shopaholic chronicle

for the past three weeks, me and my sisses has been sooo addicted to shopping. its like a habit that when we see each other we have to buy something we’ll be fascinated about. since the bonuses has been given early this year, im doing a canvass already of what to give to family and friends this christmas.

it was such a tiring week for me. ive been trying to beat a lot of deadlines yet trying to keep myself socially alive by attending different events.  but its really making me feel so tired.

and the only thing that makes me feel better is buying new stuff. so i bought a new pair of shoes which my bestfriend chose for me and a pair of earrings. i was even surprised to find out that trinoma has fabulous stores now like aldo, trunk show, mango, promod, and more. its just that i prefer the makati crowd still. hahaha.

spotted: regine of bench at eastwood friday evening then at trinoma the next day. hahaha. (she’s really pretty)

funny, fruitful lunch out

me and my officemates went out for lunch at rcbc plaza. one of them just decided to treat me and the other to lunch because we’re giving so much kindness daw. or maybe it was just so sweet of him to do so.

anyways, we chose piquant. i don’t really know what cuisine of food they are serving but they are good, and healthy. and they say, it is where the white people eat. true enough, literally, they do eat there.

surprisingly, the person beside me happened to be the former prime minister of the country during President Marcos’ time. hahaha…funny

we just talked about sooo many things, like seeing the world in a new light, building friendships and relationships with others, choosing one’s battles, and basically never ending looking for our daily happy pills.

linger for a cause

The UP Sigma Alpha Nu Sorority (Diliman)

invites everyone to

 

LINGER: A THRILLING TEASE

Oct. 9, 2009 (Friday) @ Ascend

also brought to you by:

Technoshock

Red Mobile

in cooperation with:

Cossack Vodka

 

Part of the proceeds will go to the sorority’s relief operations for  Ondoy victims.

 

 

hard rain in metro manila

saturday was supposed to be a busy day for me. we’re supposed to do business meeting and delivery in the afternoon, then meet up with my bestfriend after that. i was awaken by my alarm clock at around 7am, which i forgot to put off during weekends. i opted to stay in bed since my meeting will be at 130pm and besides, its raining so hard.

at 10am, i forced myself to wake up. i told my housemate that i can’t go home with her to bulacan just yet because of that too mane errands. but the rain was not stopping and flood is beginning to rise up outside our apartment. i told myself that i still have time. the delivery and business meeting was postponed and so im hoping that i could still meet up with my bestfriend by 3pm. but still, the flood was waist deep outside. so i called her up, and she said that the 1st floor of their company’s office was filled with flood water as well. they were lifting the important stuff to the second floor.

suddenly, the jeepneys that used to traverse the street outside our apartment was replaced by improvised boats with empty drums serving as floaters. the parking lot of our apartment was flooded as well. so pikka and i had really no choice but to stay in our apartment, watch out for the news, watch the will smith marathon on hbo, watch gossip girl season 3 pilot again, answer text messages and phone calls, call up my brother who was stranded in lrt, cook food, eat food, and sleep.

it was as well such a hassle that my brother left his sun phone at home in bulacan and i cant reach him through globe. i hope globe would improve their service. when i got my postpaid plan, i had to wait for 2 days to have it activated and last saturday, when i needed it the most, the network was busy. sun has become more reliable nowadays!

anyways, i learned that there has to be a stock of food and clean drinking water forever. candles, flashlights, and charged phones must be ready. although our area is one of the lucky few areas in manila which did not experience block out and chest deep flood, it still pays off to be ready.

by the way, the mrt ride today is P10 only to any destination and according to news it will operate 24 hours. its also nice to hear that outpouring support from the public and private sector was coming to help our compatriots who are still drenched in flood waters.

this is the view from my apartment’s porch

food and drinks expo

if you’d like to venture on food business or you just simply love food, this is the right place to be. hundreds of booths available for franchising participated in this said event. and the best part is that you get to taste what they offer for free!!!

the event runs from Sept. 17-20 at the World Trade Center, Pasay City

ganito kami sa makati

last thursday, my bestfriend visited at my office. after work, we went to cityland to visit some friends. when we’re about to go to greenbelt to have dinner, i asked her if we could drop by my apartment to leave my stuff. while walking, the rain started to pour soooo hard! we’re sharing her little pink umbrella, and i would say that majority of my body is drenched in water. it was a big relief when we reached for my apartment’s gate. after changing my clothes, i looked outside the porch and realized that i was like living beside a river for the flood has gone up. desperate to get to greenbelt for dinner, we rode a tribike going to the don bosco jeep terminal because cabs are nowhere to be found when needed. while safely riding the jeep on my side, i saw a camry rushing towards the opposite direction and splashing a huge amount of flood water on the people seated on the other side of the jeepney, poorly, my bestfriend is on the other side.

so she was teasing me, “Ganito kami sa makati… baha!”

haaaaaaaaay

seaside seafood market and restaurants

at the eve of my birthday, my whole clan went down south for a stroll. our first stop was Mall of Asia where my aunt, who is Dubai based, bought stuff to bring home to UAE.

then we went to seaside seafood market and restaurants along macapagal blvd near one esplanade and sofitel. Upon going down from our cars, a pool of people will incessantly convince you to eat and have your food cooked at their resto. they have different techniques in doing so even bashing at each other which i find really funny. hahaha.

anyways, we chose a posh looking resto with unlimited videoke. the idea here is that, you’ll be the one to choose the raw seafood to be cooked from the market. then you will tell the resto to cook it in a specific dish.

we were 21 people.

seafood bought: 2, 000php

resto charges (cooking charges, bowls or rice, sofrdrinks, beer): 4, ooophp

photos: courtesy of another blog

Rockwell Urban Bazaar

check this out this coming weekend at the Rockwell Tent, Makati City. I’m sure you’ll find great and fabulous finds here that are not present in any ordinary bazaar.

Uncovered GSD (Grand S Day)

Me plus my housemates finally had our long overdue S day. It was planned last Christmas pa, but due to our uberly busy schedules we just found time to do it last Friday. Anyways, we met at Walter mart for a movie. I came in last because the traffic flow in Pasong Tamo was terrible. We decided to see “Knowing” starring Nicolas Cage.

The movie was about this piece of paper where a random set of numbers were written which turned out to be dates of disasters, adjacent to the dates are the number of casualties who died in that disaster. So it’s like the end-of-the-world-like movies. This time with the participation of aliens (who turned out to be nice creatures, but we judged them because they look scary). Me and my housemates thought that the drama of the movie is too much for an S day. We’re only used to watching chick flicks in movie houses. Hehe.

After that, we went to Wensha Spa across the World Trade Center. It was my and cesca’s first time spa experience. We ate at the buffet and shabu shabu! I sooo love the shabu shabu. We relaxed at the jakuzi after eating. Then had a full body massage after (all for 680php). Not bad! It was the best S Day ever. Hehe.

At dahil wlaa kaming camera, this S day was not covered. Tsk! Hehe. Maybe the next one should be. J

how i just broke this week’s goal

IKR! yesterday i swore to not eat oily, fatty and sweet foods! but the third spec i really cannot give up.

that very same day when i made the pact, i broke it. after work, met up with a friend in krispy kreme in ayala ave.. they treated me with my all-time fave original glazed donut. and to be not as guilty i just told them na water na lang drink ko.

after krispy kreme, went to people’s palace in GB3 for dinner with another friend. it was his treat for whatever reason. so fab dinner pero i chose pomelo salad, healthy chicken with basil and lapu-lapu plus the ever famous thai tea! (learned about the thai tea in cebu). i really dont plan on having dessert since i had krispy kreme na earlier. but he insisted that the dessert there is superb plus i saw a large strawberry cake on one girl’s plate. but i ordered a panacotta instead.

haaay! sinful eating. then went to the ever peaceful travel cafe @ GB5. i was so tempted to order coffee frappe but stopped myself from doing so, so i just had a watermelon shake. haaaaaayyyyyy!

meet-ups talaga makes it harder for me to keep up with my goal. geesh