Out and About

its almost a week since i last blogged. nothing much happened actually this past week, well, nothing blog-worthy. as you may have known, im in between jobs right now, so my days are usually spent at home, eating, in front of the tv or laptop, or anything just as long as it can be done without moving out of the sofa, in short very boring. aren't m days very productive?

i have watched 7 movies during this time. from french romantic movies, to spanish horror movies.

and also, during this time, i have been reading blogs. blogsurfing tlga ako. and this one particular blog, grabe, im super inggit with its writer. he doesnt only write well, but he also amassed this insane number of bags, shoes and anything luxurious. parang suddenly, i found my inspiration.
parang bigla akong nainspire na maghanap ng trabaho para makabili na at makapagshopping na.
u see, my savings back in the PI is almost gone, kalas. kaya i have to start working soon or else, balik hingi na naman ako sa magulang ko. back to that blog, grabe tlga, ang gaganda ng bags as in. omgg, i was drooling. kung hindi lang tlga ako naka credit ban, masaswipe ko tlga ang aking credit card sa LV or sa Gucci. kelangan maging kuripot until i have a job. limited na ang financial resources ko. but no, hindi ako naghihirap. Naka credit ban ako, mahirap na, mataas ang exchange rate. gusto ko na tlga magshopping. iniiwas iwasan ko na nga ang mall para hindi na ako matempt, but no, parang tinatawag tawag na ako mall.

Nung nasa pinas ako, wala akong tigil kaka shopping. Tipong nagagalit na ang jowa ko or nasisita na ako ng mga friends ko for my kalustayan. you see, back in the PI, most of us have jobs. We have are own pinagkakagastusan. I have this friend who collects cameras. Parang she has almost 10 Lomos, 2 digicams and 1 dslr. she super likes photography. One friend naman, techy naman. Ipod toch, laptop, and some more gadgets. Ung isa naman, hmmmm, parang recently wala shang nabili, a ayun, she enrolled herself a year or so ago sa last sem nya sa school. And as for me, shopping lang ng shopping. In the past 2 years as a banker, madami akong nabili for myself. Shoes, bags, damit, pero something with value, wala yata. (wel, except lang dun sa mga designer stuff) I mean, walang isang bagay na makikita mong may REAL value. siguro, sa aming barkada, ako ang pinakawaldas. as in mega shopping. hanggang sa muntik ng maubos ang savings ko, kaya i decided to come here and be with my family para macontrol ko na din ang sarili ko. As of today, i havent bought anything....YET. My birthday is less than 10 days from now, so sana ang birthday wish ko ay mabigay ni mama. shopping ban is ending soon. im sooo excited.

well anyhow, enough of that blog. dun naman tau sa mga nangyari sakin this past week.

i went out thursday night. at long last, nahanginan na rin ako. i missed fresh air. so much of the chilly a/c. a relative called and invited us for dinner. we were supposed to have dinner at Le Meridien. They have this restau which serves, IMO, the best baby back ribs here. But unfortunately, the restau is currently under renovation. So sa Friday's nalang kame.
Isip isip ko, sayang naman my outfit hehehe. I ordered, you guessed it, baby back ribs. I was quite hesitant because i have tried the ribs in Manila, and i didnt quite like it. But to my pleasant surprise, it was actually good. Real big serving, around a foot and a half long and really tender. I give it 4 spoons out of 5. (if not for the antipatica pinay server, i wouldve given it 5 spoons). After dinner, dad dropped me off somewhere, to meet my new friends. oh yes, i have friends here. We were supposed to go out clubbing, but parents did not allow me. wala pa daw kasi akong labor card, baka matyambahan ako ng pulis. so i went home 1am na.

friday, woke up at 4pm. Had coffee with friends at around 8ish. Arabic dinner with mom and sib at around 11.

Saturday na tomorrow, sana may mangyari naman.

Some pics from my thursday night out:

ben sherman top, hermes belt, defacto jeans,

pedro loafers and bulgari accesories

yosi break

paparazzi shot (artista lang?!)

Good Morning!

Update:

Pantry creamer Mario Maurer was recently declared as Best Actor in Cinemanila's 2008 SEA Film Competition for his role in The Love Of Siam.

Congrats Mario!








oh MARIO, patikim naman....

Gorgeous

OMGG!

Last night, nagcoffee kame ng sister ko at some cafe. Sabi ng shufatembang ko, tambayan daw un ng mga cute boys. dun daw kasi sila tumatambay pag thursday after class ng mga classmates nya.
weekends here are fridays and saturdays.

So ayun nga, when we were there, hmm. pwede. madami ngang cute boys. honestly, they're just too young for my taste. my sister is 16. so boys here, i assume, are around the same age bracket.
tapos na kasi ako sa time na nabebetan ko ang mga kabataan. i dunno. i just think that they are just so, err, juvenile. hahaha o diba choosy!

we were strategically seated at the middle of the cafe para we could see whoever comes in. galing ng shufatembang ketch. lumalandi na. anyhow, so we were having our chikahan about my sister's school and her friends over coffee and some coffee buns, when this group of arab boys came in. OMG. they're so hot. what is. ang gagwapo. IDK. My sister literally turned her head when she saw the group. nabetan din ata. this particular boy was really cute. Tall, not that dark, but definitely handsome. My sister likes him kasi he's mejo chubby daw. Gusto nya daw un. Slighly chub guy, na mejo long hair. ayun. Basta. kilig na kilig ang kapatid ko. Deep inside bet na bet ko din ung guy. Makipagcompetensha daw sa batang kapatid.
My sister dared me to take a photo of that guy. Which i obliged. di mashadong malapit but stil u can see how gorgeous he is. hmmm may potential ang batang ito.

take a look at some of my stolen shots:

cute smile no??
he actually reminds me of someone i know

sinu kaya katext nya?

Arab boys are H-O-T!!

I didnt think that he noticed me taking his photo kasi he was busy talking to his friends. BUT. I was wrong. apparently nahalata nya siguro. Kasi, while I was busy puffing my cigarette, he looked at me, smiled and said , HI!.

OMGG. I didnt know what to do. di ko alam kung ano ung nasabi ko. All i can remember was that i smiled and parang gusto nya lumapit para magpakilala pero, i dunno, nahiya siguro. Nagulat tlga ako. Pati kapatid ko nagulat.

Ikaw pala ang type kuya eh. Yan nalang ang nasabi ng kapatid ko.

O diba. Ang haba haba ng hair ko. Yes. Abot jan sa pinas. nakakaloka. muntik na ako masamid sa usok ng yosi ko nun.

simula ngayun, alam ko na kung saan ako tatambay. heheheh

charos!


p.s.
babe, pag nabasa mo to.peace tau ha. remember sha ang unang bumati.ILY!

Informal interview for formality's sake

Last night, was my interview with this certain Tito for a bank position.

Tito was mom's friends since the early 80's but they lost in touch in early 90's.
Mom married dad, and Tito, well, i dunno. According to mom, they used to work at some big bank in the Phils in the 80's. And recently, last April, mom bumped into Tito at some grocery here in the Middle East. What a surprise right. after almost 20 years.

Anyhow, Tito and I agreed to meet up at some restau for my "informal" interview. I told Tito that i will be bringing mom along so that they could catch up. According to mom, Tito daw is mahinhin and babakla bakla. I didnt fished out more info about that. lets just wait and see, i thought.

Tito arrived with 2 of his friends. and yes, mom was right. Tito is gay. Thanks to my superb gaydar skills. lols. We had dinner and mom and tito was catching up. I noticed that the one guy friend of tito was exchanging quick glances with me. Hmmm. bakit kaya?

Guy is cute. Around 35 ish. Very clean cut guy. mabango tingnan. Tito and his other friend was around 40ish. looks mabango also. tito looks young for his age din naman. So parang, nice set of gay friends u have tito. confeermed!

As we were exchanging stories about me, mom and tito, i noticed the ring on Tito's right ring finger. hmmm. And then i looked into the young guy's right ring finger. CONFEERMED! matching rings and matching bracelets. Magjowa nga ito. Kaya pala may i titigan silang dalawa. And kaya pala parang may i look din si young guy sakin kasi nafifeel nya na alam ko
na. hehehe

So ayun, 3 gay guys, me mom and sister having dinner. Very nice.

Tito and I proceeded with the interview. Very informal, but i tried to be very professional and not say Tito when i was asked. Interview went well. I slipped a couple of times but according to tito he was impressed. And he said, in a matter of fact tone, he didnt interview me because he's friend with Mom, but because he was impressed with my qualification. Well, Thank you tito!

Night ended real well. Interview was OK. walked home with mom and sister with cigarette in one hand. Then mom said, " bat ka nagyoyosi?sowshal ka ha". Me: "nastress ako ma."
Mom:" Akin na nga, pa puff!"

hahahha

Nice one Mom.

Confused

Sa wakas!

may tumawag na sakin for an interview. and after that call, tumawag ung dating naginterview sakin, and asked if i still like to take their offer.

hmm shempre nakipagbargain ako and sinabi ko na i have one more scheduled interview.
o diba, nakipagbargain pa ang lola mo. as if may experience. (bat ba, e bet ko e. di naman sila umarte)


sana ok ung offer nung sa interview ko this thursday, para taasan ung offer nung previous interview ko.

hmmm

banking industry or insurance industry?

Dont judge me

my friend and i had our daily dose of chikahan over ym. chikahan about anything. although its paulit ulit lang, its still refreshing. kasi kahit araw araw kame magkachat, palaging merong bago kameng napaguusapan. we were talking about judgements and friendship.

MJ (10/12/2008 11:05:31 PM): nakaka lungkot pag naging judger ang isang tao
MJ (10/12/2008 11:05:37 PM): kase ibig sabihin lang naman nun
MJ (10/12/2008 11:05:43 PM): either makitid utak
MJ (10/12/2008 11:05:47 PM): or kulang ang alam

tama nga naman diba. its just sad when you judge someone without knowing or hearing out the explanation.cguro may explanation behind it or may certain reason why a person acts a certain way. you dont understand a person, kasi kulang ang alam mo. and ang tolerance mo is not that high, siguro kasi makitid ang utak mo. exchange of thoughts lang naman between us. sayang lang kasi. siguro nga. dapat bawas bawasan talaga ang judgement sa isang tao, lalo na kung di mo naman kilala ung person na un.

pero shempre, between friends, dapat walang judgement at all. sabi nga ni blair kay serena " what u did, we did... we are the non judgemental breakfast club". (something in that context). Diba, dapat lang naman tga between friends, dapat may understanding na na dapat wag kang magjudge. pero shempre, nandun ung comment commentan. hello mga ate, di naman naiiwasan un. and dapat ang tolerance level mo, bonggang bongga.

so note to self: bawasan ang pagjajudge. so, eof (end of friendship) pa ba kay certain friend? hmmm

Shelter

It's 1:35 am pero ayaw padin magsara ng mata ko. I just finished this movie--Shelter-- i know, mejo luma na sha pero ngaun lang natapos ung download ko. since i know that everyone has watched this already, isnt it nice? i mean, ok ung movie, pang chill chill lang. no heavy drama, no fight scenes, no oa love scenes. at first actually, cinancel ko ung download ko. sbi kasi ng bestfriend ko, lets call him P, ok nga lang daw ung movie. parang pang tv lang daw. But curiosity got the better of me. Dinownload ko sha ulit at hinintay matapos. josko sa konti ng mga seeds, 3 days ko ata to dinownload. WTF?! tagal dava? ( excuse me no naka mega broadband ako hehe [yaman (hagod)])
basta na inlove ako sa story and i think i can relate to some scenes in the movie. IMO, that makes a movie. pag nakakarelate ka dun sa story. Para hindi lang sha form of entertainment pero one can reflect on it too.

Watching this movie, bigla kong naisip si R. I know i miss him so much, pero this movie made me miss him more. Yung mga scenes na cuddle cuddle lang sa bed. tapos harutan. Ugh, i miss R. I hope i can see him soon. What I liked also about this movie, is ung sa family part. Parang he took responsibility of his sister's responsibility. Diba. Naisip ko tuloy, "sowshal, instant anak kagad sila ni Shaun" charit!
haha

O sha, kausap ko pa sa ym si whacks.

p.s.
Ang hot ni Shaun. GO Daddy!
p.s.s
inferness, daming kilikili scenes! hahahahaha

middle eastern bum

its been more tha a month since i arrived here in Abu Dhabi. still jobless though.

being a bum has its perks too. but its really quite tiring already. i have been blogsurfing for a couple of days and have been inspired to do my own blog. this isnt my first though. i have tried blogging before in my muliply account but that didnt seem to work out. So there, this will be my first entry in lj. bear with me and my writing skills. heheh

where to begin. hmmm. first off, i miss the philippines. i miss everyone there. my partner, my friends, my lifestyle. Everything is so different here. bantay sarado ako ng magulang ko. i see them everyday which is very unusual for me. you see, ive been living by myself for almost 2 years in the philippines and i was quite used to it. well, not really myself. i have my tita and my cousin to maintain the house and stay with me. but still, my parents werent there.

sige na nga, ill be completely honest. i miss my partner so much. lets call him, R. R and I have been together for 5 years and this is the first time na nagkahiwalay kme ng ganto katagal. we are trying our best to wok with this setup and i hope it wlll be fine. just like any other relationship, ours had its fair share of away-bati moments so sana tlga masanay kme sa ganitong set up. i miss R so much. i miss his chinky eyes, his hair, his lips, his sexy body... (haha nagiging bastusin na.)

moving on, i miss my friends. i miss philvert, whacks, rean, jojie, boni dave and the rest. i miss talking to them in person. i miss our barahan sessions. our coffee fridays. our weekly sleepovers. everything about them i miss.shempre no. nakakamiss tlga. wala kaya akong makausap dito ng matino.buti nlng most of them are online everyday so at least nakakapagbarahan padin kame sa Yahoo conference. un tlga ung nakakamiss dito eh, ung wala kang mamit na tao na ud feel comfortable to be yourself. i have met some new friends here, pero iba eh. iba tlga. i cant be my true self with them. parang i was so comfortable with my set of friends in manila na parang im not open to meeting new ones. i dunno. nagaadjust pa siguro ako.

mmm so there. mejo napahaba ang intro ko for my first entry. i have so much to share about family, relationships and boys. ill be posting them soon.

see you around!
xoxo