DecemBrr BlogMas Day 9 : Baby Macey & Star City

Most anticipated day... first it was Macey's Christening, and second, we went to Star City!

This is my happy day!

DecemBrr BlogMas Day 8 : This Is My Unlucky Day

Left home at around 3pm to buy some gifts for Macey's christening.. but it took a lot of time for me to look for a paper bag for the gift.

When I was on the way home, the trike that I am riding suddenly had a flat tire and he dropped all his passengers and didn't even bother to look for an another trike to transfer us. Argh!

DecemBrr BlogMas Day 7 : Christmas Party Party!

It has been a hectic day, but today is our Christmas party.. finally our video has been approved.. and sadly, we lost in the competition, but I wholeheartedly congratulate the winners since they really deserve it.

Ayi and Me

Gemma and Me

Also, I am so happy for winning the Star of the Night award! Yahoo!

Thank you po for this blessing!

DecemBrr BlogMas Day 6 : Thursday Madness!

Today is Thursday and it has been two days since we secluded ourselves, me and Sir Red for the video editing.. and unfortunately, it isn't approved yet! Keeping our fingers crossed until tomorrow! Aja!

DecemBrr BlogMas Day 5 : Looking for Flowers

Had a hard time looking for flowers for our presentation, and after almost an hour of looking.. I found some artificial flowers that can be passed by as roses.  Thank God! Otherwise, we won't have props on our presentation.

DecemBrr BlogMas Day 4 : Tuesday Rehearsal

It is our last day of rehearsal for Friday's presentation with Micah... and I really admire her patience in teaching us the dance.

Thanks Micah!

DecemBrr BlogMas Day 3 : Nihongo Last Day

It's our last day for our Nihongo class.. and the fun way to bid everyone farewell is... BIG 30 PIZZA!

Thanks Sensei Maribelle!

DecemBrr BlogMas Day 2 : Mani-Pedi Day

Got loads of video editing to do today.. but unfortunately the video editor software was not reading the file format...thus I ended up having my nails done courtesy of Ate Joy who had been constantly taking care of my nails for the past few months.

For my toes, I had Revlon in 360 Ocean while on my nails, I had Chic's Neon Yellow... and I posted this same pic on my instagram with the status "metallic and summer."

DecemBrr BlogMas Day 1 : Dress To Impress!

I finally got hold of my dress for Friday's (December 7) Christmas Party.. and here's a sneak peek!

This is gonna be the shade that I would be wearing ...I would be keeping the over-all look a secret until the 7th!

Decem-Brrr!!!

It's December!!! And I want to greet you all a Merry Christmas!

...hmmm

a Decem-BRR BlogMas??? Watchathink?  I got the idea of BlogMas from Ingrid of missglamorazzi of youtube wherein she has a VlogMas every December. :)

NovemBlog Day 30 : SALUDO ako sa HERO!

Started the day by going to SM Sta. Rosa to pay my SmartBro bills, and the shopaholic in me unfortunately triggered, and I end up buying that VS Curling Iron and Straightener in 1.

Also, I looked for a video editing software, but the one I downloaded can't read mp4 format, probably because it was a trial version.

At around 6pm, I went to Nuvali to watch the SALUDO concert featuring 6cyclemind, Iya Villania, Nina and Bamboo.

I enjoyed the night, and had a close encounter with "the" Bamboo! Wuhoo!

...and the exciting part? We were at the VIP seats!

NovemBlog Day 29 : November Last Working Day Til We Dance The Night Away

It is the last working day of the month.. and tomorrow is a holiday! ...and holy cow! We finished our practice  for the Dirty Dancing presentation at 11pm.  Gladly, we already completed the routine.. GO GO GO! We can do this guys!

NovemBlog Day 28 : Nihon-GO!

Earlier in the afternoon, we had a meeting with the owner of Jabic, and unfortunately, we (me and Jam) the worst news for the day... we had to perform a Japanese song during the Christmas party.  Thus, we ended up practicing during the 5:30-7:30 class. :((

NovemBlog Day 27 : Dance The Night Away!

We had practice for our Christmas presentation til 10 pm... and we haven't completed the routine. :(

NovemBlog Day 26 : Monday Madness...nah!

It's Monday.. and guess what??? Me and Sir Rhed totally forgot all about the videos...damn! And he is absent right now... What are we gonna do???

NovemBlog Day 25 : Makati Haul!

Pa, Ma, Me and Karen (my cousin) went to SM Makati to buy new stuffs for Christmas.  Fortunately, I was able to buy a blouse, a dress and a pair of shoes, which seems weird since it is my 2nd pair in a week's time.

NovemBlog Day 24 : SM Dept. Store Haul!

Had fun shopping with my cousin today.. and wasted almost 40% of my salary in almost 2 hours! Tsk!  Will show you the stuffs I bought once I have time to take the photos.  My favorite buy??? Revlon Just Bitten Kissable in Darling Cherie. :)

NovemBlog Day 23 : Zumba-Ding Day!

It's Friday and it is Zumba day.. to cut all the stories short, we are FINALLY improving! Wuhoo!  Our today's accomplishment? 9 songs with 2 breaks! Bring it on!

NovemBlog Day 22 : Dance Dance Dance!

I thought we were gonna finish the entire routine tonight... but hell no! Hahaha!  It was our first time to REALLY practice and gladly Ogasawara-san was there to learn the routine with us.

We really need to start rushing things since we only had almost 2 weeks left! Aja!

NovemBlog Catching Up!

I have been a week delayed on my posts.. so I am catching up tonight! Wish Me Luck!

NovemBlog Day 21 : A I U E Ohayou!

Honestly.. we are too lazy to attend this class.  You know why?  Because ever since from the start, I, personally doesn't have any interest in learning the languange.. probably because I think that there's no need to learn about it.  It sucks that we are spending our every Wednesday this past few months just because of this class... it really sucks!  I just can't wait for the last session. Hmp!

Gotta go!  I need to pack my things for tomorrow's practice. :)

NovemBlog Day 20 : Practice!

We had our very first practice for our Christmas presentation today.. and based on my assessment.. we still have a loooonnnnggg waaayyy to go!  Good luck to us! Aja!

Another practice coming our way on Thursday.

NovemBlog Day 19 : MondaaaayyyY!

It's monday.. and it is the start of the work week... and I hate mondays! hahaha! We were supposed to have a practice for our Christmas presentation but it was cancelled...yey! Too lazy to practice.. hahaha!

I miss Jona and going to the mall with her. :((

NovemBlog Day 18 : Weekend Haul!

After watching Ingrid's video about the stuffs in her shower, I decided to go out and buy the long overdue shower rack that I needed in my bathroom.. unfortunately, I could not find any within the area (I shopped at Paseo De Sta. Rosa & South Supermarket) but I was lucky to buy a few things.. :))

..actually they were quite a lot!  So I will take my time to tell you about these things.  Also, I would like to clarify that I just got excited on these things, and I was not paid to advertise it.  Another thing is that, this is my first time to buy these products, as I said, I just got excited and I just wanted to try it out.

SWISH Breath Spray in Arctic Chill and Peppermint Fresh - Honestly, before, I really don't like the feel of using a breath spray.  I had the first taste of it way back in college and I really hated the feeling.  For me, it seems like someone just sprayed a pressurized hose filled with eficascent oil on your face.. but it always amazes me everytime I see someone using a breath spray... it just gives me a feeling of freshness.  That's why I always try to experiment on using different types of breath sprays since I had a terrible experience on my first try.  So I when I saw this, I literally hoarded the two types, the Arctic Chill and Peppermint Fresh.

SWISH Mouthwash in Arctic Chill - For the longest time, I had been using the different brand of mouthwash so upon seeing this item, I thought that I should try another brand so I got it.

pH CARE Intimate Wash in Shower Splash - Compared to the mouthwash, I have always been using the brand pH Care but I have always used the green one which is the Cool Wind one.  And I think now is the best time to try the Shower Splash.

ASIAN SECRETS Benkoang Indonesian Whitening Soap - I've never been a fan of whitening products but due to my laziness in bringing or using an umbrella under this tropic weather, this has resulted to an uneven skin tone on my arm area, that's why I decided to use some whitening products just to even out my skin color.  So I am trying out this new product in the market which is Asian Secrets and to try out this Benkoang Indonesian Whitening Soap since it has Moisturizing Olive Oil, because commonly, whitening products tends to make the skin dry that's why the label caught my attention that it moisturizes your skin.

ASIAN SECRETS Lulur Indonesian Whitening Scrub - And to have a very satisfying result from my reason of buying the item above, this next product should also accompany the whitening soap, which is the body scrub... which will also helps in the exfoliation of my skin.

REJOICE Creambath Rich Straightening Treatment - To those who really know me, knows that I don't go to the parlor for hair treatment, and my mom is the one who cuts my hair and I do the treating.  I have always been using Rejoice as my hair product and when I saw this one, I decided to try it out since I also needed I hair treatment product because I just finished using a container of my Watson's Hot Oil treatment cream... and knowing that it is Rejoice I can assure that I would love using this product.

REJOICE Anti-Hairfall Conditioner - I think this is one of the newest addition to the Rejoice Conditioner line.. and I should definitely try it out.

OLAY Hydrating Moisture Daily Renewal Bodywash - I have always used either the Johnson's Body Bath or the Safeguard Bodywash, but when I was at the supermarket and was literally smelling the different body wash products, this one really caught my nose... it really smells good and I can't wait to try it out... tomorrow!

Toothbrush Container - I need a toothbrush and toothpaste container for my stuffs at the office... and this definitely solves my problem... and it's cute!

BENCH Sweet Serendipity Shower Gel - Honestly, it was the colors that caught my attention, and when I smelled it, I loved it!

BENCH Sweet Serendipity Body Lotion - I was really planning to buy a hand cream that I can keep in my bag or leave on my office drawer, and just like the shower gel, the packaging caught my attention, but when I smelled it.. I fell inlove with this body lotion.  It reminds me of Victoria's Secret in Endless Love.  It smells good but definitely a lot cheaper.

That's all folks! Hopefully I could do a review on the items above as soon as I start using them. :))

xoxo

zxiello

NovemBlog Day 17 : Too Lazy To Move!

It's Saturday and I am not feeling well.. still recovering from being sick last week, and this cough really sucks!  It is literally killing me.. :(  I wanna go out.. but I can't! Damn!

I was supposed to attend the Red Cross Millionaire's Run but it was cancelled, and rescheduled on February.  I just stayed at home.. and I am too lazy to do anything... even writing a blog entry, notice the date I wrote this entry?  That is how lazy this day is!

NovemBlog Day 16 : Zumba!

It's Friday and it's Zumba Day today!  Nothing more to say, but here's a picture of the students before the Pilates and Zumba session.

Sorry but I cannot share any video regarding our Zumba session since the program is exclusive for the students. :)

Haul!

Bought new stuffs during my Market Market and Serendra experience.

Here's what I bought at Banana Peel Market Market.. slippers!

I also bought the pink Blue Magic pouch on the next picture at Market Market, together with the things I bought at Power Books Serendra--Archie Comics and Daycraft planner for 2013 in pink!

I really enjoyed strolling at Serendra since the ambiance is like at ATC.

Can't wait to explore more of Serendra on my next visit. :)

NovemBlog Day 15 : AR(rrrr)TICLE again!

Remember my NovemBlog Day 12 post about the article?   Well, I have to do another two today since we need to report the feature on the Manila Bay Clean-Up Run last July 15 and the Run, Ride and Roll for Pasig River last September 30.

I am now being frustrated as a writer! hahaha! ...but I am lovin' it!

NovemBlog Day 14 : at St. Luke's Global

I was running late when Kuya Mariano picked me up at Caltex Paseo at around 8:20 am to go to St. Luke's Medical Center in Global City, Taguig for the Symposium on Labor Laws Critical to HR Practitioners.  Luckily, I arrived on time after he dropped me off at around 9:15 am at the hospital lobby.

It was my first time to go to that prestigious and world class hospital--and I am in awe on how beautiful it is... imagine, stepping into the hospital which was named as one of the 25 Most Beautiful Hospitals in The World.  The lobby was totally grand and it was like being in a five-star hotel abroad.  It is equipped with the latest technology in medical world, health and wellness center, as well as the perks that you may need if you would be staying (i hope not because of illness) in the hospital for a period of time.  The idea of having a National Bookstore in the building simply amazes me.

Unfortunately, we had to start at around 10:00 am, around 30 minutes delayed since the speakers were also stucked with the normal C5 traffic.  I will have a separate entry on the items discussed since it was a day-long symposium with different topics so I better save it for another entry.

The seminar ended at around 5:10 pm and my dad picked me up and we went straight to Market Market since he and his officemates will be having a meeting, and I took the chance to roam around Market Market and Serendra during their meeting.  We got home at around 10 pm and I was really tired to update my blog, that's why I am a day delayed on this post. :)

NovemBlog Day 13 : I Can Smell Christmas

I forgot to tell about the meeting we had last November 12 regarding our Christmas Party preparation, and in relation to this, I prepared the bulletin board as teaser for the upcoming company event.  Our theme is all about The Oscars and it'll be a red carpet affair.  I just forgot to save a copy of the banners that I made but I will surely share this to you guys. :)

NovemBlog Day 12 : AR(gh)TICLE!

Today is the deadline for the Yabane entry as well as the article for our company's global news.  Thankfully after rushing everything.. I was able to submit two entries.  It was supposed to be three entries however, the quality of the pictures during our fire drill was not that good so I ended up submitting about the Mangrove Planting as well as our participation during the Pink Run.

I got the feedback in the afternoon, and guess what??? My entry regarding the Pink Run was chosen to be featured for the Yabane's new edition, this is in preparation for the upcoming sponsorship run of our head office in Osaka this coming Januuary. :)

I'm going to post the screenshots as soon as I have a copy of my articles.

NovemBlog Day 11 : My Bag + Make-Up Bag

So what's inside my bag?

..how about my make-up bag?

I hope you enjoyed the video.. since it's my first time to vlog. :)

NovemBlog Day 10 : Sick!

I had been sick since the night before, with severe headache and tremendous cough.. I think my lungs and throat would just burst out any moment.

Since our Christmas Party is coming up in a few days, we had a meeting last Thursday and we were assigned to do Dirty Dancing.  So what I did was.. well.. watch and study the film, and get some ideas on what are we going to do.

That's what happens when you are sick and can't go out on a weekend.

NovemBlog Day 9 : Managing Conflict and Dealing With Unacceptable Employee Behavior

Too much for a title right?

Today, we (Mhy and I) attended two very interesting seminars at the Asian Institute of Management.  It was a running joke for the both of us that we were selected to attend this seminar not because we came from the HRAD Division but probably we were the conflicts that they need to manage, as well as the employees with the unacceptable behavior.  Haha!

The first seminar was How To Manage Conflict and Confrontation.  The speaker was Dr. Virgel Binghay.  He was a very animated speaker, however, since the seminar was only on a half-day schedule, it became fast paced in the latter part.

Since we would be attending two separate seminars, it just means that lunch is not included.  So, me and Mhy walked our way to Greenbelt and ate our lunch at Reyes Barbecue, since it is the only fast food that doesn't have a long queue of hungry people like us.  I ordered Burger Steak, while my companion ordered Bangus Belly.  We both had a large iced tea to quench our thirst.

We need to go back to the venue at around 1:30 pm so we still had time to roam around Greenbelt, that's why we had the chance to look into the Mango store.  I was thinking of buying a new wallet/coin purse and Mhy was convincing me to buy matching dresses.  We agreed to be back to the store after the seminar since it was almost 1:30 pm.

I was quite impressed with Coach Randy Esguerra who led the seminar on How To Deal With Unacceptable Employee Behavior.  He made it quite easy to understand by relating the topics with athletes as well as making it relate-able.  I would love to attend other seminars with him as the speaker since he was quite generous in giving examples as well as making the crowd alive since it was held in the afternoon which was siesta time.

Photo Courtesy of Randy Esguerra's Facebook Account
www.facebook.com/randyesguerra

Coach Randy finished his talk at 5:00pm and as soon as the Q & A portion was over, me and Mhy immediately worked our way outside the building.  Since the venue is in Makati, and we will be heading our way back to Laguna, we need to leave the place early to avoid the Friday rush.

Catching Up!

Since my laptop crashed last Thursday and it took me over a day to repair it.. I'd be catching up on my blog posts today. :)

NovemBlog Day 8 : Crashed!

Today was definitely a busy day.. everyone cramming, and I guess everyone was in a bad mood.  We were rushing things.. especially those that are For Signature since my boss will be leaving for Japan and will be back after two weeks.

I wished that I will be spared by the bad vibes... but no! Currently, I am writing on my netbook and it is one of the hardest thing for me since I find it hard to manipulate this thingy because of its size...  you know why I am using this one? Because my great ol' laptop crashed! :((

I'll just make kwento about our long overdue Blue Corner adventure.. when I get to fix my laptop.

NovemBlog Day 7 : Manic Wednesday

Everything went by so fast today, and I was wondering how was I able to accomplish these tasks.  On the first half of the day, I finished some articles for Yabane and had a meeting with my fellow HRs for the Christmas Party.  During the meeting, we planned the possible program that we can do as well as the groupings for the much awaited Christmas buwis-buhay contest.

Me looking very tired during my trip to DOLE

On the second half of the day, it started when I went to DOLE Laguna Office to submit the requirements that were discussed from yesterday's Kapatiran meeting.I left the office a few minutes after 1 pm and reached the DOLE office in Calamba at around a quarter past 1 pm.  After 15 minutes, I was done and was immediately on our way back to office.

My tired feet

Upon arrival, I was immediately involved on the interview for the receptionist position and the good thing is that we found Ace's (current receptionist) replacement.  Finally!  Also, a funny thing happened during the course of the interview of the applicants, one applicant forced-open our 2F Office door which was installed with an access system.. darn! She almost destroyed the door! Tsk!  Thankfully, Sir Rhed was able to fix it before our dear boss finds out.

We also had some Nihongo classes today and we spent the session preparing for the upcoming recital.

So much for now.. see you bukas!

*** I am blogging everyday this whole month of November!!!