West River Side

Driving to and from Makati has me experimenting new routes. I am always on the quest to discover new faster and better route than to bear more than an hour traffic in EDSA- with all the red lights looking back at you, it;s hard not to go insane and start ramming cars left and right from frustration. Aside from routes, there are actually days when there's minimal traffic and it's better to bring a car than suffer from unscrupulous cab drivers. I go to work from Monday to Friday hence the rush hour really applies to me especially when my road trip takes me from North to South on a daily basis. Here goes:  FROM QC TO MAKATI:  Route 1: (Araneta Ave - V Mapa - Zamora - Zapote - Ayala Extension) BEST ROUTE 1 HOUR from Banawe to Ayala corner Paseo Take Araneta Avenue (quite a long stretch depending on where you're from) and turn right to Aurora Blvd. Straight and turn left at the first corner (V. Mapa)  Turn right at the dead end this will lead you to a string o...

Life's been so hectic these days that weeks seem to fly by. The next thing I know, it's almost Chinese New Year and a year since my Dad passed away. On a lighter note, I'm so glad that the "extra work" is over - which basically means no more daily clearing, waiting for your turn (which never seems to happen) and weekends spent inside the office. But no matter what the outcome may be, I learned quite a lot from that experience. I can drive normally again (by normal I mean with a calm heart) since I got my driver's license yesterday! Yipee!

Despite working the weekend until the jittery bug presentation yesterday, I woke up early to renew my expired license - I have been driving my car for 2 days with an expired license since I really really had no choice. My aunt told us that if we want to renew our license, we had to line up as early as 7:30. I woke up at 7:30. hahaha... Finally, I decided to leave the house at 8:15 and slowly but surely drove to SM North EDSA. After encountering slight hicks in my trip - Baler was closed so I had to experiment taking another route by following random cars - literally until I found the street I was looking for - I finally made it there at 8:35AM. I also saw that there were NO LINES! and the place wasn't even open. After taking my time inside the car, I went down to the officeand passed by the Drug Exam place beside it - there were people there already so I hurriedly picked up a form and started filling it out. I was done so I just left it at the counter. The staff finally came ou...

I'm so busy these days that that I can hardly catch up with my emails when I saw the email from groupon from a couple of days back, I got excited. They were selling a cute limited edition red dragon usb for only 529 and I wanted one. So cute (hahahaha I get swayed by cuteness) anyway when I reached their website,turns out that it was already sold out! Since I'm quite persistent when I want to be, despite my busy schedule, I searched high and low on what other sellers or websites are offering the USB at the same price. Thankfully a few minutes later, I was able to find one and it was such a coincidence that the seller was my friend! Hahaha. Such a small world. I'm quite happy with my purchase. it's sch a cute addition to my desk - never mind the USB, I wouldn't want to lose one of its parts. Kingston limited edition dragon USB flash drive just in time for the Chinese New Year. *picture taken from another website - Sorry, just got mine today and I'm excite...

This morning, Mo Twister posted a question on-air. He asked everyone if there was something that you would stand in line and wait hours for. Thank God I was not the one driving because once i heard the question, answers kept cropping up. - 30 Seconds to Mars concert- 2 hours with only flimsy umbrellas to protect us from the harsh rain - Another 2 hours in line being moved from different places for the photo opportunity with Jared Leto! hahaha - Forever 21 opening in Megamall! - 3 hours of waiting time in the superbly long cashier queue back in the days of Mango sale 2005 - Oh Lord, I just remembered! Celebrity Louis Vuitoon Sale! I waited 2 hours for that and I wasn't able to get any. What a shame. I think I'm willing to wait in line for bargain deals and have the opportunity to be one of the first ones to choose.

My day started out well, I was still high from yesterday's positive comments and honestly, nothing  will get me down. Bring in all the work and it is okay. However, when I got home from work, one single phrase that I uttered change the ending of my day - unfortunately. I just said, Mom are you angry? The sentence before was I'm going out with Chris tomorrow = doomsday for me Well, I can say its my fault - for uttering the wrong phrase again! Needless to say, I've learned my lesson. Staying positive, D

This is the time to look back at all the things that happened in 2011 and make a new list for 2012. While this may be the most painful year so far, it also marks several milestones that I have accomplished. 2011 1. Drive on my own 2. Transfer to a new and challenging group 3. Buy a new car 4. Visit a new province - CamSur 5. Participate in something worthwhile - ICC 2012 1. Eat Less 2. Be happy and contented 3. Less moody 4. Comb my hair more 5. Be  a  game changer 6. Keep an open mind 7. Sustain writing 8. POSITIVITY!!! Before the clock strikes 12, we immediately switched on all the lights in our house. At the stroke of midnight, we were outside our house, watching the fireworks. I forgot to jump this year. Hahaha Happy New Year, D