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a twisted little soul... people see me to be so delicious they sometimes want to eat me...

First Time Wedding Ninong

Yesterday was a totally new experience.  It was my very first of being a “Ninong” in a wedding.  Yes folks… I know you won’t believe it but I am now a wedding ninong.

Wed2 Months ago Nhess (my new inaanak) surprisingly phoned me in my office informing that she and her husband-to-be wants me as one of their ninongs.  At first, I thought they were just joking.  I thought to myself, who in this world would get me as a wedding ninong.  But about a month ago, here comes Nhess and Neil (her husband) visiting my office and over dinner at Café Adriatico in Malate, the couple formally informed me that they were actually serious on getting me as one of the Principal Sponsors.  Knowing that they have been in a boyfriend-girlfriend relationship for nearly ten years, without hesitation, I accepted the invitation.

I guess I was one of those mortals responsible why these gorgeous couple fell for each other.  I can still recall that I paired them throughout their Experimental Psychology course laboratory activities in which I was their instructor at Manila Doctors College.

Wed Yesterday was the beautiful event…  Neil and Nhess tied the knot and vowed to be together for better or for worse.

 

Congratulations and Best Wishes!

Today

The last five days has been great! Walang pasok (translation: no work).

Today I am in a lazy catatonic state. Today, I reported late in the office. Today, I interviewed seven student-trainee applicants for the training center that I work with. Today, I prepared several memoranda to employees and restaurant outlets that I work at. Today, I had lunch with the Financial Comptroller and Operations Manager. Today, I had a meeting with a Swiss guy who is a wine connoisseur. Today, I had several phone calls from our Cebu restaurants that I attended to. Today, I prepared my agenda for tomorrow’s meeting. Today, I talked to my agent about the 2 units of columbarium I have purchased. Today, I went home early. Today is a not so busy day. Today, I am still in vacation mode after a 5-day holiday.

I wonder if there is a job out there which only requires the employees to sleep all day. If there would be one… I would be the first person to apply! Zzzzz…

An Easter Movie Treat… Heart & Souls!

Heart_1 I just had an early Easter treat!  Upon arriving in my unit from my mother’s house after an overnight sleepover, I turned on the TV early in the morning and chanced upon watching a 1993 movie “Heart & Souls” in HBO channel.

Even though I have watched this film several times in the past, the movie still gives me a big laugh for the funny scenes and lump on the throat for the touchy moments.  I adore the mix of character profiles of Thomas (the lead role played by Robert Downey Jr.) and the four souls with unfinished businesses before they died: Milo, Penny, Julia and Harrison.  I particularly liked the characters of Penny (the mother figure) and Milo (the cool softhearted thug).  One flawed thing I noticed in the movie, these souls have shadows…

I will probably not forget the film’s classic scene when all five characters are walking down the street singing “Walk Like a Man”…

Dance … Walk like a man

Talk like a man

Walk like a man my son

No woman’s worth

Crawling on the earth

Just walk like a man my son…

The movie is simply timeless in respect to the values it teaches.  It makes you review your own life after watching it.  It tackles friendship, love, parenthood, conquering fear, looking for the lost loved-one and correcting a past mistake to name a few.  Also, after watching this movie, you will wonder about all those moments in life you messed up and should have done the right thing but didn’t.

It’s simply heartwarming! Happy Easter everyone…

Ako’y Isang ARAW…

You are The Sun

Happiness, Content, Joy.

The meanings for the Sun are fairly simple and consistent.

Young, healthy, new, fresh. The brain is working, things that were muddled come clear, everything falls into place, and everything seems to go your way.

The Sun is ruled by the Sun, of course. This is the light that comes after the long dark night, Apollo to the Moon’s Diana. A positive card, it promises you your day in the sun. Glory, gain, triumph, pleasure, truth, success. As the moon symbolized inspiration from the unconscious, from dreams, this card symbolizes discoveries made fully consciousness and wide awake. You have an understanding and enjoyment of science and math, beautifully constructed music, carefully reasoned philosophy. It is a card of intellect, clarity of mind, and feelings of youthful energy.

What Tarot Card are You?
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Melinda Doolittle Do Lots

Melinda_1  She sounds beautiful.  She is the fantastic force to reckon with this season.  She is the example of a genuine talent.  She exudes positive energy through her upbeat character and pleasant personality.  She sings with art and passion.  She makes you feel the songs she sings. She gives me goose bumps every time she sings.  She is Melinda Doolittle.

If this lady will lose and be eliminated this season’s Americal Idol, this will confirm how stupid Americans are. Likewise, this proves to show that votefortheworst.com has been very successful with its mission.

Anyway, with such an awesome talent, Melinda does not need American Idol.  But with other boring and mediocre contestants selected this season, American Idol definitely needs her!

Basta I like Melinda. She’s so precious…

Olfactive Sources …

Nose I never leave my house without a spray or two of perfume.  Spraying perfume is my last agenda after fixing myself and before leaving my house may I be going to the office, going to a party, going to the mall or even going out for my grocery.

However, it has been three years since the last time I bought a perfume (Silver by Ralph Lauren).  This is because I have been receiving perfume as gifts from good friends or relatives.  Ever wonder why I always smell delicious?  This is because of the perfumes I received…

  1. Just last January of this year I received a very good scent, that is, Dolce & Gabbana for Men, given to me by my former student now a very good friend Avi.
  2. Doña Avi who is now based in Italy is the same person who gave me a couple of years ago, a big bottle of BLV by Bulgari.
  3. Late last year when Erick Angeles a good wacky friend since my Glicos Great Adventure stint came back to the Philippines for a vacation from his job in Dubai, gave me a long bottle of HOT by United Colors of Benetton.
  4. While early last year, Berna Asunto, my casino-mate and awesome colleague from City Garden Hotel-Makati gave me a small yet powerful Bulgari perfume when she went back from Palau.
  5. Robert Megino, a very close friend since the mid-90’s, now based in New Zealand gave not one but three bottles of perfume when he went for a vacation in the Philippines from his job in Saudi Arabia.  One was Obsession for Men by Calvin Klein the other was COLD by United Colors of Benetton and Escape also by Calvin Klein that mixes very well with my sweat.
  6. My aunt Lita from Chicago Illinois gave me a sporty bottle by Michael Jordan and Lauder for Men the last time she and her whole family visited us here in the Philippines.

Thanks for making me smelling good! Dahil sa inyo hindi lang ako mukhang delicious amoy delicious din ako… Makapag-kape nga ng nerbyosin naman ako!

Shopping: Fear Factor Edition

Robinsons Place Ermita with its present form is my preferred mall in the metro.  It’s not too small and not too massive for its size.  Its typical dimension is a jimdandy compared to other shopping complexes.  Everything in it seems easily accessible with just a few steps away.

I don’t know why but I must admit I always spend more in this mall compared to other shopping centers in the metropolis.  The selection of shops (from low to high end) is also fine for my taste.

However, no matter how foolish it may be, I always find it hard to buy clothes inside the Robinsons department store because it gives me jitters every time I imagine myself using their fitting room.  Maybe it is for the reason that I was so damn affected by the silly urban legend that thrived during my teenage years.  Let me refresh everybody’s mental faculty of retention on this…

Fitt I was made to believe that Robina Gokongwei the daughter of the Robinsons business tycoon has a twin, a humongous reptile, whose hideout is located under the said shopping center.  It is believed that when it’s time to feed the snake, a trapdoor opens in one of the fitting rooms of the store, sending one ill-fated customer down through a labyrinth of cylinder pipeline and into the snake-pit.  It is believed that the serpent lurks inside the Robinsons mall and would even be transported from one branch to the next so as to relegate the news on missing people.  One funny story flourished disclosing that Alice Dixon a popular actress in the late 80’s was in the said fitting room at the wrong time.  Lucky for her, the serpent was dumbfounded by her beauty that it decided to set her free. O baka naman na-uta sa ganda nya!?

I know I’m irresistibly delicious that people wanna eat me, but I don’t wanna be munched this way… Ngek!

Summer Season Is On!

Summer in the Philippines has always been wonderful…

Throughout my life, I always consider March 3 as the start of the summer season in the Philippines.  This day has been a yearly marker for this is the birthday of my mom.

N5 My first summer experience this year is an intimate swimming party with my family.  Nengkoy last March 3 celebrated her birthday in a private resort in Pansol Laguna.  I was with my monster pamangkings, my sibs, a cousin, Aunt Iya (sister of Nengkoy) and some close family friends.

Now that the great summer season is on, I’m looking forward to more happenings… Gemba na!

N3_4 N6 N2 N4_11

Amazing Charla!

I am an avid fan of Amazing Race and I am so glad that my favorite duo in all seasons of the show is back on TV.  Totally insane Mirna and full of energy with such a small built Charla from Season 5 has joined the race again for the all-star edition.  They were my favorite because there would be episodes that you would hate the two and the next episode you would love them back.

Season 5 edition was sooo fun and entertaining to watch because of these two crazy ladies. I particularly liked Charla.  She has some form of dwarfism (only 4 feet tall) and is so funny yet inspiring.  I liked her because she never let her very short height be an impediment throughout the race.  She can actually be a bitch if she needs to.

Mirna_1 Though she has short legs and can’t run fast like her competitors, she made use of it as an advantage by hilariously duping people that she is sick and needs a doctor just to get a plane seat and be ahead in the race. The vertically challenged lady is so determined to win. I also remember her carrying a big slob of carcass (even bigger than her, I think) because her lanky “maarte-funny-kinda-way” partner Marla could no longer carry it for another half mile to complete a challenge.

I felt so sad and awful when the duo got eliminated in the Season 5 of the race.  Even the unflappable Phil (the host) got so teary eyed for he himself was moved on what Charla told him:

“I just wanted to prove to the world how much I can do, and it’s not easy when there’s… always people thinking you can’t do it and you have to work extra hard to do it… (but) you have to do it.  You have to accomplish your dreams.”

After such a heartwarming speech when she was bidding goodbye, I can still recall Phil with tears in his eyes saying to Charla… “You have an amazing spirit.”

Now that they’re back, I’m totally rooting for this duo…

 

Year of the Vavoy!

Pig It’s the year of the Fire Pig which according to Chinese calendar comes only every after 60 years!  Unlike the western calendar, I did not prepare for it.  Honestly, I am so confused with the Chinese custom of how and what to set up on the eve and first day of the new lunar year so as to have a promising and auspicious whole year.  You would probably go broke if you would buy all the lucky charms that the Chinese belief dictates.

As far as the first day of the Chinese New Year is concerned, all I did today was do my usual Sunday ritual, i.e., do the laundry, iron a mountain of clothes, shine my shoes, clean my bathroom, attend a Sunday Mass and watch a lot of TV.

Basta bahala na si Batman! Kung Hei Fat Choy!