FIRST EVER BIRTHDAY NI KAREN in Cambodge

Turning 26 wasn't so bad...especially if you're here in Cambodge

YEAH! True enough!! Despite the loneliness that haunted me before my special day [ missin my family and friends back home], I can say that I had a blast on my birthday. Define blast...a..a...a BLAST in whatever form!! yeehaa!!

Thought my bday would just be ordinary--dinner and gimik with friends. But NO!!

March1 around 11pm
Came home after our send off dinner for Chat and 1 round of drink at Salt Lounge. While putting my nightly facial regimen, someone knocked at my door and tada!!! I was surprised by my friends [Maan, Engrid, Oliver, Michelle and Anne Marie] with balloons, flowers, cake, pansit, ice cream and siomai. WAAAAAHHH!! Caught in my pantulog! KEBS!!

March 2
Maan old me to go home early. Thought we're going to a bar. I reached home almost 8pm and when I opened the door, I saw backpacks in the sala and Maan, Mikey and Anne Marie were there. "San ang lakad? Aba!" They just said, "pack your things and let's eat." Confused at lurky, di ko alam kung ano ipa-pack ko. SO they said, "we are going to the beach and that's it. No more questions. The driver is waiting." ABA! Nag-hire ns van ang mga badette! After ten minutes, Engrid and Oliver arrived. SO mejo masaya pero kulang. Si jackson di man lang nagtetext! At lalo na ang closest friends ko sa Pinas, di nagpaparamdam!! MGa WALANGHIYA!!

After dinner, fly na to the unknown. Sabi ni Maan, she has to buy bread so we had to stop by at Cafe Fresco. Yun pala, susunduin namin si jackson. Yun na!! What happened? ETO...

UWIAN NA!!

Yehey! That's all I could say.

I've been waiting for months- or 11 months and 2 weeks to be exact-- to go back to my home- Philippine Islands.

I believe everything is all set. Got my things packed a week ago and already bought stuff for my family and friends about a month ago. How does that sound? hahaha!

Doing my own countdown till our plane will touchdown in NAIA, I'm still kinda busy with work. But compared to last week, this week is better. Im trying to finish whatever pending projects I have and delegate urgent matters needed for the next 2 weeks to my colleague. At the same time, I drafted a tentative schedule in preparation for my 2-week vacation. Is that weird or what? Am I really living up to my title as a planner?

Main reason why I wanted a schedule is for me to make sure that my vacation is maximized to the highest level at para sure na masa-sight ko lahat ng taong gusto kong makita (friends man o jackson). That's it pansit! Wala ng iba! So far, my schedule is bombarded with 98s gathering which starts on Sunday (the day that I will arrive) until the Bora invasion.

Usapang BORA na rin lang, I was really surprised to get 21 emails about the BORA trip set next Friday (30th). Even though 6 lang kaming mga badette na jajapan sa beach capital ng Pilipinas, I know it'll be so much fun. This summer getaway is kinda a yearly thing for us. Every year, pataas ng pataas ang level ng summer escapades namin. Back in college, pansol at miramonte beauties kami. But when we started working, siyempre mas tumaas ang standards namin. Hahaha! We've been to Puerto Galera and La Luz. And this year, WE ARE ALL LOOKING FORWARD TO BORA!! Even though I've been there before (with my family), iba pa rin if you're wiht friends. You are allowed to do the craziest things ever. Jackson, swimmning, shopping, massage, habulan sa beach, poker, lafang to death, inuman, maghubaran at magbastusan. At ang pinaka-importante sa lahat, bukanegan at picturan!!! IM SURE!! Our natural modelo instincts will just show in our pics.

sooooooooooonnn, the pics will be uploaded in this blog or my flickr account. But for now, reminisce the past summer escapades...

Puertahan sa Galera

Rampahan sa La Luz