happy birthday, rams!

My dear fabulous and crazy friend,

It's been so long since we had under-the-mango-tree kind of conversations...How are you? and how has Jeff been as a husband?! haha!;0 funny how we're all living different lives but still feel as close as ever. we don't need to talk everyday or even see each other for months or years but when we do, we just pick up right where we left off. i miss you, your insane stories and your crazy view of the world!;0

hopefully i can visit new zealand someday and you can cook for me! haha! it's better that i eat nalang. won't be of help in the kitchen!;0

i can see you're happy there and with jeff. take care of her, jeff vasquez! keep her happy with your spur-of-the-moment inamaw like the one with manny pacquiao!;0

what do you wish for now? i pray that you will always embrace your radiance and not be afraid to do risky, stupid yet creative pursuits that is so you. just like the picture below. haha!

have a happy life rams!!! mwah!;0

love,

choi;0

05.05.10

it's funny how life turns out - that i'm now living in the middle east (which i never imagined i would given it's negative image) with my sister who "bullied" me growing up and stopped doing so when she read, "i hate my sister" in my so-called diary. and that's probably the tamer version of it. i think i probably wished her dead as well. haha!

left home at 23 and it has been a year and a few weeks since. i knew then that life wouldn't be the same. when you leave, you can never really go back. i'm not being a sap...but is it possible to be extremely happy and free but sad at the same time? yes, because we are growing up.

i left for many reasons. but it all comes down to living THE dreams...sometimes it becomes hazy and i'm afraid to dream it to detail because when you want it so much, a bitch's hand might take everything away. it is a lingering thougt; an everyday prayer that is constant and persevering.

i miss my parents (mama and papa), my family, my friends and the food;0 i miss sleeping in my parents' bed and cuddling to both of them. i miss squeezing my dad's sagging fat arm, his "office" belly and how he always pretends there's a baby growing inside of him. i miss my mom's cooking and how she always makes me and my siblings feel special in the simplest of ways and in the most profound of manners. thank you GOD for mothers;0

i miss my family and the happy chaos. for all the drama, the laughter, and for the abundance of food in family celebrations, i am grateful that you love me and i love you. (did that make sense?)

i miss my yaya. for everything that you did and all you gave up, i thank you with all the love in my heart.

i miss my friends. i wish you were all here with me;0

when you grow up, you have to let go of some, to gain alot. it has been a whirlwind of emotions but i must always remember to take joy in all of life's adventures...here's to the big 25!;0


mommy Oprah: know what you love doing and look for a way to get paid for it.

happy 25th on the 25th, tina!

last year's greeting - http://tobingeornotto.blogspot.com/2009/04/happy-birthday-tina.html

...should i give up or should i just keep chasing pavements... even if it leads nowhere?

mmmmm...so that's the question huh?!;0...how are you? where are you now? what are your plans? and unlike irene (peace!), tubaga intawn ko;0

i was searching in my friendster and multiply accounts and i couldn't find a picture of us two - even had a hard time looking for barkada pics. paging ody? (where are the pics?) i guess i have it in my box in cebu. anyways, just made me wonder how many times we've actually had bonding moments together - that we actually didn't upload any pics to these social networking sites is a telling sign:( but we have FB PMs now right? plenty of opportunity to get in touch!

being the most un-creative of us all, i managed to spell TINA using our landlady's basket of fruits - bananas, peaches, apples, capsicums and some utensils. but it didn't quite come out as i expected it to...so never mind. might be the lamest set of pics i'll have and you guys will have another story to remind me after 10 years or so...

so here goes, i wish you all the best...pray that whatever it is you want, you will have...and once again, i'll make a toast to fabulous clutches and the cutest boys - here's to our best life yet!;0

mwah!;0 luv yah!

not your typical day job.

when i was still looking for a job, this ad caught my eye...it's pretty amusing;0 it's not everyday i'd get to see a company looking to hire an astronaut! but it just got me thinking, would it have been more strategic if they inquired and hired from industry-related universities? and the deadline. how many of us know an astronaut or space cadet? seriously.

happy birthday, langga!

hi langga!

it's been such a long time since we updated on our lives.

how is motherhood treating you?

how is cady?

how is wing?

how is married life?

more importantly, how are you?;0

at the risk of sounding cheesy, being so far away from home has made me realize the importance of great friends - of the freedom of being my impostor self or my normal chubby self without risk of censure nor judgement;0 at the end of the day, nindot jud manghinaway...haha!;0

on your 25th, i wish you the best of everything and pray that GOD will grant you your heart's desires. Here's to our best life yet!

l-r: tina, choi, patty, jeff, ramc, guilay, ody, irene/langga

i just miss you.

P.S. ody, guilay and patty. just decided to update my blog this month - after a year's hiatus. will make one for you guys when you turn 26! haha!;0

lovelots,

choi

the splash spring/summer fashion show.

so this is how the frontrow feels like. just happy to see my first Dubai fashion show;0

February 2010. Splash spring/summer collection. Madinat Arena.

bummer: low-quality photos ahead.

see you next season!;0

in freezing water.

january 2010. excited for a day of swimming! we could've stayed the whole afternoon but t'was freezing cold at the JBR beach...

after an hour, we decided to check out the football game between the UAE and Kuwait...

laki kaig bagtak! nice...;0