The annual Christmas Party of the company that has been planned since the start of December went underway last December 12 at the Maribago Bluewater, Mactan.

Why company decided to hold a Christmas party at the beach is beyond me but in all honesty, I can really see that everyone had fun. My point was that during the entire 2009 phase, we all have had parties at beaches – Costabella, Portofino, etc – and spending Christmas on the beach doesn’t make the last party of the year any different. Oh well. We did have fun, begrudgingly. Haha.

Got caught eating chocolate ahaha

With our marketing director (form left), Tina and Jon

With the entire committee! I couldn’t stretch my neck high enough. Hahah. Yours truly hosted the event with Jon Enriquez.

NO, this is not Jon. Lol

This is JON. I did his bronzed – glowing makeup, by the way. His outfit is from Cebu fashion Designer Allain Fonte.

Spent an entire afternoon helping with the place set-up. It was my first time (after two consecutive Christmas parties) after all to join the committee and I felt good about myself. Won a grocery basket that night. Not bad. Hahaha. But I still wanted that iron! Here are some of the photos of my last crazed days in Cebu before the holidays took over.

Gustavian with Ram and fedz (hosts) for the German Christmas Bazaar. Beside me is the director of the German school

Millenium party at Loft

At the House of VUDU for Martin Pulgar gig, same night

How was your Christmas? Did you get what you wanted? The true spirit of Christmas in my opinion is the person’s presence – not his presents. I will be posting my favorite gifts soon!

Love you all!

Friends from Cagayan de Oro came – so happy to see them! There was a lunch at TGIFridays.

Hahaha. I bought this bouquet at the flower shop by the road in the barracks Archibishop St. across Grand Convention. Xenia loved it much to Jonex’s chagrin. Teehee.

Dessert at Gelatissimo

UCC Cafe

…and then back to the hotel to prep up. A friend from Manila told me that they don’t have Gelatissimo in Luzon. That’s strange but it would be something else if they came all the way here just to have a taste of that Italian ice cream.

After super major primping at room-I-forgot-the-number at the Rajah Hotel, we all went up at their function room to see Xenia’s relatives and classmates for dinner. The photo wall we bought from Backspace Studio is behind us. So tiny you couldn’t make out anything.

Xenia’s mom also came all the way from Miami. Tita Esme looks lovely.

Bottom L-R: Louis Pelaez, Iggy Pelaez, Joe Beja, G Tribaco, Tin Acebu, Jay Pascual. Top L-R: Me, Anna’s mom Warren, Xenia, Tita Esme and Fedz.

Check out my friend’s Fedz’s DIY top.

So much food! You can guess who ate the most hahaha!

Jay and Tin

Went dancing at Loft.

Shoes: People are People Dress: Mint Clutch: Dorothy Perkins Watch: Cartier from mom

Penthouse.

Vudu.

Back at the hotel. Fooling aroung!

Then back at the hotel. Pooped. Sigh. I wondered when is that going to happen again until the group convened once again in Cagayan de Oro last week. But that’s going to be a different story. :)

I hope you’ll all have a grand time this weekend. I will surely.

The boyfriend and I spent my birthday breakfast at Tara’s just like how we did his. Somehow the food becomes bland if you keep coming back to it and worse, they don’t accept Visa cards. Oh well. Look at what I’m eating so unhealthy hahah!

We then trooped to Fudge, my newest fave pastry resto at AS Fortuna, for dessert. See photo below for a makeup-less me.

No more Tri Colore but opted for the Oreo mousse. Wow. Tastes like ube jam – chocolate flavored. Sorry to confuse.

Babe’s bestfriend, JP and his wife, Thea, celebrated their wedding reception at Royal Concourse with their family and friends from work. Please welcome your host for that night. Hihih.

Thea and JP’s Pre-Nup 

My babe’s so gwapo. I love this dinner jacket he has on.

VUDU after the party.

Sunday was officially my birthday dinner at the Shabu Way Resto. So sad some people can’t come but nonetheless everyone had fun. Especially Jihan who kept saying, “Is this really how you eat here? With smoke blowing on your face?” hahaha. What a trip.

Girlfriend Pau and Eden came.

The lovebirds Jenina and Cedric

More lovebirds Jihan and Randy

My dear Levi was there. That guy is practically a brother to me. And Meg. No, not a brother.

Melanie and Markee came. So happy to see those two. It was also timely that Mel was leaving for Switzerland in 4 days! I’m so glad I got the chance to say goodbye. She’s going to be coming back soon. I hope!  The family from CDO called – aw…… missed them. We’re going to be celebrating my birthday in CDO next weekend so perhaps that is going to be another story. 

More photos of my birthday here. Sorry for the late post. Thanks to Smitten Accessories for the necklace and What A Girl Wants for the dress. Shoes – Janilyn. Bag - CMG.

That someone happens to be my mother whom I forever cast my undying love and devotion to until the day I die. My entire family was here last week and before I could go ‘Yey, great vacation!’, I was reminded of how strict and religious they are. It wasn’t that long that I conditioned myself to a week long solitude on reflection that is bordered on a conviction it was a great idea for them to come over despite the fact that I will be missing this huge thing in Bantayan Island for holy week.

Holy Thursday last week, I arrived at the port of Tagbilaran at 8am by Oceanjet Fastcraft. They have this promo going on that only charges P300 for your roundtrip going to Bohol and back. Very cheap, yes and almost all fast crafts that go to Bohol travel at the same number of hours. Thanks to my friend, Melgrace, for telling me about their promo fares.

The resort had a driver to pick me up who was carrying the resort’s banner on his chest. I went up to him and told him in hasty English that I wanted to claim my parent’s seat number at the ticketing counter and would he be kind enough to wait for me. He said, “Yis ma’am, I will wet here.” Wink.

My parents were already at Sherwood Bay Resort when I arrived fifteen minutes from the pier. The place was breathtaking!

Lunch during holy week consists of seafood and more seafood

See how tanned I am. haha.

Breathtaking Sunset at Sherwood Bay

My parents

You will immediately get a view of the infinity pool that seems to go on forever and the ocean just greets you with a vastness that reaches as far as your eyes can see. Vacations are blissful, yes, until the zen feeling I got after seeing all that was erased when my mom told me I only have 30 minutes to get ready for our Bohol tour. A tour! Just when I just arrived, they were already dragging me to go see the man-made forest, which by the way, is a total blah but great for photo shoots, the viewing deck that will show the entire chocolate hills grandeur, some python sanctuary, tarsier mini-forest, the Baclayon Church, and my favorite part of the itinerary, the Loboc River Cruise.

The newly constructed Loboc Terminal is now open to the public. Different kinds of buffet caterers to choose from that offers lunch plus the Loboc Tour for as low as P300 only. Oh well, I wasn’t crazy about their food – shrimps, pork belly, BBQ and vermicelli? I could eat those anytime. But I guess it was the whole cruise-y experience everyone was after.

More photos at my multiply site and

flickr.

Hoh yes, we climbed that 200-step peak just to go see Chocolate Hills.

THE VIEW. Chocolate Hills

my sister Vanessa in her past life.

Lunch at Alona Kew, Panglao Island

This holy week is purely filial in nature. I love the resort we were in, too. Now that is a different story which I posted for TripAdvisor just to show my appreciation for Lisa Gomi, the resort’s owner, and Sherwood Bay Resort itself.

See Tripadvisor review here.

My family spent two days in Cebu after Bohol. That’s going to be a different post but here are the rest of the photos from that leg. Hahah. Till next. Toodles.

Hukad Golden Cowrie

Banana Leaf

Vudu with the sisters

We got home at six and were too pooped to get up and join all that Valentine madness. I hate that SUN CELLULAR doesn’t have service at our apartment so The Valentine greeting and where-are-you-its-a-circus-here-they-need-an-acrobat messages were delayed. I’ve always voted for the Piolo, Sam Milby, Christian Bautista, and Mark Bautista concert that Valentine night at the Waterfront against the SITTI concert at the CICC – which I heard sucks because she CANNOT ever do concerts like Freestyle or Parokya ni Edgar (Hey Sitti, brush up on your airbrush jokes!) Instead, we spent Valentines eve dancing and meeting up with friends. Fun. No frills.

Vudu for the Black Singles’ Ball

[l-r] At the Gustavian with Erika, Jihan, Donna, Melanie, Me and the boyfie. The real Valentine happens indoors, of course. I hope yours was as much as fun it was with mine.

Belated Happy Thanksigiving! How’s it been, posses? Yes, I’ve been addicted to FASHION WARS – you need to be in it and ADD ME. I need POSSES!

December should be welcomed like its gospel and the month proved to be stronger than a locomotive. I don’t know. But I just feel that. Lately, my ears perk up at the sound of fashion shows, soirees, launchings, clothes, and models (no, I’m not gay). The need to witness a plethora of events depletes the need to be entertained and be the lifestyle insider that I am on default.

VUDU Privé Lounge’s launching two weekends ago was forthcoming and it was just a matter of time before the place reopened last November. I was even told that I must be their ghost PR person to endorse them that publicly but I just shrugged and said that the place doesn’t need that because it PR-s on its own.

Photo by Paolo Mañalac at the Vudu site.

The boyfie and I got their at 8pm and the mood was relaxed, intimate and very much the kind of place that I’d want to be in when I wanted to entertain myself with lounge music, sumptuous food and my favorite accessory, the boyfriend. Vudu was packed with friends and families all present to support the opening slash cocktail party that was going on at the main room They had new menus (tapas) that we sampled and gorged it at the Prive Lounge upstairs. I love the new interiors! There is something very sexy about being inside a dimly lit club with lighted candles and music pulsing all over the place, sitting close together on a zebra-printed couch and velvet upholstery. Electric, the vibe is.

I could almost see hush-hush moments, stolen makeout sessions and heady wine glass clinking. For short – for adults only, no kids allowed. Hahah. Oh, yes, when Jaja told me she was hoping to take out the CLUB part in VUDU, I just had to agree.

Finally – no more kids! Lounge and chillaxing music minus the hardcore dancing in the Prive Lounge wouldn’t appeal to those squealing highschool brats who down San Mig Light as if it’s the coolest thing in the world anyway. If people want to dance, the floor is theirs. Downstairs. Hahah. I do look forward to having dinner there soonest.

Day 1 was subdued. Day 2 was crazy.

Please welcome the company’s newest addition to their copywriting team, ehem, yours truly!

Now the whole idea of being a writer for this company was incorporated into the system a month ago when the manager told me that yes, they have accepted my application, and no, I would no longer be working on graveyard hours. Now rewind a year back when that happened to me from ex-call center and months after I left because well, it was boring. Number One, this change of schedule is NOT boring. Number two, I do not take, make, release, fake, and disguise calls. (Did I just say that?)

Forget about what I posted earlier – it is just juvenile mumbo-jumbo that I actually dealt with when it was supposed to be discarded like that empty NARS powder case I have.

Just a recap:

Loft Anniversary’s VERANDA Series with JOVEN, Gwen and Erik

my last SALES team outing -

Two weekends ago, I missed my flight to CDO on October 30 because Cebu Pacific already closed the counters and allowed standby passengers to take our seats. I do not want to go into detail because it breaks my heart everytime I remember that scene where no Roa has ever done before. Gulp. Flashback to Andrea wagging her finger at the supervisor, yelling, “You will be hearing about this!” that afternoon and I could just shudder.

Cagayan de Oro was fun and wild!

the debutante

Got back to Cebu after the weekend – this time an hour early, thanks Pop. I was also in time for Samsung’s Inquirer Lifestyle Series. Details here on the Fitness Fashion Show. This post will be concluded. Please pay tribute to my favorite place, VUDU as they once again open this weekend after three makeovers. AD HERE.

I’ll be right backie… back to my sparkling selfie. Muahness