Vacation...faux-cation

What a lovely birthday week it has been. :) I was finally able to head off to the beach with the people I love. :) It was amazing...if only I didn't have to work the entire time. hahaha...that and the weather! :P But I'm not complaining. I am still thankful that I was able to go and that I was able to spend time with my bu! :) What is love...:)

Of Birthdays and Love! :)

I am loved! :) A feeling I wish never to take for granted. :)

I celebrated my birthday yesterday. It was amazing. From spending Friday dinner with my wonderful inaanak (God Daughter) and then getting drunk with my best girls, spending the day with my bu and family and ending the day by drinking with new found friends. It was amazing. :)

I would share photos but sadly I don't have them on hand yet. Will be spending the coming week in the beach so will be sure to have tons then! :) Extended celebration! :) Love.

Til then...hope everyone has a great week ahead of them!

Bids...Bids...Bids...

Working in events is not what everyone thinks it is. The perception most people have is that all we ever do is party. Well...that may be true for some part of the job but most of the time, we're at the office thinking of new ways to reinvent the ordinary. :)

When I graduated from college I didn't really know what I wanted to do. I was...undecided. I think most college kids feel that way except for the few, overachievers, most kids just go through college then wing it their first few years after. At least that's what I think. hahaha...

On the other hand though, what I know for certain was that I didn't want to be stuck behind a desk doing the same thing over and over again. That wasn't the life for me. I have a short anecdote about that and well, I don't think I want the whole world to know about it yet. In time...:P

So for the first couple of years after college, I was spoiled enough to be able to travel, take my time in looking for a job, and basically just enjoy myself. It was a good thing I eventually figured out I couldn't stand being home all day and that well, I was wasting away just staying there anyway.

So I went into teaching. I loved kids and of all the practicum hours I put in teaching was the most fun I had. So that's what I did and for a year and a half I loved what I was doing. The kids were amazing, the management however was not. So after the school year we all decided it was time to move on.

That was when I started working in events. I took a 2 week break then went on to work with my first events company and I had a blast. :) It was a lot of new experiences and to tell you honestly, it was a big change. That's when I realized, doing events is not all about the partying. It was a lot of hard work.

Now I moved into a different kind of events company. I used to work in a wholesome company, we mainly focused on family events. I now work in a more lifestyle events company. It's a whole different ballgame and a whole lot of fun. :)

My role now is that I get to do the pitches. I think of things, brainstorm with the team. Put it all together in a presentation and hope to God I get the account. :) It's been pretty good so far. I've been having fun. I'm learning a lot and well...it's what working in an events company is all about anyway...bids, bids and even more bids. :)

So wish me luck as I work on even more bids. :) I want more accounts! hahaha

Adam Lambert in Manila! :)

Today is an extremely busy day for me. Sofia's party today at 3 but I promised atch I'd go early then I'm leaving around 5 for the Adam Lambert concert! :) woot woot!

One of the perks of working where I work, free ticket! woohoo! One of my most favorite people in the world is in Manila and he's coming too! double woohoo boyfriend! We glam-ing it tonight! :)



See you guys there!

What a last two weeks it has been...

I've been buried in work the past two weeks and it's been crazy! haha...I had to do a lot of presentations, edit and re-edit them, work on the costs as well and then I had to attend all these meetings and to a media launch in between. Top it off with an event I had to attend to cause I was covering for an officemate. Yes, it has been crazy. hahaha...but that's not all...on a more personal note, I've been shuffling from hotel room to hotel room cause I've been spending time with my aunt who has been driven out of her house by her a** of a neighbor and on the days I'm not there I'm with my cousin who came in from the States...so there. I have been tied up. But at the end of it all, I'm still alive and that makes me happy! :)

Work has been fun! :) I am actually enjoying myself a lot. The work is really hard especially when the pressure of making all these things happen get to you. But then again it's what you live for. Challenging yourself, pushing yourself to the limit almost to the point of breaking but not really. Then you make it and you're there. You're right where you're supposed to be and you went through all that. Amazing feeling it gives you.

I did my first media event with the company and it was packed. So many people came that it was crazy. I missed that. :) I really wouldn't be able to do any of the things I've been doing had it not been for the people around me. I remember panicking and crying at the same time. Hahaha...then everyone just got me to where I needed to go. :) Amazing friends! :)

I guess at the end of all that work and all that crazy I'm just happy to be where I am. I am getting better at what I do. I am getting better at being patient...haha, trust me I need loads of it. But I am getting better at it. :)

Now, if only I could find the right time to celebrate! :) Going to the beach with family and friends two weeks from now! :) I am excited!