Brushing elbows with JC Buendia

JC Buendia designs the gowns of Kris Aquino in The Buzz and Pinoy Bingo Night and also made suits for no less than President Arroyo. These are only two of his many high profile clients.

Yesterday was my cousin Martina's 2nd birthday. It was a Luau-ish swimming party at Casa Verde in Pasig. 

While eating starters at the table, two people arrived. A tall lady and a chubby man who was smiling as he greeted familiar faces. 

Being the jologs that I am, shempre nakilala ko siya. I whispered to my mom, 'Ma, diba si JC Buendia yan? Yung sa Celebrity duets.' hahaha Well, my mom has so-so memory pag dating sa mga showbiz tidbits so she passed the question to my dad. Dad said 'Mukhang siya nga.' We sorta dropped the subject but deep inside I knew I was right. haha

Now 'JC' went to the buffet table so I told my mom...'O ma, punta ka na dun. Chikahin mo.' Haha malamang my mom declined noh! But she saw this kid approach the buffet table as well so she decided to go coz now this kid separated her from 'JC'. Well, you know how kids are. They pick what they want and go so that's exactly what happened! Now she's left with 'JC' at the buffet. hahaha Okay nothing amazing, they didn't talk. But when my mom  got back to our table she said...'Siya nga. Pinakilala siya kay *(I dunno who)* nung paalis na ng table. Sabi...This is JC.' Ahahahaha bionic ears ni mommy talaga oh.

I had to suppress the urge to have a picture taken. Shempre pareho kaming guest sa party- hello magkalevel. So ayun, di ako nag papicture. 

Pero I realized...may ganun kayang job? Like Anne Hathaway in Devil Wears Prada where she studies the profiles of her boss's acquaintances and then she whispers their names to the boss para kunyari the boss remembers them all. haha I'm good at faces and quite good with names- I can do that! haha

On JC Buendia naman...I think he's super nice. Imagine attending kiddie parties na wala ka namang kakilala? haha (Feeling ko lang ha) Friend of a friend naman ata siya dun pero kebs. Gora naman siya. At feel at home sa buffet table ang lolo mo ha! Feeling ko down to earth rin siya. We were joking in the car on our way home na baka sa debut ni Martina, siya ang designer. hahaha 

Haaay... Sana one day, I'll have the courage to approach the sikat people for a photo. If you know me well, then you'd understand that I share the showbiz bug with some friends like sina Peter, Atei Claire, Fa, RC, etc. Pero grabe I get startstruck or shall i say starstuck talaga. TAMEME. I've been like a foot away from Dennis Trillo, brushed elbows with PPB's Dionne and Bodie, encountered JAKE CUENCA at Eastwood, seen John Lloyd, as in madami pa, I can't recall na. Lahat yan TAMEME talaga ako. Nung UP Fair in fairness I have a photo with Bamboo (as in yung band, hindi lang si Bamboo), Marc Abaya, tapos sa ABAM si Fanny Serrano. haha Achieve!

IT'S COMING TO AN END

Tell me how I'll say goodbye.

It's been four years- four long, fun and exciting years that will stay with me for the rest of my life.

Just the thought of leaving makes me cry.

Because it's really hard to leave when all the good things are here.

When all the happy days lead you back to your second home.

Masyado pa akong masaya, nakakatakot umalis kasi baka malungkot na.

In the four years I had...

Let me remember the smiles that made my day.

The hugs that lightened my mood and the crazy jokes that sent me laughing out loud.

Let me recall the funniest moments that had me rolling on the floor.

Now I can say I am happy.

Let me remember the subjects I enjoyed.

The teachers I loved, and those I those I love to hate

The classes I struggled with, and the classes I never miss.

Now I can say I have learned.

Let me remember our sweet victories as a block, as an org, as a group.

Let me recall the defeats that made us stronger.

Let me reminisce on the cases we lived through and survived as A block and as a batch.

Now I can say we are one.

Let me recall the late nights we shared.

The parties we rocked, the music we grooved to,

the movie dates and the spur of the moment stuff we did.

Now I can say I lived.

Let me retrace the roads we travelled,

the tracks we ran,

and the race we made.

Now I can say I gave my best.

Let me say thank you to the unexpected friends I made.

To the first friends I've kept, and to the new ones I treasure dearly.

Now I can say I am better.

Let the mushiness linger a little longer.

Let the music repeat itself.

For if I could, I'd extend the week a little more

and re-do all the things we enjoy together.

Let me hug you one more time.

Let me cry with you just this once.

For after this part, we go on with our lives.

We'll see each other soon, I bet.

But for now, I think I can,

I can say goodbye.

MY FRIENDS, BOTH OLD AND NEW MAKE IT HARD FOR ME TO LEAVE.

That sometimes I wish it would last a little longer. But it's all ending really soon. I can really say I have enjoyed my college life to the fullest. I may not leave with the highest awards, but I can say I had the best damn time of my life with my dearest friends and the best people in the world.

The biggest thank you to the people who became part of my college life. To my friends, my blockmates (Yooohooo group block A!), to my ABAM family, my JFA family, my AdCore circle,COMELEC families (under Kitch and Tim), my ABAM-HR loves, my Burger Macho and Oracle group, Ilocos Summer friends, my H&S, Wonder and Kruchy teams, my cassava queens and Stitch donyanesses, to my crushes, my teachers, to my road trip buddies, my late night McDo friends, my ka-inumans and ka-gimmicks back in junior year, my non-BA friends and rappel-mates.

IT'S BEEN AN AMAZING FOUR YEARS.

Thank you.

Cheers to togetherness, 'til God knows when.

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Recall and Compare (edited Jan.1,2009)

Because a new year awaits, and just like any tv show right now, let's wrap up our year 2008.

BEST OF 2008 (discarded unnecessary and boring questions haha)

How old were you in 2008?: 19 (still am)
What was the most important thing you discovered in 2008?: Priorities change. (Most) People change.
What will you always remember about 2008? FEASIB, major s-t-r-e-s-s. But super rewarding classes with Sir Acedera and Sir Jet. Also, ABAM- Orgpress and tbs. hahaha Out of town trips- Ilocos, Pampanga, Tagaytay, and Palawan

cassava queens Weng, Myself, Fa, and Emm

In Pampanga with my great groupmates Bee, Mae, Sel, Nikes, Atei Claire and the best tourg guide ever, Peter!

Ilocos Heritage Village with Bee, Emm, Ram and Jewel

Paoay Church, Ilocos Norte

In 2008 did you...
Keep your New Year's resolution(s)?: Yeah, just one. The other one I tried but, haha!
Go on a holiday?: ILOCOS, beybeh! PALAWAN, Mehn! PAMPANGA, chong! hmmm, do 'spur-of-the moment' road trips count? haha

at the park on our way to the Underground River, Puerto Princesa, Palawan

Change jobs?: I don't have a job.
Get drunk?: HAHAHA MAJOR. zuri naman.
Get high?: Yah. alcohol high and love high. :)
Fall in love?: Maybe?
Break up with someone?: no.
Stop speaking to someone?: Sort of.
Kiss someone?: my friends.
Kiss someone whose name you can’t remember?: nah. haha

Make a new friend?: Yupyup!
Do anything embarrassing?: sobrang dami :))
Do something that you thought that you would never do?: Uhm, Facebook? hahaha

Do something you have always wanted to do?: DRIVE! (Special shout out to Raish! Thanks yo!) Cook!
Do anything that you regret?: Drank too much once, I guess. hehehe
Do anything illegal?: Meron pero since illegal, shempre I won't write it here. :))
Break a promise?: I don't recall also.
Lose something?: LIKE MAAAAJOR!!! (haha conyo!) My phone! k800i Cybershot phone.
Go crazy?: NUNG FEASIB NA-BUANG KAMING LAHAT. And nung H&S and WonderWalis days (NIGHTS actually) namin together.

Best of 2008...
Movie: A Very Special Love, Wanted
TV Show: Gossip Girl Season 2
Song: Not the best but I'll remember Bleeding Love and No Air. And sa OPM naman I think it's the year of Ryan Cayabyab and Bugoy's Paano na Kaya. :)
Album: No idea.
Thing you bought: My new leather bag (Christmas gift to myself). haha
Memory:

ERASERHEADS CONCERT!!!

TRIP TO PALAWAN!

Julian's birth,

177 Prezo Day(L-R): Sir Ray, Fa, Myself, Dianne, Claude,Emm, Weng, Lori

172 Prezo Day with the whole class (Find sir! haha)

Marketing classes (in fairness talaga kay Sir Ray and Sir Jet)

Worst of 2008...
Movie: Among those I watched...hindi sulit yung Quantum of Solace and For the First Time
TV Show: Eva Fonda? HAHAHA
Song: i don't listen very often so I don't care.
Album: I don't care also.
Hangover: BAdhoc! hahahaha
Memory: FEASIB.

About 2009...
What do you want in 2009?: A GREAT JOB, prosperity, love and happiness. And that the Philippines won't be too affected by the recession. And that the price of petroleum won't go high anymore so I could get a car. haha
Is there anything you would do differently in 2009?: Last year I wrote this for 2008: Take things one day at a time. And focus on important things like the people I love, the things I enjoy doing and the tasks that will help me reach my dreams. (nyak, napaka profound! haha)

Now, this: Plan ahead but keep in mind that things won't always turn out as planned. And shempre, as always, FOLLOW MY HEART. :)

Do you think it will be a good year?: DEFINITELY. :)
What do you look forward to most about 2009?: Prosperity, more friends, and more destinations!
Do you have a New Year's resolution?: Mag gym para sa wedding ni Weng at Hun, hahaha and...More like plans, not resolutions... Itodo to the highest level and college life (including acads), enjoy traveling after grad, and then do my job (kung meron) to the best of my powers. haha

CHEERS TO A GREAT 2009 FOR ALL OF US! LET'S MAKE IT THE BEST YEAR YET! WOOOPEEEE!

My 19th Birthday

Happy Birthday to me! and to my dear friend Leslie Huang!

Wholesome part of the day:

This morning I woke up 6 hours after finishing all my Psych requirements. While working on it, I got calls from friends, text messages and had YM windows popping on my screen, all containing birthday greetings. I love the greetings. It is really very flattering.

Anyhooo, my family went to Manila Ocean Park to see marine life up close. hahaha But diving at Donsol with the butandings is still the best experience. Anyway, the place is wide and interesting however the people were stubborn and disobeyed the rule on not using the camera flash. That really sucks. I mean, hello, at that age (parental age!??!?) how can they not obey the rules?!

family pic with the sharks

After the tour, we had lunch at Ozeano, the restaurant inside the oceanarium. Thanks Mom and Dad for the great lunch, educational trip and yummeh cake!

Batch bonding...I shall leave it to the photos. :)

Leslie and I

group shots

Let's not post the jumping jacks ok? hahahahaha So there, the booze was great (snaps for Jave!) and the company was cool. Music was so reminiscent of our clubbing days. CALLING MISTER MIGUEL ECHANIS. COME BACK NOW BECAUSE IT'S TIME TO PARTEEYH.

Here's one funny and unintentional photo...

Emm took this photo. I asked 'Is it nice?' And a tipsy voice said "It's suuper nice as in!" Then Emm shoved the cam on our faces saying 'it's like Gossip Girl." hahahaha

Who knows? Gossip Girl is just around the corner?
There's a new talk in town. Ever heard of practice what you preach? Looks like the preacher quite forgot about that.

One question's for certain...

Will there be a "Stay here and fight" moment soon, just like S and B?

I hope not.

Like they say, don't let anyone catch you with your pants down. Literally.

counting today's blessings

First,I want to thank God for helping me in the ABAM elections. Thank you for everyone who voted for me. Yay! I will work with my fellow execore memebers President Tim, EEVP Ace, IEVP Jay-ar, CA VP Caloy , Fin VP Ian and SE VP Emm to push ABAM beyond the limit and make this term the biggest and best ever term for the organization. Yahooo!

Second, yay to the ABAM casino night! Hurray to the chocolate fountain, karaoke, billiards and poker. Sayang, we didn't know may pool pala. Swimming partaaay!

Third, HAPPY BIRTHDAY ANABEE! YAY! Very intimate and cool party at the Ayala Hillside Clubhouse. Congratulations on the new home as well!

Fourth, Alice Jong, our Korean classmate in OpMan is leaving on March 14. We will miss her. I will remember the time we tried to learn her Korean name, as well as the time we offered her Pili nuts and she loved it. We'll see you soon, ayt? take care!

Reyna and Doña

Finance exam- better, i think. hahaha

3-hour Law class- We survived it! Yay!

Shopping with Fa at Trinoma. Suuuuper sarap pumili ng bibilhin! hahaha Shopping is healthy. You walk and walk and walk. Which exercises your muscles. You sharpen you practical Math skills when you compute for discounts. You also get to apply your Cost-benefit analysis when deciding to avail of your credit card's 15% discount or using that gift certificate with the normal 10% discount. You improve your taste while updating yourself with the current trends in the market. You are able to study the layouts of the stores and see how they segregate their goods. You observe how well they treat their customers. You realize that work performances are actually practiced and appraisals really happen. hahahaha See? Shopping is part of our holistic development as students- especially business students.

Okay, enough justifying our guilty pleasure. haha We wanted to buy a lot of stuff. Numerous pairs of pretty shoes, endless shelves of bags and clothes. Fa and I kept repeating to ourselves "Hayaan na natin. Mabibili natin yan lahat pag doña na tayo." That's some kind of motivation noh? hahaha

My other motivations would be my dream house and my travel list. That's about it. This may sound quite materialistic but who am I to deny that? In a world where people work hard to succeed, I guess we all deserve to reap the fruits of our labor right? I want to see the beauty of the world! I want to travel with my family, with my friends, I want to travel alone too! But maybe not soon. That'd be freaky for me. hehehe For my dream house- I want it to be perfect for relaxing after a hard day. I want a cool house where my kids can hang out with their friends. Kahit pang batch party, panalo! hahaha Joke lang. Well, I'd understand that. hahaha A house with lots of garden space where family gatherings can be held. Where endless videoke nights happen and where the cutest sleepovers take place. Oh diba? I want a house big enough to satisfy the simple things that I appreciate in life, like spending time with the people who really matter.

That won't be so soon but even if we're like 10, 20, 30 years older, we can still have a batch party right? hahaha Isama mo na buong pamilya mo! haha

So you see, shopping is more that just spending your allowance on pretty footwear. It's where dreams are built...at least for us.

In the meantime, I'll enjoy my dinner with the queen.

Check out her crown. HAHAHA

I lost my heart...jacket.

Before anything else, I wanna congratulate Emm and Cheska for a superb party at the Prince of Jaipur last night! Aylavet! I had a blast!

It's nice to know that they wanna dance with you but it feels better when you tell them they ain't gonna cross your line. *personal kwento here*

I totally enjoyed dancing with the people who I partied with for the first time. Batch mates, more ha? Nica and Raisia and all our friends, sama na next time!

♥

Remember when I went shopping last Tuesday? The heart jacket I craved for months, that I bought that time...I lost it in the party. Emm, please please help me find it. Please ask the models and stylists. Baka they got it accidentally or got it for safekeeping. Please Emm, it means so much to me. May sentimental value yun.

Anyway, that heart has a pick up line (care of FA) which I failed to use because, one, I lost the jacket, second, wala akong pag gagamitan. It goes something like

"My heart's broken. Can you zip it and make it whole again?"

'Coz you see, the jacket has this big red heart right at the middle of the front part. *cries cries cries* Seryoso, iniiyakan ko.

♥

I hate it when people are so paasa. They tell you they're coming so all night you wait and wait. Not even a message to let me know that I need not wait 'coz he won't show up anyway? Lagi nalang, my time adjusts to his oh-so-important schedule. And the only night I ask for his time, he doesn't show up. Boo.

♥

I lost my heart jacket.
and my heart too.
please find it and give it back to me.
i beg.