another book down...

Just finished this..


Such a fun, light read! Sometimes, I take 30-minutes off my lunch hour and steal off to Coffee Bean and Tea Leaf to read a few pages of this and take the pressure of work off my shoulders for a few minutes. I love chick-lit, especially by Jane Green, because her protagonists are so adorably imperfect that you can't help but root for them to win in the end.

Now, it's off to a semi-serious read, The Tipping Point. My dorky self is taking over my system again. :-p

the dork that is me

Because I'm such a dork, I actually spent money to buy this DVD in HK and spend 2 hours of precious rest time to watch it. And, predictably, I loooved it! Hehehe..

I'm such a dork. I can't imagine people my age liking this stuff..



It's a real good story though-- It detailed the whole background of and reasons why the Enron bubble burst... and burst real big.

Apart from this, the dorky side of me is rearing its ugly head again... I heard of this certificate course in accountancy you can take to get a license in accounting. Not exactly the same as a CPA, but a level below it. It takes 6 hours of classroom time per session, over a period of 8 weeks, with a grand finale of a government-issued licensing exam.... and guess what, I'm interested! Like, seriously interested.

How nerdo / weirdo is that?!?!

HK!

Loved the family vacation to HK! Was able to rest, shop, bond and EAT to our hearts' content. And the weather cooperated too! At first, I was wary of heading to HK, because I was afraid it was going to be as hot, if not hotter, than Manila. God knows we don't need that. But as soon as we landed, we discovered the weather was an airy and cool 19 degrees. And it proceeded to fall lower and lower in the following 3 days we were there. Glorious :)

I gained 8 pounds in the 4 days I was there. But hey, got some nice new clothes, got to see some relatives I haven't seen in a while, got to bond with my brothers as the 3 of us shared 1 room (just like old times when we were little kids and could all fit in 1 queen-sized bed), and reveled in the cool weather. Priceless :)

s'pore!

Just came back from Singapore, and let me start my update with the most important part of it all.

I now know why God sent me to work in Smart. It's just so this would finally happen---



I know it sounds so baduy, but who cares! I'm so happy! :) I only managed this picture with him while he was signing autographs after our launch in Fort Canning Park-- because I said it was for documentation! I had to appear nonchalant when I asked for a pic (which took all my energy)... wait wait, I'm getting ahead of myself..

It all started on Saturday early early morning, when I found myself lining up at the check-in counter with Bea and her assistant. Where the hell is JL? He was late, not surprisingly (according to other people there, he is often late). But when I saw him, he's immediately forgiven. Lord, how could you have made a person so unbelievably good-looking?!

I was tongue-tied and didn't say much throughout the trip. Halfway through the way to Singapore, I realized how the hell am I supposed to actually get my work done if I can't even say two words to him without blushing like a damn beet? So, once landed, I just switched with my officemate and took charge of Richard Gutierrez instead. (BTW, that boy is so pretty, he's almost a girl.) Have some kuwento about Richard and Anabelle too, but nothing as important as JL. (Although, I was surprised to discover that Anabelle is actually a very very nice woman, contrary to her image in showbiz...)

Sunday was the big day, and as expected, the crowd came in droves. Arnel was so funny & lively as a host-- I'm tempted to always get him to host all our events. After the launch was the picture-taking and autograph signing, where yours truly finally finagled a photo with the love of my life. Thank God for the need for documentation =P

PLDT Singapore hosted a big dinner at the end of the day. Frustrated to see that I won't be seated in the same table as JL, I kept bugging the manager of PLDT Singapore that my trip won't be complete without another encounter with him. I mean, I was there already so might as well milk the opportunity. When saying this, though, I was half-joking-- Little did I know that she will actually do it. When JL stood up to leave (he had another engagement so had to leave early), Edith tells him "How can you leave so early, when it's her birthday today?" referring to me as the fake-birthday girl!

JL then gave me this laglag-panty, super cute look for, like, 5 seconds... then said "awww, I didn't know, I made plans already.." After which he greeted me happy birthday, MADE ME BESO AND LEFT ME HIS CELLPHONE NUMBER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Right at "awwww", I felt all my blood rush to my face. I must've looked so stupid, unable to say anything more than the feeble "thank you"..

It may not have been my real birthday, but with that JL experience, it's even better than if it were actually my birthday. Hahahaha! What a trip!

Okay, JL aside, I had tons of fun in Singapore. Spent a little more than I should have (hehe, who's surprised by that, huh?) but it was all worth it :) Got to taste good ol' Singaporean food once again, and passed by my old primary school. Also got to meet up with Cia, Ferds and Kenny, as well as my old friend from school. Fun fun fun!

I hope there'd be more business events in Singapore soon. In the meantime, I'll be working on the business proposal to make JL the permanent spokesperson for the brands I'm handling. Hahahahaha! :)