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 - Claire, The Time Traveler's Wife

I hate watching movies when they have already been shown for more than a week and everyone else has already given their reviews. After being kept off watching The Time Traveler's Wife for almost two weeks, I almost gave up trying to see it. But I loved the book and I love Rachel McAdams (and it didn't hurt that Eric Bana is also in it) so last Friday I trooped to The Block  with  my friends/ officemates Mich and Sasha and bawled my eyes out. I am telling you, it's better late than never!

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I'm going to make this short and sweet. The week that was seemed like a week-long celebration of Ar's birthday. Ü

It was a whirlwind of purchases as well. I got a black lace topper from Sis Izhia, a very pretty headband from Sis Ana, Anne Rice's Sleeping Beauty trilogy from eBay, a new pair of Havaianas from Sis Beth, and a bracelet and 5 items from Sis Glad's preloved album. And as of today I am watching 8 pages of items in eBay. Whew! Online shopping is sucking me again, please help me avoid all of those very pretty temptations! :D

August 7
The rain let up a little but the sun was still too shy to show up. The result? We were blessed with a perfect day.


Perfect day to go to Technohub and feast on KFC, that is.

Before, when Dane and I go to KFC for lunch he always used to take his car. But now, we are more environmental-conscious (and against the 20php parking fee when we won't even stay there for more than 45 minutes) so we walk. As I mentioned, the day was perfect; it was cloudy and windy and not sunny at all. A pretty day take a walk in the park. Yes, we have a park. The UP-Ayala Technohub may be filled with the most modern of technologies when it comes to communication (it being a callcenter hub) but it did not scrimp in the greens at all. Just look how awesome this place is.





I forgot to take a photo of Technohub. It's even more beautiful at night when all the lights are open and the fountain's functioning. Oh well. Here's a photo of it taken way back in April:


August 8
Our surprise birthday party for Ar wherein the guests were surprised as well! Haha! You see, having different schedules made it hard for me to determine when Ar will be at the pad. I can ask her of course, but it would be too suspicious. We caught her by surprise all right, she was still sleeping when we arrived! :D




They sang

a lot of songs

while I did my magic on Madam's nails.


I put white buds and pink petals on her nails covered with light blue base. Then I finished the look with a clear topcoat. We all loved it. Such a shame I don't have a close-up photo ickz. Will update this post once I get a photo from her. Ü Well, maybe you can click on the photo and zoom in? Ü

Thanks to everyone who came especially Mich, Ruther, Watcher, Jonas and of course Madam. Now I'm jealous, can you also throw me a surprise party? LIke this coming weekend perhaps? Haha :D



It was a lot of fun! I hope she liked it. I am sure she did :D

August 9
After work I spent 2 hours wallowing in loneliness but thanks to Recks I snapped out of it. So I went home and bonded with the girls of Sex and the City and Kriket and Archuleta. Now you know already that Archuleta is my stuffed toy octopus Dane and I got at the Manila Ocean Park but who's Kriket?


I never got the chance to post a photo of her before because I had a hard time thinking of a name for her. Ruther helped me with the name. Ü


At around 8pm Ar arrived with her friends Panx and Che and it was another celebration again! They brought lechon, pancit and chocolate cake. Yum! Ü

August 10
Ar's birthday :D We weren't able to hold the party at this day because we get off work at 2pm while her sched is from 12nn - 9pm.

August 12
I watched Coraline and I loved it! Neil Gaiman is AMAZING. I wanted to go on and on but my Mama is already badgering me to eat dinner since I still have to get up at 3am later for work. And I would like to not eat dinner yet but I guess I need to show her my appreciation that she is here and I am not with my Other Mother. Watch the movie so you'd understand what I am blabbering about haha!

Oh, I learned a new word, grossgusting! Haha! :D

That's all for now sweeties, 'til next week!

//krissy ♥

I went to my teammate Sasha's (who I fondly call Madam) house for our team building. It was supposed to be fun since we were all there. Besides, there was extra effort to make it extra memorable because it is the last we'll have with Ar and Poly. Ar is a member of the original Team Jimmy so of course she will be missed. Whereas Poly may have been with us for only a couple of months but nonetheless I will still miss her. Good thing we'll always have Facebook. Ü Anyway, going back to my original story, I'm sorry to say that I was having one of my bad days. Blame my hormones, blame my menstrual cycle, but I was not in my good spirits that day. Even TL Jimmy noticed it and asked me what's wrong but I just made up a lame excuse and went upstairs, settled in a corner and buried myself in writing in my journal while they videoke-d their hearts out.

Or maybe the reason why I was feeling rotten was because Dane and I had a petty but awful fight x_x

Well, it's not really goodbye since they are still working for HSBC. Poly got promoted to an AMO post in the ER department while Ar lateral-transfered to GBM. I will still see Ar in our pad but then again it won't really be the same as having her in the team, won't it?

When they have all gone Ar and I stayed because we will sleep over at Madam's house. My mood started to improve, thanks to them and Ruther and Robin. At 10PM we went out to withdraw. A fat paycheck is a guaranteed pick-me-upper. And yeah, Dane and I made up. Ü

And oh, in case you were wondering what happened to my fishes Anathema and Atticus, I am happy to tell you that they are happy, healthy and thriving! The curse of the "dead fish after a couple of days" has been broken! Last August 1 they have been with me for three months already! Ü

And they have nicknames! You can also call them Yin and Yang for easy recall, since my officemates are making fun of me for naming them such hard to remember names :D

It's grocery day! The people I can always rely on to accompany me wherever were not available; Dane had to do OT and Ar accompanied Madam and Ruther in their OT while Mich went with her mom for some mother-daughter bonding so I exercised my independence and went to SM Fairview all by my lonesome and did one of the things I am good at: shopping! And boy did I shop Ö I was amazed at how much lower I can get stuff at the supermarket as opposed to buying them from the company diner that I bought so much! It was like panic buying! Imagine spending P847.25 on groceries with only a tube of toothpaste, two bars of soap and insect repellant chalk being non-food items! I was super on a roll that I had to ride a cab home since it was impossible to fit all the stuff I bought in an FX :D It was fun, and I'm proud of myself :D

August 1
A sad day for the Philippine nation... Former President Cory Aquino succumbed to colon cancer that she has been battling with for the past year. She passed away at 3:18am, aged 76. The only consolation was that she died peacefully. Now she can rest and be with her husband in heaven.

I had the privilege of meeting her back in 2004 when I represented PLM in the Ninoy and Cory Aquino Center for Leadership. She spoke before us - students from top universities and AYLC and TOSP alumna - at the Heritage Library in Makati about love for our country and about us needing to become good pillars of the next generation. I cannot explain it, she was so warm and positive and charismatic, you can really feel her aura of integrity and sincerity shining from her. During the open forum where we can go to the mic and address her, I watched my NCACL batchmates speak and wanted - as in wanted - to speak as well. But I was super shy. I knew that that opportunity will never come again so I finally mustered enough courage to go to the mic and speak about how honored I was to be there, surrounded by intelligent people, moving in the same space and breathing the same air as they were. It made me feel optimistic about our country's future, knowing that in my generation there were people like them still remaining. And she responded at what I said on a positive note. I can honestly say that that moment is one of the highlights of my life.

August 2
Justin and I went to Tita Cory's public viewing at the La Salle-Greenhills.


We fell in line at 3:26PM,

was able to go inside La Salle-Greenhills at 5:23PM,

went inside the venue of the public venue at 5:50PM,

and finally, at exactly 6:00PM, made my final glimpse to Tita Cory.

It was very organized and solemn; an awesome feat considering the number of people who came. Unity, peace and solidarity was in the air. It was a sad moment for the country, especially for the Aquino family, but as they said in one of their interviews, they get solace from the knowledge that the whole country is sharing with their grief.

It was very meaningful... Thanks to Justin for tagging me along!


I don't have any yellow shirts back at the flat so I just wore a plain white shirt with ribboned sleeves and a skirt with pale yellow-green lilies.


I got nice commemorative shirts as well...




At least eight people asked me for my black shirt. :D Since it's too big for me I think I will just give it to my brother.

I may not have been around when freedom of speech was repressed, but being able to blog now - and even text, for that matter - makes me feel really grateful to the woman in yellow. Waiting in line for two hours to get a final 5 seconds-glimpse of her seems an awfully small price to pay.

August 3
I wore this at the office:


August 5
I go back to work again tomorrow so I just spent the day lounging at my parents' house. Today is Tita Cory's burial and I have been following the news all day and it's just so touching...

What has transpired and is transpiring (they are conducting the burial as I type this) the past few days struck a chord... The people haven't become so indifferent and apathetic after all. There is hope!

I just wish we, as the Filipino people, can all stand together and fight against evil and corruption. Let us all look at a brighter future for our country together... One that is filled with more yellow sunshines.

RIP TITA CORY. YOU WILL NEVER BE FORGOTTEN.

//krissy ♥

Got to make this short and sweet because I have to dash to the flat in a couple of hours to get some stuff and then run to Madam's house because we'll (Team Jimmy) be having our team building there.

So, what happened the rest of the week? I was left alone in the pad for most of it because Ar went to her hometown in Laguna to spend some time with her family. She hasn't been home in several months so I am sure they miss her so much. Watcher, Ruther, Mich, Jonas and Robin went with her and I am sooo freakin' jealous! They had loads of awesome pics and anecdotes on hiking, swimming, etc. I wish I was able to go with them, but I don't have any VL credits left anymore. save for 4 days plotted on September.  I am so looking forward to that; Dane, Watcher and I will go to Bicol!

What did I do at the pad? I focused on household chores like cleaning the house (darn ants! They don't make it easier for me. We have an ant infestation and it's not funny anymore), doing laundry and making sure my fishes' food is well-stocked and their aquarium is kept clean. Dane came over on Friday and I cooked beefloaf omelette for us. How did I fare? It was a big, red FAIL. Seriously, I NEED to learn how to cook. And soon. This is Ar's last week with our team and she'll have a different schedule next week. That means we won't watch news together anymore, no more chikahan sessions late into the night, and no more companion on my way to work. I imagine I'll get lonely :( Worst, no one will be around to cook dinners. Our set-up is like this: she cooks dinner, I wash dishes. When she's not there, I get lazy and conveniently forget to eat dinner. I can see ulcer in the future. But I really don't want that to happen, hence my wish to learn how to cook.

The highlight of the week for me is my bestfriend Jerome and his twin Jonas' birthday! Since I am left alone at the pad anyway I figured it won't hurt to go home to Navotas last Saturday so I can go to their party as well. Unfortunately I had work the next day so I went home before more guests arrive.


It was fun to see him again! We've been bestfriends for a decade now, it's unbelievable! We talked about all sorts of things, it's like we see each other regularly when the truth is that we last saw each other 3 months ago! We live in the same city (well at least I do for 2 days a week) but we very rarely see each other. But just the same, even if we may not see each other as much as we'd like to, we both know we have each other's backs :)

From the defunct MTV show Daria:

When the aliens come,

when the death rays hum,

when the bombers bomb,

we'll still be freakin' friends!

When the whip comes down,:

when they nuke the town,:

when dead clowns can't clown,

we'll still be freakin' friends!

Yep. Decades from now, we'll still be freakin' friends! Ö

Cheers to bestfriends, long years of friendships, and the fun of being silly together! Ü

And here I go again. It's a The Week That Was post, folks! Ü

July 16
The day I have waited for ever since I saw the Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix movie has come. Harry Potter and the Half-blood Prince was finally released on local cinemas after an additional 8-month delay! It has been my tradition to watch the Harry Potter movies alone (and in some twist of fate, bump into Joner after the movie) but this year I saw the movie with Dane. And bumping into Joner after the screenings is getting a little old so this time he planned  - no, insisted! - to go with us XD

I used to pride myself for watching the FIRST screening on the FIRST showing day for the other HP movies but this time I was not able to because of work =[ It's okay though because if I have another schedule, let's say 9pm - 6am or 5pm - 2am who knows when I would be able to watch it XD

Anyway, on to the movie. Joner thought it was blah and Dane thought it was boring. He even laughed at me when I shed a few tears at the scene where SPOILER ALERT!! (Highlight to see) Dumbledore died. What did I think about the movie? I thought it was absofreakinlutely awesome! I still believe OotP is the best (click here for my OotP review) but HBP certainly holds its own as compared to its predecessors. I thought the cinematography was brilliant, and I love director David Yates' use of slow motion , silence and chaos during critical moments in the movie. True, the movie lacked action and focused on teenage hormones, (and they shoud have given more focus as to how the Halfblood Prince came to be the Halfblood Prince) but it was hilarious (laugh out loud moments abound) and sweet and witty. It was almost exactly how I have pictured it to be. The opening sequence, I thought it was MARVELOUS! And of course, outstanding performances from the actors! I love love LOVE Helena Bonham-Carter, she is just BRILLIANT! And Evanna Lynch as Luna is sooo adorable and charming. I would've wanted Professor Horace Slughorn to be tubbier but Jim Broadbent's portrayal was perfect, down to the raised eyebrows! But if you thought the movie sucked then there's nothing I can really say to change your opinion, right? Hey, to each his own. Live and let live. Ü

But because this is my blog, I have the license to go on and on, right? :D

Ar and I joke that my favorite character is Pansy Parkinson, but it's not. It really is Lee Jordan. Haha. No, really, my favorite character is Ronald Bilius Weasley, aka Ron.


He's funny, he's sweet, he's terrified of spiders (like I am), he's bordering on being immature at times, what's not to like? I just think it's so redundant to have Harry as my fave character XD

And of course, Rupert Grint does a really good job at portraying him!


He is a really effective actor, but honestly, I cannot imagine him portraying any other roles XD

And oh, he has an ice-cream van! Isn't he just the cutest??


I found this photo in Tumblr. I just don't know if it's his ice-cream van. I think I just fell in love with him a little bit more. Marry me, Rupert?

From the Daily Mail:

'As a kid my first ambition was to be an ice-cream man,’ he says. ‘As soon as I had enough money, I bought a 1974 Mr Whippy Bedford CF.

'There was an advert in the local paper – an Italian man was selling an entire fleet of them and I couldn’t resist. It looked so beautiful: half pink, half cream with a blue roof, fibreglass body and wings at the back.

‘I remember the first time I took it out around my neighbourhood. I pulled in to the pub to do a U-turn and there were eight kids with their pocket money out, hoping to buy a choc-ice or whatever. But I had nothing to give them. I’ve learnt my lesson since then. These days I keep it well stocked. I probably spend more time driving around in that van than anything else, and if the acting suddenly comes to a halt, I can’t imagine a better job than being an ice-cream man. I love going on eBay and buying accessories for the van, things like light-up cones that I’ve stuck on the front. ’

Another photo of them Weasleys (Fred and George, Ron and Ginny) with the actor who plays Seamus Finnigan in all the movies:


Now you get why I go gaga about Rupert, now let's drool over the hotness personified that is Freddie Stroma who portrayed the vain and conceited Cormac McLaggen!


And I just wanted to show you this:


She sizzles with pure evil as Bellatrix Lestrange and she is very effective in all the other movies I have seen her in (Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Corpse Bride and my favorite, Sweeney Todd) and it is so refreshing to see that she is just as quirky in normal, regular days. I can't wait to see her as the Red Queen in next year's Alice in Wonderland! Truly, she and director Tim Burton are a match made in heaven!

Okay, enough talk about HP! I must be boring those who are not fans of the series XD

July 18

Not much work at the office so I was able to color my nails in this shade:


After work Ar and I used the free Internet at the office until 4pm and then we had a craving for KFC's Famous Bowl so we went to SM The Block. After sating our cravings we went to National Bookstore so she can look for a scientific calculator for her brother while I got this:


The book is about the "crisis" I believe I am going through at the moment. I know I posted something in my blog before about an article I got somewhere and I wanted to put a link so looked for it in my archives. Here it is <CLICK>. I read the first few chapters already and I liked it. It is sincere without sounding like a self-help book and it is neither condescending nor patronizing. I found myself agreeing to what the author wrote that it even felt like she was voicing out my thoughts! Times like these, it is good to know I am not alone. Ü

It is a little expensive at 250php considering it is a very thin book but grab a copy, it might help you in any way. And of course, support Filipino authors!

July 19

Went to SM Fairview with Mich to buy some undies. Ü

Ar went out to watch HP with her friend from high school so I was left alone at the pad. I reached home at 4pm so I used this rare alone-time to catch up on watching some Sex and the City episodes. After 6 episodes of estrogen-filled dialogue and man mishaps I was ready to doze off but I didn't really want to sleep so I worked on my project: an inspiration wall. It is against our contract to put nails on the walls so I thought of putting up my inspiration wall on the bathroom door. Armed with scissors, colored pens and papers, scrap materials and photos, I worked on my corkboard that I got after watching HP. I have always loved designing corkboards so this proved to be a fun activity for me.

Here she is:



I've had that glossy paper with Pixiedust written on it with a pink 3d marker for YEARS! Haha! Posted are scrap ribbons, photos of me, my bestfriends from high school, my Sinister Sisters, Tranche 5, Harry, Hermione and Ron when they were much younger (I cannot get over how cute they look in this photo!), tickets to the Eheads and Davids' concerts, Ocean Park, HP movie,  post-its of inspirational quotes, and a sweet note from Ed that he gave me on my birthday. I still intend to post a photo of my family. The upper part of my corkboard will be filled with memories as I go along my life while the bottom part is reserved for special notes Ar and I can use to communicate to each other. She is transferring to another department come the first day of August with a 4pm - 1am schedule so we won't see each other in the flat that much anymore :( But of course I'm happy for her. She is the captain of her ship and the master of her fate anyway, right? :)

July 20

Nothing much to say here except I am wearing this:


There! Done! That was quite tiring (it took me an hour and a half haha), but fun! Thank you for reading my post, that's sweet Ü
'Til next!

//krissy ♥

Things are looking up for my Multiply journal; I am happy that I am able to post stuff again, even if it is not as frequent as I used to, and as much as I would have liked. Wish I could say the same for my other blogs though. I revisited them today and felt a little nostalgic at the things a younger me wrote. I might have cringed at the thoughts I spewed on those online diaries, but I cannot deny the voice of the girl who wrote them lurking within. Yes, they have the same old style of writing: honest, witty and stubborn at times, but it has become refined as time went by. They had lots of potential (and really cool URLs too, if I say so myself) but now they are there, ignored, unposted and just exists to waste Internet space. Sigh. But I don't want to delete them, selfish me loves the URLs so much that I think I would be able to revive them... someday. But for now, my trusty old Multiply journal will do.

An interesting observation by Izhia on my previous blog was that I was not in the mood to tell my stories. I admit that I get that way sometimes. Maybe it's a case of my pen getting up on the wrong side of my notebook, or maybe I'm not feeling so writer-y, or maybe I am plainly just feeling lazy. But hopefully that wouldn't stop you from reading my posts. You see, everytime I see someone visit any of my pages, my heart a-flutters with pink sugar love. Even more so when you kind souls leave a comment and converse with me on my page. Absolute love. Ü

So now I'm back. And regularly I hope. I would really like to do these updates at least on a weekly basis. After all, the brain can only hold so much. It's not like I have my own Pensieve you know. :D

Speaking of Pensieves... the Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince movie is almost here! The eight-month delay even made me more excited for it. But don't worry Warner Bros., all is forgiven since you gave us The Dark Knight last year anyway. As I type this down it's already 12:04 in the morning, so one day left Sons of Muggles, and Harry and friends will grace our cinemas once more. Judging from the trailers the movie seems dark and romantic and funny and awesome. I hope it will be brilliant and better than the last movie (which incidentally is my fave from the film series). David Yates, please do not disappoint me. Ü

Okay, enough wizard talk. Let's veer away from magical land and snap back to reality for a moment. You remember what I said about having a "crisis" and wanting to have a more "mature" image? I am doing exactly that. I have begun to wear clothes that methinks are more suitable for the image I want to project. You see, outfits affect us more than we think they do. Case in point, on Saturdays and Sundays since fewer people will be at the office and no big bosses will be around, you can find me in my simplest get-up of shirt, jeans and Flash Etnics. Sometimes if I'm feeling lazier than usual I'll be in my flip flops. Guess what that made me feel? Yep, lazy AND lousy. Mondays, Thursdays and Fridays I try to inject a little bit more personality but they only made me feel a little bit better. So I experimented with dresses and heels (more specifically, my new shoes) and not once did I feel lazy and/ or lousy. On the contrary I felt empowered, more confident and sexier. I swaggered. I sashayed. I owned it.


I love it! Now I sound like a big headed prick haha! Sorry x_x Enough on the overconfidence and just more, more, more on good outfits!

As I also stated on my previous post, we will be having our Family Day on the 11th of the month, and that was last Saturday. To prepare for the event Mama bought me a pretty dress from Juana. I was only kidding and I was pleasantly surprised when she said yes! My Ma is the sweetest. Ü


It was love at first sight!

OH GAD I MISSED BLOGGING! I was out of the loop the last couple of months because my Internet was disconnected. Forgive my financial restraints *sob* But I'm back now, and that's all that matters!

Which reminds me, I wish Multiply just stuck to how it once was. It was so easy to navigate through pages before, unlike now.

Have you seen my and Dane's photos from the Cookaleta concert? You should! Clickie! Next week I will upload pics from our day in Ocean Park when I get back here to my parents' house for my off.

And, prolly the biggest news...

I moved to a new pad! Yep, The RACK's is no more... Ruther moved to his relatives' place and Chao went back to her folks. Now Ar is stuck with me wahaha. It's not practical to have a three-bedroom, two-storey house to ourselves and we really didn't want to have new housemates so we just thought of looking for a new home. And she found one instantly! Fact is, it was actually just beside our old apartment haha! But it's more suited for us. It's a studio-type apartment, which we lovingly call our flat, or pad. It's on the third floor, and while we have nothing but kind words about our previous apartment, this new place actually has better amenities. Besides it has a killer view of the sunset.

Proof?

I guess my recent blogs are meant to collate memories in case my brain gets too full to accommodate every minute detail. My journal can serve that purpose, but Multiply blogs are much more fun, don't you think so? Ü

I second Ana's opinion that fewer people are in Multiply now than before. Facebook has become the new Friendster and Multiply. I too, am guilty of checking my FB account more often, mainly to tend to my pet Kiss, but methinks FB won't replace Multiply (at least in my heart!) Ö

Anyway, on to my updates!

Payday! Went to SM Fairview with Mich, her bestfriend Jonas, and Dane. Bought DVDs of Closer and boxed special edition of Memoirs of a Geisha.

The saddest news I received this week: The RACK's (name of our apartment) will be no more. Chao told us last month that she will be going back to her parents' house already. That is fine with us since the three of us (Asther, Ruther and I) can still pay the rent. But then Ruther told us that he, too, will be moving out and instead look for an apartment with his cousins. That left just Ar and me, leaving us with no choice but to start looking for a new apartment with lower rent. Rent for our current apartment is 6,000php, and between the four of us monthly rent costs only 1,500php and when they leave Ar and I would have to shell out 3,000php each. It is possible however of course if faced with a cheaper option we would gladly take it. Looking for a new housemate is another option but we don't want to face the daunting task of looking for someone we could trust (i.e. someone who won't up and run with our stuff when we aren't home). Isa pa, bagong pakikisama na naman... So Ar and I decided to just look for a new place. It is heartbreaking indeed, what with me having too many special memories on that house already, but a temporary house is just that, temporary. Sooner or later I would have to accept the fact I won't live there forever, with my parents' house still being available and all. It just sucks this needs to happen soon. So soon.

So anyway, as our days as housemates are numbered, Thursday night served as an awesome bonding experience with Ar, Ruther and Robinson. They drank booze while I cooked champorado.



Then we sang some songs on the videoke. It was so much fun! It's hard to imagine what it would be like on the new apartment we will find, there being just the two of us. But we'll manage.

May 1
Double pay! Madam Sasha treated Dane to Mr. Kabab since she owes him for a favor he did to her and they tagged me along. Sucks that I forgot to take some pics. After a sumptuous meal of chicken barbecue and buttered rice, we took Madam home. It was still 3:45 in the afternoon then and we didn't want to go home yet, so while in his car we thought of something to do. Movie? Nah, we don't like the movies being shown. Groceries? Nope, feeling lazy. He'll teach me how to drive? Don't like, I told him he might not have a car anymore after he's done teaching me. Sooo... he suggested that we just buy fish and set up my aquarium again. You see, my officemates make fun of poor me because all the pet fishes I took care of died after just a couple of days with me. Sigh. But he was super excited and persistent that it was hard to say no. So we went home to the apartment, looked for the aquarium, and went to the pet shop. As per his recommendation I got two dragon fins and named them Aziraphale and Apocatastasis. I changed Apocatastasis' name to Atticus though. Dane was the one who set up everything, he looked too cute while doing it. Again, sucks that I don't have behind the scenes photos.

Here is a photo of the aquarium:



It's a little hard to see them on the photos I posted because they are colored white/ cream/ pinkish and look like eels so I looked for a clearer photo for the benefit of those who might want to see.


May 2
Time for some Sinister Sister bonding! Nothing beats Recks. Ü I am loving her new hair cut and hair color!


We swapped stories while shopping for sexy underwear, DVDs, and toiletries. The girl surely knows how to control herself from spending!

SMS from Recks few days prior:
Pigilan mo kong gumastos utang na loob.

Conversation inside Penshoppe, SM North EDSA - Annex:
Recks: Tetel ang cute nun shirt!
Tetel: Oo nga! Bili tayo!
Recks: Ayoko nga, ayoko gumastos.
Tetel: E, ako na lang bibili.
Recks: Akala ko ba hindi ka gagastos din?
Tetel: E ang ganda eh!
Recks: Okay.

How's that for an abrupt ending? She knows how to control herself but does not know how to control her spendirrific friend Ö

So in addition to my DVDs of What Dreams May Come, The Sixth Sense, and Bruce Almighty, plus toiletries galore, I went home with this:


Loving these smiles:

May 3
Ruther helped us in looking for a new place. And he found one agad! And guess what... It is just across our current apartment! We loved the house, and rent is cheap! Plus points for not having difficulty in packing and lugging stuff since we could move our stuff little by little until the end of the month. Ü

May 4
I woke up... And Aziraphale was not in the aquarium anymore. Where he went was a great mystery, since the aquarium is securely covered. I was sad the whole day, and my officemates thought of possible scenarios on what happened. Atticus ate him? Not possible because they are of the same size and if he did he couldn't do it in 5 hours. He jumped out? Maybe, but I did not see the body anywhere when I tried to look for it. Mice ate him? Maybe. Someone took him and flushed him down the drain? Who? He went outside and did some grocery fishing? Wow, I have a wonder pet. And the most outrageous, he is wearing an invisibility cloak? Wow, is there any chance I can borrow it some time? Sigh. I was depressed the whole day. Until Dane offered to take me home and buy me a new one. So now I have Anathema. Ü

May 5
Off. Spent the whole day in front of my PC.

May 6
Off to somewhere. But before that will meet up with sis Joie to buy this shirt:



And then it's another week at the apartment for me. Ciao ciao and until next! Ü

Where have all the days gone? Parang kaka-birthday ko pa lang ah, tapos ngayon magma-May na??

San na nga ba napunta ang April ko?

To sweet beginnings and bitter endings...

DITO:

1 - I got my own copy of Kikomachine Komix number 5: Alab ng Puso c/o Dane.

Seryoso, you guys should definitely read the whole series! It's not expensive, 125php lang each book. Ü

3 - My Pink Positive Party

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It's payday tomorrow! Whoop de doo! Ö

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Who here will watch David Cook and David Archuleta's concert? Happening on May 16 at SM MOA, 8PM. I'm planning to go. Ö Wishful thinking but I REALLY wish they'll sing Music of the Night and Think of Me, respectively, from American Idol Season 7's Musical theme night. Both songs are from one of my favorite musicals, The Phantom of the Opera. I actually like Cook's The Music of the Night more than his overplayed-it-got-tiring rendition of Always Be My Baby. I really hope they'll sing these two songs. But methinks they won't. Whatevs.

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But then, hindi lahat ng nangyari this month ay masaya.

Last issue na ng Seventeen Philippines this month :( Marie Claire Philippines at T3 din, pero mas affected ako sa pagkawala ng Seventeen. For one, I've looked up to Miss Mia Fausto - Cruz (magazine editor) since God knows when. Candy ed pa lang siya sobrang fan na niya ako... More than any other section in the magazine, I looked forward to her Candy Ed's letter the most. Hers was the voice of reason and inspiration. Nun nag-OJT ako sa Summit Media I really wanted to have a picture taken with her pero super ako na-starstruck. Now I'm kicking myself in the butt. Argh.

And of course, Seventeen Philippines and its website led me to meet the best online buddies - turned real life friends ever!

I was in the message board for hours on end when I was still studying, gaining the  Senior status for posting exactly 5,447 messages to date since I registered back in 2006. Kahit di na ako nakaka-visit dun at ilang months na ring di nakaka-post, continuous pa rin ang communication namin ng Seventeen Sigaw sisters ko. We text, we read each other's blogs, we update every one on what's going on with our lives, we miss our sisters who've fallen out the loop. Divided by distance but bridged by technology, we are REAL FRIENDS.

Even though I don't buy the mag anymore (because I feel too old for it and thus buy Cosmopolitan each month instead), there's a certain comfort in seeing Seventeen at the magazine stands, just there, seventeen, flirty and thriving. Seventeen Philippines, you will be missed.

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I am feeling so scatterbrained right now, so forgive the randomness of this post Ö

Here's looking forward to May!

My phones were extra busy today. Brittany Pinkerton would've had a sore throat already if it was possible; she is the voice behind my message alert tone, saying "Hey Krissy, you have a message!" every time Alister (my Globe phone) receives a new SMS. It's really cool! I meant the message alert tone. You can make yours here. Anyway, the reason for the hoopla, as you might have noticed already (since I've been posting about it nonstop for the last few days I've been posting haha!) is that today is my birthday! Messages were (and are being) sent forth by my relatives and friends to bring me felicitations on my special day. And they are all appreciated! My pink glittering heart beams with love Ü

Of course, technology made it easier for us people to connect with others in more ways than one. Even without leaving the house I was able to communicate with my friends I met online or otherwise. It's awesome!

And because I am feeling some good self-lovin' I became trigger-happy and saved screenshots of greetings by my friends. This would ensure I get to keep them for posterity. Or until my computer and Multiply bogs down.

Let me share some of them (they are the ones in pink boxes) Ü












It does not stop there. I wanted to post the SMS's I got but decided against it when laziness took the better of me. I guess I would just enjoy them privately. But thanks to you peeps who sent them, they are much appreciated! Shout out to TL Julius (who greeted me as soon as the clock struck 12 on April 6th), Vernon, Dane, Miey, Rita, Mich, Justin, Tita Annie, Ate Cess, Tita Rosa, Tita Mary, Raymond, Tita Jean, Tito Rico, Ahn, Tita Nora, Jas, Theng, Athan, Mane, Jher, Mhela and Third. Shout out as well to people who posted comments on my Friendster: Ar, Linelle, Belle, Ahn (again!), Ruther, Ryan, and Ate Mich. Also to peeps who commented on my Multiply guestbook: Genily, Raymond (again!), Sis Malou, Jonas, and online shops havaianasonline and mylildressingroom. Also, to the people who commented on my previous Multiply posts regarding my birthday: Izhia, Jinna (again!), Recks, Joan, Alice, Sab and Abby. Thank you as well to Frank (again!) and Aian for the Friendster personal messages you sent. Whew! It does not stop there! Lemme thank my fellow blogspot users Mel, Andhari and Myam as well. And of course, the people who've sent their advanced birthday greetings: Ana, Jella, Ching, Sis Glads, Sis Hazel, Mommy Shelly, Cez, Ginger, TL Jimmy, Madam, Ian, Maan, Jotag, Jaypee, Karla, Ed, Karlo, Glen, Jam, Aiza, Henry, and Mommy Tin! Most importantly, the people who attended my birthday party! You know who you are! If you don't, click here.

All of these made me smile. I feel so loved. Thank you all for your awesomeness! My life is better because of all of you! Big virtual hugs!

I am in hibernation mode until Wednesday. Will return to the office on Thursday. I love my life.

Can I just say again that I love my life? ♥♥