POSTED AT 05:24 PM

bubblesqtie

came back from a day trip to Tagaytay with the entire family -- can you imagine we trekked all the way up there just to have lunch? HAHA, angkulit. thinking up crazy, wala-lang ideas runs in the family pala. i tagged along anyway because i needed the weekend getaway before i busy myself again with my work.

anyhoo, dad drove us up there and i slept through most of the way (i am obviously not a morning person) -- but i did manage to wake up in time to see the hordes of flowers along the streets, the Casino with the huge crown effigy on the roof (where dad lost a couple thousand pesos hehe), and the beautiful and newly renovated Taal Vista Lodge. we didn't stay long, though -- parking costs P100 an hour. imagine that!

so we rode to a nearby lodge instead, Hills View, where you could rent picnic tables to eat on. there was a view not of hills really, but the Taal Volcano (i guess Taal View has been all used up hehe) -- it was a bit fogged up though, but the spread of food on the table was real good so we sort of didn't mind. Dad's chicken adobo is always a winner. yumm ^__^

we took loads of pictures afterwards, i'll post it later on. hayy! i can't wait for vacation to breeze in so i can do these out-of-town stints more often, hehe.

had a blast. until then, i will be wistfully waiting for summer.

yehey!!muji!!
POSTED AT 02:14 PM

bubblesqtie

my brother just got back from a design conference in hong kong and brought home these pretty pretty muji notebooks for me. i'm so in love with them ^___^

i've been scraping the metro for small soft bound thick notebooks with unlined paper (for the past couple months i've been making them myself, haven't got much time on my hands now, though), sa hong kong pala mabibili, hehe. should you chance upon one in the manila area, please msg me -- i'd love to find out. thaaaankks.

until then, i've got 2 (and a sketchpad, to boot). wheeee ^___^

POSTED AT 02:48 PM

bubblesqtie

had a really really bad day. the yearbook committee's photo shoot for my student's graduation was cancelled today and things got messed up. a co-C.I got mad at us (we didn't find her number until it was too late and we were gravely apologetic), plans went all wrong, deadlines moved again. the agony just keeps getting extended, and getting worse. when will it all ever end?

and what has become of everything we've tried to do? we've made enemies, stained our names, -- for not much in return (a smile, a hug, or a pat in the back would have been enough). and when good comes out of it, everyone will try to ride in; but when it all caves in on us, only the few odinary people who wanted to be extraordinary will be the ones crying.

i've always psyched myself to see the bright side of things and be ever-positive. but today was too much, even for me.

i really need a hug right now. ~___~

POSTED AT 03:41 PM

bubblesqtie

why does he have to show up just when i've almost forgotten? he have an uncanny knack of doing that... as if he sense that i'm about to let him go and he won't let me. he was wearing a blue shirt, one i've never seen before. funny i seem to know his wardrobe extensively but have no idea what his favorite color is, or what kind of movies he watch, or which NBA team he's rooting for this year. that should make forgetting easier to do, but he still have that effect on me, the kind that knocks me off my toes for a full ten minutes.well for a full ten minutes after he waved hi, i remembered him again, all too clearly for comfort. the next time he decide to sprout back into my life, i hope he'll give me some sort of warning. text me or something. haha.. *sigh*

work work work
POSTED AT 08:34 PM

bubblesqtie

HAHA, if you've known me for quite some time, you will not believe what i did.

i had my hair cut and layered out.

yep. after years of tying it back into a ponytail, i took the dive. must have been the dramatic weekend. well, if anything, the haircut DID make me feel better, like i could start over. funny how poetic a haircut could get ^__^

we had dinner at Tokyo Tokyo last night (yummm salmon sashimi!). i haven't gone out with friends for the longest time. and last night, kahit tambak sa trabaho, we felt we all needed the break so we went. seryoso yung usapan. it was almost surreal. are we all growing too old now, talking about all-too-grown up stuff? i guess. yipe. haha.

hayy i just pray the worries of the week pass away quickly. and i'm not just speaking for myself..