Kabaliwan ni Maan

Monday, November 28, 2005
How was your week?

Today is November 28, a monday and a non-working holiday. But being the loser that I am with tons of work to do, I will be going to the office and hope that I get some real work done.

Nevertheless, here's what I did for the past week.

Last wednesday, I attended my last yoga class with Anna and Tina. I must admit that I was never into sports nor into exercise. But I definitely enjoyed the 3 yoga classes I attended at Bikram Yoga located at Corporate 88 Building, Makati. I would definitelty love to continue my yoga sessions if the price to pay isn't so goddamn expensive! Our first 3 classes for beginners were discounted at P800 for 3 classes. After that, the price per session will escalate to about P600. If that's the case, I'd rather enroll in Fitness First. But I have to say that the yoga class at Bikram Yoga's is quite different. During the 90-minute class, I have learned to just focus on myself and my capabilities and to let go of all my problems, worries and anxieties. The experience was definitely one of a kind. During our first class, I thought that it would be my first and last. It was so hard that it literally took my breath away. I had to pause and sit for about 15 minutes before I can rejoin the class again. Thankfully, the next 2 classes were a bit easier but still very challenging.

Yoginis at Bikram Yoga

Thursday, I slept over at Trexyl's place because I had to be at Makati Sports Club at the ungodly hour of 6:00 AM. I swear that I am doing this for the love of the team since I am definitely not a morning person (obvious ba? Timestamp sa blog ko past 12MN madalas). Before I digress, Anna and I went to Fort because she wanted to buy children's books. She thought there was a bazaar at The Fort but she was mistaken. We ended up window shopping at Gourdo's instead. They had a lot of neat stuff for the house which were very tempting to buy if they weren't so expensive. We saw some funky hats which we tried on and we just had to take a photo of ourselves.

After Gourdo's, I headed to Trexyl's place. Since I hadn't had dinner yet, Trex and I went to the nearby Sari-sari store and I bought instant yakisoba and a liter of Coke. Trex had some chips and dips which we also ate while watching Pinoy Big Brother. Once again, we talked about joining the show and what it would be like to be a part of PBB. That's a thought. I am sure it would be fun but I don't think that we will have the guts to actually join. After PBB, it was lights off but that doesn't mean that it's time to sleep. Trex and I ended up talking and laughing until the wee hours of the morning. Even though I told her a millions time "Good night na. Tulog na tayo.", she won't stop talking. This brought me to the conclusion that living with Trexyl may not be a good idea because it would mean sleepless nights and sleepy days.

Friday, I woke up at around 5:30AM hoping to be at Makati Sports for our event by 6AM. Of course that would be impossible. I got to Makati Sports at 6:30 AM and almost everyone were already there. Oh well. Better late than never. I was so sleepy the whole day and I totally had no energy at all that I didn't feel like eating even if there were a lot of food which I was excited to eat the past few days. I was so glad when the event ended at around 5PM. I stopped by the office for a few minutes then I drove myself to ATC to meet up with Red and watch Harry Potter 4: The Goblet of Fire. I arrived in Alabang at around 6AM and Red was just on his way to the office. So I parked outside their building and slept. I was that tired and sleepy. Red arrived at around 6:45 PM then we headed straight to ATC. After the movie, we headed straight home. Red stayed for about 5 minutes and went home since I was so sleepy and I just wanted to sleep. I slept until 3PM the next day, saturday.

Saturday, I met up with Trexyl again and went to the World Trade Center Christmas Bazaar. I bought a pair of pedal pushers for P300. Same style as the one I bought at Bench. Trex bought a lot of stuff as usual. Then we went to The Fort since there was also a bazaar there. We weren't able to catch the NBCc Tent bazaar so we just went to the small one at the center of The Fort. After shopping, we ate at Zong. We ordered Suckling Pig with Jelly Salad and Shrimp and Peach spring rolls which we hated. After dinner, we went to Trex's place to watch PBB again. I got home before 12MN.

Sunday, I slept the entire day and waking up to eat or watch DVDs which I borrowed from Trex. I enjoyed Mona Lisa Smile since it reminded me of Dead Poets Society. I also borrowed Sideways but there was something wrong with the DVD or my player so I was unable to finish it.

It's technically a monday already and I should be sleeping again since I need to go to the office tomorrow. I am praying that I will be able to take my 5-day vacation leave on December since I need a break and spend some quality time with my family.

Maan @ 12:57 AM
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Not Proud

I admit that I've done some things that I'm not very proud of and I am sure that everyone has their own secrets to keep.

So aside from Post Secret which I visit every week, I have discovered a new website wherein you can submit your confessions anonymously.

The website has divided it's confessions to 8 categories. The first 7 are the deadly sins which are Pride, Envy, Sloth, Gluttony, Greed, Lust and Anger. The last one is for miscellaneous confessions.

Below are some of the confessions from Not Proud:

11/10/2005 at 19:59:24

Too little, too late? You had me for four years. I wanted to marry you. You were too fucking scared and sketchy. Now, a year and a half later, you send me poetry and text messages, calling me to tell me that you'll be incomplete forever unless I come back to you? Gimme a fuckin break. Go fuck your ex-wife some more.

11/10/2005 at 17:13:56

I still love you. No matter what I do I can't rid my mind of you. I hate you for that; for your ability to remain after it's all over. I just wish this ache would go away.

11/10/2005 at 14:01:17

My ex-boyfriend wanted me to blow him in a public park. I agreed, as long as it was secluded. We found a spot, and I went to work on him. We were so involved that we didn't hear these guy come up the sidewalk. They surrounded us and started taunting us, and the fucker, the pussy, the fucking wimp took off running! They taunted me some more and made me think they were going to gang rape me, but then let me go. My cowardly ex was waiting in the bushes a little way away. He tried telling me that he was waiting for the right moment to come running and rescue me. Bullshit. I let him walk me back to the parking lot and then dumped his ass right then and there and drove home. When I got there, I found a message on my machine, from him, telling me that he thinks it'd be better for both of us if we didn't tell anyone about what happened. God, what a loser.

Maan @ 12:09 AM
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Thursday, November 24, 2005
Secrets...

...of other people which you may be able to relate to.

For more, visit PostSecret.

Maan @ 7:12 AM
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Saturday, November 19, 2005
Bad habits are hard to break

I'm currently doing two things I shouldn't be doing but I just can't help be do them: PROCRASTINATE and NAIL BITE.

My procrastinating activities are as follows: surfing the internet while writing this entry and biting my nails when I'm trying to think of a word which is on the tip of my tongue.

Thus, I was able to "discover" some new blogs which I got from a blog I've already linked to my blog.

Here's the path I took: Kabaliwan ni Maan --> Unwelcome Return to the Single Life --> Same Cross, Different Nails --> Love is a Cunt

I'm still contemplating if I should link up the two latter blogs.

What the heck! I'll link them.

Then I can stop my procrastination and get on with my real work.

Maan @ 12:07 PM
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Sunday, November 13, 2005
Going back: Surreal and melancholic

After 8 years, I again revisited my neighborhood where I grew up. I've lived in Sampaguita Street for about 8 years. 8 years of growing up and going to puberty and angst. Until now, I still dream of our house in RGV Homes as well as the people who live there. When we left in 1997, we went back once and never again. I always dreamt of going back there. In a car. Driving through the streets. Checking out the houses. After 8 years, my dream came true. I went back, in my car, drove through the streets, checked out the houses, hoping to see a familiar face. But there was no one there that I knew. Even the houses were different. I almost didn't recognize our house where I grew up. I was so excited to be back there that I cannot help but take pictures. Unfortunately, I didn't have the nerve to open the windows because someone might see me taking pictures of "our" house which is theirs already and might mistake me for an Akyat Bahay Gang member.

Our house looks old and ugly as well as PJ's house. The gate which was brown before was now blue. They built a water tank at the corner. There were no more plants and trees at the front. Only the santol tree remains. The dama de noche is gone as well as the birds of paradise and the santan bushes. I hope the 2 mangga trees are still in the backyard. They didn't produce the best hilaw na mangga in the neighborhood but it was fun climbing those trees and picking the mangga off its branch. Sarap also with suka and toyo! It makes me sad to see the house I grew up in in such a sorry state. I almost didn't recognize it.

33 Sampaguita St.: The house I grew up in

31 Sampaguita St.: My bestfriend's house

Shortcut path from Narra St. to Sampaguita St.

10 years ago, you would have seen a different kind of neighborhood from what I saw earlier today. The streets would be filled with kids riding on bikes and playing street games. Patintero. Taguan. Cops and Robbers. Tumbang Preso. Shato. Tex. Chinese Garter. There would be vendors selling taho in the morning, fishballs, assorted nuts, nilagang mais in the afternoon. Now Sampaguita Street is quiet. Wala na ang magugulo at maiingay. They moved out and grew up. Hindi na napalitan. Hindi mapapalitan.

My childhood was not 100% full of happy memories. We were not the Brady Bunch. In fact, we could be the noisiest house on the block. To think dalawa lang kaming magkapatid. World War 3 araw-araw. Nevertheless, I miss my childhood. It was a very happy childhood. It was the best!

When you finally go back to your old hometown, you find it wasn't the old home you missed but your childhood. - Sam Ewing

Maan @ 12:25 PM
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Sunday, November 06, 2005
The long weekend is OVER!

I almost cannot bear the thought of getting up early tomorrow morning and driving myself to the office.

But of course there are some things that I am looking forward to such as:

1. Listening to Chico and Delamar on RX 93.1
2. A hot cup of coffee in the morning while reading my e-mails
3. Bringing my car to Honda Makati for the 10K maintenance check-up (but I am NOT looking forward to spending P3,700!!!)
4. Chatting with friends via Trillian (ssshh.... don't tell my boss)
5. Working. Yes. There's so much stuff I need to do that I can't wait to start on it PRONTO!

During the long weekend, I mostly spent my time "bonding" with our TV and I found myself enjoying the following TV shows:

1. One Tree Hill - I am currently IN LOVE with Nathan (James Lafferty). He is such a hunk! I may be unofficially engaged but a girl can still dream. Especially if it's about cute and hunky guys such as Nathan. Nathan, mahal na kita! I am totally entertaining the thought of buying the dvd of OTH... but maybe not.

2. Pinoy Big Brother - I'm not a BIG fan yet but whenever I channel surf and I land on Studio 23 or Ch. 2 when this show is on, I find myself mesmerized. Yeah, yeah, it's scripted daw. But what the heck! This show is still fun to watch and more fun when you're with friends.

3. Desperate Housewives - Since this show is being aired on a workday at around 8PM, I never get to watch it. So I was quite happy to catch the marathon on Star World earlier. Unfortunately, I had to drive Mama to SM Bacoor to do some grocery shopping so I grudgingly said good bye to the Desperate Housewives thus I missed 2.5 episodes. Good thing Rica will be lending me her dvd of the 1st season. Yahoo!

It's already quarter to 12MN. Better get some shut eye and start dreaming about Nathan. =)

Maan @ 11:45 PM
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I love you in all moments of our absurdity

I have been chatting with my close friends who are in the US right now and our ain topic is almost always about their problems with their current relationships. I am not a 'guru' when it comes to relationships since I do not claim to have a perfect one. But whenever I hear their stories, it makes me appreciate what I have right now.

My boyfriend may be the most understanding, patient, kind, smart and handsome guy and he's also damn lucky to have a pretty, sexy, smart, crazy, sometime bitchy girlfriend like me. Harharhar!

I'm sorry for being mean, for rolling my eyes out of exasperation and impatience, for shouting at you whenever I get mad (again because of my impatience), for telling you "Wutever!" when I don't want to listen, for being a brat and throwing temper tantrums when I don't get what I want even if it's not your fault, and for all the nasty stuff which may send me straight to hell when I die and I am just counting on you to save me.

I love you for the big things that mean a lot and for the little things which also count such as calling me everyday or texting me, for the time you helped me with my statistics, for supporting me during my thesis days, for driving my car, for letting me pick where to eat, for letting me take a sip of your drink and a bite of your food, for accompanying me to window shop and check out almost all the stores in ATC even if we both know that I'm not going to buy anything, and a whole lot more.

I am definitely looking forward to spending the rest of my life with you and I am sure that we will have lots of fun just watching our favorite shows on tv such as The Amazing Race and reminiscing about the past episodes when we were so sure that I was Flo and you were Zach and hoping that in the future we will be like the Gaghan Family which I am sure we will be.

Maan @ 2:26 AM
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Tuesday, November 01, 2005
The Long Weekend

I was planning to go to Zambales with Kartika and her family. But I guess God had a different plan for me. So I was stuck in the areas of Cavite, Alabang, Pque and Makati instead.

Friday, I hung out at Trex's place with Glenn and Don. For more details and photos, please visit SNO.

Saturday was spent sleeping. I went out at around 6PM to go to Alabang Town Center with Red. We just had dinner at Tempura and coffee at Seattle's Best. BTW, I am already hooked on Seattle's Java Jelly. I loooovveeeee the jellies! Before heading home, we stopped by Lola's placee to talk to Tita Ciel and Bill. They're going to Zambales (kainis!) for the long weekend and they asked if I can drop them off at the bus station. Of course I said yes. I was already contemplating on how I will be able to wake up at 7Am since I can't sleep because of the Java Jelly I drank.

Sunday, I woke up early much to my surprise. Before 8AM, we were already off. After dropping off Tita Ciel and Bill at the Victory Liner Terminal, I went straight to the office. By 9AM, I'm already there but I can't seem to start with my work. Warm-up muna! So I checked my Friendster and my blog. Around 10AM, Anna came and I decided to start working. We had lunch at around 1PM at Max's Jupiter, went back to the office and worked some more until 6PM. Then we decided to get a massage. I was thinking of going to Oliva Spa which charges P400 for a Swedish/Shiatsu Massage for 1 hour. Anna suggested that we try Tonton's Thai Massage which is near Makati Sports. The massage costs P300 for an hour. Since kuripot ako, we went to Tonton's. If you want a quick massage and you don't want to have oil on your body and hair, better go to Tonton's. I actually fell asleep during my massage. It's either THAT GOOD or I was just so tired. I was supposed to meet up with Red but decided to just go home instead and rest.

Yesterday, I was planning to do a lot of things. Go to CANS have my nails done, go to BF ruins to do some shopping then go to ATC to watch the Advanced Screening of Flightplan. I was able to go to CANS. So that's one check mark. Then I went to BF ruins but I was very disappointed because I was only able to buy a curling iron for Trex. I was supposed to buy pink flip-flops and this gold sandals but they don't have my size. Bad trip talaga! I then decided to go to Festival Mall to check if HerBench has the white capri shorts in medium and the Good Girl Tee. These items are also OUT OF STOCK! So bad trip na naman ako! We then went to ATC to catch Flightplan and when I got to the ticket counter, the 8:30PM show is already sold out. The next show is 10:40PM. Aaarrrgggggghhhhh!!! This is definitely not my day. So Red and I decided to go to Starbucks Las Pinas instead before heading home.

Today I plan to just stay home and organize my closet and clean our room and watch some TV and maybe surf some more. Hopefully by lunch time my chatmates in the US are already online.

Maan @ 10:24 AM
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