Parang ang hirap magsulat nitong nakaraang araw. Heto nga nagtatagalog na. Kakapagod ring mag-ingles buong araw at buong linggo. Pero kelangan. Parte yan ng trabaho.

Salamat naman at day-off ko ngayon. Ilang araw na ring panay overtime sa opisina. Kelangan raw para tumaas ang service level. Pero ok lang rin. Wala rin namang magawa kapag walang trabaho. Maghahanap lang ng mga walang kabulohang bagay para hindi ma-inip.

Tulad kanina, namasyal na naman ako sa mall (syempre). Pero parang ang sarap kumain ng lutong bahay kaya doon ako sa Food Court dumiretso. Apatnapu't walong piso lang ang nagastos! Ayos. Nakatipid.

Kakatuwa rin kapag mag-isa ka at walang magawa kundi pansinin ang mga tao sa paligid mo. Merong buong pamilya: Nanay, Tatay, Ate at Kuya na nagpapalit-palit sa pag-gamit ng computer. Ayos, mukhang may facebook kahit sila ni inang at tatang ah. Hanep! May magsyotang magkatabi na eh panay pa rin ang text. (Baka akala ko lang magsyota sila). May magkaparehang di nakuntento sa tig-iisang kape, mayroon ng nakahandang dalawa pang tasang kape para sa round two. May magkabarkadang di naman kumakain. At meron rin namang katulad ko na mag-isa na super nag-kokoconcentrate daw sa pag-kain.

Ayan. Fully-charged na sa wakas. Kaya naglibot. Pinigil ang sariling manood ng sine. Di naman kagandahan ang mga lumalabas. Maliban na lang kung nawala ako sa sarili at nonood ng pelikulang may linyang: "sana kahit minsan makita mo rin ako dahil ako ang nakikita ko...ikaw lang." Kung papano ko nalaman at namemorya yan, wag mo ng itanong. Masama sa iyung kalusugan, lalong lalo na sa puso.

Naghanap ng librong mahirap basahin. Parang trip ko lang pahirapan ang sarili ko. Parang trip ko ring mag-Shakespeare pero di ko pa kaya ang ganyang level. Nakita ko ang Atonement ni Ian McEwan. May nagsabing maganda raw ang i-storya pero nosebleed raw ang Ingles. Kakataka nga. Siguro may katabi syang disksyunaryo habang nagbabasa kaya nya nasabing maganda to. Pero sige, try natin. Baka may mapulot na linya na pwedeng ipang-bato sa mga Kanong tumatawag.

Bumili ng sandamukal na chichirya. Super Junkfood kumbaga. Trip ko ring kumain ng di-masustansyang pagkain. Pero bumili rin ng isang litro ng orange juice. Sa inumin na lang bumawi. Pero tamang-tama ang mga to. Paghahanda para mamya. Magpapakalunod sa kwarto kasama ni McEwan.

Ah Ewan nga. Ganyan talaga siguro kapag mag-isa ka lang sa buhay. Pangkaraniwan lang ang walang magawa kaya kelangang libangin ang sarili at baka mawala sa katinuon. Importanteng maghanap ng mapag-lilibangan. Tulad ng sa ngayon, nagba-blog.

Pacensya na. Bored lang talaga kasi ako.

I have no intention of blogging today but when I saw "Catcher in the Rye" in the number 1 list from Yahoo's most searched topics and found out that its author J.D. Salinger died at 91 due to natural causes it disheartened me as a fan and deeply moved to at least in my little way pay tribute to one of the best author of all times and one of my favorite authors as well. His novel Catcher in the Rye is my most read book after all.

J.D. Salinger is one of best-selling authors of all time with his best-selling book "The Catcher in the Rye" whose protagonist/antagonist Holden Caulfield had influenced a lot of people especially teenagers. It's impact had been tremendous, often times dark and full of angst but will nonetheless leave one in awe as well.

Personally, Catcher in the Rye is one of those books I've never tried writing a review 'cause I find it difficult to do so. The story seems simple yet different. Maybe it's in the way J.D. had written it. The story is about another ordinary teenage boy with teenage rebellion tendencies with an ordinary teenage inclination for strife. And a lot of authors had tried writing topics such as that but only J.D. has that much impact. Maybe because when he had written this book it was very timely. Or maybe because of the author's personality itself. During one of his interview when asked about his works, he said: "I love to write and I assure you I write regularly. There is a marvelous peace in not publishing. But I write for myself, for my own pleasure. And I want to be left alone to do it." - source

Mystery, that's what J.D. often leaves his readers with.

Like the mystery as to why his Catcher in the Rye book was linked to John Lennon and President Reagan's assassinations. Or his indignation to left his book left unadapted in movies. Or the mystery why he chose to live in isolation till his last breathe.

But he will always be remembered by book lovers like me.

One great author. A Mystery. A legend. Truly a classic.

R.I.P J.D Salinger.

No books. No movies. No Starbucks coffee for the next 2 months.

I wish I can do that.

That's just my futile promise to myself after I've recently took my fanaticism to the next level. I now have a VIP ticket for Kris Allen's upcoming concert here in Cebu and a VIP ticket of course comes with a price. Well, thank God for leave credits, purchasing one was a piece of cake. =p

Back in the office, some of my office mates find it too extravagant, to the point of them possibly thinking that I am crazy for shelling such amount just to see Kris live. Well, when I went to buy the ticket, the bronze and silver tickets were already sold out so that pretty much had given me two choices left and that was a sign in itself right?XD

Thanks to Sir Jimm for taking my side. As per Sir Jimm, I'd get to remember this experience for the rest of my life and if I like Kris that much, it'll be worth it.^_^

True. So true. Very true

I like Kris a lot.

The first logical thing to say as to why I am a fan of Kris Allen would be because of his pretty face. But that would sound soooooo superficial. Although yeah, that's part of the package deal. And yes, that's also a fact. But then again, another fact is, he is married and that truth alone would make any single ladies like me get turned off or better yet find another idol who let's just say, still single. At least fantasizing that person just seems right. And Kris' hmmmm....his inability to have romantic-relationships (aside from Katy of course) is such a let down for any girl fans.

But then Kris' musicianship, his passion for music and his own style coupled with his humble and good personality is just something one can not let go and something to really idolized. And not even his status can change that admiration. And I guess that makes him a great artist. That he opted to take the risk of not getting more lady fans. He knows that his talent is good enough, more than enough actually for people to know him, idolize him as a great artist.

Kris Allen is more than just a pretty face. His first album and his first single are enough proofs that he deserves that American Idol title. And yes though I am not an American, he too is my idol.

He is just kick-awesome.^_^

So whenever some of my friends in the office would go bantering over me that I could have bought a new cellphone unit or 20 pairs of shoes, or fed a whole group of street children (alright this had really made me guilty) or I already have a round trip ticket to Manila, I'd just simply laugh it off for I know come this February 5th, I'll get my money's worth.

And knowing Kris, he'll never let me down. =)

So if I were you, buy your tickets now before they run out. And yah, maybe get a VIP pass like mine. Who knows, you'll get to sit beside me and that's another plus.=p

James Cameron did it again.

I've pretty much seen a lot of anticipated movies whose trailers are great but the film itself turned out to be a major disappointment. For this movie, Avatar, I was expecting more of a splendid/good visual effects much like the movie 2012 (after all this movie is also designed for 3D). But I set my expectations low for the film's plot. I was thinking that this is just another movie about man vs. another unknown universal being. But of course you might have guessed my train of thought. Boy, was I so wrong.

Avatar definitely is one of the greatest film ever. Aside from the fact that the visual effects are really good as expected, it's good for the brain as well. Cameron created a whole new world. Such a delight. Such an experience. It'll make you cry. It'll make you laugh. It'll make you realize that you don't have to be a human to be humane.

I've always been fascinated by those movies/books whose authors have this power to make you believe that such world can really exist and such language can be spoken. Much like Narnia, like Harry Potter's parcel tounge, or the Mordor's language from the Lord of the Rings. And now an addition to that list is Avatar's Navi.

What personally made me love this movie is the idea that this time it's us human who played the role of the protagonists. And this is not one of those alien movies (although I thought it would be since Sigourney Weaver is in the film. lol) But it makes you appreciate mother nature more. How many films had tried depicting the importance of nature to mankind? A hundred maybe. But only a few can pierce through your heart. And Avatar is one of the few.

Avatar sets another standard for movie industry. I am no professional critic but I know a good movie when I see one. And Avatar is not just good, it's a great film. You got to see it to believe.

Oh yes, I SEE YOU.^_^

weeee. I love Sam. =p

Rating: ★★★★★

It was my Alma Mater's (University of St. LaSalle) sports-fest. I was planning to blog about it but as usual I was a little more busy cause of work (it's really true this time =p) and at the same time, thinking about it is not my mind and heart's main priority unlike before. And that's actually a VERy good sign. Thanks to Kris Allen and The Villager for keeping my mind pretty occupied for the last few days.

But yeah, back in college, among our school's activities, sportsfest is my favorite. It's the school event I was always looking forward to. It's not because I was an athlete. No. Although yeah, I was a member of our engineering women basketball team but believe me I was not that good. Main reason for joining: basketball jerseys are COOL. And yeah, I also took part on our chess tournaments but that's only because I had a reputation back then =p and for the sake of equilibrium. At least, I was engaged in both physical and mental sports. VERy cool.










But my fascination over sportsfest didn't start because of any sports or because it's during this time of the school year that men tend to flaunt themselves more. (Men in court were such an eye-candy =p) But no. It's not because of that. Did you know that I was a cheerleader back then?

Seriously.

Haha. Gotcha! Of course, I was just kidding. If you've been following my blog I've pretty much given you an idea how's my esteem with regards to dancing and cheering requires a lot of that.

But yep, back in college I became a member of our college's cheering team but only because it was a requirement in order to pass P.E. classes. But then of course, I was more of a bleacher cheerer. Sportsfest was a great time. Classes were converted to pompoms making sessions or practice period although there were really teachers whom we regard as the party-pooper cause they'd really find a way to squeeze in a project or two for you to work on. But still all in all, sportsfest means the best part of a student's life --- no classes.

Bleacher Cheering. So much memories --- but there's always that one memory that always stands out. Oh well, much had been said about that. Don't want to be wishy-washy again. ^_^ It's just sad cause there's a possibility that this'll be the last time my college is joining in. But always during this time of the year, I'd always remember sitting in one of those green bleacher seats and I'd start hearing again that beat: the drums started rolling and then I danced through his rhythm, his dance that he literally and figuratively taught me.

Who would have thought that sports-fest will end up making me one of its major players? The main player in this game called love?

aw----sobrang cheesy! =p

But I'll always remember that. Fueled with passion. Geared with Unity. Driven towards Victory.

It's time for a pit stop.

And now let's all sing the:

To all my fellow Kris Allen fans, time to celebrate!!! Kris will be visiting us here in Cebu! Concert will be held @ SM City Cebu North Annex Parking Lot on February 5, 2010(7:30pm).

This is so kick-awesome!!!

Watch Kris Allen + Jabbawockeez + Boyce Avenue for the very first time here in Cebu!

Ticket Prices:

P5268 -> VIP

P3160.80 -> Gold

P1053.60 -> Silver

P526.80 -> Bronze

Tickets are available in all Ticketworld outlets. Call 891-9999 for more details about the show.


can't wait. can't wait. can't hardly wait. =p

aw. so cute.^_^ See yah on the 5th!

official event poster

I was out with Sue/Johanna/my supervisor for some morning coffee. Actually, I was simply helping her out to complete her own batch of Starbucks stickers. We do get along very well since we somewhat share a couple of common things. We're both single, career-oriented, looking-waiting-for-love-to-knock-on-me-but-still-can't-move-on type of girls. So whenever we're together, our main course is always the same: men.

And so she asked me: What's your ideal guy? Or who in the office is closest to that? Hmmm...that's actually a good question. True. Whenever someone would ask me what am I looking for in a guy, my usual answer includes smart and humorous. But I haven't really taken into deep thinking what my ideal/dream guy is. And visualization they say is one of the key points for the law of attraction to work. And so I took some time to really sit down and doodled a list of qualities I'm hoping my guy will have. Anyway, here it goes, my ideal guy.

Him.

My guy has a great sense of humor. He has a quick smile. No, he doesn't have to be a jocose. He can be reserve if he wants to. He knows when to take a joke or even make one. In fact, he can make me laugh really, really hard.

He is smart. When I say smart I'm not saying he has to explain what's the Theory of Relativity means or that he is an Einstein kind of smart. He's just someone who can mentally challenge me. He's someone who can stand by his own point of view. I already have my own shadow to mimic and follow everything that I'm doing. I don't need someone who would keep on agreeing with what I'm saying thinking that would impress me or it won't hurt my feelings. He'd argue with me if needed.

Me and my guy share's a couple of common interests. True that opposite attracts but I'd want to be able to do things that we both can relate to and that we two love to do. May it be about music, movies, blogs, coffee or books or all of the above as long as there's something we have that we love doing together. I know that'll be a big help in our relationship.

My guy has a romantic side as well. He'd take some time to drop by a flower-shop and handpick a handful of flowers for me or drop by our favorite food chain and order lunch for the two of us. He'd call me before he sleeps and most of the time he'd read me off to sleep or even sing me a lullaby. =p My man doesn't find it corny to say I love you to me everyday.

We share the same Faith. He values God as much as I do. He believes that with Christ at the center of our relationship, our foundation is great. My man is there to hold my hand whenever it's time to sing Our Father and he kisses me during the peace be with you part of the Eucharistic mass.

Alright since those things I've mentioned above are some noble characteristics, let me put in some superficial dreams as well. He is at least 4 inches taller than me. I'm 5' 2" by the way. I want to be the one looking up and not the one looking down and now that I am starting to love heels, I don't want to stand taller than my partner whenever I am wearing one. And I'd love to fit snugly underneath my man's shoulder. And I want to add, he is sweet smelling too.^_^ OK, so much with that.

My guy is a man of confidence. Proud enough to walk along side with me but humble enough to ask for forgiveness whenever he's wrong. He remembers his mom's birthday. He takes some time to get to know and get along with my family and friends. He's a great listener. He's a man of faith.

Wow. He is really quite a guy, isn't he?^_^

Rest Day: drop off laundry. early lunch.movie.bookstore.blog.go home.watch A.I.9 at 6.dinner.read off to sleep. dream.dream.dream.

That's what my FB status says. Yup, it's finally my rest day. I'm not much of a planner or at least I was not. But possibly that's one of the things I am trying to change. Thanks to my Starbucks planner, it makes things easier to fall into its proper places. Errr--- yeah. You read it right. Starbucks planner. And yeah, you can roll your eyeballs cause yes I am bragging about it.=p Not after all those late coffee night trip and coffee lunch date wit moi just to get all those stickers. And I finally got it last Jan. 6. SWEET.

Anyway, going back to my FB status, so far I am on schedule. I dropped off my laundry, grabbed some early lunch, did some laptop/cellphone/SLDR cam window shopping. Still thinking what to buy but I have a long list of choices already. Fickle. Fickle. Fickle.

I watched Alvin and the Chipmunks. It's a funny movie but it's pretty much really for kids. Charice had a special participation in the movie. Real Cool.

Went to Powerbooks and National Bookstore. They're on SALE! Goodness. Is there anymore evil/tempting than that? Anyway, maybe this year I'd read more classics. I had Wuthering Heights and To Kill a Mocking Bird. Been wanting to read these two for a long time now. Wuthering Heights was mentioned in the Twilight Series while To Kill a Mockingbird is the book Mandy Moore was reading when she was portraying Jamie Sullivan from the movie A Walk to Remember. Very Cool.

And of course right now I am on the blogging part. Obviously. Then I just have to wait for 6 PM for the opening of American Idol Season 9 and what a perfect timing! My land lord just had our TV set at home hook up with a cable connection. Just perfect.

Speaking for A.I., Did you know that Kris Allen, as in my Kris Allen is going here in Cebu this Feb. 5? No kidding! Though I haven't heard/seen any official news but it's such a big buzz here in the city and in some blogging sites. I sure hope he will. And if he does, just expect to see me there in the front row.

Maybe that's what I'll be dreaming of tonight after dinner and as I read off my self to sleep. Him singing, strumming his guitar just a few feet away from me. Who knows, maybe I could have an autograph and some smooch from him. ^_^

Well, like an A.I. song, if you don't dream big then what's the use of dreaming?

he'll be pointing at me.

then I'll get to see that sexy smile from that sexy face.^_^

Dream. Dream. Dream.

Back in High School, I tried reading some of Sherlock Holmes detective stories but I've given up reading on the said series mainly because my reading comprehension and knack for books was not that good back then. If we'd talk about detective stories , I was more of a Hardy Boys reader. So I really don't have a good background of what Sherlock's character should be. Thanks to Robert Downey's great acting, I'm no stranger to Sherlock now.

But having said that, I can not established a point of comparison as to whether the movie adaptation is near or if it's another one of those movies who deviates from it's original book story. But that set aside, I'm pretty sure Holme's personality is close to how Downey portrayed him: untidy, nearly crazy, unmeticulous, brawler, with inclination to isolation kind of guy. That doesn't sound like an apt description of the best detective ever. But we have to be amazed by Holme's observing skills, he pays a lot of attention to details and I must say good predicting skills (especially if he is fighting).

The setting was in old London where Holme's solves the mystery of the "resurrection" of Lord Blackwood (portrayed by Mark Strong) with a help from his partner. If Batman has Robin, Green Hornet has Kato, Darna has Ding (ooopppss....not sure if that's right =p ) but so is Sherlock Holmes, we got Dr. John Watson portrayed by one of my all-time-crush Jude Law. They really have a good chemistry. Good love team. haha. Seriously, they really do. And I got a feeling this movie will have a sequel.

This is the first ever movie I watched for this year. Funny, great fight scenes, excellent and good looking actors. A good start for this year's up and coming movie experiences.

Rating: ★★★★☆

Avoid fast food. Lessen Coke in take. Starbucks coffee must only be once or twice a week. Instant coffee: one cup a day only. 1 hour of physical activity everyday (jogging/treadmill). Go to movie house only every other week. Say NO to liquor. Church at least 2 to 3 times a week. Start doing some self-review. Solve mathematical problems for at least 10 numbers a day. Call mom on a daily basis. Sleep 7 hours max. Blog as often as possible. Read more books. Save. Save. Save!

Wow. Quite a handful. Such a tall list of resolutions. But nah, those are simply things I wish I can do but it does not necessarily mean I will do them. Yup, I don't intend to religiously follow or do all of these things. So what's the point of mentioning/writing them if I don't intend to do them? Let's just say I'm simply joining the bandwagon. New Year's Resolution. Very Tacky. And I am 9 days late.

I've long give up on New Year's Resolution. As one gets older, as one matures (naks!) =) One realizes that you can pretty much make or start your resolutions any time of the year. It was somehow just a tradition especially for us Filipinos to have resolutions every new year. But it was never compulsory. So as for me, I don't think January is the right month to make major resolutions.

But I do have plans or things I am intending to do this 2010. I am intending to make this year as my period of learning. Such a very grand ambition. Haha. But in a way it is.

I am hoping that before the year ends I'd be able to get a driver's license, learn to play a full piano musical piece, if it's not too much, I'd like to relearn C language or learn maybe Java and maybe take some dancing lessons? lol. Kidding about the last part but who knows. Maybe I will. =p

Notice that I haven't mentioned (yet) anything pertaining to matters of the heart. Well, let's just say that's also one of my intentions this year, I will not put that in the top priority. Had too much focus on that last year. So Heart-thing must be put aside for the mean time.

So we'll see. (I think I've been using this line very often these days: we'll see). But we will never really know if I'd be able to learn or do all of these resolutions right? At least for now.

So again, we'll see.

It's been a while. I know. I know.

But don't ever think that this is one of my resolutions for this new year: blog less often. Definitely not. It's just that these past few days, I've been spending most of my time with my family especially with my younger siblings and I don't want to spend that much time in front of the computer. Quality time with family comes first.

I had a week, exactly 7 days of vacation period. 2 days leave, 2 days rest days, 2 days swap, and 1 day absence. I was able to spend my new year with family which of course is definitely better than my Christmas holiday. I spent most of my time watching movies/series with my siblings, playing video games and even had a sing-along and jamming sessions with them as well. I could pretty much give in to their perks. After all, what's the use of all those 13th month pay and regular monthly pays but for them and them alone. And in times like this, I get to realize that settling down is definitely far from my list of priorities.

I also was able to get to see my gang. I'm really happy to see them again. I miss them a lot. They're technically next to family. And I had gifts! A super-uber-girly-golden bag from Tots and The Secret by Rhonda Byrne book from Pards which will be the first book I'll get to read for this year. Cool! We also get to share and eat Tikoy courtesy of Dave. That means we'll stick together forever and ever! One thing great about our gang is we pretty much know when to butt-in the nitty-gritty part. Well of course we know that among the 4 of us, only 1 is technically in a relationship. Deal was, next time we'll have a get-together there will be 8 of us. As in 4 of us with our dates/BF. lol. errrr----that means I must not go home for at least another year. haha. We'll see.

Anyway, I just realized that I haven't really greeted my readers here in my blog. So to my readers,( special mention to my avid followers/constant readers) Pards, Tots, Dave, Raymund, Abigail, Kasan, Johanna/Sue, Giselle, Victoria, Harris, Anthony, Justin, Carly, Benedict, Sam, Gladys, Madison, Josie, Anna Manuel, Oliver, Tyler and even to my fans Kris Allen, Channing Tatum, Shane West, Joseph Gordon Levitt, John Lloyd Cruz and Iggy =p

Happy New Year and thanks for all the support!XD

Let's all have a wonderful year ahead.^_^

New Year.

And I'm 22. Turning 23 six months from now.

Older.

What does 2010 in store for me?

Nothing's ever sure of course.

Only one thing seems to be certain: there’s more growing up for me to do.