2005 May — Noel <3 Via

3 Cans Too Many

I think I am the only person I know who can’t sleep on time if she’d had coffee in the afternoon or too many cans of Coke (3 today). They were actually to remedy the upset stomach that suddenly attacked me this morning.

It’s close to 1am. I really wanna sleep now! Sigh…

How’s My Driving?

I just noticed it today on my way to work, it seems like all the public vehicles have this on the back of their cars/jeeps/buses: “How’s my driving? Call or Text LTRFB at… ” What is LTRFB or whatever the acronym was? I guess this is a good service to catch those lousy taxi drivers! :)

How’s My Driving?

I just noticed it today on my way to work, it seems like all the public vehicles have this on the back of their cars/jeeps/buses: “How’s my driving? Call or Text LTRFB at… ” What is LTRFB or whatever the acronym was? I guess this is a good service to catch those lousy taxi drivers! :)

How’s My Driving?

I just noticed it today on my way to work, it seems like all the public vehicles have this on the back of their cars/jeeps/buses: “How’s my driving? Call or Text LTRFB at… ” What is LTRFB or whatever the acronym was? I guess this is a good service to catch those lousy taxi drivers! :)

Following Via’s BRANDishment

1. Shampoo and Conditioner: Head & Shoulders (because I have dandruff! sniff)
2. Bags: Can’t wear Blauorange so I choose Hedgren (a samsonite brand)
3. T-shirts: Arrow, M&S,
4. Pants: Liz Men, Dockers, M&S
5. Lotion: Ahh.. I don’t use any
6. Shoes: Camper too. Still the best!
7. Socks: no preference
8. Toothpaste: Colgate
9. Facial Cleanser: Don’t again.. maybe that’s why I have pimples.
10. Make-up: Ok… really now.
11. Wallet: Same: Rolfs, Fino
12. School Bags: Same as above. Hedgren, but also used Kipling’s Hacker Bag before.
13. Pens: hmm.. mont blanc? I wish.
14. Slippers/Sandals: Arena
15. Underwear: CK, Zara, Muji
16. Watch: Diesel, Omega!
17. Pillow Case/Bed Sheet: Sheridan, IKEA too I guess
18. Furniture: Dimensione, Our Home, IKEA
19. Caps: Souvenir Caps
20. Magazines: HOW, I.D., Fast Company, Real Simple, TIME, oh not enough space.
21. Car: Honda Jazz
22. Chocolate: Still Toblerone White
23. Candy: Kendi
24. Medicine: Biogesic
25. Popcorn: Orville Redenbachers
26. Motorcycle: Vespa or BMW (also dreaming!)
27. Cologne/Perfume: La Perla
28. Swimwear: Arena
29. Jewelry: see watches. :) 30. Hotel/s (that you’ve stayed in): Add Le Meridien to Via’s List. Peninsula Manila too.

Following Via’s BRANDishment

1. Shampoo and Conditioner: Head & Shoulders (because I have dandruff! sniff)
2. Bags: Can’t wear Blauorange so I choose Hedgren (a samsonite brand)
3. T-shirts: Arrow, M&S,
4. Pants: Liz Men, Dockers, M&S
5. Lotion: Ahh.. I don’t use any
6. Shoes: Camper too. Still the best!
7. Socks: no preference
8. Toothpaste: Colgate
9. Facial Cleanser: Don’t again.. maybe that’s why I have pimples.
10. Make-up: Ok… really now.
11. Wallet: Same: Rolfs, Fino
12. School Bags: Same as above. Hedgren, but also used Kipling’s Hacker Bag before.
13. Pens: hmm.. mont blanc? I wish.
14. Slippers/Sandals: Arena
15. Underwear: CK, Zara, Muji
16. Watch: Diesel, Omega!
17. Pillow Case/Bed Sheet: Sheridan, IKEA too I guess
18. Furniture: Dimensione, Our Home, IKEA
19. Caps: Souvenir Caps
20. Magazines: HOW, I.D., Fast Company, Real Simple, TIME, oh not enough space.
21. Car: Honda Jazz
22. Chocolate: Still Toblerone White
23. Candy: Kendi
24. Medicine: Biogesic
25. Popcorn: Orville Redenbachers
26. Motorcycle: Vespa or BMW (also dreaming!)
27. Cologne/Perfume: La Perla
28. Swimwear: Arena
29. Jewelry: see watches. :) 30. Hotel/s (that you’ve stayed in): Add Le Meridien to Via’s List. Peninsula Manila too.

Following Via’s BRANDishment

1. Shampoo and Conditioner: Head & Shoulders (because I have dandruff! sniff)
2. Bags: Can’t wear Blauorange so I choose Hedgren (a samsonite brand)
3. T-shirts: Arrow, M&S,
4. Pants: Liz Men, Dockers, M&S
5. Lotion: Ahh.. I don’t use any
6. Shoes: Camper too. Still the best!
7. Socks: no preference
8. Toothpaste: Colgate
9. Facial Cleanser: Don’t again.. maybe that’s why I have pimples.
10. Make-up: Ok… really now.
11. Wallet: Same: Rolfs, Fino
12. School Bags: Same as above. Hedgren, but also used Kipling’s Hacker Bag before.
13. Pens: hmm.. mont blanc? I wish.
14. Slippers/Sandals: Arena
15. Underwear: CK, Zara, Muji
16. Watch: Diesel, Omega!
17. Pillow Case/Bed Sheet: Sheridan, IKEA too I guess
18. Furniture: Dimensione, Our Home, IKEA
19. Caps: Souvenir Caps
20. Magazines: HOW, I.D., Fast Company, Real Simple, TIME, oh not enough space.
21. Car: Honda Jazz
22. Chocolate: Still Toblerone White
23. Candy: Kendi
24. Medicine: Biogesic
25. Popcorn: Orville Redenbachers
26. Motorcycle: Vespa or BMW (also dreaming!)
27. Cologne/Perfume: La Perla
28. Swimwear: Arena
29. Jewelry: see watches. :) 30. Hotel/s (that you’ve stayed in): Add Le Meridien to Via’s List. Peninsula Manila too.

BRANDishment

I got this from my friend Chris. I usually don’t mind these survey things, but I was interested to see what you guys would put down. Besides, it looked like fun to do. :)
1. Shampoo and Conditioner -> Garnier and The Original Mint Source

2. Bags -> Blauorange!!!

3. T-shirts -> Zara, Bayo, SM (before it renovated and sent its prices up)

4. Pants -> Jessica, Benetton

5. Lotion -> Body Shop Body Butter

6. Shoes -> Camper

7. Socks -> Calzedonia

8. Toothpaste -> Colgate

9. Facial Cleanser -> Clinique, Darphin, Neutrogena

10. Make-up -> Clinique, Shu Uemra, Biotherm

11. Wallet -> Rolfs, Fino

12. School Bags -> Giordano backpack

13. Pens -> Pilot

14. Slippers/Sandals -> Converse and other beaded stuff

15. Underwear -> Etam, Marks & Spencer

16. Watch -> DKNY, Fossil

17. Pillow Case/Bed Sheet -> Sheridan, IKEA

18. Furniture -> Dimensione, Our Home

19. Caps -> IBM

20. Magazines -> Real Simple, In Style, Entrepreneur

21. Car -> Honda Jazz

22. Chocolate -> Kitkat Orange (which they seem to have phased out)Kitkat Cappuccino (new!), Maltesers, MILO Nuggets!!! (I guess I love chocolate!)

23. Candy -> Brach’s SweetnSour Smarties forever!

24. Medicine -> Biogesic

25. Popcorn -> Orville Redenbachers

26. Motorcycle -> Vespa (dreaming!)

27. Cologne/Perfume -> Armani, Dolce and Gabba

28. Swimwear -> Calzedonia, Arena

29. Jewelry -> Benjamin Favored Son

30. Hotel/s (that you’ve stayed in) -> one of our faves: NH Calderon in Barcelona and Edsa Shangri-la Mactan

Death by Numbers

Oh my! Just finished a 2-day seminar at my old University- my goodness it was strange to be in a classroom there again. This time driving myself and not living too far away anymore. (This is a first for me since I’ve always lived far away from my schools in general)

Boy were these last two days eye-openers! The title of the seminar was Achieving Your Bottom Line: Managerial Accounting. Although our speaker was quite good, many of the terms and formulas were quite new to me. It was really a whole new language for me- a whole new world even! Luckily my seatmate was a Treasurer by profession who would patiently point out some of the things that were more difficult for me to digest. Good thing my business partner is a Management graduate. But this is a fear I must slowly let go of.

Down with Stomach Flu

It has been a horrible couple of days as I struggle with this stomach flu (thanks to pepper for telling us what it was since she had it herself recently). I had chills the night before we went back home from Singapore. Yes we came from Singapore, more about that later, and it was probably something I ate. Was it the Almond Teh Tarik? or maybe the Teppanyaki beef didn’t cook well. Whatever it is I still have it.