Post Birthday Greetings from ME!

Hi people of all gender,

Due to disturbances in my connection, I was not able to give thanks to those who made an effort, even the tiniest bit, last week, on my 25th birthday. I was grateful, really. An ordinary day that I claimed turned out to be something special.

So let me tell you first how that day had gone:

November 17, 2015

super duper early morning (as in the wee of hours with no traffic noted): went to Regional Office to submit requirements for work with my co-workmate, Micai. And because we were super duper early, we grab a short breakfast at the nearest 7-11 and had that small chit-chat. Then we went straight to work.

The morning work: well, we were a bit lucky. No OPD check up for almost two weeks means no patient. So we (actually, they. haha) spend the whole day on paperworks and assisted few patients. While me, after I just let pass a few minutes of the morning, I started to re-write my last week's accomplishment reports. Para may silbi sa trabaho. Hindi porket birthday, eh, tatamad-tamad na. Hahahaahaha!

We received a group message from our point person, informing us about a meeting. So that means we need to report to the main RHU by 4pm. To make the long day short and 4pm came, we went there as per instructed.

But when we arrived, this happened. Haha!

lakas maka-Aldub ng cupcakes. Haha.

A birthday set-up: balloons, decorations, pictures and slideshow (face palms to that. Wacky pose pa more!), a super big card, and a candle lit in one of those designed cupcakes. It was a starstruck moment. Yes, I admit that I always wanted to be surprised on my every birthday and I was quite expecting for something that would "happen" (yung medyo kinutuban moment) but I had no idea on how they would execute it. I was totally speechless. Yung pictures talaga yun. Lalo na yung nakadikit sa wall (na hindi ko alam kung natanggal nyo na guys. Haha).

Big thanks and two thumbs up to my NDP-Angono buddies and colleagues. Number one on my Ultimate Silver Wishlist checked because of them.

Group pic! Please insert Des. :)

We were about to go home, but then my friend Cy showed up on RHU. (I was expecting she would be at my house waiting for me. hahhaah). She gave me this... orange envelope. I thought it was paperworks at first. But then, I asked her to accompany me for a short trip to church at Antipolo.

But before we headed to Antipolo, she asked me to open the envelope. Here comes the best part: the unboxing. hahahah.

Thank you to Cy and friends (literally, she wrote it on the card) for the Aldub magazine collection. Another check on the wishlist. Meg and Meg Man na lang talaga. Hihi virtual group hug for you guys!

After the short trip to church (to say a little  ) we met Marvin at Victory Park for a chat over coffee. Sometimes, it was still good to hear how you share the same talks just like before. We call it "bottomlines" hahahaha!

"Basta ako, pag nagka bf/gf na kayo, andito lang ako." Hahahah truly?

Hi, Starbucks! Thank you for my Rewards Card. Hope I could get to use it. But sayang yung cake! Haha

Went home and the day was not over. Mama had just brought me a Rocky Road Cake!

YUMMERS!

I would also like to thank each and everyone who took an effort to greet me thru Facebook. We all know it was the notification. Hahahah. Joke. Thanks for those few who posted a throwback picture of me, and to those who included, which I quote "Sana mahanap mo na yung FOREVER mo". Yung tataa guys?! May problema ba tayo kay FOREVER at wanted siya? Hahahhaah.

Thanks to those who also phone-called me. You know who you are. It was way special than just a greeting in a card, and facebook, as you say.

But before I ended the day, I opened the BIGGEST BIRTHDAY CARD I ever received. Thank you again NDP peeps! :) (and got to open other birthday cards but sadly, I was not able to take a snap!)

Thank you also to my ever loving and supportive family who greeted me in advance (dahil excited sila kahit wala naman akong handa. Chos. Di bale, may internet naman na tayo. Aldub mode on! )

And to You, Lord, I am truly grateful that I couldn't say it in words. Alam N'yo na po yuuuuun!


What I had received last week (gifts, literally) were, let's say, material things, but the effort in it really did mean a lot to me. It was more than a gift. It was part of blessings. I'll never forget this day. I may not shed a tear but it was better than regrets.

Thank you all!

Forever grateful at 25 (can I stay with it? Hahahah)

the Ultimate SILVER wishlist

It would be my 25th birthday few days from now. Yay and Naaaay. Hahahah. You know, #HelloQuarterLifeCrisis haha. I really don't have any idea how would I plan to celebrate it. Technically, none. But I promised myself to celebrate it happily, or at least be happy about it. Or else, I would regret it again, when I let myself cry to sleep (flashbacks on the 24th birthday).

Since I don't have any idea/s on how the incoming birthday would be, I would let it in the hands of fate. Lol. But for now (actually a few weeks ago. haha) I've prepared this silly wishlist, though I found it really impossible to achieve. Yes, really! Haha. But if ever someone, or my friends out there, would find this out and would make an effort to grant at least one of these, I'll be forever grateful. Thank you very much in advance! 

So here goes the silly impossible silver wishlist:

1. Surprise birthday party!

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I always wished to be surprised, like, every year! I love how this day turned happily in an unexpected way. Thus, alam mo talaga kung sino sa mga kaibigan mo ang ma-e-effort! Because they have the guts to prepare something special on your day.

    Or... BUFFET!

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Been there, done that, but only once and it never happened again. The past had brought me pains. hahaha. I really wanted to celebrate birthday buffets. The best part: the crew would give you a free birthday cake and would sing you a birthday song. Superb!

2. Nike Air Max Cork Edition

Hello shoes! I've been longing for you ever since I saw you from Yaya Dub's feet! Why do you have that cork designs and orange details, but you really do not fit on my tight budget?  

3. To complete stickers for the Starbucks Planner x Moleskine 2016

Okay, maybe I could do this with a little help from my good friends. Just sixteen Starbucks coffee drinks!

4. Metro Manila Film Festival Movies

Well, I think this would be easy, too. I only have to wait for Christmas to come, and to save up some bucks just to watch it on cinemas. But I would be much more glad if I would be able to watch at the premiere night of...

Yung totoo? Aldub pa more!

Hahaha! I guess I am a bit excited to see this movie. What more can I say? Aldub's DIE HARD FAN! lol!

   Or... A Second Chance Movie

Okay, this would be few days from now! Woooh!

I think these wishes are not all impossible. Haha. I just need some time, bucks and encouragement! Lol.

5. These Magazines

Because, I told so; I am really a Die Hard Fan! Hahahahha!

But I had read this. Thank you to someone who lend it to us. Could I have my own copy? Haha.

6. The Yeng Guitar

Photo: academyofrock.com

I know, it was really not necessity, but the white coverings, and that cute pussycat logo made me fancy about it! At may amplifier! Urgh! Again, I can't reach it's worth, but on a one-day sale at Garage 88, I maybe could. Lol. Grabe siya!

7. Casio Baby-G Watch

The white one, though. Haha. Why can't I push for it? I remember seeing this on the mall. Pero sabi ng tatay ko: "Pag napagsawaan mo na yan, wala na yan, sayang lang". Huhuhuhuh. Hindi naman eh!   

8. To experience riding a Hovertrax, and a Snapchat selfie with it

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Some people want to own a Hovertrax. But me, I just want to know how to make semplang moves with it! Joke. Haha! But really, a short ride, or knowing how that works, and a selfie from it. I'll be contented!

P.S: thank you,but don't give me a Hovertrax as a gift at all. Malubak po ang daan sa bulubundukin. Hindi ko siya magagamit sa pang-araw araw. Hahaha!

9. "The Arrow with a Heart Pierced Through him"

Ooooh. That book called Tadhana. Lol. It was only a storybook look-a-like, like, a book your mother read for you when you go to sleep when you were a child. But it;s not just "it". It's... something from a hugot. It's not your ordinary book. Costs 800 bucks. Can I have a signed one? Para naman masabi kong destiny. Hahahah!

Sabi ko dati nung pinanood ko TTCT, "I want the book. They should reproduce it." And they did!

10. Alden Richards' signed album

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So I could sing "Wish I May" and "God Gave me You" all over again, until I fall asleep, until Alden would hunt me in my dreams. I love it when someone whose soooo famous would leave something quite personal to you through those dedication messages and personal signatures to a souvenir, like when Bianca Gonzalez-Intal signed my very own "Paano ba 'to" book. So, how about Alden to sign my album? I would die if he would! Wooh! *Regine*

But these are all material thing. Iba pa din yung pinaka-wish ko sa birthday ko. Maybe these would between me and God knows them! (Alam mo na po yuuuuun, Lord   ). I have a lot for my wants, and I still know my priorities in life, even though I would be not able to have these. Maliliit na mga bagay lang ito kahit mahal  hahahha. Pero malaking bagay din naman sa'kin kung may mabuting loob na magbibigay sa akin ng mga ito. I know it would also too hard for anyone to give any of these to me. Libre lang mangarap! Libre lang din naman ang wish 'pag birthday, di ba?

So, reality snaps in!

Non-Verbatims (and Destiny) (and Tamang Panahon)

There was one night that I had a chat convo with a friend of mine. The punchline had gone like this:

"Yung may gusto sa'yo, ayaw mo. Yung gusto mo, ayaw sa'yo"

Call some things fate. Call some things destiny. But sometimes, life is absurd. Masasabi mo na lang, "saklap 'no".

I didn't say I do not believe in destiny or fate. In fact, I believe that destiny comes when you find the right person, at the right time. Yes, the magical saying of Lola Nidora: "Sa Tamang Panahon... aaaaaaaaaaaaaa" But sometimes, I ask myself, "when or how would you know if s'ya na yung destiny mo? Ito na ba yung Tamang Panahon?"

No one has the ability to see the future. No one knows what would happen tomorrow, or when would you meet the right person, unless you ride a time machine if that really exists hahaha. You'll never know that "that person" is just sitting right there beside you, or "that person" whom you just talked over the phone, or "that person" you just met on the road. No one really knows. Do you? So I asked, how? When?

Wait. The very crucial answer to my question. You just have to wait for you to see. And to look forward to that day. But how long? As long as you can. You build hopes, dreams, etc.. You have to be patient, for good things happen to those who wait.

But why on earth these things happen? Pwede namang wala na lang 'saklap' moments kung mag-aantay ka lang din naman?

Hindi mo naman kasi mapipilit na magkagusto sa'yo yung taong ayaw talaga sa'yo. Paano mo masasabing ayaw nya sa'yo kung hindi naman n'ya sinasabi o pinararamdam? Di ba dapat, kung ayaw, ayaw na! Hindi yung nagpapabebe pa din. Huwaaaaw, (Wow) ano 'toh? Joke?

Okay, I can't blame confused people. Yung ayaw-ko-lang-siyang-masaktan-kaya-ganun, humahanap-ng-timing, or hindi-ko-pa-kasi-alam or tinitignan-ko-pa. But ayun na eh, andun na tayo sa "pinaasa" na part. Why do people get false hopes? Does he or she expect too much? Or sa una lang kasi, later on na-realize niya na hindi pala ito yun, or hindi pala siya yun.

That's the saddest part. You hoped and you get unexpected results. Now, is it still your fault because you assumed, or expected way too much? Or would it still his/her fault, because he/she let you feel as if there is something, but there were actually, none, nothing, echos lang yun. Nganga. Konti na lang eh, masasabi mong "Siya na yun" pero hindi pala.

You were still the one who got broken at the first place. The cycle will repeat. Sometimes, in reverse. Ikaw naman yung may ayaw. Maybe because he or she is not really your type, or maybe you got hurt too much in the past that you were not yet ready. Maybe there's this complicated reasons. You name it.

On the brighter side, let's not be pessimist here. We've been there, maybe because to prove that it is not yet the "Tamang Panahon". We do not win the love game all the time. But we gamble to win. We do not pass all roads without humps. We do not succeed without the little sacrifices. It would take a little pain when we fall, but we should stand again.

Destiny comes in various forms. This was my favorite kind of destiny:

Accident? Maybe it's fate. Maybe, it's DESTINY!  

And for those who still wait, wait pa more! And include a little prayer, if it helps. You'll never know, maybe tomorrow would be your tamang panahon.

blog revamped!

After one and two and three and four and so on and so forth hours, i half-ly  finally reconstructed my blog! *insert cheering sounds* I would admit, the blog has been really trashy. Well, I am not yet done with this blog makeover that I am doing. But I am glad that I have learned technical things, like I cannot do the self-hosting. *cries* It was way too pricey for me, for I am not a regular blogger, and I do not use my blog for any kind of business, or advertising, and I do not own a credit card. Ako'y isang dukha lamang. Normal na tao. In short, Social Climber po ako. Nyahahahahah! But still, I really really do want to self host. I know self hosting would give me all the benefits of designing my own blank space and uploading too many things that I want to share and rant to the world wide web. After the sobbing part of this post, maybe someday I could afford for another revamping and at that time I could be ready for self-hosting. For now, let's be an introvert and be a regular poser, self. You have all the time, and the benefit of a full speed internet access! (Shoutout to my guy bestfriend. Thank you very much for setting up my internet connection!). The HTML/CSS kyeme killed me for the past few hours. I was actually removing the codes, but I always got that error message that I cannot understand. I now bow to the IT experts for the intelligence they have to solve these.

Speaking of IT, I remember the last night, when my bestfriend was setting up my internet connection. I asked him: "Bakit hindi ka nag-IT?" He answered: "Ayaw ng parents ko." (btw, he was also a nurse, with the astounding intelligent of an IT expert. lol but true). Later that night, I thought, hey, if he chose to be taking IT, maybe I did not came up to this point. I may not met him, we might not be best of friends, he was not there to set up my internet, and I might not revamping this blog now! Hahahaha! Parang destiny lang. :-)

Well, enough of the internet stories. I have this bucketlist of #blogpostsgoals. A part of my blog reconstruction, So, where am I?

• 10 things I love about ALDUB
• The Sunday Currently | 2
• The Ultimate Silver Wishlist
• Conquered Ilocos (super late blog)

And a lot things to do for this blog revamping mode:

• Edit previous posts
• Constructing new header
• Installing widgets

I hope I could still catch up with the blogging tasks. I still have a weekly accomplishment report due on Monday. Urgh! I can't believe it'll be monday again. :-/ Monday means work day. I look forward for that 4-days seminar (sabi sabi pa lang naman). But if that would happen, it would be a week and more without work! Yays! I wonder what would happen.

okay, it's past two am. whut?

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