On Weddings: All or Nothing

Dati... ayoko talaga ng thought ng ikakasal ako sa simbahan.  Una... hassle! Tutubuan ako ng mushrooms sa tagal. Pangalawa... hanep na gastos ang kaakibat nito. Kasi hello lang! Alanganaman sa Jollibee mo lang pakainin yung guests mo?! Nagpakasal ka pa sa simbahan... eh di sana nag-civil wedding ka na lang kung talagang nagtitipid ka.

Kaso nung Saturday, nag-attend kami nung wedding ni Kuya Ep-ep... (Tito ko siya actually, pinsan ni Mama. Kaso 4-5 years lang ata agwat niya sa akin... although feeling ko 500 years gap namin kasi pag bata ka... ang 4-5 years na agwat ay parang ilang daang taon din kasi ibang-iba nga naman talaga ang mundo ng mga Grade 1 sa mundo ng mga Grade 6.)

So ayun... ang masasabi ko lang... ang astig-astig lang talaga ng reception! hahahah! Na-late ako sa wedding itself sa simbahan kasi putang-ina yung traffic last Sabado!!! Buti na lang sinabi nila Mama na 3pm yung wedding kahit 330 naman talaga.. kaya naka-abot kami nila Aubrey at ng isang pinsan ko dun ng 350pm! Hahaahah! So di na talaga ganun katagal yung kasal for me.  Hehehe!

Basta ang ganda-ganda lang talaga ng reception... sobrang organized! Ganda ng table settings. Ganda ng pagkaayos ng conf room. Ganda ng AVPs! Ganda nung isang guest (ako! Inayos ng pinsan ko yung buhok ko... ang ganda ko lang. Siya rin nag-make up sa akin kaso mukha akong bangkay! Ayoko lang magsalita MASYADO (nagsalita naman ako pero slight lang) kasi baka mahurt siya ng todo! Hahaha! Ayus naman yung hair.... kaso sanay ako sa kagandahan ko via Tesoro (O YAN TESS! IKAW NA PINAKAMAGALING MAG-MAKE UP!) Hahahah! Buti na lang walang aircon ulit si Fabio kaya naubos rin yung make-up ko on the way to the wedding kasi nga putang ina yung traffic at sobrang init lang ng alas-tres ng hapon sa loob ng kotseng walang aircon... kaya naman adorably normal looking na ako by the time dumating ako sa wedding kasi nasa tissue na lahat ng excess make-up ko kakapahid ng pawis!) Hahaaha!

Anyway.. back to the reception.... Ang saya saya rin nung speeches. Nakakatawa mostly... typical yung iba... at meron din yung di mo alam kung kelan matatapos... pero buti na lang me rolls and butter sa table kaya di ka mapapawelga sa tagal ng speech kasi busog ka at maraming pakalat kalat na waiter kaya pde ka umorder ng kahit anong inumin kasi bottomless lahat. And besides... katabi ko yung isa kong titang ume-emo kasi 39 na at di pa rin siya kasal (in fairness di siya mukhang 39... di ko nga naisip na 39 siya until sinabi niya sa akin yung age niya... nasa isip ko kasi 28 yrs old pa rin siya... tapos narealize ko.. imposible kasi ako mag-2-27 na)... kaya naman no dull moments rin.

Basta ang elegante ng wedding-reception... Hehhee pinagbawal rin nga kasi nila yung mga bata. Yung mga bata lang na naka-attend eh yung mga pamangkin lang ng bride and groom. Tapos yung iba teenagers na. Kaya di rin magulo at walang sangkatutak na yaya na nakakalat sa kung saan-saan.

Narealize ko... ayus rin naman pala yung ganoong kasal. Di naman pala sa ayaw ko ng kasal sa simbahan... Kelangan lang talaga sobrang organized at elegante ng kasal ko kung magpapakasal man ako sa simbahan... alam ko may illusions of grandeur ako minsan... di ko lang narealize na yung culmination nito eh yung idea ko ng church wedding. Kasi kung hindi ako mukhang reyna sa kasal ko... di bale na lang... gagastusin ko na lang yung pera ko sa pagliliwaliw sa honeymoon ko.

Kaso bago ako magmukhang reyna sa kasal ko... putanginang hari yan ha! Where na you?! Here na me! Me budget na ako ng wedding natin! Kelangan ko na lang yung pera mo! Hahahahahahahahhahahhahhah!!!

Goodbye Fabio!

Isosoli ko na muna ulit si Fabio sa Subic. At bago pa isipin ng tatay ko na kaya ko isosoli eh kasi registration time na naman, uunahan ko na siya at sasabihin kong babayaran ko yung registration niya this year... pero di ko na talaga siya kukunin muna kasi nga...

MAY BAYAD NA PARKING SA AMIN! Di na pde magpark sa labas ng village.

Commuter girl na naman ako.

If I try to keep Fabio... eto magiging gastos ko:

Gas             : 2,000 +/- per 2 weeks
McKinley Parking:   500     per 2 weeks
GolfHill Parking: 1,250     per 2 weeks (assuming that I get to have a cheap one)
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                  3,750     per 2 weeks
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                  7,500     per month

If mag-taxi naman ako everyday: (my officemate just informed me na mag-i-increase na daw flagdown, 30 to 40, and rate of inc, 2.50 to 3.50, so my calculations below are underestimated since they are based on the current taxi rates)
Tricycle to UP  :    30     per trip
Taxi            :   160 +/- per trip
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                    190     per way
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                    380     per day
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                  3,800     per 2 weeks
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                  7,600     per month

However, if I did commit to commuting everyday:
 
OPTION 1:

Tricycle to TS  :    30     per trip  /* TS = Tandang Sora
Bus to Guadalupe:    25     per trip
Jeep to McKinley:    12     per trip
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                     67     per way
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                    134     per day
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                  1,340     per 2 weeks
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                  2,680     per month

OPTION 2: **problematic kasi this would mean I have to be out of the office by at most 9-930PM to be able to catch the last MRT trip of the day. Which, in return, would mean that I have to be in the office by 12 NN, which would mean that I have to leave home by 11AM at the latest... which would also imply that I have to wake up by 7AM if I want to exercise and eat food at home para todo tipid.
Tricycle to TS :     30     per trip /* TS = Tandang Sora
Jeep to Q.Ave  :      9     per trip
MRT to Guadalupe:    12     per trip
Jeep to McKinley:    12     per trip
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                     63     per way
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                    126     per day
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                  1,260     per 2 weeks
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                  2,520     per 2 weeks

Moneywise, this would be a no-brainer. Timewise, though, blows my mind to far and beyond. With taxi/Fabio, a trip to/from the office would take me 30-45 minutes. With commuting, however, 60 minutes is the minimum (Option 2) which might even take up to 150minutes (read 2 and a half hour = one full movie.. for Option 1)

I therefore conclude... I choose Commuting:Option 3

OPTION 3: a combination of 1 and 2 commuting (2 to office, 1 for going home)

                130 per day
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              1,300 per 2 weeks
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              2,600 per MONTH

POTAENA! Money come to me!!!!

I'm bangag! Bow!

22 and a half hours awake... still need to drive home...

Thanks Man on the Motorcycle in Katipunan on Noche Buena Time

On the way to Eastwood, to meet Des and Axis, I realized that it was already 12 midnight. By this time, if I was with family we'd be hugging and kissing each other and greeting Daddy a Happy Birthday. I suddenly had tears in my eyes because I was starting to feel sorry for myself because I was in my car ALONE... when I should have been with family...

And then I saw a lone man on a motorcycle in Katipunan.

My tears just dried right up.

Comments? Anyone?

Hahaha! Kaya ko sinimulan tong blog na to...

• kasi I wanted to start a new blog where I can write about anything without worrying about what my friends will think about what I wrote...
• kasi I wanted to start writing in English again... ok... I'm still in transitional phase... i.e. Taglish... but still!!! I write more English words here which are composed of actual words instead of my usual-intentionally-misspelled-English-words-transformed-into-Filipino-slang-with-much-too-many-vowels-for-comfort.
• kasi I wanted to see if I can attract blog-readers (who are not related or connected to me in whatever form of social network (i.e. virtual or otherwise)) with just my superior wit and my occasional delusions of grandeur anecdotes...

But then again, I miss reading my friends' comments about anything... most of the time... comments which are not even related to what I wrote... comments which eventually seem like a thread of instant messages... even the useless WTF comments which I don't know whence it came from...

But I promised myself... I already crumbled once (I reposted an entry in my multiply blog... yep KSP* ako! Bakit ba?!)... I will not fail myself the second time!

I have to stay on this blog even if no one else reads this but me! My future fans will eventually find this blog... and I will be declared Queen! Hahahaha! Potaena! Inaantok na ako!

Sleep... just 20 minutes more and I can go home and sleep... if I don't watch a series instead... that is.

Note to self: Work 12 hours tomorrow so you can leave early on Thursday! Need to fetch sister in Pampanga by 8PM! Metro Manila to Pampanga = at most 3 hours. Need to leave office by 4PM. Avoid traffic. Check water. Gas. Air. Cash. Bring Laptop. (I hope I get all of this checked.)

* KSP - (for non-Filipinos... KSP = Kulang sa Pansin = MIA = Malnutrition in Attention i.e. ASB = Attention-Seeking-Beeyatch)

A Brief "Me" Background

Siyempre kelangan may background about me. Even though wala naman akong balak ipagkalat 'tong blog ko na to... baka lang may makatsambang nilalang at biglang natuwa sa blog ko na 'to... so might as well introduce myself properly.

I'm a girl... na madalas pinagkakamalang tomboy/tibo/shombits/lesbiana... mainly because I'm not a girly-girl and I don't gush about boys publicly... (yes, I do obsess about boys... but only with my closest friends!... and even with my not-that-close-friends if the guy is hot enough para 'di ko i-deny na pinagnanasaan ko siya! hahahaha!).

I dislike nail-polish, transparent or otherwise, pero siyempre nagpapacleaning rin naman ako ng kuko no! It's called hygiene! Helloooooo!! Pero ayokong pinapakulayan yung kuko kasi nadudumihan ako sa cutics na nababakbak! Yucky Kadiri!

Also, I don't like skirts and dresses. Pants, short and long, are more sensible to me. You can move easily in them without having to worry about your undies or the lack thereof! Hahaha! Pero siyempre I still prefer shorts kasi mas presko... pantalon, during rainy/cold season lang.

Probinsyana ako. I grew up in Samar till end of Grade School, Leyte naman nung High School... then Metro Manila na nung College.

Nagdr-drive ako dati... kasi akala ko afford ko na yung expense that comes with a car... kaso biglang na-bankrupt ako... so commuter-girl na ako ulit ngayon.

I have a younger sister na bruha, tatay na praning, at nanay na bungangera... pero siyempre love ko silang lahat.

Akala ko dati matalino ako... this was reinforced by my parent's belief in my "unlimited potential"... kaso... yun nga... akala ko lang pala. Little did I know... cute lang pala ako at di gano'n katalino.

And to sum everything up: Cute lang ako... hindi perpekto.