Friday, June 29, 2007

Friday's Feast (1)

I'm starting a new tradition on this blog by making a post every Friday, an idea I got from fridaysfeast.com

Appetizer
How many pieces of jewelry do you wear most days?
I usually just wear a pair of pearl earrings.


Soup
What is your favorite instrumental song?
I usually go senti whenever I hear "gone", but generally I love kenny g's music


Salad
Who has a last name that you like?
Hmmm... I can't think of a good one right one... somehow italian or french sounding last names appeal to me


Main Course
Name a popular movie you’ve never seen.
Well, I haven't seen Silver Surfer and Transformers


Dessert
Fill in the blank: Nothing makes me ___________ like ____________.
Nothing makes me go awww so quickly like hearing the song "You and Me" (*sigh*) hehe!

Thursday, June 28, 2007

7 Random Facts About Me

I've been tagged by Ria, one of my idols in scrapbooking!

Here are the rules: Each player starts with 7 random facts about themselves on their Blog. People who are tagged need to blog 7 facts about themselves and post the rules as well. At the end of their blog list 7 people you are tagging. Let them know that they are tagged by leaving them a comment.

So here it is...7 Random Facts About Me

1. Believe it or not, I used to be thin! Hahaha! Yep, you read that right. I guess I started bloating when I was in Grade 2. I actually don't know why, but I just did. Whenever my friends meet my aunts, they'd always tell the usual story na sobra kong hirap pakainin nung bata...pero ngayon ang hirap ko na raw pigilin kumain! hehehe!
*i'll try to scan some pics for proof! :)

2. I don't sleep in my room for the simple fact that it's sooo messy! I love sleeping in the living room since I find our couch very ergonomic to sleep on.

3. This one's related to #2... I sleep with my dog! Well, whether I like it or not, she does snuggle up to me during sleeping time! Sometimes I'd push her off the couch only to find her beside me again in the middle of the night.

4. It took me 7 years to finish BS Industrial Engineering in UP Diliman which was supposed to take 5 years only. Huwaaaaat? 7 years??? I know! I know! That's way tooo long! Well, let's just say I was more focused in extra curricular activities back in college. Every time I got delayed I didn't really feel depressed, but rather end up thinking what position in an org I can snag. (I proudly became the Chairperson of UP CIEM, Grad Ball Head of UPdil College of Engineering, and the Editor-in-Chief of the Engineering yearbook to name a few) Hahaha! Ang yabang!

5. Related to #4... Of course I don't wanna be considered stupid just because I finished my degree in 7 years (hehehe! defensive!) ...besides being a consistent honor student in Miriam and being able to study in Philippine Science High School, our group won the best feasibility study in Industrial Engineering during my graduating year!

6. I love to cook! I'd often cook for my orgmates during events like acquaintance parties, christmas parties, and general assemblies. This would often range from 40-80pax...and to think I cook alone! They'd always kid me to put up my own catering business already! Oh well...you'll never know...I just might!

7. I love to travel alone. Besides spending almost a week in Pagudpud, I've also tried going to Manaoag, Baguio, and Tagaytay alone. Not that I'm a loner, but I guess sometimes I just want to spend precious time alone so I can reflect on things or clear my mind.


Whew! At first I was having a hard time finishing this up, now I'm starting to think of a lot more random stuff about me...well, i'll probably post them soon as well. hehehe!

So who to tag now? Hmmm...I pick Faye, Andrea, Ramil, Janus, amgine, Joga, and Gita

On Paris Hilton

Networks have been bidding for Paris Hilton's first after-jail interview. Why wouldn't they? This interview will surely garner high ratings! Rumors say that NBC was willing to pay as much as $1 million for the interview. Well, unfortunately for ABC and NBC, CNN was the one able to snag the deal.

I caught a bit of this interview awhile ago by Larry King. She actually prepared this short speech which she read during the show and was talking about how this experience served as a journey for her and what matters is what one does after trials like these.

Oh well. A lot may say that they don't like her, but I bet most have this guilty pleasure of still following her story. You're probably one of them! Hahaha!

The Police

The Police

Wednesday, June 27, 2007

Valedictory speech of Mikaela Fudolig

Here is the valedictory speech of Mikaela Fudolig, 16 yr old, summa cum laude BS Physics UP Diliman. Amazing girl! I know it's a bit long but I enjoyed reading it, I hope you do too. ...somehow I find myself being able to relate to some of what she said.

“Take not the road less traveled”

One of the things that strike me as being very “UP Diliman” is the way UPD students can’t seem to stay on the pavement. From every street corner that bounds an unpaved piece of land, one will espy a narrow trail that cuts the corner, or leads from it. Every lawn around the buildings sports at least one of these paths, starting from a point nearest to the IKOT stop and ending at the nearest entry to the building. The trails are beaten on the grass by many pairs of feet wanting to save a fraction of a meter of traveling, no matter that doing so will exact some cost to the shoes, or, to the ubiquitous slippers, especially when the trails are new.

What do these paths say about us, UP students?

One could say that the UP student is enamored with Mathematics and Pythagoras, hence these triangles formed by the pavement and the path. Many among you would disagree.

Others could say that the UP student is naturally countercultural. And the refusal to use the pavement is just one of the myriads of ways to show his defiance of the order of things. This time, many would agree.

Still, others will say that the UP student is the model of today’s youth: they want everything easier, faster, now. The walkable paths appeal to them because they get to their destination faster, and presumably, with less effort. Now that is only partly true, and totally unfair.

These trails weren’t always walkable. No doubt they started as patches of grass, perhaps overgrown. Those who first walked them must have soiled their shoes, stubbed their toes, or had insects biting their legs, all in the immovable belief that the nearest distance between two points is a straight line. They might even have seen snakes cross their paths. But the soiled footwear, sore toes, and itchy legs started to conquer the grass. Other people, seeing the yet faint trail, followed. And as more and more walked the path, the grass gave in and stopped growing altogether, making the path more and more visible, more and more walkable.

The persistence of the paths pays tribute to those UP students who walked them first – the pioneers of the unbeaten tracks: the defiant and curious few who refuse the familiar and comfortable; the out-of-the-box thinkers who solve problems instead of fretting about them; the brave who dare do things differently, and open new opportunities to those who follow.

They say how one behaved in the past would determine how he behaves in the future. And as we leave the University, temporarily or for good, let us call on the pioneering, defiant, and brave spirit that built the paths to guide us in this next phase of our life.

We have been warned time and again. Our new world that they call “adulthood” is one that’s full of compromises, where success is determined more by the ability to belong than by the ability to think, where it is much easier to do as everyone else does. Daily we are bombarded with so much news of despair about the state of our nation, and the apparent, perverse sense of satisfaction our politicians get from vilifying our state of affairs. It is fashionable to migrate to other countries to work in deceptively high-paying jobs like nursing and teaching, forgetting that even at their favored work destinations, nurses and teachers are some of the lowest paid professionals. The lure of high and immediate monetary benefits in some low-end outsourcing jobs has drawn even some of the brightest UP students away from both industry and university teaching to which they would have been better suited.

Like the sidewalks and pavement, these paths are the easiest to take.

But, like the sidewalks and pavement, these paths take longer to traverse, just as individual successes do not always make for national progress. The unceasing critic could get elected, but not get the job done. The immigrant could get his visa, but disappear from our brainpower pool. The highly paid employee would be underutilized for his skills, and pine to get the job he truly wants, but is now out of his reach. And the country, and we, are poorer because of these.

Today, the nation needs brave, defiant pioneers to reverse our nation’s slide to despair. Today, we must call upon the spirit that beat the tracks. Today, we must present an alternative way of doing things.

Do NOT just take courage, for courage is not enough. Instead, be BRAVE! It will take bravery to go against popular wisdom, against the clichéd expectations of family and friends. It will take bravery to gamble your future by staying in the country and try to make a prosperous life here. It might help if for a start, we try to see why our Korean friends are flocking to our country. Why, as many of us line up for immigrant visas in various embassies, they get themselves naturalized and settle here. Do they know something we don’t?

Do NOT just be strong in your convictions, for strength is not enough. Instead, DEFY the pressure to lead a comfortable, but middling life. Let us lead this country from the despair of mediocrity. Let us not seek to do well, but strive to EXCEL in everything that we do. This, so others will see us as a nation of brains of the highest quality, not just of brawn that could be had for cheap.

Take NOT the road less traveled. Rather, MAKE new roads, BLAZE new trails, FIND new routes to your dreams. Unlike the track-beaters dreams. Unlike the track-beaters in campus who see where they’re going, we may not know how far we can go. But if we are brave, defiant searchers of excellence, we will go far. Explore possibilities, that others may get a similar chance. I have tried it myself. And I’m speaking to you now.

But talk is cheap, they say. And so I put my money where my mouth is. Today, I place myself in the service of the University, if it will have me. I would like to teach, to share knowledge, and perhaps to be an example to new UP students in thinking and striving beyond the limits of the possible. This may only be a small disturbance in the grass. But I hope you’ll come with me, and trample a new path.

Monday, June 25, 2007

Fun weekend

It was a pretty much busy yet fun-filled weekend

Saturday
- Photo tripping at Luneta
- Photo tripping at Manila Zoo
- Worked out at Mandarin Oriental Health Club (I have 5 complimentary stubs)
--> pushed myself to do 2 sessions of 30-mins each using the bike (woohoo! worked out some pretty good sweat there...I thought I wouldn't have enough energy to do it due to the long walks I had already in Luneta and Manila Zoo, but amazingly I still finished it!)
--> used the sauna to optimize the health club use (hehe!)
- After working my butt off, I met up with my hunnie at Paseo Uno (oooh yeah! bawiin ang na-burn na calories!!! hahaha!)

Sunday
- spent some quality time with family
- met up with my hunnie to do grocery
- cooked pizza, spaghetti, and mojo's with my hunnie's little sisters
- spent some quality time with my hunnie

Marketing your business

There are a lot of factors to be considered in order to ensure the success of one’s business. It’s truly crucial to be able to capture the attention of your target market, but sometimes advertisements can be very expensive. It’s great that there are some online services such as masterseek which can help make your products and services accessible to more than 45 million companies in 75 countries. This is truly a big help in marketing your business so make sure you grab this opportunity!



bloggerwave

I have just recently discovered Bloggerwave. It's one of those sites which pays you to blog. It's really easy earning money this way. It does not take too much of your time and not much effort is exerted. Earning money this way saves you all the stress you get from your usual corporate jobs! Well, I'm not really advocating you to quit your jobs, but just encouraging you to try out this stuff. It's still extra income!


Ultimate Paintball

Ultimate Paintball

Mandarin Gift Certificates

I have a few discount coupons for Mandarin Oriental. If any of you are interested, just email me at jenbaradas@yahoo.com I'm selling them for Php 500.00 :)

- get 65% discount on an overnight stay based on published room rate to any category, valid on weekends only (maximum of 2 nights) until april 30, 2008
- get 60% discount on an overnight stay based on published room rate to any category, valid any day (maximum of 2 nights) until april 30, 2008
- get 60% discount on an overnight stay based on published room rate to a Suite room, valid any day (maximum of 2 nights) until april 30, 2008
- get a complimentary room upgrade to the next category when using local resident rate or higher. Can not be used in conjunction with any other discount vouchers.

Friday, June 22, 2007

Keep cash

Keep cash

photography classes

There's been some frenzy about photography in one of my scrapbook egroups. It's actually exciting that photography goes hand in hand with scrapbooking. It's definitely more fun to scrap using very nice pictures!

I envy those who have already signed up for the July classes. I bet it's gonna be a riot! I would've signed up myself but I'm still saving up for some traveling plans and I really wanna buy an underwater camera! Oh well... priorities...

Reading tutors

Reading tutors

Pisay the movie

PISAY by Aureaus Solito (the director of Ang Pagdadalaga ni Maximo Oliveros) is gonna be featured in Cinemalaya 2007. It's about (obviously) my alma mater! hehe! The full-length movie finalist won the best script and hence received funding from Cinemalaya. (which is just a measly sum of five hundred thousand pesos)

Here's the schedule. I hope you guys try to watch it also.

PISAY by Auraeus Solito
21 Jul/Sat 03:30 PM Venue 1 - CCP Main Theatre / Tanghalang Nicanor Abelardo
22 Jul/Sun 09:00 PM Venue 4 - CCP MKP Hall / Bulwagang Alagad Ng Sining
24 Jul/Tue 09:00 PM Venue 1 - CCP Main Theatre / Tanghalang Nicanor Abelardo
25 Jul/Wed 09:00 PM Venue 2 - CCP Little Theatre / Tanghalang Aurelio Tolentino
26 Jul/Thu 06:15 PM Venue 5 - CCP Tanghalang Huseng Batute
27 Jul/Fri 10:00 AM Venue 1 - CCP Main Theatre / Tanghalang Nicanor Abelardo
28 Jul/Sat 03:30 PM Venue 2 - CCP Little Theatre / Tanghalang Aurelio Tolentino

For the rest of the skeds, please check out http://gustavpula. multiply. com/calendar/ item/10048


online registration

online registration

Thursday, June 21, 2007

Wednesday, June 20, 2007

Good times

I visited my former company yesterday since my former team mate has been texting me for help...

Anyway, I had so much fun seeing old friends from the company! I missed the place! ...but not enough for me to go back! hehehe! It's just really nice catching up on each other's lives. It's also nice meeting the new guy in the team (i hope he doesn't resign soon! hehehe! Goodluck, pare!). I also saw a former orgmate who's recently new in the company (3 wks?) but is already planning to resign! Ooooh! I wonder how my boss will react (we have the same boss)...

I missed my 2 scorpion friends! hahaha! It was just really hilarious spending time with them. It's really different when the three of us gets together! We somehow just really understand what each is going through. Oh well. I hope we get to spend more time together soon!

Tuesday, June 19, 2007

redesigning my room (2)

redesigning my room (2)

SCRAPBOOK GARAGE SALE

Wow! I'm really excited for this one! I hope I get my ppp payout by that time so I'll have money to shop! hehehe! I would love to have a sizzix of my own, but it looks like I'd have to wait a little longer since I'm prioritizing saving up for my dumaguete-siquijor-bohol trip on October. Oh well. I'll probably just buy a new trimmer since I'm not to happy with my carl. I'll also probably buy some distressing ink. Hmmm... what else? I better make up a list of priorities already for my scrapbook materials. For sure maloloka na naman ako when I see all those great goodies!

Anyway, more details about the garage sale below:

Please be informed that Scrapbukan will be holding a SPECIAL SELLING on JULY 7, 2007 (Saturday) from 10am - 5pm.

And, Scrapbukan has also agreed to sponsor the SCRAPBOOK GARAGE SALE
in the same venue.

There are 10 slots available for those who wants to sell off their excess stuff. This is only open to non-suppliers. Please email Sahrie directly at sahrie@comcast. net All reservations for the slot
will only be through Sahrie. Note that a fee of P200 will be requested from the 10 sellers to cover food & arrangements.

We look forward to this activity and it will be a chance for some of you to stock up on some supplies fro your projects.

Again, here are the details:

SCRAPBUKAN SPECIAL SELLING
- July 7 (Saturday)
- 10am - 5pm
- Call Center Academy, Ground Floor, PDAF Bldg.,
407 Sen. Gil Puyat Ave., Makati City

SCRAPBOOK GARAGE SALE
- July 7 (Saturday)
- 10am - 5pm
- Limited to 10 slots
- Each seller will only be alloted a 3ft. wide area
- Call Center Academy, Ground Floor, PDAF Bldg.,
407 Sen. Gil Puyat Ave., Makati City

redesigning my room (1)

redesigning my room (1)

One of those quizzes

UP QUIZ.
[ ] worried about getting bullied by fratmen or getting killed in a riot
[ ] got bullied by fratmen or was killed in a riot
[ ] witnessed a riot
[/] watched the Oblation Run
[/] made friends with a teacher
[ ] was tricked as a freshman into attending a rally/prayer meeting
[ ] wore red or black on one of those wear red or wear black days
[ ] wore red on Valentine’s Day
[ ] wore black on Valentine's Day
[ ] celebrated a birthday at Mang Jimmy's
[/] learned UP Naming Mahal (and forgot it immediately after)
[ ] got on the dean's list as CS or US
[/] slept on a bench
[/] was an RA or SA
[/] lied or begged to an RA for a slot in class
[/] participated in a there's-only-one-more-slot-are you-feeling-lucky?
[/] jogged around the campus
[ ] visited the Vargas Museum
[/] knew at least one xerox lady, manong, or technician by name
[ ] attended university level graduation
[/] got an activist for a teacher
[/] watched a La Salle vs. Ateneo UAAP game
[/] watched a UP vs. any school basketball game
[/] studied in CASAA
[/] studied in McDonald's or Jollibee Philcoa for one full night and bought just one regular-sized drink
[/] studied along Katipunan cramming in Mcdo/Starbucks
[/] studied along Katipunan and affected the mannerisms of a stereotypical Atenean
[/] watch a play that's not required for Comm III
[/] went stargazing
[/] ate in Chocolate Kiss, Tea Room or Chateau Verde
[/] slept in the lib
[/] struck up a conversation with a taong grasa
[ ] wrote to/for the collegian.
[/] seriously pondered about the identity/ies of the people described in Eksenang Peyups
[/] went to the chapel
[/] got a pebble stuck in your shoe/slippers while walking in Sunken Garden
[/] cut class with your block to watch a movie
[ ] had a voltes V for a teacher
[ ] took a class under Joseph Palis
[/] lied to the transcript lady to get a transcript earlier than the standard 3 months
[/] went to a Freshman-only concert where you had to show your form 5 to prove freshmanhood
[/] subsisted on just streetfood (ex. fishballs, half footlongs, kwekwek, squidballs/rolls, mais, dirty ice cream) for a day
[/] learned how to smoke
[/] went on an out-of-town trip with blockmates or orgmates
[/] fell in love
[ ] actually read the book you keep borrowing from the lib
[/] played cards during your free time
[/] dress in business attire
[ ] sumabit sa jeep
[ ] got sung to or sung to someone in class during Valentine's day
[/] watched the lantern parade
[/] helped out a total stranger
[ ] helped out a total stranger because he/she was hot
[/] learned to stay awake for more than 24 or 48 hours straight
[ ] got bullied by fratmen and feeling cool wannabe people who were actually losers
[/] took Wednesday and/or Sat classes WILLINGLY
[ ] volunteered for the pahinungod
[ ] ate "tasteless white sauce" pasta from cock-a-noodle-doo
[/] got a boyfriend/girlfriend
[/] took time to read the vandalism in the CR
[/] watched a sexy art film for any GE class
[ ] got held up or pickpocketed
[/] felt depressed because you were not as good academically as you were in high school
[/] did a last minute paper
[/] had spent a lot for 1x1 ID pictures
[/] got exempted from final exams
[ ] got exempted from a final exam but still took it
[/] attended a varsity pep rally
[/] watched LIVE AIDS, Androgyny, Maskipaps or any well-known variety show
[ ] promised to quit smoking
[/] got into at least one (org- or council-sponsored) adventure race
[/] knew where the best restrooms are on campus
[/] joined an org
[/] allowed yourself to make mistakes
[ ] went to the gym in spite of having no PE class just to ogle varsity players
[/] took summer classes
[ ] admired the oblation
[/] made a video for a project
[/] had a crush on a teacher
[ ] had a teacher who had a crush on/tried to court you
[ ] attended your ROTC Bivouac
[/] faked sickness to get an absence excused
[ ] got your car scratched by one of those "kuya bantayan ko kotse niyo" kids
[ ] took a PE class where you had to pay for tuition (i.e. sportsclimbing, ten pin bowling, etc)
[/] went to school in your crappiest yet most comfy clothes
[/] learned how to use the Bayantel pay phones
[/] participated in school activities
[ ] caught the UP Pep Tryouts
[ ] dated someone from UP
[/] rode an IKOT and TOKI
[/] found a tambayan
[/] went drinking at Sarah's
[/] learned how to beg for a higher grade
[/] used your 6 allowable absences wisely
[ ] lived in a dorm
[ ] volunteered to be beadle or go-to guy for your group/class
[/] had the worst schedule
[/] realized that there really is just one coconut tree on the sunken garden
[/] not used up all 6 allowable absences
[/] ate in ISSI, Treehouse, Mama Thai's and other more obscure cafeterias
[/] ate food Aristocart-style
[/] was active in your org
[/] attended an ACLE
[/] got as many app forms as you can during the job fair
[/] learned how to cram
[/] sold tickets for (or watch) an org-sponsored movie premiere
[ ] saved money to Xerox all of your seatmate's notes
[ ] had accidentally seen a make-out session
[/] slept in class
[/] finished a homework/assignment/paper in the shopping center or philcoa
[/] had mountains of unused sample exams and/or old testaments
[/] resolved to be "better this semester"
[/] slept during a test
[/] had groupmates from hell (ie no-shows, babblers, dependents, airheads, dreamers, idea stealers, plagiarists)
[/] learned how to work with groupmates from hell
[ ] perfected the art of parking on campus
[ ] had a bad encounter with one of the guards on campus
[/] developed a love for sisig
[/] practiced those UP cheers in the first meeting for PE class
[ ] looked at microfilms in the library or poked through archives
[/] reserved a classroom, AVR, etc. for a class or org function
[/] attended UP Fair
[/] went to a library other than your own college's to research
[/] lost a perfectly functioning umbrella
[/] used consultation hours properly
[ ] went to the Guidance Office for real, heart-to-heart guidance
[/] went to the infirmary
[/] attend class with a hangover or tipsy --- attended class while drinking??
[/] drink beer or alcohol while inside UP grounds
[/] walked all the way to Philcoa or Katipunan
[ ] bought frogs from NSRI or a Bio department
[/] maxed out on the 6 allowed unexcused absences but DID NOT drop
[ ] got invited or pursued by a sorority or fraternity
[/] wore slippers to school
[ ] had a professor who smoked in class
[ ] got diagnosed by the Infirmary as pregnant or infected with STD

blog hopping

blog hopping

Monday, June 18, 2007

Mateo's Baptism

By the time I finished up on the souvenirs for mateo's baptism i was already nauseous from the sight and smell of chocolates! hehe! Imagine making around 700 pieces of these:



Truly a labor of love! hehehe! Anyways, it's too bad we were late for the actual baptism. Blame it on the "weird traffic" last saturday as Puj would claim. Hehehe!

I had so much fun seeing old friends and catching up on each others lives. I guess a lot of singles were pressured after seeing some married couples who brought along their bundles of joy! *sigh* Oh well. I wonder who's gonna be next to get married or have a new baby...

















Tutoring

Tutoring

Saturday, June 16, 2007

In need of a long vacation

I can't seem to get traveling off my mind lately. I have this strong urge to explore different places. I guess I just want a really long vacation where I can just unwind, rest and revitalize myself.

I have always dreamt of spending a long vacation at those big island hawaii luxury homes. I would surely enjoy the serene surrounding and the raw beauty of nature. That would really be "living the life"! The comfort and luxury would be such a great treat to one's self.

There are a lot of fantastic hawaiian vacation packages which makes it easy on anybody's pocket. A hawaiian vacation definitely provides a perfect ambiance for some R&R. It's anybody's dream vacation. With everybody's fast-paced lives, slowing down to appreciate what this place has to offer is truly an indulgence.



finances

I have to admit that my hubby is better at dealing with financial matters. He has more discipline when it comes to money and usage of credit card. I'm the one usually maxing out on credit cards and would usually find myself rationalizing my "great buys" to him. It's really hard not to get tempted when one sees a great pair of shoes or bag on sale!

It's good that they have already increased my credit limit. But nevertheless, I'm still maxing it out. I guess I just have to be more disciplined like my hubby and just stick to buying the essentials.

I'm thinking of getting a loan to finance this new business plan I'm brewing up. It's good that even if one has bad credit loans, they are still eligible to apply for another loan...although, of course, at a higher interest rate. It's not too bad when you think about it. Atleast there's still an available option for those who have financial problems. I just hope my maxing out of credit cards don't get me into deep financial trouble.

Thursday, June 14, 2007

Getting a new look

My blog template is soo boring. I'm still in the process of looking for a better template, but I'll settle for this one for the meantime. I've been planning on adding some more stuff here and fixing the layout. I guess I've been more focused lately on my other blog and haven't really given this one much attention. Oh well. I promise to give this one a better look. Hopefully I'll have more time next week.


Wednesday, June 13, 2007

Raising kids

Raising kids

Just sharing

I just read this from Ena's blog and thought of sharing it to you as well...

BILL OF RIGHTS by Virginia Satir

1. I do not have to feel guilty just because someone else does not like what I do, say, think, or feel.

2. It is O.K. for me to feel angry and to express it in responsible ways.

3. I do not have to assume full responsibility for making decisions, particularly where others share responsibility for making the decisions.

4. I have the right to say "I don't understand" without feeling stupid or guilty.

5. I have the right to say "I don't know."

6. I have the right to say NO without feeling guilty.

7. I do not have to apologize or give reasons when i say NO.

8. I have the right to ask others to do things for me.

9. I have the right to refuse requests which others make of me.

10. I have the right to tell others when I think they are manipulating, conning, or treating me unfairly.

11. I have the right to refuse additional responsibilities without feeling guilty.

12. I have the right to tell others when their behavior annoys me.

13. I do not have to compromise my personal integrity.

14. I have the right to make mistakes and to be responsible for them. I have the right to be wrong.

15. I do not have to be liked, admired, or respected by everyone for everything I do.

A simple reminder for me. and for others out there.

On dating

I have a friend who has never had any girlfriend since birth. And to think he is already 26 years old! I've been advising him to go out on dates and explore the singles community. There are a lot of ways of meeting people. There will probably more misses than hits but atleast he's doing something about his single status. It would be a much slower process if he just sits down and wait for the perfect girl to come into his life.

I know some friends who are into internet dating and enjoy getting to know different people through this medium. It may not be the usual way of meeting people and possibly finding the love of your life (or soul mate as some may claim), but let's not underestimate the power of love. No matter what the venue or medium of how couples meet, what matters is that they become honest and true to each other.

My guy friend is starting to try out this free dating site. His enjoying it so far and is hoping that someday (hopefully soon) he'll get to meet his perfect match! Well, I wish him luck! Everybody deserves to be happy and be loved!

Funding

Funding

Tuesday, June 12, 2007

Fun Sunday


I had so much fun last Sunday! It's very rare that we have family outings and I'm glad it pushed through last sunday. We just rented out a private pool in teacher's village. It was great that there weren't other people around so we basically had the whole pool to ourselves.

My mom and tita just bought grilled tuna, bbq, and pansit for lunch. It was definitely a hearty lunch. We even had fruit salad for dessert.

It only costs Php 60 per head for five hours. We first thought the time was a bit short, but we were actually too tired by the time our time was up.



When we got home, my mom wanted to have a massage. My tita and I tagged along for a free trip to the spa! It was actually my first time to try out the steam bath coz I'd usually go for the sauna. I find the steam too much and felt a little claustrophobic. I think that was the most sweat I've ever produced in my whole lifetime! Anyway, I had a great massage. She even stepped on my back!

We had dinner at the nearby wanchai, courtesy of my tita. We just had some dimsum and lemon chicken and of course the usual yang chow rice. We were supposed to go home after but we made one more hirit to mom to watch ocean's thirteen at trinoma! Good thing she agreed. Hehehe!

It was such a fun sunday! I got to spend time with both my family and hunnie! I look forward to more weekends like that!

Online shopping

Online shopping

Friday, June 8, 2007

FX Story

I rode an FX awhile ago and there's this guy wearing a black shirt saying: "E ano kung engineering course mo?" I couldn't wait to see what it says at the back. We have this Engineering shirt kse in UP Diliman which says: "Eh ano kung uno ka? Eng'g ka ba?" This is what we called the angas shirt! (Ang yabang noh?) So there…I was really wondering what his shirt says.

Oooh…I hope he goes down soon so I can get a glimpse of it. I wonder what his course is… Well, he was listening to his ipod and annoyingly singing along with it …well lip sync lang pala. But dude was he sooo into the song! Like he would move his head like he was really into the groove of what he was listening to. Good thing I was wearing shades so he wouldn't suspect I was watching him.

Now that I've thought of it…why did I torture myself watching him? …I guess I was just really looking forward to seeing what's written at the back of his shirt.

And then he made para (shocks, so conio!) . I just gotta check out his back.

And this is what it said: "Mapua ka ba?"

Errr…no comment!

Moving on…

Those kinds of movies

Those kinds of movies

Lowest unique bid

Somebody won the lotto last sunday worth over a million bucks! Wow! Such easy money! I wonder what he gonna do with that huge amount of money. I also wonder how much he's already spent in betting numbers for the lotto.

Well, he could also push his luck and try out bid4prizes where all one has got to do is give out the lowest unique bid and he'll automatically win the prize he bid for. It's like acquiring free sweepstakes! It doesn't even have to cost a thing!

It's just exciting to know that just by thinking of a special number you can win a BMW 3 Series or a Philips 50" HDTV & Bose Surround Sound or even a 7 Day Mexican Riviera Cruise from Los Angeles, CA! I'm sure anybody would love to receive these free gifts! You can also opt to bid for a cash prize worth $500. It's such a no fuss game. Just give out a special number and start praying for all the luck in the world that it's the lowest unique bid!

Thursday, June 7, 2007

I love math!

I love math!

Wednesday, June 6, 2007

Trinoma

I was at Trinoma yesterday, good thing their aircon was working well already unlike our first visit which was a bit unpleasant for us. A lot of shops are still closed, though. It's just great that they have powerbooks! (Yey!) I have yet to really familiarize myself with this mall. It's definitely a great change of ambiance from your usual SM North - who's actually very much threatened by Trinoma that they decided to renovate what used to be SM Annex (which is now in ruins!) Imagine they're starting from scratch again! It is rumored that an Imax theater will be constructed there!





I was just walking around the mall checking out some shops that catches my fancy. Then I passed by these card board models. Great concept I might say. It was executed really well.






Anyway, I can't wait when they finish the entire mall and all shops are fully functional already ...hopefully they open up Landmark soon as well.

Summer Program

Summer Program

Tuesday, June 5, 2007

UP Alumni Engineers

UP Alumni Engineers will be having a fellowship night just like last year to support the college. It will be held at the Manila Polo Club this coming June 18 at 6 pm.

In addition, UP CIEM (my beloved org) will be sponsoring three major fund raising activities this coming months. Included in the line up are: Back to school Penshoppe Sale on June 25-30 at Vinzon's Hall, Harry Potter V opening screening on July 11 at SM NorthEdsa-the BLock and Jag and Lee Sale on July 12-15 at UP ISSI.

Online Directory

Do you have a business of your own and want to market it to a wide range of customers? There are a lot of online directories that you can find in the internet where you can register your business. Being registered on an online directory would definitely provide good exposure to your business so it's highly recommended that you take advantage of this. You'll surely be able to reach out to your target customers in no time!

Consumers world wide checks out these online directories to read and write reviews. Through this, consumers are effectively informed on great finds!



My other blog

I have a new blog which I hope you guys will also visit. I decided to consolidate posts related to food, travel, photography, and some other stuff into that blog since I find it a bit hard to maintain separate blogs for these.

I hope you'll regularly visit it. Please do drop by my other site:

http://jengkiejourneys.i.ph

Marketing Conversation

Marketing Conversation

Chocolates!

Mateo, Andrea and Ramil's little angel is gonna be baptized on the 16th. Of course I'm one of the ninangs! I offered them that I'll do the souvenirs for them. I'm so excited to make chocolates again! Last time was during christmas season when I gave out chocolates as gifts. Hopefully I'll get to visit chocolate lovers pretty soon so I can buy the materials and decide on the packaging.

Materials handling

Materials handling

Monday, June 4, 2007

Scrappy contests

I would just like to share to fellow scrapbookers who are interested in joining online contests to try out this one. It challenges participants to "Create a Flower" and use it in a scrapbooking project. Deadline is June 10th, 2007. Great prizes are up for grabs!

I know Pia, Ria and Iris have been great inspirations to us. I hope more filipino scrapbookers will join these online contests and show the world how talented and creative filipino scrapbookers are!

I hope I can squeeze enough creative juices and have enough guts to send in an entry!


Star-studded

Star-studded

Sunday, June 3, 2007

Altered box

I have already finished my altered box (from the scrapfest) ...though i feel that there's still something missing. More embellies? Ribbons? Tags? Oh well. I'll probably just alter it again when I get enlightened about it. Hehe!

I just inserted the only 6x6 LO I've finished so far since I haven't really finished the other 4 6x6 LO's. Oh well. I have yet to be inspired...


Altered box (front), with 6x6 LO inserted


Altered box (back)

Friday, June 1, 2007

Getting to know my camera

I have yet to optimize my camera - an olympus c-760 ultrazoom. I've been blessed to have taken a number of nice photographs using it, considering a point and shoot style. I know there are a lot of things I still need to know about photography using digital camera. I plan to educate myself to shoot in manual mode and take better pictures. Taking those photography classes surely cost a lot! Good thing I was able to download my digicam's manual from the internet (i dunno where its orig manual is). Now I can experiment with the different settings. Hopefully I can share with you some new pictures soon using my (hopefully) improved skills.

By the way, I just recently discovered that I can actually buy a casing for my camera so I can use it underwater! Woohoo!!! More reason to save more mooolah!

Too good, but it's true!

We read a lot of stuff in the internet which we often find too good to be true. It's just sometimes too hard to believe.

Then I encountered Bid4Prizes where only you need to do to win a certain prize you want is just to give out the lowest unique bid. It's as easy as that! Prizes range from a BMW 3 Series, Nintendo Wii, Playstation 3, Montague Paratrooper, and my favorite:$500 - cold hard cash! This is definitely not a scam! I know it's too good, but this is definitely true!

I can just imagine all the things I can buy with more money! More scrapbook stuff! Yey! And more travelling to places I wanna go to! I wonder how long that money can last! I've got a long list of things to buy and I won't be surprised how fast I can spend all that money! Oh well. Gotta think of that lowest bid to win!