shempre...

.....what? what?!

in other news...

on the car trip back to manila, i couldn't help but be astonished and amazed with the typhoon's destruction.
great shots of stuff i saw along the road:

and kawawa naman this big old tree, somewhere mckinley road. aside from the evacuees, i really pity the trees.

backslide

...kasi na-slide ako sa starbucks tagaytay! ay, never the shame, my butt and my hand is, once again, bruised and injured. i seem to be getting good at this miriam quiambao act. pffsh.

just came from batangas & punta fuego for the mancom thing.

more news and pictures up later.

looming ahead

are decisions to be made, changes to cope with, an event to manage and a whole lot of thinking. pffsh... i know i can overthink and the most challenging part yet right now is letting go and letting Him do all the work. trust, sweetie, trust and faith. hay.

i shall be off to punta fuego, one of the nicest places ever. i hope to take a lot of beautiful pictures, and hopefully, soul-searching. naks. never that am gonna be a glam-ified babysitter.

and yeah, i know, despite all that cynical hogwash, i am a sucker for love stories and happy ever afters.
congratulations to gracie and dennis, getting married tomorrow.
shucks, such grown ups now.

where i want to be

casa san pablo, laguna

sept. 14-15, 2006

my to-do list

this one's fun-ner to do, than "official" to-do lists.
september is officially the craziest month ever. i've got 3 drafts waiting to be published and 2 folders-full of unedited pictures.
and because am a geek,
here's my things to do before i get married ...
note that this isn't "before 30" list. one doesn't plan to get married and it doesn't have a timeline either, despite what other people say, and being 30 doesn't mean you have to. i was at dinner with friends last night and someone mentioned a "before 30" list and i remembered making this (in excel) from way back. some of the items though, i picked up in a magazine somewhere.
:) means i've gone and done it:

:) to leave the family home
:) an old love I can imagine going back to and one that reminds me of how far I've come
:) ask someone I like out!
:) to go bungee jumping
:) to go kayaking
:) to go rapelling - AGAIN & AGAIN & AGAIN!
:) to go snorkeling - AGAIN & AGAIN & AGAIN!
:) to put up my own website
:) to get another diploma/degree
a feeling of control over my destiny
a good piece of furniture not previously owned, not ready to assemble and delivered to my doorstep
:) a resume that is not even the slightest bit padded
a set of screwdrivers, a cordless drill and a black lace bra
a youth am content to leave behind
eight matching plates, wine glasses with stems and a recipe for a meal that will make my guests feel honored
enough money within my control to live on my own if I need to
how to always have the power of choice in everything
how to ask for what I want in a way that will most likely make me get it
how to fall in love without losing myself
how to fulfill my passions in life
how to figure out what my passions are
:) how to have a good time at a party I never chose to attend
how to quit a job, break up with a lover and confront a friend without losing the friendship
something perfect to wear when the employer or date of my dreams wants to see me in an hour
to go hiking and camping
to go scuba diving
to live abroad independently
travel alone to a really nice beach
what I can and can't accomplish in a day, a month and in a year
:) what I would and would not do for love and more
when to try harder and when to walk away
to get published by summitmedia books
to contribute for a magazine
to get my masters degree
to be ideally fit and healthy
to go backpacking through the world- one place at a time
learn a new language! Spanish, French or Italian?
to get my own place/condo
develop consistent self-honesty
exhibit works

McDonald's may sell breakfast all day: CEO

finally!

http://news.moneycentral.msn.com/provider/providerarticle.asp?feed=OBR&Date=20060920&ID=6038981

meanwhile...

in the cool news section:

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/14868186/site/newsweek/?GT1=8506

http://www.bumpenya.com/

davao pictures up

don't have the time for a lengthy entry, so here are some pics from my davao trip

the nuñez girls

low-la's 80th with some of the relatives

where it all began

sometimes lang no...

all it takes to destroy an otherwise perky day is some asshole making some kind of misplaced comment just to make himself feel better.

no matter how you think it shouldn't affect you, or that he doesn't know a freakin' thing about you. hindi naman tayo close ano. yun lang.

back to my music.

laguna loving

came from casa san pablo from a day and a half teambuilding. really great place. going back there again, for sure. can't wait.

more pictures to come, as soon as i fix this photos.ph thing.

chloe and me

in sepia, charcoal sketch

december 2005

looking through rose colored...windows

me, starring in my own movie called chuvaness

davao, sept 2006

is it terribly wrong

to want to be liked?
to want to have everything up and rose-y?

bili na!

methinks...

that i just might want to be with someone who is also creative, passionate, and a bit crazy like me.

never that i think there's going to be fireworks.

never that i think am going to go crazy over moodswings and that artistic temperament.

at least, maybe, we'd get along because we're weird together?

or! maybe i need somebody solid. un-complex.

someone who is fascinated by my weirdness, not threatened by my dreams.

hay. busy daw with work, o. eh ano naman. currently listening to APO kasi. cutie.

love is a silly, silly thing that you'll never think of doing
and all in a sudden little things have bigger meanings

hmm... i am suddenly giddy with love songs. i am unafraid again.

harassment case # 0003 series of 2006

juggling a teambuilding and a mancom stratplan, both out of town
major report on tardiness vs productivity. whut-ever that is.
training support on a merchandising course.
editing my resume because someone needs it asap
some discoveries on the home front, good and bad
missing someone i don't even have the right to miss and not even knowing why

pffsh.

good thing there's always my soundtrack.
music saves me.

noonee n. nano

welcome to my world, baby!
here's to geat times ;)

loving the sleek case, the photo slideshow, the games!, the smooth clickety-clack of the spin wheel,

the music i bring with me e-very-where.

ninang si anna.

there's a blue sky

Waiting tomorrow
Waiting tomorrow, shining and shimmering
A blue sky waiting tomorrow
Waiting tomorrow
Maybe it's all we need

Just got back from Davao. Shopping. Eating. Sleeping. More shopping. More sleeping. I napped! And then...
I made like someone who had to leave her lover for someplace else and looking out the plane window, crying. Truth is, I got a bit sad over leaving everyone else back there. I do have my own life here now but it felt good to reconnect with family and my childhood. Things aren't as simple as before and I am now, as it seems, "in the grown-up loop." I got to hear and talk about the good, the bad and the beautiful and the ugly in the family. The visit, as short as it was, really cleared a lot of things for me and gave me a bit of purpose.

If you saw a bunch of people laughing and talking loudly at the same time like a noisy Italian family, that we be us.

pffsh. tired.

and when you least expect to, monsters come alive. pffsh, the sequel.

welcome to flight 5J963...

bound for davao!

whew...
what a work week so far.

but ciao for now!

soulcatcher

picture in picture, on a black book annual somewhere off philcoa,

photoshopping with splatter effect

weekend in pics, part II: a bridal shower with a flower girl

my weekend in pictures: a rockfest concert and a fashion show

pros and cons: first in a series

+ i get paid to write, take pictures, be creative.
- i cannot be creative when harrassed.
- pay's peanuts. it so does not inspire creativity when you're at the poorhouse. let's face it, i need to be surrounded by beautiful things (not necessarily expensive) to be creative. as it is, i cannot afford any beautiful things, no matter how inexpensive they are. plus, i can only do so much. i cannot give what i do not have, in this case the time and effort because my time and effort is divided between worrying about money and motivating myself to do good. so it's back to the root of all evil- the pay, being peanuts.
+ i can write more, when i am not troubled with stress. i can expand my world more, get inspiration from different worlds.
+ good company, nice people to work with
- then again, i can still be friends with them outside of work. heck, i'll now be able to afford to have a life outside the office.
- i love the fashion industry. it is so me.
+ always good to learn something new. besides, i like techie stuff too.
+ i've been so far whining (a.k.a. praying) for a better-paying job but so far haven't done anything about it. and now, this has practically fallen on my lap. signs, anyone?