Trina + Gym = Ha??

Never was a big health fan. I mean, I smoke like there’s no tomorrow and drink like a fish when it comes to alcohol. So yes, it is quite a shock for most of my friends na yes, ako ay nagpupunta na sa gym! Odiva. But really, not lang because of the unhealthy lifestyle that I have. I guess it’s more of the fact na hindi talaga bagay sa personality ko ung pa athletic kuning kuning na yan. Please lang, I don’t even own a pair of rubber shoes. Well, there’s one pair I bought while I was still a law student (take note, first pair ever yan na binili ko ha). Pero napilitan pa ako simply coz my friend told me kalokohan ang magjogging pag depressed lalo na pag naka heels. Haha. That was April of 2004. And like what my momsy said in her blog, the first time nga I bought chinelas, it was chinelas with heels pa! So mej mahirap talaga to imagine that I’ll consider buying rubber shoes. Anyways, thanks to Pat for assisting me when I bought my new pair. I shall blog about it, Patricia!

I honestly don’t want to blog about my going to the gym and cause commotion and confusion. Pero recently, daming nakakahuli sakin pag pupunta na sa FF ekek. Blog-worthy moments eh. So here.

The first person who caught me was my mom’s friend, Tita Ayie. She goes din to FF so ayun, nagkagulatan kaming dalawa dun. She can’t believe I was there. Mukhang ayaw talaga maniwala na andun ako. Then, one time that I decided to go to FF North Edsa for one class bigla nalang ako may narinig na pagsigaw bago ako umakyat ng elevator, “TRINA ILARDE, TRINA ILARDE”! Ohmy, patay. I seriously didn’t want to turn my head as in pa deadma effect na lang dapat. Kasi naman, naka costume na ako then! I know my friends will die if they see me in gym outfit…at rubber shoes ha!!! Of all people, Momsy and Big Daddy Taps!! Of course, tawa kami ng tawa (well, I was kind of nahihiya talaga). It was a Sunday pa naman so Momsy was like, shett seryoso ka talaga noh, pati Linggo di mo pinatawad! And of course mall yun so nagka time pa ako magshopping. Odiba momsy, at least yun swak sa personality ko. Haha! Come Tuesday naman, I went to FF RCBC with Ida because I wasn’t able to go to FF Trinoma in the morning. After our workout, chika kami ng konti sa bathroom.

Trina: Everytime I go to the gym talaga, I wish na never ko makita si Poma

Ida: Ano ka ba, bakit naman?

Trina: Pagtatawanan ako nun!!

As if heaven was listening! Paglabas na paglabas naming ng door (at 10 pm ha)…tadaaaa…Poma! Looord talaga! I wanted to die. Kasi naman I forgot to bring extra outfit kaya ung costume pa rin ung suot ko when we left the gym. And of course natatawa sha talaga. Even asked Ida, pano si Trina mag treadmill, ganito? (while trying to mimic my kikay-borderline-baklush na head sway). Grrr.

Okay fine, so it’s official. I go to the gym now and I own a pair of rubbershoes! Haha. Don’t faint you guys!

Wet and Very Wild in Agno

Yup, as the new Santugon oldies, we were invited to take part in the Alumni Critique scheduled by the Core. The usual drill, Freshmen candidates will show us the RTRs that they have prepared and of course, we’ll tell them what’s okay, what’s not, what to change, what to improve and the list goes on. (The thing is that na….objective dapat, ask Gordalinda).

"New Oldies"

with Mareng Maco

Anyways, natapos ng maaga because not all colleges were able to present RTRs. So ayun, iniwan na naming si Maco sa Goks Bldg. with the resident goonies (kawawang mga bata! Haha, joke lang Mare). Si Alecz pupunta na sa wedding na kakantahan nya in Intramuris. Gordon will hit the gym daw. As for Poma and I, homebound na because nga early natapos ang critique. So shempre yosi yosi muna sa Agno before mag separate ways. I miss that place! Too bad the guardhouse was sarado. Mejo umaambon na..yan ang eksena. Alecz said we better seek shade dun sa may puno like what manong magtataho did. Korek naman, hindi kami nababasa dun. After a couple of puffs, aba lumalakas ang rain at pati si manong taho ay karipas na sa pag-run. Being the consultative leaders that we are, nagka meeting muna kung anong plan of action ang ittake (may time kasi talaga eh).

Alecz: Lumalakas na ang ulan

Gordon: ay naku, bumalik na lang tayo sa Goks!

Poma: Takbo na kaya tayo hanggang parking lot!

Trina: Oo nga, pareho rin naman eh. Mababasa din naman tayo.

Poma: Ano na?

Trina: Ay naku, tara na. Ano, Game!!!

And so all four us started to run. Since I’m the only girl (biologically speaking), shempre nauna sila. Oh shett talaga, I forgot nakaheels ako. And I forgot, hindi ako mahilig tumkbo sa normal na paraan!! (Duh, like what Poma said nga, di nga nya ako maimagine na tumatakbo sa treadmill without my signature head sway). Anyways, ang layo na nila when I realized that. Plus, mejo nasisira na ang sandals ko. I mean, to a limited extent, okay lang for me to run na naka heels. Pero walang wet and nasisirang sandals element sana! Maybe panic ito pero bigla nalang ako nagsisigaw ng “EEEEK HINDI KO PALA KAYA, HINDI KO PALA KAYA!” (while still attempting to run). At wala akong pake na maraming tao sa paligid ko ha! Keps talaga, bakloong bakloo ang dating ko habang naghuhumiyaw. I decided to walk na lang habang palakas ng palakas ang ulan. Good thing, my friends decided to take a stopover sa DLSU Sports Complex. Hayun , from afar kitang kita ko ang pagtawa nila. Hindi pa rin ako tumitigil sa pagtili ng “HINDI KO KAYA!!” I bet the guards were wondering na what happened to this girl na nagpapabasa sa ulan habang nakikipag-usap sa sarili! Shucks, kakahiya sana. Good thing, I love to laugh at myself!

"Aftermath"

Aleli with see-thru blouse, Goralinda, Babaeng Basa and Poma na naka green ulit

Haaaay. Basang basa. Iyon lang. Oo, trip ko talaga maligo sa ulan. But like what I told Poma, hindi ito counted. Gusto ko yung mageenjoy ako. Yung hindi kayo ang mas nageenjoy! Grabe, na feel ko talaga ang concern nila. Tawang tawa kayo mga lintek!

Anyways, goodluck to Santugon Frosh Candidates! Derecho! At wag magpabasa sa ulan.

GAME!

Bading Man....

After one drink at Ces, Diale and Dae’s birthday bash, I had to meet up with Alecz for a previously scheduled bonding experience (yez!). We watched Dark Knight then went straight to south area for a couple of drinks and our much-needed heart to heart talk. I had issues to discuss that only Alecz can understand (yes, meh ganon!). Anyways, I was blabbing the night away when this old dude (not so old naman, pero compared to me he’s really old) told alecz ‘we can talk’. As we were really into the conversation and shempre wala kaming planong makipagchikahan sa stranger, Alecz simply told this loner na we’re having a serious conversation. Okay, the dude backed off. A couple of drinks later, this dude who’s super getting scary na at that point tried to harass me/us. He never got anything aside from pang deadma at rejection. Infairness to mother Aleli, talagang ever watchful sha kay kadiri dude (as if trying to see kung may gagawin ba itong mama na ito) while listening to me blab about my current issues. Aba shempre hello, dumadrama pa ako anuva! Kahit naman I was so into this whole telling Alecz what’s bugging me, I was trying hard din to sense kung safe ba kami or hindi. Well anyways, as Alecz would put it, hindi na siguro talaga kinaya ng old dude. He suddenly grabbed me by my shoulder while I was making drama/daldal. I was super shocked. I guess none of us really anticipated that the dude will resort to that kind of behavior. Bigla ako napasabi ng “NOOO” to the guy’s face. But the shocking part was this: as soon as Alecz saw the dude grab me by the shoulder, mejo napatayo si Alecz sa chair nya and while finger pointed at the dude, he told him “hey, you’re not supposed to do that” (in his best man voice ha). Alecz got the bill (nagmamadali at parang pikon na boylet sha habang kinakausap ang waiter) and we left the area.

While in the car, Alecz asked, “mother, ano na feel mo, natakot ka?” Honestly, hindi ako natakot. I was more of nagulat. Nagulat that suddenly, this stranger attempted to touch me. More importantly, nagulat ako na naging lalake bigla itong si Alecz. He explained that it was all instinct; he can’t understand as well why he acted that way. Odiva, may ganong drama.

It was an experience. The harassment part, wala na yun mashado. Looord naman, bakit ko ipagkakalat na may ganong nangyari sa akin diva!! That part where Alecz tried to protect me was most important of all (that’s why I decided to blog about this). I guess it’s like that. At the end of the day, lalake pa rin talaga kahit pa girlaloo bad girl si mother. Angkop na angkop sa MMK-special na topic namin. Touched ako ha, everytime kasi I’m with Alecz, I feel as if pareho kaming girlash. Ako ang klusha magnetica na may super powers at sha ang mudra for all seasons! That night, na feel ko talaga ang pagka girl ko. Kaloka, naging lalake si mother for a couple of minutes, di ko kinaya, breathtaking ang drama nitei!!

Well, Aleli, thank you so much for the eye-openers given and especially for protecting me that night. Kaloka, natakot sayo ang damuhong stranger na ‘yun. Ka touch talaga.

Klusha Magnetica & Mudra for all seasons

May pag-asa pa pala, Aleli, sa mga ganyang paraan. Haha. Bits and pieces. I guess we, especially I, can live with that. Kabloom!

My 25th: two months worth of celebration

28 May 2008:

Happy Birthday to me! But really, no time to celebrate because my Tanduay stockholders’ meeting was scheduled that same afternoon. Of course, had to prepare pa! So I headed to the office right away, (wearing a red dress of course!), since I still had to prepare the materials for the meeting. Middle of the meeting, my thoughts began to wander….hmm…I don’t feel like it’s my birthday. Is it really my bday? Bakit ganito, puro work pa rin! Anyways, after the meeting, Atty. Pesayco (Tanduay Corsec) presented her birthday gift for me—Photo op with Kap!! I didn’t know what to say. I’m a super fan of Dr. Tan so naloka talaga ako with this birthday gift! And let me tell you, he’s really nice. As in chika talaga. I had to say goodbye after a while kse wala na ako masabi and my gosh, super red na ng face ko (match na sa outfit!). With that photo op, grabe, feel ko na ang birthday. Brought my happy feeling with me to good earth with Ida (our Tanduay/Eton/Allied Bank girl), Caron and Grace (officemates) for a couple of birthday rounds. Hihi! Bago pa malasing ng tuluyan si Ida, I headed back to QC because I promised my mother we’ll spend my birthday sa MB (Music Box). Ang nanay ko, addict sa gay comedy bars! Well.. had so much fun. Truly, it was a happy birthday for me!!!

with Dr. Tan

with cai and pey

30 May:

I had to finish my work early that day. I promised my bees we’ll have my belated happy birthday dinner together. So Tammy and Ann picked me up sa office. Met up with Hazel and Ange (escorted by Dennis) at Café Bola in Greenbelt. Had dinner agad kasi ang press release ng mga anak ko, si Nicka nasa meeting pa so after we eat, head back to good earth nalang for a couple of rounds with my busy Nicka. Sa totoo lang, mejo nabbwiset na ako sa mga anak ko dahil ang gugulo ng mga plans nila that night. E kaya naman pala! Surprise party pala ito!! Haha. They invited my lawschool batchmates and other sisses to good earth. And my hijas even gave me flowers..lahat sila ha! Super surprised. I’m the luckiest momsy talaga…as in! I can’t thank my bees enough for the surprise!

surprised momsy

1 June:

I woke up late as usual. Naman, Sunday kasi. Anyways, spent more time in bed as I was determined to finish Amy Tan’s “Saving Fish From Drowning” (take note: ilang months ko na binabasa di ko matapos tapos!). Eto naman si mother biglang sumisigaw: “Baba ka muna, may magcconsult daw”. Grrrr…diba? I haven’t taken a bath yet! How can I face someone with a legal query? Anyhoo, as if I can do anything! Hala, the moment I got out of the room, nakita ko na ang mga loka kong college kabarkada (Dianne, Ida and Elay complete with cake, ballon and happy birthday smiles)! Click away ang mga loka e nakapambahay pa talaga ako, fresh from bed ang lola! Well, nung mejo nagsink in na ang surprise, took a bath and we headed to trinoma for a couple of drinks and to watch Sex and the City. Thank you, my angels! I wasn’t expecting talaga that surprise (e surprise nga!)

bagong gising

6 June:

Ruby’s Homecoming Party. Ayan umuwi galling sa States ang lukaret. Shempre welcome back ang drama ng Santugon. Kain at inom sa Kroc in Greenbelt. We stayed inside the resto kasi eh so I had to go out pa with Poma for a couple of puffs. When we came back ang Maco at Alecz nagbubulungan na. At bigla nalang akong nakarinig ng sigaw sa right ear ko “OOOYYY!!!” (galing ito sa waiter) at nasundan ito ng happy birthday song (galing naman ito sa mga kabarkada ng waiter). And they gave me birthday ice cream na may birthday candle. O diva, alam ko pinagloloko lang ako ng mga vehykla sa Santugon….pasalamat kayo at kakatapos lang talaga ng birthday ko kaya mejo natuwa na rin ako!

at hindi ko maeexplain ang nafeel ko

5 July:

Eto OA na talaga ang birthday celebration na ito (Hai at the Fort). Haha. Joint shebang with Marge (bday: July 13) kaya ang title ng party ay Never too late, never too early. But really, mejo obvious it was just an excuse to throw a party! Haha. Well, had so much fun! Invited the sisses and of course dahil Santugon din itong si Margarita, anjan ang ibang mga goonies. Thanks to those who came and made the joint shebang a fun fun party.

"green meets blue"

The party never stops! May Halloween party pa for the kids @ bahay ni maria come October!!!