roll with it

idiot, moron, huh?

2009-05-06T08:50:00.002-05:00

i've attempted to get in touch with my korean roots and actually create a korean mini - homepage. a small attempt to stay in touch with the rest of the hongs out there.

i ended up getting a headache.

there's just way too much stuff going on!
and to create an account you need to verify it with your passport or your license. now thats what you call total control against perverts. awesome but wow what just happened, i'm no pervert???!!!

I think I'm just getting a bit stressed because its stating my full name. Hahaha
But I shall create an account!! no matter what happens right?

Just a quick look back starting January 2009, I've been to Korea 4x this year, went to Singapore to see Coldplay (great concert), went back to Coron, going to China in 2 weeks. I've also gained 5 pounds.

why do i always get the case of the mondays

2009-01-12T05:14:00.002-06:00

seriously. i dread mondays. i never used to dread mondays but now i do. i suddenly feel like i'm back in school and i just keep hitting the snooze button.
this routine should end soon. asap

new year new shtuff

2009-01-07T08:05:00.002-06:00

new years resolution starts now

1. keep the blog alive
2. be nicer (really)
3. go back to church
4. study more korean
5. remember some spanish phrases
6. happy hour only on the weekends til April (woohoo)
7. keep in touch with everyone (i'll try)

should be awesome. va-rooom

defeated?

2008-08-21T21:46:00.002-05:00

defeated yet again another round of olympics go by and we're defeated a-gain.
after 4 years of hardwork, a gazillion years worth of prayers, why do we always end up getting cheated out of victory?
especially during a time when this couldn't come in a better time.
sports. sports is hard sports is fun sports has politics also
those dudes at the sports commission instead of supporting the very few yet determined athletes still manage to squeeze enough corruption that the athletes are left with nothing. why is that? so what if its a hybrid of private and public ownership, isn't there supposed to be some sort of common support needed to give those who are sacrificing so much just for one win?
on a larger scale how can those officials at the wtf.org (tkd) be so full of b.s. and rob our players of true victory? thats just foul. horrid foul.
2012 we've got to turn this around its not right anymore. we can't keep crying victims.

why do all good things come to an end?

2008-07-08T19:45:00.002-05:00

was it that good? yeah it was. coron was beautiful
and I miss my army already
jealous that the journey goes on without me.
I never knew I turned into my mother being neurotically worried. this is going to be interesting.

yihaaaaaaa

2008-06-01T22:12:00.002-05:00

Last Saturday the Skype conference call was a success. Minus the fact we couldn't get our tickets over online sales (bullshit website), I managed to pay in cold hard blood cash 4 tickets to the beautiful Coron, Palawan.
Activities as follows
June 25 - Williams arrives at 5am
June 26 - Arnaub arrives at 10pm
June 27 - some shots should be done
June 28 - July 2 - try our luck surfing at La Union
July 3 - Burbs arrives at night as well
July 4 - 7 - try our luck diving at Coron
July 8 - massage?

I don't know how I'll be able to get back to work after these festivities.
Bring it!!

Free Rice?

2008-05-05T21:19:00.003-05:00

With current news saying we were running out of rice, this nice simple game gives a whole new meaning to the word donating.

Give free rice to hungry people by playing a simple word game.
For every word you get right, you donate 20 grains of rice.
Build your vocab and donate rice! All right!!

It's neverending.

But play I shall.

giant pig has landed

2008-05-01T22:23:00.003-05:00

i find this real high-la-rious.
The pig went missing. Applause applause they found it.

eyezmaze

2008-04-28T02:37:00.003-05:00

currently addicted to eyezmaze
make things grow.
old game, but all new to me.

grape sling royale

2008-03-29T22:31:00.006-05:00

For Easter break, me and my friends went on a trip to enjoy, beer, the sun, beer.
With the caption of "have a beer man" on hand, we thought the next 4 days (close to 5 days) was going to be a breeze. A breeze it was. We had our choice of whatever beach, food, drinks and it was something i was looking forward to for a month.
I jumped the cliffs too. We've been going to this place for years. But since it became such a local attraction, so many bangkas (local boats) carrying foreigners, local tourists to the hot spot and totally ruined the ecosystem of the cliffs. I remember at least 3 years ago, there would be no one at the cliffs but just us taking turns trying to show off who got the best dive. Now it can't be done. Once we hit the water we got bitten by water bugs?? it was really itchy. Tricky thing was, we weren't that itchy til we went to sleep and woke up itching badly. I shouldn't have slept.
But just the thought of how a hot spot can get ruined by those bangkas, trash left by those tourists, chaos left by those people too, which can ruin the water, ruin the rock formation, and ruin well my skin. (how vain) We were attacked by the ecosystem, we can only attack it back by keeping it clean.
But nonetheless, great Easter break, at least we got to taste the good and bad chi.

Earth hour was yesterday, I don't know if it made a difference, but I did turn off everything for an hour (maybe even more).

balat sa pwet - NOT!

2008-02-27T02:01:00.004-06:00

Balat sa pwet is filipino for, birthmark on your ass. which kinda means someone has badluck. Which was probably someone from the other group in the airport going to the same island we were til it got cancelled.

williams' visit has never cause me enough worries than ever.
1. He got hit on by a tall blondie dude and insisted they were "just" talking (when my best friend gina tried to "rescue" him. And this was after tequila shots which i forgot the dreamer hated.
2. Our flight got cancelled. The area right now is devastated. landslides and flashfloods, great. So we headed north to an isolated island, slow service, no internet, and just rum
3. he kept singing the phrase "more energy mas happy" (utterly confused at this point)
4. on last night before he leaves we had a small reception/despidida for him, i had to drive him to his darn airport 2 hours away from my house, not exactly fun, but the airport was really tiny (more worries)

my friends kept texting me the next day asking if he had fun and when he's coming back and volunteering to take him around (esp. the guys since they want to take him to ringside) (ringside is.. just ask williams)

so to all those planning future visits, futures rendezvouses and future "i will puke on your face" moments, and beautiful sunsets, not only do i await your arrival so do my lovable friends. We'll really try to teach you every bad word, every emotional feeling about the government, every drink and food we know will be shoved down your throat (ask jenna!), green mango shakes and halo halos. mmmmmmm.

it's really great to see people come to visit, it's quite surreal.

he has arrived

2008-02-20T03:08:00.002-06:00

good gracious W arrived via tiger airways at 11:15am manila time.
haven't seen him yet he's already having a mass-age.
gotta find that tatoo.
hopefully it's visible and not somewhere icky eww.

trying to find that yellow brick road

2008-01-23T00:10:00.000-06:00

work's been so crazy since january started. I'm actually too tired to even go for a night cap. Getting lost in this telecommunications work is.. well leaving me in a blurry world. I want to get back on that road where I want to do something that I know will benefit people who really need it, a couple more years than I'll find the right footing. Hopefully. i just need to learn the ropes and find the glitches. ho hum

I came face to face with a little mouse hopping around my cube the other month totally freaked out which wasn't such a great character introduction to everyone on my floor.

I'm actually going airsoft-ing (if thats even a word) i really wish i dont get shot at the face with those pellets!

crispy pata

2007-12-17T22:47:00.000-06:00

went surfing with the jenna, came back prettttty toasted.
i sure hope the jenna had fun, took her everywhere and anywhere we could!!!
and she learned the word "dein" ha-ha

i'll miss her so.

*cry*

how does it feel to be robbed?

2007-12-12T19:49:00.000-06:00

i'm pretty pissed off hearing and reading about this incident.
i've seen that kid grow up, i know the philippine team is really good, and this just sucks. i have hatred for the dude who made this happen ( i don't even know his name). my frustrations and my family's frustrations are rising high.
i really really hope that during the olympics they don't do such a trick like this. the world isn't fair, but who said that it should be foul?

The jenna in manila!

2007-12-08T21:56:00.000-06:00

she will be here in 24 hours. sweeeeet!!!

oh gracious

2007-10-25T01:01:00.000-05:00

i'm flipping out

test is in 4 days, yet i can't get a good enough grade over the practice tests which is computer based what the hell is happening after all these months of cracking my brain open it's like i didnt at all cracked it open. maaaan i'm flipping out. I dont know what to do i feel like hiding. literally in a closet or something.
oh and some valet parker who seems to be quite spaced out rammed into my thigh with a car, the bumper of the car. was really pissed off and now my knees hurt. how does someone get bumped by a car when i was just standing for goodness sake! so i'm flipping out and now i'm pissed off.

on the good side, jenna's coming and i'm looking forward to joining the csr department of my company soon after this horrid month ends.

FINALLY!!!!

2007-10-21T08:07:00.000-05:00

i am grateful that dody is a tech god and he has fixed my blog problems. I salute you sir!

couple of things,

sorry for not being able to give on the spot updates, blogger wasn't being very nice to me for the past month strangely.
lots of things, first my page for the jim beam promo came out, not as i really expected it but all the more i feel good about it. my sister got married, big production style, thought i was going to jump off a building cause it was just chaotic.
three, bombing at the shopping mall near my place and near my office (i live on the south of the road, while the mall is technically on the north of this avenue). First we heard it was a gas leak, then its pretty much confirmed its a bomb. Not to worry, its happened before but not this big. Kinda disappointed it happened cause alot of things will be affected such as the tourism industry that the government really worked hard for. Some people are just selfish. Prayers have been said to those who are in distraught.

Lastly, I'm taking my nerve racking test on Monday before Halloween, hopefully I don't get a panic attack scream at anyone and everyone and run back home.
Peace and it's good to be back.

12 white hairs

2007-08-24T03:53:00.000-05:00

amount of time spent in non existent cube/desk < (is less than) amount of time that i've been in meetings i've had on my first week.

Sweet. But I think my hairs turning white.

I see office politics, floor politics, people who are really mean, who are really weird, really driven, really inspired, and those who are eager to learn.

lucky number 7?

2007-08-21T03:12:00.000-05:00

bad things happen in 3s right? I'm on my 4th bad thing.
so.. is it 7?? Whats going on!

Started work already, I'm pretty much confused, but should be rolling like a pro in a week. peace and love people

i suck

2007-07-13T04:09:00.000-05:00

today i had to take an entrance exam for this company and it brought me back to first year college. I thought I was in-tuned with my economic formula skills department section of the brain, but I was fooled. The brain stopped working when it saw per capita consumption. With whatever outcome that comes out, I'll still be really thrilled, at least I felt the brain move an inch.

i want some of that!

2007-07-12T02:40:00.000-05:00

this week has been absolutely vague. Not only has my childhood best friend come back from Spain with a law degree and oh wait a stock brokerage degree, ana my best friend who moved to Japan is also back for some quality time with us.
I quit my job. Bow down.
I got a gig as a photographer for Manual magazine (its not those hanky panky kind of magazines). Hi-five!

I have 2 interviews awaiting which leaves me a little overwhelmed. Both companies are really good companies and I really really want to work at both since they're both a conducive place to learn and submerge yourself totally in. Double Hi-five!
I also have to go to itos our integration talk for our new trainees, where I have to share what went down mad-town style. sweet.

now i think where's that jim beam mixer

fun alert

2007-07-01T21:56:00.000-05:00

diane's crazy german shepherd bit my back.
had to get vaccines.
alot of injections have been seen over the past 2 days.
alcohol prohibited.
might change jobs.

blue and orange

2007-06-27T03:37:00.000-05:00

Yeuck rainy season here in Manila absolute is confusing. It's hot then it's not. The other day my ex-LCP who's now this major singer here posted the new AIESEC posters for recruitment, it's kinda funny, looks like an advertisement for some department store. But it's pretty awesome, jawesome I mean.

Whoa Michael Jackson

2007-06-18T04:13:00.000-05:00

Stop Existing and Start Living.

Wise words Mister Moonwalker. I'm impressed