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Archive for January, 2009

25 Things You Ought To Know About Joycey Woycey

I was tagged by Franco this afternoon and I am supposed to do the same like what he did in facebook. The rules are simple, once you’ve been tagged, you are supposed to write a note with 25 random things, facts, habits, or goals about you. At the end, choose 25 people to be tagged. You have to tag the person who tagged you. If I tagged you, it’s because I want to know more about you. Deal or no deal? DEAL!!!

1. JIVY stands for Joyce Ira Viray Yarza while 1983 contains all the details of my birthday – 1 for January 9 for the day and 83 for the year. Cool right?

2. I used to tuck in my white blouse when I was in 1st year high school. Im the only one different in the whole school (ang baduy no!)

3. Shopping is my way of relaxation especially when I have money

4. I used to have very long hair when I was younger but now I can’t afford to grow them anymore

5. I find Korean and Japanese easy to study than Vietnamese and Khmer langauge eventhough I have lived in both countries for a significant length of time. Troi Oi!

6. My favourite meal is hot white rice and dried fish with super spicy vinegar on the side. Yummy!

7. I used to play banduria when I was in my primary years. I learnt to play when I was 7

8. I used to be a choir member and compete with other schools. But now I only sing in the bathroom!

9. I love chocolates that sometimes  I dont want to eat them anymore but I just want to look at them. Weird!

10. I love big boobs. Sometimes I wonder if I am lesbian or an alien, hahaha

11. I can’t stand crying babies. Hush baby hush now.

12. I am addicted to Salvatore Ferragamo’s Encanto…I know I am expensive, I don’t just wear ordinary perfume

13. I blow my spoon of ice cream before eating it. I always think it’s hot.

14. Don’t know how to say NO to friends. I am just afraid that they’ll be disappointed if they ask for something I can give and I answered no.

15. Hates people who doesn’t know how to keep their promises. Will you be happy if I break my promise to you, huh?

16. I am a neat freak!!! I don’t like it when my place is messy.

17. I like to talk to very old people. For me they have the best stories to tell

18. I dislike any creepy crawling creatures. Worms, snakes, maggots – ewww!

19. I swear I will never go back inside of Cu Chi Tunnels. Once is enough, OK?

20. I love visiting and praying in temples. I believe they bring me goodluck

21. I am not a good pet owner. Most of them dies, if not they will run away from me

22. I am afraid of swimming in open waters. How I envy Jessica Alba in the movie ‘Into The Blue’ for swimming so well.

23. If I am going to choose between clothes and shoes, I will choose…hmmmm…ummmm…it’s hard to choose so I’ll pick both

24. I love it when my clothes and shoes are of the same colours

25. I can’t sleep when there is no electricity. If I am really sleepy then you have to fan for me.

Kung Hei Fat Choi

It’s the year of the earth ox now and it is the sign of prosperity through fortitude and hard work. That’s why everybody is looking forward to a blessed and prosperous year.

There’s not much Chinese new year celebration here in Phnom Penh as they have their own Khmer new year in April, but since 70% of the businesses are owned by Chinese, most of the stalls will be closed tomorrow. However, it’s not holiday in the office so we still need to come and work…and if we’re lucky, maybe we’ll receive an ang pao from our bosses

RECAP:

We attended a small coke event near Naga Hotel this afternoon which is organised by Phibious. They launched their new TVC for 2009 which has focused on how you’ll share your coke for the new year. Awesome plot and the message has surely gotten across by the viewers. Not to mention the price that coke has paid, definitely the commercial will turn out great!

Thanks to Elliot for all the coke I have in the fridge, now I have to worry that I might get diabetes soon as I drink too much everyday kidding!!!

Phnom Penh Demolition

Loud pounding noises woke me up this morning. Startled where the noise is coming from I looked out of my window and saw hundreds of men wearing green shirt, hammering the small houses in front of the building where my whole family live. Immediately I called Nestle to witness the commotion and cover the event. It’s my first time to encounter scenes like this and it sent goosebumps all over me. There were lots of police men guarding the site and hundreds of spectators from their homes watched how their fellow Cambodians ruined other people’s houses in a small span of time.

One by one the houses are torn down, I have seen smoke from afar but dunno if it’s teargas or fire extinguisher. I have seen residents standing with their houses shouting angrily to the demolition team, some residents were even hurt because they don’t want to move out and forced to fight with the uniformed men.

I don’t know the whole story behind this horrifying scene, I don’t know if the land is under the government or under a private individual. All i know is that there are people out in the street this morning asking for some more time to discuss this matter before proceeding with the demolition. But people with no hearts didn’t listen.

As i look now to the empty space, I can relate on how my fellow Filipinos acted on situation like this. And this morning it made me realise so many things – that me and my family are lucky in many ways.

I know that whatever the purpose of the man behind this is good. But if he only knew how to listen and understand, this could have come easy without anybody being harmed.

Read fellow bloggers who also witnessed the Dey Krahorm demolition this morning :

http://jinja.apsara.org/2009/01/happy-chinese-new-year-youre-evicted/

http://www.phnompenhpost.com/index.php/2009012423816/National-news/City-developer-demolish-Dey-Krahorm-homes.html

http://www.facebook.com/ext/share.php?sid=46272686358&h=XibTj&u=blrIx

http://www.flickr.com/photos/jinja_cambodia/tags/deykrahomeviction/

http://jivy1983.multiply.com/photos/album/39/Phnom_Penh_Demolition

Special thanks to Nestle and Nico for the photos.

While there’s life there is hope

Hope, like the gleaming taper’s light,
Adorns and cheers our way;
And still, as darker grows the night,
Emits a brighter ray – Oliver Goldsmith (1730 – 1774)

I’m having mix of emotions now that my big boss is leaving the company. Without her, there will no proper directions for us to follow and no proper decisions will be made. Most of my team mates has gone somewhere and sooner or later I will be the only one in my team. How ridiculous it is, to work alone in a very unorganised company. Now, I can feel my heart is beating fast…I am not prepared for this and yes I don’t have clear options at the moment. I need guidance this time, someone to talk to and someone who could understand me. It’s only job that I might lose but I have given my best for this job and if circumstances like this suddenly happens, most likely this could be my end as well. I dunno what to write now, forgive me as I couldn’t express what I am feeling at this point of time, maybe later I will be better

my spicy and sour day!

you’re reading it right, it’s not sweet and sour as supposed but spicy and sour

i was out with my colleague sorya earlier when we passed a stall of a calamansi tree vendor. chinese new year is coming very soon and during this time thousands of calamansi trees are being sold for decorations. in chinese tradition they normally use it as a lucky tree because the tree is full of fruit and you know that in their culture, anything that is round is considered lucky and symbolises money but the twist here is that they don’t get to eat the fruit. what they’ll do is to let it rippened and then throw the tree away after the celebration. what a waste, ey!

so being practical, i decided to buy a tree for welcoming the year of the ox, hoping that it’ll bring good luck for my family and afterwards i will keep it growing so i can cook  pork bistek with calamansi being on a tight budget, i didn’t get the big one, instead i bought the $5 tree with full of  round fruits (i thought that the more i water it the more it’ll grow bigger so no need to invest on a big tree). and just right after buying, the seller pointed on another small plant. it looks cute because of it’s colourful fruits and when i asked sorya what it is she answered ‘jelly’ with delight. being puzzled as to how they can grow jelly on a pot, i picked one fruit and tried to figure out what it is – as i smelled the small thing, it came to my senses that this is no jelly at all but ‘CHILI’…por dios por santo sorya this is chili not jelly, ok!!!

looking on my little trees, i felt happiness inside me. why? because it’s m first time to have and grow trees. therefore, i am considering it as a challenge – to make their lives longer. also, it’s good that my house is just beside the fire exit, now i can put them there and water easily i’ve already mentioned to the kids that they cannot pick the calamansi fruits not until monday. right after chinese new year they can enjoy it’s goodness to watever they want to do

WordPress 2.7 Beta 1

I have upgraded my wordpress to its latest version which is the 2.7 and I find it fascinating! The new version is user-friendly and the features are more lovely. The new visual design provides the best experience in Firefox and Safari. Though it may have several glitches in other browsers it’s still good for me.

I am still browsing for some really appealing theme for my blog as the one that I am using is pretty old. However, I haven’t found anything that has a striking impact to me yet, so I might stick with my old-red-theme for the moment. Nestle has been hassling me last weekend to change my theme but unfortunately among all the designs he forwarded, I chose none

At this moment, I’ll just enjoy the new features of WordPress 2.7 Beta 1 and decide on the theme next time

I lurve truffles!

i am addicted to chocolates and ito ang favourite ko ‘ truffles’, wa keber kung nakakataba sya basta love na love ko itetch! meron pa akong mangilan ngilan sa fridge and i know it won’t last long kaya naman nananawagan ako sa mga me magandang kalooban dyan, baka pwede nyo akong padalahan ng truffles natanggap ako via fedex or TNT

Good Food For The Week :-)

Since the new year came, we’ve been always busy going out and eating, if not I am busy browsing my big recipe book courtesy of InterContinental Phnom Penh for some not-so-difficult menus I think it’s time for me to improve my cooking because as time pass by, i get sick of whatever dish I serve for my family. It’s always the usual – sinigang, nilaga, fried chicken, adobo, veggies and some more which is pretty common for a daily Filipino family.

Last Wednesday, it’s Melissa’s birthday and she had a Tex-Mex party at the Garden Centre Cafe. Thursday is another dinner, this time at Bistro Romano of Naga World Phnom Penh. Their specialty is Italian cuisine which is truly delizioso!!!I can’t remember all the dishes that they prepared for us but the experience will never be forgotten. Oh by the way I have asked Nestle that we should come back to Bistro Romano soon to eat more parmesan cheese which they offer with Bellagio! I can hear someone saying “fattening , fattening” but keber, I will just eat till I get bloated Friday, I prepared bulgogi and pork sio mai so I’ll just cook it the next day.

And today is my bulgogi day together with vietnamese banh trang, (it’s rice noodles together with pork, lettuce and cucumber dipped in sweetened fish sauce) plus my pork sio mai. I’ve seen Nestle and the kids enjoyed the food and I am extremely happy about it.

Next plan, Japanese dinner…teriyaki!!!

Cut The Fat!

simula ng manganak ako kay aiken, i find it difficult to lose weight. samantalang dun sa 2 nauna, in 3 months bongga na ulet ang figure ko. and because of this, i decided to go back to the gym. mahirap na no, baka mamaya atakihin na lang ako sa puso dahil sa unhealthy life ko, kawawa naman ang family ko di ba? kaya naman kagabi sumama ako kay nico at big boy sa pagpunta sa gym, sana na lang maglast ang hangarin ko na pumayat ng konti at ng maging productive naman ang 2009 ko! simpleng gym lang yun pinuntahan namin pero andun na lahat ng klase ng gym equipments na kakailangan ko para sa pag eehersisyo. iba’t ibang klase din ng tao ang nakita ko dun. merong naka hi-heels habang nagsa-cycling, kontodo naka make-up pa at office clothes. meron ding naka tsinelas habang natakbo sa threadmill at meron din namang iba na sa shake-your-booty na lang nagtatagal (yun ang tawag dun sa machine na nagsheshake, buong katawan mo magsheshake talaga, kaya kung malaki ang boobs mo, PANALO!).

napansin ko na humina ang resistensya ko sa pagtakbo kasi 30 mins lang ang itinagal ko sa machine. siguro dahil sa wala akong exercise kaya naman nanibago ang katawan ko. so what i did is spend time running for 30 mins., cycled for 10 mins, crunches for 100x and some more ab exercises for 10 mins. i really hope na wag naman sanang sumakit ang buo kong katawan ng magtuluy tuloy ako sa activity ko na ito. sa sabado sasama ao kay eileen para sa circuit training – good yun para sa heart kaya naman excited na din ako. bawal daw ang maggive up kaya naman goodluck!!! 56kilos ako ngayon sana after one month 50 na lang woot woot!

Happy Birthday

The longer I live the more beautiful life becomes.

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