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On Doing the Deed Or Not

What stage in a relationship do you think two people should be at before they start sleeping together?

I am bored here at work and I was looking for a good topic to blog about since my life has been pretty monotonous the past few days. There's nothing really worth blogging besides my birthday and the youth camp last weekend. Anyways, I guess the question above isn't really bounded by any rule unless 1) you are sfc, 2) you value your virginity, 3) scared of getting pregnant.

My "very-SFC" answer would be after marriage. Sex should only be for those who are bounded by marriage and it should only be with your husband or your wife! No extra marital sex! Always be faithful to your life partner.

Now for my non-sfc answer *hehe*... I guess when two people agree on taking their relationship to another level, like to a more serious commitment to each other, then they could probably sleep together. Again, the key there is that there should be a relationship AND a commitment! I know... easier said than done. I know we're only human and sometimes our body rules over our logic and morality. But then, that should not be an excuse to be promiscuous. So what good does it do for the relationship? 1) it builds trust and a deeper connection to each other, 2) you try to please and satisfy each other, 3) you make each other feel better because it releases stress. Now, I am not justifying PMS. It's up to you if you're both ready to share yourself to each other... literally!

Lunch Date Anyone?

Yesterday, there was an all-hands meeting and a thanksgiving luncheon here in the office. Everybody from the whole department including external employees (which includes me) were invited. Before the meeting started, I was talking to an officemate who apparently, reports directly to the FI lead (the older guy whom my teamlead wants me to date). We started talking about how many dateable men there are in the whole department because I kept complaining that the goodlooking men here in the office are either married or gay. There's barely any single, straight and good enough looking men. Haha. And so we did the counting, we only ended up with 5 possible bachelors. Yay! And then we started talking about her FI lead whom she thought was the best candidate for me to date! Haha. Geez! Now there's two of them pushing me to date this guy. Ngyahahaha.

Around 9AM this morning, the lead came to my cube...

Him: Hey homie.
Me: Yes?
Him: There will be food later for lunch at the training room. You can just go in there and get some food. It's around 11-2PM.
Me: Oh ok. Thanks. *while grinning from ear to ear*

Around past 12PM, I haven't taken my lunch because I was obsessing about finishing my KT presentation for next week. The guy came to my cube again...

Him: Hey *insert my name here*.
Me: Yup?
Him: There's pizza at the training room. You might want to get your lunch there.
Me: Ok. I'll go there in a minute.

Did he just invite me to lunch? He did not invite the person next to my cube and the other one next to the one beside my cube. It's just funny because there's been a lot of occassions where there was food at the training room but this is the first time that he actually invited me. Weird?! Is he stalking me? How did he know that I haven't eaten lunch? Haha.

Geez! If he wants to date me, he better just ask me straight to my face instead of making excuses to go to my cube and see me. Hahaha. This guy's funny. Oh btw, I just found out how old he really is... guess???? Well, he's way older than I thought! As old as my mom! Hahaha. He's 49 already. Yikes!

Pimp Your Ride

I've been doing a lot of googling (is this even a term?!) about forced induction in cars. One of the factors that affect engine performance is the ability "inhale" as much air and fuel mixture into the engine. The more air you can get into the the engine, the better the performance you can get out of it. Much like inhaling air into our lungs, if we are breathing correctly, we are able to run longer without having to stop to catch our breath therefore improving our running performance. This is where the force induction concept came from. Essentially, a turbo unit uses a compressor whose fan is used to pull air on one side and push it to the other. The air is compressed and is sent out to the engine. Turbocharger provides you more power out of a smaller car engine without the added weight and inscreased gas consumption. Turbochargers are more efficient than superchargers because it uses "wasted" energy as its power source.

Not that I am planning to use Kimi (my 2003 Lexus IS300) for racing but I guess pimping him with a turbocharger would be so cool! With all the newly installed speeding cameras here in Arizona freeways, I guess it would be more difficult to do drag racing but who knows right? I might as well make my F1 racing dream come true. Haha. Check out http://www.turbochargerpros.com/ to find the most compatible turbocharger for your car.

702 Phone Conversation - Part 2

My office phone rang again this morning. Yup... it's a 702 number again.

Me: You are violating the rule again.
Him: I know. How was your household?
Me: It was fine. We ended around past 9 but we took our time having dinner so I still got home around past midnight. Why are you calling me again?
Him: Oh, I just want to make kulit.
Me: Someone's trying to move on you know. And you're not helping me here.
Him: I know. I just want to make kulit with you.
Me: Why are you violating the rule? Were you even listening?
Him: Yeah. I know. So are you having coffee?
Me: Yup. Working on my 2nd cup. Geez... We should not talk. Do you want me to find you somebody else to make kulit?
Him: No. You don't have to. *goes on talking about something else*

Hayyyy... Welcome to my dysfunctional lovelife. Why does it have to be this difficult? He's not helping me here. Really!

The Difficult Part in Moving On

Around 3PM my office phone rang and displayed a 702******* number. 702 is area code for Vegas, btw. After 3 long rings, I finally decided to pick-up.

Me: Hey! Why are you calling me?
Him: Nothing. I just miss hearing your voice.
Me: Awww... you're not supposed to call me. You are violating the rule we talked about.
Him: Do you want me to wake you up tomorrow?
Me: No. You're not supposed to do that remember?!
Him: You have household later this evening right?
Me: Yup. You are still violating our rule. You should not be calling me.
Him: Where will the household be?
Me: At Madel's down south in Gilbert. You know I should not be talking to you. Why did you call me? You miss me noh?
Him: *Laughs and goes on talking about something else*

Hayyyy... How can you forget someone who still keeps on calling you when you agreed not to talk to each other? Well, I should have not answered his call in the first place. Hay tanga! Mind over heart... repeat after me... mind over heart, mind over heart. I should let him go and move on. This is going to be tougher than I thought.

What Happens in Vegas, Ends in Vegas

Seems like there won't be any part 3, part 4 nor any other episodes for the entry "What happens in Vegas". Tsk, tsk, tsk. The past few days have been a whirlwind of ups and downs. The downs got intensified exponentially yesterday. Hayyyyy....

I think I am a magnet for guys who are allergic to commitment. This is the third heartbreak within this year. *Yeah... not my year.* It pains me to lose someone who's grown important to me. Three months of talking every single day is something! I talk to him more often than I talk to my own mom. Geez! I've heard a lot of negative things about him but I still gave him the benefit of the doubt. I still put myself naked out there, very gullible, just so I would find out who he really is. I guess that's the way it is. Oh well, he's probably not the right one. Hayyyy...

It's amazing how fast God answers our prayers. Sometimes it's not the answers that we want Him to give us but they're definitely what He thinks is best for us. I am not questioning the answer that He gave me. It's more of I am trying to make myself accept that path that He wants me take. Since the day that I met the special friend, I have always prayed about it and just lifted that relationship to Him. I guess there's really no easy way of letting someone important go but if He wills it, who am I to question it? Right?! I know that God does not give us challenges that we cannot overcome. All we have to do is to just trust him and surrender all our worries, fears and pains to him and I know he will make everything ok.

What Happens in Vegas Part 2

When I arrived Phoenix last night, I immediately called the special friend. It was about past midnight in Phoenix.

Him: I was amused with you awhile ago during mass
Me: Why?
Him: You were playing with the kid at the church. I saw you making faces. Were you even listening to the homily?
Me: Errr... nope. Haha. I like kids.
Him: You were just amusing.

Hayyy... I think I scared him.

What Happens in Vegas Part 1

For some reason, people think that since you are in Vegas, it's alright to do stupid things. I meant, get drunk, gamble, flirt with strangers, pick-up some girls, etc. There's something about this city that makes you feel it is a norm and justifiable to do things that you don't usually do. Well, it's not called sin city for nothing.

I really had fun in Vegas. And I do mean F-U-N that I didn't want to leave and go back to Phoenix. Haha. I think it was a good decision that I stayed in a hotel rather than stay at the special friend's house. At least I got to spend quality "alone time" with him and find out who he really is.

As opposed to what most people think about me, I am very easy to please. I find joy in the simplest of things and random gestures of kindness from other people. Before I came to Vegas, the special friend and I have been talking about some plans on what to do when I get there. I mentioned one time that I wanted to bring home taho (yes! TAHO!) from Chowking (yeah, we dont have chowking here in phoenix! Pathetic!) because I am so craving for taho. When I was just getting off the plane after it landed Vegas, the special friend called me and told me that he's already waiting at the baggage claim area. I didn't believe him. But when I saw him waiting at the baggage area, I was impressed. Gee! I guess he was excited to see me that he was already there even before my scheduled arrival time. Haha. Anyway, when I got inside his car, a cup of hot taho was waiting for me on the passenger seat. Awwww... it melted my heart. Babaw! Haha.

I have always believed in seizing the day and just being vocal about what I feel especially telling those special people to me how much I love them and care for them. This time, for some unknown reason, I held back. I wanted to tell him that I am falling for him but I did not. I got scared. When he started a conversation about what recently happened to us... the intimacy and stuff, I was the one who changed the topic and told him, let's not talk about it. That was not so me! hayyyy... Am I scared of falling in love now? Of commitment? Of getting tied down? Of getting hurt again? I don't know. I am confused. Hayyyy....

My New Addiction

After the shoe addiction, I started hoarding jackets... autumn and winter jackets to be exact. I brought most of it here in Phoenix and I got about 15 of them. Knowing the hot weather here in Phoenix, I only get to wear them like 3months maximum in a year. And then I started buying perfumes. I would wear a different scent everyday but I do have my favorite perfume which is D&G Light Blue. Few months ago, the perfume episode has subsided but I developed a new addiction... guess what?! Check the photo down here...



Make-up brands that I have been hoarding lately are as follows:
- Lorac
- Urban Decay
- Smashbox
- Bareminerals
- Purminerals
- Estee Lauder
- Sephora

Geez! I know! I should not be spending on these stuff but then everytime I visit ULTA (a make-up store), my new favorite store, I always end up spending 100++ bucks on the goodies. Yay! My beautifying stuff ranges from $15-$60 a piece! Double yay! Oh well... I hope this addiction wears off soon.

High Resolution Blog Photos

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I’ve been browsing through this website and I found some awesome photos of Europe. It reminded of my side trip days whenever we get deployed in Finland for work. One of the places that I promised myself that I will go back to is Paris. I hope the next time I go there, I have somebody special to travel with me and just adore the beauty of the Eiffel while drinking coffee under the summer sun. Awww…

Donut Chronicles

Remembered something funny... last friday I was sort of all dressed up when when I went to the office. Well, it's not like I wore a dress. It's just a nice party top unlike my usual friday washday get up of t-shirt, jeans and sneakers. Anyway, I went to the cube of my supervisor and it just so happens that the FI lead (the older guy who's being set-up with me by my supervisor! haa!) is making rounds, offering everybody in the team some breakfast donuts from Dunkin' Donuts. He stopped at my supervisor's cube and offered me and my supervisor donuts. I checked the box but I didn't like the donut flavors left. The conversation went something like this...

Me: Awww.. I don't like the flavors left. Thanks!
Him: Oh ok. You look nice today. You have a hot date tonight?
Me: Haha. I wish!
Him: Oh you really look nice.
Me: Thanks!
Supervisor: *Just stares at us with a nasty grin during the whole conversation*

Couple of minutes later I went back to my cube and started working. The FI lead arrives at my cube with another box of donuts.

Him: Here's another box. Probably you want something from here.
Me: Wow! thanks! *grabs a boston cream donut*
Him: There you go!
Me: I'm so special... free delivery! Thank you!
Him: *smiles back and leaves my cube*

Funny right?! Is this guy trying to hit on me? Unfortunately, I am too dense to even figure out if he is trying to drop some hints that he wants to date me. Hahaha.

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Age Does Matter!

The other week when I just got back from Manila, my boss came over here in Arizona on his way to LA driving his truck. Our conversation went something like this...

Boss: Are you seeing somebody here in AZ?
Me: Nope. I'm not even dating! The other day, the client was browsing through match.com trying to find me a date. And then the other week, my teamlead in *insert client company here* is setting me a date with the bachelor lead of FI team.
Boss: You should date him. It's only a date.
Me: No. I don't want to. He's too old.
Boss: How old is he?
Me: Around 40s.
Boss: *Silence and stares me in the eye* That sounds like me and my wife.
Me: *Changes topic and starts talking about work* =)

My boss' wife was 29 when they got married and he was already 43. Hoookay... too much details can kill. I better learn to shut up sometimes. Haha.