Trash talks

I was away from my home desk this past few days. November was an uberly hectic month for me and almost entirely about decision makings, weighing of things and lots of working overnight.

Early this year, I sworn off staying up late for work when raks got sick, and for the longest time i was confidently sleeping before 12 midnight. I was professedly in pursuit of a healthy habit, but unfortunately turns out to be another series of calcium sucking sleeplessness. Contrary to my dismay, Work means a lot of cash!!! and i tend to forget all the puyat and being away for consecutive days because of my anticipation of a fat bank account.. Yay! money faced - I am one of em. I go home with no sleep and bath, my body hurts, my vision is 2xtimes blurry than my usual poor eyesight .. which sucks really bigtime! Hayy.. thats it i guess, Priorities really matters, and i should never compromise health just for a few bucks. But I'm happy nadin kasi i was able to weigh things this time cuz' most of my decisions were conveniently beneficial on my part (as per financial and timetable is concerned) though there were lots of unattended things like other relational stuffs [i mean family and friends]. I'm hoping to live a balanced lifestyle..whatever that means?

My closest friends could attest that I'm pretty much a tolerant person. As in to any kind of abominable attitude towards me. Although i hate that some people are malevolent or selfish or negative.. but everything is still tolerable. I probably acquired it after six years of battle to my rare health condition. I learned to see life generally than deal with the small things like being annoyed or getting pissed off easily. But whats really hard is when you recognize something bad right before your very eyes. Especially by someone really very important to you. I cant do anything about it. they say you choose you're own battle..if its not worth fighting for and doesn't seem to make you grow then its over. Who wants to be tanga for the rest of their lives? No one.

[thats my current home desktop with super imposed trash bin]

Life begins at 25

I got a handful of greetings from my friends and family on my birthday. [you can check my message board] eheh. But still I don't feel special today, except for Consuelo's queer kindness. her self containment and efforts of being polite was so obvious...lucky me on my birthday haha!
My being less excited has to do with the age thing i guess.. More responsibilities, more expectations, more obstacles and more things to conquer. On the other hand, when i look at it and start recollecting my "25" years of existence. Life seemed overwhelmingly unsparing to me. And it gave me more reason to celebrate than rant over a year added on my age. Life pala is not just about Growing old.. its about Growing Up. that its not about making it perfect but more of understanding and learning what Life is all about.

Thank you Lord for my family, my friends and all the blessings in my life.

[and i think i need to start admitting my real age]

Dinner with a couple of Tomboys

I just came home from a hilarious night out with my Superfriends. This is an advance celebration for my birthday. We choose Dencios at jupiter cause you can never go wrong when you order Filipino food and besides Vannie has this annoying delicate appetite, she doesn't like carbonaras and Japanese cuisines or anything not similar to menudo. While Gara is in charge of the 300 peso worth of kwento [50 funny- 250 bastos and gross]. Kateng took care of the surprise cake which embarrassed me in the entire place and Raks was there to laugh in our extreme rowdiness. I think its one of my most memorable birthday.
And as I was closely watchful of them..not exactly to gara..but collectively. I knew they were the cast I'm looking for in a movie.... And if i am the movie.,my life wouldnt be as happy and complete if they weren't part of the cast.

ps. they're not tomboys. haha!
[sorry. no photos were taken ]

Notice

To Marlen:
Kindly counter check my adjustments as per your instructions.

Header.. check!
Moving gif picture..check!

This is my immediate action to your blog imposition.

Respectfully yours
Bettyimages

To be FREE or not to be?

Freelancing is work in borderline of PERKS and INSTABILITY. I should know because I'm freelance in my entire working career. And i think, I'm the only person i know who started out as a freelance. There are times when i get really anxious especially the early part. Often i find myself clouded by so many questions and doubts. Why don't i get a 13th month pay?..Why don't i have SSS and GSIS stuffs?..Why don't i have benefits like Medicare and other bonuses?..Why don't i have a permanent job? These were some of my rattling questions.
On the other hand, Over the last 3 years, i made it through from dust busting old films, to making cheesy Obb's , to hard hitting ones, making music videos , to mainstream tv ads and movies too.. Most of my colleagues have grown from a young girl to an old man..ahah..some deviated and made it to the "regular" world. But i remain here. Still uncommitted to any employer but pursues a commitment to earn a living. Some of the list of my perks goes a long way too.. i declare my own holiday..i choose my schedule..i have unlimited break time..my rate differ depending on the workload...i get to work on variety of things.
So what am i trying to point out here is this: Whether you're a regular guy or a freelance,All it takes is your work dedication, work ethics and work skill. These three things gets the job done..altogether including the sweldo,-tax inclusive. And we all have that..so to EMPLOYEES envious of the FREELANCERS and vise versa, we are all equal and no one is better than the other...[only prettier or gwapoer.]

Grumpy old people

Earlier i was looking a few steps away from my monitor..my blogs seemed to be so ayos. like the fonts are small and the color scheme is not screaming anymore. the page elements are placed on the other side and shows a little bit of every element..i think I'm growing up so fast..and to make things worst..
I'M GETTIN' OLD.

I'm starting to see and feel the signs of what an old person is:
1. Naiinis nako
2. Nagagalit nko
3. Sumasakit na legs ko pag naglalakad
4. I find George Clooney gwapo
5. I downloaded Vilma Santos version of Sweet Sixteen
6. I just mentioned sex in my recent post
7. I appreciate patatim..yes the pata with thick sauce
8. Ashley and Jing is addicted to pink..and im not

No !! this is not happening to me. haha! just for laughs.

Pre birthday anxiety and pre wedding advice

My friends reaction to my new header was unanimous.--ITS TOO GAY!!! and they didn't like it for me. So i uploaded a tougher looking one even if I'm a softee naman.. so long mariah design..yay!!
On a serious note, A few days from now will be a grand day for me and I already set some plans..at least for tomorrow on my birthday eve with my not so girly girlfriends [kateng, vanny,gara] raks is a girly and so is chiqui.

As for my hommies, i still don't know if i shall treat them in a resto or just dinner at home.oh ok..i don't want to preempt my own birthday. I'm just gonna take each day as it is and blog about it every time i feel i want to.

At 5pm, i met my favorite friend after almost 1 week of not seeing each other.

Around 8pm i met Tin with her beau Demer, to hand me the invites. They will be getting married on the 1st of December at San Agustin Church, Intramuros. The only thing i told tin was not to have sex before her wedding day...and she just grinned. What was that suppose to mean? :) Best wishes to soon to be Mr and Mrs. Padilla.

HEADER Graham or Locklear?

My new header looked like a rift off of whose style? I didn't mean to make it look this way..You see, my first lay out was supposedly a simple text tweaked using photoshop, which seemed like a rusty madmaxxie [think mad max..old movie of Mel Gibson] template. the second, i just added another layer with filters and all kinds of tweaks in the world to create a rendezvous of colors [yeah..rendezvous!] third is another study with a different text.
I cannot decide so i made use of a vintage looking font and combine it with my first study.. So thats why it looked like an old Mariah Carey album cover.

If you happen to read this post..which do you think is the better header?

First day

First day is not the first day of my menstruation, hence it is the first day of the rest of my life..err well technically because this is my first day of blogging after "bettyimages" my former blog got canceled by my alter ego.

why Bettyimages?
I decided to stick with this name cuz it has a kick. yknow like a recall. And to give a more cultured reason.. Bettyimages signifies my life and the images i see..scenarios, epiphanies.. wisdom, error..mostly errors. .

I added version 2.0 so that it'll sound a little mechanized. [just like in movies].

in memory of my former blog
bettyimages 2004 -2007