m0rning b0uquet

The night was tough. New agents, more support needed. We have to run errands for our TLs, assist agents with their concerns and assist customers with their accounts, order status and general questions. Tiring.


Just before going home, nakareceive ako ng text from Levy. He wanted to meet up kahit sandali lang daw. I said, OK. He waited sa baba ng building namin. Ako naman, I rushed my way to meet him.


Nakakatuwa kasi na-surprise ako when he handed me a bouquet of flowers. Lovely flowers. I asked what the bouquet is for and he just smiled and said, "I hope you like it." I just smiled and thanked him.

Pagbalik ko sa taas, tinukso ako ng mga kasama ko sa work and they were the ones who noticed the card that is inserted. Nagulat ako at na-touched as it reads:

Hmmmmm..sweet! =) Hahah..nakakatanggal ng pagod. Nakakawala ng worries. Great! Thanks much Lebitots! ♥

Happy birthday, Dien!

It's our baby Dien's birthday! This wasn't a planned birthday celebration. Basta, umayon ang lahat at nauwi kami sa pagcecelebrate nito sa park! Good thing andito rin si Pipaw nung time na yun kasi nga nasa Pampanga na cia nagsstay db? Kaya we maximized the time na rin.

This is one of the simplest things na ginagawa namin nung magkakasama pa kami sa work. Sobrang saya ng experience..Heheheh..

Her birthday cake..

Dien seems to be all ready to blow her birthday candle..

Sige, pictorial muna at konting make-over..heheh..

Can't wait blow it, huh? At ciempre, si Jewel, kasabay din!

At dahil busog na kami, pictorial mode na kahit mejo madilim na..

Trying to be serious huh?

You've grown dearest Dien! We love you!

♫ kilig m0ment..

♥ ♥ ♥

Lying here with you
Listening to the rain
Smiling just to see
The smile upon your face
These are the moments I thank God that I'm alive
These are the moments I'll remember all my life
I found all I've waited for
And I could not ask for more

Looking in your eyes
Seeing all I need
Everything you are
Is everything to me
These are the moments I know heaven must exist
These are the moments I know all I need is this
I have all I've waited for
And I could not ask for more

I could not ask for more than this time together
I could not ask for more than this time with you
Every prayer has been answered
Every dream I have's come true
And right here in this moment
is right where I'm meant to be
Here with you here with me

These are the moments I thank God that I'm alive
These are the moments I'll remember all my life
I've got all I've waited for And I could not ask for more

Every prayer has been answered
Every dream I have's come true
And right here in this moment
is right where I'm meant to be
Here with you here with me

I could not ask for more than the love you give me
'Coz it's all I've waited for
And I could not ask for more
I could not ask for more

♥ I very often hear this song pero wala ciang value until I heard it from one person who's so dear to me. Naramdaman kong sincerity niya thru this song and that is why i love it na. Siguro, when we get there, mas maffeel ko ang song na 'to. Ngayon pa lang nakikilig na ko e, what more if andun na, db? hehehe..sweet!

Thank y0u, thank y0u..it's so heartfelt and that is why I want y0u to kn0w na I appreciate it..

ROADTRIP 102: Laguna - Tagaytay

Friday night, we drove our way for a relaxing moment sa Laguna. Original plan was to stay sa Cavite kaso, Lebs realised na mas maganda sa Laguna dahil hot spring. So, first stop namin, ciempre, sa Select. Hahahah..di mawawala un eh. Buy ng food at tambay konti.

After ilang minutes ng tambay, direcho na kami Pansol. Hinanap namin ung Dona Jovita. Good thing, he has a good sense of memory, di kami naligaw. Nakakatuwa dinkasi he's very careful in driving. Finally, eto na! Donya Jovita!

Three manong kuyas were there to assist us check the rooms available. Since malamig na 'yung panahon, we planned to occupy a non-airconditioned room kaso ayaw ni Lebs kasi malapit sa kalsada. Maingay daw dun. E ciempre, di naman peak season so konti lang talaga yung tao. Meron pero super konti lang. So kinuha na namin ung room na malapit dun sa mga tao. heheh..may family na nag-occupy sa taas nung kubo na tinuluyan namin. May TV, restroom, coffee table at queen-sized bed.

Ilang sandali pa, swimming mode. We requested one of the manongs to turn on the pool heater. Super ginaw kasi. Madaling araw, di ka makakatagal sa tubig. Speaking of the swimming momentum..ahahahah..naku, di ko ma-sh-share, sorry. It's too private and eto ang talagang "moment.." O, sa mga malishosong people around, wag mag-isip ng kung ano ha? Basta may naganap lang na dibdibang pag-uusap na tumagal ng almost 1-2 hours. In fairness, educational naman at sadjang test iyon ng EQ.

After the swimming momento, natulog na kami. A really sweet morning woke me up as I was surprised with 3 in bloom flowers. Sad to say, sa sobrang antok ko, katabi ko lang ung flowers and guess what? Nagising ako sa kagat ng ants! Ahahahah..parang, "Hoy, babae umaga na kaya!" Before that, nagpanic si Lebs kasi super init ko. Akala niya may lagnat ako. Mega buy ciang alcohol at gamot. Nilalagyan ng towel ung noo ko. Heheh..na-jowk cia. Di kasi cia marunong tumancha ng init ng lagnat e. In fairness, di naman talaga ako nilagnat.

Finally, I woke up {'yung totoong gising} but found no Levy around. But I did see food sa table. Pero ciempre di ko ginalaw kasi baka 'di sakin un eh. Maya-maya, dumating na siya at nag-aya kumain. Akin nga pala ung breakfast at nakapaglibot na cia sa resort. heheh..daig ko pa ung gumamela na bulaklak sa katanghalian ng gising. After kumain, naglibot na kami sa resort at ciempre, naghanap ako ng madaming madaming flowers! As in..picture picture!

It was past 12 noon when we decided to pack-up and move to another place. Super decided si Lebs na puntahan ung Sonya's Garden sa Tagaytay. Last time kasi di namin un napuntahan e. So from Laguna, fly kami to Tagaytay. After ilang tanong tanong, narating namin cia. Way to Sonya's Garden is really relaxing. Just right ung weather at sobrang daming flowers along the way..as in!




Pagdating dun, we just had fun! Libot to the max and ofcourse, kodak-an moment na naman! Ahahahah..andaming tourists so feeling tourist din kami. Super ganda ng place. Best for nature lovers like us.







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Next stop was sa Splendido. Best choice daw ng mga weds-to be for their pre-nuptial shoot. Ganda ng view. Picture galore. Dito namin nakunan ung isa sa mga best sunset shot ever! Imported ang dating. Parang sa Paris lang. heheh..








Hungry tummies rumbled and so we dined-in sa Josephine's which we saw along the way. Ang trip lang talaga namin was to eat sa tabi-tabi gaya ng dati. Pero nung nakita namin un, para ciang North Star na sinundan at pinasok namin. Last pictures were taken kasi lobatt na si baby. Ahahah..Napagod din. We ate our favorite Kare-Kare. Yummy-licious! Sobrang dami ung serving kaya pinabalot na lang namin ung tira. Halos di naman kasi namin nagalaw eh.





After kumain, uwi na kami. In fairness, di pa kami nakakaalis e naramdaman ko na ang antok kaya nagpaalam na ko kay Lebitot. Nagwowori kasi ako na baka antukin siya sa byahe kung wala siyang kausap e. Sabi naman nya OK kaya ayun, natulog na ko. Simula resto hanggang sa Manila, tulog ako. Nagising na lang ako nung nasa may SM North na kami. Kinumusta ko cia, ayun sakit na daw leeg nya. Stiff-neck. Poor Lebs, super long drive din kasi siya the whole day eh.

Dumating na kami sa bahay and it's time for him to go. I just prayed na he'll be safe kasi alam kong pagod na siya at mag-isa na lang siya pauwi. Hmm..inorasan ko ung pag-uwi niya. I promised kasi that I'll be waiting hanggang makauwi siya e. Kinutuban ako. I tried to call him, ni-cancel niya tapos tumawag siya immediately. Surprisingly, nabangga pala siya ng truck. My gulay! Buti na lang, minimal lang ung damage. He had to buy packaging tape para ma-hold ung back lights niya in place.

In God's grace, nakauwi naman siya safely with the help of his cousin..

HAPPY THANKSGIVING! =)

Really, this is a holiday for us, Shutterfliers. Most of us had our free dAy off and so we had our respective team bondings or the what we so called, "team building." After our Wednesday shift, kanya-kanyang lipad na ang mga people. Cher's team went to Music21 daw, videoke fever. Boss Glenn's team and some of the tenured agents went to Gerry's.

Home of the famous Crunchy Sisig

Kami ni Aissa went to join Boss Glenn's team, hoping na we could dropby dun sa team ni Cher. Unfortunately, we weren't able to kasi bitin naman if aalis kami kagad, plus the fact na hindi naman cia nagrereply. So, to cut it short, in-enjoy namin ung bonding with Boss Glenn's newbies. Nakakatuwa kasi mega tawa lang kami dun at kulitan ofcourse. Ciempre pa, di mawawala 'yung inuman.

In fairness, the beer tasted sweet for me. Ayun, naka-dalawang baso ako. Nakaramdam na ko ng konting pagpapalpitate kaya tama na. Ang saya kasi nakisama ang hives. Di ako instantly pinantal. Ang saya kasi ang kulit na rin ni Noel, super daldal.

We had an HR-like interview. In fairness, talagang inisa-isa kaming mga tenured. Damay sina Ate Jho, Ate Jen, Angel, Dax, Blanky, Ice at pati si Boss Glenn. hahah..

Nakakataba ng puso kasi I felt their concern. Remember the suspension thingy? Now I'm thinking, should I file a dispute? Well, I should, but the question is, could I? Kayanin ko kaya? Goodluck sakin! Sana lang, wag akong dapuan ng takot. For sure kasi, iiyakan ko lang un eh.

Hmmm..it was almost 4pm na when the session ended. But not for us..Noel, Dax, Aissa, Angel and ofcourse ako. We had our version of team building sa Iceberg's. Kanya kanya chibog, pampatanggal ng tama. The bonding we had taught me a lot of things. I really learned a lot, promise! And I'm so grateful for finding these people kasi they're so true. Mahirap makahanap ng ganyan, lalo na sa mundong ito.

As we were waiting for a ride, nauna na si Dax and then, after almost 20 minutes siguro, we finally got Angel a cab. Nauna na sila and kaming 3 na lang natira.

Maya-maya, I received a text message from Ms. Amor. Good thing, magkakasama pa kami. In short, team bonding extension! From Glorietta, we headed sa office at dun namin hinintay si Ms. Amor. Naka-nap kami kahit sandali. I think, it was around 7 na siguro. When she arrived, sumakay na kami sa kanyang kotse. Amazing..we were kidnapped kasi surprise kung san kami pupunta. Heheheh..Nakarating kaming Paranaque!

Nakakatuwa pa itong si Noel. Panalo ang kanyang "flat-on-his-back fall!" heheheh..Peace, Noel! Alam naman na ng buong bayan to eh! Nakakatuwa itong si Ms. Amor, reminds me of my bestfriend, Maple. Mataas din ang tolerance niya sa alcohol. Tapos may energy pa cia to work. Imagine, bumalik pa siyang trabaho..wala ngang pasok lahat e. Ganun siya ka-dedicated.

It was around 12mn nung nagkaayaan umuwi. Almost 1am na rin nung nakarating ako sa bahay. Feeling vampire ako pero carry lang. Super saya! Well, let's just wait and see if we could do more of team bondings soon..

jAja's delight!

Finally..



Words really can't express..well..

y0u're imp0rtant, di ka naniniwala?

Pano ko ba ipapaliwanag?

Pano ko ba sasabihin?

Pano ko ipapakita?

Pano mo malalaman na importante ka?

Pano?

YEYEY!!!

I'm so0o damn HAPPY! Hmmm..God really is so grEat! Tignan m0 nga naman, after a real s0ur experience, et0 Cia, pinasaya na naman ak0. Nakakatuwa kasi He used a lot of people to make me feel loved. He used them as an instrument to dry my tears away! Naks..Hmmm..umpisahan natin kay:

LEE. Siya ung makakasama ko sa bakashon grande. Nakakatuwa kasi she's with me through the process..literal! Ahahah..According to her, ang kapalit ng kasayahan ay kalungkutan! {Sumama kasi siya sa team building nila sa EK, hoping na approved ung leave nya}. Well, goodluck sa atin..gala to the maX!

Next naman e si Noel. Etong si Noel, super favorite buddy ko to eh. Pagkagaling ko sa Luzon, siya ang unang unang nangumusta. Hehehe..di ako nakapagsalita kasi iiyak na talaga ako eh. Nakakatuwa kasi ang mga words of wisdom nito e! Super gentleman! Panalo! =) Thanks Noel! In fairness, ramdam ko'ng concern mo, sobra..

Maya-maya, lunch time, dumating naman from Mindanao si Aissa. Shempre, dinamayan ako. Simula sa chat, nangungumusta na. Di pa nakuntento, pinuntahan na ako. Haaay..muntik ko na siyang ngalngalan, buti na lang, mejo um-ok na ako. Thanks, Ice. Girlscout ka talaga forever! Laging handa, laging anjan..

After a little later, dumating si Jedang. Heheh..etong gerlalu na ito e talagang ka-chokaran ko sa kahit anong usapan under the sun! Trustworthy etong taong to kaya sobrang comfortable akong magkwento sa kanya ng kahit ano..ayun, mega chika kami and guess what? Nagpapaturo siya how to be suspended! Ahahaha..mokang ka talaga, girl! Masaya pero record yun! Ampanget! Haaay..pero, thank you Jedang! 'Yung mga simpleng panggugulat mo eh nakatulong! ahahah..in fairness, eto kasing si Jedang e hindi nakakalimot. Tuwing break niya, she never fails to dropby and make kulit dito samin sa Siberia, namiss ko 'yun nung nag-off ka a..

Dito sa nangyari, I learned na people you least expect will be there for you. In fact, one I never thought would comfort me, did. Siya si Tonyo. He's my co-volunteer sa isang org for special kids. We haven't seen each other for a long time and now, chatmates kami. Dito rin siya sa IBM kaso sa ibang account. Buti na lang may access sila dun. He gave me pieces of advice, sa kung anong dapat gawin. He even cited an example. Hahahah..bait! Thanks tONZKI! Mabuhay ka! Salamat ng madami..

Next ay si Lord Jubart. Sermunan daw ako sa chat? heheheh..joke! Nah..etong si Jobart, never talaga nawala 'yan sa mga importanteng event sa buhay ko. Daig pa'ng kabute nyan eh. Biglang susulpot pero in fairness, he's perfectly on time palagi! Thank you sobra, bartolome! heheheh..kahit anong mangyari, wala ng CELTIC GREEN na chucks! Ahahahah! Belat! At lalong wala ng CHEDDAR..gaya gaya! ahahaha! bait! Ayaw patalo. As if, magpapatalo naman ako! ahahaha..NEVAH!

Nakakatuwa rin si Tutay na kahit sa chat lang kami nagkakausap sa ngayon eh lagi rin siyang timing sa ganitong situation. Kahit nung mga PBB days pa, lagi kong kadamay 'yan e. Hahahah..lalo na isang banat lang nyan, iyak-tawa na ko! ahahah..kahit ano napapag-usapan namin. Thank you, toots! Minsan lang talaga tayo magkausap, ganito pa. May gulay, sorry po..miss you na! heheh..

Same is true with Levy. Sa kanya, hindi ako forced magkwento. He understands and lagi talaga siyang nakaalalay. Nakakatuwa kasi he makes me feel special for always. I'm just so comfortable with him na kahit ano pwede naming pag-usapan. Naku, he made me so0 happy. Why? Naku, abangan sa next post ko! Thanks, Lebs! Much appreciated, sobra!

Hmmm..ciempre pa, etong si Pipaw e mawawala ba naman sa list? Naku, antapang. Abangan daw namin ang boss ko! ahahah..joke lang nya po yun! Eto, kayang kaya nya kong paiyakin at patawanin para malabas ko ung sama ng loob ko. She has her ways to comfort me na kahit gano ako ka-sad, at kahit gano siya kalayo e nakukuha niya kong patawanin. Super sweet at caring 'yan e. Hahah..Nakakamiss ka!..luwas ka na ulit! Bilis na!

Ciempre..gusto ko rin magTHANK you sa mga taong anjan nung super down ako, bukod sa kanila. OA kung OA pero, this is really a big deal for me. I'm not used to getting into this kind of situation and what had happended really taught me lessons.

Nga pala, Boss Glenn, thank you for discussing things with me. Your words inspired me na kahit ilang RAP {Remedial Action Plan} pa meron, ok lang! Life goes on..hahahah..thanks din sa faith na kaya ko 'to! ahahaha..kaya natin 'to, LEE!!

-sUspEnsi0n-

Wee..sad. Not my day huh. Just came from my boss' office and guess what? I'd be suspended tomorrow. In fairness, I'm not going to miss work kasi as part of the suspension e a day of work without pay. I need to serve and work for the day na di ko pinasukan. NCNS daw. I'm waiting for my NTE na nga eh. My fault kasi I didn't call last Saturday for an approved sick leave. Talaga kasing masama pakiramdam ko nun. As in. Sana naki-party na lang din ako. In fairness, 'nung Sunday kinaya ko naman although bangag na bangag pa rin ako sa pagkalanta. All along, I was prente that he received my messagesSsSs..unfortunately, NOT! Haay..

LESSON LEARNED: CALL..don't just text!

SURPRISE 102: Days oFF ceLebrati0n

It was a cold and rainy morning. Just before we went home, Noel gave a treat for his birthday. We had our breakfast sa Patio with Romeo. Ang saya kasi kahit 3 lang kami, we clicked naman, in fairness. I dunno if they had a drink or two pero isa langa ng masasabi ko, galante si Noel! heheh..

I was again surprised kasi despite the rainy weather, Pipaw came here for a visit. Another surprise visit. Literally surprised beacuse of her new look. She cut her hair short.. =(

Kumain kami sa aming favorite sisig-an sa may Rada street ata yun. Tamang tama lang din for her to bring home her sexy back-pay. Ola! Talagang kahit umuulan e pinuntahan namin ang RMH at talagang tumuloy kami sa ibank. Hmm..nakakamiss 'yung office. Andami daming memories. From the smell..lights..to the building itself..haay. Parang bigla kong nakita ung mga kulitan namin from the elevator to each floor. After several minutes, nakuha na ni Pipaw ang backpay niya so fly na kami to ibank. Mejo madaming tao kaya mejo nagtagal din kami. Good thing, we were able to submit the check before the cut-off. We happily went home with huge amount of money!

After dat, we went sa Trinoma. Ubos oras. Umuwi kami sa bahay after pero malas kasi wala kaming susi.

Naka-lock ung pinto. Birthday kasi ni Vic-Vic. Dinala pala ni grandpa sa mall ung mga bata. Mega hintay kami for 30-45 minutes siguro. Inis na inis ako!Imagine, wala pa kong tulog, lobatt tapos wee weeng wee wee na ko. Tambay na lang muna kami sa may Mcdo at dun nagwee wee. Buy ng lafang. Maya-maya pa, dumating na sila sa bahay. Nakapasok na kami sa wakas!

Next day was not my day. Nakakainis 'yung lolo ko. Duh! Kala mo kung sinong hari! Utos dto, utos doon. Given. May sakit siya. Pero, di ako robot para gawin all at the same time ang mg utos niya. Nakakahiya kasi pati si Pipaw kumikilos na rin. At etong hari e hindi marunong mag-appreciate. Know what I did? Tinawagan kong mga tito at tita ko at pinasundo ko siya! May sakit kasi e. Aba, di ko alam kung anong gagawin ko. Mabuti na yung sila na mag-asikaso. tiring pero it was a unique bonding experience for us. Namalengke kami at nagluto. Hulaan pa kasi di ako marunong magluto nung request ni grandpa. Goodluck naman!

Rest kami sandali tapos dumating na ung mga kiddos. We played scrabble sandali and a little harutan. Nasa bahay din kasi si MD eh. Libang konti. After that punta na kaming Global Fun Carnival ni Pipaw. Iwan 'yung mga kids kasi may exam sila the next day e.

Finally, enter na kami sa Carnival. A little libot and selected a ride to which we'll try out first. We were attracted to the Giant Wheel. So far, un kasi ung best ride kasi nagsisimula ng umulan. Funny kasi from the super habang pila, tinaboy sila ng ambon! Di kami tumayo ng matagal for that ride. Masaya kasi habang nasa wheel kami, umulan tapos sabay ung fireworks. Wee..kitang kita namin! Ang ganda! Parang pyrolympics lang..

Next, since mejo maulan na talaga, tambay kami sa version nila ng "fish the duck" ng Starcity. heheh. Mas makulay kasi madaming color ng ducks, unlike sa Starcity na isa lang. Hahaha..Again, we hoped for a prize pero we're just unlucky pagdating sa ganitong game.

Kahit umuulan, we decided to try "Ranger." Kakaloka kasi mas nakakatakot pa yung Anchor's Away ng EK. Pipikit ka nga lang. Kasi 'pag hindi, malulula ka talaga.

We had our TJ hotdog break. Lafang muna ulit. Mejo nakakahilo ung Ranger pero carry lang. After that, naglibot muna kami. Kasi naman, etong si Pipaw, ayaw i-try yung mga attractions. Horror kasi e.. =)

Buti na lang, di na umulan. Nakapaglibot kami and we tried our luck sa iba't ibang games. Luckily, maganda ung kabog ng pulso ko nun. We've got 3 stuffed toys. Their names? Global Jaja {cia 'yung teddy bear}, tsaka sina Pee and Paw Pagong.

Pipaw's stay made my rest days worthwhile. Nakakatuwa kasi andami namin nagawa. Bonding moment at the same time, andami na naman namin natutunan sa isa't isa. Naku naman, ciempre, hindi na naman nawala 'yung tampuhan blues pero I enjoyed it, really! Luminis lungs namin pareho! ahahahahaha...

Super namiss ko 'yan si Pipaw..balik ka na ulit! Thank you sa super sayang experience at sa sobrang habang patience..

JUST NOW (November 27, 2007) --> I think I'll be missing her more...haaay..