friends by choice..

counter-clockwise: Almie.Judith.Jen.Jhapi.Ryan.Ralph.Vetzky

Super.Ultra.Mega.Delayed post.
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We're friends.. GOOD FRIENDS.. And a night spent with them, is a NIGHT OF REMINISCING, a NIGHT OF LAUGHTER, a NIGHT OF EVERLASTING FRIENDSHIP. And it is a NIGHT I WOULD CHERISH FOREVER.

Met up with Ralph and a few IM (info. management) people (yes cousin, count yourself among the IM pips..=D). Rather, Ralph and I organized the reunion of IM people and managed to tag along with them.=D

Of course, I was late. What's new with that?? But what SURPRISED me is Ryan. HE WAS NOT LATE. St. Denise's 'late' secretary was not late. That's really something new. Ryan got the 'late' secretary nickname because of his habitual lateness back in our HS days. He was the class secretary, he was supposed to be tracking late comers, he was supposed to be strict, BUT he is always late himself.

Back to last night. When I arrived in Ayala, everyone was already there, well sans me and Jen. The feeling was nostalgic. Almie was the same Almie I met in the 4 corners of St. Denise. Judith is still the camwhore Judith. Then there was Ryan, who was SO not late anymore. Ralph? Need I say more about this person? Nothing changed. Still the same Ralph, late Ralph.=p. Then Jhapi, my ever so lovable cousin. Though I just had crepe with Jhapi and Ralph the other day, seeing them again last night was like seeing them again after not seeing them for a long time.

After meeting up, we walked around for a while to look for a place to eat. It was so nice being with them again. Being with people who know me, I can be Vetzky, I can be the girl I once was. The girl they all knew. But then again, I am not really the same girl anymore. =D

Okay, enough diversions. Finally, we all agreed to eat in North Park. Food was good and affordable, but service is err.. okay, I think? The waiters were approachable, but what I did not like was to the "diner dash" act in order to get their attentions.

But lotsa fun really. We laughed about so many things. We laughed about other the people eating in North Park. We laughed about the people who were not able to come. We laughed about the people we hate. We laugh about ourselves. We are not backstabbing other people, we just talk about them (not bad stuffs).

Last night really proves that, good food plus good company equals to lots and lots of laughter and more memories to keep.

Got home at around 12am and I still have to go to office today. But its okay. I want a repeat of last night. A night with IM people is a very unforgettable night.

Not exactly...

He is NOT the vampire I had in mind...

Amidst all these Twilight rage and everything, I just want to share to you my dears one of my disappointments about Twilight.

When I read the novel one year ago, I was so into it, I dare not take my eyes off the book. I read it 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 times.. and the 5th time? I realized that Twilight was not as good as I thought it was.

And when the movie was announced, the characters were named. A was slightly disappointed. Oh well. Its not that Robert cannot live up to the Edward of my fantasies, its just that I never saw Robert as Edward...

21 more things I want to do...

1.) Sky dive..=D

2.) Be a waitress in a high class restaurant.

3.) Have at least 5 children..=D (Magbubuo ako ng basketball team..=D)

4.) Watch a live NFL Football game..=D

5.) Drive a ten-wheeler truck..

6.) Jump off a high cliff with no harness or whatsoever. (the adrenaline rush must be AWESOME..=D)

7.) See Keanu Reeves and Richard Gere in flesh. (err.. see their "flesh" would be a good

idea too..=p)

8.) Learn how to play a violin.

9.) Walk in the aisle wearing a wedding dress, then ran away. (Runaway Bride lang ang drama ko nun)

10.) Learn at least 5 more languages, aside from English and Tagalog. =D

11.) Go out on a date on Valentines day with someone special. (a boyfriend, never ko pa nagagawa yun eh.)

12.) Go to Switzerland and and live there..=D

13.) Shout "Itigil ang kasalanang ito!!" at someone's wedding. Just for fun..=D

14.) Collect all kinds of miniature cars.

15.) Play shooting. (ung baril-barilan na sports na may totoong baril=D)

16.) Get married, then apply for divorce a year after. (parang exciting..=D)

17.) Model for an AD agency. (underwear model)=p

18.) Experience frost bite. (okay, this gets weirder and weirder)

19.) Kiss a complete stranger, then totally forget about it the next day.

20.) Swim in an open sea (SANS the life-vest)

21.) Fall in SERIOUSLY yet INSANELY in LOVE, then have that FEELING RECIPROCATED.

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That's it. My 21 wish-list (death wish if you want). Oh well, a girl can dream..=D

21 for 21

1.) 12:00AM - surprise call and visit from 2 most important guys in my life. Yippee!!! Fireworks!!=D

2.) 12:30AM - another surprise call and a birthday cake. Balloons galore!=D

3.) 1:00AM - High traffic of callers (well-wishers).

4.) 2:00AM - Got pissed and turned off my phone.

5.) 5:30AM - Breakfast in bed. (pancakes with lots of mangoes.yum=D)

6.) 7:00AM - Parade and Mass in UST.

7.) 10:00AM - Coffee with Katz in Trinoma.

8.) 11:30AM - Lunch with Dad and Tita Yos in Itallianis. Ice cream from Marlon (cute waiter.=D)

9.) 11:55AM - SMS from someone unexpected. (touching greeting..=D)

10.) 1:00PM - Bought Sketchers Cali Gear (gift to myself)

11.) 3:00PM - Merienda in Cafe Breton (Mango Crepe overload)

12.) 4:00PM - Bought books from Powerbooks.=D.. Yay.. Gift to self again=D

13.) 4:30PM - Met up with my Mom at The Block (more cakes..=D)

14.) 5:30PM - Saw two old friends. Chit-chat, girl-talk, Fruitas shake.=D

15.) 6:30PM - Dinner with Mom, Kaye and Tito Ferdie. (New pants and New perfume..=D)

16.) 8:00PM - Desserts with Katz and Leon (Green butterfly earrings.. Thanks Leon!!=D)

17.) 9:00PM - Puri kura with Katz and Leon. Yay.

18.) 11:00PM - Home at last!=D. New bag..=D

19.) 11:45PM - Birthday greeting from JR and Ralph. (Takte, magtatampo na sana ako kase nde nila ako nigreet..)

20.) 11:59PM - Call from Ryoi-chan. Last well-wisher for the day..=D.. Also got an unexpected package from him.=D.. full of memories, but not the same effect...

21.) 12:00AM - onwards - Still waiting for someone to greet me. Someone who I did not expected to forget.. hmmm.. >=(

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21 things I did on my 21st birthday. Actually, many things happened that day, but these 21 are the highlights.=D.. Yay!!

Happiness!!=D.. I had better birthdays but this year was definitely better than last's. And since I was given another year to

live, fool around and make myself worthwhile, I am really grateful to HIM.=D

Things UNSAID...

Was browsing some old pictures when I came across one particular album, then I remembered, I wasn’t able to blog the details of this album. It was our last Christmas party as college students, held at Shane’s place in Caloocan.

I’m wondering why I didn’t blog on the details. Normally, I would because it is a special event. But then it hit me. The reason why I chose not to post what happened that night. But that was PAST now and everything is so YESTERDAY. I’m way past guilty feelings and rejected apologies.

Forgot the exact date, but a day right after Paskuhan (university-wide xmas party of UST) we held our very own class xmas party. A night of fun (NO KJs), gift-giving, over-flowing foods and over-flowing drinks. Also a night of apologies, tears and confessions. It is a night I should remember but opted to forget. And now that I am reminiscing, let’s see where my time-travel to the past will take me.

Met up with Ralph and so many other people in KFC Welcome Rotonda. We went together to Shane’s place, a little bit earlier, to help in the pre-party preparations. Because of the early arrival, Shane, Diane and I busied ourselves preparing the prices for the games and the give-aways. The prices were all bought days before, by us of course.

Anyway, people started coming, and the party started. It started with a prayer, an oath of sportsmanship, and merry Christmas greetings… Then games one after another, foods, exchange of gifts…

Everything went on smoothly as planned, everyone is enjoying themselves, until the last part of the party. The “apologize or take the shot” game. The rules were simple. Just apologize to someone in the class and then the class will judge if your answer is acceptable or not. If not then you would have to take a shot.

I know I have so many things to apologize for, especially to Alu and Joven (my 2 EX close friends), But as the game continued, by and by I’m losing my confidence. And after hearing my classmates answers, I came to realize that no one is taking the game seriously, so why should I? So when it was my turn (I was the last), I just took the shot. I have lost my courage to apologize. I have lost the REASON to apologize.

I feel bad. The activity wasn’t able to achieve its goal, which is to bond the class. I hated myself, I hated them. So I drowned the pain, the hate with alcohol. After 4 bottles of red horse and half a bottle of tequila, I was crying my heart out to anyone who was willing to listen. And to my surprise, many were willing. One special person even wiped my tears for me. I remember, I blogged that particular event, it was entitled “So hateful”. If I remember it correctly, he offered me his hanky but I refused using it. So what he did was he just wiped away the tears. A simple gesture, but at that time, it was what clear my alcohol-infused mind.

I spilled so many secrets that night. Things I have no intention of mentioning to anyone. But once I started to talking, nothing was able to stop me. Fortunately, the people I talked to forgot half of what I was telling them too.=D

The night full of confessions and tears, a night I opted to forget but now found the courage to immortalize. I know, if I don’t do this post, I would forget everything about that night someday. But I want to remember it. I’m not running away anymore, I’m not apologizing anymore, I can face everything head on again.=D

So that’s it. My last class Christmas party, retold.=D

A date with my BOYS..=D

This is a SUPER delayed post. Anyway I'm still posting it..=D

Had a slightly late merienda with my two precious boys last Wednesday. It was a supposedly date with Ralph. But while in glorietta (waiting for the ever so LATE Ralph, as usual) I decided to text Jhapi and invited him over. So it was my date with my two precious boys.=D

Meeting time was 6pm SHARP (Ralph's idea) but i should've known him, oh well I do but I hoped he'd already changed. He was late as usual. He came at around 630pm. I was there 545pm.

Anyway, I was craving for crepe two weeks ago, that is how our date was planned. We went to Cafe Breton in greenbelt. They had the best crepe (i've tasted) ever. =D

Jhapi's crepe was BURNING literally. hahaha. He ordered something with cherries and a bit of alcohol so it was kind of flaming. I've never ordered that kind before so I was really amazed.=D. I even took a picture of it. Oh by the way, pics will follow later. I don't have a copy, Jhapi has them all.=D

I ordered Strawberry Short crepe. Strawberry cream, strawberry jam, strawberry ice cream, everything strawberry.. yay! I was in GASTRONOMIC heaven. Nothing really beats good food and even better company. I really MISSED my two boys so much. They are the closest boys to me in college. I'm as open to them as I am to JR. They're my best friends. And having them again, both them by my side is HAPPINESS.=D

We talked about so many things. Reminisced college days, laughed about things that we found NOT so laughable before and many more. We exhanged work experiences and many more. It's like being in college again, as if nothing has changed. \

But so many things has changed. But despite all those changes, our friendship still remained strong, if not stronger. I want to do that again dearies, a date with the both of you. =D

21 things = 21 years of living

Got the idea from Laarni's blog. Posting 21 things I did before I turned 21.

It's kinda cool really. Looking back, I realized that I've done so many things that I should be proud of yet I did not appreciated them then. I've also done things that I should be ashamed of. Things that I have no control over. So many things. Let me share to you 21 things I've done before. =D

Let my list begin...=D

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1.) Got a VERY big SCAR in my right thigh when I crashed into our 'platera' (a cabinet, made of glass, that is used for keeping plates, etc). If I remember it right I was 5, my Mom told me to call her when I hear the kettle whistle (we were in Pampanga) so there, when the kettle whistled I ran to her and for some reasons, I crashed into our platera. I dont remember the exact details, but I'm pretty sure it was not in the way, it was place somewhere in the corner of the dining area. I had lots of wounds all over my body but the biggest wound was in my thigh, a big slash. I still have the scar until now. I can show it to you sometime if you want.=D

2.) Met my 1st best friend on my first day in my first school. I was a nursery student, I was a brat. I was crying nonstop while not letting go of my Mom. It was our flag ceremony then, I was crying so hard I was not listening nor participating in the flag ceremony. Then there was this girl in front of me, in fairness to her, she really exerted the effort to raise my hand during the 'Panatang Makabayan' and everytime I put it down, she raises it again and again and again. She never left my side in the classroom although our surnames are far apart (seats are arranged by surnames) and that's how I met Cielo Vitug, my very first best friend.

3.) Cried over an IMAGINARY BOYFRIEND. Got stucked. And just finally moving on.

4.) Went to Tagaytay with my college friends just days before our graduation. I didn't told my parents, of course. They wont let me, they have this belief that graduating students are accident magnets. But in my case, I dont have to be a graduating student to be an accident magnet.=D. Lots of drinks, ghost hunting, spicy canton, swimming and more drinks..=D

5.) 1 week straight of NO SLEEP = 48 hours comatose. Hahaha.. Yep, I slept 48 hours straight. No waking up, err.. maybe that's an exaggeration. I just get up to eat, take a bath then sleep again.=D <- buhay baboy

6.) Fall in and out of love at least 10 times already, with different guys. =D. Well, its a vice we cannot help but get addicted to once experienced, More heady than drugs, hotter than alcohol.=D

7.) Joined the volleyball team but was NEVER able to make a return and ALWAYS got hit by the ball straight in the face. After my first game, I never played again.=D. I'm contented being in the sides cheering.

8.) Got cornered by a group of girls. Cried. Was called "traydor". For the reasons I didn't do.

9.) Learned to ride a 2-wheel bike on a very steep slope. In our subdivision, there is a steep slope in the entrance. My friends told me that I'll learn faster if they pushed me from the top. Yes, I did learn, I learned how to ride a bike the FAST and HARD way. Also had bruises and wounds for a BONUS.

10.) Hated someone for my life's worth. Bullied that someone. And forced him to switched schools because of my bullying. After that, I feel like the MOST WRETCHED creature on earth.

11.) Never been kissed. Never been touched. HONESTLY>=D

12.) My first out of town with just my friends was in Baguio. Was really surprised when my parents allowed me to go. Had so much fun. Also my first time to be introduced to 'tequila'. Hahaha. Dashelle and I were able to finish the bottle, but swear we didn't got drunk.

13.) Attended 2 weddings in two separate but consecutive months. My parents' weddings. =D

14.) Went to school using crutches. I make a hobby out of falling (literally) and tripping. And the worst one was in my sophomore year. Both my feet were black and blue all over and they hurt like hell. We went to an ortho and I was told to use crutches if not they'll cut my feet off. Crutches? or Feet-LESS? Definitely, CRUTCHES.

15.) Was awarded BEST in CONDUCT (in our class) for the first and last time.=D Hmm, I wonder why that wasn't repeated?

16.) Been thru a lot of job interviews and was always asked, "may boyfriend ka ba?". I don't know if that has anything to do with my hiring process, but the question was always a part of all my interviews. hmm I wonder why...

17.) In line with no.15, got in Globe Telecoms as 1 of the 24 IT Cadets Batch 6. The Cream of the crop CRAP. hahaha. So proud of our batch.=D. So happy to be a ka-globe. Connected24ever.. hahaha..

18.) Finished 1 whole bottle of vodka ON MY OWN. And after that?? Oh well, I woke up in the bathroom, half-naked, with bruises and wounds all over my body. HEY NOTHING BAD HAPPENED... Just to clarify something to dirty minds out there..=D,, I just happen to do some crazy stuffs, like diving in the hard ground which explains the wounds and bruises. And about the half-nakedness, oh well I happen to had this urge to pee and then not able to make it out of the CR conscious..=D..never drinking with the WRONG set of people ever again.

19.) Dived in the pool drunk and wearing satin pajamas. Got out, had some more drinks then dived again.

20.) Have at least 4 wounds in my body that needed stitches. 2 in my head, 1 in my stomach and 1 in my leg. I am not CLUMSY, i just attract accident that's all.=D

21.) Know that I am so blessed to have two pairs of loving, supportive parents, a set of loyal, true friends and a job that I enjoy so much.

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21 things are hardly enough to tell you every thing I've done in my 21 years of breathing earth's precious oxygen. I have more to tell, more to share but I'll limit it to these 21.

A few hours from now, (its 10pm in my watch) I'll be turning 21. An achievement, a defining moment. I am not a child anymore, barely a woman too. I am somewhere in between.

I had my fair-share of pains and gains. Laughters and tears. Sorrows and sighs. Maybe more than fair sometimes. But I am thankful. So thankful for all the experiences, friendship, everything.

Hay, another year has passed. Another year to come. hmm... I wonder what my another more year has in store for me?=D

Gogogo Vetzky..=D

Its NOT VERITAS.. Its CRAP!!

***Oh so Aiza has 'almond-shaped eyes' that can melt you in seconds...
***Diane dear, your a kabit?? and on top of that, you have a loud voice?? since when??
***Ethel - Shy but outgoing??? <- anu ba talaga? you cannot be both, really...
***Ralph - Introvert yet a social butterfly.. very very disturbing.. these two are contradicting personalities..

WHO THE EFF WROTE OUR WRITE UPS????

Those things mentioned above are just few things among the many flaws I saw in our HS yearbook. I can still name more flaws but that would take me forever. The VERITAS we waited for 5 EFFING LONG YEARS looks like it was done overnight then printed on the first paper-like thing the maker got his hands on.

IT'S NOT WORTH THE WAIT and I WANT AN EFFING REFUND!!!

I know, my reaction/rants is SUPER delayed. I've already heard feedbacks from friends and batchmates. But TO SEE IS TO BELIEVE.

Darn! The disappointment is just TOO MUCH. We paid for this yearbook and I think it is our right to get what is due for us. I'm sorry if I am using such strong words, but our veritas?? IT'S CRAP. It is not something I can proudly show my friends/colleagues.

ANG CHEAP CHEAP TALAGA...

Anyway, at least there is ONE THING that didn't go WRONG in the year book. For some FORTUNATE reasons, it seems that St. Dominic didn't lost one single write-up and all their write-ups are nicely done...err.. well that is if we over-look a FEW (how do we measure few?) GRAMMATICAL ERRORS and INCONSISTENT IDEAS.

I also happen to notice, so there really was a VERITAS orgranization. I wonder, what were their contributions again? I always thought that Aquinian is the one responsible for Veritas, ALWAYS, not until some 'GOOD' soul felt the need to be a 'GOOD' samaritan, took responsibility, and VANISH out of thin air.

FRUSTRATING!!! It's NOT WORTH THE WAIT!!