Bangag But Beautiful
Friday, August 26, 2005
Disclaimer: Parts of post may not make sense. Patience and intense understanding are advised.
I've been awake for the past 30 hours, since 1:45pm yesterday to be exact.
Why?
How I wish I could say that I was cast as a lead talent for a global campaign of beauty product and the shooting of the campaign started yesterday. Or that I've been out saving the world. Or more realistic, working waaaay overtime.
But I'm not.
Yesterday evening, I found out that my mom scheduled a pest control/ fumigation at our house at 7am today, which meant that by 7am, I had to be out of the house! Easy as pie, right? NOT! I sleep at 5am. Of course, the obvious solution is to sleep early. So last night, I turned in at 2:30am.
I tried to leave my mind blank and let the sleepiness wash over me. I was slowly drifting to lala- land when suddenly, I heard the door of my brothers' room open and one of my brothers was coming out (yet again to look for their mommy). I woke up instantly to stop my brother from going down the stairs (as they usually do this half asleep) because if they reach the ground floor of our house, our security alarm would set off. The noise is deafening, it could wake the dead! I scooted my brother into his room, which, luckily for me, he obliged. I glanced up at the clock. Sh*t! It was 3:30am already. Time flew by so fast.
I tried going back to sleep. Tossing and turning and tossing. And before I knew it, 3:30am became 4:00am became 4:30 am. I was suppose to get up at 6am. I really tried to go back to sleep but somehow my body wouldn't cooperate. Well how could it when I was thinking that it was pointless to sleep if after an hour and a half, I'll be waking up again, most probably with a splitting headache from lack of sleep! So at 6:45ish, I got up, started covering my belongings with blankets (to prevent the fumes from getting to it), took a shower, got dressed and waited at the garage. I was out and ready to go at 7:45am. I left the house a little bit before 9am.
But, alas! (How very fairy tale-ish!) Where will I go? Our office doesn't open till 10am! And so I decided, since it was time anyway, to go to the salon!!! I had a hair spa treatment, a foot spa and a mani- pedi. After all, I had to take out that icky "I didn't get to sleep" feeling, which would have definitely made me look like crap.
I was in the office at 12nn, with a tall cup of Starbucks White Chocolate Mocha in one hand, thong sandals on my feet (heels + no sleep = accident waiting to happen). I logged on YM and talked with my boss and we started discussing an event and because of the lack of sleep, it took me a long time to process what he was saying! I've never felt so slow... and even stupid... in my whole life. I knew that on any ordinary, I would have gotten what he meant. Hell, on any ordinary day, he didn't have to tell me what he just said because I would have thought the same thing anyway! My boss said, "You better not make any decisions today." Best advice ever given to me today!
And so here I am, slowly going about my day. I'm waiting for A as we are gonna hang out at home, if I'm lucky that I don't fall asleep! But one thing I have to say, because of that 9am trip to the parlor, I may be bangag but at least, I'm beautiful!
I've been awake for the past 30 hours, since 1:45pm yesterday to be exact.
Why?
How I wish I could say that I was cast as a lead talent for a global campaign of beauty product and the shooting of the campaign started yesterday. Or that I've been out saving the world. Or more realistic, working waaaay overtime.
But I'm not.
Yesterday evening, I found out that my mom scheduled a pest control/ fumigation at our house at 7am today, which meant that by 7am, I had to be out of the house! Easy as pie, right? NOT! I sleep at 5am. Of course, the obvious solution is to sleep early. So last night, I turned in at 2:30am.
I tried to leave my mind blank and let the sleepiness wash over me. I was slowly drifting to lala- land when suddenly, I heard the door of my brothers' room open and one of my brothers was coming out (yet again to look for their mommy). I woke up instantly to stop my brother from going down the stairs (as they usually do this half asleep) because if they reach the ground floor of our house, our security alarm would set off. The noise is deafening, it could wake the dead! I scooted my brother into his room, which, luckily for me, he obliged. I glanced up at the clock. Sh*t! It was 3:30am already. Time flew by so fast.
I tried going back to sleep. Tossing and turning and tossing. And before I knew it, 3:30am became 4:00am became 4:30 am. I was suppose to get up at 6am. I really tried to go back to sleep but somehow my body wouldn't cooperate. Well how could it when I was thinking that it was pointless to sleep if after an hour and a half, I'll be waking up again, most probably with a splitting headache from lack of sleep! So at 6:45ish, I got up, started covering my belongings with blankets (to prevent the fumes from getting to it), took a shower, got dressed and waited at the garage. I was out and ready to go at 7:45am. I left the house a little bit before 9am.
But, alas! (How very fairy tale-ish!) Where will I go? Our office doesn't open till 10am! And so I decided, since it was time anyway, to go to the salon!!! I had a hair spa treatment, a foot spa and a mani- pedi. After all, I had to take out that icky "I didn't get to sleep" feeling, which would have definitely made me look like crap.
I was in the office at 12nn, with a tall cup of Starbucks White Chocolate Mocha in one hand, thong sandals on my feet (heels + no sleep = accident waiting to happen). I logged on YM and talked with my boss and we started discussing an event and because of the lack of sleep, it took me a long time to process what he was saying! I've never felt so slow... and even stupid... in my whole life. I knew that on any ordinary, I would have gotten what he meant. Hell, on any ordinary day, he didn't have to tell me what he just said because I would have thought the same thing anyway! My boss said, "You better not make any decisions today." Best advice ever given to me today!
And so here I am, slowly going about my day. I'm waiting for A as we are gonna hang out at home, if I'm lucky that I don't fall asleep! But one thing I have to say, because of that 9am trip to the parlor, I may be bangag but at least, I'm beautiful!
Mission Accomplished!
Friday, August 19, 2005
For months now, especially when my sisters caught the Photoshop bug, I've wanted a collage of pictures of A and I for my desktop. The concept I wanted was polaroids, polaroids, polaroids (with captions, of course)!
But the thing is, I have no patience to learn. I try yet I give up easily if I couldn't figure it out. A lot of people say that they just tinkered around and that's how they developed the skill. But not me. I tinker and I make it worse!
And so, two nights ago, I challenged myself. I have to figure it out without asking Seph, our creative designer or my sisters, Cami and Ara. Would you believe, to make the first polaroid pic and layer it into the background took me 3 hours to figure out?!?!?!? That's all I did the first night. And so tonight, I finished everything and it turned out just the way I like it. The c aptions on the polaroids are lyrics of songs that have meaning to A and I... or at least to me as they remind me of him or our times together.
Here's the finish product of my first layout attempt. (Unfortunately, the uploaded pic is as huge as blogger would go):
But the thing is, I have no patience to learn. I try yet I give up easily if I couldn't figure it out. A lot of people say that they just tinkered around and that's how they developed the skill. But not me. I tinker and I make it worse!
And so, two nights ago, I challenged myself. I have to figure it out without asking Seph, our creative designer or my sisters, Cami and Ara. Would you believe, to make the first polaroid pic and layer it into the background took me 3 hours to figure out?!?!?!? That's all I did the first night. And so tonight, I finished everything and it turned out just the way I like it. The c aptions on the polaroids are lyrics of songs that have meaning to A and I... or at least to me as they remind me of him or our times together.
Here's the finish product of my first layout attempt. (Unfortunately, the uploaded pic is as huge as blogger would go):
I'm so happy and giddy with excitement and pride.
I'm going to sleep. Sun's rising! Time to go back inside my casket. Still have work tomorrow... err, later.
Thoughts at 2:30 AM
Friday, August 12, 2005
Thought 1: Cat's About to Embark On An Experiment
So, I just got back from the 5th anniversary party of our bar. I was hanging out with Gino, our commissary manager, Seph, our creative designer, Ramon, our part time IT personnel and Seph's husband and Cecil, one of our accountants. Between us, we finished one whole bottle of GSM Gin Premium (I know, you're probably like, "Ehh? Gin?? That's sooo below the food chain!"). Again, it's Gin PREMIUM. It's a cheaper alternative to the very expensive Jose Cuervo Tequila and you take it the same way... by the shot, followed by a slice of orange.
I got drunk. And the 4 bottles of mineral water did little too sober me up. (It's a good thing I got home safely. I think the fact that I was already seated in the driver's seat did a lot to bring the alcohol level down). Anyway, I'm digressing. My bosses, who are drunkards (hence, the bar), and start almost all their daily conversations with "P*cha! Nalasing nanaman ako kagabi!" swear that if you drink GSM Gin Premium, no matter how dead drunk you are, you don't get hung over the next day.
Well, I'm gonna find out tomorrow.
Thought 2: KC Concepcion is my BFF.
Not true. I dreamt last night, however, that we were gimmick buddies. In fact, in my dream, she was waiting for me to get out of some sort of seminar/ church so we could go out already. Obviously, what brought about this dream is the story that she hung out at our bar right after the Super! Bazaar at the NBC Tent last Saturday and the waitstaff said that not only was she beautiful but also very, very nice.
At one point, she told one of our waitresses that she was pretty. She was also very excited to go out and be drinking because she hasn't done that in awhile. She asked the waitress what was a good drink and finally settled on a Blowjob (that's a drink, you green minded, ignorant ninny!). Not only that, she ordered 18 Blowjobs for her friends too. When it was time to go home, she asked another waitress, after giving her the bill, if it was possible to have two separate billings, one for the food and another for the drinks because she was paying for the drinks. She added that they didn't have to grant her request if it was too much of a hassle for the staff. Of course the staff happily obliged. And when she handed her credit card, she said to the waitress, "Thea, I trust you ha?"
You could tell that she was brought up well. None of those star complexes at all! I think she would make a great friend. In fact, in my dream, she didn't laugh at me when I told her that I loved her gown in the play, Beauty and The Beast. The funny thing is, I've never even seen the play!
Thought 3: What To Do? What To Do?
Earlier this week, I started noticing that I am gaining weight. Gone are my abs, now replaced with flabs (Hey, I made a rhyme!) October is just a couple of months away and soon I'll be in the shores of Boracay again, dancing in my bikini till 4am, getting drunk with tequila and gin. So I decided. For the first time in my life, I am going on a diet.
I haven't decided yet what to do. No rice, no carbs diet? Just a salad diet? No meat diet? After 6pm diet? As I contemplated on which diet to do, I munch every night on chips and sometimes, followed by a piece (or a bar, if I'm stubborn) of chocolate.
Yet miraculously, just thinking of dieting is making me thin! At least three people have told me that I'm getting thin. I look at them incredulously and tell them that I, in fact, gained weight! I insist that I gained weight! And they insist otherwise.
If just thinking about dieting is indeed slimming, then every woman in the world would be thin... and happy.
So, I just got back from the 5th anniversary party of our bar. I was hanging out with Gino, our commissary manager, Seph, our creative designer, Ramon, our part time IT personnel and Seph's husband and Cecil, one of our accountants. Between us, we finished one whole bottle of GSM Gin Premium (I know, you're probably like, "Ehh? Gin?? That's sooo below the food chain!"). Again, it's Gin PREMIUM. It's a cheaper alternative to the very expensive Jose Cuervo Tequila and you take it the same way... by the shot, followed by a slice of orange.
I got drunk. And the 4 bottles of mineral water did little too sober me up. (It's a good thing I got home safely. I think the fact that I was already seated in the driver's seat did a lot to bring the alcohol level down). Anyway, I'm digressing. My bosses, who are drunkards (hence, the bar), and start almost all their daily conversations with "P*cha! Nalasing nanaman ako kagabi!" swear that if you drink GSM Gin Premium, no matter how dead drunk you are, you don't get hung over the next day.
Well, I'm gonna find out tomorrow.
Thought 2: KC Concepcion is my BFF.
Not true. I dreamt last night, however, that we were gimmick buddies. In fact, in my dream, she was waiting for me to get out of some sort of seminar/ church so we could go out already. Obviously, what brought about this dream is the story that she hung out at our bar right after the Super! Bazaar at the NBC Tent last Saturday and the waitstaff said that not only was she beautiful but also very, very nice.
At one point, she told one of our waitresses that she was pretty. She was also very excited to go out and be drinking because she hasn't done that in awhile. She asked the waitress what was a good drink and finally settled on a Blowjob (that's a drink, you green minded, ignorant ninny!). Not only that, she ordered 18 Blowjobs for her friends too. When it was time to go home, she asked another waitress, after giving her the bill, if it was possible to have two separate billings, one for the food and another for the drinks because she was paying for the drinks. She added that they didn't have to grant her request if it was too much of a hassle for the staff. Of course the staff happily obliged. And when she handed her credit card, she said to the waitress, "Thea, I trust you ha?"
You could tell that she was brought up well. None of those star complexes at all! I think she would make a great friend. In fact, in my dream, she didn't laugh at me when I told her that I loved her gown in the play, Beauty and The Beast. The funny thing is, I've never even seen the play!
Thought 3: What To Do? What To Do?
Earlier this week, I started noticing that I am gaining weight. Gone are my abs, now replaced with flabs (Hey, I made a rhyme!) October is just a couple of months away and soon I'll be in the shores of Boracay again, dancing in my bikini till 4am, getting drunk with tequila and gin. So I decided. For the first time in my life, I am going on a diet.
I haven't decided yet what to do. No rice, no carbs diet? Just a salad diet? No meat diet? After 6pm diet? As I contemplated on which diet to do, I munch every night on chips and sometimes, followed by a piece (or a bar, if I'm stubborn) of chocolate.
Yet miraculously, just thinking of dieting is making me thin! At least three people have told me that I'm getting thin. I look at them incredulously and tell them that I, in fact, gained weight! I insist that I gained weight! And they insist otherwise.
If just thinking about dieting is indeed slimming, then every woman in the world would be thin... and happy.
Thoughts at 3AM
Friday, August 05, 2005
Thought 1: Friendster photos
What?!?! You can now have up to 25 photos in your profile?!!! Are they kidding? I can barely find photos to fit the original 12!
Thought 2: This is funny.
A text message I received earlier this week:
Kung nag bading language lang sila, e di ala sanang gulo!
GMA: Halloo Gracia! Halloo?
Male Voice: Mader! Natsuktsak ko na utoski mosh!
GMA: Eh ang tienes chuvakah, carry na?
Male Voice: Effek na tita! Pati kay Aling Minda.. Now na! Winnie Santos ka!
GMA: Bonggacious! O, Zsazsa Padilla na.. Babu ever! Ganda!
Thought 3: Time
Damnit! I'm back to my old sleeping habits! I managed to sleep before 3am just for 2 days! Must change body clock. Must change body clock.
What?!?! You can now have up to 25 photos in your profile?!!! Are they kidding? I can barely find photos to fit the original 12!
Thought 2: This is funny.
A text message I received earlier this week:
Kung nag bading language lang sila, e di ala sanang gulo!
GMA: Halloo Gracia! Halloo?
Male Voice: Mader! Natsuktsak ko na utoski mosh!
GMA: Eh ang tienes chuvakah, carry na?
Male Voice: Effek na tita! Pati kay Aling Minda.. Now na! Winnie Santos ka!
GMA: Bonggacious! O, Zsazsa Padilla na.. Babu ever! Ganda!
Thought 3: Time
Damnit! I'm back to my old sleeping habits! I managed to sleep before 3am just for 2 days! Must change body clock. Must change body clock.
Booktagged by Dezphaire
Thursday, August 04, 2005
Number of books on the shelves:
In our warehouse where most of our stuff is stored: 500 ++ (I'm not kidding! More than half probably on the Sweet Valley series)
In my current shelf: 60- 70 books (All which I bought in two years and 3 months, the length of time I've been living in this house)
Those that I own/ bought:
Around 100 of those books were probably given to me. (Sweet Valley High 1- 70 and all the special editions were passed down to me by my mom's cousin.)
5 last books that I bought:
1) Vince and Joy by Lisa Jewell
2) The Other Woman by Jane Green
3) The Boy Next Door by Meg Cabot
4) Bergdorf Blondes by Plum Sykes
5) Maneater by Gigi Levangie Grazer
Book/s I'm reading now:
1) One Hit Wonder by Lisa Jewell
2) Gossip Girl No. 2: You Know You Love Me by Cecily von Ziegesar
Last 5 books read:
1) Gossip Girl by Cecily von Ziegesar
2) Bergdorf Blondes by Plum Sykes
3) Harry Potter and The Half Blood Prince by J.K. Rowling
4) Babyville by Jane Green
5) My Legendary Girlfriend by Mike Gayle
Books I'll cherish:
1) All my Judith McNaught books
2) Shades of Twilight by Linda Howard
3) Da Vinci Code by Dan Brown
4) Memoirs of A Geisha by Arthur Golden
5) Falling Leaves by Adeleine Yen Mah
At one point, I cherished all my Sweet Valley books (from Kids, Teen, Unicorn Club, High, University, Saga)
Passing the baton to: Toni, Kat, Cat, Glady
In our warehouse where most of our stuff is stored: 500 ++ (I'm not kidding! More than half probably on the Sweet Valley series)
In my current shelf: 60- 70 books (All which I bought in two years and 3 months, the length of time I've been living in this house)
Those that I own/ bought:
Around 100 of those books were probably given to me. (Sweet Valley High 1- 70 and all the special editions were passed down to me by my mom's cousin.)
5 last books that I bought:
1) Vince and Joy by Lisa Jewell
2) The Other Woman by Jane Green
3) The Boy Next Door by Meg Cabot
4) Bergdorf Blondes by Plum Sykes
5) Maneater by Gigi Levangie Grazer
Book/s I'm reading now:
1) One Hit Wonder by Lisa Jewell
2) Gossip Girl No. 2: You Know You Love Me by Cecily von Ziegesar
Last 5 books read:
1) Gossip Girl by Cecily von Ziegesar
2) Bergdorf Blondes by Plum Sykes
3) Harry Potter and The Half Blood Prince by J.K. Rowling
4) Babyville by Jane Green
5) My Legendary Girlfriend by Mike Gayle
Books I'll cherish:
1) All my Judith McNaught books
2) Shades of Twilight by Linda Howard
3) Da Vinci Code by Dan Brown
4) Memoirs of A Geisha by Arthur Golden
5) Falling Leaves by Adeleine Yen Mah
At one point, I cherished all my Sweet Valley books (from Kids, Teen, Unicorn Club, High, University, Saga)
Passing the baton to: Toni, Kat, Cat, Glady
Can't Wait To See These...
Books that I can't wait to see on the big screen:
Harry Potter and The Goblet of Fire
(November 2005)
Memoirs of A Geisha
(December 2005)
The Da Vinci Code
(May 2006)
Apparently, there are also film versions of Can You Keep A Secret? by Sophie Kinsella and Gossip Girls by Cecily Von Ziegesar.
And, according to this site, Meet The Fockers has a sequel. It's called Meet The Little Focker.
