Ready... Set... Blow!

Mamu turned 59 last June 5 . I went straight to MCB1 after my Pre-employment Medical Exam (yehey walang Stool Test!) today as she prepared lunch for us. I had yummy Baby Back Ribs. Pancit was served for merienda and we had Spaghetti for dinner. Daming food!!! Beer and Tequila was also served pero syempre, hindi ako kasali...

Before the party ended, Mamu requested for a picture with an improvised cake (from the ref, hehe). Her apos joined her blow the candle as we sing the "Happy Birthday" song.

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Mamu, may you have more gorgeous years to come! Love you!

Remembering Jimmy Lim

I'm home and my feet is still killing me. I was out the whole day. Whew!

Last Saturday, I was juggling the following options:

- attend the 10AM mass for Jimmy Lim, then go out with Batch'95 (kung ano man ang plano).
- attend 9AM mass at Megamall and/or just meet up with Tita Carol and Innah after the mass.
- meet up with Tita Stella to go to Tito Ram's wake at Don Bosco, Makati.
- meet up with Glady's at 1PM in Megamall then go to Bacoor to meet up with the rest of Rellie's cousins.

I was torn... really. Gusto ko puntahan lahat.

This morning, Tita Carol canceled our meet up 'coz she's not feeling well. So I decided to just attend Batch 95's sponsored mass. I was rushing to make it to UP Chapel by 10 AM. Buti na lang, on my way, I texted Miven, she informed me that the mass was moved to 11AM. Toink! I had late breakfast na lang at McDo North Ave instead of going straight to UP. Pancakes! Na-miss ko 'to!!!

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There's still an on-going public mass when I reached the UP Chapel. I was trying to spot familiar faces from the crowd when Mae Manangan approached me from behind. Actually ang sabi nya, "Jennifer Palinar, right?" Hehehe, at least tama ang surname so I smiled and said, "Jenelyn". She's with her BF and Red Canoza. Then we spotted Malcolm Queyquep, tapos si Miven naman, then si Jasper. It was nice to see the same old high school faces.

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This two ladies are one of my closest during high school. Sayang kami lang ang present today... most of my high school barkada are now living/working outside the Philippines. We had to take this shot...

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The group decided to have lunch at Dencio's Trinoma. We had a long table. Ordering pa lang ng food ang kukulit na! And questions about who's going to pay flooded in. They were basing it on who's got the "grandest job" and out of the country photos in Friendster. Kakaloka!

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Sarap ulit-ulitin! Pero sana naman hinde sa wake or 40 days ulet :) Too bad I had to go early. All through out the time we were eating, my phone didn't stop from beeping and ringing. They didn't want me to go but I have another commitment to attend to. Hindi rin kasi ako maka-No kila Mi.

Gladys waited for me at Mega. She even adjusted our meet up time to 2:15PM to accomodate me. As in when I got there, ako na lang ang hinihintay ng Van. Hirap pa naman tumakbo in my heels, haha! Sabi ko nga sa driver huwag ako isumbong kila Tito Fil. Buti na rin walang traffic, we reached Bacoor in time for the show. Dami namin! Rellie wasn't there but I had a good time with Mi and the rest of their cousins, Tito and Tita's.

Hay... what a tiring day it has been! And now I am restless because I haven't paid my last respect for Tito Ram. I have to go tomorrow! Paano kaya?

YangChow Birthday

We had a late night dinner/post celebration of JOY's Bday (June 10) at Trinoma. She doesn't believe in advance celebrations so ngayon lang kami nagkaron ng chance after my Baguio trip. Well, it's better late than never!

Plus I saw familiar faces that night.

Eric Perdigon - while waiting for our orders at North Park, I saw S'Eric and I waved at him. He approached our table to say Hi. It's been almost 2 yrs.

Toni Ching - we were on our way to the escalator when I saw Toni at Starbucks waiting for her sundo daw. She had dinner din with some GABC'ers

Malcolm Queyquep - a high school batch mate. Funny that he still remembers me. Proof that I didn't change, mukha pa ring high school!



Happy Birthday Best buddy!!!

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To Blog or not to Blog!?!

Hmmn... the past days went by like a breeze. I've got a lot of things to share but I can't stay long and write as much as my hands are full too. And starting tomorrow, I won't have access to the internet for a few days. So I will just give you a sneak peak of how my days went by.

Friday, Kielle Louren turns 2!!! One of my inaanak celebrated her birthday with a simple merienda. I attended the party with Mama and LJ. I got a chance to see my cousins and Tita's from my father side. Seems like ages when I last saw them. I also received a canvass bag from Cliff (my cousin who's a Seaman) as pasalubong, yey! I was in Batangas when they had a welcome back dinner so he gave me a bag instead.


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Saturday, woke up at 430AM and spent the day with 2 of my cousins (Tin and Innah) and my 2 nieces (LJ and Isay). We went on a picnic and we also took a dip in the cold pool to beat the summer heat. Hopefully I can blog more about this when I get back next week. We had loads of fun! It was my first time to be in full charge, being the eldest among them. Parang natakot pa mga Nanay nila when they learned that it will just be the 5 of us, haha! Fun... fun... fun trip! Tin, send all the pics na! Had to go home earlier though that day because of DSL issues in my DL.


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Sunday, I received the news that Mels' Mom passed away. After hearing mass, I attended to my DSL issue then I went to the wake with Pol. Buti na lang he picked me up at MRT North or else I'll go straight to Funeraria Paz in Araneta. Out of sadness, I quickly forwarded Mels' SMS to friends that I didn't finish reading it. The wake is at Funeraria Paz -Sucat, toink! Gets!?! Anyway, it felt good to see and hug Mels. Bru, my thoughts and prayers are with you and your family. Please stay strong.

Monday, spent half of the day following up repair of my phone and DSL line. I swear they really suck at technical support! Nainis na naman ako sa attending Supervisor at 171 and nakipag-away talaga ako sa pinadala nilang Lineman, hay stressful!!! Got my connection back at 12NN. Met up with Bossing Jun in the evening then we picked up Joy, Ujin and Rellie at Magallanes. Caught up in SLEX traffic but I enjoyed my stay in the car kasi we were laughing all the time. Even at the wake, we were still laughing about stories of our past. Tsaka ang takaw kasi ni Ujin, wanting to finish all the Zesto and food at the wake. Fiesta!?! Pol came too with Chie. Hay.. I miss these guys so much! I'm happy that we were together but I wish it's because of a different situation so we can laugh some more. Finally, finally, finally... that day I was introduced to Joe, Mels' BF.

Tuesday... uhmmn, today I woke up in Retiro again, haha! Talaga yatang once a week schedule na ito. It was already late when we left at the wake so I slept again at their house. Had a short chit-chat with Mi. She had to wake me up, nakaharang kc ako sa cabinet nya. Ang kulit, huwag na daw ako umuwi, dun daw ako matulog ulet. Kamusta naman yun!?! Aga nya pumasok 630AM. Rellie woke up at 6AM too finishing some report. Kawawa naman si Kuks, super antok pa sya nagtratrabaho na. We had breakfast then I went home na.

Tomorrow I'll be at Sucat again for the Cremation. Hmmn... sana may kasabay ako kasi baka maligaw ako if mag-commute ako, toink! Then, I'll meet up with my College Buddies for dinner. Gela is back (with Baby Amber) since Friday. I'm excited to see my College friends again. Nagkikita lang kasi kami pag may Balikbayan, hahaha! Sana dito rin si Shey

Starting Thursday, I'll be MIA for a short while... see you next week!!!

Cold and Rainy Summer Night Dinner

Rellie's crazy office schedule strikes again. We've been talking since Sunday on when and how to meet this week. Arguing more on the "how", actually. Last week, I agreed to a quickie Thursday ... as in quick shopping and quick dinner at Trinoma since we spent the Holy Week break naman together. This week, I was trying to lure him to a DVD marathon but his office work won't allow us. So he won, and I am scheduled for another sleepover at Retiro with a "dinner of my choice" as a bribe. Armed with my overnight bag, I left the house despite the drizzle.

I asked Rellie to invite Mi na rin, so we can have dinner together. Buti na lang she was "game". Later on you'll understand why... hehehe!



We met up at their house then took a cab to Banawe. We ate at Terriyaki Boy. Happiness. Good thing I gave in to Rellie's request. We had a hearty dinner. Busog.



And what's nice about this dinner is that finally, now I can say that I am already at ease with Rellie's sister. Alam mo yung feeling na "meron na kaming mga small talks". I've known Mi even before I met Rellie's parents but most of the time, when I go home to Cabiao, she's in Singapore. So walang masyadong bonding moments with her. Though we exchange SMS every now and then... iba pa rin talaga yung kaharap mo 'di ba? Oh well, basta I had fun kahit hindi masyado okay yung service ng staffs dun kasi excited na yata sila mag-close. And Mi paid for our bill, haha nilibre nya pa kami. Ang daya ni Kuks.. nakalusot! He was supposed to make me libre kasi di ba yun nga yung catch for my sleepover! Style talaga ni Kuks...

Hindi kami nag-picture kasi I'm shy. Maybe next time!

We went back to their house na after dinner, watched SNN, freshened up, nangulit kay Lloyd (Mi's husband) over the phone kasi nagpapabili si Rellie ng rubbershoes then slept na. Kanina we were already up before 6AM. Rellie has a 9AM meeting so we went our separate ways by 7AM.

And now... I feel sleepy But I feel good too.