UKG in Heritage

Just this morning, I saw Winnie Cordero on TV featuring the Christmas theme of Heritage Hotel at Umagang Kay Ganda (UKG) morning show. I did not give much thought on what has been displayed at the lobby, where I usually pass by on my way to office, not until now. The hotel showcased a London Castle, wherein anyone who would take a peek of what's inside, would see lots of yummy goodies that nobody could resist.

If I remember it right, the hotel's theme last year was about polar express that is exactly patterned after the movie with the same title. it was just unfortunate that i was not able to take a picture of myself with that background, for souvenir purposes. hehehe

When I arrived at the lobby right before nine o'clock this morning, Winnie was already in the Riviera (still inside the hotel) and was featuring the sumptuous dishes served for breakfast. I hope they also mentioned that the hotel's cakes are sooo sinfully delicious, especially that yummy chocolate cake that I recently tried. And who would not forget their own concoction of lemon iced tea that anyone in the office would swear that its sweet taste is absolutely heaven?!

I'm hungry! :)

I'm Back!

It had been months since I noticed that my ads in my blog were nothing but all public service ads. I thought my account with adsense was deactivated for some violations that I was not aware of.

Well, a week before I took a grand vacation (as in!), I received a long-delayed mail from google. I followed the instructions and, voila! I am back! I am sooo back!

For those of you who know why, wish me luck! For those who don't, just drop me a line.. :)

Lovers in Heritage

just yesterday afternoon, an officemate suddenly barged (hehehe, what an exaggeration!) in the office announcing that piolo pascual and kc concepcion were at the lobby, shooting some scenes for the local tv series, "Lovers in Paris". without much thinking, i grabbed my camera cellphone not realizing that i took the wrong gadget. i picked up the cellphone which camera has lower megapixels!

anyway, when i got to the area where i had a better glimpse of piolo and kc, i started taking some shots and forgot about my dilemma. i was even convinced to stay longer (never mind my audit work! hehehe) when i heard that one of my favorite songs entitled, "I Love You All The Way" was played as their background music.

as piolo was about to play the piano, i took it as my cue to exit and be productive somewhere!

ciao!

I Was There!

Yesterday marked another milestone in the pages of Philippine history. The first female president of the Philippines, Cory Aquino, who succumed to colon cancer on August 1, 2009, was finally laid to rest at the Manila Memorial Park, Sucat, Parañaque.

Seeing the Laban sign flashed by thousands of Filipinos on TV gave me goosebumps as it brought me back to my childhood memories when my neighbors, along with my siblings, acted like bullies at the streets, in our little town of Surigao. We did not necessarily know what we were fighting for (or shall we say, shouting for) nor we were aware of danger then as we saw helicopters flying above us and military vehicles passing by.

So much with the good ol' times (sigh!).. I decided to go to Magallanes yesterday and there I waited for Cory's funeral march to walk by. Check out the pictures which me and my colleagues captured:


I. people were already crowding the foot of flyover at the south superhighway corner edsa:




II. after the rain stopped: brrr! so cold!




III. the Laban sign!




IV. grabeh!
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V. malapit na si tita cory!




VI. ayan na!




VII. ayan na talaga!




VIII. goodbye tita!


IX. ako yan pagkatapos manood :)

The Hopeless Romantic In Me

Here I am again.  The hopeless romantic in me strikes again.  Just last Friday, we had a videoke session with my colleagues (hey! that was part of our "team-building activity". hehehe).

Anyway, due to public demand, a good-looking gentleman (i heard he is a Director-lawyer) hit the song, "Hanggang" by Wency Cornejo.  He sang it with such passion that my officemate was teary-eyed while I, well, I was trying not to be affected (hehehe).  The consequence?  To this day, that song kept ringing in my ears. :(

Here is the lyrics of that song:

Ilang ulit mo bang, itinatanong sakin
Kung hanggang saan, hanggang saan, hanggang kailan,
Hanggang kailan magtatagal,
Ang aking pagmamahal,
 
Hanggang may himig pa akong naririnig,
Dito sa aking daigdig
Hanggang may musika akong tinataglay
Ika'y iniibig
 
Giliw wag mo sanang isiping
Ikaw ay aking lilisanin
Di ko magagawang
Lumayo sayong piling
At nais kong malaman mo
Kung gaano kita kamahal
 
Hanggang ang diwa ko'y
Tanging sayo laan
Mamahalin kailanman
Hanggang pag ibig ko'y
Hanggang walang hanggan
Tanging ikaw lamang
 
Hanggang may himig pa akong naririnig
Dito sa aking daigdig
Hanggang may musika akong tinataglay
Ika'y iniibig
 
Giliw wag mo sanang isiping
Ikaw ay aking lilisanin
Di ko magagawang
Lumayo sayong piling
At nais kong malaman mo
Kung gaano kita kamahal
 
Hanggang may puso akong
Marunong magmahal
Na ang sinisigaw ay lagi ng ikaw
Hanggang saan hanggang kailan
Hanggang kailan kita mahal
Hanggang ang buhay ko'y
Kunin ng may kapal
 
Giliw wag mo sanang isipin
Ikaw ay aking lilisanin
Di ko magagawang
Lumayo sayong piling
Hanggang may pag ibig
Laging isisigaw, tanging ikaw
Hanggang may pag-ibig
Laging isisigaw, tanging ikaw

Good News! Good News! Good News!

Yesterday, my officemate informed me that her daughter passed the Nursing Licensure Examination conducted last June 2009. And as if the good news was not enough, just an hour ago, my boss disclosed that her son has passed the recently-held Architect Licensure Examination.

To view the complete list of passers, please click new nurses and/or new architects.

By the way, my professor has also passed the nc-4 programming examination given by TESDA just few weeks ago.

I can say, with deep sincerity, that I am happy and proud of the achievements of the people who, somehow, has become part of my life.

To the passers, kudos and God bless! :)

ben...

today would have marked the 69th birthday of my father, ben, short for buenaventura. i would like to believe that i was also papa's girl, next to my only sister. hehehe

please don't get me wrong. i was never jealous of my sister or any of my siblings. my papa had his special ways of letting me know that I was also his favorite child. i remember during my early childhood days when he would sit me on his lap. he would fondly call me, "bhalah", which he mimicked from me every time i was asked about my nickname. of course, i could not correctly pronounce "guia" then. (yeah, i know. i could not see the connection. hehehe)

to my papa, happy birthday. i love you very much. you will always be the best father in the world.

i hope to see you again, in God's time. :)