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<a href="http://russs.tk/" target="_blank"><img alt="the sun's always shining on this side of the world.." src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v155/superwonderwomanruss/sunchild.jpg" border="0" width="650"></a> http://russso.multiply.com/ <center> <embed allowscriptaccess="never" src="http://assets.myflashfetish.com/swf/mp3/boomboom.swf" quality="high" wmode="transparent" flashvars="myid=10291309&path=2008/06/16&mycolor=4E7877&mycolor2=78A377&mycolor3=9E7777&autoplay=true&rand=1&f=4&vol=100&pat=0" name="myflashfetish" application="" x-shockwave-flash="" pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer" align="middle'type=" border="0" height="260" width="340"> <img style="visibility: hidden; width: 0px; height: 0px; " src="http://counters.gigya.com/wildfire/CIMP/bT*xJmx*PTEyMTQwMzY3ODUwMzQmcHQ9MTIxNDAzNjk4OTU3OCZwPTE4MDMxJmQ9Jm49Jmc9MQ==.jpg%27%20/" border="0" height="0" width="0"> </center> Mon, 8 Sep 2008 11:40:24 -0000 Wed, 27 Aug 2008 11:30:00 -0000 <a href="http://russs.tk/" target="_blank"><img alt="the sun's always shining on this side of the world.." src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v155/superwonderwomanruss/sunchild.jpg" border="0" width="650"></a> http://images.russso.multiply.com/logo http://russso.multiply.com 100 100 One Little Secet of The South <img src="http://i295.photobucket.com/albums/mm156/ruuruuruu/01%20Bloggu/AuthenticHapon.jpg" alt="Bentoya Hits" ;="" align="right" border="0" vspace="10" width="435" hspace="10"> Hu-Waw!Ü I still find it amazing that there exists a Japanese resto on El Grande Ave., a little less than fifteen minutes away from my house... almost near the Lopez Gate of BF. I've lived in BF practically my entire life, but the first time I set foot at BENTOYA was just a few days after my surgery, with my friend, Arthur.... It looked dubious to me because outside, it looks shady, but inside ~ it just gave me this vibe of old Japan.Ü Food's yummy -- very Japanese, but hey, I would definitely choose to eat here any time than eat at Kitaro. They're very generous with their portion/serving size. I had to share my food with Barthur Warthur and our other friends during our succeeding visits. One thing to keep in mind is you need to make sure you don't eat there on Sundays at around 9PM, because their service gets terrible. I was annoyed. Duart was annoyed. James was just a little annoyed. Also be prepared for the "Authentics", if you know what I mean. *Wink Wink* When I brought my m... http://russso.multiply.com/journal/item/103/One_Little_Secet_of_The_South Wed, 27 Aug 2008 11:30:00 -0000 A Lesson From Twilight I just started reading Twilight, by Stephenie Meyer. One line struck me. Just beautiful.Ü "When life offers you a dream so far beyond any of your expectations, it's not reasonable to grieve when it comes to an end." http://russso.multiply.com/journal/item/101/A_Lesson_From_Twilight Thu, 14 Aug 2008 05:17:00 -0000 Crazy- Fun- Not-So-Tragic Joyride, I Think I woke up this morning with my mom telling to start packing. It would seem like I am going on a trip, but not a vacation. Whatever. My closest friends know that I need at least 5 days, a week at the most, allotted for packing. This time though, I am not packing bikinis, sunblocks, a nice pair of heels, a little black dress, and all my accessories. Things that will be in my suitcase are mostly my linen pants – fine, still with the beach feel… my pyjamas, socks, loose tops, jackets, and yeah sarongs to cover my feet – fine, still with the beach feel again.  <img src="http://i299.photobucket.com/albums/mm290/ruuramilo/Bloggu/SuperBag.jpg" alt="The Pink Maleta Is Out" ;="" align="right" border="0" width="275">True enough, I am going to a trip – a trip to the hospital. This place has been my second home since February this year to the point that the people there already know me, in fact I am friends with most of them already and even they have memorized which doctor I was seein’ on that particular day and certain time.Ü That‘s the fun part… Not sure if I am being senti here. All I know is that I am mustering every strength tha... http://russso.multiply.com/journal/item/99/Crazy-_Fun-_Not-So-Tragic_Joyride_I_Think Thu, 24 Jul 2008 04:51:00 -0000 Girl Pogi <img src="http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa311/russtamania/1%20russ/Photo00318.jpg" alt="Girl Pogi" border="0"> After a month of "being Japanese", my stylist and I decided to trip on my hair again. It's surgery-friendly, really easy to manage after post-op... should be!Ü So, I'm not Japanese anymore. Guapo na'ko ngayon. Meet Girl Pogi.Ü --- A message for my chismosa feeling close friends... My doctors have not restricted me to have a relaxing time at the beach. http://russso.multiply.com/journal/item/98/Girl_Pogi Thu, 3 Jul 2008 09:51:00 -0000 Para Sa Mga Naghahanap At Gumagawa ng Chismis 1. I don't owe anyone of you an explanation 2. I certainly am not obliged to tell you what's happening with me 3. Not all people who are sick look sick physically 4. Once is NOT always, so stop it. Sick people also need to unwind once in a while. See the picture now? We're not close, so don't act concerned when you're really not. Don't ask me if I'm okay when you now I am not. Don't even bother to ask me if you can visit me, because you're not allowed to. Don't force me to name names. Mind your own business. Screw YOU and everyone else reading this entry who's just reading it to get chismis. http://russso.multiply.com/journal/item/97/Para_Sa_Mga_Naghahanap_At_Gumagawa_ng_Chismis Wed, 25 Jun 2008 06:55:00 -0000 Go Green! <img src="http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y274/roselleramilo/blog/Shamrock.jpg" alt="Beat LA!" border="0"> Beat LA. Go Celtics!Ü http://russso.multiply.com/journal/item/96/Go_Green Sun, 15 Jun 2008 21:16:00 -0000 I Miss The Sunday Day Beach Club <img src="http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y274/roselleramilo/blog/SundayBeachCluba.jpg" alt="Take Me To My Beach" border="0" width="675"> http://russso.multiply.com/journal/item/95/I_Miss_The_Sunday_Day_Beach_Club Mon, 9 Jun 2008 04:15:00 -0000 A Not-So-New Discovery <a href="http://russso.multiply.com/photos/hi-res/upload/SEvyuwoKCqcAAFhI-L81"><img class="alignleft" src="http://images.russso.multiply.com/image/1/photos/upload/300x300/SEvyuwoKCqcAAFhI-L81/photo2414a.jpg?et=zoqid%2Csz9vUPz0hq5jxHlA&nmid=0" border="0"></a> There is a new drink, I think. May I present a new brand from the product line of carbonated soft drinks from the makers of RC Cola, not too sure about this -- *drum roll* SPARKLE. Cute name for a soda. It reminds me of one of the girls who work on my nails in CANS. Reminds me of this place that I see on the way home, along Sucat. Boys would know what I'm talking about. Hahaha. It's probably been around for some time, but I just got to see it last week while enjoying good food at a place in BF Resort with Cho, James, and Duart. I was so amazed with it that I had to take a photo of it. Hahaha. Silly me. Nope, I didn't try it. I was never a fan of lemon-ish soft drinks -- ie Mirinda. This is a useless post :-) http://russso.multiply.com/journal/item/93/A_Not-So-New_Discovery_ Sun, 8 Jun 2008 14:25:00 -0000 I'm In Love I'll never get tired listening to 'em http://russso.multiply.com/music/item/61/Im_In_Love Sun, 8 Jun 2008 07:39:04 -0000 Virtual Russie <img class="alignmiddleb" src="http://images.russso.multiply.com/image/1/photos/upload/300x300/SEq-IAoKCqcAAE3qbHA1/Ruru.jpg?et=omIHh0KpKg3mS2EpvK%2Bgzg&nmid=0" border="0"> My typical beach get-up... With my... Happy-Slash-Diva Shades + Colorful-Kikay Hat ÜÜÜ For the past 4 weeks, I have been enjoying doing nothing.Ü That's right, we should spend time, find time to do nothing --- forced or not. Lovely isn't it? Tonight, when I got home, from my attempts to recover my old passwords, I ended up playing. Good girl!Ü Now, if only the "Rihanna bob" didn't require 200 points -- aka monetary donations -- the avatar would've been more ME.Ö Time to take my meds now.... Goodnight everyone!PS. I am in awe and in admiration with Hilary Clinton's speech, right now, during her exit rally :-) http://russso.multiply.com/journal/item/91/Virtual_Russie_ Sat, 7 Jun 2008 16:51:00 -0000 After Six Years... My hair is short again, but not like how short it was during my early college years. I cut it today mostly because of medical reasons. There you go. Now, I really am a little girl.<a href="http://russso.multiply.com/photos/hi-res/upload/SDQa1QoKCqcAABH4IBI1"><img style="width: 461px; height: 170px; " class="alignmiddleb" src="http://images.russso.multiply.com/image/1/photos/upload/300x300/SDQa1QoKCqcAABH4IBI1/d398a78c22557fe3d86f44a9f2b4e9e3.jpg?et=JzGfYXCLNVaz%2BfNCx6%2By3A&nmid=0" border="0"></img></a><a href="http://russso.multiply.com/photos/hi-res/upload/SDQa1QoKCqcAABH4IBI1"><a href="http://russso.multiply.com/photos/hi-res/upload/SDQbHgoKCqcAABsn6Ks1"><img style="width: 460px; height: 179px; " class="alignmiddleb" src="http://images.russso.multiply.com/image/1/photos/upload/300x300/SDQbHgoKCqcAABsn6Ks1/701bb26773792b55a0423c262a1189f7.jpg?et=qUqaGvFZSLsPvZeFt2Z61A&nmid=0" border="0"></img></a></a> http://russso.multiply.com/journal/item/89/After_Six_Years... Wed, 21 May 2008 12:48:00 -0000 Delicious Days Fact 1: One of Russ’ favorite restaurants | Italianni’s – Alabang Town Center Fact 2: It has to be the one in Alabang Town Center. What makes food taste incredible as opposed to merely good or great? Excellent Service. It is often said that great cooking is a combination of great ingredients and technique. Unquestionably, the quality of produce and skill of the cook, both have tremendous influence on the final dish. However, incredible food often contains one additional element – service. Fact  3: How often does Russ eat in Italianni’s in a month? | Not less than 10 times Fact  4: In a week, Russ sometimes eats at Italianni’s 4 times! Understanding and taking advantage of guests’ food-related habits is a sure fire way to get your customers coming back. Food can be incredible when it exceeds past experiences, expectations. By itself, exceeding expectations through service is as important as ingredients and technique. It will be harder to exceed the expectation of... http://russso.multiply.com/journal/item/88/Delicious_Days Tue, 20 May 2008 17:27:00 -0000 Tagged.Ü I was tagged by <a href="http://loosescrews.multiply.com">Patchi</a> :D I am to post ten facts about myself. RULES - Each blogger starts with ten random facts / habits about themselves - Bloggers tagged need to repost the rules and write their ten things on their own blogs. - At the end of your blog, you need to choose 10 people you’re going to tag and list their names. - Don’t forget to comment on their site that they’re tagged. - You cannot tag the person that tagged you. --- Here goes mine :-D --- 01. I love mango (the fruit), but don’t like mango juice, mango tarts, etc. 02. I eat buco pie, but I don’t like buco juice or even the coconut. 03. I love vinegar! 04. I have this strange and wonderful fascination with fairies, vampires, snakes, and sharks. 05. Back in grade school, I cried after reading “Impeng Negro.” 06. I am a nerd. 07. I hate it when I’m at a fast food and am made to wait. 08. I’d rather drink with friends and eat than go shopping when at the mall. 09. I believe that people are naturally go... http://russso.multiply.com/journal/item/87/87 Fri, 16 May 2008 11:58:00 -0000 --- You never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view... 'til you climb inside of his skin and walk around in it. --- Atticus Finch, To Kill a Mockingbird http://russso.multiply.com/journal/item/83/--- Thu, 1 May 2008 10:10:53 -0000 Make Little Russie Smile I am a person who is easy to please, except when it's work-related. Hahaha. With this post is a big thank you to my darling friends Patsy and Ian -- who have always been very caring and thoughtful despite the fact that we all don't get to hang out as much as we used to. <a href="http://russso.multiply.com/photos/hi-res/upload/R-BxCQoKCqcAAGl1F8U1"><img style="width: 285px; height: 285px;" class="alignleft" src="http://images.russso.multiply.com/image/1/photos/upload/300x300/R-BxCQoKCqcAAGl1F8U1/Make%20Me%20Smile.jpg?et=EuCfCNmWuFZFB4%2BKa7l7GQ&nmid=" border="0"></a>When I got back to work from my Baguio trip, I saw a (my) purple post-it on my monitor.  Seeing this put a really big smile on my face. It definitely made that office day a little nicer despite the stress that I encounter in my day-to-day activities and the crappiest first quarter of 2008. Hahaha. This purple post-it has been  on my monitor since Patsy placed it there :D Simple words. Little words. Yet they could soothe big troubles. And no matter how simple it could be, I appreciate that act. I am making a big deal out of it because I distinctly remember that that day I was again talking about quitting, etc etc etc. It’s peak season for real estate and everything just gets crazier and crazier each day. Thou... http://russso.multiply.com/journal/item/82/Make_Little_Russie_Smile Mon, 31 Mar 2008 05:11:01 -0000 Nagging Suspicions Not so much suspicions probably. I'm coming to a point --- again, where I ask myself if what I am doing is what I like to do. I ask myself if I am happy. I ask myself if I can continue the current course. I think I'm going to quit on certain things. Unless I find my passion for it, I think I will have to or risk a downward spiral into some kind of depression. Of course, whenever one wants to change one's life, one will require new plans and decisions. I've been thinking that I must be in the wrong place. There is something wrong with this picture if I don't care about it. The don't-careness easily spreads itself to all areas of one's life once one loses hope and enthusiasm. http://russso.multiply.com/journal/item/81/Nagging_Suspicions Wed, 19 Mar 2008 12:53:36 -0000 Different But Alike I'm looking for that something to tell me what this is all about. So lost in the reasons of why we came here in the first place. What's on my mind- in my heart whether it be a smile shared, a hug, a purple heart, how a day at work can be exhausting, or how deathly afraid I am of needles for every single Thursday that I'm to go the hospital... are more than just things to talk about. Seeing the words, pictures, even silly lil things are what make this fun and at the same time addictive. Why from one day to another can I smile and be cheerful, and in the next I'm lost. I'd never know why, but being able to just breathe it out, helps. http://russso.multiply.com/journal/item/80/Different_But_Alike Tue, 26 Feb 2008 19:30:58 -0000 The Road or The Railing? When I got to the bridge, the sun was in the mid-morning place, where it's warm but not overhead. It's never quite so golden and hopeful as it is just then. I'd been in the forest, wandering from tree to tree. I didn't know I'd been lost. I'd called it exploring. Yet every detail had distracted me. Every birdsong had stolen bits of morning. Had I been exploring I would have enjoyed it. I would have wandered with lust for the tiniest bits of color. But curiosity hadn't been who pushed me forward. It was a need to move without the corresponding direction to be going. Then, I decided. I was back to this particular spot where I always stand and watch. This is the fifth time that I’m standing on this very spot. People close to me know that everytime I plan or even think about going elsewhere, something beautiful happens and I stay. This time’s the most difficult one, but I really feel that God still directed me to where I should be. And I know that it is in His plan for me to stay. Things have... http://russso.multiply.com/journal/item/76/The_Road_or_The_Railing Thu, 7 Feb 2008 13:18:12 -0000 Whatta Day! A few of you know that for the past three months, I’ve been stuck in this crossroad. Major decisions had to be made. Big steps had to be done and as days go on, I have slowly come to accept that there will be people who’ll be hurt… People I choose not to hurt, but unfortunately, it’s beyond my control. When I close my eyes, when I look inside, I look for the hole in my thinking. It's not the hole of what's missing. It's the whole of the vision. It's the view to what I'm feeling. I have to wait. Relax, though it’s probably the most difficult thing to do right now. Reflect. Look. Listen. Look again. Then I see all of the things inside my eyelids begin moving. They move apart. They separate. A tiny hole they make. I look through that hole and see a whole vision. It's the way to my feelings – my future. Today’s been a tough one. Well, tomorrow might be worse or better. So there is this pretty hole in my life right now that makes me realize the meanings of so many things. Yup, a ... http://russso.multiply.com/journal/item/75/Whatta_Day Thu, 31 Jan 2008 12:46:02 -0000 Fascinated & Frightened I am at the same time fascinated and frightened by people and things I do not understand. http://russso.multiply.com/journal/item/74/Fascinated_Frightened Tue, 29 Jan 2008 00:38:21 -0000 Strong To Break Do you believe that if a man repents enough for what he's done wrong, then he'll go back to the time that was happiest for him and live there forever? Could that be what heaven's like?" --: Arlen Bitterbuck, The Green Mile (1999) If I could steal from yesterday, I would steal possibility. How much of our lives do we lose with the decisions we make? I suppose we'll never find out, and maybe that is the better part of it. To never know the other road lest we spend the rest of our lives kicking our heads over a path we chose not to travel. Ignorance, they say, is bliss. I would like to end the past few days' sadness over. I would like to end this sadness, but it's not that easy. So many questions have risen in my brain, and no form of active (or inactive) preoccupation can drown out the screams in my head. We are made to believe that passing up a massive offer is one of the great evils you can do to yourself. Perhaps. But this previously held belief of mine has recently been shattered beca... http://russso.multiply.com/journal/item/72/Strong_To_Break Sat, 12 Jan 2008 07:14:47 -0000 The Little Mermaid Has Grown Up I am addicted to these songs.... These go well with an energy drink and a bar of chocolate. Enjoy :-) http://russso.multiply.com/music/item/51/The_Little_Mermaid_Has_Grown_Up Thu, 1 Nov 2007 10:24:18 -0000 Tumble and Tremble I travel often to beautiful places looking for great stock shots and many times I know exactly what I am looking for. I have a stock shot list that I think, hoping to get exactly what was in my mind's eye. But often while I am out and about, incredible opportunities arise and present themselves to me out of nowhere. http://russso.multiply.com/music/item/44/Tumble_and_Tremble Thu, 13 Sep 2007 17:13:43 -0000 Things You Don't See Everyday Something I learned from Anne Frank, way back my frosh year in high school... The best remedy for those who are afraid, lonely or unhappy is to go outside, somewhere where they can be quiet, alone with the heavens, nature and God. Because only then does one feel that all is as it should be and that God wishes to see people happy, amidst the simple beauty of nature. Yup, I've been lonely and kinda unhappy, but when I was here on the day of the shoot, seeing all these things, I felt a blanket of peace envelop me and finally I've learned to accept what His plans are for me. In God I trust. In Alby I also trust. Bwahahaha. Not much photos here. But hey, hope you guys enjoy the photos :-) http://russso.multiply.com/photos/album/39/Things_You_Dont_See_Everyday Sat, 25 Aug 2007 13:36:43 -0000 Loving Everything Truly Pinoy Beat that! http://russso.multiply.com/photos/album/36/Loving_Everything_Truly_Pinoy Sun, 22 Jul 2007 02:57:56 -0000 One Playa It's beach football all-day and party all-night at the ONE and only tropical playground... PLAYA CALATAGAN :-) <A href="http://playacalatagan.com/" target=_blank><IMG alt="life's a beach and more." src="http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y274/roselleramilo/blog/one-copy.gif" border=0></A> http://russso.multiply.com/calendar/item/10008/One_Playa Sun, 20 May 2007 17:33:50 -0000