Monday, September 29, 2008
oh my kimi!
when kimi crashed, i got almost a dozen texts. i'm okay, after a few minutes of shock, after all i got the next best thing :) my next two favorite drivers, alonso and rosberg, ended up in the podium plus i had a chance to clebrate with them in their respective paddocks after the press con ;)(1:12 PM) ♥ tal
Saturday, September 27, 2008
still on a kimi high!
1-3 ferrari, not bad at all! all the walking was SO worth it but tomorrow is another day and i shall walk again for kimi but this time let it be number one for kimi ;) please oh please :)(9:49 PM) ♥ tal
Friday, September 26, 2008
on a kimi high!
i came to singapore to watch kimi and that won't change but alonso made my night...for beating lewis hamilton! ;) good night for now because i have a long weekend ahead of me :)(9:59 PM) ♥ tal
go ateneo! one big fight! all the way from sinagpore ;)
so yesterday morning i woke up thinking who'll win the game and then i had to put that at the back of my head. i still had to rob a bank for some money and demand power plant to open earlier than they should so i can buy last minute stuff for my trip. just kidding, i had to give in to the power of the dollars because peso is no good in singapore. i need my raffles stash for my plane ride and i bought a goody brush because we're talking f1 here. i don't think i can go around sporting my combed once hair all the way until the evening. haha.minutes into landing i started getting anxious. i kept telling cherry that i can't wait to open my phone. cherry is one of my dear friends from college and i can pinpoint why we are still friends until now - sports! we are on this singapore trip together to watch the first ever formula one night race, again it's the sports thing. we were two of the happiest people when the ateneo blue eagles became uaap champions during our senior year. as part of the sports staff of the guidon since our freshman year, we've seen the team through it all so it was really special.
last year i was so depressed as i'm sure the entire ateneo community was. this year i want the championship for, more than anyone else, chris tiu. i think the kid has the heart of a champion and there's only one way to prove it - to win and so he did.
i turned on my phone as soon as we were allowed to and as if i'm not a technophobe i actually remembered to manually look for sing tel. i have three mesages! false alarm. all from sing tel. then came another message. it was erika checking if i already landed and giving me last minute instructions. i distracted myself by looking at the f1 stuff scattered all over the changi airport. and then came THE message form my main man, my dad!
tatay: champion ang iglesia ni tiu. yahoo! i told che and then we were so happy. i felt like 2002 all over again. but we were not alone even in this foreign land. the other people nearby were also frantically checking their phones and when they found out, they were jumping up and down and hugging each other. then my parents called to dish me off the details. my first question was "anong score?" 62-51. you were no match la salle that's what i thought. and then next question "did chris play well? did he win anything?" and the answer was, by this time my mom already grabbed the phone from my dad, "he won something, hinakot nila ang awards." everyone was already looking my way and when i put down the phone i got a thanks from two friends, who i assume were ateneans becuase they were beaming, behind me "thank you, salamat sa details." i turned to cherry and i said "naiiyak ako" hahahaha but che understood and all she can say was "awwwww." thank you chris tiu and thank you to the many people who shared the news.
to jason, for being the first person to make me believe that this is it. i asked him if we'll win and his answer captured it all "1000%"
mama, "ONE BIG FIGHT!" followed by a text on the details regarding the bonfire.
rich, "WE WON!"
D, "Tal! Ateneo won, 62-51!"
i never expected the championship to come this early. you know we're used to waiting a bit longer. but times change so to la salle, until next year. i hope next time you actually show up in the awarding ceremonies ;) i was going to congratulate you for giving us something to look forward to this season but never mind so i just hope we see you again next year!
so now kimi has to top this good news lah ;) i better go change, i'm meeting cherry in orchard at 10! ;)
(5:27 AM) ♥ tal
Tuesday, September 23, 2008
best (wo)man for the night
once a friend challenged me to tell me about my male friends. she says we need to get past that. she wants me to understand that there’s an end to the friend zone, that when guys do certain things then that’s it already. and you can’t stay in that gray area forever. i didn't like being in that spot because it’s freakin’ tiring AND pointless. so i’d rather stick to what i do best, just being one of the boys.when i was young i struggled to belong because most of my neighborhood playmates were boys. there were times when i just couldn’t keep up but i made up for it. i learned to ride the bike on my own by borrowing my cousin’s bike and practicing in the evenings. i’d go farther than the rest of them on my own. that’s how i was built to last and i know that those little boys once envied me ;) i’m a daddy’s girl and a kuya’s girl, not that they have a choice because i’m the only one they’ve got. i love sports. even if you hear me talk so much about f1, it’s not the only thing i care about. i heart the red sox and tiger woods and rafael nadal and… i could go on and on.
which brings me to my point. the ratio of my guy friends to my gay and girl friends will not reflect this but i’m telling you i can have just as much fun with them. one perfect example is our “adopted little boy” in the ebench. recently the boss of his fiancé threw them a pre-wedding dinner and of course i went. i’m already missing his wedding to watch f1 in singapore, which by the way is not my fault because he changed the dates thrice, so that’s the least i can do. i was his only female friend who went which really didn’t matter at all. how many girls can say they spent a long yosi break with a groom, two of his best men and one more guy friend discussing the safe topic of nba which later on turned to the all serious talk of married life spawning from the comment “paano na after saturday. wala na. di ka na kasama sa gimik.” the beer and asti helped but it wasn’t really needed. steady is the name of the game but i’m not sharing everything here ;)
at the end of the night i’m still a “my dear” who needs to be taken home because 11 pm is VERY late by their standards that i am in no way allowed to ride a cab home.
so there goes my evening as the best (wo)man to, among others, the one who patiently taught me how to drive in college and to my many times designated driver because despite his patience i still never learned to drive. haha. dude, makinig ka kay miko dahil may sense siya. weekday kasi. cheers!
(8:51 PM) ♥ tal
Sunday, September 21, 2008
this is real, this is me
a klutz who had to be rushed to the e.r. by her boss and and another officemate. also a klutz with an equally e.r. phobe best friend who laughed at the sight of her in a wheelcahir.a self confessed jologs who would choose f1 over one more chance at any given time. yes, despite my jologs orientation sports is definitely an exception.
a friend who likes to spend friday nights chatting and eating with the people who matter most to her.
a daughter who enjoys spending quality time with her father.
a girl who has a crush on simone, the creator of tokidoki.
a writer who got star struck while interviewing someone from pixar. i actually said pixars somewhere during the interview. super nice guy though, that guy from pixar.
an atenean very happy with the game one win and looking forward to being champions again.
a kimi fan who can’t wait to go to Singapore and watch the first ever formula one night race.
a member of the working class who is currently laboring on a sunday because of scheduled vacation leaves starting thursday until monday.
i’m exactly where i’m supposed to be now. no more hiding who i wanna be :)
(7:09 PM) ♥ tal
Sunday, September 14, 2008
so many things, just in time :)
there have been so many hits and misses for me lately and i hate how i've been magnifying the misses. tomorrow though is another day and i won't let those misses drag me down. as if hearing my desperate call for a large dose of positivity, the universe rained a storm of good things to hope for on me.friday dinner with D and ma at cafe med in power plant was my first dinner out in a while. nature's been raging these days so i'm forced to stay in that's why it's quite a welcome break to be enjoying a good meal with my dear friends again. D quipped that maybe we're in the wrong careers or companies or set-up but then thinking about it now i think we can try a little harder. some goings on at work but nothing that dilbert can't fix ;)
my father will be visiting me. this is after a near tears call i made to them while at rustan's supermarket. i so miss eating good food and because i can't even eat out 'cause of the bad weather i missed home and home cooked food even more. but not for long :)
a very dear friend is also up for a visit and i can't wait to catch up and hear the good news. see you really soon!
ateneo-la salle in the finals, i was so heart broken last year but as i said then the ateneo blue eagles always comes back to try and make my heart whole again (yuh, cheesy). what more can i ask for, even chris tiu gave it another shot so i really hope they win :)
formula one's first ever night race in singapore. to see it live is something that i am really looking forward to. kimi awaits!
haruki murakami. wow, picking up his latest book is destiny.
and work, bring it on.
(2:25 PM) ♥ tal
Monday, September 08, 2008
it all started with a delayed flight...
my wavering relationship with Boracay has finally ended. it's time to let go and move on to a new destination ;)
(9:50 AM) ♥ tal
