Always an Honor

This December I’ll be headed back home for Christmas (a truly OFW experience) and also to attend my younger sister’s wedding in Tagaytay as her Maid of Horror, er, Honor. It’s only the second time I’ve been a Maid of Honor, the first at my best friend’s wedding in New York. The “honor” part is so apt...I feel truly privileged to be asked to perform this role while the most important women in my life pledge their own lives to another. I cried when I gave my best friend the reception toast. And I was especially touched when my sister asked me. I said, “Sigurado ka? Eh ang tanda ko na!” and her reply? “Sino pa ba?”

Of course I’m also excited about the wedding and reception which is conceptualized by a truly creative couple, and of course, my Maid of Honor dress which is so unique and usable! None of that flower and ruffle crap. My sister blogged about it in her wedding site, and I’m reposting it here.

(Unrelated to the topic, the dress I’m wearing in the photo she used is the Shanghai Tang one I bought in Wondermomo for only US$34, and I visited the Shanghai Tang shop in Bangkok and saw the current collections retail for triple that. Someone keep me away from the store whilst I’m in money-saving mode!)

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All hail the Maid of Honor

and for my zexy zeester, something that totally does not look like any of the other entourage gowns!

the lady:
and her dress:

Am I Noisy?

Situation #1 - I live alone in a 2-bedroom condo and when I arrived from my Bangkok trip 2 weeks ago, I got a note from my neighbor directly below me claiming that I keep him awake watching TV in my bedroom. He cites an instance where I watched TV until 2:30am and it interfered with him "performing (my) regular duties" in his hectic 12-14 hour workday. Having been traveling mostly over the past 3 weeks, I could only remember one night where I stayed up watching Die Hard 4. This neighbor then requested that I cease watching TV in my bedroom since the walls were so thin that he could even hear me "walking about, taking a bath, and flushing the toilet".

Situation #2 - A week ago I had 4 friends come over to hang out til midnight, and since I don't have a cool sound system I was just playing my iTunes at half-volume over my IBM Thinkpad speakers (which everyone knows are quite crappy). The next day the guard stopped me at the gate to say that the same neighbor complained of me playing loud music...and he could hear the scraping of the chairs on the floor.

Now I've tried to listen to my neighbors to check how much I can hear but all I can make out is the hum of the airconditioning, and sometimes the sound of light switches being turned off/on so I figure the walls must not be that thin! I just bought Altec Lansing speakers for my iPod which I feel I can't play and now I can't even watch my pirated DVDs til I fall asleep. So am I noisy or is the neighbor just a freak?

Panjabi MC Night

I found this pic while browsing through the Heineken community site called Party Out. I was posing like mad at the official photographer during the Panjabi MC gig last August in Kuala at Bar Savanh, Asian Heritage Row, Kuala Lumpur. Glad to see the photo made the light of day!

I had only heard 1 track of UK DJ Panjabi MC "Mundian To Bach Ke" before I went to this gig and was rewarded by a whole night of mixed hiphop Western and Punjabi music which just kept us early nighters dancing up til 2am, and 2 people in our group up til 4am! I was also happily surprised to see the biggest gathering of good looking Indians I'd ever seen in my life. Now I'm never going to turn down a chance to party Bangra style!