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Tuesday, November 30, 2004

Crappy Crabs
I have a recent aversion to crabs! No, not the live critters that will attack you with its claws, but the deliciously prepared Singaporean Chili Crabs of Red Crab.

Here's the story...
We ate at Red Crab last Thursday with my family and my cousins. The usual leftover was, of course, taken home. Friday morning, I heat up the leftover Singaporean Chili Crabs in the microwave, and ate it. Moments later...uh-oh...diarrhea...terrible diarrhea. I will leave out the gruesome parts but you get my point. Several trips to the CR, several glasses of coke, a bottle of gatorade, a tablet of immodium and several days later, I have not fully gotten back to my usual excretory habits (partly because of the Immodium and partly because i kept eating anything I want). Anyways, I'm a bit okay compared to my pins and needles situation last friday...

This morning (tuesday), i woke up, opened the fridge...and ta-dah...there's a new mocking enemy inside our fridge... A styrophore bearing the name, Red Crab. I peeked inside it, and yes, unmistakingly, it is Singaporean Chili Claws inside the pack! My mom must have brought it home from last night. The mere sight or smell of it makes me queasy. It may take a while before i can fully recover from my phobic crab incident.

Tests
I just took the UP-LAE. I hope I will miraculously pass--rephrase: it is a miracle if i pass. I hope my "manghuhula" powers were on during the test. If they weren't, O well..

The test was like a long HR/Employment exams where one must take a battery of tests from IQ, Math, Reading Comprehension, Vocabulary, Deductive Reasoning, Logic... etc etc. Anyways, I really have a narrow vocabulary range (partly the reason why I took Basic English). The only certain answer I had for the vocabulary section was of "Muscovado"... it's a kind of brown sugar! I don't even know why they ask this in a law entrance exams, but thank God they did! And thank God I know about food and its basic components!!! About the remaining 69 or 79 vocabulary questions..the hell with them!

O yeah, there was this essay section...the question was something like..should the philippines have a parliamentary or presidential form of government. Uh-Oh!!! I have no opinion with this matter whatsoever. I try to scan my Pol Sci memories . Shit! I don't even have a complete grasp of what a parliamentary form or a presidential form of government is...Shit! I don't want to talk about this topic anymore!

Moving on...

Bazaars
Last Sarurday, I went Bazaar hopping! We have a free "stall" in World Trade Center for the Fab 5 Bazaar wherein we utilized by promoting Art Adventures! By three o'clock, the Art Adventures' decided to go home. I stayed and went to the bazaar next door, Noel's Christmas Bazaar...sponsored by GMA 7 (I think). I was walking around when my phone rang...

Nel: hello
Kathryn: Nel, asan ka?
Nel: Asa World Trade.
Kathryn: Sa may Fab 5...
Nel: Hindi. Sa kabila. Sa Noah's...
Kathryn: Huh? Ah, sa Noel's Bazaar
Nel: Oo nga, sa Noel's Bazaar

Anyways, later I met up with Kathryn, Gica, Zarah, and Jacob. Tapos humirit si Gica na may sarili akong bazaar--Noah's Bazaar!

Later, we went to the Heavenly Sent Bazaar in The Fort.
There was a stall selling this warm/cold compress relaxing pillows for P550. Basta, it's like a pillow na may laman na sand or pebble-like materials sa loob. Then, aroma-therapeutic pa sha!!! Tapos, if you want warm compress para sa batok, likod, tiyan mo or wherever, i mi-microwave mo lang yung unan. Tapos if you want it cold, ipasok mo sha sa freezer!!! Astig diba!

Speaking of bazaars, on December 10,11,12...magtitinda kami ng barbecue sa the Big Tent sa may Don Antonio Commonwealth... Kain kayo ha!

Bum life..
Bored na ako!
Pero tinatamad ako gumawa ng kahit ano... I started reading and re-reading several books, but I'm not in the mood to finish them. Basta, I have a line-up of books that I am eager to read but I can't buy them right now, and I don't know who has copies that I can borrow. Anyways, if sinong may kopya ng books na 'to, pwedeng pahiram...I'll return them, promise!
Top of mind books that i want to read...
5 People I meet in Heavern
Shopaholic takes Manhattan
Shopaholic ties the Knot
Book 2 of the Series of Unfortunate Events (may book 1 at 3 sa house, pero walang 2!)

Basta, easy reading books! hehehe
O well... Yun na muna!

My back hurts! (lagi kasing nakahilata)...

I swear, I'll get some exercise starting tomorrow!

Waaahhh

Monday, November 22, 2004

Di ko maayos yung tagboard ko! Di ko sha macenter sa gitna ng box!!! WAAAHHH...
Tapos, yung mga ibang posts ko, hindi nababasa yung " or ! or '...basta ano-anong characters yung lumalabas...

WAAAAHHH!!!!

(wala lang..naiirita na ako mag-layout ng blog, i just need to scream!)

Maldita Nel and her Childhood memories

Sunday, November 21, 2004

After Golda, Drea and I had our "business plan" meeting and after we pretended to be healthy vegetarian eaters at Satya, we decided to reward ourselves with sinful chocolate cake at this quaint coffee place in Xavierville ave called "Cordillera Coffee". Drea and Gelo (her brother) had this native chocolate cake while Golda and I had an American chocolate cake. The difference is that the native chocolate cake is darker, hence the name "native"...oh yeah, it uses tablea chocolate. I also had toast with jam and butter and coffee... Why, the toast? Well because it only costs an extra 5 bux. So there, i had a healthy vegetarian dinner, followed by a chocolate cake, coffee, and toast with jam and butter.

So anyways, our conversation led to the topic of my being a maldita ever since i was a kid. Napunta ata kame sa topic na yun kse kwinento ni Golda yung maldita at sadista kong ginawa doon sa student guard volunteer nung Namfrel. Basta, that will be another blog story...Yung overview ng situation..pinagbantay ko yung student guard volunteer ng pinto malapit sa washroom...

So yun...I shared my maldita moments and unforgettable childhood memories.

Story No. 1:
Grade 1, Room 9, Homeroom Period.
We had this Student Diary in St. Paul wherein we are supposed to write our homeworks. Then at the right corner of the board there is the "Diary Corner", where teachers write the assignments and announcements for students to copy.
Basta one time, our teacher wrote this loooong announcement for us to copy. So long that it exceeded the Diary Corner of the board. I don't want to copy that long! So, what i did...I cried! hahahha (more of a drama cry)..then, when the teacher approached me and asked what is the matter..i just said "hindi ko na kaya kumopya!!!"...So yun, kinopya ng teacher yung announcement sa student diary ko!!! Pagdating sa house, nung nakita ng yaya ko na handwriting ng teacher..tinanong kung bakit...tapos i just giggled!!! bWahhaha

Story No. 2
(well, it's not really a Maldita moment, but its quite memorable)
When I was in second grade in St. Paul, I was hit by a gray L300 van inside the campus. The great accident happened on the driveway of the preschool department. I really can't remember everything, but from what I was told, I rolled many times on the ground. I woke up in the grade school clinic (where Sister Goretti looked at me and said, o si Nelissa pala 'to), then I was brought to the hospital for an x-ray. Miraculously, I had no scratches, wounds nor bruises. My guardian angel saved me raw! Mas memorable ata tong nangyaring it okay Jacey, kse kahit college na kami, binabalik nya pa yung kwento na nasagasaan ako!

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I have a lot of other fun personal childhood memories in school and even on the streets of our village. But the most unforgettable moments I have happened inside our little home. Here, all of my memorable childhood memories involve not only me. There are other major characters who played the lead roles. Sometimes I am just an extra to that colorful past experience--a third person watching, laughing at, and forever imprinting the experience; that several years later, I am able to look back and share them to the world.

A picture when we were young...

Mommy, me (in red), kian, and nina

We look cute 'no. hahaha. But despite that angelic looks we have, we are all little devils in our own ways. When we were young, Nina and I constantly have sabunutan sessions. I don't even know what were the reasons. Kung sabunutan kami mag-away ni Nina, ibang level kami ni Kian mag-away nung bata. When he was 3 years old, and I was about 8, he bit my butt. As in! Slowly decaying yung ngipin nya pa nun, so mejo matulis yung front teeth. Then yun, kinagat nya ako sa pwet..kse yun yung height level nya. Nabutas yung shorts ko, pati underwear ko, and yes, tumagos hanggang pwet. So I think, hanggang ngayon may mark pa rin ng ngipin nya yung kagat, pero I wouldn't really know kasi di ko naman makita yung butt ko eh. Oh yeah, there was this time, mga 12 ako, tapos sha 7...tapos binasag nya yung itlog sa mukha ko..yung reason ng away namin...tinapay, particularly tasty...Wag na kayo magtanong!!!

As I mentioned, minsan mere observer lang ako sa mga pinaka memorable childhood memories. Like one time, we dared to make Nina go inside Dad's suitcase. So pumasok naman sha. Ni-lock namin with the combination lock...then, uh-oh...di na namin mabuksan. It's either that we forgot the combination number or talagang nasira na yung suitcase... anyways...
Iza (me) shouts, 'MOMMY, si Nikki (Nina) di makalabas ng maleta!'
So malamang, panic mommy ko pati si Ate Neng... Unti-unti nilang sinira yung suitcase. Nung may maliit na awang sa suitcase, makikita mo yung kapatid ko na umiiyak doon sa loob...para shang sisiw sa loob ng balot... So yun, basta, nabuksan yung suitcase...nasira na totally. Hanggang ngayon pinagtatawan pa rin naming yun.

Another Sibling Story...this time it involves Nina and Kian
Setting: Bahay. During the time na uso yung brownout. So siguro, Grade 3 ako, Grade 1 si Nina and 4 years old si Kian.

Nagaaway ata yung 2 dahil sa Gameboy. Anyways, being older, Nina got the Gameboy! (Di ko alam kung paano sila nakakalaro ng Game Boy na kandila lang yung ilaw).. So since si Nina na yung nakakuha ng Gameboy, pinaligo na lang ni Ate Neng si Kian.

After maligo ni Kian, unti-unti shang pumunta sa kwarto habang nagsusuklay.

Nina shrieks, 'Wag mo kung papatayin...Wag mo kong sasaksakin, magkapatid tayo!' With the matching drama of a massacre movie... (This is addressed to kian)...

Huh?
Yun pala, nakita ni Nina yung shadow ni Kian na may hawak na matalim na bagay. Akala nya kutsilyo! Eh yung hawak ni Kian, suklay...

Hehehe... ibang level na imagination...

So yun.. Basta, wala lang akong magawa kaya nag-trip down the memory lane ako

I'm free

Wednesday, November 17, 2004

After how many gruesome months I spent in this company, I am officially free!!!
My boss, at last, made a smart decision which was to accept my resignation.
As my friend said, God has a funny way of presenting opportunities for us. I have been forever fussy because I don't know how to break my resignation. But the perfect opportunity came when my boss asked me of what I feel about our company. And I, being my tactless self, said what I really felt--that I am not happy and there seems to be no room for growth for me (well among other things that I said). (I have been practicing the monologue of what I want to say for how many weeks now). With that, a compromise has been made and I submitted my resignation letter.

It was an elating moment! It's like having a big boulder lifted from your shoulder.
Though of course, there is a tinge of sadness because I will miss my friends from work, and because I quite pity them for they still work for that "person" (take note of the quotation marks).

However, what I will miss most is my Netopia( accdg to Mama B.). No more free internet for YM and blogging...hahah...So there, I might not be able to post as often as I do. (I have to share our PC with my sibs who have legit rights to use the computer...mag-re- "research" daw...pero nag-friefriendster lang naman).

Nel's Quotable Quotes II

Tuesday, November 16, 2004

P and F
Premise: Si "Friend" may crush sa isang guy friend ko from another group

Conversation over the phone
Nel: Uy "friend", Plopi na lang i-code name mo kay ano... (referring to the crush friend)
Friend: Ano? Flopi?
Nel (galit na tono ..i.e. bingi ka ba?): Hindi Flopi...PLOPI!!! Plopi with an EP!
Friend: Huh?

Note:
EP--read as "epf"
Parang F pero EP...

Nagtatampo si Seifer!

Guys, I want you to meet Seifer. He is our Labrador. (Actually more of Kian's Labrador...pero family pet na rin)

Anyways, Labs are supposedly one of the smartest breed of dogs there is. But, Seifer is exceptional. Alam niya lang magpa-cute!!! As in, if lalapit ka sa kanya, hihiga na yun at magpapakamot, tapos gumagalaw-galaw yung paa nya (na-parang nag-bibicycle sa ere).

Kung sasabihan mo sha na "down Seifer" o kaya "sit Seifer", uupo yun ng mga 1 second tapos lulundag ng lulundag! Baliw!!!

Anyways, so yun...
Last Saturday, Family day ni Junnel sa UP. So maaga umalis sina mommy. Naiwan kme ni kian sa house (kasi may iba kaming lakad)...
Nung paalis na ako, si Seifer nakatali doon sa gate..so hindi ko malabas yung kotse. Eh, kelangan ko sha alisin, kse baka maatrasan ko sha. So I tried to untie his leash para ilipat sha sa other side of the garage. Pero, dahil sobrang laki nya, this was not an easy task. Every time na lalapit ako sa kanya, tatalon sha ng tatalon, tapos dadambahan ako, eh mejo puti ang damit ko.

After how minutes of struggling...na-unleash ko na rin si Seif.. tapos, takbo takbo sha sa garage (akala nya, lalabas kame ng street)...hinabol ko, hanggang natali ko na sha sa other side ng garage.

So yun, tapos, nag-bye bye ako sa kanya...tapos he gave me this nakaawang look...So yun, while I was driving, naguiguilty ako...

When I went home, andun pa rin si Seifer sa pinagtalian ko sa kanya...tapos, he was playing slash eating a leaf...tapos hindi nya ako pinansin! Kahit tinatawag ko shang, "Seifer"..di sha lumilingon!

Then, umalis kme ng gabi nga family..tapos pagbalik namin, di sha tumatahol (eh usually tumatahol yun eh)...

Tapos, kahit nung Sunday na, di pa rin sha namamansin...

Hay, nagtatampo si Seifer!
Pati pala aso, marunong mag-silent treatment!!!

Post Script: Aso ni Mama Bee, bading! Nagmana sa kanya!!! Hehehe..bading si Manolo

Hurrah for Me!!!

Friday, November 12, 2004

Ok...it's official! I'm weird! After numerous weeks of ranting and whining about anything and everything, today I can finally say, I'm fine. Well, fine is an understatement. I am more of elated, euphoric, borderline psychotic!

Wala lang!
Probably I'm happy because I am now a part of a group of entrepreneurial individuals who will try to bring out the creativity out of young kids.
Or maybe I'm happy because I didn’t go to work today (told my boss I'm sick, hehehe) and went to a job interview instead.
Or maybe because it's payday, and it’s a long weekend!

And since I am in high spirits, I will not let any negativity bother me. So to my cynical friends out there, just be happy okay!!!

Kaninang morning sa office...

Wednesday, November 10, 2004

Mr. CA: Neil saan ang tissue natin?
Neil: Sir, ubos na po
Mr. CA: Lot, wala na ba tayong tissue?
Lot: Sir, wala na po. Mamaya pa po darating yung delivery ng supplies
Mr. CA: (sabay himas sa tiyan) Oh.. shit!

Ay, shit nga!

*Names were changed to protect characters' identities

Yahoo Avatar and Fairy Tales

Monday, November 08, 2004

Since wala akong magawa, idedescribe ko na lang yung previous yahoo avatar ko. actually, fairy tale yun eh...kse nga, gusto ko magsulat ng children's book (pero hindi fairy tale), so this is my first attempt! bwahahha...(and a terrible one, for that matter) gusto ko sana maglagay ng screen shot ng avatar ko, kso, walang pang-capture yung computer sa office. so use your imagination... so how does my avatar looks like?
A fairly skinned girl wearing glasses, wearing a devil’s hat, with an arrow shot on her head. She is in a warrior costume (na sabi ni golps, pang-mulawin) and for some reason that I will explain later on, she has a cat’s tail.

The setting is in a parking lot, with a red convertible at the back. There is a witch flying on a broom on the background, and a frog at her front.

Get the picture? So this is how the story goes…

Once upon a time, there was a princess trapped inside the castle. An evil witch guards her day and night (as shown by the witch flying back and forth). The princess badly wants to escape for her to meet her charmed prince (see, modern times na talaga. Hindi na kelangan magpa-rescue ng princess sa prince. Girl Power bwahhaa…) The princess disguised herself in a warrior costume (of course, she has to. It’s hard to manuever oneself in an enchanted forest wearing a gown). She slowly and carefully crawled out of the castle halls. Alas! Just seconds before she has completely got herself out of the castle’s door, the witch saw her. The wicked witch put a spell on her to transform her into a cat. Luckily, the spell only reached the princess’ butt. She was not totally transformed into a cat but a tail grew from her behind.

The princess reached the city, specifically the open parking lot of Megamall. The wicked witch, flying on her broomstick, continues to rigorously search for the princess.
The princess saw the frog which she dearly believes to be her charmed prince. ‘Maybe the witch turned my prince into a frog’, the princess thought. So, the princess dramatically picked up the frog, ‘A tender kiss will bring back my prince’, she said to herself. Slowly, the princess touched her lips with the frog’s. NOOO!, the witch screamed! The witch dashed towards the princess to stop her from kissing the frog. Unfortunately, the witch was hit by the MRT. She was brought to the New Medical City.
The witch died in operating room, not because of the impact of the MRT but because of the untolerable pollution in EDSA. The witch died of asthma attack.
Back to the parking lot, when the princess kissed the frog, she died on the spot. The frog, apparently, was not a Frog Prince, but just an ordinary, poisonous frog.
And the frog lived happily ever after…

The End.

Damn Elevator

WAHHHH!!! Muntik nanaman akong maipit ng elevator kanina!
Damn Tektite elevators!!!!!!!

Ang corduroy skirt nga naman

Friday, November 05, 2004

Waaaahh…Bat ganon?
Andyan na..pakakawalan ko pa!!! Sa kakahintay, nawala na ng tuluyan.
Hay, isa kong malaking tanga…

Kse ganito yun, I found the perfect short-beige-corduroy skirt sa may bazaar. And P200 lang sha. As in, maganda yung tahi, mukhang mamahalin…So diba dapat binili ko na agad. Good find nga kse. But no! Di ko sha binili. Di ko alam kung bakit? Sabi ko babalikan ko. Nag-dradrama ako na wala akong pera (eh, sa totoo naman may P200 na laman yung wallet ko). To make the long story short…di ko sha nabili…

Pero okay lang. Sabi ko sa sarili ko, next bazaar (kse, every sweldo may bazaar sa building naming) andun yun uli… at tiyak, bibilhin ko na!

Dumating ang next bazaar, aba, wala na yung store na nagtitinda ng P200 perfect corduroy skirt. Don’t panic, may next month pa…

Mga anim na bazaars na ang lumipas at di ko na uli nakita ang tindahan na nagtitinda ng corduroy skirts. Sa dami-daming stalls na pagpipilian, wala doon yung corduroy skirt ko! Ngayon, iniisip ko pa rin kung bakit hindi ko yun binili nung una ko shang nakita.

Hanggang ngayon nanghihinayang ako sa corduroy skirt na dapat ay napasaakin.

Ang corduroy skirt nga naman parang love life…yuck ang baduy!!!!
Hahaha..baliw na ako!

quarter life crisis

I thought it was just me.
But apparently most of my friends are experiencing the so-called quarter-life crisis--the feeling of searching for something and not knowing what it is. It's one of the most difficult thing in the world--trying to look for something that you do not know.

Straight out of college, filled with idealism, pride and hope, we suddenly found ourselves caught in a regular 9-5 job. Then, we're trapped. It's not something we ever dreamt of. I'm not sure if it's something that we even wanted. The wave, somehow, brought us here. Then, we realize that we are unhappy, for this is not where we wanted to be. It is not who we are.

Like what I mentioned in one of my earlier entries, since we are caught by the waves of time, we forget about our dreams and hopes. Without these, we have nothing to live for. This is the very reason that we feel miserable.

With that, I would like to share a quote that I stumbled upon one time...Failure and unhappiness is caused by trading what we want most to what we want now.

How true!

Thursday, November 04, 2004

A simple word or gesture can stir up so much negative reactions. Eventhough you didn't mean it, heck, you didn't even realized it, you may have gravely offended others. And when they react to this rather offensive word or act, you feel terribly bad and utterly guilty.

*Sigh* Think before you act!

Nel is...

Crazy
Crazy
Crazy
Beautiful

just recently...

Weekend Sh*t
As if nothing happened
Jeez...
Zambales Surf...
My New Dick!
What's Up Surf's Up
Advance Open Water Diver
Cebu!
Bicol-Donsol (with uploaded photos)
Some Backlog