Five Things That Made Me Happy Today

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WAaaah, I had too much food today… Gosh. Whatever. I’ll just lose the pounds walking here… hahaha!

Here’s my five things for today!

1. Blueberry muffins from our manager!!! yummmeeehhhh
2. Bringing baon in the office
3. Getting lots of things done. done. done.
4. Dinner with team at a lebanese resto.
5. cab-bing home!

Five Things That Made Me Happy (Week Recap)

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Okay, so I dont have time to update my blog lately… 

Instead of listing five things per day, I will just cheat my way this week and list down five things for the entire week! (daya much)

1. Dinners at Arsenał and Enoteka Polska with colleagues – food was really good for those three nights I’ve had dinner with my office folks. Both restos are located near the Ratusz Arsenał metro station. Arsenał is a good Italian resto and Enoteka Polska (our current favorite) is a wonderful wine place with good bread and fantastic food. For the two nights we’ve eaten at Enoteka Polska, I went home quite tipsy. WIN! 
2. NYO chismis galore. Had a blast listening to nonstop gossip and stories about NYO folks. Very amusing. 
3. OUT. HAHAHAHAHA!!! 
4. Calendar story FTW. 
5. Friday night chillax. SELF TIME.

Heading off to nowhere…

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Interesting Finds, Life, Poland, Random Ramblings

… actually lead me to somewhere.

I stepped out of my apartment with no plans in mind. With just a map in hand, I walked around my area and went with my guts. 

I came across this Mini Europe deli and got some bread for lunch. Then decided to walk some more along Bonifraterska. Surprisingly, I ended up in the Monument to the Warsaw Uprising at Dluga and the Karisinskich Palace. (Note to self: Read about these places some more). It’s a touristy place and I ended there by chance. I love it.

I then decided to go to the Ratusz Arsenal metro stop and took the train and the tram to get to the Galeria Mokotow (the mall near our office). Got some shopping done… Loving H&M and Zara, seriously

Today has taught me that sometimes you just got to let go and end up finding exactly what you needed.

Five Things That Made Me Happy Today

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Five Things, Poland

Hello. I just did my chores for tonight — laundry, cooking, ironing, folding clothes… i dunno, im enjoying doing them for now… hahaha!

Here’s my five things for Saturday! 

1. Figuring out how to iron a long sleeved shirt. OMG. This is the first for me — it’s the only chore I still don’t know how to do. Now I know how.
2. Hannah Montana The Movie… in POLISH. HAHAHAHA!!! Joey and I almost strangled ourselves upon hearing polish dubbing in the movie! But yeah, we understood it — typical Disney/Love story movie formula. We both love the special appearances of Rascal Flatts, Taylor Swift, Brooke Shields and Vanessa Williams I’m not a big Hannah Montana fan but I might be a convert soon. hahaha I dont know why but I got teary eyed at the ending! 
3. Food supplies shopping at Carrefour! My kitchen is now fully stocked. I will last for weeks…
4. Cooking my first dinner here — see picture below
5. Britney Vs Pink Top 40 on MTV Hits — Wow, ang daming kanta ni Pink and Britney! MTV is playing their songs alternately. Looove it!

Catching up on My Five Things! (Poland Edition)

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Hello Warsaw!

It’s Friday night, the end of the week. It’s my first week in Warsaw. It’s going to be my home for the next few months. I’m a bit excited and afraid at the same time. It’s a long way to go. But I’m sure it’s going to be one heck of an experience. 

It’s been rather hectic since I arrived here — figuring stuff out, settling in the apartment, going to work… The week was really jampacked and I barely had time to blog. I will write down more stories tomorrow but for now I will list down at least five things per day that made me happy! So here goes my Five Things x Five in Warsaw!

Monday (April 13)

• Miascor lounge — flying business class has a lot of perks, and among them — getting to hang out in a lounge at the airport prior to boarding — with limitless supply of food, drink and free wifi!
• Business class flight — yeah baby, 14 hours of pure reclinable seat fun. With booze too!
• In flight entertainment system — got to watch four movies!!! Casino Royale, Madagascar 2, Eagle Eye and Star Dust. There were tons of movies on the playlist… maybe I’ll watch more on the flight back home
• Overnight in Amsterdam! — Got to stay in Crowne Plaza at the Schipol Airport for FREE! because the flight got delayed, we had to stay overnight to catch the first flight the next day!
• Pizza for dinner!!!

Tuesday (April 14)

• WE’VE LANDED! Warsaw baby yeah!
• Seeing the client HQ building for the first time!
• Going to my apartment and finding out that I live right next to the biggest mall in Poland
• Grocery shopping at Carrefour
• First dinner with choseph … not so yummy “chinese” food but it was fun!

Wednesday (April 15)

• Finally meeting my boss for the first time! I’ve been working with him for the past 1.5 years and I’ve never met him until now. And he taught me how to commute to the office.
• Using the badge at the office… this badge is just pivotal to one of my projects… and it’s just so cool to actually use it
• Meeting our translator… She’s really nice in emails and on skype but she’s really really nicer in person!  
• Late lunch at the Galeria Mokotow mall just beside our office building
• Getting lost on the tram with joey (he did not know how to go home using this tram line…) but good thing we ended up in the mall just beside my apartment. We decided to eat a good meal in an italian restaurant at the mall for dinner

Thursday (April 16)

• Apple Kawawa news… but seriously… 
• Gyro Pita for late lunch!!! Super yummmmy
• Calling Jez on skype pretending to have a bazillion of questions about work but in reality, I just wanted to hear voices of people I love back in the Manila office
• Dinner party at officemate’s apartment — sort of had the Haggadah (Passover meal) — it was very educational and quite an experience. The food was fantastic! And I had a looot of wine!
• Meeting a lot of new people of various nationalities! United nations much??

Friday (April 17)

• Going to the office finally on my own I am my own independent self
• Meeting my SME for the very first time and giving him an update on my own too  
• Going home early to talk to mom on YM phone call love catching up
• H&M shopping spree. Carrefour shopping for non food stuff.
• Time for self! — Bubble bath — yehmen. Chilled out in the tub after a tiring week! (naks diz iz zeh life) Doing laundry for the first time on a machine that has alien buttons and symbols — mom will be so proud! American idol! Finally got to watch the last two episodes! 

Yey!!! I’m done updating now. I will post another tomorrow and elaborate on the fun things I’ve seen, experienced or discovered during my first week in warsaw With more structure and a bit more of coherence I hope.