It's now or never: 02/2007

Feeling ganda ko naman (^o^)v - 2/27/2007

Hahaha ... isa pa nga ....

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The AI fanatic in me - 2/23/2007

Based on what I have seen so far, here's my top 6 girls:
1) Melinda Doolittle
2) Lakisha Jones
3) Jordin Sparks
4) Sabrina Sloan
5) Stephanie Edwards
6) Gina Glocksen (or Leslie Hunt)

As for the guys, here's my top 6 (but honestly, I would prefer to have more girls than boys in the top 12 this season):
1) Chris Sligh
2) Blake Lewis
3) Brandon Rogers
4) AJ Tabaldo
5) Rudy Cardenas [update: eliminated :( ]
6) Nick Pedro

Labels: AI

It’s American Idol season once again! And I am rooting for Ms. Doolittle big time. I enjoyed her during her auditions. I loved what I heard in the Hollywood round. And now I am simply in awe of her.

Go Melinda!!! It is your time to shine.

(Other favorites: Lakisha Jones, Jordin Sparks, Chris Sligh and Blake Lewis. And because he is a Filipino, I am also hoping that AJ Tabaldo does well.)

Labels: AI

Killing time... - 2/22/2007

The things you do when you're bored at work
1) Make a birthday thingy guideline requested by an admin colleague
2) Make a budget
3) Blog

I have been racking my brains for an interesting topic to write about the past 2 hours but I can't come up with anything good. Is that how boring my life has become? Maybe … or maybe not.

Eventhough I have been sick, the past weeks have been quite exciting. I went skiing not once but twice. Yeah baby, that's two weekends in a row. The first ski tour in Nagano was with Japanese Peace Child group which I have been joining since 2003. There were a lot of first timers from our company so I sort of acted as one of their ski guides.

The second ski tour was organized by my former manager in IBM/Lenovo. It has been almost 2 years since I left; so it was nice to see again my sempai and the other people I worked with after a long time. Well, I got sick after the first ski tour; but being sick did not stop me from going up and down the slopes of the beautiful ski resort in Gunma.

It's really quite exciting to see first timers learning and liking the sport I have grown to love. I can still remember the first sukamod/subsub I did getting off that scary lift, the frustration I felt because I could not stand up after falling without having to remove my skis first, the scare I felt going down the slope because my skis seemed to have a mind of their own and wouldn't slow down no matter how wide my V stance had become, and the first prayer I said hoping that someone would pass by and help me stand up from an awkward frog-like pose. Aahhh…the joys and pains of skiing; who wouldn't get addicted to that?

I am still no expert but I am a beginner no more. I still fall down sometimes but not as often as before. I still do the V stance but not as wide as it used to be, and yes, I do the parallel stance now from time to time. And this time around, I was the answer to somebody's prayer. Isn't that cool?

Labels: winter