a conspiracy...

as most of you already know, i spent my birthday playing wedding coordinator. it was more like a reunion, actually, and never felt like work. still, koryn and i suffered...because of those fuckin' high heels! since pat is more of the office girl these days, she was perfectly at ease wearing those killer stilettos. poor korina and angela... and so, after ate ains and con got hitched, i went home to finally sleep :) i was soooo tired that i actually felt THAT was the best sleep i've had in ages! i've got to pile up on energy reserve ofcourse since i have a lot of convincing to do the next day (wherein this picture was taken). see, that's my wani thinking really hard on whether to get me the birthday gift i want *horror* this has never happened before! hahaha i mean, my wani spoils me on regular days! why oh why is he doing this on my birthday?!? the answer to be revealed in this post so read on...

so there we were in The Block because wani promised to get me my birthday gifts! :) with an s, mind you. after we got my pretty pretty fiery red beanbag and had the best lunch at via mare, i started to panic. uh-oh, why are we not heading to the telecoms section? three things i found odd in his behavior that day : 1) suggesting we look at the empty shops to know what brands will soon open (hmmm... that's werid) 2) when i said i was tired, he suggested that we rest in the car first (he hates that!) 3) non-stop texting (tangina, sino ba yang ka-text niya???)



anyway, after he read a text message, he said ok, he'll get me my motorolla v3x! yey! THAT was the statement that erased all the odd stuff that happened from my distracted brain! but when we got home, he was acting strange again. when i went off the car first (which is what happens ALL THE FREAKING TIME), sudden drama.. "Hon naman, ako naman ang intindihin mo". eng? ano raw? saan galing iyon?

the minute we steeped into the house, he insisted i go up to my room and open the aircon. huh again! it's queer eye on etc and it's one of our favorite shows to watch. he never ever suggests going up to my room until all the good shows disappear from tv. hmmm....

pero para wala nang diskuyon, akyat naman ako. iyon pala...











no wonder he was acting soooooo strange. hehehe my wani is never a good liar. hahaha yan ang lawyer na hindi marunong magsinungaling :) kasabwat pala ng mga sira-ulo kong kaibigan!


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MOBILE PHONE UPDATE:


my n70, which was a really stupid phone and sooooo difficult to use. i'm glad i got rid of it. after vond gave it to me, it only lasted 3 days! hahaha

my moto v3 and v3x. yey, i loooooove them so much. and also, i've tried video calling and it's like one of those sci-fi movies! the 2 mega-pixel camera is divine. thank you fritz tentativa for helping me make this decision. hehehe

a birthday, a wedding, and a prophecy :)

reunited in tagaytay :) first item on our to-do list... pose, pose, pose! i missed this sobra! camwhoring is the best past-time!

patricia thinking of ways to finally make her stalkers go away!

thursday night - we met at starbucks tagaytay to finalize wedding preaprations. pat suddenly disappears and koryn mumbles something about going to the ladies' room. the next minute, they're back singing happy birthday with a cake and 'candle' - actually pat's lighter! the best birthday cake, the best friends in the whole world! :) of course, i couldn't help a little drama so i said, "guys, having this friendship back is the best gift i could ever ask for".... to which pat replied, "no, momi. the best gift is one of us winning the boquet toss at the wedding tomorrow!" ... koryn: *evil smile*

a plot for world domination... nah, that's more miranda than the tres lokas. muni-muni lang kami how to win the boquet toss since the prize is a ticket out of this country! nyayahahaha!

the beautiful bride while saying her vows. everyone was teary-eyed, i swear. one of the most beautiful weddings i've attended!



pero siyempre, eto ang tunay na bride! hehehe kunwari di alam na kinukuhaan ng picture!

at the reception venue. ate ainna: "asan na ba si koryn?!?" hehehe

the wedding coordinators: ngarag but all smiles! grace and beauty under pressure :)

i love this picture! the tres lokas with the bride and groom...

dream team... 3 SP's + 3 excellent videographers = broadcast quality output!

a looong, brain dead (but happy) post

after a week of bumming around, I finally feel rested. not rested in the physical sense rested but more of mental spaceout, which is exactly what i need right now. hehehe i had a LOT of things to do this week, which I did, thank god. but im happy because my brain is not furiously trying to work out a story, deciding which operatives to use, whatever.

i am gloriously brain dead :)

last week was really tiring and i know i deserve this break. imbestigador anniversary specials are always stressful but this year was just crazy! the minute we decided on “pulubi” as our episode theme, I thought “kawawa naman iyong maa-assign for the sindikato segment”. three days later, ako pala ang kaawa-awang nilalang na iyon! it’s already extremely difficult to differentiate a real pulubi from one run by a syndicate, but it’s even harder to stalk them and record their daily activities on hidden camera!

the night of our raid, i didn't have breakfast, lunch, or dinner. the half bottle of tropicana kuya francis (our cameraman) forced me to drink, i puked less than 5 seconds after drinking. ganun pala yun noh, feeling like your body would just snap from the pressure... with 40 NBI agents and S.I.'s waiting for your signal to raid, how you are in charge of everyone including 15 vans (and drivers), two sets of crew, a dswd official, and your program host. if i could have died then, i would have grabbed the opporunity. then came the nightmare of transporting 30 rescued children. take me, lord!

then you know, things just got better. that story was in the frontpage of the inquirer, other broadsheets and several tabloids. after the nbi presscon :) with my name on the press release hehehe

and then, the cherry on top of the cake... the ratings! 30.8 against 21 of triple x and 18 of pinoy dream academy! god really, realy loves me. and if that's not enough, the vice president of our department said she really loved our thesis! hahaha that word gave us such a headache when we were planning this episode :) what's our thesis?!?!?! what's our thesis?!?!?!? whahahaha!


but before all this came the weeks of preparation, endless discussions, and arguments (and charades! hahaha). the day before airing, some of us were soooo cranky, we were snapping at each other already (actually, i was doing all the snapping... to bowe, hehehe sorry dear i love you promise)!

now, i leave you with pictures of our planning session/brainstorming (but actually an outing in disguise, hehehe)

at the north expressway after our van broke down. trials, trials! hahaha but we make the most out of every situation. the next minute, the girls were striking the hitch-hiker pose, with the boys cheering us on hehehe photos not fit for public viewing though :) otherwise, the mtrcb would be on my case! baaaackk off!


karaoke na!


the singers manning the sacred entertainment booth :)


show 'em your moves bowe baby!


sober angel posing with the girls. i love these boardgames!
the starwars chess set, harry poter, survivor... :)


drunk angel being, well, just angel... hehehe


boys in gigolo pose, girls in natural form :)

the morning after... to get rid of the hang-over, let's drink again! see how pissed i am? see how i am holding on to the bottles of margarita and tequila? that's because my teammates tried to snatch it away from me. but i put up a fight! guys, i think better with alcohol! and you've got to admit, i'm less of a bitch when happily tipsy :)


kuya mike frowning after tasting my concoction.
may sapi nako nito, tee-hee :)




food, glorious food! (pahiram djong ha!) we feasted
on alimango, hipon, grilled liempo, several dozen grilled
tilapias, creamy soups, lumpia, assorted cakes, ice creams,
palabok, and this heavenly fruit cake
tael is slicing. yum, yum! :)


after all the fun, meeting again! *sigh*
sagabal talaga ang trabaho sa ligaya hehehe






it's sooo hard to say goodbye! see, kuya dodie (our driver)
is super sad! and we camwhored till dusk!

team a with our foster parents (noi, thanks... you have the best family!), pink, vanessa and mama wella :) thank you sooo much *sniff,sniff!*

ehem...

andrea look, miranda attitude :)

needless to say, "the devil wears prada" is my favorite movie for this year. watching it on the big screen was like a dream come true! i mean, when i was reading it years ago, i HOPED it would be a movie. hehehe god really loves me. the movie transformed my life in ways you cannot imagine. the first time i saw it, i was crying like crazy (to which vond still cannot recover from!). i actually wrote a looooong post about it but i'm holding off publishing it here for the meantime because there are issues there i'd have to settle first.

who would have thought i'd be this affected by a movie? a comedy at that! :)

duh!

and i thought we'd be looking at the 6th generation of iPods by now. *sigh* after all the speculations, it's just an improved 5th gen. i'm not too happy with it. except for the new candy colors of the iPod nano, there's not much to celebrate. i mean, i've been looking forward to this ever since i lost my beloved 60 GB iPod video (long, sad story and i've no energy to explain now)! i've been stuck with my old iPod photo because i wanted to replace it with a 6th gen!

steve jobs, please don't tell me i'd have to wait till august next year. whaaa! the developer's conference is ages away!

and what's with the 30 GB and 80 GB option? with the 4th gen, i understood the choice between 20 GB and 40 GB. but now, from 30 GB to 80 GB?!? you can't space it out that far! you have to at least give a 'middle' choice of lets say, 50 GB. hay, hay, hay... this frustrates me so :(

the only good thing in this disappointing release is more movie downloads from the iTunes store. and notice the bejeweled game in the picture above? and the cute remake of the ipod shuffle? its like a tiny button! oh well, okay. pwede na nga! hmph! you know i can never stay mad at you for long stevie baby :) just give me my 6th gen soon!

from mother angel to daughter to daughter's sweet little angel

i will be here for you.

ALWAYS.