...at ang pangalan nya'y Daaaaaaaaaadddddooooooooooo!

Malabong usapan...

Guy1: Pare! anong oras na diyan sa inyo?
Guy2: Alas-nuwebe na ng hapon! Eh diyan?
Guy1: Alas-kwatro ng gabi pare...

Guy1: Pare! anong araw na dyan?
Guy2: Friday na pare, eh dyan sa inyo?
Guy1: Tuesday palang!

Meron anong kwento sa inyo, na pinaalala ni Dward(thecomstarbaby) sa akin nung isang araw...

Nung bata pa kami, madalas kaming nagkukulitan ng kapatid ko. Kadalasan, ako yung bully (LOL). Dati sa luma naming bahay, natutulog kami ng pamilya sa isang kwarto lang.
Sa main bed, doon ang ate at mommy ko, saka si Dward. Naglalatag kami ng mas mababa at mas maliit na kama sa tabi ng main bed at doon naman kami ng daddy ko natutulog.
Isang gabi, sumaktong si Dward ang nasa gilid ng main bed at ako yung nasa ilalim nya (sa isa pang kama)...

Main bed                         Extra Bed
[Ate - Mommy - Dward] [Deevs - Daddy]

Eh napag-isipan kong kulitin siya, wala lang gusto ko mang-inis ng kapatid nun...
Tinaas ko ang paa ko at pinatong ko sa kanya...

Dward:  ehhhhh!!!!! *tulak sa paa*
Pinatong ko ulit...
Dward: ehhhhhh!!!!!!!! *tulak*
at pinatong ko ulit...
Dward: ehhhhhhhhhhh!!!!!!!!!!
siguro naka-5 ganun ako...

biglang *PAAAK!!!*  -solidong tunog ng balat na pinalo-

Napansin ni Dward na di ko na tinaas ulit yung paa ko. Pagsilip nya sa akin sa baba, lumuluha na ako ~tears~ (LOL)

Yan kasi, ang kulit eh!

Current Location: Office
Current Mood: but sleepy
Current Music: Heart - Alone

1st installment:

I got in the office 30 mins ago, and I immediately checked my mail regarding the gym balloting, and thank goodness I made it! Now I can go to the gym starting tomorrow and fulfill my weight-loss plans :) yey ^____^

It's been a week now that I haven't had any rice at all, most of my carbs are bread, pasta and skyflakes for now... no apparent problems so far...

Looking forward to this week! At the end of the week, it's payday again, and next week it's the company Christmas party (Dec. 12th) and my 3-day vacation leave break (13-15), so at least I can do some Christmas shopping :)

Might post something else later on... I'm hungry, must get some breakfast first...


2nd installment:

I will accompany mom later, she'll fetch me from the office then we'll go someplace... then there's a meeting at around 7pm today, barely had sleep last night but I think I won't be sleeping early again later huhu! 1 hr to go before the end of work...

Current Location: Office desk
Current Mood: hungry

Kakauwi ko lang kani-kanina... nahihilo ako! amf...

Anyway, last Tuesday was a happy day! I finally got a gift for myself this Christmas... will elaborate on this sooner :D

Work has been relatively light these days, so I venture and focus on other initiatives, like improvements for my team/group, other "extra-curricular" stuff, and training...

Yesterday and today, my manager, I, and some other team members have discussed contingency plans about the incoming typhoon that's going to strike by Friday noon so i heard... I took on the BCP lead for my team (BCP = Business Continuity Plan) and we mainly discussed how the operations will go by tomorrow. Since I am also the shuttle point-person, I coordinated with the shuttle regarding the plans as well. We follow Australia timeset, that's why work is 5am-2pm (3 hr diff). Even though it is considered a holiday here in the Philippines, we are still bound to work - but because of the typhoon, there's been a lot of changes in the plans!

Whew! Busy day, but not so quite...

Stayed in the office longer than usual since I was waiting for the HR mail regarding the Free Fitness Program... Slots are limited so I always keep an eye in my Inbox... and after an hour or so, poof! It came! In less than a minute I have sent my reply and application form... I really hope I make it! I need to go to the gym badly haha! And oh yeah, I have started on my diet program! I haven't had rice for 3 consecutive days already... but I still take some carbs: skyflakes, bread, chapchae, pasta - minimally... but more on veggies and fruits, as long as there's no rice :)

I hope tomorrow would be a swabe-steady day :) Oh btw, I won't be reporting to work tom = Long Weekend :)

Current Location: Home
Current Mood: Dizzy - Headache - Migraine
Current Music: Konayuki - Remioromen

The past few days had been fun :) Maybe I'll just post some highlights in bullet-form per day...


[Friday]
-Got our 13th month! woohoo! But it was just pro-rated... still, I'm happy about it! ^_^

[Saturday]
-Today is the PPF Film Showing Day! Densha Otoko marathon foooo~~~ (10 hrs 20 mins of Densha Otoko goodness...)
-Learned that GFDM V3 is already set up in Rockwell yeah! I'm there tom morning!

[Sunday]
-GFDM V3 madness @ Rockwell! Spent hundreds that day just to play GF DM woohoo!
-Saw Alodia and Ashley as Love and Berry in Quantum Powerstation... kawaii~~~

[Monday]
-My friend confirmed something to come up by tom... so that's good news! I'll just post it here soon if everything went fine and successful :)


i hope there's more to come soon! ^_^

Current Location: Office desk
Current Mood: mellow
Current Music: Wish - Mira (Konami)

I managed to get lots of tips from friends today, particularly from two people (Mark andgladeis)

This morning, I was able to talk to them. The first one was Mark (one of the drummers for the PPF All-Stars band) and since we had a practice last night, I asked him about what can I improve on - especially in singing "Hotaru" by Asaki (a Konami artist). He told me that he was able to get tips from a voice teacher. Mark let the teacher listen to the song.

-Asaki's voice is mostly pure sound, minimal air is exhaled (called: Filtered Singing)
-This method should be practiced singing while there is a lit candle in front of you.
-For "high" parts: open your mouth wider and try doing a falsetto w/ tenor (ipit ang boses pero malalim pa rin)
-Make your voice resonate...

Example: [First Stanza] sa~ka~ o~ no~bo~ri~ hi~ra^~ku~ hi~ro~bi~ro~ to~~
~ resonance
~~ more resonance
^ impact

This is like eating what you're singing, but maintaining the audibility... (parang nagbaback-track/mask ka sa song)

Thanks Mark!!! I will practice this method and will try it out in the next practice... :)


Next, I was able to chat withgladeis and she told me something very valuable, something I really need nowadays.

Lately, I have been having problems controlling what I eat; hence, I have been gaining weight from the past few months...

How can I really cut down? Well, other than eating a balanced diet and working out... Is there any other means? She asked me if I can live a day without eating rice and pasta. I told her, I might have tried that before but I don't remember any instance anymore... I have tried a day w/o rice but I still had pasta... Now that's the trick!

NO RICE and NO PASTA!

She had an officemate before who eats only Skyflakes for lunch. Well he can still order something with meat, but w/o the rice. Whenever he'd feel hungry, he'd eat Skyflakes. So I assume Skyflakes will be the alternative then, eh? But she also told me that bread is okay too. Just after 2 months, there has been a great difference on how her officemate looked like.

Hmmm might as well try that out, there's nothing to lose anyway... and to think next month will be my work-out month (YEY!) so maybe I can really start cutting down on my eating and burn fat away ^__^

Current Location: Bedroom
Current Mood: groggy
Current Music: Classical Ballads

so what's my daily routine?

mind you, i move extremely slow in the morning... hence, the wake-up time:

alarm starts ringing by 3:00 in my phone (2:45 in actual time)
starts to prepare clothes and my things/bag for work
takes a bath
facial wash, shave, brush, gargle...
prepare my "baon"
and basically i'm done by 4:15 (dang! that's an hour and 30 mins, told you i move sloooooow....)

around that time, my shuttle service would have honked lightly near our garage and i'd start going down. this is nice coz it saves me time and money since it's company-provided, and ultimately, the safety of going to work early in the morning. we're three in our shuttle group and i am the last one to be picked up, then we head to makati thru edsa...

i usually arrive at around 4:30-4:45 in the office (since i start work at 5am and end it at 2pm), we're one of the early ones to arrive. i set up my laptop and mobile-landline phone (it really is!) and i immediately check on my mails, maybe reply to some of them... and open the apps i use for work... then people starts to trickle in

by 5-530am, we'd start preparing and eating breakfast (fee is P10 per person per day) not bad! in our team, we've assigned people to buy pandesal, instant pancit canton, palaman, juice, etc. and everyday, we hold some kind of salu-salo in the pantry... it's a great time to bond and have fun before we really get busy with work that day. for P10, that's not bad at all!

after the hard day's work, usually i pass by glorietta 4 timezone to play some drummania and guitarfreaks (sorry, adik eh!) that's around 3pm, then before 5pm, i head to the MRT to avoid the rush hour.

then home at last! i'd usually go online right away but at around 730-8pm, i sleep already (early eh?) hehe but i have to, otherwise i'l feel drowsy all day!

so that's early morning deevs for you :D

Current Location: Office
Current Mood: satisfied
Current Music: Tizona d'El Cid - Tomosuke

Magandang araw po! Ako si Deevs, at kasalukuyang nagsusulat ng aking kauna-unahang blog entry... dapat talaga eh kahapon pa ako magsisimula pero nawalan ako ng oras gawin ito... :)

Sunday:

Ang araw na pinakahihintay ng mga pinoy, shempre ano pa eh di ang ikatlong sagupaan nila Manny Pacquiao at Erik Morales... Nagising ako ng maaga-aga at kumain ng agahan, ngunit wala ring kwenta dahil hindi naman kami makakapanood sa sine o pay-per-view. Sinadya kong manood nalang sa coverage ng ABS-CBN at Solar Sports sa TV pero napalayo ng agwat ng oras mula sa aktwal na laban. Nag-internet ako habang naghahandang maligo... sobrang swerte ko lang siguro kasi nakahanap ako ng live feed ng laban sa internet! Isang nilalang na may pay-per-view subscription ng laban sa bahay nila at naka-feed sa internet yung kanyang TV, kaya napanood ko kung paano nanalo si Pacman. Pagkatapos ng laban nila, nagpunta ako sa kwarto ng aking mga magulang at sinabi ko na alam ko na ang resulta hehehe! Malamang nahinuha na rin nila kung sino ang nanalo kung susuriin nila ang aking mukha.

Congrats Manny Pacquaio! Tunay kang maipagmamalaki ng mga Pinoy :)

I immediately took a bath and left home... First I went to Gateway mall to have a shirt replaced (got a medium, but my size is large). Then, I went straight ahead to Mall of Asia via bus. Went to Timezone Arena and saw Timba(PPF) and Mitchang(a japanese DM player) and played one game each of DMV2 and GF11th... After that, I went to meet w/ a friend (Jien) and had snack-dinner, walked around a bit and had coffee afterwards... I walked with her to the bus terminal and initially I was supposed to go home too, but I forgot I also went here in MoA to buy some business clothes. Went around the whole place, visited lots of shops, and after an hour, I found gold! G2000 is the only store w/ a 50% off on business clothes (YEY!) so I got 1 polo and 2 collared shirts... good thing I will be able to reimburse business clothing (w/ a certain amount)... at least I was able to save :)

Gabi na nun kaya naisip kong umuwi na dahil maaga pa ang pasok kinabukasan - 5am ang pasok ko kaya lagi akong natutulog ng mga bandang 8 o 9 ng gabi... pero pauwi ako nun mag-aalas-diyes na kaya naghintay na rin ako ng bus patungong Cubao kaya lang walang aircon bus na dumadaan, kung meron man, papuntang MIA-Coastal na... naghintay ako doon ng halos 30 minuto at naisipan kong sumakay na ng ordinary bus. Medyo masikip yun kaya sa bandang likod na ako nakasakay. Mayroon pa ngang mga batang Badjao doon na nagtatambol ng mga lata habang namamalimos. Nagsimula sa harap maningil ang kundoktor kaya inihanda ko na rin yung pambayad... nung nasa bandang gitna na yung kundoktor, may nakausap siyang pasahero pero hindi ko naintindihan ang pinag-usapan nila, ang narinig ko lang na sinabi ng kundoktor ay "pag-iisipan ko muna yan..." Hindi ko gaano pinansin yun... Noong bandang nasa Baclaran na, lumipat ako malapit sa gitna kasi maluwag na doon at gusto ko laging malapit sa pintuan para madaling makalabas. Narinig ko nalang bigla ang usapan nung kalapit kong lalaki (yung kumausap kanina dun sa kundorktor habang nagbabayad) at yung kundoktor:

(Hindi eksaktong pag-uusap)

Naka-stop na ang bus palikong Baclaran
Lalaki: Baba na ako dito, wala pa yung sukli ko.
Kunduktor: Anong sukli? Nasuklian na kita kanina ah!
L: Manong, isang daan lang ang pera ko, wala pa kayong binibigay na sukli sa akin...
K: Malabo yang sinasabi mo!
(tumayo na ang lalaki)
L: Paano yun, wala pa naman kayong binigay sa aking nobenta, sasakay pa ako pauwi...
K: Wag ka nang magloko! Hindi mo ako maloloko!
L: Wala nga talaga sa akin, nasaan yung nobenta? (binubunot ang mga bulsa) Wala pa akong nakukuha...
Lahat ng tao sa bus nakatingin na sa dalawa
K: O sige sumama ka sa opisina, doon ka magpaliwanag...
L: Ba't ho ako sasama? Eh kayo ho yung hindi nagbigay ng sukli...
Tumagal ito ng halos 5 minuto, may mga batang kalye na umakyat sa bus na nakiki-usisa
Kinakabahan ako baka magsuntukan bigla yung dalawa eh saktong katabi ko yung lalaking nakatayo, baka lang madamay ako.
K: Malabo yan, sumama ka nalang, doon natin malalaman...
L: Kailangan ko pa hong umuwi manong, wala na ho akong pera, isang daan lang ang pera ko...
K: Ay nako, hindi mo ko maloloko, boy!
(Umaandar na ang bus paliko)
L: Akin na yung sukli ko!
K: Hoy, masho-short pa ako nyan!
L: Akin na! Kailangan ko pang umuwi!
Hindi na pinapansin ng kunduktor ang lalaki.
Binunot ko ang wallet ko at naglabas ako ng P50. Tinapik ko sa tagiliran yung lalaki.
Deevs: Pare, eto oh, umuwi ka na. Sige na...
Kinuha ng lalaki ang singkwenta, habang nakikipagtalo pa sa kunduktor.
L: (Tinapik ako sa balikat) Pasensya na ho ah... (Pababa na ang lalaki ng bus)
May mga sumasakay na sa bus na bagong pasahero.
L: (Tinuro ang kunduktor) Manloloko ka!
K: Ikaw ang manloloko!
At humarurot na ang bus paalis...

Binalot ng katahimikan ang bus, para bagang walang nangyari. Balik sa normal ang lahat.

Sa loob-loob ko, napaisip ako... tama ba ang ginawa ko? Para sa akin, oo.

Hindi na bale ang singkwentang ipinamigay ko. Hindi na baleng ginabi na ako ng uwi at mapupuyat ako. Hindi na baleng hindi ako naging kumportable sa ordinaryong bus. Ang sa akin lang, basta't natapos ang alitan nug dalawa, basta't naiwasan pa ang maaaring kaguluhan, basta't nakauwi ng matiwasay yung lalaki, panatag na ang loob ko.

When I got home, I even thought, maybe God placed me at that spot on purpose, that He let me buy those stuff, get out of the mall at that certain time, let me ride that specific ordinary bus to Cubao, etc. Well, all's good! So who's right, who's wrong? I guess I can never tell... It's hard to determine if you haven't seen the entire incident as a whole. But bottomline is, I have helped both of the guys. And that's what gave me peace of mind. I hope the others in the bus had theirs too.

Current Location: Office
Current Mood: contemplative
Current Music: Asaki - Hotaru