Last night, I went out with Kris and Ian. It was a weird but interesting drinking session. This is the first time I hanged out with Ian, although not the first time I met her. She's the "best man" in Kris and Harv's wedding. I talked about her a little bit when I blogged about the wedding. Duday is Ian’s screen name in ABS-CBN where she has a couple of acting stints as either a chimay or a contrabida in telenovelas. Cool job diba? She's also a trainer and currently Kris' officemate.

Anyway, she's such a character. She has loads of stories to tell, about showbiz, people in showbiz, about work as a trainer, about her past love, and current life as a mom and wife. Oh, and here's the clincher. To top it off, she also told stories about her as a fortune teller / psychic. Apparently, she can read auras, energies, and whatnots. It's stronger when she's drunk. (Isaac Mendez, less the painting, i-statue?)

Now my logical brain doesn't believe her. (I told her that, and she says that she understands and almost nobody ever believes her at first anyway, including Kris). But that when she sees pictures in her head sooner or later it comes true. As an example, she predicted Kris and Harv breaking up, getting back together, getting married and having 2 boys. Now the two boys are hard to "predict", right? And if that happens, maybe I could believe that she does have a gift.

But just to humor her, and myself, I let her read my energy. (I'm blogging about this, para if it comes true, I will remember hehehe). Here's what she told me:

“You are not yet living your true self. You are living upto other people's expectations. You tend to contradict yourself because you over-analyze. In fact, you are contradicting yourself right now. You already know your truth when you were a child, but a "maternal figure" told you that you are to make other people happy. This belief stuck, and as a result you tend to live for others and not yourself. You don't show the real you because that contradicts with what others expect of you or see in you.”

At this point, I told her, I don’t know half of what she’s telling me. I don’t understand how to uncover my calling, and the real me. In fairness to her, I also told her, I can also believe that, but I don’t know what to do about it.

So she goes on to tell me that it’s because I analyze. I come from my head all the time. That’s why I’m always confused. (That makes sense).

I proceeded to ask her about my work. She said:

“Your work right now is not your calling; it's just something that gets you by. Your calling has something to do with traveling and making a difference. It has nothing to do with what you are doing right now. When you realize what that is, people will contradict you, and say that it’s not going to work. This will cause conflict because you have a tendency to do what people tell you. But eventually you will do that thing that is your calling and you will succeed in it. It’s a noble calling.

(Sounds like a missionary job).

It’s not a missionary job, and it doesn’t seem to be teaching either. But it’s noble.

(So it’s outside Pinas? When do I leave Pinas?)

You will leave permanently by end of 2008. This will come after an epiphany. You will leave when it becomes your decision to leave and not someone else. You are doing it for you. Otherwise, something will always come up.”

She proceeded to hold my hand. And told me about a picture in her head.

“You’re inside a restaurant with a group of people. It’s a small restaurant, and there’s tuna pasta. You’re wearing a ponytail, and you’ve got long hair that’s dry. There’s a guy with blue eyes, wearing a blue shirt and with a crew cut hairstyle. This guy likes you. And you know it. There are also some other blonde people inside the restaurant/table with you.

You’re sharing a polaroid picture with the people around you. In the picture is you wearing some sort of a headrest. The headrest is yellow, red and white with beads. You’re also wearing a bracelet. You look very happy in the picture, as if you have just accomplished something important. There is a black bald kid next to you. You look your happiest in this polaroid.”

At this point it started getting eerie. Maybe because Ian looked so intent. She didn’t seem as if she was pulling my leg. And maybe because it was such a distinct picture that she was telling me.

“I seem to be getting a Romanoff or Romanio in my head. Also Anastasia.”

(Movie? Vodka? Russia?)

We ended up with that. We were to call it a night, till next time.

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My verdict? Well, maybe some part of this is true. Maybe I am bound to travel, search for my calling outside. Meet a guy who is into me, with blue eyes and a crew cut hairstyle. If that’s the case, I look forward to it. Who knows, the polaroid is true, and I’m happiest once I’ve lived it.

But in the meantime, I’ll choose to live in the now. My work may be a question mark, my love life non existent, and my purpose yet to be discovered. I’ll take the “live for myself” to heart though, because that I can control, although not understand yet. I intend to spend a few minutes of silence to meditate about it. And let’s see what comes up for me.

Last minute September updates! :D I have loads.

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Last Saturday (September 29), one of my good friends gave birth to David Antonio Miguel D. Martinez. Naks the name, diba! So Español! I luv it! Hehehe! I haven't met him yet, but his tita just sent me his pic. He's so adorable! Can't wait to meet him. :D



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My good friend Kris is leaving mid Month to the US for a training in her new office. Why this is such big news to me? Well for a couple of reasons:

1. Mawawalaan ako ng "dumping" ground for a month and a half;
   
2. My "work" events seems to coincide with Kris'. And I'm actually seeing an "up" movement in my work as well;
   
3. I need to be making decisions myself, and let change take its natural course.

Congrats dude! Good luck to us!

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During our EO3Q meeting this morning, our boss announced that our company has already reached and exceeded last year's sales performance. A big hurrah to us. :D Pwede na kaya mag bakasyon for the last quarter? Wehehe! Ummm, I don't think so...

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I don't follow the UAAP saga ever since I graduated. Too bad for school spirit. But for some reason, news was all around me about this Season 70 of UAAP specifically about the La Salle-Ateneo rivalry. I started hearing about it when La Salle lost to Ateneo during the Sept. 9 games 2nd playoffs. Many of the Atenistas I met bragged about this win for a good week. It got more interesting when both teams made it to the final four, and were up against each other once again for the semis against UE (who is undefeated so far). La Salle was "twice to beat" with the first fight last Thursday. This basically means, if La Salle won, then they were up against UE. If Ateneo won, there would be another match to break the tie with La Salle.

During the Thursday fight, La Salle lost to Ateneo. A lot of chismax went on saying this was an "intended" loss, because the UAAP games (most esp. La Salle-Ateneo games) were a money making business. It made a whole lot of sense (not that I'm sulking that La Salle lost, as I mentioned, I didn't really care much for the saga). Money making, because had La Salle won during that time, then there was no tie-breaker round. With the tie breaker round, Araneta Collisium made money, ticket sales made money, the major advertisers would be endorsed for another day, and of course, the drama is better. It also helps that Ateneo and La Salle are the most popular rivals since goodness knows when. And their alumnis were major sponsors to the events. I don't know how true it is, but it made absolute sense for the players to be "bought" out so the money making guys, make more money.

Irregardless of, yesterday was the tie breaker. And after all the hoopla, La Salle will be fighting at the championship round against UE. Click on the image below for the blow-by-blow account of the explosive game.


I now look forward to rekindling my Green spirit. ANIMO LA SALLE! :D

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I was supposed to be looking forward to a Singapore trip this October, but it got foiled. :( Blast my darn sister. (Joke lang!)

I'm thinking of where to go for a getaway. Hmm. What do you think? I'm thinking end of the month, para long weekend. (All Saint's / Soul's Day Holiday).

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Ang haba ng buhok ko. :D

I don't know how. But I wanted to share this from youtube nonetheless. :)

So if you know how to (step by step please), message me. :D

This made me laugh! Sorry kung luma na, though. Hehe!

While looking for more Heroes trailers (hindi makatiis), I chanced upon this site. Heroes Spoilers!!! Wheee!!! I don't download my own episodes (masyadong unreliable ang internet ko) so now I have to find my ever reliable friends who are as atat as I am with Heroes. Calling on Kris, Harv, Mark, Russ, Chard! Wehehe! Download na!

Oh and while I was at it, check this out.

You scored 58 Idealism, 37 Nonconformity, 25 Nerdiness

I don't want to be a chump. Congratulations, you're Matt Parkman! You're a great person: caring, hard-working, and honest. You might not have the best of luck, but you do your best in all areas of life. Your kind and responsible nature is rare, and you should be proud of it. Your best quality: Heart Your worst quality: You may take more abuse than you deserve

My test tracked 3 variables How you compared to other people your age and gender:

You scored higher than 65% on Idealism

You scored higher than 27% on Nonconformity

You scored higher than 19% on Nerdiness

It is a truth universally acknowledged that when one part of your life starts going okay, another falls spectacularly to pieces.

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I miss blogging. But I miss you more.

Hi kamusta? I know I haven't been able to chat with you lately, nor have I been able to leave you an email. So sorry for that. Maybe it's because I've been preoccupied with other things. Maybe because I've just been to lazy to think of what to say. For whatever the reason, I'm sorry.

Anyway, I just wanted to let you know that I'm okay. Nothing much has been happening. Besides the fact that another of my very good friend is getting married this weekend (and I'm supposed to be organizing her shower, which I haven't started).

Last week two of my staff left my wing. One resigned (moved on to greener pastures) and another was promoted as EA of my managing director. So I have one staff left. That just basically means more work until we're able to hire another staff. So, if I suddenly become absent in blogging, that would be my first reason. Don't worry, though. I'll still be able to drop a line once in a while.

Family back here has been okay. Visited Lola last week and she's doing better, although she's still pretty thin. But walking more now. I'm hoping that I don't hear any more bad news. Especially of my tweenage cousins.

How about w/ you? What's been going on? Anyway hope you don't get tired of visiting my blog. Or sending me an email. I may not write back promptly, but I will eventually. :)

Take care!

Much love,
*Y e v k a *

9pm still at office because of blogging. Or rather attempted to blog. I've started 3 different posts, and can't seem to complete any. (This would make the fourth.) So I changed my look na lang. Still girly, but not in your face na. Hahaha! Pink na pink kse yung dati! Now, it's funky. And I added widgets din. :) Thanks to Blogger Buster. Na-addict tuloy sa blogging! :D

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Anyway, still laying low at work, so have time to do these. For sure September is going to be a bit more packed. I need to ---
- Market CUL property and hopefully get an LOI by October at latest;
- Sell TCC property and hopefully seal a deal by October also;
- Finish off leasing remaining properties in TPT, SIA and AC; and
- Hopefully if we get the NSB account, start marketing that as well and close a lease for a floor.

(Lay low just for the sake of it, not because I have nothing to do.)

And of course, hindi lang puro work ang iisipin. Siyempre there's ---
- Kris' hen party
- Kris and Harv wedding
- Kuya coming home (kill "Emile")
- And getting ready for October... ooh I can't wait!

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Saw this in an "about me" section while bloghopping, but lost the site. Dang. I liked it. I want to copy it. And to say... hear, hear.

THE BLOGGER WANNABEE… I am not a writer. I am not an intelligent person. My english isn’t that good. I don’t know the ins and outs of blogging. I’m not aware of guidelines and rules that should be followed, but hey.. so what? Do I really care? I was never good at following guidelines anyway. I only believe in one thing.. I am a human being, and I have a say. And when I feel like saying something, I will. If i can’t say it in english, i will in tagalog, and vice-versa. If you find some of my posts funny, informative, and worthy of your time, THANKS. If you don’t like them, or do not approve of my views and opinions, you are always free to click the “x” mark on the top right of your browser.

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Just when I thought that end of August means that I have cash because of the numerous closed deals last June and July, when I got my payslip and found out that 2 accounts didn't come in! Argh. Our commission only comes out every end of the month's pay. So now, I have to wait for end of September pa! Haay! Ay eto pala number 1 reason why I haven't been motivated to work for 2 days. Another reason is because ang laki ng tax and ng deduction! Siyet!

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I just realized I haven't finished making kwento about Davao trip! Sheesh. That's so long overdue na! July pa yun eh! Hehehe! So gist na lang --- GO TO PEARL FARM! :D Hahaha! Para move on na ako to Cebu trip...

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Looking forward to the weekend!!!

They said Malu Fernandez resigned already. So what's she doing in the Aug. 27 issue of Manila Standard Today?

Gossip gossip.

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You don't know who Malu Fernandez is?

Then again, I don't blame you. She's a nobody who wants to be a somebody by stepping on other people's toes. Totally not worth your time. Unless you are like me who got curious so I googled her and read the dirt.

"So where were you at during the murder of Juan dela Cruz?"

Okay. It's not that kind of hearing. It wasn't even a hearing. 20 minutes tops and we were done. This morning, we attended a mediation meeting. I'm unaware of the procedures, but apparently, before a case becomes a full blown case (court, judge, "do you swear to tell the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth", etc) there's a mediation meeting between the plaintiff, the defendant, their counsels in front of a mediation officer. The sole purpose is to try to settle it there and then because a hearing takes forever.

Well, the mediation officer was not successful this time. The final report read something like back to court. No settlement made, without prejudice to either party. (I think which meant that we can settle outside if we wanted to).

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Separate meeting afterwards with the lawyer.

"So Evelyn, are you involved and familiar with the sequence of events with this case?" Yes.

"Good. Because Monique is pregnant. You will most probably be the witness."

Boss butts in. "It's okay. I'm due Feb pa naman."

"Yes, that's when most probably the hearing will be because of the backlog of cases in Makati Regional Trial Court."

Okay. (But at the back of my head - What? Feb pa?!)

"Besides, it's always better if there are two testimonies, instead of one. So, Evelyn, don't go anywhere okay?"

(Yikes.)

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Can I just say, that the Makati Hall of Justice looks pretty much like a public school. Gawd, they badly need a revamp. Their offices were inside classroom types. Everything was old. The windows, the doors, the hallways.

Mayor Binay, would you like me to offer you some space? But then again, they have so much backlog that they probably don't have time to think of anything else. And I don't want February 2008 to become February 2009, now do I?

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There you go. A truth revealed - with a few errors.

What's the English translation for "nagsisisi"?

The cabbie asked me en route to my destination, and I can't seem to stop thinking about it.

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Added: August 30, 2007

Here's another. What's English for "nauumay"?

This time my colleague asked me, and I'm still thinking about it. Grr.

Sittin' here getting nothing accomplished as usual...

That's the sound of money being spent.

For the past few days because Egay has decided to come for a visit, we've been sent home. No work doesn't mean rest. No work means doing my long overdue personal errands and chores. So I had Henry checked. (Also because linusong ko siya sa baha the other day. I got stuck in a jam, and the water kept going higher and higher. Ayun, kahit hindi ko gusto ilusong, nalusong din sya.) You have to understand that I'm an idiot w/ cars. So I asked for a quote of what I need to fix and stuff from my mechanic. Here's what I heard. (And what I kept hearing at the back of my head).

"Ma'am you need to have your shock abs changed." Kaching.
"Um ma'm your head gasket is leaking. That needs to be changed." Kaching.
"Ma'am you need to change the pads because it's substandard." Kaching.
"We repacked the front right bearing. We need to do the same for the left front bearing." Kaching.
"That means, there's a possibility we need to replace the rotor disc." Kaching.
"Yung maingay, that's not coins, that's the bushing." Kaching.
"While you're at it, let's fix your power windows." Kaching.
"And your power lock na din." Kaching.
"And ma'am, mataas na mileage mo, malamang lalabas na mga sira ng car mo." Kaching, kaching, kaching!
"Oh ma'am. Ma'am, please don't give me the finger."

My poor Henry.

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I went to the dentist. And here's what doc told me.

"It seems your wisdom tooth is growing. We need to see the direction of its growth. You need to have a panoramic xray." Kaching.

Did the xray.

"We need to operate because it's not growing upright." Kaching.
"Seems you need to have another tooth fixed." Kaching.

Money being spent. Love it.

1. I'm moving to Dubai. Yep. I've decided to join my brother, his wife and their unborn baby. Later on, we plan to move to Canada together. Mas madali kse kung from Dubai we go to Canada. I'm just praying that there are some jobs I can get my hands on when I get there.
2. I'm falling for someone, not yet the "hard kind", just the "medium kind" if there's such a thing. He's funny, makes me laugh all the time, gives me attention I need, pampers me silly. Yun nga lang, I'm not sure if he's looking for a relationship right now. I don't want naman to be an in between... yung kayo, na hindi kayo, kinda thing. Kasawa na ng ganun.
   
3. I've been offered a job in Cebu. The pay is good, the benefits were reasonable tapos may accommodation pa. I'm really tempted but I don't know anyone there. It'll be work work work, kung ganon. I'll be going to Cebu next week to talk to see if we can iron out details and see din if there's a life out there waiting for me. Sana may mga gwapong Cebuano, might make the decision easier.
4. I'll be called in court by sometime mid-September to October to stand as witness. I'm shit scared. I've actually planned to resign just to get away from it. But that would be so irresponsible and unprofessional of me, now would it.
5. I'm toying with the idea to coach again this year. Life coaching played a big part of my growth, but I've been out of the loop since 2004. (3 years na pala). Last quarter of this year I plan to go back and see if I can coach again. And reconnect with generally positive people. I think I need it, especially with the goal setting that I have for 2008.
6. I've also toyed with the idea of getting a lipo. For my thighs. And my a$$. Hahaha! Vanity. I'm praying to earn big big big bucks so that I can afford it.
   

I have a "bad luck pacifier". And what I mean by that is I have a friend who happens to meet me always when I'm having a stroke of bad luck. Sometimes helps, sometimes doesn't, but at least he helped me keep my cool whenever I'm feeling malas.

The first time was when I was driving along Ayala Alabang. I felt that I had a flat because of the way the wheel turned so I pulled over. I didn't have a flat tire. I had 2. So I sat on the sidewalk, stared at my wheels, and thought "what the f** do i do now?". If that wasn't enough, it started to rain. Oh and did I mention that it was 3 in the morning?

Anyway, BLP came along to offer to drop me home after I had one of the tires changed and called for a wrecker. That was 3 years ago (I think).

The next times we met were other freak incidents, once involving getting hit by a motor cycle, another when my car key refused to turn so I couldn't drive my car (malas talaga ako). And yesterday, when I thought that the day couldn't get any worse, I decided to lock myself out of my house.

I was supposed to meet BLP for a drink in Tribu. I ended up asking him to help me break open my door instead. We didn't, kse my doors was hard to break into (good news) and my keys were "reachable" naman using a long stick and a hook through my window. Siyempre that was after a series of tries and mis-tries.

I was thinking that I've got to be the biggest klutz, but I realized, it wasn't me. It was BLP! Hahaha! Kidding kidding. But it doesn't hurt to stay away either. Wahaha! :P

Thanks din to Scheela's kuya na binalabog ko. :D

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Syempre di natapos ang gabi. I chatted pa with my good friend na may "boy" problem. Gosh, I'm not the perfect person to be giving out love advice. But in fairness, I was impressed by how she handled it.

Hmmm.. it seems we're growing up na.

(Saw this from someone's blog - di ko kilala - and tagged myself. hehehe)

Each player of this game starts with 5 weird things about himself or herself. People who get tagged need to write a blog entry of their own as well as state the rule clearly. In the end, you need to tag 5 people as well and list their names. Don’t forget to let them know they’ve been tagged!)

1. I can eat KFC's gogo sandwhich meal for breakfast, lunch and dinner on any given day, and then again the next day.
2. At times when I don't have any lakad at all on a weekend, I can sleep for 18-20 hours straight (with occasional restroom break).
   
3. I like being masungit because I get to see other people's reaction to being rattled.
4. I've begged, pleaded, cried, flirted, philosophized and rattled police officers just to get away from getting a ticket - I've never paid my way out though - it's worked most of the times.
   
5. I can dose off / sleep anywhere esp. if I'm really, really tired - in class (while sitting in front during a lecture), at work (while my boss was orienting me), again at work (while waiting for a call), while traveling (bus, plane, boat, jeep, etc), in the movies (even if it was the good part), during a gimmick (even with the music blazing).
   

I'm tagging Maeyo, Loida, Chie, Danna, Scheela. :D

Finally it's the last day of July! :D I'm so happy (and a little sad) that it's over. So much has happened this last month to name a few:

• Mae & Ariel's wedding
• Karen & Don's wedding
• Ariel's bday party
• Davao weekend getaway
• Maui & Allan's wedding
• Mhinx bday party
• Reunions
• Parties
• Kainan

And of course, workwise:

• Closed deal w/ CLP
• Closed deal w/ GCI
• Closed deal w/ ZPI
• Closed deal w/ DIP
• Closed deal w/ PAPF

I was hoping that these closed deals would be reflected in my payslip, but unfortunately, hindi lahat naka pasok. Sigh. Sa August pa ako yayaman at babawi sa pag deplete ng account ko c/o July events. In the meantime, I am saying farewell to alot of the Dubai balikbayans who were here for the reunions. I'm gonna miss you guys. Keep in touch ha.

*Shout outs to Maeyo, Ariel, Loids, Liz, Karen, new found friendster Jinky, Dhon ni Geni (kahit di ko nakita), and Beng (kahit di nagpakita).

*Future shout outs (yung mga aalis in a couple of days) to my favorite Kuya and favorite Ate in law, Geni, Don ni Karen, Mhinx, Apple, Maui and Allan.

See you soon guys! ;) I'm so looking forward to it!

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If June was about meeting new people, July was about rekindling relationships of my past. I'm excited to see what August will bring...

Glenn, Scheela, Roy and I along with newly weds Karen and Don met up last night to watch The Simpsons Movie. Karen told me she wanted to watch Ouija (which I didn't want to, because I'm a scaredy cat, hehehe) so I was glad that the Scheela and co were really kids who wanted to see the Simpsons. It was such a hilarious movie! Perfect for a no-brainer night. Hehehe.

And even if I was really tired, we waited for the rest of the Pangilinan clan (Scheela's cousins) to watch Ratatouille. Back to back movie. Hehehe. Really tired, there was a part that I slept through it. But I liked it din.


Good way to end the day. :) Watch it guys. Much recommended. :D

While bloghopping, came across Rene Gaviola's site who featured daring photographers. My favorite one is the Fear Factor - Extreme Shooting article. It made my jaw drop.

Now who of my photographer lover friends can do this? I double dare you! :D

Click on the image to see what's so special about this shot.