It was last September when our Barangay annually celebrates its Foundation Anniversary and part of the week-long activities is the Motorcross attended by different riders from the city and farflung areas. It was a gloomy afternoon when I decided to watch the game along with our neighbor and have seen spectacular race between two young risk takers, unmindful of the grimy course. Seeing them with their big bikes and flying over humps like they're tracing an invisible track was so amazing most especially seeing them land on the flat course smoothly. Sadly, I have only seen the finals but the effort to watch the game was totally paid off since the riders gave us a nice show.

Hoping to see more of these heart-pounding kind of activity!

13 RANDOM FACTS ABOUT ME

1. I have aspired to be a Nurse/Architect but my  teacher in English Class, while I was in 4th year High School told me I have modulated voice and suggested that I must take Mass Communication in College. I was then influenced and made it one among three of my choices. While being interviewed by a Guidance Counselor in College about my preference because I have listed three courses I wish to pursue. 1)Architecture 2)BS Economics 3. AB Mass Communication. I told her I love to travel, be an internal and external creature and entertain people. Hearing what I loved doing the most, she advised me to take AB Mass Communication, because its like a universal course containing all the things I love to do in the future.

2. I really have a dark black hair, thick eyelashes and big round eyes, like that of an owl(Now all I could say is that, I used to have those). The reason why my hair is now dyed is I got so used with its dark color and wanted to experiment. But I'll dye my hair back to black soon coz I'm tired of redyeing it. :))Ive been introduced to mascara since I was very little coz my mum is so into aesthetics before. When I was in college I always wear mascara to match my eyeliner so I'd look like a cat. meow. However, it always has its side effects, I always loose my lashes when I tried to pick up the excess mascara. I guess it due to excessive exposure to computer and lack of sleep that cause my eyes to go from owl-like eyes to lazy eyes.

3. I have a tongue for spicy foods and kebab with spicy sauce is my all time favorite! We even have tobasco at home!

4. I am fascinated to extreme sports, adventures and road trips. My parents used to bring me when they travel so I have embraced the nature of meeting new people and adjusting to new environments. Whenever we go to different cities/other regions, I always try to circle the area and check out cool spots. So the next time I'd visit the place, I already knew where to go.

5. When going to a new place, I checked out souvenir shops most especially the ones with antique mementos. I don't know why Im so drawn with it, but I always effort to buy something out of that city which is unique.

6.I have odd taste in music. Mostly, I'm into the lyrics of the song. Sometimes, to how the beat harmonized with the song.

7. I used to be addicted to Barbie stuff. I also play Myscene in my Grade School days. My trolley bags, almost all my school items and shoes are Barbie!!The last trolley bag my mum bought in Zamboanga which, I had just used for days way back in high school is still in my room covered in plastic. *so nostalgic*

8. I own a black guitar my mum bought me while I was first year High School because I wanna be a rockstar. A year after, it rested to the guitar bag for almost 8 years. It is still working though, but I can only recall few chords now unlike before.

9. The first time I rode airplane was when our whole office team went to Boracay early this year, June 21, 2014.

10. I fancy coffee mugs, most especially the venti-size mug. I cried when I accidentally broke my own legit starbucks mug when we over-timed for my first job.

11. I love writing all my feelings to a journal notebook, Im not that type of lady who expresses all her thoughts by saying it, instead I jot it down and read what my mind has inside. Im good at essays, might be orally objective but I'm really more elaborate in writing.

12. Most of my friends have boyfriends, but I dont. Its enough for me that I've tried it in high school, though its not really that formal. Its so funny to recall all of it. hahaha. No offense meant, but I would want my heart to be broken by the one I choose to love not by the one who liked me and pursued me. I know what the ending would be if he fell out of love. I have that so called "gut-feeling".

13. The reason why only 13 is because its my two lucky digits, like, EVER SINCE. I was a kid when  most of the beautiful events, lovely happenings and arrival of good news comes at the 3rd, 13th and 31st. I'm born on January 31, 1993. see? my suertres are 131. yup.yup.yup. Its always significant in my life. and when people think they're jinxed on dates with 3, I'd laugh because I never think of it that way.

Enough with mine. What are your the 13 random things about you? Share it to the world, earthlings.

xo,

the dreamer

I swear I'd been going to different places thinking of one guy, he's somewhere I dont know and all I know is that each and everytime Im out he's the only guy I want to see. Plenty of guys out there, but they aren't my type. I dont fall inlove so quickly, but Im quickly drawn into mans words, his voice especially his laugh.I dont know why Im stuck wishing of seeing him when its so impossible. We live in two different worlds, he's out there and does not know me. I have no idea I could like him that much that the guys around me does not exist at all. They do me favors, but I ain't buying it. His charisma is so different from theirs, he does not effort to get your attention. He will just stand in the corner and all you know is that youre feeling those tingling  sensation in your tummy the ones they considered "butterflies within".

Is it really like that?that there are some people who lived their lives hoping that one day, in a certain place they'd get to meet the man they were eyeing for ever since? coz to me, I'd never get tired but Im always told what I was holding on to is quite impossible even if you quote Audrey Hepburn. I swore I could have anybody, but Im so into him that all I want to see is him. He's incredibly one-of-a-kind hard-to-find man and that every girls that with him at this very moment is very lucky to have him around.

Everybody who doesn't know me will conclude Im flirty, furtive and filled with secrecy. I, may be, but I choose my prey, and when I know who's who I'm never playing with anybody. ITS JUST A WASTE OF TIME. If Im kind that is because I really am but I hid it coz takers dont know how to handle that kindness well. If I treat you harshly that is because you are treating me unwell. You get what you deserve, and how you're treated is equally proportional to what you're doing to me. And if I talk to you, please. DO.NOT.PUT.LABEL.ON.IT coz its the usual thing, already. If you find it odd, well I tell you that to me ALL THOSE SHITS ARE TYPICAL CONVERSATIONS that I really find it so platitudinal. You dont excite me, think all the possibilities but the bullshit you're putting in are so undeniably facile or maybe to you its an exerted effort but when you express it to me I would find it to be appalling.

I'd rather be the one to make the first move, the one who would do this because I like you not because you wanted me to. To all the guys out there who think I like them, oh please. Dream on, but don't assume. I got my eyes and heart to someone already and  showing you kindness is not big of a deal.

After work a friend messaged me on facebook, inviting me for a coffee in a 5-star hotel in our city.Instantly agreed upon knowing the venue would be GreenLeaf hotel.  After scrutinizing every menu of every cafe's in the hotel we decided to just eat at the Mint Cafe  since we're already inside the hotel and the wi-fi is so fast. We were thinking of which place to occupy the poolside area or the dining area, and we decided to choose the second option. We ordered Greenleaf pizza, clubhouse burger and each preference of beverage. We were so cautious about everything even the service charge!We spent the night laughing about almost everything we said and do in the cafe.  

The kind crew served us with complimentary bread and unsalted butter to pair it with while waiting for our orders. After the foods are being served, each of us took our camera phones and gadgets to photographed each served edibles and shared it on instagram. Did even had our photos posted in sequential, with the same food being published right after it was laid on our table. We were so loud in a place where everyone is supposed to dine only, not to talk out loud and laugh real hard. I guess when you've got your friends with you its almost the usual thing to happen between your circle.

 I ordered a glass of green mango shake, my friends dont like how it taste when I asked them to take a zip on my shake but my taste buds telling me its the best shake that you could have! Fine dining experience it might have been but the rate of the foods in the hotel are cheap and worth the try!We never regret ordering the foods we ate because after devouring all of it, we end up saying "Im full!".

  1. Reuse your magazines and make a cute one-of-a-kind envelope 

2. Sew, out of scraps a cute little fabric container for more DIY vibe..

 3. Tired of seeing boring square boxes?Make your own boxes out of your names first letter :)

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Summer is here!(screams the students and the newly graduates) however those with full-time jobs cannot scream such phrase for summer is just a season that will pass through our windows. We have actually been experiencing summer here in our office since January 2014 (minus the beach wave, sun tan and bikinis) when our aircon stops working and we started feeling the heat inside our cubicle-size office. But now, gladly after the suffrage we do have 2nd hand air-conditioner in our office from our neighboring office, sad to say its air emission is unsatisfactory as it dies every after 2 minutes.(timed it) whoosh.

Im not looking for a lover, and guys do feel bad when I entertain them, made them feel good by my presence but do not allow them to court me or date me.. I do accept their gifts, provided that Im briefed about why they give me such gift. No, Im not a leech or golddigger.

how to be happy.

1. Know the core of it. 

When you know the reason why you felt that way it would be easy for you to cope up with such problem since you'll be able to find a solution and you'll be able to think of it. Thinking about that person/thing/happening will not only let your chest be free from the burden but it will also sharpen your mind since you'll be able to know what to do and what not to do when the same situation happens.

2. Dont be OC
When something went wrong and you've got stash of money, or you have your credit card with you the moment a depressing event happen never let your self be a compulsive buyer.You might like the feeling but YOU'LL REGRET IT. Trust me been there, done that. It aint no good.Instead go to a place, a place not swarmed with different people but maybe, perhaps of free birds, butterflies or any beautiful creatures that does not pollute your mind with negativity. You'll feel free of such burden. when you got to a place such as garden, a forest(best place to contemplate.just dont go in the middle of that or youll never find your way back)or in a mountain where birds are flying above you. FREE YOUR MIND. Think of happy thoughts. You'll know what you need, not what you want. You did not just saved money but you also freed yourself from such heavy burden.

So I recently got unemployed after a month long working in a company we thought was just a baby company trying to make it big after operation but it collapsed as fast as it was built. None of us, though some are already thinking the boss I have would run the pay out money from our client HireRight owned by Taron for he looks like a suspicious guy. A commotion set in las May 15, 2013 when he chatted me on on facebook, very informal that he stepped out of position as COO and told me to report to the CEO starting that day, I sent him quotes about not giving up but then! When he left our office, took all his important belongings with him and allegedly connived with his girlfriend.The CEO, the OM and the Director started crying in their room, we never dared to enter because we thought they were discussing about something serious, reminisced the past, perhaps. But when they never stopped squalling we went inside and they started telling me he ran off with the money. I was shocked, I should have been the first one to know but it happened after three days off work, so who am I to know. 

All the agents were gathered in our office some from wave 1, wave2 and wave 3 they were there very hostile but were briefed to not harm my boss so he wouldnt be intimidated. Everyone cannot hold unto their anger towards Ryan some were plotting some kind of harm towards him like hitting him in the head using a sturdy figurine. We all waited for hours for him, we thought he wouldnt come, but he did. Got there like he's a rich man questioning the people about why is people talking some nasty things about him, nobody answered and so our directress rephrase the question that made all the people speak. He was so arrogant unpleasing to those who detested him.. 

So people emotionally delivered their appeal towards Ryan of how stupid he was risking the lives of people who came from different places, hoping that their efforts would be paid off but the psycho-shark answered them in a laconic way which heated the room that he was insulted by numerous people of different races and gender. 

It was such a tragedy me and my friend was in a floating state contemplating about how our first job provided us with such tragedy that traumatized us. It would be fine with us if we were paid by the efforts weve exerted but no, like the rest of them we exist unpaid. And thats the something we cant accept. The fact that he borrowed money from us, the secretaries who havent been fully paid. That pains us both. He borrowed money like he can pay it, promised us he would but he never did.

And this monday May 27, 2013, were on our kneels, praying that we would be paid, not entirely the amount were supposed to receive but the money that was agreed upon by both parties to be released on monday. I would love to tell you this in a story but I dislike remembering it all, my tears that fell onto my cheeks, the chaos within the office not to mention those people who speaks like the words they used was their idea. It took me a while before I moved on however, it leaves a scar in my unoccupied chest like I have been hurt by my imaginary boyfriend, his effect on everybody was very hard to fought off, its like a carnal disease, a strike to the ribs and no analgesic medicine could cure the sudden stab that caused an open wound to innocent people who only desires to work and earn money with their elbow grease.

03-27-13

(above is my cousin abegail she took all these photos  of mine)

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An outfit I wore at the farm and at my cousins graduation party. Since the house of my cousin is near the river and they havent arrived yet me and gail went to check the newly built bridge there and I have seen that there was an impressive construction of dike in my maternal's place. I remembered having a conversation with one of the city engineers of our city last summer 2012 (that was during my internship at Brigada News FM) pertaining to Barangay Mabuhay's widening river and the lack of dike around the river that would endanger the locals life when a raging torrent would come unexpectedly in that place. Im glad the project was implemented except that the bridge they have constructed is kind of something I dont want to pass through during floods.