New Year

This holiday season really just passed by without me realizing it, yes, I got to spend Christmas with family and friends, had our usual Christmas Eve dinner, the opening of gifts, Christmas day dinner spent at my sister’s and had videoke, watched the fireworks and welcomed the new year on New Year’s Eve, but somehow, the season just passed, like there’s really nothing special about it. It’s just that you’re supposed to give away gifts because its TRADITION, have to act like everything is okay, and act like you’re happy and all. Hey, don’t get me wrong, I love this time of the year, with lots of get togethers, food, and celebration. My experience the previous year, I can describe it as bittersweet.


I had lots of fun at the start of the year, it was a great kickoff! It was my first time to go to Cebu and Bohol with my best friend! Nothing can beat that! And then this guy entered my life, we dated and he became my first boyfriend. For the first time in my life, I felt really blessed, not to sound so cliché or anything but it’s like everything is really alright, I felt content, and it was a great feeling. He was a nice guy but after a short while, his love for me seemed to ebb, he was sorry and I decided to let him go. Its hard at first, because I was already used to someone being there for me and I really thought he is the "one", but as the months passed I turned out okay, I was able to "stand up for myself" again. I felt that I was stronger somehow, I even changed my image because I felt that I want a new "me". A stronger, better "me". Oh yeah, I was also promoted that time when we broke up, so the promotion was really no big deal. Then an officemate introduced me to a potential date, supposed to be "nice" and all that, but turned out to be a complete jerk! This guy thinks and talks like he’s all that! He really pissed me off and thrown me off-course, hence the last two months of the year I was in constant wallowing, because I missed my ex, because he was nice to me when we were together, I felt like, is it really hopeless to find someone better?!

And so I felt sad and empty the last two months of 2006, I was even hopeful that there’s a chance he’ll get together with me again. But in reality, I think he already has forgotten me and moved on, that’s how he is, that’s how I knew him. When he experienced something bad, he never looks back, maybe our breakup hurt him too, who knows? It’s everybody’s guess… I just realized it a few days before the year ended and decided to start anew as the year passed.
Through all these things that happened to me the past year, I still held my head high, I still feel blessed. After all, I’m glad somehow I got to experience those feelings and events that happened to me. It made me more mature and taught me how to deal with circumstances. I wouldn’t be able to learn things if I haven’t experienced them. :-)

Antonio's, Tagaytay

This blog is a bit late, well, it's the holiday season, and like everybody..... I'VE BEEN BUSY! hahaha! Anyways, my college buds planned to go to Antonio's since, I think, the second week of November for our Christmas get together. The way going there was so traffic, thanknk God we made there in time for the reservation. Ced, Jean and I were the first to arrive there. Then followed by Rizza and the others.

Salad

Sea Bass and Salmon Pasta

Soup of the Day

Antonio's Sampler

We took some pictures but didn't get much of a view because first, it was already night time, and second, it was a bit wet that night, some drizzle accompanied by the cold weather just made it hard for us to look around. The food was okay, not that yummy as I thought, I mean it is of good quality, prepared very well, and the price tag says it all! But it did not make me wanna crave for more, the food's flavor is not bold and unique enough to make it interesting, it's just safe.

And during the course of our dinner, the "bug", it resembles a big, fat, slow-flying cockroach! Yuuckkk!!! Just remembering it gives me goosebumps! And it kept coming back to our chandelier just above our dinner table the whole night! No matter how many times the guys caught it and threw it to the garden, it kept coming back!!! My God! That bug traumatized me and made my experience at Antonio’s memorable!

My new V3x!!!

Just got my new motorola razr v3x yesterday!!! I'm soooo excited! I've been wanting it since its first predecessor showed up in the market. And now I have one at long last! It's in hotpink. Really nice! Mmmmm-mmmmm! :-)

Thank yous for Today

Thank you for:
1. the people around me who are very supportive regarding my concerns with the date.
2. the nice/pleasant/understanding bosses I have at work.
3. the friends that are helpful and informative on the topic of trading stocks.
4. a loving mother that prepares dinner for us every single day.
5. the blessing that is my life.... :-)

A Bratty Kid

There's this brat, aged 30, seems to be doing well, has a nice family background, a bachelor, and is running their family business.
It should be a good catch for any girl right? But no! This brat is a whiner, likes to make fun of people, and has an effect to drive people, particularly me, mad. But I'm built of tougher stuff than the typical "girlie" girl. So when this type of guy comes along the way, all I do is just be game, confident, and fight back when needed. :-)

Swallow Some Pride

Worst thing that can happen to me..... after denying that an important document was not with me.... lo and behold, it IS with me! It got mixed up with my old files, and for how many weeks that the other department keeps bugging me to look for it, and I was so so sure that it was not with me. Hence, I apologized profusely to the parties involved. Talk about swallowing your pride! Grr! It so affected me that I have a headache now.

Sharon's Wedding Oct. 29, 2006 Century Seafood Restaurant

It's been awhile since I get to see my Taiwan group buddies, and this occassion was the perfect get together, what better way to celebrate a reunion than at a friend's wedding? It was fun! Everyone wore their party clothes! hahaha! A very uncommon sight back at our Taiwan trip...
:-) The reception was nice...and there's no more awkward games. Thank GOD!
Is it just me or is this a year for weddings? I'm expecting to attend another good friend's wedding by December, which I would be the secondary sponsor!

A Family Friend's Wedding 10/15/06 Sunday. MAKATI SHANGRI LA RIZAL BALLROOM

His older brothers are my brothers’ high school barkada, his parents are my parents’ friends and my brother’s godparents… so in short you can say that he is kinda our family friend.
We attended his wedding at the Makati Shangri La Rizal Ballroom, the guests were first welcomed with “cocktails”, as they call it, but we were just served with regular iced tea, at the entrance of the ballroom. (The ballroom remained closed until a sizable amount of people are already present.)
So when we got in and found our seats, the ballroom was quite elegant and I liked it, I mean, yeah its not very extravagant and full of luxury but I consider it as one of the “tastefully” designed wedding receptions I’ve ever been to. There were billowing, tent-like cloths on the ceilings spotlighted with warm colors like orange and fuschia, quite reminiscent of middle eastern influence. The centerpieces were different for each table, some big balls of flowers atop a gigantic vase about 1 ½ to 2 meters high and others are dainty, zen-like displays. These are composed of pink stargazers, tulips, lilies, greenbells, roses and others which I cannot identify but are really exquisite. The wedding cake was simple, and does not leave an impression.
As with any other wedding receptions, there was a presentation of the couple’s pictures at the wedding ceremony, the bride’s bridal shower and their courtship period while food was served Chinese Lauriat style. Everything was ok but their program was so distasteful. It spoiled the ambience of the place, first of all the emcee was too loud and was like giving a commentary on a tennis game, as my stylish seatmate said, “this is not Wimbledon!”. I remember he was giving the play-by-play of the couple slicing, plating, and eating their wedding cake, and it was not romantic at all. In addition the background music was all wrong, corny and unsophisticated. And the game, couples were supposed to kiss one another for all to see, by this time we were leaving and I was not able to see the outcome of that stupid game.
Now after much thought about that wedding, in case I get married, I would like to have background music of bossa nova, classic instrumental, or the classic oldies. “Fly Me To The Moon” by Sitti is nice. Some classics from my Italian songs CD.....