heartfelt 2010. ♥

twenty ten had been an extreme roller coaster ride for me nevertheless, i enjoyed it! the twists and turns really made me gaga all year round. it was one big emotional ride!

the laughter, the cries, the joy and the pain i had in the past 365 days taught me a lesson i'll always keep: all these are part of something beautiful that is bound to happen, just stay positive and keep the faith! :)

anyhow, thank you year of the tiger. thank you 2010 for all the great moments, good times and for new experiences.

block one year ender

chilli's greenbelt 12302010

in 2010, i was always absent on every block one's get together but i am glad that i was with them at the end of the year!  hooray to my college friends! cheer's to the coming year and more years of friendship for us. ♥

chaos holiday 2010

all of the year end party the chaos had, i think, this year's celebration was the most special one. no one ever thought that we'll gonna celebrate this year's holiday with A for she went to the land down under to work. it's just so surprising that she's back for awhile. :)

mahirap din palang wala ka...

siguro nga, totoo yung saying na you'll only appreciate a person or a thing when they're gone.

i have never noticed your existence in the past. all i know was, you're there when i needed you. always there, ready to help me at work or in anything related to you. pinapadali mo ang ginagawa ko. if this day did not come, i probably won't realize your worth. mahirap din palang wala ka...

oh tab key. please gumana ka na.. i hope you're not totally broken.











i cannot go on shortcuts without you. :(

so busy on a holiday

a week before the Christmas day... i was so busy, busy with friends and family! ehehehehe.

ade is back in pinas for a three-week-vacation!!! woothoot.

after ten months of being apart, we went to tags for a chill (and literally chill sa sobrang lamig!) and to have some quality time.  we stayed in one of the penthouse suites of one tagaytay place.  the hotel is nice and the service is good, too. :)  i recommend this to anyone who wants to spend a night in tags.





we went out during the night for a sumptuous dinner and while the night was still young, we walked around the high place just to feel the cool breeze and stopped-over for a hot drink.

at the summit ridge hotel

oh, how foggy the place was and a single jacket was not enough for me. brrrrrrrr. really freezing cold. :)
we headed back to the hotel for a girl-bonding time - with no other people around. at nagpaka-camwhores kami while having a few vodka. hay. we never grow old talaga when we're together. always so high school moments.

and kahit freezing cold, we managed to swim in the morning for awhile.. it was a nice view from the pool area.
somehow nagkaroon pako ng ear-injury. i dont know why, all of a sudden my ears were in pain. maybe due to the air pressure sa area. di nakaya. 






the party never stopped for me after my girlfriends and i parted ways, i had to go straight to my family's christmas party.  supposedly this would be in tags too but due to "technicality", the event was held in the Cruz's cribb. hooooo. i liked it when i'm so busy with celebrations :)




sympre, di mawawala ang exchange gifts, games especially ang "guess-how-much-money-have-in-my-hand" game. hahaha. winner! kinder palang ako, yun na game namin every year. hahaha :)and there were foods! lots of foods. woohoo, stomach full. alright!  i still have "fats" on my christmas wishlist. i hope i could get it before this holiday ends. santa, can you hear me? eheheh.

i so love this weekend. tiring yet it's worth it. it's great to be busy with family and friends. ♥

ms wedding event

second week of the month meant second wedding event to be attended. wooot. love celebration is all over. :)

it was my officemate bart and rea's big night. tine and i were a little excited for this event coz this would mean showing our fashionista (ehehe, feeling!) side once more. woot... dress up, baby! 

i don't actually know the love story behind the couple, but seeing my officemate walked down the aisle and as he waited for his wife to be at the altar, he seems so buoyant and really happy and in love and stress-free! yeah, how enlightening the aura is when you are away from the incident tickets, support phones and work laptops! hahahaha.

as the program continues, me and tine were picked to join the traditional 'flower-game'. hahaha. it was fun and scary though. tine almost won the game! she was one of the remaining three who hadn't catch any flower. sayang!!! june bride na sana siya next year. hihihi. while the MS bachelors - ed, nolwin and ferds in the needle game, laugh trip sila panoorin. ed looks really stressed trying to reach the goal. ferds was unbelievable! he was able to insert the thread on the needle without any contact lens or eyeglass. nolwin, just like tine, was one of the left three and too bad, he got it. wahahaha. :)

the night was indeed fun. a great night it is with my colleagues! it felt as though, the team haven't had this so much fun and laughter for a long time. i missed this. awts! eheheh.

to bart and rea, cheers to a wonderful married life! :) i wonder whose wedding event (from the ms team) will i be attending next? will it be tine's?? :)

cruz - dela cruz wedding

last saturday, 4th of december was kuya jet and ate karen's church wedding and the whole clan was just so excited for this big day. everyone was so glammed up!

here are some snapshots of the event; drum roll please... heheheheh

oh so gorgeous indeed. ehhehe. while waiting for the main event, picture taking muna :)

here are the sponsors.. my mom was one of them... tita's smile seems a bit naughty, huh. eheheh















of course, the wedding won't be a wedding without the groom and the bride. it was evident on ate karen and kuya jet's eyes the happiness they're experiencing:

here i was, with my gorgeous cousins having a good time before we leave for the reception:

 
tin was the maid of honor and she had a mini bouquet, so for a wacky shot sake, she threw the flower and kristhel, belle and i pretended to catch it! hahah just funny that neither of us really joined this real game during the program at the reception. were we afraid to be the next bride? wahahahha.

a photo booth was also set-up in the reception. we were all hooked up with it and my little cousins and biggie danjo almost never left the booth as they were trying to collect the print outs for an instant photo album. hahahahahha!

to the newly wed, congratulations! more yuri and kalyxx to come! ehehehe :)

ek.

the last dinner of team edchanted kingdom since tl will no longer be part of the team.

11302010 @ Cafe Juanita

just before the night ends, we had a surprise video presentation for our tl which contains some of the memorable encounters with him. i hope he liked it! :)

it was a blast working with him and i'll definitely miss the team as edchanted kingdom!

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People come into your life for a reason, a season, or a lifetime.  When you figure out which it is, you know exactly what to do.

When someone is in your life for a REASON, it is usually to meet a need you have expressed outwardly or inwardly.  They have come to assist you through a difficulty, to provide you with guidance and support, to aid you physically, emotionally, or spiritually.  They may seem like a godsend, and they are.  They are there for the reason you need them to be.  Then, without any wrong doing on your part or at an inconvenient time, this person will say or do something to bring the relationship to an end.  Sometimes they die.  Sometimes they walk away.  Sometimes they act up or out and force you to take a stand.  What we must realize is that our need has been met, our desire fulfilled;  their work is done.  The prayer you sent up has been answered and it is now time to move on.

When people come into your life for a SEASON, it is because your turn has come to share, grow, or learn.  They may bring you an experience of peace or make you laugh.  They may teach you something you have never done.  They usually give you an unbelievable amount of joy.  Believe it!  It is real!  But, only for a season.

 LIFETIME relationships teach you lifetime lessons; those things you must build upon in order to have a solid emotional foundation.  Your job is to accept the lesson, love the person/people (anyway);  and put what you have learned to use in all other relationships and areas of your life.  It is said that love is blind but friendship is clairvoyant.

---Author Unknown

it's december!

oh my gosh! it's official, it's december already. now, we're down to the last thirty-one days of 2010. time flies so fast, huh. or is it i just had so much fun i barely notice that the time is slipping away? wooohooo!

i am so excited for the last month of the year. well... everyone is, i know. :) it's holiday season once again which means everyday celebration with family, friends and loved ones. who wouldn't be jolly with this time of the year when most gatherings happen? more foods at the plate and another chance for me to gain weight. oh puh-lease, i hope i can gain even just ten pounds before 2010 is over. hahaha. let's see.

my december weekends are jam-packed with celebrations! woohoo. i can't wait to wear those beautiful dresses for the special occasions to be attended, love events, christmas parties, reunions and more. PLUS! my boneziztah ade is coming home for christmas. yebbbaaa. i can tell, the remaining days of this year would be filled with so much joy and happiness. :)

here's a snapshot of our little christmas tree at home, designed with blue and silver decorations, which marks the beginning of this wonderful season. wooot. 

i almost forgot. gotta make a christmas wish list right now. hmmm. what's in your list?

find the goodness

from all the happenings - whether work-related, school stuffs, life... there would always be some adjustments to make, just like what I'm going through.

 last week, I had my braces to fix the overbite. I haven't felt any pain the first time i wore them, seems to be normal only the feeling is a little bulky. it's only when i eat, that's the only time na ramdam kong may something. It's hard to chew! i cannot bite a pizza and even the sides of a wheat bread and when before it took me fifteen minutes to finish a meal, my goodness now.. it would take me an hour! geez. but i'm not complaining. No pain, no gain kaya ang drama ko ngayon. :)
 

another story of adjustment.. 

last month was somewhat a li'l difficult for me since W left for the states for an on-site assignment. it meant a bigger responsibility since i have to take care of the pillar we were working on. i needed to adjust. to get used to work without someone who knows more than i do.  i need to learn things i oughtta know by now. so much to learn, i thought. i'm getting by and sometimes, when laziness strikes during office hours, i just keep remembering the last thing he told me when he was still in manila - that i'm on my own now and that i have to do my work better, na galingan ko para hindi raw siya mahirapan sa US (selfish ni koy. ehehe). honestly, nakakamiss din pala yung unggoy na yun. ehehehe.

juat a month or two from W's flight. another transition, a-would-be-another-adjustment. E, my ever cool and geeky tl will be rolling-off from the team by the end of the month. awts. wala nakong tagahiram ng charger when my cellphone battery dies. i'm gonna miss my tl big time. it's sad but this is how it all goes. parang national event lang yan. after ilang years, kailangan rin magpalit ng presidente. to change. to move out from the comfort zone so that everyone would grow.

im doing all the adjustments while finding the goodness in these and i'm staying on a positive note while walking on a rocky road (lalo na pagdating sa pagkain.. the road is really rocky!). =)

when i thought i look gloomy..

there are these days that i really feel so wasted, feels that i look so dull and pale and really not-just in condition or in-shape.. but wouldn't it be all surprising when you're feeling these non-shimmering moments, several people started to tell you that you look blooming? it's one hell of a big whaaaaattt???  hehe. and i can say, it's so uplifting and you started to look in the mirror again and try to fix yourself, strike a smile and began believing (well, idk if it's a truth) that  you really are glowing. :)

j. street

today, i found myself walking on the street i once walked on when i was a fresh graduate. more than anything now, i got myself back in this road for health reasons. i don't think i could still have a sound body (and mind?) if i go on with the current set-up i am in. actually, i'm just trying my luck here. i still don't have a firm decision yet, just looking for an option. :)

first step

i'm taking a leap! :)

"Sometimes, it's the smallest decision that can change your life forever."