a week ago from today..

its so funny when u're there in the place it just feels like its nothing. it didn't even feel like i was in a different place at that time. but once u get home and think about it..that's when u get all sentimental. alot happened during my trip.well not really alot , but for me that was a lot since i usually just stay home and all. its just weird how exactly a week ago from today i was there ..1140pm? i was in the hotel lobby waiting for my luggage to be delivered..(yeah i gotta tell u about that..wait, i think i actually did on my last piece 'flight mishaps')..but yeah..the first night was already a crazy night for me. i still have to write about what happened in my trip. i just missed Miami all of a sudden, knowing that i didn't even consider Florida as one of my choices to go for vacation. weird noh..! i will always treasure this trip. never thought i would say this but...miss ko Miami. (sigh)

flight mishaps

i don't even know where to begin. i guess I'll start from the time i left the house.as soon as my car service arrived that's where my adventure began. i got to JFK around 950am, a 20 min drive from my house.thank God there weren't any traffic. my flight was @ 1135am . i was thinking of doing the curbside check-in but i was afraid that my luggage would get lost so i opted to do the traditional way of checking in the bags which is going inside the airport, waiting in line and all. when i got to the American airlines section the line was a lil long than i expected. i only had to check in one baggage and get my boarding pass. i would've done the self service booth since i had the e-ticket but i had like an hour and i didn't wanna take any chances. maybe if i came in like 2 hours before my flight i would've experimented with the self service line. anyways, after checking in and going through security i waited at the gate. i had a direct flight going there so it would only take me 2 hours and 30 mins. of course the flight was delayed. and as soon as we boarded we had to wait another 30 mins. so in total the flight was delayed for an hour. and that's where it all started. i must say American airlines is really cheap. the only thing u could get for free are the drinks. even if you wanted peanuts u have to buy it. to think they should offer more since they're losing business from what happened on 9/11. so that pissed me off as well. I'm glad that i decided to eat breakfast before go in to the airport or else i would've probably collapsed from starvation. when i got to Miami int'l airport (MIA), Kai already called and informed me that she was already there so i told her to meet me at baggage claim. little did i know that i wasn't waiting for anything since they lost my luggage! somehow i knew this was going to happen since Ive been thinking about this for like a week. i mean u know how it is in the movies..wherein the airline loses the luggage and they just deliver it to your house. i couldn't believe what was happening to me. at that point i thought this will not be a good trip for me. so i went to baggage claim service and reported the situation. they told me the aircraft could only hold a specific weight and all before it could take off. all extra baggage will be placed on the next flight. they said my luggage should be on the next flight coming in to MIA from JFK..and that flight doesn't come in till 820pm. i got to MIA at 4pm.they said if i want they could just deliver it to my hotel. last shift for delivering baggage was at 11pm. at that point i just wanted to go to the hotel .i couldn't believe that i was stressed out already on my first day of vacation.

so what happened going back to JFK? knowing that i wont be flying American airlines anymore gave me some relief after what i experienced with them losing my luggage. this time i was flying delta airlines..but i have a connecting flight in Cincinnati, Ohio. everything was going great.i left extra early from the hotel so i could check in my bags and made sure that they will get to new york. but then again my flight was delayed again for like 40 mins since they were working on the AC. all of a sudden it hit me..if I'm late 40 mins i would also be late for my connecting flight. i would've only had to wait 30 mins in Ohio before i flew to NY. i was hoping that that flight would be delayed since all my flights from this trip was all delayed. we landed in Ohio 316pm and my next flight was scheduled for 315. i really felt i was in the movies. u know..when u run in the airport catching the next flight hoping that they wont leave u kinda thing?..what are the chances? well that was the only flight that i would've been in that was on time. so i missed my flight. at this point i couldn't believe what was happening to me. going to Florida i lose my luggage, and going back to NY i miss my flight. surreal right! i know!..so i went to customer service and they said the next flight leaving Ohio going to JFK was at 725pm..which means i have to wait for like 4 hours. they also gave me a meal voucher worth 7 bucks . at that point i called Nicole, Alan, mark, and Karen. they all said the same thing at this point..'YOU GOTTA BE KIDDING ME?!'

with all this being said ,i must say this was a surreal experience. hey at least i know what to do the next time this happens. no regrets..it actually spiced up my trip.LOLZ!

* i will be writing about my whole trip, just wanted to get the flight mishaps out of the way* wink!

"transFeRmeRs"- by manila bulletin columnist Joey de Leon

Message: joey de leon is one wise man! that's why i will always be a kapuso..at heart!you would think that kris aquino(who i also think is wise) had the ball in her court, so to speak, but joey de leon got the last laugh.


A little more than a week ago, I read somewhere in this paper that someone(Kris Aquino) in the Kapamilya network remarked that, "Ang kapamilya hindi napapalitan, pero ang puso pwedeng i-transplant," obviously referring to the well-publicized and quite controversial transfer of a former known kapuso to their side (Angel Locsin).

Well, maybe I thought, they even got an ovation for that statement from their audience and followers. And maybe too, the person who thought of it found the idea cute and brilliant. Hmmm... but you know, throughout history, there havebeen lines spoken, and even by thegreatest of men, which when carefullyexamined closely, are silly and untrue.

Take for instance 'You can't have your cake and eat it, too.' And, 'the best things in life are free.' Not quite true, right? Yung first one pwede siguro if you're a big star in television andyou have a lot of what you call in thebusiness exchange deals.

Or you're a young goddess of a woman and you have a filthy rich provider who islike a faucet hot and cold. But all these have a "kapalit," kaya nga exchange deal, eh. In the first one, thebig star will have to plug always. And in the second one, the sexy goddess will always be plugged.
Transferring networks, or even working for some of these TV stations at the same time ("grossing the net"or"inter-networking") is not new to me.Remember, I belong to the only daily show in Philippine TV history, or maybethe world, which have aired in three different major networks; surviving and outlasting five presidents... and still counting! Yes, we are the KONTOT (KingsOf Network Transfers On Television)! We are the Transfermers!
That is why this issue about this angel from heaven, I mean seven, who transferred to you know where, is the least of anxieties. I really just findtheir statement so untrue and unfair,and I feel I need to react (and besides,wala akong article for this week). O,eto natatagalugin ko na para mas maydating at may diin. At saka tutal Tagalog din naman yung binitiwang mga salita eh. Ready?
Maganda lang siguro pakinggan yung mga sinabi n'yo, pero ikinalulungkot ko,mali eh. Para bang isang babaeng nagparetoke . mukha lang maganda, pero hindi totoo.

Una, pwede bang magharap kayo sa akin ng tao na nagpa-transplant ng puso na nagtagal ang buhay?! Pwede talaga, pero pwede bang magtagal?

Pangalawa, lalo na sa panahon ngayon,ang daling magpalit ng pamilya ng mga tao. Yung iba nga may pamilya dito, maypamilya duon eh. Sa showbiz na lang ilan sa inyo at sa atin ang nagpalit na ngpamilya?

Sa totoo lang, ito ang mas tumpak ang puso natin ay mahirap palitan, pero ang pamilya pwede at pwede pang dagdagan.

At eto pa ang isang dumadagundong na katotohanan : pwede tayong mabuhay nangwalang pamilya, pero hindi tayo pwedeng mabuhay ng walang puso.

s/p miami

I'm still a bit tired from my 'vacay' in Miami. i will definitely write something about it but I'm still busy downloading mad pics from the trip. I'll probably write about it this labor day weekend. thank God i only have to work for 2 days then its another long weekend for me. i posted some photos in my friendster account already. i also added some videos taken from our trip (thanks to my digicam which had like an hour sa video mode. buti na lang pala napabili ako ng bago cam. im loving my new camera) u could check out those videos on my photo site.

and counting...

i have five days left till i leave for miami..and seriously i need to get moving.i dont even have the slightest idea what im goin to bring with me.all i know is that i have an empty suitcase in my living room all ready for something to be put in. watch how i do all the packing and running around on wednesday night. im planning to leave work early that wednesday. i need to get my eyebrows waxed, manicure and pedicure, and im still thinking if i want my hair blown out that day. the thing is, i dont want to spend 10 bucks for my hair to be blown out straight then go swim in the pool the following day at the hotel. sayang lang u know. i dont even know what clothes to bring. bahala na siguro. i also have five days to work out. its been awhile since i havent worked out..hopefully there'll be a difference especially in the abdominal area. my stomach cannot look like before on my last beach trip. regardless ima be bloated anyways at that time coz i'll have my 'visitor' that week. its so weird how by this time of next week ima be in a different state, place, and moment. i wont be infront of a computer on a friday nite.

online business

well i finally opened my 2 -week overdue mail.lolz..2 bills i had to pay online coz i know if i mail it , it wont be there on time and then ima be charged with a late fee..which i dont want to happen. i also had to update my checking account, not that it has millions in it, but i just had to post some transactions that should've been there 2 weeks ago. then i have to do a transfer money from my dad's account to my account. you're probably thinking why im taking my dad's money..well that's because i can.LOLZ! i'll just do that over the phone.i guess that's what so good about the banks ova here..u could do bank transactions all day, 24/7, online or over the phone.talk about guarding your money!

i never did like doing business online. but hey, its much faster, it saves you time from writing checks out and mailing it, it saves you on stamps, the company gets ur payment right away, you get the confirmation right away, and it saves trees! the downside?..well if your computer hangs/crashes, and online hackers. but if you have an internet security program then there's really nothing to worry about.

all by myself

well its official..I'm literally all by myself...again! my dad and brother just left a couple of mins ago for pinas. u know sometimes you just want to get rid of them coz u're so annoyed with them ,but when that time comes that they leave, its still sad. i guess when it comes down to family u will really have that spot in your heart that will always forgive them no matter what..even if you have a dysfunctional family.

i really hope they have a safe flight. the only thing that makes me jealous is when everybody is there in pinas..together. even if our family disagrees with each other a lot to almost everything, its still classic how we make each other laugh our hearts out. i don't know...maybe its only our family that's like this..but then again, everybody has their own little dramas in life.