Year-end.

I expected a shortage of cabs this morning but it wasnt like this. It's more of 2 empty cabs an hour if you see the ratio. I was already late meeting up with Mamu and the rest of my friends going to Zong Centris. Its at the corner of EDSA and Q.Ave. It's actually my first time going there and I thought it's a new mall that I just ignored passing by EDSA.

It rained when I was passing by Araneta. Traffic was okay til I was crossing the other side of the highway. Off the cab, I saw a gloomy looking mall with a big SM hypermart inside. This couldn't be it, I thought. Walked around, texted Mamu, and she replied "Malapit sa bilog bilog." Like what? Then I saw Leeza hurrying up the stairs, dodging the rain.

So we walked a little and saw a little Fort Bonifacio-ish area. With mushroom-like structures and, I suppose, a high-end one. It had restos like Clawdaddy, Itallianis and a Fully Booked waiting to be constructed. It also has a carousel and a mini-train in the middle of the park.

Zong, Centris

Mini-Train

They mentioned these mushroom-like towers are solar-powered. Hmmmm

Centris

Mamu, Jamie, Hannah and Hazel were already there at Zong. As far as I can recall, we were the only people eating there. But I tell you that the food was great.

I seriously didn't know the name of what we ate but I just munched my morning away.

So Celest, and Champ arrived as we were talking and laughing and chewing all at the same time. We are called happy friends for a reason. Jamie brought their awesome cake (which Ive heard was a bestseller last Christmas) then Mamu and Hannah gave us gifts. Oh I forgot to mention that our camwhoring theme was Asian poses. Since I think the 2009 boom of peace-sign poses evolved into many.

Me/Brick-shitting Bunny, Leeza/Crying Lady, Champ/Bunny/Devil/I seriously dont know

Had coffee after at Coffee Bean and stayed there for hours. Kristina arrived looking pretty6 as she is. Then everyone still talked about lovelifes, music, the industry and mainly just camwhoring. KC, Mamu's niece, was also there and played in the park before everyone parted ways. Jamie dropped me off at Trinoma, so I could pick up some things before going home.

(L-R) Joan, Me, Leeza, Champ, Mamu, Hannah, Hazel, Jamie ♥, Celest took the pic ^_^

I posted at Facebook that I was there and Ivan texted me to wait for them. We looked at some shoes, stopped by at Cibo to grab some drinks then decided to watch Dalaw in Newport Cinema, Resorts World. I never wondered what's in there except that its a big-ass Casino but it looked like um... a building full of stuff.

So Jam, Jp, Ivan and I went from north to south, listening to 2010 hits, remixed by DJ Bryan Cua. Checked if the LFS was 1045 and somehow surpised that a ticket costs 500 pesos.

Wanna know why? Seats were velvet lazyboys, unlimited cheese/buttered popcorn, unlimited soda of your choice, and a personal butler. Like you just press a button if you want your bucket refilled. A friend said who would want an unlimited popcorn? Well, I had 6 buckets.

Movie was too predictable. But its somehow okay. Somehow. Whatever I was enjoying my seat. I couldve slept it off.

After the movie, at around 1230mn, we went to Jupiter for some Chicboy. Its grilled chicken/pork cebuano style. I dunno if some people havent tried it yet but its great for its price. Really cheap and really good. Awesome combo.

The next day, I got me some groceries for New Years eve but the day was awful. It didnt match up with my awesome day though. Next next day, Trish and I had our year-end tradition by grabbing coffee while summarizing our entire year. We both had a great year though and felt like 2011 is going to be really promising. :D

Happy New Year everyone! ♥

Prince and the Princess.

The #1 thing that I want for Christmas...

... is just to be with her. I love you so much Gab. ♥

Christmas 2010.

So somehow it was a success. Ehboi and I gave gifts to our barkada and thank God they were happy. (Because this will not happen again soon hahahahaha)

I love what I got this year. Ehboi and I got Uno Stacko from Ryan and Rae. I also got Bob Ong's latest from Roemart, plus Eat Pray Love from Ryan. Dianne gave me a candle and lavender oil.

Ehboi's a bit sick and it feels like Im gonna be too. Must be the weather. I remembered we were wet browsing 168 stalls. Ugh.

Dont have anything much to say. Merry Christmas everyone!!! :)

Acquired Self Sustaining Habitability Of Leveraging Ego.

Which reminds me, I will always walk away if someone around me is feeding on negativity. If you're annoyed with anyone, please do not make it your hobby. It's either:

1. You're annoyed because you're getting insecure, which I know you'll prove that you're not and you're just highly opinionated. Well, my opinion is this; You're crap.

2. You do not have anything substantial to talk about.

3. You just wanna validate that you are a better person, and you're doing it the opposite direction.

Forgive me if I am old. But I didn't spend my youth feeling bad because other people seem promiscuous, extravagant, or an airhead. I do not give a fuck. Neither to what you always feel about it.

Let go.

Forgive me but, did it occur to you that acting like a prick would change the person you wanna change? If you are as smart as you think you are, well think again.

Morning Post-its...

... never fail to make my day. ♥

Trinoma VS Divisoria

We anticipated saturday to be a busy day for us, made a christmas list on the way to Trinoma, and ended up shopping for ourselves. Traffic was manageable. It's just strange that outside the mall was cooler. We looked for Ehboi's pair of shoes, walked around and got two Zara hoodies instead. TGIF has always been overrated, but hey, this was a special day.

He splurged while I look for plastic containers at Saizen (I think this is Trinoma's version of Japan Home Center. /me is a big fan). It seemed that I am more excited than him seeing him get the things he deserved as a very hard-working person. We got 6 tickets for the Darren Criss event on the 22nd (we didnt claim another 4. Chance for others heehee. As if I could bring 10 people), finished at around 9pm but waited for a cab for 2 hours playing Tap Tap Revenge to not kill the day's fun.

Sunday was a different day. We went out of the house wearing slippers, not bringing anything, even an umbrella. Before going to Divisoria (168 to be exact), we stopped by to grab lunch at Jollibee. One thing I hate about this fastfood is the crews' extremities. Its either they're on panic mode, or too laxed. One customer beside me was arguing with the cashier regarding her 4 peso change. The cashier in front of me is too eager to solve the problem than to get my order. I almost wanted to bite her face coz I was seriously hungry, but then again that was just my Ally McBeal moment. I don't really bite people's faces off. We were wet waiting for a jeep but I didnt care. The rain was as soft as a molten snow. It felt christmasy, really. But Divisoria is another story.

We know that the mud is default. Come rain or shine. Inside 168, I felt like a happy kid, seeing the cheapest wholesale and things I forgot I wanted and it's the most perfect place to buy the most affordable apt christmas gifts. It seemed like a maze though so we didnt really browse around. Haggling was easy but the amount of people will make you either crazy or annoyed. I wasnt in the mood to get annoyed though. It was too fun. So we went home, stopped by at Starbucks, with dirty feet and a bagful of thingamajigs. I promise to go there again, soon.

Ehboi asked me if I was happy. I said yes and just smiled. He asked me when was the last time Ive felt this way and I paused. It was that long. I can't even remember it. Imagining the faces of my friends and my nephews and niece opening their gifts on christmas eve makes me wanna rush the days. Watching it reel inside my mind made my heart float. I feel like this is gonna be my best Christmas ever.

It's gonna be a different one really. Thinking about it makes me go down, but this time, I'm gonna make a choice of appreciating everything that I have right now, rather than dwell on the big difference.

In fact, it didnt even matter if Im in a high-end shopping mall or in a flea market. It was that weirdly surreal.