Pet Society

Pet Society lets you create and care for your own pet and interact with your friends. You can feed, wash and play games with your pet, as well as choosing clothes and accessories for it. You can also explore the village and visit shops and your friends’ pets. While visiting someone you can leave notes and gifts to your friends, or just watch TV or dance together if you feel like it! The economy is based on coins that you can either earn through gameplay or buy through various payment methods by going to the bank in the village. There’s plenty to spend your coins on - ranging from food to shirts, hats, shoes, plants, and tons of different types of furniture and accessories. (source: http://blog.playfish.com/2008/08/08/announcing-the-beta-launch-of-pet-society/)

here's one of the new things i've been addicted to for the past days... i'm not a huge fan of facebook, but this application/game they have is really something! if you love interactive games like the SIMs, you'll probably love this one too! i was just invited by one of my friends in facebook to add this application. there were tons of games/applications in facebook and amongst all of them, this one's the best i've had so far. thanks to playfish who created the game! here, take a look at my pet BIANCA... here she is:

first, by accepting the invitation, you will be given the opportunity to create your own pet. you get to choose how it looks, the color, the gender, the nose, the eyes, the ears, the mouth, the eyebrows, etc. and you get to name it too!

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next, you will have your own house in the neighborhood. you'll start of course with a single-room house. as you progress, you earn coins and paw points, your status changes as well along with the appearance of your house. and of course, when you've earned coins, you get to buy your food, clothes and furniture.

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there are lots of things to do with your pet. you can bathe, play, feed, watch tv, change clothes, etc. you earn coins and trophies by doing these things.

you can also visit your friends' pets and play with them. you can kiss, hug, dance, joke and watch tv together. the more friends you have, the bigger neighborhood you're in and the more coins you earn for visiting them daily.

there are also different places your pet can go to. there's the grocery for food, the clothing store for clothes, the stylist for your pet's looks, the bank, the D.I.Y. (do it yourself) store for the doors, windows, floors, etc of your house, the luxury store, the furniture store, the cafe (where you can meet other pets too)...

and the stadium where your pet can race, practice and bet.

lastly, when you leave your pet doing nothing for quite a while, it will become sleepy and sleep on its own. so you better have a bed ready for him/her. otherwise, it will just sleep on the floor... hehehe :D

she's so cute sleeping huh? i'm really loving this a lot! so so so much! so grab yours too! sign up in facebook and add me up: nicolai_louise@yahoo.com.

see you soon in the neighborhood!!! :)


~grazhishu~
*a wu chun fan*
*forever loyal joe cheng gal*

Atlantis Hotel in Dubai

I don't know if a place such as this really exists... I got this in an email sent by a friend and I was really amazed when I saw the pictures. if this is real, I really would love to go here. they said this opened on september 24, 2008. take a look and brace yourself... :)

here goes...

*** water world... the atlantis hotel in dubai, one of the world's most anticipated hotels, situated on 113 acres of the Palm Jumeirah, the hotel boasts over 1,539 rooms. ***




*** water bed... the Neptune and Poseidon Suites are exclusive to Atlantis, with both bedroom and bath views directly into the mesmerizing underwater world of the Ambassador Lagoon. ***




*** sea view... the Ambassador Lagoon is a window into the wonders of the ocean, and the center-piece of Atlantis, with over 250 species of fish and sea creatures. ***




*** fish surprise... keeping with the water theme, the Lost Chamber is a maze of underwater halls and tunnels under the Ambassador Lagoon with over 65,000 fish. ***




*** see sea food... Ossiano is home to a three-star Michelin chef, and offers gourmet seafood with views of the exotic marine life of the Ambassador Lagoon. ***




*** pleased to meet you.. Dolphin Bay is a four-and-a-half hectare lush tropical setting where you get the chance to meet the colorful characters in their natural habitat. ***




*** shark tank... after the Ziggurat, you will emerge slowly through the lagoon at Shark Attack. ***




*** shark proof... you can also experience the Shark Tank from the dry, and more comfortable, viewing chamber. ***




*** bar view... sip cocktails in the oceanic space of Barazura and enjoy the views overlooking Palm Jumeirah. ***




*** Grand View... the Grand Lobby makes a colorful first impression. ***




*** bath time... the spa experience includes two hours of spa treatments, your own private time in a jetted tub and access to both indoor and outdoor relaxation areas. ***




*** the spa service... the Royal Spa Suite offers treatments designed to individual needs, and a spa menu delivered by private butler service. ***




*** grand designs.. each of the 1,373 spacious guest rooms and 166 suites designed with subtle oceanic and Arabic influences. ***

so how's the trip? i was almost drooling when i saw these the first time...
wish i can get here soon!!! :)


~grazhishu~
*a wu chun fan*
*forever loyal joe cheng gal*

1st entry for the year...

happy new year everyone!!! happy 2009!!! (^-^)v

new year's eve passed while i'm on the phone with a client in the office... waaaaaahhhh! i know it sucks! the clock struck 12 and i'm on a call (what a loser!!!!) this is also the first time that i was in the office during a year-end and a new-year-start time.. so it's true, there is always a first time.. i'm usually on leave on december 31 - jan 1 but not this time. the food in the office was just a so-so, both for the noche buena and media noche buffet. though it was catered by tgi friday's, i wasn't that contented with the taste.. sorry.

today's the start of our training certification week. we are required to pass 11 consecutive evaluations, otherwise, we flunk. with one eval a day, the fastest would be to pass in the first day of the third week. and this is with straight 11 passing/perfect evals... isn't that scary?!?!? sigh...

so what's new this new year? well... actually there's nothing much. i'm still an addict of korean and taiwanese dramas. i still love joe cheng to death.. hehe :D i still love purple. i still got my old phone but i'm planning to replace it this year... old shoes, old clothes, old bags, etc... well there's one thing new that's keeping me addicted nowadays... and that is my pet bianca in my facebook account pet society game. well, i never thought i'd get hooked but i am now. here, take a glance at my pet BIANCA...

facebook is the new friendster now. though it's not as colorful and as beautifully designed as friendster is during its launch and until now, this networking site has lots of fun applications and games that keep the subscribers busy and happy. one of which is this pet society interactive game. this is the most fun application i've found in facebook so far. i will be making a separate blog for this so people who are interested or probably interested will have an idea of how it really works. this is really fun so i recommend that you try this one soon! definitely a 'two-thumbs-up'!!! :)

so that's all i have for now. hopefully, i'll have time to post a new blog soon.

ciao!


~grazhishu~
*a wu chun fan*
*forever loyal joe cheng gal*

a day to go...

just a day to go before new year's eve... waaaaahhhhh! it seems like everything's happening within a blink of an eye... yes i know it sounds exaggerated... but for me, it really felt that fast!

sigh... i really can't believe that the year 2008 just passed me by... literally and figuratively. a lot happened this year... and i really mean A LOT! below is just some of the memorable events i remember...

JANUARY. from being a back up mailbox point person, i became a mailbox officer. mainly because the the previous officers were ramped down and transferred to another program along with the other agents. i was also anticipating new tka (they kiss again) episodes uploaded weekly @ ovestream.net as the sequel had started airing in taiwan the last week of december 2007. going gaga over joe cheng's new hair cut... cuteness!!!

FEBRUARY. still finishing the mailbox backlogs left by the previous officers. in a way getting used to the tasks i've been assigned. lots of overtimes to meet the deadline of the deliverables. and as usual, i'm weekly checking on the newly uploaded TKA episodes online. just getting a lot crazier each week... so crazy over jiang zhishu!!! :)

MARCH. done with the mailbox backlog. mailbox running on a normal mode... but still, there are a lot of mailbox tasks/deliverables to accomplish. TKA is nearing its end, almost 3/4 of the series had been shown by this time. there was even a time when overstream.net was down due to system overload. the server can no longer accommodate the number of users checking/viewing the uploaded episodes. a lot of course was disappointed. INFAIRNESS -- etel libis' site GA was held in eastwood.

APRIL. the new Unused Expired policy was implemented by our HQ (American Express Incentive Services). lesser entries in the ue spreadsheet because lesser cards qualified for replacement. but as expected, there were overflowing complaints received due to the new policy. the last episode of TKA aired the last sunday of this month. i was quite saddened by this. i really wished the sequel had more episodes on it... but there was also a news that it will soon air in ABS dubbed in tagalog. currently crazy over the song "WITH YOU" by chris brown. i also got my braces taken off this month and replaced with retainers.

MAY. rumor was that TKA dubbed in tagalog will be aired by the end of may... but it wasn't. again, another disappointment. i saw the american idol teaser in Q showing david cook's version of always be my baby.. and right after that moment, i was completely under his spell! david cook rocks!!! :D

JUNE. my alma matter's centennial month. UP @ 100 years on June 18, 2008. i started feeling that everything's going on a fastforwarded mode. i started watching OneTreeHill and i was eventually hooked, for the love of chad murray... hehe :D joe cheng celebrated his 26th bday on the 19th. he was rumored to have a new series with barbie xu entitled love or bread. TKA still not aired in ABS. rudy fernandez passed away.

JULY. wu chun and calvin of farenheit visited the philippines for their romantic princess promotion. everybody was going gaga over this two guys.. and i became a fan of wu chun. :) TKA finally aired in ABS. barbie xu taken over by ariel lin in the soap love or bread. the long awaited carletz GA was finally held, again @ dampa in Libis courtesy of tl carlo. my Q2 stats qualified for promotion.. yey!!! :)

AUGUST. jamie (chiqui's daughter) @ 1 month old was baptized and i was one of the godmothers. i finished watching my dalja's spring dvd and i became a fan of lee min ki. i'm still crazy over wu chun.

SEPTEMBER. marked the start of the BER months. my granny passed away. my promotion was released. the UP pep squad were champions for the 2nd time in a row in the UAAP cheerleading competition. i turned 25 by the 29th of the month. melamine scare issue started.

OCTOBER. the scare grew larger. this milk scandal made me so paranoid that i was always checking updates online for lists of melamine positive and melamine negative products. if before i was only checking the expiration date on edible goods i buy, this time i was even checking the ingredients and where the product came from. before the month ended, we were advised that we'll be transferred to another program after we took and passed the exam. there was four of us.. chiqui, ching, jenni and me.. i felt so sad...

NOVEMBER. by the 10th of the month, we were scheduled for training for our new program. unfortunately, 1 had to be left behind as requested by our client. so the other 3 went to training earlier. i had to stay for 2 more weeks for the mailbox tasks transition. i started training only on the 24th alone and it was so frustrating because i cannot seem to understand anything from the lectures.. before this month ended, twilight began airing in cinemas and i watched the movie with a friend on the 30th. and after watching, i was completely under EDWARD CULLEN's spell.. :D

DECEMBER. the first week of this month marked my 2nd week in classroom training. so far, i've been able to cope though most of the times i'm still struggling. i was sick the first weekend and i was not able to attend the program's christmas party on the 7th. we've also started phone lab, where we're already taking in calls.. etel libis' christmas party was held on the 14th at the bmw showroom in libis. rolex also had a christmas party on the 21st at the outback restaurant in libis. i met my high school friends on the 28th for our own christmas party, we stayed overnight at bani's house in francisco and we all had a great time.

that's quite a lot don't you think? and now, we're left with just a day to go before new year's eve..

well i just hope that this new year would bring more blessings and fortune to all of us! a new year... a new beginning.. and hopefully a good start... welcome 2009!!! :)

Myspace New Years Graphics


~grazhishu~
*a wu chun fan*
*forever loyal joe cheng gal*

happy holidays!

just as i thought..
see, this is the day!
my countdown is finally over..



[Glitterfy.com - *Glitter Words*]

(^-^)v

~grazhishu~
*a wu chun fan*
*forever loyal joe cheng gal*

breakfast after work

breakfast after work... kind of weird huh?

yes, we always take our breakfast after work because we log out in the morning... for people working in the call center industry, it's just a normal thing since we work in the graveyard shift... having dinner at breakfast time is nothing extraordinary. don't you think it's weirder hearing people drink in the morning? hehehe but they really do... :D

earlier this morning, my friends and i went out for breakfast just because we're craving for pancakes... since heaven 'n eggs and pancake house are quite expensive options, we ended up eating at McDonald's. but infairness, i really love their pancakes... so soft and yummy!!!

here, take a look:

my yummy pancake with drinks and caramel sundae on the side...

the yummy fries as always!

the pancake... a closer look... drizzled with syrup and butter on top...

full package... fries, pancake and sprite. :)

but always having this kind of breakfast is still a NO NO for me...
lots of carbs and sweets... definitely lots of pounds to shed... waaaaaahhhhh!!!
unfortunately, this should be taken in moderation...

right? (^-^)v


~grazhishu~
*a wu chun fan*
*forever loyal joe cheng gal*

so sick...

whew! just 10 more days to go before christmas... and i still haven't bought gifts yet... still a lousy crammer me!!! hehehe :D

see, i knew this will happen... i saw this coming... and just as i thought, it came real fast... the first time i started counting the days left before christmas was back in september when there was still more than a hundred days to go.. and days went by just like that... i have anticipated but i was still caught off guard... now we're down to 10 days, christmas is really fast approaching...

i wasn't able to post for almost 2 weeks because i got sick the first week of december... so so sick... i had sore throat, colds and fever... yes, i barely had strength to get up from my bed for an entire day last saturday, december 6... my eyes felt so hot and my body felt very weak... literally. and i really hate feeling that way. for me, that's one of the worst feelings in this world besides rejection... because for both cases, the person is left helpless...

so where am i now? guess what? i'm on the second week of our phone lab. yes, we're already taking in calls and we're done with the 2-week classroom training. so far, i can say that i'm surviving... struggling but coping... somehow... well, there's still a lot more that i need to know... i'm still incurring errors because i'm still new (which is just normal, right?) and still learning... i still need a lot of time to get myself familiarized with all of the products we handle. totally different from what i was previously doing in rolex. the people... well, there are a lot of nice people in the program... but there are also others who are just so-so and some also annoying... not as warm and fun as the people i've been with in my previous program. maybe because i have been with them for quite a long time. so i guess only time can tell if i would be able to get along with the new people i'm currently with, perfectly and harmonously...

and hopefully, in time, everything will be fine... crossing my fingers again, as usual... :)

aja! aja!


~grazhishu~
*a wu chun fan*
*forever loyal joe cheng gal*

twilight saga

i was just with a friend last night to watch the very much anticipated movie of the year... TWILIGHT... since i'm not so into books and novels, i really had no idea what this movie was all about. i was actually hesitant to watch it because i may be wasting a hundred bucks for a movie that i'm not even sure if worth watching... but because my friend was very makulet, we watched the movie as planned.

before entering the movie house, we bought 2 bmm (bacon mushroom melt) meals for take out at wendy's. then we went inside 5 minutes before the screening time for the last full show.. heehehe excited!

then the movie started... contrary to what i expected, i was up the entire film. i thought i would be dozing off but i didn't. especially when i saw edward cullen as portrayed by robert pattison... his face was so familiar, i think i've seen him several times before... then when i told my friend, she said he has been in several movies and the most famous role he got prior to this movie was being 'cedric diggory' in harry potter and the goblet of fire. wow! i knew it! he really is cedric!

from having a support role 3 years ago.. look at him now.. he's already the lead actor in the phenominal novel 'twilight' next to the hit harry potter. even though he looks so pale (as if not having a drop of blood at all), his appeal is still so astonishing! i must admit that i've fallen deeper for him... coz i've liked him when i saw him before in HP... but now... seeing him as a vampire driving a shiny silver volvo... whew! took my breath away!

then i remembered the text messages i got several times saying:
"women nowadays still dream of a fairytale ending... but what they want is not a knight on a white horse... but the vampire on a shiny silver volvo... -- edward anthony mason cullen of twilight.."

so it was him. this was the only time i knew that he was this vampire on a shiny silver volvo. the story, for me, is very romantic. i know a lot are saying that the movie was quite shallow and predictable... just another teen flick... but not for me. predictable maybe, as most love stories are. even so, i liked it a lot! maybe because i'm really into romantic love stories. i was just very touched by the thought that this handsome vampire fell in love with a mortal whom used to be their prey/food... human beings... don't you think it's a really big sacrifice to fall in love with what used to keep you alive? the blood that used to quench your thirst... i was also very impressed with how edward and his family protected her, bella, when the other vampire was so crazy to catch her. i was so moved.. he was even watching her sleep to keep her safe... awwww...

then i received another text message.. still about twilight... but focusing on edward's dialogues.. here goes:
"few reasons why a lot of girls love EDWARD ANTHONY MASON CULLEN...
a normal guy would say: i love you baby!
Edward would say: you are my life now.
as you leave the house, a normal guy would say: bye! see yah!
Edward would say: hurry back to me.
while you've gone far away, a normal guy would say: i miss you.
Edward would say: it's like you've taken half myself with you.
and if you died, a normal guy would find another. while Edward would kill himself because life without you isn't worth living.. "

well, if these were all true, who wouldn't be falling for a vampire like Edward? can you tell me? oh come on! the addiction has just begun.. and i don't care what they say, i'm in love with Edward.. harhar.. bleeding love... :D

~grazhishu~
*a wu chun fan*
*forever loyal joe cheng gal*

for the last time...

for the last time... i entered the blue box ops and had my last shift in rolex last friday night, 11-21-08... everything was fine... i got to station in what used to be MY own station, the computer near the entrance and the glass wall...

for the last time, i entered my log in ID in avaya, opened my outlook and checked for mails... i checked all the spreadsheets and made sure they're updated... i also opened the rolex mailbox folder just to take a glance for the last time...

for the last time, i stood up and looked all over the blue box ops area... i can say that i was perfectly okay... just feeling a little sad as that was my last day there... even so, i was still able to laugh at jokes and smile at the people around me... i was even able to wite a farewell letter without a tear dropping from my eyes...

i finished the letter at about 9am... we met some old friends in something fishy and then went to yellow cab for tl icay's treat... even there i was laughing real hard that i almost fell down from my chair because of my colleague's jokes and stories... by the way, the pizza was so yummy! thanks tl icay! :)

then i went straight home just like my normal routine... and when i reached home, i just continued watching "wonderful life", a korean romantic comedy drama that aired in abscbn in 2005 or 2006 (i think), that i started watching last week... and while i was in the middle of watching a sad scene, i suddenly felt sad also... so so sad that i suddenly felt my tears continuously flowing down my cheeks... but i wasn't crying because of the drama... it's because of the idea that i'm no longer in rolex.. i don't know why but it suddenly hit me... i guess this the only time that it really sinked in my head... i was crying to the point that i can no longer breathe... i wanted to stop but i simply can't... good thing that i was alone in my room, no one saw... i ended up turning off my dvd player and sleeping because my eyes are already hurting...

sigh... didn't think i will be such a cry baby because of my transfer but i was... well maybe staying in a program for 3 years 1 month and 5 days would really have that effect... the countdown was finally over.. galpy of rolex has finally signed off...

my training in m&m will start tomorrow night, 11-24-08... hopefully, everything goes well though i will be training alone... alone in the sense that i don't know anybody from the class unlike chiqui, jen and ching who went to training together... now this is for real...

i'm just hoping that it would be fun and that the people would be warm and accommodating...
i really hope! fighting! aja!


~grazhishu~
*new wu chun fan*
*forever loyal joe cheng gal*

false alarm...

i was suppose to start my training in m&m last night... but instead, i found myself still inside the XOR (Xmen-Omega-Rolex) blue box ops, sitting on my chair, logged on my computer station and doing my mailbox tasks...

yeah... my m&m training was postponed and my stay in rolex was extended... :)

i had to stay mainly for the smooth mailbox transition... our OM informed us last wednesday or thursday (can't clearly remember) that our client did not allow our immediate transfer and required one of the IST members to stay for 2 more weeks... to make sure that the turn over of the tasks goes well...

but this, for me, is both happy and sad...

happy because i will be staying for two more weeks in rolex... this means i still have 2 more "relaxed" weeks -- relaxed meaning i don't have to think yet of m&m.. i'm still around the people/crowd i know.. still inside the comfort zone.. not the "petiks" type of relaxation, i actually have a lot of mailbox tasks to do.. but since i've been used to it, it's lesser pressure... gets?

but this also makes me sad because this implies that i would be going to training alone... i will be attending classes and entering the room without knowing anybody from the crowd... feeling like a total stranger.. that sucks! what worries me the most is i'm not that sociable... meaning if i don't know you and you won't talk to me, i won't talk to you either... it takes me quite sometime before i completely mingle with acquaintances (people i've just met)...

and yes... i was the chosen one... i don't know if i should be considering this as lucky or not.. a part of me says YES.. and the other part says NO... well, whatever it is, i know and i always believe that everything happens for a reason.. reason that i will know in due time... i know that He has His own plans for me... and i know that He knows what's best for me... :)

so for the mean time, let's reset the countdown to 13 days... :)

~grazhishu~
*new wu chun fan*
*forever loyal joe cheng gal*

and the countdown begins...

my last week in rolex begins tonight.. but since i'm on leave today, 5 days is down to 4...

today, the sky is cloudy and droplets of rain are falling non-stop... i was suppose to wake up at about 8 am in the morning because i had to go to Quezon City hall to renew my NBI clearance for my new program... but the weather kind of disagrees with my plan for the day, i wasn't able to get up until 11am due to the cold weather... if it wasn't that important, i would just be sleeping the whole day... mainly the reason why i filed for a leave -- just to rest...

despite my laziness, i managed pulling myself out of my bed and going to QC hall for the renewal... the process didn't take that long... since i'm just renewing, i just had to pay the fee, take a photo, then after that, would be claiming already... however, i had a HIT in their records... the clerk asked me if i had finished working for 5 years in the philippines, i said "no, tatlong taon pa lang po...", then she told me that i still have a HOLD DEPARTURE ORDER... this is because of my DOST scholarship. but that should have been lifted because i was suppose to serve for 3 years only, the same period/duration that i was able to enjoy/use the scholarship... and my 3rd year in eTel (october 17) marked the end of the bond... so i'm actually not sure what happened... this is so disappointing and unexpected.. she said i'd be able to claim my clearance the earliest on 11/12... but i had to submit it tomorrow, 11/04... how lucky, huh?! after thinking that i will be able to claim it the same day... the exact opposite happened...

sigh... we should really be expecting the unexpected all the time... because they happen... they really do... especially when you least expect them... being transferred to another program this early is actually already a very unexpected thing for me...

right now... i'm feeling disappointed, sad, happy, excited, nervous, pressured, etc. yeah, you may call it mixed emotions... as it is, literally... disappointed of the delay in my NBI clearance... sad that after 3 years i would be leaving rolex... happy that i'm no longer a mailbox officer, back to being an agent, meaning lesser tasks and responsibilities... excited for the training, to meet new friends... but nervous at the same time of the certification and phone lab... pressured to finish all the due mailbox tasks and to pass the cert...

life is indeed like a box of chocolates.. you'll never know what you're gonna get.. we'll never know what's gonna hapen... we just need to grab every opportunity that comes along... so i'll be taking this as an opportunity... hopefully a good one... for career growth and movement... so help me God... :)

MnM, i guess i'll be seeing you next week.. :)


~grazhishu~
*new wu chun fan*
*forever loyal joe cheng gal*