you`re my one and only

Sunday, November 20, 2005
05:01

After Ricky and I signed off of YM last night, I went to the bathroom to pee then I went back to my room to try to give him a call to apologize.

I called his cellphone twice but I couldn't get through. I sat on my bed for several seconds staring at my phone - looking at his landline number, gathering all the courage to call him up. I got enough and hit the call button. He picked up. I said "Hello", he said "Hello", too. Then I said, "I'm sorry" then I heard the phone click. I said, "Hello!" again. And for the second time, he said, "Hello." It clicked a couple more time then the next thing I know he had already hung up. He probably recognized my voice and didn't want to talk with me on the landline.

After that, I called his cellphone again. The connection wasn't good and then I heard his voicemail recording. By then I was already crying ... AGAIN! ... I told him, "I know you probably don't want to speak with me but I just want to say, 'I'm sorry!' Goodbye!" Then I hung up.

I started writing him a letter and thought of sending it through e-mail but I stopped because I'm still emotional ... I know that if I continue writing ... I will just things that I don't mean and I will just regret it later on.

I don't know what'll happen.

Bahala na si Batman!

you make my life perfect-`

Friday, November 11, 2005
07:18

It's now 7:23 AM (11/11/2005) in California. Ricky probably slept in. It was a long day for him and his family yesterday.

I just finished blogging on another account (http://fr13nd5hipz.blogspot.com) and I thought of him again. I wonder

what he has planned for today. Maybe, he'd only stay home. I'm hoping that he'd check this page one of these days so that he'd know that I have him in my mind all the time. I hope I'm in his as well.

It's really difficult being so far away from the one you love.

I miss my BabyKo so much!

you make my life perfect-`

Wednesday, November 09, 2005
05:09

My cousin, Manong Teddy (Donato) is the one the Governor is closest to in my Pops' sister's family. The sad part about it is that he had just died due to a serious illness a few months ago. Therefore it is his younger brother, Manong Steve, is the one we are asking help from now.

It was so happened that it's harvest time again and Steve will be going back to Vigan, Ilocos Norte to supervise their farmers. He told my Mom when they spoke last Monday that it looks like the story, as Driver Rodriguez told the governor, had already been twisted.

He said that he will be going back to Vigan this coming Thursday to harvest. And since that would be the case, he told my Mom to tell my Pops to write a personal letter addressed to the governor to tell him what had happened to to explain that we don't have other sources of income and we're just living by whatever retirement pay he got from being a Dental professor at the College of Dentisty, Univerysity of the Philippines.

We don't know what will happen next, but we are praying hard that the governor will use wise judgement on the matter and consider helping us since it was "his" driver who drove recklessly causing the accident to happen.

As I write, the letter my Dad had composed and printed is already in my cousin Steve's care. He's leaving for Vigan tomorrow and will be hand-carrying the letter to his auntie, who happens to be one of the governor's ex-concubines. We're hoping that she would be able to help us settle this issue with the politician since rumor has it that the latter still likes her.

I feel that what we fear the most is already happening ... not getting what we truly deserve from the accident that took place last Sunday.

you make my life perfect-`

Monday, November 07, 2005
17:11

My Pops wanted to take the kids to Cyberpark, Eastwood City yesterday (11/06/2005) and I suggested that they go to Tiendesitas, instead. I told my Mom that there are more to see in Tiendesitas than in Eastwood and the kids can even ride the Image hosted by Photobucket.com

kalesa (local horse carriage) Image hosted by Photobucket.com

in Tien. She was convinced and she told my Pops that it's where they were going.

When my brother found out that they were going out, he told my Mom to wait for them here at home so that they could come along. Then I said that I was going, too.

Initially, my brother decided on bringing his car since they (his family) plan to go to SM Megamall after showing his kids around Tien. But, my Pops told him to just ride with us since there was enough room in the Revo to accomodate all of us, anyway.

When we were about to leave, my son, Miguel asked my sister to come with us so that we could go out as one whole family, since it was her birthday the day before. So there ... that made it the first time in a very long time that we all were together in an activity like this.

My Pops was the one driving with my brother, Rikki, beside him. In the middle row, seated from left to right were my son, Miguel (10 years old); my nephew, Paulo (5 years old); me then my Mom. At the back, on the left side was my sister-in-law, Lynne and my daughter, Samantha (8 years old). Sitting across from them are my sister, Mel and my other nephew, `R-Chie (8 years old). Image hosted by Photobucket.com

(On the picture above are three of the four kids we were with during the accident: Miguel, Samantha and Paulo. On the pic below are `R-Chie and Miguel.) Image hosted by Photobucket.com

The ride was smooth from the time we left the house as well as when we traversed E. Rodriguez Jr. Ave. passing through Libis. We were running southbound at about 40kph and when we were midway through the four-way intersection crossing Ortigas Ave. the traffic light switched to orange. We could have easily made it to the other side, but there was a blue Nissan Frontier (with license plate XAR 448) rushing westward to beat the red light coming from the east (we found out later on that they came from Cainta). We had warned our Pops about the speeding vehicle but our vehicle stopped too late, the truck was going too fast and we hit its right rear fender. He spun around making a 360-degree turn right after our vehicles collided. There was smoke coming out of the Revo and by-standers even thought that it would explode.

We were all in shock for a what seemed like a long time then my Pops got out of the Revo, shaking, to look at the damage caused by the impact. Image hosted by Photobucket.com

We had two digital cameras and two phone cameras with us but none of us was able to take any picture of the scene immediately after the accident had happened. Image hosted by Photobucket.com

We were just able to take pictures Image hosted by Photobucket.com

while waiting for the police to arive. Besides, the driver of the Frontier had moved his truck to the side of the road (facing the West) Image hosted by Photobucket.com

at once because the vehicles coming from Libis blew their car horns inconsiderately since would weren't able to pass through the intersection anymore.

Before I got down the Revo, I asked my Mom if she was hurt. She said she wasn't, but when I turned my head around, I saw that there were lipstick marks on the VCD monitor Image hosted by Photobucket.com

(The bigger circle shows the lipstick mark and the smaller circle encloses her teeth marks.) attached to the front passenger headrest. I asked to check her teeth and saw that her gums were bleeding. Unfortunately, I still had to ask her to go down so that I could pass to see what I can do to help.

My brother helped my Pops, my sister manned the traffic, my sister-in-law took care of the kids and my Mom crossed the street with me but she was disconcerted so she just stood on one side. I was shaking, but someone had to talk to the driver of the Frontier. It was a challenge for me to stay level-headed as I spoke with the other driver, considering his irresponsibility.

In the 30 minutes or so that had gone by while waiting for the police to arrive, the driver of the Frontier, Luisito Rodriguez apologized to me more than thrice and said that he did not intend for the situation to take place, but when we got to the police station Image hosted by Photobucket.com

(The driver is the one in white t-shirt, to the right of my Pops in this photo.) he made all sorts of lies. When he was asked who owned the truck, he said the owner is Ilocos Governor Luis "Chavit" Singson. However, when the police officer and my cousin checked the name on the registration documents, someone else's name appeared on it. His passenger claimed to the governor's Man Friday. Image hosted by Photobucket.com

I stepped out of the police station when they were already having a heated conversation. The driver called, whom he addressed as "Gov" and spoke in his dialect (Ilokano). To his surprise, my mom is also Ilokano, herself and understood that he told the person he spoke with on the other end of the line that we are the ones who were at fault. My Pops didn't want to name drop but after what the driver had said, he mentioned one of our cousin's name, who happens to a friend to the Governor.

To cut a long story short, we all just went home after they had exchanged phone numbers and agreed to just settle this amicably. But if they will not keep their part of their obligation, then what will happen next will be a different story altogether.

We're all just grateful to God that none of us were seriously hurt.

To all motorists out there, please always remember to pray before you start on a trip. Be a defensive driver at all times because no matter how safely we drive, we wouldn't know what runs in the heads of other motorists on the road.

you make my life perfect-`

Thursday, November 03, 2005
15:04

I got to spend a few minutes with Ghelo at Gloria Jean's Coffees yesterday after work. I had to leave work right away to still catch up with him. He was waiting there with Misyel. He didn't stay long since he was with two other friends.

Ghelo is the one standing in the picture on the right. He used to work at Converygys, too. He was my teammate. Everyone in this picture was my former teammate. From left to right: June, David, Ghelo and Misyel.

I miss the original team members of Team Jade. I wish we could spend time with each other again on of these days. Ruby was not with us during this Team Building activity in Antipolo. HaHa ... like there was any other Team Building after that! Hmph!!!

Team Jade had completely been dissolved about a year after this trip to Antipolo. TL Jade decided to transfer to another account. Ghelo resigned - he's now working as an assistant editor for the ICON Magazine. David transferred to the Human Resources Department and was assigned to the Makati Office. Vhanjo also resigned, he's now working at HSBC. Raven was transferred to another team and eventually resigned as well. Then I got the Communication Coach position. Afterward, June, Mac, Misyel and Ruby resigned. They just resigned last July (2005) June is now with Sykes, Misyel is with Manulife, Ruby is with HSBC in Alabang, and Mac ... Mac ...

Mac? Oh geeze ... I don't know where Mac works now. I'd have to find that out. Hee Hee ...

you make my life perfect-`

i haven't been feeling well these past couple of days ... i went to work today but i felt nauseous the entire day. i went to the clinic to have my BP checked ... the nurse said it was 100/70 ... not bad ... i guess this is nothing more than just fatigue.

i need a break but my supervisors won't allow me to go on a week-long vacation. i want to rest. i NEED to rest ... there that's more like it!

.:sigh:.

worst of all ... i'm missing my babyko so much!

you make my life perfect-`

Wednesday, November 02, 2005
07:52

Just sharing the collage I made about half a year ago. That was before his vacation in May.

you make my life perfect-`

YaY! Baby, it worked after 3 tries. Good thing that there is a FIND function or else it would be very difficult for me to dissect the HTML codes. Hee Hee

you make my life perfect-`

HaH! Finally, I found the skin that I want to use for this weblog. Thanks to BLOGSKINS.COM. I have also added a tag board so that any of you can leave me a message anytime. Click on any of the pictures at the top to navigate. Whew! What an achievement!!!

you make my life perfect-`