Thursday, June 30, 2005
hidden talents
Last night, I was invited by a friend (van) to watch their acoustic performance at frio mix, Dasmarinas. ... she’s the girl I work with day in, day out and I didn’t even know she can sing….talk about hidden talents….whew! It made me stop and think if I have any hidden talents of my own…hmmm…
a. I could probably sing a tune …im far from being a “diva” …just the average “videoke” kind of singing, and as long as there’s no extremely high or low note, then I guess I’d be fine.
b. I could cook… according to some people my “sinigang” is really good. I could also bake …cakes, pasta…the works.
c. I can dance…cha cha, boogie, swing…and the usual “maskipops” (maskipapano)…I just don’t know if im graceful enough.
d. I can play the piano…”can” is the operative word here… I only know one piano piece ‘somewhere in time’…which I haven’t played in ages
e. I can braid my own hair, cut my own bangs, put my own nail polish,
f. I’m ambidextrous
g. I’m good in math…well this was based on my math grades back in hs, college and ms.
h. I do everything fast…I work fast, I eat fast, I do everything fast
i. Im kinda artistic…I can draw and I can take good pictures
j. I can speak and understand mandarin…. just barely enough to survive and not die in a place where nobody speaks english.
..ok…so I do have a few…but none im really good at…frown, faraway look, sigh… what the heck!…I refuse to be sad…I wonder if staying happy is a talent? If yes, then that’s probably one thing im really good at…ha ha ha
Our frio mix pics :
a. I could probably sing a tune …im far from being a “diva” …just the average “videoke” kind of singing, and as long as there’s no extremely high or low note, then I guess I’d be fine.
b. I could cook… according to some people my “sinigang” is really good. I could also bake …cakes, pasta…the works.
c. I can dance…cha cha, boogie, swing…and the usual “maskipops” (maskipapano)…I just don’t know if im graceful enough.
d. I can play the piano…”can” is the operative word here… I only know one piano piece ‘somewhere in time’…which I haven’t played in ages
e. I can braid my own hair, cut my own bangs, put my own nail polish,
f. I’m ambidextrous
g. I’m good in math…well this was based on my math grades back in hs, college and ms.
h. I do everything fast…I work fast, I eat fast, I do everything fast
i. Im kinda artistic…I can draw and I can take good pictures
j. I can speak and understand mandarin…. just barely enough to survive and not die in a place where nobody speaks english.
..ok…so I do have a few…but none im really good at…frown, faraway look, sigh… what the heck!…I refuse to be sad…I wonder if staying happy is a talent? If yes, then that’s probably one thing im really good at…ha ha ha
Our frio mix pics :
Monday, June 27, 2005
check-out dive, anilao, batangas
Day 1: June 25, 2005
Im riding with boyet and his family (baby and cj) to the resort. We met at around 730am infront of robinson’s pala pala…we got a little lost somewhere between bauan and anilao…but we eventually found the correct way and arrived at our destination, “outrigger resort, anilao, batangas” at around 10am.
..after checking in, our scuba teacher, allan, asked us to relax a little before our first dive.
Dive 1:
At 11am that same morning, I had a taste of my first "open water" scuba experience and oh boy was it great! Allan said we'll start with a "fun dive", no skills, no worries, just relax and have fun.
the “outrigger house reef” is near the shore, so we entered the water by walking from the shallow portion until we reach around 40ft depth. since putting on my wet suit takes so much energy, i was really tired when I reached the water. I had to stop and rest for awhile…our dive master, mike was worried, he thought I was running out of air…I told him "nope im just tired" (using a sign language not found in any scuba manual...but luckily he understood)…he reached for my arm and towed me underwater...so i wont get left behind by the group. I saw the reef, fishes of different sizes and colors,... it was quite an experience.
We surfaced before 12noon. Im carrying 16lbs of weights on my waist (excluding bcd and reg), that's why im just too tired to swim back to the shore....then too late i found out that my BCD is not working...so I had to ask our FDM, Ed to manually inflate it to gain bouyancy. Mike again towed me the shore. When I reached the shore I did the unexpected and threw up all over …I see my breakfast slowly being washed away from the shore.
Im scared to eat lunch, but mike said I had to try, because we still have another dive in the afternoon and I need all the energy I can get. “loss of apetite” is alien for someone who loves food as much as I do…but on that day…I just forced the food down my throat. After lunch the rest of the gang (rexy, ed, boyet, and Benjie) went back to our rooms to rest until our next dive.
Dive 2:
At 330 pm we rode a boat to our next dive destination “dive and trek”. When we reached the site… gosh my head was spinning like crazy…talk about being “sea sick”… before that I didn’t know sea sickeness actually exist. Argh…mike was asking are you ok? I just mumbled 2 words…”im dizzy”…and all hell broke loose… allan said…"everybody put your gear we have to get leah in the water"…I vaguely remember putting on my gear, weights, bcd, mask, snorkel, fins…then they asked me to sit at the side of the boat…then they said “do a back roll”…back roll??? “stop…wait..how do I do a back roll??”...they said “just simply roll back out of the boat”…”what???…could you repeat that”….ha ha ha..maybe its because im so dizzy so I just followed the instruction ..normally I woudn’t be this amenable… So backroll it is..The minute I hit the water..i sunk around a foot, then I surfaced back...hmm…backroll wasn’t so bad after all… then I saw allan’s face in front of me signaling we should all go down…I positioned myself and slowly sank. Once I reached the bottom…all dizziness disappeared… the real thing is more beautiful than any picture…we saw giant clams, stone fish, corals, sea cucumber…and all sorts of fishes, big, small, blue, orange, yellow…etc..etc..…wow its breathtaking.
Since this is a check out dive, we’re expected to do water skills, cramp removal, pin pivot, partial mask clearing, full mask clearing (I hate this…at first I told my teacher no….ha ha ha..im such a bad student…I told him im not being disrespectful…im just scared to do it…har har har…imagine us having an argument at the bottom of the ocean…exactly the same one we had at the bottom of the pool), throwing your regulator out of your mouth, finding it and putting it back.
We swam underwater for awhile, then after 30 minutes we had to go up coz were all low on air. Once I hit the surface from below..my dizziness came back in full force…I went up …actually, I think I crawled to the boat…upon reaching it, I saw someone throwing up, …..i kneeled and threw up beside him… the only sound that you’ll hear is the lapping of the waves and alternate gwarks and argkhs coming from me and benjie…ha ha ha… Now I know why diving is good for someone who’s trying to loose weight…
We went back to the resort around 6pm….we had dinner and coffee, while the advanced divers went out to go night diving(were not allowed yet coz were not yet certified)..…when they returned after 2 hours, we had a chat about tomorrow activity, while watching terminator 3 on tv . we retired at around 1130 pm.
Day 2: June 26, 2005
Dive 3:
Our third dive is scheduled at 8am, but we actually started at 8:30am. Actually, I was up at 6am because I wanted to eat breakfast 2 hours before the actual dive….i was hoping my stomach would at least be able to digest the food before we dive. Too bad breakfast wasn’t served until 7am…..im worried sick that history would repeat itself, and I would throw up again, but mike, pulled a few strings to get me bonamine so I wont feel dizzy…guaranteed "hilo free" …har har..
Dive destination: "twin rocks"… we reached the dive site at around 900am…..allan said we have to do skills again...…first skill: putting of gear (bcd, weights) while in the water… I was the first to get off the boat (mind you…it took a lot of convincing from allan, boyet and mike before i actually jumped..they repeatedly reassured me that I won’t sink, and drown myself to death). Putting my gear on water is a strenuous activity...almost comparable to wrestling ha ha ha…with mike and dick assisting me left and right…i still had a hard time…I screamed, kicked and drank gallons of sea water in the process, but in the end I was able to do it. This dive is much deeper than the previous 2, I think we reached 50-60 ft depth. I saw a sunken barge, and scary looking fishes. We fed the fish with bread, and they were so hungry some even bit our fingers, thinking it’s still part of the bread. It was quite scary…I was thinking, what if they eat me too…har har har…. After that, allan asked us to do the other skills, like…..mask removal underwater, and controlled emergency swimming ascent, CESA…We surfaced after 30 minutes….and headed off to a nearby island, to practice our compass skills.
Dive 4:
This is our last dive for the weekend, destination: “cathedral”.
Our dive started at around 11am…we did a back roll (again), but this time, I was able to do it with ease…..I think.. Depth is 60 ft. At one point, I thought there was something wrong with my finning skills, because ive been kicking and kicking, but still I continue to remain stationary…they said it was because we were caught by an underwater current…so.. that marks my first "current encounter"... it was scary and tiring. We did some compass reading skills and hovering underwater…..which I sucked at btw, that’s why I have to take extra make up classes to perfect my skills. Im trying to protest.. so I told my teacher…"my compass skills sucked coz im using a compass im not familiar with"…he just laughed and said…no you still have to take the make up class…ha ha ha you cant say I didn’t try. I always want to live up to my reputation as the ”pasaway” student all the way through.
We surfaced before twelve and headed back to the resort….i was feeling a little dizzy but I didn’t throw up…I slept under someone’s fin on the way back to the resort. We cleaned ourselves and our gears (allan said we have to do it this time, its part of the training).
Lunch was a fun filled affair, allan gave our temporary license, (yahoo!) we filled up our diver’s log book and had it stamped and signed by our dive masters. We exchange funny stories about our experiences underwater, and when and where do we plan to dive next. We’re thinking of going to Puerto gallera by end of july or early august. I was so tired...i couldn’t eat…I swallowed a few mouth fulls, just for the sake of eating.
We left the resort at around 330pm…then boyet took me home. I reached the house at 6pm….i just had time to hang my wet stuff, then I dozed off…the next thing I know it was 6 in the morning…june 27….time to go back to reality…. rise and shine and go to work.
Argh..i ache all over….any movement is painful…even swallowing is painful, I still have no appetite… I miss diving…I’m already looking forward to my next diving adventure.
Im riding with boyet and his family (baby and cj) to the resort. We met at around 730am infront of robinson’s pala pala…we got a little lost somewhere between bauan and anilao…but we eventually found the correct way and arrived at our destination, “outrigger resort, anilao, batangas” at around 10am.
..after checking in, our scuba teacher, allan, asked us to relax a little before our first dive.
Dive 1:
At 11am that same morning, I had a taste of my first "open water" scuba experience and oh boy was it great! Allan said we'll start with a "fun dive", no skills, no worries, just relax and have fun.
the “outrigger house reef” is near the shore, so we entered the water by walking from the shallow portion until we reach around 40ft depth. since putting on my wet suit takes so much energy, i was really tired when I reached the water. I had to stop and rest for awhile…our dive master, mike was worried, he thought I was running out of air…I told him "nope im just tired" (using a sign language not found in any scuba manual...but luckily he understood)…he reached for my arm and towed me underwater...so i wont get left behind by the group. I saw the reef, fishes of different sizes and colors,... it was quite an experience.
We surfaced before 12noon. Im carrying 16lbs of weights on my waist (excluding bcd and reg), that's why im just too tired to swim back to the shore....then too late i found out that my BCD is not working...so I had to ask our FDM, Ed to manually inflate it to gain bouyancy. Mike again towed me the shore. When I reached the shore I did the unexpected and threw up all over …I see my breakfast slowly being washed away from the shore.
Im scared to eat lunch, but mike said I had to try, because we still have another dive in the afternoon and I need all the energy I can get. “loss of apetite” is alien for someone who loves food as much as I do…but on that day…I just forced the food down my throat. After lunch the rest of the gang (rexy, ed, boyet, and Benjie) went back to our rooms to rest until our next dive.
Dive 2:
At 330 pm we rode a boat to our next dive destination “dive and trek”. When we reached the site… gosh my head was spinning like crazy…talk about being “sea sick”… before that I didn’t know sea sickeness actually exist. Argh…mike was asking are you ok? I just mumbled 2 words…”im dizzy”…and all hell broke loose… allan said…"everybody put your gear we have to get leah in the water"…I vaguely remember putting on my gear, weights, bcd, mask, snorkel, fins…then they asked me to sit at the side of the boat…then they said “do a back roll”…back roll??? “stop…wait..how do I do a back roll??”...they said “just simply roll back out of the boat”…”what???…could you repeat that”….ha ha ha..maybe its because im so dizzy so I just followed the instruction ..normally I woudn’t be this amenable… So backroll it is..The minute I hit the water..i sunk around a foot, then I surfaced back...hmm…backroll wasn’t so bad after all… then I saw allan’s face in front of me signaling we should all go down…I positioned myself and slowly sank. Once I reached the bottom…all dizziness disappeared… the real thing is more beautiful than any picture…we saw giant clams, stone fish, corals, sea cucumber…and all sorts of fishes, big, small, blue, orange, yellow…etc..etc..…wow its breathtaking.
Since this is a check out dive, we’re expected to do water skills, cramp removal, pin pivot, partial mask clearing, full mask clearing (I hate this…at first I told my teacher no….ha ha ha..im such a bad student…I told him im not being disrespectful…im just scared to do it…har har har…imagine us having an argument at the bottom of the ocean…exactly the same one we had at the bottom of the pool), throwing your regulator out of your mouth, finding it and putting it back.
We swam underwater for awhile, then after 30 minutes we had to go up coz were all low on air. Once I hit the surface from below..my dizziness came back in full force…I went up …actually, I think I crawled to the boat…upon reaching it, I saw someone throwing up, …..i kneeled and threw up beside him… the only sound that you’ll hear is the lapping of the waves and alternate gwarks and argkhs coming from me and benjie…ha ha ha… Now I know why diving is good for someone who’s trying to loose weight…
We went back to the resort around 6pm….we had dinner and coffee, while the advanced divers went out to go night diving(were not allowed yet coz were not yet certified)..…when they returned after 2 hours, we had a chat about tomorrow activity, while watching terminator 3 on tv . we retired at around 1130 pm.
Day 2: June 26, 2005
Dive 3:
Our third dive is scheduled at 8am, but we actually started at 8:30am. Actually, I was up at 6am because I wanted to eat breakfast 2 hours before the actual dive….i was hoping my stomach would at least be able to digest the food before we dive. Too bad breakfast wasn’t served until 7am…..im worried sick that history would repeat itself, and I would throw up again, but mike, pulled a few strings to get me bonamine so I wont feel dizzy…guaranteed "hilo free" …har har..
Dive destination: "twin rocks"… we reached the dive site at around 900am…..allan said we have to do skills again...…first skill: putting of gear (bcd, weights) while in the water… I was the first to get off the boat (mind you…it took a lot of convincing from allan, boyet and mike before i actually jumped..they repeatedly reassured me that I won’t sink, and drown myself to death). Putting my gear on water is a strenuous activity...almost comparable to wrestling ha ha ha…with mike and dick assisting me left and right…i still had a hard time…I screamed, kicked and drank gallons of sea water in the process, but in the end I was able to do it. This dive is much deeper than the previous 2, I think we reached 50-60 ft depth. I saw a sunken barge, and scary looking fishes. We fed the fish with bread, and they were so hungry some even bit our fingers, thinking it’s still part of the bread. It was quite scary…I was thinking, what if they eat me too…har har har…. After that, allan asked us to do the other skills, like…..mask removal underwater, and controlled emergency swimming ascent, CESA…We surfaced after 30 minutes….and headed off to a nearby island, to practice our compass skills.
Dive 4:
This is our last dive for the weekend, destination: “cathedral”.
Our dive started at around 11am…we did a back roll (again), but this time, I was able to do it with ease…..I think.. Depth is 60 ft. At one point, I thought there was something wrong with my finning skills, because ive been kicking and kicking, but still I continue to remain stationary…they said it was because we were caught by an underwater current…so.. that marks my first "current encounter"... it was scary and tiring. We did some compass reading skills and hovering underwater…..which I sucked at btw, that’s why I have to take extra make up classes to perfect my skills. Im trying to protest.. so I told my teacher…"my compass skills sucked coz im using a compass im not familiar with"…he just laughed and said…no you still have to take the make up class…ha ha ha you cant say I didn’t try. I always want to live up to my reputation as the ”pasaway” student all the way through.
We surfaced before twelve and headed back to the resort….i was feeling a little dizzy but I didn’t throw up…I slept under someone’s fin on the way back to the resort. We cleaned ourselves and our gears (allan said we have to do it this time, its part of the training).
Lunch was a fun filled affair, allan gave our temporary license, (yahoo!) we filled up our diver’s log book and had it stamped and signed by our dive masters. We exchange funny stories about our experiences underwater, and when and where do we plan to dive next. We’re thinking of going to Puerto gallera by end of july or early august. I was so tired...i couldn’t eat…I swallowed a few mouth fulls, just for the sake of eating.
We left the resort at around 330pm…then boyet took me home. I reached the house at 6pm….i just had time to hang my wet stuff, then I dozed off…the next thing I know it was 6 in the morning…june 27….time to go back to reality…. rise and shine and go to work.
Argh..i ache all over….any movement is painful…even swallowing is painful, I still have no appetite… I miss diving…I’m already looking forward to my next diving adventure.
Wednesday, June 22, 2005
a year ago
yesterday i turned a year at my job....hmmm...time really flies when youre having fun...
a lot has happened to me in just 1 year..to name a few...a year ago...:
...i've never been out of the phils....but since then ive been to china twice...going on 3 this july
...im in a relationship, thinking that it would never end, thingking this is the person i would grow old with....now im not...ive let go...ive moved on
...i've never swam out of my depth....now not only have i swam out of my depth im even taking scuba lessons
...im 160lbs ...now i hitting 180 on the scale...20lbs in a year...argh..that is so sad
...i dont even know who jung ji hoon is....now i even know who so ji sub, jo in sung, lee dong gun, kim sung su is...
...my 2 aunt grand mothers are still alive....now they're not
...i spend all my time in metro manila....now im only there during weekends...coz i spend weekdays in cavite because of work
all that in a year...... yeah... i wonder what the next year would bring????
a lot has happened to me in just 1 year..to name a few...a year ago...:
...i've never been out of the phils....but since then ive been to china twice...going on 3 this july
...im in a relationship, thinking that it would never end, thingking this is the person i would grow old with....now im not...ive let go...ive moved on
...i've never swam out of my depth....now not only have i swam out of my depth im even taking scuba lessons
...im 160lbs ...now i hitting 180 on the scale...20lbs in a year...argh..that is so sad
...i dont even know who jung ji hoon is....now i even know who so ji sub, jo in sung, lee dong gun, kim sung su is...
...my 2 aunt grand mothers are still alive....now they're not
...i spend all my time in metro manila....now im only there during weekends...coz i spend weekdays in cavite because of work
all that in a year...... yeah... i wonder what the next year would bring????
Friday, June 17, 2005
Yahoo! i passed my scuba WRITTEN exam!
yeah before you ask...there is such a thing as written exam when studying scuba diving. In fact, we have 4 quizzes and 1 final exam....take note...there is computation involved...you have to compute how deep and how long you should dive and how long you're supposed to rest in between dives and stuff...pretty confusing if you ask me... i totally lost my math wiz ability.
now my next hurdle is the practical open water check out dive..which will happen next weekend in anilao...haaay i was never a sporty person, but you could say im adventurous...ha ha ha i hope i dont damage any coral reef ..or cause harm to marine life.....that would be sooo bad.... im excited and scared at the same time... anyway as long as my mask is in place and my regulator is working...i guess i can survive...
i wonder what sport i should try next ? how about figure skating? hmmm...gosh...the thought of me in that cute little skirt just makes me laugh....har har har :)
now my next hurdle is the practical open water check out dive..which will happen next weekend in anilao...haaay i was never a sporty person, but you could say im adventurous...ha ha ha i hope i dont damage any coral reef ..or cause harm to marine life.....that would be sooo bad.... im excited and scared at the same time... anyway as long as my mask is in place and my regulator is working...i guess i can survive...
i wonder what sport i should try next ? how about figure skating? hmmm...gosh...the thought of me in that cute little skirt just makes me laugh....har har har :)
Thursday, June 16, 2005
Lessons from the movie 'a lot like love'
- You'll never know who you'll end up with…it could be some guy you had sex on the plane years ago or it could have been someone even worse.
- Sometimes you think you're in love but actually you're not.
- Some men are really workaholic…they would choose their career over you…but it doesn’t mean they love you less.
- Sometimes it hurts when you see your x happy with someone else, but it doesn’t mean you're still in love with him.
- You're pretty, you're smart, your sexy…whatever…but you can still get dumped…for the simple reason that some guys are just jerks.
The movie is really good, I had a few laughs….but haler ..what's the possibility that a love story like that would happen in real life? …. hmmm..Get real!
Tuesday, June 14, 2005
talents and dreams charity event
Thursday, June 09, 2005
zhu ni sheng ri kuai le!
zhu ni sheng ri kuai le! zhu ni sheng ri kuai le! zhu ni sheng ri kuai......... le! zhu ni sheng ri kuai le!
zheng ri kuai le zai zai!
Monday, June 06, 2005
bz saturday
my mom had an attack of her famous spur of the moment decisions and decided to spend the weekend with us here in qc ...im not complaining in fact i love having her with us..the house is more organized, the place is spic and span...not to mention the food is great... my mom was the type of person who has no hang ups....she's funny, honest and frank...she doesnt worry about things she cannot change....she likes to go out...she loves to shop because she's OC when it comes to color coordinating her outfits (rule no1: shoes and bags must always match)...
anyway..we started the day eating breakfast at "something fishy" ..a resto somewhere in eastwood...for only 80bucks you can have a hearthy buffet breakfast...highly recommendable...not only because its affordable but the food is also good.
next stop is eastridge fiesta resort in angono, rizal ..we didnt bring our swimming gear so after pretending to do an occular inspection of the place, and having our picture taken, we thank the guards and left...har har..
next stop..fiesta casino inside eastridge also....its a newly open casino in the middle of nowhere...i dont know if its a good casino coz its my first time to be in one. we're just supposed to try their buffet meal...but it turned out they dont serve lunch but only dinner. too bad i cant take pictures because...they said its not allowed...i wonder why...hmm
next stop...antipolo church....we prayed awhile then bought casuy nuts and sinigwelas.
next stop...greenhills shopping center...finally i was able to buy the b&b cologne i was looking for...
finally we went home at around 8pm...it was raining so hard and the traffic was really bad..
anyway..we started the day eating breakfast at "something fishy" ..a resto somewhere in eastwood...for only 80bucks you can have a hearthy buffet breakfast...highly recommendable...not only because its affordable but the food is also good.
next stop is eastridge fiesta resort in angono, rizal ..we didnt bring our swimming gear so after pretending to do an occular inspection of the place, and having our picture taken, we thank the guards and left...har har..
next stop..fiesta casino inside eastridge also....its a newly open casino in the middle of nowhere...i dont know if its a good casino coz its my first time to be in one. we're just supposed to try their buffet meal...but it turned out they dont serve lunch but only dinner. too bad i cant take pictures because...they said its not allowed...i wonder why...hmm
next stop...antipolo church....we prayed awhile then bought casuy nuts and sinigwelas.
next stop...greenhills shopping center...finally i was able to buy the b&b cologne i was looking for...
finally we went home at around 8pm...it was raining so hard and the traffic was really bad..
Thursday, June 02, 2005
what's making me happy?
im just happy these past few days...i really dont know why?? i may be stressed out with work, i may worry constantly about my BC (biological clock), i have no lovelife to speak off...but strangely enough im happy...yahoo!!! maybe its a combination of the ff that's making me smile all the time.
a. friends - tec friends, net friends,officemates...
b. family - they're all in excellent health
c. scuba - i think im doing pretty well....finally i can swim horizontally under water...Alien! and i can finish an entire pool session without swallowing a drop of pool water...ewww
d. bodyshop - it simply lifts me up...har har...
e. bi - his smile, his songs, his moves...ahhh...what more could a girl ask for...
f. work - believe it or not
Happiness is a decision, we always have a choice!
