SSTPH Hits The Sands

We had our company outing last Saturday.

I ought to stay at Tita 9's place the day before that. The hired bus for the Zambales trip was scheduled to leave at exactly 6am the next day in Makati and good luck if I could woke up at 5am if ever I slept at home instead!

Hirap pa makakuha ng taxi sa amin ng ganung oras. So ayun, umuwi lang ako so I could pack my things and by around 11pm I was already at their condo. Full house. I spent the night online since I have no plans of sleeping anymore. However, after several websites and chat windows opened, I gave in to the call of Mister Sandman. To nyunyu-land we go!

Buti na lang nagising ako sa alarm clock ni Bakex several hours after. Karipas ako papuntang Makati na may bitbit na isang supot ng shawarma. Hola, hininga! Arriba!

Kala ko late na ko para bumili ng anik anik but I saw Menchie getting off the bus so sumama na muna ko maghakot ng chichirya. As scheduled, the bus took off by 6am. I just goofed around the bus for a while but hit it off to nyunyu-land once again after we entered NLEX. Bawi tulog!

Sabi ko ke Koya Dens bigyan ko sya hundred bucks, iboto nya ko sa Senado.

The next time I knew, we were already past Subic Freeport. Antagal ko pala nakatulog. Sulit. Una kong sinigaw pagkagising, "HARUTAN NA!!!". Recharged na ko e. Haha.

Goof offs gallore until we reached the place. It's quite remote since it's still 12km away the city of Iba. Oo nga pala, nakarating na ko sa place na ito two years ago. I was looking at the blog entry I did for that trip and damn... kung payat nako ngayon, mas payat pa pala ako noon! Haha. Check it, check it!

http://boyhalohalo.blogspot.com/2005/06/justice-league-acceptance-camp.html

Na-miss ko bigla yung mga gala ng Justice League.

Si Ate Lizette at ang Kalbong Intruder sa Kaliwa

Rama Beach Resort was at Botolan, Zambales. The beach front is a part of the wavy South China Sea so even at a climate as dry as this month, the waves were characteristically strong. Room assignments were given out upon entry to the resort. As usual, pinagsama-sama kaming mga sira-ulo sa isang kwarto. At least two of the other guys transferred to our room to join the fray - sans regards to the already irate organizers. Pasaway!

It was already high noon and nobody was interested to get crispy so we just took our lunch, had some photo ops, tas tumambay gallore! The place din't change much from the last time I was there. As usual, bawal pa rin basahin (o hawakan man lang!) yung Starwars book nung Australian na may-ari na trip na trip ko dahil hard-to-find na siya! Bugger.

Sige pout, Menchie!
Bio Team (L-R): Menchie, Mister Uy, MJ, Josephine Ces, Koya Jeff, Koya Dens, Goldie, Ate Lizette, Koya Ariel, Big John, Miss Fe, Ranger Roy, Eva, Cha Cha, Lailani, Obi Doo, Kring

Nag bilyar na lang kami tas poker tas tulog tas harutan. Around 3:30pm-ish na nung sumugod kami sa dagat. The girls were still hanging out on a nearby gazebo. Takot pa sila sa araw. We all jammed in the ocean until a couple of minutes after sunset. Ang ganda!

After dinner, we just hang out around the complex. Yung mga ka-kwarto ko nagsipag inuman... Absolut Kurantz at Empi ang nakasalang (pati usapang sabong!). My plan was to jam with them kaso na-wili kami ni Ranger Roy sa sugalan with the gerls and the couples! Awk! Besides, medyo iwas ako sa hard kasi hindi ako tumatagal ng nasa sariling katinuan. Buti na lang meron din kaming beer sa gazebo. We just played "In Between" until past midnight. Umabot na ng lampas isandaan yung pot money during the first round and everyone was still conservative with their bets. Nagkalakasan lang ng loob nung medyo tinatamaan na lahat ng antok. The last rounds din't even last half an hour, ubos na agad yung starting bets! Hindi ko pala naikwento... somewhere dyan nagkaron ng bon fire session at some company-related talks and awardings.

O - B - I... sige bilad!

Kinaumagahan, ganun pa din kasikat ang araw kaya ilan lang nag tiyaga bumalik ng dagat. Some just contented themselves with the pool. Tambay lang ulit kami at photo ops. Relaks, relaks lang until lunch was served. Panalo talaga sights sa Rama! Kahit nung punta namin last 2005, gloomy pero napaka scenic ng lugar. Wala pa masyado tao! Chillax talaga. Sana andun si Batgurl. Pwede naman magsama ng kahit sino and some of my mates even brought their kids kaya nakakatuwa. Kaso asa pa. Alangan kasi yung araw.

Malayo ang tingin. Wala namang tinitignan.

We left the place at 1pm and arrived in Makati by some minutes past 4:30pm. All the time I was with them, I was jotting down notes on a small piece of paper. We'll be spearheading an official company newsletter soon and I was assigned to cover this outing for a narrative article. I'll be drafting the details tomorrow. In addition, I was all delegated some works on the layout and a review of the current music trends... I like! Hehe.

Pagkauwi, nadaan ako sa plaza and Captain de Vera and his alipores were playing basketball. Naharang ako, and the basketball adik that I am din't have to think twice. Tumakbo lang ako pauwi, kumaway sa bahay, humalik sa mahal kong couch, at nagbihis na ng panlaro para kumaripas pabalik ng basketball court. May mga dayo kaming nakalaban and actually won a container of Coke.

Dynamic Duo: Roy - the Boy Blunder & Buttman

Kamusta naman pag uwi. Pagod. Buti na lang andun yung kambal. Nakipag kulitan lang ako saglit bago humiga sa trono kong couch. Ahuhuy!

*****

Obi's Papanchin List (Take 5) <-- oo, link ito.
Aileen
Joyness
Fred
Koya Jeff (ulit pa)
Kix
Jhoanna
Jane
Tita Nine
Mommy (tigilan ko na daw magpapayat haha)
Cha Cha
Badong (sige bati pa din! pangatlo na)
Aina
Ly
Prof Erwin
Tita Angie
Romy (gusto lang malista haha)
Tita Linda
Gelo
Roy (boyfriend ni Camille)
Camille (girlfriend ni Roy)
Tita Beth (sabi ko nagka tubercolosis ako haha)
Dennies
Danilo
Kid (curious sa honey mustard)
DD (gusto lang malista haha)
Wacha
Cheng
Roy

Keso Time

Had a very nice jumpstart this morning that I was even able to pull off arriving here at the office as early as some minutes before 8am! Magandang morning talaga everytime she could spare even an eeny weeny second of her time to SMS back.

FYI: Since moving into this company last year and enjoy the luxury of a flexible sched, you could easily count the times I went for work before 9am with your fingers. Haha. Kasama sa company benefit ang protracted sleep!

Anyway, I started writing this poem last Tuesday and ideas for it were actually running on my mind as early as Friday last week. Tis funny that when after reading it several times, it so so reflects some of the more apparent Piscean traits: dreamy, the tendency to retreat within himself as a defense mechanism, an illogical romantic, and our lack of verbal dexterity!


In Dreams and Silence
by: Obi

in silence,
i can look into your eyes and think
how much i really do care for you
without fumbling for words to speak.

in silence,
i cherish every moment of us together
and escape explaining myself why -
but reasons were often too obvious,
the affection can hardly be denied.

in silence,
my actions would more than make up to
the things that were better be spoken,
for when i can barely gather the courage,
i opt my feelings be felt than listened.

and when i cry
it is the silence that comforts me,
so when at times i can't feel you
there are still empty smiles you see.

in my dreams,
i could always stare at your face.
your hair i so longed to caress
is no more than a hand's breadth away.

in my dreams,
silence is a concept forgotten.
i can always tell you how i love you
and worry not what i'll hear in return.

in my dreams,
there's just no concerns of when
you're with me whenever, wherever...
as long as i have you in my heart,
you'll stay with me forever.

and when i cry,
i find comfort in my dreams,
so when i may not see you
you're still here, it seems.

i ought to love you in silence,
for in silence i feel no rejection.
i choose to love you in my dreams,
for in my dreams i have your attention.

in silence,
and in my dreams...
you are mine,
and mine alone.


*****

Pisces needs a soul mate, and they take no greater pleasure than when sacrificing everything for that which they find attractive and beautiful. Unfortunately, Pisces is not a sign of clear and rational vision. When they fall in love they often, quite literally, fall into an abyss of intense confusion and distorted reality that allows no room for critical reasoning.
- an excerpt for Pisceans from Skyscript

I don't take this as a good thing at all! Hahaha. But it's soooo true. I guess that's the worst part of it.

*****

Obi's Papanchin List (Take 4)
Aileen
Joyness
Fred
Koya Jeff
Kix
Jhoanna
Jane
Tita Nine
Mommy (nag-aalala na)
Cha Cha
Badong (ulit pa)
Aina
Ly
Prof Erwin
Tita Angie
Romy (gusto lang malista haha)
Tita Linda
Gelo
Roy (boyfriend ni Camille)
Camille (girlfriend ni Roy)
Tita Beth (sabi ko nagka tubercolosis ako haha)
Dennies

Looooong Weekend

Holy Wednesday
After work, I went straight to my friend's shop in Virramall. Crispybeef and Fluffy were there and we rushed to Hobby Haven in Katipunan to find the place jampacked with da boyz!

Along the way, some serious number crunching tox ensued! We calculated that a street beggar, asking alms on a busy intersection for 8 hours, could actually earn more than a regular employee with a minimum wage! Let's bum!!!

Attendance: The Third Ork God - Pork, Tatay Kamote Emp, Bestman Fred Hentai, Hobby Haven Boss One Chico, Hobby Haven Boss Two SJ, Web Boy Kim, Hairycritter Arvs, Thai Gaydar Fluffy, Fred Threadhead, Warmachine Noob One Patrick, Warmachine Noob Two Chris

Some of the boyz, bent in hunger, went with me to chow down in KFC and after a bucketfull, we went back to Haven for some miniatures and card gaming actions! Plans for Kamote's stag bash was laid out... of course, by the nefarious bestman, Panty Man, himself! It included anime chikks in schoolgirl outfits, too graphic to mention! Will this push through??

Abangan!

Crispy and the Fluffman drove back to Pasig to kidnap Threadhead Teng and prepare for our sortie up north to Bulacan. It was already around 3am when we finally left the internet cafe slash tambayan. The plan was to drop me somewhere in Plaridel, where Tita 9 and the gang were pitting themselves on a videoke spree for their company outing! It was already 4am though when we finally reached that far-flung spot... but not without mucho tox about ghosts and supernatural entities... and cholesterol! Aray! Thanks Arvs and Fred Tee for the ride!


Maundy Thursday
Woke up later that day with mere 2 hours of sleep. Zombie!

Prepared for the loooong hike to Baguio, with dusty traffic and all. We had two stops: a lunch bash in Tarlac (sisig in the grub list!) and a short stretching stint on a petrol station in La Union before climbing Mister Kennon's highway.

Attendance: Tita 9, Cardinal Aeron Boy, Aina - Ang Orange Santo Niño, Randell - Ang Duwendeng Violet, Kimpoy, Labtik, Dyulyan - Batang Pasaway, Kitten alyas Pom Pom alyas Mister Goat

Photo ops kasama yung Lion na kamukha ni Beast.

Arrived at Munsayac Inn before dinner. The place was a perfect setup for a ghost film: gloomy environ, eerie wallpapers, wooden furnitures, classic chandeliers, and an antiquated feel on the air. Don't get me wrong though. Their services and the place by itself is awesome. Even the Quizon's Boy 2 and Epi and their gang were there that time.


Good Friday
Usual Baguio lakwatsa routine...

Duwendeng Violet, Pom Pom the Goat, Kardinal Otistik, Orange Santo Niño

*SM-Baguio (bought me some shirts since I wasn't able to bring lots for this trip)
*Burnham Park (strawberry taho)
*Ukay Ukay (got me a new backpack that iL prolly stick to my back for the next year)
*Baguio Cathedral (prayed that Batgurl was there with us hehe)
*Wright (?) Park
*The Mansion (happy birthday, President I'm-Sorry)
*Mine's View Park (bought another pair of Batman earrings since I lost mines in Sydney)

I asked Iday what she wanted for pasalubong. Ube daw. I always have doubts of bringing ube home from Baguio since I know it won't last long. Nevertheless, ube it is! Dasal dasal na lang na umabot ng Manila ng hindi panis.

Departed PMA Alumni Memorial

Holy Saturday
Prepped up for the voyage back to Manila.

We heard that Ante Budat died the previous day. She was the eldest sister of my paternal Lola. I remembered her as the jolly granny that visited us from time to time in Lipa when I was still a kid... always an unfading smile on her face. May she rest with the Lord God's graces now.

Along the way, the gang stopped on a roadside arcade to have some last minute spending spree. I got me my salad greens, of course! Lettuce, lollo rosas, and cucumbers to last us a week. After that, some last minutes decisions sent us rolling for the PMA Compound along Loakan Road. As we strolled inside the camp, I smiled to myself for the fact that if things had ran differently in the past, I was in that same place... bored, tired, and prolly pained of the physical and mental rigors imparted to the cadets.

Going on, our next stop was in La Union for a quick lunch. After that, we passed by Manaoag, Pangasinan, just in time to catch a glimpse of the Our Lady of Manaoag before it was removed from its altar in preparation for the following day's Easter celebration.

We arrived in Tita 9's condo before dinnertime. That was after a brief sidetrip to Dangwa to buy flowers for Ante Budat.


Easter Sunday
Pouty arrived at the condo from work. Joyness! She's still wearing my earring. Hee hee hee.

Kelangan talaga bully-hin si Bunny? Wawa. Pero ang kyut kyut nila both!
Posterity pic from April 4

We (Bubay, her, and me) watched "Tenacious D" in DVD. Classic Jack Black film! Idol, man. Ok, it was one of those films that you could say outright brainless but the whole concept of how they patterned the movie to be like a musical play and remain funny was engaging. Kaso tinulugan ni Lytot. Hehe.

Ayan pantay na. Pintsik na preho.
Posterity pic from April 4

Ganda daw ng shirt na binili ko sa Baguio. Weehee. Dahil dyan isang buwan ko siyang isusuot dito sa opisina ng walang labahan. Nyahaha. Nek nek.

After she woke up, we headed to Loyola in Guadalupe for Ante Budat's wake. We stayed there until late night before going back to the condo. Iday got words that she had a perfect score for their work's customer survey. Galing naman.

Sa condo that night, we tried to watch "Borat"... or at least they tried to watch it. To no avail! It was just too dumb to be appreciated. We stopped the movie in midstream and called it a night.

Birthday pala ng dad ng sister ko! Haberdey!


Kagitingan Monday
Nag titigan lang kaming lahat sa condo. I think I was still worn-out from the trip that I dozed off the whole afternoon. Same goes for Pom Pom.

After waking up, we watched the animated Tarzan film in DVD. As usual, nakatulog na naman si Batgurl. That day, the crib's internet connection went back online so after watching the movie, I went to check my web stuffs. One full office week without checking the internet or facing a PC was not that hard, I realized.

Mahal namin ni Pinsan Idol si Manong Bakal
Posterity pic from April 4

Cardinal Aeron headed for his Nursing duties.

By 11pm, I prepped up my things for home. Awww... olats! Bye, Pouty. Di ko na naman alam kung kelan ulit kami makakatambay together. I could always drop by her place or her work... always... kahit araw araw, kahit saan, I would love to! But I'm the kind who respects other people's time and space that if I can't have that affirmation to come, then I'd rather not go. Masaya ako pag kasama ko siya, but who knows if she feels the same for me? So until that time, I will be careful not to be the stereotypical nuisance for her. Hope she'll never have to look at me that way.

Hindi aninag, but we're spelling her name
Posterity pic from April 4

At home, na-miss daw ako ni Mommy. Inuwian ko siya ng tshirt na puti at strawberry wine. Sayangs, di ko na inabot na gising ang twins. Kinabukasan ko na lang sila kinulit.

Attendance: Cheng Nguso, Bon Pengo, Long Palong, Liz Arap and Lei Arap, Randell Hash, Badong Pendong, Mommy Bisangsang, Inday

Ako naman ang bully! (Obi, Pouty, Bunny, Kim)
Posterity pic from April 4


Back-to-Work Tuesday
Same o', same o' stuffs! The team was loaded to the teeth with work tasks!

Got this CD copies of "Prison Break Season 2" from an officemate, episodes 11 to 22. Had them burned para kay Lytot.

After work, me, Ranger Roy, and Koya Chris met the guys from Check Systems (?) for some basketball games. Venue was at the open court of the Makati Stock Exchange in Ayala Avenue. I still have my left knee hurting a bit but I managed to sort of play on par with my normal gaming. We won three games straight last night but I have to give our opponent the kuddos for the tight challenge. Sana maging regular kami dito every week. It's cheaper here and closer too than from where we usually play in San Miguel Village with the HP dudes.


Weekday Warrior Wednesday
Same o', same o' stuffs at work today! Pinansin nilang lahat ang bago kong backpack. Cutey naman kasi talaga e. Takaw atensyon. Got it for only 300+ bucks sa ukay sa Baguio.

I also just declined the Mount Gulugod Baboy climb this coming weekend. Can't really commit my remaining weekends for this month, me thinks. Sayang. Gusto ko pa naman talaga sumama.

Later tonight, there'll be another tambay session on a friend's office in Greenbelt. Chillax lang and hobby gaming to detox.

*****

Obi's Papanchin List (Take 3)
Aileen
Joyness
Fred
Koya Jeff
Kix
Jhoanna
Jane
Tita Nine
Mommy
Cha Cha
Badong (ulit pa)
Aina
Ly
Prof Erwin

Young Love, Sweet Love

After what seems to be like years, sa wakas I had the chance to see Pouty again. Yahoow! Kaka-miss talaga, grabe... that I wanna hug her outright last last night, kaso di pa ako magaling umilag sa sampal e.

I met them (Bubay and her) in Starbucks-Harbour Square at the CCP Complex. Astig pala sa sights yung marina sa likod nun! It has this awesome view of the Roxas Boulevard night skyline foregrounded by the Manila Yacht Club's waterfront. Galing! Chillax na chillax.

Ayun, kwentuhan lang magdamag. Pinakilala ko kay Pinky ni Lyness yung bago kong phone na si Bakex... short for Bakekang. Haha. Kaso eletista si Pinky e kasi konyo yung getup niya... V3X na may bling bling. Si Bakex e Nokia lang na galing pa sa Mezosoic Era... hindi ko pa malaman ang model... Nokia 8457 ata. Haha. Meron ba nun?? Basta yung tamang kahit iwan mo sa Recto walang pupulot na snatcher.

The real story was I f#%@d up my phone last week that it has to be reset again! Araguy! I still can't move on with the fact that I have to delete everything in it, including those messages I got from the Batgurl. Sayang e. Bihira lang kasi yun e. So ayun, I'm borrowing this spare phone from my mom while I look for any thing that I could do to salvage the stuffs on my phone memory before reformatting it. Kung wala pa by next week, pasensyahan na lang ako. Olats!

Anyway highway, I at last got the chance to give her Bunny! This is the pink stuffed toy rabbit that I got from Kamayan-Makati the last time our team at the office had a lunch treat there. Sa sobrang karakter niya dati dito sa taas ng PC ko, dapat daw may pangalan na siya. They told me it should be unique so ayun, I called it Bunny! Pinag-isipan ng sobra noh?? Haha. It looks like the Energizer Bunny sans the drum. Pramis.

Ayun, photo ops kami with Bunny afterwards! Hope I could get some of the pics from Pinsan Idol para post ko dito kahit huli na naman (as usual). Ganda talaga ng skyline sa background! Peksman.

More tox ensued. It was sad to know that Iday won't be having a Holy Week break. Wawa naman. Bwiset talaga sa call center. With that, I plotted my own trippings for this long weekend. I'll be going with Crispy and the gang this night to Bulacan. We'll be there up until Friday then I might have to rush back here in Manila to either follow Mommy Groovy and the gang to San Pedro or to go wherever Tita 9 and the gang might be. Bahala na.

Naalala ko pa pala, it was around this month last year when I first got to talk to Lyness over the phone. I was in Boracay and I really have no idea who she was or that she would be the spark of this lil fidgety feelings inside of me again after quite a looong while. Basta pinakausap lang sya sakin ni Bubay that time, trip lang siguro. Sayang nga walang nag sched ng Boracay trip this season. Sabi ko pa naman last year, babalik ako ulit dun. Instead, the Justice League-HP tropa was scheduled for another mountain climb in Mount Gulugod Baboy. Baka sumama ako next week. We'll see.

I gave Pouty one of the earrings I got from Sydney. Trip niya daw e. Sinuot niya rin agad that night and she's so so so kyut on it! Syempre may halong bias na ako. Hehe. I still wear the other piece of the pair and syempre kilig to the heavens na naman ang koya, knowing that part of her has something that was a part of me. Ahuhuy! Kung alam lang niya, all the time since I've known her she has taken a good part of me and the more I know about her, the more deeply I am inclined to fall. Maganda siya kung sa maganda. Pero kasi sa mundong ginagalawan ko ngayon, it's not so impossible to encounter someone as lovely. Pero ang panalo kasi kay Iday is her personality that's so so so click to me! Coupled with her charm, I know I'll bleed to find another lady who has such character. Actually, good luck kung makakita pa nga ako! Ever! Ever ever!

Umuwi kami papuntang condo around 1am na. We just walked from that stretch of the Baywalk area to Malate. We only stopped for a while on this spot with brass statue displays then photo ops ulit and goof offs! Tas pag dating sa condo, tambay pa kami konti. Nanood lang ng mga videos ng past performances nila tas natulog na din around 4am! That day was well worth it!

Partida. I woke up at 7am later that day for work. 3 hours of sleep! Adik!!!

*****

Obi's Papanchin List (Take 2)
Aileen
Joyness
Fred
Koya Jeff
Kix
Jhoanna
Jane
Tita Nine
Mommy
Cha Cha
Badong

*****

Addendum: Tita 9 just dropped a message and they might go to Baguio tomorrow after their Bulacan trip later. My plan now was to hang out in Katipunan later before we go to Bulacan and ask the guys if they can drop me to the resort where Tita 9 and the gang will be. I din't pack stuffs for a Baguio trip... but heck, whatever. I wasn't Boy Palaboy in HP for nothing.

SSTPH Hits The Sands

We had our company outing last Saturday.

I ought to stay at Tita 9's place the day before that. The hired bus for the Zambales trip was scheduled to leave at exactly 6am the next day in Makati and good luck if I could woke up at 5am if ever I slept at home instead!

Hirap pa makakuha ng taxi sa amin ng ganung oras. So ayun, umuwi lang ako so I could pack my things and by around 11pm I was already at their condo. Full house. I spent the night online since I have no plans of sleeping anymore. However, after several websites and chat windows opened, I gave in to the call of Mister Sandman. To nyunyu-land we go!

Buti na lang nagising ako sa alarm clock ni Bakex several hours after. Karipas ako papuntang Makati na may bitbit na isang supot ng shawarma. Hola, hininga! Arriba!

Kala ko late na ko para bumili ng anik anik but I saw Menchie getting off the bus so sumama na muna ko maghakot ng chichirya. As scheduled, the bus took off by 6am. I just goofed around the bus for a while but hit it off to nyunyu-land once again after we entered NLEX. Bawi tulog!

Sabi ko ke Koya Dens bigyan ko sya hundred bucks, iboto nya ko sa Senado.

The next time I knew, we were already past Subic Freeport. Antagal ko pala nakatulog. Sulit. Una kong sinigaw pagkagising, "HARUTAN NA!!!". Recharged na ko e. Haha.

Goof offs gallore until we reached the place. It's quite remote since it's still 12km away the city of Iba. Oo nga pala, nakarating na ko sa place na ito two years ago. I was looking at the blog entry I did for that trip and damn... kung payat nako ngayon, mas payat pa pala ako noon! Haha. Check it, check it!

http://boyhalohalo.blogspot.com/2005/06/justice-league-acceptance-camp.html

Na-miss ko bigla yung mga gala ng Justice League.

Si Ate Lizette at ang Kalbong Intruder sa Kaliwa

Rama Beach Resort was at Botolan, Zambales. The beach front is a part of the wavy South China Sea so even at a climate as dry as this month, the waves were characteristically strong. Room assignments were given out upon entry to the resort. As usual, pinagsama-sama kaming mga sira-ulo sa isang kwarto. At least two of the other guys transferred to our room to join the fray - sans regards to the already irate organizers. Pasaway!

It was already high noon and nobody was interested to get crispy so we just took our lunch, had some photo ops, tas tumambay gallore! The place din't change much from the last time I was there. As usual, bawal pa rin basahin (o hawakan man lang!) yung Starwars book nung Australian na may-ari na trip na trip ko dahil hard-to-find na siya! Bugger.

Sige pout, Menchie!
Bio Team (L-R): Menchie, Mister Uy, MJ, Josephine Ces, Koya Jeff, Koya Dens, Goldie, Ate Lizette, Koya Ariel, Big John, Miss Fe, Ranger Roy, Eva, Cha Cha, Lailani, Obi Doo, Kring

Nag bilyar na lang kami tas poker tas tulog tas harutan. Around 3:30pm-ish na nung sumugod kami sa dagat. The girls were still hanging out on a nearby gazebo. Takot pa sila sa araw. We all jammed in the ocean until a couple of minutes after sunset. Ang ganda!

After dinner, we just hang out around the complex. Yung mga ka-kwarto ko nagsipag inuman... Absolut Kurantz at Empi ang nakasalang (pati usapang sabong!). My plan was to jam with them kaso na-wili kami ni Ranger Roy sa sugalan with the gerls and the couples! Awk! Besides, medyo iwas ako sa hard kasi hindi ako tumatagal ng nasa sariling katinuan. Buti na lang meron din kaming beer sa gazebo. We just played "In Between" until past midnight. Umabot na ng lampas isandaan yung pot money during the first round and everyone was still conservative with their bets. Nagkalakasan lang ng loob nung medyo tinatamaan na lahat ng antok. The last rounds din't even last half an hour, ubos na agad yung starting bets! Hindi ko pala naikwento... somewhere dyan nagkaron ng bon fire session at some company-related talks and awardings.

O - B - I... sige bilad!

Kinaumagahan, ganun pa din kasikat ang araw kaya ilan lang nag tiyaga bumalik ng dagat. Some just contented themselves with the pool. Tambay lang ulit kami at photo ops. Relaks, relaks lang until lunch was served. Panalo talaga sights sa Rama! Kahit nung punta namin last 2005, gloomy pero napaka scenic ng lugar. Wala pa masyado tao! Chillax talaga. Sana andun si Batgurl. Pwede naman magsama ng kahit sino and some of my mates even brought their kids kaya nakakatuwa. Kaso asa pa. Alangan kasi yung araw.

Malayo ang tingin. Wala namang tinitignan.

We left the place at 1pm and arrived in Makati by some minutes past 4:30pm. All the time I was with them, I was jotting down notes on a small piece of paper. We'll be spearheading an official company newsletter soon and I was assigned to cover this outing for a narrative article. I'll be drafting the details tomorrow. In addition, I was all delegated some works on the layout and a review of the current music trends... I like! Hehe.

Pagkauwi, nadaan ako sa plaza and Captain de Vera and his alipores were playing basketball. Naharang ako, and the basketball adik that I am din't have to think twice. Tumakbo lang ako pauwi, kumaway sa bahay, humalik sa mahal kong couch, at nagbihis na ng panlaro para kumaripas pabalik ng basketball court. May mga dayo kaming nakalaban and actually won a container of Coke.

Dynamic Duo: Roy - the Boy Blunder & Buttman

Kamusta naman pag uwi. Pagod. Buti na lang andun yung kambal. Nakipag kulitan lang ako saglit bago humiga sa trono kong couch. Ahuhuy!

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Obi's Papanchin List (Take 5) <-- oo, link ito.
Aileen
Joyness
Fred
Koya Jeff (ulit pa)
Kix
Jhoanna
Jane
Tita Nine
Mommy (tigilan ko na daw magpapayat haha)
Cha Cha
Badong (sige bati pa din! pangatlo na)
Aina
Ly
Prof Erwin
Tita Angie
Romy (gusto lang malista haha)
Tita Linda
Gelo
Roy (boyfriend ni Camille)
Camille (girlfriend ni Roy)
Tita Beth (sabi ko nagka tubercolosis ako haha)
Dennies
Danilo
Kid (curious sa honey mustard)
DD (gusto lang malista haha)
Wacha
Cheng
Roy

Keso Time

Had a very nice jumpstart this morning that I was even able to pull off arriving here at the office as early as some minutes before 8am! Magandang morning talaga everytime she could spare even an eeny weeny second of her time to SMS back.

FYI: Since moving into this company last year and enjoy the luxury of a flexible sched, you could easily count the times I went for work before 9am with your fingers. Haha. Kasama sa company benefit ang protracted sleep!

Anyway, I started writing this poem last Tuesday and ideas for it were actually running on my mind as early as Friday last week. Tis funny that when after reading it several times, it so so reflects some of the more apparent Piscean traits: dreamy, the tendency to retreat within himself as a defense mechanism, an illogical romantic, and our lack of verbal dexterity!


In Dreams and Silence
by: Obi

in silence,
i can look into your eyes and think
how much i really do care for you
without fumbling for words to speak.

in silence,
i cherish every moment of us together
and escape explaining myself why -
but reasons were often too obvious,
the affection can hardly be denied.

in silence,
my actions would more than make up to
the things that were better be spoken,
for when i can barely gather the courage,
i opt my feelings be felt than listened.

and when i cry
it is the silence that comforts me,
so when at times i can't feel you
there are still empty smiles you see.

in my dreams,
i could always stare at your face.
your hair i so longed to caress
is no more than a hand's breadth away.

in my dreams,
silence is a concept forgotten.
i can always tell you how i love you
and worry not what i'll hear in return.

in my dreams,
there's just no concerns of when
you're with me whenever, wherever...
as long as i have you in my heart,
you'll stay with me forever.

and when i cry,
i find comfort in my dreams,
so when i may not see you
you're still here, it seems.

i ought to love you in silence,
for in silence i feel no rejection.
i choose to love you in my dreams,
for in my dreams i have your attention.

in silence,
and in my dreams...
you are mine,
and mine alone.


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Pisces needs a soul mate, and they take no greater pleasure than when sacrificing everything for that which they find attractive and beautiful. Unfortunately, Pisces is not a sign of clear and rational vision. When they fall in love they often, quite literally, fall into an abyss of intense confusion and distorted reality that allows no room for critical reasoning.
- an excerpt for Pisceans from Skyscript

I don't take this as a good thing at all! Hahaha. But it's soooo true. I guess that's the worst part of it.

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Obi's Papanchin List (Take 4)
Aileen
Joyness
Fred
Koya Jeff
Kix
Jhoanna
Jane
Tita Nine
Mommy (nag-aalala na)
Cha Cha
Badong (ulit pa)
Aina
Ly
Prof Erwin
Tita Angie
Romy (gusto lang malista haha)
Tita Linda
Gelo
Roy (boyfriend ni Camille)
Camille (girlfriend ni Roy)
Tita Beth (sabi ko nagka tubercolosis ako haha)
Dennies

Looooong Weekend

Holy Wednesday
After work, I went straight to my friend's shop in Virramall. Crispybeef and Fluffy were there and we rushed to Hobby Haven in Katipunan to find the place jampacked with da boyz!

Along the way, some serious number crunching tox ensued! We calculated that a street beggar, asking alms on a busy intersection for 8 hours, could actually earn more than a regular employee with a minimum wage! Let's bum!!!

Attendance: The Third Ork God - Pork, Tatay Kamote Emp, Bestman Fred Hentai, Hobby Haven Boss One Chico, Hobby Haven Boss Two SJ, Web Boy Kim, Hairycritter Arvs, Thai Gaydar Fluffy, Fred Threadhead, Warmachine Noob One Patrick, Warmachine Noob Two Chris

Some of the boyz, bent in hunger, went with me to chow down in KFC and after a bucketfull, we went back to Haven for some miniatures and card gaming actions! Plans for Kamote's stag bash was laid out... of course, by the nefarious bestman, Panty Man, himself! It included anime chikks in schoolgirl outfits, too graphic to mention! Will this push through??

Abangan!

Crispy and the Fluffman drove back to Pasig to kidnap Threadhead Teng and prepare for our sortie up north to Bulacan. It was already around 3am when we finally left the internet cafe slash tambayan. The plan was to drop me somewhere in Plaridel, where Tita 9 and the gang were pitting themselves on a videoke spree for their company outing! It was already 4am though when we finally reached that far-flung spot... but not without mucho tox about ghosts and supernatural entities... and cholesterol! Aray! Thanks Arvs and Fred Tee for the ride!


Maundy Thursday
Woke up later that day with mere 2 hours of sleep. Zombie!

Prepared for the loooong hike to Baguio, with dusty traffic and all. We had two stops: a lunch bash in Tarlac (sisig in the grub list!) and a short stretching stint on a petrol station in La Union before climbing Mister Kennon's highway.

Attendance: Tita 9, Cardinal Aeron Boy, Aina - Ang Orange Santo Niño, Randell - Ang Duwendeng Violet, Kimpoy, Labtik, Dyulyan - Batang Pasaway, Kitten alyas Pom Pom alyas Mister Goat

Photo ops kasama yung Lion na kamukha ni Beast.

Arrived at Munsayac Inn before dinner. The place was a perfect setup for a ghost film: gloomy environ, eerie wallpapers, wooden furnitures, classic chandeliers, and an antiquated feel on the air. Don't get me wrong though. Their services and the place by itself is awesome. Even the Quizon's Boy 2 and Epi and their gang were there that time.


Good Friday
Usual Baguio lakwatsa routine...

Duwendeng Violet, Pom Pom the Goat, Kardinal Otistik, Orange Santo Niño

*SM-Baguio (bought me some shirts since I wasn't able to bring lots for this trip)
*Burnham Park (strawberry taho)
*Ukay Ukay (got me a new backpack that iL prolly stick to my back for the next year)
*Baguio Cathedral (prayed that Batgurl was there with us hehe)
*Wright (?) Park
*The Mansion (happy birthday, President I'm-Sorry)
*Mine's View Park (bought another pair of Batman earrings since I lost mines in Sydney)

I asked Iday what she wanted for pasalubong. Ube daw. I always have doubts of bringing ube home from Baguio since I know it won't last long. Nevertheless, ube it is! Dasal dasal na lang na umabot ng Manila ng hindi panis.

Departed PMA Alumni Memorial

Holy Saturday
Prepped up for the voyage back to Manila.

We heard that Ante Budat died the previous day. She was the eldest sister of my paternal Lola. I remembered her as the jolly granny that visited us from time to time in Lipa when I was still a kid... always an unfading smile on her face. May she rest with the Lord God's graces now.

Along the way, the gang stopped on a roadside arcade to have some last minute spending spree. I got me my salad greens, of course! Lettuce, lollo rosas, and cucumbers to last us a week. After that, some last minutes decisions sent us rolling for the PMA Compound along Loakan Road. As we strolled inside the camp, I smiled to myself for the fact that if things had ran differently in the past, I was in that same place... bored, tired, and prolly pained of the physical and mental rigors imparted to the cadets.

Going on, our next stop was in La Union for a quick lunch. After that, we passed by Manaoag, Pangasinan, just in time to catch a glimpse of the Our Lady of Manaoag before it was removed from its altar in preparation for the following day's Easter celebration.

We arrived in Tita 9's condo before dinnertime. That was after a brief sidetrip to Dangwa to buy flowers for Ante Budat.


Easter Sunday
Pouty arrived at the condo from work. Joyness! She's still wearing my earring. Hee hee hee.

Kelangan talaga bully-hin si Bunny? Wawa. Pero ang kyut kyut nila both!
Posterity pic from April 4

We (Bubay, her, and me) watched "Tenacious D" in DVD. Classic Jack Black film! Idol, man. Ok, it was one of those films that you could say outright brainless but the whole concept of how they patterned the movie to be like a musical play and remain funny was engaging. Kaso tinulugan ni Lytot. Hehe.

Ayan pantay na. Pintsik na preho.
Posterity pic from April 4

Ganda daw ng shirt na binili ko sa Baguio. Weehee. Dahil dyan isang buwan ko siyang isusuot dito sa opisina ng walang labahan. Nyahaha. Nek nek.

After she woke up, we headed to Loyola in Guadalupe for Ante Budat's wake. We stayed there until late night before going back to the condo. Iday got words that she had a perfect score for their work's customer survey. Galing naman.

Sa condo that night, we tried to watch "Borat"... or at least they tried to watch it. To no avail! It was just too dumb to be appreciated. We stopped the movie in midstream and called it a night.

Birthday pala ng dad ng sister ko! Haberdey!


Kagitingan Monday
Nag titigan lang kaming lahat sa condo. I think I was still worn-out from the trip that I dozed off the whole afternoon. Same goes for Pom Pom.

After waking up, we watched the animated Tarzan film in DVD. As usual, nakatulog na naman si Batgurl. That day, the crib's internet connection went back online so after watching the movie, I went to check my web stuffs. One full office week without checking the internet or facing a PC was not that hard, I realized.

Mahal namin ni Pinsan Idol si Manong Bakal
Posterity pic from April 4

Cardinal Aeron headed for his Nursing duties.

By 11pm, I prepped up my things for home. Awww... olats! Bye, Pouty. Di ko na naman alam kung kelan ulit kami makakatambay together. I could always drop by her place or her work... always... kahit araw araw, kahit saan, I would love to! But I'm the kind who respects other people's time and space that if I can't have that affirmation to come, then I'd rather not go. Masaya ako pag kasama ko siya, but who knows if she feels the same for me? So until that time, I will be careful not to be the stereotypical nuisance for her. Hope she'll never have to look at me that way.

Hindi aninag, but we're spelling her name
Posterity pic from April 4

At home, na-miss daw ako ni Mommy. Inuwian ko siya ng tshirt na puti at strawberry wine. Sayangs, di ko na inabot na gising ang twins. Kinabukasan ko na lang sila kinulit.

Attendance: Cheng Nguso, Bon Pengo, Long Palong, Liz Arap and Lei Arap, Randell Hash, Badong Pendong, Mommy Bisangsang, Inday

Ako naman ang bully! (Obi, Pouty, Bunny, Kim)
Posterity pic from April 4


Back-to-Work Tuesday
Same o', same o' stuffs! The team was loaded to the teeth with work tasks!

Got this CD copies of "Prison Break Season 2" from an officemate, episodes 11 to 22. Had them burned para kay Lytot.

After work, me, Ranger Roy, and Koya Chris met the guys from Check Systems (?) for some basketball games. Venue was at the open court of the Makati Stock Exchange in Ayala Avenue. I still have my left knee hurting a bit but I managed to sort of play on par with my normal gaming. We won three games straight last night but I have to give our opponent the kuddos for the tight challenge. Sana maging regular kami dito every week. It's cheaper here and closer too than from where we usually play in San Miguel Village with the HP dudes.


Weekday Warrior Wednesday
Same o', same o' stuffs at work today! Pinansin nilang lahat ang bago kong backpack. Cutey naman kasi talaga e. Takaw atensyon. Got it for only 300+ bucks sa ukay sa Baguio.

I also just declined the Mount Gulugod Baboy climb this coming weekend. Can't really commit my remaining weekends for this month, me thinks. Sayang. Gusto ko pa naman talaga sumama.

Later tonight, there'll be another tambay session on a friend's office in Greenbelt. Chillax lang and hobby gaming to detox.

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Obi's Papanchin List (Take 3)
Aileen
Joyness
Fred
Koya Jeff
Kix
Jhoanna
Jane
Tita Nine
Mommy
Cha Cha
Badong (ulit pa)
Aina
Ly
Prof Erwin

Young Love, Sweet Love

After what seems to be like years, sa wakas I had the chance to see Pouty again. Yahoow! Kaka-miss talaga, grabe... that I wanna hug her outright last last night, kaso di pa ako magaling umilag sa sampal e.

I met them (Bubay and her) in Starbucks-Harbour Square at the CCP Complex. Astig pala sa sights yung marina sa likod nun! It has this awesome view of the Roxas Boulevard night skyline foregrounded by the Manila Yacht Club's waterfront. Galing! Chillax na chillax.

Ayun, kwentuhan lang magdamag. Pinakilala ko kay Pinky ni Lyness yung bago kong phone na si Bakex... short for Bakekang. Haha. Kaso eletista si Pinky e kasi konyo yung getup niya... V3X na may bling bling. Si Bakex e Nokia lang na galing pa sa Mezosoic Era... hindi ko pa malaman ang model... Nokia 8457 ata. Haha. Meron ba nun?? Basta yung tamang kahit iwan mo sa Recto walang pupulot na snatcher.

The real story was I f#%@d up my phone last week that it has to be reset again! Araguy! I still can't move on with the fact that I have to delete everything in it, including those messages I got from the Batgurl. Sayang e. Bihira lang kasi yun e. So ayun, I'm borrowing this spare phone from my mom while I look for any thing that I could do to salvage the stuffs on my phone memory before reformatting it. Kung wala pa by next week, pasensyahan na lang ako. Olats!

Anyway highway, I at last got the chance to give her Bunny! This is the pink stuffed toy rabbit that I got from Kamayan-Makati the last time our team at the office had a lunch treat there. Sa sobrang karakter niya dati dito sa taas ng PC ko, dapat daw may pangalan na siya. They told me it should be unique so ayun, I called it Bunny! Pinag-isipan ng sobra noh?? Haha. It looks like the Energizer Bunny sans the drum. Pramis.

Ayun, photo ops kami with Bunny afterwards! Hope I could get some of the pics from Pinsan Idol para post ko dito kahit huli na naman (as usual). Ganda talaga ng skyline sa background! Peksman.

More tox ensued. It was sad to know that Iday won't be having a Holy Week break. Wawa naman. Bwiset talaga sa call center. With that, I plotted my own trippings for this long weekend. I'll be going with Crispy and the gang this night to Bulacan. We'll be there up until Friday then I might have to rush back here in Manila to either follow Mommy Groovy and the gang to San Pedro or to go wherever Tita 9 and the gang might be. Bahala na.

Naalala ko pa pala, it was around this month last year when I first got to talk to Lyness over the phone. I was in Boracay and I really have no idea who she was or that she would be the spark of this lil fidgety feelings inside of me again after quite a looong while. Basta pinakausap lang sya sakin ni Bubay that time, trip lang siguro. Sayang nga walang nag sched ng Boracay trip this season. Sabi ko pa naman last year, babalik ako ulit dun. Instead, the Justice League-HP tropa was scheduled for another mountain climb in Mount Gulugod Baboy. Baka sumama ako next week. We'll see.

I gave Pouty one of the earrings I got from Sydney. Trip niya daw e. Sinuot niya rin agad that night and she's so so so kyut on it! Syempre may halong bias na ako. Hehe. I still wear the other piece of the pair and syempre kilig to the heavens na naman ang koya, knowing that part of her has something that was a part of me. Ahuhuy! Kung alam lang niya, all the time since I've known her she has taken a good part of me and the more I know about her, the more deeply I am inclined to fall. Maganda siya kung sa maganda. Pero kasi sa mundong ginagalawan ko ngayon, it's not so impossible to encounter someone as lovely. Pero ang panalo kasi kay Iday is her personality that's so so so click to me! Coupled with her charm, I know I'll bleed to find another lady who has such character. Actually, good luck kung makakita pa nga ako! Ever! Ever ever!

Umuwi kami papuntang condo around 1am na. We just walked from that stretch of the Baywalk area to Malate. We only stopped for a while on this spot with brass statue displays then photo ops ulit and goof offs! Tas pag dating sa condo, tambay pa kami konti. Nanood lang ng mga videos ng past performances nila tas natulog na din around 4am! That day was well worth it!

Partida. I woke up at 7am later that day for work. 3 hours of sleep! Adik!!!

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Obi's Papanchin List (Take 2)
Aileen
Joyness
Fred
Koya Jeff
Kix
Jhoanna
Jane
Tita Nine
Mommy
Cha Cha
Badong

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Addendum: Tita 9 just dropped a message and they might go to Baguio tomorrow after their Bulacan trip later. My plan now was to hang out in Katipunan later before we go to Bulacan and ask the guys if they can drop me to the resort where Tita 9 and the gang will be. I din't pack stuffs for a Baguio trip... but heck, whatever. I wasn't Boy Palaboy in HP for nothing.