Mikaela's Moon

Clockwise from left: Alice, Lailing, Kiu, Chou Seng, me and Raymund in Dome. My high school classmates from SM Sri Mawar, Miri, Malaysia.


Drinks after dinner along Bukit Bintang, Kuala Lumpur.

My family at the entrance of the Petronas Philharmonic Hall, Kuala Lumpur.

Raymund and me with the Petronas Twin Towers behind us.

A lot has happened since my last entry. Our house is looking great, more cozy now. We bought curtains and stuff for the kitchen.

Raymund celebrated his 31st birthday last May 10. It was his rest day, but he went to the office and worked for about 4 hours. We met up ion Glorietta and we watched "Poseidon". We went to Robinson's Galleria and bought ice cream, then headed off to his brother's house in Vista Verde, Cainta. His siblings were there. I finally met my new godson, Peewee (real name Jose Angelo Delmendo Jr.), Bebz's youngest child. His mom arrived later that night. It was fun just being around his family. Everyone was teasing me about having my own baby since I was always carrying Peewee. Ate Joy and and Mommy Menchie were giving me all sorts of tips so that I can get pregnant. I felt like I was gonna explode when Raymund told me (as he was lovingly stroking Peewee's foot) that he wanted to have a baby girl soon. ARRGGHH! I felt like crawling under the sofa.

Raymund and I joined my family in Kuala Lumpur last May 19-22. We went to the Petronas Twin Towers, Aquaria and National Zoo. We didn't get to sightsee much because my siblings were food poisoned. I got LBM on our third day there, and it was terrible. I met up with my Malaysian classmates after 11 years. It was great! Most of them changed a lot. I used to be the skinny one, and now I was the fattest one. Damn. It shocked me that ALL of them are single until now. Oh well. They're pretty busy with their careers anyways. I was really touched that they went through so much just to see me. Lailing travelled 6 hours on a bus from Singapore, and Kiu and Chou Seng spent around 2 hours on the plane from Miri to Kuala Lumpur. They arrived in the Dome restaurant straight from the airport. Thanks so much guys!

My dad bought me a new phone for my birthday in June. How sweet! I have a blue Motorola V3x now, and I gave my old Nokia 2100 to Ate Joy (Raymund's older sister). Thanks Papa!

Melot, Raymund's brother, celebrated his 30th birthday at his house in Cainta, complete with catering last May 28. It rained though, so we didn't get to eat dinner till around 7:30pm. Sugar was drunk. Hehe. The guests placed eggs, flour, margarine, and mayonaisse on his head as a sign of good luck (and revenge). Melot was the one who started this yucky birthday tradition. Payback time indeed. Check out the pics in my Multiply site.

Raymund and I watched The Da Vinci Code on its first day, May 18, before our trip to Kuala Lumpur. I enjoyed it. It followed the story from the book, with minor differences.

Yesterday, we watched the X Men III: The Last Stand in SM North Edsa. I loved it! Jean Grey was gorgeous! Too bad so many people died. To those who haven't watched it, don't leave right away. There's something to look for AFTER the credits. It's worth the wait, promise.

He went shopping yesterday. He bought a new Timex watch, a book about leadership by John Maxwell, and two Parker pens (we have identical pens with our names engraved on them). Cool! Finally went grocery shopping. I'm gonna cook his favorite later.

I'm currently reading "Daughters in Sepia" by Isabel Allende, as insisted by my mom. She's a huge fan of the author nowadays. I think she just bought a new book by the same author. I plan to read my dad's book, "The Holy Grail and the Holy Blood" by Michael Baigent, Richard Leigh and Henry Lincoln. It's a really old book. My dad bought it in 1992.

Wow, that was a really long entry, to make up for my laziness to update. That's it for now.

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I filed for a one day leave on May 4 so that I can rest. I've been to 2 outings last week and I needed to sleep. I went online that day and chatted with my batchmates from PeopleSupport, Kate and Mark. We decided to meet up in Robinsons Galleria at 4pm. It's been 2 years since I last saw them!

I arrived in Galleria at exactly 4pm, and then Mark arrived minutes later. We planned to watch Mission Impossible III. I only agreed because it was Mark's treat. Hehe. We didn't get to watch that movie scheduled for 4:40pm, because Kate arrived at around 5:24pm! Late late late! So we decided to watch Slithers because there was a 5:30pm slot. Mark had to leave at 7pm, so we had to watch a diff movie other than MI3. I fell down the stais inside the cinema. Yes, embarassing as it may seem, it's true. It was dark...and I was wearing my new shoes, and I was just plain clumsy. I have a big bruise on my right knee. Sheesh. The movie was a joke. We kept laughing at that Air Supply song...guys, DON'T watch that movie. It was finished by 7pm. Mark left, and Kate and I had dinner. She had work at 9pm, so we didn't get to chat long. We agreed to meet up again, and it will be in my house. I promised I'd cook lunch. I missed you guys! Great to see you again. Let's have our lunch soon!

Raymund and I went on a "date" last Wednesday, May 3. I had work Tuesday night till 7:30am, and got home at around 8:30am. I was surprised to see he was already awake. It was our rest day and we had planned to go out. I thought we were gonna go out AFTER I got some sleep, but unfortunately that was not the case.

We went to Gateway in Cubao at around 10am, and we watched Mission Impossible III. After that, we had lunch and then we went shopping! Yey! I bought new shoes from Mendrez. I didn't plan on buying that, but they were so cute and Raymund liked them so much. I'll take a picture and post it here. Hehe. After that we went to the Converse shop and I found this cute purple top. Sigh. So much for saving up my money! We went to SM Cubao and shopped till we dropped. Literally. We bought curtains, steam iron, utensils and an oven toaster. Whew! But it was worth it. When we hung up the curtains in the living room, the whole house looked really cozy. We got home at around 6:30pm, so I didn't have sleep for 24 hours! I was soooo tired that day.

Raymund finally got our passports, so Kuala Lumpur here we come! I'm so excited to see my Malaysian ex classmates. We plan to meet and have dinner. We haven't seen each other in 10 years!

Last May 6, I helped the new batches with their calls, which we call "floorwalking". There were 17 of them, and it was their second day in their "nesting" stage. After logging out at 3am, our team, Masters Inc., had our weekly team meeting. Then we joined the new batch where they discussed their calls for the day and we gave them some tips. Out team manager Mike E. also gave out awards. I'm proud of myself. I was the number agent for the month of April! I was the only one who met the 3 KPIs (Key Performance Indicarators: AHT, CSAT and QA) last month. I was given a certificate of recognition and P500 gift certificate. Wow! I'm gonna treat myself to new shoes!

I've been so busy the past week. I went to 2 different outings in 3 days! Lol.

April 28, I joined Raymund's team's outing in Pulilan, Bulacan. We left at around 8:30am from Robinsons Summit in Makati. I was so sleepy coz I had a shift till 3am and I slept in the sleep room for 3 hours. We arrived in Taps Resort at around lunch time. Had a delicious lunch of chicken tinola and tilapia. Went for a dip. The water was so refreshing! Raymund didn't sleep at all. After the swim, we invaded the videoke! Lol...

Anyways, it was fun hanging out with his team. They were all guys, so it was great laughing at their craziness...and drunkeness...Hehe...Hi Wayne! =p

We went back to Manila on Sat morning. It was lunch time when Raymund and I got home in Kamias. Sooo tired. Had work that night. Fell asleep at work.

April 30, Sunday, I went to Laguna with my PeopleSupport friends: Nicole and her family, Wacks and his family, and Mic. Again, I didn't have any sleep since I had work Saturday night. We went to La Vista Pansol in Los Banos. There were a lot of poeple but it was ok. Kudos to Nicole for preparing the food and drinks!

Heavy traffic on our way home. It was 11am when I got home, and Raymund was waiting for me. Finally had a ood night sleep. I was sooo tired and sooo burned! Geez...i can camouflage myself among trees...hehe.

Check out the pics from my Multiply site.

My team at work planned to go to Splash Island last May 3, but it didn't push thru since a lot of out teammates won't be able to join. On May 19, Raymund and I will be flying to Kuala Lumpur to meet up with my family. Wow, my summer calendar is really full!