day 1 of the challenge

this is day 1.

a photo of you with 15 facts.

here are the facts i wrote down:

1. smoker
2. caffeine addict
3. balbon (hairy)
4. call center agent (customer service representative)
5. night owl
6. book worm
7. i love cats (i have 5)
8. self confessed munchie (i'm always eating)
9. frustrated model (hahaha)
10. OC (especially concerning loose threads on clothes)
11. i have 6 piercings (3 on my left ear, 2 on the right and look for the other 1 haha)
12. a have a tattoo ("triquetra"; the charmed symbol; upper right side of my back)
13. i still keep a journal (for random thoughts and sudden bursts of inspiration)
14. i'm a DVD junkie (Friends, Will&Grace, S&TC will forever be playing in our house)
15. i love myself (if i don't, then who will?)

99 days to go.
i'm working on day 2.. =p
stay tuned..

The 100 Day Photo Challenge

hey there!

i don't know why but i just couldn't help myself.

i saw this posted on my friend saree's facebook wall.

i was just a bit curious at first so i checked it out and then as i kept reading it, i got hooked. so now, i'm going to do it!

maybe i'm just bored to death here at home or i'm delirious with hunger but i've already decided to do it.

this is the 100 day photo challenge.

methinks it's really going to be a challenge because i don't have a computer and i need it to upload photos everyday. but i know i'll manage so here we go.

feel free to take the challenge yourself.

The 100 Day Photo Challenge

Day 01 - A picture of yourself with fifteen facts
Day 02 - A picture of you and the person you have been closest with the longest
Day 03 - A picture of the cast from your favorite show
Day 04 - A picture of yourself and a family member
Day 05 - A picture of your favorite memory
Day 06 - A picture of a person you’d love to trade places with for a day
Day 07 - A picture that makes you laugh
Day 08 - A picture of your most treasured item
Day 09 - A picture of the person who has gotten you through the most
Day 10 - A picture of someone you do the craziest things with
Day 11 - A picture of something you hate
Day 12 - A picture of something you love
Day 13 - A picture of your favorite band or artist
Day 14 - A picutre of your favourite store
Day 15 - A picture of something you want to do before you die
Day 16 - A picture of what you did today
Day 17 - A picture of something that has made a huge impact on your life recently
Day 19 - A picutre of something you love to do.
Day 20 - A picture of somewhere you’d love to travel
Day 21 - A picture of something you wish you could forget
Day 22 - A picture of something you never leave the house without
Day 23 - A picture of your favorite book
Day 24 - A picture of someone you miss
Day 25 - A picture of you from last year
Day 26 - A picture of something that means a lot to you
Day 27 - A picture of your favorite night
Day 28 - A picture of your favorite place in the world
Day 29 - A picture that can always make you smile
Day 30 - A picture of your favorite quote
Day 31 - A picture of food you made
Day 32 - A picture of you dressed up as a celebrity
Day 33 - A picture of somewhere you went today
Day 34 - A picture of your favorite restaurant
Day 35 - A picture of your hometown
Day 36 - A picture of your pet
Day 37 - A picture taken at school
Day 38 - A picture of your favorite drink
Day 39 - A picture of your favorite food
Day 40 - A picture of your friends
Day 41 - A picture of your favorite weather
Day 42 - A picture of you and your best friend(s) from third grade
Day 43 - A picture of you celebrating
Day 44 - A picture that describes your life
Day 45 - A picture of your favorite cartoon character
Day 46 - A picture of you and your best friend(s) from 7th grade
Day 47 - A picture of your favorite animal
Day 48 - A picture of you more than 10 years ago
Day 49 - A picture of you and your best friend(s)
Day 51 - A picture of you wearing sunglasses
Day 52 - A picture of you dressed up
Day 53 - A picture of you in a car
Day 54 - A picture of you on your last vacation
Day 55 - A picture of you with a date
Day 56 - A picture of you all bundled up
Day 57 - A picture of you in your backyard
Day 58 - A picture of you with someone who has passed away
Day 59 - A picture of you playing in the snow
Day 60 - A picture of you at a sports game
Day 61 - A picture of you in the fall
Day 62 - A picture of you on a ride
Day 63 - A picture of you from a photobooth
Day 64 - A picture of a band/singer whose music always puts you in a good mood
Day 65 - A picture of you at a park
Day 66 - A picture of you in the air
Day 67 - A picture of you doing something childish
Day 68 - A picture of you outside
Day 69 - A picture of a crazy night out
Day 70 - A picture of someone you don’t go a day without talking to
Day 71 - A picture of you at camp
Day 72 - A picture of your first car
Day 73 - A picture of you somewhere warm
Day 74 - A picture taken professionally
Day 75 - A picture of you receiving a reward
Day 76 - A picture of you drinking something
Day 77 - A picture of you and friends making silly faces
Day 78 - A picture of your first concert
Day 79 - A picture of you in the water
Day 80 - A picture of you and someone you love being silly
Day 81 - A picture of you with a character
Day 82 - A picture of you at the zoo
Day 83 - A picture of you and a teammate
Day 84 - A picture of you sleeping
Day 85 - A picture of your favorite holiday
Day 86 - A picture of someone who helps you with school
Day 87 - A picture of someone you grew up with
Day 88 - A picture of your dream car
Day 89 - A picture of you at a hotel
Day 90 - A picture of you wearing your favorite color
Day 91 - A picture of you and your friends playing a game
Day 92 - A picture of your school
Day 93 - A picture of your favorite board game
Day 94 - A picture of you and your friends eating
Day 95 - A picture of your celebrity crush
Day 96 - A picture of your favorite movie
Day 97 - A picture of something you no longer have
Day 98 - A picture of you and your friends out somewhere
Day 99 - A picture that was first on your facebook.
Day 100 - A picture of you smiling

farewell

farewell to my old banner!!!

i'll miss this!



anyway, it's my rest day today and i'm bored. plus we have a laptop here in the house.

so i decided to blog while my cat sparksky is peacefully sleeping on my lap.

so i'm working. 4 months now.

and lately i've been thinking about resigning from my job. but something held me back...

i don't know if it's the credits that i owe (that i still need to pay), the impending shift bid (i just might get the schedule that i want) or.... m1.... =p

methinks it's a little bit of the three.
my debts will be fully paid by the end of april.
the shift bid is supposed to be on the 2nd week of april (hey! it's the 3rd week next week)
and i'm starting to feel something different for m1.




he looks cute here... =p

so there you go.

you have just been fully updated on the goings on in my life since i last updated this.

wait, i was on MLOA (medical leave of absence) for 2 weeks (7 days actually) because of hypertension. low fat, low salt diet for me.

no salt + no fat = no flavor. (T_T)

oh, and my friend bettina came home from japan... just kiddin'. she came back from the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia where she works as a nurse

here's bettina now..



well, here she is in boracay, philippines. the country's premiere beach.. and she didn't take me with her... i hate her for that!!! =p

bettina and I have known each other since the first grade and we've been friends ever since the world began. it'd be weird if we weren't friends because we grew up in the same neighborhood, went to the same school up til senior high (we were classmates from the beginning) and we have the same friends.. she's actually not my friend. she's more of a sister.. (>,<)

anyway, we've been hanging out since she came home, catching up on stuff and she even tried to fix me up with someone.. m2.

oh yeah, i haven't told you guys about him... well, he's cute, about 5'5" tall, fair complexion, studied theater arts in our country's university, works with starbucks (he's using the starbucks experience to go abroad), he used to work with the BPO industry and he lives about 30 minutes away from me.

what else can i say? i was totally smitten in the 3 days that we were together. albeit, the first day, we didn't talk much and the 2nd day consists mostly of phone calls, then the 3rd day we went drinking. i was so impressed with his bimby impression that i still smile by my lonesome whenever i think about it.

"you look at them when you say 'hello there'"
"hewow there"

and the thing is, there's magic. let me explain.

the first time we saw each other, we were supposed to have coffee somewhere here in our part of the world. it's just the normal coffee house not the starbucks/seattle's best/gloria jeans variety. so i was just wearing shorts and a decent shirt. i don't want everyone to think that i can go to starbucks everytime i want to. that's not the case... most of the time.. hehehe anyway, there were 4 of us, bettina, me, m2 and jen (his "bettina"). jen is also bettina's classmate in college so they were going to introduce us to each other.

when we got to the place, i realized we didn't have cigarettes. and it is imperative for bettina and me to smoke while drinking our coffee. so i went to buy cigarettes in the nearby sari-sari store when i saw a guy wearing a black shirt and khaki shorts. he was cute and gave him my pa-cute smile... and he smiled back. turns out he was also buying cigarettes (marlboro menthol) and we couldn't help but "bump" into each other.

after my chore, i was so eager to go to bettina to tell her about my small encounter when the mother of surprises came up to me and gave me a slap on the face. because there on the table, sitting with bettina and jen, is my guy from the store. i just couldn't help but smile. i was so embarrassed that i didn't talk to him much. neither did he. we were introduced, exchanged numbers and we spoke when necessary then bettina and i had to go home.

when i got home, i received an sms from him saying he had a great time and we should do it again (2nd date! yey me!) so i said sure and he can just text me for the details. then he called.. kinikilig ako sa pagkwento.. pakshet!

we were on the phone til 5 in the morning. just talking nonsense. hehehe

then we decided it just doesn't fit. and no matter how you like the clothes, if they don't fit, they don't fit. here's m2:



what can i say? my friends have good taste. things just didn't work out. he has a lot of issues and i don't want to be in the way. i think his mom just got diagnosed with cancer, he has financial problems because of that and he still needs to take care of his siblings. methinks he needs to get his ducks in a row first. then maybe, just maybe, if it's not too late, i'd still say yes.. =p sayang talaga.

so that's about it for now. as for my batangas pics, i'm still sorting them out so please bear with me. they will be uploaded soon. i promise.

byers!

slower running.. twice the effort

it has been quite a while since i last updated this. so bear with me if this is going to be long. enjoi reading anyway.. =)

ok here goes.

last time i updated this, i was unemployed and bumming off. i was drinking constantly with my cousins and friends and spending the nights on the net surfing, chatting and watching naruto.

well, as of december 6, 2010, i have been employed with a company whose site is near tiendesitas, where my cousin, shiela, works.

i went through a 1 month training for a CSR/TSR post. and as always, i had blast during training. you know me, the perpetual trainee.

now, i'm taking calls and i'm loving every minute of it. i can't believe i missed working this much. well, that's actually understandable after being unemployed for 11 months.

now it's february and i'm still here. more shockingly, i'm rendering OT (overtime). and not just OT, but RD OT, too (rest day overtime). the only thing i'm not so fond of is the pay. but that's manageable.

in this company, i instantly bonded with kaye. we were together during the application process and then again during our contract signing (pang- artista.. hehehe). i'm a smoker, kaye's a smoker. i'm gay, she's gay (well, biologically she's a girl but you know what i mean). i don't know how we got close but i do know that we are.



then there's apple. the funny, bubbly, never-lacks-personality girl in the group. she was with kaye and me during the contract signing (again, pang-artista). she's my jollibee/mcdo/chowking/uncle john's buddy. never a dull moment with this girl.



and of course, i can't forget my starbucks ally (as well as my other jollibee/mcdo/chowking/uncle john's buddy) yna. this girl is a workaholic. RD OT all the time plus regular OT. fun to be with, smoker and a nice person.




of course there are other people in our class (batch, wave, whatever you want to call it).

there's mommy emma, fel, spike, mark and the others who resigned (or got scared): aslan, jasper, ryan, arriane, bryan, francis, micah and kelly (who i never really got the chance to know, along with many others >,<)... wait.. there's this other guy who always had a question for the payroll department... but then i forgot his name. walang bearing. hehehe






workwise, i'm doing good. the work load is manageable... i mean after my telemarketing stints, this is actually chicken feed. but i'm getting cocky. my work now has it's ups and downs but i manage. do you really want to read about my work?

didn't think so.

so anyway, since i've been out of the house and constantly travelling (it seems like all i do now is travel.. it's very exhausting), i've been visible again in our area. and i just can't help it if i accidentally bump into the x-files.

j4. j3 sent me a message on FB. i'm not interested. boring. and i just can't argue with him anymore. what? now he wants me again? because now i have a job? or because now i can afford a haircut? hahaha well, from updates from friends who are still his friends, he's leaving the country by the middle of the year. going to germany, i think. good for him. now he'll know what "german cut" means... hahaha

j5. j5 and i decided to just enjoy the moment while it lasts. without sex =(...... he's been very persistent from the beginning and i like him.. a lot. it's just that we both know that he's also leaving the country to (and i quote) "see if the grass is really greener on the other side"... well j5, it maybe greener but it's just as hard to cut. and we're not fools in love who believe in the magic of long distance relationships. nope. we're 2 wise guys who believe in the reality that it takes effort to make a relationship work... a lot of effort.

i still see him though. (*,*)

you see? my lovelife (or the lack thereof) is a lot more interesting than my work.

let's continue.

when i started working here, i wasn't even looking for a relationship. hook ups, maybe. a quick hi-yes-top-or-bottom-ok-see-you-later convy, probably. but not a relationship. at papanindigan ko yan hanggang sa susunod na buhay. hehehe

i'm still not looking. i swear.... honestly... ok maybe i am.. (>,<)

let's see. there's this guy... let's call him b1.. shiela introduced him to me. he's tall, fair, a bit on the chubby side (chubby in ways that i like), he smokes, he frequently asks questions about me (according to shiela), he asks me for a date, i refused. why? simple. because he does not make sense. he is nonsense. hahaha seriously, i think he's shallow. i mean, i can carry on a conversation about blackheads and whiteheads but how that conversation went is just bordering on torture. i actually thought i was going to die and shiela was looking at me and giving me her "i told you so" look.

so kaput went the relationship before it even began. and besides, i'm way past the "lollipop" stage of my life... you know, when you're looking at a guy and all you can see is a big red lollipop... never happened to you? just me then?

there's this other guy... let's call him t1. now, i like this guy so far. but then again, we haven't had the chance to sit down and have a "proper" conversation. he said i met him in PR (planet romeo for you heteros). we're friends in FB and he formally introduced himself to me in my comfort zone: the men's restroom. and i appreciate that. he's cute (in a short kind of way haha ang tangkad ko talaga), on the chubby side (just like b1) and i still like him. despite sonia's constant reminder that he's not that cute. let's park this one for the mean time. ii'll look into it, i'll give you an update and i'll get back to you on that (tama ba? kimmydora ito)

then there's those other guys. but then the only thing i can say is i'm not interested. one of them even prompted me to post this message on my FB:

"REJECTION is best accepted withconfidence, grace and a great deal of composure"

kiyembot! hahaha

and there's this guy that i like... i really don't know why i like him. he's almost the complete opposite of what i normally look for (i guess i'm growing up). he's shorter than me (or so i believe), a little on the darker side (complexion), thin (i know i used to like thin guys but lately i've had this thing about chubby guys, maybe because i'm getting my own beer belly, wait, forget i said that), and he joins man pageants.. hehehe lets call him m1. and if you read this again, you'll know who he is. (>,<)



he's in a relationship now. how sad. i don't know how it happened, neither am i interested. but it's nice to know that love's still out there. (*,*)

and speaking of love, i just watched an episode of S&TC, and they say that you're only supposed to get 2 great love in your entire lifetime... methinks my 2 great love is books and DVDs.

sorry, i'm blabbering.

anyway, i can't think of anything else to say.

next time i'll post the pics from my birthday last year. i spent it on matabungkay beach resort in batangas.

'til next time.

ta-ta!

bartender vid

"bartender"

this is a video of marianne (the girl), lupe (gay, with the curly hair), me (in green shorts and gray sando), richell (the other girl sitting down) and taking the video is my cousin, keyn.

we weren't that drunk but the music was so good that it just kind of "invited" us to dance. this is the first time we danced. it was after a drinking session here in our part of the world.

btw, there are kids here. marianne's daughters (nein and nice) and lupe's younger sister (atasha).

we had tons of fun that day... so much fun that we decided to dance after every drinking session.

i'll post the other videos as soon as i can.

this is our idea of fun. want to join us? =p

P.S.
i know i haven't shown my face (in this blog, anyway) but i decided to go ahead and post this video. what the heck. half the people who knows about this blog knows me anyway so there's really nothing lost if i show my face.

i still have a face to show, you know.

xoxo
joey

cute boys alert!

my goal for the rest of the year is to get a decent ranking in the blogging world and as i have noticed that most of the blogs with a decent ranking have cute boys/girls pics in them, i have decided that starting today, i will be posting pics of cute boys. let's start!



this is my friend ringo. he's really cue... at least a lot of people think so. i like him though. he's a great guy, fun to hang out with. he has a great body (he works out now).



this one is felix. this is for all the chinito (those oriental eyes that is favored by western people) lovers out there. he's cool, funny and charming. i like this guy a lot and i'm not ashamed to admit that i had a crush on him for a short while... nothing happened though. i got too chicken. =P



this third one is cyrus. he's the guy i had a crush for a very long time. unfortunately, we've been friends for, like, forever (we've been schoolmates since grade school and there were only to sections so everyone knew everybody else) so nothing happened and nothing can happen. i repeat, no sex of any kind, form or variety can ever happen between me and cyrus... sad, right?

i am posting these pictures with permission from them. i own these pictures so i'm pretty sure i'm not violating any intellectual property right.

enjoy the pictures and i will be posting more cute boys from my neighborhood again...

joey out.

p.s.
does anybody know how i can get noticed by the ranking people? hit me back. thanks!

joey

thinking of you...

lately, i've been thinking about my classmates in college... what happened to them? where do they work? are they ok?

the last one i saw was syka. we had lunch at megamall. i heard she's a team captain now in a call center. (team captain is like a supervisor) ok, i give up, she's working with telus.

shiela and ely are also working in the call center industry. for an insurance company. good luck to them. i worked with insurance i had a hard time. i forgot the name. ely and i were just chatting in facebook a while ago.

dyn is taking up law in a university in the far east (not really the direction but change it up and you'll get the name of the school). i guess i know who to run to if (God forbid) i have legal troubles.

ysah had a baby. i don't know who the dad is, but i'm guessing she does. good for her.

lat time i checked, both ysah, ryan (ponio) and kate are working with convergys. kate also had a baby since the last time i saw her.

alvie and i exchanged messages last sunday... i think. anyway i think he's still with the same company as syka... and cielo.

i don't know who got "out" of their closets (or went back in for that matter). ronald and i were recently (a few minutes ago) connected through facebook.

i don't know where rudolf is but i'm hoping his nose isn't red with too much drinking.

i know cha-cha got married and had a baby.

last i heard, toni and jonah were both working with banks.

wipao, jen, and justin were all working with IBM. persistent rumors about a closet being opened........ no comments. if you want to know, find out for yourself whose closet had been opened for public viewing. and one of these three turned me down when i asked them out. *sad face with self pity, shouting "am i not good enough? ano pa bang kulang sakeeeeennn???"* nah... it doesn't really work with me.

zeus and jazz were a couple when i left. they're no longer a couple now, right? i heard jazz went ahead and bought herself a house. and zeus is working with a call center. i'm not sure if jazz is.

who else?

the boys.

i don't know where jeff, eric, lyko, clark, leonard, joemark, bryan, yj, jp, xeriel and the others (does it show i can't remember their names? sowee guys) are.

i remember having the slightest crush on "baby boy" jeff. he was so damn cute and kind. only problem is, he's short and i like my guys at least an inch taller than me.

nobody knew this and since i'm planning on sending the link to this site to my college friends, i'm thinking they will know now. keep your mouth shut. anyway it was a very long time ago... but if given the chance now... why not eh? hahaha

and speaking of crushes, i don's know if you can qualify it as a crush because it's more of curiosity of what lies behind those pants... i had a thing for zeus.

it's a tell-all so i'm telling all i can... hahaha

the girls.

don't know where macel, michelle, lesza, aicy, jenny, em em, alex, jeck, glaiza, angge, iris and all the others (i can't think of them right now) are. hope they're alright.

the gays.

hapon? nothing. i have nothing. i do remember getting a letter from him back then saying (in effect) that he had a crush on me. sorry hapon, during those times, i still wanted to maintain a bisexual orientation since i still like girls. if you came about a year after that, i wouldn't have second guessed and maybe we could have had something. well, nothing gained, nothing lost right?

is that everybody?

ohhh... i forgot about arvin... but then again, i don't have squat on him...

these are the people who made my 2 years in PUP (yes, i studied there) a whole lot of fun. i admit, the course wasn't really what i wanted to take but if it weren't for them i wouldn't have lasted that long.

hope to see you guys soon. i keep hearing you guys get together every year for a simple reunion. i'll join you guys one day... i promise.

got questions? hit me back,just to chat.

miss you guys.