Today was one of those days when I had a EUREKA moment...
And just like that, I figured it all out haha!
Life is funny.
Monday, November 22, 2010
Sunday, November 21, 2010
My Year-End Song PART 2
Kylie's Get Outta My Way, as mentioned in my previous post, is my top year-end song! My year-end songs are the songs I listen to at the end of the year (duh) when:
1. I feel like celebrating the most... it is Decem-BLUR anyway!
2. I reflect the most...
3. I feel hopeful for the coming year
Celebrate life... we made it another year! Another year filled with love and friendships and prosperity...
Reflect and internalize... What did I learn this year?
Stay hopeful... Be content of where you are, but keep working on your progress...
Going back to Kylie's song, whenever I listen to it, it brings me joy. The beat just makes me wanna dance! After years of fighting it, I've become comfortable having that party girl persona... And this song brings out the party girl in me!
The end of the year is also the time when I draft my New Year's Resolutions... I've done good so far with my previous resolutions, but I still need to work on myself. We always need to constantly work on ourselves...
:)
1. I feel like celebrating the most... it is Decem-BLUR anyway!
2. I reflect the most...
3. I feel hopeful for the coming year
Celebrate life... we made it another year! Another year filled with love and friendships and prosperity...
Reflect and internalize... What did I learn this year?
Stay hopeful... Be content of where you are, but keep working on your progress...
Going back to Kylie's song, whenever I listen to it, it brings me joy. The beat just makes me wanna dance! After years of fighting it, I've become comfortable having that party girl persona... And this song brings out the party girl in me!
The end of the year is also the time when I draft my New Year's Resolutions... I've done good so far with my previous resolutions, but I still need to work on myself. We always need to constantly work on ourselves...
:)
Friday, November 19, 2010
Get Outta My Way - LYRICS
What’s the worst thing that could happen to you
Take a chance tonight and try something new
You’re getting boring you’re oh so boring
And I don’t recognize the zombie you’ve turned into
Don’t worry cause tonight I got you
You can take a seat do what you normally do
I’m about to let you see
This is what’ll happen if you ain’t giving your girl what she needs
Leave you Move on
To a perfect stranger
You talk I walk
Wanna feel the danger
See me with him and its turning you on it’s got me saying
Ain’t getting me back at the end of this song
Get outta my way
Get outta my way
Got no more to say
He’s taken your place
Get outta my way, way
Outta my way
Got no more to say
He’s taken your place
Get outta my way
Now I got a taste I wanna explore
Ain’t going to waste no not anymore
You’re going hard now to win my heart but
Too many times now you’ve been coming up short
Don’t worry cause tonight I got you
You can take a seat do what you normally do
I’m about to let you see
This is what’ll happen if you ain’t giving your girl what she needs
Leave you Move on
To a perfect stranger
You talk I walk
Wanna feel the danger
See me with him and its turning you on it’s got me saying
Ain’t getting me back at the end of this song
Get outta my way
Get outta my way
Got no more to say
He’s taken your place
Get outta my way, way
Outta my way
Got no more to say
He’s taken your place
Get outta my way
No I aint going home cause I wanna stay
But I wont be alone no how no way
Now I showed you what I’m made of made of
This is what’ll happen if you ain’t giving your girl what she needs
Leave you Move on
To a perfect stranger
You talk I walk
Wanna feel the danger
See me with him and its turning you on it’s got me saying
Ain’t getting me back at the end of this song
Get outta my way
Get outta my way
Got no more to say
He’s taken your place
Get outta my way, way
Outta my way
Got no more to say
He’s taken your place
Get outta my way
My Year-End Song PART 1
I always stress that I speak through music.
I also notice - the songs that I choose to listen to over and over again reflects my mood and present state.
I plan to do a blog entry next month on my TOP 25 track list on my iPod... Those tracks are the soundtrack of my 2010... I'm closing it strong...
I remember speaking with my friends about memories... If you ask me, I don't even recall what I was wearing two Saturdays ago. Sometimes, I remember the moment, but I don't remember the age that it happened. I remember things from High School and College but don't remember how old I was when those happened - except for the major events: the really happy events, the really painful ones... I remember conversations - but only one-liners stick to me. I remember people and how they made me feel... And most of the time, I remember them for the happy times.
Last year, my top 3 year-end songs were:
1. Black Eyed Peas - I gotta feeling
2. Black Eyed Peas - Meet me halfway
3. Kesha - Tick Tock
Songs played during fun times - at the club (ENCORE!), in Tali, in the car, on my iPod while I run.... I remember, I even have a video with Dino, Mons' brother, dancing to I gotta feeling! But I don't remember which Tali trip that was....
Let's keep having GREAT TIMES because this is what we should remember.... Forget the pain, forget the loss, forget the bad experiences. Choose to focus on the joys of living...
In French... Joie de vivre!
And for this year... My year end song seems to be Kylie Minogue's Get Outta My Way... Really feeling it!
Kylie's Get Outta My Way
More on this later! :)
XOXO!
I also notice - the songs that I choose to listen to over and over again reflects my mood and present state.
I plan to do a blog entry next month on my TOP 25 track list on my iPod... Those tracks are the soundtrack of my 2010... I'm closing it strong...
I remember speaking with my friends about memories... If you ask me, I don't even recall what I was wearing two Saturdays ago. Sometimes, I remember the moment, but I don't remember the age that it happened. I remember things from High School and College but don't remember how old I was when those happened - except for the major events: the really happy events, the really painful ones... I remember conversations - but only one-liners stick to me. I remember people and how they made me feel... And most of the time, I remember them for the happy times.
Last year, my top 3 year-end songs were:
1. Black Eyed Peas - I gotta feeling
2. Black Eyed Peas - Meet me halfway
3. Kesha - Tick Tock
Songs played during fun times - at the club (ENCORE!), in Tali, in the car, on my iPod while I run.... I remember, I even have a video with Dino, Mons' brother, dancing to I gotta feeling! But I don't remember which Tali trip that was....
Let's keep having GREAT TIMES because this is what we should remember.... Forget the pain, forget the loss, forget the bad experiences. Choose to focus on the joys of living...
In French... Joie de vivre!
And for this year... My year end song seems to be Kylie Minogue's Get Outta My Way... Really feeling it!
Kylie's Get Outta My Way
More on this later! :)
XOXO!
Thursday, November 18, 2010
November 19, Friday
Today, I had a random good BB conversation...
I internalize a lot... When things happen, I always:
1) Figure out what I did to contribute to what happened
2) Put myself in the shoes of the other person who is involved in the thing that happened
I don't ever think that people are bad... If there's a reason why people hurt others, most of the time, it's coz they are weak and don't know any better.
I internalize a lot... When things happen, I always:
1) Figure out what I did to contribute to what happened
2) Put myself in the shoes of the other person who is involved in the thing that happened
I don't ever think that people are bad... If there's a reason why people hurt others, most of the time, it's coz they are weak and don't know any better.
Monday, November 15, 2010
November 16 - Quiet Tuesday Morning
Aside from the noisy kids on their field trip, I am having a very quiet Tuesday morning. It's a holiday (again) and I used this morning to catch up on all the work (well... not all) I've been missing out on. At least I managed to get organized for my 12NN lunch meeting with Celine. Too many things to discuss.
I hired my assistant today. If she agrees, then she starts officially on November 18. Asked her to come to the Art of Scent Grand Launch so she can take a look at how events are, more importantly get a feel of who I am (Is Bandi coming out??! Hehe!).
It's important to get to know who you're working with. I believe the best colleagues are the ones who know how to feel others out. It's a personality thing. But not a personal thing... Know what I mean? It's good to add a personal touch, but also to be detached. Because there will be conflicts and disagreements and if you're the type to take it personally, then you will just get hurt. Or worse, do the job wrong.
And GROWTH is important. There will be people we'll be working with for a short time only, others for a longer period. Still others forever. If colleagues or partners want to leave, we should let them. Because forcing them to stay against their will will only cause us to lose them. Maybe not right away, but eventually. It gets worse when we prolong it.
A few years back, I often wondered what it was like to be too busy that you can't think of anything else but work. I started experiencing that in the past couple months. I do like it, but only now I realized the value of personal time. We can't work 24/7. We need to recharge and be with our friends and have conversations about life and what it means. Personal time is what keeps us going. That and positive people.
I read this quote on Twitter today:
I hired my assistant today. If she agrees, then she starts officially on November 18. Asked her to come to the Art of Scent Grand Launch so she can take a look at how events are, more importantly get a feel of who I am (Is Bandi coming out??! Hehe!).
It's important to get to know who you're working with. I believe the best colleagues are the ones who know how to feel others out. It's a personality thing. But not a personal thing... Know what I mean? It's good to add a personal touch, but also to be detached. Because there will be conflicts and disagreements and if you're the type to take it personally, then you will just get hurt. Or worse, do the job wrong.
And GROWTH is important. There will be people we'll be working with for a short time only, others for a longer period. Still others forever. If colleagues or partners want to leave, we should let them. Because forcing them to stay against their will will only cause us to lose them. Maybe not right away, but eventually. It gets worse when we prolong it.
A few years back, I often wondered what it was like to be too busy that you can't think of anything else but work. I started experiencing that in the past couple months. I do like it, but only now I realized the value of personal time. We can't work 24/7. We need to recharge and be with our friends and have conversations about life and what it means. Personal time is what keeps us going. That and positive people.
I read this quote on Twitter today:
"When we seek to discover the best in others, we somehow bring out the best in ourselves."
- William Arthur Ward
I made a choice to be with only the most optimistic people. Choice to be in relationships that bring out the best in me, because I only want to bring out the best in others. Imagine a relationship where all you do is fight and complain and blame one another? Not cool. We cannot avoid negative people, but we can control how much time we spend with them.
I'm really lucky to have the friends that I do. My weekend with the 8 of them for Tisha's bachelorette gave me the energy I need for the next couple weeks. I feel so blest.
This blog - crazybandi - really is a window to my soul. A journal of my life. It's very personal. This is where I write my random thoughts and where I express myself..
Crazy Calendar
The next 10 weeks is going to be crazy...
Watch out for the posts, couldn't attend to my blog last week because I had to attend to a bachelorette for 3 whole days...
I have events - sometimes 3 or 4 to a night - almost everyday starting this WEDNESDAY. everyday if i count events i don't really care about haha!
But the highlights (for November):
Art of Scent Grand Launch
Olive Magazine Launch
Kyss Launch
Prive featuring Rocio Olbes, Solenn Heusaff, Tan-Gan and Maco Custodio
Ysa's Bachelorette on the Party Bus
Opus opening - GPR and Louie Y birthdays!
Ken J. and Rajiv D. joint party (AOS meets SGH haha!)
and I am so sure more will come-up!
Later people!
XOXO!
Watch out for the posts, couldn't attend to my blog last week because I had to attend to a bachelorette for 3 whole days...
I have events - sometimes 3 or 4 to a night - almost everyday starting this WEDNESDAY. everyday if i count events i don't really care about haha!
But the highlights (for November):
Art of Scent Grand Launch
Olive Magazine Launch
Kyss Launch
Prive featuring Rocio Olbes, Solenn Heusaff, Tan-Gan and Maco Custodio
Ysa's Bachelorette on the Party Bus
Opus opening - GPR and Louie Y birthdays!
Ken J. and Rajiv D. joint party (AOS meets SGH haha!)
and I am so sure more will come-up!
Later people!
XOXO!
Sunday, November 7, 2010
Give and Take
Feeling a bit anxious lately... I think I am over-exerting myself? I don't know... between the workload and the exercise (the little that I do... exercise keeps me sane... I need to start running again) and the social functions, there is just so little time for me to relax. The occasional dates with the spa for massages help, but I need to unwind a bit...
Drinking does not relax me, it stresses me out even more! I have learned not to be paranoid and not to care about what people who don't know me think (note: I care about the people who do know me and what they think!), but physically, and mentally, it drains me. I honestly can't wait for the social functions to STOP COMING. November, December and January weekends already booked. Geez!
There is that option of drinking less... When shall I master thee?? That should be TOP PRIORITY in 2011. That and working even harder on the things that make me happy and whole (Friendships, Work and Exercise)...
For work, I need to hire that assistant... D-E-L-E-G-A-T-E...
Looking forward to our boating trip this week... I'm outta here! Out of Manila. Maybe that's what I need. Sometimes it gets too toxic...
I blame no one but myself...!
I need to start taking a bit for myself... I keep giving. But you gotta do what you gotta do, and at the end, we cannot fight our personal nature. My nature is to put effort... to give. I'm just worried that one day I'll be burnt out. That's why it's important to take, too.
Balance between giving and taking... My life's personal struggle.
Drinking does not relax me, it stresses me out even more! I have learned not to be paranoid and not to care about what people who don't know me think (note: I care about the people who do know me and what they think!), but physically, and mentally, it drains me. I honestly can't wait for the social functions to STOP COMING. November, December and January weekends already booked. Geez!
There is that option of drinking less... When shall I master thee?? That should be TOP PRIORITY in 2011. That and working even harder on the things that make me happy and whole (Friendships, Work and Exercise)...
For work, I need to hire that assistant... D-E-L-E-G-A-T-E...
Looking forward to our boating trip this week... I'm outta here! Out of Manila. Maybe that's what I need. Sometimes it gets too toxic...
I blame no one but myself...!
I need to start taking a bit for myself... I keep giving. But you gotta do what you gotta do, and at the end, we cannot fight our personal nature. My nature is to put effort... to give. I'm just worried that one day I'll be burnt out. That's why it's important to take, too.
Balance between giving and taking... My life's personal struggle.
Friday, November 5, 2010
-BLUR Months
-Ber months are always the party months... no matter how much I tell myself that this time - I won't be partying as much... it just won't happen on the -Ber months... (or shall we say.. the -BLUR months!)
Bracing myself for Decem-BLUR. First weekend of Novem-BLUR already kicked my ass... and the weekend is not even over yet!
-Ber months are also the time when I am busiest for work. In PR and Marketing, most (if not all) brands make the most out of this Holiday buying season. Too many events take place - press events, launches, bar events, parties... Since mid-October, I've had to plan maybe 2 events per week! NUTS! But still very much fun.
For the flower business, events also almost always happen in November and December, even January. (Scarlet Begonia Flowers can also do Christmas decor! More on this in later posts!) And let's not forget about Silly Band-it's and Ringz and stuffed toys - I shall blog about these products this weekend! Order from me for Christmas (for the kiddos)!
I know I have too much on my plate right now... And this time, I know the best thing to do is really hire an assistant. I've got two applicants and will start interviewing next week!
Bracing myself for Decem-BLUR. First weekend of Novem-BLUR already kicked my ass... and the weekend is not even over yet!
-Ber months are also the time when I am busiest for work. In PR and Marketing, most (if not all) brands make the most out of this Holiday buying season. Too many events take place - press events, launches, bar events, parties... Since mid-October, I've had to plan maybe 2 events per week! NUTS! But still very much fun.
For the flower business, events also almost always happen in November and December, even January. (Scarlet Begonia Flowers can also do Christmas decor! More on this in later posts!) And let's not forget about Silly Band-it's and Ringz and stuffed toys - I shall blog about these products this weekend! Order from me for Christmas (for the kiddos)!
I know I have too much on my plate right now... And this time, I know the best thing to do is really hire an assistant. I've got two applicants and will start interviewing next week!
Monday, November 1, 2010
"May the Force Be with You" - Halloween Post Part 2
Check out my post on my second blog
http://supahstahdreams.blogspot.com/2010/11/may-force-be-with-you-halloween-post.html
http://supahstahdreams.blogspot.com/2010/11/may-force-be-with-you-halloween-post.html
Old Friends
A song by Everything But The Girl ...
Old Friends by EBTG
Music makes me (re)discover my own emotional depth. I think it is important to be aware of what we feel, and to master our emotions. Not the other way around. And when we are aware, we allow our feelings to guide us and not confuse us. It makes us sure.
Last part of the song:
"Not for the first time I look back
on my first love
Unable to speak or think or move
hand in glove
But what of it now and where is he
He who once meant so much to me
Because we are not, I can't pretend
now old friends
I was told love should hold old friends
I was told love should hold od friends
But when you leave you will close the door
behind you
Don't we always
And time won't make amends
to old friends"
Old Friends by EBTG
Music makes me (re)discover my own emotional depth. I think it is important to be aware of what we feel, and to master our emotions. Not the other way around. And when we are aware, we allow our feelings to guide us and not confuse us. It makes us sure.
Last part of the song:
"Not for the first time I look back
on my first love
Unable to speak or think or move
hand in glove
But what of it now and where is he
He who once meant so much to me
Because we are not, I can't pretend
now old friends
I was told love should hold old friends
I was told love should hold od friends
But when you leave you will close the door
behind you
Don't we always
And time won't make amends
to old friends"
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