After The Love Has Gone…

...This is how I carry on… by blogging here still.

Just to get the ball rolling again, here’s an update of what I’ve been doing lately: 

ADDICTED TO MOVIE MAKER

I went out of the office at 7pm. By 9pm, I was still doing my report, movie-style, at Starbucks in MOA which has free wi-fi.  

Yes, thanks to the MDP training, I forced myself to learn the basics of digital movie-making. I figured that using power point is now a thing of the past. And I wanted to give my best shot in this training program as much as possible. So one night, when I got home, I just tinkered with the buttons and before I knew it, I was already hooked! I never thought it would be so much fun! I mean, preparing a report has never been this exciting and addicting for me! I was up til the wee hours of the morning and the next day, it was all I did! Oh, have I told you that starting last Wednesday (March 21) until this coming Wednesday (March 28),we’re having an unstructured style of learning? We just go to our assigned department and observe their working environment focusing on the “7 S PARADIGM” (Shared Mission/Vision/Values; Structure; Style; Skills; Staff; System; Strategies)  We just have to gather all the process observation  data we need. And by Thursday, we’ll be consolidating everything we have in preparation for our final report on Friday. Not a bad schedule huh? I’m really having so much fun right now!

PS: Now I can make our own MTV for our beach wedding. Yahoo!

JUANBAMBU

Green Bambu Tea, Hainese Thai Chicken and Mixed Veggies 

Last Friday, Peter picked me up from training at around 7pm. We headed to Mall of Asia hoping to catch a movie. However, we learned that their cinema has this policy of not letting its customers repeat the movie unless they pay again for another ticket. Since we didn’t have the patience for this kind of policy and we had no plan of staying late just to catch the start of the next screening, we looked for a place to eat instead. We found JUANBAMBU. They serve Thai and Indian inspired dishes and they taste really good. The price is also cheaper than the other restaurants in the vicinity. The only downside was that one of their waiters looked so bored and irritated with his job. I almost wanted to cancel my order. But I gave him a chance. I thought perhaps he’s just having some personal problems. But when Peter read his aura, he saw that his negative demeanor was just his natural style. What a pity. But I decided to let it go. Maybe someday, he’ll have his karma. But it won’t be coming from me. Not just yet, anyway. Hehehe. 

DATE WITH CES  

Chicken Curry and Mixed Veggies with Mushrooms 

Gosh! It’s been ages since Ces and I last saw each other! I think that was last November when I organized a Halloween party at home! My goodness! I really missed my pretty girlfriend!  We first met up at Starbucks in Podium at around 11am last Saturday. Then we transfered to Banana Leaf, another Thai inspired resto where they really have us eat on a banana leaf! I was surprised but I complied nonetheless. While waiting for the food, Peter tinkered with th laptop and enjoyed the free wi-fi access in the area (the entire Podium building is wifified)  and Ces & I chatted like there was no tomorrow. We really did some major catching up. And I am always happy t hear Ces’  stories  because they always exude a certain amount of maturity and growth. And I also like it when I know that my friends have overcome their battles and have come out stronger and wiser than ever. And Ces is one of those who just keeps on becoming a better person every single time. Keep it up Ces! I’m really proud of you!

THE REGGAE FEST PROLOGUE

At 3 pm, MTV was still setting up the venue for that night’s reggae fest. 

After our lunch date with Ces, we went our separate ways. She still had to meet with her agent for a party while Peter and I hurriedly went to Sofitel Philippine Plaza to buy us 5 Ziggy Marley Reggae Fest tickets. The concert  will be starting at 4pm and it was already 2 pm then. We got so worried that there won’t be any more tickets left that we asked our dear friend Jowi to call Sofitel for us just to be sure. Unfortunately, all tickets were already sold out! Peter was crushed! He was sooo looking forward to it! And all I felt was regret for not having bought the tickets earlier. That text message from Jowi really put us both in a fowl mood. But I was determined to get them by hook or by crook. So I told Peter to still go to Sofitel coz  I was pretty sure that  there were still some tickets left. My God, didn’t I tell you that we needed 5 tickets?!  When I reached the ticket desk, the lady in charge told me that there were still 6 unsold tickets! SIX!!! Oh my goodness! I immediately bought the five ones and I was happy as  a buzzing bee! Peter was all good since then. We headed to Bo’s Coffee at MOA afterwards to get wifified. Apparently, their wi-fi access is not for free so we transfered to Starbucks instead and waited for Koryn. We went back to Sofitel before 6 pm and reggaed the night away! 

I showed Koryn my hate i.ph blog entry at Starbucks, MOA. 

To be continued…