Welcome 2010!

Happy New Year, everyone!

While I bid adieu to 2009, I will leave behind all the hurt and the loss that it brought me.
I will leave behind the drama...and close the door behind me completely.

At the same time, I will carry with me all the successes, the joys, the friendships and all the love that the year gave me.

Thank you, 2009 - for my new job post, for my Valedictory speech, for my travels abroad, for my new condo.

Thank you for the love and for all the good, trustworthy and loyal friends who are still with me. Thank you for my family. Thank you for my great love.

I welcome the year 2010 full of hope and aspirations, knowing that I can --- and I definitely will!

Cheers to becoming a great person and in finding and keeping that one great love.

Fight sa 2010!

2009 Flashback - part 4
MCS High School Reunion

We graduated from high school in the mid-90s. Yes - I am ANCIENT. Please don't carbon-date me.

I've stayed in touch and I'm really very tight with high school besties. It's the circle that I've shared a lot of history with. In fact, high school friends is a misnomer. I've known a lot of the girl friends since kinder.

It's both nostalgic and comforting to see old faces. I haven't seen some of my high school guy friends after graduation! 'Good to know they're alive and happily married. =)

The default company, my high school besties:
Elisa, Ryan, Keith, Obet & Jonathan

Creme dela creme: Candy, Charmalaine, Moi,
Ethel, Amber, Elie and Jennifer of the cream section

With Jonathan: this is where I go Bros over Hoes.

Jonathan & Moi with other high school buddies

with BonBon, Pam and Sherrie Ann

All the single ladies

With the high school boys (or girls!?!?)

Moi with Patrick & Flax: they used to hang out
a lot in my folks' house back in high school.

Where the boys are

The ladies with Jonathan

High school group photos

'Ya can't go wrong spending time with people who've known you since you were all just kids.
I was happy to see the peeps I grew up with.

Until the next roll call...

2009 Flashback - part 3
PDC Christmas Party and the myGlobe girls

This is our first Christmas party with the new Product Design team. Amidst the stress and the other unspeakable things over and above our humongous pile of work, myGlobe still sticks to one mantra:

"Work hard. Party harder!"

PDC exchanging gifts

With the ladies (starting from the back)-
Yoj, Malee, Nabeth, Lala, Chrissie, Anne & Moi

Laughing at the funny host

Goofing around with Andoy & Malee

with the new design team -
Boss Goz, Yoj, Malee, Anne, Nabeth & Mela

Nabeth & Moi with Len & Jesse

with the fun guy buddies - Jesse & Joel

Tres Marias - as always

Like I said - work hard, party harder!

2009 Flashback - part 2
Singapore - Bintan, Indonesia Trip

After my nth heartbreak, I just had to go somewhere. Actually, I just wanted another convenient excuse to leave the country, and another relationship issue oh-so justifies my wanderlust.

It's both comforting and exciting to plan trips and just fly out with friends. I've been missing Madison, too, and the chicas just all really piled up. We've been planning to take a trip together for ages already so...finally!!!

So off I went to Singapore with JT to visit Madison. The 3 of us went to Bintan, Indonesia for a much-deserved beach getaway. I'm actually surprised that the Bintan da-moves was actually reasonably-priced! Nirwana Resort Hotel was also surprisingly cozy. Seafood is uber cheap!

Some photos during the trip (Oh, I know Thad is so waiting for this. Hahaha!):

Ya Kun Kaya Toast - where Mads took us to have
buttered kaya toast for breakfast. 1,000 calories ito! Hahaha!

Mads & Moi at Ion Orchard in front of my church -
Louis Vuitton flagship store!!!

Ze Louis Vuitton flagship store

Prologue - a very nice bookstore at Ion Orchard.
They've got a lot of tarot decks!

Shrimp noodle soup that I ordered for lunch - whattabigbowl!

Lafangin natin ang noodle soup.

I literally ran to the frontage of Takashimaya when
I saw this one. Thanks, JT, for indulging me with the photos!

LV ca-raaaazy!

First breakfast day at Nirwana Resort with Mads & JT

At the pool bar. I so loooove pool bars!

Drinking cocktails at 11 in the morning.

With Madison

Thou shall not fail to eat laksa when in Sing-Indo.

Chillin' with Madison by the poolside.

The trio at the pool bar - again!

With Madison on tambay mode at the clubhouse of Nirwana

I can't wait to plan for the next trip.

Mads, we gotta push through with Siem Reap, Cambodia this year!

2009 Flashback - part 1
My October birthday celeb

I know, I know. I was on hiatus again for more than 2 months. 'Can't blame it on the a-a-a-a-a-alcohol because all I did was work my a** off. True enough - greater power comes with greater responsibility. I can't really complain, though. It is what I wanted. The new post, though, robbed me off humongous precious personal time.

To make it up, I'm posting photos of some important milestones from October until now.

What better way to start by posting my birthday photos last October 17. Had a fantabulous time with the original myGlobe and the inner circle. Birthdays should always be this fun!

Tres Marias (with Nabeth & Mela)
at Capricciosa for an Italian dinner

with the original myGlobe peeps + Teng

with Arlene

with Ariel

Shiny, happy crowd during my birthday celeb

with Ariel and Gem

with my bestie & favorite alchy - what more can I ask for?
Moved to Spicy Fingers for cocktails.

with Romy and Gemma

with the favorite posse': Teng, Wryl and Gemma

Strike a pose, there's nothing to it. ;-)

with me favorite bros - Teng and Wryl
'wish Thad's here!

Shooters!!! Yeba!

Are we drunk? Hell no!
Denial is a river in Egypt.

BIllabong rashguard from Gem and Des - yeeeey!

Sandman from Arlene - favorite!

Mawawala ba ang special?
Cicu French dinner with R.

Me birthday cake

Just like last year, my birthday was a blast. My own birthday party is the one day in a year that I can totally let my hair down, let loose and just be my fun self.

Thank you, Inner Circle and R. for always being there to toast with me.

Until the next birthday partay!

(And I already have a theme in mind!)