a night of glitter, glam and glitz!

December 13, 2008

i guess my string of bad luck had rubbed in on our christmas party. everything that could go wrong HAD gone wrong.

from tiney's disaster dress, aissa's runaway dressmaker, lala and angel's christmas decorations that weren't displayed, to wamu and expedia's music dilemna, the planned photo booth that didn't happen and the usb port that wasn't there, it seemed to be that the night was gonna be a disaster.

but everything pushed through (though not according to plan) and the night ended up as i expected it to be, a fun reunion of the old and the new. made me miss everybody more.

i enjoyed all the presentations (too bad i wasn't able to see wamu's) but it was good to know that everybody was game for the night. i am biased, of course, to my own vertical. the spice girls were really cute and the menudo guys were really hot.

tsktsk jemai, binata ka na! the button did it for you.

kris, best beyonce impression ever!

tiney, in fairness, uma-outfit! parang sweet sixteen lang talaga!

wea and ivy, kunwari pang ayaw sumayaw. :p

tj, if it weren't for the skinny jeans and cowboy hat.. hehehe!

rhaymhond, discreet na discreet lng. :p

and kudos to those who i think had the best outfits and nailed the night:

chiqui as blair waldorf
bhinggay as samantha jones
lalabelles as audrey hepburn
bonicole as jay manuel
mike ymata as i dunno (but if he's aiming for bon jovi or any guy from nirvana, he suceeded)

we sure know how to turn it around.. from an almost disaster... to a PARTEE! and we darn look good doing it!

btw, you can check here in a while to view the presentation that was supposed to be shown at the christmas party.

to err is human...

to lose your bag (that contains your psp, newly bought wallet, all IDs, among others) just because you're engrossed in a conversation with your ex-crush of a bestfriend... IS. JUST. PLAIN. STUPID.

i would've preferred being mugged. at least, when asked how, i can say that i put up a good fight and had no choice but to give up my stuff. instead of a pathetic i-left-my-bag-on-the-chair-beside-me like i was actually offering the darn thing.

december had not been very good to me. just last week i was almost towed by the mmda coz my car overheated and gave up on me in the middle of ayala.i left my car in shell ayala for 2 days coz there's no way i can drive it back home. then i cut myself (a deep cut, i might add), though i don't know if that instance counts, it's actually a given fact that i'm a walking disaster. and just before i had my tito tow my car to malabon, i broke my full length mirror in an attempt to bring it my newly rented apartment. that's 7 more years of bad luck!

and then yesterday's the last straw. i dunno what else can top that. i just hope nothing can.

and since the universe poured it's one year worth of bad luck on me in just one week, i am PRAYING that some karmic god take pity on me and leave the rest of my 2008 in peace.

and if, in case, this string of bad luck is just an introduction to something larger than life for me.. i'm expecting a BBB anytime soon. and i mean SOON!

as in NOW NA! hehehe!

birthday ni arni

yep, i know it's sooo late...

but as they say, better late than pregnant.. pun intended. hehehe!

whatta saturday!

november 22, 2008

KomikoN 2008

the most frustrating thing about this is that i have waited for a year to attend this event and i actually missed it. i arrived in UP Bahay ng Alumni 30 minutes before 8pm. and everybody's already packing up. good thing, a college friend, batch leader, orgmate and beerkadet Elaine Muncal (Beerkada's Chompy) saw me and gave me FREE copies of Batch 72. Thanks batchhead! :D

i missed Elmer 4 and Trese, the comics i have anticipated the most.

good thing Michael David was there and i was able to get an autographed copy of Kubori Strips for the Soul.

(Boinks, late ka tsktsk! salamat! -David)

i guess i just have to wait for next year for Komikon 2009.

SM Makati

forgive me for blogging my saturday randomly. me and my office friends went to SM Makati to, take note of this, buy me an outfit for my club bureau gimik later that night. Aissa found "the" dress and "the" killer (literally) shoes. Paul, Mark, Lala and Angel were there to support. (sorry guys, even with the dress and shoes, walang booking!)

Club Bureau

Bottoms Up was the event. I was with HS and friend and some of their friends. Darn killer pointed shoes, i think my toes died a rather slow death that night.

in fairness, good music, really cute girls and not so many cute guys. sabi ni mark, kase daw straight guys mga nandun. hehe!

one conclusion: clubbing is really not for me.

you may click on this link to see a somewhat decent me.

Kangkang (formerly titled The Virgin Flyers)

November 8-10, 2008

it was my first time to fly and boy, was it fun! hehehe! these pictures should have been posted a month ago but there was so many, tinamad na ko i-organize. anyways, almost everybody in the trip posted these pictures already.

FEATURING:
Naia Terminal 3
Laoag City (Airport, Palayan, etc.)
Sand Dunes
Malacanang of the North
Paoay Church
Calle Crisologo
Pagudpud
Oldest Lighthouse
Marcos Museum
Baluarte

for those you haven't seen these photos, enjoy! warning: not in chronological order. (but then again, kilala nyo naman ako pagdating sa organizational skills. hehehe!)

poli's birthday celebration (and ASC's roast)

November 16, 2008

yesterday, kid and ria fetched me (using kid's sunroofed van) from the house (just like old times). i've never felt so missed. kase pinagalitan ako ng bonggang bongga ng dalawa na hindi na daw ako nagtetext.

pagdating kina poli. pinagalitan na naman ako ni nathan aka neyt na hindi ako nagrereply (nagrereply kaya ako, mejo mabagal nga lang. hehe!) at hindi pa natatapos dun ang lahat. pati si poli, sinermunan na din ako sa hindi pagtetext.

antagal na naming hindi nagkikita. pero parang magkakasama lang kami ilang araw na ang nakakaraan. i missed my amorsolo pips! ng bonggang bongga!

kaya mula ngayon, sasama na kami sa lahat ng gimik, road trip at pambababae nila.

plans before the end of the year:
nov. 22 - club bureau (invited kami pero kunwari hindi namin sila kilala)
dec. something - xmas party
dec. 27-30 - road trip (na hindi ako papayag na magdrive. haha! with ronron and enton as our sponsor)

"your college/office friends know who you are... but your high school friends are the ones who know why"

HAPPY BIRTHDAY POLI! you'll find your soulmate soon enough. and she will be worth the wait. (in the meantime, andito naman kami. :D)

tago

one good thing about keeping my blog private, is that it IS private.

this year's one hell of a rollercoaster ride for me. professionally, intellectually, socially, and most of all, emotionally. a rumble and tumble of had-beens, what-ifs and over-and-done-with.

i have sighed a million times than last year. i fell and is still falling.

but i am strong. my bestfriend had kept me just that. ria had believed that from the beginning that it makes me believe it myself. even if my heart feels otherwise.

again, i am afraid to show im hurting. but more terrified to know that i really am. i've never been so vulnerable in my life. but yet noone have penetrated.

i hope everything becomes better. and i hope it's soon... because i'm starting to doubt who i am already...