Ramblings and Rubbish.

Last week was a helluva week. I mean the positive “hell” here coz I sort of enjoyed what I did. hehe.

May 6: Kulang sa tulog because kelangan taposin ang wedding presentation for ate’s wedding and uwi na ako kinabukasan ng hapon and since it’s a surprise, I can’t work at home coz obviously she’ll be around most of the time for the preparation.

May 7: I came to the office earlier than usual coz kelangan ko mag undertime coz I have to go home. Jon and I arrived home 9:00 in the evening and I was shocked sa dami ng tao sa bahay and coz of that I had an idea and was glad coz everything I needed for the presentation e nasa bahay na. We waited for ate to sleep and took everyone’s messages thru jon’s cp. I slept late coz I embedded the videos in my presentation but sadly hindi pa siya tapos coz I also needed messages of kuya rick’s relatives.

May 8: Wedding day! I woke up early coz I have to rush to kuya rick’s relatives to ask for their messages. Afterwards, I edited the videos a lil bit then embedded it all in the presentation. Bahala na si batman! I rushed to the hotel coz I have my obligations as maid honor. Nagpaganda. Picture2x. Nag-alalay sa bride. Picture2x. I was glad they love the presentation. Pinaghirapan gud namo ni jon. Hilak jud ko kng may manghinaway! The wedding was a blast! I’m really happy for ate and kuya. After the wedding, nag videoke pa kami pero pagka 2am, hapla na akong beauty.

May 9: Woke up @ 7am then byahe agad coz I have to be in davao at 1pm. I have to prepare stuff coz I have to go to CDO on monday and wala ng ibang time para magprepare. 7pm, I met some of my college friends, had dinner and nag meeting for the next day college reunion. Went home mga 2am coz laag2 pa kami especially c jnet ngayon lang nakapatong ng davao after how many months.

May 10: Reunion! Woke up @ 7am coz the assembly time is 8am in Sta. Ana port pa. Bad trip coz nag change venue kami. Instead na somewhere in talikod, Paradise nalang daw para marami ang maka sunod. Nag overnight kami, nagswimming, naglaro, kumain and nagkwentohan. I really enjoyed the reunion kahit kunti lang kami.

May 11: We dozed off at 3am and woke up mga 7am. We ate our breakfast, kwentuhan naman ulit, gusto sanang maligo ulit coz the beach was so tempting, took photos and finally went home @ 10am. Hapla na sad akong beauty and woke up mga 2:30pm. Mga 5pm we went to G-Mall to meet jnet there and bade goodbye coz she’s flying back to manila na. Then went to Penong’s with em2 and jon coz that time unlimited rice ang hanap ko. Kelangan kong e kain ang pagod ko! Went home, fixed my stuff for CDO at natulog.

May 11: CDO! Woke up @ 12mn, took a bath, browse ng internet sandali then hinatid ako ni jon sa bus terminal. Em2 told me na 2:30am ang 1st trip unfortunately 4am pala. So we waited for 2 hours saka ako naka alis. 11am when I arrived at CDO. Nahirapan ako to get taxi from the terminal coz nagtransport strike but after 20 minutes, i finally got lucky. Went to the hotel and met my boss there. To make it short, we ate at Butcher’s bbq, went back to hotel, went to Bo’s for meeting, went to Ororama and G-mall for trade check, went to Malburry for meeting, went to unilver office for photocopy, went to my hotel to rest, had dinner at green haven, went to ketkai and bought a bday cake for my cousin, went back to hotel to check out and when i got there my uncle was already waiting, went to my aunt’s place in gusa, we surprised my pinsan for his bday, sit and talked with them for a while and finally they brought me to the bus terminal. I took the 11pm ride and arrived (at last) in davao at 4am.

Now tell me, hindi ba naging Hell ang week ko? Sort of good hell pala. hehe.

Check out my favorite spot when I’m at my cousin’s internet cafe, Amigoas. When I’m working on something, I usually stay here.

the ceiling.

my stuff.

see? i’m working.

i don’t mean to brag but i want to inspire people and let them know that there is really money in blogging.

I’m so happy coz I had my paypal account verified today! Thanks to ate shie who let me use her visa card.

At the office:

One busy afternoon, sofia came to me and said “Ate, kelangan ko ng attire for the play tomorrow.” I replied “So?”. She said “Sabi ni mama kaw daw bibili.” Before I could react, my phone rang. It was ate bing, sofia’s mom and my officemate. I totally forgot that she and sir jay, his husband was in Manila for sir jay’s visa processing. She asked if I could sneak out of the office to buy sofia’s attire. She said I was her last resort coz the kid badly needed the attire. I’m doomed! So as soon as I finished my task for the day, I grabbed sofia and rush to the nearest mall.

At the mall:

Gaisano South is the nearest mall from our office in marfori, so we were there after 5 minutes. It was 3pm so we still have 2 hours coz sofia’s carpool will arrive at 5pm. Then we rushed to 4^th floor to the kids section first. Our goal is to find a green pants and a green jacket with hood. She’s going to be the turtle for the play so she needs to appear all in green.

When we got there, we instantly found sofia’s perfect pants and it’s very cheap. Finding the green pants was effortless but finding the jacket was chaotic. We found a jacket but not a plain green. We also found plain green jacket but without hood. Sofia and I argued a lot along the shopping coz I want to give up and just pick one of those jackets but she insisted what her teacher told her. She keep repeating “Ate, dark green jacket with hood po ang sabi ni teacher.” My last resort was the ladies section. So we dashed down the third floor and look all over the place. Eventually, we found a light green jacket. But before that we argued once again coz earlier she keep on saying that her teacher asked for dark green jacket but now she said that its okay as long as it is green. Knowing sofia, she won’t stop ‘til she gets what she wants. As expected, she keeps on reasoning out. She told me that people won’t notice the difference but I can tell she really like the jacket not just for the sake of having an attire but more than that. Funny thing was she found another green jacket that I like. So we went to the fitting room to check it out. And she was like sales-talking me the jacket but I really find it too undersized for me. In the end, I bought the jacket for her and went home tired. It was 4:45 in the afternoon, just in time for her carpool.

With the experience, I realized that having a daughter or son is no easy thing. Especially at sofia’s age who already know and will argue what she wants to wear. I really thought that you can make every kid wear anything. It was stressful but at the same time enjoyable.

I love taking pictures. It’s very obvious for those people I’m connected with in friendster and multiply. As of today, I have 313 photos in friendster and 13 albums (I lose count of the photos) in multiply and not to mention my rarely updated facebook, myspace accounts and pictures in my laptop.

I don’t only take narcissistic photos but also photos of sites and sceneries as long as it looks fascinating to me. Here comes the revelation. I took all my photos with my handphone (N6630). L Of course I’m happy with my photos but I’m not satisfied. For the record, my phone has 1.3 megapixels. With that, my photos aren’t that sharp or detailed. I’ve been to beautiful places but when I take pictures with my phone I always wish I have my own digital camera. To make the most of this wishful thinking, what I really want is a DSLR Camera and to be specific, an Olympus E-510. Here’s how it looks:What really amaze me about this cam are the features such as 10megapixels, dust control, a live view LCD screen and built-in image stabilization. There’s this filter in the cam that prevents dust contamination to your cam. Dust is actually those irritating dark spots in your photos. Live view LCD screen is actually nothing new to digital cams. After you take pictures you can view immediately the upshot. What I like most with this cam is the built-in image stabilization. Because sometimes I have shaky hands when taking pictures that I get really annoyed with the outcome. So this camera is really perfect for me. The last time I checked, this cam costs $585 which is really cheaper than its introductory price (of course). I hope before this year end, I’ll be able to buy this cam. This is so going to my 2008 wish list.