Sweets for my Sweet. Sugar for my Honey. ♥

Kung meron akong "childish antics" na na-carry over ko up until now, yun na yata yung LOVE FOR CANDIES [Second lang yung pag-collect ng Stationaries eh.]. Every out-of-town, camping, swimming, travel, i always have candies with me. Even though sometimes I'm having a freaking toothache [Like now.] still I crave for these candies. Not just ordinary candies, but rather WONKA's. :) [Sosyal.]

Kaya minsan ayoko nagpupunta sa 7-11, Ministop, or any other Supermarket kasi I'm sure, dadampot at dadampot ako ng kahit anong malapit na sa Cashier. I remember before nung may "Duty Free Days" pa kami with Dad, habang busy ang mga ate ko for clothes and gadgets, ako masaya na sa Supermarket buying candies. Seryoso! So ngayon I want to share my cravings with you. Sana makabili ako later. [Dahil may "Family Day" kami tomorrow. Again, separate blog post about this.] Till here.. ♥

Gobstoppers are not meant for chewing. [Even the "Chewy" one.]
Just let it melt in your mouth.

I'll always remember Chupa Chups Strawberry and Watermelon.
They're my favorite..
For life! ♥

Tried it once, and its more attractive to the palate than the other Nerds.
Sour? Definitely!

Runts reminds me of my Elementary Days.
The days when candies are forbidden
both in school and at home.
[Luckily, my mom wasn't that strict. ♥]

Skittles is LOVE! ♥ [Need I say more?]
Kids, Teenagers, Adults, Young-at-Heart..
You name it! They all loved it once in their lives. :)

Kailan.

Matutulog nalang, naglikot pa ang utak ko. Talaga naman. Sabi ko diba ayoko mag-isip? Anyway..

Naisip ko lang (accidentally), na ang tao/aso alam mo kung kailan manganganak (9 mos. sa tao at 2 mos. sa aso), ang araw alam mo kung kailan lulubog at lilitaw (sunrise at sunset), ang tides alam mo kung kailan tataas at bababa (depende sa moon), at kahit ang bagyo alam mo kailan tatama sa bansa.

So ano ang point ko? Wala naman. Sana ganun din ka-predictable ang presence ng isang tao sa buhay naten. Sana hindi sila parang multo na ikakagulat mo pag nagparamdam. Sana din hindi sila parang ipo-ipo na pagdumaan ay iiwanan kang sira-sira. Sana hindi sila parang bulaklak na bigla nalang nalalanta.

Ano ang point ko? Wala. Sabi sa inyo naglikot lang utak ko eh. Goodnight world! :)

P.S. Sa sobrang stress ko kanina, andami palang typo error nung previous post ko. Hehehe.

Tonight. ✩

tonight, there would be no stars. why? kasi uulan/umuulan. masarap kasi malamig, and i think we all deserve some rain that we won't be wishig to go away. siguro init na init narin si earth, at katulad ng kahit na sino, gusto din nya mag-swimming. [wag naman sana literal dahil baka ondoy or pepeng nanaman ang abutin natin nyan. *knock on wood*] ikaw ba naman tapatan ng araw magdamag, hindi ka mag-i-init? hahaha.

tonight, i want to rest. lately mejo restless ako. laging napuputol yung tulog ko. ikot ng ikot, magigising ng nakatulala, tapos matutulog ulit hanggang sa ma-late ng gising for work. mejo disoriented din ako nitong mga nakaraang araw. ewan. hindi lutang tawag dito eh, more of aligaga. parang andami kong nasa isip na dapat gawin, pero i end up not doing all of them, hence, carry over sya for the next day. mga simpleng bagay tulad ng maglaba, gumawa ng powerpoint my report sa youth congress, pagcopy ng movies sa flashdrive ng officemate ko [na tatlong araw na nya hinihingi sakin.] at kung anu-ano pa. nakakalimutan ko na nga si keri dahil dito eh. hindi ko pa sya napapakilala kay ate les at mama. :( sana talaga tonight i can rest well, kahit isang gabi lang ngayong week. friday an bukas, i doubt makakatulog ako ng maayos dahil saturday morning i have to wake up earlier than the usual because we have an OH SO FUN FAMILY DAY in laguna [office stuff. separate blog post dapat to.] we have to leave ny 6AM, so that would mean i have to get up at around 4:45AM and leave the house at 5:30AM. sheeeeesh. talk about good night's sleep. :( so ayun, pinahaba ko lang, sana makatulog ng maayos.. tonight.

tonight.. Tonight I’ve fallen and I can’t get up. I need your loving hands to come and pick me up. And every night I miss you, I can just look up and know the stars are holdin’ you, holdin’ you, holdin’ you tonight. Ilang araw ko na LSS tong kanta na to. obvious ba san ko napulot title ko.

tonight, i won't think. i don't want to think about anything. or anyone for that matter.

that would be all.

Tweeking Makes Me... Tssss...

for three hours i've been fixing something in my blog; the "Followers" tab. because whenever i visit the blog pages that i've been following, my picture won't appear. being the OC that i am, i found out that the "Followers" tab is a different application. meaning, that in order to follow someone "correctly" is that you have to sign in to your Yahoo! or Google account to do this. [Mistake #1: Followed the blogpages manually, that's why my picture won't appear.] secondly, you either use you Yahoo! account or your Google account [which is also your Blogger account], NOT BOTH! [Mistake #2: Used both accounts to follow, thus i can't properly manage my Blog reads.] lastly, the only way to make someone stop from following your blogs is to Blck them from your list. no other way than that. [Mistake #3: Deleting your Followers tab won't do anything. Hahaha!]

super na-stress ako dun, i'm almost at the urge of deleting my account and make a new one. but thankfully i tried harder to make it work. hahaha. naka-chamba din! bwiset na yan, pinahirapan pa ko! napapa-english tuloy ako.

2 years na dapat.. SAYANG!

May 26, 2008. If I'm not mistaken, ito yung date na nagstart ako sa Starbucks Coffee as a Barista. It's been two years na pala. Grabe tagal! Kung andun parin sana ako......Hhhmmm.. Anu nga kaya kung andun parin ako?

- Malamang isa na kong CERTIFIED COFFEE MASTER.
- Malamang mas malalim ang eyebags ko at masakit parin left knee ko.
- Malamang masaya ako sa trabho ko, pero hanggang dun lang yun.
- Malamang wala parin akong ipon till now.
- Malamang hindi ako masyado nakakapag "Summer Escapades" dahil mahirap
magrequest ng sched.
- Malamang mas mataba parin ako ngayon.
- Malamang nalipat ako ng store [Possible!]
- Malamang hindi ako nakapagregalo ng bongga nung Pasko.
- Malamang walang Keri, Summer at Sunshine ngayon.


Bakit ganun? Parang mejo marami ata negative na nasabi ko? Hehehe. Sobrang namimiss ko na ang maging isang "Barista Babe". Kasi araw-araw iba ang mga nangyayari sa bawat shift, though nakakapagod, pero masaya. Over na naman ako sa fact na nagresign na ko, minsan lang I just can't help but miss it. Syempre kasama na dun yung mga friends ko din na Barista. :)

At dahil dito, hinagilap ko yung entry ko nung nakapasa ako sa interview sa SC. Share ko lang ulit. :)

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DREAM VENTI! :) [March 27, 2008]

i'm an official bum! but i'm definitely luuuurvin' it! TV all day. bonding moments with my baby love LEILA. pagsilbihan si "dynamic roberto" (yep that's what i call my dad now. hehe.) nang hindi naka-kunot ang noo. kain. tulog. kain. tulog. ang sarap ng buhay.

kaya nga nagulat na lang ako nung isang gabi na may nagtext sakin. inviting me for an initial screening at starbucks. i really wasn't expecting this na kasi my mindset is at AIG na talaga. i asked naman my mom and aloy kung pupuntahan ko pa, and they said yes. eh di go ako!

before i sleep, nag-iisip na ko ng mga possible questions that they might ask sa interview. what do you know about starbucks? why would you like to join starbucks? etc. etc. syempre ako isip ng isip ng script na medyo may dating diba? eh hindi ako maka-isip. eh di dinaan sa dasal. "Lord, kung para sakin toh thank you. kung hindi... sana para sakin na talaga toh!" tarush! :) tapos nyan derecho tulog na.

the next day punta na ko sa office nila. grabeh! ang HOT! 2pm interview ko so mga quarter to 1 umalis na ko ng bahay (assuming the traffic in makati). tunaw ang make-up ko. sabog buhok ko. jabar na kilikili ko. at muntik nang masira takong ko. kamusta naman diba? so pagdating ko sa office derecho ako sa comfort room at angayos at nagpatuyo ng pawis. ALIS HAGGARD kumbaga. at ayun na.

binigyan kami ng parang questionnaire. tapos andun yung mga tanong na nung gabi palang iniisp ko na. eh di sige sagot lang ng sagot. yung mga lecture sa school pinagsususulat ko dun. tapos basta, napuno ko naman isang bond paper (back to back ehem!) at 3 questions lang yun. hindi naman ako pa-bibo effect diba? tapos we went sa isang parang conference room wherein nandun lahat ng applicants. 7 yung batch namin. tapos super tahimik! as in! nakakbingi! feeling ko nga we were watched by some hidden camera eh. (big brother?) at mega make up pa ko sa harap nila? aba! mahirap nang magmukhang haggard noh! tapos sinusubukan din pala ang PATIENCE ng isang tao sa interview noh? takte 2pm na interview naging 3:30pm? pero okei lang, it was worth the wait.

the interview went well, get to know me ek-ek lang naman eh. funny though kasi wala akong baon na english nung araw na yun. so ganito ang naging speech ko...

"hi everyone. i'm melissa joy m. tabernilla. melai for short. i am a graduate from ust with a degree os BSC major in business administration. in my college years i didn't get any academic excellence awards or honors, all that i've got are those from dance and cheering competions. my fave starbucks coffee (oo kailangan mo sabihin yan!) is java chip frap. and i would just like to say... I REALLY REALLY WOULD LOVE TO WORK IN STARBUCKS! i... uhm... what else?? hhhmmmm.. DI KO NA KAYA! DUMUDUGO NA ILONG KO! maam pwede po ba magtagalog? hehehe.."

and that's it! nung hinayaan nya kong magtagalog ok na. she asked me about my experiences sa mcdo pati yung mga sacrifices ko at that time. (sabi ko nawalan ako ng social life) basta magaan yung feeling nung interview kasi napaka warm nung mukha nung hr. hehehe. at since napatawa ko naman sya at silang lahat, i think i did well. :)

after 30 mins. they gave each one of us a letter, dun na nakalagay kung passed or failed. syempre may trauma na ko sa mga ganyan dahil nung sa citigroup eh ganyan din at hindi ako natanggap. so hindi ko muna inopen yung akin. pagdating sa comfort room, kasama ko si cheng (new found friend ko dun!) and asked me anu daw nakalagay sakin. tapos ayun pag open nakalagay blah blah blah "we are impressed by your interview.." ayun! so i / we think we made it! hahaha. :) and it felt so great!

BUT WAIT THERE'S MORE AND MORE! hindi pa sure yan kasi we have to undergo 2 interviews pa, one sa store manager and the other sa district manager. kaya hindi pa ko fully makatalon sa tuwa. but then i'm still praying na sana sakin nga toh! KAYA NGAYON IT WILL STILL BE A DREAM.. :)

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No regrets sa pag-alis ko sa company, glad I did pa nga eh. Why? Kasi mas maraming benefits dito compared dun sa previous. I mean, hindi lang syempre Monetary Benefits but rather mas normal na kasi ang ached. It may be a little boring [little? little?] but I don't see anything wrong with that. I can do whatever I want after work. Nakaupo lang ako maghapon, unlike there na nakatayo naman maghapon. And plus mas may room for growth dito, matitiyaga ka nga lang. [sa lahat naman diba?] So ayun, hindi ako totally happy with where I am right now, but I am contented. :) Syempre pinag-pray ko rin naman yung work ko dito tulad ng pag-pray ko before dun sa previous. So I'm guessing na dito talaga ako nilagay for now. And seeing the BIG difference, I think I'm on the right track. :)