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[	Tags	\|	tennis: justine henin	]
[	Aktuelle Stimmung	\|	depressed	]

WHAT. THE. FUCK.

Uhm, I think I best sit tight.

Err..WTF?

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my P/B sex picspam!

[Mai. 13., 2008|11:31 pm]

[	Tags	\|	actor: penn badgley, actress: blake lively, tennis: maria sharapova	]
[	Aktuelle Stimmung	\|	awake	]

Here it comes!

( hot hot hoopla south of the border )

And guess who got extra popularity points today?

YUP. That's my girl! It's probably because of that WTA blasting thing but whatevs!

Anyway, off to stare at P/B some more.

Cheers!

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SQUEEEEEEE P/B LOVE!

[Mai. 13., 2008|01:46 pm]

[	Tags	\|	actor: penn badgley, actress: blake lively	]
[	Aktuelle Stimmung	\|	bouncy	]

I was having an OK day until I saw Penn/Blake almost having sex in Mexico. SQUEEEEEE! We all knew they were dating but finally some PDA! I will picspam when I get home.

Cheers!

could be yes...could be no

[Mai. 13., 2008|10:10 pm]

So to stretch my streak of bad luck, the airconditioner in my room suddenly malfunctioned last night, almost catching fire.

Then an arrogant "pa-impress" contractor of ours makes a huge mistake and everything constructed to date is practically useless.

Then the contractor of another project makes a hell of a fuss about using another brand of material different from the one we specified. Even the client is now extremely annoyed. I just don't get why some contractors resort to this type of shortchanging clients. It really gives the construction industry a bad name.

Then...just a few minutes ago...

I received an SMS that makes my heart skip a little and makes me smile a bit. Totally unexpected. I'm thinking, so is this the "hint" I was looking for? Hmmm.... maybe some good karma is finally coming my way.

GG Mondays will soon be over

[Mai. 12., 2008|11:19 pm]

[	Tags	\|	life: beach, music: tristan prettyman, tennis: serena williams, tv: gossip girl	]
[	Aktuelle Stimmung	\|	enthralled	]
[	Aktuelle Musik	\|	Tristan Prettyman \| Blindfold	]

Gossip Girl gets more awesome by week. Thank God for Roma being scheduled this week because I don't know how I'd be able to survive the 7-day wait for the finale! I hope for some brutal Serena/Georgina throw down. Just beat the shit out of her, S. Please!

( spoilery GG rant )

The other Serena in my life is very amusing. I mean, you know, the world is against her. Oh Serena, when will you ever stop being such an easy target? "Down goes the champ?" WHAT? You forget, you are with pros in there. I'm sure they were just happy for Safina. It's always a "joyous" time when these other girls step up. It can't always be just YOU, and..er..you.

Enough of crap. Hello..x by TP is insanely awesome. I've had this CD for quite some time now but it was just tonight that I really listened to it and it's GUHmazing! Makes me want to hit the beach ASAP, open a beer, sit there and just watch. Oh, good times.

Random late night thought.. wouldn't it be very cool if Masha Twittered? Something like, "training with Michael now..can't wait to win the FO!" YAKNOW! You should really think about it, Mash.

Cheers!

7.8 Earthquake hits China

[Mai. 13., 2008|05:56 am]

As I post this we still don't know the extent of damage this huge earthquake has caused. I'm pretty sure the damage will be very bad, the 7.2 quake that hit our country caused a lot of damage, imagine what a 7.8 one can do.

I was in high school when the 1990 earthquake hit Manila, our classroom was on the sixth floor and the tremors caused my seat (with me seated on it) to move several feet several times. I can still remember how terrifying it felt. I can still remember how our building and the adjacent building were swaying in opposite directions. My classmates said they remembered that I was the only one who remained calm all throughout, if I was then I can't imagine how traumatic it was for them.

I think an earthquake of this magnitude is one of the biggest fears of an architect. Even though the buildings we build here in the country are some of the sturdiest in the world, there is practically no way to guarantee if they can widthstand such a quake.

[Mai. 12., 2008|09:17 pm]

Back to school today. I'm glad! I actually miss the hectic pace of my life. Also, I get a headache when I sleep in for more than 2 days straight. I've gotten used to being prematurely awoken by an alarm. I actually got a bit depressed over my one week break because I felt like there was nothing to wake up to. No wonder I was so brilliant at work last week. I was such a dynamo on the floor because I was still on post-show high. had so much residual energy, and couldn't bear to stand still.

So... it's term 2 of year 1 and our next major project is mega-exciting. Something to eat up my life and finances again, hooray! It involves fairy tales, any film director of our choice (obviously one with a distinct style and a rich body of work), and furniture. I'll keep mum on it for now.

And today we had our first life-drawing session in drawing class. I'll be life-drawing once a week. Heaven. I swear, I have never wanted to not go to school (except for one class where our teacher is totally worthless, but that's another story).

Honestly, how can school be so good? I'm still loving it. Got my graphic design folio back today and I'm getting pretty good grades... well, pretty damn good grades. :-p

Our model was a young woman today, and I hope we get more men to model (so i can see penises!!!! hahahaha) :-p Na, I've been drawing women all my life. I'm not all that fascinated with hips and breasts anymore. I have yet to really say I know how to draw men, and I'm excited to learn. I want muscles and angularity (and penises!!! hahaha kidding).

I took the adventurous route to school today. I like going on random little adventures on a whim every so often. Breathes in fresh energy into everyday life. I took the Newtown route to school for the first time instead of the St. Peter's one. Found my way to school, but stopped by a little cafe on the way, chatted with the friendly barista (it's always nice being on the other end of good customer service when you work in the industry), got to see all the funky little vintage stores, and funky hair salons, and art galleries, and kinky S & M stores (dominatrix garb ooh-lala). It was a good walk. Perfect way to start term 2.

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11 more days

[Mai. 11., 2008|09:32 pm]

[	Tags	\|	tennis, tennis: andy roddick, tennis: justine henin, tennis: maria sharapova, tennis: nicole vaidisova, tennis: radek stepanek, tennis: serena williams, tennis: venus williams, tennis: vera zvonareva	]
[	Aktuelle Stimmung	\|	sleepy	]
[	Aktuelle Musik	\|	Mary Poppins	]

11 more days until I'm hitting the big 2-1. I think I'm really starting to look forward to it now. Vegas is out of the picture. None of my friends are going because of this and that and I'm not going alone so maybe next time. I'll keep you guys posted to where I'm partying that weekend so you can join me.

My sister bought a bunny and she named it Kyle. I think he's more of a Harvey than a Kyle really. Fluffy things with red eyes running around the living room is so not cool though. =/

( some tennis talk )

Some geeky Web 2.0 stuff: Hulu is made of awesome and then some. GO CHECK IT!

Hope you're all well!

Cheers!

P.S.
I AM IN LOVE!

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Another Work Week...

[Mai. 12., 2008|08:17 am]

So I was up very early today hoping to do some unfinished office work for later.

Got to the office at 5am, but for some reason, I couldn't get any work done. It's now 8:03am and I can't even recall what I've been doing the past 3 hours!!!

Oh well, hope the day turns out well...

and btw, it's my mom's birthday! We're not really big on birthdays so it'll pretty much be a simple family dinner with lots of cakes and ice cream.

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[Mai. 11., 2008|01:46 pm]

HAPPY MOTHER's DAY!!! A song for all your mums.

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[Mai. 10., 2008|12:12 pm]

[	Tags	\|	tennis: maria sharapova	]
[	Aktuelle Stimmung	\|	amused	]

MARIA SHARAPOVA WILL WIN THE FRENCH OPEN. You heard it here first. :)

HAAAAAAA!

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oh hollywood

[Mai. 10., 2008|01:45 am]

[	Tags	\|	hollywood, life	]
[	Aktuelle Stimmung	\|	tired	]

Dinner was fun. Very "Hollywood" but fun nontheless. I gotta admit, I enjoy being in that crowd from time to time. I just wish there were less bimbos and more smart/put together women out here. That's asking for too much, I know. Sadaful. But LA for sure does not lack good looks and that's always pleasing no matter how much you say ~it's what's inside~ that matters. Bullshit. :P

Alright, one too many rouds of vodka+redbull is affecting my trail of thought.

Cheers!

as the wheel turns.....

[Mai. 10., 2008|07:07 am]

I had a great start this year with a string of new projects with good clients. But as it often is, what followed was a string of unfortunate events. Lost a few projects (nothing worth losing sleep over just a bit of effort wasted), getting a couple of flat tires (some punk punctured my brand new tires with several holes), getting deep scratches on the car (also courtesy of the punk), getting rejected, losing my digital camera to thieves who broke my car window in the process and just yesterday, was almost electrecuted at a construction site (thankfully I only got a small burn on my arm).

Call me crazy but I'm a bit happy with slew of unfortunate events. I figure one of these days some good karma should flow my way just to balance it off. I'm pretty sure that's the way it is, good and bad fortune come in equal doses.

You just can't have everything.

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Random pics from the past few days

[Mai. 10., 2008|01:06 am]

*Yes, I've relocated, but want to post these here today. Wala lang. last hurrah, kuno.

My workmates always let me do the chalk sign boards in store, and this is the one I made for our Coffee of the Week, Cafe Estima.

O diba? Have you ever walked into a Starbucks with such damn fine chalk board signs?!

Too bad I'll have to erase it by Monday when our Coffee of the Week changes. Bugger.

You, Me, and the Tree

At the Botanical Gardens last Tuesday. What a beautiful Autumn sky.

Ohmygash! Faneekees!

Freakishly large bats. Everything in this country is freakishly large.

Coffee and cigarettes, the Sincek Diet.

Me with my favorite Frienemy, Nelson.

:-
:-)

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I never though Robert Downey Jr was sexy till now.

God, I love his 3D, futuristic work station in Iron Man. I can imagine myself designing puppets on that thing (geez, how sad).

And yeah, yeah, yeah I loved the movie and all that. Everybody does. I don't need to explain it yet again.

Will maybe watch it again on tight-ass Tuesday.

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I think I'm sick. I feel flu-ish. Oh no.

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strange stuff

[Mai. 7., 2008|11:33 am]

[	Tags	\|	tennis: maria sharapova	]
[	Current Location	\|	Bell Hizzzay!	]
[	Aktuelle Stimmung	\|	hungry	]

I had a weird dream about Masha last night. I forget how it all played out in the dream but I remember her friend Erryn being there and I guess we were all friends hanging out or whatever. STRANGE STUFF.

Flist, join Twitter and follow me. :)

Cheers!

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[Mai. 7., 2008|11:27 pm]

dear ATENEANS (fresh grad or currently in Ateneo),

Our dearest university has been of no help to me. I need an AB communications course syllabus, and a short official description of each class. I need it to get exempted from a class. Can anyone help me?

-Ala

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Busy 2008 and Rules Schmules

[Mai. 7., 2008|08:15 am]

graphicgurl

I haven't uploaded anything from our events and my other photo gigs...

I say the generic reason is: I'm very busy; I barely sleep on normal hours.

...and I recently cleaned up my computers so any photos I took since February are stashed away in DVDs. I also didn't take any bookings from March till May because I THOUGHT I'd have my OJT. Sad to say, I was NOT able to and I'm gonna rant about that if I could but I won't or else my graduation would be at stake. So I'm back taking photos officially this month.

There is so much to rant about rules and putting people in boxes... Anyway, enough about that.

BUT I'll rant about that when in the future when I get bored and multiply's the only site I can abuse. Haha. *devious grin*

Introduction, and a problem...

[Mai. 7., 2008|10:40 am]

global_capoeira
[memmarmite]

[	Aktuelle Stimmung	\|	contemplative	]
[	Aktuelle Musik	\|	Tom Waits - Chocolate Jesus	]

Hi all! My name is Mem, I'm 24, and have been playing capoeira for all of three months. I am completely and utterly head-over-heels in love with it, and even after such a short time I know that this is something I want to be doing for the rest of my life.

However, all is not so simple. You see, in the past I have had a lot of problems with anxiety/panic attacks - a problem that I had more or less shaken up until recently. I suffer with crippling stage fright, which is always a problem when it comes to stepping into the roda, sometimes preventing me from doing so altogether. The last time this happened was almost a week ago, when I found myself so utterly terrified of playing that I was physically sick. Furthermore, when I actually do make it as far as playing, I frequently find that the nervousness causes me to forget everything, and I often end up standing around looking like a lost puppy and feeling quite sheepish.

Such events are upsetting, and horribly humiliating.

The other members of my group are wonderfully understanding, which I am incredibly grateful for. However, I really am desperate for the day to arrive when I can start playing without the constant fear that my mind will let me down at the crucial moment.

The problem is compounded by the fact that we are hosting a batizado in July...

Any advice that anybody could offer on the situation would be very gratefully received.

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I am officially back to geek-dom

[Mai. 6., 2008|10:22 pm]

[	Tags	\|	life, life: work, photography, tv: gossip girl	]
[	Aktuelle Stimmung	\|	geeky	]
[	Aktuelle Musik	\|	The Commodores \| Easy	]

I spent all day looking for Firefox add-ons and being totally giddy about them. LOL! Just like the old days.. when I would spend countless hours in front of my computer coding shit and being in "programmer" mode with my college geek buddies. Can't believe that was 3 years ago and now just realized it's been 3 years since I took a "break" from school. Leaves me wondering if this break will ever end. I'm not going to stress about that right now.

I've been trying to book photography jobs the past few days thus making me such a bad LJ-friend. I am sorry. I am back and I will reply to comments ASAP.

I have to OMGEEEEEEE to Gossip Girl being so awesome last night. Although, no Chuck and Nate was not a cool move yo. I am so excited to see the last two episodes, like, YOU HAVE NO IDEA! But I have to say Georgina doesn't even come close to my hatred towards Jenny. UGH. You don't do that to Rufus or Dan. Bitchassness. OMGEE worthy: Serena saying "I love you" to Dan again. I need both Mondays to come NOW.

Have a great night guys!

Cheers!

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The story of BACON

[Mai. 6., 2008|03:11 am]

n0nc0nf0rmist

Yesterday just totally SUCKED for me. As in it started at 2 AM when there was brown-out in the house. The lack of cool-ness in my room woke me up. I tried to get back to sleep because my peepers needed sleep so badly, but my mind was totally wide awake. I tried every single remedy I could think of just to get back to sleep. The mosquitos biting my legs definitely didn't help. For FOUR WHOLE DAMN HOURS I was wide awake. Finally I did manage to get short, semi-sleeps up to 7 in the morning.

People should know that I become a total she-devil when I don't get at least seven hours of snooze. So yeah, I took it out on the maids. Stuff got delayed and I ended up late for my first class. Then I went to my next class (Filipino) and I was scheduled to do a report on Mindanao Literature. Well I have two other groupmates but I was so pissed at them for not showing up at the meeting last Friday. I waited for a whole damn hour for them and they didn't even bother to show. So I assumed I'd be doing the report by myself. It turns out that one of them, the girl, prepared a little something as well, complete with visual aides & cue cards, so sige na lang. The three of us reported. PUNYETA the girl just read off her cue cards and was facing the board most of the time! My other groupmate naman, the guy, who was just supposed to do the summary of one of the stories featured in the book, just read out of the book as well. At least he tried to put in some of his own flava while he was reporting.

Ugh. Super award from the teacher... Bakit kayo walang drawing? Nagbabasa lang kayo galing sa libro. Wag na kayong mag-expect ng exemption dahil halatang hindi kayo handa.

Pakshet talaga. I was so pissed at the whole thing! I was just so depressed, I just went home right away. I texted the maid to cook some bacon for lunch. I haven't had bacon since March, and I've been dying to have some bacon. I was thinking as I drove home, "Yeah, bacon's gonna make me feel better after this shitty day."

But NO. The pack of bacon was not the brand that I wanted! I got even more frustrated! I just locked myself in the room and cried all my frustrations out! I mean, bacon was the only good thing I was looking forward to that day, and even that didn't go right! I was just bawling!

Hahahaha, yeah of course later that day I realized that it was stupid to cry over bacon. In the end, I still ate the wrong-branded bacon, and today I'm going to buy me the bacon that I want!! Hahahah!