Wednesday - Narnia!

2nd day of my crash diet, este, mandatory leave. hehe


Went to the gym around 4pm and afterwards booked a ticket for the last full show of Narnia in 3D.  It was between Monsters and Narnia but the ticket receptionist recommended the latter (baka naman kasi mas mahal), but the better side of me heeded her advise.


Since I had time to kill, I roam around Galleria scouting for that perfect suit for our red carpet themed Christmas party.  There wasn't much to see, and I was a bit exhausted from the hour-cardio I had.  I decided to have my dinner (since I only had 3 bananas today, mind you), at Burger King.  The meal (Jr Whopper) was so-so, and wasn't worth the price I paid for.  I mean, I could have a better meal at Yoshinoya or Jade Palace for the same price.  Well, regrets come in late.


The theatre was basically empty and I feel I had the movie all by myself.  No noisy and nosy kids to mess up the dialogues of the film (gosh, Harry Potter was unbearable with all the kids around, and the reason why I didn't blog about it), or the sounds of plastic bags whenever somebody had to take out their food and later crample..  Good start. hehehe


Narnia, voyage of the dawn treader, is a feel good movie.  I haven't read the book so I had to relay on the plot.  The movie focused on both Edmund and Lucy, and a new character, their begrudging cousin Eustace, on their adventure yet again (well for the 2 anyway) to Narnia.  Peter (tsk tsk) and Susan (yehey!) were not major characters in this new film, but Prince Caspien (double yehey!!) was around to compensate for Peter's absence. hehehe  Prince Caspien never failed to excite me whenever the film focused on him and kinikilig ako, for lack of better terminology. hehehe


The highlight for me would be when Eustace turned into a dragon (ooops! sorry) and learned to accept that he is indeed in a place where a rat with big ears talk, invisible people exists and its ruler led by a lion.  Another one would be the ending, where Lucy realized that it was her last visit to Narnia.. I was a bit moved with this scene.


On the other hand, I was a bit disappointed with the 3D.  It wasn't 100% 3D and I feel I was short-changed with the ticket I bought, plus the popcorn and soda came in small package. Hmf!


Overall, it's a movie you may or may not watch.  Up to you really, I'm not a big fan but I simply had nothing to do up my sleeves for the day :)


For my perusal, here's what I ate today:
3 bananas
around 10 oranges (yung super maliliit at cute na oranges, hinde yung malaki ha, ok ka lang)
Burger King - Jr Whopper with Ice Tea, Fries and half-sundae (half lang! hmf)
Popcorn na small with small coke zero


Acck! 

Tuesday - Laguna

I just arrived from a long drive down South.  I didn't plan anything for the day, and I woke up 11.30am (sweet!) and I ended up in Laguna. hehe


I started the day paying off obligations (bills bills bills!) and as promised, went to gym and had my fix of cardiovascular routines.  Sauna time was uninteresting which I thought should have been at its peak at 7pm.  Maybe it was respite time and show starts at 12nn and the last full show ends at 10pm? Well… hehehe


I had planned to watch Narnia after gym but when I saw the ticket price at Php300 for the 3D movie, I thought twice.  Galleria's movie house isn't really top of the line and the price is quite exorbitant, it wasn't even IMax. hehe  I changed my mind and opted for Starbucks (naku!!) and brought baby Mac with me.


I saw in Ron's (ex from Laguna) shoutout that he was sick and I chatted with him.


'wawa naman you. ano nangyari'


'may sipon ako plus nilalagnat ako', he responded


'you should drink lots of water'


'uu. isang gallon na nainom ko'


'ba't ka ba nagkasakit?'


'eh di ba galing kami ng ate ko sa Bohol and Cebu.  hello naman, ang init kaya ng Cebu' (ay di ko po alam kasi di naman ako nag stalk ng profile mo noh!)  But of course, my response was:


'ahhh.. gusto mo ba dalawin kita?'


'kaw po bahala'


'Bigyan kita flowers.. uhm.. then biskwit  and coffee' I was literally laughing alone, and people were staring at me, baliw. hehehe


'patay ata gusto mo puntahan!'


'hahahaha naglalambing lang.  cge, I'll drive there around 9pm coz it's still traffic. hmmm.. excited ka ba makita ako ulit?' 


'uu'


'entertain mo ko ha'


'sira ka talaga, ako na nga to may sakit, i.entertain pa kita?'


Hehe and since I had all the time in the world, and all the adrenaline from drinking hot coffee mocha grande, I drove all the way to Laguna.  Puttanesca, ang traffic.  What's wrong with South Luzon expressway??  Di pa ba tapos yang skyway na yan??  I took the skyway but Bicutan was sooo traffic even at 930pm.  I could just imagine commuters travelling from the Metro via South expressway and feel their angst. tsk tsk.  Nagsisi tuloy ako!


I arrived at Laguna at 1030pm already.  I met up with Ron and was a bit shocked on how much weight he gained!  He still looked good but I prefer him the old way.  It was cozy evening catch-up with him and 2 of his friends (one being a comedienne in some bar in Las Pinas) and I had fun with the anecdotes of the comedienne. hehehe  Some of them were:


In a beauty contest, the gay candidates introduced themselves:


'seventy eight, seventy nine, Haiti!!' 


'beep beep! dito na Egypt!'


'daming langaw sa kainan, dapat Tacloban!'


'dahan dahan kain sa beef dahil ma.Cebu!'


There were plenty but these stuck to my mind til now.  Di na kami nag-inuman coz Ron was sick and instead we chugged off the C2 ice tea I bought earlier from the grocery.  Tagayan sa C2. hehehe


I miss hanging out with Ron and his queer-ky barkada.  hay.  


Also, I plan to monitor my food intake for the rest of my mandated leave and for now these were what I took in my tummy tum tum:


11am - Jollibee 2 pc hot and spicy chicken (sheeet la na ang effort but but but it's breast part!)
8pm - Starbucks Mergherita pie and Hot Coffee Mocha Grande (ilang calories yan Jechel??)
3am - tapsilog with rice (ugh. but but but.. I only ate half rice pleaaasseee)


I'm definitely gawking at the list now. hmf! Hush hush!

Forgiveness (Pick-up lines Chapter 4)

Starbucks Makati.  Around September 2010.

'Hot coffee mocha please.  Grande, to go', I ordered.

'One grande hot coffee mocha to go for Hush', Ice the barista called out to the coffee operator, or whatever they call it.

'One grande hot coffee mocha to go for Hush', echoed another barista.

I glanced up.  His gaze met mine.  Gosh, he had the most gorgeous eyes I had ever seen.  If eyes could twinkle, his was.  He was bronze (or moreno sige na nga), not normally my type, but I was fascinated with him.  Marco (my officemate) later described him as a Jacob "twilight' look-alike (including the nose hehehe).

'Who's he?' I asked Ice since she knew me.

'Marky. Uuuuuyyy, type mo sya noh?', she teased me.  

'hahaha yah, can I get his number?', I chided.

'Tanungin mo, talo kayo teh'

'Heh!'

I got my coffee, smiled at Marky and left.

A month after.

'Hi Hush, tagal mo na di nakapasyal rito ah', was the warm greet by Ice.

'Ya, busy with work'  I glanced around.  'San na si Marky?'

'Ahh, pang-umaga sya ngayon but mag.re.resign na sya'

My heart sank.  Shucks, I wasn't able to get his number at mag.reresign na sya?? 

'So kelan sya magreresign?' I casually asked.

'Last week na nya next week'  I jot that down in my head.

The week after.  November 2010.

'Ferns, samahan mo ko coffee, dyan lang sa harap ng office'

'hmmm, may pinagtripan ka noh?', was his reply.

'Wala poh', was my innocent response.

I was beginning to be infatuated with the guy.  Naging stalker ako! hahahaha When I saw him again, he literally lit up the place. hehehe  He was on break that time and I asked Ice to introduce me to him.

'Hi', Marky said.

'Hi, I'm Hush :)' (syempre la yung smiley face sa sinabi ko :)), matagal ka na ba rito?'

'di naman, kaka 1 month palang, pero mag-reresign na ako', he smiled.

'ahhh, kalungkot naman. bakit?'

'la lang, I'm juggling 2 jobs now'

'ahh.. hmmm.. you want sama ka sa gimik namin ni Ferns? Mahilig ka ba mag Malate?'

'yup. went there last Black party'

'sige, bigay mo number mo, text kita', was my pick-up line :p

Needless to say, he became my constant textmate and he hang out at my place.  I couldn't sleep the first time he crash over as I was literally staring at him go to sleep, plus he was a Titanic.  I kidded him when he woke up,

'di ata lumuwas ang barko kagabi, panay buga ng makina!'

'har har, gusto mo higupin kita sa ilong ko', gazing at me with his twinkling eyes.

I was mesmerized.  Puttanesca, in love ata ako.


November 29.  Holiday.


'San ka?', Marky texted.


'Dito office, trabaho ng maigi para sa future asawa ko ;)', was my mischievous response.


'Puntahan kita dyan'


'Talaga? What time?' puttanesca, kinilig ako.


'Mga 10pm'


'Cge'


We ended up at Starbucks, since it was the only place open that day.  We had the usual pa-cute conversations and the usual jokes we lash out at each other.  But the moment was cut short because of my big mouth.


'Alis na ako Hush, kelangan ko na pasok eh. May training pa ako'


'Bilis naman..'


'Oo, trainee pa kasi ako, kaya kelangan pa good impression'


'Hmf, nagpalibre ka lang ata ng Starbucks', I realized too late that it was not a good joke.  He took it hard.


'Hoy, magkano ba yang kapi na yan, eto pera'


Jokes are half-meant, I know, but I didn't take it that he was that affected. hehe  He still offered me his goodnight kiss that night and I had apologized sincerely after but I didn't realize, kinikimkim pala nya.  He went AWOL in his texts for the next 4 days and I miscalled and texted him within those 4 days (pathetic, I know - kaya nga hirap maglove di ba), extending yet again my apologies for that reckless remark.


Then he texted Sunday.


'Sorry for the late response Hush.  Don't waste your time on me, sorry to say that'


I carefully calculated my response.


'Ok. If that's what you want..'


'Kasi, masyado ako na affected doon sa sinabi mo.  It was a bad joke'


'I know and I regretted that.  For the past 4 days that you ignored me, I lowered my pride to cajole you back.  I'm only human, Marky, and I hope you'll realize I have good intentions for you.'


There were still messages thrown at each other after, but it only concluded the same.  I have regretted throwing that punchline, and believe me I learned my lesson.. hard.  But I also realized, was it so grave that it deserved no second chance?  Then maybe he's not worth the love I could give, so how much more if I offended him when we will be in a relationship?  Nag.sorry na nga yung tao, lalagyan mo pa ng asin yung sugat?


The rants continue and I guess blogging about it helps to minimize the guilt and pain. Drama. hay.


It's a sad story, hushkins, and I realized, tao din pala ako.  Kala ko kasi Dyosa ako. hehehe

Mandated Leave

Today officially marks the start of my mandatory leave.  A whole week away from the office, and no planned agenda whatsoever.  Hmf.


Every year, our bank requires us to take on mandatory leaves for control procedures to take place, e.g. continuity of business without your presence ("?"), checking whether you had retrieved restricted accesses, e.g. proxy sites for facebook, or installation of games which can cause viruses to the system, etc etc.  But now that the bank has 'gratuitously' provided me a laptop this year (just when I bought baby Mac hay), I don't know how controls department would check my accesses when I brought the laptop with me.. tsk tsk.


I took mine last year around Christmas, where I went on a 2week hiatus to Cebu, but now, I am forced to take my leaves this week as my presence is required during the holidays due to some important project.  I had little time to plan and now the moment has arrived and I still haven't got the vaguest clue yet.  Well, it would be like opening a box of chocolates, you'll never know what you'll get (yah yah, this line is taken from Forrest Gump).


Two things are for sure though, I'll have spare time to update this blog and go to the gym every day! hehehe I plan to surprise everyone when I get back! hahahaha :) fingers crossed.


Hush hush for now.

Cedie

I was checking my FB account and I noticed that a lot of my friends have changed their profile pics to a cartoon character of way past.  It is supposedly to stop abuse of children, per one shout-out.  For the heck of it, I joined in.  I thought a He-Man picture would best describe my childhood past-time, but I later realized, pa-mhen effect ko lang pala! hahahaha  I recalled I did love watching the Cedie series aired via ABS-CBN that time, 10am slot. hehehe


I scrolled down to my friends' images, I noted Jon had carebears on, hello kitty here, tazmanian devil there, other anime characters I don't recognize (you sure that was your childhood cartoon character? parang lately lang yan ah!) and of course, my good friend Rori had his sailormoon picture on! hahahhahaha As expected!


I chatted with Jon and we recalled the good times we had during our younger years :)  He mentioned, owz, buti sayo Hush, at least pang-genie ('that was our term for gays then') ang profile pic mo, yung iba nagpost ba naman ng He-Man eh alam naman natin ang hilig nya eh She-Ra!


hahahaha :)


Well, for what's it worth, I hope this awareness program works..


Good memories hushkins :)

Sabado Nights

For the past 2 Saturday nights, I hang out at Che.lu (mag-thank you ka Jeff! hehehe) and the past 2 Sabado nights, matumal ang benta ng lola nyo. hahahahaha  Tuloy, I can't find any inspiration to blog about my pick-up line series. tsk tsk 


I'm beginning to doubt my prowess.  Am I getting too old for pick-up lines?  Does the crease-line show on my forehead? (wala naman ah)  Am I getting too familiar with the crowd? (yikes!)  Do I look pok-pok already?? (double yikes!!)


For tonight, I plan to shine and raise the phoenix (wag na muna dyosa baka masilaw lahat! hahahaha) in me! For tonight, I'll party til I dance weary!  Tonight, I'll drown my worries away with booze.  Tonight.. I hope my broken heart mends..


"If you stay for a while
Let me hold you tonight
Just open your eyes you will see the light

But stay for a while
Let me hold you tonight
Just open your eyes you will see the light shine 

You don't have to be frozen
You don't have to be broken tonight"
- Armin Van Buuren

To Pass or not to Pass

Bro texted me Tuesday.


'Good evening kuy.. ala man ghapon ku kapasar… :-('


My heart sank.


He had requested me to go to Quiapo to pray for his licensure examination, which I willingly obliged.  I had literally called the heavens for help..


I immediately called to console him.


'ok ra na bro. if dili meant sa imo ang licensya, then di meant..'


'mao lagi.. apply nalang ko nindot ug daku mo.sweldo na companya'


'pagcall center nalang bro. daku pa sya sweldo' (well, that's what I heard and they say it's easy to apply in one)


'mao pud ako huna-huna.. tabangi ko himo ug resume kuy ha'


'sure ba. basta kaw bro'


I don't know where he got it wrong. Last day of examination, I called to check up on him how it was, and he heaved that it was difficult.  I nonchalantly waved the idea, but now that results are in, reality smacks in the face.  My bro was a performer in school before, until around high school.  His academics went south but he excelled in basketball though, but I doubt if basketball would help him in the future.  His degree was decided by my father, which I naturally opposed because it was not my brother's will, but unlike me, my brother is the obedient type, no frills type.  I would say his tertiary studies was a rough road (and I guess, partly I kept egging him why he took such course),  and I wasn't surprise when he didn't pass on the first take.  His heart wasn't in on it.


But times have changed, and so have hearts.  This time, he wanted to pass, I can feel it and this time, I supported him, fully and even financially (no yabang intended here).  But I guess the Fates didn't will it this time.. maybe someday, but now, my bro will have to step forward his best shoes in this brutal jungle we all live in, without the necassary battle gear.  Who knows, he'll survive with just a knife in hand.. and my armalites behind :)


Hush hush for now.