koko & everything else

koko & everything else

Monday, June 28, 2010

Three things i would spend on...

im not the type of person obssessed with gadgets... i dont go out every night or even during the weekends to go clubbing.... i do travel but then not all the time... so its not actually the big splurge for me.. i go out of town once or twice a year... just a weekend off from work to de-stress... but that was it...

but i do spend on things.... three major things to be exact.. and these are not common at my age... i mean im 24... turning 25 this year... but i spend big on our HOME....

yes... my HOME... from the flooring to the bathroom... to the bedrooms... i mean my house is not huge... its kinda little... tiny even... but i see to it that i make it special... with my own personal touch... i just finished the bathroom... which i thing i did a good job making it really easy on the eyes... a little trace of classy look to it coz i used glass shelves... but an "oceany" feel with the waves across the room... wel i dont know if other people would love it... BUT I DO (and thats the impt thing for me ... coz im the one living there you know)

my next project is the kitchen... but i think it will cost me huge... but i am still trying to save up for it... step by step... then after that... the front gate... im gonna put a tiny breakfast table there... just for me and my mom to have coffee in the morning... hihihi we love our coffee...

NEXT thing i do spend much on... my CAR.... not because i am those type of person who tries to pimp up their cars... i just want my car to be in top shape... less risk.. and less expenses in the long run... but it cost a little fortune to do that... but having a car gives me the sense of freedom, direction and well... its convenient to drive a car to work than riding buses,,, jeeps,,, etc...

right now my car is running okay... just got it registered... but atleast... i can drive legally.. with the registration and license... i can drive at peace coz i know i wouldnt get into major accidents coz of bad car maintenance.... and less stress and exhaustion... coz well iTS CONVENIENT to drive... comfort has its price

and the last thing i spend moolah on... FOOD!!! yes... okay i am not some glutton in the Bible on something like that... and i dont eat fancy as well... but i love food... period... i dont eat a lot... well a little more than the average... but then... just the feel of eating... tasting... cooking and even baking... its just wonderful...

to even push on tha fact of my love for food.. one of my favorite errands is grocery shopping... i mean most girls my age... they would love to shop for shoes... but not me... i would rather spend the entire day at a huge grocery like Makro than spend the day at the mall shopping for shoes... i mean.. theyre shoes something i step on... as long as its comfy... its okay... and i got one pair of fave shoes... its my sneakers which i wear alsmost everyday... sometimes not... coz then ill be wearing rubber shoes or slippers...

so see??? im not really frugar or KURIPOT in tagalog... but i just dont spend on things that i dont find necessary...

i mean i spend on my house... coz at the end of the day... my home would be my sanctuary... away from work... where i can spend some time alone.... or with the people that i love... having dinner... or simply snuggled up on my bed watching DVD... its just priceless...

and my car... my car is like the reflection of me.,.. you see... its a n old car... but its motivated... doesnt mind getting a little dirty... would face bumps here and there... and yet still lives on its principle in life (to get me home safe and sound) as for me.. to give the people around me something to be proud of...

okay and FOOD... we need food to live... and you can grab a taste of everything in life by tasting their food... i mean... if i would love to see and feel what it feels like to be rich... ill eat something fancy with a glass of wine prehaps... or if i wanna feel the street life... then ill eat fishballs and even isaw... if i want the fast life.. go to mcdo... or just feeling homey and all.. then a home cooked meal would be lovely...

well i just spend wisely...

Wednesday, June 23, 2010

PINOY ADOBO by LOLA

the other day,,, my mom and i were able to convince my grandma to stay at our little home in Cavite for a little vacation...

after grueling hours of pleading and negotiation... my grandma agreed and off we went as fast as we can....

so okay,,, the intention was to DE-STRESS my grandma... but there's little agenda behind it... i want to eat good food... and LOLA (grandma) just makes the best ADOBO....

I would love to share the recipe with you guys... but then i had second thoughts... coz i was thinking of puting up a restauirant someday and im gonna make this one of our specialties hahahahah

but i wouldnt deny you the privilege of staring at it hahahaha



Friday, June 18, 2010

BANG! There goes my face....

on my way to work... literally... i was walking towards our site (where i work)... i was carrying my bag, my laptop bag and our food ( i bring food to work btw)

well i work in a mall... so i pass by the ACTIVITY area with the stage and everything...coz i use the side entrance of the mall... so there i was walking.. and i realized,,, there were chairs arranged in front of the stage...

i was wondering what could be the event today... i checked the event line up a few days ago and i wasnt aware that theres an event today...

so i was walking... trying to take a peek at the banner on stage and check what could the event be....

i wasnt really looking where im going ... i was just focused on reading the small banner on stage.,...

i was walking and reading at the same time....

so... BANG! there goes my face....



I hit my face so hard on the post... my face smacked right there...

after that... i stared on the post... and realized how stupid i was... hahahaha and the funny thing was... there were two men staring at me and shocked....

i just smiled... and laughed... then i went on walking towards the office... laughing to my self... hahaha

Wednesday, June 16, 2010

Schools have the weirdest rules...



I came across this video at Yahoo.com... it was about school bans the weirdest things... like one school tried to ban wearing colorful wrist bands coz it was too "distracting" and some school even banned giving father's day cards to the dads coz it was said to be affecting kids who were raised by a single mom...

now i know it may be reasonable... but then how about kids raised by their dads alone? so maybe they should also ban giving mom's day cards to the moms... or maybe they should ban giving cards to anyone at any circumstances... like for chistmas... some people do not celebrate christmas... or on valentine's, it may be too unfair for that one single lady to see her other friends getting cards...

so cards must be banned altogether right?

back to the weirdest school rules...

back in i was in highschool... it was the golden rule that the girl's skirts must be strictly two inches below the knee... i couldnt get that... i mean we were in different heights... so making it standard is completely useless... coz it will not look like the "standard length coz kids do come in diffrenet sizes".

then they had this rule on wearing either white and black hair ties only. i dunno why... maybe to make the kids look all so dull...

i came from a provate school so i think being "private" meant being DULL and LIFELESS>.. we are not allowed to wear anything that may be too flashy... like the hair ties... it must be either black or white and thats it. Oh and we werent allowed to have a different shade of hair color.

but someo f my classmates protested on this. saying they werent "pure Filipina", some of my classmates were part-foreign and its natural for them to have different shade of hair other than BLACK...

back then, i was sporting the brunette look... i had my hair dyed brown... then i was called by the Vice-Principal for Discipline, coz of that...

i simply said... "i am not pure filipina."

and i couldnt belive that she fell for it. she quickly apologized for taking me out of my class and that i can go.

okay heres the fact... YES i am not pure filipina... BUT i am part Japanese... which means there is no way i could have natural BROWN hair... HAHAHA i mean have you seen Japanese people? they do have black hair like that of a Filipina.. and thats why they dye it brown or blonde...

hahaha and for years i was there... and got away with it...

I actually got away with a lotta things... like NO MOBILE PHONES on campus... they were freakin inspecting our bags to check if we are bringing "INAPPROPRIATE" objects to school... and what i did then was hide my phone in a lunch box... EVERYDAy.... and once im done with the inspection... i just put it on my pocket... DONE

It was weird for schools to be imposing rules like that... when THEY themselves couldnt follow it...

like in a class... teachers would tell us... do not drink sodas. do not eat junk foods. just healthy veggies and fruits...

and the bell will ring.... KKKKKRRRRRRIIIIINNNNGGGG.... once at the CANTEEN... VOILA>... JUNK FOOD KINGDOM>... candies, chocos, chips, sodas... everything!!!

way to go... teachers will be seen getting junk for themselves as well... whatta role model... hahhahaha

So for me... just dont say, teach or even ban something that you yourself would do... students have brains you know..and they got eyes... they could see... and thats why they laugh at you... not because they are just being bad or bratty... they are just capable of thinking... and seeing the irony and weirdness of what youre imposing.

PEACE... this is not to teach students to be bratty (COZ YOU ARE NOT ENETITLED TO DO SO... UNLESS YOU ARE CAPABLE OF DEFENDING YOURSELF COMPLETELY and TAKE RESPONSIBILITY OF YOUR ACTIONS) but this is intended for schools to actuially think out of the box too... coz sometimes what youre doing... is just plain.... FUNNY... hahaha

Monday, June 14, 2010

Sex in the City 2: On every angle


i have always been a fan of the Sex and the City series on HBO... and when it ended, i was almost into tears... (thats an exageration, but i really got sad)

so when the first sex and the city, the movie came out... i was so psyched to see my favorite writer (carrie bradshaw - a fictional writer haha) again... and on the big screen...

this time, a second sex and the city came out... and without second thoughts... i just said... i HAVE to watch it... and with this kind of movie... the only people perfect to share the bonding experience was ... with my closest friends... we were supposed to be six... minus 2... for some reason they couldnt make it...so there we were... four of us... me, julie, paula and nadaine....

ABOUT THE MOVIE: Character Update

Carrie Bradshaw, now on her 2nd year in marriage with Mr Big (John James Preston) who has been the person she had a rollercoaster love story with from the series... she will be very scared of being just another "ordinary" married couple... and she will eventually fly to Abu Dhabi with her bestest friends to re-connect with her old self and somehow think about her life as a married woman.

Charlotte York - Goldenblatt, ever so conservative in the group now with her two daughters... and her lovely hubby... she is now a full time house wife with a Hot Nanny... she becomes stressed out in the movie with her kids and paranoia over her nanny and her husband... this paranoia will take her to abu dhabi later on...

Miranda Hobbes, still highly successful... but her law firm's new partner is stressing her out which will lead her to quit and temporarily stay at home with her family... but then her nature is just too career-oriented that she will get exhausted with being just a house wife... and this will take her to Abu Dahbi

Samantha Jones (my favorite), after making Smith one of the most popular actors in town (and even out-of-town, coz he was in Abu Dhabi filming), he called her up to be his date at the movie premier... getting her gals with her... they attend the premier and eventually Samantha got invited by a hotelier in Abu Dhabi for a business trip... and so Samantha convinced her girls to come with her for an adventure... ALL EXPENSES paid...

OKAY AT THIS POINT I AM NOT GONNA TELL YOU THE WHOLE STORY... i am just going to comment on different points...

1. Samantha is my favorite - well.. she is fun... open and almost a maniac in a way... but her loyalty to her friends... is beyond... she had her ups and downs... and mostly her life revolves around SEX (which i think she shouldve been the lead of this series... she is the SEX part ... and the rest of the girls signified the CITY jhahahahan but then when it comes to her friends... she will leave anything and anyone.. for them... not much a FAMILY person... but she will baby sit for her friends and attend children's parties for them... She may be WAY OUT THERE... but she will be someone that all of her friends could count on...

2. This is not a DATE MOVIE... this is a friend's movie... it may seem like a shallow movie... but from where i come from... i feel this movie... i mean... YES... the love of your life will always be a priority but then... without your friends... you couldnt really stand up straight... its your support... p[eople who will literally catch you when you fall... (and maybe laugh at you after that) but really... at the end of the movie... i felt so happy that i spent it with mt best friends... i mean my friends and i has been together for almost ten years... a lot has changed... were working now... living diffrent lives... but at the end of the day... they are still the ones i run to... for such moments that i feel confused and down... and although... i have my own priorities now and so are they... like a partner, a boyfriend, a child, or a booming career... it still feels good to just have coffee with them....

3. ABU DHABI - at first, i loved it... i mean the adventure, the sights, and just being in a really different scene... its exciting... and i even told my friends that maybe one day we should go there... but the CULTURE... it was scary.... and as the movie went on revealing the different kind of culture and customs that i may face when i get there... well... i have to think about it now... like a thousand times before i go there... hahaha i dont wanna end up like them... and i so dont wanna end up like samantha... hiding from the police and security and ends up sneaking her way out of the country hahahahaa

LAUGH-O-METER RATE: 10 out of 10
OVER ALL RATING: 9 out of 10 (coz i still want the series hahaha)

8065 Bagnet - more than the food experience

well all i can say is the food is yummy... well im talking about the Original Banget recipe they had.. it was served with rice, atsara and green mangoes with bagoong... just plain WOW... however i wont recommend the Kare-Kare Bagnet... it wasnt as yummy as the original... it doesnt look pretty and the taste is not great either....

(PHOTO: from Top: Bagnet Kare Kare and Original Bagnet)




but the very reason why i keep coming back and bringing more people with me each time is the whole new dining experience youll get from that place...

actually it was a tiny oplace in makati that at firsat wouldnt really be inviting to check out... but once you get inside.,.. the cool ambiance... the relaxed setting would make you feel so comfortable... it was very artsy at the same time very relaxing... this is something i look for in a restaurant... it was defeinetely worth checking out







but aside from the cool decors... they got stuff there that you wont see anywhere else... like instead of serving an appetizer while waiting... you can like read from their book collections, or maybe write messages on the wall... or maybe on your table... it was liberating... and some nights they got this quiz night thing... that makes the stay worthwhile and FUN




TRIVIA: it was owned by KITCHIE NADAL's sister and partners... my mom went around the place and like interviewed peoiple... haha

Check them out on Facebook as well... if not, then experience it yourself... its along Estrella Street in Makati

Independence Day Parade - the COWS are coming OUT

we saw these on our way home from work...



you see i live far south (Cavite) and we have to like go through this long road called Daang Hari (which is like so dark at night, streetlight posts are actually there for no reason coz the freakin lights are never turned on)

so aside from Daang Hari... we also have to go along Aguinaldo Highway (its the national road to the south)

and surrounding these long roads are rice fields, corn fields or some kinda fields that i really dont know which is what... (I dont really know agriculture or anything related to that matter) well to cut it short there were lotta GREENS out here...

so its exopected to see cows, goats, hoirses and even carabaos EVERYDAY././.

but last June 12, 2010, It was the Philippines' Indepeendence Day... we were on our way home... and just so i thought that the heavy traffic may be over by 9PM (coz news said most major roads will be closed for the parade that day)

but i was WRONG and i didnt really expected to see this kind of parade at night...

Friday, June 11, 2010

YES, we do have small eyes... but WE ARE NOT THE SAME AS THE OTHER

ever since i was a kid,,, people would come up to me and say... "hey, are you Chinese?" in these circumstances, i would always tell then a plain "NO"

i get all sorts of reactions, some of the most common response would be:

1. "Really? coz you look like Chinese."
2. "Hmmm Korean? Taiwanese?"
3. "Yeah right?! Youre Chinese! or maybe half?"

and i would always say... "NO"

sometimes when i get really snarly... i owuld say "NOT ALL "singkit" are Chinese."

I have nothing against Chinese people i think they are great specially those here in the Philippines who has a good living.... and i am friends with some of them... and some Chinese people looks really beautiful... and i almost envy their skin... i mean they are falwless... and its amazing!

but i am not Chinese... it is a fact that i would like to point out... its not being discriminating... its noit being "against" of the other race... I AM JUST NOT CHINESE

I am half-japanese... in JAPAN... not in CHINA or KOREA or some other country with small eyes...

culturally, we are so different and if you look really closely... we dont look the same eithre... and we speak different languages, for God's sake...

and this happens again... this time in a wider context...



the famous,,, KARATE KID... i love that movie when i was a kid... it was dramatic and heroic and plain entertaining... and they were doin KARATE from JAPAN....

but now theres a remake... KARATE KID... i love Jackie Chan... i even love Jaden Smith... but to use KARATE KID as the title for that movie is simply STUPID...



THEY ARE LEARNING FREAKIN KUNG FU!!!

not karate... not in any way karate... and KUNG FU is from CHINA... if they wanted to tweak the story to get Jackie Chan... they should have made the title into "KUNG FU KID... the cousin of KARATE KID... " or maybe KUNG FU KID: Inspired by the KARATE KID" hahahah i know these titles would sound silly... but then atleast they are not causing confusion... specially in the west...

we on the eastern side of the globe would really really want to keep our identities intact... like... not all people in the west is an American right?

i am proud of my race... as much as the next Chinese guy would be proud of his race... we are not better than the other, we are equal but we are just not the same...

I HOPE THIS COULD SOMEHOW make people aware of the value of our identities and individualities...

A Conversation with my 15year old Self as posted on Facebook last March 30, 2010

This morning, on my way to pick up mama... i was listening to 89.9... (yes... Good times with mo....) Mo was talking about his blog post... a conversation with his younger self...

this made me think.... if i were to talk to my 15 year old self (so that means around 10 years ago) i think the very first thing i would say is....

Wow youre so thin.... (hahaha) yes, a younger me was a bit slimmer than i am now but i guess my younger self wouldnt be that surprised to see me like this, considering my active lifestyle (or the lack of)

but serioiusly, i think the younger me would be surprised how my life is right now...

no i still dont have that island i was dreaming about way back... but i guess my younger self would be amazed how realistic i become...

unlike then, i was dreaming of the impossible ... the fairy tales... i thought life really ends happily... well i still belive in the latter... but i guess the surprising thing is... my definition of happiness...

a long time ago... if you ask me if i was happy... i would probably say NO... why? coz the idea of happiness that lingers in my mind was pure fiction.... treasure chests.... rainbows... comfortable and worry-free living... etc...

right now... i havent really have that worry free life... coz the truith is... worrying is part of life... people who doesnt get worried even a teeny bit only means they are not trying to live their lives to the best way possible. But the best doesnt exactly concludes to fame, fortune and power.

its about appreciation.

right now... for me... happiness is appreciation. i may not have the best of life.... but i appreciate what i have... use it in the best way possible and living with it... right now... i am happy .... i could be happier with a few more fries... coke float... extra change in my pocket... but then even without it i couyld say i am happy....

i guess thats what my younger self would be surprised of... my ability now to apprecoiate the little things around me.,... yes.. i still complain... A LOT (if i may add) but at the end of the day... before i go to sleep... i could say i sleep in peace knowing that even without the so-called best things in life... i still live the best out of my life.

and that for me.,.. would how this little conversation would go...

oh and just to add,,, Mo said to add where would be the place where you could have that conversation... i guess.. for me... we would be in my room with delivered Cheeseburger and Fries from Mcdonalds... (old style, all time favorite)

How to ruin a perfect vacation... resort owners listen up! as posted on Facebook last April 3, 2010

This is a true story.... no exaggeration, no sugar coating, just plain truth....

From the eyes of a customer... straight from experience....

This is not intended to ruin anyone's business whatsoever.... just wanted to help you out coz its for your own's sake

April 1, 2010

After like two weeks of waiting for this much awaited break... you see... we have a little business operating in a mall... it means im working 7 days a week... even Christmas and major holidays...

here in the Philippines... mall operates almost forever... except for Maundy Thursday and Good Friday. So you can just imagine how excited i am for this vacation.... just two days of no work... nothing but a quick R&R moment and some fun and adventure....

my blood is rushing with a thought of it a few days before that day....

i was with my mom... my yaya... peggy (cousin) and mai (friend)... even my friend was thrilled.... we took off from home (cavite) to batangas at around 8am... we thought since we CHECKED the map in the RESORT website... we estimated that we will be travelling for more or less 4 hours... just in time for the usual check in.

According to the MAP... the resort was quite easy to reach... and the photos in the website was amazing... we really couldnt help smiling just the thought of it...

so we head off... knowing that we left a bit early we even grabbed breakfast in the way.... had a coffee and some pastries....

so after that... off we went.... driving on a perfect day... just a little bit of sunshine... good weather... NICE

by the time we reached the so called town where the resort was located.... we got hungry... so we grabbed lunch at Mcdo.... knowing we are just a few minutes away...we could spare a few minutes...

after lunch... we went on with our trip. This is where everything started (well everything that sucks started....)

I called up the resort to ask for directions since the map is a bit confusing.... now that we are actually facing the roads and it doesnt look a bit like the MAP...

They gave out this landmark... BAUAN GENERAL HOSPITAL... so we searched for this.... we went in circles even made it to the little eskinita beside the port area... this was awful... we got sad for our sedan coz the road was a mess... holes, potholes everywhere....

then we felt like this is gotta be a huge mistake... i called up the resort... and like after 20 times of calling... some one finally answered telling us the same land mark.. this time i got pissed off.... I TOLD THEM THAT THERE ARE ACTUALLY TWO HOSPITALS.... one is BAUAN GENERAL HOSPITAL and the other is BAUAN DOCTORS GENERAL HOSPITAL...

after having a dialogue with the resort staff/person... i found out they were leading us the wrong landmark... they said BAUAN GENERAL HOSPITAL well in fact they should have said we were supposed to be riding along BAUAN DOCTORS GENERAL HOSPITAL....

so we had to turn back and look for that RIGHT hospital....

by the time we finally saw the hospital... we called them up again....

as per whoever i was speaking to.... i have to go to the road leading to MABINI then look for Sta Maria then when we get to SAN PEDRO bridge we have to turn right.... the ill just pass some hills... and shortly we will be at the resort already.

I asked if there are signs that we could look for... like resort posters or streamers... you know what i got for an answer? YES WE HAVE BUT UNFORTUNATELY ITS BLOCKED.... wow... just wow... thank you for even pointing me to BLOCKED streamer... now i have to search every blocked streamers to see if it was the resort's

so i just laughed sarcastically and just ended the call...

we were able to reach the san pedro bridge... we made right and let out a huge sigh... at last... a few more minutes....

we were WRONG... that seem to be HILLS... were actually mountains... we had to climb and go down and turn along this rocky and sandy road... our poor passengers had to get out of the car to lessen weight... the car was crawling.... and exhausted... and so we are....

MAI was on fire... I was steaming... and all of us were hungry...

after like 20 to 30 minutes of road disaster... i called up again to inform them that we are almost there and they could pick us up at the parking like what they promised.

when we got there we were surprised.. shocked... jaw dropped.

parking was for public use... meaning all the guests of all the resorts park there and there was a parking fee of 100... (according to the sign)

we had no choice... we parked our ca.. got our things and waited... then another shocking moment.

WE WERE PICKED UP at the PARKING SITE... with a BOAT... yes a freakin boat.

its either we walk a long stretch of beach side under the sun with all our things or we risk all our things of getting wet on board.

we chose the boat... praying for our things to stay dry. i brought my laptop... so i was praying really hard.

when we got to the resort... i thought it will be okay... in all fairness... the resort was clean... white sand... music... the resort restaurant and reception area was nice... there was a pool...

and our room... it was actually cute and nice... two beds (we just got an extra mattress) then had air conditioner, fan and the design was cute... i thought... at least... this wAS NICE

mai planned to take a nap first.... she was tired... i was tired too... so we just lounged there at our room... feeling the goodness of being in a vacation. conditioning ourselves for relaxation mode.

then... power shut down.... we felt like in a sauna.... steam.. hot.... argh....

we quickly got dressed and just decided to have a dip... i so wanted to swim and feel the ocean... then by the time we got to the shore... i jogged towards the sea... so excited!!!

BOOM... after just a few steps.. the shore was filled with coral (ouch to my feet), ROCKS and weeds... (eeeeeeewwwwwwwwwwww eeeeeeeeekkkkkkkk)

i turned around and walked in disgust.... headed to the pool... to just satisfy my craving to just swim...

to the pool!!! i said... then we all dived in.... (or stepped in coz we couldnt really dive the shallow pool)

then this resort staff approached us... ENTRANCE FEE for the pool? why? isnt that supposed to be included already in the accommodation?

FINE! I WILL PAY JUST LEAVE ME ALONE and let me be and let me have fun already!

but the pool couldnt really satisfy me.. i wanted to swim... salt water... ocean... sea... fish... corals.... i wanted it all....

by dinner time... we went to the restaurant and also... asked for the boat ride...

hmmm i dont know which one to tell you first... but okay here it goes...

first we ordered dinner (we didnt bring any food coz theres corkage fee) ....

the food there was expensive... we thought it was for share.... but NO... solo meal starts at 190. so maybe it was because of the exquisite taste...

we ordered chicken barbecue with side dish and rice... mai got the carbonara... YUM

or so we thought.... preparation time? almost two hours (im not joking)

then the food??? i should have eaten raw chicken. it was awful and so LITTLE... was that chicken? or maya?

Carbonara? just plain EEEEEEEEEEEEEEWWWWWWWWWW

oh by the way.... boat ride costs P2800 for 15 people... so what should the guests do if we were just 5 in a group?

RESORT SUGGESTION: Go out... look for a local boat man... (bangkero) and deal with them.

argh.... good service ei?

after dinner we got so pissed that all we wanted to do was to get out from that place... after dinner guess what we did... we SLEPT and hope tomorrow would rush in...

early that morning.... PEGGY got up early to search for a bangkero... luckily she did... we ordered breakfast.. well as a consolation... the breakfast was good ( made us think we should have ordered breakfast at dinner) but we got served with it after an hour!

after that at 9am... we went to the fish sanctuary...

this part of the trip actually made it worth while...

fishes were swimming around.... grabbing a piece of the bread were giving out.... amazing... God made nature so great... i couldnt get tired of it....

then with a smile on our faces... we headed back to the resort... NICE! it was almost time for check out, we had to take a quick shower first.... MAI was first... while we all wait for her... we decided to swim at the pool... then this happened...

MAI yelling from our room terrace... (or window... i dunno whats that called) WALANG TUBIG!!!!

wow... we called the attention of one female staff about it and did you know what she said? GO LOOK FOR A MALE STAFF AND TELL HIM ABOUT IT... wow... another good service... so i told her... DIDNT I TOLD YOU ABOUT IT? SO YOU SHOULD TELL YOUR MALE STAFF ABOUT IT.

after so many minutes... we finally got an answer why there was no water... the resort tank was not enough to supply all guests.... and now were soaked in a mixture of salt and pool water... almost dried.. waiting for water... till MAI totally lost her patience and asked the resort owner if we could just wash off at the pool side shower....

we shampooed our hair right then and there....

NICE

after SORT OF cleaning up ourselves...

we checked out... rode the boat... then to the parking site....

then another WOW... according to the sign overnight parking was 100... turned out it was 150... but we had no energy to argue.... we paid them and left....

Now to the rocky "HILLS"

THIS SHALL SERVE AS A WAKE UP CALL FOR RESORT OWNERS AND/OR OPERATORS....

Guests save up, prepare and look forward for vacations... they trust you that you give us the R&R we need.... we trusted you to give us service that YOU said youll offer.... we wouldnt expect something from you if you didnt put it out on your ADS, your WEBSITES or even through your booking agents....

IT IS NOT ENOUGH THAT YOU HAVE A ROOF BESIDE THE BEACH... you need to feed them good if youre gonna ask for that much... you need to give them power... (we didnt get the aircon room to stare at the equipment... we plan to use it too)... and we need water...(not because we are already beside the beach that we dont need it anymore... SALT WATER is far different from what we daily use... ) and do not mislead your guests... do not present your resort to be accessible... you need to present the truth one way or another.... but make sure you give them a good service to make the travel worth it...

JUNE 4, 2010 Experience as posted on my Facebook last June 4, 2010

June 4... wow.... this is a day to remember... but a day to forget also....

june 4, 2010 at around 1:30 or 2am... i was supposed to be sound asleep... but something crawled on my legs... it was so disturbing that i had to wake up and turn on the lights.... and to my horror....

IT WAS A FILIPINO COCKROACH... yes... the kind that is as big as my toe....

this is the truth... i am freakin scared of these creepy crawlers... i was freakin out in the middle of the night.... trying to catch and kill it.. hoping i could kill it alone... by myself...

but fogged with insecticide.... (BAYGON)... two slippers... i was searching for it like a madman.... then right before i die of the insecticide.... the little freakin insect showed up... thankfully the baygon got him too.... it was crawling crazy... round and round... i tried to hit it with a slipper... but instead of dying... it crawled so fast towards me... i hit my head... my arm everywhere.....

THANK GOD mama jumped out of the bed and went t o my room.... (maybe all the noise woke her up)

she helped me killed the freakin thing.....

but then as i was getting excited that finally that roach would soon be dead.... I SAW ANOTHER ONE...

I CANT UNDERSTAND where they are coming from.... i mean my room may be messy and all... but yaya cleans it.. with the help of BAYGON... it is not the usual scenario.... but last night... that was THAT!

i have this crazy fear of cockroaches.... that we think was yaya's fault... as a child she always.... ALWAYS say that if i dont behave... the roaches will get me....

and so until now... I JUST FREAK OUT at the sight of it...

last night COZ Of the FEAR... i was awake till around 4 or 5am... waiting for cockroaches.... getting paranoid.... ARGH

THEN this morning.... on our way to work... i SAW A FREAKIN CRIME...

we were on the other side of the road.... it was a pretty narrow two lane road in CAVITE... just a car away from us... two guys in a motorcycle... the other one driving it.... and the other one... HOLDING A GUN and pointed it to this guy in a open type JEEP (we call it OWNER in the phils) and grabbed his necklace....

I WAS SHOCKED for a MOMENT and kept saying THE GUY HAD A GUN!!! THE GUY HAD A GUN....

then i quickly checked my doors if it was locked.... then asked for mama's side....

It was so sudden... so quick... and so EARLY to see something like that./...

i mean it was like ten in the morning... the streets were packed with PEOPLE and CARS... and this men were brave enough to do a CRIME right in the middle of it...

soon after... officials were in action.... check points were set up immediately...

IT WAS SUDDEN... and it was FAST and it was scary....

WELL for me... the cockroach part is way scarier.... but the latter part was jkust scary for everyone's sake...

REMEMBER... these criminals dont care what time... what place or whoever.... they just spread and do crime.... PERIOD...

so GUYS,.... Extra careful.... I just thank GOD that we were not the one involved... but to see it made me realize that danger is out there... IT WOULDNT HURT TO BE MORE CAREFUL...

CHECK YOUR LOCKS (if youre in a car)

BE EXTRA MINDFUL OF EVERYONE AROUND YOU (specially those in motorcycles... in dark helmets that's hiding their face)

PRAY... PRAY FOR SAFETY.. God can prevent any crime...

CHESKA, my alter ego

I was watching the episode of Ellen Degeneres show on YouTube (i love this show... i love ellen and i love ellen-portia as a couple)with Beyonce as her guest...

they were talking about Beyonce's new album I AM SASHA FIERCE... and that in this album... beyonce showed two sides of her... her real self which is the I AM part and the SASHA FIERCE (her alter ego) the one who dances so WOW and sings the upbeat songs...

as per Beyonce... as her real self, she prefers the ballads and all soulful songs that she sings... and i kinda like it too...

but a part of me LOVES the SASHA FIERCE alter ego, personally because who doesnt wanna see beyonce dance... i mean the voice is great but the dancing really gets me going...

and to be quite honest... i dont dance much but whenever i hear a BEYONCE song like SINGLE LADIES, my feet goes thumthumthum and my head and shoulders dances with the beat...

after sayng this... i ask myself... i must look psychotic dancing with feet, head and shoulders.. missing the middle region movement... (and to be honest again, i cant dance with the waist region... haha i SUCK... really SUCK)

anyways... back to the alter ego topic... how i wish i had one.. like SASHA FIERCE... hehe like what beyonce said... atleast with SASHA FIERCE she can blame all the bad stuff she's been doin to her alter ego...

I dont knwo, i may be really moody... but then i dont really have that OTHER PERSONA... this is just me... nothing more, nothng less...

sometimes its hard to ahave one single persona.,.. why? coz either people expect the usual stuff from you... or sometimes you just wanna let loose... but cant ... because you are limited to your own personality... which sucks....

but also, its great... not much of a POKER FACE... what you see is what you get... I look tame... but im not... and people who are close to me knows that. thats all that matters... i dont have SASHA FIERCE/BEYONCE tandem... all i got is KOKO.... oh i guess the other one is MARIKO... the shy little girl a decade ago... but its not excatly my alter ego... that was more like the CATTERPILLAR (did i spelled it out right?) and now im the BUTTERFLY... (not as gay as it sounds okay? im just saying i have grown into ME)

but then IF I HAD AN ALTER EGO... hmmmm maybe ill call her CHESKA... haha the girly, feminine, pri, proper, lady version of me...

I guess now that CHESKA is out... i think poeple will like her better... oh well... hahah CHESKA is never gonna happen... ITS KOKO and only me you got haha

THINGS you shouldnt expect from this blog


for those people who got nothing to do and decided to read my blogs... hmmm i dont know if i should thank you for giving a piece of your time... but then again... you have NOTHING to do... so maybe you should be thanking me coz you got something now on your plate.

okay for the THINGS YOU SHOULDNT EXPECT from this BLOG

1. Do not expect to see a well-written article on certain topics... i may mispelled alotta things (coz my fingers keep tangling with each other and im too lazy to edit it) i do not intend to construct a grammatically correct and structured articles/blogs... i would like to say anything in randomness... so please bear with the here and there comments

2. i may blog about serious topics like climate change, envirinment protection and stuff lke that but dont expect that everyday coz sometimes or most of the time i may blog about FLYING ROACHES and my trauma with it

3. i dont expect you to read my blogs... this is just a mere outlet for the daily stress... but if you do read this... well... i hope youll be entertained.... but dont epxect me to blog regularly... i have things to do.. you know....

4. dont expect praises and positive comments from me... but if i do.. then that thing must be really great.... but do expect a lot of sarcasm and negative remarks... i do that all the time... not to insult though... its for improvement... im not perfect... and so is everything else

5. usually i may run out of things to say... so dont expect much from me... but if you think you can do better,... then write your own blog hahaha

PEACE...

btw, i may repost things from my Facebook and deviant art account... but you will be informed on that... haha