Last Saturday, my college friends and I had a mini get together at the house of Kowtz.  I together with Vic arrived at his house at around 8:30pm.  kain-kain… kwento-kwento… Tapos dumating na si Raffy… then Mon afterwards… inuman… pero syempre… alalay lang yung batang hindi umiinom… mga 4 na shot ng hard at kalahating beer… yung kalati tinapon sa lababo habang walang nakatingin… hehehe… ayaw ko talaga ng beer… grabe ang pait… buti pa ang hard sandaling shot lang… sandaling init ng katawan… tapos inom ng maraming chaser… taga-ubos ako ng chaser nila… hehehe… kain-kain… kwento-kwento… movie marathon (kung movie ba ang tawag dun sa pinanood naminJJJ)… kantahan habang nagguiguitara si boss Raffy… kain-kain ulit… inom-inom (ako softdrinks na lang JJJ)… kwento-kwento… nood-nood… Sa wakas nakatulog na rin ako ng 5 o 6 am… hindi ko na namalayan e… nagising kami ng aroung 10 am… tapos brunch sa may Mr. Kebabs (tama ba spelling ko?!?) sa Quezon ave… Sarap ng kebab nila… Lalo na pagnilagyan mo nung white sauce nila… yummyyyyyyyy… After kumain at sandaling mga kwentuhan… nag-uwian na kami… Next time ulit mga tol… ako bahala bumanat sa pulutan at chaser natin… hehehe… JJJ

Last Friday, some of us received a good news from our managers regarding our ratings and promotions.  Before going home, Oscar, Aldrin, Leah, and I had a little celebration by having a dinner at Max.  We were suppose to eat at Croc but the queue outside the restaurant was so long so we just decided to have our dinner at Max.  We ordered one whole chicken and sinigang na baboy.  I ordered a bottomless sago’t gulaman for my drinks since it was the first time I saw a restaurant that offers bottomless sago’t gulaman.  As usual dahil bottomless… sinulit ko… hehehe… naka 6 or 7 yata akong refill… kaya bundat na bundat ako after… naiinis na nga yata sakin yung nagrerefill e… hehehe… syempre double rice… grabe sayang lang yung diet routine (wheat bread, tuna spread, and lettuce) ko for the whole week… kasi lumamon ako sa Luk Yuen nung lunch at lumamon nanaman nung dinner sa Max… waaaaaaahhhhh… Anyway, that's all… Praise and thanks to God for the blessings…

Wala lang natutuwa lang ako sa kanila... hehehe... Mukha silang tanga sa Charlie and the Chocolate factory e... hehehe.. Saka mukha syang Pilipino... hehehe... wala lang...

P.S.
Joke lang yung last kung entry regarding Alone... hehehe... JJJ

We were supposed to watch “Charlie and the Chocolate Factory” but since it has a free showing for Accenture employees on Friday, we decided to find another film.  Nanah also suggested watching “D’Anothers” for a change and to patronize Filipino movies.  All of us were game to watch the movie but our team lead didn’t like it.  Hehehe…  So finally we just decided to watch “The Wedding Crasher” except for Nanah since she has already watched the movie but she has no choice because majority wins.  Hehehe… There were only six of us (Allan, Erwin, Oscar, Nanah, Lalaine, and I) that joined this team particular building which has the fewest participants I’ve been with.  The movie started at 5:40 but we arrived about 10 minutes late so our team lead decided to just watch the movie “Crash” so that we could watch the movie from the start.  Personally, I still prefer the “The Wedding Crasher” even if we can’t watch the early part of the movie because I want to watch a funny and stress reliever movie.  At that time, I didn’t feel watching a movie were in I have to think because my mind was already stressed out and “Crash” is that kind of movie. Hehehe…  For me, it was a good quality movie but definitely not great.  It had a star stated cast but it tackled with so many stories which got my obsolete mind confused.  Hehehe…  At last, I was glad the movie was over because I was already starving since it was already 9 pm.

We planned to eat at Saisaki or Dads but they were too expensive so we decided to just eat at Cabalen.  Grabe… I so full, I could barely walk.  I had three rounds of plate full of rice and different Filipino viands.  Afterwards, even if I am already full, I forced myself to eat halo-halo for dessert (my favorite dessert and I won’t let it just pass by).  Hehehe… Gluttony na toh… hehehe…

After eating, Lalaine and Erwin went home but Allan, Nanah, Oscar, and I decided to play at Time Zone.  We used the free games from the movie ticket plus shed out some additional cash.  Grabe tagal ko nag hindi nagtatime zone…. Ang saya… hehehe… we spent all the amount of the card in the basketball shootout and Daytona.  Oscar then refilled the card and we played a Korean/Japanese game that we can’t read the instructions on how to play since it was written in Korean/Japanese but were guessing it based on the illustrations given.  Grabe ang saya nung laro kasi hindi mo kailangan magisip ng matindi.  And sometimes it was fun since we were guessing what to do and was just pressing all the buttons since we didn’t understand the instruction.  Buti na lang nandun si Oscar kasi matagal na yata siya naglalaro nun kaya medyo alam na niya yung ibang instructions.  Hehehe… para kaming mga tangga dun… parang mga bata… hehehe…  Anyway, dun na nagtatapos ang aming impromptu team building… Ang saya-saya kahit ginabi kami and kailangan kong pumasok before 8 am tomorrow oks lang… Masaya naman e… hehehe…

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Hayyyyyyyy…. I had to wake up early this morning, 5:20 am to be exact, because I have a scheduled training entitled “English Skills Training Pre-Assessment” at 8:00 am.  I arrived at office at 7:30 am and I was so sleepy since I slept past 12 midnight because we had a team building (sine-buffet-timezone) the night before.  I’ll tell the story of our team building in another entry.  Anyway, I went to our training place at PSE training room 609.  The main speaker introduced herself and her assistant at the back.  Then we started are pre-assessment exam… Grammar… Verb-Subject agreement… Plural forms… Idioms… Listening Skills… After the written part, we were divided into two groups one was assigned to the main old speaker and the other to the young and cute assistant.  Grabe… It was only there that I noticed that the assistant was so so so cute.  I didn’t notice her before since she was staying at the back and I was seated in front.  We were divided into two groups in order to have a one on one oral test (pronunciation and oral interview) with our designated speaker.  Good thing I was assigned at the young and cute assistant.  Grabe… nagpahuli talaga ako para matitigan siya ng matagal… hehehe…  Grabe she’s so cute…  She’s not the pretty-model type girl.  She’s a bit chubby but was so cute.  Did I already say that she was so cute?  Hayyyyyyy… Nainlove nanaman ako… hehehe… adik… Then came my much awaited one on one…  Hayyyyyyyy grabe… I was looking straight at her eyes… she’s so cute… her rounded eyes… her mesmerizing smile… her small lips… grabe… she’s so cute… hehehe… she told me that I had a very positive aura since I was always smiling.  She also told me that her best friends name is also Ryan and she likes him a lot.  Hayyyyyyy… sasabihin ko sana… Since you already have a bestfriend named Ryan, would you like to have a boyfriend named Ryan too?  Hehehe… labo… Then my heavenly training ended with a shake hand.  Kahit alam ko yari ako sa assessment… malamang beginner ang assessment sakin… oks lang… My day was complete because of my cute proctor.  By the way, I forgot her name because she’s so cute. Hehehe… adik… Hayyyyyyyy… She’s so cute talaga…JJJ

Last Friday, I had to leave the office early to prepare for the 3-day Single for Christ (SFC) Metro-Manila Leaders Conference (MMLC) at Subic.  Grabe ang saya at ang daming nagyari sa weekend na ito… So I would just divide the topics.

MMLC Talks

There were a total of four talks scheduled in the conference.  The first talk was held last Friday night which I wasn’t able to attend since my chaptermates and I arrived Saturday morning.  Anyway, the talk was entitled “Life is a Trip.”  As SFC our destination is the eternal kingdom of God with the task of winning and attracting others to join this trip.  The second talk was entitled “Crossroads.”  Crossroads are inevitable in life.  Crossroads are considered as blessings because it reminds us to alw! ays consult the Author of life, Jesus.  The third talk was entitled “One Way.”  Christ is the only way and the one true way.  Responding and Maturing with Christ is the only sure-road to take in this life’s journey.  The last and final talk was entitled “Head Up on the Highway.”  As we head towards the highway towards the eternal kingdom of God, we allow Christ to conquer our hearts and our minds and be transformed in order to become the disciples that we are called to be.  That sums up the four talks of the conference.  All of which were very enlightening in how! we should live and ride our trip in life.

The Basketball Game

After participating in 6 Sundays of basketball (4 Try-outs and 2 Practices), the team is now poised to play the game that we love for Christ.  All games were knock-out games which mean once you lose you are automatically eliminated.  First game, the game was fun and high octane.  We won the game by a comfortable margin.  Second game, the game was very defense oriented and was a low scoring ball game.  The game went to overtime and in the overtime we were poised to win with 3 seconds left and our team on top by 2 points.  Unfortunately, the desperation shot of our opponents from just across the half court went in a! s time expired and we lost by 1 point.  Grrrrrrr…. But its ok they deserved the win after a miraculous shot like that.  It’s just I don’t like losing especially on a close game.  Anyhow, we’re all sports and gave congratulatory shake hands and high fives to the winner.

The Trip

On our way home to Manila, just when you think we’ve learned form our trip towards Subic, our fortunes just got worst.  hehehe…  Instead of using exit at Subic, we decided to use the exit at Olanggapo so that we could do a little tour.  Unfortunately, we went on and on again without seeing any exit back to Manila.  When we were already traveling for almost 2 hours we decided to ask and found out that we are already at Zambales and again lost.  hehehe… So we had to go back to Subic and use the exit there towards manila.   Whaaaatttttt… again… didn’t we learn our lesson… hehehe… On our way to North Express, we saw Razon’s Restaurant which is know for there delicious and unique Halo-Halo.  So we decided to stop for a meryenda.  We ordered palabok and halo-halo for everyone.  It was my first time to eat there and grabe ang sarap nga talaga ng halo-halo nila.  I recommend this to everyone.  You should try there halo-halo.  After finishing our meryenda, we saw our back tire totally flat to the point that the fx could not travel anymore.  So we had to walk to the nearest vulcaniz! ing shop.  It took us approximately 5-10 minutes of walk to reach 7-E vulcanizing.  There we met Kuya Elmer who was so kind to fix and replace our tire.  Grabe na toh… series of unfortunate events na toh ah… hehehe… So we went on and prayed that it would be the last of our trip blunders.  At last we arrived at the North Express Road then to Manila then Cuboa.  Yahooo… lapit na… Before we went home, Ate Lanie who celebrated her birthday 3 days ago decided to treat us to dinner since it was already late.  Nagising lahat nung sinabi nya yun… hehehe… Gutom na kasi 8 pm na… She treated us a! t the ihaw-ihaw area in Marikina riverbanks.  Wow sarap ng pagkain… Inihaw na tilapia, liempo, sisig, at sinigang na ulo ng tuna… sarap nabusog ako… Thank you sa treat Ate Lanie and belated happy birthday… So After almost 8 hours of grueling and exhausting travel on the road we finally arrived home safely.  Praise the Lord.

The Other Happenings

Our other happenings include non-stop pictures… picture-picture… My chaptermates and I went to a picture fest before we went home.  Yung nandito yung sa cellphone ko lang.  Yung nasa lower right ako rin yan... hehehe... Ang saya-saya talaga.  To summarize the conference, it was very enjoyable, enlightening, relaxing and exhausting at times.  I really needed the conference to go away from the stress of real life and to refuel my spirituality.

The Expenses

Of course, I can’t join the conference without expenses. Hehehe...

Conference Payment – P800

Ride (Fx)                       – P500(Initially) + P100 + P50 (Due to misfortunes)

Room                            – P450

Basketball Uniform    – P100(Buti na lang madami kami nasolicit)

MMLC Shirt                  – P140

Food\Others                – P400

Total                              P2,540

Ano… ganyan ka mahal… grrrrrrrr… Wala na kong pera…. Waaaaahhhhhhhh…

Our team planned to give Ms. Lalaine a birthday surprise last Friday since she would be celebrating her birthday on Saturday (July 30).  Allan, our team lead, asked me to buy flowers, cake, and card for Lalaine.  Last Thursday, I went to glorietta to canvass for the flowers and cake and buy a card.  At Friday lunch time, Aldrin, Leya, Paulo and May accompanied me to buy the flower at Holland Tulips and to cake at Cheesecake etc.  I forgot the name of the flowers we bought but it’s an assorted set of flowers.  For the cake, we bought the Berry Temptation.  From the name, I presume it is a berry cheesecake with grap! es toppings.  We gave the gifts and sang an out of tune happy birthday at around 3 pm.  Then we divided the cake amongst ourselves.  Grabe…Sarap nung cake… kaya ko siguro ubusin magisa yung cake na yun… hehehe… Happy Birthday po ulit Ms. Lalaine… Ang aking buddy at dakilang Momi ng JPMC.  Wish you and your family the best things in life.

Haaaayyyyyyyyy... Dahil walang pasok kahapon... napanood ko ulit ang Full House sa GMA 7... hehehe... Grabe... nainlove nanaman ako kay Jessie (Song Hye-kyo)...  Haaaaayyyyyyy... ang ganda niya talaga... kailan ka ba magiging akin... hehehe... adik na tong batang toh... nakadrugs nanaman... hehehe... JJJ