Loyalty & Piolo and Regine

Keep still,
Be strong.
The tide will pass.
The morrow gestures,
And she, in brightness clad,
Will embrace you with
Hope! Be glad!

Title: Musings #1
Date: c late 2001

Ok, this weekend my partner and I watched Pano Kita Iibigin. I'm assuming you guys already know who's starring in that movie. It's megged by Bb. Joyce Bernal. This is not actually a review.. So… ok…. There were a lot of crying. Both from Regine and Piolo. 

I can relate with Regine… I mean, that part when she's having a bad day because of the bills that needs to be paid and you're getting a customer who's so unreasonable. Only, we waited in anticipation how their first encounter over the phone would be played up later. But no. Just like in real life where you'll never know if that stranger you're staring at in the elevator could actually be someone you've encountered before in a not so pleasant way, both Regine and Piolo will never know that they once had a not-so-lovely conversation over the phone even before they met in Zambales.

Yeah, that's a thought. What if you're girlfriend now was someone who actually had a hand in that embarrassing fall in a manhole back when you two were just in grade school? 

Anyway, we watched the said movie at SM Lipa. I'm not much of an SM fan, for reasons I myself do not know. I am partial to Robinsons and the Gokongwei malls, although I must admit, most Robinsons have limited shops. I live near Robinsons Mall in Novaliches and I must say, I find it more convenient as the Big R is so spacious and you don't have to wait more than 10 minutes to be served for the check out. Boutiques are very few and the only thing I believe sustaining that mall is TeleTech (my former employer!). And movies, oh I just love watching a movie there. No long queues and no standing room only! 

I believe Robinsons serve me well! I love malling, but I simply hate the crowd.

Their department store in Novaliches has packed up and left. When I asked for a supervisor once because of a customer service complaint, I was told that the department store still rents space from the mall. Makes sense. The mall is operated by another arm and Robinsons Department Store by another business unit, so it is not surprising that they rent space from Shopwise too, at the Festival Mall in Alabang.

I did my Christmas shopping for '06, at the 11th hour, in fact, at their department store, before they made their swan song, and (don't you just notice my figures of speech there?) I enjoyed it so much. No large crowds, check out's a breeze, and there are shirts that I don't normally see at SM department store.

At Robinsons Lipa, you can say it's the usual Robinsons crowd. Not so many people there. Which surprised me as where did all the people in SM Lipa came from?? Mallers simply doubled!! 

What I like with Robinsons is the boutique called Sand. Good casual business clothes great for office dress ups. I don't think SM City has them. Haven't tried any clothes from Sand though but design is good.

I think that's nice. You know, if I have my own clothing line, I'd like to stay away from SM. I know that's not a good business decision. But just the same, I would like to have a certain exclusivity on my clothing shop. Again, not a good decision. I'm just being partial. I simply don't know why suddenly I found myself a Gokongwei loyalist. Same with C2. When I learned they had to open up more factories due to the demand for C2 Iced Tea, I admired how the Gokongweis can come up with a brand and made it click so fast.

It's something freaky I know, being so loyal to a company or a tycoon who doesn't even realize I exist, but I'm known for my strange loyalties (or loyalties with unknown origin, like my being a Kapuso loyalist!!!).

Ok, enough of this. My YM status says, "E-mail na sa trabaho, intenet pa sa bahay!!" My eyes are complaining, my fingers are numb! And here I go, surfing and blogging!

9 more e-mails and I won't need the help of those a-holes who sit there and text simply because they're wearing high-heels!!! Some kind of mentors!!!! 

- Screen capture of the movie Paano Kita Iibigin. 06/3/2007.