Katawang Pinang-Bora

This is the bod i strutted on the beach of Boracay. Nothing really fantastic actually. But it gave me a good share of gazes. Lol! What matters there is a toned bod, not necessarily very muscular. A tummy tucked in gets a nod.

prinsipyo vs friendster

lately, i have been encountering friends and family who seem to be having some internal conflict.

Case 1:
he is a very dear friend of mine. we went to school together. intelligent, loud, witty and very entertaining. he knows my partner personally, too. i share my secrets with him, including all those that i post here. he seems to enjoy the juicy stories, the sex-capades. one time, he was honest enough to admit that he has been struggling with my "infidelity disclosures". he believes strongly in a faithful, exclusive relationship, regardless of gender. and as much as he enjoys my company and my stories, he remains 'unhappy' that i am unfaithful. and knowing my partner personally made matters worse for him.

he is careful not to 'judge' me but hasn't judgment been made already?

should he stand his ground and simply let go of our friendship? should this be a way of 'standing by his principles' and showing his disapproval of my ways?

or is there a middle ground somewhere... he remains a friend and listens and enjoys and accepts while remaining true to his principle by not practicing it himself?

thoughts on losing a trusted ally

sigh.

the firm's marketing manager is resigning, leaving for the competitor.

he was my heir apparent, my right hand... he has been with us for more than 5 years.

he told me about it last sunday over coffee. (if one of your direct reports asks you out for coffee on a sunday, it must be THAT urgent) it wasnt as if he was actively looking for a new company. offers just kept on coming until finally one came that he couldnt refuse anymore.

i didnt anticipate it at all. i was stunned but i listened, understood and accepted his resignation.

no, i didnt make a counter offer. i dont believe i could match it anyway. besides, he already knew all that we had to offer him. i dont believe in asking people to stay. nobody's indispensable.

he has informed his people. there was a lot of crying and some bitterness. inside, some felt betrayed.

at first, i felt the same way, too. he is going to the competition. and i felt afraid - this guy knows all our strategies, our programs.

then i realized that such is life. some people would stay on with the company because of emotional ties that do not always make sense. i have stayed on despite better offers because of such ties. i thought he was like me, like the rest of us. in the end, he was a lot more pragmatic than emotional. which is good.

moreover, i saw this as an opportunity to re-assess the firm's strategies (those he knew too well) and perhaps brainstorm on new ones - totally creative approaches he wouldn't have anticipated.

suddenly, i felt renewed... and challenged... here is my protege, out to challenge me and those he left behind! its obi wan vs anakin! hmmm. obi wan gets laser-fried... and luke wins in the end...

haha. kidding aside. life goes on. the business remains an "on-going concern". i have a lost a marketing manager, a trusted ally but the firm will go on... and he will remain an important part of the company's history...

in search of... ylmaz

i'll be going to istanbul next month! first time there and trying to find out what i could do. if any of you got tips on places to visit, i'd appreciate your comments! don't know what to expect except hot turks. hahaha. read that they value their secular government despite being predominantly Moslem. that should be interesting.

truth of the matter - i will be looking for ruffa's estranged husband ylmaz bektas. if you should know, i am the reason for the break up. HAHAHA. di ko siya type no? but wouldn't it be great if i managed to bump into him at the grand bazaar?

"so... was ruffa's mom trying to squeeze money from you? did you ever lay a hand on ruffa?" "are you into drug trafficking?" i would probably end up in some dark, ancient torture chamber for even daring to come up to him. LOL

i grabbed the photos from istanbul city guide website. i am so excited. i wonder where the pink side of istanbul is...

i hate pldt dsl

another reason i dont blog as often is that i am still on dial-up at home (eeewwww). april 27, i applied for mydsl eckeck promo (they got cute bagets as billboard boy now). until NOW, one month after, they have not installed mydsl. this is despite repeated calls to them for action and service. grrrr.
so i called up competitor globe broadband. in a day, i got the modem & handset units. tomorrow it gets activated. claimed speed is the same, price is the same. HA!

Bora Bang

sorry havent updated this since my return from paradise. been swamped with work, blah blah blah

let me sneak a few lines and expound on my bora escapade...

that first night i went out with my ex and his barkada. from hey jude, we dropped by paraw (as previously mentioned) and enjoyed the big crowd, dancing in wild abandon. the club even had a ledge dancing contest for hot ladies... i havent drank much alcohol so i wasnt in a swinging mood yet. ex saw this tall guy, shirt off grinding and strutting his stuff. boy was he dancing so sexily. he was with a mixed group and we didnt know if he was PLU or not. i was behind their group, ex was beside me as we watched him dance and gyrate. i sort of concluded he was when he kept on shouting "fuck me" to the song "i wanna fuck you" by akon. and he was dirty dancing not with the other girls but with another guy.

tall, about 5"11, nice built, not very muscular, but naturally broad shouldered. cute in a singaporean kind of way (thought he was actually from there). and i noticed that he was dancing closer and closer to me. but also noticed he was so drunk. ex was getting so excited but kept on pushing me to be behind him.

finally, he turned to me and asked me to take their group pic. downer - pang photographer lang pala ako. ex suddenly left my side. oh well, i played good neighbor and took their pic. then he put his arm around me and said that i could join their group if i wanted to. HA! the pick-up line! hesitant at first (pa-quieme), i began dancing with their group. it turned out that they are all from zambo, having a vacation in bora. from then on, it became really fun... did the dirty dancing bit with beyonce (ill use this alias). and found out that he had seen me from hey jude resto. uy. crush ako. night ended well. took him home and had great time together... till 12noon...

i set him up with my ex! hahaha. and they made out in the afternoon... and they got together the day after and have been in touch since... uuuy... baka magkatuluyan pa sila! ex tells me that beyonce was really his from the start, i just 'stole' him ...

first time for me to get lucky in bora, seriously... must be the new bod... :)