My 2008 in Calendar Moments: The 2nd Half of the Year

Alrighty.. so here's part 2 of my year 2008 Calendar Moments based on how I remembered those memories.. I know this recollection is a bit too late, I actually had this composed a long time ago.. couldn't find the time to post it really.. so here goes:



July- Spent the day in Jayson’s pad with inkie and luvkosileah with Mr. A in tow. Saw some snippets of my very first rompy video. Getting bored and self pitying over my orphaned status at work. Had an argument over a laptop which led me to slam down the phone but ended up seeing a back to back movie, a dinner charged to a credit card and being vulnerable by opening up to things until the wee hours of the morning over affordable iced coffees that lead me to understand him better .
Celebrated Cornkernel’s birthday by going to Rockwell, local stargazing, and watching The Dark Knight – a movie which we sat through the entire 2 hour run despite the nagging calls of nature.



August – got hooked into Twilight. Was reading an online copy of it while chatting with Mr. A via ym not knowing that a few hours after wards, I will get one of the most devastating phone calls of my life. I remember my mom waking me up, panic in her voice saying that someone from SOCO was on the phone about a certain Rue Ann.
My mom was already scared since she knows that SOCO is synonymous with bad news. I brushed the idea off and walked over the phone thinking that Jaggy might just be stranded somewhere. I was wrong. Jaggy was found murdered somewhere in a place I’ve never heard of and I was the first one to know about it. With that triggered the series of events that until now,are still vivid in my mind. . I remember speaking with the officer on the other line asking him if this was a scam or a joke. I remember Inkie calling me on my cellphone right after putting the phone down, like it was on queue of a next act telling me that Jaggy’s workmates are texting her because Jaggy didn’t show up for work. I remember calling Mr. A about it and suddenly crying and asking him to accompany me since my mom doesn’t want me to go to the police station alone. I remember calling Eryll about it and thinking how could I explain the reason why I needed her help in getting in touch with her relatives in far away Gen San. The travel to the ayala mrt station, crying along the way. Was thinking if all of it was just a bad dream. Also remembered if we should break the news to Katqt since it dawned to me that it was her birthday on that same day too. Well, we won’t certainly forget her birthday anymore. Saw the purpose of the freedom in my work schedule during that time since I was able to help out with the things that needs to be fixed during that tragedy. Maybe that’s the real reason why I remained a floating employee. All of us had sacrficed something during this moment: Family, Time, work, career opportunities. Made me appreciate life and the people around me even more. Was sleepless during the entire wake. Got into a row with a company lawyer and a wannabe manager. More tears and a few fears during the aftermath. We will certainly miss her forever.
Back to work, got into trouble with Mark of Helpdesk involving my pc files getting into a restricted account’s pc. Ended up sending apology emails to Mr. A’s supervisor and one of the TM’s in my former account. Lost a few more sleep over that too since I was worried that Mr. A would get a warning for that. Which luckily, he didn’t.


September - Still the highest paid tambay with night differential to boot.
Celebrated the monumental 5 year mark in PS where I finally got
my Kenneth Cole watch.
Getting bored but still entertained with my odesk job and my seatmate, trainer Socki. There’s still Mr. A ofcourse, who always bombards me with text messages and calls as to where the heck am I at past 11pm. Sinisterbucks really did a small favor for me which I will be forever thankful for. Mr. A flew to Singapore , leaving me to catch up on my sleep most of the time during shift. This was also the month where I last talked to my sister after a mix up with her in-laws. Celebrated Jaggy’s 40 days by rounding up the the rest of the Troopers for mass and get together where everyone wore green. Received a Notice to Explain letter from HR for allegedly not showing up for an account interview. Thank goodness for that email, it saved my behind! Winnie’s Gelo was baptized and attended cool_amy’s babyshower. Also had a glee time in watching Kc and Richard’s For the First Time with CarmTeng who we rarely saw due to her busy, busy schedule.








October – Still diddly daddlying over my idle time. Thinking that I should be given an award for the employee who’s been floating for the longest time (then realized that someone has already beaten me to it. Darn!). My online job was suspended during this time. Probably due to the recession that the US was having. Ideas of working abroad already fleeting in my mind. Had plans of resigning by December. Celebrated Mr. A’s birthday, along with Sinisterbucks’. Cool_amy also gave birth to her daughter, Andie. Most of the Troopers were planning a Boracay trip in which I really didn’t have any plans of going but due to the generous funding of Cornkernel for my one way ticket, I gave in. This was also the month where my beloved K800i was lost in a bus ride home. Grieved for it for one week by crying. Was robbed while sleeping in the sleeproom on the same week. Was thinking that I’m probably the most jinxed person in earth that time and that God must be punishing me for my sins. Thanking Mr. A in those times that he was convincing me I was not and for cheering me in his own sweet but bullish way. Lent me Copper for the meantime (his 8210.. oldie but reliable phone) . Was a bit worried of being laid off after news flew around that all floating employees will be given the axe if still accountless by Nov. 1. Also thought that it would be convenient on my part since I will probably get a large sum of separation benefits that would answer all my money problems. Was already computing how much I’ll be getting when I got a call from HR saying that I already have an account – darn! Want to thank lovekosileah and Jayson for all the favors that they did for me during this month. This was also the month where the infamous I have a friend poem of mine was aired in a birthday special that Astrobabe made for Sinisterbucks. Hayz!

November- went on a 4 day trip to Boracay. Forgot my pocket money and ended up having Mr. A covering for me for the rest of the trip. Had a bit of a misunderstanding with him along the way. It was also during this trip that he learned that his brother passed the Chem Eng boards and this lead him to his plan of pursuing his PT career by taking up the boards next year. Told me that he wouldn’t be resigning in December after all which lead me to think, ‘ Hey, I guess I’ll be on my own.. but what the heck, I would rather know that you took the damn exams and will learn that you had aced it by searching for your name on the internet because I’m already half way across the world. ‘ It was a bit of an issue for me for several weeks and I really don’t know why. Went back to morning shift for Client Specifics training for RD. Met new people, one of them was my seatmate for the entire training course, gulliver7890 of HR, who made me laugh with his side comments along with the thought that what a waste he was gay. Saw myself five years ago thru the newly grad kids who were the rest of my classmates in Training. Spent the extra hour after class everyday, composing my detailed email replies for Mr. A about the things that I want to share to him for that day. Since we had completely different work schedules , the only time we get to see each other then was when he gets off from work, he would pass by our training room to wave goodbye to me. Watched a concert of a guy who was an AI runner up with Sinisterbucks at Glorieta where I was a bit irritated at first since we were standing the whole time but ended up enjoying it anyway because we were situated near the production box and I got to see how they operated the sound effects and all. Also had a night of guy talk with him, no alcohol involved. Cool_ Amy’s Andie was baptized and we all headed out to watch Twilight while having a phone conference with CarmTeng where everyone greeted her an advance happy birthday.

December- Started my return as a supervisor on the floor. My days of bumming around were over. Back to GY shift again. Had a bit of a time adjusting since I have to fend off for myself for a while.. but thanks to some helpful colleagues, I’m now managing ok . Had a problem though with getting to know my direct reports. Seems that people around don’t know each other that well. Started the series of Christmas shopping days where me and Mr. A would immerse ourselves in staying past our bedtime to shop for gifts. Usually had like 3 hours of sleep during these days. Had the annual Trooper Christmas Party celebration where we had a lunch and movie gimmick just like the old days. Watched a movie starring Keanu Reeves where I soundly slept through it and I actually woke up after the movie ended.. Darn! Attended the Aegis PS Christmas Party.. Same old same old there.. We didn't get to win anything..again! Saw an old highschool friend of mine where we had a quick exchange of where is who and who is doing what while he accompanied me while I finish off my last minute Christmas shopping. Spent Christmas eve at work. Got a beautiful silver bracelet and a mini lion stuffed toy on top from Mr. A. Very generous gift! Supported the local movie industry by watching Ang Tanging Ina ninyong Lahat.

Saw my sister again after going AWOL for 3 months.
She bought along Salem, who stayed with us for several days. Dad was also at home and there was an instance where we were complete as a family again.
Spent New Year's Eve at work. Didn't get to see any fireworks.. and, I was in a sup call when the clock struck twelve! Great! So does that mean I'll be having these sup calls all year round??! Happy New Year to Everyone! Mr. A and I went to church to say thanks and say a lil prayer for Jaggy's birthday.. had our very first new year's lunch where I got to get a glimpse of Dexter's final episode via Alliepod.. I wouldn't go and describe the rest of the details,since 2009 has already began.. and 2008 was just like last night's shift.




So there we go folks.. My 2008, as far I can remember it. It's been a whirlwind of a year and one important thing that I have learned from 2008: Life is short.. the people around you may not be the same people who you'll be with tomorrow, things can change in a blink of an eye.. so you must make every second worth it. I know it's a cliche, but I guess, it wouldn't make such an impact if you haven't had anything to relate it to. I had lots last year.. and I learned it the hard way, and with this, I would like to say thank you to the people who have helped me in surviving it. By opening my eyes to new views and perspectives, and by adding more reasons for me to be thankful everyday. Though, I'm fairly worried what 2009 may bring, I know that I still have to brave each passing day as the new year progresses.. And with the Latin saying, Carpe Diem.. I end this recollection of my 2008 memories and will hope everyone will always live their lives to its fullest.

My 2008 in Calendar Moments: Part 1

I know I haven't blogged for the longest time. It's either I had the inspiration to write but was not near a pc or my doodle pad, and when I did get to one, all the thoughts that I want to let out were already gone, or I really didn't feel like writing (Haha.. that's what I call a lazy mind!).

I was only jolted into writing again when I realized that I have frequent spells of forgetfulness these past few weeks, the last one was just a few moments ago when I can’t remember what I was supposed to do next while browsing the web and shifting to my desktop. I got a lil scared. Is this a symptom of dementia or alzheimer’s or my memory is just getting poorer as a sign that I’m I’m truly growing old, or my mind just warps faster before I act.. Whatever the cause maybe, this reeled me into at least making a sort of a record book of the things, moments , feelings and ideas that continue to shape me as to what I am today. So when I’m old and I’m clouded with dementia or old age, I have something to look back to and say.. ‘My, I led a very colorful life! ‘

As the whole world already rung the new year away by now, I will begin by making up for the things that happened to me back in 2008 that I wasn’t able to record, while I can still clearly remember them in my own way..


January –After celebrating the new year in my aunt’s place in Fairview, I began my first month of being the highest paid bum in PS. Spent my working days supervising a group of agents who are floatees since my old account moved to Cebu (just made sure that they show up for work and sign the roster), surf aimlessly, chat with Mr. A via YM and on the phone. I also remember that this was the month where we began our gastronomical adventures by eating at different restaurant every night after shift. We mostly conquered the Indian ones. My sister also got married and gave birth to her first son – Alexis Mikhail. We call him Salem.


February – Still floating. Still doing the same thing everyday except I was given an extra task to make myself useful by helping out with the QA work for PPC Cebu. I remember that this was the month Sinisterbucks resigned from work.. (or was it January or March?). Valentine’s Day.. got a long stemmed rose in a box with an orange bow from Mr. A, along with a kiss in the cheek (all together now.. awww..!). Gave him a bunch of his fave chocolates. Sweet no?


March – Still floating..
Most of the agents already went to their own accounts by this time . That only left me and one agent who are still orphans. Employees who are uncategorized in HRIS. Spent my days researching for the upcoming trip that we will be having in April. Withstood the long lines of applying for an SSS ID and passport. Applied for my first government loan(s) and struggled with my hair. I must had like 4 haircuts during this month.. Haha.

April- Went abroad to HK and Macau- my first unsupervised out of the country trip. Learned a lot of traveller’s tips – the hard way. Saw a lot, Walked a lot on our first night in Macau. Got a panic attack on our first night in HK (we fell asleep laughing). Had a foot race in Disneyland’s garden. Got a bit testy with each other on our last day over a broken mirror and flimsy lies. Cried in the lounge of the Venetian and ended up going back to Manila, limping and still together (whew!) Who am I with?
That would be left unnamed.

Learned that cool_amy’s expecting by accident. Learned to be tactful when dealing with such situations. Winnie gave birth to her own bundle of joy, Gelo.


May – Nadj_urbandove and Katqt flew to Malaysia on their own to compensate for the trip that they weren’t able to join the previous month.Celebrated my birthday (along with cool_amy’s) with a surprise bash in Max’s restaurant. Was also surprised by the return of Cornkernel from his voluntary exile in SG. Got a lot of gifts (thanks guys!) Got an online job thru odesk to make use of the idle time I had as a floatee, got to talk to some new people but usually spent my shifts alone since Mr. A started working GY again. Always rushing in the morning to come to work so we could have atleast breakfast together. My online job ends at 2am and I have to get up at 6am to make it on time..so that leaves me sleeping most of time in the afternoons. Haha..


June- Since my online job and social life really took the toll on my sleeping time, I decided to go back to GY, with the inspiration coming from Melvin’s work hours during which he came to work on a gy shift for the night diff when he was still part of the floating crew. Co-Organized Astrobabe’s birthday which was celebrated in Dampa for the 2nd time in a row. Saw Jaggy for the last time (sob!) in which a cloud of sadness was noticeable in her demeanor that day. Got a bit tipsy and was laughing aloud all the way out of MOA






To be continued since blogger already spent an all nighter uploading and changing another multiply page.

Backtracking

Im writing this around 4am on Saturday early morning. My ears kinda hurt and my head is feeling woozy since I might be coming down with a slight fever or something. The past few days have been a major adjustment for me since I am now leading the life of a semi normal person in terms of schedule. Ever since I started to work for this industry, I was working the gy shift. Right now, I have the 4am-1pm sched.. Fri Sat off. Sure, it's a bit weird because I have to get up at 2am, which means that I have to be asleep around 8pm. The first few days were all hustle and bustle since I have to take a cab everyday just to get there on time.. (I have to login before 4am to get the night shift allowance) and when I get there, after a few minutes of reading my emails, I have to go ahead and barge my agents since I have some who will be logging out at 6am.. then I do the rounds of checking up on everyone (how they're doing and everything) and not to mention, the meetings that I have in between.. Yup, I lead a busy life in this shift, but once it's 1pm, it's usually a breeze to work on the deliverables since I'm not that too tired, although, I fell asleep one time while doing QA. But what I love most about this shift is that when I go home (which is around 4pm), I see people going home with me.. (re: RushHour!) I love it as I walk the streets of Ayala and see the hundreds of working people like me, hurrying to their appointments or wherever and it just feels more alive.
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We actually got together last week to celebrate my friend Techy's birthday. We watched Harry Potter (which again, did not live to its book counterpart!) and just hanged out until Thursday early morning at Starbucks. We also learned that Keith has retracted his resignation (yipee! double yipee for astorbabe!) since he was offered a position as part of the TAG team for Earthlink.. (Thanks to Chino!)
I get to see him around now,walking with his clipboard at hand, looking like a surveyor.. hehe!





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From the prose collection of Stella Deranged..


I made the resolution to finally call it quits.
I give up.
Maybe I just deluded myself in believing in those times where you were so nice, where in fact, that was just some innate trait since you treated everyone who's close to you that way.

No tears.
I may have used up all my tears reserved for this event. The difference is that today, I really meant it.

No sad goodbyes.
You won't see any farewell letters, confession letters, what might have been letters.. I'm just going to forget you cold turkey.
You will never know, or atleast you won't hear from me that I have felt this way towards you,though, if you say you didn't at least felt it, I might really start to wonder what planet you came from..

Saturday Fun Machine

It was one hell of a Saturday weekend that I had last June 30. My early day began at 12am on the floors of the Emergency Room at Makati Med where I waited for almost an hour to have my eyes checked. I'm really glad that I had my trusty cellphone and of course Rednax and his swollen lip story to keep me entertained during that time. Believe it or not, but an ant got into my eye, and because of that (and due to the fact that I was trying to remove the damn thing myself a few hours before I went there), my eyes were hurting, the slow hurting kind. Thank goodness, it was removed! My eyes felt a bit numbed and kinda red, and it was still a bit painful, but nevertheless it felt better. Thank goodness I have maxicare!

We then celebrated my friend's Astro's birthday that afternoon by having lunch at Dampa (the one in Macapagal Ave). We actually had a seafood pigout and hogged (actually , they did!) the videoke microphone for the entire 2 1/2 hours we stayed there. Sinisterbucks also came (to Astro's delight!) but was a bit tipsy because of the beer he drank at a party he just been to before joining us. It was fun since the most of the original Troopers were there, and I couldn't help but feel nostalgic about it as we left the place. I soon realized how much we've grown, how pretty much we lead our own lives, but still, we managed to be there for each other, never failing to let our presence felt to each other.


After that hearty meal. we went to the Mall of Asia to watch Transformers the movie. Katqt, CoolAmy and Kakeru went ahead since Katqt has to be with Nadj for a baptism, CoolAmy, has to sleep for that night's shift, and Kakeru was off to celebrate he and Al's monthsary together. (eww!) Hehe!




Transformers was really cool! I have to admit that I really enjoyed the movie. Hooray to Steven Spielberg and Michael Bay for giving it justice! I was thrilled to see the autobots and decepticons come to life.. although there were some minor flaws in the movie, I still give it an 88%, and I could say that it was one of the best movies I've seen so far for this year!

Some of us went to work (with Techy rushing off after the movie, and Jaggy being a few minutes late!), most of us went home with Astro and Sinisterbucks going off to different directions.. while Rednax and me were stuck in a bit of traffic. I felt the excitement and lack of sleep catching up on me at that moment when I was at the FX cab while listening to Rednax as he tells me his amusing stories about his friends. It suddenly rained but I still went home dry since Rednax, the ever gentleman that he is, lent me his "manual" umbrella.. I actually came to work with barely 2 hours of sleep, with tons of deliverables to finish (which went to waste eventually but that's a different story!) but what the heck, it was worth it!

Sad to Say Goodbye

"Tin, nagsumbit na ako.. last week ko na nga to eh.." "Ows?"
"Oo nga.."
"Ayyy..." (Hug!)


That was what transpired when Keith told me one last Saturday that he already passed his resignation and this was going to be his last week. It never occured to me the gravity of his decision it until now, when I realized that I won't be able to see much of him anymore. Yeah, I know that this is inevitable, that we really can't expect that we'll be staying in PS forever, and that he might have better opportunities outside, but it's quite different to see someone who's close to you go, and you know that he's not going to be there all the time anymore whenever you need him.

Keith was may batchmate from New Hire, all the way to Experian.. I remember the first time I met him when he joined our noisy ,little group ( DuaNE, eD aND mE) on our first day for lunch and Duane joked about his age. Hehehe...but we then became good friends when we were already full pledged agents for Experian. I know him as sort of a law abiding citizen ( I remember when he refused to cross the intersection of SM Dept Store to Ace Hardware if he was not in the pedestrian lane..with a dash of perv in his blood (my sister's wet panties anyone?) =)

Hmm.. the best times I probably remember Keith are for those times when he cheers me up whenever I'm down in the dumps..Even if he can be the crankiest person ever..

Like that time when I cried when I was an agent when a supervisor reprimanded me for taking my break without asking permission.. and I went down to the 30th floor and I was so upset, I cried. He treated me to french fries At McDonalds afterwards.

and there was this time when I was so upset because I discovered something heartbreaking about my so called lovelife that really messed up the illusion.. he just kept me company, and we just went to Starbucks and talked to me about it..

and of course the time when he brought me flowers for my birthday!

The times when he would visit me at JG..

and of course, he was the one I bug whenever Alex is not around.. and now Saturdays will be so lonely now since Alex will be rarely around now.. (due to Tennis matches,his budget, and his upcoming review for his board exams)

At our Bible Study today, someone said, 'You'll never know the value of someone, until they're gone.." I suddenly realized how valuable my dearest friend really is.. and now,I feel like crying.. I will certainly miss him terribly..

..and now another one expressed his sentiments of going away.. for good.. Great! Saving the worst for last!

Downtime

Haven't updated my blog for the longest time. Sorry, but was not in the mood, until now. It's a Saturday shift..well, technically, it's Sunday early morning. I did not swapped with anyone..figured I need the rest anyway, plus the fact that Mr. Big had a Christmas thingy with his other group of friends, so that means we would not able to go about and wander out the entire Saturday afternoon.

Well, the Troopers spent a glorious 4-day vacation last Thanksgiving, that's November 24-27. We went to Hundred Islands, and then onwards to Baguio. It was really a lot of fun, island hopping in Pangasinan,having an island all to ourselves, and drinking beer,( I really can't remember the last time I ever enjoyed drinking beer until that moment in the sand) and then get to tour Baguio in just one sitting. Save that incident where Alex and I got into a stupid arguement right in front of Baguio Cathedral, (he called me a spoiled brat!), we ended up not talking to each other for the rest of the trip...but eventually,we spoke to each other on the way home. Over all, the trip was fun..Kit and Carmela were able to join us...there were alot of hassles before this trip finally went through. Money issues, family issues, personal issues... K again is absent from the outing. But we did got a juicy bit about K that made us think twice..hehehe..


Anyways, here are the photos of our tryst....


















I'll just post the other pics, as well as the pics from Baguio next time.

December has come. but for some reason, I really cannot feel the season anymore. I used to remember that I love the smell and feel of Christmas in the air. The cold breeze on my cheek as I step out at night. i don't feel that anymore. The only cold air I feel is the freezing air-conditioning at the 32nd floor. It's been raining for the past few days. So bummer. Suddenly December seems a bit bleak this year.


P.S. January 1, 2014 To protect the identities of all people who I carelessly blogged, I have edited the names out on this entry. Apologies for any trouble that I may have caused.

Summer Lovin'!

wowowee girls in front of the South Beach
Originally uploaded by mramos.

Sched changes, account changes, 2 outings, a birthday.....these are some of the changes that happend in my life for the past weeks or so....haven't written about them due to some factors....such as I am no longer a sleeping agent, part lacking in motivation, part Mr. Big/Adobe and partly that I'm always left with an unfinished entry on my online notepad only to find out the next day that someone has restarted my pc and what I have written is long lost gone.....
So here I am, updating my online journal....so expect a lengthy entry...hehehehe!
Remember the outing that my office mates and I were planning? I somehow mentioned it in one of my entries.... well, the plan went through and we had that trip last April 30. We sailed over to Corregidor, all 10 of us.... Alex,Alvin, Ami,Aya,Kaka, Rod, Jagurl, Roanne, Kat and moi... There were some of not so good moments (some of us had bad cases of diarrhea, and other not so good incidents) but all in all, we had a good vacation (and we had 200 plus pictures to prove that courtesy of Jaggy's and Alex's digital cameras). I have posted some of the pics here...wish I could post them all but here are some of the best shots....



me and the girls...dubbed the HOSTEL GIRLS!
we were kinda debating if this is a valid ghost picture...see the orbs?
the group at the sun cruiser before sailing off to Corregidor


one of my fave pics...we're all smiles here at the deck!

the Japanese-Filipino Friendship Tour Bus


the beautiful corregidor sunset


Hokey,Pokey!

basking in the Sunset and the View! Thanks to Jaggy for this shot.


me and the guys looking like soldiers at malinta tunnel



Attention!


in front of our hostel before leaving...

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One last shot...before boarding our ship!


Alex and Me..I really look like I am tired..and my hair is kinda messy!



After that, its back to office work again. But I was able to just go to work every other day after that week. I was able to submit my application at an agency where I spent 500 bucks all in all and I haven't heard from them yet, and I really want to bag that job. I believe that it would be my ticket out of PS.Blimey! I think I'm kissing my 500 bucks goodbye!
Within that week too, we learned that some of us were being transferred out of CustServ. A number of us were transferred to the account that we were being cross trained for. I thought I was one of those people, because I am cross-trained for Credit Expert, but for some reason, I am still retained here at Custserv although I don't know if that is a good thing or not considering that the people who were transferred mostly does not want to come back. Well, we're still swamped with the same neverending calls, with still the unreasonable customers. We also had a schedule change and my schedule is now 12-9am. I was actually bummed out because I was so used to having my sched of 9-6. Plus if you're in the 12-9 shift, the work seems longer and all of my office friends are on the 9-6 am shift except for Techy, who because of his consistent tardiness, landed him as a weekend rep, so I'm not really alone when it comes to the 12-9 am shift, that's a comforting thought plus someone does not mind waiting for 3 hours more till my end shift.(hanks soo much!) :) That's why I don't mind anymore if we'll be taking a longer and more expensive route on the way home.
oh and we had this company outing last May 8 as well which was pretty uneventful and I just skulked away because I was not feeling well that time. Nevertheless, I have posted some pics here and it's not really showing that I am having a crummy time don't I?



in the VIP tent


wacky bunch!

a creative pose at Clear Water in Pampanga

after a gruelling match of water polo

I turned 24 last May 19...as you can see with my previous post. I spent my first hours of being 24 years old in the office where before logging in some of my office friends rendered a birthday song for me. Amy, who's birthday is after mine, and I decided to have joint celebration at a resto and watched StarWars afterwards. (a monumental event because it is the end of the Star Wars Saga on my bday no less!) Just spent the rest of the day at the office, surfing the net, and arguing with someone about giving out countries for certain continents. I was on a birthday leave anyways and ended up going home at around 7pm. It was just sad that I was not able to celebrate my birthday with my old highschool buddies, Mau, Nellie and Cath. I remember I celebrated the event with them last year. My ex was even there but it turned out sort of horrible in the end. I vowed to celebrate it with close few friends from there on. I really miss Nelli and Mau. I haven't seen them for the longest time.

AND...the final draw.... I am now an ATL! That's all!