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Tinder.  I signed up! haha!

I wanted to share my experienced with it, so here it is.  Its easy app, swipe left to Nope and right to Match. If you both match, thats the time you can send a message to the matching person.. Ive chatted to few people both male and female.. I made chat friends exchanging mobile numbers to transfer to the viber app.

I noticed that there is a trending questions mostly asked.
- Location
- Status (Single, married, divorced, separated)
- Why am I at Tinder
- What am I looking for

and my answers;
- Mandaluyong (nothing more specific than that)
- Single, Never been married, No Kids
- Looking for someone to chat, passing time
- to chat with and maybe friends who i can meet organically

And I noticed the last two questions are usually the "deal breakers".  Meaning if the person is interested on continuing the conversation or not..  If its a good conversation, 2 hours tops, you'll be exchanging numbers and move to Viber.  I think, this is because the Tinder app lacks the ability to send photos.  If you want to see how the person looks you just check their profile page.  The profile page consists of name, age, bio/info, work, school, and uploaded photos. which photos are probably not their current photos.. Haha! You'll be surprised that the photos some uploads are year or some image of none person..

Anyways here is mine..

"I miss you"

I want to tell you that, Chad.

But instead..

I'll get busy to have no time to think about you.
I'll forget you to forgive you.
I'll find happiness to not be sad for you.
&
I'll someday I won't  be think about you.

Once again rainy season is starting ...

I was on my way home from C5 and the traffic was starting to get heavy. So I was supposed to reroute my way to Fort-Makati. But instead I find myself driving to Mckinley Hills.  As I was passing by a coffee place catches my eyes... Black Canyon Coffee. So, I made a U-Turn and find myself a parking slot.


Now, I'm here. The place is empty.. No guest at all.  I'm guessing that I'm there first customer for this evening. When I entered the cafe, they were playing Christmas song... Hehehe... Its still June, the start of the rainy season here in the Philippines.. I wonder what mood the servers are in. Anyhow, they greeted me with a warm "Hello"...


I seated myself outside so I can smoke while I write and kill time.


Gosh... my iPhone is already purring with #MMDA announcement of flooded areas with knee high water level... I'm getting scared.. How will I get home? :(


While I wait here and kill time... I'm thinking of what I can write about...  No topic come to mind that I am in the mood to discuss about...

So lets see... I'll just go with the flow here... wherever my mind will take me...


Today at work, it was a stressy Monday.. I am so pissed on what I am facing because of the BOD's couldn't decide on whether to sell the lot (for the infusion) or not. For a 20k sets of product, I could not commit to my customers. I worked so hard to get 80% of its SKU and all the years of effort, its just going down the drain.. But as a good manager, I try to make ways- solving the problem.


With that, my mood kind of resulted to have a drink tonight. I don't want to talk about work stuff with my friends.. So I wanted to see a live rock band.  But hey.. Its Monday.. Its a dead night.. But that didn't stop me from trying... I searched the web and Im friends..


Kinda lucky... Even though its a dead night there are some couple of places that will have live rock band.. and the bars are pretty cool to go too. But since I'm still stuck here at Fort, I dunno yet if I'll be able to go. Might be too lazy to go out when I get home anyways...


Can somebody up there stop the rain already? I wanna go home na.  My laptop's battery is already draining here...


This rain is making my mood emo.. I'll stop writing while I have the strength to control expressing my melodramatic thoughts to this post... Hehehe!

Peace Out!

Thank you all so much for the presents!

Let me show you around...

The Bed

- my favorite meme Odd Ball & Pills
- Ladybug pillow night lamp


The Side Table

- vintage Santa from Ama
- Lighthouse tower that I bought from Coron, Palawan
- Hello Kitty Alarm clock


My 32 inch Samsung TV

- I wasn't supposed to get a TV in my room, but my friend kinda tricked me into getting one.


A hand-me-down Desk from my Achie & my clutter

- this is about 25 years old and I think 10 more years before it retires.


- a glass of ice tea
- Dark Vader USB hub
- ballpens, staples, puncher, and more ballpens


My Bose Sound Wave



My Closet #1

- all clothes and accessories inside the drawers

My Closet #2

-all of my pants, slacks, jeans


-More Clothes inside the drawes


-Bags and Shoes


Tiny Bathroom


Finally, my one and only Room Warming Gift from a Dear friend


A YELLOW ELECTRIC FAN

ONE: Graduate School

18 months of studying Management in Entrepreneurship at Ateneo Graduate School, Rockwell Center. School will officially start this February and I have 3 modules to accomplish for the whole school year. I'll be studying and working at the same time. I really really hope that I'll be able to enjoy and adapt to the hectic schedule that I will be juggling. I won't be leaving my work as part of Sales & Marketing, I'll be incorporating being a GM and will practicing the learnings on my future studies.

I really hope and pray that I will swiftly achieve and put into practice what I will be learning in school and be able to incorporate the principals/ values to our own company. I hope to prove to my Dad that choosing me is not a mistake.


TWO: Waking Up in the Morning

The first challenge that I encounter in my daily routine. I can't sleep early, no matter how I force myself. I hope my Classes will start 10AM.


THREE: Nicotine Cut-Back

Since Ateneo is a Smoke Free School and I'm pretty sure that my classes will be held on the 4th floor; I hope that my smoking habit will be controllable and (cross fingers) lessen.


FOUR: Friends

Looking forward to meet new set of friends who I can hang out or (maybe) do business with.


FIVE: Year Ending

We shall see....

This Christmas all of my cousins are here in Manila with us. For a change we planed to give an exchange gift among cousins. The Theme is something kinky. I could not remember who is incharge of the idea, since My Cousin Andree and my Sister are pointing fingers to each other.

Below is our group picture with the gifts that we received from each other. I hope the next time around we get to do more than exchange gift. Maybe we can have a dress up theme or choreograph a dance :)

My 2010 Christmas Vacation is one of the most hectic, fun, & memorable holiday vacation that I have.

Since my Aunt Bet, cousin Ryan, & Alex arrived, no day goes to waste. From morning till night, we are packed of things to do, places to go, foods to eat. They arrived 21st of December and went home on 1st of January. I started my vacation on the 23rd and spent most of my time with the Lipio family going to Tiange at Greenhills, Pet village at Tiendesitas, drinking booze at High Street- Fort, snorkeling to the coral gardens of Coron- Palawan and enjoying our sun bathing to the beach shore of Malcapuya Island. It was a very tiring experience but worth all the sleepless night I had.

Untill now, I still haven't gotten the sleep I was hoping to do over the holidays or completely buy all of my Christmas present to give. I'm still missing 4 gifts to office mates and friends.

Oh before I forget to mention; on the flight to Coron, Palawan- I won a Cebu Pacific basket that unfortunately my sister lost it when we arrived at our lodge. Curse to the person who took it! I bet that its the same guests that checked in with us, who took my basket. There were only 3 winners and 2 of them came from us. It was a "show me" game and the host ask for an item, and who ever showed it first gets to win the basket. Alex won for showing the flight pamphlet and I got mine by showing a cigarette. The 3rd one, i forgot what "show me" item was asked, but the person who won didn't stay in the same lodge as ours. Anyways, Alex left his basket with me and its in my closet together with my sunblock. suntan, and eco-bag that i use in the beach.

I gave the speech right after dinner. I remember that i couldn't eat and I drank half a glass of wine to collect my courage. My speech is short and simple, but from my heart. I figured since its a intimate wedding, there is no point of expressing much of the Bride and Grooms personality - the two Bestman covered that part well enough.

I hope that Antonio and (especially) Elaine love and appreciate my what I said that night.


Good Evening Everybody.

I'm Valerie.

Thank you Emma for asking me to be your Maid of Honor, I wasn't expecting it.

I've known Elaine since we were grade 6. Our Friendship blossomed during High School.
Elaine is like a Sister to me. We had our shared trials is life. We Fought, we cried, we laugh, we had each other's back.

When Elaine told me that she got engaged to Antonio - That was the first time we spoked to each other after a year of no communication. I remember, I felt sand and happy at the same time.

Happy, cause my Sister is back.

Sad (for a split seconds), cause I'm loosing her again for the second time.

But now, I've realized that I'm not loosing a sister. Instead, I'm gaining a brother.


To Antonio and Elaine:

I'm wishing you the best of both worlds.
Love each other as if it was the first time.
Pray together before you sleep
And most of All (promise me this), I'll be the Ninang of your first born
... Make it soon!
Love you Both!

Cheers!!!

Its been awhile since I wrote my thoughts out. I wasn't in the mood and I see no significant event that's worth sharing, till now (I guess).


My Best Friend Elaine got married last Friday and I was the Maid of Honor. I remember that I didn't enjoy the seat down dinner cause I was so nervous with my speech. Its short, but its from the heart. I'll post it next time, I wrote it down on a piece of paper and its somewhere in my purse.


Before and after the wedding, I (still) feel terrified. You see, both Rina and Elaine are married and my buddy Q, is engaged. I'm the last one in the circle who doesn't have a partner. I'm scared. I'm really scared that, what if there is no one for me out there? What if I'm destined to be single for the rest of my life? I've been trying to tell myself that its going to be alright, that I will live to accept it. But as each day passes by, I feel hopeless, worried, scared that this is my life would be. I don't want to be single for the rest of my life. I don't want to be lonely. I'm lonely every single day. I mean, I put up a face that I'm alright and strong and I have accepted my singular livelihood but I'm having this melt down or whatever you call it. Gosh, I don't even know if I wanted to post this and share with you all but I wanna be true to myself at one point. I don't want to pretend that my life is great. Funny, cause when people ask me how I am, my answer is already 'I'm great'. Its harder pulling this thing off and not telling anyone the truth about it. It scared me that when I tell, I'll see this pathetic look on their faces and they try tell me that it will be alright, that the right guy will show up soon, all that crap; cause when I look in their eyes, I don't see the hope that someone is out there for me.


How come it feels that I'm the only single person who feels this way? This sucks!

Last December 29,2009 approximately at 5pm in the afternoon when Cha-Cha got home from the Doctor, she passed away. I got this e-mail from my Dad. This made me cry and it was the first heartfelt letter that I got from Daddy. I just want to share it, I'm sure that most of you who had experience the same thing understand how heartbroken and hurt this must. I don't know how to show my empathy to my Father. It felt that I can't do anything to make him feel better and to even ease the pain cause I would have felt the same, if it happens to me. So, I hope my Dad will read this someday and know that I did try to empathize with his on this experience.


From: dpp_chacha@yahoo.com
Subject: I LOST MY BEST FRIEND ( MY PET: CHACHA)
Date: December 30, 2009 4:52:48 AM GMT+08:00

Hello ,

my pet pug died yesterday dec. 29. i had to tell this story since i owe it to chacha who had been with me for almost 9 years since she was 3 months old. after my wife Mellie died i spent a lot of my time taking care of chacha since i didn't want to entrust her to maids who do not know how to take care and love dogs. chacha goes with me to almost everyplace i go to even to my office everyday. she sleeps with me since she was 3 months old.

last nvember i noticed that she had a boil in her legs but very small. as days went by the boil started growing but not very fast. i had her brought to the vet but the vet couldn't operate cause chacha was overweight and she had to go on a diet. about a week ago the boil grew very big and i started to get worried but my vet was on a seminar in singapore. last friday when i came home i noticed that chacha wasn't as active as she used to be and she was just waiting for me to be beside her. i talked to val and said that we should bring her to the vet on monday since i notice the boil was starting to bleed on sunday.

val brought chacha to the vet on monday and the vet had her stay overnight for some test to find out whether he could operate. this afternoon at 2:00 pm the vet called me to pick up chacha since her x ray machine had problems and she said that she gave her antibiotics sor the boil and to bring chacha back on january then she will operate to remove the boil.i had my driver and maid pick up chacha. when chacha got home entered my room beingcarried by the maid she looked at me and went into a massive heart attack but without any sound.

when the maid placed her on my bed at first i didn't notice that she died but i didn't like the way the maid placed her on my bed. i went over to straighten her and noticed she had died.

i can't help myself from being sad and alone. i will miss my chacha. she will always have a place in my heart. my routine will have to change abruptly.

i thank God for giving me chacha and the time i spent with her. chacha was not only my friend but she made me realize that taking care of others is such a fulfilling value.

i will always have such a friend as chacha in my heart to remind me of values that i have to give and conquer as i go to fulfill my destiny.

a pet is forever

Denis

I got this Tweeter account since, I started having my own laptop and that was like 2 years ago. At first I don't get what the fuss is all about, why was it such a big hit? What kind of a effin fad it this?


Anyways, I applied for it. Trying it out, like 3 post since the last time I applied for it. Now, I'm getting a lot of invites and followers. Now, I get what peeps sees in this thing. Its the contribution. You see, at first I thought to myself that this is just another way to show peeps how cool you are, how fast do can you get the latest information, to be in a cool place with the "in" peeps, in other words, I just saw the bad side of it, the bragging effect (skeptic peeps, like me). The showing off. I failed to look that, sometimes sharing information can just be plain and simple as shared information. The net is medium that can be use a good stuff (as well). Feeling ko ngayong ang b-o-b-o ko. kasi the internet is the fastest way to get any information that you want to get. You can get almost find everything, anything, no matter. Its the most powerful medium that we have right now. But I tend to look (always) at the bad side of it.


Haha! That's it for now. I could think of a nice subject to post. I really miss blogging. My Work is taking up too much of my time, unlike before. Its tough, stressful, but i manage to enjoy it. After all, I told myself that I should do something in my life with so much extra time (unlike before), I just surf all the day and read, read, read. Now, I'm more of a carer woman (naks! Sarap pakingan!). Untill I reach my work goal, I will be married to Armel.


That's all folks! Thanks for reading.

I just got home from Wack-Wack with the Lipio family, attended Mass.
Wish we have driver so we can go and have desserts!

Anyways, MERRY CHRISTMAS TO ALL! Enjoy the rest of the evening!

Cheers!



(Me & Dree)

No more work for me! More time to blog, if I'm not lazy enough.

So Q, When are we gonna have that photo shoot? I know you check my blog from time to time. hehe! Can't wait to this new experience! Let's do it before the 24th, para payat pa ako. LOL E=mail me or Call me! Clean na your lens!

I'll be at Rockwell tomorrow afternoon. Christmas shopping!

Friends (you know who you are), I'm free except friday and sunday (you know why).... Starbucks gang na tayo?!

I miss you two Lovebirds!

ITs time to catch up!

>>>>>> 3:30 na, and still not sleepy. *Hay* =<

Date: 13 December 2008 @ 9:00 PM
Location: Moksha Bar at Greenhills, San Juan
Occasion: My Achie Izah’s Birthday Party



I don’t like the taste of alcohol drinks, especially tequila. I think it’s the worst tasting drink, plus the hang over I get the next day. It can turn me into a bulldozer! LOL


That night, for the very first time, I drank a shot of Bacardi 151 together with my friend Pia. Pia is like me, we both don’t like drinking alcoholic beverages. We both are allergic to beer and possess a low tolerance for Alcohol - One Shot of drink and we’re out (at least, I know I am). When Carlo (Pai’s boyfriend) handed us the shot glass filled with Bacardi 151, Me and Pia protested on sharing the shot. I took us 15 minutes to plead to everyone to agree. When they did, here’s the count down.



Three, Two, One,
Now, Fall in my arms now.






This is the nastiest drink I ever tasted!

After my hunger crisis, I’m feeling perky.

After eating my late lunch, I’ve been listening to my Bubbly Playlist of my iTunes archive and slurping my favorite cherry flavored lollypop from Starbucks. I can’t get enough of the sweetness of the lollypop can give! I guess, maybe, eating 8 pieces of Gyoza and having a grande size of Hot White Chocolate Mocha, had me feeling perky.

Anyways, I was thinking of the catchy phrases from songs that I try hard to sing in tune with. I own a very bad pair of vocal cords; you never want to hear me sing- believe me! Lolz! Going back to what I want to blog about, (since it’s my type who jumps from one topic to the other, and having a lot of off topic discussion and I ended up not finishing what I was writing on the first place, like what I am doing now, irrelevantly explaining what I don’t need to explain. I had this phrases listed down below. It’s the phrases that I find worth to be discussing about. Its one of my favorite group of words.

Phrase 1

“They can change the locks, don’t let them change your mind”

Have you been in a situation where everyone is against you’re will? And those people will persuade you, till you give up and allow yourself to do what they been wanting you to do? If your in this situation, I wonder how long will you last? Will you fight for it or just merely let go? Hmmmm…. I’m known to be a stubborn girl and with stubbornness lies the power of determination (-Baby!). Hence, I wouldn’t likely to be persuaded to something I don’t agree upon.

Phase 2

“Will write a song that turns off the lights, where both boy and girl start shaking inside”

Now who doesn’t want a good flirt huuuh? After all flirting is a form of art, which practices good communication skills with Fun! Think of flirting as an exercise, you maybe in bad shape at first, but eventually it will sculpt you up! So, try to have a carefree heart and don’t fidget!

Phase 3

“Cause people don’t take chances with their hearts”

Well, this phrase is written for me. I have a fear taking risk. Especially with my heart involve, I rather play in the safe side of the filed.
Yes, I know, Boring, No Fun! =P

Since I’m waiting for food to be delivered here in my office. I think I’ll do a little blogging to take my mind off my growling tummy. I am so hungry! I should have eat out instead, but the lack of human resource, such as my driver, who safely brings me to all my destination is busy as of the moment, which left me to order my food out and be delivered.

When I was in grade school, in particular, I thought I’ll be driving my own car when I reached college. Who have thought that when I started my driving lessons, I’ll be scared off my butt to be right next to a bus. Yes, I am scared at buses and the way bus driver’s drive. When I was young, I never really paid much attention to buses. I even road a bus during one of our filed trip in school and I wasn’t frightened by it at all.

When I started learning how to drive, the first 4 days was okey. I drove around inner streets of Mandaluyong Circle. So it was just cars and jeeps that I drive around with. On the 5th day of my driving lessons, this is where I really proven myself that I cannot driver around buses. I was on my way to Makati-Mandaluyong Bridge when a bus drove pass me. I froze. I thought that I will let go of the steering wheel, but my hands are numb, stiff, not wanting to move. The instructor had to pull us to a stop. Good thing we are just moving slow, since I love to make the car run faster than what my instructor tells me to. You see, I find a certain bliss of excitement and sensation on being in a fast running car. Where the wind blows thru my hair and I will be playing the song “My Favorite Game” from the Cardigans in the background. Just pure RAPTURE.

Hehehe! Well, so much for my “dream car”, which happens to be a Vanilla colored Porsche or a Green Apple colored Volks Beetle. Now, I only get to dream about it or enjoy it with my friends who can tolerate fast driving.

My food is here! Its time to eat!