talk about taking action....

In relation to my previous post, I've decided to take action towards remedying my problem (of not having enough photos with Darling Beau... not much of a "real" problem, if you think about it, but a problem nonetheless :p ), and went on a canvassing trip today with Darling Beau all over the Ayala triumvirate malls, searching and comparing different models, brands and features. And finally, I've decided, after everything, I'm gonna get the Sony Cybershot T77! World's slimmest camera, with 10 mega pixels and 15mb memory! It has a special technology that detects smiles and takes photos accordingly... which I must say will come out pretty handy in the future (think babies whose smiling faces are hard to capture if your hands aren't quick on the clicking).... Hehehehe.. I know, too much into the future... but still.... It helps me justify this purchase. This model also allows editing on-screen and can even detect if the image is blurry (if your hands are shaking) or if a subject blinked (and can even be set to automatically replace the shot with another one without the blinking)... Ain't that neat??!! I love it!

Hopefully I get my hands on my new black T77 within the week. Hope the delivery comes already!!! :D

Oh, on a last note, I decided to get the camera in black, in consideration of Darling Beau's ego. Hahaha!

ting! pochette is done!

My new epi pochette is finally done! Hehehe... I got it about two weeks ago, pre-loved, and since its strap needed some repairing, I left it to be repaired... and I just got a text yesterday that my precious new-to-me bag is finished and ready for pickup! Yay! I'll get it on Saturday! Can't wait :D

pichurs!

I realized tonight that Darling Beau and I do not have a lot of pictures together!! What a shocker! This is brought about by the ff reasons:
1. Both of us are not "ma-picture" kind of people. Nor are our families. So in general, we do not have a lot of pictures that document different parts of our lives. It may sound odd, but that's just how we're (not) wired.
2. We do not travel outside of Manila. This is because both our families do not believe in couples traveling and spending nights together (even innocently!) when they're not yet engaged. Hence, no traveling photos.
3. Neither of us own a camera. This may be a symptom for #1 above, but really, we do not own a camera between the two of us. Sure, our families both have a token camera (which largely remain unused, by the way, for the reason, see #1), but to take photos often, we'll need our own. Which we do not have.

So what to do... I realize if I don't act now, we'll end up with our wedding on-site video being composed of nothing more than a few baby pics, some pics with friends, some pics in Manila, and nothing else. We'll look so boring!

So, should I buy a camera now??!!? I figure this may be a small step towards a state of picture-dom. I can at least document our time together more often... or rather, I'll be equipped to (doesn't mean I'll do it, haha!).. but hey, a small step for mankind but a huge step for not-pala-picture me...

So, what should I do?!

great weekend

I'm so happy I declined the work trip to Macau (or rather, got myself out of it creatively)... this weekend was definitely one of the best... Simple.. we didn't really do anything extraordinary, granted, but it was just full of fun, laughter and love love love! :D

I say this to him a lot, but really, there are just those special moments when my heart feels so much love for him that it just wants to... burst! Hehehe :p He always groans and says why do I have to choose such graphic language, but really, that's how it feels! And I think graphic is better than mushy / gushy :p hehehe...

Happy happy happy :D

early christmas gift!

After a lot of deliberation, I decided to get this bag! Not only is the price such a great steal, considering it's LV and is in good condition, the bag is the perfect thing to bring on nights out and lazy Sunday shopping trips. :p

And perfection tops perfection as Darling Beau offered to fund this purchase so it's gonna be his Christmas gift for me! Win-win situation, believe me, as this relieves him of the task of coming up with a gift for me, which, I don't really know why, proves quite challenging for him.. Am I hard to please?!?! I think not! :p



My new baby! Sure, I couldn't quite take her home yet, as she needed some "repair work" on the straps, but hopefully, in 3 weeks, just in time for holiday party season, she'll be all mine!! :D

Thanks to Tresorie! :)

My Man: Dennis Chan :)

Got this from Kayers :p Here goes...

1. He's sitting in front of the TV: what is on the screen?
Basketball or wrestling or CSI

2. You are out to eat: What kind of dressing does he put on his salad?
Anything. This guy will chow down on anything except for #3 …

3. What is the one food he doesn't like?
Lychees

4. You go out to the bar: what does he order?
Beer beer beer..

5. Where did he go to high school?
Xavier School

6. What size shoe does he wear?
10.5 or 11.. .sometimes 12 for rubber shoes

7. If he were to collect anything, what would it be?
Money. Hahaha!

8. What is his favorite type of sandwich?
Anything with beef, chicken or ham

9. What would he eat every day if he could?
Dimsum!!

10. What is his favorite cereal?
Quaker oats count??

11. What would he never wear?
Spandex? Hahaha!

12. What is his favorite sports team?
Lakers

13. Who will he vote for?
Obama

14. Who is his best friend?
Me :)

15. What is something you do that he wishes you wouldn't do?
Nag, hehehe….

16. How many states has he lived in?
one

17. What is his heritage?
Chinese

18. You bake him a cake for his birthday: what kind?
Frozen brazo, his favorite

19. Did he play sports in high school?
Yup.

20. What could he spend hours doing?
Talking to me :) ... oh and playing Xbox :p

Everything by Lifehouse

I love this song--

Find Me Here
Speak To Me
I Want To Feel You
I Need To Hear You

You Are The Light
That's Leading Me
To The Place
Where I Find Peace Again

You Are The Strength
That Keeps Me Walking
You Are The Hope
That Keeps Me Trusting

You Are The Life
To My Soul
You Are My Purpose
You Are Everything

And How Can I
Stand Here With You
And Not Be Moved By You
Would You Tell Me
How Could It Be
Any Better Than This

You Calm The Storms
You Give Me Rest
You Hold Me In Your Hands
You Won't Let Me Fall

You Still My Heart
And You Take My Breath Away
Would You Take Me In
Would You Take Me Deeper Now

And How Can I
Stand Here With You
And Not Be Moved By You
Would You Tell Me
How Could It Be
Any Better Than This

'cause You're All I Want
You Are All I Need
You Are Everything
Everything

early birthday gifts!!!

I got my presents early this year!!!

My parents gave me Tyler tops, my brothers got a checkbook holder and my really good Citi friend gave me this:



I love this book! Well, she knows I love Lucky and she knows I love shopping... so tadaaaa! Yay! And I love the clothes too. Hehehe..... :) Yay! If you can't shop in real life, Lucky really gives you a good alternative. Just flip through fashion-filled pages and feel just as energized!! :D

I really love the gifts, though I must also admit that for some reason, my birthday this year seems a tad less "eventful"... nothing external really caused it.. It's not that something bad happened... It's more internal... like I don't feel much up for celebrating. Must be the less-than-ideal life situations of some of my friends that's going on now, or must be the global crisis, or the stress of work + school + teaching that kinda burned me out recently.... Or maybe a combination of all those things... Well.... Makes me feel less in a cheery mood... Also, for some reason, turning 26 doesn't seem like an "event" to me right now... (shrug)...... Oh well....

Crappy people...

make places crappy too.

I really hate this day...

:(

a few days to go......

before I turn 26! :p

super touched teacher

I ended my first teaching stint today, wrapped up by the students' final presentations on their respective brands. At the end of the class, I sorta gave a short wrap-up talk then dismissed them for the semester for good... when suddenly, the class surprised me with a gift (long story on what the gift is about... Suffice it to say that the gift is a reminder of an important lesson I taught them), saying that they will never forget me and that they had a really great time in my class. Awwww... I really didn't know what to say except thank you. They also asked if I could take a class pic with them, as well as individual pics with each presenting group. So cute! I don't remember ever giving such treatment to any of my previous professors, so I felt really honored to be so... well, honored. Hehehe. It was a nice way of concluding this series of 15 consecutive Saturdays that found me in a college classroom from 9am to 12nn.... :)

Now let's see if I can muster the energy to go through it again next year... but for now, given the great day I had today, I might just be up for it again.... :p Let's see...

singapore...

hmmmmmm......................

Singapore = isa kang malaking possibility.......


EXCITING!

nice dinner last night...

which reminded me that:
1. There's life outside of the place I work in right now
2. There's really no need for unnecessary crap that causes unnecessary stress
3. There are better places and better options out there in the world.

AMEN!

holiday!!!

Spent the whole day vegging out at home.. woke up at 11:30, had a lazy lunch, spent the entire afternoon in bed watching my tv series-- Greek Season 1, Gossip Girl and Privileged... now I'm about to start on the 2nd season of Greek, then on to Project Runway Philippines later at ETC. I love this day! This kinda day does prop up few and far in between, but when it does come around, I just love love love it! I actually thought of correcting the papers for the class I'm teaching, or doing some advance reading for my MBA class, but decided, nah! Today is veg-out, rot-my-brain day, complete with dvds, my computer, my chips and chocolate bars! Yay for holidays! :p

please...

give me some good news.. anything! I hate this feeling of doom, gloom and more doom.... So sad....

I can't wait for the weekend, to purge all these negativity and to refocus my perspective on the blessings I have and the good things I have going on in my life... to be thankful again for what I've been given...

Hay....

save save save save save!!!

My family was discussing the recent financial meltdown in the States, and my dad believes we haven't seen the worst of it.. and despite what the government says, the Philippines will be affected one way or the other.. Hence, he has this edict laid down for us: Save save save save save!

As in, do not buy him Christmas gifts daw. Knowing that his "gift" is sitting safely in our bank accounts, tucked in for a rainy day, is enough satisfaction for him, maybe even more than an actual material gift. Holidays are not supposed to be about material things anyway, he says. People just get carried away...

Oh..

Okay..

Though I may not agree with the moratorium on presents, I do think that my generation seems incapable of saving... I don't know if it's technology that's at fault, or the emergence of credit facilities, consumerism, or just the culture.... but my generation does seem to live for the "now" more than ever before. Unlike our predecessors who's main purpose for toiling is to save, save and save, to forego immediate gratification in the pursuit of a secure, worry-free future. There's definitely some wisdom there.. maybe it just all got lost in translation when passed on to the young..... :p

Watching CNN and BBC feature the US financial system is scary, though... maybe it's what finally does the trick in making me trim down the expense fat... :p

work trip again!

This time to Taipei. Let's see if I enjoy it better than I did Bangkok :p

Rushing everything now, my gosh.. Rushing to finish my presentation for my boss, my packing for tomorrow's 8am flight, rushing my MBA homework.... aaaaahhhh!!! I haven't even started on my lecture for this Saturday.... Too many things on the plate, tsk tsk tsk....

new bag!!!

It may not be the Neverfull I wanted, but it's also a bag I've always liked.. At the risk of sounding like a total LV-holic, I am so so so thrilled to have this bag!



My mom was the one who bought it in HK, after much prodding from my dad. She actually liked a different kind of bag- the Amarente Bellevue-- but my dad told her it doesn't suit her.. So, she went against her gut and got this Alma instead. Though I tend to agree with my dad, I think she should've listened to herself and got what she wanted...

In any case, I'm the lucky beneficiary of the buyer's remorse, so I should just shut up and enjoy the new bag :-)

*P.S. Another work trip coming up! This time to Taiwan... My first time in the land of Republic of China! (The real China is called People's Republic of China, while Taiwan is formally called Republic of China.. Not a lot of non-Chinese people know this.. :p hehehe)

damier neverfull

Mommy, I want one.....!!!!!!!!!!



BEAUTIFUL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I love love love love love love it!!!!!!

PF

It was pretty funny how our office janitor shyly handed me this month's PF magazine yesterday, and I had to stop and wonder why he was doing that.. Then it occurred to me! He's handing it to me to show me.... because it's the issue that included my feature....!!! Nye!!

That was my first reaction. Nye!! Then I thanked him and flipped the magazine over to my section. My second reaction was.... Hahahahahahahaha! I found it so strange to see my image stare back at me, then another image, and another image! Hahahaha! True, I did the photo shoot and interview, and all, but those things never felt real..... but here is the evidence staring at my face! Hahahahahaha!

Showed it to some friends at the office and finally took the copy home to show my family last night. My cutey father said he'll go out today and buy copies for everyone he knows. True enough, he bought himself 10 copies today. Shocker for me on the part where he plans to show it to everybody in his contact list, but a really good, appreciative feeling for his being proud of my little shot at fame. Hahaha! I still can't believe it.. Even Dennis is looking all smitten and proud.. :p

Oh well... in fairness, the feature is actually not bad... The writing was pretty decent, although I think I looked really pale in my photos :p Hehehehe...