my First blog

I am a happy ray of sunshine today! One, becauase of a funny phone call late last night. Two, because it's Tuesday na! :D :D :D

Working on a weekend sucks major ass well, it was really for this location shoot. we basically sat around waiting and looking at various shots to make sure we were getting what we were supposed to be getting. all the waiting in between just really made it more tiring. plus the fact that it took most of the day (it ended at 430pm for both saturday and sunday and it started at 8 in the morning). it was just soo tiring man. anyway, i don't really mind doing the stuff, i mean, i'd rather be "working" by being present in a shoot, instead of actual "working" inside the office. it's just that my weekends are so sacred to me that i balk at the idea of spending too much time "working" on a weekend. but alas, must accept, that is the life of someone in advertising. i made up for it by hanging out with my baby and my friends after. i swear to get more sleep during this week tho.. after all, it's bora on the weekend! :D yay... a very...

"Tamad-itis" Now i know i have absolutely no right to be, since i did spend a better part of this year on holiday. but i can't help it! i'm struck with tamad-itis. Don't hate me. i think everyone has this every now and then. ok, make that, more often than not, people are struck with tamad-itis. whether it be for school, work or just life in general. I don't really know why i am though, especially since people like gladys are really really tired and stressed from their jobs. Plus the fact that the past week, i've had no reason to stay in the office past 6pm (don't hate me glads, please! hehe.) and i spend better part of my day productive naman. but i still am feeling quite lazy. i guess it's because i haven't recovered from my weekend just yet (and it's wednesday already!) plus the fact that i'm eagerly waiting for next weekend (as in the one next week, not this weekend. i gotta spend the first half of my upcoming s...

Diary by: Alicia Keys Lay your head on my pillow Here you can be yourself Oh just to know what you are feelin 'No one but me and you I wont tell, your secrets Your secrets are safe with me I will keep your secrets Just think of me as the pages in your diary I feel such a connection Even when you're far away Oooh baby if there is anything that you fear Call 489 4608 and I'll be there I won't tell your secrets Your secrets are safe with me I will keep your secrets Just think of me as the pages in your diary Only we know what is talked about, Baby boy Don't know how you could be driving me so crazy When you're in town Why don't you come around I'll be the loyalty you need You can trust me I won't tell your secrets Your secrets are safe with me I will keep your secrets Just think of me as the pages in your diary -==- wla lang, i love this song. :)

Love ko siya. as my friend andrea said waayy back in high school, "it's a mixture of shit and stew..." but the stew just wins out all the damn time. :) Love ko siya. Talaga. :) *stars in eyes* hehe

Hanging with girls I must admit that i looked forward to the weekend since the start of last week! Yesterday was particularly fun for me. I just realized that i haven't spent a Saturday with just the girls since... high school!! :P can you believe? my saturdays used to always just consist of me and ryan. Later on, it became me and ryan then me with the barkada (or both of us with them). but yesterday was just me and my citi girls. I've noted here already how much i love hangin out with these girls. Conversations are just awesome. So really, all I'm saying is, thanks guys for such a great day! :) i had so much fun. :) -==- baby, i did miss you though! and i had fun with the guys after too, in case they notice i didn't mention them. :D

"Dance like no one's watching..." I was privy to this particular saying in action last night at M1 in Greenbelt3. There i was, peacefully in line with my Alicia Keys CD when an image at the corner of my left eye caught my attention. You know how there are listening stations all over the place right? Well, there was this woman there, kinda short, mid to late 20s...looked quite Broad C SEC listening to a CD. So how did that catch my attention you ask? SHE STARTED DANCING. I was like, whoa. 0_0 and then an uncontrollable smile started to grow on my face and i frantically looked for my boyfriend so i could point it out to him. laughter was really bubbling up inside me man, i thought i was gonna burst. i really did! but i couldn't laff, didn't want to laff. the people with me in line who saw her were so N.R. about it that i was starting to think that maybe i was the only one who found it amusing. Thank goodness for this one M1 saleslady who started laff...

i don't like it when you shut me off. you know i don't. i'm sorry i even said anything. it didn't mean i wasn't gonna support you. i just gave an opinion. now i'm scared to even tell you what i think of things because of how you'll react. but is that how it's supposed to be? me scared of telling you what i think of things because of how you'll react? will i always be scared of making you mad even though sometimes it's the necessary product of what i'm supposed or want to let you know? or is that just because i know you can shut me off so easily when you want to and i can't do that? that it's torture for me when you do that. that you can just pretend i'm not here because you don't want to talk to me. the thing is, i want to finish whatever issue right away. you want to go away and let it stew. there must be some way this can be arranged. for now, as always, i say sorry. i hope someday we'll ...

I guess universe (aka God) says i am fine where i am. hehe. ah well, but that was interesting nonetheless. on the upside, i get paid tomorrow!! yippee! :D haha!

Conspire with me please! If you want something bad enough, the whole universe conspires with you to get it. Or so the Alchemist says. I've said this already somewhere in this blog and i don't there's any harm in saying it again. I really do live by this to some extent. God (aka Universe or and Universe , whichever way you prefer to look at it), please please conspire with me on this one. :)

Perceptions of J-Town. How lame is that huh? "J-Town"?? hehe. but i actually used to refer to my home like that, BUT in my mind only. Anyway, with all the things that have been happening in J-Town lately... (bombings, etc) and may i note, all the same things happen in pinas as well , people have had these different perceptions about J-town. Perception that most often comes up now is that J-town is quite the violent country. Actually, today, i actually heard it called "war torn" "War torn"?! we're not iraq for crying out loud. Since I was on my way to that person's area anyway, i couldn't help but say, "it's not war-torn!! i'm from there!" She rephrased it to something else, but she added that her basis was for the bombings and stuff. and then i started thinking, yeah, but the philippines is in the same boat as well! i figure wherever you go, danger lurks. security is always a problem. but at least we're ...

It's times like these when you realize that time has flown by.... Ethan Zachary G. Tiongson being baptized that is my friend, Lester ( yes, we have another friend whose name is Lester) and his wife, Hannelou and their cutie baby boy, Ethan at Ethan's baptism yesterday. i was ninang, along with some other jakarta friends and their school barkada (inubos na ata nila buong barkada nila sa dami eh! hehe) it's just surreal seeing Les as a dad. Yet, i accept it to be true. Mejo weird lang mag-connect in my mind eventhough there's an audio-visual lock. hehe. But there... i had fun at the binyag yesterday. :)

Alicia Keys World Tour 2004 October 9, 2004 at Araneta Coliseum One word: Amazing. wow.

first official week of work is over... and how was it? i would say... pretty good actually. i think i've quite adjusted to the new mindset and the new workplace. i just gotta learn more processes tho. :) it was a busy busy week for our team since it's presentation at client's on monday and tuesday next week. i haven't realy done much for it, except observe and see how things are done in an agency. it's very interesting actually, the creative presentations by the creative team, the various brainstorming. it's really almost like being in school again. :) this i gotta say, there is definitely partnership between client and agency in this respect. i like it. -==- i really admire my bosses here. they're very quick on the uptake and they can really see the big picture. i know that it's from experience and everything but i think it's just awesome to see such quick minds at work. one day, i'm gonna be like them too. -==- since ...

i dunno what to write. i'm serious! i've erased three potential entries.. but i figured they were all useless and not worth it. -==- work is good.. i did some legwork today and followed up some stuff. i need to learn to think that i am now part of an agency and not client. i really should try and remember the things i thought made a good AE and apply them. :) anyway, we'll see what happens tomorrow! -==- on one crappy note, my stupid pc is busted yet again!! aarggghh!! i think i need a new hard drive. fucker. i hate using my laptop because it gets hot so quickly. :P -==- ok i will go and cease all the useless babble.

Scared shitless! goodness. the weekend went by too quickly for my taste. :P now i have that butterflies-in-the-pit-of-my-stomach, heart-beating-a-hundred-miles-a-minute feeling. i'm scared to go to work tomorrow!!! the only comfort i have is that i know i got the same feeling during my first few weeks in the citi. and the fact that everyone else in that room also had to go through the same thing, since no one's born with the knowledge of how to be an account manager. everyone had to learn the processes as well. but still, i'm still scared. :P wish me luck on my first full week!! please God, no problems muna. hehe. -==- oh, bright side to this: the gym i want to enroll in is in the same building!! how convenient. will inquire na tomorrow. :) -==- my dad flies back to jakarta tom. while he was pretty busy when he was here, and i didn't get to see him much, i'm gonna miss the knowledge that my dad is here at home too. haaayy.. left ...

The day my life changed well, it's not that drastic really. I just got a job is all. I'm finally off my ass and am officially part of the rat race. today i turned into a yuppie. =) =P i officially started work today. the first half of my day rolled by really slooowwwlyyy... as in! i fell asleep for a bit. and then my new boss came back from her meeting so she briefed me about agency processes, etc. i get the whole overview, but i know i will only really learn it when i do it. time to start swimming! and then, the turn over!! turns out, it was the last day of the person i was replacing. goodness, turn over agad?! so on monday, i actually have stuff to do na. i'm all mixed emotions. excited to be on the other side of the client-agency relationship. apprehensive about the new processes and things i need to pick up as quickly as possible. nervous about dealing with new people. but i look forward to it all. i hope i was made for this. :D wish...