Every Nation Sydney Christmas Party

Will miss these people so much, especially the sweet kids! =(

Beautiful Sydney

As I've said in my blog (link), being here in Australia has capped a year full of answered prayers. I truly enjoyed my stay and I think it's now time for me to show the beautiful sights of Sydney. So bad of me for posting these after being here for 2 & 1/2 months already. Melbourne sights were even shown first. Hehehe.

BBQ Day

Had a very stomach-filling bbq afternoon at Tita Carm's house in Bonnyrigg, Sydney with Filoz (Fil-Aus) officemates. Super saya, super sarap food and super busog! Pinoy na pinoy kwentuhan and tambayan. =)

Who's The Boss

Opening credits from the show that I really, really, REALLY love! it's showing here at foxtel's TV1 and i am everyday looking forward to going home to watch it. hehe. one thing i love with australia is the availability of old tv shows in dvd. i just bought my all-original Who's the Boss Season 1 for $12! such heaven. =) this will enable me to watch the show even when i'm back in singapore. i know guys loved to watch this show as they saw alyssa milano grew up as a very beautiful woman (she was in the show when she was 10-18 years old).

Trivia: Alyssa Milano's picture was used to create the character Ariel in Disney's the Little Mermaid. =)

Family Picture 2003

Melbourne Weekend

I love, love, love Melbourne!!! =) Kristine was right when she told me I'm going to love Melbourne. It looks very big (even if geographically, Sydney is bigger) because houses & buildings are quite far apart unlike the cramped Sydney look. If I were to give an analogy, Sydney is like Makati and Melbourne is like Ortigas -- see why I like Melbourne more? Hehehe. I super enjoyed my weekend and I vowed to my cousin I will come back to Melbourne on January. And if I didn't like Australia since I came here, now I'm ok with settling here if it's in Melbourne. Sydney is a beautiful city but Melbourne has that "home-y" touch.

My New Apartment

Waldorf Apartments - Eastwood, Sydney

From Here to There - Sydney Personal Pics

North Parramatta, Sydney

Parramatta is nice, very commercial. But need to move again this Sunday 'cos it takes me 1&1/2hours travel to work everyday. Found Parramatta not far from Manila, though. Rubbish here and there, vandalism from walls to bus stops, and people not really following pedestrian traffic lights. Don't know why they even put that here 'cos general rule of thumb is to just cross when there's no car. Unlike Singapore that even if pedestrian crossing is 200m away, people would still walk to there just to cross to the other side. A lot of people here see Singapore as too strict, too many rules. Maybe I'm a person who's more into rules. For me, more rules & discipline = less worry. More rules mean not having to wait in the bus stop at 6am with a drunk, beer-bellied, middle-aged man with no shirt on (at 14 degrees nonetheless, haha).

Macquarie Park, Sydney

okay, been here for only 5 days. haven't gone around yet. just walking around macquarie park. once i have settled in to my new apartment, think that would be the time i'll take a tour around sydney. so these all are mostly just roads views. hahaha. there's really not much to see in this suburb except offices. at least the apartment where i'll be moving is more commercial daw... and i cannot believe the number of flies flying around! argh! hate it! haven't seen a fly since i moved to singapore so these lot of flies are really driving me nuts!

1st Sydney pics

wala pa kong napipicture-an na scenery kasi nahihiya pa ko... mahirap kasi magpicture pag mag isa ka lang, turistang turista ang dating. hahaha.

P&G ANZ Team's Send-Off

Top (L-R): Caroline, Ivy, YenSiew, Moi, Joey
2nd Row: Elizabeth, Angelia, Kailing

Was really touched by the gesture of my colleagues. Did not expect it since I thought I would just be going away temporarily so no need for any farewell or send-off. I really feel so blessed to have the sweetest and nicest colleagues here in Singapore. To think that when I started working here, I was worried of being discriminated or not have local friends due to other Filipinos' workplace horror stories. But this group has really impressed me on their sweetness and niceness and so much reaching out to me even when I was keeping to myself most of the time. Imagine having these ladies, mostly younger than me, giving me presents everytime they go to some place, and giving me pasalubong of food when they go out just for simple lunches kasi they would see something they'd know that I like. And of course, for this "farewell", they made sure in buying me a super super chocolate cake (cos they know i love chocolates)! And they all kept telling me I should make sure to come back and not like Australia so much. Hehe, was truly touched. God is really, really so good for giving me these people to enjoy my work with. =)

Now I hear Australia P&Gers are also super nice... Looking forward now to working with them for the next six months. =))

Temptation Island

the cheesiest and campiest movie ever. love it! love it!! hahaha! this is my ultra unforgettable scene in the whole world! haha! never fails to make me laugh. =D

Miguel's recent vacation

haaay, how 2 weeks fly.... had a blast spending almost 24hours with miguel (still had to work half day weekdays kasi, hehe)... madami akong pinagkukuhang pics nya pero as usual magagalit yan if i post all of them. kaya mga eto na lang muna. =))

for his pics on the games convention asia that he attended, u may go to http://migsvelasquez.multiply.com/photos/album/5/2007_Games_Convention_Asia

pinatanggal ni miguel mga solo pics nya. =p

More Phuket Pics

Phuket Weekend

kinda disappointed cos boracay is waaaay better. sad that a lot of foreigners are here compared to bora's pristine beach... miss bora tuloy! but this did not stop me and sally from having fun. this is a welcomed break from all the loads of work. and since it was just the two of us, nagkandasawa kami ng pagpicture sa isa't isa. hahaha. my private phuket photos are in the next album for my closest girl friends and family ;)

Pumpkin Kingdom

Another Weekend

first time my phone camera failed me. ang pangit ng resolution ng pics, very noisy and lines/details are not sharp. kainis tuloy.

P&G Annual Offsite 2007

My Whole Team with Sally, Indira, and Naya

28 July 2007 - held at the Upper Club in Chijmes

Malaysia Weekend

had a blast! shopping to the max dahil all clothes and accessories are 1/3 or 1/4 lang ng prices sa Singapore kaya kahit medyo jologs ung place, enjoy naman. hehehe. and the mall is even bigger than vivo city kaya sulit to spend the whole day there. ü

Miguel's Takaw Weekend at SG

13.07-15.07

Ace & Bea's Singaling Escapade

Kid's Church SG

Human Tetris

after takeshi's castle, another very funny japanese show. what games the these people think of... hahaha!

My M&M Family

hehe, found this site http://www.becomeanmm.com and played around the M&M's.

yabo.wmv

5th Anniversary video for my one and only love, my soulmate -- Roberto Miguel Velasquez!

Miguel's Attempt on the Arts

after showcasing my shoti's artworks, it's now miguel's turn for his very first artwork to be displayed. bwahaha! i'm excluding him na lang from those people that can view para di magalit. ;)

he made this the other day and mabibilib ka naman sa effort ng lolo mo knowing he's not at all artistic and has never drawn anything in his life... ang cute naman ng kinalabasan ni ariel di ba? hehe.

My Shoti's Artworks

his 1st commission job. he was paid USD60 for this. i hope he gets more job orders in the future so he can buy his own school art stuffs and don't need to ask money from me anymore. hahaha.

*UPDATED* (btw, his deviant website is waranghira.deviantart.com)

hehe, just being a proud Ate... some samples of my little brother's artwork. except for the last four, which are pictures of his paintings in canvass, all the other artworks were drawn and colored with just a mouse. i can never control a mouse to draw a decent piece kaya bilib ako sobra sa kanya how he does it. i remember him drawing patiently with a mouse in Paint (pixel by pixel!) when he was 11 years old ata... but must buy him a pen tool one of these days...

A Day at the Zoo, A Dream Come True

19 March 2007, Singapore Zoo - i went to the zoo for the white tigers so sorry, puro white tigers makikita nyo na pics dito. i did try to take a pic of 3 other animals that amused me but all the rest are, well... just did not bother to take snapshots of them. meron din nun mga iba sa manila zoo, pagkakaiba lang, endangered ung mga kinuha nilang klase dito (e.g. white rhino compared to regular rhino). haha.

Velasquez SG Trip

Random Pics

yeng, ysabelle, ate dars, daniel, jr, ronnie, tita babes, mama

Last Memories of the Showbiz World

favorite namin imitate? hehehe

these pics were just sent to me by my ex-officemates... the things that i miss working in a broadcasting network are the grandeur productions even for the "commoner" employees' parties and the chance to try on production outfits/costumes during moments of insanity (but i won't ever post the pics i got from trying katrina halili's costume in majika =p)

"props" courtesy of GMA scenarios ü

Singapore lah~