Failed Balik Alindog Program

Balik Alindog Program is a gay language for diet to have a sexy body.(that's how I define it lol) Maybe you are wondering why I need this balik alindog program where in I don't need to dahil sobrang payat ko na but this is for my friend (Daryl) who I think paranoid (pardon for this baby boy) that he's gaining weight and chubby but for me he is HOT! hahahah (bumawi naman ako) After not seeing each other for a month because of his busy like a bee schedule he asked me to run Sunday afternoon which is today (08112013) and I said yes. Running is one of his way of loosing weight and for me it's an exercise. We talked about it about  a few days ago and we didn't know that there will be a typhoon. I'm still positive that we can still run despite of typhoon but I am so sad knowing that we cant. :-(

 Ending?? Hell yeah! Cheat dayyyyy! We decided to eat instead at Cafe Breton at UP Ayala Technohub.  We had some chit chat while waiting for our food and I just realized how I missed him bigtime! Our balik alindog program became a cheat day! Here are some of our photos since we are soooooo vain!

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VAIN!

La Pinay Crepe for Baby Boy

Adam and Eve Crepe for Baby Girl

That's how we ended our Sunday! :-)

Xoxo,

Marla <3 div="">

Re-Opening...

heyaaah folks!


Yeah I know it's been a while since the last time I updated my blog so I decided to go back and share my random thoughts and adventures and that's why my title is RE-OPENING.

Maybe there's a different or other things that is more meaningful than my title but this is my blog so I can write whatever I want right? I write not to impress but to express! Gotcha?

There's a lot of things I want to share like how I've started my 2013, my adventures, my career and my lovelife? (kung meron hahaha)

So watch out for the re-opening!!


xoxo,
Marla! <3 p="">

Froyo First Timer

FROYO? ? (Frozen Yogurt) Eeewww! That’s my reaction every time that my friends ask me to buy Froyo. I’m not a fan of Yogurts actually even if I ‘m not sure how it taste. (Judgmental right? Lol) According to my friends, it has a sour taste but it’s healthier than the usual ice cream. Well, I think everybody deserves a chance that’s why after we watched the Hunger Games which is EPIC, together with my cousins, we decided to have some Froyo at RED MANGO Trinoma. 

Toppings!

We ordered the family size of Froyo and what can I say?? AWESOME! We topped it  of Crushed Chocolates, M&M’s , Fresh Mango and Chocolate Morsel. J

Our Froyo!

I fell in love with Froyo, plus the fact that it’s healthy! Wohooo! My new found love! Well, lesson learned? There’s no harm in trying and there’s always a first time for everything!

Me with our Froyo

Happy Eating! J

We enjoyed it!

Xoxo,

Marla

Incomplete :(

People see me as a happy person. Maybe because the way I laugh like there is no tomorrow or the way I crack a joke and make them happy. But what they did not know is how much I want to feel the real happiness that I’m longing for a long time.:( I feel so wasted and empty. It feels like I don’t have the chance to be happy.I’m surrounded of people who is happily married, people who already found their special someone and its not that easy coz I really feel sorry for myself. :((

Some of them keep on telling me that “Its OK,you’re still young and who knows one day you’ll find the one for you”.Its easy for them to say that coz they were not under my shoe and its hard for me to accept that out of a million people here on earth-I’m still single. I’m still hoping that one day when I wake up Ill find my ONE GREAT LOVE.

PYM Rocks!

I grew up being part of an organization in a church. I’ve learned a lot since I became part of a youth organization in Our Lady of Grace Parish in Caloocan. It was called Parish Youth Ministry or PYM for short. :) I joined PYM when I was in high school and it really changed the whole me. I met new friends that became a precious gem for me. No one can replace them in my heart and a part of me won’t be complete without them and our memories together. After not seeing each other for 5 years, I planned a mini reunion and contacted them if they willing to have to. From the date, place, who’ll be joining and their schedule up to the last minute of changing of time. Finally, the most awaited day came! Yey!.

July 30, 2011 @ Giligan’s Trinoma

 The whole gang. L-R. Jeylyn, Anton,Shem,Alpha,Rolly,Ehds,Shy,Me,Alyona,Ahnie,Marie and Rocky

Some of them told me that they’re coming unfortunately they didn’t come. :( The call time was 7 pm as I instructed but I’m LATE! Sori naman nagkulot pa eh. lolz I made a reservation but then, we still waited for almost an hours. Gawd! So, your lola here as the organizer were very STRESS at that moment. Finally after 10 jurassic years, nakapasok na din kami and started to have our orders. We are all hungry that time and we’re still waiting for Marie and Alvin. When they arrived, Kuya Rocky lead the prayer before meal. :)) How religious we are right?

Teacher Rocky.—Gutom na yan kaya ganyan na itsura nya. hehe

After we ATE. Hindi halatang gutom sila. haha

While we’re still waiting to have a place outside to start our night, nagkatuwaan kaming magkaroon ng attendance like what we always did during our meetings before. Si Ate Shy ang pasimuno. haha Here’s the evidence:

See?? How organize we are? lolz

Jeylyn and Anton ordered for a cocktail.

Weng-Weng Cocktails in Carafe with Jeylyn’s peace!

Shem’s and Alpha’s bottoms up! ^.^

Ate Ehdz and Kuya Rolly’s couples shot! <3

Kuya Rocky took the photos.

And finally after the long wait, we went outside to start the night!

Shem,Shy,Me and Alyona

Blurd shot. :((

Nexttime, BAWAL yung kagaya niya ha? haha Star of the Night!

Margarita Shot :)

Since there’s a band that night, they’re inviting the audience to jam with them and of course, papatalo ba kami? Syempre hindi! Talented yata ang PYM. Teacher Rocky rocks the stage of Giligan’s! He sang, I’ll be over you. :)

Damang Dama nya ang kanyang pag-awit.hihihi

We’re so proud of Teacher Rocky! Clap! Clap! Clap!

Take a look at some of our photos:

My mortal enemy that night. hahahaha

Hindi naman akong masaya dito? Hmm. Sino kaya katext ko? yay!

Natapos ang gabing iyon ng puno ng tawanan, asaran, biruan, kantahan, kwentuhan at isang gabing punong puno ng mga masasarap na alaala.Our group pics bago kami maghiwa-hiwalay muli.

Wacky shot!

See those happy faces? :))

Thank you so much guys! You rock! :)) See you soon!

My B.K. Expeience!! (Bagyong Kabayan)

July 29, 2011.

After how many months not seeing each other finally we’re back in our Friday habit.Since it’s friday, Me and Kat decided to go in our best friend’s house to sleep over. I waited for Kat and we ate first before heading off to our bff. I know that there’s a typhoon, but I didn’t expect what happened to us before we reached the house. Kat bought slippers with no reason, we just passed by in a slipper shop. (yaman di ba?) haha When we go outside the mall, a heavy rain welcome us! I’m still in doubt to bought slippers cause I just bought recently a slippers during Typhoon Juaning hahaha :-) But when I saw the road, my gawd! there’s a flood! I was forced to bought slippers since we don’t have a choice but to make lusong sa baha haha.Nakakaloka ang matinding alon ng baha, kinabog ang waves ng CAMSUR! haha When it’s about time to ride a jeepney,tinangay yung bagong biling tsinelas ni Kat hahahaha hindi maubos ang tawa ko! lolz.Know what she did? Tinawag nya yung mga barker to look for her another pair of slipper at binayaran nya! Here’s some of our photos when we got home! Yay! Our BAGYONG KABAYAN Experience!

I looked haggardo versoza! haha

basang basang pantalon

Kat. O diba, lumusong na sa baha red pa din ang lips haha

mga basang sisiw. haha :)))

nag mukhang basura ang doll shoes ko! Fudge!

END OF SHARING MY EXPERIENCE! Can’t forget this day! Off to bed! :) 

One GREAT LOVE.

I’d love to hear different love stories and I do also believe that each stories are unique. One lazy afternoon while surfing the net and looking for a love story, I stumbled with a new,heart-breaking and great love story. It was KATIE KIRKPATRICK’s wedding story. Don’t forget to ready your handkerchief before you read this.

Katie Kirkpatrick’s story is a powerful reminder that we can still find joy in the midst of suffering tragedy by focusing on and celebrating the present moment.

On Valentine’s Day, 2002, Katie Kirkpatrick, then a freshman at Rochester College (a small Christian college in Rochester Hills, Michigan), was diagnosed with a malignant brain tumor. Undaunted, Katie strove to keep up with her studies, but she suffered another setback in 2003 when she was diagnosed with an inoperable lung tumor wrapped around her pulmonary artery. Nonetheless, in 2004 the resilient Katie took part in champion cyclist Lance Armstrong’sRide for the Roses cancer fundraiser.

On January 15, 2005, twenty-one-year-old Katie—the girl “with a contagious smile and unrelenting optimism” who had been battling cancer for three years—married twenty-three-year-old Lapeer County sheriff’s deputy Nick Goodwin, her high school sweetheart and the love of her life, at Church of Christ in Hazel Park, Michigan.

Katie Kirkpatrick and her fiance, Nick, rest prior to their wedding. Katie has terminal cancer and spends hours in chemotherapy. Here Nick waits while she finishes one of the sessions.

Even in pain and dealing with her organs shutting down, with the help of morphine, Katie took care of every single wedding plan. Her dress had to be adjusted several times due to her constant weight loss.

An expected guest was her oxygen tank. Katie had to use it during the ceremony and reception. Katie’s parents look on.

Katie, in a wheelchair, listening to her husband and friends serenading her

In the middle of the party Katie had to rest for a bit and catch her breath. The pain doesn’t allow her to stand for long periods of time.

Katie passed away just five days after her wedding at the McLaren Regional Medical Center in Flint, Michigan

Nick said of the wedding and Katie’s passing:

It was wonderful. It was a dream come true. She was the most beautiful angel ever—just caring and selfless, and such an inspiration to everyone. She was always smiling no matter what happened, no matter what news she got. She was as close to perfect as they come.

——-> I can’t stop my tears the very first time I read their love story. I read this with mixed emotions of joy and sadness.  Joy because despite of knowing that soon she’ll die she has the courage to live a normal and happy life. Sad because she’s too young to suffer from this sickness and I know she has lot of things to do if she’d given a chance to live a long life. :( Love is not selfish. That’s how they show their love to each other despite of knowing that they won’t be together for so long. How I wish there’s a lot of Nick in this world and Katie as well. I salute and admired them both! May she rest in peace. :))

I miss being a student :(

When I’m still a student, I really want to graduate so that I can go to work and earn money on my own. I’ve been working for almost 1 and half year and have my own money. But then, once in a while every time I saw a group of students, I suddenly miss the good old times when I’m also like them. I can see students everywhere. When I’m riding a bus and some of them fell asleep (even if they’re standing), reading books and I think they’re also memorizing some stuffs. I miss buying school supplies during new school year or semester and of course who’ll not gonna miss the long lines during enrollment right? Unless you were studying in a exclusive school but in my case I studied in a government school so expect a big numbers of enrollees every semester. Here are some of the good old days photos during my college days.

Teacher’s day!

while our Prof. was teaching haha

Finals in our Personality Development subject at Max’s restaurant

Enchanted Kingdom and Tagaytay Trip!

…Graduation Day!! woot woot!

with our favorite Prof. Deane (at my left side)

tadahhh! My ultimate college crush! Basketball varsity! Kenneth Reyes! woot woot!

And while I’m looking for the other photos that I posted in Friendster, I found out that they reformat their site so all of my photos and notes and other stuff were gone! Fudge! I don’t have any copy of some of them! :(((

Things I've memorized when I'm riding a bus

I'm living in Bulacan while I'm working in Quezon City and I go home everyday riding a provincial bus. For the past one year that I've been doing this routine Bulacan-Q.C. and vice versa I've already memorized the spiel of the vendors when they were inside the bus selling their products. Here are some of those spiel:

1. Ah tubig, tubig mam/sir 10 pesos lang malamig nagyeyelo (and when you buy it they'll give you a bottle of ice not water and it's annoying)
2. Munchkins po mam, bili na kayo ng may makain sa byahe 
3. mane, mane, mane (that's how they pronounce it) bili na kayong mane mainit pa bagong luto malutong (I bought it once 'coz of the aroma that will cause you to crave unfortunately I was a bit disappointed because they'd mixed it with luma at makunat)

Those are some of their spiel and sometimes it's really annoying but once in a while they've made smile. :-)

It's part of being a Filipino, you'll do everything just to earned money and I salute them. :)))

When the PRINCESS met her PRINCE

Last May 14,2011 I went to Tagaytay for a wedding since I’m part of the Redawn Events, a wedding planner/coordinator. I’m so excited that day because another wedding for the team and another love and inspiring story.

The bride  checked-in at Taal Vista Hotel for the preparation together with her family and some of the entourage. While the groom was in Villa De Oro where the reception was held. I’m the bride assistant that day so I had all the chance to interact with the couple.

During the program at the reception, I found out the story behind on how the couple met and started their love story and it surprised me a lot.Are you excited to know it? Ok here we go!

The bride is working in Makati med where in the groom is working in Australia a a Mechanical Engr. His cousin who also work in Makati med was the reason how their love story began.One day, the groom’s cousin told the bride and three other girls that they’ll be having a lunch date without even knowing that they’ll be dating with one man and it was the groom.During the date and to cut the long story short, when the groom looked at the bride he suddenly felt the magic and said “she’s the one”. After some courting, the bride gave her yes to him and 1 month passed by and the bride got a wedding proposal and without any hesitation she said yes <3.

While we were at the holding room waiting for the program to start, the bride told me that the groom promised that he’ll be back to marry her but the bride was in doubt if the groom will make his promise. The groom said to her “ O di ba bumalik ako?” with a sweet smile on his lips *so sweet). Long distance relationship is not that easy especially when you’re just starting to build and grow your love story but they made it! :) To tell you guys the truth I was surprised when I heard that story but what is more surprising is when the Matron of Honor who also the bride’s sister gave them a message and divulge something about the bride.

During their photo shoot 

The groom was her first boyfriend at the age of 28. Tear fell when the matron of honor told this as part of her message. According to her, when her ate(bride) introduced the groom in their family she knew that her ate really loved the guy because this is the first time she bring a guy in their house. (All the people in the crowd we’re crying including me coz of the story and it gave us somehow a “kilig” factor.) They were so thankful that finally her ate saw already his “Sweet Prince”. The bride’s pet name was PRINCESS and they called each other “sweet” that’s why his name in her phonebook was “sweet prince” . They were really in love, the way they talked to each other, the way the groom hold and kiss his bride like there’s no tomorrow you can feel that love is in the air.

Such an inspiring love story to share. Sometimes, our basis on loving the person or to tell ourselves that we love them is on how long you’ve known each other. But this story proved that we’re wrong. Once you feel the magic, grab it and don’t let the chance passed  by, coz who know’s maybe his/her the prince/princess that will complete the missing part of you. I want to share with you one of my favorite song title “Love moves in mysterious way” Yes it is!

Me with the Couple

This story inspired me not to loose hope and once more to believe that love is still existing! Happy reading! Till next time!

Much Love,

Jian <3