Rainy days…

A strong typhoon hits the city and it has been raining since last night. This morning I was contemplating if I will report to work or not. Since I am a work addict I went to office besides there is no electricity at the apartment anyway. Fashionista as I am…I told my officemates that I came here despite the storm just to display my trench coat and knee-high bronze boots! (of course im kidding!) More than half of my colleagues are absent. The good thing of being here is the silence…I am able to focus on my work without disruptions…break times are longer too...(mind you my officemates and I even dance when we heard the music of pussycat dolls! Hehehe).

While I am writing this strong winds are whistling outside and rain floods the city! Now, im beginning to wonder how I am gonna go home?! Hopefully I will reach the apartment in one piece and boots intact!

21 random things about my work...

1. new things unfold each day which makes work exciting.
2. always beating ASAP deadlines.
3. 8 working hours which is a big fat lie.
4. we don't work on weekends...another lie!
5. we do TV commercials...16-48 hours shoot for a 30 secs exposure!
6. meeting a lot of new friends and sometimes enemies.
7. it is fun fun & fun...oh and a lot of hard work too.
8. glamorous on the outside pero utusan sa totoong buhay.
9. going to places for free.
10. lots and lots of events.
11. 4 meetings in a day (for different products).
12. the opportunity of rubbing elbows with the celebrities.
13. daily struggle to look good and feel great.
14. helping brands grow.
15. it drives passion in me.
16. eating at fancy restaurants for free. (meeting with clients eh!)
17. involves lots of marketing work. im lucky i have adequate background.
18. making product communication plans and presenting them
19. arguing with the boss...at least we agree to disagree.
20. at times it is exhausting.
21. it is someting that i really love doing.

11 random things i like in u...

1. your smile
2. your expressive eyes
3. your intellect
4. the way you carry yourself
5. the way you negotiate - always striving to attain a win-win situation
6. your firm handshake
7. the way i feel when im with you
8. the way you talk to me and compliment me
9. your looks
10. your personality
11. your passion with your career

why do we close our eyes when we kiss?...

this is from the book entitled "why thing are and why things aren't" written by joel achenbach. The book is hilarious!
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well, obviously, people don't look so great up close. You discover millions of new hairs. The eyes turn into goopy pools of slime. And even the most modest blemish suddenly becomes Mt. Pinatubo.

The basic problem is we are too visual to begin with. As predatory, analytical creatures we are designed to rely on our vision more than any other sense. Diane Ackerman, in her book of Natural History of Senses, notes that 70% of the body's sense receptors are clustered in the eyes.

"Lovers close their eyes when they kiss because, if they didnt there would be too many visual distractions to notice and analyze-the sudden close-up of the loved one's eye lashes and hair, the wallpaper, the clock face, the dust motes suspended in a shaft of sunlight."

Also this enables you to pretend that "John" actually is "bruce"

lunch with Batista...

i got an invite to attend a "Greet & Meet Batista" initiated by Jack TV the other day. Since i am not a fan of wrestling...i do not know him so i wasnt planning to go...but i changed my mind the moment i heard officemates swooning about him! Grabe di ako makapaniwala...para akong nakatira sa ibang planet!...it seemed like im the only one who doesnt know him!

The 'Greet & Meet Batista" happened today. Since my client cannot come i asked my officemate to accompany me. I am not a fan kaso sutil ako kaya ako nagpunta para mang ingit ng mga officemates! hehehe. There were a lot of people...mind you..from all ages sila. Meron pa nga nag absent from school just to be there! Sikat pala talaga siya i told myself!

The event was scheduled at 11:30am. We were there at 12nn. He arrived at 1pm...at kakain pa lang sya! kaya ayun, we just took some photos before we head back to office...i still have an internal meeting to attend...lahat ng kuha ko - side view, back view at blurred na front view! sa dami ba naman ng tao!

pero ok na din...i had a free lunch! haha

what will you do if you were in my shoe?

...will you get even? if yes, how?
...will you shrug it off and moved on?
...will you build walls & burn bridges?
...will you pretend that it didnt happen and it was just a bad dream?

what will you do if you were in my shoe?

this is my story...

its been exactly a year now since i received the news that change my life...my boyfriend of 7 years then told me that he got someone pregnant. what made it more complicated was the "someone" was the daughter of his boss! Since he is in the military, there was the threat of discharge from service unless he marries the girl which he didnt want (and didnt happen). it took us a month before we finally decided to break up. i didnt even welcome the break up at first because i thought that our problems were over when the girl had a miscarriage and we can start anew but i was wrong...he asked for his freedom and told me that i deserve someone better. i was bitter but i let him go.

coping up with what happened wasnt an easy one. i was just lucky i was so busy at work that i was able to redirect my focus to my career. i cried until i was numbed with hurt, anger and lots of questions but fortunately i have my friends who supported me and helped me moved on. as part of my coping mechanisms, i wore bright colored outfits, had my hair curled, wore make up and pampered myself! i was prettier than ever :)...i was simply repackaged (to quote a marketing term!) though emotionally i was badly bruised. I was so attached to his family that detaching from them added up to my anguish.

i welcomed 2006 with a renewed spirit! i promised to move on and never look back...then we saw each other when his father died in january. our meeting opened a floodgate of emotions and more questions because i found out that i still love him while he was already dating his high school friend at that time. Since i cannot contain all the hurts and i dont want to bother friends with my situation i started blogging. I found comfort by just writing my feelings.

God must have loved me so much, He send someone to ease my pain. No, he wasn't a new boyfriend!...He is just someone that really caught my attention...he doesnt even know that i am attracted to him. Having met him made me realized that there are lots of "better that him" type of guys and i just have to wait (or find?!) my match!

He is getting married this december. When i heard the news i felt betrayed...I thought its too soon. But on the hind sight, i should be thankful it wasnt me because we are not really meant to be! There were issues that were not apparent before...like i am career driven and he prefers someone who would just stay at home and take care of him. He wants a quiet life in the province while i love the active lifestyle of the city. Though we grew up together but we have grown apart and develop different tastes and habits. I hope he is getting married because he loves her more he loved me and not because he felt he needs to settle down to give meaning to his life and its so happen she is there...but whatever his reasons i wish him happiness.

We do communicate once in a while. I am still in touch with his family but i choose not to visit them. I dont want people to think that i want him back that's why im dropping by. At one point whe i was so angry, i decided to build walls and burn bridges only to find out that i can't do it. I decided to forgive him and them for all the pains...afterall anger is an acid to its container. I believe that i cannot start anew if i won't forgive him...and i think forgiving him is the sweetest revenge.

I read it somewhere that God and Time are the greatest healers...true enough! a year after the breaking news...i look at things and life differently. Before, i had my life planned and i get frustrated when things don't happen the way i want them to...but now I have learned to seize the day and enjoy the moment. I am now happy...with just a few traces of hurts. I have all the reasons to be happy...with all the blessings that i have...i cannot ask for more!

something in common...

i have learned that being happy, forgiving someone & letting go have something in common...it is a CHOICE. YOU DECIDE ON IT. You can always choose to be happy or not, forgive someone and free yourself from anger & hurt or harbor anger and have a heavy heart, let go of something that you do not have any control or hold on to something that might make you misearable...