"Are you ready for Season 6?"

A quote taken from Cat Deeley, host of the "American Idol counterpart show", from a commercial that I've seen lately in AXN Asia. This is So You think You Can Dance on its 6th season which will start tonight, Jan 25, at 9PM on the said cable channel. Its a reality dance show which showcases the best of America's dancers and revealing at the finale America's favorite dancer. He or she must be the most versatile dancer ranging his fields not only to his specialty but to the least genre that he could ever imagine. Some to mention are Hiphop/Krump, Contemporary, Pop Jazz, Ballroom (Samba, Rumba, Tango and the like), Bollywood..an so on...

Although I already knew who was the winner for this season (yes, we are always late in broadcast..except for American Idol..well that's good to hear), it's still a different feel if you see each of their performances choreographed by msot renowned choreographers in the world, to mention some, Mia Michaels, Wade Robson..etc. Well it's gonna be one hell of a good season just like the previous ones..and just to give you a clue..the winner is a Krumper (hiphop style)

Pokemon Addict!!! not me but her...

I remember writing down a blog before in my Multiply account about Pikabellechu, a 32 year old lady who holds the title holder for Guinness Book of World Record. she was featured in the 2009 Gamers Edition of Guinness Book of World Records for having the most number of Pokemon collectibles, up to 8000 in number...

I was shocked the first time i read this news..surprised and amazed for the devotion of this girl in collecting every Pokemon merchandise you can imagine..and i call myself a Pokemon fanatic? huhuhu

And this is what I want to have, and she has this one too..it's called a Pikabug.. =)

A series of reunions.. (after 10 years..huwat??)

December is the month of the year where reunions and homecomings are very common. It has also been a tradition for me and my classmates in college to do a simple gathering and have a Christmas party of our own. Of course it has only been 2 years since we graduated from college, so most of us still has our contacts with each other. We had our small party @ Mavi's place last December 30, played Pinoy Henyo til midnight (haha nerdy game i guess) but it was fun.

Prior to that, SJHS, my high school, had it's alumni homecoming last Dec 26 in which I attended with my former HS classmates. The day after that we had our runion party @ Korean Grill Bar. My 3rd year adviser, Lota, and Broden (school director, cool!) were there too..


It was a first time for my grade school classmates to decide that we should have a reunion too. Even with only a few of us were there, it's a good thing that we have decided to meet up. There were really big changes, and all of us are professionals no. I can still remember us before, kids which used to play tag or hide and seek during recess period, and laughing at our angry teachers everytime we do our "kabalastugan" inside the classroom..well it's reasonable, we're kids then. Aizel and Patricia went home from Manila so it was a good timing for us to do a simple reunion.

A Merry Xmas indeed..

(This blog was created way back Christmas day 2009..)

I had the most wonderful time of the year this year..it's a bit redundant since it's Christmas and the song says it is the "most wonderful time of the year". After 3 years, the whole family got to eat Noche Buena again together since my dad went home after long years of work in Saudi (he will be back there but not so soon).

My dad called me up a week before Christmas that he will have his flight back in Bacolod via Dubai direct to Cebu City last Saturday Dec 19. He arrived early morning of Sunday (which I was at work) so we met up in the afternoon. That afternoon was also the first time after a few years that the whole family had a day out (ate at Pizza Hut and had family grocery ..last time i remember our family had grocery was way back when I was in grade school hahaha)

Another thing happened, and that is she came to my life..no need to explain she knows how much I love her..It's the best way to end the year hehehe =)

Escapades in Cebu and Bohol

The last quarter of 2009 was the months of travel, food and fun for me, Edzel and Janah..not too mention expensive too..but we never get to worry..we are rich and famous as they said hahaha

First stop during the last week of October (24th to 27th to be exact) was Cebu and Bohol. This is actually the second time I had been in these places before (Bohol way back in 2000 - I was on my 6th grade when I joined a national science workshop and Cebu in 2007 during the regional finals for Groove and Move). but this time I just went there with friends to have a short break from the stress world of our jobs.

Most unforgettable for this trip was our Skywalk experience at the highest tower in Cebu which is the Crown Regency Hotel and Towers. It was a first time experience, expensive but worth it. some places we went to were the historical Magellan's Cross and Colon Street, Mactan Island's Lapulapu Shrine, IT Park and hotel hopping (Waterfront, Hilton, Microtel), and the Taoist Temple.


oh..and I forgot to mention..MOOON Cafe..best food..yum2x

Next stop was Bohol..it's almost 9 years since I went back to that place..but nothing changed, Bohol is still a very beautiful island especially with the Chocolate Hills around (one of the possible Wonders of the World). I have to meet my cutest brothers too..the Tarsier..i really missed them..After arriving, we had lunch in Loboc River's floating restaurant and an overnight stay in Bohol Beach Club. Before going home to Bacolod, we had our final stop in Dumaguete just to have a quick breakfast..don't wanna go home on an empty stomach.

It's time to ice the enemies: Mafia Wars!!!!!

Quoted from Wikipedia.org: " Mafia Wars is a multiplayer browser game created by Zynga"..."The game revolves around doing and mastering jobs in order to earn cash and experience, with the goal of establishing and advancing one's criminal empire. Players create mafias by recruiting players and using reward points to hire extra mafia members. Social networking sites such as Facebook, MySpace and Friendster allow players to recruit from within their network of friends to build their mafia and fight against other players. Players can also improve their stats by visiting the Godfather or making a micropayment."

I've been addicted to FarmTown before (take note, "have been")..and I mentioned that everyone is into Mafia...well I ate my words hehehe I am currently working on leveling up my Fearless character in the Zynga game of goons and guns.

well what interest me the most with this game is a RPG game..you have to level up, allocate skill points with your basic attributes (HP, energy, attack, defense, etc) as most RPG games are. Special events also happen once in a while especially during holidays and special movie releases. three classes are introduced in the game FEARLESS (faster regeneration on stamina for fights), MANIAC (faster energy regeneration for jobs) and MOGUL (fast earners, money thirsty players).
I'm currently working on my level 200+ Fearless character. And I'm happy to say I already finished the New York City Tier jobs..haha might be easy for some players but it was a struggle for me, honestly..took me about 3 weeks to finish only one tier (Boss level..each job only gives 1% mastery..and there are 12 jobs in one tier..whew!)

I'm also a member of Chizborjer Gang, an all Filipino group in which we update each other with what's new with the game..

We'll still rise from the ashes

Phoenix - a legendary/mythical bird which is said to have the power to resurrect itself after death, burnt into ashes and will rise for a new life

Considering a job after college was a difficult one for me. I am a registered nurse but pursuing my profession as early as now may not sound practical . So I resorted to everbody's favorite job as of the moment, a call center agent.

I became a TSR for Teleperformance Accenture account way back July 2008 and was blessed to be included in a team which is the cream of the crop for the account "Team Phoenix". The team had been performing well ever since, even before I came in the group. I really felt intimidated entering the team because of the top performing agents I was with (some I can name Riza Valladolid, Salvador Fontanoza, Shun Llera, Albert Ignalague, Timothy Ferrer, Carlo Rasmo). I was really a newbie that time, such a pain in a butt when it comes to stats..felt guilty the first time we haven't got the no.1 spot because of the few 0 surveys I contributed to the team..sorry guys hehehe. But what's important is the motivation my supervisor, Daddy Jimmy de Jesus, is giving me everyday to do my best. and guess one, I made it on top too.

We all know that Daddy Jimmy has a magic to keep the team alive and kicking. Some may wonder why he is so laid back but this team are kicking asses on the floor ,that everyone sees our team as one of the best there is. He became a good adviser, mentor and of course a father to the team, that's why everyone calls him "Daddy".

Now as a team, we were tagged as "pasaway", "reklamador", "isog", some may even think we are "tikalon", but none the less it was proven that wherever you are on the account, it would still be your teammates who will defend you all the way. The team made me feel I had a family at work, which motivates me to work??? wrong..haha VTO kag extended gid ya..hahaha..it's always fun when you guys are around.. there is a chemistry with our group and that magic that Daddy Jimmy is doing to keep the team strong.

Now as what Tim said, change is constant, and Daddy Jimmy is always telling us that this day would come. And indeed it came, Daddy is on another team, we have a new supervisor, everyone has their emotional moment due to this great change that we are involved with. Team Phoenix had been my first team on the floor, Daddy Jimmy as my first supervisor...so this was a really great impact for me. Even if I was informed about this news when I was still admitted in the hospital, I never failed to share my emotions with Daddy Jimmy (that time ga text kami, and he knows my sentiments) Well nonetheless, right now some of us and I hope all of us will get over with it. We have Ms. Lunette as our new sup and she's fun. It is quite true that we must adjust to her as she is also adjusting to us.

No matter what the name of the team is, no matter who we will be with in the future, no matter who will be our superiors at work, as long as we keep the fire burnin' within us, we will still be the same team that people are looking upon as the BEST! The team name itself is obvious, we might go down, but definitely will rise again from the ashes and be reborn. Team Phoenix..we are Number 1!