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† geri lamented [+] Friday, 8th of June 2007, 16:28 pm †

hello everyone!!! i'm working on a new blog design at the moment, so i will be incognito for a lil while, yep a total makeover of the blog which will hopefully be better than this one *winks*, unfortunately my hacking and html programming skill is getting rusty, so im taking some time to finish it -_- but so far, so good! i cant wait to upload it soon!

† geri lamented [+] Tuesday, 21th of June 2005, 23:04 pm †

my friends and i watched mr. and mrs. smith last night and we truly enjoyed it! that movie rocks!!! of course i maybe biased since im a fan of angelina and brad pitt but it is very entertaining and you go out the cinema with a smile on your face (promise) i did! and i know most people did too! you can tell that i am quite observant *lols* if you believe that, you believe everything hahahaha

anyways, talk about being a critic, i noticed ive been watching mostly "popcorn" movies lately. there were some movies that were shown earlier that were critically acclaimed but i gave them a miss, but before i would have chosen those films over the commercial ones. now i cant be bothered anymore, im too lazy to analyze a movie, i just want to sit back, relax and enjoy it (period), analyzing a film is way too much exercise for my brains (could be a sign of old age too), unless of course they pay me to do so :P

movies are created to entertain you and not to make you worry why it was created that way or why they used a top view shot or why the grainy textures or what the heck is the subliminal message or the objective of the film, unless of course you're feeling inspired or energetic to go the extra effort, then by all means go ahead and analyze it! but in saying that, you dont really have to be a "critic" to know if the movie is crap or b-grade or really good anyway, at the end it would still boil down to how its affected you directly or indirectly, or how its moved you.

although, having studied film appreciation, film production, cinematography and directors apprentinceship, from time to time, i still expect myself to be more critical and be more knowledgable about movies which sometimes spoils the fun for me.

i think the only good thing about being a film critic is that it makes you feel "highly" intelligent than others when most of the time you're just expressing your own piece of intellectual sh*t and trying to make other people agree with you.

† geri lamented [+] Wednesday, 15th of June 2005, 23:59 pm †

its soooo cold, its been raining like cats and dogs for the past few days, and its just the start of winter *brrrrrrrr*
and just when i thought i have lost weight recently, i just gained it all back again! the cold does have a way of bringing in a lack of enthusiasm with the outdoors, these days, sweat isn't coming easy and i havent been into training for 2 weeks to break into a really good sweat. i would have been brown belt by now, but i was too cold to drive to the city last wednesday so i skipped grading, and i couldnt make it anyway. i wonder if i am getting enough exercise lately. i think most of you can relate to how i feel right now, so am sharing some of my "exercise tips" for the past 8 days of "winterdom", specially for certain warm-blooded locals like me, whose bodies are highly subjected to find solace in munching lotsa food and more food to combat the cool winds of winter.

Sunday
Lower body muscle training
walking the city sts of perth, window shopping with mavic, high heels are a killer

Monday
upper and lower body exercise
public holiday, cleaning room and rearranging huge stacks of magazines and books and other paraphernalias

Tuesday
Lower body exercise
walking from one office/buiding to another and back again

Wednesday
breathing exercise
our new systems trainor is a walking smoking machine

Thursday
Biceps/Triceps
Urgent grocery shopping, 4 bottles of orange juices prove to be heavy

Saturday morning
Full body exercise
cleaning and vacumming room and car (finally)

Saturday night
upper and lower body workout
an hour of R & B dance at northbridge after jakes b-day party

Sunday (today)
Upper body exercise
assembled new photo printers and meat chopping in preparation for cooking soup.

Monday (tomorrow)
thats it am going back to training ahahaha!

† geri lamented [+] Sunday, 12th of June 2005, 23:28 pm †

i went to watch my ex bandmates gig and jakes birthday celebration up at peninsula tavern with mavic and my parents last night. and aside from the band, the main highlight of the night was "the brazilian stripper" that maita hired as a gift for her husband jake the stripper namely "julianna" was really good. as soon as she started her "show" the crowd went ape hahahaha. she has got a really nice body and shes like rolling from here and there (the thought of it makes my back ache) and everyones taking pictures and videos but she didnt take everything off as it is not a strip club and the place might get in trouble if she does. but she did a good job still. most of her pics are very naughty so i wont be posting all of them here coz i do know that i have underage readers hwehehe, and i want to keep this blog wholesome ok?

i confess i missed singing with the band but i dont think ill ever want to go back anymore. it was really nice to see them again and also some of my old friends. another muso asked me if id be interested to join a new one again but i said im not interested at the moment and ive got other priorities and committments right now.

anyways after the gig, mavic and i went to northbridge to go clubbing but the crowd was as lousy as the weather so we went home early and mavic sleptover at my place, but it took us a few hours before we could really sleep coz it was so cold and we were getting frustrated coz my new heater doesnt work properly and we were freezing already, oh yeah, it finally worked this morning. sighs.

but the good news is: my dads bought heaps of techie goodies yesterday. i love-love his digital cam (its better and sleekier than mine) and photo printers, and other fun gadgets that will keep me busy for a while for sure coz i get to use them first bwahahahaha! happy happy joys joys.

life is beautiful.

P.S. today is Philippines independence day!

† geri lamented [+] Sunday, 12th of June 2005, 22:48 pm †

"on installing new systems"

matt: its nice of you to drop us a visit ger!
stuart: yeah and not want something (laughing)
nelson: she's here to give you something
me: you're gonna be needing me and be asking for my help in the next few weeks so be nice to me.
nelson: she's not wrong!

ive been given a new role in my company (on top of my many other "roles") as our new systems "super user". basically i will be our branch "know-everything" and "will be blamed for everything" person once the new system go live. i was given 3 weeks to complete my task but my dilemma is, i also have 3 weeks deadline for my equipment reconciliation as per my meeting in melbourne, and im supposed to be training our operations supervisor to learn my "current work" as well while i do these "new roles" geesss, talk about pressure i do have a life outside work you know. i really have no idea how im gonna finish everything on time. i must protest!!!

i need a payrise!

p.s. i was supposed to have my brown belt grading today *sniff* but i had to miss it coz at 6pm this evening, i was still going thru my training with our interstates business analyst coz he will fly back interstates tomorrow. how very exciting T-T

† geri lamented [+] Wednesday, 8th of June 2005, 23:59 pm †

im back!!!

i had a good time in melbourne, too bad i couldnt stay longer but anyways, here are some pics from my trip :D
[click me]

my big thanks once again to my dear dear friends ik, leong, anthony, grant and loc for making my short stay extra special and memorable.

if you ever come to perth, let me know beforehand so i can run away ahahahaha

but in other news, my "kumare" marissa tied the knot with her long time beau, bryan today in the philippines, and we were told that she was sooo beautiful and the ceremony went well and that she cried when she made her speech (aawwww) we really wished we were there to share this very special occassion with them but obviously we couldnt, so me and the rest of the gang will just have to wait till they come back and maybe settle on just watching the video.

and ive been emoting lately on how most of my friends are getting hitched, so mavic bought me a tiara so i can sort of pretend that im getting married as well hahahaha, its so cute, am thinking of doing an audrey hepburn look ala holly golightly in breakfast at tiffanys. oh i can imagine it :D yeah i think id settle for that *twang*

† geri lamented [+] Sunday, 5th of June 2005, 21:34 am †

my trip to melbournes finally confirmed yay!
im flying monday afternoon and will be back midnight on thursday. my meeting will go for 2 days and i took a day off so i can see a lil bit of the place since it is my first time to go there.

a day is surely not enough, but am decided to make the most of the trip. i hope i can catch up with all my friends over there.

but im not sure which excites me more... going to melbourne or the idea that i will truly be on my own in a new place for the very first time. its all so exciting and liberating for me. sounds silly but if youre like chaperoned and guarded all your life, you'll understand what i mean hahahaha

i can just imagine walking on the streets of melbourne all rugged up in my trenchcoat since winter would have officially started by then and enjoying the sites while holding a map? oh, but maps ruin momentum. i-get-lost. ahahaha. whatever :P and like what i told my friend, I know i may be a late bloomer, but I am maturing into a woman who is not afraid to come to terms with the fact that she has been in absolute denial of being an adult and has been refusing to act like one for a long time now. but its not too late yet *smiles*

melbourne here i come.

† geri lamented [+] Friday, 27th of May 2005, 10:40 am †

i will be watching star wars III revenge of the sith tonight with some friends, am sooo excited. am a Big fan as in! i cant wait! i cant even concentrate. i can feel the force around me (ahummmmnn) geezz i just sounded uberly geeky there hahaha whatever!

and id like to thank marini, vincent, andrew, jon, and baby for giving me a Bible (a really nice one) last sunday night. it looks really sleek and neat. i love it :D duomo arigatuo gozaimasu

and a special thanks to my dear friend Helio for making me my very own, Queen Amidala/Padme picture. no pun intended to the lovely natalie portman :P

P.S. our dog is much better too! God is truly wonderful. have a good day everyone!!!

† geri lamented [+] Tuesday, 24th of May 2005, 10:44 am †

i just got home from bible study and my mom broke a very sad news to me. our dog Snuffels is dying and its now up to me and mama to decide whether to put her down or hope that she gets better or die at her own time.

i cant bear the thought of harming her even if it would end her misery swiftly. i just cant.

i want to show her how much we love her till the day she dies, and pray for a miracle. but am i being selfish?

i am so sad. i get so emotional when it comes to my dogs, coz i get too attached with them. just thinking that Snuffels is sick makes me cry already. and i wish i dont coz i have work tomorrow and my eyes will be fluffy and red but i cant stop crying T-T

i am expecting the worse... but i pray that she will recover, still.

† geri lamented [+] Sunday, 22nd of May 2005, 23:57 pm †

my original "guestbook" is back due to popular demand! so feel free to leave your messages in there once again, keep me happy hahahaha.

anyways, i had my passport photos taken today. and i now believe that our hair, is truly our crowning glory.

i dont normaly blow dry my hair because im too lazy and i dont really know how to do it properly. mavic has showed me before, but everytime i do it myself, i just dont get the same effect, and it really frustrates me.

so this afternoon, i went to have my pics taken with my hair looking like ive just faced a tornado and only ended up doing it again -_- good thing its not a studio so its not too expensive and we can just mock around

marini accompanied me and when we got the prints, we coudnt stop laughing at my picture, coz i looked like one of those girls that needed a makeover, only that the pic looked more like the dreaded "before picture"

we tried to straighten my hair and decided to pull it back, and we were right, the second set of pics looked so MUCH better. i looked civilized again ahahahahaha.

marini and i both agreed that the first set of pics can be used as cockroach or rat killer. if those yucky buggers see it, they'll surely freak out hahahaha.

but before i left marinis house, i have decided that im pushing thru my plans on organizing a "cosplay" or a costume play, so you watch out for that, i will keep you updated and once i get things sorted, we're gonna have an out of this world fun XD

P.S. i want to watch Star Wars!!! i want to have a lightsaber!!! i want to be the female Darth Vader bwahahahahahaaha!

† geri lamented [+] Saturday, 21th of May 2005, 21:27 pm †

last night i had my "baptism of fire" on drinking alcohol. yep you heard it right! i got pissed last night for the very first time, but not after some 15 something cups of london dry gin mixed with fruit punch and later on with midori.

like my friends, i too, was surprised that it took me that long to get drunk. but even if i was overly drunk already i was still aware of what was going on and what i was saying and what my friends were saying, and was still taking pictures of everyone only that i could not walk properly anymore ahahahaha. but the funny thing is, it isnt as good as its cut out to be. i always hear people telling me, like when you're drunk, you'd feel like youre flying and you'd be lightheaded but obviously it didnt have that effect on me. i particularly didnt like the "suka" or the "puking" part, but i believed it helped a lot in my "recovery" (it's better out than in) coz i didnt have a hang over when i woke up this morning. unfortunately my body is full of rashes -_-

still, i had fun. we were all happy and dancing and merry one minute, next thing, we were all emotional and crying and hugging each other hahahahaha (so this is what happens when girls get drunk?) it was marissa's hens night and was also her "despidida" or going away party since she and bryan are getting married in the philippines.

mavic and i, slept over marissa's place and didnt go home till round 5 pm this afternoon. but on our way home, just about the end of the tunnel heading towards orrong road, we saw amber lights flashing and we were wondering what it means (typical P platers) our first guess was that there was probably a car accident, but then i realized it was a booze bust. and i started telling mavic "its a booze bust! its a booze bust!" coz she was behind the wheels.

"officer approaches our car"
me: (silently in panic mode)
mavic: (clumsily opens her window down then looking up to the officer) Good afternoon officer! To tell you honestly i had a couple of drinks last night!
me: O__O
officer: It doesnt matter. just blow here.
me: >-<
mavic: (blows to the tube)
officer: dont stop until i tell you
mavic: (blows the tube again)
officer: its alright, you can go!
me: (whew) XD

looking back at it now i coudnt help but laugh, that incident was quite funny, especially everytime i remember mavics reaction. but of course it wasnt funny at that time. and mavic was truly lucky, coz with all the alcohol we had, we still wonder how she passed that breath test.

truly its been a fun filled weekend!
for the first time, i learned how its like to be really wasted :P and how it feels like when you encounter "booze bust" just when you finally decided to try what its like to be really wasted. but never again.

special plug-ins for the following birthday celebrants ^-^ happy-happy birthday-birthdays to: darren, cyrene, my cousins glyde and chei!!!

† geri lamented [+] Sunday, 15th of May 2005, 23:56 pm †

some good news... my wounds are looking much better now and i can tell theyre healing coz theyre beginning to itch :P thanks for all the prayers (huggles everyone)

but the bad news is: ive developed some rashes just around my lower left cheek. am not so sure how i got it :-( tracey said it could have been triggered by something that ive eaten or some medications or whatever, so i am trying to recall the things ive consumed, taken, applied the past 5 days. it never ends i tell ya! oh yeah, i noticed that when i use my eyeglasses, my headache seem to settle down a bit too, so i suppose it is time to visit my optometrist as well.

so suffice to say, i am the portrait of the ultimate geek at the moment.

my only perk at work today was buying this Disneys Super Sing Along CD, featuring 21 classic songs from Beauty and the Beast, Lion King, Little Mermaid, Toy Story, Tarzan, Dumbo, Winnie the Pooh and many many more, with pictures and lyrics, for 12 bucks only! rock!!!

i played the CD in my office and it cheered me up big time. i smiled ;-) i had goosebumps when i heard the Beauty and the Beast theme. i havent heard that song for ages. i love this movie so much and Lion King too. i basically grew up watching these films, and it made me realize how my life was so much simplier back then... whatever happened to Hakuna Matata?

guess i just grew up, thats all.

† geri lamented [+] Wednesday, 11th of May 2005, 19:20 pm †

i finally had my 3 "orion belt" moles removed this morning. looks horrible at the moment and very unsightly because now, replacing the moles are 3 bigger open wounds that i cant even cover coz im not supposed to and yeah they sting :-(

and whoever said that injections doesnt hurt is a hypocrite! i hate needles. i am so thankful of mavics presence today. aside from being my partner in crime, she is also a nurse so she doesnt go weak on her knees with the sight of blood and needles and having her there throughout the procedure was really consoling. actually she was not supposed to be in the operating room but the doctor was quite fascinated with her, especially when he found out she was a nurse and i believe he's quite keen on getting mavic to work for him ^-~

when he was injecting the anesthesia on my face (3 times) i was all flinching and i was squeezing mavics hand and i was winging and i told the doctor, i wanted to punch him. but he was telling me that the numbing was basically the most painful part of the process (yeah right). but indeed, i hardly felt the radio frequency/laser removal though it was a bit tedious and it smells of burnt rubber.

anyways the doctor kept on chatting with mavic when later on he noticed my eyelashes. he asked me if they were for real, and i think he didnt believe me when i said yes, coz he started stroking his fingers thru them like he was making sure they were not fake or something hahaha.

oh he is also a world renown hair regrowth expert, (so yeah his fixation on lashes=hair make sense)

my other dilemma is, i just found out recently that i might need to go to melbourne next week for a state meeting, my very first visit to melbourne and i have these wounds waaaaaa (what a timing).

but i cant do anything about it now... i do pray that the wounds will heal quickly. but for now ill just continue winging and stay grumpy because i can!!!

† geri lamented [+] Saturday, 7th of May 2005, 19:43 pm †

i watched the Belsan hostage documentary last night and it broke my heart. it made me so upset. i cound not help but cry and i could hardly sleep properly afterwards.

theres so much hatred in this world...
and its such a disturbing knowledge that some people have no qualms on inflicting their hatred and anger on innocent people especially children, and in an inhumane way.

i feel deeply for those who survived and the loveones who were left behind. they will forever be traumatised and be haunted with the screams and the cries... it pains me, but what i fear more is the thought that these victims, will someday avenge their loss and it will become just another tragic cycle all over again.

we need to listen to each other, and we need to forgive.

please, let us offer a prayer for one another.

† geri lamented [+] Wednesday, 4th of May 2005, 22:30 pm †

i dyed my hair.
...well actually mavic dyed my hair. i dread the thought of doing it myself. im kinda slow when it comes to reading instructions you see, so i was only confident to coloring it coz mavic volunteered to do it for me. but no its not blue, or orange, or pink or platinum. im not that brave yet, (ill get there) so i just opted for a much safer color (for now)

but apparently my parents and mavic reckon it suits me. so yeah thats a consolation hahahaha.

but earlier on, i went to church with mavic and i was following her car since she's supposed to be the smarter one when it comes to driving, but i dont know what in the world came up to her, that she turned right and drove on the wrong side of the rode. but i think im crazier coz knowing that she was wrong i followed her still anyway ahahahaha. honestly, i dont know why i did, coz i had the option to turn properly but i didnt. maybe i did for the fun of it or maybe i was just being loyal to her *lols* good thing there was no camera (we hope) but we were cracking out laughing afterwards (kids dont try this)

i think im becoming a really bad influence on mavics driving. im quite contagious.

so get closer at your own risk.

† geri lamented [+] Sunday, 1st of May 2005, 00:37 am †