KTV alert: birit queen

It's a long weekend holiday, therefore I had some time to spare for my beloved and forsaken blog. Cheers. :)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GuREFetZUJw&feature=plcp

In Time With You: 大仁哥

Never thought I could watch something that can make me 'kilig' again like this series, I thought I graduated from being a fangirl. I thought my heart is numb and can no longer be easily shaken or moved at this age of 30-something. Never thought a simple storyline with a cast of realistic background without any silver lining of fame, power, wealth, and of course, extra-ordinary good looks wrapping around the plot, could be as striking as this.

我可能不會愛你 was aired last year in Taiwan.  To be exact I watched it when I was jobless. I went crazy over 大仁哥 and 又青姊's story. A year after, just last night I saw the news that the series won Best TV Series, Best Actor, Best Actress and several other awards. Sweet.





All the korean or taiwan series that made it so big a hit, I will recount to you the background of the leading actor. Who could have forgotten Meteor Garden's Dao Ming Si's tall supermodel shy boy looks and his multi-gazillionaire family background making travelling with a private jetplane to their own beach resorts looks so easily achievable. Which girl will tell you that she can resist such boyish charms plus the ultra romantic expensive treat? I watched the Taiwan version 10years ago and went gaga over Dao, watched the Korean version 5years ago and still loved them as before.

Another Korean top grosser 'My Secret Garden'. Again the leading actor is a handsome funny guy with a multi-gazillionaire family background again. I like one quote from that series where the poor leading lady yelled back at the annoying woes of this rich guy initially, saying 'not all dining tables have roses, red wines and candles'. Fair statement isn't it, they belong to 2 different worlds.  I watched this just last year, and probably I am older, hence this kind of patweetum series didn't move me much as I expected. But still quite entertaining.  

I think girls need to start to wake up from their fantasies that handsome+kind+gentleman+rich+fun personality, this package doesnt sound realistic and rarely appears to go together and exist within one same guy. And if it did, girls need to stop dreaming they can end up with one, unless you are ultra pretty+kind+rich+fun personality yourself. Sounds fair enough right? :)

So what does 大仁哥 have in this In Time With You series? To make it short, it's just two words. He is a friendzoned martyr! :) He was infatuated with 又青姊 ever since they met during high school. Due to different circumstances, he was not able to admit it and later on he became good friends with 又青姊 for years.

His profession is a typical office worker, no silver lining dangling beyond his net worth. To be exact, he is a manager for ground flight attendants, those who take care of check-in counters.  Wasn't too fancy right, sounds achievable. Yet while watching the series, every woman will start to envy the leading lady because he's such a keeper, a gem,  He became the leading lady's confidant in her many break-ups leading her to an age of early 30's yet still single and being constantly nagged to settle down (oops so now you know why it was a major hit, too many people can relate huh? haha the series has a lot of funny antics and takes on this topic of women being 30's and single). 

Going back to 大仁哥. He's like a best friend, a soul mate, someone whom she can drag for a drink in her gloomiest days of her quarrels with bf, of her issues at work or family, someone who remembers her birthdays, someone who listens wells and talks to her like there's no tomorrow while wearing their pajamas. Someone like a member of her family, who her parents call for errands like fixing a PC problem or grocery chores. Someone who simply makes her a priority.

I remembered my first reaction when my friend messaged me the link to check it out. I said, hmm looks are 'so-so' for the guy.  Well definitely not bad looking, but there's just too many of a handful of actors who are more handsome. I was shocked that I got glued to the series. 大仁哥 where are thou? lol

Here's a picture of their usual get-together for midnight snack, a japanese food store. Aww, cute couple.










To be honest, each lady has a bunch of 大仁哥 in their circle, they just prefer to deny it, or probably they themselves don't know. :))

I'd say taiwanese drama has indeed levelled up with 'In Time With You'.

Anyway enough of being a fangirl for 大仁哥. You make me kilig and gigil :)


 

New Job, New Life

I have no time to update this blog. Such is the life in Manila for an average corporate worker. It takes 1.5-2hours travel time from house to office. By the time you reach home and eat dinner, your time is gone. You lose so many hours of your life coping with inefficiency and inconvenience. No wonder couch potato is a national weekend hobby for a lot of people. - I forgot I used to live a couch potato life :)

Yes indeed, I started a new job at the Fort. (As they say, Fort is the new Makati). It took me almost 2-3 months to get hired by a decent company. Like everywhere, the best way to get an interview is actualy submitting your CV to a 'kakilala' (referrals). Unfortunately, I dont keep in touch with a lot of kakilalas in the higher ups. I took the short cut for some companies, and the long cut/normal Jobstreet procedures for many. Limiting myself to investment bank as first choice, finally I got into one.  And when I tell people I work in banks, some people would ask me 'Teller' or 'New Accounts'? I forgot the society's knowledge is limited to retail bank as the only form of bank that exists in the world.

Unexpectedly I got the 3-letter corp title. Don't know if it's a good news or not, because I would prefer no-brainer jobs at this point. I'm getting a salary slashed by half, and a tax increased quintupled. I used to afford international trips as far as Sydney. Now I wonder where my salary can bring me to. Yeah and people say adjusting is easy, I guess you won't know unless you have to go through one. :)

Starting anew is challenging. I forgot a 10am interview actually means 11am. Filipino time is the time, despite being MNCs.  Only a few companies have the ethics to start a 10am interview at 10am (usually the expat interviewers will start on time). Getting an NBI clearance means you have to fork a whole day waiting in queue from 9am to 4pm in Robinsons Otis (the branch reportedly having the shortest queues already). Getting a police report for a minor car accident means waiting from 730pm to 11pm filling some grueling forms and answering questions. Hmm, queuing, indeed, more fun in the Philippines.

Wait till you try squeezing yourself in public transport at peak hours. @#$#X I have called out all the evil curses I can in all the languages in the world. But then after this 8/11 Ondoy-the-second flooding, I probably have to say I'm lucky that I dont own any of the cars half-soaked in the rainwaters.

Most challenging is meeting new friends or catching up with the old, if they still exist. If you're unfortunate, you'll get into some cold shoulder situation getting you pissed why o why, if I'm a nobody so be it, I'll stay away from you lol. Nothing is absolute in this world, better make friends than enemies anyway. I'm still glad true friends still exist, there might only be a handful, but they're always worth keeping.

Apart from the couch potato culture, I have also relived the 'kia-kia-si' culture. Dont take me wrong, I also fear death. Just that there are indeed people (filchis in particular) who are used to sheltered pampered life who have low tolerance for a lot of stuff. In Tagalog, 'maselan'. A friend declined to eat at Masuki because it's 'dirty'. My goodness, I lived in one of the cleanest cities in the world and I dont mind eating there. And someone from Manila just commented it's dirty.

There's always two sides of a coin. Still a lot of positive things, but they're probably limited to family bonding. I am now present again in all family gatherings, events, lunch treats. My nephews can recognize me. The guard in the building doesnt always have to ask who I am. I get to accompany my mom for parlors and dimsums.

And yes, I get to travel and explore a few trips locally before starting working. Never imagined I would go on Pinatubo and Sagada treks. I can get a hot stone massage at 1/5 of the price I paid before, indeed heaven.

So much for the list of rants and good things. Anyway it's always good to make your life a little exciting :)  Till the next time I can get long leaves like this, then I can blog.

C'est la vie.

Singing u a Lullaby 祝福

Some more of my KTV showcase songs for lullaby. Hope you fall asleep as you listen :p

Sunset Goodbyes

Some people say the last few seconds of sunset is the most precious moment. Probably I've also seen a lot of beautiful sunsets that sometimes I cant decipher which is a better, which is a best. Or probably for someone like me who doesnt know any technicalities of aperture and ISO, I am not qualified to even express such opinions of sunset.

The only thing I know is that sunset gives a somewhat gloomy blue feel. After a beautiful view, you just know something is just about to end. That feeling of fear and losing that view seem to linger for a moment, makes you sigh for a moment and go on with life as if those colors have been taken away. Or probably u have to psyche yourself to think those colors never really existed. They were too good to exist and last long. It's just your imagination. Not, let's use a more realistic word, it's just your hallucination.

Sunset. It's not meant to last long, but your stubborness just pulls you down again. The charm just seems to stir your curiousity, your emotions, your deeper intellect, your spirit, your soul. Before you know it, you get all hooked up. Addicted. Magnetized. Enigmatized. Traumatized. and lastly Numbed.

Seems so long ago. I cant remember the reason why I fell in love with photography. I cant remember the reason why I even liked to be photographed. I cant remember when I started liking to look decent and changing my fashion sense. I cant remember when I started to think and behave in a different way than I used to. I cant remember when I have become obedient. I cant remember why I like to be a little part of your dream and your plans.  Then....I cant remember suddenly why I have to change dreams. I cant remember why I hated cooking for some time.  I cant remember why do I have to change in the first place. Did I? Was it really I have forgotten or I chose to think I cant remember... It was probably too clear to me that it scares me, I cant forget even if wanted to?

I wish I can forget easily. Because others can. I wish I can ignore and pretend, like nothing matters. I didnt matter anyway, why did I ever think I did.

Next time you see a sunset, think again what do you really see. Do you see the mix of colors and appreciate or was it too forgetful? Perhaps anything that can be taken for granted should be thrown away.

Goodbye sunset.

I hope it rains hard... real hard... very hard.  And finally you'll get to see my perspective of sunset.

p.s. oops my artsy mind is on. :)  

Bali Blog for a Good Deed

Bali is one of my unexpected great discovery spot in Asia. You'll get a good mix of nature and happenings here: temples, beaches, mountains, lakes, volcanoes, bars, etc, all in one stop.

My favorite view would be the Uluwatu cliff, breath-taking isnt it? :)

I have promised to help my tour guide create a simple blogsite for him (for free!), he has been very kind and helpful throughout the trip.  It took me almost a year to find time doing this favor.
http://bestbalitour-bram.blogspot.com/

Enjoy reading! Oh btw I believe in good karma for this good deed hihi :)

Yes it's true, I'm back. 2012.

What a way to start 2012. Yes I'm back, finally here. For all the crazy reasons that anyone can possibly imagine, I again made an unpopular decision. Till now I still dont know how it all happened.

Dragging 5years worth of garbage is just a pain in the ass. Packing everything there, and then the agony of waiting for the balikbayan boxes here, and then finally the challenge of unpacking all this junk in your almost fully-occupied room (occupied by previous junk). Oh boy, can you give me extra spaces? I have just promised myself that I wont buy a single new blouse in the next 6months. I'm almost a-third of that.

Getting used to how life was, that itself takes long, I wonder how long. They say beware of what you wished for coz u just might get it. I got mine, days and days of bum period. Omg can this be true :)  

And now everything has daunted, I probably have to kick my ass going and look for a job. Where where? Where can I get a high paying job and still get a good life. A good life definition= weekends are weekends. Holidays are holidays. And not overworked. Does that exist in reality? Come to think of it, you have all the time in the world to handpick and work on choosing a good company to start your slavery life all over again, it's a bit scary isnt it?  I feel pressure.

And oh yeah boys, I have to remind myself to find a good one.  Being unmarried at 30, trust me you get to meet a lot of people. Weirdos included. From too oldies to too youngies (if there's such word), finding someone who's just 'right' nowadays seems like riding a bike. Mabukol-bukolan ka muna.

And friends, where are they? As you mature, it's hard finding people whom you like talking to. (ok the grouchy side of me is speaking).  I cannot even count into a handful of those I really consider close friends here. Why do I have lots of achiever friends and people who wants to live somewhere else.  Maybe we all have busy lives to attend to, drifting away becomes normal apparentlhy.  I suddenly miss my close friends in sg. But then investing time and effort again to form NEW and real friendships at this age, whew it's not too easy to find someone who listens and understands, if you know what I mean.  I feel tired.

The only thing I gained so far is spending time with my family, especially my mom. Ok that itself is rewarding and worth all these risks.  

Can I be a little bratty? Traffic and pollution and safety issues and inefficiency, can you stay a little distance away from me :)  Please help me adjust well and SOON...

Thank you Lord, I know You will provide,,, somehow...