i'm still alive ... *croak*

yes folks, i'm still on the planet earth although my posts have been far (very far) in between, i'm still here...

how has 2008 been for you guys so far? i hope it's been good ...

on leave again....

hopefully by the end of the month or october or the end of the year (hope not), you'll hear from me on a regular basis....

it has been one heck of a roller-coaster ride

damn....i'm a "freelancer" again....for the nth time....

see you guys soon...

would it?

Lyrics
Would That Make U Love Me

Robin Thicke

If I wasnt who I was

If I wasnt me

Would u stand next 2 me in the street

If I changed my hair

Would u then be proud

If I ran round town with a different crowd

Would u be my baby

If I had more money

Would that make u love me more

Would that make u love me more

If I practiced a different religion

If I spoke my words differently

If I changed my tune 2 your favorite song

Would u wrap your arms around me

If I dug down deep 2 the bottom

Would u love me unconditionally

If I sound like u and we laugh the same

Would u mind if I hang around

Would that make u love me more

Would that make u love me more

If I came 2 u from a different place

Would my message finally be heard

If its just me and u and theres no one else

Would u see how much were the same

Would u be my lover

If I’m a different color

Would u be my brother

Would that make u love me more

autobots, transform!

have you seen this? if you haven't i suggest you do....

i wasn't really a big fan of the cartoons but when my good friend rose and i finally saw it last saturday, wow! seeing how the cars/vehicles transform into robots was just....awesome! i wonder if director michael bay will be coming out with another "installment"? if so, when? :)

next week, i hope our schedules will allow us to see this....the 7th and final book is also due this month...whew!

the princess went to a party yesterday

independence day

happy 4th of july everyone !!!!

here are some pics of our 4th of july lunch @ burgoo :))

(l-r: what 4th of july celebration would be complete without a hotdog?; ian, chris, jen, carol and marlet (hidden) gettin' it on with lunch and, gilbert, cathy, joan and the big boss ....)

1-2-3 sleep....not!

it's 2:05 a.m. and i'm still at the office. got a cup of freshly-brewed coffee with me and i'm craving for mcdonald's plain muffins...hmmm

i'm not stranded by some super typhoon, just stranded with workload that requires "real-time consultation" a buzz phrase that me and my colleagues have been using a lot lately *LOL*

i heard that july 7, 2007 (7/7/7) is a lucky day to start a business, open up an account, get married, etc, etc...

wonder what i should do to counter all the negativity that i've been having?

so....what's keeping you up? :))

i hate this feeling...

of falling in a rut again....a friend of mine told me that a rut that started out like this usually lasts for three years. *sigh* it'll be like 3 or 4 months before the third year is over. i hope i counted right.

a rut as defined by one of my best web companions as:

a fixed or established mode

of procedure or course of life,

usually dull or unpromising

!@#&*%^?>!#@ *sigh* it seems as if i periodically fall into one. but what do you attempt to get yourself out of from first? the "work rut", the "heart rut", "the financial rut" or "the restless rut"?

what a bummer.... :(

ciao everyone...have a happy and "rut-less" weekend!

where to?

i've always been a late bloomer. unfortunately, i'm also a late bloomer when it comes to travelling. the philippines does have a lot of things to offer and so many places to see...i just hope that i'll live long enough (and save enough money) to uncover more places both locally and internationally (europe in 2010!!!).

there are more pictures of bohol and i hope you'll enjoy looking at the pictures in my online photo album

please be kind enough to leave a comment / comment(s) ....

until my next "travelogue"!

going home

after the hills, we dropped by a butterfly sanctuary, simply butterflies. we've been to a butterfly sanctuary in baguio (in CJH) so i knew what to expect. rose had a wonderful time capturing the butterflies on film. joy had quite a discussion with the "butterfly-keeper" and i just went around enjoying the beautiful butterflies, flowers and plants :) afterwards, we dropped by the hanging bridge.




(l-r: pretty butterflies, me and rose at the foot of the hanging bridge...)




(l-r: joy at the foot of the bridge, in the middle and at the other side...)


after the hanging bridge, we hurried to the apropriana gift shop, a popular one-stop shop pasalubong haven for tourists. we bought a few things like the requisite peanut kisses :)) then, manong rudy brought us to pier 4 for our 2-hour ferry ride back to cebu.

we were tired so, on the ferry, we caught a few zzzzzzs. even if i was scared, i still managed a few minutes of sleep. upon arriving in cebu, we hailed a cab and joy dropped us off at CNT (because she had to go back to regency to retrieve the guitar plus she was on a different flight back to manila), a very popular restaurant that serves the infamous lechon cebu. rose and i were planning to bring home a couple of kilos. unfortunately, at 7:30 p.m., the place was already closed ... *sigh* and we thought we'd finally taste the lechon...oh well...

so, rose and i decided to just proceed to the airport. better to wait there than to be late for the flight. at the airport, another taxi pulled up behind us and lo and behold! it was joy :) we still parted ways; she proceeded to the check-in counter; we looked for a cafe so we could eat. we were famished! now, i don't know if this is really what happens but there were no cafes open inside the airport and it was just before 8 p.m.! it was really irritating because you're in an international airport, you're very hungry and there's no food...technically, there was a cafe that just served their last order and was just waiting for the last customers to finish their meal and leave. rose couldn't take it anymore so she asked the waitress what food could we order. after several "plea bargains", we finally got 3 orders of rice, chicken-pork adobo and sprite. why 3 orders?

it turns out that joy was booked a return flight to manila for may 30, 2007 and not april 30, 2007 :)) so, she cancelled her ticket and whaddaya know, she ended up on the same cebu pacific flight as rose and i. so the travelling trio go home together! :))

now, the cafe, as i said earlier, was closing but we still have to eat our food. with nowhere else to go, here's what we did:




we claimed a bench to ourselves. i sat on one end, balancing the styro boxes while joy and rose sat on the floor (airport floor) and used the bench as a table. only in the philippines my friends...

after dinner, we checked-in our bags and waited for the boarding announcement. after an hour, we were back in manila...