Stories from Down Under - Chapter 2

September 21

Nagmamadali ako bumalik sa hotel room ko from the office kasi hinahabol ko na bukas pa ung Halftix na store sa city. Store siya na nagbe-benta ng mga shows/tours na malapit na ganapin, like show for that night at 8pm pede mo mabili ng discounted. Till 6pm lang open ung store, tulad ng karamihan ng shops dito pag weekdays except fri. Balak ko sana na magpunta ng Mt. Buller, may snow dun at lifts na parang cable car. Kaso wala na daw ino-offer na ganun sa Halftix.

Sakto naman na pag labas ko ng store eh may lalaki na parang nagaabang sa labas (pero sabi nya afterwards di raw siya nagaabang, hinihintay nya lang daw ako lumbas. Hay naku Leah ha!). Mejo naalangan ako sa kanya kasi bigla na lang nya ako kinausap. Yun pala, siya pala yung hubby nung officemate ko dati sa Headstrong. Robert name nya, hubby ni Leah. Na-kwento kasi ni Leah sa kanya na asa Melbourne nga ako. Nakasalubong na daw nya ako at dahil konti nga lang daw pinoy dun, naisip nya na baka ako nga daw ung niku-kwent ni Leah sa kanya. Sabi ko nga sa kanya Leah, mestiza ako! So paano nya naisip agad na pinoy ako di ba?! Hehehe. Baka kelangan na ng new glasses ng hubby mo Leah?! :D

May ni-contact si Robert na friend nya na officemate daw dati ni Leah, si Jo (o Joe ba spelling)? Naka-kwentuhan ko din siya. Officemate pala siiya dati ni Leah at Jenny, another former officemate in Headstrong, sa UOB.


September 22

Maaga sana akong gigising para makagala. Kaso ang lamig! Ang sarap matulog! Kaya late na ako naabangon at nakapag-asikaso para gumala. Tapos syempre nag-breakfast pa ako ng marami kasi libre yun at kelangan ko mag-ipon ng lakas dahil madami akong balak puntahan ng araw na un.

1st stop is the Shrine of Remembrance.



Old building na siya na sabi eh naging libingan ng mga heroes nung WWI and II. Etong structure na to eh asa gitna ng isang park. Di ko sure kung pwede pumasok sa loob nito eh kasi nung araw na yun parang sarado siya kasi walang tao.

2nd stop: Royal Botanical Garden



Ang laking park nito! Ang dami niya sections kaso since start pa lang ng spring eh di pa masyado namumulaklak ang mga halaman dito. Konti lang naikot ko kasi kakapagod ikutin ung buong place eh, masyado siyang malaki.

3rd stop: Victoria Market

Dito ang bilihan ng fresh fruits at souvenirs ng Melbourne. Para tong Divisoria na medyo mas malinis at maayos lang. Dito ko namili ng halos lahat ng pasalubong ko.

Nagikot-ikot muna ako dun sa buong market para magkaroon ako ng idea how much binebenta mga prodcts dun. Tapos nung napagod na ko, nag-lunch muna ako sa Nando’s, sikat na resto dito sa Melbourne. Madaming branches na akong nakikita nito dito. Parang chicken inasal style nung luto nila tapos meron silang sauce na ang tawag nila ay peri-peri na merong range of hotness (me ganung word ba?!).

After ko mag-lunch, nagpunta ako dun sa isang tindahan na nakita ko medyo mura ung mga stuffed toys na magandang pasalubong sa mga bata kong pinsan. Ambait nung Indonesian guy na may ari! Lahat ng binili ko me discount. Dun ko rin binili ung mga caps, bags at yung ethnic rain maker na house décor. Lahat yun may discounts! Partida mura na nya binebenta compared dun sa ibang shops tapos may discount pa. Sabi nya may friend daw kasi siya na Chinese na nagpro-provide sa kanya nung mga stuff na binebenta nya ng mura kaya nabebenta nya rin ng mura. At saka mas nagco-concentrate daw siya sa pagbenta nung mga mahal na products nya, na hindi ako bumili kasi mahal talaga!

After nun sinamahan pa nya ako sa Vietnamese friend naman nya na nagbebenta ng shirts. Sabi ko kasi sa kanya bibili rin ako shirts. Sabi nya dun sa Vietnamese, mag-kamaganak kami para daw bigyan din ako discount nung Vietnamese. And what do you know, may discount nga rin ako! Hehehe. Swerte ko dun ako napadpad sa shop nung Indonesian na yun.

4th stop: Free City Tram

Dapat punta pa ako Melbourne Zoo para makakita naman ako ng kangaroo at koala. Kaso wala ng time eh, hanggang 5pm lang ung Zoo eh past 3pm na ko natapos sa Victoria Market tapos medyo malayo pa yung Zoo. Kaya balik na lang ako sa City at sumakay na lang ako nung free city tram. Sayang nga di ko nakuhanan ng pic ung free city tram eh! Yung trams eh yun ung parang mrt nila dito.

Yung free city tram, tram siya na umiikot sa city. May sound system sa loob na nagku-kwento ng mg historical facts nung mga buildings na dinadaanan or nagde-describe nung mga shopping malls. Para siyang tour guide. Fortunately na naman eh me nakatabi ako na 3 girls dun sa tram Yung 1 girl, nito-tour nya ung 2 ang girl. Kaya parang me tour guide din akong kasama.

5th stop: Federation Square and Yarra River





Pagkababa ko ng tram sa Flinders St., nagikot-ikot naman ako dun sa Federation Square nila at dun sa gilid ng Yarra river. Yung Federation Square, yun yung parang Luneta nila.

Along the Yarra River naman eh may parang open area na parang carnival and concert place. Mala-UP Fair ba. Merong malaking ferris wheel tapos may stage na merong DJ na nagpe-perform. Ang daming tao sa loob! Inisip ko nga pumasok para ma-experience ko naman gimik dun kaso isip ko baka magkagulo dun eh. Malakas kasi uminom mga tao dito, maski sa loob nung parang carnival me mga beer and legal un kaya di na ko tumuloy. Naglakad-lakad na lang ako along Yarra River.

Medyo nawala pa ako dahil sa kakalakad ko. Ang haba kasi nung Yarra River, so pag dating ko sa dulo ayoko ng bumalik di ba?! Ang layo na nung nilakad ko eh! Ginawa ko nag-try ako maghanap ng tram station sa may dulo. Eh wala na pala dun, mga taxi na lang dumadaan dun. Ayoko naman mag-taxi at mahal tsaka sayang naman ung daily ko na Metcard na good for the whole day. Metcards kasi tawag nila dun sa card nila for the trams, trains and buses dito. Parang yung cards sa SG din. Pero sa SG yata parang stored value siya kaya pwede rin sa taxi. Dito kasi for bus, trams and trains lang siya. At saka more of time length ang basehan nung Metcards. Pwede ka bumili ng Metcard na good for 2 hrs, ride to sawa un for 2 hours. So yung daily ko eh un lang ginamit ko sa buong paggala ko nung Saturday.

Anyway, going back sa kwento ko. Ayun so wala ako mahanap na tram station so lakad lakad ulit ako hanggang sa may nakita ako na sign na papunta sa tram station. Napadpad pala ako sa mga stadium nila. Nadaanana ko ung Rod Laver Arena, Olympic Arena at Vodafone Arena. Dito daw ginaganap ung mga sports events dito. Melbourne kasi is the sports capital of Australia. Adik sila sa sports dito!

Again, dito na muna ang kwento. Maghahanap pa ako ng copy nung chapter 3 na ni-email ko kung kani-kanino. Unfortunately eh di ko pala na-emailsa sarili ko ung chapter 3 ko na kwento. At saka iu-update ko pa tong entry na to to include some of the pics I took while wandering around the city.

Stories from Down Under

WARNING: Mahabang kwento po ito.

Howdy mates!

Ako po eh pinadala sa Melbourne, Australia para mag-investigate at analyze nung mga nae-encounter nilang problems dun sa software na supported namin. Saturday ng gabi ako umalis ng Manila. Ang 1st misadventure ko eh ang all the while ang nasa isip ko eh 10:30pm pa ang flight ko, instead of 8:05pm. So balak ko mga 5:30pm pa magpasundo sa bahay sa company service para 7:30pm asa airport na ko. Putik! Buti na lang me nakapansin sa e-ticket ko na 20:05 ang nakalagay na oras ng alis ko. Kaya ayun, sa awa ng Diyos eh nakarating naman ako ng on time sa Centennial airport.

Habang asa airport eh napansin ko na mas mahigpit na sila ngayon. Nung pumunta kasi kami Singapore at Boracay, ang security chuchu lang eh yung pag-xray ng bags sa gate mismo tsaka yung pag naka-check in ka na. Ngayon, just before ng boarding meron uling x-ray chuva ng mga bags. Yung iba nga nagrereklamo, para sakin naman oks lang kasi mas may security chuva eh mas safe ang feeling ko.

During the flight oki sana. May nakatabi ako na Aussie na gwapo! Papa-ble talaga ang dating. Kaso, amoy di naligo! Yuck! Kaya di ko na ni-landi, ni-try ko na lang matulog. Ang hirap pala matulog sa eroplano! Kahit anong pihit ko sa upuan ko di ako maging komportable. Pero dahil nga siguro sleeps like the dead ako, eh kahit papano nakatulog pa rin ako kasi medyo naalimpungatan ako at pinapakain na kami ng breakfast dahil malapit na kami mag-land. May mga alcoholic drinks sa plane kaso di ko alam kung me Bailey’s, gusto ko sana humingi kasi free. Kaso naisip ko baka naman bangag ako bumaba ng plane eh mahirapan ako hanapin ung susundo sakin. Tapos malala pa nun baka bossing pa susuundo sakin eh di kahiya naman di ba! Hehehe. Kaya naisip ko sa return flight na lang ako babawi sa paghingi ng Bailey’s, kung meron!

Mas maganda yung Singapore Changi Airport kaysa yung airport nila sa Melbourne. Parang NAIA or Centennial lang natin. Pag labas ko dun sa arrival area eh nahanap ko naman agad yung sundo ko. Taxi driver pala sundo ko na maghahatid sakin sa hotel. Putik ang lamig pag labas namin! Eh naka manipis na jacket lang ako nun kasi di ko naman expect na ganun kalamig dito tsaka dun kasi sa plane di naman ganun kalamig. Tapos, ang mahal ng taxi fare ko!!!! Huhuhu. Yung isang araw na per diem ko dun lang napunta sa taxi fare ko! Buti na lang at sabi sakin na reimbursible naman daw ang taxi fare.

Since early Sunday morning ako dumating, pagka-check in sa hotel at pagka-hang ng mga damit ko eh rumampa na ako! Inikot-ikot ko ung area dito malapit sa hotel ko. Sa Bayview on the Park ako naka-check in. Dami parks na malapit dito so nakapunta ako dun sa Fawkner Park at Albert Park. Pero di ako masyado nakapag tagal sa Albert Park. And sayang at di na ako nakabalik dun, balak ko sana mag-picture picture dun s alake area. Nung mga last days ko kasi dun eh medyo naging busy na at di na ko nakakaalis ng maaga sa office so di na ko nakaikot malapit dun sa hotel ko.



Speaking of picture picture, habang nagiikot ako at napi-picture ng mga buildings (o di ba pati buildings ni-picture-an ko!) eh nahulog ko digi cam ko!!!! Huhuhu. Badtrip! Nasira clasp nung battery. Nagagamit ko pa naman pero medyo mairap lang hawakan. At saka di na ko pwede mag-timer kasi dapat laging hawak ung sa may battery. Dapat ita-tape ko siya kaso di pa ko nakakabili tape tsaka parang medyo nakakahiya kasi low tech na nga camera ko (2 megapixels lang) tapos may tape pa di ba!?! Habang mga tao dun eh ang techy ng mga cam. Hay! Isip ko nga bumili na lang ng digi cam fun eh kaso la pa ako nakita na mga digi cams so di ko natantya kung medyo mura ba para ica-card ko na lang.

Tapos nung 1st day ko sa office dun, nung Monday, swerte! Wala yung bossing! So medyo email email pa ako nung Monday. Pero medyo madami na rin ginagawa kasi may daily status report ako sa boss ko sa Manila eh kakahiya naman kung wala man lang akong mapakitang output di ba? Tapos another swerte kasi may Pinay dun sa office na super bait! Nag-offer siya na i-tour ako sa city after office para medyo ma-familiarize ako dun sa city pag gumala na ako. Grabe dami namin nilakad! Bait bait nya. So now medyo familiar na sakin ng konti ung city. Tapos bait pa nya kasi tinuro nya sakin paano sumakay ng Trams (yung parang MRT nila dito pero 1 car lang tsaka nasa kalsada lang) tsaka pinautang muna nya ako pera kasi di na namin inabutan bukas ung money changer na mura. Yung mga money changers pala kasi dun may commission. Eh yung tinuro nya sakin eh walang commission. 11pm na ko nakabalik ng hotel room ko.



Tapos kanina pumasok na yung bossing dito. Swerte na naman kasi cool naman pala siya. So di kasing hectic ng nie-expect ko ang ginagawa ko dito. Pero nagtra-trabaho pa rin ako ng matino kasi ayoko naman mapahiya ako, di kaya ng pride ko! Hehehe. May another blooper na naman ako kanina! Kasi me ipapapadala na chocolates yung isang kasama naming pinoy dito sa mga taga-Manila. Eh nakalimutan ko sa office! Naalala ko na nung papunta na ako ng city para magpapalit ng pera at saka para mag-ikot ulit. Hay! Kinabahan nga ako kasi baka mawala sa office eh patay ako kasi papalitan ko ung chocolates na yun pag nagkataon. Eh di bawas pa sa budget ko un di ba? Kaya binalikan ko pagkagaling ko ng city. Buti na lang, mabait yung gwapong security guard at pinayagan ako na umakyat ulit para kunin. As in ung security ID pa nya pinagami nya sakin ha! O di ba?! Gwapo na mabait pa!

Ay naku grabe ang daming gwapo dito! Kung pwede lang maguwi ng konti para sakin at sa mga gurly friends ko maguuwi talaga ako eh! Sila na lang gagawin kong souvenirs at pasalubong! Hahaha.


Till next kwento, bow!

PS: Will edit this post to include some pics as soon as I am able to transfer the pics from my office PC to my home PC.

It's good to be back

I'm back from my short visit to Melbourne, Australia. I was sent there to document the re-occurring problems the users are encountering in the application that we are supporting there.

I'll post my adventures next time.

Again, it's good to be back!

Birthday treats

Long overdue post ... oh well.

August 8

I was supposed to treat nanay and Dianne for dinner but the storm put a damper on our plans.

August 9

I was gonna treat a few friends of mine from AIU-RP on this night but Fred and Stan decided to do the honors instead. Hehehe. Thanks guys! For more info and pics, go to Jen's post about it.

August 10

Froilan and I treated our teammates some Pizza Hut pizza and KFC chicken for merienda. Froilan and I shared the same birth date so we decided to team up for the blow out.

August 11

I invited my high school friends (Abi, Renee and Jaja) and Dianne to the Temple Bar in Greenbelt. Abi was feeling down that night but she was a good friend and tried her best to still have fun that night to not affect our mood.

August 12

I asked Tita Lita to cook her special Kare-kare for us and for my relatives. This is my treat for them.

August 17

The August Celebrants of AIU-RP treated the team for some merienda from Buddy's.

August 24

Cecile, Marvin, Froilan and I treated some of our closest friends from AIU-RP. We spent most of the night and part of the early hours of the next morning in Pier One at The Fort.

Birthday gifts

My birthday this year was full of surprises. Who would have thought that turning 27 would be so much fun?! :D

This post will be dedicated to the gifts I received this year. I don't usually receive gifts on my birthday. My previous birthdays gifts were usually from Carl and Dianne only. I do get gifts from my other friends as well but it's Carl and Dianne who religiously give me birthday gifts. It's not that I'm complaining. Being greeted on my birthday is more than enough for me. And believe me, I get lots of greetings during my birthday! Part of the reason why I get lots of birthday greetings is because I remind people through text messages and emails that it's my birthday. Hehehe.

But I am still very glad when I receive gifts. I feel very lucky. Not everyone gets gifts on their birthdays. And it feels nice to have someone take enough effort to buy something for you, no matter the price.

So, here are some of the gifts I received this year.



This short skirt is from Carl. I am still trying to have enough courage to wear this very short skirt outside of our house .... maybe next summer.



The shades was from Dianne. And about time too since my shades broke recently. Or was it that my shades broke recently that Dianne gave me new shades?! Hmmm ....




The bag was from my mother. I was pleasantly surprised to receive a gift from my mother. Since I started working, she doesn't give me gifts anymore ... huhuhu. I used to receive money from her during my birthday so that I can treat my friends.



The Star Wars thingy was from Carl too. Although to be honest I don't know what to do with it. Marlon, Carl's hubby, explained to me what it was for but I can't imagine myself putting it in my phone since I figured it would just make my phone harder to use. Oh well .. thanks for the gift anyway!

What really surprised me were the gifts from my AIU-RP friends. Although I have also received gifts from officemates before, this is the first time that I received gifts from so many friends from work. Thank you, thank you guys!!!

The body butter lotions were from Ri. I am using one of them now and they smell absolutely delicious! If I had a boyfriend right now I am sure he'll love the taste of the lotion on my skin .... hahaha. I haven't tried tasting myself while wearing the lotion but I might give in to the temptation one of these days ...

The Ralph perfume was from Jen, Tid, Hazel, Jet, Fred and Stan. I don't think that I told any of these guys that this perfume is one of my faves but they certainly got it right!

I got more gifts but no pictures of these gifts. One gift was from Abi, it's something to wear when I have someone to show it too na. Another gift was from Renee, a Zen Zest lotion spray.

You know, in retrospect, I am really blessed. I have a very loving family and very thoughtful friends. I believe that people should always think of these little happiness in their lives and count them as blessings. Not everyone is granted another year with good health, a good job, family and friends. God is really very nice to me. Thank you Lord for all these blessings.

Sensya na sa drama. I was chatting with a friend earlier and we were talking about my papa. I was also reading a novel earlier and one of the lines struck me as so true. But sometimes the pain is as fresh as if it were yesterday. And that got me thinking also that we really should treasure the time we have now and the people we are with. Because life is really too short.

LinkedIn invites

I recently received a couple of LinkedIn invites from people I don't know. I had second thoughts of approving their invites since I don't really know them and I consider my account in LinkedIn as a serious account, not like a Friendster account where I approve anyone who invites me. Oh well ...

6 weird things about Yen

Got this from Tid. This is my first time to try something like this in a blog. Oh well .. here it goes.

1. I am a reading addict. It doesn't matter what I'll read, if I get interested in it my world feels as if it stops. I don't eat, work, sleep, etc until I am finished with what I am reading.

2. I can live for several days with just doing 3 things: sleep, eat and read.

3. I am a religious fan of Postsecret. I check for updates every week, sometimes even everyday.

4. When I am feeling down, I read novels that I know will surely make me howl crying. I even sometimes read books like this back to back. After reading and crying for a few hours (complete with runny nose and very puffy eyes), I'm ok again.

5. I'm dense. Sometimes I'll get wind of news that I scare people or that other people are mad at me or like me or whatever and I won't even have any idea of their feelings towards me.

6. I am both a dreamer and a cynic. I hope for good things in life but I also disabuse myself of my hope.

I am tagging Dianne and Ann to do this in their blog too. I don't know who else to tag since Tid have already tagged JJ and Rianne and they're the only ones who read my blog.

Blogging ...

Tid just left a message in the message board asking if this is my real blog. I also have one at Friendster. Is this my real blog? For now, yes. I'm not much of a writer so I don't post much here.

But I will try to post more. I've realized that as much as I enjoy being up to date with my friends lives, they might wish to be updated with mine too! Hehehe. Specially now that more and more of my friends are working abroad.

Just don't hope for a very detailed post about my life ... as I've said I'm not much of a writer. Also, there are things better shared over a cup of coffee or during inuman! Hehehe.

Currently listening at Hugh Grant's Meaningless Kiss.
Currently feeling sleepy since Henry's despedida last night ended later than I expected.

Chona and Winson's Wedding

Just came home from Chona and Winson's wedding.

Their Christian wedding as held at the Bonsai Garden at UP Diliman. Luckily, I was able to google the quickest way to get there so unlike my Solar friends, my mom and I didn't get lost.

It was a lovely wedding, even the drizzle right in the middle of the ceremony.

When we arrived there, Jack and his wife Iris was already there. Jay T. soon arrived after us. At ang lokong Jack at Jay, pinagtulungan ako! Sabi ba naman ba't daw gurl na ako ngayon?! Hehehe.

Jeng then arrived without Arne because Arne had to work today and will be coming in late.

Sir Empoy, Pia and Joven arrived just about when we were to march down the aisle.

And of course, here are some pictures. Pardon me if there are a lot of pics of me because I simply felt beautiful today! Hehehe. I know, I know, you might say that I am always beautiful but I was extra fine looking today ... in my humble opinion. :D

Di na maka-hintay bumaba ng kotse kaya nagsimula na magpa-picture.



Me and Jeng.



Me and Jack. Because some of the secondary sponsors were late, I suddenly became the sponsor for cord instead of just being a bridesmaid.



Me and Pia, my thesis partner.



With the newly weds, Chona and Winson



With Solar pips.



Pretty me and my pretty mom



At shempre, solo pic ko

Solar Lab Dinner

The Solar pips met for dinner last June 8. We met at Congro Grille in El Pueblo at Ortigas.



Winson and Chona are getting married and they met with us to invite us to their wedding.




Jeng, Pia and me are part of the entourage! We get to wear pretty gowns! Hehehe.

Totoo na to ...

Promise, ito na last outing namin for the summer 2007 ....

My Nanay celebrated her birthday with our extended family by treating us with breakfast in her new house in Pampanga and by providing food for our Fontana outing.

Dami sana maganda kwento dun sa outing namin eh. Kaso I have no talent in writing. Copy paste ko sana ang kwento ng sis ko dito about our outing kaso di pa siya nagpo-post about it. Hehehe.

One of the reasons why I continued with this blog is so that I can go back to the happy times (and the not so happy times). Kaso kung ang tamad ko naman magsulat tungkol sa mga yun, parang la rin wenta noh?! Hay naku!

Anyway, here are some pics from our outing.

Last hurrah for Summer 2007

Finally, after planning to go to Club Manila East for quite some time now (it was one of the contenders for our annual summer outing since 2005), we went to the Taytay, Rizal resort last Sunday.

The resort was better than expected. It was nice, with many pools and was not very crowded. The only disappointment was that the pool water was hot! I was expecting it to be cold since we were in Rizal, which is a fairly higher land mass. Oh well ....

Here are some pics.

It's not an outing if there are no self-pics ....



My 1st kayak ride. This pic is actually funny if you knew that the pool was only 4.5 feet high ... the funny part?! We were wearing vests!!! ... It wasn't funny?! Oh well ...



The waves were great!



My only regret for this summer was that I was not able to go snorkeling even just once! Oh well, there's still next summer.

tama kaya naging desisyon ko?!

hay! sabi nga nila, time will tell ....

Anilao, Mabini, Batangas

At dahil layas kaming magpapa-milya, after ng aming outing sa Sariaya, Quezon pumunta kami dun sa Healing Hands grotto sa Lucban, Quezon. Di ko pa ma-post yung pics dito kasi dun sa old fashioned camera yung pics namin at di pa siya napapa-develop. But never fear, as soon as mapa-develop un i-scan ko un at post ko dito. Hehehe. Wish ko lang maalala ko i-update tong post na to.

Anyway, after visiting the grotto we travelled for 3 hours to go to Mabini, Batangas where our Batangueno cousins live. Grabe, it was as if we came from Manila! 3 hours! Oh well, the outing the following day was worth it anyway. On Easter Sunday, we went to Anilao for some more fun in the sun! The sun was blistering hot but the sea was soothing cool.

Beachwood Resort, Sariaya, Quezon

For our annual family holy week getaway, we went to Beachwood Resort in Sariaya, Quezon.

The travel took about 3hours from Manila. The place was so-so, the 2 family rooms we rented were fairly big. Well, bigger than I expected. We were able to carm 10 people inside 1 room. There was 2 swimming pools, one for the kids and 1 for adults, and 2 jacuzzis.




And of course, the beach! Although we weren't able to enjoy much the beach. The sand was very fine but it was more black than gray. The sea was far from calm, there was great waves that would have been fun if not for the unpredicatbale nature of the sand. One minute, you're standing on sand with the sea at knee level and after one step the sea is at chest level already! And eventhough we brought life vests, it was still scary since you might be carried away by the waves.

But we were able to take great shots from the beach!

Gmail Paper

I feel so stupid. I fell for the Gmail Paper prank. I really thought that it was a Gmail service. Hehehe.

do i look gay?!

la lang ...

Corregidor

Nagpunta kami ng aking ilang AIU-RP friends (The Cookies, a.k.a Lord and Jenny, Earth, Fred, Stan and Hazel) sa Corregidor nung Sabado, March 24, 2007. Riot ang grupo. Hanggang doon, addict sa pictures ang mga tao! Hahaha.

Nagkita-kita kami sa CCP Bay Terminal. Na-flip ako dito kay earth (anong bago dun?!). Pano ba naman, ako kasi unang dumating dun. So ni-text ko sila na andun na ako at, baka kasi di sila familiar sa place, sinabi ko na sa CCP Bay Terminal sila pumunta. Etong si Earth nag-reply ba naman ng:

Ano oras na?! Late na ...

O di ba?! As if ako ang late?! Hahaha.

Dami rin namin pinuntahan dun. Aside from being an enjoyable trip, it was educational too!

Here are some of the pics. For the rest of the pics, click here

re-blogging ....

It's been a long time since I've last posted here. Will try my hand at blogging again. It's nice to have something to look back to.

Will keep you posted.

Backstreets Back Alright!

Watched the BSB Never gone concert last night with my sister at Araneta. It was so worth it! I was even thinking during the concert that maybe I may have been able to justify to myself to buy the 5,000 pesos front row ticket rather than the 1,000 pesos ticket that was 2nd to the lowest! Hay! But I'd rather not dwell on that because it's no good thinking of things you cannot change.

Anyway, the concert lacked special effects that usually accompanies BSB concerts but the boys made up the lack of special effects with their awesome performance! Boy band na boy band! Complete with the dance moves and sequences! It is as if I am 15 yeras old again and was falling in love with them all over again. Although now, I wasn't swooning because of Nick Carter (which was my fave in the start). He's kinda chubby na kasi eh. Kevin is still gorgeous even if he's getting old. And AJ still looks like a gangsta so no surprise there. But Howie D and Bryan have changed! They are so papable now!

And I liked the fact they they showed their fans that they do appreciate that we have stayed with them for so long. And that we are not ashamed of the fact that we are still fans. Some people that my sis knew told her that BSB is so bakya na daw and was teasing her about watching the concert. But typical Dianne, she just shrugged them off.

Bryan was very very nice yesterday night! All of the boys were nice but for me Bryan was the best! And it was fun watching them enjoying the show!

Hay! I'll post some pics as soon as I upload them in my flickr account. Although the pics will be a bit small since we were wayyyyyy far from the stage. If only it was possible to take pictures using binoculars ... tsk tsk!