finally!!!

:D

i finally have my PC! so update dayon sa blog! hehehe

here's what happened in this so-called life of mine after my last post:

feb 3, 2006 - my now company called me up for the approval of my employment pass... i think i set the record for fastest employment pass approved ever! imagine, i got it in only 3 working days!!! i was informed by HR that it takes two to three weeks! gosh! ang haba ng hair ko... di lang ako panalo sa company, panalo pa ko sa ministry of manpower ng singapore! go emman girl! :p

feb 4, 2006 - 3Ls - laba, luto, limpyo

feb 5, 2006 - barbecue party galore at bullion park with romeo, susan, johnny, shih, lai, bendz, and romeo's friend (dina), my friends (jerrha, maricris, carol, ken), bendz' friends (joyce, boboy), shih's guest of honor (shela), lai's admirer (franco), and sue's guests (hermes, cary)... gosh, ken was so late! and when he came, he was in long-sleeved polo and slacks so i told him "this is a barbecue party and not a ballroom party" hehehe... of course, he just came from church so he changed into another costume... and oh, we had a trumps tournament... joyce and i emerged second after being beaten to death by the ever unbeatable lovers sue and johnny!

feb 6, 2006 - plantsa... kulba galore for the next day

feb 7, 2006 - i was officially ushered into the premises of gemplus as a part of the R&D department... and awestruck i was at how great and blessed i am to be here in this company!!! i was so impressed by the processes, the organization, and the people... and i spotted one cutie right away... hmmm, he reminds me of the first every guy who made tibok my virgin puso! :p

feb 8 - 13, 2006 - contemplating every minute if i should give my heart to someone whose nickname is my all time favorite name in a guy! ang puso ko talaga!

feb 14, 2006 - yes it's valentine's day! i didn't have a date, mind you... but i wasn't sad either, more mind you! :p i went to starhub to open a mobile account under my company's corporate plan! 30% off! yippeee!!! and i got a samsung e360 for only $88! and cutie cutie this one is... the only two things that's lacking to it to make me fully happy are a PC data link (no cable or CD at all) and an external memory expansion slot... nevertheless, the phone is so me!!! small but pretty! :p so i'm very happy!

feb 15, 2006 - wala lang hehehe

feb 16, 2006 - i decided i could not love someone who reminds me of colin farrel! :p i requested a song to a local radio station that i listen to in my phone while working with the following message: "hi! shian here! can i request for the song 'push the button' by the sugababes? it's dedicated to baby ****** who is the nonsense who made sense in my life!" and trulili!!! the DJ read my message on air but he didn't play the song! :(

feb 17, 2006 - i have my PC now!!! yipeee... writing a blog now!!! and just decided that the cutie i saw on my first day at work is the one i'm going to marry because he reminds me of my first love! ang puso ko talaga!

at yan lang naman ang updates sa kin lately... ;)

stomach ache

i think i'm having a stomach ache... yeah at this ungodly hour... it might be because of my cooking... actually, i threw away my original experiment which was a steamed sea bass... wow! what's a sea bass??? pang sosyal! dinhi ra na nako natilawan sa singapore... unya wala syay lami! langsa... or maybe it was because of how i cooked it! si romeo ang ni-unearth sa intestines sa sea bass... and i did the cooking.. i cooked including the scales! eeewww... himo pa kog sauce ala chinese restaurant sauce kuno for steamed fishes... i used water, ginger and oyster sauce for it... it turned out bitter! eeewww... so when susan came home, i presented my experiment and we decided to throw it away... it was that bad! so i cooked chicken nuggets na lang... and i'm wondering if the nuggets were half cooked halfway sa among kaon... hehehe

hahay kapait aning naa ka sa laing nasod... di ka kamao moluto... og wa na kay kuarta! kadugay ba ani akong employer manawag uy... i've been here in singapore since jan 11... jan 12 interview nako... then confident man ko so wala usa ko nag apply apply... then mga 3 days after i just tried submitting my resume to my friend who submitted it to his agent... whola ang lola agent niya kay abtik... gitawgan dayon ko... but two days after, the company that first interviewed me called up and told me not to go to other companies anymore and just wait for their HR to call! and just minutes after, the agent called and set me up for an interview at REUTERS!!!! REUTERS!!! gosh, i turned it down! hehehe... di man ko ganahan og labad na sa ulo for choices and i already liked gemplus (the company that interviewed me on the 12th)... pero hangtud karon wala pa nanawag ang HR sa gemplus! diyos me! manigulang ko dinhi sa balay sa akong amiga... maayo unta og maayo ko moluto!

hahay... hulat lang gihapon.. pasalamat ang gemplus ganahan ko sa ila... hehehe.... so tomorrow i'll be off to the immigration and checkpoints authority to claim my passport... had to have my stay here extended... and then romeo and i will probably go to jurong bird park or the singapore zoo wherever feel namo daghang guapo...

hmm, speaking of guapo... daghan unta cute nisulpot karon... but romeo and i are quite hesistant to kivta kay unsaon man nga naay penal code chuva ning singapura nga makakanta kag "hanggang tingin ka na lang"... otherwise mga priso among beauty of magpabadlong mi diri...

hahay, ingon sila nga mika daw ang life diri sa singapura... unsay mika!!! sa ka-strikto sa ilang policies dinhi, ma ningning imong beauty og huna huna og many things like:
1. how not to break the rules
2. what will happen if rules are broken
3. worst case scenarios
4. best alibis
5. how to break the rules elegantly
6. how to break the rules and not get caught

di va??? maningning ka uy... dili ma-bore imong life kay pirmi ka magkinto!hehehe

anyways, i'm having fun here :) it's fun to see some people's faces here when they see me in my very short shorts or my smoke-colored eyeshadow... hahaha... lingaw pud kog luto luto or experiment experiment... so far, i've been successful with my misua with sardines, misua with ground pork, tocino, tapa, chicken nuggets, fried rice with mix (sa pack), fried rice with garlic and egg, fried rice with oyster sauce, fried rice with thai sweet and spicy sauce.... lami ra man... i love my own you know... though sometimes one's own will give stomach ache

ang akong stomach ache karon kay murag gikan jud ni sa pag tilaw nako sa sea bass... ewww... oh, dapat jud diay tanggalan og himbis ang isda noh??? :p

tataratata

sus! december 1 pa man diay akong muni muni ani akong blog! naabot na lang ko diri sa singapore, tapulan gihapon ko magsulat bisan og daghang requests nga i-update ni nako regularly when i'm here na...

so update ko karon pero mubo lang kay di nako feel... happy naman ko karon... my emotions have reached a plateau... maong wala kaayo masulat hehehe

bitaw, 6 days na ko dinhi sa gapo (not olongapo but singapore hehehe)... naa ra ko sa balay sa akong amiga nga ni-adopt nako.. buotan kaayo... free ra ko tanan... maayo jud ning naay amiga nga parehas nako og kalidad! asus! alsa pa jud sa akong kaugalingon nga lingkuranan!

nia, hulat hulat lang ko diri og mga tawag sa mga kompanya... gemplus actually ang akong gihulat jud... ganahan jud ko ato nga company og sa klase sa trabaho... gipahulat ko nilag mga one week kay daghan kaayo silag applicants unya upat ra ang dawaton... if usa ko sa madawat out of a numberless (see??? infinity ang number) of applicants, taas na jud kog buhok ani! ever!

anyways, daghan na baya jud nahitabo diri... mga surprising... mga expected... og mga katingalahan...

surprising: nidaghan ang guapo diri karon compared pag november...

expected: na-interview ko... daghan naibog nako klase klase: singaporean, caucasian, og indians...

katingalahan: accidentally nako nakit-an ang isa ka college classmate nga tinitilian silently sa akong mga amiga sa una... ambot lang ngano!!! nahibung gihapon ko hangtud karon...

og nganong kabisaya ba ani akong chika diri ever uy??? nahurot naman gud akong english diri pud uy...

nag dinner diay mi gabii ilaha ni cha, lizette, arlene og aze... didto kay mga guapa, ako, si madz og si jerrha... og si jerick nga dili guapa! of course!

nakasulat na jud ko... mag-update na ko anig balik inig naa na koy akong kaugalingon nga laptop! :p

in retrospect

everyone is so into blogging nowadays... (or parang huling huli na ko sa observation na to! hmmm)... every time i visit my blog, i have this urge to write something just to keep it updated... kahit wala akong masulat o di ko feel magsulat, parang kailangan kung may isulat sa blog! pero always panalo ang wala akong sinusulat... tamad lang siguro talaga ako! hehehe... but it's a different tune this time... visiting my blog today makes me want to post something even if i don't know what to write or i don't even feel like writing. iba ung gusto kong mag-post ng something but at the same time i don't feel like writing... hehehe...

anyways, i'm tempted to write about the year 2005 in relation to me! ang daming nangyari sa buhay ko this year that a single blog entry about it would take at least a day and of course will exhaust me to death! hahaha... but since the year hasn't ended pa, i'll defer my storytelling until december 31... or better yet on my birthday, january 1. para may konting drama drama sa entry na yun... best actress kasi ako lagi pag birthday ko kaya better on that day ko na isulat ang aking "in retrospect".

at malay din natin, baka mas maging eventful ang aking buhay this december... baka magkaron ako ng boyfriend na so obsessed with me!!! as i told my friends, sa dinadami-dami ng nangyari sa kin this year, boyfriend na lang ang kulang para kumpleto na ang casting sa drama ng buhay ko!

o sya! ang daldal ko na! baka maisulat ko pa ngayon ang aking lifestory in the year 2005...

to him who must not be named

i am a seafarer
in the vast ocean
of your eyes

i search for
even the tiniest isle
to claim my own

i transfix my eyes
upon some glint of land
in your gaze

yet i am washed away
by the waves of your
eluding glance

i am once again
lost, drifting in the vastness
of your faraway look

your eyes speak
nothing for me
not even the tiniest love

singapura

singapuuura singapuuuraaaaa.... a parrot sang during the "all star bird show" at jurong bird park in singapore... hmmm, i think singapura means singapore... duh siguro ako! hehehe

i went to singapore during the halloween holidays with the other ex-vicon people (just add C and T to ex-vicon, interpolate the letters, and you'll find out who we really are! kidding). the jurong bird park was my pinakapaboritong napuntahan. i enjoyed watching shows such as parrots singing, in an operatic pitch, singapura and my bonnie lies over the ocean. i especially enjoyed feeding the birds with live worms! the night safari was also one thing which i enjoyed very much. i kinda felt like belonged there, in that zoo. but not that i'd be one of those animals there, mind you. i felt like i could be one of the staffs there riding in the tram to entertain people while they observe the animals in their "natural" habitat. it's amazing how giraffes, elephants, tigers, lions, deers, anteaters, and hyenas have been living in an territory where their actual habitat were somehow replicated. anyways, there's no more fun, though, being there than being with the company of my vicon friends. i got to see (after a long while) sue, my ever beauteous friend, again. it was fun being with her, her beau johnx, rache, audie, raki, lennard, benjie, noemi, lawrence, radwin, and joe! special thanks to sue, johnx, and bendz for being our gracious hosts and tour guides!

singapore is a very nice place. walang pollution. kahit daanan ka pa sa harap mo ng mga bus nila at hinga ka ng malalim, fresh air pa rin! amazing! hehehe... it's just hot there. well, it being a country near the equator. and isa ko lang concern is masyadong maraming matatapang ang "natural body perfume" ng mga nandun who are of different nationalities! hehehe.. but after 4 days yata, i got used to it na rin (like sue hehehe). si sue kaya nya nang higupin ang amoy sa bus at mrt. hehehe

anyways, i read in ria's blog that she finds singapore a romantic place. yup for one (or two) there's clark quay and boat quay (pronounced as key - ganun pala yun??? kala ko talaga kwey). but other than it being romantic, it's a good place to work for people in the IT field! dun ang mga pinoy naka-condo with all amenities u can imagine! pool, gym, tennis court, basketball court, parang country na ang mga condo! mabubuhay ka na dun na di lumalabas!

hmmm, all in all, the living conditions there are very good. plenty of opportunities. and from time to time you still get to see some cuties despite my initial remarks when i arrived there na walang guapo!!! hehehe. makes me wanna go there, work, and try out the place for at least three months. and why not? :p

losing control

i used to believe that we can be in control of our life... but there are just times when one just can't, not even one's thoughts and emotions... no matter how i try to rationalize and invite positive vibes, there are always times when negativity takes over and everything -- thoughts and emotions -- just gets out of CONTROL! arrrggghhhh!!!

roland

i miss roland!

we've been emailing back and forth for almost a year now but suddenly it stopped sometime last month due to my sulking and mulling mood. i still thought of him from time to time, though, wondering how he's doing with his own musings. fortunately, i saw the news last sunday about the earthquake that happened in tokyo. the news shook me out of my hermitage and prompted me to email him yesterday. whew! glad he's doing ok! :) and i'm even gladder that he's going out with someone! (sorry guys, girls and girlalous... this handsome guy is going out with someone! well, simply because i'm not there... hahaha) :p

i miss him all right but i dreamt of a different roland last night! :p it was funny but sultry, nonetheless! hahaha. but that should be a different story! behave emman! :p

anyways, i'm glad this special friend of mine is always there for me. he listens, or rather, reads to all my rants no matter how confusing and bitter i get sometimes. and he tells me almost everything about himself. i even make him upset sometimes but he forgives me all the time... every time... i'm lucky, right? having a handsome friend who answers my emails right away! hehehe

well, see you soon my dear sir! i'm sure you miss me too! hahaha ;)

planting trees

"the SECOND best time to plant a tree that should have been planted 10 years ago is NOW"

i'm not sure if i got it right but it's pretty much IT how i remembered that quote. although, we all have in our systems the wisdom that we can make up for lost time in pursuing our dreams, we still, almost always, remain rooted to where we are. yesterday lost is always lost but we have today to make up for it, don't we? so what if we're too old to pursue what we should have pursued 10 years ago? so what if others don't agree with the leaps we're going to take? so what if there are risks?

so what are we waiting for?

so what am i waiting for?

ahhhh, but i'm almost there... swear!!! :)

nearness

tapping you
behind your left shoulder
my fingers run down
the length of your long sleeve
stopping at the cuff
carefully measuring
the safe distance
between love
and friendship
and the nearness
of your hand
to mine