On this day...

Miles apart across the sea
My fervent prayer, come home to me
Through rain, through fire, through wind and hail
I keep the faith that love prevails

Alone at night I see your face
Your voice I hear, your warm embrace
I miss
The night breeze sings its midnight trance
The evening vows a future chance
of bliss

Love that welcomes each new day
Love that cloaks the night I pray
Hold our hearts and keep us dear
Warm our souls and hold us near

Over land, over sea, past mountains high
Over canyons, over dunes, past vast blue skies
Your voice I hear across the miles
Your pledged return, my heart then smiles

Until that time I wait and pray
On my knees I raise my voice and say
"Be warm. Be safe. Be free.
Remember love and come back to me."

Sheila's back!

RUN FOR THE HILLS!!!

Yep, Sheila "Dolly Ann Carvajal" Barba is back from the UAE. Hooked up with Honey, Vince, Hazel and Baby Rafe. We also had another male companion who sat beside Sheila and will remain nameless for now. Why? So that you can pester Dolly Ann yourselves, hehehe.

Cris was supposed to go, but... well let me explain: on my way to the meeting place (Chili's Greenhills) I get a call from our beloved cum laude engineer. She said she was at Chili's na and that she couldn't find sina Sheila. I told her to hang on since I would be there for a while. This then is the text message I received from her...

*turns to celfone to type Cris' text verbatim*

"Sorry dude. I'm in the wrong branch. I'm at Greenbelt. Tanga ko talaga."

Normally at this point I'd type: HAHAHAHAHAHA!

Pero I won't, because I don't want Tetay to keel meeh.

It's okay Cris... this rarely happens anyway. You're bound to screw up sometime, it just so happened that I was around to document it. ^_^

It was the usual... asaran, mainly from me. Baby Rafe was looking at me the whole time. Thought bubble siguro niya: "Wow! Ang laking teddy bear naman nito!" Actually, I got to carry the tyke (pics to follow) problem was I started talking to him. His wide-eyed wonderment slowly turned to a crinkly face however, and his mouth slowly opened wide, ready-to-wail. I guess he was too overwhelmed: "Waaaaaaaaaah! Oh my God! Why is the teddy bear talking to meeeeeeeee!!?"

Now for chismis... honestly I can't figure it out between Hazel and Honey, but it seems Honey has an italian stallion in her life right now. Uyuyyuyuyuyuyuyuyuyuyuyuyuyuyuyuyuy!!! I dunno if I can smuggle pics onto this blog but he's tall (at least in the pics I Honey unwittingly showed me) and kinda looks like Hugh Grant... DAW!!!!! When Hazel told me na magaling magluto, sabi ko: Sino 'to, si Molto Mario? So Honey, is it like eating in Italiannis araw-araw? Hahaha!

The night ended early... the Magno's (hehehe) had a stroller with them so that meant curfew. The Barbas and... um... him, had to go as well (sabi ko sa inyo, kulitin niyo si Sheila eh, or si Honey for Sheila's number). So alangan naman magpaiwan pa ko di ba, since umalis na rin si Jen Rosendahl (yes, she was there. Second time I've seen her. Not as tall as I thought pero RRRAWWWRRRR talaga) at wala akong balak maghugas ng pinggan... I already do that at work.

Hazel, talagang kukulitin kita for the pics. I wanna have a copy of the pic of me with Baby Rafe.

Welcome home Sheila!!! (aka Dolly Ann Carvajal and Nanay-ni-Wolverine)

*ehem*

Tumaba ka.

*runs for cover*

Summer, S.H.A.R.E. and Alicia Silverstone

I know!

I was out with Jene and Janice last night. We watched Pirates of the Carribean: Dead Man's Chest, and while we were having dinner at North Park they asked the question: "What's up with the blog?".

F*ck, I don't know! Wala lang talaga akong magawa at that moment in time. Combine that with surfing and reading Otep's blog then Nicky's blog and then ka-blam!!! Yun na.

Yeah, the title of this post is familiar to most of you. In fact, its classic. You know that. So perhaps I'll treat this the way I treated my regular contibution back when there was a SHARE newsletter. So get out your knee pads and start worshipping.

I'm back.

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Its tough that SHARE isn't around anymore. Everyone is occupied with everything else. But then again, I doubt we'd be able to keep it alive anyway, without any new blood. For good or bad, we are not the same folks we were, and our lives have passed that phase. We have families, careers, loved ones, etc. Sure, I don't doubt that the spirit of service is still strong in many of us, but the nature of it has changed. I seriooously doubt we can all pile up in my car and travel at 9 pm at night (siyempre... p.m. nga eh kaya night, bobo. Nevermind, I'm not changing that na. Bleh!) and drive to Lipa (or wherever) and conduct a training/seminar/retreat/recollection for the weekend.

Hahaha!

I can see Hazel, Noemi, Nicky, et al bringing yayas and strollers and bottles and diapers to the retreat, and having their kids watch them while mommy is doing Expe/Appre. Vince, Gerard and Dhonn, finally doing clean up because their wives made them to (hahahahahahahahaha!). Otep will probably still bear the brunt of the work, and Des will still make fun of him. Pero pagagalitan na si Des ni Neth kasi magpapa-dede pa siya ng baby. Segway: why is it that everytime I encounter the word "dede" or "dodo" the image of Anchit forces its way to the top of my thoughts? Bro. Hans will still be there with lots of food, and I will still be there to eat it. Yay!!!

And Jay will be... aaah...

OH MY GOD!!! Jay will still be Jay!

*shudder*

... well that just ended that thought!

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I heard from a reliable source who will remain anonymous (anonymous = Hazel) that Shiela Barba is in town. Hoy Shiela!!! When will we (we = I) reap the benefits your hard earned (yeah right, you do nothing in your office but abuse the YM on your PC) money? We can go to Leslie's sa Tagaytay. Maraming baboy doon: sisig, crispy pata, liempo... YUM!!!

For everyone not in the know, Eula is in Singapore. She says she's working daw. DAW. I'll bet Des' left hand that she's just visiting restaurant after restaurant. No, I'm not being cruel kasi Des doesn't need his left hand anymore. He's married.

Speaking of married, go check Charmaine's friendster account... it says she's married. WHAT THE F*CK!!! Someone (preferably you Charmaine) please confirm this because I need to know if I need to start building a fallout shelter and start stocking it with food and a good number of healthy child-bearing women.



Bro. Dodo is now interim president of DLS-CSB. I haven't shown myself to him yet. Why? Because for the past two trimesters, I have been a member of the faculty of CSB. YES, GRADUATE NA KO. So I'm going to keep myself below the radar 'cause baka mautusan ako ng kung anu-ano. I can see it now:

Bro. Dodo: Hello Robert! Its nice to see you! I hear that you're working for me now.

Me: Hi bro. Yes, I am. I'm with the CDP.

Bro. Dodo: Good, good! So, do you like it so far?

Me: Well actually, the pay suc-

Bro Dodo: Good! Good!Anyway, its fortunate that I encountered you here in the parking area.

Me: We-ell... uh, about the pa-

Bro Dodo: I'm glad you asked! You see that car?

Me: Um, yeah...

Bro Dodo: That's my car.... and you know what?

Me: ....

Bro Dodo: The car isn't going to clean itself you know. So carry on, chop chop!

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Janice (Pascual) just got her license, and Grace (Fulgencio) just got her new Mazda 3 zoom-zoom (katas ng Nestle). Great... the streets just got more dangerous. Ladies, text me when you're driving ha? I will gladly wait a while before hitting the road.

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I never thought this would take off, but judging from the comments in my first post, it seems people still find me an interesting read. As to the tastes and stability of these people... well, I'd rather not say anything without more proof, preferably a diagnosis. Still, I'll ride this pony (pony = blog. Its a metaphor. I don't have a pony. If I did, I won't ride it because I don't want to kill it) for as long as this baby rides.

Oh, and I love you Mals!!!

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EDITED:

Otep stumbled over to here, and dedicated an entire post to yours truly. See, that's what I mean! A perfect example of someone down on his knees in praise. Hehehe...

http://noalias.blogspot.com/2006/07/and-then-house-fell-down.html

That's the link to his post. Apparently, he found an old piece (actually, its a piece of a piece... well, you know what I mean) of mine from allegedly 10 years ago. Go visit and read!

Well, well, well...

Call it a moment of weakness, but as of this post I really don't know what the crap I'm doing here. No Friendster account, didn't jump into that myspace thing but oooooooooooh sure, I had to create a blog.

I doubt I'll even find the time to update the thing. Ah well, might as well make the most of it.

... and since this place looks so barren, any help on the site like how to add pics, linking to other sites and blogs and what-have-you will be appreciated (ititirik ko kayo ng vigil candle).

Hoy people, you know who are! (... and I know where you live, at least most of you!)