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2011 : A Year In The Life

Posted by imogenkin on December 31, 2011
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Let me start this post with my pinakafavorite forever and ever year-ender song. This was originally from the musical Rent, never saw the movie but this song just hits the spot! 🙂 I suggest you listen to this while reading the post. Background music lang hehe.

There’s also another version that features Stevie Wonder, as wonderful as it is but let’s have have the movie version for now. 🙂 Uhmm so, why this song? As for me, each time I listen to the words “525,600 minutes, how do you measure a year in the life?”, I find myself reflecting on all the things that happened to me. Good or bad, happy or sad. This song makes me thankful of all the good things that I had and accept the not-so-good. Even more, it makes me appreciate the people who are with me on all those times that I’ve been through. Again, good or bad, happy or sad. 🙂

Flashback to 2011.

365 days are a lot. Same are the things that took place this year. I have had a lot of first times actually hehe. In no particular order:

  • It was my first time in Baguio. Yes, you read it right. 🙂 Thanks to GV clothing for tagging us along to the sponsorship event there. If not for it, I have never been there until now nyaha.
  • Also my first time to be in Batangas twice for the summer. One for our company outing and the other for our barkada trip. The 2 resorts are side by side each other. hehe
  • Like 2010, I also have some celebrity encounters this year. Only it was more personal this time. Ako na! hehe We met up with PBA star Gabe Norwood for his Tiki shirt. Also, met Ria Bautista of the band Paramita. Even had the chance to drink and dine with her. Cool di ba? 🙂 And just recently, with the Fliptop idol BLKD. He modeled the latest GV shirt. It was an honor, to be honest, since he is one of the most respected rap artists in the league, and to have him endorse GV is a big thing.
  • In the not so good part, first time ko madukutan. It was almost midnight in Baclaran, when a kid made limos to me and unknowingly, my cellphone was picked. It’s bad enough that I lost my phone, but the fact that a kid did it made it worse. 😦
  • I also got regularized at work this year. Yey!
  • First time to go to a lot of places: malls, restaurants, parks, events, etc.
  • One of the highlights of this year is seeing Kobe Bryant in person! 🙂 Not a huge fan, but still.. come on that’s Kobe. 😀
  • GV had a great 2011 as well. Hundreds of shirts printed. And I am happy to say that our ka-vibes are growing in number and in orders too. teehee
  • I also got back to blogging this year, hence, this post. I am taking it more seriously this time. >.<
  • Got some new gadgets as well this year. Rar!
  • H’s first time in the Philippines too. I have never been aware of Sesame Street and other kids’ stuff until now. 🙂
  • We are also setting the record for the most number of times a couple ate at Jollibee nyaha. Yes, we go there at least 5 days a week for months now. Won’t get tired of the food as long as we’re together. Naks! <3<3
  • Hmmmm what else? There’s a lot really, I can’t remember them all. I’m trying my best here.. hehe
Of course, here are some of the photos of my 2011. Just a few of the great things that have been. ❤

All in all, 2011 has been a great year for me. Most of the things are good, actually. 🙂 And for 2012, I’m not wishing for a worry-free life. I just wish to still be with the same wonderful people that I am with now for the next years because for me, no matter how bad things are, it can be good as long as you’re surrounded by the right people. I am measuring my year in the presence of friends and loved ones. And I know you know who you guys are. 🙂 Happy new year to us! Thank you 2011 for being good, keep it up for 2012 ha? And more posts to come for me!! 🙂

How about you? How do you measure your year? 🙂

Christmas Eve Post

Posted by imogenkin on December 25, 2011
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It’s 11:55 PM on December 24. By the time I finish this post, it’s officially Christmas! 🙂 I just want to greet every one a very Merry Christmas! Enjoy the holidays, and don’t mind gaining weight, have fun with Noche Buena! 😀

Merry Christmas from me and Chino! I haven’t slept in over 24 hours and we’re spinning around Ayala Triangle in this photo. 🙂

This is the first time that we actually had gifts under the tree. We’re doing this for the kids this time. 🙂 I’m sure they’d get crazy when they wake up and see this waiting for them. Can’t wait! 😀

Although this has been a magastos Christmas hehe and I did not get the gift on my wishlist for our office Kris Kingle, I still think that this Christmas is merry. Thanks to my family, friends, and Chino for making every day like it’s a Holiday. 🙂 Love you all!

Lights & Sounds Show at the Ayala Triangle

Posted by imogenkin on December 22, 2011
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I have been hearing about this show lately. Feedback’s been good and a thousand lights wouldn’t hurt on a Tuesday night. With 4 days to go before Christmas, we decided to finally feel the Christmas spirit. 🙂

At the heart of the Ayala Triangle Gardens is where the magic happens.  Mesmerizing lights in different colors and sizes, with some lanterns, matched with instrumental Christmas songs will definitely give warmth on a cold holiday night. You can watch a few meters away from the show or you can stand right under the lights.. it’s your choice. 🙂 You can walk around the garden and take pictures or just stand there with your barkada or a loved one. Either way, you will feel the night come to life as the lights and sounds cover the whole garden.

Lanterns and lights.

Purple lights.

Spectators at the Triangle.

Picture in picture.

Chino in lights and smoke.

Leslie in red lights.

In the middle of the bright lights. 🙂

We also did some playing with lights:

Bokeh attempt hehe

Christmas lights trail.

Hopefully, these photos gave justice on how excellent and mesmerizing the lights are in person. We have spent 2 hours watching several shows last night and we are planning to go back tomorrow for another round. That’s how nice it is. 🙂 I can say that this is a nice counterpart of a Pyromusical. Best part of it? It is free! Just go there and enjoy the night away! 🙂 Show starts at 6PM, and goes hourly until 10. But I think it was every 20 minutes last night, which is better hehe! You can still feel the holiday season until October 31st, don’t miss the chance.

To wrap things up, here is a YouTube video of the show. Because photos are just not enough… Enjoy! 🙂

The Return of the Tiki Man

Posted by imogenkin on December 13, 2011
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In summer of 2011, the Tiki Man was launched by GudVibes Clothing. It was a hit and came in pink, aquablue, green and violet. Now that it’s December and Christmas is fast approaching, Mr. Tiki is coming back! 🙂

It’s just his head this time, though. hehe Comes in white and gray too.

The Tiki Man was originally created by Vectorizta, a graphic artist from Caloocan who masters in making vector art. We aim to concentrate more on the uniqueness and details of the head of a tiki, thus launching this shirt. If anyone may ask, a Tiki is a mythical creature from Polynesia. They are carved on wood and stone and serve different meanings. They are some sort of an anito, ranging from god of happiness, luck to family, etc.

Despite showing Hawaiian culture, which is one of GV’s influences, we will never turn back to our own hometown, Cavite of course! 🙂 Since it’s Christmas season, every order of shirt from us will come with something that showcases our town.

We also have a Turtle from the Cavite City Zoo and war ruins from Fort San Felipe for visuals. Feel free to buy shirts to see them! nyaha

For orders and inquires, please contact Gudvibes clothing at http://www.facebook.com/gvclothing or send a message to http://facebook.com/gudvibesteam. Please also check out our website at http://gudvibes.vze.com 24/7 customer service as long as we’re awake and we have cellphone load. nyaha Kidding. Spread the GudVibes this Christmas and all throughout the coming 2011! 🙂

Christmas spirit. :)

Posted by imogenkin on December 13, 2011
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It’s starting to look a lot like Christmas! Well, at least for us. 🙂 Our barkada had our early Christmas party last night, wherelse? at the Casa Risasata of course.

When we get together, expect a lot of food.. what more if it’s for Christmas? Around 7PM, we are complete, that means it’s time to eat! uy rhyme! hehe

This is our official party food! No party is complete without the Sweet and Sour Pork from Louisse. Very good for ulam and for  pulutan.

There’s also Pancit Malabon made fron scratch by Clar. A whole big bilao for the 9 of us with huge chicharon chunks! nyaha

We also had tasty pork barbecue from Eyp and Maam Shie.

Of course, it shouldn’t be all pork. Girlie brought Inihaw na Bangus for variety.

Rren brought dessert. Ube ice cream despite the rain and cold air.

As for me and Chino, we took charge of the dessert/souvenirs for the party. Custom Christmas cupcakes for all of us!

..and some booze!

No Christmas party is complete without gift giving. A week before, we had our bunutan for the Kris Kringle and tonight is the big revelation!  2 batches of gifts ang napagkasunduan, 1 for the monito/monita and another ‘something green’ to be given randomly on the spot.

We’re a bunch of happy kids from the early gifts that we received. From notebooks, scarves, book, bag, to lipstick, figurine and tumblers. 🙂

The happy kids. 🙂

Now on a sadder note.. aaaww. Well, this party came early to make habol to Clar’s departure for Russia. So yes, this also served as her despedida. Everybody knows Clar as Ms. Green. She likes anything green. So for the ‘something green’ part, we all agreed that everything goes to her. 🙂 It was a surprise but I think she figured it out haha

Here she is getting extra happy with all her green stuff. hehe uwi ka na Clar!

The night is getting colder so it’s time to proceed with the booze. We got tequila to keep us warm and a lot of food for pulutan. As the night gets darker and colder, we streamed on funny Eat Bulaga episodes until 3am before we called it a night. 🙂

Merry Christmas from all of us! 🙂