"I Think I'm Gana Cry"

Before my birthday, Jon YM'ed me asking for a badminton game on Sunday (my birthday) at 9am. Without thinking twice, I had to turn down the offer because I had to go to church that day. I thought it would just be like any other badminton game we would have afterwork, which we can easily reschedule.

Just now, I'm chatting with Tin through YM, telling her about Bailey's and how perfect it would be for Christmas. Then I told her about this badminton game gift voucher they made which came with the bottle of Bailey's. It's custom-made, printed on parchment and had their names, where they were supposed to affix their signatures. I only found Tin's signature there. So I told her that it was a good idea but would've been perfect if they all signed it. She agreed. Then I suddenly had this strange inkling. It never occurred to me that Jon doing the asking would mean that there is something going on. Game at 9:00am??! I asked Tin if that gift voucher had something to do with Jon's YM. The answer: Yes.

[shocked] [touched] Darn!

Tin said that everyone's going for the plan and it was supposed to be a surprise for me. I was the last person they asked but upon learning that I will be going to church, they didn't attempt to convince me anymore. Actually had they convinced me, I would've attended an earlier church service and went straight to the court after.

Aaaaaw. I'm sooo touched, I think I'm going to cry. It's becoming a tradition for us to give a surprise to whoever is going to be celebrating his/her birthday. It started with Belle last September when we held a surprise dinner for her at Dencio's and we gave her a Powerbooks GC. The second one was for Jon last October when we gave him a surprise breakfast and a badminton racquet. Still, I never expected they would surprise me on my birthday. I thought we were all just going to meet at the Christmas party, have drinks afterwards and that's it. But right now, I'm just so overwhelmed. This has been a great year for me.

I can never tell you how much I appreciate it. I'm so blessed to have friends like you. You guys are simply the best - the perfect Christmas gift :o)

Thanks Ayn, Belle, Jon, Mitch and Tin for the bottle of Bailey's (yum yum!).

I was totally not expecting it :o) Who's the mastermind? Hehehe....

and

Thanks Aries for my very first Parker pen. So touched!

and

to everyone who remembered to greet me on my birthday, big thanks!!!

You guys are the best! I luuuuv everybodeeee!!!

These I remember about the past 12 months...

Our crazy 4-hour Tagaytay lunch trip...


My first new hire kids (NSI 36) went live...


My promotion from eRep to Trainer...


Our wet weekend getaway in Subic...


Our wet night out at Fete dela Musique in Eastwood...


Our second time in Baguio...


This year's PS Olympics...


Belle's surprise birthday dinner...


Jon's surprise birthday breakfast...


The afterwork badminton games...


My old friends...


My new friends...


...and I thank God for them. Happy Birthday to me :o)

Birthday entry coming up... but first, some acknowledgements :o)

12:00mn - first greeting: sung by PeopleSupport University
1:46am - first text greeting: Aries
3:35am - first received call: Belle and my kids
4:15am - text: Arjay
4:21am - text: Ayn
4:22am - text: Cris
4:29am - text: Wylmer
...and still counting

Thanks guys! Luv y'all!
O happy day!

Happy

Happy

Because people are pressuring me to put a new post... eto na po! eto na po! :oD

So how have I been? I've been doing OK. Happy. Actually, I'm a lot better now because I'm over somebody. Huh Myls? You have a kras pala?! Yeaaaah, I did and I don't remember ever talking about it like this in my blog, and that's because I have a lot of respect for the person. With the rough time we had a while back, I realized that it's our friendship that matters most. Thank God! He may not believe it but I'm like 90% over him and I'm happy about it! With the long time battle of brain versus heart, I'm finally "free as a bird, far away". Weeeell, sort of. It's because I have a new kras (aaaah, kaya pala ayaw na dun sa isa hehehe). Pero hanggang dun na lang yon... coz' he's taken... *sigh* there goes another one... neeeeexxxt!!!

Hmmm, what else? I ended my hatred. I want to be a good girl (talk about spirit of the season huh). I woke up one day and said to myself that I'm tired of ignoring and being ignored by the people I used to have fun with, so I've decided to do a "fix". I simply greeted them and that's it. I'm lucky because we're all mature people. They actually acknowledged my greeting. I even apologized to the person I hated the most and she accepted it. Aaaaaah... it's feels really gooood.

At eto pa. I'm what my friends may call a "kunsintidor" friend. I would simply give my advice and thinking that they're old enough to be responsible, I let them do what they want. If something goes wrong, I don't want to hear complaints. Being a kunsintidor friend has it's advantages and disadvantages. Fine I may be biased sometimes. I'm a people pleaser. As much as possible, I don't want to oppose thinking that it would embarass a friend, even if I'm being made fun of. But sometimes it goes beyond what should be allowable. As how I have described myself, I easily get irritated but hardly complains - that's because I hate complaints. But for the first time in a long time, I was able to voice out what my real thoughts are. I was able to tell my friend that I'm getting irritated. That she ought to grow up. One of my exact statements were "umayos ka!". Hehehe. It felt good. She accepted it and she apologized. If you're the friend I'm talking about, I just want to tell you again that I don't hate you for that. I'm OK. We're OK. OK? :o) Pero umayos ka! Hahaha, joke lang!

Aside from these three latest "happenings", I'm just happy and thankful for all the usual stuff - my family, my friends, my job, my doggies, my coffee, my clothes, my bed, my badminton racquet...

I say, rather than feeling sorry because of what or who we don't and can't have; or what we can't do, think of the blessings that we get everyday of our lives. They're priceless. (Yah, like me! hahaha) Being happy starts with one's own self.