Today was brought to you by the letters P, M, and S. I spent the entire day with iTunes to get by (since being around people and crying my eyes out is not an option! HeHe!). So, here's the current soundtrack of my life:
10. The Journey - Lea Salonga
What a journey it has been
And the end is not in sight
But the stars are out tonight
And they’re bound to guide my way
When they’re shining on my life
I can see your better day
I won’t let the darkness in
What a journey it has been
09. Reflection - Christina Aguilera
There's a heart that must be free to fly
That burns with a need to know
The reason why
Why must we all conceal
What we think
How we feel
Must there be a secret me
I'm forced to hide
I wont pretend that I'm
Someone else for all time
08. With a Smile - Eraserheads
Lift your head, baby, don't be scared
Of the things that could go wrong along the way
You'll get by with a smile
You can't win at everything but you can try
07. You've Got a Friend - James Taylor
Hey, ain’t it good to know that you’ve got a friend?
People can be so cold
They’ll hurt you and desert you
Well they’ll take your soul if you let them
Oh yeah, but don’t you let them
06. Love Song For No One - John Mayer
Staying home alone on a Friday
Flat on the floor looking back
On old love
Or lack thereof
After all the crushes are faded
And all my wishful thinking was wrong
I’m jaded
I hate it
05. Through the Rain - Mariah Carey
I can make it through the rain
I can stand up once again
On my own and I know
That I’m strong enough to mend
And every time I feel afraid
I hold tighter to my faith
And I live one more day
And I make it through the rain
04. I Want to Know What Love Is - Sarah Geronimo
In my life
There's been heartache and pain
I dont know if I can face it again
Can't stop now I've traveled so far
To change this lonely life
03. Walking Away - Craig David
I'm walking away from the troubles in my life
I'm walking away oh to find a better day
I'm walking away from the troubles in my life
I'm walking away oh to find a better day
I'm walking away
02. Not That Kinda Girl - Jojo
I'm not your everyday, 'round the way
Don't go bar-hoppin', chillin' on the block
On a cell phone frontin'
Never that, cuz I'm not that kinda girl
01. Tumatakbo - Mojofly
Tatangapin nalang ba ang mapait na tadhana
O kaya’y
Tatangapin nalang ba na ako’y
Sadyang hindi pinagpala
Tigilan na ang drama
Punasan na ang luha
Since I can't carry a tune, please sing your hearts out for me while I shake all the blues away. =) Oh, and if you're a fellow sawi, the Mojofly song is the current anthem to beat! Catch it on MYX! Your choice, your music...dammit, I should be a VJ! LoL.
Friday, September 16, 2005
Thursday, September 15, 2005
Take Your Pick
Tet and I went to the Ateneo-La Salle game today. All my giddyness of seeing one of the biggest rivalries of all time (well, at least in this country) disappeared after seeing Tet fuming mad over the score by the third quarter. LoL. Die hard ito! Hindi ko kinaya! LoL.
And like what we always do when we get together, Tet and I told eachother our current problems. Hers is usually about her friends while mine is the walang kamatayang career and lovelife.
For the record, let me just say that they are correlated with one another: when one is going bad, the other is going well and vise versa. It's like God really doesn't want me to have both. Tet, the positive thinker that she is, made sure to point out to me, "Sis, kapag may boyfriend ka naman, you don't need money!" Umm, yeah, this is from the same girl who is wishing that we become neighbors in the same apartment building in Ortigas. ;P
Magmadre na lang kaya ako? LoL. Job and lovelife in one yun, di ba? HeHe!
And like what we always do when we get together, Tet and I told eachother our current problems. Hers is usually about her friends while mine is the walang kamatayang career and lovelife.
For the record, let me just say that they are correlated with one another: when one is going bad, the other is going well and vise versa. It's like God really doesn't want me to have both. Tet, the positive thinker that she is, made sure to point out to me, "Sis, kapag may boyfriend ka naman, you don't need money!" Umm, yeah, this is from the same girl who is wishing that we become neighbors in the same apartment building in Ortigas. ;P
Magmadre na lang kaya ako? LoL. Job and lovelife in one yun, di ba? HeHe!
Wednesday, September 14, 2005
Interviews # 5 & 6
Powder blue is power blue.
During the days of one group oral presentation per class every quarter, the guys would always wear their powder blue long-sleeved, button-up shirts. If we were to pick a crayon to describe the color, it would be periwinkle, but a little bit darker. Anyway, there would always be several guys wearing this color during presentation days and it was just THE professional color of choice. Not to be outdone, I have one as well.
When I was getting prepared this morning for Interviews 5 & 6, I noticed something, though...
Me: Ninang, mukha ba akong tiga-SM?
Ninang: Hindi. Mukha kang tiga-Rustan's!
*SIGH. I may need to put that shirt away while I go to all of my interviews. LoL.
- - -
Interview #5 was for a publishing company. HR Guy fired questions, I answered. When he asked if I had any plans of going back to the U.S. anytime soon, I said, "No immediate plans" and he believed me unlike everyone else who have interviewed me before. I like that! He asked me about my citizenship and he didn't give me any grief over it. I like that! He told me what they're offering for the job (and my heart sank). He endorsed my application and I met with the Marketing Director. I took a test and that was that. I like the position and I think I can use the skills that I have and use them in a field that I'm truly interested in. However, I would have to kiss moving out goodbye. Hence, if they end up calling me, there is a huge chance that I may have to turn them down unless the benefits outweigh the meager salary.
Interview #6 is for the same company as Interview #2. I thought I came there for salary negotiations, but it was simply the second interview with HR and the first interview with two of my potential supervisors. I have a couple of issues, but the biggest one was convincing them that I am not going to go back to Seattle anytime soon. *SIGH. Seriously, it was such a huge issue that it came up several times during 1.5 hours. How exactly can you make someone believe you without him/her knowing who you are? I need to solve this problem if I am to get a job in this country. Please let me know any of your bright ideas. I sure can use it!
During the days of one group oral presentation per class every quarter, the guys would always wear their powder blue long-sleeved, button-up shirts. If we were to pick a crayon to describe the color, it would be periwinkle, but a little bit darker. Anyway, there would always be several guys wearing this color during presentation days and it was just THE professional color of choice. Not to be outdone, I have one as well.
When I was getting prepared this morning for Interviews 5 & 6, I noticed something, though...
Me: Ninang, mukha ba akong tiga-SM?
Ninang: Hindi. Mukha kang tiga-Rustan's!
*SIGH. I may need to put that shirt away while I go to all of my interviews. LoL.
- - -
Interview #5 was for a publishing company. HR Guy fired questions, I answered. When he asked if I had any plans of going back to the U.S. anytime soon, I said, "No immediate plans" and he believed me unlike everyone else who have interviewed me before. I like that! He asked me about my citizenship and he didn't give me any grief over it. I like that! He told me what they're offering for the job (and my heart sank). He endorsed my application and I met with the Marketing Director. I took a test and that was that. I like the position and I think I can use the skills that I have and use them in a field that I'm truly interested in. However, I would have to kiss moving out goodbye. Hence, if they end up calling me, there is a huge chance that I may have to turn them down unless the benefits outweigh the meager salary.
Interview #6 is for the same company as Interview #2. I thought I came there for salary negotiations, but it was simply the second interview with HR and the first interview with two of my potential supervisors. I have a couple of issues, but the biggest one was convincing them that I am not going to go back to Seattle anytime soon. *SIGH. Seriously, it was such a huge issue that it came up several times during 1.5 hours. How exactly can you make someone believe you without him/her knowing who you are? I need to solve this problem if I am to get a job in this country. Please let me know any of your bright ideas. I sure can use it!
Monday, September 12, 2005
Interview #4
Another week, another interview.
Since "The TV Station" and this company today are sister companies, I was expecting the worst already. When I was handed an application form to fill out when I was already told to bring a copy of my resume, I cringed. But all went well. I even made the interviewer laugh...
HR Girl: Any plans of getting married anytime soon? (Pati ba mga strangers umaasa din?!)
Me: None. My friends are all getting married one-by-one. I'll let them go first and see what happens to them.
HR Girl: :: insert laughs here ::
Anyway, you know what I've noticed? HR here has this thing of recommending you to other positions. I mean, there's nothing wrong with that; it's just that I've never experienced that in the States. I mean, if you applied for the wrong position, sorry na lang. But here, HR takes the time to sell you another position other than the one you're applying for. Today, HR wanted me to be a Sales Executive rather than the marketing position that I applied for. I turned that down with a quickness. If these HR people just knew about my lovelife, then they would probaby know that sales isn't really my forte. ;P
But that wasn't all. She also suggested that I tell my parents to buy me one of the condos right around the corner (because I told her that I would like to move out once I have a job to be closer to civilization). Yeah right. My mom would drag me back to Seattle with her bare hands if I ever did that. HeHe.
Salary negotiations for my Ortigas-located job on Wednesday. Wish me luck that I get enough money! It's all about being able to afford an apartment in the National Capital Region! I didn't know that I was a promdi until I saw the "You are now leaving the NCR" road sign today on my way home. Man, no wonder I have this thing for promdis! Tsk. Tsk. Love your own nga naman! LoL.
Celebrity sightings for the past few weeks: Sandy And0long, Amy Austr1a, and Lorna Tolentin0 at Edsa Shang Hotel; William Mart1nez and Yay0 Aguila at Sweet Inspirations; Regine T0lentino and husband at Edsa Shang Mall.
Since "The TV Station" and this company today are sister companies, I was expecting the worst already. When I was handed an application form to fill out when I was already told to bring a copy of my resume, I cringed. But all went well. I even made the interviewer laugh...
HR Girl: Any plans of getting married anytime soon? (Pati ba mga strangers umaasa din?!)
Me: None. My friends are all getting married one-by-one. I'll let them go first and see what happens to them.
HR Girl: :: insert laughs here ::
Anyway, you know what I've noticed? HR here has this thing of recommending you to other positions. I mean, there's nothing wrong with that; it's just that I've never experienced that in the States. I mean, if you applied for the wrong position, sorry na lang. But here, HR takes the time to sell you another position other than the one you're applying for. Today, HR wanted me to be a Sales Executive rather than the marketing position that I applied for. I turned that down with a quickness. If these HR people just knew about my lovelife, then they would probaby know that sales isn't really my forte. ;P
But that wasn't all. She also suggested that I tell my parents to buy me one of the condos right around the corner (because I told her that I would like to move out once I have a job to be closer to civilization). Yeah right. My mom would drag me back to Seattle with her bare hands if I ever did that. HeHe.
Salary negotiations for my Ortigas-located job on Wednesday. Wish me luck that I get enough money! It's all about being able to afford an apartment in the National Capital Region! I didn't know that I was a promdi until I saw the "You are now leaving the NCR" road sign today on my way home. Man, no wonder I have this thing for promdis! Tsk. Tsk. Love your own nga naman! LoL.
Celebrity sightings for the past few weeks: Sandy And0long, Amy Austr1a, and Lorna Tolentin0 at Edsa Shang Hotel; William Mart1nez and Yay0 Aguila at Sweet Inspirations; Regine T0lentino and husband at Edsa Shang Mall.
Friday, September 9, 2005
Menace to Society
I hate torpes.
While most women (who are all attached probably) cheer on the local torpe to keep doing what he’s doing, I, on the otherhand, just roll my eyes. Torpes make my life a living hell. Okay, okay, that was a bit harsh. I’m just saying that being single sucks and the torpes of the world aren’t exactly helping anyone around here.
Exactly one week ago, my 17-year-old male cousin and I had a bonding moment. I asked him about his lovelife and he laid out all the details for me, hoping that I could give him some advice. At that time, things weren’t going well and I told him to go find another girl who was worth his time. I told him, “Pogi ka naman. Tapos, here in the Philippines, it’s the norm for the guy to seek after girls. Kaming mga babae, we can’t do that. We just sit and wait. My point is that you have the power to find a girl who will love you just as much as you love her.”
Not to oppress my fellow women, but you got to agree that it’s not a part of the culture around here for the girl to go around and ask the guy out. I mean you could and I assume some guys would actually like that, but generally speaking, it’s just not done around here. Hence, the guys got to ask; the guys have to make the move. If the guys don’t, then all the single people in this country will be home every Friday blogging like me. You don’t want that; trust me. HeHe.
My point is that even if the guy is romantic, it doesn’t mean much if he doesn’t actually show it to the girl. Even if the guy is a good guy, it doesn’t mean much if he’s stuck at home just thinking about the good things he will do for the girl. You got to walk the walk and talk the talk, fellas. In other words, “Magpakalalake ka!”
Yes, it’s easier said than done. I will never ever know what it’s like to be a guy (Yes, regardless of my un-girly ways, I will never know what it’s like to be a guy!). I understand that. I also understand that as humans, our ego and superegos need to be protected. Getting rejected sucks. I know that for a fact. But, we got to do what we got to do. If we want something, go for it. Take the risk. Afterall, who would want a guy who doesn’t have the balls to do what he needs to do in life? Guys like those were the ones who died during the caveman days because they didn’t venture out and get the food that they needed or the girl they needed to procreate. You don’t want to be like them, do you?
All I really want is for everyone to be happy and what we fail to realize is that our happiness depends on us. Life is there for our taking; love is there for our taking. At my age, wasting time isn’t really in my agenda anymore. “You like me? Yes? Good. You don’t? Okay, let me find someone else who does.” It’s as easy as that. Let’s not prolong the agony. Cut to the chase. Be honest. Whatever the outcome may be, at least you know the truth. I would rather have the truth as quickly as possible rather than a lifetime of “what ifs.”
Caveat: There is also a fault in “feeling hanep/pogi” so when I say go for what you want, proceed with caution. And yes, the counterpart of the torpes are the pakipots. If you decide to continue being a torpe, damn, find a pakipot. Magsama kayo and let me know the outcome of that relationship. Ewan ko lang kung may mapapala kayo sa mga buhay ninyo! I sound bitter again. Tsk. Tsk. HaHa! Peace to all!
While most women (who are all attached probably) cheer on the local torpe to keep doing what he’s doing, I, on the otherhand, just roll my eyes. Torpes make my life a living hell. Okay, okay, that was a bit harsh. I’m just saying that being single sucks and the torpes of the world aren’t exactly helping anyone around here.
Exactly one week ago, my 17-year-old male cousin and I had a bonding moment. I asked him about his lovelife and he laid out all the details for me, hoping that I could give him some advice. At that time, things weren’t going well and I told him to go find another girl who was worth his time. I told him, “Pogi ka naman. Tapos, here in the Philippines, it’s the norm for the guy to seek after girls. Kaming mga babae, we can’t do that. We just sit and wait. My point is that you have the power to find a girl who will love you just as much as you love her.”
Not to oppress my fellow women, but you got to agree that it’s not a part of the culture around here for the girl to go around and ask the guy out. I mean you could and I assume some guys would actually like that, but generally speaking, it’s just not done around here. Hence, the guys got to ask; the guys have to make the move. If the guys don’t, then all the single people in this country will be home every Friday blogging like me. You don’t want that; trust me. HeHe.
My point is that even if the guy is romantic, it doesn’t mean much if he doesn’t actually show it to the girl. Even if the guy is a good guy, it doesn’t mean much if he’s stuck at home just thinking about the good things he will do for the girl. You got to walk the walk and talk the talk, fellas. In other words, “Magpakalalake ka!”
Yes, it’s easier said than done. I will never ever know what it’s like to be a guy (Yes, regardless of my un-girly ways, I will never know what it’s like to be a guy!). I understand that. I also understand that as humans, our ego and superegos need to be protected. Getting rejected sucks. I know that for a fact. But, we got to do what we got to do. If we want something, go for it. Take the risk. Afterall, who would want a guy who doesn’t have the balls to do what he needs to do in life? Guys like those were the ones who died during the caveman days because they didn’t venture out and get the food that they needed or the girl they needed to procreate. You don’t want to be like them, do you?
All I really want is for everyone to be happy and what we fail to realize is that our happiness depends on us. Life is there for our taking; love is there for our taking. At my age, wasting time isn’t really in my agenda anymore. “You like me? Yes? Good. You don’t? Okay, let me find someone else who does.” It’s as easy as that. Let’s not prolong the agony. Cut to the chase. Be honest. Whatever the outcome may be, at least you know the truth. I would rather have the truth as quickly as possible rather than a lifetime of “what ifs.”
Caveat: There is also a fault in “feeling hanep/pogi” so when I say go for what you want, proceed with caution. And yes, the counterpart of the torpes are the pakipots. If you decide to continue being a torpe, damn, find a pakipot. Magsama kayo and let me know the outcome of that relationship. Ewan ko lang kung may mapapala kayo sa mga buhay ninyo! I sound bitter again. Tsk. Tsk. HaHa! Peace to all!
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