Beating the Birthday Dementia: Brewing up Crime Buddy's B-day Surprise

Time to beat my usual Birthday Dementia!---this time I am quite sure that I won't miss another special person's b-day or rather mistakenly greet a person's b-day.

I really love surprises and of course thinking of what to do for a surprise…It has to be extra special and memorable, the kind of surprise that will move crime buddy to tears---since he's quite a tearjerker.

Ideas were overflowing...my brain performed yet again another tiring brainstorming of its own..! I thought first of chocolates (dark choc truffles---YUM!) co'z he is a constant fan of chocolates--dark chocs to be specific--- but he's quite on a diet mode right now so I rather have to skip that part. Another idea was to give him a huggable yet hypoallergenic teddy bear, since he has allergic rhinitis *atchoooo!*, which is by the way my usual trademark since I am really used to giving out huggable teddies and since he gave me a huggable stuffed toy dog---Bonzo, it's payback time! But, still it's not yet a big surprise to him...so I decided to rather give him a scrapbook which had our day-to-day adventures, the minimal and spontaneous vacations, and memories. I think this will really make him cry....awwww (cry me a river dude!). To make it really a big b-day surprise, I asked the hotel staff to have it delivered to his room since I won't be able to hand it to him personally since I have to catch a much earlier filght back.---dude cencya na trabaho muna!

After seeing my work of art, I can't really imagine that I would be able to make it as artistic yet special----haven't been that artistic persona for quite sometime!

To you my crime buddy, HAPPY B-DAY...! hugs and kisses from me! Til the next b-day surprise...

The Evidence: Crime Buddy's B-day Surprise

Birthday Dementia (Oooppsss...sorry!)

It has happened to me thrice for this year that either I mistakenly greeted a colleague or forgot a special and good friend's birthday. Well...yes... I am guilty to this crime! The crime of stupidity or maybe dementia of some sort. I am really ashamed when people get me corrected that its not their birthday and I would repeatedly make them admit that it's indeed their b-day..trying to make them sometimes mad at me for being makulit! (well...that's my trend super kulit but in a good way naman!)

Well, I have just committed a crime...I have been charged for BIRTHDAY DEMENTIA....I was supposed to give my bonne amie a surprise birthday gift... all has been set and planned since we will be seeing each other next week...which I thought was her b-day... Totally, excited about my surprise to her I called our other confidante but guess what I have just found out... I have just missed her birthday...Shit!----the preparation and all had fallen like the Tower of Babel---- and she was really expecting something extra special from me...knowing me that I am used to fabricating suprises----just like on Valentines Day!

Last resort was to call our company's ever trusted florist to deliver something but it has to be on the budget.... since my funds are a bit paltry as of the moment! I did apologize to her of not having to greet her on her special day...but IT'S BETTER LATE THAN NEVER! She even told me that her b-day greetings wouldn't be complete without me greeting her.... I even told her na isipin mo na lang na nasa ibang timezone ako either US or UK... which is a day late! hehehe...excuses!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY Bonne Amie !!!----Next year I'll have to get it right! Promise!

Caught by the Big Boss!

Have you ever been caught by somebody ???

Spending 4 days in Cebu again for work! Didn't expect that Big Boss would even know our devious plans. We were so flabbergasted when she knew this. Funny thing is, it came as a shock to us since it was supposed to be our big surprise to them. Resignations at the same time, what a big SURPRISE and a bit of a headache for them !!! but turned out to be we were the ones who got shocked and stunned... kaw bah naman and sindakin ni Big Boss...

Oh well... Small World! At the end of the day....We still got caught! Next stop is to the gas chambers or electric chairs for us... 1-on-1 maybe??

Got Sleep???

Got sleep??? Totally my answer would be a big "NO". I am not really into a job which entails me in a so-called "graveyard shift (in short sepulturero---hehehe)" neh....not that! but still I lack sleep....I just can feel that I am in my own way deprived of this thing and I don't know why??? It isn't just enough. Maybe because of work backlogs, overflowing sequences of thoughts or maybe because I am goin' back into my strange self "being INSOMNIAC". I even tried drinking hot milk (as what other people would recommend), counting sheeps jumping over the fence, thinking of happy thoughts---parang Peter Pan???, drinking a couple shots of beer/wine/tequila or even trying to force my eyes to shut down. But I just end up having a big headache in the morning.

Well, folks all I can say is that "Blessed are the people who can Sleep". So while you have a chance get as much sleep as you can. So grab those nice and comfy pillow of yours (try renting Bochok----Crime buddy's pillow) and tune on your fave evening lullaby (Baba Black Sheep or Twinkle Twinkle Little Star----) and say hello to MR. SANDMAN...

Abrile: A Month to remind Me of being Antediluvian

Abrile...the month dedicated to Venus (according to Ancient Roman beliefs), the month of cherry blossoms in Japan, the same day and month where Shakespeare was born. And its my special day!...

Another year has come again for me to celebrate or rather painfully remind me that I am at this point in time gettin' down much nearer at the bottom of the calendar...but not that much though... Worst but funny thing about my special day is that I did spent it again away from my family, friends, amigas, compadres...etc...etc... It has been almost 4 years that I am celebrating it on my own or usually away, I might be on business trip and work (with Crime buddy as my constant companion)---no choice eh dude! or even in school preparing for those dreadful exams...Whew!

But eventhough my special day was celebrated outside of my comfort zone, special people in my life would still call, SMS or simply buzz just to greet or remind me of gettin' antediluvian... What's so memorable about these days would either be a race in one of the 8 Wonders of the World (Great Wall of China), my first winter chill during April---which is totally weird, or a visit from your worst nightmare----my Singaporean Boss "mener à la baguette" who delightfully greeted me with a smile and hug !

Having another trip to my B-day memory lane, each year I do celebrate this day it gets even more and more memorable with new people gettin' involved in it! To the people who constantly remembers my birthday... Thanks a lot!--- and to the people whom has been a new addition to it, I thank you as well...but I 've been more thankful if you have added a little extra somethin' di bah---ang lagay bah eh, ganun na lang---just kiddin'. To my Crime buddy, who is always present during these days, thanks for being there to celebrate it with me---

Violin Madness! A New Undertaking

I need a deviation from all of these...junk pile of emails...a bagful of workloads...a long list of reports....Release me!!!

A sudden feeling for something new to challenge me came into my senses! I decided to take violin lessons. Another sudden outbursts from me...to think it was completely a different and new instrument to learn again and quite different from what I used to play. I am really known for this outbursts which sometimes gets me into trouble and my mom would always try to scold me for this attitude. But, they can't make me say "no" to this, I want this and want to pursue this! Being that hard-headed person, they can't really--- unless there's a life changing and threatning situation that would make me quit.




I am not quite sure though how would I fit this into my very demanding and hectic schedule...???hmmm....???nevermind I'll find a way, as along as I satifsy this sudden outbursts of mine. Maybe this will keep me away from the usual office work that I'm always monotonously at. Sort of like deviate from the pains of work!


Since I'm quite determined in this violin madness... I am hoping that I'll be able to play some real music out of it... probably... Apologize (One Republic) ---- (with crime buddy as my first trial audience--my music guinea pig for short!).

Graduation...Graduation...!Yes---School Dayz are Over!

May....Month of Graduation! An end to the painful and dreadful school days...it's all over but not for me though?! I would like to take this opportune moment to congratulate my psuedo baby brother Chaboy! It's over...another chapter of your life has been put into an end! Bravissimo! A new challenge to tackle again...!---and a very challeging one!

I still can remember my College Graduation Days way back...It was memorable yet boring since our graduation speaker only talked about nonsense things and the whole boring stuff!... I almost slept during his whole talk!----Why do grad speakers have to do that everytime???

Well....the best part is, it's the end of the sleepless nights thinking about your exams, your thesis defense, or the long list of signature you need to complete for your school clearance---Whew! But after this whole thing, my life became more boring, I don't seem to enjoy the whole BUM scenario.....So the longing for school days came back to me again...and endured another 2 years of post-graduate school....What the heck was I thinking again?#@*/

And....now still planning...and longing again to go back! Who knows???