Laiya Coco Grove Getaway: A Preview

ahh, finally... i took a real vacation.


bumming around and well, *sand-slash-sunbathing.

while looking at a seemingly endless sea...

I CRUSH YOU!

I checked my long-time crush's friendster profile and VOILA! He's SINGLE again. Therefore, I'm thinking of stepping up. Because he's been dating skinny women, I have to wow him with my personality. Bwahaha. I need DIVINE INTERVENTION. Kadiri! I've been crushing on this guy since I was 17... that's almost 5 years. Kasi naman, kasi naman. He's now an engineer and he owns his own company... plus, he's incredibly cute in a more mature kind of way.

Which brings me to a thought which isnt in anyway related to what i've been talking about. Why would you call your parlor, "BE BEAUTIFUL FOR HIM"? Seriously? Why would you want to narrow your target market and be politically incorrect at the same time? Sabagay, catchy nga. Still!

THE HONGKONG CHRONICLES [SOURCE OF JOY CONVERSATION]

jersee_d_goddess : koks!
jnograles : halloo! thought you're in zambales
jersee_d_goddess : not yet.. tomorrow pa. jersee_d_goddess : at ikaw, nasan ka?
jnograles : just got back from hong kong. injured myself after some stupid antics hahahaha
jersee_d_goddess : haha, what exactly did u do?
jnograles : hmmmm i ran up the diagonal column up to the second storey of the hong kong museum of art... then i remembered that i couldn't fly so i landed on my knees and rolled towards the bay
jersee_d_goddess : ouch...
jnograles : more like moronic heehee
jersee_d_goddess : that had to come from you.. if i say moronic, it's like hittin two birds in one stone, me as the other bird [in a different setting]..
jnograles : hehehehehehe jnograles : i'll share some pics with you...
jersee_d_goddess : alrighty.

jnograles : first off, my breakfast... every tour package includes breakfast. of course, they don't explicitly state that breakfast is in your hotel. so they gave me breakfast stubs for a fastfood joint a kilometer away.
jersee_d_goddess : oook... and because you had to travel a km, you really had to take that picture.
jnograles : well, eating something that looks like a face must be memorable or nightmarish
jersee_d_goddess : haha.. true..

jnograles : i walk through the fringes of kowloon bay and find myself in the avenue of stars.and then i go sightseeing. i see a star with name that is very uhmmm i dunno how to say it... bastos. yes, bastos.
jnograles : pakshet daw pangalan niya
jersee_d_goddess : and i have to give it to you for "paying attention"

jnograles : anyway, i finally reached the mall and the first shop that greeted me made me feel a little uneasy. i swear, i fear for my kids in the future...
jersee_d_goddess : wow, this is so cool. it's like a private travel show.. morphine generation?

jnograles : moving on, i suddenly felt the call of nature so i asked where the restrooms were. of course there was a big pause due to language and communication gaps.finally i figured out that the policeman was trying to tell me that the restrooms were at the basement. so i took the stairs to the basement and this is what i found at the staircase.

jnograles : you like? wait till you see the toilet.
jersee_d_goddess: mirrors?

jnograles : and so that's my hong kong story worth telling hehehe
jersee_d_goddess : god, your vacation's so you...
jnograles : did you like?
jersee_d_goddess : LOVE IT!
jnograles : hahahaha. feel free to post it at your blog hahahahaa
jersee_d_goddess : that was what i was gonna ask you nga e...you know me too well..
jnograles : hahahaha love you too eunice
jersee_d_goddess : im just gonna post it the way you narrated it.. full credit sa'yo!
jnograles : bwahahahahahaha
jersee_d_goddess : ayan, dahil summer, kaw muna ang aking "source of joy".. kasi si Paopao ay MIA.
jnograles : hehehehehe i'm proud to be bestowed that honor. btw, wanna see the SARS version of my breakfast?
jersee_d_goddess : sure..

jnograles : here's a pic of me kicking ass


jnograles : gonna have dinner lang euns see ya in a bit
jersee_d_goddess : aight koks..
jersee_d_goddess : later!

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just like what I promised Koko,
i didnt edit anything and I posted the story, exactly the same way he narrated it.
LAUGHTRIP talaga!

Aww ang Sweet.

When I woke up around 11, [please dont even think that i wake up early in the morning, that's askin too much of me] I checked my email and found another READ ASAP Email from Mel.

Date:	Tue, 11 Apr 2006 00:36:14 +0100 (BST)
From:	"Melodie Ylagan"
Subject:	READ ASAP!
To:	jhersee33@yahoo.com, jersee_d_goddess@yahoo.com

Euns! Surprise visit tayo sa san pedro today! After
lunch! Magggym lang kami ni mums, tapos meet namin
kayo ni haze sa starbucks loft! Game ha? Call/text us
asap! Ü 09177956342

Send instant messages to your online friends
http://uk.messenger.yahoo.com

I immediately felt bad because I knew I couldnt come. I'm poor [i know, im politically incorrect] and I'm waiting for my mom to call because we're supposed to go shopping today. They even called me and Shem did a great job in almost convincing me to come. Kaya lang, DUTY CALLS and well, i've been sort of neglecting my being a daughter for the past months, therefore... I had to decline their really enticing offer to fetch me sa bahay.

Pag-uusapan daw ang kasal ni Dorts. Another occasion that I am totally looking forward to.We had a preview of how "extravagant" the wedding will be when Dorts one day came to class wearing her DIAMOND RING. Yeah, engagement ring's worth more than 500,000 pesos. Whoa! We wouldnt miss the wedding for the world. Striclty formal, I LIKE! And uhmm, although I don't like the feeling of being in a picture perfect wedding because it reminds me of how empty my lovelife is, well, Dorts is a newfound friend and her special day is worth the hassle. No not really a hassle, not close even. It's an excuse to be gorgeous.

Learned how to play Bamboo's Masaya, Barbie's High, Your Song by Parokya... I'm enjoying this new skill that I'm trying to cradle ha! If ever I get kicked out of law school, (God forbid!) I can continue my disrupted dream of becoming a celebrity through Pinoy Big Brother. Hahaha..

Disclaimer: When I say I know how to play, it just means that I know the chords and well, i can actually "attempt" to play them with occasional stopping and getting lost." But what the heck! At least...

Life is a continuous process...

of learning new things.

And for this SUMMER..

i'm learning how to play the guitar...

FINALLY. After many years of sayin, "It's not for me." I am trying it out. And after two days, I can now play.... NARDA and Crazy For You. Not to mention that I now can strum (sort of) and I now know a few chords [A, Bm, C, D, E, Fm, G] Woohoo!

Medyo kasi my sister had to stop me when I was seriously contemplating on reading a non-law school related book. So she volunteered to teach me. Since magaling silang dalawa ng brother ko, i told myself.. "Why not?"

Plus, it's sort of a "bonding opportunity" for all of us. Since both of 'em are passionate about music, we are now enjoyin' each other's company.

Pero teka lang! I'm gonna be going to the beach again this thursday until sunday. My family's going to uhmm, Zambales i think. Woohoo, dagat, magkikita nanaman tayo!

This picture makes me wanna go to Rockwell and eat a Caramel Merengue!

Lovely Free Fall

Horoscope for Monday: (Taurus)

Getting past your own self-consciousness is key if you want to be able to move forward. What's the point in worrying about what others think of you? You need to live your own life, not the life others think you should lead.

Try to arrange to meet someone for a show or somewhere music is played prominently. You are due for a positive coincidence involving a tune or lyrics that could send you into a lovely free fall.

Lovely free fall. It's amazing how things can sound scientific and sooo vague at the same time.

Ang Cute.

This morning, my dad approached me to ask a really cute favor. He wants me to send an email to his long-lost friend whom he got reconnected to through SMS. This friend of my Dad's is now in Canada and is pursuing his studies on Quality Management in British Columbia Institute of Technology www.bcit.ca . I just think it's so cute that my dad actually sat beside me while i was typing his "email" to his friend. The usual technostressed dad that he is was eager to learn more about the cyberspace. Talk about breaking the "barrier" between us.

Isang problema lang, if my dad discovers how amazing it is to be online, he's gonna be another competitor to my internet usage... oh well. The price i have to pay to trying to give a solution in my own little way to the "GREAT DIVIDE". haha.

Drowning

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image from Postsecret

but this time, there are no lifeguards... i ain't in the mood for surfin' and i don't know if i still have the will to keep on strugglin' to survive.

Post Finals Shindig at Anton's

copied from Pi's BLOG

You lost that lovin' feeling,
*how could you???*
Whoa, that lovin' feeling,
*damn you!!!*
You've lost that lovin' feeling,
Now it's gone...gone...gone... wooo ooh.
*burst to tears*

newest rendition from Kiboy, Kay, Yuns, Kat, TJ and Noli-boy's promising singing career! haha. you have to feel the song eh. alrightie, Yves, lets drink to that! d:
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at syemps sino ang makaklimot sa pagkanta ng "Man in the Mirror", "Bawal na Gamot" at "Uptown Girl"

Pagod na pagod si Roca, Kat at Noli kakasayaw!
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Funny Conversation:

("di sinasadyang" nabuksan ni Nalin ang washroom, habang nasa loob si JV... tawa ang lahat)

Nalin: Wala akong nakita.
Euns: Nols, wala daw syang nakita. Diba mas malala un? Ganun ba kaliit at walang nakita?
Noli: (hysterical na pagtawa)
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Salamat sa aking mga drinking buddies na si Kiboy at Lew.
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(habang nawawala kami sa paghahanap sa bahay ni Anton)
Ces: Guys, baligtarin na kaya natin ang damit natin?
Euns: (naisip ang pagbabaligtad ng bra, un nasa likod un umbok)

Yipee.

Ana's leaving for Tacloban tomorrow morning. And she went shopping the whole day. Sosyal. Marami syang pinamiling Havaianas. Haciendera talaga!

I bumped into a good friend o'mine from UP, Arlo. We got to chat for a few minutes, did some catching up and well, t'was nice to reconnect with him.

Dahil summer, bumaha sa Starbucks. ANg labo. To mark our last day as freshies and our last visit sa Starbs, kelangan talaga masira un mga tubo nila at bumaha.

Ok talaga si Ate Pearl, Ana got her Transcript re-evaluated and well, it turned out na lumagpas pa sya sa 18 units of English na required. Yehey, di na kelangan mag-summer.

Mejo nalulungkot na ko because people started to talk about their plans if ever they had to leave Ateneo. Sobrang in denial pa ko e. Di ko nga alam kung makakayanan ko if i have to go. Pero sige, Lord. LABAN.

Haha, si Ana stalker material. Alam ang plate number ni Nicco. hehe.

Question of the day: What will happen to the world kung ang ating reproductive organ ay nasa kamay natin?

Laughtrip talaga. Think of people becoming so appreciative kasi nga, clapping will be literally orgasmic.

Pano kung mag-aappear na un mga tao?

To be continued...

It's Weird.

I'm in the library, waiting for my friends who just watched a flick in Market Market. I dont know, but i think im not used to not doing anything anymore. I was watching Kiko type his paper and instead of relaxing, i found myself reading Fr. B's new Primer. I had to stop myself because well, i vowed to relax after i finish the freaggin' paper.

How do you explain to people that you know that you've changed and that whether they like it or not, they would have to deal with the real you? I bumped into a highschool friend on my way to Ateneo and well, she hasn't changed a bit. I mean, i dont see anything wrong with that, but it just made me realize how much i've changed through the years. Whether it's intentional or not, I am not the Eunice that I was years ago, heck im not the Eunice that I was even a year ago.

My sister said, "Nasan na un Eunice na kilala ko dati?" That's after I slipped into my pants and shirt. She's kind of vocal about the fact that she admired my guts with regard to my fashion sense. It's sorta hard for me to tell her, that I kind of lost that passion for fashion. I just wake up everyday, not event thinkin of what i'll wear anymore, not because i dont want to look beautiful but because I dont have time. Or maybe because I feel guilty. It's like I get reminded of the "more important" things that i feel guilty when i begin to be vain again.

This got me into thinkin of that episode in Sex and the City where Carrie was pissed because her married friend was accusing her of being shallow just because she refused to let go of the issue of her shoes being stolen in her friend's apartment. I mean, who are we to judge what is shallow or what is profound? That is something i have to remind myself again. If looking good makes me happy, i have to start looking good again.

Oh well. That's why I'm wearin my white mini skirt and my spags today. Because I want the old me to be with the new, mature me. I'm smiling. I have a new shoulder bag. Yes, fortunately, THAT MAKES ME HAPPY.