For Real

I went home for the weekend to spent time with Tatay (my father). He is to fly for New Jersey tomorrow. I am happy for him of course but t the same time sad for myself. We will be far apart for quite some time.

Oh, yes. Can’t deny it now. I am not a spoil brat but I am daddy’s little angel.

I will miss him. Very much.

Tatay said he’ll fetch me from the office and take that chance to help me out put up the cabinet he bought me the other day! Yehey! We thought putting it up is just like building some structures with Lego blocks. But it took us hours… yikes!

(insert photo)

Here is an evidence of how my real Tatay (the one without a shirt on) and my other tatay-tatayan/college professor/friend/neighbor, Tats joined forces to help their daughter (that’s me!)

We went home a little past midnight. All are tired but I can say satisfied. The weekend will be spent mostly with Tatay.

I was awaken by familiar voices. It’s Nanay and Tatay fixing the backyard and conversing “normally”. Wow. Am I dreaming? It sounds so nice. I was happy to wake up despite realizing if it was too late for that “change” I am praying for. But just a few minutes I hear arguments.

Sigh.

Too good to be true.

But I sense there’s an attempt for some reconciliation somehow specially from Nanay’s part. Some attitude change? Whatever. Hopefully.

Tatay will be leaving tomorrow. It’s also his birthday… in flight. No stopping him now. I pray that God will protect my Tatay not just for the flight but for the whole time he’s away from us. I’m really going to miss him.

 

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Bihira mangyari na lahat kami (mukhang) masaya at magkakasama sa iisang litrato.

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Katuwaan lang din po namin ang mga salitang nakatapat sa bawat tao. Kung anong mga ibig sabihin nun ay sa amin-amin na lang. Siguro kung close na tayo baka sabihin ko.

 

The Same Ol’ Feeling

Yup. Not a great week just like the past weeks. But since one is living with it, might as well make the most out of it.

To get by or overcome some uncertain feeling even for just awhile, I went for a movie. I was in the verge of choosing between watching Harry Potter and The Order of Phoenix or repeating Transformers. Took the latter because Rio and I are to catch a surprise party later that night. We watched the same movie, in the same cinema but separately. She has a date, I went in alone.

I missed the first part, up until the base was attacked. But it was ok. I’ve seen it full previously. And the point of this entry, I still have the same feeling for the movie as it was when I first viewed it. YES. Geek orgasm as some calls it, but for me, it was purely ahhhh… awesome. Still breathe-taking and since it’s my 2nd viewing, I looked at the details on the transformation more. It was like a dance by machines, mechanical beings… like a fusion of math and art. I never in my life thought in any event engineering and art would come together. College history, don’t ask.

Who wouldn’t like to have a cool car that fully automatic and transform into your personal bodyguard? Aka Bumblebee, the “Guardian”.

The voice of Optimus Prime is very authoritative in the sense that you’d respect it. But still my favorite is Bumblebee. Perhaps he’s more inclined to humans and sounding really a nerd, geek or even a loser… I can associate with the kid’s life. I don’t know, perhaps being single and all.

Ask if I’d watch it again? Yes. Definitely a YES. With this movie, I am proud to admit, I am perhaps still a kid at heart, a nerd and a geek.

Call me Wonder Girl, if you must!

 

One Day Event

Kung may mga kantang tulad ng “Sana Dalawa Ang Puso Ko” at “Isang Linggong Pag-ibig”, meron na bang kantang nagsasabing nahulog ang loob mo sa pinakamaikling panahon?

Is it possible to fall in love on someone or something for just a day?

Hmmm…

Wala lang… naisip ko lang na baka nga may kanta para sa ganoong scenario.

I did fell in love with this man from our client’s office. Well, up to now, hindi pa rin ako sigurado kung love nga ba ‘yun o init lang ng katawan. Whatever that is, wala rin naman akong napala. Kahit first base man lang. Whatever that means. He was just there in a not so right time. Siguro hinubong ko lang ang sarili ko na siya na nga. Thinking that we are of the same situation, (almost) the same principles, almost the same birthday and pareho kaming mahilig sa mga bata. But here I am still getting hurt or affected pa rin kapag I get to learn he ask this girl out, or harap-harapan siyang nakikipaglandian sa ibang babae samantalang nakaupo lang naman ako sa likuran ng kotse n’ya. Oh, and for the record that he’s doing that, alam n’ya that I kinda like him.

I perhaps created a fictional world for me to enjoy and be happy around this guy being my knight in shining armor and me as the princess in distress, trapped in the tower. Yet now, the tower starts to crumble. Or better yet, it has no lock after all. I pretty much can just open the door and go down the stairs! Well, it is I who should destroy what I built, right?

It’s no fairy tale, nor a happy ending.

Maglumandi s’ya kung kanino. Nabuhay ako at mas tahimik pa nga dati nung wala siya, ba’t hindi ngayon di ba?

Bitter Ocampo?! Sabi sa akin ng friends ko. Bitter na kung bitter. Napahiya ako e, disappointed. Ang plastic ko naman kung ngingiti pa ako di ba? May mga moments pa rin na tanga at gaga pa rin ako sa kanya. Lalo na may sungit moments din. Let me recover naman. As much as I wanted na sana isang sukahan na lang o parang umutot ka lang tapos wala na yung kabag sa tiyan mo, hindi ganu’n-ganu’n lang eh. Somehow may latak pa ring maiiwan di ba? May konting natitira sa sistema mo. Pero in due time, malilinis na rin. Sana merong parang Diatabs o Kremil-S na gamot para sa isang dignified recovery. (Plugging ba ito?)

Kahit papano, I feel I am recovering naman. Bumabawi na. Sabi nga bilis naman daw mag-bounce back (sa taba ko daw kasi) Hahaha! Fine! Mataba na kung mataba, papayat din ako noh. Sana. Anyway, balik sa naunang tanong: Is is possible to fall in love in the most shortest time? Kababawan di ba? Pero siguro, humanga lang ako pansamantala. Oo nga, I used this poor kid perhaps to get over that man in the other office. I used in the sense that I didn’t hurt anyone naman… bad ‘yun! ‘Yoko makarma noh. Door to door na ngayon at next day delivery na kaya ang karma!

Nakakatuwa lang. He helps me in a way na maka-recover or ma-divert ang utak ko. Pero hindi nga possible. Bakit?

1.) Di ko naman talaga siya type. Way out of the Orlando Bloom, Jake Gyllenhaal at Collin Farrel ideology ko. ‘Wag na kumontra, pangarap nga eh. Libre lang ‘yun. Di ko kayo pinakikialaman ha?!

2.) I am old. Really OLD. And just the other day, I helped him out pa yata to realize na ang bata pa pala n’ya. Wow. I never dream of being a cradle snatcher, nor be in a May-December affair. Uso na nga daw ‘yun, but then again, hindi ako sumasabay sa mga uso. EVER.

3.) May sabit na siya. It’s a big deal for me. Although minsan may evilness na bumubulong sa akin na kasamaan na once in my life, I’d be a mistress or destroy a relationship… pero hindi ko kaya. As in. Lalo kapag pinagdidiinan na “mahal na mahal” n’ya.

In fairness, bibigyan ko na lang ng award ‘yung batang ‘yun. Sana nga tunay lahat nung pinapakita n’ya. His girlfriend would have been very lucky. What more kung magiging asawa na n’ya.

Timing was good siguro, in helping me get over the other one. But the scenario is quite bad, and the person? Lalo pa. Kataon lang, araw-araw mo katabi, nakikita, halos nakakasabay umuwi. Pero hindi rin. Nah. Hindi ko kaya. I am the writer of my own life. This is not a new chapter. Corny.

Nagkataon lang nga siguro.

If I may say this, it’s the wrong man, at a wrong place and definitely a wrong time.

And there’s no such thing as falling for a day or even fell for a day. Nagkataon lang… uulitin ko pa ulit… nagkataon lang. Pero kung pag-iisipan. Imbento lang e. Over analyzed.

As in OA.

Snapped back to reality, dear!

And besides, ayoko sa laging late.

 

Misery

Transcribed from the original handwritten entry while waiting for almost an hour at Ayala MRT Station.

I don’t feel good today. Well, what’s new? The week did not seem to start right. So now I can say it is definitely a not-so-great-week for me. Some blame it on the weather. Some blame it on the stars. Even some blame it on my diet.

Wow.

I really fell bad that I wanted to scream on someone till their eardrums explode. Though imagining it relieves me. Odd isn’t it? Yet almost suiting for me. Temporarily.

I really feel down again. I seemed couldn’t control my own life. As if it’s a machine owned by me yet being used by someone else. I always have to be the one to adapt for others, feel for others and if they’re not having a good life it is I who’s to be blamed.

Ask me now what happiness is? Simple –– being alone, by myself in my rented place and all the time to spare for myself and with whatever I decided to do –– that is HAPPINESS.

As far as I know, I’ve been a good person. A good and abiding daughter to my parents. I never brought trouble in our family. A good and reliable sister to my brothers. A good and loyal employee. A good and trusted friend to almost everyone and anyone. I could have done some backbiting once in awhile, out of anger and frustration. But it’s not my nature. As far as I know, I’ve never hurt or made anyone cry. It is I, who always get hurt.

Actually, it’s one in my list that wanted to achieve (hopefully) before I die –– to make some cry.

Weird as it may seems but it is in my list, to make someone cry. I always cry. I cry in my room, in the dark even at times in our work bathrooms just to hide. I wonder how it feels when you made someone cry… like making one’s life miserable? Could it be that fulfilling? Right now, I really consider it as an achievement… if it ever happens.

 

A Concept on Coffee Houses

I was never comfortable going to farther places like Makati or Manila. My friends knew that I am a Quezon City or Ortigas person. But last Saturday, I agreed that we all met up in Robinson’s, not in Galeria as in Ortigas, but Place in Manila.

Yup. I rode the LRT Line 1 again. But let’s reserve that to another blog entry.

Going back, the my Robinson’s Place adventure, since I only went there once in a blue moon and usually with someone who really knows the mall like the back of his hand (hi, Jose!) I am confused to with street it is located: Is it Padre Faura or Pedro Gil? I found out, either way, it has entraces on both streets! Oh well…

We reached it and eat an early dinner in this kapampangan restaurant. But that is not what I am to blog. It’s this extraordinary coffee shop that we accidentally discovered!

Yes. That’s a coffee shop that you see. I was amazed to see such “fancy” coffee shop. The group decided to try it out. The store is about to close in an hour and a half but we manage to get a really comfy area. Comfy enough that we took opportunity for a photo op:

A corner of the area we got. With Atty. Ping and Ate Arma posing. The guy by the window, that’s on the other side, a booth type seat.

What we got was an area with cushioned seats/sofa with throw pillows! Really comfy.

Now joined by Ate Neth.

What attracted me is the lighted mural in our area.

I can’t resist not to have a picture taken with it.

And my “Ate’s” joined in!

Details of the mural:

The woman with battered wing in a coffee cup? Playing a sort of violin? Is she a devil or battered mother nature 9because of the leaves and twigs on her head that looks like a horn at first glance)? Conceptual I may say because each one who can see will have an explanation of their own!

I always considered the moon as a masculine entity. Now seeing this would change that idea. Now I see myself as the winged-woman and the moon, my VBF, Jose! The art is really different. And I remember Jose drawing something similar to this… I think.

Now to what we had…

I didn’t have all of this. (L-R) Lasagna by Ping, hot choco by Ate Neth and Triple Decker by well, it was shared to all. I wasn;t able to taste it because I am forbidding myself to take much of “sinful desserts”. It’s my cheat day though but I’m actually saving it for…

Tadaaaaahhh!

It’s called Son of Dutch. It’s one of the Zonteas(?) they offer. It’s made with Milk Tea, Dutch chocolate syrup and Vanilla Ice Cream. It was good. Really good. Not to sweet and it isn’t bland.

Exploring further on the area, I found this:

They have a website and a membership card? Hmmm…

Their mascot: Captain Pot. This is like a statuette I saw in one of the side tables beside the comfy sofa we sat on. And further exploration…

Comics? Wow! Here it was explained who’s Capt. Pot and gave us an idea who owns the place. My friends were impressed and me too. They created a story as a marketing campaign! Wise enough, I say.

Close up of the comic headline.

The group asked I think she’s the head or manager. Indeed one of the owners is a Dutch man and is planning to bring it to Netherlands. They still have satellite stores in Robinson’s Galeria, Mall of Asia and SM North Edsa, I think.

If I’ll be in the area, definitely I’ll get back here at Chaikofi and try their other dishes!

Try checking out their website, http://www.chaikofi.com. The store/coffee house is located at the far end of Robinson’s Place, Manila near the Padre Fauna entrance/exit.

 

No More Excuses

Despite the fact that we didn’t get our salary yesterday, I decided to buy a work table. I may be in debt and all… but now, I don’t have an excuse to finish my personal projects and work extra jobs to finance myself (and pay debts)…

Thanks to my really nice and supportive neighbor-friends!!!

Now, work!

 

Akronims

I’m sure, kahit minsan sa buhay n’yo sumagot kayo ng autograph o slumbook lalo na nung nasa elementary pa kayo. Naaalala n’yo pa ba ‘yung last part, ‘yung hihingan ka ng “dedication”? Hehehe. Kung saka-sakaling maulit uli ‘yun at may kung sinuman na pinasagutan ka at humingi ng dedication mo ulit… marami ka ng pagpipiliian!

1.) J.A.P.A.N. – Just Always Pray At Night. *classic*

2.) H.O.L.L.A.N.D. – Hope Our Love Lasts And Never Dies.

3.) I.T.A.L.Y. – I Trust And Love You. *classic*

4.) L.I.B.Y.A. – Love Is Beautiful; You Also.

5.) F.R.A.N.C.E. – Friendships Remain And Never Can End.

6.) C.H.I.N.A. – Come Here… I Need Affection.

7.) B.U.R.M.A. – Between Us, Remember Me Always.

8.) N.E.P.A.L. – Never Ever Part As Lovers.

9.) I.N.D.I.A. – I Nearly Died In Adoration.

10.) K.E.N.Y.A. – Keep Everything Nice, Yet Arousing.

11.) C.A.N.A.D.A. – Cute And Naughty Action that Developed into Attraction

12.) K.O.R.E.A. – Keep Optimistic Regardless of Every Adversity.

13.) E.G.Y.P.T. – Everything’s Great, You Pretty Thing!

14.) P.E.R.U. – Porget Everyone… Remember Us. *rare*

15.) R.U.S.S.I.A. – Romance Under the Sky & Stars is Intimate Always.

16.) T.H.A.I.L.A.N.D. – Totally Happy Always In Love And Never Dull.

17.) Y.E.M.E.N. – Yugyugan Every Morning, Every Night. *rare*

18.) I.R.A.N. – Ikaw Rin Ang Nawalan. *rare*

19.) M.A.N.I.L.A. – May All Nights Inspire Love Always.

20.) B.A.L.I.W.A.G. – Beauty And Love I Will Always Give.

21.) M.A.L.A.B.O.N. – May A Lasting Affair Be Ours Now.

22.) I.M.U.S. – I Miss U, Sweetheart.

23.) P.A.S.I.G. – Please Always Say I’m Gorgeous.

24.) C.E.B.U. – Change Everything… But Us.

25.) P.A.R.A.N.A.Q.U.E. – Please Always Remain Adorable, Nice And Quiet Under Ecstacy.

26.) T.O.N.D.O. – Tonight’s Our Night, Dearest One.

27.) P.A.S.A.Y. – Pretty And Sexy Are You.

28.) M.A.R.L.B.O.R.O. – Men Always Remember Love Because Of Romance Only..

29.) Y.A.M.A.H.A. – You Are My Angel! Happy Anniversary!

30.) P.H.I.L.I.P.P.I.N.E.S. – Pumping Hot…I Love It!…Please Please.. I Need Erotic Stimulation!

Isang araw na bagot na bagot ka sa kinauupuan mo sa opis. Kulang na lang sa kada tingin mo sa time sa computer mo eh bumilis sana tapos makikita mo ito sa isang email na mula sa katabi mo! Nono, salamat. Napatawa mo na naman ako! Hehehe.

Di En.

 

Basahin mo, baka maka-relate ka…

Sa kakahalungkat ko sa mga files ko kay Taynee (pangalan ko sa aking 12″ Powerbook ko dati), nakita kong muli ang isang article na padala ng isa sa mga kaibigan kong babae. (Sorry ‘di na kita maalala kung sino ka man. Pero greatly appreciated kong pinadala mong ito!)
Hayaan n’yong ibahagi ko sa inyo, lalo na sa mga mambabasang kababaihan ang artikulong ito:

NAGTATAKA KA BA KUNG BAKIT SINGLE KA PA RIN?

Minsan ayos lang kasi free na free ka gawin kung ano ang gusto 
mo o kaya makakapunta ka kung saan mo gustong pumunta. Pero kung minsan, 
lalo na’t malamig ang hangin o kaya maganda ‘yung view, magwi-wish ka na
 sana may yumayakap sa’yo, hahalikan ka sa noo at titingnan ka ng parang
 ikaw na yata ang pinakamagandang babae sa mundo. Nakaka-miss ‘yun. 

Kaya heto, susubukan ko bilangin ang mga dahilan kung bakit single pa 
tayo. Gaano katagal na ba tayo walang nagiging boyfriend/girlfriend?

1. Masyadong independent 

baka naman masyado mo napo-project na kaya mong mabuhay ng wala silang
 lahat. Ayan tuloy parang hindi nila maramdaman na kailangan mo rin sila 
kaya dun na lang sila sa taong tingin nila ay magkakaron sila ng silbi.

2. Mataas ang standards mo 

siguro. Hindi na natanggal sa isip mo ‘yung pangarap mo nung bata ka pa. 
Aba, kelangan mo na gumising sa katotohanan na walang ideal guy. Ok sige, 
kung makita mo nga ‘yung hinahanap mo na gwapong matalino na mayaman na
mabait pero nung nakasama mo naman eh nakita mo hindi pala pantay ang
 kuko niya sa hinlalaki o kaya naman sobrang bad breath niya sa umaga o
 kaya naman daig pa ang tambutso sa lakas manigarilyo… oh eh di turn-off 
ka na? Kung lahat ng tao ay katulad mo na mataas ang standards, malamang
 wala ng mag-boyfriend at mag-girlfriend ngayon. Puro friends na lang.

3. Ubod ka ng kasungitan. 

Maski naman kahit sino hindi masarap lapitan at kausapin ang taong 
mukhang nangangain ng tao, tapos liligawan pa? Dapat kasi kahit konti 
maging approachable ka naman para kahit na hindi ka kagandahan, 
madidiskubre niya na masarap ka palang kausap at masaya kang kasama.

4. Masama ang ugali. 

Kung papipiliin ako kung sa masungit at sa masama ang ugali, du’n na ko
 sa masungit! Ang masungit kasi hindi likas na maitim ang budhi n’yan. May 
taglay na istorya sa likod ng simangot niya. Sabihan mo lang ‘yan ng
 ‘peek-a-boo’ BAKA ngitian ka na. Ibang istorya na kasi ang masama ang
 ugali dahil mula pa yang ugali na ‘yan sa kaibuturan ng kanyang mga 
balunbalunan. Sa una mabait pero madidiskubre mo na parang trapo ang tao 
kung tratuhin nito. Tsk tsk tsk. Pero hindi pa naman huli ang lahat. Kung kaya mo pa magbago, bigyan mo ng pagkakataon ang sarilli mo na 
magbago. Magdasal ka kay Lord ng mataimtim ha?

5. Nagkukulong sa bahay. 

Walang makaka-appreciate sa panloob o panlabas na beauty mo kung
 nagkukulong ka lang sa bahay. Ok, nand’yan nga ang nanay mo para sabihin 
na maganda ka pero I’m sure umay na umay na rin ‘yan sa pagmumukha mo kaya 
mas maigi kung lumabas ka… pagkagaling sa office, pwede ka mag-mall o 
kaya gumimik kasama mga officemates mo, o kaya naman sumali sa mga 
organization sa simbahan or sa neighborhood.

6. Mukha kang losyang. 

Ito ang kadalasang krimen ng mga single. Hindi ka nagbibigay ng panahon
 para ayusin ang sarili physically. At bakit pa nga ba e wala ka naman 
dahilan para mag-ayos, diba? MALI!!! Dapat nga lalo ka mag-ayos para 
makita ang marketability mo. Hindi krimen ang maging vain kahit konti.
 Did u know na ang ratio ng lalaki sa babae ay 4:1? Kaya lola, magsimula
 ka na mag-ayos! At baka yung crush mo ay maagaw pa ng mga intrimitida 
sa paligid mo.

7. Masyadong magaling.

 Medyo sensitive itong topic na ito dahil nasasagasaan na ang male ego 
dito eh. Oo, may ibang lalake na nabuburaot dahil mas magaling at mas 
marunong ang babae sa kanila. Hindi na natin ito problema dahil malamang 
insecurity nila ang bumubulong sa kanila pero minsan kasi hindi na 
makatarungan na laging nai-inferior ang lalake. Kailangan maramdaman din 
nila sa iyo na hindi mo sila ia-under the saya if maging girlfriend ka
nila. Hindi ko rin sinasabi na i-compromise mo ang talents mo. Ano bang
 magagawa ko kung likas na magaling na bata ka pero ang tamang gawin ay 
’wag naman ipagdukdukan na sobrang galing mong tao. Huwag na huwag mong 
kalimutan ng may 2 klaseng yabang dito sa mundo. Huwag kang 
mang-intimidate kung ayaw mong ma-intimidate.

8. Sobrang busy. 

Alam mo ba ‘yung kantang ‘Narda’? Ganyan ang mangyayari sa iyo. Hanggang 
kanta na lang ang aabutin ng nagkakagusto sa’yo dahil maski pag-pluck ng
 kilay mo wala kang time.

9. Dala ang bigat ng kahapon. 

May kasabihan nga, “How can you look forward when you keep looking back?” 
Walang mangyayari sa love life mo kung dala mo pa ang kabiguan na
 dinulot ng nakaraan mo. Walang sense ang magpaka-bitter dahil in the end, 
lalo ka lang papangit. Pangit na nga, bitter pa. Tsaka ‘wag kang matakot 
masaktan kung gusto mo magmahal muli. Laging kaakibat ng love ang pain 
dahil hindi ka masasaktan kung hindi ka nagmahal. At isa pa, ‘wag ka ring 
matakot na kunin ang pagkakataon kung nandiyan na sa harap mo. Pa’no mo
 malalaman na masarap ang chocolate kung hindi mo titikman?

10. Masyadong-masyado. 

Masyado maganda, masyadong matalino, masyadong talented, at masyado 
mayaman. Minsan ito ang mga nagiging factor kung bakit walang gusting 
manligaw sa’yo. Pero hindi mo naman ito kasalanan di ba? Katulad din ito
ng scenario sa #7. Siguro mas maigi kung humble ka lang, hindi mayabang, 
at imbis na maging hambog, share na lang the blessing. Hindi ka lang
 maganda/matalino/talented/mayaman, mabait pa. I’m sure, lahat 
mahuhumaling sa’yo.

At eto ang pinakamatindi sa lahat:

11. Wala sa guhit ng palad mo ang magka-boyfriend. 

Shiyet! Ang saklap naman nito kung ganu’n nga. Hindi porke’t hindi ka na 
magkaka-boyfriend ay loser ka na. Malamang may nakalaan na plano sa’yo 
si Lord kaya gusto Niya na wala kang boyfriend. Siguro kaya wala kang
 boyfriend dahil kelangan ang full attention mo sa pagtulong sa 
pagtaguyod ng pamilya mo, baka yayaman ka at magiging tagapagmana mo mga
 pamangkin mo. Baka kelangan ang full time and support mo sa organization 
mo… maraming dahilan eh pero nakakasiguro naman ako na walang bagay na 
nangyayari sa’yo na hindi kagustuhan ng nasa itaas. Laging may greater 
purpose kung bakit nangyayari ang nangyayari.

 Kaya kung halimbawang may darating, ‘wag na pakyeme. Kung hindi mo type 
ang lalapit sa’yo, let it go gracefully dahil mahirap na at baka balikan
 ka ng karma. Kung nandyan na, gawin na lang ang best para mag-stay siya sa 
buhay mo at hindi ka na nagtataka pa kung bakit single ka.

 

Crying One’s Heart Out

Rainy days are here I guess. These past few days, it’s been cooler and rains and pouring either early in the morning or late in the afternoon. For some reason, every time that happens, traffic is soon expected to arise. It has always been a joke that if rain occurs in an unexpected time specially if it was pouring really hard as if the god Poseidon wanted to flood an area, some one is crying.

Crying in the sense that someone is singing… (badly)

And last night was no different. I, along with my videoke friends did cry. It’s been months since we got together once more and sing out till our breathes ran out.

Such get together is one clean and always fun night out for me. Way back, we used to drown ourselves with beer, food and then sing. Now, a decent dinner before heading to a videoke place then we sing. Before, I just used to drink and dine… lately, I do sing. Sing like when one is in the shower. As in sing as if no one cares. And it feels good afterwards.

Proof of the simple enjoyment we had last night:

Lotus and Lewie… the ultimate Karaoke Queens!

Bheng… ang nagbabalik-loob? with Lotus

And while they were busy singing…

… Lewie and I took the chance to take our photo. Hehehe!

My turn… kind of shy at first… I can’t recall what I’m singing here

Oh, now I recall what I’m singing… it’s HALF-CRAZY… as I see myself in this photo!

Lewie seemed to get bored or sleepy while I was singing…

But she suddenly wakes up when it’s her turn to sing!!! Hahaha!

Group photo…

… thank God for self-timers in camera.

By the way, when we ended the night, the pavement outside are went. It did rain after all.