Oh Chuck Me!

I am still in denial that Chuck has come to an end. Well, nothing's really conclusive and am still keeping my hopes high (as with the other die-hard fans) that NBC will pick up Chuck for a third season. Last Tuesday Monday was Chuck's season finale, Chuck vs. the Ring.

Before I rant my ass off regarding the news that this season finale could also be the series finale, let me rave about my favorite bits about the show.

♥ Juno guessed it right that Orion is Chuck's father. The thought never ever entered my mind. I have never even given much thought as to the whereabouts of his dad. I never thought that his dad plays a bigger part in all of these.

They even look alike. Now we know that geekiness is hereditary.

♥ My most favorite storyline in the series is the "fake" relationship between Chuck Bartowski and Sarah Walker. I mean, I could melt for every time they try to deny their feelings for each other. Every time Chuck's heart gets broken, my heart gets broken as well. It's hard to watch those two have a pretend relationship when we all know fully well that it IS true.

I get all giddy every time Chuck looks at Sarah in that way and all the time Sarah looks at Chuck in that way without Chuck knowing that Sarah does look at him in that way. Although Sarah denies that she has feelings for Chuck, her looks give her away. I mean, she sacrificed her spy career just to save and help Chuck. That's some kind of act of altruism ha.

Chuck's expression upon waking up and finding out that him and Sarah were holding hands in their sleep was priceless. With Sarah almost abandoning her post as CIA agent and disobeying orders by helping Chuck, I'm pretty sure it's almost as good as saying that she'll run away with him. Haaay...


In this week's finale, Chuck invited Sarah to spend a vacation with him.

Sarah: There is something I have to tell you..
Chuck: I can't wait, I can't wait any longer, okay. Everyone keeps asking me what am I gonna do with my future and the truth is I don't have a clue. All I do know is I want you in it.
Sarah: Please, I really have to tell you...
Chuck: No. No guns, no lies, just us... just like I've always wanted it. I've recently come into a little bit of money so any place you wanna go, any place at all as long as it's sunny with little umbrella drinks. What I'm getting at here is... Sarah Walker, will you do me the honor of taking a vacation with me?
Sarah: Chuck, I'm leaving in the morning. The details are classified but I'm working on the new Intersect project with Bryce.

See. I live for Chuck+Sarah moments just like that. I could just squirm and die with giddiness for moments just like that. If only I know how to make a montage of all Chuck+Sarah kilig moments, I would.

In last week's episode, supposedly the penultimate, Chuck has gotten rid of the Intersect in his head and resigned from the Buy More so I was kind of thisclose to being convinced that it might be actually the end of Chuck. But in the season finale, the Intersect was uploaded to his brain once again. And there's a little something extra uploaded to his system~ this time, he knows kung fu as well.

What I hated about the season finale was it kept me hanging just like that by ending it with to be continued... I mean, I need some sort of closure. I need to know what happens to Chuck and Sarah. I want more Chuck. I need more Chuck. Chuck. Chuck. Chuck. I couldn't be more redundant. I need to know if Chuck and Sarah rode off into the sunset, that kind of stuff. I really want them to be together and I need to know if they ended up together.

THIS IS TORTURE!

My heart would be broken into a million little pieces of it's really the end of this series.

Super funny!

I swear I couldn't stop laughing. This is definitely a must see. Ang galing nung actors, in fairness. This is sooo funny~ the meadow scene, Carlisle's 'do, the bad vampires' entrance and how they enunciate their words. "You brought a snack?" Nyahaha. I absolutely love it.

Starring Cale Hartmann as Rob Pattinson as "Edward".
Featuring Jeff Sloniker as Cam Gigandet as "James".
Eric Moneypenny as Peter Facinelli as "Carlisle".
A Cheeseburger as Kristen Stewart as "A Cheeseburger".

funneeeeeeeeeeeeeeh!

17 Again

Mommy texted me at 2pm if I wanted to watch a movie. I said yes if it's her treat. Okay daw. So I hurriedly took a jeepney ride going to Robinsons Metroeast with 17 Again in mind.

I am not a Zac Efron fan. In fact, I am was a hater. Let's just say that after watching this movie, I'm giving the boy a chance. Ha. Well, let's just say that he's kinda cute. Oh no, I can't believe I'm saying this... It's just that he's kind of swoon-able here.









Anyway, it was a fun movie. And get this, there's a bonus moral-of-the-story bit. The adult Mike O' Donnell (Matthew Perry) didn't like the way his life turned out to be. He was once a high school basketball star who was thisclose to obtaining a college scholarship but he then opted to marry his high school sweetheart and ended up not going to college and 20 years later, in a career he didn't like. He was in a rut and blamed his wife for what has happened~ if only he had gone to college instead of marrying early. He was stuck in the past, reliving his glory days in his memories. That's when magic happens and he is transformed into his old 17-year-old self again (Zac Efron).

He primarily thought that this would be a chance for him to make things right but then realized that this happens to him for a reason~ to help his kids. He helped his son, Alex (Sterling Knight), stopped being bullied by the basketball jocks and actually get into the basketball team and helped his daughter Maggie (Michelle Trachtenberg) get out of an unhealthy relationship. In a nutshell, he then realizes that he has everything he needs- his wife (Leslie Mann) and his kids- he just failed to notice it when he was busy reliving the past and thinking all the shoulda's, woulda's and coulda's.

It's just cool that twentysomething's play the roles of high school kids. I feel so... young. Not. Well, okay, I do. After all, age is but a number. Basta, note to self: Start living your life today! I once was like the adult Mike O' Donnell but I am now really trying to enjoy the present and anticipating what's in store for me in the future.

Anyway, I just want to say that I think Zac Efron's cute. Although he is still wearing super tight jeans, I didn't find him gay in this movie unlike in High School Musical 1,2 and 3.

feekchur

I was able to take nice pictures last Sunday. In my opinion, they're nice pictures so walang kokontra. Bawal ang kontra-bulate dito. So without further ado, here are the pics I took:



Props for the day: Dalandan and pearls.
Our inspiration for our table set-up is Real Simple.


Nice blue skies. You wouldn't have
guessed it was raining cats and dogs
just a while back.


Different tree. Same place.
Different sky conditions.


The venue of the bazaar from afar.


Where is the love?


While waiting for AB in the Mega open parking.
On my way back from the grocery, I noticed the
skies looked amazing. They didn't seem real.
Parang drawing. Promise.

Incoherent babbling

It’s been a while since I’ve last updated. I’ve been really busy last week making stuff. First off, I just want to say that time really flies. I know, cliché… but true. Imagine, there are just 2 more days left of April and it’ll be the month of May already. For students, this means there’s only one month of summer vacation left. (Correction- tapos na summer. Pagasa already announced that the rainy season has officially started. Global warming, tsk… tsk…) But since I don’t go to school anymore, it doesn’t matter if it’s summer or not. The whole frickin’ year, rain or shine, I am rotting here inside my hole. Boring, right? But hey I have an uncanny ability to amuse myself.

Okay, let’s talk about the weather. I’d rather have hot, scorching days rather than cool, rainy ones. Hot weather is easier to resolve, just turn on the air conditioning unit and voila! you’re in 20°C heaven. Well, yes there are those icky moments where you don’t have access to AC like when you’re commuting, for example. I hate the feeling of your clothing sticking to your skin, most especially the feeling of blue jeans clinging to my legs as if it’s sucking the energy out of them. And yeah, my face tends to get itchy on hot, humid days. Aside from those, I don’t have any problems with the hot weather. I reckon there are far more problems associated with the rainy season.Flashfloods, landslides, heavy traffic, people’s roofs being blown apart by the strong winds, dengue, etc. And of course, we have lower sales during the rainy season. So I am just praying it’ll be December soon so we can nice cool weather sans rain.

At last, Jen and Charlyn (aka Tukling aka Buking aka Kambal sa Uma) got their visa for the States already. After a bazillion light years, the stupid US Embassy has given them their visas and finally, they’ll be able to join their parents in the States. My tita adopted these kids (a lá Angelina Jolie) some 4 years ago and now they want to take the kids to the States for a vacation. Kawawa naman yung mga bata, ang tagal ng pinahintay nila. Tukling’s excited pa naman to go to Disneyland. But as what my dad told me, problema na ng kambing ‘yun.

Now to explain my father’s words of wisdom… Last Friday, mommy, daddy and I ate at Max’s for lunch. We were just talking about random things like the weather, my business, their businesses and how I should not be mean to Charlyn, among others. Then I said that after the kids get their visa, they should go another time instead since there’s only 1 month left of summer vacation and if they stay there for a short period, sayang ang pamasahe. He answered, “hindi mo na problema ‘yun, probelma na nila ‘yun” and that’s when my father drew this imaginary diagram of a hungry goat tied on a post and the patch of grass that is out of the goat’s reach. He asked me what I would do in such situation. I thought it was one of those logic questions and tried to analyze it for awhile then I remembered the diagram and answered “Problema na ng kambing ‘yun.” “Tama,” sagot ni daddy. So there, if I answered “Problema na ng kambing ‘yun” in one of our conversations that just means it’s none of my business and I wouldn’t want to make it my problem.

I just have to comment on how it I can easily and quickly fill up this page while spend minutes, hours even, trying to compose a business profile. Shoot.

And now off to the dreaded and abused topic of weight loss. To start things off, I haven’t started with my diet yet. It’s just that the kids are here and I don’t want them to go hungry so I buy them merienda. So of course, kasama na ako dun. But the kids will be flying off to the US sometime soon so only then will I promise to start cutting off, or at least reducing, my intake of high-sugar, high-calorie and junk foods. Only 6 months left ‘til my sister’s wedding and I really don’t want to look like blob in a yellow dress. I must lose weight, by hook or by crook. I’ll do what Vicky does. I’ll write down everything I eat just so I could track every calorie. Good luck to me. Jia you~

Last week, I was busy making stuff for last Sunday’s mini-bazaar. It was a long drive going to Laguna but a quick one though with only 45 minutes travel time from Pasig to Santa Rosa. There weren’t many people as I thought there would be so sales weren’t that good but for the fee we paid to join, not bad na rin.

The weather was crazy, as what’s usual these days, and it was the culprit for my head-splitting headache in the afternoon. Well yes, it was a boring and hot afternoon but all that was compensated by the experience of seeing Fernando Zobel de Ayala in the flesh! They were on their way out already and actually made it out of the building already but his daughters caught a whiff of my products, wanted to buy it and so called they called their parents back into the building. His lovely daughters got a 50-g pack of aroma beads in fresh linen scent and they each got a lip balm. Niiiice. He handed me the 1,000 peso bill and I handed him his change. Surreal. I’m keeping the 1,000-peso bill in hopes of having his money luck rubbing off on me.

I love Sundays. This Sunday veered off from the usual but it was one great Sunday as well. It’s not everyday you get to see (and have his daughters buy from you) one of the richest men in the country, right?

busted!

from Jason Mraz's If It Kills Me

Ycel!!! Ginamit ko na moleskine! HAYLAVET!

Game na talaga. Promise Promise!

I know this must be the nth time I'm saying this in my blog but I just have to say it again- I NEED TO LOSE FRICKIN' 30 LBS FAST! I vowed to lose the extra pounds some 5-6 months ago but it seems that we are at a standstill. Well, I never really tried hard enough but I reckon this time I should drag my lazy arse into doing it.

I have 3 Reasons why I should lose weight:
♥ Of course the cliche, for health reasons. But really, this is one of the reasons. Our family has a history of hypertension, diabetes, etc... the works! Diba?! Plus, there's that PCOS thing too.

♥ I hate the fact that I can't fit into most of my clothes anymore and the fact that it seems I have to suck it all in just so the flab won't show. Dressing up every day is agonizing since nothing fits me anymore. Plus, the extra weight makes me look older than I really am. I reallllly hate it when people think I'm older than my real age.

♥ For AD's wedding. I just saw someone's wedding pics and observed that most of the bride's entourage were, umm, healthy. Most of us are chubby and I kind of don't want a similar picture for my sister's wedding. Ayaw ko. Promise!

So what should I do to lose weight?

♥ Option #1: Cut coke intake, less carbo
Isa pa itong "Promise, nagsasawa na rin ako sa kakasabi." Pero sa init ng panahon, masarap talaga mag-Coke. Though doing this option would really help me lose significant poundage.

♥ Option #2: Exercise
Sounds easy. Hard to pull off. I hope my mommy would give in and buy a treadmill, hehe. Pero imposible yan. Unang-una, mahal ang treadmill. Pangalawa, mas preferred ng mommy ko and passive exercise, ie. ang kanyang massage chair :P

♥ Option #3: Magpaka-anorexic (o bulimic)
This would really make me skinny but I think I love food too much to even consider this option. But really, if it were a matter of life and death, I could resort to this one. And have you seen what bulimics and anorexics look like? They look like walking skeletons and I reckon that is not a pretty sight to see.

♥ Option #4: Tsaa (or Kankunis) to death
Probable. But I've heard that Kankunis (or any tea that has senna leaves) could make your intestines bleed when taken excessively. Black or green tea is also effective but I think faster results can be obtained by Kankunis or Biguerlai. AC brought home black tea from China. Supposedly, it's what Chinese actresses drink to stay slim. If only I could get my lazy ass into getting that cup of hot water or the discipline to drink tea instead of soda. Grrr....

♥ Option #5: Post Nicole Scherzinger's picture/poster where it'll be the first thing I'll see when I wake up in the morning
Or what we'll call, Positive Conditioning. Every morning when I wake up, I'll see Nicole Scherzinger's body and then I'll be motivated to have a body like hers, oh alright... have a body slightly similar to hers. I'm not vying for washboard abs, I just want to have a wittle waist, that's all.

I'm downloading Pussycat Dolls' videos as we speak. Whatever mayjah losah! Haha!

In due time

Only now did I get to fully understand what the statement above means.

This year, I had planned on taking the Holy Week seriously. Before, I only saw Holy Week as the time for movie/K-drama marathons complete with junk food and coke bingeing. But this year, AD and I had agreed to attend the village parish church's recollections to really have the time to reflect on things. AD and I attended the first recollection but found it very akin to a religion class. AB suggested that we come with her to the recollection conducted by the Jesuit priests at the Ateneo in Rockwell. I was able to focus on the talk although there were times when my ADHD would kick in.

It was about decluttering one's life not only of material things but also of emotional baggages. We should rid our life of things that are holding us back from moving on. I should have attended this one since I reckon I have heaps of material clutter and tons of emotional clutter. I need to sort things out, carefully discern what matters and eliminate those that does not. I need to make space for new and better things in my life. Sabi nga, if we don't get rid of these clutter, how can new blessings enter our lives?

Also, the speaker talked about hell. Hell, supposedly, is being in a state of being stuck. I heard from my sister's friend this story where hell is not a place engulfed in flames, it's an icy place daw with Satan stuck in between ice. Wanting to free himself, Satan keeps on flapping his wings but this only makes the ice harden even more making escape impossible. So maybe for the past few years I was in my hell. For the past few years, I felt stuck. I didn't know what to do back then. Well, even til now I'm not 100% sure if what I'm currently doing is IT but I'm happy doing it so maybe I'm on the right track.

Like clutter, death can also be experienced in different contexts. It may be death in the physical context as in dedo, shotay or death in other context such as death in one's career or relationships. Also, it was discussed how God's love for us is limitless. His death on the cross was the most extreme someone could show how much he loves someone. In other words, kamatayan ang pinakasukdulan. And we must know that whatever we do, God will always love us.

Aside from attending the recollections, there was one very significant moment that happened amidst all these. The thing was I was confused whether or not to go into law school again. Several years after withdrawing from law school, I was seriously thinking of going back. I still am sure as hell I don't want to spend my lifetime lawyering but there's that what if factor that makes me want to try it. And also, there's also that inggit factor. Sometimes, I can't help but compare myself to my former blockmates who are already lawyers. Ayun, confused ako. But I got my answer during Good Friday. It was lika an aha! moment for me. I asked God for a sign but I didn't ask for something clearly defined. Gets? It wasn't like, "Lord, 'pag nakakita ako ng butterfly..." kind of sign. Hehe. I knew I will know it once I see, hear or read it. When I heard it, I knew that was God's answer to my question. And that made me decide, once and for all, that I don't want to take that path ever.

So to relate all that I just said to the quote above, I'm loving it that everything is starting to fall into place. First, things have to fall apart so you can pick up the pieces and in the process, decide which to keep and which to discard. From there, you'll have your starting ground. It took me this long to figure things out (which, by the way, aren't really that certain) but I'm happy with the way things are turning out. Things are falling into place and I couldn't be any happier about it.

Photo credits: ehow.com

"Have nothing in your house that you do not know to be useful, or believe to be beautiful."
-- William Morris

Oh no! A lot of the things here in our house are not useful and a lot of them I don't even believe to be beautiful. Our house is one big clutter enclosed within walls and a roof.

Have you played the Mystery Case Files Ravensheart? Have you seen how cluttered the rooms were in the game? Our house a little like that.

Last night was a reminder

why I never really liked going to Church.

When I was younger, like high school young, I never really liked going to Church for two reasons, 1) to spite my mother and, 2) I find people who serve the Church annoying and self-righteous. I've always believed that religion is a personal thing and there's no need for an edifice aka the Church/chapel to be able to talk to God.

However, two years ago I've started going to Church again. It was that time when I was feeling down and out and going to Church was one of the things that kept me sane. From then on, I promised to keep on going to Church and hear mass regularly.

Since it was Holy Monday last night, my mother, sister and I went to mass and attended the recollection right after. During the mass, we were seated in the right wing of the church, as usual. But for the recollection, my mom insisted that we transfer into one of the middle pews. Then came the church people I never really liked. These 'fervent' church goers are the same people who gossip and cuss at other people. [Never mind how I come to know about that, I have my sources.] And so I was reminded why I once hated going to Church.

But I am leaving God out of my antipathy to these said church goers. Not everyone is like them anyway. And since I still believe that religion is a personal thing, I will try my very best to ignore them. But I will not sit in the middle pews ever again.

Ano...

So mom wanted a butt shot..., originally uploaded by Charmy Photography.

My sister just took my measurements and that made me realize how effin' FAT I am.

I really really need to lose weight.

Magpapaka-anorexic na nga lang ako.
Pwe.

Random Things~ 4.03.09

AB said in one of her FB notes that,

"There is no such thing as random. Everything is truly in its place."

I believe that but for lack of anything else to put on the Title field, put it in there anyway ;)

♥ I like Katy Perry so so so much! I read her tumblr and liked her even more. I'm a fan because: 1) I like her music; 2) I like her fashion sense; and, 3) she's funny~ Did I mention already that she named her cat Kitty Purry? Or that her concert tour is called Hello! Katy. Punny girl, right? I can listen to Thinking of You over and over and over...

♥ Started working on my orders which means no internet (only now) and no TV for the day. Well, maybe a couple of hours of TV when I let my cousin watch Chances Are. But most of the day, I was listening to the radio. Heard David Cook's song a gazillion billion times!

♥ I'm worried about this very, very trivial thing I don't want to expound on.

♥ Supongo que tengo parar viendo los toros desde la barrera, no?

♥ I noticed that I am hungry all the frickin' time! Napapaisip tuloy ako kung may bulate ako sa tiyan. Yuck. Haha.

♥ Wanna watch 90210 and The Mentalist. And I've got a lot of catching up to do with Boys Over Flowers.

♥ Bought Twilight DVD already, whoopee! Watched it yesterday with cousins but I want to watch it again... with the commentary on. I like to listen to RPattz's voice and what he has to say which is usually stuff that don't make a lot of sense.

♥ I'm tried to copy Rachel Bilson's smoky eye effect but what I got was a black eye effect. How on earth do I achieve the look?

♥ I should be sleeping now. I have more important things to do tomorrow. Gah, it's Friday again. Time flies...

Pieces of Happiness

First day of the month. First day of the fourth month, to be exact. Well, I'm not going to rant about how quickly the days go by. Instead, I will repost something I found on tumblr. So here's tumblr tuesday on a wednesday morning.

photo credits: nom-nom-nom

♥ Pieces of Happiness ♥
from inspirings

1. Turn off your lights and listen to Ludovico Einaudi.
or turn off the lights and just lie there

2. Smile at a stranger and even say hi.

3. Give up your seat on a bus, train, subway.
i do give up my seat for pregnant women or those who have kids with them

4. Put “I Love You Cards” in library books.

5. Make yourself a cup of hot green tea and eat a daifuku.

6. Go through old photos.

7. Look at cute animals doing cute things.

8. Write letters to yourself. Past, present, future.

9. Browse the magazine aisle at Barnes and Noble.
at Powerbooks...

10. Write a 1 year plan, 5 year plan and 10 year plan. Describe your ideal life in intense detail, with figurative language.

11. Give someone a compliment.

12. Let someone tell you about her day. Tell that someone about your day. Then ask that person to tell you about her goals. Tell that someone about your goals.

13. Tutor or mentor someone. It’s more gratifying without pay.

14. Have a delicious vegetarian lunch!

15. Hold open the door for someone.

16. Tell a cute joke. (How do you get a pikachu onto a bus? You poke’m on.)
i think all my jokes are cute, hehe... and i love at my own jokes even if they say you're not supposed to

17. Watch a feel-good movie.
or a movie that amuses you. In my case, when I'm down, I just pop in my Mean Girls DVD (or any Molly Ringwald sweet-sweetan movie) and i'm good

18. Have lunch with your mom.
unfortunately, this has an opposite effect.

19. Pour your heart into your journal. Pound out those words. Then, breathe deeply. And let it go.

20. Write down a list of the nicest things people have said to or about you.

21. Remember a teacher who has made a difference in your life or challenged your perspective in a way that helped you grow as a thinker. Write her or him a letter.

22. Look through fashion magazines and write down inspirational pieces you could own.

23. Write out a business plan. You never know.

24. Scour the web for interesting articles on improving your life.
found a few websites that deal with self-improvement. only, i have yet to read them ;)

25. Read through old journals.
it's always good to take a trip down on memory lane. aaah, the good, ol' days

26. Take a warm shower. Wash your hair with energizing shampoo. Scrub your legs. And then put on soft pajamas.

27. Read quotes from people you admire. You might find you admire them even more.

28. Think, “What would (insert role model) do?”

29. Volunteer at a place to help young kids.

30. Remind yourself that your self-worth is dependent solely on you.

I've done quite a few from this list and I do think that they were gratifying. As I was telling Ycel awhile ago~ happiness is a decision. And since I've decided to take the road to happiness, I began to appreciate the simpler things in life. Yes I still want to become a landlady of leisure, put up my empire, be a shopping housewife/businesswoman and earn my first million before age 30; however, I am not letting my happiness depend on whether or not those aspirations become reality.

Have a nice Wednesday, y'all!