I'm moving...

... or at least my blog is. I've been with blogger for the last six (6) years (yes, six darn freaking years!) and in line with the CHANGES in my [working] life these days, I thought I would celebrate with the birth (or re-birth?) of a new blog page, and this time, with Wordpress.

I've exported all my entries in this blog to my new address: www.mylifeispretty.wordpress.com and I'm still in the process of improving the whole look. (my Photoshop skills is being challenged big time... whew!)

So my dear friends, see you at wordpress! =)

FANMODE: Fab videos

I haven't visited Youtube for quite some time, and when I did (really enjoying how fairly fast Skybroadband's 2Mbps is), I found some really amusing videos. Here are some of them:

Great and inspirational song from Matisyahu

Lourd de Veyra's take on the jejemons...

I've been jobless (for a weekend) but not anymore...

A week has gone since I became officially jobless and officially working again and it's been, well, different. After spending seven years of my working life enclosed in a cubicle or out in the field, scooping for stories I would write, I am at home, in my room, fighting the urge to turn on the tv and just lounge on my bed to actually work. I am getting used to this set-up and I think I will be getting the hang of things very soon.

With my new job, I don't have to report to an office for a period of time. I don't have to wake up very early to fix myself... no wardrobe-staring for an hour to choose what I would be wearing for the day or fight with my hair. I don't need to see people I don't want to see or (smell) unwanted (smell) for that matter.

But truth be told, I am also missing things (and people) that I thought I wouldn't. I miss my baby-cockroaches-infested cubicle, Claudette's kitchen where i first tried an extremely good white lasagna (and huge servings too!), manang who sells us lunch, and of course, the friends we left behind.

It's been a week and so far, it's been good. While we still have a lot of time to ourselves these days because we're just starting, I anticipate that things will be tough sooner but for now, I'll be -- as morbid-sounding as it seems -- resting in peace. =)

Alone-ness at Bo's interrupted by an annoying kid

Bo's Coffee is one of my most favorite places when I like to think or just lounge while drinking my freeze - especially their Oreo Freeze original. And so, here I am on a Monday night with my laptop, mobile phone, and iPod for companions. I'm waiting for my sister who's getting off from work at 8pm. (I still have to wait for 30 minutes!)

Thank God for earphones because one of the things I can't take is a noisy place - one with a loud-mouthed b**ch who can't seem to keep her mouth shut and an annoying kid running around and doing all sorts of annoying stuffs. Don't get me wrong, I LOVE kids. I adore them too much that sometimes when I am looking at one, I am finding myself battling the urge to scoop one in my arms and take him/her home. (just kiddin')

But this one particularly annoying little bundle of misery is destroying my peace. He looked like he's on 'E' or something or drank a whole box of redbull. I know it's absurd to think this way of a little kid but what annoys me the most is that the parent (the mom) doesn't seem to care at all. She just lets the little devil wreak havoc. (Almost hit me with a chain he was trying to swirl around his head.. grr)

Anyway, the little bugger was gone so I had my peace back.

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On a positive note, today was my first day at "work" and I am loving it so far. I didn't have to get up very early and I didn't have to stay very late... yet. We're just starting so I think a lot of changes will happen soon. But I don't wanna pre-empt and bury myself in misery prematurely... not that I want to of course, but hey, it cushions the blow a little when you're emotionally prepared if you know what I mean.

i'm just so glad to be out in the rut. Technically, I'm still having a taste of hell in the next few weeks as I still have to come back for some unfinished business but I guess I have to move on already and stop invoking negative vibes whenever I think about it; it's just not healthy and it's just not me. See the monster that they created? This makes me sad actually...

Oh well, I gotta snap out of it because there's a lot of things to be busy with in the next few days. I think I'll also have a taste of how it is to produce and be an editor for a small cable t.v. show... wish me luck! =)

Devil down the hole...

What a very cool way to pray... thanks to Van Ness Wu who makes praisin' GOD hip and full o' life =)



And here's a video of him talkin' about what inner peace is all about.



So, I'd say, deliver me Lord, deliver us from evil (I think you may have done just that *wink*)

What a very 'jejemon' day!

Nako, this word has been haunting me since the start of this week and it just irritates the hell out of me... not to forget that these 'jejemons,' the perpetrators of this first degree language homicide, are really worthy of prosecution. How can people mutilate the greatest thing ever invented! I think they're plain lazy or just plain pa-cute, nothing more.

Oh well, this day is lazy and I am beginning to wonder again what the heck am I doing here. Then I remembered I still owe the May issue two more articles. But ever since I handed that resignation letter, I am not feeling the vibe at all; I've never been back in MY zone. I go to work later than my usual late self and whenever I get up in the morning, I think about what I'll be having for lunch instead. Nice, right? I know, it is bad but I just can't help it.

I am excited about what the coming weeks will bring . Now I believe that when you're in the bottom, you have nothing else to go really but up. I might not be working in a posh office building anytime soon and I might be a temporary fixture in my newly-renovated bedroom for days or even weeks, but yes, I am looking forward to it.

I'm seeing things being done. I have a taste of Manila tour with my friend Katskie (luv u kat!) last weekend (photos here), I painted my walls olive green and I had that kind-of-floor-to-ceiling-slash-office-table that I wanted. I even bought that new trash bin for our kitchen. haha... While it may be getting darker and darker in my current office life, I'm seeing a fresh ray of light in another direction and there's nothing else to do but just to look forward.

It gives me hope reading about people moving on and standing up after falling. I am seeing smiling faces, finding hope and love, and getting corny and cheezy and feeling good about it. Well, that's how we must live our lives if we want to be happy, right?

Sana araw-araw ganito ang MRT

I forgot when was this shot taken, probably a few weeks back but I can only wish for it:

An almost empty MRT carriage. I can practically see the floor! =)


I have a trauma riding the MRT because I almost died riding one - true story. I almost fell down the tracks at the Shaw Boulevard station because people pushed and shoved each other like it was the greatest battle of their lives when they saw the MRT approaching (the station) and I was standing in front, way below the yellow line, with my toes at the edge of the platform. God bless my soul but someone was able to grab a hold of my arm when I lost my balance. Who pushed me? I had no idea - probably that whole throng.

So, yes... I truly dread riding this thing.

Hibernating and some other things

I've hibernated for quite a long time and I think it was kind'a deliberate 'coz I'm not feeling too well these days.

I was down with a flu last week. Started last Tuesday and I only got better last Saturday. I felt so tired and wasted and I haven't had a taste of direct sunlight until I came to work yesterday. I was home the whole time and didn't dare go out. This despite my mom's yearly traditional Pabasa which meant that we practically had an 'Open House' - busy house with a lot of people going in and out, and a lot of food too! What was funny was that since it's the election time, we've had a lot of "donations" from candidates like trays of eggs, boxes of fruit juices, even cash money. Generous bunch of a**es until they win and claim those seats. But thank you, nonetheless.

I made use of my "idle" time at home. I got to learn how to cook a few recipes (from Kuya's Italian cookbook) where most of the time, I was compelled to improvise because I've got no clue what some of the ingredients there even look like! Anyway, I got to make a yummy Tiramisu, replacing mascarpone (some sort of cheese) with a quickmelt, and a Trifle, which I overdosed with rhum so it was only my pop and unni's hubby who got to enjoy it. But hey, it was really good! I also cooked beef stew with overcooked vegetables. =)

My room had a slight renovation as I had it installed with A/C. This summer is killing me and it was a perfect timing that my aunt was selling her A/C so I took it without so much eyelash batting. I'm just worried about the electricity bill that's why I'm still cautious in using it. This Saturday, my cousin will install floor-to-ceiling bookshelves and a built-in desktop on my wall. My goal will be to fill those shelves with books! Neat, right? =)

The last couple of weeks before I got sick, I ran around Ayala triangle every night after work (finally!) and it made me feel really good. Just that i kind'a "lost" my running buddy 'coz her bf's in town so I'm lying low as well. But I'll continue doing that I swear even if it meant me running on my own. Somehow, I felt light and since I stopped, I'm starting to feel bloated again. Ayala triangle's busy during weekdays and kind'a 'dead' during Fridays (I think everyone's off, hanging out somewhere to unwind). It's nice to be around a bunch of health-conscious people; it makes me feel healthy for some reason.

So I wonder what's there in the next few days. I still feel like a first-class zombie these days but I am putting every inch of effort to shun all the negative vibes that surround me. As they say, I've probably bottomed out and there's no other way but to go up.