tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1645463659133181667Tue, 10 Nov 2009 11:08:35 +0000This is My Purple Life - Filled With Memories of Once Upon a Timehttp://orientalsanctuary.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.com (aimee)Blogger71125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1645463659133181667.post-4078052033256827957Wed, 04 Nov 2009 17:11:00 +00002009-11-04T15:31:02.353-08:00Inspiring ThoughtsEmotion. . . is over, finally. I can breathe.As with every beginning, I believe the first three months are the most trying months people have to go through. It's just a relief right now that our first three months here in Richmond are over, now I can only expect great things and opportunities to come our way.The three months we've been here had been spent discovering this fine city in the midst of http://orientalsanctuary.blogspot.com/2009/11/three-month-ordeal.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (aimee)2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1645463659133181667.post-883125567168719678Mon, 19 Oct 2009 20:33:00 +00002009-10-19T13:40:54.172-07:00Inspiring ThoughtsA-may-zingGot this email from my Mum, who's the source of all things inspirational in my life and the one who taught me to always look on the brighter side of things. Thanks Mum, for all the guidance, love, care, and for being my inspiration. :)ENLIGHTENED PERSPECTIVEThey're written by Andy Rooney, a man who has the gift of saying so much with so few words. Enjoy.....I've learned.... That the best http://orientalsanctuary.blogspot.com/2009/10/enlightened-perspective.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (aimee)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1645463659133181667.post-7166010828355913264Sun, 30 Aug 2009 06:02:00 +00002009-08-30T01:21:37.216-07:00Thoughts ETCEmotionThe memories aren't painful to remember, for that I'm very grateful. But at this point, I'd rather forget, for my remembering them only creates a longing which I know won't ever be fulfilled.I've been down this road before and it wasn't an easy path to walk on. The only difference is that this time, I know it'll be easy. The memories that come with remembering are happy ones, the very reason http://orientalsanctuary.blogspot.com/2009/08/reflections.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (aimee)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1645463659133181667.post-2002138923265156118Sat, 08 Aug 2009 05:26:00 +00002009-08-08T00:08:36.968-07:00FriendshipThoughts ETCHappinessBlogging from Richmond, B.C, Canada! Yey! So my friends keep on telling me to create a new blog or rename this blog Canadian Sanctuary. Haha! Not happening though, I'm an Oriental at heart! LOL!I'm missing everyone already - Sarah, Maje, Anna, Ico, Ronan, Aysa, Brim, Mapet, Angge, Jer, Noymee (LOL! Wag kayong maingay haha!), Carl (yeah, hugs? haha), Beb, and other USAP officemates of course, Ati http://orientalsanctuary.blogspot.com/2009/08/grateful.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (aimee)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1645463659133181667.post-5856374879051283778Tue, 09 Jun 2009 09:44:00 +00002009-06-09T03:58:24.358-07:00Purple Lovin'Fun StuffFun MusingsHappinessI was recently introduced to the newest Yahoo craze for Purple lovers, the Purple Hunt Tour, by my friend and I immediately got myself the Purple Ticket. This purple ticket claims to be the key to start off the hunt and win myself some cool purple-glazed gadgets. So, armed with the purple ticket, my friends (who I forced to register to this event, hehe) and I made our way to Market Market, where http://orientalsanctuary.blogspot.com/2009/06/purple-hunt-tour.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (aimee)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1645463659133181667.post-2541940131529444422Mon, 13 Apr 2009 02:03:00 +00002009-04-12T20:53:52.094-07:00A-may-zingThe topic of reincarnation has always been known to rouse a good, intellectual, and spiritual argument between people with different beliefs on the matter. On my part, I've never really taken much thought into it and so I don't have a stand on what side to bet on - to become a believer or not. Buddhism believes on Karma, that "Every time a person acts there is some quality of intention at the http://orientalsanctuary.blogspot.com/2009/04/reincarnation.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (aimee)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1645463659133181667.post-2408639206643410985Thu, 26 Feb 2009 12:59:00 +00002009-02-26T05:21:05.202-08:00I cry when I'm hurt.I complain when I suffer.I may seem to have lost my path, but I never give up seeking to get myself back.I fall, and sometimes even fall hard, but I make sure to stand up gracefully. And when I do, I walk with poise and confidence again.I look ahead with much hope, ready to conquer and prove my priceless worth.When I've gained enough strength to move on from painful http://orientalsanctuary.blogspot.com/2009/02/hurt-broken-rise-again.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (aimee)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1645463659133181667.post-6443801042727247949Mon, 26 Jan 2009 12:39:00 +00002009-01-26T07:31:38.272-08:00Thoughts ETCWhat I've disregarded in the past has come back to haunt me - to make me realize the gravity of the situation.I've shrugged the US recession off as something which I think I won't be affected with, and which I can live through.Even when my fellow officemates got laid off work, I just felt sympathy, not empathy, something I shamefully admit. I haven't grasped the very meaning of recession and how http://orientalsanctuary.blogspot.com/2009/01/recession-blues.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (aimee)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1645463659133181667.post-6389114144050524430Mon, 15 Dec 2008 07:02:00 +00002008-12-15T17:03:19.374-08:00FriendshipFun StuffHappinessWork MuchWe won again! Second time in a row, baby! Yeah! Hahah! All hard work and practicing till almost midnight paid off! The Macalooweez has once again earned the right to be called champions! As I said, "We are The Macalooweez and we defend what we deserve!" With our dance presentation themed The Macalooweez take it to the streetz, we definitely rocked the dance floor! Also, with the judges being http://orientalsanctuary.blogspot.com/2008/12/usap-marketing-presents-macalooweez.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (aimee)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1645463659133181667.post-2674163631177365377Tue, 02 Dec 2008 01:45:00 +00002008-12-01T17:49:06.319-08:00"Below is Dr. Phil's test. (Dr. Phil scored 55; he did this test on Oprah - she got a 38.) Some folks pay a lot of money to find this stuff out! Don't be overly sensitive! The following is pretty accurate and it only takes 2 minutes. Don't peek, but begin the test as you scroll down and answer.Answers are for who you are now --- not who you were in the past Have pen or pencil and paper http://orientalsanctuary.blogspot.com/2008/12/below-is-dr.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (aimee)3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1645463659133181667.post-8023619202354706234Sat, 15 Nov 2008 13:34:00 +00002008-11-15T06:50:53.441-08:00I ♥ GadgetI am a "The Secret" believer and for months now, I've been thinking of buying myself a digital camera, which has to be a Sony Cybershot, nothing less. So when the opportunity to buy a Cybershot presented itself, I just had to bite, I had to take the bait. And so I did. So thanks to a colleague of mine who offered her Sony Cybershot at a generous price (and a generous way to pay it at that), I http://orientalsanctuary.blogspot.com/2008/11/meet-nymphadora-tonks.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (aimee)2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1645463659133181667.post-6585023428445160738Fri, 14 Nov 2008 03:26:00 +00002008-11-13T19:27:22.724-08:00Feelings in a SongConfessions of a Broken HeartLindsay LohanI wait for the postman to bring me a letter.And I wait for the good Lord to make me feel better.And I carry the weight of the world on my shoulders.Family in crisis that only grows older.Why'd you have to go?Why'd you have to go?Why'd you have to go?Daughter to father, daughter to father!I am broken, but I am hoping.Daughter to father, daughter to father!http://orientalsanctuary.blogspot.com/2008/11/confessions-of-broken-heart.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (aimee)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1645463659133181667.post-6634954457459680618Thu, 06 Nov 2008 01:43:00 +00002008-11-15T06:47:16.466-08:00Thoughts ETCThe die has been cast. The Americans have spoken, decided. Obama leads, McCain concedes defeat.I don't usually blog about anything political but an exception to the norm is in order to commemorate this event which will surely go down the pages of American history. I sure hope its pages will mostly contain Obama's good governance, and the beneficial changes he's brought upon his country and with http://orientalsanctuary.blogspot.com/2008/11/barack-obama-embodies-change-methinks.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (aimee)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1645463659133181667.post-7056525072055268402Sun, 02 Nov 2008 16:26:00 +00002008-11-03T17:35:03.153-08:00Twilight LoveI was writing something about Twilight in my anime blog when I glanced upon my Superman Returns magnet and something came up.Don't you think the actors are *somewhat* similarly positioned? Anyway, I just thought it. Hehe!November is finally here! And that means, we're just days away from watching the premiere of Twilight here in the Philippines! Movie spoilers are already spreading with the http://orientalsanctuary.blogspot.com/2008/11/superman-returns-and-twilight.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (aimee)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1645463659133181667.post-866713318099361768Thu, 09 Oct 2008 23:27:00 +00002008-11-02T08:48:35.595-08:00Twilight Love*Fan girl mode on*OMG!!! *swoon* *drools* The much-awaited kissing scene of Edward and Bella is finally here!Waaahhh! I can't wait for November 21 to arrive!!! I wanna see the movie so bad!Okay, I'm a little bit calm now, but still hyperventilating from the kiss! Robert Pattinson is so hot and so perfect as Edward Cullen! And people doubted his ability to perform the role? Who's laughing now? http://orientalsanctuary.blogspot.com/2008/10/final-twilight-trailer.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (aimee)4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1645463659133181667.post-8022236902816487092Thu, 25 Sep 2008 07:50:00 +00002008-11-02T08:49:06.397-08:00Twilight LoveTwilight. Everybody's already talking about it - the passionate love between a human named Isabella Marie Swan and a HOT vampire who goes by the name Edward Anthony Masen Cullen. And if not for the generosity of a friend who introduced me into the Twilight World, I may still be oblivious to the fact that a sexy vampire is about to dazzle us this coming November! And for that small introduction, Ihttp://orientalsanctuary.blogspot.com/2008/09/edward-cullen-madness.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (aimee)2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1645463659133181667.post-2590974198446545943Thu, 04 Sep 2008 06:05:00 +00002008-09-03T23:36:15.490-07:00Purple Lovin'Fun StuffA month or two ago I decided to join in on the fun and craze that is Plurk and I found myself addicted to its different way of letting people communicate (Okay, not so different, I'm forgetting Twitter already existed way before Plurk). I found myself getting fond of plurking and not wanting to lose my Karma points. I'd get all hyped up if my Karma went down, making it such a big deal, http://orientalsanctuary.blogspot.com/2008/09/purple-plurk-theme-addiction.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (aimee)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1645463659133181667.post-5846300848317123707Wed, 27 Aug 2008 01:09:00 +00002008-08-26T19:13:10.080-07:00Life in Movie LinesThoughts ETCWeb AnalyticsIt has been a busy year for me ever since I decided to join the Web Analytics team here in USAP. As it's a fairly new industry, as my boss said, "Web Analytics is where SEO (Search Engine Optimization) was five years ago," we're constantly on a learning process. We continue to strive to learn new things so that we may be identified as an integral and indispensable part of the company, not to be http://orientalsanctuary.blogspot.com/2008/08/web-analytics-is-here.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (aimee)3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1645463659133181667.post-5529559262476138986Fri, 08 Aug 2008 14:28:00 +00002008-08-08T08:29:38.795-07:00FriendshipFamily LoveEmotionHi Harry,It's already been 2 days since you've left us and I hate you for doing that! Why did you give in? You know very well that losing you would make us feel terribly sad and still you chose to leave. You know we love you very much and that you mean the world to us so why give up at the last minute? You even gave us hope that you'll soon come back healthy as just the other day, you seemed to http://orientalsanctuary.blogspot.com/2008/08/i-love-you-harry.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (aimee)2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1645463659133181667.post-3587214983068553186Sat, 26 Jul 2008 13:49:00 +00002008-07-26T07:19:02.595-07:00Oriental LoveLife in Movie LinesAsking me what my favorite movie is like asking me to list down a third of the movies I've seen in my lifetime. I just have too many favorite movies from different film genres - fantasy, fairytales, romance, action adventure, suspense thrillers, romantic comedies, drama, animation - I have a favorite movie from each of these genres. So asking me for the reasons on why I like my favorite movies ishttp://orientalsanctuary.blogspot.com/2008/07/closest-thing-we-have-to-magic.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (aimee)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1645463659133181667.post-3699704736662102319Thu, 26 Jun 2008 00:55:00 +00002008-06-26T18:03:09.812-07:00Yep, they are my family outside of home. It was here that I met the Campus Gels along with my other Campus Buddies and my Web Analytics family - together through chismisans, lunch outs, make-up sessions, laugh trips, birthday surpises, PBB & PDA talks, Kapuso Vs. Kapamilya Wars, kamalditahan ni Aysa (Aysa would like this, she's been asking me to write a post and give her a link for a long time http://orientalsanctuary.blogspot.com/2008/06/family-ive-learned-to-love.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (aimee)8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1645463659133181667.post-4489147455336351187Sat, 14 Jun 2008 15:18:00 +00002008-06-14T09:15:17.308-07:00FashionBagsI'm not really much of a fashionista (although I admit that I dress up once in a while to even look above-presentable, haha) but since I've quite a few friends who are so much into fashion and dressing up real nice, I've learned bit by bit on how to be a bit fashionable. =D (I hope, haha)To prove I've really got fashionista friends, one of them takes time to blog about her fashionable finds and http://orientalsanctuary.blogspot.com/2008/06/fashion-is-passion.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (aimee)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1645463659133181667.post-5648685820472475658Wed, 21 May 2008 03:12:00 +00002008-05-20T23:47:31.796-07:00Life in Movie LinesMonday proved to be a day of realization - it was because of one movie, The Green Mile. I never heard of it before although it's been around since 1999 and I was only given a chance to see it on Monday. I didn't even plan on watching it, my dad just happened to like the movie and told me it was good. I gave it a chance because I had nothing better to do.Little did I know that as the movie unfoldshttp://orientalsanctuary.blogspot.com/2008/05/along-green-mile.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (aimee)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1645463659133181667.post-9030113539155095100Fri, 02 May 2008 02:50:00 +00002008-05-01T22:24:32.472-07:00Internet MarketingEmotionHappinessWork MuchGoogle decided to suddenly update its algorithm and it was named Dewey Update (don't ask me why it's named such as I have no idea). Coincidentally, it updated a wekk before my birthday and so Google accidentally gave me a birthday present - a Page Rank of 3 for both this blog and my anime blog.I know Page Rank seems to have lost its authority and credibility as believed so by many internet http://orientalsanctuary.blogspot.com/2008/05/googles-birthday-present.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (aimee)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1645463659133181667.post-4732480437187391646Wed, 30 Apr 2008 02:14:00 +00002008-04-29T20:46:10.088-07:00FriendshipFun StuffWeb AnalyticsWork MuchI've never been surprised on my birthday in the 21 years that I've been in this world. I've been surprised with gifts that I didn't think I'd be getting, yes, but not been given a surprise birthday party, yet. Okay, let me cut the introduction and get to the bottom of this! My friends from the office decided to make my birthday extra special and they went out of their way to surprise me a day http://orientalsanctuary.blogspot.com/2008/04/sweetest-birthday-surprises.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (aimee)1