The old planner has to go...

The old planner has to go...

Happy New Year!

While I'm still ecstatic over the new year's celebration, I hope everyone had a wonderful celebration as mine...
How could I not be so... when my humble abode is jam packed with my relatives (I think 1/4 of the entire clan...) so it's like, they were almost 30 children of all ages, (2 of which are coming soon), about 15 young adults and about 15 oldies (hahaha!).
It's the miracle of the multiplication of fish when the food my mother lovingly cooked and prepared kept our tummies full and the belts lossened! and the chocolates I joyfully wrapped had everyone smiled with two front teeth missing for awhile...
And the little fun games for everyone, made us laugh all throughout!!!

Amazing!
And before my day ends... God's surprise isn't over yet... yeah! a phone call from Kuya, made it more.... gosh! couldn't find the right words to describe...

A peaceful, prosperous and happy new year to all!!!

It's a Happy, Joyful, Wonderful Christmas

Who said that I was alone celebrated Christmas?

Thank you for the Claro Family who adopted me and shared their Noche Buena with me...
And for all the friends who kept my phone terribly busy...
And for Kuya, who made it more special...

I am happy that I was able to complete again, the simbang gabi... Wow! God really gave me a chance to visit Him regularly... with my worry-free schedule... no reason not to attend the holy mass...
Whether I am wishing for something or not... still a little sacrifice of missing my primetime telenovelas... is worth the exchange...

Wishing you all a Blessed Christmas!!!

And counting...

Christmas is just 5days to go...
2008 is 12days to go...
My assessment-panel interview is 27 days to go...
Valentines is 57 days to go...
My Birthday is 68 days to go...

Hahaha! I'm really counting the days...
But there's one event I'm most excited counting...
Someone is coming home soon...
Gosh! can't hardly wait!!!
....in about 44 days to go...
Yipeeeeeee!!!! Yahooooooo!!!! Yeheeeeeeey!!!!

Bon Voyage!

Today, my dear friend, Joseph Tuazon's flight to the land down under...

Another milestone in his career and family life...

Five years of friendship built in working together here in Bataan...

Yes, so much to miss with this guy...

Wala na kaming service every Christmas Party, gimik, outing and etc...

Wala na kaming digital camera ni Weng... (hindi nya pinamana sa min eh)

Wala na kaming makaka-chikahan every breaktime and uwian...

at wala ng gwapo dito sa planta... (yeah!!!)

Oh well, that's life!

Seph, hintayin mo kami dyan ha...

Bibisitahin ka namin ni Weng...

Padala ka ng picture with the kangaroos...

God Bless!!!

Last Cristmas Party with Joseph

(Aura, Joan, Joseph, Rheena and Weng)

PRII Christmas Party 2007: Filipiniana

December 07, 2007

Crown Royale Hotel, Balanga Bataan

Hosts:

Myself
Ronald Bolalin

Efren Gualdajara

Human Resource and Administration Department

with

VP-General Affairs

Maintenance Section

Engineering Department with

Director-Plant Operations

VP-Plant Operations

Logistics Department

Training and Development Department

Accounting Department

Production Section

Technical Department

Makati Office

with

President

Executive Vice President

Dorector-Corporate Affairs

VP Finance

Overwhelming...

So, I started my training in the new department last December 5.

Embracing Singlehood

MANILA, Philippines—An Open Letter to the Concerned Family and Friends (CFF) of late 20's to mid 40's something Single Women****

Happy Special Birthday!

Kuya,

Sayonara... QC!

Gosh! this is my last duty in this department... been with them for five nourishing years... expanded my skill, shared my talent, worked harder than ever, shed lots and lots of sweats, back and head-aches, debated alot, acquired more skills and learnings, and built friendships...

I Agree!

"Kung nakaya ko, kaya mo rin. Naaalala mo nung ako ang nandyan? Oh eh, di ba't ikaw pa ang nagsabi sa kin na baka kaya tayo iniiwan ng mga taong mahal natin kasi baka merong bagong darating na mas ok... na mas mamahalin tayo, yung taong di tayo sasaktan at paaasahin... Yung nag-iisang tao na magtatama ng mga mali sa buhay natin... Nang lahat ng mali sa buhay mo." - Popoy (One More Chance)

I super-dooper-mega-over-definitely AGREEEEE!!!

enough said!!!


***Kuya, thanks for the call last night, take care always! (^o^)

Naman!

Ok, I admit the big grin in my face now is caused by a surprising message... Gosh! 10 0r more years later, I couldn't believe he even noticed me then... Naman!

Super blessed

The Kerygma Conference
November 23-25, 2007
The Philsports Arena

Day 1: November 23, 5pm-10pm

Opening Worship by Adrian Panganiban

Song: The Power of Love by Dulce
The Prayer by Dulce and Nolyn Cabahug

Holy Mass: Fr. Jerry Orbos, SVD

Talk #1: Don't Burn Out - Burn Up!
(How to Fuel Your Soul for a Purpose-Driven Life) - Bo Sanchez






























Happy to be accompanied by my very dear friend, Mon




















Day 2: November 24, 2007 (830am-7pm)

Opening Worship by Carl Fontanilla

Holy Mass: Bishop Teodoro Bacani
Fr. Steve Tyler

Talk #2: When God is Sleeping in the Storm
(What should you do when crushing trials come?) - Bo Sanchez

Talk #3: You're More Gifted ThanYou Can Ever Imagine
(How to Discover, Develop and Deliver Your Gifting tot he World) - Arun Gogna

Talk #4: The Key To All Success is Attitude
(How to See Life the Way God Sees it) - Alvin Barcelona




















Talk #5: Are You Fighting for Your Family's Future?
(How to Sow More Love inyour Relationships- and Harvest Abundantly) - Pio Espanol

Talk #6: Increase Your Miracles
(How to Conquer Giants and Move Mountains for God) - Mike Joseph

Talk #7: Chang Your Habits and Change Your Life
(How to Replace Destructive with Lifegiving Habits) - Obet Cabrillas

Kerygma Concert
K5, Nyoy Volante, Pinky Marquez, Reuben Laurente and Christopher de Leon
















Mga Smiling- happy-Puyat!















Day 3: November 25, 2007 (830am-2pm)

Opening Worship by Fr. Joseph Skelton

Talk #8: Expand the Borders of Your Life
(How to Dream the dreams of God) - Bo Sanchez

Holy Mass: Fr. Joey Faller
Fr. Joseph Skelton















New found friends: Tita Rose and Tito Manny















With My Mama, on the 3rd day.

Fan sya ni Bo Sanchez

(Super typhoon Mina...nowhere! instead Super typhoon of Blessings!!!!!)

It's my old self...

This is one thing that I truly miss doing... And I miss the people I used to be with attending this kind of activities... Volunteer Catechists of Mary, Mother of God Parish, Bayanan Muntinlupa.

Been astray... been away... been a naughty girl... been there... done that... that is not me...

Home

I'm such an RnB listener, but once in awhile I got to listen to pop/rock music. I was glued on watching the American Music Awards 2007 last monday night. And one band really caught my attention... (sila pala yung kumanta nun...!)

http://www.daughtryofficial.com/

The very first time I heard the song, I already memorized the chorus...

Home

I'm staring out into the night,
Trying to hide the pain.
I'm going to the place where love
And feeling good don't ever cost a thing.
And the pain you feel's a different kind of pain.

Well I'm going home,
Back to the place where I belong,
And where your love has always been enough for me.
I'm not running from.
No, I think you got me all wrong.
I don't regret this life I chose for me.
But these places and these faces are getting old,
So I'm going home.
Well I'm going home.

The miles are getting longer, it seems,
The closer I get to you.
I've not always been the best man or friend for you.
But your love, it makes true.
And I don't know why.
You always seem to give me another try.

So I'm going home,
Back to the place where I belong,
And where your love has always been enough for me.
I'm not running from.
No, I think you got me all wrong.
I don't regret this life I chose for me.
But these places and these faces are getting old,
So I'm going home.
I'm going home.

Be careful what you wish for,
'Cause you just might get it all.
You just might get it all,
And then some you don't want.
Be careful what you wish for,
'Cause you just might get it all.
You just might get it all, yeah.

Oh, well I'm going home,
Back to the place where I belong,
And where your love has always been enough for me.
I'm not running from.
No, I think you got me all wrong.
I don't regret this life I chose for me.
But these places and these faces are getting old.
I said these places and these faces are getting old,
So I'm going home.
I'm going home.

Happy Bestfriend Birthday

Bestfriend who?
I am a self-confessed supladita-maldita, but blessed with great true friendships...
For one, with my college bestfriend, Christopher C. Cahello
a.k.a. Chris a.k.a. Xyre Ron Chris a.k.a Schrive a.k.a. whatever!!! hehehe (dami tawag eh!)
But for me, he is simply Chris.

It is not surprising that our wavelengths jived
I know, it is our eccentricities that binded us together... (hahaha!)
From the start, he treated me well above the others...
(biased talaga sya, pagdating sa 'kin)
He gave cards to the whole barkada but mine is bigger and more colorful,
He accepted drawing projects only from me,
and ako lang ang nililibre nya...

describe ko nga sya...
mabilis syang kumain kaya madalas masakit ang tyan...
mabilis syang maglakad na kala mo may humahabol sa kanya...
pero super galing mag-drawing at ma-art-e magsulat...
always mabango sya...
hindi marunong mag-basketball pero magaling sa volleyball...
laging nangunguna sa uwian...
mahilig mag-english...(yeah right!)
mahilig gumimik, mag-chat at matulog...
madaldal...makulet...madaldal...maingay...madaldal...
pero super sweet and thoughtful...(libre mo ko!)
ano pa ba?..... tama na baka lumaki pa ulo mo!

"Hey! Bestfriend, Happy Birthday! (I know I used to send you birthday cards, but this is more sosyal! hehehe!) I miss you very much. I miss our laugh trips, kulitan and asaran. I miss our movie time. I miss your libre. I miss your cards and little trinkets... I miss sharing our little secrets... Take care always... God bless you more...Love yah!"

Ocean Adventure April 2006

My Train Moments: Part 2

Ang Philippine National Railways

Nakasakay ka na ba sa tren na ito?
Ito yung pinakaunang tren sa Pinas... (sa pagkakaalam ko, obvious naman sa hitsura ng tren...)
Bumibiyahe mula Calamba, Laguna hanggang Legaspi, Albay.

Nasa kolehiyo na ako ng unang makasakay sa tren na ito. Palibhasa ang eskwelahan ko noon ay malapit sa istasyon ng tren. Mula sa Alabang sasakay ako hanggang FTI station. Pero bihira ko lang gawin ito kasi tamad akong maglakad papunta sa istasyon, yung sa Alabang ay medyo malayo mula sa national road, at yung sa FTI naman ay may kalayuan din papuntang eskwelahan. At natatakot kasi ako sa mga bali-balitang may nagtatapon daw ng ihi o maduming tubig sa tren habang dumaraan ito (mula sa mga home along da riles). Pero ang higit kong kinatakutan, ng makita kong hanggang bubong ay may nakasakay... naisip kong pano kung nasa loob ako at hindi makababa sa bababaan kong istasyon eh di sa susunod na istasyon ako bababa (natural!), oh eh di sasakay pa ulit ako pabalik....haaaayyy! malaking abala!

Pero sa totoo lang masaya sumakay sa tren na ito... bukod sa higit na mas mura ang pamasahe (noon sa jeep ang pamasahe ko P4.50 Alabang-FTI Tenement, dito P2.75 lang, paminsan pa libre... hehehe!) ay adventure talaga, bukod sa feeling mong inuugoy ka ng taong galit sa 'yo eh parang mahihiwalay pa sa pagkakadugtong ang tren. Tapos lalakad kang parang lasing na sumusuray-suray sa gitna para tumawid sa kabilang carriage (pasensya na di ko alam sa tagalog!) Astig!

Pero ang pinaka-adventure sa pagsakay ko sa tren na ito ay noong bagyong Rosing (?)... 1997. yung bagyong nagpa-stranded sa mga sasakyan sa south expressway ng buong magdamag. binaha ang Bicutan ng hanggang baywang. Naalala mo ba yon? Hapon na ng kinansel ang klase at pinauwi ang mga empleyado. Kami namang magkakaibigan, napagod at nangawit na sa kahihintay ng jeep pauwi...
Mon: "Aura, mag-tren na lang tayo, hopeless mag-abang ng jeep..."
Aura: "Tren? hmmmmm di ba tatamaan ng kidlat yun?!"
Mon: "Sira! di yun tatamaan kasi hindi naman yun pula!"
Aura: "Ahhh! ok! sige, lakad na tayo..."
Mon: "Uy Au, ayun si ____ mukhang sasakay din ng tren..."
Aura: "Ano ka ba Mon, di ba sabi ko sa 'yo mag-tren na tayo?!"
Mon: "Oo nga! Bruha!"
Aura: "Bilisan mo, baka maunahan tayo sumakay.... hehehe!"

Makalipas ang dalawampung taon... dumating din ang tren... at hayop!!! sa sakay na pasahero, ga-tumpok ang tao sa bubong.

Mon: "Au, bilis, suot... dun.... dun... sige sumiksik ka dyan...kasya ka dyan... hawak naman kita!"
Aura: "Mon, wala kong makita eh..."
Mon: "Ah basta, isiksik mo sarili mo dyan... gusto mong makauwi di ba?!"
Aura: "Mon, hwag mo kong bibitawan ha... kili-kili yata tong nasa tapat ko...!"
Mon: "Wag ka ng maingay dyan...!"
Aura: "Mon, makakalabas pa ba tayo ng buhay dito?"
Mon: "Oo naman... by chance... hehehe!"
Aura: "Aray! paa ko yun! ano ba?!"
boses ng isang lalaki: "Hoy! kayong lahat walang bastusan ah, bawal ang umutot dito...!"

Nakuha pang magtawanan ng mga pasaherong animoy mackerel...



........ooooooopppppssss! nakauwi kami ng maluwalhati ni Mon, by chance... Amen!

Technical Gathering 2007

Technical Department Gathering:

November 09, 2007

Dinner at Tramway in Timog

Night out in Laffline Comedy Bar

with Vice-Ganda

Technical Girls

Starbucks, Timog...

To the left... To the left...

Yep! I was there... with Weng and Richard...

It was my first time to watch a live concert of an

international artist...

And WOOOOOOWWWW!!!

BEYONCE EXPERIENCE!!!

The highest ticket price is definitely worth it...

(ahmmm, we we're on Patron B... hehe!)

2hours of nonstop booty shaking and fans screaming...

The crowd is just as crazy as you can imagine...

To the left

To the left

To the left

To the left

To the left

To the left

Everything you own in the box to the left

In the closet that's my stuff - Yes

If I bought it nigga please don't touch

And keep talking that mess, that's fine

But could you walk and talk at the same time

And It's my mine name that is on that Jag

So remove your bags let me call you a cab

Standing in the front yard telling me

How I'm such a fool -

Talking about

How I'll never ever find a man like you

You got me twisted

You must not know about me

You must not know about me

I could have another you in a minute

matter fact he'll be here in a minute - baby

You must not know about me

You must not know about me

I can have another you by tomorrow

So don't you ever for a second get to thinking you're irreplaceable

So go ahead and get gone

And call up on that chick and see if she is home

Oops, I bet ya thought that I didn't know

What did you think I was putting you out for?

Cause you was untrue

Rolling her around in the car that I bought you

Baby you dropped them keys hurry up before your taxi leaves

Standing in the front yard telling me

How I am such a fool -

Talking about

How I'll never ever find a man like you

You got me twisted

......Irreplaceable.... Manila!!!

Spook-spooky...

While most Filipinos have their own spooky tales to tell, well, I don’t. I guess my third, fourth or even fifth eye is blinded and my sixth, seventh, eight sense is senseless…