Merry Christmassss! ♥

Merry Christmas from Me and The Best Boyfriend in the World Ever! ♥

Hope you're all having a good time! And don't get too drunk.

I We won't! :)

hohoho,

~Tim|Noj

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I seriously would like to get a bejeweled rosary bracelet for Christmas.


elvira, forget us,

~tSin

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I've always had a thing with crosses. In fact, it's my number one favorite symbol in the whole world followed closely by my eternal love for anything starry and moony =) I can't explain why I easily fall for them whenever I find one... but for the cross I think I could give you a couple of reasons why I like it:

1. It's like a symbol for the first initial of my nickname: t -- see how the small letter could somehow symbolize the cross?

2. Because I am a true believer of Jesus and how He saved the world through the ultimate sacrifice of having been nailed to a cross. The cross constantly reminds me that love is indeed unconditional.

I hope they are convincing enough because they are truly honest answers! I know I am not religiously religious but I am devout enough to believe that the good will still conquer the world in the end (which I hope will not be very soon yet! GOD FORBID!).

So here's another one thing I wish I could have this Christmas:


I've been eying on this for months now. I stumbled upon these beauties while browsing through all girly things online and I immediate fell in love and wanted one soooo much! Sadly, there is no Forever21 boutique in this part of the Philippines :( But, I might be able to find something similar somewhere though *crosses fingers*

there was an earthquake,

~tSin


P.S.

Another blog to follow! The start of my "I AM TSIN IN 30 DAYS". I bailed out on the other one :( I'm sorry. I've skipped too many days it's not even 30 days anymore and I'm too busy for it as of now :| But once I have time I will have them back! ♥

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~Oh Thank God there's Blogspot that's always reliable! ♥

Yes, we have 52 more days left before... CHRISTMASSS! And I'm starting to fill out my wishlist and gift-list. You read that right: GIFT-LIST. It's my own list of the people I will be wrapping presents for this Christmas, but nope, you certainly won't find me riding a sleigh pulled by red-nosed reindeer and climbing a non-existent chimney. Snow haven't heard of the Philippines just yet. Zit. I will take photos of my wrapped gifts when I'm done with them :) I've decided that my wrappers for this year will be in the bluish and silvery shade :) Last year, it was of pink and silver.

I will be working really hard in the next hours to come. I've, or rather, WE have a deadline to meet and we're so close to that and I honestly haven't started anything yet. Not even a draft! Good heavens! Plus, there's the pressure of not having any finalization yet to the upcoming departmental party for the company which I am part of (the committee). Major headache! It's going to be on the 5th already! I'm going bonkers certainly! :o

To de-stress... I am looking at these dresses for the Christmas party:

Yes, I want my dresses simple, low cut, and sexy :p Ala Serena Van Der Woodsen :) But I'm still thinking of just wearing a black minimalistic tube dress. We'll see about that... in four weeks or less :o And oh! My apologies for forgetting where I took those photos from :( I'm not sure... Prolly edressme? If anyone knows, please let me know! Thank you!

And my wishlist post:

~picture from HERE.

The Boyfriend Blazer. Ultimate want! I have been looking everywhere! I found one in TopShop at Php4395 and thought that it was too much. I found one in July that fit perfectly but... I couldn't impulse shop! I just couldn't! I have to wait for Christmas. I have to. I hope, I hope... Santa Claus hears me.

the pictures, the pictures, the thief,

~tSin

P.S.

Either of these blazers will work, too :) ♥

=)

No One Sleeps While I'm Awake!

~Ryan and Tinay

~Ejang and me

No fear at all to wear these head-dresses and hats all around the city because fact of the matter is... everyone's wearing one, too! Taking the opportunity to roam around shamelessly with these! :D

Naghasik ng lagim, that is :)

And yes, welcome to the world... Mayeehhnn! :)

~left to right: Ejang, Mayen, Sani, Myna, Tinay, and Ryan :)

~A mini reunion with Mayen and her tita Myna :)

It was very fun spending the whole Saturday afternoon with these wonderful girls from my short-lived years in undergraduate Psychology! I don't usually get to spend time with these girls, but every time spent with them is really fun and de-stressing! Never mind the fact that my whole legs get sore from all the walking! It was all worth it!

We also tried that virtual roller coaster ride which absolutely took our breath away! I forgot the name but it is located on the 4th floor of SM City Cebu adjacent to Toy Kingdom. Price is @ 120/person/ride which lasts for about 5minutes! But believe me, it's really, really fun! It's amazing how people's minds work! You could think for a while that you're in a real roller coaster ride! Hahaha!

Anyhoo... Moving on to something Christmassy...

Here is my number one wishlist for this Christmas is this:

I am in size S or M :) You can visit Soak here. They've got all the lovely swimwears in the whole world! The best of its kind yet in Philippine swimwear revolution! I really, really love it like super! So please do care to get me one for Christmas! Hahaha! I'm hoarding for the summer! ;)

my head is garbled,

~tSin

So please do accept my garbled writing. It's hallow's eve and I'm either... excited or afraid! Idk, really.

I'm just starting to get dizzy, too!

My Blanket Has BIN Washed Clean

Here's an account of my weekend life in a bloglet :p

SATURDAY:

~Lunch date at the winery with the Gerali family.

A treat for our 27th. Hahah! The original plan was to eat at STK Ta Bay! in the Fuente area, after almost fifteen minutes of trying to locate the place... Much to our surprise the Ubec food haven is... CLOSED! We had to brave the noon traffic to go to the next best thing... The Lhuillier's cozy restaurant: PINO which is located in Lahug. Lunch all you can eat buffet is at Php298 and dinner is at Php300++, forgive me but my memory failed to register the price! And if you ask me why dinner is a bit more expensive than the lunch buffet... I'd tell you it's prolly because of the L E C H O N :D Anyhoo, I really like the place aside from the food the staff are really very polite and hospitable! They always see to it that you leave the place with a very wonderful experience to show off to your friends. And because of this I didn't regret spending any of my peso at all! Uhm, not that I even spent a peso on that lunch. It was all for free! Thanks to my ever generous Boyfriend ♥

And guess who came with us to lunch? Oh yeah! LJ dearie in her pedal pj's (because she's grown much the past months!) enjoyed very much all of the attention the waiters gave her. She was definitely a princess that day. She loves it, I could feel!

SUNDAY:

Ahh... Sunday was blah :| Well, except that I spent the morning at Church with Tim's family and the rest of it at their place helping him out with his "familial obligations" (as he would like to put it.) Believe me, it was all a piece of cake and I really love hanging out with these wonderful people! :) So... I take that back. Sunday wasn't very blah actually! :p Lunch is always heavenly at their abode with the Sunday special dish: Talisay Lechon! Yum-yum-yum! :) Although I could only pig out on the skin and the juicy fruit part -- I really don't know what that part is called so I made that up since it perfectly resembles it!

~me and Lique2x, from one of our swimming sessions :)

Sunday night was spent hanging out with my sis Lique2x. Where we hung out? Right there on the bed that we share since we were toddlers... Make that a hand-me-down bed from our parents. We stayed awake for a couple of hours more past our bedtime just to simply catch up with each other, to share ideas on how to stay fit and to talk about our plans for Christmas. It felt good to be talking with her again. It has been sooo long!

MONDAY:

I woke up very early so I could catch a worm! Well, lo and behold! I did catch some hundreds! And off to the voting station my sister and I went to give our approval to those who we think should lead our lovely little barangay into prosperity :)

~ako ang simula ng pagbabago ;)

After casting our most wanted votes we went straight to the city to spend our "election presents". I think Elections season is already my favoritest holiday right next to Christmas. *sniggers* Sister dearie and I bought ourselves goodies: a shirt, a tube top, cleansing face masks, a pink nail polish, and some other skin care products. I enjoyed hanging out with my sister, it has been a very long time as well since the last time we ever went out, get girly, and check out all the cool stuff that we could find at the mall and taking mental notes of them so we could save up in time before they all run out or ransacked from the SALE rack. I did miss her while we were busy going on about our lives. I am hoping that we'll have more days to spend with each other... and I wouldn't mind just talking with her. I wouldn't mind traveling with her, too. I realized we haven't traveled together yet. So maybe I'll bring the topic up and wait for her to go with me :) Or better yet, coerce her into going with me! Hahaha...

Moving on... After getting a good five or four hours of sleep... Time for work finally came and I was very much looking forward to have my starry blanket wrapped snugly around me again. I was excited by the scent of it the moment I got it out of the plastic from the laundry's counter. But now that it is finally with me - wrapped snugly... I'm not sure if I am very happy at all by the scent of it! :| The smell of the detergent is too strong for my sensitive nose and the migraine, which commenced earlier today right after spending about a couple of hours under the sun's heat just to cast my vote for people I barely even know at all, has suddenly skyrocketed to some horrifying level :| But surely, I will survive the day. I will. And I'm not done yet with the laundry part... they totally screw my name!!! My jaw dropped to the floor (exaggerated, of course) when I saw my name scribbled on the plastic very, very wrongly. It read:


Bin?! Whoever is Bin! No Sirs and Madams... I am definitely not a part of the "BIN laden" clan. Nada. Who's at fault? Idk. I prolly didn't write my name legibly so they had to make up some funny names like... BIN! As for now... I have tossed the starry blanket into my drawer because my nose couldn't bear the scent of it just yet :( I hope the drawer will suck in all the strong annoying detergent scent!

Oh Monday and ancient times,

~tSin

Going to Meetings Without Doing Any Meeting.

A child needs a grandparent, anybody's grandparent
to grow a little more securely into an unfamiliar world.
~Charles and Ann Morse

What I thought would be a difficult task came in really e-a-s-y. Yeah, easy as adding icing to a mini cup cake! And it’s intricately complex to be writing some reminiscence about younger years with my grandmother while listening to Gym Class Heroes’ Cookie Jar. Couldn’t really get enough of that song once it starts playing!

Before I start blabbering all about Gym Class Heroes and how wonderful and easy to the ears their songs are plus how cute Travie McCoy is… Let me go straight to the purpose of this piece today.

If you’ve been following my blog, you’ll already have an idea what I’m up to. Yes! I am now on day 4… so 26 days more to go? That’s still a long way, but hey, I know I will make it. I know I will. I WILL. Anyhoo, day 4 is for a letter to a sibling or a closest relative. I chose to write for two people who I terribly miss: my grandmother and my younger sister. Both are still walking the sweet surface of the earth (THANKFULLY!) with so much gusto and unparalleled sturdiness, it’s impossible for them to get lost completely.

Ever since our grandmother left us due to a fight with the mom that seems to be irrevocable – since any attempt to bring Lola back home has remained futile – I have been missing her suddenly intolerably. I realized the moment she went away how I took her for granted while she was away; how I never listened to her because I only wanted to do what I wanted; how I see her as the most annoying antagonist in my life’s drama because she always seem to have this invisible list of things that I can and cannot do; how I hated her at times because she couldn’t stop nagging at my late grandfather (who was really adorable!), mom and uncle and my dad (behind his back), and of course, my siblings and me. I realized the moment she went away that I’ve actually lost a friend, after all she was the only person in my family whom I could talk to about anything, yes, even boyfriends and I did get a handful of pretty good and useful advices from her. I remember our chikas of her younger days and how she met my lolo and their love story. I remember how I made her run after me because I signed our lot title with crayola – clearly vandalism. She really took care of me and my siblings like we were her own children. She loved us dearly although there were really times when she was very strict, but of course that was with a very good cause. I miss her. I really do, didn’t I already tell? But now I’m not even sure anymore if she’s ever going back because my mom is also not doing anything to make amends with lola. Super L

I sent her a letter months ago, asking begging for her to come back home. But she didn’t send any reply. I never heard a word from her, well except for text messages from my cousin on the 5^th day of the month reminding me for lola’s money. Ppft. If only she comes back home, everything would be a lot easier.

Because I couldn't find a decent picture of my grandmother.
Make do of this. She absolutely abhors being photographed!
So there's her silhouette, peeking out, baby sitting my younger sister:
Ang (not the one I'm talking about here).

Lola,

You are the best that lola anybody could ever have and the most beautiful one because you love without pretense. You care and sacrifice without expecting anything in return. You have sacrificed enough and I am very thankful of that. You have helped a lot in molding me to become the person that I am now. Your presence surely made a big difference in my life. I really couldn’t thank you enough. My words will only fail me.

I hope you come back home ASAP. Christmas is almost here and I don’t want to spend another Christmas without you L So please, please, please come back home and let’s all be merry and happy and face the challenges together.

I love you , ‘La!

P.S.

~*~

Taken on the day of her birthday.
How I wish she could've stayed as cute and innocent as this.
She's become totally an opposite of her nickname :|

As for the letter to my sister… I don’t want to give out too many details on that because it’s not very pleasant and they better be left as such. I just wish though that she wakes up one day from this really bad dream she’s bringing to herself and to everybody else. Otherwise, she’d be ruined eventually. And I really don’t want that to happen. She’s still my sister after all and I always pray that she be strong to fight off all the demons that will come her way.

it's better we stop pretending,

~tSin

I Am Telling You Now What I Forgot to Tell You The Last Time

Look at me

I've got bangs! =)

Yes! And that's what I forgot to tell you guys the last time I posted something here! So there posting another highlight of mine for this year on Christmas day! How do you like my hair now? Haha!Oh before I totally lose myself with narcissistic indulgence... let me say once again a Happy Christmas to everyone!

Btw, I just finished watching Sex and the City and I must say that it is now one of my favoritest movie ever! =) And partly cuz of that movie I was inspired to write The Boyfriend a love-letter-turned-out-getting-off-some-heavy-weight-thoughts-off-my-chest! I hope he wouldn't mind!

finding some party,

-tSin

Through the Christmas Trees in the Holidays

I will heal the ruins left inside you
cuz I'm stIll here breathing now...
~Low Shoulder, Through the Trees

12.22.09 | 07:55:55 | the only way I can survive

Hello everyone... I've had too many attempts to create a post. All I can say right now is... I'm sorry I've been MIA. It's been a really busy and hectic and what not December! And though I'm sort of broke now (as if that's anything new at all!) it doesn't matter cuz I've bought presents for everyone and I'm happy and that is all that matters! I can't wait to see my loved ones' faces light up when I hand them their cute little presents! I especially enjoyed wrapping the said presents! Here's a sampler:

It's a pink-themed Holiday for me! :) I'm not gonna blab a lot today cuz seriously I feel like my brain is quite disintegrated right now. So I'm just gonna post up some photos from the "parties" in the past week.

First, we had our very own Dispatch Christmas Party - nothing really major. Just a small gathering and exchanging of gifts at the La Tegola restaurant. The food in that restaurant is superb at its highest level of superb-ness =)This is surely a must-visit, must-dine for the Italian cuisine lovers.





Unfortunately, no labels for the food :( They're just sooo Italian I couldn't even read them! Hahahah! More photos:


Camwhoring after dinner can be a substitute for dessert! :)

The dress girls and Gee with a crazy pose in the background.

The boys standing proud outside the restaurant.

Then here's me! I've got two new books from Paolo Coelho! Thanks to my manita Lois for being so generous and for making me happy! Now I will surely have something to read for the days that I won't have classes! :) HOOORAH!

Now we move on to our Department's Christmas party at the restobar, Formo. Black and white is the theme! And everyone did really enjoy that night even me who lost the gift my manita Julie was supposed to give me. Because I was sooo excited and giddy... I left the TopShop shirt in the cab :( *sniffs* Well... I'm not really sad cuz I lost that shirt, that particular shirt that I've been wishing to have... I am sad cuz Julie is one of my special friends and the fact that the gift is from her and I lost it... breaks my heart. *sighs* I just couldn't get over it until now... whenever I look back and remember. Isn't that sad? But I think the lesson that I've learned that night is that if God takes something away from you He's bound to give you something greater --- probably not the one you really wanted but something that He knows you deserve to have. I WON THE GRAND PRIZE FOR THE RAFFLE DRAW OF THE NIGHT! =) Julie's prayers were heard! It's still a happy Saturday Party Night after all ;)

And the pictures:

Me and Gelou checking out our outfit before heading out for the party.


L-R: Julie, Gelou, and Mae Ann getting ready to party =)

There's the outfit. I look fatso-tic. Hmpft.

Assorted hot shoes =)

And the hot girls who wore them :)

And the boys being gay! Hahaha!
Almost perfect!
Changed our outfits. Getting ready to hit the stage for our presentation! We danced to Lady Gaga's Bad Romance. ;)
Ainie's hot outfit! :) I especially love the shoes! And if only the dress was shorter I would've fallen in love with it, too! :)

Lastly, the after-party photos. Some were really scandalous I couldn't bear to post them here! Hahahah! Even though it is not of me or my friends ;)

Juno dancing with the Tourist-turned-Congressman. Hahaha!

I changed outfits three times in one night! :)

=)
After one bottle of Beer with Green Tea -- I was like "I've got to go guys!" And off to the hotel I went and slept. Almost got in trouble with The Boyfriend because I forgot to text him that I got to the hotel safe and sound cuz I was such a Dizzy Girl!

And here is my favorite picture of that night:

The classic black and white photo in a dance floor. Find me! :)

And here, let me leave you with a...

-tSin