Nuevo
oh yeah, to those who didnt get my email about my new bloggie, or those who deleted the email by accident or in purpose,
the new addie is: http://home.iprimus.com.au/geri80/blog/start.html
will still keep this site though, i just missed having the color pink, thats all. so hope to see you all in my nuevo site! am outta here
current mood: sick
current music: none
geri lamented [+] Wednesday, 2nd of November 2005, 20:47 pm
Swerte!!!
i won a hundred dollar bet today!!!
im not a betting person, but this afternoon one of my managers coudnt match one of
our subcontractors paperwork, i quickly had a look at it and knew instantly it was
a pick up but he disputed that it was a delivery. he then challenged me for a bet,
asking pete and tony as witnesses and added that i better have some money with me.
but boy was i right! i was ecstatic, im not going to be the systems super user for nothing!
i couldnt help bullying him afterwards, that he had to flee,
but im determined to annoy the life out of him until he pays me hundred bucks bwahahahahaha
for some other happy news, mavic had the greatest surprise last saturday night
when she realized that the party she was almost planning to skip was actually organized for her.
her colleagues secretly set up her hens night, it was so neat she ended up crying and was most
of the night speechless but uberly happy! marissa and i were just so thrilled to be with her
that night.
and other errr news again, at the moment, im still busy planning the fancy costume party, have not sort out
any updates but i just have to finalize them and hopefully by next week its all solid.
i hope to also do a couple of very important things this week, to get them out of the way
eg. do my tax returns, book a doctors appointment for my breast check up as my parents are getting worried --
hopefully its nothing serious and yeah pay out a couple of bills *sighs*
i still have a couple of birthday parties lined up -- i believe this will continue till early next year
hahahaha.
i want to see the screen preview of Pride and Prejudice the movie this weekend. and i also wish i could
watch the much heralded and talked about Filipino film, "Ang Pagdadalaga ni Maximo Oliveros" or
"The Blossoming of Maximo Oliveros" which won the Golden Zenith award for Best First Film at
the closing ceremonies of the 29th Montreal World Film Festival.
having studied film, i kinda know how important this award is to the brilliant yet
underrated independent filmmakers in the Philippines. you go guys!!!
P.S. happy birthday to Irah, my auntie hehe :-)
current mood: sleepy
current music: Silent all these years (by Tori Amos)
geri lamented [+] Monday, 10th of October 2005, 23:10 pm
Anuncio
warning: long blog entry ahead, read at your own risk:
i know i havent updated my blog for ages, but ive been so busy, my social calendar for the month of
september is such a mess, but im trying to make sure that im not going to double book myself again,
like what i did last saturday.
work is still hectic but im sooo bored with it, if not for petes humour,
i would have gone ape or something. and yeah aside from my bugging some very special people via email (just because :P)
the funny forwards that you guys send me everyday help perk my day too.
anyways, ive been doing some extra activities other than kung fu lately,
as posted last time, i started taking up body balance and pilates, and will eventually
add body steps too, but it depends if i still have the energy and more importantly if
i can find time for it as well, im already trying to squeeze in
my kung fu class either wednesday or friday night and if i cant make it on those days
i do the saturday morning class which means i cant sleep in though :-(
my colleagues think im nuts for doing all this fitness mania,
but im enjoying them and ive never felt so healthy and so flexible and so poised, i could
bite myself *lols*
with all the birthday and party invites i got, im all set till the end of this month, tomorrow
i will either have kung fu or body balance, on thursday night, my family will be watching Nana Maskuori's
last concert tour at burswood, friday im not so sure yet, but on saturday we have to go to Kathys party and then
to Janets birthday party on sunday, monday its my body balance night, tuesday i have pilates, wednesday - kung fu,
thursday is of course late night shopping, friday is Mariahs birthday, saturday i dont know yet hahahaha *whew*
im also in the middle of organizing a big party but is struggling to find a venue to hold it (any suggestions?)
plus, im in the middle of some very hard decisions about my career as well, i dont want to elaborate on it, but all i can say
that if not this year, it will be when i get back from holiday ^-~ speaking of which, i need to be fixing our schedule to our planned trip as well.
so much to do, not enough time *sighs*
my mom just had a minor operation on herleft hand yesterdat but she is up and about now, it went well, i am quite relieved.
i thank my friends for all the prayers and concern and more importantly to God for
looking after her :-) in light to the event, i shall be practicing my domestic side for the time being. wish me luck guys.
and yes, ive finally seen "kung fu hustle", its sooo funny! I watched it with mavic on DVD last saturday night after basils party,
i swapped DVD last saturday with adam and he made me wait for it coz he was watching the footy :P
but i must say it was worth the wait. i rave about it, i even planned to not talk to adam anymore and not return his dvd (bwahahaha eveil laugh)
but i remember hes got my "so close" dvd which happens to be a favorite movie as well and my parents gift to me,
so i do have to return kung fu hustle to him, which pains me *i hope he is not reading this*
most of my treasured dvds were given to me anyway, so a hint to you guys, my birthdays coming up soon, you can start saving now
hahahaha *kidding* just a note though, i dont want to end up getting triple copies of kung fu hustle ok? just in case *lols lols*
i can post a list here of the things i want to get on my birthday *falls off her chair*
special plug ins: Congratulations to my dear marissa and bryan for your upcoming bundle of joy, yes my sexy kumare is with child
and so is my wacky friend janet, and guess what im already appointed as godmother to their babies, how lucky and how charming *yay*
counting now, i have i think, at least 21 godchildren and i dont even know half of their names, very sad.
also mavic and marvin, has just received an early wedding gift, a trip to hongkong for their honeymoon all expense paid, how cool is that?
and belated happy birthday to bryan, to my beloved tatay (my grandfather), tita lilia, kathryn and basil, happy birthday to tita Ning today,
and advance happy birthday to janet, chou-kun, mac (selena kyle), manong giovanni, and barry, i hope i didnt miss anyone, huggles to all of you.
take care everyone!
current mood: ecstatic
current music: Maps (by yeah yeah yeahs)
geri lamented [+] Wednesday, 13th of September 2005, 22:19 pm
La Vie En Rose
Guess what? I think
I am
Romantically inspired again.
*Blushes*
and like what my friend said to me today: its about bloody time!!!
P.S. my pilates class rocks!!!
current mood: girly
current music: I'm not inlove (OST from Bridget Jones 2)
geri lamented [+] Wednesday, 13th of September 2005, 22:19 pm
Fitness Mania
ahoi!!!
the week is not even finished but its been action packed already!
on Monday it rained a little bit so i skipped kung fu coz it was a little cold (what a lame excuse hahahaha)
but then i vowed to attend the senior class on Tuesday anyway, my very first brown belt class, and boy what a shock!
turned out i was the only girl that showed up that night.
sifu made a very warm welcome to me though, and since it was my first lesson, he asked the guys to be extra gentle with me when they do bash me up.
and then my greatest fear came when we were asked to do our (3 versus 1) multiple opponents. they kept telling me that
i will be alright, but deep inside i was trying so hard not to pee in my uniform, i was sooo tempted to run to the change room and
go home, yet the other part of me wanted to stay and get it over and done with anyway. and i stayed.
and so i took my turn and braved the 3 big guys, attacking them with whatever combination that came in my head, and yeah they were bashing my back and my face, and i was laughing and i was scared and i was upset all at the same time.
i was overwhelmed with all these emotions and was wondering when its going to end, finally i heard the guy that was next in line yelling out "10", i was relieved, my ordeal was finished (so i thought)
for it was just the beginning... we still had to do more rounds, my heart was pounding so loud and i could hardly breathe, and i felt
that something stings a bit, found out i scraped my skin just above my right elbow. my first brown belt war scar.
im so proud and yet annoyed. (a scar is still a scar you know)
my second round was much better, only that i think i got hit at the back more, thanks to rob (grrr), my 3rd round was even much better (i think) but then the rest of the guys got a little "touchie"
and the next thing we saw sh adrian limping, i dont know what happened but he looked like he dislocated his knee or something, and then liams nose
was bleeding, and then another guy falling on the ground, and we ended up getting a sermon from sifu.
i could not help but asked liam afterwards if senior classes are always that gory but he said "not at all". so i consoled myself
in concluding that i just picked the wrong night.
came Wednesday and mavic and i attended our very first body balance class, it is a mixture of tai chi, yoga and pilates, incorporated into one.
turned out its a never ending stretching and more stretching. i can feel all my joints elongated and deformed somehow, but the class was really good and relaxing, weve decided
to sign up as members, and best of all aside from being relatively cheap (as in) the building is also just walking distance from our house, so its very convenient for me.
but today at work, walking and climbing up and down the stairs proved to be a torture -- i was getting all paranoid i thought i could hear my bones breaking, but it could be a sign of old age too.
i remember i used to be really flexible before when i was doing jazz ballet and movement class, but now even the most simple bending pains me. *sighs*
i supposed i shoudnt be too critical of myself coz they were after all my first lessons anyway, it means i still have lots of room to improve myself and i can only get better from there.
i hope.
current mood: powered up
current music: the day you said goodnight (by hale)
geri lamented [+] Thursday, 1st of September 2005, 23:46 pm
10 Things I love at the Moment
10. the Cranberries "star" dvd videos i bought yesterday! it rocks, i love love this band and after watching the dvd,
i realised i still love this band. my bestfriend vikay first introduced me to them when i was
in my 3rd year high school, i was 14, i remember i could even imitate dolores distinctive singing style ("oh-eo-oh")
and guess what?! i still can ^-~
09. my pink enjo body scrub - its a scrub. i dont think i have to explain this further hahahaha
oh ok, i love it because you dont have to use soap with it and it still exfoliates your dead skin thoroughly and you feel squeaky clean afterwards.
08. my cameras and any other techie gadgets (i.e cellphones or videocams) that captures my face and other peoples' faces. i am vain and a frustrated paparazzi.
07. my collection of songs which ive carefully grouped into their respective music genre [alternative, 80s, love songs (oi) and classical dances (so far) ]
theyre a collection of great songs i bought and got and copied from friends and from whoever. keep them coming!!!
06. new set of historical literature books i bought for myself of jane austen and georgette heyer. i have the tiara and now all i need is a corset and a ticket to england and im all set.
05. bright and fun colors like yellow and royal blue and green that i normally dont wear before.
04. my bubblegum flavoured lip gloss from Mors -- everytime i put some on my lips i have this urge to taste it as well
(kids dont try this at home)
03. the levis jeans i got for 20 bucks, originally marked 129 dollars, how cool is that?!!!
02. my plane tickets back to pinas booked this december. i cant wait!!!
01. my pride and prejudice dvd (the BBC one), the one with jennifer ehle and colin firth (my Mr. darcy) im totally obsessed with it, even if its 6 hours long
and even if my dad think its quite painful to sit through and watch till the end for that long, i dont care, i love it so much, i decided to learn
the 16th century dance... and im planning to hold a costume ball party for my 25th birthday and forced all my friends to learn the dance steps
so that i could pretend to be Lizzy at the Netherfield Ball hahahahaha. no kidding.
current mood: Playful :P
current music: Dreams (by Cranberries)
geri lamented [+] Sunday, 28th of August 2005, 16:05 pm
Me, Filipina-Aussie
today is officially my first day as an aussie :D
i had my oath taking ceremony for our australian citizenship with my mom
last night,
and i was greeted by the door at our office this morning with a big loud
"aussie aussie aussie, oi oi oi" cheer from tony and peter,
and everyone else followed suit.
i am happy that im now truly part of this beautiful country, and even more
that i can still retain my filipino heritage coz we have dual
citizenship in the philippines. so am proud to say that i am a young and
talented filipina-australian *winks*
and i need some sleep.
lots and lots of looonnngg sleeeppp.
I have been up and about and have been flutterring my little wings, and i
seem to be burning my candles on both ends, coz now even on weekdays im out
at night with so many invites and then work again the next day , usually
find myself struggling to not doze off ahahaha and am sometimes tempted to
lock myself in the toilet for 15 minutes and sleep there hahahaha, good
thing i work with peter, i love dear old pete, he is such a funny guy, with a
really wicked sense of humour, he usually perks up my day with his daily
antics, he's like straight from a musical you know or an old movie, really
funny and adorable and just a plain bully too ahahahaha aside from the
funny emails i get, he keeps me awake.
i really have this urge to crash in my bed and just snuggle up under my
blanket for the whole day, without any interruptions or calls or messages
or tv or computers or books. (i just got a call that the book i ordered
arrived already)
so much for that, but just to run through a couple of thank yous to some
wonderful peeps: first off to the lovely mavic, for coming with us last
night and for patiently taking our pictures, when its your turn to become
an aussie, ill be your official paparazzi as well -- promise, also to harry for
inviting me to your birthday dinner last monday at Miss Maud, the food was
yum and it was eat all you can :D and to the cute cute and blooming marini,
for agreeing to watch the russian ballets "the romeo and juliet" with me
even if you have watched their "sleeping beauty" show already. i will be surely be missing you when you go back to indo for 10 days and
to darren as well for coming along with us to the ballet, am glad you
enjoyed it.
i was quite disappointed with the nude scenes though *just kidding* now
i have to look forward to watching this nana maskouri concert soon (dont
really know her) but apparently she was really popular way back the 60s (i
wasnt even born yet!) but my dad already bought first row tickets for me and
mama to watch with him so i really should not complain, i might even enjoy
her show.
so yeah off i flutter again.
current mood: too tired
current music: fallen (by lauren wood)
geri lamented [+] Thursday, 25th of August 2005, 21:43 pm
Belly dancing and bubble tea
theres no rest for the wicked --
i am exhausted (twang) just yesterday i attended an anniversary party in the morning (till lunch time)
and then a friends wedding a few hours after.
had a ball at the wedding though, my partner for the night was the charming marini who was "pretty
in pink" while i was tagged the "lady in red" but our color choices sort of stood out among the many girls who opted to wear
black and more black hehe
we were seated among the guys (arent we lucky) and were the only roses among the thorns but they looked after us
very well and they were quite attentive :P
the food was all vegetarian, so yummy and they hired a belly dancer and she was going around the tables and dragging some guys to follow and dance with her when suddenly
she pulled me and marini as well, and the next thing we know we were belly dancing in front of everyone hahahaha.
the other highlight was my winning a bottle of wild turkey whisky from the karaoke competition bwahahaha, my lucky streak continued that night,
it is true that when it rains it pours, (my dad was quite ecstatic coz i gave it to him)
and we took home some bubbletea as well and i thought that was the best part actually :D
P.S. special thanks to the sweet Ms. jan, for looking up all those infos for me today. i feel looooove!!! yay
current mood: floaty (what the?)
current music: 'Mr. Beveridges Maggot' (by Broadside Band)
geri lamented [+] Monday, 15th of August 2005, 22:59 pm
Ahoi!!!
and so, another fun filled weekend has passed once again...
first stop, last saturday morning, mavic asked me if i could help tour her stepdads nephew from
england around perth.
having received confirmation that our australian citizenship has been approved,
i thought what better way to show my new found pride than be a tour guide for a day (make that 2)
and to know more about england as well (see real reason below)
of course we had to show him Kings park. The beautiful landmark is synonymous to perth, the spectacular view from the top never
fails to take your breath away. (note: high heels and trekking dont mix)
after the tour, we headed back to the city to have some more site seeing and of course bubbletea ^-^
i havent had bubbletea for ages and i think it didnt go well with my tummy -_-
at 2.45pm i was supposed to have my facial at ninas place but because we were almost 15 minutes late, nina adviced i cancel
it, and we decided to go to burswood casino instead, where we had our free tea and coffee and hot chocolate (compliments of our
burswood membership card *lols*) and played and lost 2 dollars, which is not so bad hahaha, took some more pictures and went back to mavics house,
to prepare for our 6.30 dinner at "the bridge cafe".
at the restaurant we were joined by marissa (who organized the dinner), marini, mavics mom, mariah, vincent and andrew
and i must say that we were truly food enlighted. i want to eat there again. i want to take my parents there
or maybe my future date *lols* only problem is i know almost all the people that work there, so much so for having your romantic affairs private hahahahaha
but it is what a restaurant should be, nice food, nice ambiance, nice people serving you, too bad it was so busy, as soon as we finished eating we coudnt stay much longer as there were
more customers outside waiting to get in.
i sleptover mavics place and were probably too tired with all the walking we did in the morning that we couldnt even finish watching a dvd anymore, we had planned
to go to Fremantle today, and we were once again joined by marissa and mariah, plus bryan, janet, cathy and butchokoy.
after taking more pics and some shopping (but of course) we separated ways round 4ish.
earlier the day, mavics mom the cheerful tita ning, has asked me to stay for dinner and mavic feels that her mom wants to adopt
me already hahahaha
anyways here are some highlights of my weekend oddventures.
but i totally confessed im still overly obsessed with Pride and Prejudice. i manifest almost all of the "Signs that you have watched Pride and Prejudice too many times..."
http://www3.telus.net/yve/toomuch/toomuch.html
current mood: tired
current music: 'Stay' (by lisa loeb)
geri lamented [+] Sunday, 7th of August 2005, 23:29 pm
Romantic Streaks
what a week!!!
just recovered from a rather exhilarating new systems overhaul, severe coughing with fever on the sides
and an unbearable toothache due to a gum inflamation coz my wisdom tooth wants to come out.
plus finally passing my grading and getting my brown belt, which i almost failed,
and shopping, and cleaning room, and catching up with friends in between (whew)
and also the start of attending the many birthday invites saga... my diet plans are yet again to be put aside.
anyways i find myself quite occupied with watching the dvd of the BBC tv series adaptation of janes austen's Pride and Prejudice
over and over again. my dad reckons its almost painful to sit through till the end. i can understand since its really a girly flick.
im such a sucker for romantic stuff...
but ive always been a fan of jane austen. i like how her characters are as real today as they were when she first penned them.
marini lent me the dvd and i was truly captivated with it and has fallen in love with the actors that portrayed it and id find myself
watching it till 2 in the morning (6 hours long) in between coughs and more coughs and the occasional knock on the door from
my mom telling to go to sleep already hahaha
hence i decided to buy my own copy, it costs around 60 bucks and marini told me off coz she said that
i could have her copy since shes not really into these stuff. and so last saturday i went to return the dvd
and purchased some more goodies. what a treat :D
im in my romantic mode again lately, hmmm i wonder why.
current mood: inspired
current music: 'At Last' (by etta james)
geri lamented [+] Monday, 1st of August 2005, 20:03 pm
Weekend File
My comp is resurrected yay!!!
anyways, the past few days have been pretty busy for me, especially at work.
i even had to work yesterday and was asked to come at 6 am just so we could catch up with the
back log. and got a standing ovation from pete, when i arrived hahahaha.
i slept in when i got home and forgot about my dinner and prayer meeting over marinis place.
i only remember about it when she sent me an sms asking me where im at, coz their dinner was getting cold already from waiting
hahahaha, so after apologising, i quickly changed and drove to her place and as expected, i was again,
fashionably late (i think)
joining me were, mavic, marissa, bryan, jon, andrew, vincent, dianna, cristina and little mariah.
i was in time for the dessert though, vincent brought his heart shaped version of "leche flan" but i must say, and everyone sort of agreed
that my leche flan is still so much better bwahahahahahahaha (evil laugh)
at one point, jonathan asked me whether i prefer skinny guys from chubby guys (or vice versa), and i actually had to think first before answering it.
i normally get questions like, whats your kind of guy, or what type of guys would you go out with or what attracts you to a guy,
but i have never been asked whether i like skinny or chubby guys before.
eventually i decided that i prefer skinnier guys, coz then
they still have room to become chubby whereas if they were chubby already, if you feed them even more theyre gonna end up becoming obese :D
today, i went strolling and shopping with my parents and bought my copy of the new harry potter book, but ive decided to
start reading it after ive finished my brown belt grading, up to this moment, i still cant memorize the philosophy,
but i dont want to postpone it again, i want to get it over and done with, so i really hope this coming wednesday night
id pass my grading (crossing my fingers, raising my elbows) so i dont have to worry about it anymore.
ive also started planning on my upcoming holidays back in the philippines, im overly excited, its all i ever think about
the last few days, id even dream about it at night, and my dads left all the planning to me as well, so ive been researching and asking
everyone i know from here and in pinas. i really want to make the most of my stay... but theres so much to do, so much to see, so much to go, so much
to buy, and never enough time and money hahahaha
and lately ive been really homesick as well, i had dinner over robs place last wednesday night with 2 other friends and he played
one of his CDs from the philippines, and i must say when you've been living in a foreign land, what might strike you as tacky or
sort of routine before will become meaningful and emotion-laden. you cant help but feel patriotic...
i truly cant wait to come home.
current mood: bouncy
current music: 'Here comes your man' (by the pixies)
geri lamented [+] Sunday, 17th of July 2005, 21:07 pm
Blabber Mania
i found one of my articles earlier this evening, it was initially inspired by yachiyo --
but just a note of warning, the following random thoughts will not benefit you in any way ok, oh well you may go ahead and read.
My point being...
by. geraldine goopio
may 4, 2005
i can be incredibly slow at times. Ive been driving for more than a year now and only found
out recently that i have not been using my side mirrors. My friends were telling me ive been very
lucky that i have managed to avoid road accidents all this time and if not for my friend Mavic,
i would probably still be driving without using them at all. No wonder i was and still is, scared shit
to change lanes, and im not even blonde.
i so love rice. i cannot imagine living life without it. i dont mind eating pasta
or bread but its not the same satisfaction i get when im eating rice. But i could not in the life of me,
understand how some people can cook rice in a microwave! maybe i just dont understand how it works.
although ive been fed (in some rare occasions) with rice cooked in such a way and even if there was hardly
any difference, in my mind it felt as though i was munching fake rice.
i read a lot. ive been reading since i was 3 years old. id read anything from "abnormal psychology"
to "how to make fantastic sticker collage" to "chicken pox for the soul" but these days, i tend to
read magazines only as books take a much longer time to finish, and i usually go nuts if i cant finish a
book straight away.
My favorite types of magazines, aside from fashion mags of course are house/interior design related
with a bit of travel on the side. i have always been drawn to the artistic side of things, designing
i believe is one of my forte, but have not thought of doing it as a career, although having said that now,
its become an option. i like how a house/building can create/stir a certain mood. i really like looking at
details and textures and mixtures of colors. i find it fascinating how these little things can reflect
so much of who is actually living in it, because how you decide to create the environment of your house for
example is very telling about yourself.
and yes, travelling. im working on doing that next year. crossing my fingers and raising my elbows.
like most people, i also dream of winning the lottery, not just the lottery, but a pretty damn hefty one.
the one they win in the US, sometimes it goes up to 200 million dollars (last i heard) but usually some
lucky jabronis wins it. never mind that i never really buy lotto tickets anyway. one day ill buy and ill win it.
but i have bought a scratch ticket before, cost me 13 dollars (i think), i only bought it because
they have this promo that if you dont win anything, they will give you 20 dollars so i thought
it was quite a nice deal. i won 7 dollars and lost 6 bucks. how sad. but well, like lotto,
a scratch ticket is just one of the many "game of chances" out there.
but if i ever win big money. id buy acres and acres of land around the world, preferably somewhere
near the ocean, doesnt matter if i see it or not. the thought of living near the beach is always nice,
even if i rarely go to the beach, the idea of white sands, clear waters, blue skies, a white hammock
and a nice cold bubbletea is oh so tempting.
i know i can do that from where i live right now but its so much easier when youre just imagining it.
so until i get my act together and buy the lottery, ill just happily settle with whatever i have... for now.
geri lamented [+] Tuesday, 12th of July 2005, 21:54 pm
Party Pipol
this week has been... SUPER... super filled with different emotions
last tuesday, i had my australian citizenship interview and most of you knew that i almost stuffed that up coz i
lost my passport and didnt find it until a few hours before my interview, but suffice to say it went well (yet again)
friday, our beloved dog "snuffels" died, we were so sad, even my dad cried, it broke my heart, but in a way we're glad
that she passed away peacefully, she died in her sleep, and the idea that she will now be my extra star in the sky comforts me.
yesterday morning, i had to go to the bank after dropping my mom to work to finalize my personal loan and am just happy its finally completed,
i opted to refinance my car loan coz my previous financer was really expensive, so now i can save some money ^-~ (hopefully)
after which i went to check my new office, the guys moved all my stuff already when i got there.
i wasnt any help at all coz i came in late, i felt bad about it but they said not to worry, theyre always nice to me and tend to spoil me most
of the times but i dont want to take advantage.
saturday afternoon, had to prepare for my si hing dan and si hing robs graduation party at east perth, Hanh backed out late so we didnt have enough time
to get another person for her ticket which was already paid.
and we were calling all our friends who'd be available to go with us. but i guess on a very short notice it was quite impossible, at the end
only me, marini and mavic went, but we had fun, too bad mavic wasnt feeling so well and it was soo cold hahahaha...
after the dinner party, we went straight to my exbandmates gig at maylands, it was also maitas birthday but i already told her last friday that i couldnt stay and will just drop my gift.
we were only there for 15 minutes i guess, then drove to belmont for yet another birthday party, this time its bryans brothers birthday party,
we were so full already we only ate dessert hahahaha except that i pinched some roasted porks skin :P (i could not resist) after catching up with marissa,
i took marini and then mavic home. i didnt get to our house until 1.30 am and didnt get to bed til 2 am coz i had a little chit chat with my mom first
before i went to sleep.
and so as expected this sunday morning, i slept in again -_- and missed going to my church,
so i decided that after Hanhs party, i will go to the cathedral for the afternoon mass.
there are so many things that i wanted to thank God and so many things that i have to ask for guidance...
for instance tomorrow, our new system will go "live" and im now starting to feel the weight of being the "superuser"
and whether i like it or not, i know that they will expect me to know everything. and as ive said before, i will most likely
be blamed for everything as well.
so i pray that i will have the wisdom and the understanding... the presence of mind and most importantly the patience,
always.
im also going to grade for brown belt on the 20th. and once ive become brown belt, the trainings going to be really harder and tougher,
the thought scares me hahahaha, coz then, ill have to practice more multilpe opponents but this time theyre not just blocking anymore
but theyre going to hit me back as well.
so i am thinking, once ive graded for brown belt id slack off a bit on my kung fu training (psssshhh)
and will try to learn flamenco dancing instead
ive always been fascinated with that dance. i suppose it brings out the spanish blood in me.
the dance is just so intense and so passionate and quite different from the dances ive learned before.
so i suppose it will be interesting.
and what else? oh yeah, my proposed holiday back to the philippines, i am soo excited about it, especially to visiting
Bohol, im enchanted with the place, i havent been there but im inlove with it already and cant wait to go there ahahaha
ive been researching on how to get there, and where to stay and which place is best to visit, but if you have got
any tips, please please tell me ok?
anyways, ive uploaded some pics from the 4 partys i went to this weekend and will try to post them here sometime next week.
the movie "I am Sam" is showing on TV right now, i didnt watch it on purpose coz i know its a sad movie and it will just make me cry, i can actually hear my mom sniffing from
the other room hahaha, oh but the american warewolf in paris is on afterwards, hmmmm thats a horror film! i might watch that one instead
special plug ins: happy happy birthday to Hanh, Jonathan, SH Rhys, Helio, Maita, Ik, Jun-Jun, Joedan, Daryl, Tom, SH Dan, (hope i didnt miss anyone)
but i do wonder why i know and get along with so many peeps that were born on the month of july.
i wonder why im drawn to these people who walk sideways hahahaha.
geri lamented [+] Sunday, 10th of July 2005, 23:15 pm
Bookies
ive concluded that i have a slight obsession with paper. you can tell
by the amount of books i have stacked in my room,
pieces of notes and letters lying around my bedside table, my drawers, our
computer room, pieces of my drawings or my scribble diddles.
a book is compiled/made up of papers, and so are notebooks and photo
albums... stationaries, cards, magazines etc. i especially like smelling
brand new books... smelling papers especially scented ones hmmmm...
even the handy "post its notes" everytime id
open a new pack, id flick through the pages, just a few cms from my nose
coz it smells nice hahaha. not surprising since "books = paper = trees" not
that im pro tree cutting or anything...
but anyways, my point being, ive got so many books, my room is running
out of space. and our library room is full as well. *sighs*
my room is not that big so i dont think buying another cabinet will fix it.
unless i decide to place it between my door and my bed
and then just worry where to pass later hahahaha
but aside from shoes and clothes, i wish im not so OC when it comes to
books and paper stuffs i like. and i cant use the term "its a girl thing"
since its more of "a geeky thing"
just today i bought this book called "My Baby Record Book" with amazing
and clever photographs of animals and cute cute babies smiling, rolling
around... and then i realized i dont have a baby yet -_-
and i also bought this "Twinkle Toes Greeting Cards" but that ones ok coz i
use greeting cards a lot. A few weeks ago, i also bought "1001 Must See
Movies Before You Die" and "1001 Things To Make You Smile" i dont know whats
the thing about "1001" though, its getting overused that figure, not
that if they used "1000" the book wont work. i reckon its more of
exaggeration for effect and well yeah, marketing too. would i buy those
books if they only had 1000 of whatever? i dont know... but i guess people
would always want something that offers an extra bit or a bonus, and be
conned to think that its a bargain coz its more than --1.
*sighs* ill just try and control myself to not be tempted to buy any
more books this month, i havent even started reading some books i got from
last last year. and i need to save as well. as in SAVE. oh but theres still
that new Harry Potter book coming out shortly...
maybe ill just move saving till next month then hahahaha
P.S. hello hello to my little cute friend Claudia!!!
geri lamented [+] Wednesday, 6th of July 2005, 21:01 pm
Oz
today marks my 4th year of living here in australia.
i remember just 4 months after my uni graduation i arrived here in perth
and the temperature was 0 degree, and it was 36 degrees when i left the
phil and i almost freaked out.
but time does fly fast when you're having fun... so many things have
happened, both good and bad, but mostly good.
ive grown so much.
and as i continue with my journey in life, i am grateful for everyone that
are a part of it and continue to take part in it ^-^
my family and my friends here, the ones ive left behind, the ones that live
from afar, and the ones that i am still going to be meeting in the future
:-D
i am looking forward to whats instore for me.
i want to celebrate, i want to treat myself and watch "Quidam" of Cirque du
Soleil, theyre in town for the whole month but the tickets are quite
expensive.
our company was actually hired to ship and store 40 containers for them but
it was only our transport manager that got free VIP tickets.
i did ask :-( he said he tried to get me one, but didnt get extras and of
course he would prioritise his family first (its not fair!!!)
but ill see if i can organize something... ill ask on how to go about
getting discount tickets (crossing fingers, raising my elbow)
hmmm... it would be nice if i can.
but let me know if you are interested in watching as well, the more people
the greater our chance of getting a discount for sure and maybe we can all
go watch together :D
geri lamented [+] Friday, 1st of July 2005, 22:44 pm
Blabbers
my arm, i cant move my armmmm!!!
i think i pulled some muscles doing toyi sow earlier
a result of skipping the warm up exercise hahaha
i totally dislike doing push-ups, 20 lots (torture T-T)
i dont even do it properly... as purple belt im supposed to be using my
fingertips when doing push ups.
but my poor nails... i remember si-hing dan used to beg me to cut my nails
before, and it was only recently that i
did ahahaha... i am quite grateful of sh dans patience with me. like tonight,
i know i was having my dumb moments again, when he was helping me
through my revisions for the techniques and their characteristics and philosophies,
i could tell he was getting frustrated, coz everytime hed asked me something, am like
"i dont know" or "its too hard", but i was too tired i couldnt be bothered answering properly (what a lame excuse)
but they moved my grading now to the 20th of july (served me right from
procrastinating) coz yeah i missed my brown belt grading again last monday
however, i found out that the school will be going through some big changes.
our Si fu has announced that our schools changing its name
again, it will now be called Ging Mo Academy, and we will also have a core belt with the dates
from when we started embroided on it, so now even beginners or black belts will have 2 sets of belts. and we will
also have new sets of uniforms to go with it (oooohh fancy stuff) i just hope they change the MP3 theme song as well, we
have this Malcolm Sue song playing constantly in class and its sooo 80s (but the very tacky side of the 80s ok?) it reminds me of
the song 'Eye of the Tiger' for some reason (i hate that song)
i hope they'll replace it with a more upbeat song, maybe something
festive and musical, maybe something like "when my baby, when my baby comes
to me i go to rio..." and i can imagine david hasselhoff coming
out of nowhere and joining in the class. then ill probably be inspired to do push ups using my fingertips hahahaha
i dont know, i feel like im going crazy right now, so many things are happening at the same time.
i just hope my body will catch up with my brain or is it the other way round? whatever...
earlier on, i was in a meeting the whole afternoon, with the new system
going "live" on monday, i was asked to sit down with the managers to discuss where were at and our proposed plan of attack.
and we're all like dazed and confused in there.
i was trying so hard to concentrate and put on a serious face but good old
Pete, kept on making funny faces at me.
i was actually worried about him coz his face looked so
red, and hes got high blood pressure and heart problems and i know
that if hes a bit stressed out, his face colors up. so i wrote a note and was
flicking it through to him telling him that his face looks so red, and he
should eat some garlic and when he read it he bursted out laughing.
and that was it! everyone started passing thru silly notes to each other hahaha
it ended up quite a good meeting actually.
my only concern is that, as the "super user", ive been designated a couple of
responsibilities and i dont even know how to do them yet, and will only be
showed on monday. apparently im clever enough to learn it straight away (yeah right)
come monday and ill dye my hair blonde, i tell ya.
but i could see that everyone else are eager to help each other out, so for sure were gonna
be fine, it will be hard on the first few weeks, as Ray said, we might even
be after each others head during the day but be sharing a drink or 2 afterwards
at night time. errrr i think ill pass on that :P
and i will also be transferring office. i will still have my own room
so that's ok. but its up the second floor though, i think its going to become, the geris tower hahaha,
am gonna miss tracey and everyone else in the front office, am gonna miss my office and my big truck picture on the wall behind my desk.
but i'll still be bugging them from time to time as im sure id still need to go in there everyday. oh well, we shall see what happens
geri lamented [+] Wednesday, 29th of June 2005, 23:59 pm
Spinsterhood
everyones getting married these days... just tonight, one of my kung fu classmates
invited me to his upcoming wedding on august 14 and has asked if i could have that day confirmed "free"
by next week.
earlier this month, my dear dear friend and kumare, marissa finally tied the knot with her long time beau bryan
and a couple of months ago, i attended janets and janiz' wedding --
so after my newest wedding invite tonight, i will now have 3 weddings to attend and look forward to.
(two more this year and one on january next year)
i was chatting with my bestfriend teresa, and we talked about how almost all our friends are either hooked up,
or engaged or married already and we're still single and then she started talking about spinsterhood, and that shes already
preparing herself on becoming one, sorta like expecting the worst scenario. (these statements are actually coming from a girl who was
tagged as "crush ng bayan" or "crush of the town" before)
but the scary things is, ive actually thought of the same thing too.
i remember when we were much much younger, we thought of becoming a nun, but i couldnt because im protestant and my mom said to me
that if i become a nun, she will disown me. (i must have been pretty serious about it back then)
and now were both contemplating on becoming a spinster hahahaha
i dont know whether we are just being paranoid about the whole thing. this wedding talks are not really helping as well.
being single at our age is nothing spooky or anything, i mean really?! i think its actually great!
but i guess its just that when you reach your mid 20s, you begin to feel the need
for intimacy, to having a special someone or a significant other, someone to tell you
that they know how you feel and actually mean it.
its also the time where you start raising your eyebrow and start blabbering silently when you see lovebirds
doing a PDA. and you feel like theyre showing it off and doing it in front of you on purpose. (i did say am being paranoid about this)
but i extremely suck at dating. and it also doesnt help when you're like still stuck with someone as well. -_-
not good at all.
but then again im too optimistic to become a spinster. i have so much faith in love and am too romantic to give in.
though, ask me again in 5 years time, maybe ill reconsider hahahaha!
geri lamented [+] Tuesday, 28th of June 2005, 00:21 am
Welcome to my new blog!!!
For those who are new to the site, please be warned that this blog may contain
excessive nonsensical rantings, usually nothing serious or life threatening,
unless its directly addressed to you, then yeah.
and my daily thoughts of course...
but if you have nothing better to do, why not read it anyway. keep me happy :D
it will make me feel like i still have contact from the outside world hahaha
Anyways, this site is best viewed if you have a 1024 by 768 screen resolution, you can easily tell
if you have a different set up coz this site will look funny and the table slices will be all over the place.
if you dont know how to change your screen resolution, simply click on your start button and then go to 'control panel'
and click on the 'display' icon and go to 'settings' and from there you can adjust your resolution.
yeah i know i sounded geeky writing that one :P
The site is also best viewed if you maximise your window and with your eyes wide open.
For feedbacks, comments and violent reactions, you may write them by clicking the "care bears link" (oh yes, they still care)
which you will be seeing at the end of every blog entries in the future.
To my regular readers, no further warnings as you already know what to expect ^-^
but suffice to say were back on track again! *yay*
Thank you! may you come again!
P.S. no animals were harmed during the renovation of this site.
geri lamented [+] Sunday, 26th of June 2005, 12:13 pm