the good life...

...kanYe

my reUnion...

Pictures from SHS Class of 1998 Ten Year Reunion @ Moretti's Banquets in Bartlett, IL -- September 27, 2008.

classmates since glenbrook elementary school...
...lauren, wendy, me, christine

courtesy of mike park...

how six songs collide...

myPhone battery...

...just died. a blessing in disguise. ill just deal with it when i get home tonight. hmmm...
on my much anticipated walk home, ill drop it into the river. that means i wont have to deal with it...ever. hmmmm....

broken point...

i never thought this day would come but it has. ive never felt this way before. family is great, friends are great, my boy situation has never been better, my skin looks good :), my place is coming along. whats left? work. i have never felt this overwhelmed before. ive been working @ pepsico for 6 years and ive been on this project for 2 years. everything is a priority; everything is due yesterday; people want to check the box; people want set-in-stone deadlines. but these same people do not care about the longevity of the solution. im in the office before 8am. i work through lunch. i dont eat dinner. im in the office until 9pm. i cant expense a cab ride home. i walk home. but i soon found that my nightly walks from work to home is my only release. its going to suck dookie when the sidewalks get slippery and snowy.

i thought the worst feeling in the world was losing someone you love.

then, i thought the worst feeling in the world is being rejected by someone that you care for.

recently, i learned that the worst feeling in the world is being ignored by someone you like.

but today, the worst feeling in the world is losing the drive and passion that i have for my career. i think ill just sleep in tomorrow...but then again, tomorrow is another day.

see you in london town...

safe travels, a&m.
my place is going to feel so empty without you.
what a short stay but it was nice to have you over.
the more we say 'good-bye', the less it hurts each time.

red sour patch kids...

my co-workers are candy fanatics -- chocolate, fruit, plastic, hard, chewy, gooey, etc. honestly, who wouldn't be if you are working mad hours and need a sugar rush at 4pm? last week, oscar went on a candy shopping spree @ walgreens and came back with a nice large bag of sour patch kids. we weren't allowed to pick out the red ones or else he would revoke our rights to his candy stash. today, my manager shows up at my desk and the bag is cut down to 1/4 of its size because there isn't much candy left. he chews a kid and says "why is it wet?" and spits it out on my desk. lo and behold -- its a red sour patch kid!!! hes fast but i'm faster. so i swoop down and grab it and put it in my mouth. am i'm disgusting? whatever. so i look inside his 1/4 size bag and only the undesirable ones are left: yellows, oranges, greens. then i proceeded to celebrate that i got the last red one. idiot.

pocket hole...

so i just finished my lunch...burp. now, im sewing my manager's pants. just closing up the hole in his right front pocket. i didn't know that this was on my business objectives. i'm just hoping that our team lead walks by and sees me doing it so i can shrug my shoulders and say "chris made me." haha.

hes a size 29. sheesh! whats "for all mankind" with a 7 in the middle? sounds expensive.

just finished threading the needle and...dang...my hands sweat like crazy.

maybe i should also sew his zipper shut.
haha.

myWeekend

oh gosh. what a weekend. where do i even begin?

sigh...

home depot...11:30PM...plunger...enough said. argh.

config, drip, sneeze, config, sneeze, rub eyes...

im here at work, trying to finish my config so i can play tomorrow. my brother is taking me to the cubs game for our traditional birthday outing. hes back home for the long weekend. its so hard to concentrate when i have to sneeze every few minutes. my nose feels like sandpaper. what thoughts do i have to unload? im taking down my myspace. i originally had friendster and remember taking that down when myspace started up. i need to swap pics and then its time to deactivate. there goes my nose. i wish i could just put a plug in there. my neighbor is so sweet. this afternoon, she lent me her iron and ironing board. i dont iron because i just dont. my brother needed one for tonight's rehersal dinner and wasnt too happy when he found out that i dont have one...haha. good thing my neighbor was home and instantly replied to my text. ill show my appreciation by getting her a potted plant. i miss him. janet's discipline cd is pretty tight. check out track 3. heck, play all. my 10-year highschool reunion is next weekend and have been in this reminiscent mode. cant wait. should be fun. i need new argyle socks, lee-roy. :) you know what i havent done in so long? i need to pick up some fresh flowers and make a simple arrangement. i regret contacting them. tuesday was definitely a great day and its true: your birthday is really the one day where its all about you. its nice to be selfish for a day. one of my good friends is in paris right now. he arrived safely. hopefully hes doing well. tick tock, tick tock. sigh. i got first pick of the litter a couple months ago. the owner told me that snappy never "took" and is just putting on her winter weight. im pretty down/bummed about that. his name was supposed to be Bode. im going to make lemonade. back to work. go CUBS!

Pictures from my 28th Birthday.

continuing on the tradition...
...my birthday lunch with chris and oscar

28 is great!

happy birthday, to ME!
last night, i read a copy of my birth certificate and i was born at 4:45AM.

thanks to the following individuals for their birthday greetings:
12.01am eugene
12.06 chris m.
12.06 anny
12.14 nerissa
12.21 tito henry
12.48 myra
2.06 kanye
2.22 rachel's eCard
2.42 archie
5.08 myra & gustardo
6.08 chris b.
6.22 archie & gustardo
6.32 mommy
6.34 papa
7.47 desi
7.49 jeff l.
7.57 richie
8.04 stephanie g.
8.10 jeff l.
8.13 ana
8.29 lori's choc chip cookies
8.35 ruffie
8.44 papa
8.49 liezl
8.53 sharon l.
8.55 liezl, again
9.04 chris m., again
9.10 shalene
9.17 david a.
9.26 norway
9.34 juvy
9.36 alvin
9.50 ben h.
9.56 richie, again
10.03 john z.
10.19 janet
10.26 jackie
10.30 subbu
10.52 antoinette
11.01 pat y.
11.02 asra
11.10 coach jr
11.30 bongo room w/ chris and oscar
11.54 rod t.
11.55 amanda s.
11.57 lianne
12.00pm ricky
12.02 martha -- birthday buddy
12.09 lisa s.
12.13 james w.
12.16 paul
12.16 nap's card
12.18 aline & family
12.35 mars
12.35 mike d.
12.37 melissa t.
12.53 venjie
1.02 pj
1.11 rod d.
1.12 shirin
1.21 annie n.
1.22 lori's cupcake
1.22 marc
1.44 liezl's sweets tray from corner bakery
1.54 dee dee
1.54 nedhi
1.54 ranga
2.10 jaime
2.11 tracy
2.29 clyde's bamboo plant
2.42 ariel
2.50 cedric
2.51 coleen
2.56 sheryl
3:06 jenn
3.08 alvin
3.37 vijay
3.52 mike m.
4.02 peter
4.19 desler -- birthday buddy
5.18 rachel a.
5.59 rod o.
6.05 gabrielle & sabrina
6.05 jenn j.
6.17 katie
6.25 christine g.
6.44 vince
7.16 edsel
7.30 beer bistro w/ myra, richie, jeff, norway, aric, ken, wes, miguel, jeff, noriel, ruffie, naz, anne
7.52 richard
8.28 ian
9.56 maureen
10.05 junior
10.25 arlene
11.29 jason t.
belated wishes from jason c., eric a., james j., henson.

lapsed routine

i hop on the bus and wonder why i feel hot. shiet, is it because im turning 28 tomorrow and im getting hot flashes? then i sniff around and wonder why i cant smell fresh powder -- thats the scent of my deoderant/antiperspirant. then i sniff around again and wonder why i cant smell a "bouquet of lotus, freesia, peonies, and white lilies" -- thats the scent of my parfum. dang, i forgot to put them on! in my rush to finish sonicaring so that i can blowdry my hair, i forgot the in-between routine: 2 swipes on each underarm and a spray behind each ear and on my lower neck.

do you ever do something over and over and over again and dont realize what you are doing?

in college, i remember freaking out about losing my left contact. i was getting ready in the morning and i was searching everywhere. this was back in the day when those with astigmatism could only buy 1 pair of contacts that were to last the entire year, whereas today I now buy bi-weekly pairs. i figure that i have to pop out my right contact and just wear my glasses to class. lo and behold, when i take out my contact from my right eye, there are two contacts. i was so into my routine that i put both contacts into the same eye. idiot.

facbook friend #151

putting a placeholder on here so i remember to share my thoughts on this. im just not in the mood to type at this exact moment.

i saw her...arm.

saturday ~6PM: i walked home from my softball game and loitered in front of my condo building because im on the phone with my ma. the garage door opens at harpo studios. all sorts of cars are in my area since harpo is right there: stretch limos; a caravan of luxury vehicles; police escorts, etc. this time, its a black cadillac suv with tinted out windows. the 2 guys in the front are wearing black suits. i turn away because i dont want to be caught staring. so the vehicle turns onto carpenter and heads south. i look at the car and a brown colored arm is stretched out from the window and waves at the la sardine valet guy. it was oprah's arm!

i dont like to stare because its rude but i wish i did just this once.
you would think that youd eventually bump into your neighbor, right?
sigh
i couldve said "hi" to oprah.
but sigh i saw her...arm. does that count?

past blast sightings

my nice and long weekend:
>family.
>watched my parents surf the internet.
>our old neighbor stopped by the house.
>bought new/more house plants from ikea.
>salud with friends. 1st blast from the past: mark yap. cute.
>jaks tap with friends. 2nd blast from the past: chirag kothari. tall.
>dvr-ed transformers. bee-otch.
>softball teammates housewarming.