bury me in this dress

I had a mystical night tonight. I was with Jenny, Eric, and Erwin at Metrowalk awhile ago and the couple (Jen and Eric) treated us to a nice dinner at Capisce. After dining, we headed over to the nearby Starbucks. On the way there, I noticed a tarot reading booth. I inquired how much a reading is since I haven’t done my reading for this year. It’s only 300 pesos so I said I wanted one.

Before the reading, I told Jen to remember everything the tarot reader said cos I easily forget. I also instructed Erwin to take photos during the reading so I could document it for this blog.

Jani was the tarot reader. I will just give the gist of the reading. He said that I over analyze everything. I have too much baggage and that’s causing me to not achieve my full potential. I’ve built a wall, a really thick wall, around myself to protect me from getting hurt but it’s causing me to distance myself from others. He’s an empath and he almost cried while he told me that. He told me to be at peace with myself, to forgive myself and others who have done me wrong in the past. I should unleash my passion so the water (creativity and happiness) would flow. He added that I should be patient and to decide what I really want to do in life because when I do that, I will not fail even if I encounter difficulties because I’m doing something I love.

As for my being materialistic, he said that I should give away something and not expect any karmic gains in return. Through that, I will learn about balance.

For my love life, Jani saw a man will be a part of my life this year. He will be from another land, smaller than me, younger than me. But I need to break my thick wall first because even if I make an effort to become more approachable, my subconscious rebels and sends out the message to the universe, telling the opposite sex to back off. Ugh.

As for the enemies I made in the past, he said that I should just let them go. I shouldn’t worry about them. He said that the situation is very emotional at the moment but someday, it will be resolved.

With regards to my career, he said I should find what I really want to do and that should be something I will love even if there are difficulties. I would be successful and he said I would have a partner, a male partner. He could possibly be the guy from my “love life” question or somebody else.

I didn’t ask this one but he asked me why I didn’t want to have my own family. I said that I didn’t want children. He proclaimed though that I will find happiness in children. Plural, not singular. I will have kids daw. Oh my!

He said that only I have the power make all this possible and I’m the fairy godmother who can grant my own wishes. So for it to materialize, it is in my hands. I should start from the core and be at peace with myself, follow my bliss and stand by it, but I shouldn’t worry because according to the cards, if I really want it truly, madly, passionately I will never fail.

He gave me a red envelope (ampaw) before I left. He told me to keep it in my wallet and not to open it. I should only open it when it’s an emergency. Hmmm. I wonder what’s inside it. I think the gesture is sweet though. All these for only 300 pesos! What a steal!

From February 2 to February 17, enjoy a 30% discount

on all regular items and up to 90% off on bargain  

books at the Powerbooks Outlet Store.

Located at #25 Brixton St., Kapitolyo Subdivision, Pasig City

MV Doulos, the world’s oldest ocean-going passenger ship ( 2 years younger than Titanic) and the largest floating book shop, is now in the Philippines!

Bacolod - Dec.20-Jan.1
Manila - Jan.5-22 (Gate 1, South Harbor, Mla Pier 13 (near Manila Hotel)
Cebu - Jan 26-Feb.19
Batangas - Feb.22-Mar.5

Book Shop opening hours:
Tuesday-Saturday 10am-10pm
Sunday & Monday 2pm-10pm
(Entrance fee: P10.00)

Note: Children under 16 are free, but must be accompanied by parents or guardians)

Doulos carries a stock of half a million books, which are for sale at affordable prices. The 6,000 titles cover a wide range of subjects such as science, education, cookery, technology, dictionaries, sports, and children’s books, among others.

Is it just me or is the internuts in Asia back to normal? Oh…it’s just me. I should be in bed now masturbating I mean sleeping but hell. I’m still up. Good thing I won’t be in the office since mom, Jenny and I are going on a little trip to Quiapo and Tutuban. Yes, we’ll be “masa” this time.

Quiapo will be an errand for me. I want to canvas professional camera prices. Hopefully I’ll find something I can afford for my business. Normally I would consult the manghuhulas and mangungulams there but after my last experience with a tarot reader, nevermind. I’d rather do my own readings.

The Tutuban is purely for pleasure. That will be my xmas shopping. Okay, post-xmas but I will be shopping for xmas presents, it’s the same difference. The stuff in the mall should be dirt cheap by now so I’m quite excited. I’ll try to convince mom to buy a mannequin since she’s making me sell her old clothes on ebay.ph and there are 3 boxes full of them.

I talked about that visit to a reflexologist in my last post. I forgot to mention that we had a bit of a chuckle over my large legs and dirty feet. He asked me why my feet were dirty and I reasoned out that my shoes are semi-open. The truth is, I don’t really scrub my feet and dirt tends to gravitate toward them. The man ordered me to wash my feet and wipe my soles with a rag. Hahaha. I am the hygiene queen!

I was supposed to go out with my friends last night but a sudden emergency made Phoebe unavailable so I had to postpone the birthday gathering. It’s okay since I had to finish the ad lay-out my cousin commissioned me to do for him. The pay isn’t much but it’s easy work so I’m not complaining. Since my mac is in the office, I had to do my graphics there. I arrived around 5 PM and I think I finished the lay-out by 7 or earlier. By that time, I received Phoebe’s message so when my cousin said he wanted to see the work, I told him to go to the office to check it. We revised it several times but he liked the final outcome. We finished past 8 PM and we were famished. We decided to go to Podium Mall and eat at Burgoo. I suggested that we go to Chili’s or National Sports Grill but my cousin complained that those were too far.

In Podium, I window shopped for a while. I went to Dexter shoes and found an extra wide loafers I could wear to work. Problem is, it costs 5,800 pesos. Too much! I’ll think about it though. After window shopping, we headed to Burgoo. We got the Seafood Caesar Salad, the Salmon in Spinach and Cream sauce (mine), and the Oklahoma Ribs (my cousin’s). I liked my food but my cousin’s steak wasn’t tender. I told him to complain but he said it’s okay. He didn’t want to ruin his good mood. His friend Mike joined us and ate his leftovers. Mike has a new cellphone with wifi. It’s a nokia but I don’t know what it’s called. It’s interesting for me because of the wifi but it doesn’t have a camera. He got it for cheap though. He said he could get me one for the same price but I’m not really interested. I have other things I need and they’re more important. Besides, I already love my phone. My cousin wanted dessert so he ordered mud pie. It was good and it was gone in an instant. Mike had to return to his work (he works in Podium) so cousin and I decided to leave. He dropped me off at the office since I left the car there.

Clean up your storage rooms for the holidays and the coming new year! Come to the Waste Market on December 8, Friday, from 8:00 am to 3:00 pm - Goldcrest Parking Lot, Ayala Center, Makati City (near Ansons Motorshop along Arnaiz Ave.) and sell/dispose the following items:

Non-traditional wastes
junk electronic and electrical equipment and appliances
CPU (complete/incomplete/case) and monitors
Printers, scanners, fax, telephone, etc
Motherboards, PC/telecom cards, printer/med grade boards, hard disk, power/monitor boards
Old/obsolete/broken Betamax, VHS, DVD players
Microwave ovens, toasters, gas range, stoves
Electric fans, water dispenser, electric pot, aircon, rechargeable lamps
Other office and household equipment and appliances
used ink/toner printer cartridges, dot matrix ribbon cartridges
used acid-lead of car batteries, UPS and rechargeable lamps
used/damaged cds, vcds, VHS, betamax, video/handy cam and radio cassette tapes
busted tiboli (Christmas) lights
used oil (for registration - do not bring to the area)
styrofoam (polystyrene) and other packaging materials (for donation)
cellphone and cellphone batteries (for donation only)

Traditional Waste

Used paper and cartons (newpapers, komiks, notebooks, reports, old test papers, phone directories, etc)
damaged/broken plastic furniture, containers,
bottles, etc. (anything plastic!)
Aluminum and tin cans (soda/food cans)
You can also exchange these traditional waste items to new products, such as 5.5 kilos of newspaper can give you 4 rolls of double-ply tissue paper, or 5 kilos of plastics or 1/2 kilo (30 pcs) of aluminum beverage cans can be exchanged with 1 dozen of hangers, and other trading promos that you can avail of.

These events are organized to help promote recycling in the Philippines. Also, by selling your junk or still useful waste to accredited recyclers, we lessen the amount of trash that go directly to landfills or illegal dumping/recycling. What better way to dispose of your junk at the same time help protect our environment.

The waste market is organized through the collaboration of Ayala Foundation, Ayala Center Association, Ayala Property Management Corp, Philippine Business for the Environment, Makati City LGU, National Solid Waste Management Commission and DENR.

For any questions, please call 752-1084/1178 (adel/tin/jess) or 635-3670/2651 (nancy).

DON’T BE A JUNKIE!!! Kick the habit of throwing away still useful materials.
Please pass on to your friends and associates.

It was my birthday yesterday and thankfully, I didn’t get depressed. My celebration started last Saturday when my office threw me a birthday party. It was great and I had fun. We had lots of food and we did karaoke. The party ended a little before 7 PM and I think everyone had fun. Yesterday, I celebrated it by going to Rockwell Mall to look for shoes. I couldn’t find any that fit though. Very frustrating but I didn’t let that get to me. Instead, I just went to Fully Booked and bought 7 books. Yeah, a lot! They didn’t cost me much though because I get 40% off on my birth month for being a cardholder. I bought the following books:

I’m particularly excited about The Illustrated Jane Eyre because it’s illustrated by Dame Darcy. She rocks! After Rockwell, mom and I had dinner at National Sports Grill in Greenbelt 3. We were supposed to dine at Mario’s but our made cooked paella for lunch so my paella fix was satisfied quite unexpectedly. My sister couldn’t come with us because she has tons of projects for school to finish. The dinner was still great though. We ordered calamares, San Francisco burger, and Patty Melt. I was given vanilla ice cream with sprinkles since it was my birthday. We also had free mud pie for using an HSBC credit card. We couldn’t finish all the food so we had them doggie-bagged, including the mud pie which melted.

I still have one more celebration to go and I scheduled it for Thursday since it’s a national holiday the next day. I only invited a few friends though. I don’t want a repeat of last year’s celebration when a lot of the people I invited didn’t show up for my party.

November 9, 2006-Thursday, PM
2:40 Karo and the Lord(AT)
4:50 Everybody Famous (Manila Only)(BE1)
7:00 Cinema 1-Karo and the Lord(AT)
7:00 Cinema 3- One way ticket to Mombasa(FI)

November 10, 2006- Friday, PM
1:50 Karo and the Lord(AT)
3:50 Everybody Famous (Manila Only)(BE1)
6:30 One way ticket to Mombasa(FI)
9:00 Simon (NL)
November 11, 2006- Saturday, PM
2:40 Russian Dolls (FR)
4:40 The Miracle of Bern (DE)
6:40 The Dauphin (PT)
9:00 Breakfast on Pluto (UK)

November 12, 2006- Sunday, PM
1:50 When the sea rises  (BE 2)
4:50 Zelary (CZ)
6:50 Simon (NL)
9:00 Things that make life worth living (ES)

November 13, 2006- Monday, PM
1:30 The Reunion (SE)
3:50 Karo and the Lord(AT)
6:20 Everybody Famous (Manila Only)(BE1)
9:00 One way ticket to Mombasa(FI)

November 14, 2006- Tuesday, PM

2:00 Russian Dolls (FR)
4:45 The Miracle of Bern (DE)
7:00 The Dauphin (PT)
9:00 When the sea rises  (BE 2)

November 15, 2006- Wednesday, PM

1:50 Zelary (CZ)
3:50 Simon (NL)
6:50 The Reunion (SE)
9:00 Things that make life worth living (ES)
November 16, 2006-Thursday, PM
2:10 Karo and the Lord(AT)
4:40 Everybody Famous (Manila Only)(BE1)
7:00 One way ticket to Mombasa(FI)
9:00 Russian Dolls (FR)

November 17, 2006-Friday, PM
2:00 The Miracle of Bern (DE)
4:15 The Dauphin (PT)
7:00 When the sea rises  (BE 2)
9:00 Zelary (CZ)

November 18, 2006, PM
1:40 Simon (NL)
3:50 The Reunion (SE)
6:00 Things that make life worth living (ES)
9:00 Karo and the Lord(AT)

*Cineplex, Shangri-la Plaza Mall
open to public-entrance tickets are for free
first come, first serve basis

no standing room

I watched Marie Antoinette this afternoon with my new friends Chito Rico (Sorry! I’m bad with names) and Luna. I met them through a Philippine depression mailing list I joined a week ago. They’re great and we could relate with each other because we’re all going through the same thing. I’m glad I joined the group. I hope I will become friends with the other members. Maybe I’ll finally have a support group and a social life.

Marie Antoinette was great. Sofia Coppola showed a different side of the notorious historical figure and in the process, the viewers get to understand and relate to Marie Antoinette. Honestly, I didn’t know much about Marie Antoinette except for her famous words (”Let them eat cake”), how hated she is, and that she still makes an appearance as a ghost. Coppola reminded us that M.A. is young after all, that she was given heavy responsibilities and was put into too much pressure, that she had difficulties with her marriage, and that she is female. The M.A. in the film reminded me of today’s socialites. People like the Hilton sisters and other trust-fund babies who just want to party and live the life. They’re young, love to party and experiment, has money to splurge on clothes and stuff, and they’re also portrayed negatively in media. Perhaps the film is also a commentary about them. What I loved most about the film is the visual eye candy. I love Coppola’s use of bright colors and how she framed Kirsten Dunst surrounded by flowers. The set design and costumes were great although I’m not so sure if they’re historically accurate. I also loved the scoring and soundtrack she used which added a modern touch to the film.

We watched this in Greenbelt and the cinema was full. I don’t know why this film is only being shown in Ayala Cinemas. I think a lot of young people would like to see this. I feel like watching the film again. Maybe I will with mom.

I got an email invite two weeks ago from Powerbooks inviting me to their 3-day warehouse sale last weekend. I wanted to go I told some friends about it. According to their invite, there will be up to 30% to 70% discounts plus a surprise awaits me. So last Saturday, I went with Phoebe despite the blackout. I thought the sale would be postponed but the warehouse has a generator so it pushed through. In fact, there was even A/C. The warehouse had a transformation since the last time I’ve been there earlier this year. The area in which the sale was held really looked like a Powerbooks store. It had shelves and bins. The books were also categorized. The new look pleased me but nothing really registered in my mind. I managed to buy 5 books at a decent price. I was wondering what the surprise was and I learned that place will serve as an outlet store. The books will be marked down 10 to 20% from the regular bookstore prices. It will also be open Mondays to Saturdays, 10 am to 7pm. A wonderful surprise indeed! Best of all, the warehouse is near my house.

The new outlet store is located at #25 Brixton Street, Kapitolyo Subdivision, Pasig City. Their telephone number is 4901158.

P.S.

Powerbooks didn’t pay me to announce their new outlet store. I just wanted to share this information with fellow booklovers.