.. Wow, Why?!?!?

Nadukutan ata ako sa LRT.

I lost my phone, huhu.

All my contacts gone... poor phone, poor me, huhu.



Get together pa naman ng remyxx tomorrow, talaga naman... pag sineswerte o.
waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah, inyo na ung telepono.. akin na lang SIM ko... pesteng yawa!

First Week - Check!

Our first week of work again in the office after the trip was not so bad. There were countless 'pasalubong ko?' greetings from almost everyone.. but of course I was prepared with an answer - in a warm but blunt manner (pwede b un?) 'wala e' sabay 'hehe - musta ka naman?'.

Hopefully, with God's help.. everything goes smoothly all throughout the training.

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I missed a lot of movies when I was away. I didn't get to see any because I'd personally rather keep the 10dollars than give it up for a movie. And so there are quite a few that's on my list:

1. transformers
2. the proposal
3. hangover
   

.. this is merely a note to self.
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alright.. first weekend - check!

...prepare for remyxx get-together next week

I Heart Manila

The reason I love BAYO so much is because of their love for simple designs, plus the fact that its owned by a local family... I Heart Manila and Fabulous Pinay are few of their slogans that I love.

.. ok, that was just an introduction, :) I love their shoutout, so let me just borrow that.

I am finally home, from the longest business trip I had (so far!). I won't complain, although it wasn't easy to be on board for about 13 hours, deplaning and boarding back, plus the fact that I had to pull some 40+ pound hand carry, with other loose items around me. I know it's more than the allowed, but I passed the checking and all eh?

I won't bore you with the details of the travel. Ok, let me take that back.

The travel began with a delayed flight from Covington, Kentucky to Detroit airport. We landed in Detroit at 11AM - next flight was 3:30 to Japan. We had lunch at Max and Erma's inside the airport first, after which we waited at the lounge near the gates and played cards. I didn't capture any pics but thanks to Dave and Buster's playing cards.. we were successful in killing time.

"He's not just in to you" (or something like that) aired during our fight from Detroit to Japan so I got to watch something I've not seen yet.. hehe. We got screened for AH1N1 when we got to Nagoya Internatiol Airport - I think nobody was pulled for quarantine, which was good.

After 45 mins of petiks time.. we left Nagoya and headed to Manila.. a 4 hour flight that made me sleep almost the entire time. But of course, I get to wake up occassionally - either because of food, snack or drinks :)

I know... my post doesn't make sense, I need more sleep... have work tonight na. My body is a little sore from pulling and lifting my bags.


Humid Manila.. goodnight muna.

Detroit Airport - Concourse A

Send Off Dinner

Kris Spier, our Client Operations Manager invited us for a dinner at their place.

Their house was pretty and totally gorgeous. Today is also Mickey's (Team Leader) 30th birthday. We surprised him with a cake and sparklers that we got him off guard. :)

Kris prepared Steak, Grilled Chicken, mixed vegetables and salad. We had cake as dessert. I forgot the name of her dog, but that boxer was very playful!




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Our flight to Manila is tomorrow at 11AM. All my bags are packed already (it's about time!) and I absolutely think my bags are more than the allowed weight. I'll just close my eyes for some charges.. I just want to get this done and over with.

I pray that everything goes smoothly tomorrow, from sealing our respective boxes, checking in, going through checkpoints to boarding the main aircraft that will fly us to Japan. By the way our route is Covington - Detroit, Detroit to Japan, Japan to Manila.

May the Lord guide and bless our trip, the pilots and crew and everyone else in the plane.

.. time to get the business rolling..

Benihana

my PC clock shows 11:27 PM.. on a Thursday evening and I'm still wide awake. Uhmm, not exactly happily awake.. more of like 'work mode' still awake.

this afternoon during lunch, we tried something different - Benihana that is at 6th East St.
The restaurant uses Teppanyaki style - a Japanese method of cooking that uses iron griddle or teppan to cook food. We all had LUNCH BOXES - choice of any 2 or 3 combination - chicken, shrimp, scallop, beef julienne, calamari, mushrooms, i forgot the rest.

Hmm, I didn't find the food so different - it even tasted ordinary to me.. I guess what made it special is how it was prepared....









.. indeed :)

TGIF in a little while! :D

Roller Coaster Week!

I declare this week as the craziest as of yet.

It seems like training preparation is just endless. We've been creating, revising, retyping modules over and over and over.. and it feels like forever! Add the fact that we're going home this weeken..so there's a lot of things that I've been thinking one on top of the other.

I've been re-doing my luggage for the nth time already... I had to change my box, re-tape them back, buy carry-on luggage, pack, pack and more packing, and practically waste money.

Oh, not to forget the buy thing... hehe, got my first CK bag today - gosh! so happy, LOL.. mababaw lang ako e,. Add my new Nike, LC and XOXO to that.. nyahahaha.

Oh well, I have to find time to vent and smile in this roller coaster week...

hold on tight! :)

EDIT:
we had lunch today at Longhorn Steak restaurant. I'll surely miss a free steak so I made sure to try it out.. possibly for the last time.

Here's my medium-well Ribeye Steak with a side of fresh vegetable and Lobster Bisque.

Nada

Today, we had dinner with Jackie - the Director of the other service that we support.

Looking at the menu, I was initially worried because it seems like they have limited options, but I was happy with what I ordered; totally yummy!

NADA @ 600 South Walnut Street Cincinnati, OH

chicken and chorizo + so many other spices, with a side of rice

visit their lively site at http://eatdrinknada.com/main.html

Trip to the Cincinnati Museum

Tech Team is very fortunate again to be given free tickets to go to the museum.. and again, we're very thankful to CFO - Gary, in making this happen. :)

The museum was broken into 3 categories - Cincinnati History Museum, Dinosaurs Unearthed, and Museum of Natural History and Science. Actually, there's one more museum - I think it's for kids.

Tagged - Ako ang "Taya"

got this tag from Reyane. Thanks sis.

1. What were you doing 10 years ago?
I think it was vacation time still, I was an upcoming Senior in high school. This was the month my grandfather died too (my mama's father)

2. Five things on your to-do list today:
Attend Mass
Go to the Museum with Team
Training Team Meeting
Update Blog
Do Facebook

.. can it be more than 5? i have so many things to do today
- revise modules
- start training guidelines
- clean my ref
- start packing my suitcase
- weigh bags...

3. Places where you've lived:
Tondo

4. Places you would like to Visit.
New York, Canada, Rome or Europe in general, different islands of the Philippines

5. Things you would do if you were a Billionaire:
Complete the needs of my family and extended fam, Be a Business Tycoon, Give back to the Needy, Put Up Quality School and Hospital, have a family to travel the world with

6. People you want to know more about:
You - who's reading this. You just got tagged! :)

Fire Alarm @ Extended Stay America

believe me, I wasn't really happy then. I guess when I'm excited and my heart's pumping fast, I can't help but smile

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Past 8PM earlier tonight
I was alone and busy in my room, sitting on my bed while working on 2 laptops.. watching House.

Suddenly I heard a very loud screeching-like noise. It was continuous, irritating and really loud.

Hotels nowadays are equipped with so much sensors - one time that my friend was frying a fish in her small kitchen.. she made her smoke alarm ring.. It didn't really cause panic, the receptionist just called us at once and told us to close the door... I am positive the sound I heard was totally different. I was even looking at my own kitchen just to check if I caused it, but hell no.

Not knowing what to do.. I opened my door and saw that the Fire Alarms at the hallway are already blinking, and the sound is everywhere not only in my room.. I quickly went inside and called the receptionist to ask what's wrong (I don't know what I was thinking, it doesn't seem like I understand the urgency - can you believe that I actually found time to call the receptionist?!?) Anyway, receptionist said he's not sure what's happening and suggested I just go down. Quickly.. I packed both laptops and ran down the stairs shaking, my heart beating fast.

My team mates who were downstairs already were very calm. They laughed when they saw me and asked my why I have a bag.. I simply said "I packed what I can and ran at once" (LOL, in reality, I was the only one left upstairs!)

Few seconds... maybe 10, firetrucks came..

It was a false alarm. They didn't see any fire or anything like it. I went back to my room, laughing and shaking still.

... whew, what a drill!

New Toy

.. i would be smiling wide if this is really mine. meet Marvin's new toy. A Compaq Presario CQ60. Check bestbuy.com. You wouldn't get anything closer to this in Manila less than 30k.

Bye Lola

.. i don't know why i missed my mom's text. i just recently realized that my Lola has already passed away. this means everyone else is growing old too.

.. please help my family and offer prayers to my Lola Teodora.

Taste of Cincinnati

Had a long weekend :)

Memorial day this year fell on a Monday so we were off from work from Saturday till Monday. This is the best opportunity for others too, to visit their relatives, family and friends.. and so 3 out of 8 from the team went to NY, LA and VA.

The remaining peeps (which is us) decided to celebrate with the locals and join their Taste of Cincinnati festive. It all happened in Downtown Cincinnati in the long strip of Fifth Street, from Race to Broadway. There were roughly around 40 establishments there which showcased their best of the bests.

taste of cincinnati

the famous Fountain Square

it all happens here

Intel Commercial

here's one of Intel's commercial that caught my attention.. cool commercial. :)

My Food Creations 2

my food chronicles eh?

Baguio Beans with Soy Sauce... Sorry, just learning how to cook. :)




what do you think ma? Does this pass?

.. I guess the problem with me is that I don't taste the food when I'm cooking it. This turned out to be 'maalat'. hahaha.

Bye Post Paid

The Post Paid Team went home today.

They got stuck in Minneapolis because of plane mechanical failure. They will stay in Japan overnight because they missed their flight by 6 hours.

.. then we're next. We'll be home by 14th. :)

Day 1 at the office
April 5, 2009

Mini Golf in Kentucky

so many activities.. i'm just thankful they are all free, otherwise I may have to choose which ones to join.


Tuesday after work we were invited to do mini golf somewhere in Kentucky. This is my second time to do mini golf, so I got a hole in one in the first HOLE, and hindi na nasundan. LOL. Beginners luck.

it was a little cold during that time, my leggings wasn't enough though I survived

nagiinarte lng

Mother's Day 2009

I just want to greet all the mom's in the world a HAPPY MOTHER's DAY!!

LOVE YOU MAMA!

TODAY

I also got to watch MLB again. Reds vs. Cardinals

Kentucky Speedway

The list of my 'firsts' just keeps on going.. today I get to watch LIVE car racing... FREE!!

I didn't set any expectations although I know watching it will be something different. FUN is totally an understatement of the experience. I can't even put it into words. Since the account we're handling is one of the major sponsors of the event.. we get to watch from their Suite, free food, booze, drinks.. everything unlimited.

When we found the suite, we immediately asked for drinks and quickly started to fill plates with spaghetti, salad, sausages and burgers.. we sat down and ate.. super hungry!!

Eventually we spent some time taking pictures.

Soon enough, the suite started to be filled with familiar faces from the company.. great.. this means the race will start in no time at all. At around 8PM, the race began. Few minutes after nagkayayaan na.. we went down to the general admission for an up close experience. At first I was disappointed.. sabi ko why are the cars slow? I thought its really like that.. I thought since it's not F1 or NASCAR, they have speed limit too.. heck, they were preparing their engine for the race.. after two or three lapses, the stadium roared ... it was truly deafening.. you won't hear anything, just the noise of their engines, you'll vibrate on your seat as they pass by.. and I keep on shouting when the cars pass by me, as if they can hear me :p

.. the rest was history..

.. it was amazing.. beyond amazing, I will never think of racing the same way again.
Thanks to everyone who made this possible.





F1 naman or NASCAR.. meron bang free?!? :)

Royal Pains

The promotion for this new USA Network series has been airing for quite some time arleady. The series, HOUSE and GOSSIP GIRL were a big hit.. so this new series would most likely get the attention of many viewers too? It made me search the internet out of curiousity. The teasers are good..

ROYAL PAINS, new USA series- 2 min preview - Watch more Funny Videos

OVERVIEW

USA network is proud to introduce the HAMPTONS' newest doctor-on-deman, Hank Lawson (Mark Feuerstein). After Hank, a young doctor on the fast track to success, falls from grace when he is blamed for the death of a hospital trustee, he inadvertently stumbles into the world of private medical service for the elite denizens of the Hamptons.

With the encouragement of his younger brother Evan (Paulo Costanzo) and an ambitious young woman who volunteers to be his physician's assistant, Hank reluctatnly agrees to be a "Concierge Doctor" for the summer. But will he be able to treat his hihg-flying client while still managing to keep his own feet on the ground? Co-starring Reshma Shetty and Jill Flint with Christine Ebersole and Campbell Scott

... seems interesting enough to me.. :) Premiers, Thursday, June 4, 9PMc