Wednesday, December 29, 2004

2004 rewind

this will be my last blog for 2004, i am going back to batangas tomorrow and i will refrain myself from accessing the internet. so, to sum it up, let me summarize, whether you like it or not, the events that happen to me this year...

first half of the year from january to july, i was assigned in kuwait... for the 2nd time... to continue the ivr project for kuwait finance house. i met and worked with many people of different races : indian, pakistani, egyptian, palestinian, syrian, kuwaiti, lebanese, bangladeshi to name a few. i lived with an indian, lebanese and saudi arabian... and most of the time, for almost 3 months, i lived alone in my apartment. here, i learned to be independent. living alone in a 2-bed room apartment with complete set of appliances is not a joke, with no one to wake you up when you fell asleep while watching tv, waking up in the middle of the night wondering why i am not in my bed, with no one to wake you up early in the morning, with no one to prepare your breakfast, with no one to clean your room, with no one to wash your clothes. i am like lito cruz in tide commercial... always me.. me.. me.. (lagi na lang ako, ako, ako). in the first month, i usually washed my clothes and do the ironing during weekends... later, i brought my clothes to laundry shop for ironing, and later... i iron my clothes 1 hour before i wear it, getting them directly out from the drier. in the work place, on the first month, i was a bit awkward working with other nationalities, but later, i was with them taking lunch on an indian restaurant, going with them to catch some fish, cracking jokes with them. up to now, i still have communication with my friends in kuwait... zahid, ravi, kashif, sazzad, sheejan, husam to name a few.

returning back from kuwait, got my salary increase... new faces came along. there are new employees: marco, francis and elmer... jeff left the company... alona to my surprise also left... turn-over activities followed, first from jeff, then from alona. maita was in the company, gina also came. i was overwhelmed by the bigger responsibilities ahead of me. the company was restructured, and still restructuring up to now. many things had happened, i spent the last half of 2004 doing technical support and some minor developments.

basically, i spent almost 75% of my 2004 at work and 25% on my private life. regarding my life, people come, people go. someone new came to me, and i was glad i met her. though we are far from each other, it did not became a hindrance, marhgil lives to love. it is also on this year that i was diagnosed with diabetes, something that i inherited from my parents... both of them are diabetic... my father bought a pajero... i got a new future sister-in-law... sm city was opened in batangas, and i learned the art of shopping. :)

if you want to know the complete details of what happened to me this 2004, read the archives... and my old diary.

Happy New Year to ALL!

Tuesday, December 28, 2004

special

this is also a special day for me and for my love. i will not give details because i want to keep my love life in private. (feeling artista ba??) hehehe.

Mahal, Thank God I met you!

Sigaw vs Spirit of the Glass

last vacation, i was able to watch both horror movies that were included in the metro manila film festival... here are my movie comments....

Sigaw

A story of a battered wife killed by her husband asking for "justice".

Hindi ko alam kung saan nyo kinuha yung title, pero mapapasigaw talaga ang mga manonood, kasi, ang sound effects nyo, ang galing manggulat. Mas magandang title sana is "Bulaga!". Mga tanong ko naman sa kanila... anong klaseng multo ba yun? Doing the reenactment of their pagkamatay? Kung paano sila pinatay, pati yung pumatay, ginagawa muli yung ginawang pagpatay sa kanila? Meron bang ganun na multo, ginagawa muli ang nakaraan? Isa pa, patay na ba si Jhun? Bakit kasama sya sa reenactment nung pamilyang multo? At anong katarungan ang hinihingi nung babae, e nagpakamatay na rin naman yung asawa nya na pumatay sa kanya? Kung buksan ba ang pinto, mabubuhay ba syang muli??? Maililigtas pa ba sya? Nagkaroon ba ng katarungan nung buksan nya ang pinto at mabaril nung babae yung kanyang asawa? E reenactment lang naman yun, ang totoong nangyari, sya pa rin ang napatay. For me, this movie is a crap. Recommendation: Don't watch it, sayang ang pera, ibili nyo na lang ng hamon.


Spirit of the Glass

A love story gone astray because of family pressure.

The title is justifiable, because dun talaga umikot ang kwento. Comments... hindi nakakatakot yung multo nyong si Marvin Agustin. Saan sya kumuha ng all-white na damit? Shoes, pants, belt, sapatos... everything is white... e nung mapatay naman sya ay hubad sya at black yung pants nya. Natatandaan ko pa is yung suot nya nung sunduin para patayin is black pants, nakajumper pa, and white shirt. Di ba, yung mga nagmumulto, kung anong suot nya nung mamatay, yun yung dapat na suot nya kapag nagmulto sya, logically speaking? Alangan namang nagshopping pa sya ng mga puting kasuotan? Anong tawag sa kanya? White Gentleman? Male version ng white Lady??? Another point, pareho silang nagmumulto ni Auring sa bahay na yun.. di ba? Andun din si Auring... as far as I can remember nagparamdam din sya, sya ba yung nakapaldang puti na parang pangkasal na dumaan? Bakit hindi sila nagkita ng multo ni Marvin Agustin? Pareho na silang multo, nagmumulto sa parehong bahay, pero hindi sila nagkatagpo. Kinailangan pa nilang manakot at gumamit ng mga buhay na tao para magkita sila. Very illogical. Isa pa, wala bang kamag-anak si Marvin? Walang naghanap o nagreport man lang nung mawala sya? Ano sya, singaw?? Marvin's death is so brutal... pinahirapan at inilibing ng buhay. If you are choosing between the 2 movies, mas maganda ito kesa sa Sigaw. Pang best actress ang acting ni Alessandra de Rossi... ehhehee, masyado syang taklesa sa pelikula.



Honestly, I don't believe in ghosts, sa mga multong hindi matahimik na humihingi daw ng katarungan. Kung naniniwala ka na wala silang makakamit na katarungan kung hindi sila magmumulto, para mo na ring sinabing walang Diyos. Alam ng Diyos ang lahat ng bagay, at kayang kaya nyang ibigay ang katarungan. Hindi na kailangang magmulto pa ang isang tao, God will do justice to all the oppressed. Kaya yung mga may utang sa akin, kung pinagtataguan nyo ako, ang masasabi ko lang, Diyos na ang bahalang sumingil sa inyo.

Happy New Year to All!!!

Wednesday, December 22, 2004

nagmukhang tao


Nagproduct presentation kami sa PLDT kaya nagmukha akong tao. Hirap huminga... Mahaba na pala ang buhok ko! Kelan kaya makapagpagupit? Bago siguro ako magpunta sa Davao... Salamat sa nagpahiram ng neck tie.

On other matters, ako ay buong puso, atay at balunbalunan, kasama pati ang defective kong pancrease na nakikiramay sa mga naiwan ni Da King. Salamat Poe.

Friday, December 17, 2004

unpredictable

Matapos manalo si Manny Pacquiao, biglang napalitan ng lungkot ang saya ng Pilipinas ng yumao si Da King.

Ang buhay talaga, very unpredictable. Sabagay, oras na talaga siguro ni FPJ. Sabi nga nila, when it's your time na, wala ka nang magagawa, kahit saan ka magtago, mamamatay ka. Naalala ko tuloy yung isang katrabaho ng kaklase ko, namatay dahil nabagsakan ng eroplano sa kumpanya nila, may nagcrash kasing eroplano.

Tuloy pa rin ang aking walking trip. Para hindi mapaaga ang byahe ko papunta sa sementeryo. :-)

Kelan kaya ibibigay ang aming bonus?

Ooopps, teka... nakalaya na ba si Tarongoy? Nakalimutan na yata sya ng media. Puro FPJ na lang ang laman ng balita. Pag ako kaya ang namatay... mabalita din kaya???

Friday, December 10, 2004

tara mag-artista

Kailangan daw ng exercise ng mga diabetic, so kahapon, i started... naglakad lang naman ako mula dito sa office pauwi sa evangelista. ang plano ko... iL walk habang kaya ko at kapag pagod na, sasakay na ako ng jeep. fortunately... kinaya ko hanggang bahay. :-) aaraw-arawin ko na to!

invite din ako ng mga officemates ko magbadminton. kaso, hindi ko yata linya yun. hindi ko trip. so... walking trip na lang muna ako.

regarding my diet... talagang iniiwasan ko na yung matatamis. hindi nako nagsosoftdrinks. and yung rice... 1 cup na lang.

nagstart na rin ako uminom ng charantia. ok naman pala yung lasa. medyo mahal nga lang yung presyo. pero ok lang...

just a comment on Maalaala Mo Kaya and Magpakailanman... wala na ba kayong pwedeng ibang ipalabas??? Instead of giving us inspiration... iba ang dating sa akin, sa totoo lang, parang pinalalabas nyo na in order to succeed in life.. kailangan, mabigyan ka ng break sa pag-aartista! lahat na lang ng pinalalabas nyo, nagtagumpay sa buhay kasi nag-artista. paano naman kaming hindi pwede??? wala ba kayong pedeng ipalabas dyan na mga taong nagmula sa hirap.. nagnegosyo.. nagsikap sa pag-aaral at nagtagumpay sa kanilang chosen carreer path? e puro na lang nagtagumpay, kasi, naging artista. Kaya tuloy ang daming nag-audition sa Starstruck at Star Circle Quest...

yun lang

Wednesday, December 08, 2004

I am one of them

it was confirmed. i am diabetic. that's the reason why i am always thirsty in the past few weeks. and the only way to cure myself is to have a low-sugar diet. hay!! goodbye McFlurry... goodbye Choco Sundae.. goodbye chocolates... goodbye Chowking Halo-halo... goodbye Coca Cola! goodbye leche flan... goodbye ice cream! goodbye sa lahat ng matatamis!!!

welcome Charantia!!!

"You are one of us!" sabi ni Gary V. at Mike Enriquez sa akin... hehehe