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! :)