Last night while having dinner in celebration of my dad's 50^th birthday, I realized that there are so many things that I should be thankful for.

Last Saturday I had to go to the office and attend THE meeting because my boss was still sick...or so i thought.

When I was already inside the board room, ma'am lizzie showed up but she was still not in good shape so she let me report for the meeting. And so I did. I listened to each of them (the bosses of the different companies) and patiently awaited my turn. As usual, PR was the last to report. Thank God it went smoothly, whew!

After the dreaded meeting, Paul picked me up. Since it was sweldo last Friday, we decided to go shopping. Wrong move.

I bought two jackets and a shirt. translation: I'M BROKE. But it's okay (at least for now) since I really, really, REALLY love the stuff that I bought.

***Katts, in case you're reading this, iinggitin kita. Kasi Daria yung binili kong shirt, hehe!!! miss yah, and sandz too! congrats nga pala on your new job krung!

Paul, on the other hand, was looking for this bag that he liked. Unfortunately, the shop was already out of the style that he was looking for. We asked them to call their branch in Market! Market! (we were in Glorietta), pero wala na rin daw. Kaya kawawa naman sya, nagsisisi na hindi niya pa binili dati ung bag dati...tsk tsk...

Moving on,  nakakalungkot namasaya dahil tag-ulan na. Nakakalungkot dahil we never got to go on a REAL outing, as in beach. Pero masaya dahil ang lamig na! hehe...sarap matulog!

***Have been filling my shuffle (which Paul gave me as an advanced bday gift) with songs that would make me happy. I have been telling Paul that I really needed "music" in my life ASAP since I was going through a lot...officemates and my dad leaving...okay, so OA lang ako, but still he gave-in, hehe..although I didn't directly ask for an mp3 player...ah basta, masaya yung shuffle!

speaking of Paul, 'di kami nagkita today beacuse he went to his grandma's house...buti na lang sabay na kami everyday umuwi. Hay, but I miss him...

While having lunch with my officemates today, I found my self out of place once again when they started talking about these movies that were blockbusters when they were shown in theaters in the late 90s and early 21^st century but I never got to see.

“What a loser,” they kept telling me (jokingly of course, I assumed) just because I still haven’t seen the Matrix Trilogy or Mission Impossible 1 & 2 (hopefully mapanood ko na yung 3, naman!) and everything else shown before 50 First Dates (I’m exaggerating here).

I was a loser simply because I couldn’t comment on the "idea" that this world doesn’t really exist and that there is another world (or other worlds)outside this world that we all have this thing attached to our napes that connects us to and keeps us in this world (this “idea” was from the Matrix daw. Malay ko, 'di ko pa nga napapanood 'di ba?).

I was a loser because I didn’t know who Ethan Hunt and Willem Dafoe are (now I know that the former is just a character played by Tom Cruise in the Mission Impossible films and the latter is a real name of an actor who starred in both an unconventional Jesus film and Spiderman).

I was a loser because I would always become clueless and ‘cease to exist’ every time they start talking about a particular film.

I feel like a loser and I wish I were rebellious-enough to have cut classes and watched movies instead. That way I wouldn’t be left out when the movie talk comes up.

My "concerned" officemates offered to lend me VCDs/DVDs of the films that I missed (and there are lots). I just hope I can find time to actually watch all of them this time.

Hay naku, late-bloomer lang ako pagdating sa panonood ng palikula! I'm actually improving now since I’ve started watching movies na, and special thanks to pirated DVDs! Hahaha!!!

Ayun, wala namang masyadong problema, nabura lang naman yung mga files namin, pati na yung mga para kay bossing...

Madali lang namang lusutan ito...kung si ma'am si Darna at ako naman si Zsa Zsa Zaturnah !!!

*How many blog entries all over the world have titles that contain the name of this great master of the arts and alleged grand master of the Priory of Sion? Guess I'm joining the bandwagon...

After weeks of debates, exchange of quotable quotes and criticisms, the much-awaited and eagerly anticipated showing of The Da Vinci Code movie has pushed through today. It was rated for adults only though by the MTRCB, meaning it will not be shown at SM cinemas...waaahhh! Laki ng mawawala sa'yo pareng Henry!

Sabi ko na nga ba eh! Pasasaan ba’t ipapalabas din talaga ‘yan. Syempre pa nag-attempt kami ni Paul na manood sa first showing day nito, but to our dismay, kahit na inasahan na naman namin ang ganoong scenario, the queues at the ticket booths seemed endless. We got even more frustrated when we heard someone say it’s standing room only na. Sheesh, nagmadali pa naman akong bumaba para lang ‘maaga’ kami or at least maumpisahan namin yung 6:30 screening, tapos ang bumungad sa amin ay iyon na nga! Ack! Actually, nakapila na kami but we figured out na ‘di na rin namin mauumpisahan sa oras na gusto namin at mabu-bwisit lang kami sa dami ng tao (at baka nagkaka-ubosan na ng oxygen doon sa loob ng theater) so we decided na bukas nalang manood. But I really doubt na mas konti ang tao bukas. In fact I am sure na mas lalo pang maraming tao since weekend na…at mas lalo naman sa Sabado at Linggo. Sabi ko nga sa June na lang kami manood eh…hehehe…hay, excited pa naman kaming dalawa. ‘di bale, there’s always a next time.

"We are what we protect, what we stand up for."

--Sophie Neveu 

Paul and I finally got to see what the fuss was all about and boy, did we have a great time laughing at some of the scenes...couldn't blame the critics at the Cannes festival for "laughing out laud" when they watched The Da Vinci Code Movie.

We watched it at Waltermart since we already knew that the Ayala cinemas would be packed. Thank God hindi ganoon ka dami ang tao sa Waltermart and we were actually seated. Pero nung tumagal na, dumami na rin ang mga curious lang, fanatic at wala lang magawa na nanonood. Standing room only na, marami pang nag-aabang sa labas for the last full show. Grabe talaga. Ron Howard and Dan Brown must be very pleased...

Not everyone who watched it has read the book kaya may mga reaction paring kakaiba like "ay sya (Leigh Teabing) pala yung teacher," which is normal. Kaya mo nga papanoorin para 'di mo na basahin yung libro dahil nakakatamad 'di ba? Makes sense. But I think it is still more advisable to read the novel first for the sake of comparison, for you to really determine the level of accuracy of the film version.

Of course you can't put the entire book on film, but at least the importand details should be there. In the Da Vinci Code's case, um...okay naman. Mayroon paring details na hindi na-mention, but basically it remained faithful to the Dan Brown's 'masterpiece.'

Before I entered the theater, I was thinking about the effect that it would have on me later on, just like before I read the book. What if the film adaptation succeeds in ruining my faith? I have to admit that when I read the book, I had so many questions in mind and napag-isip talaga ako. But after watching the film, I am happy that my faith was infact strengthened and I consider the movie one of the most hilarious films ever made.

Don't get me wrong. I liked the film. Had I not read the book, I would also be fascinated with all those flashback scenes and historical places that it featured, not to mention the 'documents' like the gospels of Philip and Mary Magdalene that it mentioned. I am a history buff, boring and unusual as it may seem. Pero may mga scenes talaga na comedy eh, and maybe it had something to do with Audrey Tautou's acting.

I just hope that the others who have seen it are mature and smart-enough to think first before they believe anything that the film depicted. I hope it strengthens their faith and not shatter it, whether they are Catholics or members of other Christian religion.

I can't believe I'm 22 years old already....minsan nga, nakakalimutan ko talaga ang edad ko, feeling ko 20 palang ako, hehehe! (kapal).

Anyway, nothing big actually happened during my birthday, just a simple dinner with my family and Paul. I took the day off at legal yun ha (well, sort of). Nagpaalam naman ako kay ma'am eh, hehe.

I just felt like I had to take a break at 'gift' na rin sa sarili ko. Masaya naman, except that my dad's not here anymore.

Hay, 22 years. Kung tutuusin, bata pa ako. Pero minsan naiisip ko na dapat gawin ko na hanggat maaga pa ang mga bagay na gusto kong gawin. Dapat Subukan ko nang abutin ang mga pangarap ko. Dapat gumawa na ako ng paraan para mangyari ang mga gusto kong mangyari. Pero hindi ganoon ka dali. Maraming dapat i-consider, at hindi pwedeng sugod lang nang sugod. Dapat mag-isip. Huwag padalos-dalos. Dilemma talaga dahil may mga kilala naman akong tao na matatapang at talagang nagte-take ng risks, at nagtatagumpay naman. Pero paano kung hindi ganoon ang mangyari sa akin? Paano kung hindi ako magtagumpay?

(Nasaan na ang optimistic na si Ivee, huh?)

Hindi ko rin naman masasabi na wala akong ginagawa dahil meron naman anoh. Pero hindi ako gaanong kuntento. Gayun pa man, I chose to take it slow, slowly but surely. Not too slowly, though. Yung sakto lang. Dahan-dahan na may patutunguhan...

Thank You Lord for the 22 fruitful years. Indeed I have been showered with sooo much blessing...'Wag po sana Kayong magsawa sa mga darating pang taon...

Salamat din sa mga kaibigan kong nakaalala at nag-text, pati na rin sa mga nakaalala pero 'di naka-text dahil walang load o sobrang busy, hehehe...MAHAL KO KAYONG LAHAT! Kabilang kayo sa mga ipinagpapasalamat ko sa Diyos.

happy birthday to meeee!!!

 I LOVE YOU GUYS!

Spent the day with Paul at Market! Market!. We were supposed to go to SM Mall of Asia but we realized that it would be too tiring since napaka layo ng Coastal ano. Maybe next time.

So we ended up watching Over the Hedge at Market. It was fun to watch because the theater was full of kids! Parang may field trip ng mga pre-schoolers! Ang saya kahit maiingay sila. They laughed out loud at some scenes but it wasn't annoying at all. We just looove kids!

After watching we did some window shopping. Hay I'm crazy about these cute stuffed animal celphone charms! I bought one, a pink dolphin that I named Dolly (ang corny, bading na bading!), and I'm planning to buy more, hehe...stuffed pig, cow, cat, dog (ulit dahil meron na ako), sheep, bear, hanggang makabuo ako ng stuffed animal farm! wehehe! Wala ka bang ganitong mga tinda Abby?

Speaking of Abby, please do visit their site: http://globestrutter.multiply.com. It's an online store, with lotsa cool stuff!

Hay, I'm so tired and sleepy...work, work, work again tomorrow...

Paul's work schedule has changed again. 2:00 to 11:00 a.m. Alas dos ng madaling-araw hanggang alas onse ng umaga. I wanted to protest, but I can't really do anything about it. Gusto nya naman yun, masaya naman daw sya sa trabaho and I promised not to be the kontrabida anymore..I just hope he can really cope with this out-of-this-world schedule...

I'm starting to feel sad again, BUT I looked for stuff that would lighten up my mood and save me from possible depression:

Meet Dolly, my cute cellphone charm!

It's vintage. It's red. It's me.

*Not mine  but I really wish to drive a mini cooper someday...This one was on display at the car show at Market! Market! last Sunday. *Php600k

The Culprit!

I totally forget about my 'diet' when I'm munching on this 'holy popcorn!'

*yum, yum!

I'm feeling better already

*Can't wait to finally get the stuff that I'm buying from http://globestrutter.multiply.com