http://sugarsitoxic.multiply.com/ enjoy stalking me, my random thoughts, adventures and carefully chosen pictures (with fatness as the primary criterion) ;) Sat, 3 Mar 2012 00:30:04 -0000 Wed, 7 Jan 2009 15:17:36 -0000 http://multiply.com/mu/sugarsitoxic/logo http://sugarsitoxic.multiply.com/ 100 100 http://sugarsitoxic.multiply.com/photos/album/179/2009.01.04_Leaving_Mui_Ne_Last_Night_in_Vietnam Kim enjoyed the beach before we left for our longgg bus ride back to Ho Chi Minh. We had a 1-hour full body massage, sarappp!! Back at Saigon - shopped and ate pho (again!) for dinner at the famous Kim's cafe while waiting for Jaime and Hyun Anh to come back from Mui Ne -they spent the morning sleeping after a whole night of partying and took the late bus home Good bonding w Kim! Canvassed prices and prepared for the last day of ultimate shopping http://sugarsitoxic.multiply.com/photos/album/179/2009.01.04_Leaving_Mui_Ne_Last_Night_in_Vietnam Wed, 7 Jan 2009 15:17:36 -0000 http://sugarsitoxic.multiply.com/photos/album/178/2009.01.03_Mui_Ne_Sand_Dunes_Seafood_Lunch Had a pizza dinner before taking a 5-hour night bus ride to Mui Ne, Vietnam First time to ride a night bus with a reclining bed, ang sikip! Kawawa si Jaime haha! Rest stop had the most unusual bathroom - you had to wear their slippers before going inside, and may gas station pala ang LG! Arrived at Mui Ne at 1am - Kim went straight to bed sa resort, Jaime and I hung out at the beach til 4 and ate pho on the way back, yumm! Spent the next morning going to the yellow sand dunes, white sand dunes and red canyon - ang gandaaaa! Pictures can't justify how beautiful the place was, and the feeling of walking up and sliding down! The Vietnamese kids were really entrepreneurial and kept offering us "ride all day long" rates, they spoke great english too! Had a really late seafood lunch afterwards, we were sooo hungry climbing up and down! And we ate so much - a whole kilo of shrimp wahahaha! Really fun morning - didn't know there was so much to see in Vietnam! http://sugarsitoxic.multiply.com/photos/album/178/2009.01.03_Mui_Ne_Sand_Dunes_Seafood_Lunch Wed, 7 Jan 2009 12:44:33 -0000 http://sugarsitoxic.multiply.com/photos/album/177/2009.01.02_Cao_Di_Temple_tour_and_Cu_Chi_Tunnels 2nd day of touring Vietnam minus workaholic Jaime :P Booked a whole day tour at the famous Sinh cafe/travel agency really cheap, sulit! :) We went to a lacquerware factory with handicapped workers, they made really pretty (but wayyyy overpriced) stuff. Being ultimate barats, we bought the same things at the Ben Thanh Market on our last day (haha nakamura). Cao Di Temple - it was a three hour ride going here, pero super worth it! The place was soooo peaceful, the chanting solemn. I almost forgot which entrance I left my shoes haha! Oh, we were able to take photos with the "high priests" before the ceremony, cool beans! Cu Chi Tunnels - this place needs to market itself more! It was really amazing to here the Vietnam's story of how they fought during the war with the Americans, being perceived as the underdogs. They made so many clever (and really gross) traps, and dug a complicated tunnel system na sobrang nakakakuba and semi-claustrophobic, not for the weak of heart! Kim a... http://sugarsitoxic.multiply.com/photos/album/177/2009.01.02_Cao_Di_Temple_tour_and_Cu_Chi_Tunnels Tue, 6 Jan 2009 10:59:52 -0000 http://sugarsitoxic.multiply.com/photos/album/176/2009.01.01_Saigon_City_Tour_ woke up late after New Year's Eve and walked around Jaime's "barrio" western breakfast at Milwaukee bar, then more walking! *changed dollars to dong and became instant millionaires hehe :) fruit shakes at Juice, then the real tour around the city before dinner at the Refinery - War Museum: really gruesome pictures of the Vietnam War, with replicas of torture chambers - Reunification Palace: where North and South Vietnam (duh) reunited :P - Notre Dame Cathedral: inspired by its French counterpart, apparently Vietnam is the #2 Catholic country in Asia - National Post Office: really pretty place with a lot of clocks, maps, counters and high ceilings http://sugarsitoxic.multiply.com/photos/album/176/2009.01.01_Saigon_City_Tour_ Tue, 6 Jan 2009 10:31:54 -0000 http://sugarsitoxic.multiply.com/photos/album/175/2008.12.31_Saigon_Vietnam_-_Arrival_and_New_Years_Eve_ Woohoo! First trip abroad with Kim! We headed to Saigon for an *ahem* well-deserved vacation and to visit Jaime, the new Nicaraguan-Vietnamese king :p Met some of his expat friends for dinner and random people at the club, with allergies and intense sightseeing for the following days! Happy New http://sugarsitoxic.multiply.com/photos/album/175/2008.12.31_Saigon_Vietnam_-_Arrival_and_New_Years_Eve_ Mon, 5 Jan 2009 15:29:14 -0000 http://sugarsitoxic.multiply.com/photos/album/174/December_Celebrations_ Aladdin's 17th birthday Dinner at Amici's (yummy pizza and gelato!) and cake-blowing at home, green yung flame ng candle, cool beans! Yong's Wedding She was my China roomie in 2000 and eight years after, she's married na! Congrats dear!:) Chua Family Dinner The bestest salmon ever, with turkey (gravy, cranberry sauce, etc), spinach pasta, three bilaos of paella, veggie patties, etc etc etc! Gabe at his super cutest http://sugarsitoxic.multiply.com/photos/album/174/December_Celebrations_ Tue, 30 Dec 2008 07:42:37 -0000 http://sugarsitoxic.multiply.com/photos/album/173/2008.12.26_Amazing_Race_2008 Another year of Amazing Racing! *last year's race: <a href="http://sugarsitoxic.multiply.com/photos/album/103/2007.12.25_Christmas_Amazing_Race_-_Ko_Family_Style#">http://sugarsitoxic.multiply.com/photos/album/103/2007.12.25_Christmas_Amazing_Race_-_Ko_Family_Style#</a> This year, Alan and I did the organizing, and it was the first time a non-relative (Nichel, aka Kim's bf) joined the race! Team 1: Mom, Annie and our cousin Paul Team 2: Kim and Nichel (aka Team Adidas) Different activities all througout the afternoon! 1) Looking for the plastic egg in our Kitchen (Manang had a great laugh) 2) Roadblock 1: Solving a variety of brain teasers (never underestimate Annie. Ever.) 3) Driving to Auntie Angie's new house in QC to deliver gifts 4) Heading to Galleria a) DETOUR: Rest or Play? Both teams chose to ride the crazy boat ride at Tom's World b) Roadblock 2: eating Bibingka, KFC Fixins, Mister Donut c) Shopping for clothes with a 500php GC and wearing the purchases asap d) Giving food to a security guard/bag checker 5) Back home for th... http://sugarsitoxic.multiply.com/photos/album/173/2008.12.26_Amazing_Race_2008 Fri, 26 Dec 2008 09:43:44 -0000 http://sugarsitoxic.multiply.com/photos/album/172/2008.12.22_Christmas_Dinner_College_Barkada our annual Christmas dinner and gift exchange - one of my favorite barkada events of the year where we're all complete and get nice stuff for each other! thanks to adrian for being the organizer of the gift exchange, super kinulit ko siya finding the perfect Hello Kitty calculator for my baby Ongsiy! thanks to hot momma jal also for my new Sennheiser earphones, whee! :D had dinner at Ebisu Japanese Restaurant/Lounge - never going to eat there again haha, buti nalang Christmas since Mic and Lady waited forever for their food. Omakase the best forever and ever! Jack's Loft for dessert and gift exchange - the Akafellas were singing at the atrium while we made plans and guidelines for 2009, followed by our "Getting To Know You Better Questions" started by Jal. Merry Christmas to my wonderful friends! http://sugarsitoxic.multiply.com/photos/album/172/2008.12.22_Christmas_Dinner_College_Barkada Tue, 23 Dec 2008 12:16:37 -0000 http://sugarsitoxic.multiply.com/photos/album/171/2008.12.13_Living_Dreams_Big_Red_Barn Saturday Morning After! Woke up early for the Christmas party of Living Dreams for their kids at Tiendesitas. First time to go to Big Red Barn (kasi matanda na ako huhu). Had fun playing games with the kids, making parols and chasing them all around the place! Karlo dressed up as Santa Claus giving out presents! So have you been naughty or nice this year? http://sugarsitoxic.multiply.com/photos/album/171/2008.12.13_Living_Dreams_Big_Red_Barn Sat, 13 Dec 2008 10:40:29 -0000 http://sugarsitoxic.multiply.com/photos/album/170/2008.12.12_DPC_Sales_Party_Rockwell_After Office pictures at the Special Projects corner :P Pao eating Jollibee, Nelson doing his DSR, me and Sally. Half day lang kaya no one went out on call! Lunch w DPC batchmates at Hotshots Pque (special guest, Em Marcial) Wild Wild West theme at 19 East, ang cute ni Stacey! :P And the four big little Indians winner ang porma! :) Didn't stay too long (translation - didn't get drunk), but had fun catching up w everyone and won pa sa raffle, woohoo! Got to Rockwell early and went to the sauna before meeting up with Lizzie and Morty at Lulubelle. Late dinner and drinks at Cibo, good times with the Normal Group:D Visit Happy's booth pala in her bazaars! http://sugarsitoxic.multiply.com/photos/album/170/2008.12.12_DPC_Sales_Party_Rockwell_After Sat, 13 Dec 2008 10:04:21 -0000 http://sugarsitoxic.multiply.com/photos/album/169/2008.11.20_VIE_Thanksgiving_Welcome_Back_Morty Potluck thanksgiving dinner at Casa David Welcomed Brother Mortel after a four-month stint at Somewhere Holy, USA.Originally only Happy, Karlo and I confirmed, but almost everyone from VIE8 showed up, whee! :) And I knowwww..! Ang bilog na ng mukha ko diba? Tsk Tsk! Back to regular running! :P http://sugarsitoxic.multiply.com/photos/album/169/2008.11.20_VIE_Thanksgiving_Welcome_Back_Morty Sat, 13 Dec 2008 09:49:50 -0000 http://sugarsitoxic.multiply.com/photos/album/166/2008.10.02_DPC_Bowling_Tournament_1st_of_3 DPC Bowling Tournament at MOA. Team Turquoise! Did not do well would be an understatement - 57 first game, 58 second game, huhuhu! Kawawa ang team ko! Pero may next week pa naman! And next next week! :P http://sugarsitoxic.multiply.com/photos/album/166/2008.10.02_DPC_Bowling_Tournament_1st_of_3 Sat, 4 Oct 2008 05:30:02 -0000 http://sugarsitoxic.multiply.com/photos/album/165/2008.09.10_Kims_23rd_Birthday Mostly foodie shots from the yummy food our manang made :P And DQ oreo ice cream http://sugarsitoxic.multiply.com/photos/album/165/2008.09.10_Kims_23rd_Birthday Sat, 4 Oct 2008 05:22:10 -0000 http://sugarsitoxic.multiply.com/photos/album/164/2008.10.03_DPC_Grand_Tam DPC Grand Tam Party after Focus Period 1 Was late after renewing some accounts in Manila - nawala kami at umabot sa North Harbor!!! Fun party at 19 East - Can't imagine living in Sucat/Bicutan/Alabang and having to go on the highway to go to work everyday! Gastos pa sa toll - I don't know how Inca, Dino and Alex did it, braving traffic and sore butts, going from home to Ateneo for four years - the best school talaga hahaha! :P Fun just hanging out and chilling out with work friends, the party started at 2pm and everyone was drinking by 4 hahaha. http://sugarsitoxic.multiply.com/photos/album/164/2008.10.03_DPC_Grand_Tam Sat, 4 Oct 2008 05:09:22 -0000 http://sugarsitoxic.multiply.com/photos/album/163/2008.09.30_Blue_Eagle_Bonfire 4pm sms from Lasallian friend: "Hahaha, wala na kayong bonfire, umuulan!" My reply: "Whatever loser*, champion parin kami! :P" Rain or no rain, I had a great time seeing old friends and just enjoying the celebration. Sobrang maputik and traffic! Kim, Annie, Stef (Kim's friend, not my atsi), left home a little past 7, and it was a real blessing that we had our driver take us there (I wouldn't have gone na if I had to park!) Saw my favorite couple in the world Den and Dino, before meeting up with my barkada for Lady's birthday surprise - (waiting for char to post pics hehe! :p) Pics muna ni Den for now! :) Go Ateneo! :) Back-to-back yan next year! ;) *term of endearment lang namin, I'm not THAT mean hehe http://sugarsitoxic.multiply.com/photos/album/163/2008.09.30_Blue_Eagle_Bonfire Wed, 1 Oct 2008 12:42:45 -0000 http://sugarsitoxic.multiply.com/journal/item/80/The_Three_Most_Difficult_Things <br>Someone once said, "The three most difficult things for a human being are not physical feats or intellectual achievements. They are, first, returning love for hate; second, including the excluded; third, admitting that you are wrong."<br><br>Is it possible for the rose to say, "I will give my fragrance to the good people who smell me, but I will withhold it from the bad"? Or is it possible for the lamp to say, "I will give my light to the good people in this room, but I will withhold it from the evil people"? Or can a tree say, "I'll give my shade to the good people who rest under me, but I will withhold it from the bad"? These are images of what love is about. <br> http://sugarsitoxic.multiply.com/journal/item/80/The_Three_Most_Difficult_Things Sun, 17 Aug 2008 12:58:02 -0000 http://sugarsitoxic.multiply.com/journal/item/79/From_Inca_-_The_Sacrament_of_Waiting for hyper impatient people like me :P<br><br>--<br><br><b>The Sacrament of Waiting </b><i><b>by Fr. James Donelan, S.J.</b></i> <p style="text-align: left;"><font color="#204063" size="2" face="Helvetica"></font>&nbsp;</p> The English poet John Milton once wrote that those who serve stand and wait. I think I would go further and say that those who wait render the highest form of service. Waiting requires more discipline, more self-control and emotional maturity, more unshakeable faith in our cause, more unwavering hope in the future, more sustaining love in our hearts than all the great deeds of derring-do that go by the name of action.<font color="#204063" size="2" face="Helvetica"><br>Waiting is a mystery—a natural sacrament of life. There is a meaning hidden in all the times we have to wait. It must be an important mystery because there is so much waiting in our lives.<br>Everyday is filled with those little moments of waiting—testing our patience and our nerves, schooling us in our self-control—<i>pasensya na lang</i>. We wait for meals to be served, for a letter to arrive, for a friend, concerts and circuses. Our airline terminals, railway stations, and bus depots ... http://sugarsitoxic.multiply.com/journal/item/79/From_Inca_-_The_Sacrament_of_Waiting Sun, 17 Aug 2008 12:06:29 -0000 http://sugarsitoxic.multiply.com/photos/album/162/2008.07.30_Jals_24th_Birthday_Surprise the title kinda implies that it's our 24th time to surprise Jal, but the smarter reader knows better :P after weeks of intra-barkada e-mailing (excluding jal, including rj) and planning, the surprise went off well - walang nagbuking! yey! :) But parang mas nagulat pa si rj! Yummy Bizu cakes and Cibo pasta/pizza + great company = a great Saturday afternoon :) happy birthday jal! f4 forever! http://sugarsitoxic.multiply.com/photos/album/162/2008.07.30_Jals_24th_Birthday_Surprise Mon, 11 Aug 2008 13:29:14 -0000 http://sugarsitoxic.multiply.com/photos/album/161/2008.08.03_Happy_14th_Birthday_Fernandina Happy Birthday to the youngest Ko Kid :) We're 10 years apart, but the age gap isn't really evident haha. Spent the morning with Annie and Dad collecting the kids' moolah at the annual Liatsan Family Association gathering (Alan was taking his upcat exams) Lunch at Chilis' (postmortem - won a 500gc for leaving my calling card at the fishbowl, woohoo!) Watched the Ateneo-UST game live! We won! Dinner at home, cakes cakes cakes galore! Still haven't gotten Annie a present, I sense a shopping spree coming! :) Happy birthday to my beautiful http://sugarsitoxic.multiply.com/photos/album/161/2008.08.03_Happy_14th_Birthday_Fernandina Wed, 6 Aug 2008 14:29:47 -0000 http://sugarsitoxic.multiply.com/photos/album/160/2007.07.24_The_Happy_VIE_House Reunion dinner for VIE 8, post morty mortem - we miss you Bubbles and Jaymee! Ironically, most of us became corporate turncoats, but our time will come, wahahaha! Welcome back Tamara, our honorary VIE person. Thanks Happy for hosting us at Quatro Cabildo, and everyone else for a great time! http://sugarsitoxic.multiply.com/photos/album/160/2007.07.24_The_Happy_VIE_House Sat, 2 Aug 2008 14:26:17 -0000 http://sugarsitoxic.multiply.com/journal/item/77/Time_Love <br>Once upon a time there was an island where all the feelings lived; <br>Happiness, Sadness, Knowledge, and all the others, including Love. One day it was announced to all of the feelings that the island was <br>going to sink to the bottom of the ocean. So all the feelings prepared <br>their boats to leave. Love was the only one that stayed. She wanted to <br>preserve the island until the last possible moment. When the island was <br>almost totally under, Love decided it was time to leave. She began <br>looking for someone to ask for help. Just then Richness was passing by in a <br>grand boat. Love asked, "Richness, Can I come with you on your boat?" Richness <br>answered, "I'm sorry, but there is a lot of silver and gold on my boat and <br>there would be no room for you." Then Love decided to ask Vanity for help who was passing in a beautiful <br>vessel. Love cried out, "Vanity, help me please." I can't help you", <br>Vanity said, "You are all wet and will damage my beautiful boat." Next, Love saw Sadness passing by. Love ... http://sugarsitoxic.multiply.com/journal/item/77/Time_Love Sun, 22 Jun 2008 13:56:44 -0000 http://sugarsitoxic.multiply.com/video/item/19/Thriller I wasn't born yet (ata) or a was still a teensy-weensy baby when the movie first aired (unlike some oldies out there hehe *wink*) but I remember Jennifer Garner dancing this in 13 Going on 30, and it was really different seeing the prisoners perform this live instead of in You Tube - I love the bida! Super energy and smile! http://sugarsitoxic.multiply.com/video/item/19/Thriller Sat, 21 Jun 2008 11:03:26 -0000 http://sugarsitoxic.multiply.com/video/item/17/JUMP_CPDRC_Prisoners_Dance_ I'm super energetic and peppy so I love this performance! Too bad there were too many people in the viewing platform and all the bosses were telling us NOT to jump along http://sugarsitoxic.multiply.com/video/item/17/JUMP_CPDRC_Prisoners_Dance_ Sat, 21 Jun 2008 10:14:45 -0000 http://sugarsitoxic.multiply.com/video/item/16/Cebu_Prisoners_-_Sister_Act_June_2008 Super entertaining! ... Thank you Lord for giving us the opportunity to watch these amazing people. It made me think beyond myself and my usual selfish concerns, and be touched about how these people in the most lonely and deflating situation can make something so beautiful http://sugarsitoxic.multiply.com/video/item/16/Cebu_Prisoners_-_Sister_Act_June_2008 Sat, 21 Jun 2008 10:00:51 -0000 http://sugarsitoxic.multiply.com/photos/album/157/2008.06.12_DPC_Kickoff_Party http://sugarsitoxic.multiply.com/photos/album/157/2008.06.12_DPC_Kickoff_Party Fri, 13 Jun 2008 17:18:03 -0000 http://sugarsitoxic.multiply.com/photos/album/156/2008.06.12_Cebu_Provincial_Detention_and_Rehabilitation_Center Woohoo! For our 2nd day in Cebu, DPC brought us to the CPDRC to watch the dancing inmates (the same ones in YouTube) perform! Sobrang astig and galing talaga - I was speechless of how disciplined, committed, and positive they were in their performance. They danced for two hours, and everyone was just awestruck by their talent and how they've turned their lives around through dance. Sobrang humbling talaga - that we have every freedom available to us, yet still complain, while on the other end of the spectrum, they have the least resources and freedom, but are still able to pull off something so amazing. Wow. We went downstairs after the performances to take photos with the inmates, I had a photo taken with the warden who conceptualized and developed the entire dance phenomenon, as well as the stars of the original Thriller video! :) ps uploaded my own videos in YouTube! Have a look - cute ng Sister Act and Jump (I think that's the title http://sugarsitoxic.multiply.com/photos/album/156/2008.06.12_Cebu_Provincial_Detention_and_Rehabilitation_Center Fri, 13 Jun 2008 16:47:27 -0000