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31.3.06

Forwarded Email
I'm reposting this from Patty's email coz it says: "If u open this U have to repost it or you will have bad luck for the rest of your life!!!!!!!............ "

Well, I wouldn't want to have that and risk of not finding MOTL.



blah blah by LaraGirl @ 1:13 PM
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29.3.06

Butterfly by Julia Fordham
Chorus:
I'm like a butterfly
Pushing against the wind
You're like a magnet
Pulling me back in
No matter how I try
No matter what I do
I keep coming back to you

Mercy, mercy please
You've got to release me
How this fatal twist of alchemy
Brings me to my knees

Repeat Chorus

Danger dangerous
What will become of us?
Strained addiction rushing over me
When will I break free?

Repeat Chorus

You're like a drug
I can't give up
I want you way too much
I keep on keep on keep on
Coming back to you

Repeat Chorus
blah blah by LaraGirl @ 5:08 PM
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Girlfriend by Julia Fordham
Don't tell me to stop crying please just hold me while I do
Soothe me with your silence and just cradle me to you
Don't push me for my reasons or expect me to explain
How can I in five minutes shift a lifetime's hidden pain?

Chorus:
Don't tell your girlfriend about me 'cos your girlfriend
won't like girls like me
Don't tell your girlfriend about me
If you just hold me, hold me, hold me....

I went to see a psychic and I paid for good advice
He said "Forget a romance 'til you've sorted out your life.
Be your own mother and your father and your sister and brother,
And even try to crack the art of being your own lover...

Repeat Chorus

In my darkest hour you'd be mine, these wildest dreams
are no crime, or are they? Girlfriend
Coming from a place of need, not one of abundance,
You see he told me. Girlfriend

Don't tell me to stop crying, please just hold me while I do
Soothe me with your silence and just cradle me to you
Don't push me for my reasons or expect me to explain
How come I say I'm happy to be on my own again...?

Repeat Chorus

Why am I posting this? wala lang...
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27.3.06

I guess I'm going to Sydney...
LOL.

I finally got confirmed bookings. Well, now I just have to renew my visa. It's been more than 3 years since I've been there.

I should be happy and excited! However, I can't help but feel sad that I won't get to see my friends and drink Mindoro Sling at White Beach in Puerto Galera. Oh well, there will be other Holy Weeks to do that...

Pero, pwede pa rin magbago yung isip ko. hahaha!
Nothing is final until I buy my plane tickets. So, I'm not announcing it to my friends for now (unless one of them reads this).
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25.3.06

Wild Ride
I didn't care that the sun was up at 34 degrees celsius.
I didn't care about the polluted air at all!

I loved the ride with this baby...




















blah blah by LaraGirl @ 10:31 PM
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23.3.06

Confused...as always!
Autumn in Sydney or Summer in Puerto Galera?

Let's compare... and perhaps you can help me choose!

Top reasons why Sydney:
1. Shopping!!! There's always a size for me for shoes and clothes.
2. Shopping!!! My brother is there... I don't need to pay for everything!
3. Great for pictures... I'll be really fashionable. LOL.

Top reasons why Puerto Galera:
1. My friends!!! It will definitely be a blast!
2. Drinking on the beach! Mindoro sling! Cheap and yummy! LOL
3. I get to wear my cute pink summer outfits.

And so of course we should have the negative stuff too...

Sydney
I'm still waitlisted on my flight up to now! Plus airfare is more expensive... 33,000baht - but this isn't really a problem coz' I would be spending a lot in Galera too. I'm thinking perhaps around 28,000baht for airfare to the Philippines + trip going to Galera including hotel and food.

Puerto Galera
I'm too fat for my swimsuit. LOL.
I will get dark again! (after all that whitening!)
I will be in the Philippines too often... just last January and again in June then July.
It's Holy Week... shops will be closed. I won't get to buy anything.


So... help me please!!!
blah blah by LaraGirl @ 7:47 PM
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18.3.06

I'm COOKING!!!
Believe it or not!
The sky must be falling!
(well, that's how my nephew Aji reacted when I told him)

I cooked my very first 'sinigang na baboy' today! Yummy!

I've been known among friends and especially my family to be an 'undomestic goddess'. I don't do any household work - I work hard so I can afford to pay someone to do that for me. I don't know how to cook at all, I can't even fry an egg properly... I can't slice vegetables... even fruits!(di ko kaya hiwain ang manga!) I guess I was just not born to hold knives, pots and pans.

Hating Thai food perhaps is pushing me to cook my own food.
Or maybe I'm preparing to cook for someone? LOL.
Pwede na ko mag-asawa? hahahahahahaha!

Maybe next week I'll try cooking adobo...
blah blah by LaraGirl @ 9:25 PM
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16.3.06

I hate that I am...
...responsible? di naman mashado...

I never ran out of issues, dilemmas, concerns!
Well, I guess that's part of being me --- a drama queen.

We have a long holiday here in Thailand called Songkran from April 13-15. What a perfect time to take a longer vacation right???

But no!!!!!!!

Well, normally it should be. Unfortunately there are several things I must consider:


  1. One of the SBU managers is going to the US. His vacation request was approved over a month ago... and in his absence, I have to take care of his account managers - a group of three new and very clueless people.
  2. One of the top management executives resigned. How sad... but of course life must go on. Thus more work will be required from the other SBU Managers - and I must of course be there to help them.
  3. The other SBU manager who I directly work with is also taking a leave because she needs to bring her stepmom for a major operation. Again... I am the only senior person who can look after our new employees and attend client meetings with them.

Enough reasons for me not to even think of asking my boss for a longer vacation leave. Sheesh. I love my boss so much, and I don't want to add more to her stress. She's a good boss, and I know that she will actually allow me if I did ask... but I won't. I'd feel so guilty if I do!

To those of you who work in a regular office, you might think I'm crazy and stupid. I know it's my right and privilege to take a vacation... and that it should not be taken against me if I do have a long one. But somehow... I realized that perhaps whether its in Manila or in Bangkok, I guess companies like ours - always demand almost 24/7 from their employees. And somehow, people who choose to work in this field learn to accept it as it is. We complain and whine all the time, but at the end of the day... we give in to the demand... no matter how much 'personal time' we lose. [Right Yeng? Hehe...]

And so, I have decided that I will not take a long vacation to Sydney. Gaya nga ng sabi ni Nathan "Sydney will always be there." Tama... I can just reschedule my trip sometime this year. At minsan lang magkaroon ng opportunity to make major sipsip that will ensure a brighter, more financially rewarding future. Hahaha! Mukhang pera forever?!

Yes, I am a major slut. And forever will be!
But let me make it clear that I only say this in a corporate/work sense.
[I can hear a lot of "yah right!?" reactions...]

I like giving people what they want. And get paid big time in return. LOL.

Nakakainis that I am.

I will take a shorter vacation and fly to Manila - which is also well and good! I hope that my plan to go to the beach with a bunch of friends pushes through. Otherwise, I will be totally shattered. [Nathan, please make it happen. Pressure?!]

Manila here I come again...

BKK - MNL April 12/ 13:15 and then MNL - BKK April 16/ 20:30

Pero, wait... di ko pa rin pinapa-cancel yung Sydney booking ko!

BKK - SYD April 8/ 08:15 and then SYD - BKK April 15/ 21:35

Am I still hoping na baka maiba ang ihip ng hangin?! hahaha.


blah blah by LaraGirl @ 7:54 PM
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7.3.06

Feeling 120...
Ang kapal ko talaga ever kahit na I'm 220 pounds.
hahahaha! =)
This is me today, wearing a mala-sando top with lace.





















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