some of these are so true!
| What You Really Think Of Your Friends |
| Dano is your soulmate. |
| You truly love Irving. |
| You consider Rania your true friend. |
| You know that Caroline is always thinking of you. |
| You'll remember Ewa for the rest of your life. |
| You secretly think Bapbap is creative, charming, and a bit too dramatic at times. |
| You secretly think that Ieth is colorful, impulsive, and a total risk taker. |
| You secretly think that Anna is loyal and trustworthy to you. And that Anna changes lovers faster than underwear. |
| You secretly think Joe is shy and nonconfrontational. And that Joe has a hidden internet romance. |
especially the one about irving! teehee.
the devil wears prada
yep, i am finishing the book and i haven't watched the movie yet! i asked my grepa friends to watch it with me since 1. dano has great taste in fashion, 2. ieth has worked for cosmo already and 3. because i simply miss all of them! watching the film would be so much fun.
but since it is taking SOOOOO long for the flick to be shown here in the country, i opted to read the book it was based on for the meantime. i am truly loving every word in the book! it's quirky, has lots of tips in fashion and beauty and even has romance, family and friendship angles. though it's technically chic lit, i couldn't care less. it's a refreshing read from all the SC decisions and resolutions that i am reading here at work. hehehe. =p
i could identify a bit with the main character, andrea sachs. like me, she is fresh out of college, on her first job and is in a stable relationship with a guy. plus, she is smart and pretty confident. and like me, she was used to laid-back dressing. all of a sudden, she has to dress formally, with spiky black stilettos and dress shirts. but heck, she got used to it like i did. the only difference is that i bought the clothes with my own money while she got the clothes from her office's closet! i don't envy her though because i don't have a terror boss! yey for that. while her job practically tortures her, i am happy to say that not only do i enjoy what i'm doing here at work, i don't get to be terrorized by my bosses. another yey for that. =)
flurry of activity
my tita mila and my cousin, michelle, are on a two-week vacation here from the states! they arrived last friday, july 21, and because of this, there will be a flurry of activity in the days to come. shopping, eating out, taking them around and cramming all these into exactly fourteen days! i am so excited.
moreover, irving's board exam is going to be this weekend. talk about eventful. i have so much to prepare for, not to mention things at the workfront. anyway, it's all about time management. i know i'll be able to meddle through. =)
i have TWO things to look forward to, really. first is the PUSSYCAT DOLLS concert on friday with my family and then the ABS-CBN studio tour and being in the WOWOWEE audience with my family and irving on monday next week. wee!!!
but the ultimate thing that i'm looking forward to, definitely, is irving having his board exams over with. finally, i'll have him all to myself! yey! no more reviewing! =p
bratty girl
i had a bout of brattyness last night. i was ranting about something non-existent and weaving an intricate web of reasons proving that i am confused about everything, most particularly about us. as result, i hurt one of the people that i love the most, a person i couldn't live without.
it's just that everything is going TOO well, TOO smoothly that i felt i needed some controversy to make things more exciting. he's well, TOO good to be true for me. he is so good and nice to me and he treats me like a fragile piece of china. i am becoming TOO happy and i am smiling TOO much. plus, he has become the focus of my life, the center of my universe even.
but then again, is it a crime to be too happy? or to smile too much? he told me it isn't. and so what if i give him too much attention as long as i'm happy with doing it and being with him?
it then hit me. i'm again being bratty for nothing. pfft. it's fortunate that he understands me like he has known me during our past lives. sigh. bratty girls should have understanding, compassionate and selfless boyfriends which are hard to find. i'm happy i found one soon enough.
inseparable
exhibit A. taken on his birthday at napoli.
the inevitable has happened. we have become inseparable and we are starting to look alike. teehee. i just love being with him!
my forever thesis partner, emman
love is in the fair! last february 14, we worked on our thesis first and celebrated valentine's day together at the up fair! haha. geeks! =)
my thesis partner and one of my closest friends, emman, had his birthday last saturday, july 15. i knew he has work even on saturdays so i didn't pester him with text messages of him treating me out on his birthday or me treating him out (palusot! haha). anyway, here is a tribute to the person i spent most of my senior year with in college and the person i could talk to for hours on end about anything, from the most serious to the most mundane (i.e. gossip!).
emman is one of the most conscientious people i know. though he finds time to have fun every once in a while, he always allocates time for him to accomplish his tasks in school, in his organization and even at home. in school, he was a consistent university/college scholar and gets good grades effortlessly. he charms our professors with his persistence to excel in the class and the drive to learn more with every meeting. i have countlessly convinced him to cut class at times but there are more times where he would finally convince me to attend class instead. during nights where i would pester him to just hang out at starbucks, we would end up studying and strategizing our wonderful thesis. haha. being with him brought out the obsessive nerd in me and pushed me to my academic limits. i even became more obsessive towards our thesis than him because i would panic at every minor glitch while he just chuckled in the corner over my sulking and cursing. he has learned to calm me down during our thesis writing and assured me that we can accomplish anything. having him as my thesis partner is one of the best decisions i have ever made in college, believe me. with anyone else, i couldn't imagine having that much fun and fulfilling experiences such as meeting noted journalists and media practitioners. one of our most enjoyable thesis traditions though is the sleepover at my house where he would watch pinoy big brother first, then we'll eat dinner, work on our thesis and then walk to the 7eleven near my house for a midnight snack. after all those, we'd lie down and talk ourselves to sleep.
on his senior year, emman was the chairperson in his journalism organization. we weren't orgmates but i supported him all the way. he was a very responsible leader and tries to bring out the best in his orgmates by initiating projects that are beneficial to the organization and to the members. i knew he sometimes finds it hard to handle a large group of diverse people but emman has managed successfully for the whole year. i saw him bloom as a leader and saw his efforts to make every org activity successful and fun. plus, it is unmistakable that all of them love him!
at home, emman is quintessentially the responsible big brother who looks out after his sister and baby brother. he accompanies his sister to enrollment and takes care of his baby brother when he has free time. despite my ranting that he is always away at batangas on weekends, he coaxes me to understand. he loves his family and after a week at school, he wants to be with them. never have i seen such a dedicated son and brother and now that he is working, i know he dreams of giving his family the best of everything once he can.
emman has lots of friends who look up to him and rely on him for sound advice. i am one of those people. i have always ranted to emman my problems and he has always tried to shove some sense into my immature and bratty mind. he encourages me to mature and to stop acting crazy because as he said, we are not getting any younger. i have told him shocking stories about me but i feel safe that he is the person i am talking to. i know he wouldn't divulge any of my secrets and would not judge me no matter what. he is trustworthy and dependable. i believe that he would be there for me, come hell or high water. definitely, i am very lucky that i have him as a good friend and i am excited over the fact that someday, we'll be colleagues in the profession of law.
he teases me by calling me ate because i am slightly older than him but i know he's way mature. on his birthday, i would like to reiterate that he just turned another year old! we're of the same age now! hahaha.
HAPPY BIRTHDAY, EMMAN!!! may all your dreams come true and may you never tire of listening to my kooky stories! i hope to watch more tagalog movies with you, okash? i love you to smithereens. =)
post-boyfriend's birthday post!
and we had a blast! =)
though it was on wednesday, we just couldn't resist being together on the eve of his birthday. hehe. he had dinner at my house and he studied for a bit. though i fell asleep right before midnight and i wasn't able to greet him, i greeted him in the morning where i gave him my birthday gift. like my mom, he was like a kid with a new toy. though we were running late, he just had to open the package and then, beamed like a bright lightbulb when he saw the watch box. "it's watch!" he exclaimed. i was grinning from ear to ear. i was glad that he liked what i gave him. well, i kind of expected that he would like it. it was, after all, a high-end watch with all the features guys would like (water-resistant, stopwatch, backlight, alarm, both analog and digital, etc.). i just love spoiling my boyfriend!
we got together at around 4pm that day because my work day was suspended. while driving back to quezon city, it was raining cats and dogs which threatened to ruin my mood. but, he was smiling all the time, giddy that it was his birthday. he even said that he was so happy that he gets to celebrate his birthday with me, alone.we reached my house at around 5:30 and i immediately took a shower and dressed up. we had dinner at napoli (yum!!) then headed to gateway where we played at timezone. playing at timezone is fast becoming a tradition of ours, as we try to beat each other at the miniature bowling game, basketball shootout and even at videoke! for the record, i thought him how to bowl at timezone mall of asia but he beat me at gateway. nah, i beat him at basketball though! it was a tie when it came to videoke, anyhow. =) after killing time, we then caught the last full show of superman returns. though my cousin told me she didn't like the movie, i ended up liking it, very much actually. brandon routh was gorgeous. hehe. and the movie had artsy-fartsy sequences and very romantic scenes with clark and lois. watching the film perfectly capped off his birthday night.
sigh. though it was his birthday, it seemed like he was doing things that he knew would make me happy. let me just say that i have just fallen in love deeper with him. =p
my irving
as per tradition, i always write a personality profile as a sort of tribute to the people close to me on the event of their birthdays. i've written one on my bestfriend, my mom and one of my closest friends, anna. my boyfriend is celebrating his birthday tomorrow and though he is practically isolated from the internet and is a bit alienated from my blog because of studying all the time, i am writing this. even if he may not read this on his birthday, it excites me to talk about how wonderful he is and how lucky i am that he loves me. to those who hate mush, i'm warning you. this will be a very mushy entry.
irving is the quintessential bring-home-to-meet-the-folks type of boyfriend. he is good-looking, has a smile that can knock the socks off and charm any parent and is respectful and radiates a "good boy" aura. he got good grades in college, belongs to a good frat and is planning to go to medical school. he comes from a good family and is very smart. he's the type of guy parents would trust their daughters with. he is conscientious and looks out for his own future.
though i sometimes tend to get rebellious with the guy i choose to be with and pick the guy who looks bad, a bit scruffy and may treat me poorly, falling in love with him became the easiest and the best choice. beneath my exterior, he strived to get to know the real me. he looked past all the "wild" stories and crazy rumors and focused on the person that i really am. now that we're together, i see no reason for regret on why we got together within such a very short period of time. he loves me, i know it, and i believe it.
he goes out of his way to take care of me and be with me. he regularly finds ways for us to meet even on days he is swamped with review class work. he even manages to help me run my errands and drives for me on days i don't feel like driving. irving also treats my family very well and tries to get along with the people close to me. a month and a half into the relationship, he has managed to get close to my mom, brother, cousin and even my yaya. he even picks up after me. one time he was at my room, he ended up fixing my stuff because everything was such a mess!
on times i am my bratty self, irving remains calm and coaxes me out of my bad mood. he comforts me when i'm tired and hugs me when i just had a bad day. despite my bouts of kaartehan, irving doesn't lose his patience with me. he understands me and is constantly doing things that he knows would make me happy.
he is a bit strict as a boyfriend and gives me a curfew when i'm out. but, i don't see this in a negative light. he does this by being sweet and i know he has my best interests at heart. besides, when he's free, he tends to go with me wherever i want to go. though i know i could easily lie, i couldn't bring myself to lie to him nor do anything that would hurt him. he is too good and too much of a perfect boyfriend that my conscience couldn't take anything foul. he tends to be overprotective sometimes though and i know, if need be, he would take a bullet just for me. and i know, i would, for him.
as a guy, he tends to be a bit obsessive about his looks and his hygiene. talk about being vain. he is a metrosexual and takes me along when he goes shopping. he takes a shower about four times a day and watches what he eats. he even sees a dermatologist, takes his vitamins and constantly teasing me to take a shower even if i know i don't need one. haha. he doesn't smoke and he only drinks socially. well, talk about being clean, inside and out. my boyfriend is the epitome of that.
one smile from him could melt my heart and one look of chastising can make me stop whatever bratty thing i'm doing. he is unselfish and he loves me unconditionally by shrugging off the things i do that would normally make any boyfriend tick. on lazy days, i could talk to him endlessly about anything in the universe. he is a great conversationalist and with an interesting view on politics, culture, movies and music. he reads a lot and can out-argue me sometimes even on topics i feel strongly about. at times we just relax, the silence is not deafening. even if we don't talk, the company of each other does not become boring and i take joy in just gazing into his eyes and observing him doing nothing.
irving has passion for living and for creating a bright future for himself. he knows his limits and he easily distinguishes what is right from wrong. i know this is what made me fall for him in the first place plus his deep respect for family and the responsibilities that come with it. ultimately, he taught me how to be unselfish and why i should not dwell on feelings of spite and scorn. he made me want to be good, above everything else. he positively inspires me in a magnitude incomparable to any other person in my life ever before.
on his birthday tomorrow, i got him a watch. ssshhh..don't tell him just yet. it is to remind him that with every second that passes, i love him more and more and that i look forward to more of his birthdays with us together. =)
because now, i really can't imagine a life without him by my side.
see? i told you this entry is going to be really mushy. don't say i didn't warn you.
cool
And after all the obstacles
It's good to see you now with someone else
And it's such a miracle that you and me are still good friends
After all that we've been through
I know we're cool
Cool, Gwen Stefani
finally, after months of denial, he admitted to my bestfriend that he loved me. as in, for real, but in some twisted kind of way. see, i told you so.
and now, he's admitting to people left and right that we were a couple and that i was an ex-girlfriend. he even introduces my bestfriend to people as his ex-girlfriend's bestfriend. a bit like showbiz people huh? not confirming or denying it when we were together and now that we're not, he's admitting the relationship! hahaha. oh well, he's funny that way.
all i can say is that i'm extremely happy with the way things turned out. i have lost a lover but i have gained a really good friend, for life. it wouldn't have worked out in the long run anyway. we were too alike, cut from the same cloth. we were both moody and messy and we are natural flirts. hahaha. i was right when i said that if only he was a girl, he would have been one of my bestfriends. and now, we're really good friends after all the angst and spite. he knows me too well and it's funny how he now gets me. i look forward to more grepa moments with him.
by the way, we hung out last friday night at some drinking place with my bestfriend and we got interviewed by gma7! watch out for the segment this coming wednesday at 11:00-11:30 in some new gma7 show. =)
i wouldn't be able to watch it though because it's my boyfriend's birthday and i know we'll be out celebrating.
simple pleasures
Name ten of life's simple pleasures that you like most.
1. my boyfriend reaching for my hand
2. the rush of my first swig of ice-cold, apple-flavored C2 green tea
3. my mom texting me, "i love you, anak."
4. the smell of vanilla on my skin
5. seeing logan go crazy over veronica mars
6. eating chocolate-chip cookies and drinking milk upon getting home from work
7. snuggling inside my comforter
8. videoke
9. using melon body scrub and then, lotion
10. sunbathing
because i miss UP
student number --- 2002-30342
college and course --- college of mass communication, ba journalism
saan ka kumuha ng UPCAT? --- st. paul university, tuguegarao city
favorite GE subjects? --- hmm..FA 28 kasi super ok yung prof, may field trip pa! =p and film 10 because i got to watch a lot of films. movie geek eh. and of course, how could i forget my creative writing 10 class under sir heasley? the best. he gave me my first uno, by the way.
favorite PE? --- camping! i love the prof! he gave me an uno despite my kaartehan.
name your four PEs --- scrabble (geek!), line dance, duckpin bowling, camping
favorite professor/s --- ms. desiree carlos, without a doubt! i had her for three consecutive sems and i really learned a lot. and she used to treat the whole class out all the time. hehe.
pinaka-ayaw na GE subject --- STS. it was so damn boring. i fall asleep every meeting.
kumuha ka ba ng Wed or Sat classes? --- yep. i had no choice, really.
Nakapag-field trip ka ba? --- oo naman. art museums, camping trips, temples.
orgs/frats/soros? --- up delta lambda sigma sorority, up journalism club, up mass communicators' organization, up green minds and a bit of gabriela during my sophomore year (feeling! hahaha.)
tambayan? --- oz cafe, choc kiss cafe, upjc tambayan, and the unforgettable libwalk! i miss libwalk!!
Dorm, boarding house, o bahay? --- bahay. scout area represent!
Naka-inom ka ba sa Sarah's o Gulod/ Likha-Diwa? --- yup. i have grepa friends eh.
Paboritong fishball? --- masscomm.
Me suki ka ba ng banana-Q vendor? --- uhm..wala eh.
First movie na napanood sa FC? --- a walk to remember. Hahaha! MUSHY. I watched it with a guy, I remember.
First date sa FC? --- see answer above.
First play na napanood mo sa UP? --- hmmm..none.
Nakapagdate ka ba sa sunken garden? --- ew. ew. ew. nope.
sa lagoon? --- nooooo!!
Name the 5 most conyo orgs in UP? --- I don’t know eh.
Name 5 of the coolest orgs/frats/soro in UP --- Well, I’m biased. DLS, UPJC, yun. Hahaha.
Nakapunta ka na ba sa fair? --- oo naman, I went every year.
Ano pinakagusto mong gawin sa UP fair? --- Listen to the bands and eat isaw!! Of course, henna tattoo din!
May frat/soro bang nag-recruit sa iyo? --- yep. Many times actually pero I only went through with it when one of my blockmates also joined.
saan ka madalas mag-lunch? --- oz café, choc kiss café, mass comm caf. but i love siomai from FA!!
Masaya ba sa UP? --- the BEST! I couldn’t imagine studying anywhere else.
Nakasama ka na ba sa rally? --- nope.
Tibak ka ba? --- nah.
Ilang beses ka bumoto sa student council? --- never. Hahaha. Ooops…
Nakipagtalo na ba sa prof mo about politics? --- nope. I tend to get bored when people argue.
Nakita mo na bang tumakbo si Fr. Robert Reyes? --- Who the hell is he?
sino ang student council chair nung freshie ka? --- Basta he wasn’t cute kaya I can’t remember.
Sinamahan ka ba ng parent/s mo nang mag-enroll ka nung freshie? --- yup. Mommy ko pa.
Nagtaka ka ba kung saan ang TBA? --- nope. It was explained over and over again by everyone.
Sino first ever nakilala mo sa UP? --- luckily, blockmate ko. Si francis!!
Magkakilala pa rin kayo hanggang ngayon? --- oo naman. =) pumunta pa kaming galera last summer.
Ano first ever class na pinasukan mo sa UP? --- OMG. I can’t remember!
Best clothes mo ba ang suot mo nung first day of classes? --- nope. but i was shopping for a week for school clothes before classes started. haha.
Pinangarap mo rin bang mag-laude nung freshman ka? --- yes. Overachiever ang image ko sa family eh.
E nung graduating ka na? --- YEP. Anticipating na ko nun. Hehehe.
LOVELIFE UP:
Nagka-bf/gf ka ba sa UP? --- YEP. Officially, ISA lang. Unofficially, there were a lot. Hahaha.
Kanino ka pinaka-patay sa UP? --- Mark Agas. SSSHHHH…Just between you and me ha.
Ikaw ba ay na-devirginize sa UP? --- nope.
Saan ka nag-aabang ng hot babe/men sa UP? --- huh? Meron ba?
Ilang beses ka nabasted/dinedma ng crush mo sa UP? --- never naman.
Generally, me lovelife ka ba? --- Yup, pero he graduated from UP Manila. Hahaha! Diliman ako eh. =p
answering this survey made me miss UP more. fortunately, i'm going there tomorrow! yey. =)
mushy entry
Love doesn’t need to be discussed, it has its own voice and speaks for itself.
By the River Piedra, I Sat Down and Wept, Paulo Coelho
i have to stick to my blog's theme, don't i? nope, this isn't another entry about how much i love my boyfriend, just in case you're saying, "here we go again.." hehehe. this is about an enlightenment i have just stumbled into. upon reading the quote above, i have come to a realization. in my 21 years of existence, i may have been all wrong when it comes to love.
i tend to over-analyze the situation when i fall in love and when i am already in love. i discuss it with my bestfriends and i try to explain every little thing i do and every word he says. but, love is not an issue for debate. it is not something that can be explained. it is an emotion. something that we should just completely surrender to. the moment we keep on pondering on what it is and why it exists, the magic withers away.
the common advice, "just go with the flow," is actually right. we should get lost in the moment of falling in love and being in love. yes, morrie schwartz in tuesdays with morrie said that love is the only rational act. now, getting lost in the moment doesn't mean you have to lose your brain as well. love fully but not mindlessly. if you get hurt in the end, what the heck? at least you know that you have given your all and that there wouldn't be any what-ifs in your life. nothing hurts more than blaming yourself for the things you could have done to make a relationship work and last.
love is the only rational act in the sense that when you love, you tend to be selfless and decide to do what is best for the people you love. it makes you rational and it makes you want to be good. now, no amount of over-analyzing can give you that. now, i know that when i'm in love, i don't have to discuss it with my friends if it is wrong or if it is right. i just have to savor it. enjoy the magic, the thrill and the feeling as long as i can. if it lasts forever, then i'm lucky. if it doesn't, it means my one, great love is still out there and i can't wait for the moment to meet him.
now, i know why i never discussed with my friends how and why i was falling in love with my now boyfriend. yes, i told them that we were going out and what we do but i was not shrieking and gushing about how i love him already. i just let the love flourish by itself. love just whispered into my ear one morning, "hey, i'm here." and now, i am crossing my fingers that it is here to stay.
sorry, i couldn't help being mushy again. i just had to end this entry with some sappy sentence. =)
back in the city
i'm back in the city! i just arrived this morning at 4am from tuguegarao and i feel so sleepy. though i slept for practically the whole trip, it was so tiring trying to find a position that i would be comfortable in. plus, i was seated beside a guy i didn't know. amidst tossing and turning on my upholstered bus seat and avoiding touching or having contact with this total stranger, i am exhausted. it's definitely a wonderful thing that irving went to my house the moment i told him i have already arrived. i badly needed some comforting.
he left early though because he had some NSO business to tackle which left me about an hour to sleep. it's fortunate again that i was able to drag my ass out of bed and then to work so i wasn't late on the first day of my third month here at the SC. hehe. when i arrived at work, i saw some paperwork on top of my computer keyboard which i knew i all had to finish today. they were all assigned yesterday so i allocated my whole morning to finishing everything. i didn't want to lag behind because of my one-day leave. and, i feel edgy whenever i leave the office with unfinished work by the end of the day. nope, i am not a workaholic. i'm actually more of the laid-back type of person but i hate not finishing things. i like to make sure that every item on my checklist is checked and i won't be blamed for anything that wasn't finished on time. i just like to be efficient, that's all.
anyway, it's almost 4pm now and my work day's ending. now that i'm officially back in the city, i have no plans. besides, i know that even if i make some plans with friends, i wouldn't be able to go because my boyfriend couldn't concentrate on reviewing with me out with friends. though this would normally suck, it's ok. i'd just go home and crawl into my bed and sleep. with that, i know he would be able to focus and study. after all, it's just for a couple more weeks. after his exams, he would be free all the time. yey! =p
regarding my tuguegarao trip, it was alright. i was able to see some old friends and got to catch up with them especially with one of my closest, old friends, laj. lola and i now have a joint bank account but my mom doesn't want me withdrawing from there because she said it's for law school. pfft. it was hilarious seeing the bank people though, gushing all over me and deciding whether i looked like my mom, my lola or a prettier version of both. hahaha. i think it's the latter though!
regarding my plans for the weekend, i'm not going to be doing any travelling like the last weekend. caroline and i have made plans for friday. it's our anniversary! cheers to one year of love, friendship and grepalifing! i sure hope our plans would push through. i'm crossing my fingers irving will give me the go signal. if not, i'll just bring him along to the coffee shop where he can study and caroline and i will just yak the night away. now, that's my idea of wholesome fun. nyahaha. =)
