dental mental

Just got back from my dental appointment.

I'm trying to start this habit of going to the dentist twice a year instead of our family's usual practice of going to the dentist only when one already feels excruciating toothache. It's actually cheaper because by having regular dental appointments, you'd only have to shell out for the cleaning and should there be small cavities, it would be detected earlier and the surface to be filled in would be smaller. Especially nowadays... they already charge per surface 'pag magpapa-pasta! And some of my cavities that needs filling take up almost the entire tooth, making it 4 surfaces. And that's only a tooth.

I'm trying to keep that habit. Just so to avoid large dental bills. And I never would want to undergo yet again another tooth extraction. The one I had 5 years ago was so traumatizing that even if I know that it was THAT painful because the dentist wasn't a good one. Three years ago, I have had an impacted wisdom tooth taken out naman. They had to slice my gums open (gross na 'to), take my wisdom tooth and close it by stitching. But that didn't hurt. Maybe because the dentist was so good... the only pain I felt was when they injected me with the anesthesia. And I almost fell asleep during the whole procedure.

Ayun lang. By the way, I still keep that impacted tooth they took out of my gums. It was a relatively expensive procedure that I couldn't get to throw the tooth away...

Domestic Goddess Wannabe!!!

I have a new frustration.

I want to be like Marta Stewart or Rachael Ray or Nigella Lawson. I want to be shabby chic! I want to paint houses, make throw pillows, DIY stuff and cook (but first I have to have a nice kitchen). Kahit si David Tutera puede na rin. I just want to be able to do what they do.

That's my current fixation nowadays- how to be a domestic goddess!

I knew it! I'm not cut for being a lawyer talaga. I've always enjoyed creating stuff with my hands and I definitely don't have highlighting articles and facts of the case, etc in mind. I should've paid more attention in Home Economics classes tsk.. tsk...

For so long I've been trying to insist that I belong to the group of people who use the left side of the brain. But it's crystal that I do belong to the group that uses the right side of the brain... there's no turning back now. I have to work with it. Fast. Or else.

I have taken my sweet time figuring out what is it I really want to do and now that I am around 70% sure of what I want to do and I am almost a quarter of a century old, I have to start doing it.

Para Tu Amor

I would like to share another beautiful song by Juanes, Para Tu Amor...

Por eso yo te quiero tanto que no sé como explicar
Lo que siento
Yo te quiero porque tu dolor es mi dolor
Y no hay dudas
Yo te quiero con el alma y con el corazón
Te venero
Hoy y siempre gracias yo te doy a ti mi amor
Por existir

That's why I love you so much and I can't explain what I feel
I love you because your pain is my pain
And there is no doubt
I love you with my heart and soul
I adore you
Today and forever I give to you my thanks, my love
For existing

OMG, that's so sweet! Don't you think it's just the sweetest if someone thanks you just for sole reason of existing in the world? I die.

Back,

Just got back from the hospital.

All's well now. Well, not well-well but better. Ate had her leg operated upon and there were metal plates screwed on to her bones. I saw the x-ray and it was a scary picture!

For now, I'll be assuming my temporary role as a human crutch. Baboo!

Update:
Here's how my ate's leg looks like right now. But the cast will be removed tomorrow! Yay!
(08.07.2007)

Free Time

By now, it's obvious that I've got a lot of time in my hands to be able to watch lots of series and movies. And just to establish such...

Here's a list of the movies I've seen just these past 2 days.

Turistas
Gory movie.

If those things really happen, it's scary but if it doesn't, then it isn't.
Right now, there's a text message going around the country saying that there's a sindikato doing something similar to that. These people were supposedly kidnapping children for their heart, liver and other organs

Aside from that, I don't have anything else to say.

Hable con Ella

I watched the movie just to brush up on my Spanish vocabulary and also to practice my listening skills.

It's a good movie! There was just this one disturbing scene but aside from that everything's good. Initially, I didn't understand why there's a need for marcadores temporales but I found its purpose at the end to the movie. Ganda!



Mad Love aka Juana La Loca
I still can't figure out if I like this one.

Again, I watched this film to practice my Spanish.

There were disturbing scenes again and an example was when Juana gave birth to her daughter at the loo and bit off the umbilical cord with her teeth. Uhhh... kadiri?

Another update

Update! Update!

Last weekend must have been the most eventful weekend I've had for months! Maybe that was what I needed to banish the blues.

Last Friday, two of my sisters were supposed to fly to Bacolod for my uncle's interment (my uncle died of a heart attack two weeks ago, which is sad news for us). But just right before they left for the airport, Cebu Pacific informed them that their flight was canceled because the airplane had to be fixed or whatever. Bottom line was their trip didn't push through and to banish the inis, we opted to just go to The Fort.

About the Christina Aguilera Concert
When it was first announced, I wanted to watch so badly. The cheapest ticket would suffice since I just want to see her perform live, nothing else. But my sister didn't want the cheapest ticket since it would be too masa (as what happened with the PCD concert). But then the interest to watch slowly waned. Entonces, when July 6 arrived, we were still ticket-less. And during that day, it seemed that there was an impending rain so my sister said that she doesn't want to watch anymore. Sayang naman daw ang tickets kung nagkataon na umulan. Then an idea came to me. Why don't we just listen to the concert instead? And so that's just what we did. But sitting outside, eating... we became to sleepy and bored to enjoy listening to the concert. And so we opted to take a walk around the area when a former employee approached her. It just so happened that they were selling tickets, well, more like scalping. They were selling tickets for P400 each. And so we got to watch the concert for less the price of one regular-priced ticket.

The concert was good. Christina Aguilera's vocals were superb but I think she didn't warm up to the audience. The crowd wasn't as lively compared to the other concerts I've been to. And most of her past songs we're rearranged to fit the whole 20s-30s feel. But I guess that was part of the unresponsiveness of the audience. They weren't familiar with the songs kasi. And although they were familiar with it, the songs were rearranged deeming it hard for the crowd to sing along. Knowing Filipinos, parusa sa kanila ang hindi maka-sing along! Haha! The crowd began to warm up near the event's conclusion when she ditched the 20s vibe and sang her song as what the audience recalled it to be. Sayang.

And oh, she seemed snobbish talaga. There weren't much interaction between her and the audience.

S is for Saturday & Sunday
As usual, I went to Spanish class last Saturday. I was late only for an itty-bitty while, which was good. And the teacher commended me for remembering la trompa, las orejas y los colmillos of the elephant. And it felt good! It revved me up and wanted to study for real.

Saturday also consists of LRT and MRT rides with Josette. She had new chismaks for me last Saturday so it was an informative ride home. Haha! The only thing I hate for that day was the 40-minute wait for the FX to actually head home.

And Sunday was pasyal day for me and my sisters. We went to Church early and headed to SM Hypermart to do our grocery. We ate at A Veneto, mi favorito lugar para pizzas y pasta con mozzarella! After lunch, we did our grocery which must have lasted for 2 hours, if not longer. I love grocery stores! After doing the grocery, my sister treated us to a Kopi Roti bun, soft-boiled egg and coffee snack. Yum. Yum. And then we headed back home for our weekly dose of Philippine showbiz chismaks.

About yesterday's random thought

My yesterday's random thought didn't go as planned though I still didn't go to the plaza.

After Vicky arrived, I tried to do my long overdue Spanish homework in my sister's room (where I plan to just lay down and eat ice cream). But my two older sisters arrived early so I wasn't able to exactly lay down there on her bed and eat ice cream. But I was able to talk my other sister to accompany me to buy favorite ice cream.

So what I planned materialized although not in the manner I originally planned.
I stayed at home.
I ate a delicious dinner.
I had my favorite FIC Strawberry ice cream.
Then I lay in my bed and watched tv.

Random thought

I'm thinking of playing hooky today and just lie down on my sister's bed while eating ice cream.

Comic Relief

I discovered this super funny comics on the net...

credits: seattlepi.com

This is so funny, I swear. It cracks me up every time.
And also, Garfield.

Updates

After a string of not-so-good days, I am struggling to make things okay for me. I have been under a crying spell for these past few days. I cry over just about anything! It's frustrating. I want to be happy so bad but I can't get myself to make that decision yet. When things aren't going the way you want it to be, it's sooo much easier to sulk.

Still, I haven't finished reading The Secret. It's supposed to help me deal with my predicament. It still is my decision after all if I would apply it to my everyday life. Even if I have read the book a million times but always choose to sulk my life away, then the book wouldn't really help me find my way to happiness.

Also, I don't feel well... since last, last week. Two weeks ago, I had the flu and a recurring headache. Then last Monday, I had this annoying feeling of something lodged in my throat. It didn't really affect my swallowing but there's always that annoying feeling in my throat. I had difficulty breathing too and there was this one day when my feet, legs and nape got cold and clammy and there was this tightening feeling on my head and nape. That time, I thought I was having a stroke or something. Something similar happened to Ate Dot already and it was supposedly something to do with being acidic. So I had to stop drinking coke. And I haven't drank coke, not even a sip, since Friday.

And I've already seen the movie Transformers and I super like it. My sisters and I watched last Sunday, last full show. I thought I would be sleepy and might sleep through the movie but I didn't. The effects were great! I got tired just watching the movie. Haha. It was one stressful movie. I bet there will be a sequel.

Pinoy Big Brother concluded already. Sad. Now there's nothing to look forward to everyday. Hehe. Baduy na kung baduy but watching it is really one of the things I look forward to.