Graduation

I was so excited to be on stage to receive my diploma that day:)

Its been 4months since my graduation and I just got hired last week in a Japanese company. I'm very thankful for all these blessings bestowed upon me. So what happened to my graduation day? March 25, 2011. I've worked so hard for so many years for this day to come.

We are the happiest!This is for you Mama:)

My companion and bestfriend, Iane. We made it!

W/ my bestfriend's Mom & cousin. One my favorite shots of that day!

My photographer & my boyfriend, Jan.

Thanks for the photos!

I'm gonna miss you guys! Godbless us all:)

Mom cooked my favorite dishes for dinner. We celebrated that day long. We even have a photoshoot later that evening. I just don't have the copies here. Thank you Lord for guiding me throughout the way. I could have never reached this far without you. To the unending support of my Mom and family, i'll forever thank you. To my photographer and boyfriend Jan, thank you for capturing moments I'll forever cherish of that day:)

i miss my bestfriend

I can still remember the first day of college life, anxious as I was, I stayed outside the room before my first class. Then a familiar face approached me,none other none Mariane Alicaya Bajenting - my highschool classmate/schoolmate. We were only classmates during our first year in highschool. I was so happy knowing we took the same course and had the same class schedule. Meant to be huh? :)) It was then the beginning of a friendship I'll treasure for a lifetime. Honestly we have some indifference but I'm glad to say we were able to work it out. Throughout college, she was my everyday companion. It was only on Sundays we don't see each other. At school, aside from Andrea and Angeli, we don't mingle with other classmates that much. We have our own bubble space that we keep only to ourselves. Even the people around won't even try entering it, its like there's a caution that stops them from trying. I'm not saying we were like mean girls, we just want to keep it that way. I'm not also saying that we don't talk to them,we do and we did, but after that we're on our own again. If you think it was boring because there are only the two of us, you're wrong. We shared the craziest jokes and the biggest laughs. There was never a dull moment with my bestfriend.

After college, here we are, trying to find and establish our own careers. Speaking of careers we had a plan of working in Singapore and now she's making it a reality. I know she will. As for me,I know I'm going to make it real too. I don't know exactly when yet but I'm getting there. I guess I need to be a little patient at this point.

I miss my bestfriend. Summer has taken us a little farther from each other. I miss being with her everyday and the non-stop laugh from Talamban to Colon after school. My college would never be the same without you Mariane! I'm so grateful I have you in this lifetime:)

I pray our friendship will not end as school ends. I'm wishing it'll be more like our laughs, continuous and never ending:)

what do you want to be when you grow up?

when i was younger,people would asked what I wanted to be when I grow up. I would gladly answer them I wanted to be a teacher. But people change and our perspectives in lives do too as well as our wants and our dreams. When my family moved here in the city and I have my aunt who's working in a bank, I said to myself someday I'll wear that uniform too and work in an office. Then the clock continued clicking until I graduated from college last month April 25, 2011 and here I am, asking the same question. What do I want to be? this got me thinking. I'm an IT so I should be working in an IT company where I can use and practice my skills. But is this really the thing that I wanted? I was surprised to know that I am not sure to what I really wanted to do.This is what I wanna find out, what I wanted to be now that I'm a grown up facing reality.

Valentines Day

Since it's V-day I had my font color red.nyahaha Anyway, to tell you frankly, this is my first, my veryfirsttttttt, as in firsssssst valentines day celebrating with a boyfriend.hihi :)) I don't know what to expect. Flowers?Chocolates?Dinner for two?I don't wanna expect either since its from expectations where disappointments emerge. So I decided to clear my mind and stop thinking what might come for this day. So that morning I went to work and when I saw my chair, I smiled:) I saw something red and flowery.hahaha Sorry I can't help it! My smile reached my ears when I saw how lovely the chocolate-paper roses made by my boyfriend

I'm not yet done, the vday that was supposed to be a stress-free day became a stressFULL day because of work. Jan cheered me up by treating me to lunch @Canvas in Ayala Terraces. Then we met after school and end the day with a movie marathon @my place with my brother and cousin Lot.

Thank you for a memorable valentines day Jan!

Iloveyou:)

P.S. Made the blog a month late because of school work and busy schedule:)

the december surprise

I don't have any idea what will happen in this day since everything will be a surprise according to Jan. I have been bugging him about the whereabouts but he won't say a word. No choice, I waited. And here it is.

-Breakfast @starbucks-

To start the day we had breakfast at starbucks. He told me too meet him there 8am. I was 15 minutes late (i guess) A cup of hot chocolate and a Chocolate Toffee Nut Loaf greeted me as I arrived . I did not expect the gifts which according to Jan: good things comes in three.

wonder what's inside!

Sorry for the messy hair :p Here i am trying my best to open the well-wrapped first gift. Guess what's inside?

-first gift-

Ferrero in three varieties!
Ferrero Rocher, Ferrero Rondnoir and Ferrero Garden(Coconut). The second and third are new to me and yes I was so excited for them to reach my mouth.haha F. Rondnoir tastes heaven-like. The third is a half almond coated with coconut flakes(tastes like coconutey!).

opening the second gift with a smile :)

-second gift-


nothing more I shall say but yum!

I dont have any picture while opening the small round gift which I thought was a chocolate. Ring came into my mind but I said to myself it was impossible. and when I opened it..

-third gift-

hahaha
It's not what you think, there was no bending-on-one-knee. Since he couldn't find a pendant for the necklace he gave,this ring was used as one. the blue stone at the center was originally my birth gemstone which was Amythest. I lost the stone so he replaced it with the blue stone which was from the cellphone accessory he gave me in our 1st monthsary. :D

Games followed @timezone

Lunch @Bigby's


Imax: Tron

Imax @SM is super duper cooooooL! a must-watch :D

Then it was followed by a lovely dinner @Marco Polo. Now this is the date I see in movies where couples eat in a lovely restaurant. hahaha Honestly, never once had I imagine myself to experience as such but it was fun and something to cherish:)

This is how happy he is when he gets to eat his favorite Japanese foods! I can't stand it but he ate a plate filled with sushi :))

enjoying my meal:)


-POD5 FINALE-


After dinner we headed to pod5 and sang at the top of our lungs! hahah

P.S. :
Thanks Jan Michael Sanchez for this day. You never failed to surprise <3

chocolate array

LOOK!

This is the first chocolate Jan gave me. I can still remember it was a Saturday during my mom's birthday when he secretly placed this on my bag :)

Lindt's Swiss Thins

First monthsary chocolate. These are thin, delicate squares that melts in your mouth and really tastes good. It comes in a lovely silver box and there's also a gold box that contains dark chocolate which I am looking forward to have a taste. *big grin*

Chocobloc Lait

Second monthsary chocolate. This chocolate actually looks like the famous Toblerone but the latter is much sweeter than this and of course its delicious.(As what chocolates are for me)

Ferrero Rocher

One of my favorite chocolates that I can't get enough of is ferrero. It is consist of a whole roasted hazelnut encased in a thin wafer shell filled with hazelnut cream and covered in milk chocolate and chopped hazelnuts and walnuts. yum!

Ferrero

Third monthsary chocolate. Ferrero Rocher. ferreo ronduior which is the dark chocolate(a-must-taste!), and ferrero garden.

Lindt Swiss Thins

(dark chocolate)

Finally finally! hahah third monthsary chocolate still.soooooo chocolatey!

P.S.: Yes I am a chocoholic but that doesn't mean I eat all kinds of chocolates. There are also a number of them who are not on my list and I'd rather not mention them here. I'll try my best to update this post with my latest chocolate journey tasting:)

50 things you should know about me

1. I'm 4'11 1/2 but I tell my friends i'm 5feet tall.haha (i wish im taller)
2. Once I like a song, I play it over and over again for a week. The next week - I rarely listen to it.
   
3. Chocolate addict.
4. I think a lot.
5. I'm dying to go to Italy and eat pizza & gelato.
6. I love the rain.
7. I can't sleep without my long pillow.
8. I cry myself to sleep every-time I miss my dad.
9. I love surprises.
10. I wanna be a chef and have my own restaurant.
11. I love seafoods!
12. I keep it to myself whenever I'm hurt and secretly cries alone.hahah
13. I'm not that patient.
14. I change my mind easily.
15. I'm such a loser with making decisions - even picking which color of the dress I should buy.haha
16. I'm not good with promises.
17. I hate pets particularly cats and dogs.
18. I'm afraid of heights.
19. I went to shotokan karate class before and got a blue belt so don't mess with me.hahah
20. I hate tomatoes but I love them when with scrambled eggs.
21. Only a few people call me "Maria".
22. I call my father "Tatay" -not daddy, papa or dad.
23. I love wearing yellow I don't know why.Its not even my favorite color. haha
24. When I was a kid, I can't get out of the house without wearing pjs. Even to the beach I still wear them haha
25. I love strong winds.I close my eyes and open my arms wide so the wind could kiss my cheeks. haha
26. My name should have been Fideleza Joy not Maria Arlyn.(still I love my name)
27. It takes 3-5 clothes of changing before I can decide what to wear.
28. Music lover(preferably classic).
29. Too much cheese/butter makes me sick.
30. I'm the eldest girl in the family.(Mother's side)
31. I'm scared of the dark.haha
32. Cockroach is my enemy.
33. I love reading.
34. Shakey's spaghetti and garlic bread is the best!
    
35. My brother is the person in the world who can drive me mad. He knows how to piss me even to the smallest things.
36. I was addicted to westlife back when I was in gradeschool.haha
    
37. There's only a few strands of hair found in my head when I was a baby. haha
38. I cry easily.
    
39. I don't know how to swim.
40. I'm a frustrated cook.haha
41. Dunkin's choco wacko and iced coffee is my fave.
42. Forgetful. haha Low memory :))
43. I shut my mouth when I'm annoyed.
44. I had a teacher before who pronounced my name as "arlen", since then my bestfriend Mariane calls me this way.
45. I enjoy watching movies alone.
46. I was born in Bantayan Island on a Wednesday night.
47. I used to think 5 seconds means 5 minutes when I was a kid. haha
48. "The Ugly Truth" - the first movie I watched alone in cinema.
49. I can't stand cigar smoke.
50. It took me several days to complete this post.haha

Finally done! I had a hard time completing this because I can't think much about my likes and dislikes. Does this mean I don't know much about myself? O.o I guess having to write 50 is quiet enough :p