Early Bday BlowOut — a Surprise nearly missed!!! 20080823

Aug.23, another saturday, another game of badminton with the execs.
And together with friends, we had our afternoon game played and sweated out.
A day before my birthday… nothing to be expected really. But came my surprise, when sweethearts dhunve and eloise, gave me a present!!!
wow.. totally unexpected… they gave me a boobie-mug..ahahhahaa
it’s a mug with a print of a girl and an extended boobie.. hahaha..it was funny.
didn’t match my character but intended for fun.. Thanks again to dhunve and eloise, for your joint effort..

And the day couldn’t get any better..hehehe..we were about to go home, when my friend jo-ann told me
that michelle was going to btc to look at something.  now that  time i was already hungry and thinking
that they might grab something to eat at btc, i then said yes.
Hmmm..now at BTC, while we were looking at some shoes in one  of the boutiques, i then asked jo-ann about the time since i had plans to go to SM and it was getting dark and they didn’t mention anything about eating either..waaaa..ahahaha..
and here comes the surprise, jo-ann then reluctantly told me that we were supposed to have dinner at 10 doves street!!! aaahahaha..my plans for SM scared them for their surprise might not have been carried out..ahahhaha i had them there didn’t i? but then, my craving for revenge on the restaurants’ Decadence cake overrode my SM plans..(this was because the during the first time we ate there, i wasn’t able to finish even half of the cake… huhuuh) ahhahha
and so i said – to 10 doves street we go..ahhahahhahaa.. their cake was just too sweet to ignore..ahhaa
and besides, the 3 of us already had plans to go there again.. So dream come true for all of us..aahahhaa

At 10 doves street, we had our fill of soup,salad,sandwich and the most awaited Decadence Cake!!!!
weeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee.. totally sweet, chocolatey (to the fats – Whatever!!!! hahahaha) and sumptuous..yum yum yum.. aahhahaa.. and i thought that this was already their gift to me..ahahhaa
but there was something else..dandandandan!!!! hora!!! rat!!!!!!!!!! no! mouse!!!! hahhaa
i was so happy that they gave me a mouse for the laptop..ahhhahaa.. i have been planning to buy one but they beat me to it (that was one of the things i was planning to buy at SM..ahahhahaaa…) So much thank you for the both of them.. I’m so touched…. touch me more..awhahhahahaha
After rounds of picture taking with the gifts..ehehhee.. we headed home… or so i thought..again.. ahhaha..they had another surprise up their sleeves…and guess what it is? hhahahaha
Spa/Massage treat!!!!!!!!!!!!
weeeeeeeeeeee..ahahhahaha..so so happy…
now to the funny part..ahhahahah.. we went to the massage salon of their first choice, we went in looked into their services menu and ….. later then realized that their attendants were all  male..ahahhahah.
totally scared the women in us…ahahhaha.. women daw..cge nalng gd..chance..hahaha
anyways, we then decided to pass and went to another one.. there we had a facial,foot spa and body massage.. wow!!!!!! callouses on our feet were scrubbed off..ahhaha… unsaon nalng..nalain najd ang mga kubal kay gtangtang na sila..ahahahaha..our faces were pampered..wow!!!..feeling artista, looking NOT artista..ahhahahaha…and our body massaged..unsaon nalng ang tanang panuhot..ahhahaha

and so the night wore on. i really am happy ..thank you to jo-ann and michelle for the treat..
hontou ni arigatou gozaimashita.. totemo ureshii deshita.. mou ikkai? hahahahhahaa

again, thanks so much for the surprise..
mwaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!!!!!!

Play-Eat-Sing (18Execs and Surprise Guests) 20080809

18 Exec June and July babies
It’s the time of year for their TREAT!!!!!!!!!!!!
TRICK or TREAT!!!
SURPRISE or TREAT!!!
that day was loads of sweat!! food!! songs!! laughter!! and pictures!!!!!!!!!!!
weeeeeeeeee

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18Exec gathering once again!!

The day started with a badminton game @ Raquetzone. This was the 1st game we had for 18execs this year ..ehehe However, there were only 5 of us who played and sweated it out!!!
As always, Badminton ala 18Exec is 30% play and 70% laughter..we just laughed at any  minute mistake, bullied each other and even at our own selves..ahahahahhaa.. some players just did not want to pick up the fallen shuttlecock..ehehhee (sa maigo lng..eheh) ; while some have invisible badminton partners..ehehe..they just keep hitting the shuttlecock to the court beside us..hmmm… i wonder who could have been there? ahahahaha

Afterwhich, the badminton pips went to SM Northwing to have dinner with everyone. Dinner plan was at Flavours of China.
While waiting for all of them to arrive, we just sat by the Northwing central area listening to acoustic music. And after almost an hour, voila!!! they all arrived. Surprised and shocked we were when we saw who arrived.
Those with *ehem-partners-ehem* came hand in hand, while some friends way back in college came too..
Wow!!! Exchanging hugs and shrieking “how are you’s” were endless – literally shrieking!!!!!!
Everyone was just happy. You can just imagine the noise we made. Our contribution to noise pollution had just begun..hhahaha

And so we proceeded with our dinner and in true 18exec fashion, it took us a looooooonnnnnnggggggggggg time to be seated, to make our orders and so forth…we were just too busy talking, joking around, making noise and taking pictures – oh well, nothing’s new really..it always was, is and will be everytime we are all gathered..
and another achievement this time.. – we were actually 18 people all in all..ahhahaha..well, not the original 18execs, but with the surprise guests and all, we nailed 18..ahaahaha
so imagine, 18 crazy young adults(in short, mga wlay buot..ahahhaa) seated on a long table, chatting … no! not chatting..but boisterously talking and laughing and drowning each others voices with personal antics ..ahahahhaha..Just CRAZZZYYYYYYYYYY!!!!!
now i would like to apologize for the staff and the other patrons eating around us for the noise we made.
we didn’t really mean it, we just can’t help ourselves.. hehehe
There were so many things to celebrate that day. Not just the birthday celebration of 3 of our friends namely: mayang,brian ang artista and joyax, but also of new relationships..uiiiiiiiiii…
and came the inevitable introduction of the special someones to the group..ahahhaa..well, friends need to know right?hehehehe..
To make matters worst – err – crazier and funnier..ehehe, Q&A portion in “The Buzz” style was thrown to
the couples and recorded on video..ahahhahaha..congratulations to the new couples!!! weeeeeeeee
but when the food came, of course, everyone went silent..ahahahaa..it’s stomach over mouth people!!!..ahahahha..
afterwich, notorious picture taking everywhere.. 1×1 pix, 2×2, partnerxpartner, group pix..hahhahahahaha

i thought we would go home by then, but then they suggested we go karaoke!!!..ahahaha..18execs rarely do karaoke.. and what a surprise again! this was only the 2nd time we did karaoke..hahahaa
and so to pod5 we went and sang,dance and laughed our hearts out..from opm alternatives, to spice gurls, backstreet boys, nsync and no air, we sang..ahahhaa

the bday bangka really was really fun.. never expected that day to be ridiculously hilarious and crazily fun..
thanks to the celebrants for the treat…for all those who came and took part in the celebration.
thank you for bringing so much fun.. the day was unforgettable..
looking forward to next time..
whose treat is it next? hmmm..ahahhahaa
we’ll see..

26-27-28 and a shot at mosaic!

I’m poor at memorizing birthdates; so having people close to me whose birthdates fall so close to each other makes it more confusing..ehhee
so friends, please forgive me for this one..

These three are Jeph(7/26), my father(7/27) and Tomoe(7/28) respectively.
To tom and jeph, i hope this time i got your birthdates right..

I rarely get to see these friends in a year, so having a get together, celebrating both of their birthdays is something i surely wouldn’t pass.
And before this , Rey had his graduation rights that calls for another celebration.
And I so wanted to give them gifts but can’t think of any.

Together with a friend of mine, we saw this unique package of a picture frame @ Premium Concepts near our office.
It’s nothing extravagant nor fancy but it’s kinda unique and fun in it’s own way.
Blocks are bound together to form a base where the picture frame will be placed.
And the fun part is, these blocks has letter prints and you are free to choose the letters to be used. How fun is that?
So there i was, picking up the letters to form the names of these friends to whom i shall be giving these gifts.
Next problem? What picture shall i place in the frame?
I’ve got no recent good quality pictures of them except for those ones taken when we went to Bantayan Island. But even with those pictures, how do i make them more presentable? hmmm..

Luckily, another friend of mine showed me a mosaic that she had made..ehhee… and to my sheer envy and delight (sa akong pagka-suya..hhehe), i took a liking to make one for jeph, tom and rey..hehehe

And so , I , in the wee hours of the morning made a mosaic out of the pictures we had recently.. and a special mosaic for tom who has recently taking a liking to a japanese idol in the name of ikuta toma)..ehehe..
The mosaics were not really of good quality, but it was worth the shot.. It was my first time doing one and there’s always room for improvement..Whose mosaic shall i do next? I wonder..

At the end of the day, when all the work done,
all that’s left is that feeling of anticipation. Will they be happy when they receive these?

And i was ever so glad that they liked it and was happy with it..

To tom and jeph, more birthdays to come.
To rey, happy graduation!!

Till the next time we see again!!!

Summer 2008 – Davao – Day1 (20080404)

One! Team One Summer One!
One Summer
One Friendship
One Place
18Exec @ Davao 2008

It was during last year that this summer getaway was planned. And after months of waiting and planning, the day has finally arrived. Hahaha.. after all the email spamming on deciding where to go , where to stay, what to bring, what to do, how much to spend ..hmm.. … the spams were endless..
the lives of friends and acquaintances who knew of davao, were able to go to davao and who lived in davao were turned upside down due to our never ending questions and favors..ehehhehe.. talk about being FC ehehe..
to all those pips, in behalf of 18exec, i would like to say thank you for bearing with us..
hmm..how about we give a proper recognition to these people..shall we?

voice over : 18exec @ davao is brought to you by the following sponsors
to joan’s cousins and relatives in davao, thank you for the warm welcome and warm breakfast
to an’s friends, thank you for booking our inn reservation
to krystle’s davao officemates, thank you for providing information
to dru, thank you for answering to our every davao-related question..ehehe
and last but not the least…
to b.s.inn, nccc mall and supermarket, non-air and air taxis (:D), jollibee davao, kfc davao, chowking davao,
yellow cab davao, sm city davao, crocodile farm, pearl farm, eden nature park, jacks ridge, lola abon’s durian
and cebu pacific..
if naa ko nakalimtan, gomen ne..

if u have noticed, we went to davao but still ate in fast food chains that you find here in cebu..eheheheh..
well, anyways, everyone was just so excited. Who wouldn’t be? It was the first time for all of us to be in Davao

and an adventure is underway..

but before the adventure came a surprise..ahahaha..Surprise?!? Sunrise?!? familiar?hhehehehe..
A friend really got away with his trick. he got to make at least 2-3 people in the group to believe that his mother (real mother) was coming with us on the trip. ahahhaha.. some reacted with like how to deal with his mom (since we were a bunch of corny and loud funny adults where the jokes and punch lines get “corny – cornier – corniest <these words are made up. >” by the second and the antics go from bland to mind boggling or from attention seeking to just getting no reaction at all ; one would definitely doubt if we were even mature enough to get to this day and age..ahahha..no wonder)

as everyone’s cameras were on standby ,ready to take the 1st picture, we arrived @ davao around 7am in the morning via cebu pacific. from the airport terminal, everyone was up and about taking pictures almost every step..eehehe.. once we were outside at the airport terminal, we took pictures with Davao’s pride -the Durian..ahhaa..and almost everyone around the airport vicinity was looking at us.. who cares anyway?
Afterwhich, we had Tuna Panga (sinugba and kinilaw) for breakfast..yum2x.. i really had fun eating the tuna
panga.. ahhaha..after all this was one of the things i was looking for..ahahaha..

Since it ws still so early in the morning and our check-in time at B.S Inn is at 1pm, we rested at MTS (Matina Town Square). We were literally sitting on a gazebo doing barely nothing. Music was just playing in the background..most pips were getting rest as much as possible (no one slept over 2 hrs the previous night..hehehe) and some were taking pictures..hahahaa..it would be very much surprising if we weren’t taking pictures at all, don’t you think?…hahahaha…this is just the way it is.

During the afternoon, after checking in, we went to the crocodile park – tribu k’mindanawan – butterfly farm.
We had our lunch by the river @ crocodile park. This area much resembles the Loboc river in Bohol minus the bangka.
The park was much of a mini zoo..Crocos and Butterfly overload for everyone!!!!

and that’s day 1 for you..whew!!!

Gimme a B-O-H-O-L !!!! and again.. ( chapter 2 )

Chapter 2

hey hey hey.. it’s sunday morning ( oct.15 ), the sun is up and we are just getting ready to go to the beach.. yahoooo!!!.. everyone’s excited..most especially my friend jo-ann who has planned this activity for so long.. it’s a goal come true for her.. peace fwend..anywayz, we had no plan on which resort to go..well, initially it was bohol beach club, but Anne’s brother said that we can check out some other resorts also..

brooom brooom broomm.. and here we go riding towards bohol’s finest resorts..ehem ehem..

flush, flush, flushing meadows and the ladies

first stop, Flushing Meadows.. hew hew..we’re all a flush — “flushtered”..ehehe.. even from the entrance, you can tell and feel the beautiful and relaxing ambiance of the resort.. but we didn’t go there..we rode down to other resorts in the area..ehehe

next stop, is dumaluan beach resort.. beside it is bohol beach club..hmmm.. talking about hitting 2 beaches with one stone..ehhee.after quite some

bohol sand and starfish hhehehe…

 

time of deciding which resort is which, we decided on dumaluan.. well, after almost an hour of inquiring about cottage fees and most especially –their FOOD..ehhee..it’s the most important and not to be taken for granted..

and so we changed into our beach attire ( attire jd..ehehe ) and raced off to the beach.. whoah!!!

the sand so fine, the breeze so warm, the sun so hot and the water so cool.. what more could you want.. it’s the perfect halo2x ,este,combination..ehhee..

picture here, picture there, picture everywhere… taking into account every moment.. we had fun posing for the camera..ehhehe.. it isn’t quite obvious huh.. hehee..

3 girls and a boy??

we traced the shoreline to bohol beach club..ahhaha.. and took pictures there too..ahhaa…

then our tummies called for a break..it’s lunchtime!!!.. and we ate to our satisfaction.. the kinilaw was delicious and so are the rest of the dishes..

 

having filled our tummies, we rode off and went beach hopping..ehhee ..we went to the many aloha resorts..ehehe..

we got into Alona Tropical Resort and unto the Panglao beach..ahhhaahha.. we used our never failing charms so we didn’t even have to pay for any entrance fee.. hahaha.. and again, we took pictures.. seems like we never get tired of it..ahahaa..

the resort has nice facilities though some parts are still not finished.. there were a lot of tourists also..ehhehe..we were tourists too..

Touristang Bisdak!!..ahahaah

after that, we rode off again towards the Bikini Beach.. it was not like the sandy shores of panglao.. it was rocky.. but equally breathtaking..

nature never fails to amaze me.. every now and then i long to be able to explore it and now given the chance, i embraced it..

this was our last stop before we headed back to Anne’s place to prepare for our departure back to cebu city

Epilogue

whew!!!!.. that was our 2 day vacation to bohol.. everytime we go there , there is always something new..
cheers to the four of us, Ann, Jo-Ann , July and Me..ehehe.. thanks to Anne’s ever hospitable family for letting us stay in their house..
thanks to my friends for making it memorable.. it’s always fun, laughs, jokes and more fun everytime we go out..ehhee…
looking forward to our next escapades and memories.. and hopefully the 18exec will be more or less complete..ehhee.. hey ya’ll guys, were r u??

ehee..

and to bohol, a many thanks..we shall return..

Gimme a B-O-H-O-L !!!! and again.. ( chapter 1 )

last oct. 14-15 , i went to bohol again..

Characters:
Me -Kathy

Joan
July
Ann

Prologue
prior to that i attended the cheerdance competition for our sportsfest on its first day..whew..my schedule was mighty hectic..
once again, i didn’t have enough sleep on the night of oct.13..it was our last day of practice (cheerdance) and i went home at 2 am. i have to pack my things for cheerdance and my bohol escapade.. i slept at around 3:30 am and got up at 4:30 am. i have to go to the office since call time is 5:30 am.. i really am not that excited..ehhee..just slight…

Chapter 1 ( Day 1 Oct.14 )
after the cheerdance competition which ended at around 9am, i went straight to the port to catch the 10:30 trip to tagbilaran .. unfortunately, when i bought the ticket, there was no 10:30 trip, instead there was a 9:10 trip ( which departed already ) and so i have no choice but to take the next schedule which is 1:40pm.. hmm.. i really thought that all the world was conspiring so as not to make me go to bohol..ahaha..
anyways, to pass up my time i went to SM alone and walked around the mall alone with all my stuff, ate my breakfast alone and at around 12nn i took up lunch and headed back to the port alone since Joan and July went to bohol ahead of me.

i was so happy to have finally boarded the vessel.. but wait.. sumthing happend again.. it was so not my day u see..ehehe.. the seat number assigned to me was also assigned to another passenger.. and that other passenger got to the seat first.. i called an attendant and consulted the situation.. i asked kindly and all i got was ” miss, just find a vacant seat that is not assigned to any passenger.. ” what the???!!!! and how am i supposed to know if the seat was assigned or not???..grrrr.. the nerve.. and so that’s what i did, i found a vacant seat and after a while i have to transfer since a passenger is assigned to it already.. aaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhhhh!!!

so much for that.. i slept on the whole trip and arrived in tagbilaran at around 3:30pm.. i was fetched by my wonderful friends..char..hehe.. Joan, July and Ann..ehhee.. It’s welcome to bohol again for me.. it’s the 4th time to bohol .. and so we went to Ann’s house to put our stuffs and it was raining cats and dogs and lions and tigers.. and we were all wet..ahaha..

that night,we went to ICM (Island City Mall) to shop for pasalubong and clothes..ehhee..we had fun dressing up..ehhee..

 

afterwhich, we ate at the new restaurant.. Shiang MaNou..we filled our tummies with their soup, baby back ribs, chinese style beef steak, sweet& sour lapu2x and sharks fin shiomai..yumyumyumyum..ehehe.. the ambiance was also nice..
shortly after, we were fetched by Ann’s brothers in their multicab and we went back to their home.. as we passed by ICM, there was an event happening.. we pulled over and checked the event. it was a globe event and Tuesday and Chokoleit was there (they are comedians)..we spent the rest of the evening laughing to their antics and jokes.. ahhaha.. it was a good way to end the night..