Category: friends

armin’s birthday bash

It’s a fourth-floor partay!

Happy happy birthday Armin!

Pizza! Booze! Videoke!

Cake!

Boss Chito looking unhappy with the bedlam in their office. LOL.

Armin made a mix of Gatorade and vodka, but I can’t have any due to my vodka allergy.

Sadness.

But at least I got a lot of chocolate.

Parteh!

Armin’s costume change. I switched to my phone camera because my camera died from all the awesome.

You wouldn’t want to know what Armin used for boobs. He used two computer mouses! Mice? Oh crap I told you. :-p

More photos at my Facebook account. (Album’s f-locked, though.)

weekend update

Shameless plug: My page and Usok interview are now up on Rocket Kapre. Thanks Paolo C. for all the hard work!

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This week’s “weekend” started on Wednesday for me. I used up my accumulated days-off after working for nine straight days (!).

On Wednesday I was finally able to introduce Jaykie to my friend, Eula. Pancake House at Market Market + Girbaud (I bought a wallet for my father) +  Payless (I bought shoes!) + CBTL at High Street before heading home.

I like Payless. Shoes are relatively cheap and are arranged according to size. So you need only know your size and stay in front of that shelf trying things on.

I bought a pair of purple flats. I have a lot of purple things, but no purple shoes yet.

Jaykie bought leather shoes.

Payless gave us a huge-ass paper bag, haha.

Thanks Eula for the earrings!

Eula and her mom have an online shop by the way. They sell earrings, headbands, and bags. Check out Chic Collective. :)

On Thursday I went jogging in UP. I miss jogging here. I used to jog here all the time, back when I still lived in UP Bliss. Jaykie and I are planning to make a weekly habit out of it. (He wasn’t with me that Thursday though; he had class.)

I wasn’t too fond of Friday and Saturday. Too many blue notes. There’s that trip in February to either look forward to or watch with dread as it approaches. Ah, money. Ah, schedule. It’s awful to feel awful about a looming vacation.

Wish the following weeks are happier.

christmas, in photos

These photos are late, damn!

Research Christmas Party + Editorial Christmas Party + Photobooth session + pictures from home

Photos from Almi, Kate, and Princess.


 

 

 

 

 

With the Managing Editor:

The EIC buried in an avalanche of employees:

Schatzi won something! I didn’t win anything! Almi’s not pleased.

We really fell in love with the (makeshift) photobooth:

I am happy to report that my Free Press trophy reached home okay. (And yes those are cheesy portraits of my parents nyaha.)

Brought home Inquirer shirts for my family. Knife and potato not included.

I spent most of my vacation watching Top Chef and ABDC, haha.

I’m of the mind to actually buy one of these cell phones. So small and cute!

Crema de fruta!

Aaaand photos of my brother swallowing things:

epic picspam

CPK + Chili’s

Suzuki Cup! Philippines versus Indonesia! We couldn’t finish the game at the office, so we went out to catch the latter half of the game, and to ingest food and alcohol.

Notice that Kate couldn’t take her eyes away from the game haha!

Jake, too.

So many near-goals argh.

Anyway, food:

We lost in the end (aw), 1-0.

Oh, well.

A table at Chili’s became available, so out we go.

Kate looking on as Jake does his mental arithmetic:

Chili’s for premium wasakan.

We brought the party to the elevator.

With photos from Almi.

Lantern Parade + Tomato Kick

Jaykie and I went to UP early to avoid heavy traffic. Played Hearts with the HGC boys, had lunch.

At 3 p.m., it rained. We thought the parade would be canceled, but at 4 the skies cleared, and at 4:30 the first floats were wheeled down the Acad Oval.

Jaykie’s waiting.

The crowd waiting at AS.

“Ayan naaaaaaaaaaaa.”

Jaykie was eyeing these toys, so I bought him one.

He loved it.

I also bought one for myself, plus some devil horns, haha.

More scenes from the Parade:

The boys in their album cover poses.

Evil Jaykeh.

Jaykie got interviewed! Don’t know what station, but even before the camera could approach us I was already running away, saying, “I work for a newspaper! I can’t be in the story!”

The campus was in such a festive mood that I didn’t mind the long walk from AS to Bahay ng Alumni, where Jaykie parked his car.

Off to Technohub, where we had Chinese, and where Beej received a call from Tope who said he’s in %&$gggftq Avenue. “Where?”  %&$gggftq Avenue. Either that’s static, or he’s an Elder God.

It was static. /disappointment. Charot.

The 17th was also our fourteenth monthsary. Happy 14th, Jaykie!

With photos from Jme.

Trinoma date + Jaykie’s CD collection

We went to Trinoma for some late Christmas shopping, and a date over pasta and fries.

I wore this new pair of stockings from Schatz. I love the pattern. I should get more of these stockings.

We bought our first conjugal property: a 500-gigabyte portable storage device. Please don’t die too early.

Later that night I raided Jaykie’s CD collection. I’m in love with the album covers (of local bands, especially).

All that drinking and partying did a number on my immune system (I’m coughing like there’s no tomorrow), but I’m still looking forward to my holiday vacation with my family next week.

weekend pictures

Jaykie and I went to UP on Friday, and discovered the Bahay ng Alumni Christmas bazaar (after a scrumptious dinner of fish al forno and fries and Cherry Christmas cake at ROC).

I got costume jewelry, of course.

Jaykie also bought me a copy of McEwan’s Saturday. Thanks, love.

Saturday, I tagged along with Jaykie and friends to Cubao X for dinner at Bellini’s. Pasta, pizza, cake heaven. I loved the complimentary wine, sweet with a bit of fire. I also appreciated the fact that the proprietor shook our hands as we left. I told him I enjoyed their food. Then CBTL for tea/coffee. I didn’t take out my cameraphone, so I’m posting pictures by Jme here.

The boys were trying to figure out how to cut this small cake into nine slices. Naturally I zoned out. Ha!

(Don’t worry, the division was successful.)

Before that, we passed by Sputnik, and I got Carljoe’s and Adam’s books. Finally! (Unfortunately, I still don’t have Elmer.) I went to the Reading Room to buy Leyende, a moisturizer (thanks Lizzy for the tip!), for my awfully itchy dry skin, but they’re all out.

Cubao X has the coolest shops. Wish I could drop by more often.

happy 25th, inquirer! (picspam edition)

Loot bag + free ice cream + dinner + party + raffle prizes (didn’t win any) + comedy bar break + music + wine + beer + tequila shots + Jaykie = great party, Inquirer!

Photos by me, and by Almi, Ruthie, Schatzi. Thanks, girls!

Photobooth with Guyito!

Photo of a photo (notice award-winning photographer Edwin Bacasmas photobombing me):

The Inquirer Read-Along volunteers:

Speaking of the mascot, click here to watch him dance. :) (And here to watch Barbie Almalbis perform.)

Jaykie arrived just in time for comedy hour, haha!

Pretty Trizsa was high-larious!

Juan Pablo Dream takes the stage! Let’s dance!

As for the raffle, I was praying to win the digicam, but alas, it was not for me. I was also praying to win the Boracay trip, but Lawrence won that. Hmf.

We took pictures of ourselves while drinking tequila. Where are those pictures, and am I sure I want to see them?

Oh.

Wasak!