020506 -- Battle of the Bands

CCAP's Finals for the Battle of the Bands was held last February 5, 2006. It was held at Le Pavillion in Roxas Boulevard. There were 8 finalists from different call centers.





Performers were 6 Cycle Mind, Mojofly, Parokya ni Edgar and Rivermaya. Chito and the rest really brought the house the down. We so enjoyed their performance. Nakakatuwa sya. He even sang Manny Pacquiao's song, pero yung chorus lang.

The biggest surprise of the night was Rivermaya. They weren't supposed to be there in the first place. Ang nakalagay sa tickets is Bamboo. Well, I guess these two bands really can't stand each other kaya one has to leave. Unfortunately, it was Bamboo who had to give way. Imagine my consternation when the CCAP Chairman announced that due to unavoidable circumstances, Bamboo won't be able to perform. Kainis! And I'm sure na hindi lang ako ang nainis. Afterall, we were all expecting for Bamboo to perform. Ang hindi ko lang talaga ma-gets is kung bakit of all bands, e Rivermaya pa ang pumalit. Bakit hindi na lang Hale, o kaya Spongecola, o kaya kahit sino basta hindi sila. Buti na lang we didn't have to pay for the tickets.

In all honesty, ClientLogic deserved to win. Carry naman nila yung may-pagka-Rage Against the Machine na style nila. Marvin, the vocalist (Myra Ruaro of Pu3ska's hubby) was nice. We chanced upon him sa parking and John started a conversation with him. Buti na lang, nice sya kaya ok lang sa kin na they won.

Convergys was ok din. Since the Elimination round naman, sila na yung bet ko.




It was a great night, but John and his bandmates didn't win. I guess the judges weren't in to show bands.

All in all, I enjoyed the event, but not too much kasi nga hindi nanalo sila John and I didn't see Bamboo.

Trippin' in Baclaran and Greenhills

With Burn in Baclaran Church...

With Jovee naman...

With my pink bag...

Boys? or Girls? With their pink shirt.

Lilo and Stich... ?

Girls don't get it?

Isa sa mga BF ko, kaso bakla daw sya. Di naman, diba?

Eto BF ng BF ko, mas bagay sila.

Chow Time.

Wedding Blues

No worries. I am doing good.
The part about you on my blog was actually written on a happy note. Hindi lang siguro ganun ang dating because of the first entry.
You don't have to defend yourself to me.I will never ever think that you are getting married for the wrong reasons. Had it been that way, e di sana dati pa diba? It shouldn't have taken you 6 years for that.
I am happy for you. Truly I am.
I may be in a situation right now na medyo kakaiba pero the world doesn't stop there.
Even if I am in misery, I can be happy for other people. Lalo na at isa sa mga best friends ko.
Again, I am happy for you.
I am wishing you and *** all the best.

Love you too!


Hi Ma-an!

How have you been? I just read your blog, reason why i am messaging you now. I don't want to assume or anything, but the last paragraph you wrote hit me. Maybe because I know I have said it to you guys some time ago, and maybe because when *** learned that things are going well with me and ****, she also brought that up. That I once said "I want a wedding, not a marriage."

I don't know what the point of this whole e-mail is. Maybe to defend myself? Maybe to assure you guys that I am not getting married for the wrong reasons? Or maybe to just simply share with you the joy I am experiencing now. You are, after all, one of my best friends. =)

When I said that I wanted a wedding and not a marriage, i did mean it at that time. I wasn't involved with anyone when most of my friends were. I was coordinating weddings when i was
nowhere near having one. It was a depressing situation to be in. I said i wanted a wedding because i was passionate about weddings. Goodness, i've had mine all planned out since i was in high school! I have pictured my dream wedding even before i had my first boyfriend!

But now that things have turned around and things have fallen into place, i know without a doubt that i would rather have a perfect marriage than have a perfect wedding. Now that i know who i am supposed to spend the rest of my life with, i no longer care about how the wedding will turn out (okay, well, not entirely true, hehe), but i do care a great deal about how were going to make the marriage work. please don't think i am getting married for the wrong reasons. and more importantly, you being happy for me and being happy about the decision i have made would really, really, really mean a lot to me!

let me just end this e-mail by saying that you too should not fret. You have found the perfect partner in John. that's half the battle, Sweetie. I am pretty sure that you are not on your way to
anywhere else but to marital bliss. Cliche, but i know that it will happen all in God's perfect time.

'Love You! =)

Everybody's Getting Married...

except for me.


Bitter? A bit. Jealous? A bit.

John and I had been together for 3 years now. Pero up until now, I am not hearing any wedding bells. If it's any consolation, we talk about it, in passing. So no definite plans or whatever as of yet. But I did ask him once if he has plans of marrying me. I asked him if this relationship is leading us to the altar. Nagulat nga sya cos I was so dead serious. Sabi nya, ako na daw yung babaeng nakikita nya na papakasalan nya. A sigh of relief diba. I mean, why go through everything kung sa wala lang din naman mapupunta.

I've got friends who are already married. It didn't take them 3 years to have the wedding.
At meron pang iba na kakakilala lang and yet, ikakasal na sila.

I don't know why I am blogging about this. Probably because I want to get it off my system.
Honestly, hindi ko alam.

Bahala na nga si Batman.



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I have a friend who once said,

"I want a wedding, not a marriage."


And now, she is getting married.


I wish her all the best.