Pet Express

Lily Bun and I at Pet Express.

I had nothing better to do yesterday so I took my dog, Lily Bun, out for a check-up and some well-deserved and definitely long-overdue pampering. Been wanting to try this place called Pet Express. I chanced upon it a few weeks ago during an expo at the SMX Convention Center.

Pet Express is located at the south wing of SM Mall of Asia. It is this huge store that sells all kinds of local and imported stuff from pet food to grooming essentials to vitamins and medicines to pet coutures to beds and tents and the whole nine yards. It also has this big grooming station and a veterinary clinic which I find really cool and convenient because it's basically a one-stop shop. I never left that place without buying anything for Lily. So many cool stuff, i promise!

A Taste of Korea

First Time: Korean delicacies

Yesterday, my friend Kim invited me to have dinner at this Korean restaurant in Makati . I have never tried Korean food before and since i'm almost always up for something new, I accepted the invite.

Pardon me for missing out on the details and names of the things I have tried last night. Was really exhausted and hungry from work so I did not make any effort to take lots of pictures and make a mental note of the things I had.

Crazy Stupid Love

I finally got the chance to see Crazy Stupid Love last Friday. It was a sweet escape. Just what I needed after a long day at work.  The movie lived up to its name. It's crazy. It's stupid. It's definitely all about love. It was light, funny and cute. Don't get me wrong,though. It's definitely not in a crazy-stupid-bad-dramatic way. It's actually the opposite. It's light, funny, cute. I totally enjoyed every part of the movie.

I loved the soundtrack as well. Everything was just right. Not too mention how amazingly and overly hot Ryan Gosling is! I guess I could say that it is definitely a feel-good movie coz I felt better after watching it. It seriously took most of the stress away.

I would really love to watch Crazy Stupid Love again. I absolutely recommend everyone to see  it! :)

My verdict: 5/5

Missing In Action

I just got off the phone with my best friend.

She is home for the weekend. She and some of my friends are in Vigan, Ilocos Sur as I type this blog entry and they are about to have dinner. I was supposed to be there with them but I had to bail the very last minute because of work. The Ilocos getaway is scheduled today until the 15th. Unfirtunately, I have to be at work on the 15th to prepare for an exhibit on the 17th.

I am bummed because aside from the fact that I am missing out on the Ilocos getaway,  I also missed out on the chance  to see and hang out with my best friend. I don't really get to see and talk to her as much as I want to anymore because she moved to Singapore to work there and we are both really busy. Also, I haven't seen and hung out with my friends in ages. I miss all of them and I really need to see them soon. :(

Things have been really busy these past few weeks that I am in dire need to release some of the stress. This weekend would have been a great opportunity for a relaxing getaway and catching up with them. But oh well... the stress continues. *sighs*

The 45-day countdown begins

I broke someone's heart today.

My boss'. He is a really nice and sweet man which made it all the more difficult to tell him that I was leaving the company just two months after he hired me. I know it's too soon but I have my reasons. Otherwise, I would not even think about resigning.

It sucks, though, that the company has a 45-day turnover period. Normally, it's only a 30-day period (or  even less) in other companies.  I have no choice but to comply and give my best. It's the least I can do for my boss. I feel pretty bad I let him down. But oh well. I'll make it up to him in one way or another. That's for sure.

I'm just hoping the next 45 days will be over before I know it. I can't wait to start working with the other company that offered me a job. It's challenging and definitely gonna take up a lot of my time but i'm so looking forward to it. I'm all about the busy-ness, toxicity and the stress because I love how productivity brings me fulfillment at the end of the day.

So yeah, i'm gonna make the most out of those 45 days. Let's do this!

My name is spelled V-E-A.

I am very delighted about my new blog and since I am in a writing mood, I might as well give a brief introduction about the title of my blog - It's Vea with a Vee!

Those who have known me long enough are definitely aware that it is a phrase I use every time I introduce myself or get introduced to. It even comes along with the peace hand-sign gesture to emphasize that Vea is spelled with V and not a B.

My name has always been misspelled or mispronounced since time immemorial. It's either because people  got used to hearing the name "Bea" around and rarely do they come across someone named Vea or they just have pronunciation problems. I do not have anything against them, really, I just don't like it when my name is spelled and pronounced  differently.

So that's all there is to it. I guess that makes my blog a public awareness of how my name is spelled and pronounced as well. Haha.

Meh. Lame-ass entry, I know. Can't sleep.

"No, I don't feel any pressure right now" - Janina San Miguel

I started blogging when I was 16.

It was nothing but an online journal to me. I would post daily entries of just about anything if I could, but then inevitably, each year became busier as I entered college, graduated and joined the work force soon after. It just came to a point that blogging became such a chore already. I had to go through a series of hiatus over the years that eventually led me to deleting some of my blogs. In other words, I got lazy of the fact that I had to maintain a blog and have all this pressure about posting regularly.

This blog was born out of boredom on a very lazy Sunday. It's about time, though. I have been wanting to get back to blogging but i have been very busy and yes, very lazy too. Haha. Having said that, I am imposing myself a no-pressure blogging. It simply means that I would post entries just whenever I feel like doing so. That way, I won't have to feel obligated and end up deleting this blog again.

On that note, I would like to officially welcome back myself to blogging. :)