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Launching of Xevera Subdivision at Calibutbut Bacolor Pampanga

2008-01-20T02:43:45Z

I love the perks of investing on real estate – I get informed about free shows! Just recently, my real estate broker sent me invites to Xevera Subdivision’s launch show, which was held in Expo Filipino Clark.

My six invites allowed me to bring along with me Dude, my bro’s family and a friend of his. There were lots of people and chaos, of course.

We got to the Expo Filipino amphiteater about two hours late so we only got to watch just a few of the entertainers. The highlights for me were Manny “Pooh” Pacquiao’s performance – not as sickeningly funny as his/her Wowowee jokes but still better than the rest. I definitely enjoyed the dance number of Victor Basa, Jake Cuenca, and the Bench model and another ABS-CBN actor whose name I haven’t heard. There were Pinoy Big Brother folks like Mariel, Toni Gonzaga, the Hawak Kamay singer and Cassandra Ponti (?).

Also, I won’t be able to forget John Lloyd’s boyish cuteness but too bad Basha, er, Bea Alonzo wasn’t with him.

Sarah Geronimo’s rendition of Beyonce Knowles’ Listen was quite commendable, too. We’re quite grateful for the confetti shower because it caught the attention of my fidgety two-year old niece for a good minute. Mikee was so restless that I only got to relish about 10% of the show!

The new community, as Globe Asiatique’s President Delfin Lee refuses to call Xevera as a housing project, seems to be one that will tickle the fancy of many mid-class Pampanga residents and Clark workers. For only Php5,000 per month you can avail of a unit.

Why won’t Delfin Lee call Xevera a housing project? He implied that it’s already an all-in-one community since it has a church, a transportation terminal, a market, and a school.

But what’s the catch? I’ve heard that Xevera houses’ area size can be as minute as 45 square meters. I think that’s too small.

Jobs in Pampanga and Angeles City

2008-01-13T21:56:20Z

Billing Clerk

Teletech Quality Manager for Luzon

Teletech Quality Specialist

ETN Beauty Concepts Manicurist or Nail Technician

McDonald’s Management Trainee

Marithe Francois Girbaud Cashier

Multicare Pharmaceuticals Phils, Med Rep

Kintetsu World Express Phils, Branch Manager

Japanese, Sushi Cook, Chinese Cook for Tempura Japanese Grill and Flavours of China Restaurant

Metrocycle World Account Executive

What Keeps Me Busy

2008-01-13T21:47:55Z

Cel asked me why I don’t update this blog anymore. She’s one of my best friends who left me to enjoy the Philippines all on my own. Seriously, she’s in Las Vegas (right?) now bumming around, er, relishing the moments before dragging herself to find a job. Emuku panagkasan! Hehe. (Don’t cuss at me.)

Ok, so here’s an update:

Aside from creating a new system for my virtual assistant projects, I’m also trying to iron out some financial troubles like the EON online bank account enrolment that causes all of my payout to get stuck in PayPal, following up the settlement of some invoices, and managing the payroll of my meta-VA’s (as how my recentest client call my team of VA’s).

My 2-year-old niece also keeps me up and about running after her or screaming at her “Stop running! Walk carefully!”, almost every 8 seconds because she either bumps into a wall or table or stumble and fall every 8 darn seconds.

Nothing much if you’ll really scrutinize my schedule but currently it’s poor delegation that’s busting all my quality time, thus the new system structure I’m working on.

I hope you soon find something to keep yourself with.

The Hitman: Timothy Olyphant is My New Jason Statham

2007-11-27T01:30:51Z

After watching too many Jason Statham movies – War, Crank, The Italian Job, Transporter I and II, Chaos and Dude knows what other movies we’ve watched that has this bald actor as the lead actor, I sure haven’t gotten tired of him. But I just needed some new bald actor to drool on.

Thanks to Timothy Olyphant and “The Hitman” I found another bald boy to look out for, with a barcode on the back of the head to boot! The movie won’t make you go “Whoah!” like the latest Die Hard, in which Timothy Olyphant was the villain. But I find it a bit refreshing that there’s no s*x scenes when many of these types of movies just can’t let a film go by without showing some skin of the hunky actor.

To feel like a real movie critic, I’ll give Timothy Olyphant’s The Hitman 3 out of 5 stars. Hehe.

Search for the Best Two-Seater Sofa LoveSeat

2007-11-05T18:20:37Z

There’s always this feeling that I get about my home-office/bedroom lacking a more accommodating ambience. Although Mikee, my almost two-year-old niece won’t have any problem about it. My brothers and Dude can definitely use a more comfy way of having some small chit-chat with me. And I’ve discovered that it’s a sofa that’s missing in the picture.

I don’t want just any creaky monobloc chair because I’m trying to make most of my purchases serve as investments. Investments! Gosh what word can make me more nervous than this word? Ok, “accidents” make me nervous, too. “Snicker cheesecake” makes me feel nervous, too, in a good way. And “revision requests”. And.. ok, I’ll stop it.

Where was I? Oh I don’t want monobloc chairs. I’d like something that I can bring with me and be.. let’s say a bit proud of when I have to finally leave my parent’s house and try to survive on my own.

Since I don’t want something too pricey because a) it will ruin the spaciousness of the room b.) it’s too much of an investment , I decided to look for a loveseat. My choices include:

1. a wooden loveseat like that loveseat Aidan made for Trey and Charlotte in Sex and the City

2. a rattan loveseat which are so in nowadays – I see many of ‘em in Balibago or Mountainview or.. I’m sorry I know not much about the names of places in Angeles city.

3. a leather sofa which my dude so digs

Got any suggestions?

Tags: furniture leather sofa, convertible sofas, modern sofa, lazy boy sofa, cheap sofa, sofa Philippines, native sofa, rattan sofa

Eyelid Twitch: No Thanks to SanMig Coffee

2007-09-17T06:59:51Z

The whole day, every few hours I’ve been experiencing annoying twitching of my upper left eyelid. Although I know that it shouldn’t cause much worries, I still wasn’t able to control myself to learn more about this condition.

I’ve found out that eyelid twitch is also known as blepharospasm and it’s caused by dry eyes or too much fatigue, lack of sleep, and CAFFEINE!

Sure, I haven’t been having enough sleep for quite some time now. Oh, there it goes again. My eyelid is twitching again while I’m typing this, which signals that I really need to get some shuteye now or my eyes will be shut forever.

JobStreet’s Job Fair in Pampanga

2007-09-13T18:51:19Z

What: “JobStreet.com’s Career Fair 2007: Get the Job you Want!

When: October 26-27, 2007

Where: Robinsons Starmills, San Fernando Pampanga

REQUIREMENTS:

* Candidate must possess at least a Bachelor’s/College Degree in any field.
* Applicants must be willing to work in Pampanga.
* Applicants should be Filipino citizens or hold relevant residence status.
* Fresh graduates/Entry level applicants are encouraged to apply.
* Full-Time positions available.

You can pre-register here.

SM Pampanga Informatics Memories

2007-09-07T07:27:50Z

A few years ago, I tried to keep up with a geeky bf through learning computer stuff. Informatics, a relatively new computer school back then, made this possible for me. Although I have to admit that I had not really learned much that I didn’t know before, it was still a great experience for me. What contributed to my not learning much was that my classmates are really all computer newbies that they can’t even type well, not even the “pindot” system (wherein you just use your index finger to type).

Well, what can you expect from a Computer Basics short-term course. I got tricked by the MS Office course title.

What I liked most about my decision to take that computer crash course is that aside from being a nice addition to my virtual assistant resume’, it also introduced me to French Baker, the bread haven and to some interesting personalities.

Aside from the usual cakes and brownies, I got to know how heavenly crepes are – especially the mango crepe and the Danish… OMG!

Whenever I go to SM San Fernando, I can’t resist the temptation of reminiscing bitter-sweet memories that Informatics and French Baker gave me. There’s that uber-engaging baking sessions that you can watch. The long commute from Angeles City to SM Pampanga. The funny computer basics lessons. The long snack breaks and the weird classmates. I even remember having a classmate who introduced himself as a professor from one of the most popular universities. I vaguely remember how he looks but I can’t forget about his indecent proposal! He told me that if ever anyone hurts me, I just have to give him a call and he knows a lot of killers for hire who will take care of that person. LOL! Some professor, eh.

Angeles City and Pampanga Jobs

2007-08-31T05:31:06Z

Asiatic Development Corp. Marketing Assistant

Operations Assistant – Clarkfield

Cindy’s Bakery and Restaurant Project Engineer

Auction.ph Online Product Planner – Clark

Quanta Paper Corp Auditor – Mabalacat, Pampanga

Sleepless But Sunny Monday

2007-08-27T03:14:08Z

I haven’t slept yet since yesterday. Nothing new I know. But I’d just like everyone to be infected with my sunny Monday mood! Don’t take it literally since I don’t usually like sunny days because in the Philippines sunny is sweltering hot sunny. Not sunny as in happy day sunny. I’m not making any sense anymore I know (again). I’m such a know-it-all!

Today is my ingkung’s (grandpa) 81st birthday. And knowing my fiesta-lovin’ aunts and uncles, it’ll definitely be celebrated with a bang with all the usual cholesterol-level-spiking food such as lechon and Susie’s treats – tibok-tibok, mochi, leche flan, and whatever native Kapampangan sweets there is. Sleep deprivation and oily food, uh-oh.

Aside from my ingkung’s birthday celebration, this Monday is extra good to me because

I was able to chat with a prospective client who sounded cool, and a new client just liked my work so much that she didn’t mind paying me in advance. I didn’t know such clients existed. Another client also sent me tons of work to do, which will keep me happily busy until tomorrow.

Also, today is the not-so-stressing due date of the articles my team writes for my mostest favoritest client (such a blessing), except for a few article revisions that I have to do myself since the concerned people just won’t be able to do it.

I hope that your Monday will be as fun and productive like mine is!