frannie_babes

08:45 am: What tarot card am I?

You are The Star

Hope, expectation, Bright promises.

The Star is one of the great cards of faith, dreams realised

The Star is a card that looks to the future. It does not predict any immediate or powerful change, but it does predict hope and healing. This card suggests clarity of vision, spiritual insight. And, most importantly, that unexpected help will be coming, with water to quench your thirst, with a guiding light to the future. They might say you're a dreamer, but you're not the only one.

What Tarot Card are You?
Take the Test to Find Out.

11:12 am: Travelling in the Philippines =)

My Lakbayan grade is C!

How much of the Philippines have you visited? Find out atLakbayan!

Created by Eugene Villar.

05:15 pm: nothing to do...

frannie_babes is happy.

You're a rosy-cheeked ray of f'ing sunshine 24/7. I bet you smile a lot and little things don't get you down. Must be nice. Fuchsia's definitely your color.

wanna know your lj's moodring color? enter your user name and hit the button. (discussion thread)

04:21 pm: I guess im a Londoner? :) hehehhehe

You Belong in London

A little old fashioned, and a little modern. A little traditional, and a little bit punk rock. A unique woman like you needs a city that offers everything. No wonder you and London will get along so well.

10:50 am: what's been happening in my life
it's been quite a while since i have written in my blog. maybe because im sooooooo busy... with work, personal life, social life... heheh can i just share?! last week, work was so hectic, tiring, and chaotic that I was about to burst into tears... i never thought i could feel that frustrated in my life! they expect so much from you yet they dont give anything for you to work with. ang sa akin lng, help me to help you! hindi yung you expect so much from me tapos wala ka namang binibigay na data. sobrang daming urgent bids and siyempre you have to be careful in handling the bids kasi one mistake lang you can lose a million worth of project... haayy......

so that was with work... with my personal life naman, daming dilemma sa bahay. [1], someone broke in the big house. my lola was sleeping when that happened. good thing she didnt wake up or else God knows what could have happened to her. Buti na lng they werent able to get anything valuable, just a few bucks.

[2] the smaller house got burnt! SHET!! and that's because of carelessness ng mga taong nakatira dun. mga pucha, mga feeling victims and feeling api. eh kagagwan naman nila yun kung bakit nasunog yung bahay. kapabayaan.... YOU are the ones to BLAME!!!! kaya dont give me shit about not blaming anyone for that instance. Nakakainis, feeling niyo palagi kayong inaapi, or palaging madaming problems ang buhay niyo. That's just a result of always making poor decisions. you always say you dont have enough money to buy things that's why you just always ask for them. you LEECHES. actually, you dont ask, you just get things na hindi inyo... NEWSFLASH: that's called stealing, my dears. mag-ipon kayo! dont just ask for money. WAG kayong umutang because as we know it, you cant pay for anything. you cant even pay for your children's education, buy your own food, pay for the electricity and water yet you have brand new phones, and your once curly hair have become straight...isnt it ironic? you can't buy or pay for what you need pero you can buy what you want.....

[3] my lola got swindled... maybe it was a combination of sweet talk, her old age (either innocence or ignorance), and what's been happening in her life that this unfortunate event happened. Maybe she felt that she's losing her well- earned money to something that she cant benefit from, case in point, people from my story in number [2]. kasi palagi sa kanya na lng umaasa, always asking for money, dami nilang utang na you really wonder where they use the money for. they dont pay for food, electricity, water, phone bills, education. they dont have a car --- dont pay for gasoline.. the house they're living in is a dump. they dont clean it, make repairs... so saan napunta yung 6-digit amount of debt nila? their standard of living doesn't even improve!!

going back to my lola getting swindled, i was called in to help clean the mess. go to the bank to make sure na walang mawiwithdraw sa accounts niya. ang masakit dun, she lost the jewelries na binigay ng parents niya and binigay ni lolo. so yun.....

[4] social life... wala naman bago, well, im crushing on this guy, pero i dont know if he knows or if he's interested. ayoko naman... or im afraid to take things to another level kasi i know i will be hurt again. bakit ko pa papasukin yung alam ko naman na walang mangyayari? siyempre, short term-wise ok lang. pero gusto ko naman ng long term relationship. magiging same lang as relationship ko before... with you-know-who. ako nanaman ang mahihirapan.. siyempre, they're guys, they get over girls easily. and i dont want to have a bad reputation when it comes to guys. ang tagal na itong problem na ito...well, not really a problem, confused lang siguro ako. on one hand, i want to go for it. on the other, alam ko na iiwan niya ako kasi siya ay *toot* hehhehehe.... if you know me, you'd know what im saying... haha

so there... para lang nawawalan nako ng energy kasi full of dilemmas ang buhay ko ngayon. in a way, it's good coz i get to be tough. pero nakakapagod din pag sunod sunod na lng... pag walang break ang pagbigay ni Lord ng trials... :D hehehe

01:29 pm: gotten from frozensmack
Do you have:
(x) your own cell phone
(x) a television in your bedroom
( ) an iPod/MP3 player
( ) a photo printer
( ) your own phone line (which I hooked up myself. hehe)
( ) TiVo or a generic digital video recorder
( ) high-speed internet access (i.e., not dialup)
(x) a surround sound system in bedroom
(x) DVD player in bedroom
( ) at least a hundred DVDs (not DVDs but VCDs)
( ) a childfree bathroom
( ) your own in-house office (no choice!)
( ) a pool
( ) a guest house
( ) a game room
(x) a queen-size bed or larger
( ) a stocked bar
( ) a working dishwasher
( ) an icemaker
(x) a working washer and dryer
(x) more than 20 pairs of shoes (guilty!!!)
(x) at least ten things from a designer store
( ) expensive sunglasses
( ) framed original art (not lithographs or prints)
( ) Egyptian cotton sheets or towels
( ) a multi-speed bike
( ) a gym membership
(x) large exercise equipment at home
( ) your own set of golf clubs
( ) a pool table
( ) a tennis court
( ) local access to a lake, large pond, or the sea (local, meaning home province? :) )
( ) your own pair of skis
( ) enough camping gear for a weekend trip in an isolated area
( ) a boat
( ) a jet ski
( ) a neighborhood committee membership
( ) a beach house or a vacation house/cabin
( ) wealthy family members
(x) two or more family cars
(x) a walk-in closet or pantry
(x) a yard
(x) a hammock
( ) a personal trainer
(x) good credit
(x) expensive jewelry
( ) a designer bag that required being on a waiting list to get
( ) at least $100 cash in your possession right now
(x) more than two credit cards bearing your name (not counting gas cards or debit cards)
( ) a stock portfolio
(x) passport
( ) a horse
( ) a trust fund (either for you or created by you)
(x) private medical insurance
(x) a college degree, and no outstanding student loans

Do you:
( ) shop for non-needed items for yourself (like clothes, jewelry, electronics) at least once a week
( ) do your regular grocery shopping at high-end or specialty stores
(x) pay someone else to clean your house, do dishes, or launder your clothes (not counting dry-cleaning) --just to clean the house since it's kinda big for me to clean it by myself
( ) go on weekend mini-vacations
( ) send dinners back with every flaw
(x) wear perfume or cologne (not body spray)
( ) regularly get your hair styled or nails done in a salon
( ) have a job but don't need the money OR
( ) stay at home with little financial sacrifice
( ) pay someone else to cook your meals
( ) pay someone else to watch your children or walk your dogs
( ) regularly pay someone else to drive you
( ) expect a gift after you fight with your partner

Are you:
( ) an only child
( ) married/partnered to a wealthy person
( ) baffled/surprised when you don't get your way
( ) been on a cruise
(x) traveled out of the country
(x) met a celebrity
( ) been to the Caribbean
(x) been to Europe
( ) been to Hawaii
( ) been to New York
( ) eaten at the space needle in Seattle
( ) been to the Mall of America
(x) been on the Eiffel tower in Paris
( ) been on the Statue of Liberty in New York
( ) moved more than three times because you wanted to
(x) dined with local political figures
(x) been to both the Atlantic coast and the Pacific coast

Did you:
( ) go to another country for your honeymoon
( ) hire a professional photographer for your wedding or party
(x) take riding or swimming lessons as a child
(x) attend private school
( ) have a Sweet 16 birthday party thrown for you

I got 29... so? :D hehehhe

02:25 pm: summer
it's summer! and it's hot...

if sometimes... or most of the time you feel sticky, sweaty, hot, and icky... just think that there's more to summer than that.

summer... the season i love the best. lots of sun... always brightens your day somehow. you get to do more things coz there's no school... not much work(in my case)... bumming around...and lots and lots of OUTINGS!!! Outings are amazing. you get to spend time with your friends, have fun, and at the same time, forget the intense heat of the sun. you're in a good mood, chatting the day away... the night as well.. dancing, drinking, and laughing. loving life even more, not wanting it all to end.

swimming... one of the things i love to do. it may not seem like it, but it is. being in the water makes me feel relaxed... it soothes and cools me off... the waves, bringing you wherever they go... you going with the flow but at the same time resisting it. you trying to stay in place while the waves gently carries you without you noticing it most of the time... kinda like how life is.

i just really love summertime... i can't help it... that's who i am.

01:54 pm: The Alchemist (quotable quotes)
I've recently read The Alchemist. I dont know why i haven't read it when i was in college or in highschool.

Anyway, i am impressed on how Paul Coelho was able to capture life, love, what we're all searching for in life and put it in words... kasi mahirap yun... di ba? i mean, this is my opinion lang ha.. di ba you always try to find the right words to say what you really feel and what you're experiencing then you read something like this and you go... whoa. he's right! why didnt i think of that?!

so there. i love this book coz i can relate to it somehow. now that im part of the work force and experiencing different things in life-- like having a social life.. or a love life... or just while being a friend to someone-- there are times that i cant express myself fully... or express myself for that matter. But with this book, i was in touch on everything that's happening in my life.

Deep siya, in fairness... :D and i took the liberty of writing down.. in this case, typing up the quotes that i found quotable... in other words, quotable quotes. :D hahaha

so here they are:

THE ALCHEMIST (Quotable quotes)

> I weep for Narcissus, but I never noticed that Narcissus was beautiful. I weep because, each time he knelt beside my banks, I could see in the depths of his eyes, my own beauty reflected. (end of prologue)

> It’s the possibility of having a dream come true that makes life interesting.

> Everyone seems to have a clear idea of how other people should lead their lives, but none about his or her own.

> Everything in life has its price.

> Everything you deal with is only one thing and nothing else.

> The secret of happiness is to see all the marvels of the world, and never to forget the drops of oil on the spoon.

> There was a language in the world that everyone understood. It was the language of enthusiasm, of things accomplished with love and purpose, and as part of a search for something believed in and desired.

> Making a decision was only the beginning of things.

> When someone makes a decision, he is really diving into a strong current that will carry him to places he had never dreamed of when he first made that decision.

> The closer one gets to realizing his Personal Legend, the more that Personal Legend becomes his true reason for being.

> Intuition is really a sudden immersion of the soul into the universal current of life, where the histories of all people are connected, and we are able to know everything because it’s all written there.

> People need not fear the unknown if they are capable of achieving what they need or want.

> We are afraid of losing what we have, whether it’s our life or our possessions and property. But this fear evaporates when we understand that our life stories and the history of the world were written by the same hand.

> We make a lot of detours, but we’re heading for the same destination.

> The Soul of the World is the principle that governs all things. When you want something with all your heart, that’s when you are closest to the Soul of the World.

> Everything on earth is being continuously transformed because the earth is alive… and it has a soul. We are part of the soul, so we rarely recognize that it is working for us.

> Why do they make things so complicated? So that those who have the responsibility for understanding can understand. It’s only those who are persistent and willing to study things deeply, who achieve the Master Work.

> Everyone has his or her own way of learning things.

> The world speaks many languages.

> Things have to be transmitted by word of mouth because they were made up from the pure life, and this kind of life cannot be captured in pictures or words. Because people become fascinated with pictures and words, and wind up forgetting the Language of the World.

> In his pursuit of the dream, he is constantly subjected to tests of his persistence and courage.


siyempre kualng pa yan, kasi hindi pa ako tapos. pero i'll finish doing this when i have the time. kasi as of now, may kelnagan akong gawin.

i hope you like them. :D

11:06 am: yesterday, my boss made me feel so stupid. actually, he was the one who didnt understand my question. i was asking him if he has finished this document needed for something, and if he has, i asked him to give me a copy of that document. aba. pinatawag ako ang inexplain kung papano gawin yung document. hello noh. i knew naman how to do it. i just asked kung nagawa na niya to save time, and effort na gawin yun. eh what if nagawa na niya? o di magdodoble lang. kung hindi, o di fine. ako gagawa nun. i'm NOT stupid and i know how to make that noh.

so yun. hindi ko naman masabi na, sir i just wanted to know if you've done it already coz if not. i will do it. HELLO!!! was my question so hard to answer? hindi naman ha!

nakakainis lang kasi he assumed that i didnt know how to do it-- in the process, making me feel incompetent--- when the fact is i KNEW how to do it.

punyeta.

09:43 am: dammit..
i think im in love.... and it's so damn frustrating coz i know we'll never be together! ang hirap and nakakainis kasi i never thought it'd be this hard... i knew from the start that i'd fall for him that's why i kept on telling myself na "no, you can't fall for him/ no, mag-ingat ka/ dont get too attached" kasi alam ko na that will happen... leche.... yun na nga ang nangyari... hini ako makalayo and ayoko naman lumayo sa kanya kasi i cant do that to him. it would have been unfair to him.

ang hirap pala...

10:25 am: The Real Thing
Every word I say, I mean it
Every single day, I feel it

But sometimes when you talk
It's obvious you want to show it
So don't blow it

Chorus:
Tell me what we got, tell me it's a lot tell me it's the real thing
Tell me not to change and always be the same, tell me that's a good thing
It's a good thing
Tell me not to lie, tell me not to wait
Tell me that you want the same things as me
Tell me that it's fate driving me insane
Tell me it's the real thing
That keeps me hangin on

I can read the signs between us
I feel it inside when you come nearer
There's a stillness in the air like no one else is there
And every moment stays in the moment
Yeah

Chorus:
Tell me what we got, tell me it's a lot tell me it's the real thing
Tell me not to change and always be the same, tell me that's a good thing
It's a good thing
Tell me not to lie, tell me not to wait
Tell me that you want the same things as me
Tell me that it's fate, driving me insane
Tell me it's the real thing
That keeps me hangin on

Sometimes it hurts to watch you leave
It feels like you're taking a part of me with you
I never know how it'll be
I guess it's just a mystery
But is it the real thing (that keeps me hangin on)

Chorus:
Tell me what we got, tell me it's a lot, tell me it's the real thing
Tell me not to change and always be the same, tell me that's a good thing
It's a good thing
Tell me not to lie, tell me not to wait
Tell me that you want the same things as me
Tell me that it's fate, driving me insane
Tell me it's the real thing
That keeps me hangin on

Tell me what we got, tell me it's a lot, tell me it's the real thing
Tell me not to change and always be the same, tell me that's a good thing
It's a good thing
Tell me not to lie, tell me not to wait
Tell me that you want the same things as me
Tell me that it's fate, driving me insane
Tell me it's the real thing
The real thing

10:22 am: Put Your Records On --- Corinne Bailey Rae

Three little birds, sat on my window.
And they told me I don't need to worry.
Summer came like cinnamon
So sweet,
Little girls double-dutch on the concrete.

Maybe sometimes, we got it wrong, but it's alright
The more things seem to change, the more they stay the same
Oh, don't you hesitate.

Go, put your records on, tell me your favourite song
You go ahead, let your hair down
Sapphire and faded jeans, I hope you get your dreams,
Just go ahead, let your hair down.

You're gonna find yourself somewhere, somehow.

Blue as the sky, sombre and lonely,
Sipping tea in the bar by the road side,
(just relax, just relax)
Don't you let those other boys fool you,
Gotta love that afro hairdo.

Maybe sometimes, we feel afraid, but it's alright
The more you stay the same, the more they seem to change.
Don't you think it's strange?

Go, put your records on, tell me your favourite song
You go ahead, let your hair down
Sapphire and faded jeans, I hope you get your dreams,
Just go ahead, let your hair down.

You're gonna find yourself somewhere, somehow.

Just more than I could take, pity for pity's sake
Some nights kept me awake, I thought that I was stronger
When you gonna realise, that you don't even have to try any longer.
Do what you want to.

Go, put your records on, tell me your favourite song
You go ahead, let your hair down
Sapphire and faded jeans, I hope you get your dreams,
Just go ahead, let your hair down.

Go, put your records on, tell me your favourite song
You go ahead, let your hair down
Sapphire and faded jeans, I hope you get your dreams,
Just go ahead, let your hair down.

Oh, You're gonna find yourself somewhere, somehow

03:05 pm: haayyy....
hay nako... i just finished the work given to me, so ngayon, may time ako magmuni muni... and naman! ang mga napagmumunihan ko... :D hehhe

alam ni gem, pero hindi lahat... :D hahah... i love you gem!!! ... and bia!!!

so, what's this all about?! a guy named adrien.. aaayyyyy!!!! shyet... kinikilig ako!!! :)

alam mo yung times na biglang mapapaisip ka na lang about him and yung times na magkasama kayo...my gosh na lang! :) ang saya kasi and nakakamiss, maski may sakit ako, andyan lang siya... making me feel better... making me laugh... tapos hindi mo na nafifeel na may sakit ka. pag nagkikita kayo, maski hindi, he find ways to make you feel special... important... adored...

ang sweet din naman kasi niya... and what a hunk! my gash!
haayyy....miss ko na siya talaga...

10:40 am: a thing called life
Life's too short to wake up in the morning with regrets. So love the people who treat you right, forget about those who don’t, and believe that everything happens for a reason. Know a good thing when you see it, and don’t let it slip away. If you get a chance, take it. If it changes your life, let it. Nobody said it would be easy, they just said it would be worth you while

09:43 am: loving someone...
we can love someone and just be happy about it even if we know that it cannot last forever. it is not about having someone. it is not about owning a relationship. it is just about being happy because you know you have loved someone. there is a purpose and meaning behind all these events and these purpose and meanings develop you as a person and as a lover. whatever relationship you have in your life now, they are precisely the ones you need at this moment

01:34 pm: Love changes you....the way you think, the way you act, the way you decide- sometimes you even go against your principles and beliefs in life. Loving doesn’t always mean that you'll be happy, sometimes it provides you pain and misery yet you are blinded by strong emotions that you begin to fail to see the reality of life itself. Sometimes, letting go is the only answer to be able to remember who you are. It will definitely hurt like hell but you'll soon realize that it’s better to do the right thing.

01:34 pm: working girl
hello to everyone. so, what's new with me... I've recently started my new job as an engagement support assistant in IBM. :) im bored as hell! hello noh, feb 1 pa lang naman ako nagstart so understandable. ok naman yung mga boss ko, friendly sila. Ok din naman yung job mismo. Basically, making proposals and contracts. kakalunch ko lang kaya medyo nagkaroon ako ulit ng energy. :)

Im excited to go out-of-town! lalo na with my friends. :) hehehe... it's been quite a while since i've been out-of-town with them. the last was, i think, subic?! :) heheh... the memories are unforgettable kasi it was wild! and i really enjoyed the trip. so now, excited na excited nako. kaso hindi pa ako nag-papaalam sa mom ko.

bakit ganun and parents noh? maski malaki ka na you still have to ask permission or at least inform them of where you're going, how you're gonna go there, etc. and sometimes, they would treat you like a kid who cant take care of yourself. Yes, they trust you and know that you've grown up but they cant seem to stop themselves from making decisions for you. you know that they love you and dont want anything bad happen to you pero naman! Ok lang minsan kasi you feel that they really love you when they do that. Pero minsan naman nakakasawa na and nakakainis.

anyway, im not ranting, not mad or anything, im just doing nothing that's why i have the time and energy to think about these things. :)

06:07 pm:

Your Life Path Number is 9

Your purpose in life is to make the world better You are very socially conscious and a total idealist. You think there are many things wrong with the world, and you want to fix them. You have a big idea of how to world could be, and you'll sacrifice almost anything to work towards this dream. In love, you can easily see the beauty in someone else. And you never cling too tightly. You are capable of great love, but it's hard for you to focus your love on one person or relationship. You have a lot of outward focus, and you tend to blame the world for your failures. You are often disappointed by the realities of life - it's hard for you to accept the shortcomings of the world.

08:39 pm: happy holidays!!!
LiVe! LoVe! EaT! :) Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!!!!

07:06 pm: Year end thingie
1. What did you do in 2005 that you'd never done before?
~ bury someone i loved

2. Did you keep your new years' resolutions, and will you make more
for next year?
~ I dont really know. What I know is that I try to be a better person.

3. Did anyone close to you give birth?
~ A cousin did, a few months ago.

4. Did anyone close to you die?
~ Yes, my grandfather

5. What countries did you visit?
~ this year? none...

6. What would you like to have in 2006 that you lacked in 2005?
~ Peace of mind, money para makatravel

7. What date from 2005 will remain etched upon your memory, and why?
~ Oct 4, my grandfather died that night

8. What was your biggest achievement of the year?
~ graduating

9. What was your biggest failure?
~ not getting the job that i want

10. Did you suffer illness or injury?
~ not really....

11. What was the best thing you bought?
~ Shoes.

12. Whose behaviour merited celebration?
~ i dont really know

13. Whose behaviour made you appalled and depressed?
~ aside from me, my lola

14. Where did most of your money go?
~ to the bank... :)

15. What did you get really, really, really excited about?
~ First, it was graduation. Then, wokring in a call center and getting paid. After that, resigning! :) Now, parties with my friends

16. What song will always remind you of 2005?
~ You're beautiful -- by...
~ Bad day -- by ...

17. Compared to this time last year, are you:
i. happier or sadder? a lot sadder
ii. thinner or fatter? thinner
iii. richer or poorer? richer

18. What do you wish you'd done more of?
~ spoiled my lolo

19. What do you wish you'd done less of?
~ being selfish

20. How will you be spending Christmas?
~ Eating, drinking, going out with friends

22. Did you fall in love in 2005?
~ hmm.... :)

23. How many one-night stands?
~ Haha!!!!! :P

24. What was your favourite TV program?
~ CSI... a lot actually since i love watching the tv

25. Do you hate anyone now that you didn't hate this time last year?
~ i dont know

26. What was the best book you read?
~ ....

27. What was your greatest musical discovery?
~

28. What did you want and get?
~ i dont know

29. What did you want and not get?
~ :D A lot of things. Ah, the troubles of living in a material world.

30. What was your favourite film of this year?
~ Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire,

31. What did you do on your birthday, and how old were you?
~ I stayed at home. I am now 22.

32. What one thing would have made your year immeasurably more
satisfying?
~ I have no idea

33. How would you describe your personal fashion concept in 2005?
~ nice, pretty, sexy, comfy

34. What kept you sane?
~ prayers

35. Which celebrity/public figure did you fancy the most?
~ :D

36. What political issue stirred you the most?
~ The whole electoral fraud issue/Hello Garci debacle.

37. Who did you miss?
~ My lolo and my friends

38. Who was the best new person you met?
~ ICT peeps! :)

39. Tell us a valuable life lesson you learned in 2005.
~ Life is unpredictable. Live it to the fullest, and love it!

40. Quote a song lyric that sums up your year.
~ i dont know yet