Chaikofi Is Love

I accompanied my sister yesterday to buy a dress for her friend's wedding on Sunday. I'm so tired after that my feet hurt so bad when I got home. I went ahead of her because I can barely walk anymore she isn't done looking for a pair of shoes to match her dress. 



We had dinner at Chaikofi, I had this yummy Bavette Al Pesto. I also enjoyed one their chillers called Cheetah's Bluff whilst my sister had Spicy Beef Chai Rice and a Blushing Bride Zontea. 


I'll be on leave tomorrow, yay! On Sunday, my twin sissy and I are planning to watch a movie. Hopefully, I'll enjoy the long weekend. I think I'm going to love my schedule next month I've never had a Sat, Sun off in such a long time. Thank God my sisters are off on weekends maybe we can go shopping together or at least have a stroll in the mall or something. I'll just stay home for today and give my poor feet some rest.

Dental Check Up

I finally had a dental check-up earlier and this may sound gross but It's been a year or so since I had my teeth checked. Dentists say that dental check ups must be done every 6 months but I don't have time so it took me a year to visit a dentist. 

The taxi ride to get to the clinic gave me a headache earlier. The driver had me going around in circles he said he thought that Medical Plaza is the same as Medical City, OMG! I paid Php80 but didn't think about arguing anymore with the "lost in space" driver since I'm gonna be late for my dental appointment. 

At the dentist, my mouth was wide open for an hour it was such a pain in the jaw. I didn't have any problem on the light cure treatment part but the cleaning process was a bit uncomfortable. The electric toothbrush hurt at some point especially when getting to the hard to reach areas. I'm happy that my teeth look whiter and feels cleaner after, yay!

Pat On the Back

I was awarded a "pat on the back" certificate yesterday for getting a 4 out of 5 POSE or customer survey scores for the 1st week of January. I was engaged in a call when my friend from QA (quality assurance) asked me to strike a pose for his digital camera. I was taken aback I didn't know what the hell's going on. When the certificate was given to me I had no choice but to accept it although I was a little embarrassed. Before my shift ends I saw my picture on the email with the rest of the awardees. I guess I'm quite happy about it although I'll be happier if it was converted to cold cash hehe, just saying.

OT No More

It's a gloomy Saturday morning or I just woke up on the wrong side of the bed? It's raining outside for some reason. Our weather alert says that there's broken clouds and the temperature feels like 77 degrees farenheight... whatever. I cancelled my rest day overtime last night my boss told me that she was told by workforce that they can't guarantee if I can have a 5-hour ot so I changed my mind. I decided to stay home and just make the most of my last day of rest instead of going to work for 2 and a half hours. I'd rather render a 1-2 hour pre-shift ot this week. 

I cooked dinner for my sisters, surf the net, watched TV then went right back to bed. I got an email from human resource that I will finally receive my referral incentive this month at last after 2 invalid referrals I'm going to make money out of it. 

I have shift tonight, hopefully it's not another boring shift. 

Not So Happy New Year, Arrrrgh!

I spent new year's eve in the office as expected. I'm still not over it because I never had the chance to say goodbye to 2007 and welcome 2008. I was engaged in a call I wouldn't have known that it's 12 midnight already had I not heard from my officemates how amazing the fireworks are. 


I feel sorry for myself. This is the first time I spent New Year's day in the office and we're queueing the whole time for crying out loud. Calls flooded the center after 11PM. My real shift is 12:30AM but I was on an hour pre-shift overtime. The queue slowed down around 8AM. There's free food but I don't have the appetite I was just tired after my shift. The roads are empty on my way home since it's a holiday, it's a ghost town. My twin and I are supposedly celebrating New Year's Eve together and part of the plan is to have a little feast for ourselves but that didn't happen I feel so bad she was on leave but spent NY eve all by herself. Sucks to be me. 

Happy New Year anyway

Baguio Christmas 07

I just got back from Christmas vacation in Baguio and it was all worth it. I had plenty of sleep of course. There's plenty of food was I forgot about my diet for a while. I'm glad our parents liked the digital camera we bought them for Christmas in fact they had their pictures taken right away. I bought ukay ukay stuff as usual from a Wagwagan (ukay ukay store) fronting Prime Hotel and another location beside Silvertone Inn along Session Road where I got a leather laptop bag. My sister and treat ourselves with "banana split" at this place called "Session Delights" where else but in Session Road, our favorite place to have dessert. We love their yummy banana split it's worth coming back to every year. 

It was really cold during the night we can't help but sleep early. We have lots of music, and movies on our laptop so we had movie marathon from dusk till dawn. We're big fans of Ghost Whisperer so we watched everything. We're almost done with season 3 unfortunately, episodes 11 and 12 are not yet available for download. 

We heard mass at the St. Joseph the Parish Christmas day then we head over to Mine's View to buy some souvenirs. Last stop is at Maxi Photo Digital services to have our pictures printed. While waiting for our prints mom treat us with "halo halo" so we can cool down at bit. I just stayed home the following day and watch the fogs go down in our veranda, it's a lazy Wednesday afternoon. We left Baguio in the morning and arrived in Manila after lunch time. Good thing my shift's at 1am so I was able to rest. I brought distributed pasalubong to my team mates. Vacation's over but it's  pay day, so good!

Up and Away

I'll be off from work tomorrow I'll be spending Christmas out of town to be with my family. It's been a while since I went on vacation that's why I'm kinda excited about I'm packing my stuff right now so I'm ready for tomorrow. We'll be leaving before lunch time I don't wanna forget anything. I'll bring my laptop with me so I'll be without internet for a few days I'm pretty sure my inbox will be full when I come back. I don't think i'll be bored since I have lots of movies saved on my laptop. I have to enjoy this vacation it's now or never ever again for sure it will take long to have one like this again. We're expecting heavy traffic tomorrow we better leave as early as possible. I can't wait.

Working on Weekends

I got 5 perfect POSE scores so I brought home some cookies. I hate getting a low pose no matter how many 10's I get it will definitely affect my total score. I guess I've been working a lot I deserve a break, a vacation even just a short one. I'm only human, I need a breather. 

My sister and I are planning to give our parents a digital camera as for Christmas. We know that they've been wanting to buy a digi cam even if they don't know how it works of course they want to try the latest gadget too. We do trust our mom on this, she learn things pretty easily compared to our dad who's a novice. Dad is not patient to learn technology maybe he thinks that he's too old to learn new things. We thought that our mom wouldn't figure out how to send text messages when we gave her a cellphone but she did whilst our dad up to this time still doesn't know how to do it. Twin sissy already has a present for our niece but I still don't have mine I'll buy just buy her something next week. 

That's it's for now, hopefully I can sleep well so I can enjoy my shift tonight.Well, what can I say? I get to work on weekends while others chill.

Give It to Me

I woke up prematurely, now my head is aching terribly. I was in the middle of sleep when Jack, our resident dog bit me in the hand I think that was around 4 in the morning. I realized that I'm starving so I checked out the fridge and decided to cook my breakfast. I ate an easy to cook Carbonara and 2 slices of toast.

I had my haircut about 2 days ago at the newly-opened Reyes Haircutters in Shaw. I like it better than my own haircut. I cut my bangs recently but it was a disaster, it made me looked like I'm wearing a wig I swear I'm not doing that to my hair again. The stylist fixed my bangs he cut it just a little shorter but i'm happy it turned out good. 

Christmas is coming close but we haven't even hang our Christmas lantern yet like we used to since we will not be spending our holiday here anyway. To be honest I'm a little disappointed because my Christmas leave got disapproved for some reason even if I filed it early, I think about 3 months ago. I swear I will be absent on that day because I still have leave credits that I haven't even used since I got regularized. I heard our mom is planning a trip to Sagada and I haven't been there. I heard Sagada is 9 hours away from Baguio so if we really want to go there I need a couple of weeks of vacation. 

I really hope I can just travel worry free.

Computer Stuff

It's a rainy Thursday morning I'm awakened by the sound of raindrops on our window. I haven't checked the news yet since I'm not sure if this rain is caused by low pressure area (LPA) or if there's a storm coming in. I'm waiting for an email that we'll be dressed down tonight it's so uncomfortable coming to work all dressed up in while a storm is raging. 

So my customer survey score is recovering, it went up after getting really low scores last week. I guess I'm back with a vengeance. 

I'm done watching all season 2 episodes of Ghost Whisperer after my computer OS (operating System) crashed thank goodness I did lose anything on my hard drive. I'm planning to save it on a a disc so I have a hard copy I wouldn't be so worried in case anything goes wrong with my computer. I'm downloading season 3 for sure it will take a week or two to finish. I am taking so much care of my laptop now since I can't afford losing any important file or it's going to be a pain in the neck.  

I downloaded an Antivirus software called ESet Smart Security on my niece's computer after the trial version of NOD32 expired. I replaced it with Panda Antivirus however it made her computer run slow I decided to uninstall it immediately before it gets worst.  

My sister downloaded a photo editing software called Photolight I thought it was pretty good but it expired after a few days. I'd like to know what if Corel Photopaint is any better. 

Hair Rebonding

I had my hair "rebonded" to make it straighter and shinier.  Hair rebonding involves restructuring the hair using chemicals to maintain the straightness. It's also known as thermal reconditioning. This procedure was developed by the Japanese, and has gained popularity worldwide. In Singapore, the prices for hair straightening using this method have dropped, in part thanks to the dying down of the craze (to be replaced by digital perming!). Nonetheless, it continues to have its fans because of the final product achieved – sleek, glossy, fuss-free hair. The term ‘hair rebonding’ is often perceived as permanent hair straightening. It is not limited to straight hair though. These days, the same method is used, albeit with different machines, to create luscious curls (ceramic and digital perming). It is advisable to go to a trained hair professional for this procedure because many things can go wrong in the process. If not done correctly, hair may end up frizzy, dry and in the worst case scenario, burnt! Before you even do this, consult with your stylist to find out if your hair is suitable for such a permanent hair straightening process. People who have had their hair coloured recently might not be advised to do this (or at least, not so soon) as it puts undue stress on the tresses.

There are three basic steps to rebonding the hair:

Step 1: Softening the bonds with a chemical cream

Step 2: Establishing the straightness with a hair iron

Step 3: Neutralising the chemical effect with another cream

A protein solution is applied to protect against the harsh effects of the chemicals before the chemical cream is thoroughly worked through the hair. The cream has sodium hydroxide as the main active ingredient, reacting with the sulphur bonds in the hair to disassociate the bonds. After the hair is suitably softened by the chemical reaction, the hair is shampooed and rinsed. It is then blown dry thoroughly and a straightening hair iron (the best being a ceramic one) is used to make the hair as straight as possible. This is done meticulously, with the hair stylist clipping up the hair and ironing it in sections. The hair is then allowed to cool and a neutralising cream is applied, to lower the pH level of the hair, as well as to give it oxygen (I am not sure how this is actually achieved, though). In my hair stylist’s terms, this is also known as a protective treatment. After this cream has set in for about fifteen minutes, the hair is washed and blown dry once more. It is then ironed again and a trim is given to neaten the hairdo. Voila! ~ Beautifully straight, silky, healthy-looking hair!

To maintain the glossiness and straightness, the hair after care is important:

1. Do not wash the hair for 48 to 72 hours after the rebonding process for the chemical process to stabilise.

2. Do not clip or tie up the hair. Hair should not be tucked behind the ears either. Should you accidentally do this, wet the hair immediately and comb it straight.

3. Wash the hair with an appropriate shampoo and apply a suitable conditioner. It is advisable to use those specially formulated for rebonded hair. While the hair might look healthy, we must not forget that the look was achieved with chemicals and thus have the attendant harsh chemical effects inflicted upon it.

4. For added protection and shine, apply a protective serum to the hair.

I spent four hours in the salon – I read a lot of magazines and chatted with my sister to kill time. I was told that the rebonding would last 6 months but of course it will still depend on how you take care of your hair.