Love puts the irrational needs in the equation.

My advice to my friends who are looking for love:

Later in life, you know yourself better and you've learned from the past. You come into it with a more realistic attitude. You now know who you are and you have your convictions. But you have to take some chances if you want love in your life. 

Hello Long weekend!!!

Can't wait to see this wonderful sight once again... I just couldn't imagine how it would feel to wander in a place without a hand to hold. But then I'm fortunate that my favorite pair of hands to hold allows me to run wild and travel on my own.

Cheers to lady adventures!!! Hello long weekend!!!

And to my favorite boy, every minute of our trip will surely be filled with "wish you were here" thoughts. See you next week.

Because I play hard to forget

Beyond my comfort zone

I posted this picture on IG with a caption that says: "Two days of whole day meetings. So this is how it feels to be a part of Mancom. Blessed to be stressed. Haha! One more day to go!!!"

I'm not a part of Mancom yet. I still have LOTS of training to attend to and LOTS of things to learn, and most importantly, LOTS of stress to experience. Being blessed to be given a managerial position in a multinational company, and not just any company because it is a company with a heart (yay!!), is a privilege and a blessing. I admit feeling overwhelmed with the work and the things that I have to learn quickly. I sometimes think that heading a unit is too much and there are lots of whatifs in my mind -- What if they don't like me, what if they think I'm not capable enough, what if I make a mistake. Being part of the Strategic planning meeting made me realize that with great pay power comes great responsibilities. I'm blessed that I was able to achieve this position at a young age (hahaha I still think I'm young for a managerial post lol) but honestly, it's kinda scary but in a good way. I have to think strategically (I guess this is the part where I can put all the things I've learned in MBA into action haha!) I am accountable, not only for my own work, but for my staff' as well. But at the end of the day, I still think I'm blessed to work with such a great team. 


I have to quote Yahoo! CEO Marissa Mayer. What she said sums up what I'm feeling at the moment:

"I always did something I was a little not ready to do. I think that's how you grow. When there's that moment of 'Wow, I'm not really sure I can do this,' and you push through those moments, that's when you have a breakthrough"

Honestly, it's tiring and draining. But hey, it's a good kind of stress isn't it?

Oh, Basketball!

taken from Professional Heckler's twitter account


I'm a basketball fan, NO, that would be an overstatement. I just like basketball. And of all the known sports, it's only basketball that I've watched with full attention. Just last week, both Ateneo and La Salle lost over NU and FEU. Because I have more friends in both Ateneo and La Salle, my FB feeds are filled with their sentiments, and I must admit, bitter statuses, bitter thoughts and bitter comments. I feel for them, heck, UP hasn't won a single game during the season won only once during the season and we threw a bonfire to celebrate. And that's the spirit! Go UP! Hahaha! Anyway, the reason for this post is that honestly, I can't take it when people really take things seriously, comm'n it's JUST a basketball game. I've read name-calling, bashing and the likes and well, it really doesn't show class... where is the SPORT in sports, eh? I'm not also in favor when NU, FEU and all other universities for that matter participate in the vicious trash talking. Basketball, or any form of sport, demands respect. Sports are meant to unite, not divide the 8 great teams through petty, uncalled for arguments. I admit I would have wanted La Salle to win, but that doesn't give me the audacity to be melodramatic when they lost over FEU...even if boyfie continues to tease me about it. Hahaha!

It’s always good to kiss and make up.

One of the things that I really appreciate in my relationship with Marion is that we seldom fight. I don’t know if that is a good thing, I mean, sometimes it’s healthy to fight. There’s something good about arguing (whether it’s a silly stuff or a serious one) and having to make up after -- the "sorry", the hugs, you know..those kind of things.  But of course, I’m not the one who initiate arguments just because.

We do fight a lot during the start of our relationship. Me, being the overly sensitive and moody person and him, being the obtuse and straightforward person that he is. We do clash. We’re two different people and it is normal for us to disagree over some things. People may think we are a perfect couple – I forgive easily and he understands me when I’m moody. But the truth is, we’re not. Despite that, we try to be patient with each other and we don’t hold grudges.

I admit that I’m a jealous girlfriend during the start of our relationship. I overreact when some girl tries to flirt with him and I roll my eyes whenever someone wants to take a picture with him. He is also a jealous boyfriend. He changes his mood when I tell him someone is crushing on me (Hihi, sometimes, I deliberately make him feel jealous which is BAD) and he doesn’t want me talking with someone who I had a ‘thing’ in the past. But the best part of it, as we grow together as a couple, we learn to be less jealous and more secure of each other. We make sure that we won’t make our fights last more than one day. We make sure that before we end our day, we’re in good terms.

I remember a really wild argument I had with him in the past. He was ill-mannered towards me because I was late for a very important meeting with our friends. I wanted to shout at him during that time but I remained calm and waited for our meeting to finish. When we got into his car, I went ballistic and ask him ‘What was that about? Are you really trying to embarrass me infront of our friends?’ And poof I can’t exactly remember what hurtful things we said to each other and the last thing I know was that I told him this: “Itigil mo yung kotse. Ibaba mo ko.” And for goodness sake, we were in the middle of EDSA and it’s raining hard. He was not looking at me and he was not listening to me anymore so I said it again with full conviction “Itigil mo sabi. Ibaba mo ko”. He stopped the car and just like a bratinella, I stepped out of the car. Ohemgee. Actually, I was just testing him. Hay, girls. Hehe. And my goodness! Is he out of his mind?! Ibaba daw ba ako sa EDSA. Hahaha! Good thing, the traffic is bad so after two minutes, I realized “Oh no I can’t do this. I won’t be able to find a cab” and I got back to the car. When I got back, I said “Bakit mo ko binaba?” He said, “Eh sabi mo ibaba kita eh. Sorry na baby. Bati na tayo.Please?” After that “s”-word, my heart softened. And we we’re in good terms again.  Fast forward to today, we would laugh at that incident whenever we reminisce.

The thing with us is after every misunderstanding, we would reflect on it and we would always try to be better persons. Like a true gentleman, he will  keep in mind what irks me and he will try his best not to commit the same mistake anymore. I, on the other hand, extends my patience and be a more understanding girlfriend.

The rule is, if it’s not going to matter ten years from now, we don’t make it an issue.