summer dreamin’

i’m back. yey. i haven’t really updated in about a month. ive been in this situation before and no, i wont even bother explaining my absence from the blogsphere because it involves something lame important called work that we regular people have to face. lol whatev.

nway, i won’t also bother detailing everything that happened for the past month. instead, here’s a quick list of what ive been up to:

~ dad was here for 15 days. fun times. and now im missing him to death.

~ i survived a week of eating dinner ar Gerry’s Grill -  bulalo and tahong ala pobre with vodka tonic then jack daniel’s w/ sprite before goin to sleep. blame it to my dad. lol.

~ got a new black leather sofa set, glass coffee table, wood+glass dining set and wooden adjustable divider. our flat looks so different now. pictures next post.

~ got a new baby. Acer TravelMate c/o of my dad. luv, luv, luv <3

~ had the most toxic schedule since i started with this company.

~ thus, ive been sick for 2 days and counting.

~ got a new pair of glasses. relief for my eyes. brown cat’s eye Oscar De La Renta frames. c/o of my dad of course, cuz im a seasonal cheapskate and this season i have no plans of blowing lots of PHP for a pair of glasses. pft. pix on the next post.

~ went to Asin Hotsprings and spent the whole day wallowing on the pools and getting pruned in the hot tubs. lovit. im planning to be back this month.

~ work. work. work. lame. work.

~ attended the most amazing workshop ever called FLEX (Foundations of Leadership Excellence) hosted  by OCCI. im slated to join the second level of that workshop early next year and im targeting the final workshop that is actually a 70-day coaching seminar. and though im excited to death on the prospect of widening my sense of awareness, my bank account isn’t (the FLEX cost my company 4k for a 2-day workshop, the second level will cost ME 5k for a 3-day workshop since im sponsoring myself as well as the last level which will cost me *ouch* 15k). but i still count myself lucky, manila-rates are way, waaaayyy higher. haha.

~ went to la union and spent the weekend sick. im so lame nowadays. wasn’t able to bask in sea, sand and sun. ampfffff.

~ won a new pair of havaianas on ebay.ph…its a new addiction. ebay bidding, not the havaianas.

~ torturing my eyes playing Call of Duty 4…another new addiction. playing the game, not torturing my eyes.

so you see, ive been trying my best to squeeze in family, work, fun, shopping and addictions for the past month or so. its exhausting i can’t wait for the christmas holidays. oh geezz…christmas…gift-buying time..pffttt. -_-’

now lemme get back to my antibiotics+paracetamol induced state while buffering 2 new episodes of Gossip Girl’s new season. oh yeah, i was done watching half of The Hills Season 4. their so-called “reality life” continue to amuse and entertain me. and that Justin Bobby, he’s kinda cute. no wonder Audrina cant seem to let go of him. i still don’t care about LC. i just realized, im still watching it because of the Justin Bobby-Audrina drama. and lastly, Lo still looks (and sounds) kinda retarded to me.

another, my iTunes playlist currently consist of 6 songs only played on a loop:

1. What Ca I Do - The Corrs

2. Worn Me Down - Rachael Yamagata

3. Almost Lover - A Fine Frenzy

4. Near To You - A Fine Frenzy

5. Lucky - Jason Mraz

6. Without You - Paul Dateh

ciao.

no, i did not fall off the face of the earth.

yes, my dad’s here and i’ve been drinking for almost a week now. pffttt.

nway, just dropped by to let ya’ll know that im still alive and i’ll be back to blogging mode once work slows down and i’m able to upload all the photos i have.

xOxO

its a tuesday night and im bored. well, bored in a good way. its only 10pm and i actually find myself relaxing in the living room watching Jimmy Kimmel Live and blogging and drinking coffee while i buffer the last two episodes of The Hills S3 which im dying to finish so i can move on to Gossip Girl S2. lolz. how i wish my week nights are always like this. on second thought, i actually have a deadline on friday. pffftttt.

moving on, im adamant to learn web design. on my own. crazy, i knowwwww. ive attempted to enroll myself in 30 hours of Web Design class but my work schedule is nuts, so that’s out of the question. i’ll have to manage self-learning and my brother’s lectures every other week cuz he’s lazy to teach me like that. yes, my goal is to learn web design even if it means ill probably end up frustrating myself every now and then. wish me good luck.

oh yeah, my dad’s homecoming is a few days aways! as in less than a week away! im totally excited. i just talked to him awhileago and he did confirm that he’s booked his flight for the 29th. omg i cant wait! its nearly a year since i last saw him and although we talk all the time on skype and ym, i just miss him to death. now, we have to clean the flat since h’s staying with us most of the time he’s gonna be here. he’s here for 15 days only. aarrghh. but we’ll make the most of it like we did last time. so….its gonna be 2 weeks of shopping, pigging out, clubbing/bar hopping (yes, we go out on drinking sprees with my dad! yey) and hopefully, non stop QT (quality time). oooohhhhh can’t wait, can’t wait. can’t wait.

nway, i was browsing through youtube, looking for nice videos i can use for a workshop this sunday when i came across Paul Dateh. it was love at first sight. *sigh*

Hip Hop Violin - Paul Dateh and Inka One

ciao!

ZOMG the Caltex Workshops ive been preparing for 2 weeks is finally done and over with…atleast for now..pfft. It was fun. it was kinda nerve-wracking at first because i’m the only facilitator and its nuts how all of the workshop attendees are guys. yeaaaahhhh. put 10 guys in a room then throw in 1 girl wearing a semi-corporate attire lecturing on how to give exceptional customer service and how to deal with bitchy and crazy-ass customers and you’re gonna get a fun and rowdy crowd. i actually got tired from laughing too much. lolz. it was actually a make or break workshop. its the 1 workshop that will determine if we’ll handle all of Caltex Customer Service Workshops for Northern Luzon. pressure was on me. but thank god i pulled through. i think it was the charm. hahahaha. well the real verdict will be known sometime next week when i submit my report and my big boss will meet up with their big boss. it’s gonna be a looooooooong week. -_-’

here are some of the pix from the workshops:

after the workshop

after the workshop part 2

with the trainer. ahem ahem. lolz

film viewing

ice breaker activity - Dr. Quack Quack

Dr. Quack Quack part 2

Dr. Quack Quack part 3

fake stolen shot

custome relations activity

more on the customer relations activity

Mummified! dress-the-mummy activity

dressing the mummy

dressing the mummies. lolz.

well, well, well…guess who decided to blog today. lolz.

so yeah, ive been neglecting my blogging duties due to several reason but i won’t name them cuz they’re all lame aka. work-related. pftt.

moving on, ive now officially droppped my old blog address. well, im not terminating it due to the fact that im gonna use it as my archive page. so you can browse through it anytime. hihi.

so what’s up? nothin exciting. as of this very minute, im bored to death. i have tons of work to do but im just sick of it really tired. my stress level is at 10 and its only thursday. thank god i was able to finish the new lay-out for our print ads that will be made into tarpaulins due tomorrow. becaue i have this migraine and all i wanna dow is to lie down and lay comatose in bed for 24 hours. i want to burn all these yellow post-its staring at me from my monitor then haul my monitor on our glass walls. i opted to get a large mint slurpee instead. lolz.

sheessh. i didn’t intend for this entry to be whiny, but since im in a whining mood and that i write based on what happened, what’s happening and what im curently feeling, i can’t help it. that’s why i’ll stop now and just leave you guys pictures of our pet rabbit, Mr. Pudge, eating.

i gave in. ive converted to wordpress! yey for me!

now, what to do next?

lolz.

visit my homepage at www.happysarah.net but be updating here soon!!!!

more later!