Kabaliwan ni Maan

Saturday, June 02, 2007
Transferring...

A blog (short for web log) is a website where entries are written in chronological order and displayed in reverse chronological order. - Wikipedia

2002, the year I registered in Blogger.com and started blogging. My first entry was:

Saturday, May 25, 2002

It's a Sunday Afternoon and I am here in the office. As usual, internet galore! Nakatambay ako ngayon sa www.gwapo.com. Sana naman maayos ko na itong blog ko na ito. Paano ba???

It's been 5 years since and Gwapo.com doesn't exist anymore and I no longer report to work on Sundays. In those 5 years, I was able to create 2 more blogs in Blogger.com: Fleet Diary and Saturday Night Out. Unfortunately, due to my busy schedule juggling work, school and my personal life, I can only manage to maintain ONE BLOG and that's why I will be permanently be blogging in MY MULTIPLY SITE.

Sad at it may seem that I will no longer update my Blogger account, maintaining my Multiply site is the best choice. In Multiply, I get to blog about everything and anything (and organize them using tags), upload hundreds of photos arranged in albums, upload music into my site, download music from other people's site, shop online and more importantly - connect w/ my friends who also blog.

To Blogger, thank you for being a pioneer in the Blog World. You have helped thousands of people to lighten their burdens by helping them pour out their secrets, sorrows, hurts, depressions and disappointments. On the other hand, you have also documented joy, excitement, delight and happiness.

I may be leaving Blogger but I am definitely not leaving the Blog World. See you all in Multiply!

Maan @ 4:11 PM
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Sunday, December 03, 2006
Hiatus? Not really.

If you've been wondering where I've been the past couple of months, wonder no more.

I seldom open my Blogger account because I found a new place to blog which is MULTIPLY. So come and visit my Multiply Site.

Actually, I haven't been blogging much at my Multiply site as well. Aside from the fact that my PC is still not working since my motherboard has given up alreeady, I am freakingly busy and stressed with work and with the wedding preparations that's why my internet life as well as my corn business is currently on hold.

Corn business? What corn business? Ah that is a long story that unfortunately I cannot write about as of this month since I am just in an internet shop which is near our house (stone throw away) and I don't have the luxury of time.

Maan @ 12:16 AM
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Sunday, September 24, 2006
Baby steps: Living your dream one step at a time

When I was in college, Shawie and I would stroll around SM Southmall and I would tell her, "I wish I had lots of money that I will be able to buy anything I want in this mall without being broke after."

Until this day, I would say that to any friend I'm with when I am at the mall. Most of the time, I tell it to Connie. Most recently, I said that line to my cousin Joyce while we were accompanying Jas who was window shopping for perfume and I was almost drooling while looking at the displays at Charriol and Tiffany's.

But since I am a big believer of dreams coming true and getting what I want has always been a trait of mine, I know for a fact that someday I will be able to stroll in a mall and SHOP. Not window shop, but to literally SHOP till I drop.

I've been viewing my past entries and I read my 2006 Wishlist which I wrote in Feb of this year for my birthday. Out of the 10 items I wished for, I actually was able to get more than half of them in a span of 8 months.

1. House and The OC DVDs - CHECK!
2. Havaianas - CHECK!
3. iPod - CHECK!
4. Postsecret book - CHECK!
5. Jewelry - not yet
6. Laptop - not yet. But I'm currently using Cholo's laptop. ;)
7. Starbucks Mug - not yet
8. Nike rubbershoes - CHECK!
9. Digicam - not yet
10. Wedding mags - I got 2 from Archie!

5.5 out of 10. I have to say that it ain't so bad given the fact that just 8 months have passed. Like they say, "Reach for the stars!". Or like Oprah said, "Dream big!".

Daydream Believer
by The Monkees

Oh I could hide 'neath the wing
Of the blue bird as she sings
The six-o'clock alarm would never ring
But it rings and I rise
Wipe the sleep out of my eyes
The shaving razor's cold and it stings

Cheer up sleepy Jean
Oh what can it mean
To aDaydream believer
And aHomecoming queen

You once thought of me
As a white knight on his steed
Now you know how happy I can be
Oh, our good times start and end
Without all i want to spend
But how much baby do we really need

Maan @ 3:29 PM
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Thursday, September 07, 2006
It's the thought that counts

August 30, 2006

For the 2nd time, I tried to organize a surprise birthday party for Trexyl. For the 2nd time, I failed. The operative word here is TRY. At the end of the day, it's the thought that counts. Let's see if I can have a 3rd try by next year. That is if Trexyl will still be here in Manila. Or maybe I might be in New York by 2007. ;)

Since the surprise party didn't push through due to a number of reasons, first being the availability of SNO and second is the availability of the birthday celebrator herself, we just had dinner at Bedspace Greenbelt. Trexyl ordered pasta while Marianne and I shared a bbq baby back rib and had vanilla creme brulee for dessert.

September 4, 2006

Post-celebration of Trexyl's party. Like they say, natutuloy ang plano kapag walang plano. So for this day, we decided to be spontaneous. And since I didn't have a gift for her yet...

Trexyl: gusto mo movie
Maan: lakas ba ulan?
Maan: wala akong pera. hehehe
Maan: anung gift gusto mo?
Maan: wag masyadong mahal ah!!!
Trexyl: movie
Trexyl: nalng
Maan: also. sabay tayo enroll.
Maan: ano libre kita movie?
Maan: nuod tayo ng devil wears prada :)
Maan Ganda: huy
Trexyl: go!!!!
Trexyl: libre mo ko
Trexyl: our first movie date
Trexyl: as your gift to me
Trexyl: hehe
Trexyl: GO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Maan: hahaha
Maan: oo nga
Trexyl: nuod tyo
Maan: tonight?
Trexyl: yup
Maan: check mo nga sa click the city
Maan: kung anung time yung devil wears prada
Trexyl: tonight is the night
Maan: taena wala akong pera pero para sayo...
Trexyl: ill check
Maan: gagastos ako kahit cant afford ako
Maan: ganun kita kamahal!
Maan: Only God knows how much I Love you!
Trexyl: wahahah
Maan: hahaha :))
Trexyl: cge, tayo na...
Maan: easy girl. :P
Trexyl: hahahah

So we went to Powerplant to watch The Devil Wears Prada which we enjoyed immensely. After that, I brought her home and that's how our first movie date ended. Trex, next year mami-miss natin ito. =)

To end this really mushy entry, I dedicate this song for you (and Jedd) and me (and Red).

THAT'S ALL

I can only give you love that lasts forever,
And a promise to be near each time you call.
And the only heart I own
For you and you alone
That's all, That's all...

I can only give you country walks in springtime
And a hand to hold when leaves begin to fall;
And a love whose burning light
Will warm the winter's night
That's all, That's all.

There are those I am sure who have told you,
They would give you the world for a toy.
All I have are these arms to enfold you,
And a love even time can't destroy.

If you're wondering what I'm asking in return, dear,
You'll be glad to know that my demands are small.
Say it's me that you'll adore,
For now and evermore
That's all, That's all.

Maan @ 8:07 AM
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Sunday, July 02, 2006
Girls Just Wanna Have Fun

After months of wanting to get rid of my layered hair, it is now back to its usual style - straight. I had a hair cut earlier at David's Salon with Trexyl. She had her hair trimmed as well. She was thinking of getting a "power dose" to make her hair a little dry but I talked her out of it. Her hair is damaged and a power does might cause more harm than good.

After our trip to salon, we decided to have dinner with the SNO gang but only Marianne and Allan were available. Don cannot make it due to a prior engagement, Thea is home already and Glenn is nowhere to be found. So we went to Greenbelt to meet up with Marianne and Allan for dinner, restaurant to be annouced as soon as Trex and I are able to decide between Italianni's and Grappa's.

When we got to Gbelt, we went first to GB4 and checked out the posh stores such as Charriol and DKNY and hoped that one day we may be able to shop at these stores and not worry about how to pay the rent or the utilities. While window shopping and daydreaming at the same time, we chanced upon a booth by Sony Ericsson and Fuji Films which is offering free photo printing from any SE cellphone. I had 2 photos printed, a photo of myself which was taken by Red and a photo of Trex and I during Anton's wedding.

Then Trex and I decided to eat at Red Crab. We wanted to go to Dampa but it was too far so we decided on Red Crab - a more expensive choice. But as soon as we saw the prices, we decided to just go to dampa instead. So we fetched Marianne from her office at 6750 and headed to Dampa.

When we got there, we went to Aling Tonya's and reserved a table. We went to the wet market because Trex and Marianne wanted to buy the food themselves. We bought crabs, shrimps and maya-maya. The crabs and shrimps were cooked with butter and garlic and the maya-maya for Sinigang sa Miso. We waited for about 20 minutes for our food and to tell you frankly, I wasn't that ectstatic over it. The buttered shrimp was good but I wasn't excited with the crab. The sinigang sa miso was OK but the fish was not cooked to well. May dugo pa! Eewww!!!

After dinner, Allan met up with us then we went to Shell Macapagal for coffee. We talked about migrating to Australia, going to Boracay and my wedding. Allan was so sweet to offer to be the usher and Trexyl will be helping me with the designs for the gowns of my entourage. Marianne will be a reader during the mass... "Love is patient...".

We finished at around 11AM. I brought Trexyl home - my payment for the countless times I slept in her condo. I also brought Marianne home because I copied our pictures in her laptop to my flash driver and I borrowed her Grey's Anatomy Season 1 dvd.

I got home at 1AM. Mama was obviously pissed at me. She told me that when I get married, my night outs will be OVER! If that's the case, I guess I have 6 more months to enjoy my singlehood.

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I come home in the morning light
My mother says when you gonna live your life right
Oh mother dear we're not the fortunate ones
And girls just want to have fun
Oh girls just want to have fun

The phone rings in the middle of the night
My father yells what you gonna do with your life
Oh daddy dear you know you're still number one
But girls they want to have fun
Oh girls just want to have--

That's all they really want
Some fun
When the working day is done
Girls-- they want to have fun
Oh girls just want to have fun

Some boys take a beautiful girl
And hide her away from the rest of the world
I want to be the one to walk in the sun
Oh girls they want to have fun
Oh girls just want to have

That's all they really want
Some fun
When the working day is done
Girls--they want to have fun
Oh girls just want to have fun,
They want to have fun,
They want to have fun...

---Girls Just Wanna Have Fun, Cyndi Lauper

Maan @ 3:13 AM
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Tuesday, June 27, 2006
99 secrets by Carl Steadman are finally revealed

90. sometimes, it feels as if we're repeating the same mistakes only to forget the ones we've already made, she said.

91. the women on television never wear mismatched underwear, he said. yes they do, she told him, but they're often talking, in those scenes.

92. alone, she thinks of his touch, but then remembers how he would only fill her with emptiness.

93. all of my thoughts are of you, he said, and of the way you would hurt me time and again.

94. when i try to remember what we had, he said, all i can really remember is what we wanted.

95. i don't really see how your need for closure necessarily entails fucking me one last time, she said.

96. there's nothing left, is there, she said. i think there's a pop-tart in the cupboard, he said.

97. you've found the right words, she said, it's just that you never quite discovered the right order.

98. you could stop, she said. and do what? he asked. something else, she said. he threw up his arms. that's exactly what i was doing before i started doing this, he said.

99. i still love you, he said, to no one.

Maan @ 11:31 PM
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Thursday, June 22, 2006
Celebrating Don's 25th B-day with Videoke & the Name Game

Who: Saturday Night Out Gang aka SNO (Maan, Trexyl, Marianne, Don, Allan, Joe)
What: Don's 25th Birthday
When: 17 June 2006
Where: Parque Espana, Alabang
Why: To celebrate Don's birthday and reunite with SNO
How:

By being overdressed which means that this is NOT JUST YOUR USUAL PARTY
By taking lots of pictures and videos
By shamelessly eating the food prepared by Don (pizza, pancit, cake, salty snacks)
By drinking San Mig Light, Coke, Mudslide
By singing with so much passion and conviction with the help of the Magic Mic
By participating in the Name Game and trying to answer all the jologs categories by Don such as "Who are the hosts of Lunch Date?", "80s Pinoy Movies" and "Tagalog Teleseryes".
By being KARENS aka Kaladkarin and going home during the wee hours of the morning
By leaving our heartaches, heartbreaks, sorrows, & disappointments outside the door and celebrating like there is no tomorrow and like life is as simple as drinking, eating, singing and bonding with the people you care about and care for you too. That by tomorrow when reality and the bitter truth sinks in, they will still be there and be your friend even when the music ends and make you realize that life is worthwhile.

Maan @ 12:47 PM
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