Defining and measuring risk is the key to controlling it

---H.J. Blommestein, OECD

To All Those In The Know

I did not go for my visa interview because I was called 2 days earlier by my mom's friend. She advised me not to get my visa yet because the organization suddenly froze hiring. It has something to do with security measures. I was advised to go there as soon as hiring resumes. My mom's friend will call us to inform us when this happens.

How sad.

Given that, I have decided to do some things first and not leave everything unfinished. Hopefully, hiring resumes ASAP.

pancake syrup

maybe i wanted to exercise my cooking skills again. maybe i wanted to feed my niece... or maybe i was just desperate for something to do.

since i was stuck at home caring for my niece for a couple of days, we went from watching tv, grocery shopping, watching tv, playing Cross Mary Shake, watching tv, making the beds, watching tv, cleaning the house (meaning my room since i won't let the helper touch it and my mom's room since we were eating on the bed and stuff), watching tv, cooking, watching tv and making pancakes for my niece.

after going through the ordeal of actually making the pancakes instead of buying your usual Gold Medal or Maya pancake mix, I had to mix all the ingredients on my niece's desk in (guess where?) my mom's room (please don't tell her coz she doesn't know). and finally when the ordeal was finished and the batter was ready, I was hyped up on eating pancakes. and so i told my niece to give it to the helper so it can be cooked.

my ever not-so-obidient-sometimes niece did as she was told since of course, she was excited on eating pancakes for afternoon snacks. who ever said i was a healthy cook?

a few minutes later, my nose got the whiff of the pancakes and my stomach grumbled. my niece placed a plate-full of pancakes on her desk (again in my mom's room) and told me to wait for the iced tea. i was, of course, feeling like i had died and gone up to heaven. once the drinks were inside the room, she got the plate and told me she had a surprise and that i should wait for the pancakes. knowing we recently bought some preserves and chocolate spread, i was certainly looking forward to the improvised pancakes via my niece. she came backa dn asked me to close my eyes and so i did. after all, what harm can a few pancakes make right? she gave me a fork to hold and asked me to eat the pancake on it without looking at it. so i did.

BLEH!!!

the pancake was soaked AND I DO MEAN SOAKED!!! in maple syrup.

oh well, it was still a good gesture on her part. i guess i just have to look at it that way.

Singapore Trip

...the pictures at last! i found a new host for the pics.

Singapore: a plant shop in Chinatown, views from a cable car to Sentosa Island, Underwater World, Cable Car, the Esplanade Theater and the East Coast Seafood Place.









Indonesia: famous bridge in Batam, some lunchtime entertainment, chinese temple nearing chinese new year.





Malaysia: Muslim temple

The landplace of the few

... these are days when even *I* get to be in cloud nine. here's a segment of my convo with a friend:

The movie was great, [edited]! And Matthew Goode is soooooo good for your eyes and the *ahem* heart! ;) Grabe, I was melting on the spot! He's soooo hot!

It wasn't within the realms of A-Walk-To-Remember kind of melt in your heart. This guy, you wanna melt while kissing. hahaha!

Anyway, it's a good movie particularly in spreading the cuddly, wanna-stay-at-home-with-my-guy-and-cuddle-in-front-of-a-fireplace kinda feeling. Seriously. Even the sucker for Mandy Moore that I am, I wasn't expecting to want to watch the movie again on Sunday and stay in the movie house for 2 film showings, which i shall be doing, by the way...

I guess that proves it.

Matthew Goode dispelled the thought that very few, if not none at all, good looking guys come from UK. After Orlando Bloom and Matthew Goode, I swear all great looking guys come from England!

Another one struck my heart eyes

I knew from the moment I saw the trailer of Chasing Liberty that it was bound to be a good movie. i never expected it to be THAT good. Let's face it, A Walk to Remember was heart-warming, but the lead actors still needed more experience in acting.

Most of all, the glimpses I had of Matthew Goode told me he's indeed good.... looking. I was wrong. He was better-looking to the point that I shall watch the movie again this Sunday.

ahhh... life is good.

Three years ago, my best friend and I decided we wanted to run an export business selling accessories, raw materials and even incorporating native materials into fashionable dresses and what have you.

My friend is now based in New Jersey and is up for apprenticing in Liz Claiborne in NYC in a few months or weeks, I’m not so sure.

And guess what? Last January, she emailed me asking if I could possible send her my bags, accessories (those that I make - beads and stones - and those that are submitted to us as samples), belts, raw materials etc. She’ll be sending me her creations so I can have some people execute it. At long last, I get to look at her portfolio!

Since she shall be participating in various bazaars, I have started to make my accessories (in sets), designing my own stuff (for belts and stuff) and even re-establishing contacts with suppliers.

I guess this means that we’re starting to make our business a reality. here are some of the sets i made:

Winning

I have never done anything that would make everyone in the whole of Metro manila know that there is such a person named... well my name - including my surname.

Today, I got picked up by (who else?) alba. We were listening to the radio and she has just informed me of her jason Mraz request the previous day when we heard the DJ announce that there are tickets up for grabs for the 1st one to send SMS message to their station answering the question, "Where is the advanced screening of Chasing Liberty going to be held?"

Again, the sucker for Mandy Moore that I am, I immediately typed the SMS message as soon as alba gave me the go signal. I then went to the Reg office to get my grade in a subject I cross-enrolled and when I came back, viola! I won! I actually W-O-N!!!

I have never won anything in my entire life - at least nothing in the realms of radio station gigs - since I have never joined any radio station contests before. But now... boy does it feel so good!

So on Monday, you'll be seeing us in the advanced screening of Chasing Liberty. The guy is gwapo, by the way, judging from the trailers, the guy is good looking. I ahve yet to prove it when get to watch the advanced screening.

words of wisdom you find chatting with a friend

friend: I think I wanted to become a doctor just for the money. ;-) Now, it doesn't appeal to me as much as it did when I was younger. I'm a pretty shallow person. :-)

me: lol. if you want money, you can always take up nursing ;-) or better, yet, be a banker

friend: yeah, I was thinking about that. being a nurse. really great hours, great pay.

me: not really shallow. more like practical. everyone wants to have money enough to splurge on everything we want but can't get coz our parents can't afford it or won't let us have it

friend: yeah. :-) Do shrinks get paid well?


me: ergo, choose the profession that gives you more money. but then as you go through college and even after college, you learn that not everything is about the money.

friend: ooh. words of wisdom.

me: lol. not words of wisdom. i think im just getting old ;-) but well we get to learn all these things

friend: maturing, you mean. two different things.

... who has the words of wisdom, now?

way to go, angel!

The danger with philosophy is staking your life on one particular portion of reality.
--- Soliloquy. 06.ii.2004

ever had someone tell you...

There's this guy... why does this phrase make me think i'm 16 years old again? ... He likes me. I know that. My friends knew that even before i knew about it. He obviously knows that.

What do you tell a guy when he tells you: he misses you, he virtually gives you a hug, and tells you he thought about you all day?

Any normal person would know the answer to that question. And If I were to put myself into my bestfriend's shoes in those horrible moments, she would have taken a magazine, curled it up and bring it right down on my non-golden crown.

So what do you do? do you...

... 1. ask him, "really?!" - with a huge smile on your face?
... 2. give him your rapid fire interrogation, "when? what were you doing [when you thought of me]?"
... 3. inquire on "whatever happened to remind you of me?"
... 4. just die beacuse you forgot to say thank you during your whole conversation?
... 5. better yet, end the whole conversation without even eliciting a response that would somehow convey your elation, delight and the joyous rapture of your heart for being thought of during the day even when you're miles and miles away

I knew there was a reason my bestfriend was put on this world! I just hope she manages never to find my blog or I'll never hear the end of it.

Which LOTR Character Are You?

Congratulations! You're Legolas!


Which Lord of the Rings character and personality problem are you?
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...but I don't wanna be Legolas! I wanna be as beautiful as Arwen, but let my leading man be Legolas or Faramir!!!!