Dinner Date with Teammates :)

Since it’s a Friday night, some of my teammates and I decided to pamper our stomach with the very famous R&J Bulaluhan in Mandaluyong. We ignored the sardine-like challenge again in MRT just because we’re too hungered for their Bulalo. Hihi. The place is actually a bamboo hut tucked at the side of the road and I was really surprised to see a lot of people dining there. It made me more excited! 

I was with Cherie, Melai, Nessa, Yang and of course Lee.

We ordered 

their very famous Bulalo

Sisig

the best Pansit I’ve ever tasted

and the Crispy Pata. 

We were charged P1,100+ for that. We really got more than what we paid for. Haha! It’s so sulit!

We had so much smile on our faces because of our happy stomach.

And plus, it was our very first time to ride the E-Tryc. It is just a 10 peso ride to MRT Boni. So epic fun!

Oops! Take 2 kuya driver!

Let’s do this again, please! Looking forward for more Friday nights with you, girls! Thanks for the warm welcome! :”>

R & J Bulalohan, Mandaluyong

Bonifacio Ave.

Mandaluyong City, Metro Manila

Philippines


December  9, 2011

Happy Birthday Tinay!

One of the best gifts from God is having a true friend in unexpected events and unexplainable reasons. And I am just so thankful that I am blessed with one. 


Happy happy birthday to my tall bestfriend Khristina Cariño!


I am always praying for the best in everything that you do. Hindi na tayo masyado nakakapag usap but always remember that our friendship will remain strong as always, what might have been. I miss you everyday Jandi! Meron pa pala akong isa pang pinapag pray, na sana mahanap mo na ang true love mo. Heehee! I love you friend! ♥ Enjoy your day! Pumarty ka na!

Happy Birthday Ate Flo! :)

Undoubtedly, she is one of the best teachers I know. I may not see her everyday inside the classroom to teach me everything she knows but she was with me all the way since I was a kid, guiding me to face all the tests life has in store. A lot of people know her as good teacher but I'm proud to share how great she is as a sister. 

Happy Belated Birthday Ate Flo! I hope and wish for your happiness and success. Thank you for everything. Wag ka ng mataray! Haha! I love you today and everyday! :D

HAPPY BIRTHDAY LETLET!

Spent the day with Letlet and Khristina for Letlet’s birthday. Her birthday is on Oct 11th actually but celebrated it today instead because of schedule issues and where to go issues. Hahaha! Happy Belated Birthday BFF! Thank you for this delicious birthday treat. Always remeber, we love you today and always! >:D<

September 30, 2011

Today was okay. My good friend, Zion, came over and ate lunch and watched movie with me. It has always been nice having him around. Someone I could talk to, listen to, laugh with or be quiet with. Just pure talking or just sitting around is more than enough. It is just perfect timing now that I felt the need to be with someone to at least make me forget all my uncertainties in life. Well, thanks for that my friend. >:D< 

Now that I just graduated from college (actually SEVEN months ago), thinking about the...my future is like thinking about which came first, the chicken or the egg or more likely, thinking of putting up a business with no capital in hand or much more likely, thinking of writing something which makes so much SENSE. Yes I know, thinking and planning about the future is exciting but thinking of how you'll get there is another story. And I feel so strange of even thinking and writing about this because thinking of the future is not a hobby to me. Staying at home, JOBLESS, doing all the chores, watching TV and surfing the internet is not the life I want. As days pass, I felt the need of riding the MRT (yeah even though it feels like hell) or taking a bus ride to work, sit on my desk and work, meet new people and make new friends, try a lot of food, go to different places, get promoted, earn a lot of money etc. I am not saying I don't want my home life. I have the best family and we have a simple house which can shelter us well but I think I am in the stage of wanting to explore the world and live a life of my own. I am in the stage of searching for my own destiny; finding my own inner growth. 

Some people tell me, stay calm and just relax, you're still young. It's good to hear but I know I'm not that old but I am also not that young anymore to just sit around, tell myself I'm just 20 and still counting, think and feel that I'm still a student when in reality, I am no longer one.  There are new people in my life who misjudged me, who misunderstood me, who in way threatened me with my abilities and since then,I want to prove to them and to the world that I am not the kind of person they say I am. That I can make a difference. That someday they will eat their words. But I do thank them for empowering me. 

If ever you're reading this, sorry for the drama my friend. There are just some shifts in life that are really hard to cope with but I feel proud of myself for thinking like this, serious and growing, I think. ;)

I just hope everything will turn out well. I am preparing myself on what God has in store for me. I'm trying not to rush and complain "When will I have a job? When will I have everything I want and need in life?" because I know God has His perfect timing. I know I shouldn't have to feel this way because despite this anxiety, I know there are still a lot of things to be thankful for but I know God knows and understands me well. 

For what it's worth, nothing is need to be done but to see opportunities in every challenge and to always recognize the good side in everything. I hope and I know I'll be okay and so are you. :D

EL-OW-VI-EE :D

It is exactly 12:30 am and I'm still here in front of my laptop waiting for....I don't know. Nothing. And here I go again, crazily thinking what to write....... Since I am seeing and hearing LOVE everyday and I so love my friend's blog (Reynolph) which is more about love, maybe it's time for me to share mine. I mean, my perspective, my ideas about it. I am completely loveless now. You know, romantically. Hahaha! 

Do I sound weird if I tell you now that I've never been in love again after 4 years? or I don't know. May be there are people whom I really LIKED or may be I have fallen in love with, I am just so afraid to admit it because of this big word that I don't want to come my way: REJECTION. Wait. Let me clear it out. I am not really sure if I've really fallen in love cause I've never felt that feeling, I mean, that unexplainable feeling which I really can't explain now. Hahahahaha! It's just that, I feel so numb for this. I feel that I'll just get hurt again. That everything will just fall apart in the end. So I settled my mind for something that will help me (I think) avoid that pain. Whenever I'm starting to like somebody, like to my close friend and that mysterious guy (no he's not just a guy, he is a MAN for me) , HOPE, another big word, comes along the way. Wow! Very optimistic yet very dangerous. I've always loved that word. As I grow older, I promised myself that it would be my guide in everything. Yes, people know me as the "optimistic goody goody type". But sometimes, when fate finally tests you, your positive and happily ever after slowly changes. HOPE really is what keeps us alive, I am still a believer of that, but the funny thing is sometimes, you just have to stop hoping for that something or someone that you're never sure of from the very start. May be, just may be with that we can free ourselves from the pain or we could at least lessen it. And I know, this is the reason why I am so heartless about this crazy little thing called love because I am afraid, I am always avoiding it, I am never admitting it, I close my doors for it, I don't want to take risks, I am not confident about it and I am not confident that someone would really love me and most importantly, I learned to stop hoping and trying. Wow, this is the very first time I've blurted this out. 

But I am not a love hater. I am still a hopeless romantic, wishing for a perfect wedding day and a happy marriage. Sometimes, I ask myself when will I sleep with a smile on my face, when will I finally say I love you, when will I feel loved again. And even if I'm trying not to, I know deep within me that I am still a Disney princess waiting for my prince and our happily ever after story. As a 20 year old, that sounds a little bit uncomfortable. Hahaha.

But this emptiness teaches me something everyday. From the pain that have caused me so much sadness, I've been busy using my mind not to get hurt again not realizing that my heart really has something more to offer me. It's no other than love, still love. At the end of the day, I ask myself why am I so afraid of love? When it is actually the most wonderful here on earth. Love is nothing without pain and sacrifices. It's really up to us, human beings, how to handle it. Yes, that's right. And if ever you're wondering who is that close friend and mysterious MAN I'm talking about, let's just leave it like that, but like I said, it is how you handle it. One of the things I've learned is we should never stop hoping but we should learn how to accept good or bad situations. Learn to accept everything that comes your way. So that is what keeps me going now. One thing is for sure,wherever you are now, whatever you do, love will always finds its way because God is writing the best love story for you. 


Warmly,
Macy :)

What makes me busy now.

I started my summer vacation by reading a lot of books I have, some are gifts from friends and others are forbidden books in our bookshelf. I am such a fan of quotes, yes quotes (from books or those written or said by very sensible people) , some we received through text messages or those we see as statuses on various social networking sites. So I decided to compile all my favorite quotes from books in a notebook (a notebook given to me by a good friend, Tinay). I really don't know why I'll give so much effort to it. My sister told me it's just because I am so bored and have nothing else to do than to wait for each day to pass. She has so much point there. But reading made me realize something I've never even felt before...


Reading was my worst enemy as a child. I hate it. I am more of an explorer of a child's little wonderland. I spent my childhood outside, running, jumping, walking, laughing, talking, and playing with children like me under the smiling sun or even dancing with the falling rain from the sky. I can't even imagine myself sitting in one corner trying to understand the words I never thought could tickle my imagination. Never did I realized that reading is one of the best moments in life. That the book you're holding, may be with a cup of coffee or tea, will bring you to a world you've never been. It'll give you new found friends from the characters you may or may not like. It will give you a feeling of belonging  because at one point in your life, you are one with them.  At most times, you will feel that deep connection that will make you cry, laugh, smile or even angered. You are attached. You are one with the story. It gives you the inspiration you needed. It nourishes your soul. It gives you that sense of fulfillment when you've finally reached the very last page may be with that mixed emotion of success or nostalgia because being one with them makes you miss every part of it. That's the magic  it can give you. It's like finally reaching your dream. Reading makes you whole......again.


I came up with this idea because I always loved looking back. To people, to places,to memories. With this, I will be able to look back not just plain words but magical words that will be helpful to the real world we live in. They say experience is the best teacher but you have to have that guide to face it all and I believe words from books are. I feel it especially in my life. 


We read not just to put something in our minds but to save it all in our hearts to make our everyday a good one. So, let's continue reading like it's the first time.


Warmly,
Macy :)

Ang Kwentong Cupcake

Sa Facebook chat:

“S: Minicake!

M: Cupcake! Kamusta?

S: Okay lang! Busy ka?

M: Mejo. Bakit?

S: Pwede ka bang magsulat ng storya? Yung favorite summer experience mo? 3 to 5 paragraphs. Kailangan ko kasi sa work ko……”

                Nagdalawang-isip ako. Nagulat. Hindi naman kasi ako pala-sulat. Bakasayon ngayon. Bakit ako magsusulat? At saka kakatapos lang ng thesis ko, ayoko ng magsulat pa ulit. Pero dahil minsan lang naman humiling sa akin ang aking kaibigan, bakit hindi diba? Siguro nagtataka ka, minicake? Cupcake? Ang cheesy. Pero yan ang tawagan namin ng isang mabuting kaibigan simula pa nung high school. Di ko na matandaan kung paano nagsimula pero bagay naman eh. Ako si minicake dahil maliit lamang ako at siya si cupcake dahil mas matangkad siya sa akin. Simple. Uso rin pala kasi nun yung bagong labas na mini cake ng Lemon Square.

                Nakapagtataka, wala akong makwento. Di naman kasi pang summer ang naging karanasan ko nung nakaraang dalawang taon ng bakasyon. At ngayon, nagsisimula pa lang ako. Nagpaplano pa lang ako. Iniisip ko yung ibang mga tao na sinabihan ng kaibigan ko na magsulat ng kanilang kwento, siguro ang dami nilang maisusulat. Ang dame siguro nilang napuntahan dito man o sa ibayong dagat o kung san man. Nung nakaraang dalawang taon kasi, trabaho ang ginawa ko. Yung isa dahil gusto ko lang at yung isa required sa school, OJT. Ngunit naging masaya naman ako, parang pagsakay sa Banana Boat sa Bora ang naging pakiramdam ko………..

                Hala! Lagot! Nakatulugan ko ang pagsusulat. Sabe ko pa man din sa aking kaibigan na ngayon ako magpapasa. Baka magalit siya sakin, wag naman sana. Nakakagutom pala ang mag-isip. Hayun! May cupcake. Ang paborito kong cupcake na cheese ang flavor. Di ko na sasabihin ang brand dahil baka kunin pa akong commercial endorser dahil kaya ko to ng tatlong kagatan.

Unang Kagat. Naisip kong ikwento ang naging trabaho ko nung nakaraang dalawang taon. Naisip namen ng kaibigan kong si Joanna na magtrabaho sa isang sikat na kumpanya. Tuwing bakasyon, may Internship Program sila para sa mga kabataan. Sinubukan naming para hindi lang kami puro pasyal, swimming at hindi lang naka-tengga sa bahay. May pera pa. Naging masaya ako dahil madami akong natutunan. Sabe ko sa sarili ko, dalawang taon pa bago ako magtatrabaho, may experience na ako. At least, alam ko na ang maari kong kahantungan pagkatapos kong makuha ang aking diploma. Masarap din palang makatanggap ng isang maliit na sobre na may lamang P1500 kada lingo. Masarap pa sa angking tamis ng mais con yelo.

Ikalawang kagat. Nais ko rin sanang ikwento ang summer ko nung nakaraang taon. OJT naman sa isang women institution. Nakakainis nung una. Bakit kailangan isingit ang OJT sa bakasyon? “Boring tuloy ang magiging basakyon ko!” winika ko pa noon. Pero kung ilalarawan ko ang karanasan ko doon sa iisang salita, wala akong masasabi kundi ang isa sa pinakasikat na salita sa Facebook, EPIC! Progresibo sila at ang pakiramdam ko’y napaka-produktibo dahil imbis na nasa dagat ako’t naka-bikini, nag susunbathing naman ako sa kalye at sinusulong ang karapatan ng kababaihan, kabataan at ng bansang Pilipinas. Na-BV nga lang ako sa aking mga magulang dahil may ilang parte silang hindi maintindihan.

Aba! Ako’y ginawan ni Mama ng Iced Tea. GV ako ngayon sa kanya. Lagok. AHHHHH! Pampadagdag gana sa pagsusulat.

Ikatlong Kagat. Ay ubos na! Sabe sayo kaya ko ito ng tatlong kagatan. Teka, teka! Akalain mong nakapagkwento na pala ako ng hindi ko namamalayan. Salamat sa cupcake na to at ako’y nakapagsulat.  Sige, isesend ko na ito sa email ng aking kaibigan at baka sakaling manalo pa ako ng ipod. Hehe! ;)

               

               

Sisters I never had. :) (Posted July 6, 2011)

June 3, 2011 at Rosechel’s Condo

A nostalgic but happy Nachos and Buffalo Wings day with my girlfriendsssss! :D I love you all for the nth time! :D Please, let’s do this again. :D

                                                                                                  The View! 

                                                                               Chef Dyvi! I’m so excited!!!!!

                                                                        Rosechel helping out Chef Dyvi! :)

                                                             I love this pic! They’re so happy! We are so happy! 

                                                                          Bestfriends forever! Hahahaha!

I can’t really give a lot of reasons why we’re friends because all I know is, we’re friends because we are meant to be friends. Best friends. But one thing is for sure, we are friends because we love to eat TOGETHER! 

Perfect food + Fruitful conversations + Unending laughter + Picture taking + THEM = PRICELESS

I so miss them! All of them! They are the very reason why I sometimes feel that I want to be at school again. Please please please, Let’s do this again! 

I miss and love you Peacocks! >:D<

Photo Courtesy: Shayne Ruebe

It's because I really miss football and AIKA! (June 19, 2011)

You know I love you Aika! You are one of the most beautiful people I know, inside and out. I know I’ve said this before and now I’m saying it again. You’re a FIREWORK because you brighten up people’s lives even in their darkest days. Thank you for being my firework Aika! I miss you. I really miss you. :) 

HAPPY BIRTHDAY JESS! I love you till we breathe no more and even after that. :) 

New Baby!

Meet our new baby. :) Welcome to the family, Autumn!! :D 

Happy Birthday Maan! (June 16, 2011)

I miss you Maan. That’s what I always say. :| If only we could turn back time. Back when we were still little dalagas (pero ako little pa rin Hahaha!). When we laugh our hearts out even in the shallowest things we see. When we have so many crushes and never ending talk about love life. When we console each other (us 4 with Letlet and Isiree) in our darkest days. When we eat together, when we hug each other everyday. We all know that everything is so different now but the level of our friendship stays perfectly the same. 

I miss you Maan. The bubbliest person I know. I miss your apartment in Dapitan. I miss your laugh. I miss your havey na havey na hirits. I miss your father. I miss you mom’s cooking. I miss your very caring attitude. I just miss everything about you. 

Happy Birthday to you! I hope you’re always happy and I always believe that you can surpass any storm that will come in your life. You’re a strong woman, I  know that. I hope we can REALLY catch up sooner or later. Sorry if we cannot visit you there in Pampanga but I really hope it will happen. Thank you for everything, Maan. Though we’re miles apart, I know I have a true friend in you always and likewise. Enjoy your birthday! I love you Buttercup (remember?) . >:D<

P.S. Sorry for stealing your photo. Haha! I love you hair and ze BANGS madame! We really need to catch up. There is this some Marco Santos Avilla I really want to know about. <3 

June 16, 2011

To Lavinia (May 22, 2011)

You’re fond of making birthday collages for people and I think you deserve to have one too.

Happy 27th (in case, you’ll lie about your age) Birthday ATE!! 

You’re the number 1 in my life. Yes, NUMBER 1. My number one ENEMY. We’ve had all the sungit, taray, irap, sigaw and iyak moments. May be that’s the reason why I don’t have fights at school or with friends that much because I have it all at home with YOU. Bago pa man magsimula sa iba, tapos na sayo. Hehe!

But being my number one enemy doesn’t make me love you any less. Sometimes, I love you too much that it hurts. CHOS! I hardy say sorry but now, I apologize but I hope you’ll say sorry too because you’re a lot BITCHIER than I am. Hehe!

Anyhow, always remember that I am proud of you always not just as a sister but as an ordinary person who looks up to achievers like you. Communication Coach may not be as high as a CEO or whatever, it is still something worth to be proud of. 

Kahit ano pang VIEW..Front view, Side view, Back view…Basta I Love VIEW! :) Again, Happy Birthday.

P.S.

Patience is a virtue. Work will find its way to me at the right place and at the right time, IN TIME. Relax ka lang. Hehehe! :P