4th of july weekend

last friday,our street dance teacher made a sweet tribute to Michael Jackson, by coming in wearing an MJ hat, AND by introducing MJ steps for ...Billy Jean! steps were harder tho, I had a hard time following them! and yeah there was a moonwalk part! really funny! hehe

After spending the night at the gym, I had a yet-another-solo-date at Misato, a jap resto somewhere between the gym and our office. I noticed I'm doing this almost every friday, and so I decided to setup a new blog that will be solely for my friday pigouts! you can now visit it here(misato post is already there)

*edit - I'll republish my food blog after I gather about 10 posts (OC-attack!)

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Saturday morning, I had brunch with mela and abby at Dulcinea, Casa Susana. then spent the whole morning bonding and chatting, coping up with so many kwentos! some pix:

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abby, me and mela


our continental breakfast

after our brunch, I went to makati to open up a BDO account to somehow "enforce" saving during payday weekends (I pass by BDO prior to splurging AND it's open during mall hours. perfect isn't it?) let's see if it'll work. hehe.

at night -mass and dinner as usual with paul. this time we had dinner at nanbantei. or nambantei? ewan. that jap resto near gb3 cinemas? normally I'd research on the correct spelling but this time I don't care as I won't write so much about it as I really didn't like the food (ok my rant stops there, I promised myself that this post will be all-positive hehe)

we had a 2nd "dinner" at mcdo sm (akalain mo yun!) because it's been one week and I still haven't gotten my dose of my forever mcdo fave, TWISTER FRIES!


oh twister fries, I missed you soooo much!

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a while ago, I cooked jambalaya for the first time! and I'm glad I did it! I'm not so satisfied though coz it was sticky, it didn't dry up completely. Paul said it was good (thanks to thyme and sausage), but he also said that he could've loved it more if it was drier. haha I knew it. it wasn't perfect, that's why this time I didn't take pictures. hehe. I hope my 2nd will be better!

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tomorrow's monday again (how depressing. huhu)
anyway. thank God for a fun weekend!!!
 

weekend workout combo!

I had a vibrant weekend, ironically after dealing with friday's long travel, stress and vagaries aka client meeting: saturday - I played tennis after 8 years ÜÜÜ sunday - I did Bump and Burn for 1 hour (workout dvd of anne curtis and luis manzano. bwahahaha!) then sunday night - I managed to de-clutter my room again, by putting 3 huge bags of personal-sentimental-valued stuff trash straight to the bin! hehe. I wish I have this kind of energy EVERY weekend!

BV:Malware-gen

my laptop's been infected by an incurable virus (BV:Malware-gen -it shuts down your pc when you access the command line). Avast CAN detect and delete it BUT for some reason can't prevent it from coming back ...till finally paul taught me to remove it by editing some stuff in my regedit while on safe mode. he found it in some forum --which I didn't find even though I made my own research the whole morning. and it worked! I'm so glad my laptop's clean again!

I feel a bit bad though coz yesterday prior to a client meeting, I consumed almost all my smartbro credits (using my work laptop) thinking they would expire anyway by the time I reformat my personal laptop, which is this weekend supposedly. geeez, I'm really stupid with this stuff ...or more of panicky that I tend to just think of the last solution, which is reformatting. I'm lucky to have a geeky boyfriend Ü

sogamiga

last night, mela and I tried sogamiga (alabang), that authentic korean resto behind san francisco coffee. I'm not really a fan of korean cuisine, but I can say that one was really good!!!

swine

The other day paul told me that DLSU will be closed till the 14th due to a confirmed case of swine flu, and that he wanted to be extra cautious thus we shouldn't see each other for the mean time... because there are kids and senior citizens at home and he's been feeling sickly since the start of the week.

After 2 days though, he said he's ok then asked if I wanna go with some ccs ppl who are planning to cook and pigout tomorrow. huwaat happened to the self-quarantine thing??? hehe.

On 2nd thought, should swine be as alarming as it is now? or it's just a product of OA media? come to think of it, it could just be a mutated flu, which is new, but could be cured apparently. see, tuberculosis is also contagious, could be cured, nonetheless could cause death if you do nothing with it. get my point?

I'm no expert though. sabi nga ni paul, better safe than kamote. so drink vitamins everyday to boost resistance. exercise. don't mingle with unhealthy people. period. (don't panic and enjoy life!)

cardio striptease

yesterday I got to try cardio striptease for the first time! it was fun! and... to better describe it, I'll quote jemjem's line - "ah strip tease? so parang sayaw ng pokpok!" HAHAHA!

alabang I missed you!

I can't believe I'm *temporarily* here again in alabang!!! (been in BIR for a month already! National Office yun ha. QC pare. QC!) and so I made the most out of this --I came in later than usual, as I didn't have to catch AC's 7pm ride to BIR! for my work: I paused from programming then did some documentation. After lunch I went to the bank to deposit reimbursements which have been in my wallet for ages. oh, and I dropped by starbucks to get a tall caramel frap. I just don't know when I could have a starbucks nearby! diba! Then later I'll try to catch the cardio striptease class in Gold's which will start at exactly 6pm!

hayyyy I'm really excited to have this lifestyle back, unfortunately the BIR thing's not yet over. not until July maybe? I'm just lucky today, my tasks could be delegated for the mean time. tomorrow I'll be in BIR again! hayyy onting tiis, onting tiis...

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alt tab. still about southern lifestyle: Recently Paul and I discovered a cheap way to spend saturdays: Shopwise -they have a deli section where you could order all sorts of authentic sausages and cheeses. and yes, you could get a table, sit down, then have the sausages sliced and heated. a platter of 100 grams hungarian sausage PLUS BREWED COFFEE is just about P75. the place's not bad, tables and chairs are classy, and that part of the grocery isn't crowded!

the best part is this: you could grab/eat other grocery items -like bread, or bottle of coke or whatever, then pay for it at the deli together with your order. how convenient huh, and how cheap, sobra! I'm loving it!
 

restaurant city

I think I have to abandon nugget and mojito, I'm becoming too busy with my new business...


ledalicious!

hehe :P (tasj, this is all your fault!)
 

bhangra boogie - jai ho!

yesterday, Women's Health magazine temporarily held a bollywood dance class at gold's gym -bhangra boogie! can you imagine?? if you've watched at least one bollywood movie, of course you could imagine! and can you imagine ME doing it?? hahaha! YEAH I did try it, which was really funny! I can't help smiling big at first, as I recalled my just so recent indian-culture encounters --one, I just watched Americanizing Shelly. two, I just ate in New Bombay. three, my sister just got back from India, along with her travel stories. In each event, at least once I said "Indians always have this dancing portion in their movies, similar to pinoy movies except that their steps are repetitive, easy to remember, sooo distinctly indian just like this" then I'd wave my hands sideways just like in bollywood movies. hehe

the whole thing turned out to be a good exercise as it made me all sweaty. plus it really made me feel like I was a part of a bollywood movie, as the steps and music are so bollywood-y. Infact, the song we used is from Slumdog Millionaire's OST.

*edit - according to abby, the song's title is Jai Ho, you can view it here. Pussycat Doll's version (english remix) is here! click click! Opens in a new window!

And as the dance had more hand movements and kembots, I felt like I was able to give my arms and tummy some workout. and ironically, it eased my left arm from my terrible muscle pain previously caused by a vaccination. overall, it was really fun!

I think I'll appreciate the dance parts of bollywood movies from now on. Seriously, I can even dance with it. hahaha!
 

beach please!

beach pictures are everywhere. seriously, I want to go to the beach too. I miss the smell of the ocean, the sound of waves, the serenity I feel whenever I'm wading or just sitting on the sand while talking to friends... I miss the taste of smoothies while watching the sunset... I miss being tan... I miss the relaxing sleep after getting so sunburned and taking a long cool shower.

I'm wondering how I can get that now, mela and bianca are both in the US, leaving just me and abby. Ginpomelo's summer plans are unsure coz of an upcoming wedding. my CAI-STA friends seem to have plans already, but it falls on a weekend when I'm not available (some had their summer getaways already). then paul --he doesn't like the beach. period. I could solo-travel but that wouldn't be as fun. arrgh. beach please please please! :(