DAVAO!!! DAVAO!! DAVAO!

No, I didn’t went Davao, never been there. Hahaha. It’s the name I gave to The Vow, they sound very alike, right? Haha. Watched it earlier today with Kat, Joems and Karen. The only available seats were magkakahiwalay, so since they really wanted to watch the movie, we went for it. Sitting in between two “in love” couples while watching a romantic movie is not the greatest feeling in the world.

Here are some of our photos taken while waiting. Shall post more pictures as soon as I finish editing them a.k.a. I’m-not-sure-when.

I’m poor so Kat paid for my movie ticket, Joems paid for my food and Karen paid 65% for the one bucket of beer we drank after the movie. I feel so blessed having three rich friends. Lol.

Their silhouette-ish photograph. :)

This is what I wore a.k.a. the only decent clothes I have ’cause everything was in the laundry haha.

The best line from the movie for me was: “I vow to speak when words are needed and to share silence when it’s not.” Only because they were the only ones I can remember! Hahahaha. The story is actually not based on a Nicholas Sparks novel. It was good film, yet, I found it not really encouraging. I didn’t felt the “sudden need” to be in love, which I actually feel every time I watch a movie of the same genre. It’s good but forgettable according to one movie reviewer. Nevertheless, it was still worth it (I’m being very positive about things you know). I learned new things about love and life (I just can’t tell what they are now, maybe soon). I was inspired (in someway). And most of all, I spent time with my friends whom I really missed.

‘Til our next movie date! :D

Basta BICOLANO, Uragon!

I was going  through my News Feed this morning and I saw these colorful and cool designs. They’re for the limited edition Albay fun shirts and they’re so cool!!!

This one is my favorite. It also comes in black.

Here are the two other designs.

These were designed by Nego-shanti Design Center. Photos are from Gov. Joey Salceda‘s Facebook account. I look forward to having a shirt like this and proudly wear it here in the Big City. =)

Who I Am Makes A Difference

Hi! This would be my first entry for the year. 2012 has been good to me since it started. No negativity happened to me. Or kung meron man baka hindi ko lang napansin kasi mas pinipili kong pansinin yung mga blessings na natatanggap ko. Anyway, last January 11, we had our first session for the “Anything Goes” part of our team meetings. I was assigned to lead the first discussion so I was challenged to do  something memorable. It wasn’t hard for me to think of what to do because I’ve seen my Tatay Dennis inspire so many people with his talks and especially with his videos. So I borrowed from Tatay videos that I can use, two of my most favorite; Signs and Who I Am Makes A Difference.

I chose Signs because I felt good when I first saw this clip and I wanted my team mates to feel the same way. And since I wanted to inspire them, I chose the video Who I Am Makes A Difference na madalas naming ginagamit back when I was a volunteer for our peer counselors’ organization. Good thing I still have those red ribbons with me that will make the session even more touching.

I was excited and I prayed that everything will go smooth as planned but Youtube was kinda bitchy that day so medyo nagka-problema but it didn’t stop me. The show did go on. Below are our photos after the session. You can see more photos here.

So far, I’m having so much fun working with this team. Everyday, I learn a lot from them, especially from my trainors. Magaling sila… I mean kami. I hope I have inspired them with the videos I’ve shared and with the ribbons I gave them. And I pray that they will pass on the recognition to other people. Always remember, who you are does makes a difference. :)

Looking back at TU-ZIRO-WAN-WAN

I was supposed to publish this entry two days ago but I was too busy. Now, because I have nothing I do, here I am finishing my year-ender blog entry.

2011 has been the best year yet in my entire life. Every month, may event akong nilo-look forward kaya hindi naging boring ang taon. Let’s start.

January: Welcomed 2011 with a bang! I was part of Embarcadero models. Haha.

Box-office status of the month: “I don’t believe in REGRETS, only in NEW OPPORTUNITIES :D”

February: Bwahahaha. Talagang nagsimula ako sa tawa! Kasi anu ba nilo-look forward ko sa Pebrero? Aside from Papa & Mama’s birthday, this month was memorable because this was the first time I (I mean, “we”) celebrated Valentine’s Day the way it should be celebrated! I know you get what I mean. Hahaha. Wag kang kiligin kasi magbi-break din kami maya-maya! Haha. I remember the feeling, but aside from that, wala ng iba :)

Box-office status of the month: “ATTENTION: Nag-file po ng INDEFINITE LEAVE si KUPIDO kaya marami ang BITTER ngayong VDay :))”

Found this under my February posts:  ”Natatakot lang ako na mawala ka kaya pinipilit na kitang iwanan ako ngayon atleast kaya ko pang i’handle ang sarili ko kasi ayaw ko dumating sa point na hindi ko na alam ang gagawin kasi hindi ko na kayang wala ka.” I can’t remember saan ko ‘to nakuha, para kanino o bakit ko ito nasabi. Oh well.

March: This month, madami-daming nangyari sakin but the most memorable was, of course, graduating from college with academic honors. It was unexpected pero thankful na nakapagtapos na may nakasabit na medalya :)

Box-office status of the month: “After 5 years in college, finally I will graduate. Tigpahapot ni Mama kung may bisita daa akong maabot ngani maiskusar na kung pirang orig, baka, elepante, salampate ang bunuon. Nya madirigdi kamu sa 31? Tumaram sana ngani mafinalize na daa su guest list! Salamat :))”

April: After graduation, ibang laban naman ang hinarap ko. Ayun, nanalo naman ako! Haha. Masaya oh! Sobrang saya ng buwan na ito. Buong buwan ang selebrasyon!!! Kakamiss tuloy. Pero ito na, sabi ko diba nun sa February magbibreak kami, oh dito na yun, ilang araw after ko manalo. Sabi nga nila, you gain some, you lose some. Oh well! Hahaha.

Box-office status of the month: 1. “With GOD, I can. :D” 2. “Kung sa paraan ng paninira ng ibang tao kayo makaka’recover mula sainyong bitterness, sige ok lang basta get well soon. :)” 3. “When someone hurts you or leaves you with any reason, the best revenge is to live better.”

May: This month, inenjoy ko ang buong summer before ako pumunta ng Manila to look for a job and BITTER AKO NG MGA PANAHON NA YAN! HAHAHAHAHA.

Box-office status of the month: 1. “A heartbreak is a blessing from God. It’s just his way of letting you realize he saved you from the wrong person.” 2. “I don’t hate you, I never could. I don’t regret meeting you, I never will. But I do regret our relationship. It destroyed our friendship.”

June: Nandito na ako sa Manila! A big adjustment for my lifestyle. The whole month of June, job hunting lang ginawa ko. Did a few TV appearance also kasi wala pang trabaho.  Also, Kuya Dandy and Ate Mary got married here in the Philippines!!! Twas a fun night. Medyo napagod din ako nyan ng three days kasi I was part of the entourage. On this month also, God gave us our new angel, my baby brother, FM :)

Box-office status of the month: “Just because I miss you doesn’t mean I want you back in my life. >:))))”

July: Got my very first job this month, as Staff Writer at www.taopo.org, a non-profit organization which aims to make our government continue to work for us. I was not a writer when I accepted this job, I just thought it would be fun to try something new. I know it would teach me a lot of great things and I was right. I started to love writing. Also, Kuya RJ and Aggie got married this month!

Box-office status of the month: (Hindi nakikisama Facebook Timeline ko so I can’t determine. Will update this as soon as nakisama sya, promise.)

August: This has always been the best month of the year solely because it’s my birth month!!! Haha. This year, a lot happened this month! First, I got the chance to cover a rally for the very first time! It was super great! I never thought I’d ride a pick-up truck while holding big banners!!! Second, she came into my life, Nam. Matagal ko na syang pinanalangin and dumating sya days before my birthday! And last, I TURNED 21!!! :)

September: I got so in love with writing thus my blog was born initially named: Knight in No Shining Armor (but later on changed it to Voice of a Demigod to RAMflouge.com!!! Yeah! Plus I was so inspired by my life peg, DG MNL!!!

October: Ngayon naman na buwan, binigyan ako ng show ng CATLink TV, KwentoJuan! I felt overwhelmed having been chosen to host this new show. We were able to shoot our “prototype” but hindi na nasundan. Hindi daw nagustuhan yung concept. Ohwell! Maybe it was a sign from above na that path ain’t for me and that something better and bigger was in stored.

November: I got my “braces” this month in line with my pending PAL application! My “protruding” front tooth was one of the points they wanted me to work on that’s why they placed me under conditional status. It will take me a year or so to get this fixed so matagal pa :) And Jil turned 1 this month! And I ran for the rehabilitation of Ilog Pasig! :)

December: Oh yeah!!! Time really flies when you’re having so much fun! This month, the glass doors of SENCOR opened for me. I was hired as Editorial Assistant. I’m still under training and it is going pretty great! New office, new faces, new place, new challenges, better me!

Ang bilis ng panahon. Bukas ibang taon na. I’m getting too melancholic. Hayayay. This has been a year of change, maturity and growth. I look forward to an even better year next year. I hope to achieve all my goals if not all at least, some. I wish to continue to see progress sa sarili ko. I want to make more friends, visit new places, learn more things and just have fun!!! Gusto ko din patuloy na makatulong sa ibang tao kahit sa mga simpleng paraan.

2012 will be great if I choose to make it great. HAPPY NEW YEAR GUYS!!! And thank you for reading my blogs kahit masabaw! Hahaha. Gawa na din kayo bucket list!

Ups and Downs

Hello! Today is Friday (11:52pm on my PC clock) and today concludes my 1st week on my 1st job. It was one challenging and fun week. I learned a lot from my teammates. They were so welcoming and warm plus I love my work station. On my 1st week, my monitor is almost covered by post-its! But on Monday next week, there will be a new seat arrangement so I don’t know where will I be transferred. Anyway, earlier this afternoon, one teammate, who happens to be my trainer also, sent me a message via Skype saying that she already checked my output from Thursday’s manual search. When I checked it out, ang daming pula. I missed 29 stories. Then she asked me to post on the same sheet my explanation why did I missed those stories. I was bothered. Bakit ko nga ba yun namiss? Saan ako nagkulang? Will this affect my work performance evaluation? What happens next? The whole break time I was thinking about it, good thing Nicole, my fellow newbie was there to talk to. They all went to Jollibee to grab some snacks while we opted to eat at the pantry.  I was disappointed of myself. When I went back to my station, I started to type my reply and it said, “I’m sorry if I missed quite a number of stories from my manual search yesterday. I failed to verify and double-check my search probably because I was overwhelmed with the new learning I’ve acquired that I got so excited to submit before deadline and proceed to the next activity for the day. Rest assured I’ll do better next time. Thank you.” After I posted my reply, I was so nervous while waiting for them to return and read it. I was literally shaking. After that, I was still thinking about it tapos may lumapit sakin na dalawang officemates, then they started teaching me all differents things na naman. Honestly, walang pumasok sa isip ko. Information overload. Hindi na talaga kinakaya ng utak ko especially now na distracted ako nung namiss kong mga stories.

I’ve realized that when you’ve been so positive for a long time then something negative occurred to you, it will knock you off your game. I was so down the rest of the afternoon. Though the response was so constructive and positive naman, I can’t help but be disappointed of myself. I don’t know why. I just wanted to go home, lie on my bed, hug my pillow and sleep. That was the longest two hours of my life.

When it was time to go home, I decided to walk from our office to EDSA, to give myself some alone time to think, and because ang daming tao nagsisiksikan sa bus sa Ayala. The walk-thinking did me some good naman. Realized few things that made me feel better.

When I arrived home, I went online then on my News feed, I saw this photo of CATLink looking for new hosts then I remembered “my” show. From KwentoJuan to KwentoGONE. Hindi ko alam kung anung nangyari na dun. Wala ng updates. Baka hindi na tuloy. Ang medyo nakaka-badtrip lang is that yung people behind that project wala man lang na guts na sabihin kung ano na, hindi yung hinahayaan ka lang maghintay sa isang bagay na hindi na mangyayari. Mas matatanggap ko pa yung sabihin nila na, “Uy Ram, hindi na matutuloy yung show kasi hindi nagustuhan yung concept” or “Ram, hindi na tuloy kasi hindi ka nila gusto as hosts kaya maghahanap na lang kami ng bago” kaysa naman sa pinaghihintay ka na lang. Buti na lang hindi ako ganun katanga na umaasa pa sa kanila. I don’t like waiting kasi. Waiting, for me is the greatest kind of torture. The mixture of excitement, nervousness and not-knowing-what-to-expect. Nakaka-irita diba? Tapos you had a bad afternoon na nga tapos yun ang bubungad sa’yo pagbukas mo sa Facebook. Tsk. Well, looking at the bright side, I think it’s a sign from my loving Creator that show business is really ain’t for me. Guess I was just meant to be a fan. Nakaka-asar lang kasi wala silang b*yag para sabihin sa mukha ko kung ano na! Para naman hindi na yan dumagdag sa stress ko. Pero matuloy man yan o hindi, IDC ’cause I won’t do it anymore. Sareeeh! Sainyo na lang. Tapos yung isa pang umalok sakin ng modelling plus hosting job, nagpaka-bubbles na din! Ulol lang. Bakit hindi na lang nila prankahin isang tao. Nahihiya sila, hindi nila alam pano sabihin? Sapakon ko lamang sinda. Ata subagong aga, may babae na nagsakay sa bus tapos winagwag nanggad su dumog nyang payong sa bag ko!!! Aw Ate. Masiramon kang itulkang paluwas sa bus maski minasakay ka palang. Wara ka lamang na binalon na sorry? K.

Anyway, ang maganda jan is Sabado bukas, (ngayon pala kasi 12:24am na) meaning, pwedeng mag-”lamaw.” Haha. I don’t know the Tagalog or English word for that. Hahaha. Feeling ko kasi the whole deprived much ako ng sleep kaya bukas I will not go out, I will stay at home and sleep my heart out! Hahaha. And I will start now. Leave all the negativity today because tomorrow is another beautiful day! Goodnight! :D

First day, EA!

Today was my first day for a new job, Editorial Assistant for SENCOR at Makati. Yes, Makati!!! So I feel so professional already! Hahaha. Anyway, I was asked to report at 9am. Before I went to sleep last night, I set my alarm to 6am. I wasn’t able to sleep agad last night maybe because of the excitement plus MAY KATEXT AKO KAGABI. Hahaha. I woke up before my alarm rang. And I was on my way to Makati around 7:30am. Maaga ako kasi traffic tsaka EXCITED nga ako! Haha.

I arrived at the office at exactly 9am. Sakto! Spent the 1st hour just filling-up different forms. It was a good thing that I bought a good pen yesterday, and a notebook also. I was with Nicole, and it’s her 1st day today too. She’s the new writer/editor and she taught for six years at College of Saint Benilde. The next hours were spent on taking photos plus reading the policy manual. I am not supposed to give anymore details because according to the contract, I have to treat “everything” with confidentiality. Haha. It was all about being good at all times, etc. I’m good naman so hindi mahirap mag-adjust.

Then, we had our lunch at the pantry where we saw a glimpse of our soon-to-be work station. I felt excited but also nervous to see many people around me. OFFICEMATES!!! MANY OFFICEMATES! We went back to the conference room where an HR Department Officer oriented us of our do’s and don’ts. After, we were formally endorsed to the Editorial group.

Nicole, our team leader, she’s different from my fellow newbie, introduced us to the whole team. I forgot their names!!! Haha. Then I saw Nico there!!! Marvin, toured us around and gave us additional info about the nature of the ed group. He showed us some samples of their outputs and dumugo ang utak ko!!! Then, I saw Bea also!!! Was happy to see her again after a month, I think. Dami namin napag-usapan!!! Then we went back to the conference room for a short orientation from the head of the Ed group and a more exclusive team “meet-and-greet.” I remembered their names from how we were seated during the meeting; Hannah, Larry, AD, Mara, Kenn, Jing, Drew, Dani, Nicole 1, Nicole 2 and Marvin. (I hope tama yan and tama ang spelling.) Twas fun. They were so bubbly and cheerful. It’ll be never boring to work with them, I hope. I had fun but I was so hungry so after the meeting, I rushed out of the building, met with friends then ate my heart out. I’m looking forward to my second day!!! :DDDD

Casey’s Eviction

PBB’s 2nd Eviction Night just ended and unfortunately, my friend Casey has been kicked-out of the blue-yellow house. I was actually surprised of the results especially after all the efforts I and fellow Albayanos exerted to save her. Sabi ko pa naman, hindi ako manonood ng live eviction night kasi I was confident na hindi siya ang lalabas ngayong gabi. I was wrong. Well, maybe not all people of Albay took part in our operation. I can’t blame them, I just hate them. Napaka-wala nilang pakisama. Nakaka-irita. Kaya hindi umaasenso ang Pilipinas kasi may mga passive na tao. Kung sa simpleng botohan at laro hindi sila maasahan. anu pa kaya sa malakihan at mga seryosong bagay? Nakadagdag pa sa asar ko yung after nung results, may nagstatus na kesyo gumastos sya ng ganito kalaking halaga para magvote tapos kung anu-ano pang ka-kemehan. Kailangan ipagyabang?! O sige, ikaw na ang bumoto ng napakarami. Well guess what? Kulang pa!!! Tapos after nun magpopost na naman na excited na kuno ako makita sya ganon ganun. Ka-plastik! Hahaha. Maybe iba interpretation ko, o sadyang asar lang ako sa taong yun! Hahaha. Ako kasi, hindi madaling tanggapin yung eviction kasi ako talaga nagvote ng totoo. I’ll learn to accept the defeat but give me time. Tapos sila, agad-agad nakapag-move on na? Instant? Anu ka, pancit canton? Hahaha. Wala, ako napamura na lang sa sobrang bigla. Nanginginig pa nga ako habang nagta-type.

Here’s what our Governor Joey said in line with Casey’s eviction: “Let us accept the results. And learn from this humbling experience. We were fighting too many wars, one after the other.”

True. Sabay sabay pero lumaban kung lumaban. Maybe kulang yung effort kasi hindi talaga lahat tumulong or maybe yung mga nagsabing tumulong, hindi talaga gumalaw. Kung maka-react, feeling ako yung na-evict o kapamilya! Hahahaha. Eh sa affected ako. Walang paki-alaman. Magreact din kayo. Gumawa rin kayo ng blog nyo at dun kayo magreact at magreklamo! Hahahaha. Well, maybe it wasn’t really meant for her.  Also maybe I should stop blaming other people sa nangyari but learn from the experience!!! I therefore conclude, show business has also been evicted from my dream list!!! Hahaha.

Anyway, it was a close fight between Tol and Casey. It was sad to see her exit the house so early. Nevertheless, I am happy that she’s in the outside world again where the real game begins. Excited to see what’s next for her. Starting tomorrow, I can sleep early already. Good thing ’cause kailangan ko ng maraming tulog para sa bago kong trabaho. Good luck, Casey. Hope to see you very soon! :)))