More Photos?

For a long, loooong time sorry I haven't post any blog here. But to make it up to you, I have posted my photos in my multiply site (cherots.multiply.com) for your viewing delights :D

Blogs blogs

Yeah, I know this is soooo delay posting blogs for this site. I've been posting them to my other blog site such as Vox & Multiply. But I'll keep them as updated as I can. :D
I've changed my header to The Litter Box b'coz I can input whatever inspires me & also parallels to Furry Feline, which is my portfolio name. (http://furryfeline.multiply.com) Well, the sound of it is cute but the litter box literally means when a cat or dog wanted to.. uhm... relief itself, you know...doing their business in a box.. The same concept why I name this site as The Litter Box. Not so cute huh? But that's it.

I'll update this site as possible as I can. :D Stay in touch!
God bless!

Go! LA!!

Watching teams of LA live in Staples Center is superb..besides getting VIP tickets with parking passes, we could get freebies too! There's arena football where LA & New Orleans faced off. LA won of course. At the Honda Center in Anaheim, Ducks vs. Minnesota, but nah..they lose to wild by 2 goals. Then NBA, The Clippers won to Sacramento by a whopping 30 pts! At last, i got the chance to see LA Lakers, playing against The Clippers, this time Clippers got the world turned around. They lose to Lakers with 30 pts. too! hehehe!..What do you expect? It's Lakers, obviously the better team. :D
When I look back, I only watch those in TV, but now it's live! It's a great experience. :D

Part-time Sosi

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My first part time job as law office clerk along Wilshire - Palm Drive, Beverly Hills. I've started on Oct.1, 2007 without any experience as a clerk. The job is, honestly, not so ok for me. Although it's nice to work in a law office, but a job like this is a little confusing, esp without an exp like me. Comparing to regular office clerk, law office clerks have to had ideas on laws & its procedures & know how to fill up documents carefully, esp if it's to be submitted to the sheriff or to the court. As for me.. *blek* zero knowledge. I have no problems in communicating but the thing is you have to know what are you asking from these & that. If they say one legal terminology, I was like.."huh? Writ of what?". But in fairness, I little bit enjoyed my 2-week work in office. (at least i lasted 2 weeks hehe) :D and they paid me every last day of the week. ;)

Ah! American Soil!

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it's been 2 weeks since i arrived here in US.. ah! american soil at last! after 3 visas expirations! hihihi...exactly, it's aku buboy's bday! the next day, we celebrated his bday together with my cousins & sis..marami na kami dito! >:)....then after, me & alvin went to Harvest Festival, a christian event in anaheim stadium..very awesome & very am blessed despite of the cool breeze. got to watch Leeland & POD live

surprisingly, im not jetlagged after a 12-hour direct flight from manila. good thing i haven't slept that day becoz im finishing something before i left. i would really miss my room..my bed...my pillows...my teeny weeny table wer i used to do graphics in my computer, that gives me backaches...my nephew, adrian, who always bugs me at night...my green lamp...my coca cola blankee....my night light...the corolla car that always have mechanical problems...my boxing gloves...going to gym...the church...worship team...friends esp the close ones...my cat, dotie...

Alvin&me2

im pretty enjoying my stay here in states. i went walking around the neighborhood, familiarizing the place. but most of the time, alvin drives me to places. went jogging every morning at the nearby park, went to grocery with my uncle & my cousins, went to alvin's office & hang out at the Century City beside his office, stayed at Borders, a huge bookstore with lotsa graphic books...ate real burgers & real fries..mmMMmmm....went body-surfing at the Hermosa Beach...walastik the waves! make strip off my bikinis! hihihi

Valentine Fish 2007

I know this is from last year...but I'm amazed of how this fish turned out after cooking. A hearty meat for a hearty day for our hearty lunch. :D

Halo-halo & Dimsum Delight

It's very very hot these days! You just wanna eat a gallon-size halo-halo...plus.. to make your eating a little dynamic, let's combine it with beef siomai...of course, the fast-food crew would include the toyomansi & the chilli sauce..
I don't know if the chilli got spilled, or the fast food chain is experiencing supply shortage.. hihihi :D
Ive took a photo of the lovely siomai Ive ordered last week ;)

CBCP 20th Anniversary 2007

At last! it is finished! hihi :D Last April 1, 2007.. our church celebrated it's 20th anniversary at the Henry Irwin Lee Theater at Ateneo de Manila University ;) lot of hard work & time we've spend for this special event ;) especially for us musicians..it's cramming time! we've started practicing on the 1st wk of march..& we have 3 wks to master all the songs! & they didn't even gave us the study CDs! but by God's grace.. we pulled it off... hayy...The event was great! all the prepareations were executed perfectly ;) people were blessed!
I noticed among one banner, which was displayed beside me.."there's something wrong with the 3 elements below the layout..is that marijuana leaves??" hihih :D
Hehe..

Mc Muni Muni....

i use to had my breakfast at Mc Donald's every thursday morning...(becoz of color-coding, i have to leave early) last oct 26, while waiting for the time... i was sooo bored... so, i count the cars that passes along wilson street... grabe! in only 30 minutes, i counted 80 honda cars! most of them are CRV's & civic. Ang pinaka marami..Toyota! I counted 120 cars most of them are innovas & altis! HAHAHA! Innovas everywhere! :D Talagang walang magawa na! ganun kami ka-bored! hihi..! ;)

GOSPEL JAM 2006!!

GOSPEL JAM 2006, it's a celebration of what God has done in our lives thru music, dancing, singing, & even acting! happening every sunday night at 6.30-8.30 at the Center For Arts along timog ave. in front of caltex & GMA 7.

Im so blessed when i first heard about the event..ive been in this kind if ministry before when i was still studying in college..but this one is better becoz it has segments & testimonials, parang talk show ang dating! ;)

Visit us every sunday! ;)

ROCKESTRA II

Last Aug 18, my friend & i got the chance to watch Rockestra 2 at The Folk Arts Theater. With the Manila Symphony Orchestra, 6 rocking bands performed their famous hits: 6 cyclemind, urbandub, hale, up dharma down, itchyworms, & the dawn! They all ROCK! Even the 'jolog' songs.. gumanda pare! Iba talaga pag may professional arrangement.. although the place is not air-conditioned as expected, we all enjoyed the show, even the appearance of jon santos, este, tita mids, which the show becomes a little comedy :D
We'll definitely watch part 3 next year! :D

shuffling survey

got this from my friend's blog... believe me try this! as u go on..it starts to freak me out! swak lahat sila a! heheheh :D

• How are you feeling today?
+++ Blue Kiss (Jane Wiedlin) - kissable? :D

• How do your friends see you?
+++ Bride of Frankenstein (OMD) - uhmm...im not so sure.. cute naman ako dba?

• Will you get married?
+++ 4 wings (penelope) - uhm uhm..

• What is your best friend's theme song?
+++ HAmatan (Ragnarok BGM) - u can tell where i got this music... obviously...

• What is the story of your life?
+++ Good Life (Inner City) - yeah! it's good! trying to live it to the fullest! ahee...

• What was high school like?
+++ welcome my Lord (Ragnarok BGM) - gulay! nabubukeng na ako sa laman ng ipod ko a hihiii...

• How can you get ahead in life?
+++ oo (up dharma down) - oo...oo..uhmmm oo..

• What is the best thing about your friends?
+++ you are my all in all (praise & worship) - .. sa mga kalokohan! :D

• What is today going to be like?
+++ the dark of the matinee (franz ferdinand) - <--i guess yun na yun!

• What is in store for this weekend?
+++ second sight (placebo) - hehe.. perhaps i'll take a second look..

• What song describes you?
+++ only with you (miss angie) - sa tono palang.. mushy na! ahihi

• To describe your grandparents?
+++ no sign of it (natalie grant) - haha! the song tells it! haha!

• How is your life going?
+++ unity (marc antoine) - getting better

• What song will they play at your funeral?
+++ i would give everything (newsboys) - hehehhee... dedz na disco pa rin!

• How does the world see you?
+++ say you need love (newsboys) - o yeh! disco rocks!

• Will you have a happy life?
+++ here comes the sun (the beatles) - definitely! ;)

• What do your friends really think of you?
+++ amnesia (the vines) - wala na... natauhan na sila siguro.. hihihii

• Do people secretly lust after you?
+++ down to earth (curiousity kills) - hahaha! im not so sure!

• How can I make myself happy?
+++ the pan within (the waterboys) - to lose the "pan"de monay at the middle of my body!

• What should you do with your life?
+++ is this it (the strokes) - this is it! is it?

• Will you ever have children?
+++ wasted early sunday (sneaker pimps) - .....

it's sticky hot!

after 16 years, i went to cotabato to celebebrate my grandma's 90th bday. everything's stil the same, the house, the rooms, the antiques, the water bed, except for the pool table & the mainas were no longer there ;) hehe...march 31 ive arrived there, GOSH! it's also sticky juicy hot in the city! but it's ok, ive got to color my hair, had a manicure & pedicure for free! (my mom's a share-holder at david's salon :)) "i-charge nlng kay donya~~"hahaha!
then the next day, relatives from davao & cebu arrived! ayan! siksikan na sa bahay! wohoo! (imagine having 12 aunts & uncles including their kids & apos)
april 2, the party was superb! pinaka masayang party! everybody enjoyed it, even mga barkada ni amah.. (may barkada pa si amah?!) and..my mum insist me to play drums, on the spot! my gulay! i'm in a dress & heels! i didn't brought my stix! first, she asked me to play solo.. but i said baka hindi ma-appreciate ni amah.. maingay kasi.. so since my uncle invited a band from davao, i've made arrangement with them.. (step aside drummer!) hahaha! it's great! i managed to play without sabit, (we've played 'dancing queen'...good thing i'm also listening to disco) afterwards, everybody went to the dance floor! swing swing! \:D/
too bad i wasn't able to go to davao... (swimming sana sa beach) becoz of work! have to be back asap... darn work! o well, next time..

WORLD Pyrolympics 2005... this one was presented by Philippines... so ASTEG!! this was the longest sparks that lasted almost a minute! i think they've used hundreds of flare gun for this one! yayayayay! 

WORLD Pyrolympics 2005.....how did i get there? well, i really really want to watch the event, so i've asked people from church band to my close friends, none of them are available, some have gone there already.. :( then i've learned that ferdy, one of my good buddies in church, wanted go too..so ive texted him.. yes! he's willing to fetch me then go together! at least i dont need to drive :D but.. have to ride on a scooter! hahaha! i thought he was joking.. fetching me with a scooter...then he'll lend me his pink helmet...it was my first time to ride a scooter from my place to macapagal highway! haha! that's another breakthrough for me! good thing we rode it, coz the traffic was very uber terrible! we could easily go thru the jam! hahaha! it was fun, scary at first hehehe... btw this is another pix of the show...good thing have a camera phone :D  

WORLD Pyrolympics 2005....last dec 29 & 30, i went to esplanade, just behind the mall of asia to see the world pyrolympics competition... it was so....BEAutiful!! each country would present a 20mins. firework display...yeah it's a looong display, although your necks & backs hurt, you would still watch with awe & with oohh's & aah's,,hehhee....it was fun... especially on how i got there in the first place... hahaha! :D  

is it me or they just suck?

i know i work 6x a week from 9-6pm, all day in front of the computer. (sometimes i work in 2 computers, & thank God for the new secretary) editing photos of various weddings, advertisings, beauty eds, & fashion eds... i also do side projects & planning to put up my own lil biz... pansin ko lang sa sarili ko, i want more projects to add up to my income...but when i got one... we do the usuals, meet with the client & getting into the biz, sometimes my boss would give me extra projects from his clients that would want a graphic layout...that's good...but as it progress, you present the first draft, lotsa additions & revisions, minsan thay would say:"meron pa bang ibang samples?" that means they didn't like the design much... hehe that's ok.. sometimes they're too abusive to the fact na nagiging 5th, 6th, or to the nth revisions.. especially when they're too fickle-minded! waaa... gusto kong umiyak sa inis! but, why i do get angry or frustrated? in the first place i want to have this projects but i complain a lot!
lately, i realized, as graphic artist, we had to have moooree patience... (basta magbayad lang ng tama yun client..) instead of going burserk over annoying clients...let's do what they want.. (& after, wag na silang kunin as clients. hehehe jok lng) after all, walang mangyayari if i still complain or become frustrate over them... ika nga, if you can't beat them, join them! hahaha!
so now, i'm trying this thing " be-a-happy-pasensiosa-worker" wag na natin patulan ang level ng mentality nila...there's nothing we could do about it... be thankful nalng na mas matalino tayo, kasi hindi nila kaya mag render sa computer! O DVA? taray nu? peace, dude!
same thing i felt about my boss....i used to get mad at him... i don't even want to see his shadow... but ano pa ba ang magagawa ko, eh studio nya yun pinagtratrabahuan ko hiihihiii...
it took many factors that push me to buy my DSLR....until i thought, maybe my boss could teach me how to use it! o dva? crash course agad! & he told that when buy accessories for my cam, he would make me 3rd photographer to shoot at his weddings.. (extra racket nanaman!!)
too bad my cam's at the Canon ofc... the master board had defects..worse, no warranty! my gosh! ive asked the seller if i could return it to him... it's very risky if it broke in the future.. (remember no warranty) & owning a DSLR is VERY EXPENSIVE, DUDE! but good thing i've found another buyer that could sell it to me at 50k w/ 512mb CF card, & a tripod...not bad for a set.. plus when you purchase a EOS 350D, you have a 2-day free photo sessions at DPI! ;)

drained...

recently i feel so drained that my back starts to ache... i'm doing 2 jobs at once... our secretary was terminated the past week so i take the calls. (thankfully i dont entertain wedding clients) plus, annoying clients butting in for they're photos...(ang kukulit kamu!) they wanted they're photos to be ready by monday... it's friday, i didn't even start a single photo... plus the my PC's down... the MAC is terribly slow... i can't even rely on the lounge comp...phew! have no choice but to use the slowmo MAC. good thing...that afternoon, my PC's was delivered, & has a brand new mama board... yes! but have to process 700+ photos for the freakin client... last sat, besides being alone, hungry, & with the sticky weather, i finished the photos with 3 hrs overtime...
but, the reward is good.. i got my brand new SLR.. plus ive bought the Chronicles of Narnia 7 in 1 book for only P655!! woohoo! ive got to read first the story before seeing the movie this december...

last nov 13, my colleague's band done their first demo CD. at least we have a material to submit to radio stations & bars... even sell them every gigs! hehehe... the sounds, mixing, & mastering was good for a demo... (although a little 'sablay' in vocals hehhe)

the biggest battle of the bands ever! weekly elims are every friday. whoever wins, bags the P20k then qualified to regional...P100k.. then nationals...P500k+trip to london for the world finals...last sept.9, ! ratsky, tomas morato, qc, we competed with 6 other bands...it's the most superb perfomance done by the band...cool production from the lights, sounds & of course,,, kick-ass get-ups! everybody's bet that our band will win that night... including a punk band.."dude, dapat kayo panalo ngayon!" guess who won? a showband! tadah! it's Japan Battle of the Bands! who the heck would qualify such band to be sent to UK? baka naman batuhin lng sila dun! i mean c'mon! sa logo pa lang, pang rock rockan na dba? then they'll choosing a band that sounds like:"laki sa layaw laki sa layaw, jeprox!" duh? or:"panahon na para magsaya! porget ko na ang problema!" i thought they wanted a new & uniquely sound band? eto lang...they didn't want a grassroot, they wanted a "talahib" hahaha! o well... that's the prove of stupidity among judges.... i duno want happen.. must be some politics is happening again...the MAN truly ruined the lil thing called ROCK n ROLL...hahaha!  

instant 'mami'

last sunday i went to a wedding expo @ the nbc tent, the fort with my friends, who are planning to put up an events management biz...actually i wasn't planning to go at first... becoz i went to an expo last year when i start working (since my job is involved with weddings) so i assume all the displays & exhibits are the same.... & i'm tired of looking at wedding pictures.. i see them everyday!! nakakasawa ba... ;) but one of my friends, which is my discipler, kept on insisting me to go with them....for me it's fine...especially i could go in for free.. but... i must register in the "SOON-TO-BE-WED" list!! why? one of their partners haven't register earlier & he has to pay for the entrance...but he could get a free access if he's engaged...the problem is.. he has no fiancee or even a GF...so, since almost all the girls in our cell group were taken or were already married, they have no option but to pick me!! ABA! instant fiancee ba!? and it happened.... (proxy! hihi)
hayy....life! :p