I bought myself a pair of red shoes for work yesterday. I got it at 70% off at Robinson’s Galleria. They had their 3-day weekend sale. I would have bought more, but my parents were in a hurry. I wish I can go back and got me that Aldo boots.

TwoZero is a store that sells unique clothes online. I really loved my first batch of orders from them, so when I saw their new arrivals, I ordered again!

What I love about TwoZero is that their pieces are limited, therefore, I won’t bump into someone who’s wearing the same clothes as I do. They also offer different payment methods. You can pay via bank deposit through BPI, remit your cash via Globe G-Cash, and best of all, they accept PayPal payments! Paying via PayPal makes shopping at TwoZero very convenient.

I have signed up for their mailing list. I want to be one of the first to see their new collection. I can’t wait for the next one!

“I wish you all could see the amazing community spirit, charity and compassion in the Phils. What I see happening here totally blows away the response to hurricane Katrina. People here have less to give, yet they’re giving ABUNDANTLY. There’s such a greater story than just the ‘death toll’ that the lame american media fails to capture.” – Source

1. refers to a spirit of communal unity or effort to achieve a particular objective. ↩

They also had an available unit which can serve as a temporary refuge for those of us who were stuck outside, freezing. When they opened the locked unit, we thought that they were actually opening up their hearts and are letting us in, but NO! They had their 5 dogs enter that unit and let them poop & pee inside. After about 2 hours, the owner finally decided to let us in, but Ryan and I decided to just stay outside because the unit smelled of dog poop and pee. The unit doesn’t have proper ventilation, so you can only imagine the smell!

By 9:30pm, we braved the flood towards Valley Golf, but we weren’t able to go past Park Place because the flood-water beyond that point is enough to drown me. We decided to stay at “Tuhog, Tsibog, Busog“ eatery. I actually thought there was food there, but unfortunately, they were affected by the flood, too.

We were wet from the hips down. It was so cold, my teeth were chattering. It was a good thing that I had an extra shirt with me and a thick jacket; and of course, I am so grateful that Ryan was with me. If not for him, I would’ve broken down. It was the longest night of our lives. There came a time when all the stranded vehicles, especially the buses, turned their engines off. The quiet was so eerie. Every time the wind blows, I hugged myself as tight as I can to keep myself from freezing. Ryan, of course, embraced me tightly, too.

The next day, Ryan woke me up and told me that we should try to walk towards Valley Golf, but the water was still chest-deep. A container van (truck) helped us go past Bayanihan Village. I saw a neighbor, also waiting for his friend, and I told him that we haven’t eaten anything yet. He gave us a jar of corn flakes. I have never been so so so happy to see corn flakes in my entire life! I actually embraced it like it was a baby!

We walked from Brookside Hills Subdivision up to Valley Golf, where we saw the remnants of the flood. A lot of vehicles were affected. There were concrete barriers out of place. Thick mud covered the streets, cars and different establishments.

I am very disappointed that no one from the local government helped us. The policemen who came didn’t bring anything with them, except some ropes to help the people cross the raging current of the flood-water. After tying the ropes in place, they even had time to drink coffee! Until the next day, Sunday, a lot of people were still waiting for help, but none came.

This tragedy brought out the best and worst out of people. I wish more people would open up their hearts and help those who are in need.

I am so grateful that Ryan and I survived that horrific event, at the same time, I am saddened by the fact that a lot of my friends were greatly affected…

Material possessions can be replaced, but, the lives of our loved ones… I can’t imagine how it would make anyone feel to lose one.

My prayers to everyone!

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I feel better now. I downed bottles of Gatorade and popped Vitamin Cs everyday. Working for a call center requires you to be healthy all the time. They are very strict with tardies and absences. I am paid at least 3 times the minimum wage, so a day of work missed means so much.

I miss my primetime TV shows!

1. Business Process Outsourcing ↩

My sister graduated this year and passed the nursing board exams. One of her friends invited her to go to Singapore to look for nursing jobs. Her friend’s aunt is currently working there as a nurse, too. She will be helping them to find jobs there. 

I will surely miss her, but, I’ll just think that she’s living in a dorm near her school in Manila.

Like I mentioned, work starts on Monday. My schedule is at 4pm to 12mn. It is going to change my routine.  

I applied for the job on Tuesday and was called for a final interview the next day after passing the assessment exams. Come Wednesday, I found out that all the final interviews for that day were canceled due to an emergency meeting. I came back yesterday and was finally interviewed. I was so happy to know that there are technical support positions available, and I was even endorsed for their highest paying account because I passed all the exams and got the highest score from my batch.

I took the Berlitz exam, which is required for my account. The trainer told me to expect a call before lunch today. They should be informing me if I passed the Berlitz exam, or if I will just be endorsed for another technical account. I believe I passed the Berlitz exam. It’s quite easy. It’s just a 10-12minute conversation with an American call-rater. They just rate your communication skills.

Anyway, I will be talking more about my new job when it starts. The interviewer told me that my start date would be on September 14.

Ryan and I watched Up yesterday at Robinson’s Galleria. I didn’t expect the movie to touch my heart, but it did. A few minutes into the movie, my eyes already welled up with tears.

Carl and Ellie’s love for each other is so ideal. I wish that everyone I know and love can have that, too. My parents do, and I wish that when I get married, I will experience the same thing.

I highly recommend seeing this movie. Everyone will truly appreciate the film, young and old.

5/5 Stars!

As time goes by, a lot of things change. I guess, I consider it as the “growing up” period, or some would say “growing-out-of-the-cheesy-state” period. I have to say that I am not a very cheesy person. There are so many things that I miss about our relationship, but I’ve already accepted the fact that relationships do change overtime. I know that how we feel for each other is not the same. It’s much deeper and much stronger.

I am looking forward to more years together.

I love the smell of rain.

Especially the first drop that touches the dry soil. You get the mixture of a mildewed smell and nostalgia in the air. You get the sense of the that familiar feeling that you feel when you are reminiscent of the past. I sometimes stare out the window and observe what goes on as the waters cover that patch of earth around me. The rhythmic and annoying sound of the bullfrogs is non-stop, as if they are singing; rejoicing that their favorite time of year is here.

There are times when I hate the rain.

Especially when I need to be somewhere else and I have no choice but to go there; wearing my best shoes, I tiptoe on the pavement, making sure that my shoes are safe, careful that I do not slip and slide. I walk as slow as I can because I don’t want my backside to look like a dot-to-dot game. Hahaha!

The rain also reminds me of those blissful times that I’ve spent under the rain, feeling it’s powerful yet gentle touch on my skin. There was a time when my mother’s side of the family went on a 4-day vacation in Pangasinan at Villa Leonor, the hacienda of my aunt. It was around August, when it was always raining. That lazy afternoon, we were all just hanging out inside the house, outside at the hammock, near the pond… when suddenly, it rained. The kind of rain where you can take a shower.

Almost everyone ran for cover, except me and a few cousins. We ran to the basketball court and let ourselves get soaked in the rain. We were running around, playing tag. Having fun. I saw my aunt and uncles watching us play in the rain, so, like the kid inside of them, they started to play with us. From me, my cousins, my aunts, uncles, my grandma, the household helps and even the dogs, were playing in the rain. It was one of the happiest time in my life.

The rain sometimes helps hide your emotions, especially when you cry in the rain. Remember those movies when the guy leaves the girl and he pretends he doesn’t care, but he is really crying?

I guess all I am saying is that the rain brings different kinds of things in our lives. Sometimes you just have to let yourself drown from its torrential powers. Heck, I love it when it rains and I am about to sleep, and then I fix myself under my warm comforter and I am embraced by my 17 pillows. Oh yes, I got 17 pillows in my bed. Such a great feeling.