I’ve decided to break my blog’s “silence” on the Haiti Eartquake tragedy. I was all over Twitter and Tumblr when the tragedy struck, and continuously reading about it on the internet, watching videos online and hearing about it on the news just makes everything so devastated. I knew that a lot of bloggers would be writing about it in a heartbeat…for me, a picture definitely paints a thousand words.

Young earthquake victims sleep without shelter Monday morning, January 18, in Port-au-Prince. ~AFP/GETTY IMAGES~

Residents searching for food climb over the remains of a supermarket Monday in Port-au-Prince. ~GETTY IMAGES~

A man guards of the remains of a building in Port-au-Prince on Sunday. ~GETTY IMAGES~

An Israeli team rescues a man from a collapsed building Saturday in Port-au-Prince. ~AFP/GETTY IMAGES~

U.N. forces help distribute food to displaced Haitians on Friday, January 15. ~JONATHAN TORGOVNIK/REPORTAGE FOR CNN~

Helicopters fly over the heavily damaged Port-au-Prince Cathedral on Friday, January 15. ~SHAUL SCHWARZ/REPORTAGE FOR CNN ~

A body is trapped in the rubble of a collapsed building. Untold numbers of victims are believed to be under tons of concrete, and the lack of heavy equipment and trained rescuers means very few left alive are likely to be rescued. ~JONATHAN TORGOVNIK/REPORTAGE FOR CNN~

The energy generated by the January 13 earthquake in Haiti
was larger than that of the Hiroshima atomic bomb.

It may take a decade for Haiti to rebuild.

~ It could take 10 years to rebuild Haiti, By Anne Kiremidjian, Special to CNN

I think people need to understand that out in Port-au-Prince, it looks … like Tokyo probably did after World War II. It’s flat. It looks like atomic bomb went off. The streets are completely blocked

~ Kenneth Merten, the U.S. ambassador to Haiti.

People suffering from cancer, people who need dialysis and even moms who need to deliver their kids — all these things are being affected by this emergency.

~ Paul Garwood, a spokesman for the WHO’s Health Action in Crises team.

Surviving the massive quake that rocked Haiti was just the beginning. Experts say the new dangers — among them, deaths from untreated wounds and disease outbreak — may be compounded by Haiti’s old problem: poverty.

~ Beyond survival, health crisis looms, By Wayne Drash, CNN

I know that my written laments would mean so little. The people of Haiti are in my thoughts and prayers.

It’s been a slow week. I’ve been aching for the weekend by Tuesday. i know, lazy daisy. I have this heavy feeling on me that I can’t seem to shake away. Must have something to do with the fact that for the past 2 weekends, I’ve been out-of-town trying to extend my holiday vacation mode. And the fact that Baguio is freezing. It’s that time of the year again. 8-10 degrees cold from morning til night and gets worse by the wee hours of the morning. aarrrghhh. All i wanna do is stay comatose in bed, under my comforter and wake up by Summer. Not gonna happen, i know.

In other news, the Gun Ban started last Saturday and surely, that would mean months (6, exactly) of not being able to play Airsoft. Another downer. My team’s been raring to play out of town again since our Abra Game, and we were planning to play in Laoag, Ilocos but with the Gun Ban and all, we’d have to wait. We can still play, according to PNP, but we had to make sure that all our guns and other equipment (even the plastic BB’s we use as bullets) will have to remain within the gamesite. Who are they kidding? Who would want to go out and play when everyone knows that the PNP will be hot in your heels anyway? Whatever. I’d just have to satisfy myself to playing Call of Duty on the computer. The bf and my bro, on the other hand, are focused on exercising. The bf bought some new weights and they’ve been exercising for days now. They’ve been encouraging me to join them because admittedly, I’m slowly evolving into a walking whale. Yes, that could be an exaggeration but that’s how I feel. A friend of mine’s told me about this cool martial arts-sort-of-thing  months ago and after seeing pictures from the Kali Majapahit website, I am tempted. Very tempted…so i’ll sleep it off for a few days then we’ll see.

Something about Kali Majapahit (taken from their website here.)

This unique system was developed by Fred Evrard; It is a synthesis of several Filipino martial arts and other fighting arts from the Majapahit area in Southeast Asia. Even though a Filipino Kali system, it has influences from Muay Thai, Silat, Kuntao…

PS. i just realized after publishing this post that my blog lay-out sucks. imma do something bout it tom. right now, i need to pull myself away from the laptop and the internet at that because i’ve been at it since 7 in the morning. pffttt.

Tumblr and Twitter is taking over my blogging duties.

I haven’t really blogged in a while and i realized just now the stark comparison on how i’ve furiously blogged in the past years (between 2005-2008) compared to how i lazily tried to maintain this blog by uploading i’m-on-hiatus to hello-im-back-kinda then will go back to im-on-hiatus again and so on and so forth, to random pictures and stuff.

i want to change all of that. 2009 was an uneventful year for me. so many changes – work, relationships, wants, needs, likes – that i found it difficult to document them all, like i did in the past 4 or 5 years i’ve been opening up even my private life online for everyone to see.

starting my own Project 365 is a start. and i figured that if i can document my day to day inanities in pictures that needs to be post-processed (because i’ve decided to use only a camera phone and ask help from photoshop for lessening its crappiness), captioned (where i sometimes had to wrack my brains for witty ones) and adding an appropriate description….then i can write something for this blog. yezzzz.

so..i want to start off things by indulging you all with my renewed obsession to anything K-pop. and by the way, i’ve already professed my undying love for Kim Hyun Joong. *melts*

woo0ohoooo 2010! Bring it on!

I’m goin in 3 weeks now at my new job and its draining the hell out of me…in a good way, though. I did mention about it on my last post. I’m currently holding a PR management position and loving it. I want to believe that I’ve gotten over the adjustment phase, which is typically easy for me since it required a lot of writing tasks. I’ve been a “talker” for the past 4 years of my carreer bein in a BPO environment for 2 years and another 2 in a training arena. It’s like goin back to my roots, writing for my university paper during my college years.Then again…

…it’s only Weds and i feel tired. I will blame this horrendous weather we’re experiencing. I haven’t seen the sun in almost 2 weeks and staying in bed seem to be the best option these days, especially if you live in a place like Baguio. Comtemplating on this, i just realized missing out on some activites due to this sudden change in my career:

1. Missed out on coffee get-togethers and dinner dates with friends.
2. Haven’t updated my blog (if not for Ondoy, i’d be having second thoughts on using my precious time).
3. Cancelled my Mani/Pedi due 2 weeks ago.
4. Bailed out on playing Airsoft cuz i’d rather sleep all day (on my day off).
5. My whole field withered in Farmtown.
6. I almost missed out on the Hot Air Balloon promo in Farmville.
7. The floor on my Restautant City account is full of trash.
8. Postponed shopping for new winter boots for weeks now (have to prepare for the cold season, Baguio style).
9. Salon appointment = non existent already
10. Going out! I feel like I haven’t partied in ages. argh.

Okay, so my list looked boring and shallow but hell, at some point i think i need my break. I need to go out and see other people aside from my workmates(who ar amazing, btw) and family (they’re still the best, of course). I need to start socializing again in person and not just on FB and Twitter (can’t wait to get Google Wave, hihihi) and stop playing playstation during my day offs and playing poker at home with my bro and his friends. I need to get out of the house!

With that, i have my weekend booked. Can’t wait! Cheers to me!

My last post was August 12. To say that i was “busy” is an understatement. I had to go through a major “change” in a span of days. And by change, i mean a NEW JOB. I would love to update you all with this new chapter of my life which is totally exciting for me but the main reason why im using up a few minutes of my break time to finally update this blog is to give my share on the tragic calamity that has hit my country last weekend. if you don’t know what i’m talking about, you probably would’ve been living under a rock since last week.

I am honestly at loss with words on how to describe the typhoon that hit the capital and nearby cities/towns. To encapsulate, Typhoon Ondoy poured a month’s worth of rainwater in a span on 6 hours causing massive flooding and the loss of many properties..and lives. I watched video by video on how this deathly flood swept homes, cars…people. My heart breaks at the sight of people clamoring for their lives as they try to swim against 6-7 feet muddy waters. I sit helpless as i see families huddled together, fighting the bitter rain, while atop the roof of their homes waiting for rescue. I live 6 hours away and all i experienced is some drizzle for the past weekend while some of my countrymen had to survive, most probably, one of the greatest floods to to ever hit our country.

Its been 5 days and the flood hadn’t subsided in the majority of the areas affected. People lost everything and they’re hungry, cold.  As i scan my twitter and facebook from time to time, i see endless pictures and videos and news of the damage Typhoon Ondoy has caused. But now is not the time to sit and feel sorry for our countrymen. The continuous outpouring of help from private citizens amaze me, not only locally but also from our kababayans abroad. On saturday, i won’t be lazing in front of the television. I will give my hand in repacking relief goods to be sent out to Manila. Typhoon Ondoy may have destroyed properties, but not the Filipino spirit.

The good news is, YOU can help. Click HERE to get a complete list of where you can drop off donations and relief goods both locally and if you’re abroad. It also has the link for accredited accounts for CASH donations.

Keep the Filipino spirit alive!

I haven’t blogged for the longest time. okay, almost 2 months…fine close to three because my June posts consists of super short “hi im still alive” posts and pictures. Ive been honestly trying to get back into the blogging circle but once again, life got in the way. I have to devote majority of my time to my job, and now as of last month, jobs. Yes, ive been slave driving myself to work. Aside from my regular 8-hour stint (and sometimes more) as head of operations, im now a freelance marketing and product development consultant for a travel and tours company that’s 3 months old. I took up no marketing or management courses back i college, just some PR and advertising subjects so my marketing skills is about 5/10. Good thing i held a marketing and PR position before getting promoted as head of operations, and aside from that some sales and customer service skills ive picked up along the way. Im practically spinning around every single day. But amidst the migraines and catching deadlines and worrying because i cant make heads or tails out of these Financial Projections and whatnots and bleeding my brain to death analyzing market trends and coming up with bright ideas for the advertising campaign while at teh same time maintaining the qaulity of our training at my regular stint because that is my responsibility…i actually like what im doing (whew that is one long sentence).

so yeah, my social life is close to nada and i zonk immediately once my head touches anything soft. im always tired and i havent seen my friends outside of work for weeks. ive missed watching good movies (excep G.I. Joe which i watched with the bebe, my bro and his friend last night! Channing Tatum is totally hot..but i still think James McAvoy is yummier..dunno..haha).

how did i ever manage to come up with this post? i just got home from a business meeting with my consultancy client, my bro and the bebe’s not home yet. the house is quiet..and i feel like this is what i needed to do…

so there…my life is spinning really fast right now and ive realized that blogging may help in slowing it down a bit…letting me breathe and relax for a while…

more sooner!

yey! my site was down for 3 days due to a bandwidth issue so wasn’t able to update immediately. last weekend our team went on an out of town beach trip and it was soooo much fun. we even found time to drive to the nearby city when we got bored drinking by the beach and partied with locals. i was so wasted. fun times.

click HERE for more photos.

i watched Across the Universe 2x (not-so-much-in-a-row) yesterday which was my one and only day off and i’ve fallen in love with The Beatles allover again. im so hung over with the movie that i proclaim today as The Beatles Day, thus, will play my 100 Beatles songs saved on my iTunes (thanks to geebee who gave me that list eons ago). oh and yeah, i just realized that Jim Sturgess is H-O-T. i’d still marry James Mcavoy though if he asked me. ha!

*i’m trying to put together my I-Loves-Tuesdays today (even if it’s thursday) because now is the only available time i have..pffttt. will (hopefully) post it later. ciao!

here it goes…

so my last post was all about me and my fully booked schedule and how i would’ve ranted and whined about having so much work to do but realized that there are a hell lot of other people having a hard time finding a job so i’ll just shut up and be thankful for that monthly paycheck i get.

moving on..

my dad came and went. his supposed to be short vacay turned out to be a very, very short vacay with extended work. pfftt.since he arrived two weeks ago, we only got to spend 3 straight days with him cuz he’s got work written all over his schedule. my dad=workaholic. me=workaholic. see any similarities? nway, his gf is really sweet and showers us (specifically me with designer bags) and all whatnots that screams “i’ll eat your credit card alive” so yeah, we got off the right foot immediately. they promised though to be back around October during my siblings’ sem break and we’ll all have an out of town trip for atleast a week or so (*sarah hurries to her planner and makes sure her 1st week of October is FREE).

moving on..

my relationship status bounces back to “we’re okay” from “we’re done” and “its complicated.” i didn’t really elaborate about it because that’s something that i decided to take away from my online life. but after close to 4 months, we’re both slowly and surely making it work again. im very cautious though. i don’t wanna make any spur-of-the-moment decisions now just because everything feels right again. i wanna be sure. like dead-sure. like im-willing-to-give-up-my-life-for-it sure.

moving on..

i haven’t really updated my I-Loves-Tuesdays and What’s-Up-Fridays and i miss doing so…i have an outrageous list in my head for I-Loves-Tuesdays and im dying to blog about them this week!

so there! honestly, it took me close to 5 hours just to put together this post. one step at a time!

im bacccckkkkk again.