it was the worst day ever

it's so sad to see all you hard work being taken credit by another person. that was the worst feeling i had since i started working.

tina and i made this magazine a reality. every single drop of ink that went there is from our sweat and blood. and the credit goes to amino who didn't even contribute a single page. just a few words. few powerful words. or so, he thinks.




quand tout tourne mal, quand partout c'est sombre, je trouverai mon endroit heureux.


et ils peuvent prendre tout, dire tout, faire tout qu'ils veulent, mais je resterai heureux. en sachant qu'un de ces jours, quand le temps juste vient, tout que nous avons fait nous reviendra ... dix fois plus fortes.

(when everything goes wrong, when everywhere it is dark, i will find my happy place.

and they can take everything, say everything, do everything they want, but i will stay happy. knowing that someday, when the right time comes, everything we did will come back to us... ten times stronger)




hahaha i just love sound of those words...

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i woke up happy today, i don't know why. but bambi told me last night not to bother about stuff that makes me sad.

whew! what a week

that was the most wonderful week after 2 years of my pathetic existence here in bahrain....

updates...

my wisdom tooth popped out in just a week.
no pains, no fever, whatsoever!
guess im lucky i've never suffered a toothache since i was a kid...
wish my luck extends to my job though..


speaking of jobs, i've been offered one in PARIS! seriously, i thought mr. victor (of editec france) was joking when he told me i could work there, turned out he wasn't!

but...

i turned him down.

pretty stupid, huh?

i can't leave bambi, i told him that. but still he insisted i could bring bambi, too.

problem is, bambi has the most wonderful job and the most wonderful company and he didn't want to leave.



he reminds me of my father. warm and never intimidating. i always look forward to making dummies each day, a big deal for me since i always have to drag myself out of bed before.

speaking of which, mr victor told me my father gave me the most valuable gift of all... what was that? oh, yeah, i forgot --- knowledge and the ability to express myself artistically. pretty deep. and pretty much the truth. i could never be here if he never taught me.



now, where was i?

ah, paris. who could ever resist paris? and what kind of fool would exchange bahrain for paris?


a fool like me, i guess.





truth is, im skeptical about this because it's too good to be true. and i don't want to expect too much coz i don't want to be disappointed. ever since i was a child, each time my mother goes home from hongkong i don't believe them until she steps into our house. i always think it's better to be surprised than hoping for something and be disappointed in the end.


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i never got to change the (supposedly) dailly videos last week, i was dead busy! but i'll try this week. hang on with me, peeps!



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here's a picture of us when we went out for lunch last thursday.


that's alexis from editec france, he'll leave for paris with mr victor tomorrow at 2 am, and he will not return. he's so funny, it will be a bit different here once they're gone. then gemma, tina and me, and dennis from russia. nikolai took the picture. we have another one but i hate myself there coz i wasn't smiling so i won't post it, EVER.

what weekend?!?

for the past 2 years i haven't had a decent weekend, apart from those holidays that takes so looong it will really bore the couch potato in you...

last friday was the worst! i was on the bed til 10 pm, with a crashing (okay, a mild exaggeration) head-ache and trembling knees all day... my husband is so great though, after he came home from work he cooked dinner and got me a warm milk (aaawwww!)

next time we fight, i must remember that night...
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i have been eager to change the lay-out of my blog (my blog now, not bambi-and-me's blog since it's almost a year and he still didn't make one single pathetic post here, unless you count the tag he made last year a post...) but since the arrival of the editec director (whatever he is) to collaborate with us i dont think the changes will be soon, and must i brace myself for more sleepless nights and more projects to come, i think this is better than sulking around getting my eyes droopy surfing the net all day. i hope i'll learn something educational from this though, ive been stuck for about 3 months without a mentor (or worse, without anyone) here in the creative department that i think our administrative manager will issue a loitering memo for me as the valedictorian...

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i think im contagious... you remember the cut and jammed fingers i had last week, well bambi was pricked by a needle last thursday, a very big needle... somebody must be really missing us badly.... (*grin*)

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at 2 o'clock in the morning last thursday (the usual time i get to sleep these days) i think a twister passed by Bahrain... it was really disturbing, the wind was so strong, i remember the times when there's a typhoon in manila and the noise wouldn't let you sleep for fear of waking up without a roof! hehe...it was nice to sleep that night though, i didn't realize having someone to cuddle you while the storm slashes your window could be so peaceful...




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i've just found out that we can make a song out of our names, read this loud:

gemma-tina-tintin!
gemma-tina-tintin!
gemma-tina-tintin!
gemma-tina-tintin!
gemma-tina-tintin!

can you get the rhythm???
(i was singing that song from a commercial and now it's stuck on my head!!! )





well. better get back on the job.... (sigh)



ps did you like the videos?