Saturday blast

I had a nice Saturday last weekend (28 July 2007).

Morning, 9-12 noon. I attended a livelihood seminar - Gift-wrapping and packaging seminar. I learned how to make paper bags from scratch, how to wrap wine bottles and design giftwraps for ordinary boxes.

The speaker also gave us tips about which wrappers to use for different types of items/gifts. She showed us how to handle different materials such as sinamay, abaca, non-woven cloth, cellophane, papel de hapon, etc. She demonstrated how to make bows and ribbons using plastic ribbons and paper twines. I really enjoyed this seminar. There were about 25 of us half of which are senior-citizens already. But those ladies amazingly worked faster and had better-looking stuff than us. Haha!

Afternoon. My honey and I left for Alabang after lunch. We did one must-do, to bring our Aiwa component to Solid Service for its long-needed repair. It was our first time to go to this center but we did not take long to find its location. Thank God for websites!

Then off we went to SM Southmall to get tickets for the Don Moen Concert at the Araneta Coliseum.

In this concert, his new album, the "Hiding place" was featured. Nice songs. We bought the CD after the show.

The concert started ON TIME! Boy, was I so glad! Don Moen came out in the stage at exactly 8pm. This was our 3rd time to watch Don Moen but still he was mesmerizing. I love all the songs. He did a healing prayer too. Glory to God!

We tried to follow Dom Moen in the backstage right after the concert. But the guards were so strict. We were hoping Don would sign our "Thank You Lord" DVD. Well... anyway...

We were out of the coliseum a little after 10pm. We went to the car and immediately played the CD and heard 'He never sleeps' once again. It was really a nice song:

- He Never Sleeps -

by Claire Cloninger & Don Moen

When You've prayed every prayer that you know how to pray.

Just remember the Lord will hear and answer is on it's way.

Our God is able. He is mighty. He is faithful.

And He never sleeps He never slumbers.

He never tires of hearing our prayer.

When we are weak He becomes stronger.

So rest in His love and cast all of your cares on Him.

Do you feel that the Lord has forgotten your need.

Just remember that God is always working in ways you cannot see.

Our God is able. He is mighty. He is faithful.

And He never sleeps He never slumbers.

He never tires of hearing our prayer.

When we are weak He becomes stronger.

So rest in His love and cast all of your cares on Him.

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We decided not to go home yet. We went to Klownz, a comedy bar. We had a nice time there. We were laughing to the end. Don't know but when it comes to comedy, I think gay people delivers them best. Its so natural for them. There was singing, dancing and lots of comedy. Allan K is good and I like the 3-gay people (forgot their names already) who stood as his back-up.

We left Klownz at past 1am and got home at almost 3pm. Love it!

Celebrating Anniversary #1

July 18, 1997. After almost a year of always being together (in groups), he took me on our first dinner date on this day.

Nobody knew then that there was ‘us’ already. It wasn’t easy at first. There were other women in his life at that time. One (MRB) openly showed her affection for him making everyone in the group think that it was ‘them’ somehow. Second (MB), felt that since he once visited her in her house (I think that was fiesta time in their area), he had feelings for her already. The third one (JB) was still her girlfriend at that time but she lives way up north of the country so they seldom see each other.

Then things just fell on their respective positions. MRB left the company, worked in Manila but still kept in touch with him until he decided to stop it already. She was furious. She tried all imaginable tactics just to win him especially when she found out that he was dating me already. She sent him letters, notes, gifts, emails. There was even one time she came at our workplace so late at night just to see him. To think she lived about 2.5 hours away from our workplace. She was practically stalking him. She is still in love with him until now. At least this is what she claims in her blog. MB on the other hand also left the company a year after MRB left. She just disappeared but I won’t forget that day when I met her in Crossing and she snobbed me. Oh well, that's understandable. JB’s case - this he had to take care of personally. He drove 7 hours to see and finally broke up with her.

Our relationship went deeper after that. I knew he was serious about me when he finally decided to introduce me to his mom. Then he took me to his brother’s house in Paranaque. Then to his cousin’s house in Ayala-Alabang. His mom, his brother and his cousin. All played really important roles in his life.

He is now my husband. We got married on his birthday and we’ve been married 4 years. Still, we celebrate our Anniversary #1. We talked a lot about it while still in bed this morning. It was fun reminiscing those unforgettable moments. We haven't decided where we should go tonight. I hope I can take pictures.

Happy 10th anniversary honey, I love you!

I love my new bags!

My dear sister recently sent me 2 bags.

The first one is a Prada Evening Heart (BN1134)

nice design, isnt it?

The second one is a Louis Vuitton Speedy 25

I love 'em! Thanks Catherine!
Mwah!

Iba ang kakilala sa kaibigan

Unforgettable line of a fellow blogger about shedding friends: Shedding polishes and sorts your relationships with people. You shed friends who are insincere, phony, difficult, annoying, treats you bad, or uses you. Shedding is human nature's way of picking out TRUE friends from a pile of whom you call "friends."

So true.

Sometime last May, I decided to shed out a friend and I feel better now knowing that she is no longer a part of my circle.

She is a rich kid but she is also self-conceited, proud and boastful. One concrete proof of my description of her was her scratched car. She used to bring her SUV to work pero dahil sa sobrang yabang nya in dealing with people at work, she found her car one day displaying two long, deep scratches, one in the front bumper, the other on the driver’s side door. She’s also had a number of verbal and written arguments with several employees of the company. To think na to date, she’s only been with us for 8 months.

Just the other night she met an accident. Wala naman syang injury pero the company car was wrecked. Galing sa gimik, pinilit umuwi kahit na dis-oras ng gabi. Hayun, binangga nya yung mga barriers dun sa SLEX. She called her boyfriend to help her, she called her friends to tell them what happened but she never called home. Why, apparently, pag nalaman ng tatay nya yung nangyari, pagreresignin sya sa trabaho. Weird.

I’ve never met her father (Thank God for little mercies...) pero ganun ang press release nya tungkol sa father nya. High and mighty. She is what, 33 years old pero ni hindi sya madalaw ng bf nya sa bahay nila kasi ayaw ng tatay nya dun sa guy. Why did she go home that night kahit na antok na antok na siya at nakainom pa? Dahil sa tatay nya. Hindi pwedeng hindi sya uuwi kasi her tatay will go ballistics if he finds out na hindi sya umuwi. So kahit na anong pigil sa kanya ng mga kasama nya that night, she still opted to drive ~60 kilometers just to get home. Ang bait. Pero aksidente ang naging kapalit. Kawawa naman.

Hindi naman ako galit sa kanya. Nagtampo lang ako nung una. So I kept my distance for a while. But then later I realized nawala na rin pala ang amor ko sa kanya so I finally decided to shed her out. I still see her around. I greet her plainly whenever I see her pero syempre, minus the usual happy rapport.

What does my latte say about me?

What Your Latte Says About You

You are easygoing and pretty simple to please. You don't put up a fuss... ever. You can be quite silly at times, but you know when to buckle down and be serious. You have a good deal of energy, but you pace yourself. You never burn out too fast. You have a healthy relationship with caffeine. You're definitely not dependent on it. You are responsible, mature, and truly an adult. You're occasionally playful, but you find it hard to be carefree. You are complex and philosophical, but you are never arrogant.

What Does Your Latte Say About You?

I love this video of MSNBCs Mika Brzezinski.

My funny honeybunch