Hooray to Long weekends! :)

picture not mine :D

A previous officemate (and a good friend of mine who now lives in Australia) suddenly dropped me a message on FB. She said: "Trishy musta ka? Ikakasal ka na ba? saw your post about wedding caterers. May tatanong ako sayo. Naalala mo ba one time nung nagbar tayo sa BGC? Tapos ang mga kasama natin taga ibang department sa Towers?"

I really have a bad memory so I replied, "Huh? May ganun? Haha bat mo inaalala?"

She replied, "Ito yung super weird night na nag bus tayo tapos bigla tayong bumaba somewhere hahaha at nagbar."

"Whaaaat? May ganun?? Haha! I can't remember na may ganun. Hahaha at nahatak talaga kita."

"Oo. Bored ka ata. Saka may nagoffer din na ihahatid tayo sa bahay after kaya tayo pumayag."

She begin telling me the details and I cringe because I suddenly remembered that incident. It made me realized I'm such a spontaneous person. Lol. And I quote myself, "Shocks ang dami ko pala kalokohan noon." Hihi.

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The other day Joan, my New Yorker friend, sent me a message:

Joan: Bff are you here?

Me: I'm not here. Haha! Why?

Joan: Naguusap kami ni Jenna (her sister who became my friend as well) ng wedding stuff like entourage and all. Sabi ko iniisip kita na bridesmaid. Tapos niya torn daw siya.

Me: Huh? Bakit? Haha!

Joan: Kasi daw may mas maganda na sa kanya.

Me: Hahahaha!

Joan: So di daw nya sure if gusto ka nya dun. Bwahahaha. Tapos sabi niya fine daw pero wag daw kita pa-makeup-an. Wahahaha!

Me: *I almost died laughing* Hahahaha! Tawang tawa naman ako bff. Hahahaha! Sabihin mo mas sexy naman sya sakin. Kumbaga magmumukha akong maid ng bridesmaid. 

Joan: Hahaha tawang tawa rin ako eh. Sabi nya gusto ka naman nya talagang bridesmaid natotorn lang sya.

Hahaha! I love Joan's sister. Lol! Anyway, I'm so happy for my friend because finally she's getting married!!! 

I miss my Towers Watsons friends. I miss the good old days. Nothing beats my first job.

Lately, it breaks my heart to watch the news. Let's all pray for world peace.

credits to the owner

I WANT THIS!!! :)

#APEChottie

What's up with people gushing over the Canadian Prime minister and Mexico president? Lol. Prepare for this sabaw short post. I've been meaning to write a long post about my rants and raves on APEC, driving in Metro and other topics. BUT I want to finish my Strategic Management paper first so I'll save that for later. Hays.

Anyway, just to break from writing my business paper, I saw this trending hashtag on my FB newsfeed and all over the internet (I've been friends with Google since yesterday due to my urgency to finish my paper so I can tick it off my to do list a.k.a. TODO list).

My officemate keeps on ranting about these two leaders since last week that we've been checked in at Shangrila Plaza because apparently, some of the APEC delegates were already there and she's been hopeful to see the Canadian Prime minister. She kept on showing us the pictures of the two and been asking who's more hot/handsome.

*Officemate 1 shows picture of the Canadian prime minister and Mexico president to me and another colleague*

Officemate 1: Sino mas bet mo Patty -- eto o eto
Me: Hmm.. parang mas hot si Canadian PM
Officemate 1: WAG KA NGA! Haha porket nakatopless gwapo na.
Me: Uhmm patingin nga uli.
Officemate 1: Oh eto picture pa ni Mexico president
Me: Ayyy I changed my mind. Parang mas matipuno si Mexico president.
Officemate 1: ANG GWAPO NILA DIBAAAA. DI AKO MAKAPILI.
Me: *in my nonchalant voice* Uhmm.. okay lang. oo gwapo nga hehe..
Officemate 2: Grabe gwapo nila. Lipat na tayo. Eto si Patty di masyado affected sa gwapo. Sanay na kasi ang gwapo ng boyfriend neto eh. Bagay sila. Maganda at gwapo.
Me: HAHAHA. Tumpak.

Okay. Haha! Not that I don't gush about handsome guys. I used to. But you know, apparently I have this "wrong"definition of 'gwapo' according to my bestfriend. HAHAHA! Well for me, I really find a guy handsome if his personality is okay, if he has a sense of humor and if he is a good conversationalist. I don't care how tall, hunk or good-looking he is (Well, I care at times haha but personality rules. Haha!) Seriously though, I think my taste on men has gotten better. *looks (and gushes) at Marion's picture and say to self: shocks gwapo nga ng boyfriend ko.* Hahaha! Note to self: Must not let Marion see this post.

Dis-closure

When someone who has been a part of your past still checks you out, what will you do? 

I actually don't mind being friends to people who have hurt me before. In fact, I'm so forgiving that I'm still friends with all of them (all except for one, nevertheless, I wouldn't mind if that person would talk to me). I don't think there is nothing wrong with being overly forgiving. Who would want to carry the burden of hating someone, ayt? It actually feels so liberating to forgive people BUT that doesn't mean I've completely forgotten everything. 

So, I've been trying to be civil to someone who has played a part of my past. I just don't get why that person keeps on checking me out. Hey, I wouldn't mind a small talk (or a "big" talk, if needed). Just don't stalk or ask my friends about me because apparently, I'm perfectly fine. 

I really have this feeling that this person has not completely move on yet. Oh well.

I am currently blogging from Makati Shangrila. For today, I had lunch at Circles Event Cafe and dinner at Chili's for free. It wasn't as glorious as it sound though. It was for work.  I would have enjoyed staying here had it been for vacation. I won't be seeing Marion for two weeks. Starting tomorrow until Wednesday, we will be having a whole day event (whole day means from 7AM until 11PM). We will be checking out on Wednesday and by that time, Marion is off to La Union, Davao, Ilocos and wherever. He'll be back in Manila on Sunday but on Monday, he'll be flying to Thailand for a training for one week. When he returns on the 23rd, I'll be flying to Cebu, Davao and wherever because we have to launch a special project. This made me realize that despite my fondness for travelling and staying in hotels, I dislike travelling and staying in hotels for work, even if it is free. I also realized how much time we (Marion and I) spent on work. Not that I'm being ungrateful -- it's just that I feel that business trips take away the fun in travelling. 

I wish I could smell the flowers more often. I'm starting to miss boyfie already.

Flashback Friday: Funny Conversations

Saw this blog from my other  ("private") Blogger account. This was posted when I was still in college. Lol. Need to post it here so I can reread this when I'm feeling down. Hahaha! I'm lucky to have a bunch of weird friends just like me:

I've been looking for reasons to smile since last week..Aside from the "dancing video" of my friends, these conversations I had with my favorite people never fail to make me smile..  Madami pa yan..Hindi ko lang maalala yung iba..


lovely: di nga vlad pano mo nakita yun?
me: hay naku sis.si vlad naman lahat nakikita niyan.
ox: o cge nga vlad anong kulay ng brief ko?
vlad: ha? wag ka nga magtanong ng wala.
(yown. nabuking tuloy na walang brief si ox. hahahaha! )

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narealize ko na pag naguguluhan ako sa mga bagay bagay, huwag akong magtatanong ng opinyon ng mga kaibigan ko..kasi MAS maguguluhan lang ako...

me: question. ano yung it dun sa sentence na "it is raining."
fay: hindi ba yung weather?
lovely: oh baka naman yung clouds..
ox: hmm. eh di ba pag raining, tubig yun. (ayan na. mas lalo na ko naguluhan)
me: ha? so ibig sabihin "the water is raining"? ano? (syempre nasabaw na ko.sinakyan ko naman yung sinabi ni ox. haha)
ox: oo diba.tapos pag "it is sunny", yung photons naman yun.kasi nga diba tubig yung component ng rain. tapos pag "it is cloudy", yung water vapor naman. (shocks..)
fay: ox..grabe..kawawa magiging anak mo..
vlad: eh pwede naman "today is raining" na lang. (ay humirit pa..)

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In our Stat 148 class...

ma'am cherry: this book has a heart. ineexplain niya lahat hindi katulad ng montgomery na puro computations na lang.
me: wow..may puso..
lovely: buti pa ang libro may puso..pero yung ibang tao.. (may pinaghuhugutan lang si lovely.. pero may point naman..haha)

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after not seing my bffs for a very looooooong time..

alexis: grabe patty ang slim mo pa din.
me: waah.onga.grabe..sobra ba? (duh.nagulat pa ko diba..haha)
alexis: hindi naman..carry mo naman ehh.
me: so ibig mong sabihin wag na ko magpataba?
kathy: ok lang naman yung payat mo. di ka naman mukhang di kumakain.saka di ka naman mukhang naghihirap. (so magpapataba lang ako pag mukha na kong naghihirap..hehe)

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kate: ang baho ko na. grabe. naamoy nyo na ba ko? may naamoy ba kayo?
me: ah.kaw ba yung mabaho? *wala sa sarili*
kate: leche ka! leche! (sorry na kate..)

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pagkatapos ang araw na puro examS:

me: hay. ano ba yan ang haggard ko na. mukha na kong basura.
vlad: ok lang yan. ganyan talaga. magtaka ka kung ako di nageexam tas mukha akong basura. eh ikaw nagexam ka naman kaya mukha kang basura. (sige na nga..payag na ko..ganun pala yun pag nageexam, nagmumukhang basura)

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on borrowing books..

me: pwede bang dalawa yung hiramin na book sa lib?
vlad: onaman. basta iipit mo yung isa dun sa isa.
me: ha?!
vlad: para magmukhang isa lang hihiramin mo.
me: takte.

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ox: grabe pala yung kamalasan ni fay. alam ko na nag solusyon diyan.(akala mo naman tunay..)
me: ano?
ox: pa feng shui natin yung tambayan para mawala yung bad elements. kita mo yung library, iniba nila itsura. madami sigurong nawala na diwey decimal
me: ha? anong diwey decimal?
fay: mali kasi pagbigkas mo ox!
me: diba dapat dewey decimal?
ox: mali kasi.. kayo ang mali. diwey decimal ang turo samin nung bata pa kami. (fine.kami na ni fay ang mali.)

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after ko magtanong kay lovely kung sino sa dalawang girlaloo ang mas maganda..

me: grabe sis..feeling ko natitibo na ko..but no..hindi pwede haha!
lovely: okay lang yun sis..feeling ko nga kung naging lalake ako, manyak ako eh. (nawindang ako sa sinabi ni love..)

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ox: grabe ka patch. mukha ka talagang magri-ribbon cutting. san ba kasi ribbon cutting?
me: ewan ko sayo.
ox: hindi nga. san nga ribbon cutting?
(ignoring ox.)
me: carlou, di ba tayo mag job fair ngayon?
carlou: mag jobfair.tara na!
me: eh sila di ba sila sasama mag-ribbon cutting? (yan tuloooooy.kasi namaaaan.)
carlou: HAHAHAHAHA! cge tara magribbon cutting na tayo.

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while walking along Pedro Gil Avenue..

annie: pasok tayo UP Manila. mamamatay tayo dito.
me: onga eh. grabe. tara.
annie: masaya ka ba sa UPD?

me:ok lang..nakakatakot din umuwi ng gabi dun eh.. (sympre ang layo ng sagot ko sa tanong niya..hehe)
annie: onga..putek..parang gubat dun eh..magugulat ka na lng may bglang hahablot sayo.
me: haha dito din naman ah..scary..
annie: at least dito pag namatay ka, maraming witness..eh dun wala..(sabagay...haha..may point)

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kwentong bayan no. 1:

ox: nagusap kami ni **** sa lib. binigay ko kasi yung handouts sa 46. sabi ko "eto na pala yung handouts namin. sorry kung late nabigay"
me: tapos?
ox: ayun..tas niloko nya ko na "ang aga ng handouts niyo ah"
me: o? tapos?
ox:  ayun..nagbiruan kami..
me: haha close na kayo ah..ikaw sis ha..
ox: tapos after namin magbiruan, niyakap ko siya..
me: ha?????? bakit may ganun????

pero syempre ilusyon lang lahat ni ox yan..hahaha..takte..

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kwentong bayan no. 2
sa Coffee Bean..

vlad: bakit kanina pa ba punta ng punta dito yan si kuya? (referring sa kuya barista na crush ko )
me: medyo.. kasi diba nga may nagalit na ale kanina..tas tinatanong niya kami ni lovely kung okay daw yung internet connection namin..
vlad: o tapos?
me: yun..eh okay naman net namin..nakaconnect naman kami..yung ale lang yung hindi..tas tinatanong nya din kami kung gusto namin lumipat ng pwesto..ang init kasi sa pwesto namin kanina..
vlad: tapos? lumipat kayo?
me: hindi..nakasaksak kasi laptop namin eh..ayun..tapos tinanong niya kung may gusto daw kaming additional order..
vlad: o?
me: yup..tas ayun..tinanong niya ko kung gusto ko daw magdinner after ko gumawa ng paper..tas ayun niyakap niya ko..
vlad: ha??????
me: haha joke lang..walang ganun..

This. :)