediterranean dishes partnered with romanian wine and asti were superb. i just realized bea would be enjoying a lot of that since she's heading to europe really soon. the ateneo euro girls are indeed invading europe, cheers to the birthday girl!saturday morning was spent with my soon to be bride/roomie snicket. it's probably one of the few times i actually accompanied her to take care of wedding stuff but i didn't know a thing about telas hence i basically just looked around carolina's and marveled at the sight of so many kind of telas! not much help there. afterwards we checked out the newly renovated cash and carry to buy stuff that we couldn't find in rustan's. before heading home we dropped by amber for some super worth it take out.
saturday afternoon was spent with my best friend from davao who just came from vietnam. since she was also flying back to davao same day so we made the best out of the few hours together. we shopped at moana even if i shamelessly plugged ipanema, haha. and i got her an early christmas gift! it's useful, fun and really cool. check out the golla stand at fully booked and look for their cute ipod holders, that's the one! i got us matching green ones.
before snicket headed to her saturday drinking session we went to mass and then watched harold and kumar. strange movie although it was an outright no brainer. i loved the first one better. i'm really going to miss her so even if it was a stupid movie, it's still a memory. awwww.
sunday was reserved for the baptism of jesca catalina manikan santos, deck's beautiful baby girl. i had so much fun with my fellow ninangs zar and leng. jax also followed at edsa shang where i had a great time eating the buffet and playing with zar and jam's babies pipo and anton. these things make me really miss my family so i can't wait to go home.
then i had to rush to D's birthday in alabang. it was a special sunday club edition and although a lot of people weren't able to go because of driver problems, it was still uber fun. good food, lots of drinks ;) and a bit of swimming plus super duper lots of hirits made it truly memorable too. we love you D, always =)
pictures to follow soon (paging owner of gideon and leng's hubby) ;)
(10:29 AM) ♥ tal
Sunday, May 18, 2008
so you think i'm broken, fix me
one line and i'm liking grey's again. so, as a tribute to my comebacking guilty pleasures i shall be quoting some of my favorite lines from the characters that have become my allies. they say the things i've been wanting to say to people and to myself.with love from seattle
"i still love you whether you are capable of letting me or not so i forgive you"
"...start acting like somebody who wants to stay alive"
"learning is like healing, it happens over time. listen keep running but not because you want to cut corners 'cause you want to be a better doctor"
"...wonder what the hell it is that makes us hold it all together"
"...i wish that i was secure enough to handle that without a bruised ego and a lot of processed sugar but i'm not"
from someone who's trying to start over
"maybe if we're different people or and we've never met then maybe we can have a fresh start but we're not"
from the sandwich boy
"well that's just it i don't want to be the rebound guy. i want to be THE guy"
that's it for now. my weekend's not yet over so i'll fill you in later.
happy birthday D! =)
(3:49 PM) ♥ tal
Thursday, May 15, 2008
you're D best
if there's anything that breaks my spell of bad days, it has to be karting. family and friends, it works every time too but when i need something to get out of my system then i have to get on the track.i met up with D on a day when she was free-er (another word to add to her ever increasing own dictionary), a wednesday which was perfect because as the mid-day it breaks the week into two. that's just my theory. having driven all the way to makati from qc, D requested that we eat somewhere cheap but nice first. we picked a resto that passed our qualifications for the evening. the jap food choice was D's, picking out the usuals from the menu was my job but since it's not my forte she helped me out. we already mapped out our short term career path by the time the food came. then i psyched D with what was to come by letting her in on my F1 world which she gamely took in while attacking the gyoza and the rice toppings. after paying for the bill that shocked us, we drove to speedzone only to find out it's under renovation. how could i not know this? has it been that long since the last time?
anyway still upbeat from our resolve that it's okay to pay a high price for good food and the thought of moving the karting to a better location sometime soon, we headed for rockwell's highly recommended and as expected overpriced ice cream bar. all because D strongly protested our watching a stupid movie. okay, fine. after all no one can ever replace the moment when she said "oh i know that, total turn off" but the last text for the day was still about the original plan in mind. D: Im home! Nextime carmona na tayo =) nyt!
the next day D: Eck, umuulan. Wana takas frm work n shop 4a gft 4my ate? while we didn't succeed in booking ourselves for that one elusive vacation together in our visit to the pal office, we did have a grand time shopping in high street. yes, after last night's dinner at tatami in serendra, we're back. we're nice girls so we bought the gifts we were supposed to buy but since we think we've been good girls, we bought something for ourselves too. after a quick stop to the office to pick up some paper work and to say goodbye to honey, we then headed to rockwell area where we ended up in rufo's for dinner. how's that for nice and cheap? D cannot believe it's just my second time there, anyway the third time for me i'm bringing the whole bench with me.
two straight days with my D. it used to be everyday but i know we'll be hard core makati girls again soon, hopefully. we may not have these kind of days for long so while we still can we have tomorrow to look forward to. D: Thanks green T! Haha Me: Haha. So who's our G?! this isn't gossip girl, D was D way before i got sucked in all this upper east side drama. but i'm telling you that last episode rings a bell. as chuck bass said "let's get that b*tch" ;) you just gotta love your friends!
(11:09 PM) ♥ tal
Tuesday, May 13, 2008
hey you
i'd just like to let you know that...the little things you do make a big impact on me.
...somehow you know when i needed to hear your voice.
...you always say the right things to make me feel better.
...every single time that i feel a rush of emotion the next best thing that comes to mind after thinking of booking the next flight home is to go to NY.
...you are the reason why i'm still sane after over two years of crazy ups and downs.
...the occasional meet ups get me back into the game.
...when you text or email me, it never fails to make me smile even on a bad day.
...you have become so familiar, it's hard not to miss you.
...for some strange reason even if it's a bit complicated and unexpected, it was fun while it lasted.
...you made it possible for me to move on to my next moment.
so thank you. all of you.
(1:38 AM) ♥ tal
Thursday, May 08, 2008
why do i bother?
hello dear readers. gossip girl's sidekick here. i hear someone's very mad.at this point, the best thing to do is to not care. as they say the opposite of love is not hate but indifference. then again i'm so negative i just want to blurt it out - i hate you and with a passion. there i said it, this should make things easier for me.
thanks a lot for making me say sorry without really being prepared to say my piece. you are scheming. when you rattled on the list, i shouldn't have been surprised but i should have known from the very beginning you will throw back something at me. you might think i lost but i will take you down someday in my own version of evil.
thank you because for a while there you actually made me feel and look like i was afraid to lose but know this i don't need you. i don't like you to begin with.
thank you for making me cry, for making feel sorry for myself that i had to endure this when i know that i don't have to.
thank you for making me watch when love begins at such an ungodly hour only to be reminded of a place i want to forget.
you make me sick. you made me feel so bad i'm actually thinking of quitting but watch me. i will really take you down maybe not now but soon. hopefully really soon.
she's not one person to mess around with. you know you'll love this. xoxo
(12:34 AM) ♥ tal
Monday, May 05, 2008
i'm back
from boracay and writing to you again.dear God,
i'm exhausted but i just want to say thanks. deep in my heart i know that i am feeling exactly what i need to, in order to move into my next moment. sometimes i try to force myself into the next moment quicker than time (your heartbeat) wants me to. you want me to enjoy and learn from each beat. i try, each day, i try. i am also trying to not turn the hands of time backwards. i know, each moment is precious, and i thank you for that. that, and all of the people, experiences, good things and bad things that are part of each moment, i am thankful. from these people and things i learn - i try to take the good forward and leave the bad behind.
for all of these things, including the very tough days i've been having these past few weeks. thank you. in the light of all the decisions to make, i've finally come upon something not profound nor revolutionary but simply it's all about me knowing in my heart that i'm really back ;)
(7:50 PM) ♥ tal
