Book 2010/5: P.S. I Love You

Some people go through life searching and never find

their soul mates. They never do. You and I did,

we just happened to have them for a shorter

period of time. It's sad, but it's life!

Having watched the movie first before reading the book, I wasn't expecting much. I just thought of reading a fiction novel before I start reading my business-y books again. 

The beginning of the novel was a bit boring actually. Muntik ko na siyang hindi tapusin. All she did was sulk and I was getting pretty tired of it. It got interesting at the middle part of the book when Holly went out into the world again and tried to start all over without Gerry. These are things that you wish wouldn't happen to you. Losing someone in old age is painful enough, how much more when you were caught unaware? I haven't dealt with anything like this before (and I'm hoping I won't have to for a long, long time) and I would only have to rely on the author's description. Bilib ako sa author. She got me teary-eyed, she made me feel what Holly was feeling albeit not having undergone a similar experience. I got emotional on this part when Holly needed to pay for her internet use but she's $5 short or something and she can't think of anyone else who could save her ass. She called the first number that came into her head and then Gerry's voice recording played... Waaaah!!! Na-depress ako bigla.

In comparison to the movie, the book beats movie version, hands down. How I wish the movie stayed faithful to the book. It would have been more beautiful. Correct me if I'm wrong but I can't remember seeing Holly's relationship with her siblings or if she even had siblings in the movie version. I only remember Kathy Bates as her mom. They should have included that bit because I thought Holly's rediscovery (ie. seeing him in a whole, new light) of her relationship with her brother, Richard, was such a beautiful part of the book. Also, I liked how Holly tried to live her life as normal as possible but at the end of the stay, still feel the void that Gerry left. In the movie, parang she was sulking lang all the time. I'm not really sure about that but that's all I remember from it. The book is far better than the movie version.

I also liked how they toyed with the idea that Holly could be falling in love with another man so soon. Like there's attraction between Daniel and her but she feels she's not ready yet, yada yada yada. She looked for signs whether or not it's right that she gets into a relationship with this man and just as when she thinks she has made a decision, something suddenly happens. And everything just falls into place.

The good thing with watching the movie first before reading the book, I already have characters in my mind, like there's a movie playing in my head. Though I wish they cast someone prettier than Hilary Swank, haha.

And they say pigs don't fly...

Day 28 → A concert you have attended

Pussycat Dolls concert in 2006 at the Araneta Coliseum. Loved it and was inspired to lose weight so I could whittle my waist a lá PCD. Unfortunately, instead of losing weight, I gained pa! Boo! Some girls have all the luck.

catch-up post, 30-day challenge edition

30-day challenge is boring me, entonces, no lo hago. That's me, so eager to start with a project and then I get bored towards the end. I missed four days already so here's three of the four days I've missed. Three because I am so lazy to take a picture of whatever it is that could be inside our automobile. Plus, it says photo of something in my vehicle, I don't have a vehicle, so there.



Day 25 → Favorite clothing
At this point in my life, ANYTHING THAT FITS.
That would mean anything that was recently bought. And just recently, I actually go for items that are of quality. I used to buy from Divisoria where it's cheaper but I noticed that I after just a few wears, it either looks to worn-out already or broken like missing buttons, etc. I also love "vintage" (Read: ukay stuff).


Day 26 → Hometown location and facts
I suppose this is Pasig City...


The City of Pasig (Filipino: Lungsod ng Pasig) is one of the cities and municipalities that make up Metro Manila in the Philippines. It used to be the capital of the province of RizalQuezon City and Mandaluyong City; to the north by Marikina City; to the south by Makati City, Pateros, and Taguig City; and to the east by Antipolo City, the municipality of Cainta and Taytay in the province of Rizal. before Metro Manila was formed. Located along the eastern border of Metro Manila, Pasig is bordered on the west by

On June 11, 1901 the province of Rizal was created through Act No. 137 of Philippine Commission. Pasig was incorporated into the province of Rizal, and was designated as the capital of the new province.
In 1975, Pasig was carved out of Rizal province and became part of Metro Manila when the Metro Manila Commission (pre-cursor of Metro Manila Authority and later Metropolitan Manila Development Authority) was created by Pres. Ferdinand Marcos through Presidential Decree 824.
In July 1994, Pasig was converted into a highly urbanized city through Republic Act 7829. And in December 1994, President [[Fidel V. Ramos] ] signed it into law, which was ratified through a plebiscite on January 21, 1995.

Day 27 → Favorite story

What Katy Did  is my favorite story growing up. Not a fairytale. Buti na lang I grew up with this as my favorite story and not a fairy tale or else princess-princess ang drama ko. Blech. Hindi ako prinsesa. Reyna ako! Haha.
There's this inspiring saying that Katy's father told her when she was having an unlucky day~

"For the want of a nail the shoe was lost,
 For the want of a shoe the horse was lost,
 For the want of a horse the rider was lost,
 For the want of the rider the battle was lost,
 For the want of the battle the kingdom was lost,
        And all for the want of a horse-shoe nail." 


Dr. Carr reminded Katy that what happened to her during her day were all consequences of her previous actions, decisions. Kind of like a domino effect. Similar to Gojocco's teaching: There are no accidents.

pick flick: inception

Super na-intriga ako sa movie na ito. I must have seen a bazillion statuses on Facebook, raving about Inception. There was not a single rant. Not that I just want to get on the bandwagon but if this movie's really a good one, I think I shouldn't miss out on this one, see what's the fuss all about.

♥ Mis pensamientos sobre la peli, Inception ♥

1. I've heard some things about Inception already so I knew it was about dreams. I assumed maybe it would a little like What Dreams May Come or In Dreams, surreal. Yes, it was surreal but not like the two movies I've mentioned. I was expecting colorful graphics but it was dark, actually. I loved it, nonetheless. It was different from what I expected but I loved it.
2. Yes, I've already concocted in my mind as to how this movie would be and because of people's ravings about it made me expect A LOT. You know me and my expectations. I should've have known better than to assume. I should've have held on all expectations. Siguro kung hindi ako masyado nagpadala sa mga supermegafragilistic-ravings ng mga tao, I would consider this movie as really really good. It was an okay movie for me, though. Dang those FB ravers. They ruined Inception for me. Though I may not consider Inception as one of the greats unlike others, I still loved and enjoyed watching it.
3. How I would love to be Ellen Page in this movie! Two reasons: 1) she got to be surrounded by good-looking men, and 2) she got kissed by Joseph Gordon-Levitt. Gah!
4. Speaking of Joseph Gordon-Levitt, I am totally digging him right now. I used to hate him during his 3rd Rock From the Sun days, thought he was okay in 10 Things I Hate About You but loved him come 500 Days of Summer. He's not the best-looking actor there is in Hollywood but man, I totally have the hots for this bloke. I am so looking forward to his other movies. My gosh, I still can't shake of his image, sleeping and smiling inside that van. **sigh**
5. And who would have ever thought Leonardo di Caprio would go this far? I really didn't think so. I thought he'd be one of those teenybopper idols who'd be laos right away. I'm glad I was wrong because he's a brilliant actor and he's starred in many good movies such as Catch Me If You Can, The Departed, Inception and will watch Shutter Island after I'm done with my Dexter season 1 marathon.
6. I like movies that make me think as much as movies that make my brain cells rest. Although I am not 100% sure that I "got" the movie. I think I got it but I am not so sure if I did. Haha. I guess everyone's entitled to their own take on the ending. It got a little confusing lang sometimes because it's a dream within a dream within a dream. Even I don't know what's reality anymore! This movie reminds me of Identity.
7. Why would people want to stay in their dreams? I'd rather be living in my reality than be stuck in a fake world, right? Even if I can only be with l'amour de ma vie in my dreams, I'd still choose what's real over my make-believe. Or subconscious. Wherever that is. Of course there are some dreams I would want to stay longer in like that dream I had a month ago but I would also want to snap back to reality. Siguro pag feeling mo nananaginip ka lang, gising ka talaga. Parang pag feeling mo nasisira na ulo mo, nasa tamang pag-iisip ka pa din. Huh?
8. Now that I've seen Inception, I'm kinda scared to dream now. It gave me this notion that I could get stuck in my dreams and die in my sleep. Oooh, that reminds me of bangungot! Like for example when I was a kid, I was told to never sleep on an empty stomach because my soul would get hungry, look for food and would get stuck inside the kalan or the ref and then I would die. I wouldn't want to die in my sleep. I'd feel betrayed if I did because it would mean that death crept up on me and caught me unaware and didn't even give me a chance to make the most of what's left of my life.
9. And have I told you about my aversion to open-ended endings? Although sometimes I would like to watch movies that requires brain cells, I still prefer that they give me definite endings. I don't care whether it's happy or sad, just give me a definite ending! I love happy endings. I love sad endings. I sorta hate open-ended ones. Nag-iisip nako the entire duration of the movie, please don't make me think even after the movie ends. It's too much for my brain cells to take...
   
    
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Day 24 → Random fact about you

Random fact about me na naman? Honestly, I can't think of anything interesting I can share about myself. Hmm... Okay, here it is: I still don't know what my blood type is.

This 30-day challenge is getting boring and now feels more like a chore. After this, I think I won't be starting anything like this that would require me to post something everyday.

little buddha asks...

Share your joy! What's good about your day?

1. I was late for class only for 30 minutes. Well, yes, I still arrived late but that's a big improvement as opposed to arriving an hour and a half late for class, ya? Interesting class we have right now and of course it also helps to have some kind of motivation ;) although said motivation was M.I.A. today. 
2. Break time yummies! L brought some moist chocolate cake for the class and J shared her Sour Cream and Cheddar Ruffles with us. All I have to buy is a glass of iced tea and I'm all good ☺
3. Lunch out with my T-party girls! Not complete but we had a blast, nonetheless. Though it would have been more awesome if we were all there. I love my friends and I love it that they're not "high-maintenance," so to speak. 
4. Jo's lunch treat! Grabe, ang bilis ni Jo mag-give in! Haha. 
5. Ice's coffee blowout! 
6. Times Trading exposure trip. Wee ☺ Got me some star-shaped paper clips, an expandable mini-folder and cougar-riffic pencil! ♥♥♥ For my next trip, I'm getting that dymo set and black construction paper. And I'm seriously considering buying a spiral ring binder chuva though I know I don't really need it. Then again, maybe not. And oh, next time I'll look for a calculator that prints out receipts. Omigosh, office supplies heaven!
7. Dinner at cousin's. 

Yun na lang kulang... Sayang! Pero okay lang. Definitely can live without it.

i wanna be a billionaire so friggin' bad

Had a verry long day yesterday. Tiring but I think I enjoyed it.

The rush could have been avoided had I not done all those things the last minute. Hey, not my fault this time. I was informed at the last minute that I have to come up with a new label ASAP. And my sister who's supposedly making labels and other stuff graphic artists do won't help me out. She wants me to send her an email for her to start working on my design. Anubah!? We live in the same friggin' house! Okay, bad vibes begone. To cut the long rant short, I was able to come up with a design all by myself... Wednesday night. And this is needed by Thursday at 2pm. In Trinoma. Obviously, I can't run to Megamall and have my labels printed. So I went to two printing shops near our place and it was actually a blessing in disguise, actually- it's better quality label-printing and I don't have to go far to have my labels printed ☺ I LOVE IT! See, God really works in wondrous ways. Anyway, I got my labels by 12 noon and I have to go home, put them on my bottles and rush to Trinoma to deliver them to AD who'll be meeting with her partner who has connections with a certain store. AD was with her friend, K who has been doing business like this for awhile. K shared her know-hows, experiences, etc. Na-inspire ako. I'm on a roll these days. Have to do something because I don't want to break the momentum.

Strolled in the mall by myself while they were having their meeting. Me in malls, all by myself = not a very good idea. This means I get to buy stuff. Yesterday, I bought (again) stuff for my eyebrows~

Revlon Brow Fantasy in Brunette

Sabagay, I've been planning to get one, napaaga lang. I still have handy-dandy Palladio brow pencil I bought last May but I reckon it's in a shade darker than my brows. I wanted a lighter one, hence this new brow pencil which comes with a brow gel that also comes in the same color. Though I usually steer clear of brow gels since they make my eyebrow area break out. I'll give this one a try and hopefully it won't give me brow pimples.

Note to self: Must not buy anything for my brows until December.


And since we're on the topic of kaartehan, I bought this online~

Tony Moly in Red Apple
Impulse buying ang tawag dito. The blogger wrote a good review for this product and before I knew it, I was filling up that order form. I'm keeping my fingers crossed... sana bagay sa akin yung color ☺

It really looks good naman on picture, diba? And it's a Korean brand so I guess it's good quality.This will come in from the mail by tomorrow. Exciiited!



I never imagined I would be this giddy over kikay stuff. Oh well~


Have to end this right now because I'll be going to get my nail done ♥♥♥ and oh, I also bought new nail lacquers for the spa~

Orly Matte Nail Lacquer in Iron Butterfly and Glam Rock
This one's justifiable. Haha.
Just a bit disappointed cos apparently they don't last as long as your regular manicure. They had to remove an ingredient which caused it to chip quickly. Fad nga daw eh, FAD! Okay, fine. Fashion victim kasi. Haha.



So there goes my mini-shopping escapade. Toodles~

Day 22 → Photo of something in your home

my guiding light, harhar

very handy when putting on my eyebrows ;)

Day 21 → Anything you want to post about

Just want to rant about lack of inspiration. I still can't come up with a design for my label and my sister who does is for a living won't help me. She will (daw) but I would have to send her an email first. What the heck? We live in the same friggin' house! Kabog pa niya ang red tape sa gobierno.

Wish me luck!
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i hate sabrina

Feeling a little down today, I don't know why. It started with L going down when she hasn't finished cleaning the bathroom yet and from then on, everything seemed *blech*. Or I also have my sugar withdrawal to blame... trying to avoid Coke and junk food and anything delish, actually. I know I shouldn't do this drastically and should slowly remove sugar from my diet or else I will have a relapse. Excuses. Ha.

Just let me blabber here because I'm really miffed at everything and nothing at the same time. Trying to come up with a new label design ASAP. I hope the perfect design will come to me in my dream or by Divine Intervention by tomorrow morning. I need this to be awesomer than awesome because this may be my ticket to affluence. Yes, this is my ticket to affluence so I should effin' come up with something already. **schizo moment**  Argh. I need chicken effin' nuggets.

Rain, rain, go away!

Sorry if I'm being (more) incoherent (than usual) but I don't have anyone to talk to and I badly need to blabber away. My way of releasing pent-up stress. Gah.

Ang tagal naman ng nuggets ko.

Happy thoughts. Happy thoughts. Happy thoughts.

Langya, bakit ba mailap ngayon ang happy thoughts? Crap.

Day 20 → Person you can’t live without

My family. 

Amen.

pick flick: sorry if i love you

This one has been sitting in my Downloads folder for the longest time. I think I found out about it via tumblr, as usual. Needed to clear my hard drive of big files and since this file 700MB, I decided to watch it already and then erase it. I have it on CD but the subs won't play on TV. Having busted speakers, I had to go to a nearby mall to get me some cheap speakers, ketchup-flavored chips and Royal Grape and I'm good to go... on my movie date with myself. Ha.

What I Love/Hate About Sorry If I Love You:

(+) Beautiful cast. Had this movie turned out to be bad, just watching these beautiful people chatter noisily is good enough. Italian men are ¡muy caliente! and I'm jealous of how gorgeous these Italian women are! Those arms! How I wish I could have arms that thin. I'm envious!

(+/-) May-December love affair. Honestly, I don't know what to make of it. Alex and Niki have a 20-years age difference. He's 37 and she's 17. I doubt that such relationship will ever work in real life. I'd like to believe in love and be a hopeless romantic but I think I would have to go skeptic on this one. As much as I'd like to play an optimist here and say that age ain't nothing but a number, sometimes it really does matter. Especially, if you were born more than a decade apart from each other. It could work but it would take an awful lot of work.

(-) We have a term for men like Alex. D.O.M. which stands for Dirty Old Men. But since he's one stud muffin, we can skip the label.

 When a story ends, the pain is proportional 

to the beauty of the love experienced.

sermon sunday

Listened to two sermons yesterday: the priest's and my daddy's.

Drama moment na naman with mommy and how she thinks I antagonize her ALL THE TIME and how I get high-pitched whenever I talk to her. Maybe I do antagonize her most of the time but I think it's my defense mechanism because she antagonizes me all the time. Me buying a new bag suddenly seemed like a bad thing... she says I bought it just because I want to waste money. ME! ME? A person who buys bags like once every two years? And regarding getting high-pitched, I am high-pitched all the time, regardless of who I'm talking to. Actually, worry when I talk to you in a monotonous pitch because that means either I'm not in a good mood or I don't like to talk to you.

Siempre, dahil andiyan si daddy, na-dissect ang issues. Of course I do feel guilty whenever I catch myself being masungit to mommy but she's really being unreasonable. Super. Daddy wants me to broaden my understanding when it comes to my mom. Sabi niya, ibigay ko sa nanay ko lahat ng privilegio. Kung mali siya, oo lang ng oo, 'pag tapos na siya magsalita umalis na at wag sundin ang sinabi niya. Kumbaga, wag na lang kumontra. Amen lang ng amen. Pasok sa isang tenga, labas sa kabila. Yan daw ang trick.

May ganun na nga tapos wala pang buenas sa dulo. Medyo okay lang kasi chorva naman nung Sabado. Let's see on Saturday. 

Day 19 → Person you tell everything to

I'd like to think I departmentalize my life. I share this area of my life with A and not with B and there are some areas I share with B but not with A and there are some I share with both. And there are areas I don't share with A nor B but with C.

Day 18 → Random fact about you

Because I'm such a bore and can't think of any interesting fact about myself, this is a random fact about me:

I was born a premature baby at 8 months, placenta previa.

Told ya :P Doctor said had we arrived a minute later, my mommy and I wouldn't have made it. Several years later, doctor who delivered me was shocked to find out I lived. I must really have a grand purpose in life for me to not die back then. Pressure. Haha. Anyway, I want to find out whatever that purpose/s is/are.

Day 17 → Favorite musicals/plays

I'm a lucky girl because I was exposed to theater very early in life as my sister is a theater actor and she is connected with one of the theater groups here in the country. And most often than not, I get to watch these plays for free ☺ But out of all the plays I've seen, I have to say that Avenue Q is my favorite; Maybe because I watched it at the time of my life when I can totally relate to it.

Of course, included in my favorites are the plays/musicals my sister starred in.

killing time

Home on a Friday night, as always. Anyway, just a few weeks before my birthday, wee! Contrary to Ycel's belief, I haven't started with my countdown just yet. So to make the clock tick away like mad, I'm creating a list of what I want to accomplish before my birthday and things I'm looking forward to.

Books I Will Read:

  
Movies I Want to Watch: 

Books I Want to Read:

Haay, the things one does to kill boredom. Actually contemplating on turning this PC off and just finish reading P.S. I Love You which is taking me forever to finish. Getting to the good parts so I think it'll be speedy from now on, hopefully. I have a date with Channel 32 later at 9:50 pm- NCIS and Bones.

And oh, I am in anticipation of the following (aside from my birthday):

1. JA's first birthday
2. birth of new baby
3. Christmas 2010
4. my Garnier shampoo from AB heehee☺
5. Sundays, still

How uneventful, ya? But guess what, I still love my life ♥ It could be the most boring existence there is but hey, it works for me. While others complain that life is complicated, I revel in the sheer simplicity and ease of how I'm living mine. Remember, thoughts become things. Lagot ka ;)

thoughts become things

After last Saturday's high, I now have high expectations for Saturdays. I really really REALLY hope that tomorrow would be much awesome. Please please please, pretty please! ☺ I promise to be a good girl.

According to Sex and the City (which I haven't seen yet),  It's the rule of life that everything you have always wanted comes the very second you stop looking for it. Okay, I don't want him na. Haha. Don't want it daw kasi, act as if it's already yours. Kaya nga inis na inis ako sa mga umaaligid-aligid diyan sa tabi-tabi eh. Haha. Ilusyonada. But then again, libre lang mangarap. TRIP-BREAKERS NOT ALLOWED. In Tagalog, bawal ang mambabasag ng trip. So ang ating mantra as of the moment, Gusto ko lang sabihin na idol ko si Juan Tamad. Gagawin ko syo ang ginawa niya sa bayabas... Hihintayin kitang mahulog sa akin. Woot!

Last night we celebrated JA's 7th month. Just five more months and he'll be one year old already. ¡Madre Mía! How fast time flies! V and H prepared spaghetti and chicken wings for dinner. Swiss Chocolate cake from Becky's Kitchen sponsored by AC and butal sponsored by moi. Coke, Dalandan soda and Coffee Crumble ice cream sponsored by AD. Yummy dinner ☺

Daddy's home from the province! Almost complete. Almost :(

Pick Flick: Knight and Day

Fun movie ☺ Choice was actually between Karate Kid and this. Obviously, Knight and Day won, the only criterion being something that wouldn't put me to sleep. We opted for the one with more action since Karate Kid might be full of chit chat.

What I Love/Hate About Knight and Day:

• (+) A good action movie once in a while is good. I know I gravitate towards rom-coms and tearjerkers but I also need a regular dose of cliffhangers and whathaveyous. The last time I must have watched an action movie was last year when I watched The International with AD's handy dandy movie passes.

• (+) Cameron Diaz... What can I say, we share the same... surname! Haha. The age is showing but she still has a kick-ass body and can still rock a bikini. Definitely one of my favorite actresses because she's not afraid to look foolish. And I do think she's not trying hard to hold on to her youth since she's accepting mother roles now (The Box, Lovely Bones) but if I'm a mom and I still look like that? Dayum! I'd wear a bikini even when I'm doing the laundry. 

• (+/-) Tom Cruise. I used to like and swoon over Tom Cruise ca. Jerry Maguire and all that "you complete me" mush. But come Katie Holmes and couch-jumping on Oprah, I reckon he's too weird na. Overacting, much? The age is showing as with Diaz, but with Cruise, I get the vibe that he's still trying to hold on to what's left of his youth. But guess what, I found him okay here. 

• (-) Owwws?? moments. Well, I think the same goes for most movies. Who comes out of a plane crash, a helicopter crash and a car chase unscathed? Even John Casey gets injured once in awhile. Oh c'mon, there's got to be some bruise or cut somewhere there and I'm not talking about that gunshot wound... I want to see bugbog-sarado! Black eye! The works! Eh after all that explosion and near-death experiences, gwapo pa din? Eh yung iba diyan, nag-Divisoria lang, nanglilimahid na! 

(+) Reminded me of Chuck. I miss Chuck. 

Super fun movie. I can't wait 'til my next movie with AD- Eat Pray Love.

Day 16 → Favorite music

Basically anything that catches my fancy. I don't really have a type per se. I will like anything from Britney Spears to Rascal Flatts to Linkin Park to Lenka.

Day 15 → What you wanted to be as a child

A lawyer.
I'm not and I could never be happier for choosing this path I'm in now.

Day 14 → Guilty Pleasures

Day 14 being done on Day 15 because we didn't have electricity almost the entire day yesterday- power outage in Metro Manila because of typhoon Bashang. Okay, eto na, my guilty pleaures:

•  Twilight saga/ Edward Cullen Actually, it's a love/hate relationship I have with Twilight and Edward. I like how Edward loves Bella but I am annoyed at how Bella loves Edward. And please, Stephenie Meyer, come out with Midnight Sun already cos I don't really give a hoot about Bella's thoughts- and that's after reading listening four Twilight audiobooks and three movies :P
• Coke Yes, I still feel guilty. Just way too much sugar for me...
• white boy Oh, yes! Super guilty na guilty to the nth power ako dito. 

Can't think of anything else right now... pressed for time. Will add when I come up with more.

hello there

I didn't get on the FIFA/soccer bandwagon cos I don't know anything about the game and how it's played. If only I knew back then soccer is a hunkfest, I would have watched. Imagine, I missed out on this hottie-

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Iker Casillas,

I'd definitely take your surname any day even if it means 'the loo' in my local dialect.

I understand Spanish, mi amor, just don't talk too fast. 

Unfortunately, may jowa na si pogi. Pero kung kontinente nga naghihiwalay... 'Nuff said.

Ning, haba ng hair mo!

Day 13 → Addictions

Gosh, I have many. I have an addictive personality so I pretty get addicted to everything I like and yeah, it's something akin to the freakishly stalkerish kind. When I like something (or someone), I want to find out everything about it. As in EVERYTHING. I wanna have it everyday, if possible.

So without further ado, my addictions as of the moment are:

1. tumblr Still. Not as much though but it still eats up much of my time, most especially that it's not as easy to find nice pictures and quotes like before. Ang dami kong fina-follow pero parang mas unti nakikita kong maganda.
2. FOX TV Destiny has FOX channel already. Happy, happy me☺ I like almost everything except Cops. I ♥ Bones, NCIS, The Family Guy, Simpsons and Modern Family. I love Modern Family!
3. Juicy! Haha. That's the chismosa in me. I must have my daily dose of chika and blind item! Wee. Hatinggabi na, sasagap at sasagap pa rin. 
4. Yukon The card game in my phone. 
5. White boy Word. 
6. Pink! Blame it on my sister who wants our room Princess-themed. My sister who's 35 years old. Paurong, haha. Anyway, I hate princess themes and think girls who think of themselves as princesses are frickin' weird but I wanna go with the theme of the room and not be contra-bulate to AC's trip. Liking my new pink dry-erase board, pink polka-dotted printer desk and pink sheets. 
7. Eyebrows, eyebrow pencils and brow powders Basically anything that has something to do with my brows. I overplucked mine and currently practicing self-control to not pluck out more. 

Day 12 → Favorite place in the world

My room☺ when it's not frickin' hot. I'm at my most comfortable when I'm in my room.

Day 11 → Anything you want to post about.

Mi nuevo icono de moda: Olivia Palermo. Alongside Rachel Bilson's, her wardrobe is what I want to covet as of the moment. And the hair... Oh, what I wouldn't give for hair like that. I read somewhere that she is the inspiration for Blair Waldorf's character in Gossip Girl. I do see the resemblance. I covet!

Day 10 → Random fact about you.

I get a headache whenever I wear a headband.

loca de alegría

Umaga pa lang, buo na ang araw ko. Buti na lang nag-breakfast ako at walang maghahatid sa akin dahil kung hindi, laos! As much as I want to say "I couldn't ask for more", I couldn't because I. WANT. MORE. MORE. MORE. I must have looked like a fool grinning like that all by myself. I just couldn't wipe that silly grin off my face. I was thisclose. THISCLOSE!

Met with Ycel after class for coffee, movie and dinner. As usual, I was late and Ycel didn't fail to remind me of my habitual tardiness. Kasalanan ko ba kung tumigil ang tren? Haha. Peace :P Did some catching up over coffee. Watched Knight and Day c/o Ycel and dinner at Burgoo subsidized by... Ycel.Thank you!

Super perfect day and I bet tomorrow will be just as perfect. And today's anthem is:

Anong nadarama
Tuwing makikita kang dumarating
Tuliro, 'di malaman ang gagawin at
Walang sinumang makapipigil sa akin
At wala nang ibang makapagbabago ng aking isip sa 'yo (hay)

i'm lovin' it pt. 2

Lord, thank You for:

four years of operation ♥ knowing how to cook scrumptious buffalo chicken wings ♥ my dry-erase board with kick-ass print, thanks to AC ♥ new camel-colored drawstring bag ♥ Pineapple Orchid-scented candle from my cousin ♥ a movie and lunch date with old friends ♥ GG and HIMYM marathon ♥ Dalandan soda ♥ cheaper Duphaston ♥

grateful

Happy birthday to me! I have two birthdays now- first is the day I was born and second is the day my raison d'etre was born. Umm, not exactly my raison d'etre, OA naman, more like what's keeping me busy these days (aside from Gossip Girl, Pretty Little Liars, etc).

Anyway, it's our business' 4th anniversary! We've been in operation for 12,520 hours already, way past the magic number of greatness: 10,000 hours. Yeah, baby, we're the greatest here. No chinky-eyed Chongga can take that away from me. Can't believe it's been four years since we first opened our doors. Four years, four massage therapists, six nail techs and 20 lbs later, I'm semi-fulfilled of what we have achieved so far- being the top of mind when it comes to nail care. Semi-fulfilled lang because I know there's so much more room for improvement. I hope maging super sipag ako para bumongga pa kami nang bonggang-bongga ☺

My hopes and dreams for my baby:

1. More clients and less lull time
2. No more drama (both intra- and inter-NS drama)
3. Expansion!
4. More services- I want Minx and Shellac sana pero parang masalimuot, pero I super like. Keeping my fingers and toes crossed. Isama mo na eyes. That's how much I want them. 
5. that we'll last for 50 more years
6. for the copycats to fall by the wayside

 Four years ago, when everything was still in mint condition.

A little worn-out now and in need of refurbishing. 

SOON.

Anyway, cooked for tonight's anniversary dinner with my cheeky girls. Not a fan of kitchen duty here but a girl's gotta do what a girl's gotta do. Can't leave it all up to my gehls. Cooked spaghetti, buffalo wings and grilled liempo. FTW! This is the second time I cooked spaghetti, first time was back in high school pa. Surprisingly, I enjoyed cooking. I think I want to cook another dish soon. 

Grateful to God for everything. Also thankful to all our clients for their continued patronage. We wouldn't be here without them. HAPPINESS ☺

Day 09 → Favorite singer.

Savage Garden 

forever!

 meaning, Darren Hayes. I ♥ Darren whatever his sexual preference is.

OMG, The Lover After Me ! The saddest song, in my opinion.

Here I go again I promised myself I wouldn't think of you today
It's been seven months and counting
You've moved on
I still feel exactly the same
It's just that everywhere I go all the buildings know your name
Like photographs and memories of love
Steel and granite reminders
The city calls your name and I can't move on

I shouldn't be holding on
But I'm still holding on for you

major pet peeve

Cankles used to be my major pet peeve. Well, I still get annoyed whenever I see cankles but that doesn't happen often, thank goodness! Anyway, I have a new one and it's when people misuse and abuse the usage of "much," as in excited much? for example. I see people on FB who use it as a declarative but it's supposed to be an interrogative sentence, one that usually asks a question and ends with a question mark.

As defined by urban dictionary:

Much (?)

Used at the end of a sentence, as if to confirm something that you already know. Often used in a playfully disrespectful way. Can also be used in a similar way to adding 'not' to the end of a sentence.
Example1:

A: (says insult)
B: (overeacts)
A: Wow, over reaction much (?)
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Example2:

A: What's 1+1?
B: Haha, Genius much (?)

Day 08 → Worst day of your life.

More like worst week of my life.

Law school. Yung tipong can't eat, can't sleep. I can't think about anything else except READINGS! I even dream about it. **cringes**

introducing... usapang hilo

Glenda: Ate Joy, paano sabihin yung ar-u-way-i-il-ey?

Growing up in a household where Ilonggo is widely spoken, I was able to decipher what Glenda was trying to say, except the last letter.

Me: R-O-Y-A-L-E (ea as in read) o -A (eI as in day)?
G: eI ba?
Me: Anong "eI?"
G: eI as in eIgol.
Me: HAHAHAHA! Eagle, hindi eIgol!

Grabe, natatawa pa rin ako. ROTFL.
More to follow. I talk with them everyday so I have more usapang hilo to share.

Day 07: Best Day of Your Life

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When I was announced First Place in our Science Quiz Bee in 7th grade. How babaw, 'no? But that time it really felt like the best day of my life. I remember it so vividly, I was seating on the bleachers in the gym, it was after a First Friday mass celebration and there were some reminders being said. I sincerely thought I wouldn't place, kasi naman I was going against the best. When I heard my name, I was shocked. Super. Feeling ko nanalo ako ng Ms. Universe. Haha.

haven't ranted in a long time

Una poca cansada. Empezé el día temprano y fui al lugar del negocio. ¡Que bien! No he estado en el lugar de negocio mas largo de una hora y hoy he estado allí por cuatro horas. Merezco un caprichito. Este sabado que viene, voy a tener un facial.

Whew! Grabe, na-nosebleed ata ako dun. Not a good sign :( After six years and 28 levels, I should, at least, be able to write simple sentences about what happened during my day. Haynako, MAJOR FAIL. Boo. I hate it. I really should practice more. After this Noli level, I'll take a break from classes and review for the DELE. I superduper need to work on my Spanish.

Also, I want to talk about my aborted diet plan. I really wanted to lose weight already because I feel tired easily, my feet hurt even just after a few hours of walk, I've gained 10 effin' pounds last month and I feel very short of breath after walking up the stairs which I did before easily. Friggin' shit, obese na ata ako. BOO. Super hate. So anyway, I started following the GM Diet last Monday. It was already around 8pm when I realized that it was our shop's anniversary on Friday and I have a movie/chow time with Ycel on Saturday and I would have to cut short my diet. Sayang naman ang effort ko, diba?
 
I feel so icky poo. I need to:

• lose weight. At least 10 lbs. Kahit 10 lbs lang, please!
• get a facial. Oiliness at tigidig galore ang fez
• continue egg w/ olive oil hair treatment
• Duphaston!

Hay. Dami ko palang contrincantes. Boo!

Happy Tuesday☺

{image credits: afraid, breathing, jim & pam}

Day 06: Worst Job You Ever Had

Customer Service Representative aka call center agent. Blech! I lasted only a month in there- 3 weeks in training and a week on the floor.







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Pick Flick: Beauty & the Briefcase, Working Girls

Beauty & the Briefcase

I already know how this one's going to end but still watched it since I'm a sucker for movies like this and I adore Hilary Duff back when she was still Lizzie McGuire.
Didn't like it and feel it was too ditzy (emphasis on too), and that's coming from me- a lover of ditzy movies. I want to believe that not everyone who works at Cosmo or any fashion magazine for that matter is as shallow and ditzy like McGuire's character. I may have been able to sit through the movie cos I find Tom cute.

Working Girls

This was shown in the cinemas the same time as Here Comes The Bride. Here Comes the Brides, FTW! As in no competition here. I don't get the point of this movie. Masyadong scattered and story, the connection among the characters was too contrived. Sumakit ata ulo ko doon. If there's a Best Actress in a Promo Girl Role category in Famas, Anne Curtis would definitely beat Cristine Reyes.

Day 05: Best Job You Ever Had

Being an entrepreneur. Oha. Haha! Seriously, I love what I'm doing right now. I get to do what I want when I want it. Hawak ko ang oras ko. Of course, there are some downsides to it such as I don't get to interact with new people that much and income isn't fixed. But there's this sense of fulfillment every time I see that we're doing well or every time I complete an order.

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I am the boss of me and I ♥ it ☺

Day 04: Worst Memory From Childhood

I can't think of a worst memory from my childhood... Siguro I would have to go with what happened in school. I was 6 years old and attending a small playschool in the village. I was classmates with the owner's kid, Jeremy. It was playtime and I was on the swing. Suddenly, Jeremy signals me that he will cross the playground so I need to stop swinging. Of course, I can't stop swinging immediately. He crossed and the swing hit him right smack on his face. Siempre mega cry siya. Eh di natakot si teacher kasi lagot siya sa boss niya. So Teacher Sol scolded me and made me stand/squat in the corner of the room. And from then on I'm scared of authorities. I'm scared of teachers. All because of my stupid classmate who couldn't wait.

Pick Flick: The Twilight Saga: Eclipse

Watched with A and M at Shang. It's been a while since we saw last M and we had a blast catching up. One thing I'm thankful for is having friends that aren't high maintenance at all. We could, like, see each other once a year but still don't lose that connection. Back to Eclipse...

If it were me, I would wait for it on video. Honestly, I've outgrown my Edward Cullen/RPattz stage. But M sent A and me a message and asked if we want to watch Eclipse together. Sayang naman ang chance to get together so never mind that I would have to endure 1.5 hours of KStew.

Eight Things I Hate/Love About Eclipse:

• (-) KStew. Seriously, why does she always have that pained expression on her face. If I were her and I was Edward Cullen's jowa, I'll be happy for eternity. For. Eternity. 
• (-) Fell asleep twice. Actually, still unsure if that was a good or a bad thing. I was a having a terrible headache so it wasn't entirely because of the movie. Funny how I woke up during that scene where Edward was proposing to Bella and I really thought I had missed on all the action (not that kind of action, what I mean is when Edward beat the (un)living daylights out of Victoria. Buti na lang hindi pa pala. Whew!
• (+) I'm not that much of a rabid Twilight and RPattz fan as I was two years ago but I can still take whatever kakornihan RPattz does. He can sparkle all he want and wear that red lipstick but still be smexxy as hell. 
• (-) We were wondering why they replaced Rachelle Lefevre with Bryce Dallas Howard? I swear Lefevre was more effective being Victoria. M said she's distracted with Howard's hair, it was so obviously fake as opposed to Lefevre's. For me, Howard's acting seemed theatrical. Isang movie na lang with Victoria, sana through and through si Rachelle Lefevre na lang.
• (+) Me likey the pack ;) Hunkfest, y'all! I'm not much of a Jacob Black fan because I find his thick neck distracting and my loyalty belongs to Sparkle Boy. 
• (+) "Doesn't he own a shirt?" ROTFL. So our favorite undead has some sense of humor left in him? That's Edward complaining about Jacob's so-out-there abs. 
• (+) I ♥ Charlie Swan. 
• (-) Seriously, I find the Volturi disturbing. They don't walk. They glide! I'm disturbed by anything that glides. 

The movie was okay lang. Super hyped up, in my opinion (D'oh!). Actually, I'm looking forward to Breaking Dawn. I can't believe myself, really. I didn't get to finished reading listening to the audio book so I wanna watch to know how this cheese/emofest of a book concluded.

Day 03: Favorite Memory From Chilhood

        I enjoyed my childhood so it's really difficult for me to choose just one favorite memory from it. I loved pasyal days with my family, even if that meant going to mommy's boutique and just waiting for her to close shop. With friends, I loved going out to play every afternoon, playing patintero, tex, shark-sharkan, wolf-wolfan and other games we invented. Or going around the village in our playmates' sidecar, looking for flowers to pick to offer in church.

       But if I were to choose just one favorite memory, the memory that stands out from all the beautiful memories I had as a child, it would be that Christmas when Vicky and I received bikes from "Santa Claus." Mine was purple, Vicky's was yellow. I can still remember when I first laid eyes on those bikes, they were still wrapped with bubble wrap ☺ New bikes + bubble wrap to pop = ♥ Even my older sisters attest to how happy we were when we saw Christmas gift from  Santa. It sure feels great to be a kid.

       Rockin' my uber-short bangs

Ahh.. those were the days, when kids were kids. Unlike now. Kids these days try so hard to act like grown-ups, going around the mall in their three-inch stilletos. Anyway, I'm just happy I was a kid when life was much simpler, kids were less materialistic and gallivanting around like Paris Hilton wasn't considered cool. I love the 90s!

Couch Potato

Just finished watching season 5 of How I Met Your Mother. Grabe, this show is just awesome, I must say. Super thank you, Ycel, for introducing me to this show. Super feel good. Just as I was experiencing a bad day, HIMYM picks me up and puts a smile on my face.

I woke up 15 minutes before 9am and I was already in a bad mood because I was supposed to wake up at 7am every morning, whether or not I have something to do. I just don't want to waste precious time sleeping, I'd rather be awake 3/4 of the day. Anyway, add to that the super gloomy skies outside. Watching Pretty Little Liars didn't help at all. In fact, it made me feel worse. I said before that PLL is sort of like GG but after four episodes, I can say that it's not. GG is entertaining, sometimes funny and actually, shallow and PLL is on the heavy side. That's only my opinion, though. I just noticed that after watching PLL, I feel gloomy and sad. Yes, I notice Spencer's cute wardrobe but aside from that, it has a sad feel to it.

Buti na lang hindi ko pa natapos HIMYM marathon ko. After that PLL episode, I feel I just had to watch Barney and the gang and it worked like magic ☺

 I WANT SOMETHING LIKE THIS! SRSLY!

 Can't wait 'til next season- hopefully, not the last but I so want to find out who's the "mother." Loved the last lines said in the season finale:

The universe is funny. You can ask the universe for signs all you want but ultimately, we only see what we want to see when we're ready to see it.

 Amen to that. I was just telling someone that- that the universe is such a tease. Just when I said there's this something I don't want anymore, it comes dangling itself right in front of me. Jeez. Why, universe? Why?

Day 02: Places You Want to Visit

Two years ago, I blogged about the top 5 cities I want to visit and since then, I've only been to one which is Bangkok, Thailand but I reckon my list stays pretty much the same.

Spain. To practice the language, mainly. I've been learning Spanish for six years now and it would be best if I could speak it where it counts, en España ;) Let's see if my Spanish is comprehensible to the locals, which I doubt, haha! And I want to go to Spain for free via a scholarship which I will really pursue this year. ¡Ojalá!

Paris, France. I think everyone dreams of setting foot in the most romantic city in the world, in my opinion. I have Savage Garden's Truly Madly Deeply video to blame for this one. Before, I never really cared about Paris. When I was in grade school, the only place I dreamed of going to was the States because of Disneyland and when I was a kid, it seems as if almost everyone has been to the US, except me. I was manol like dut. So when I saw the Darren & Co. singing the most romantic song in the most romantic city, I knew I had to go to Paris. Plus, I really want to experience sipping coffee in an outdoor café in Paris. Ahhh!

Rome, Italy. This year, I've been to Rome several times already. Rome Street, that is. Boo! How I wish, right? And I live in Athens. Ha. Anyway, would love to go to Rome and see the greatness that was the seat of the Roman Empire. Recently just saw When In Rome and was inspired to wish on the Trevi Fountain.

and last but definitely not the least, New York! If Gossip Girl was my only reason to visit NY, now there's a more compelling reason to go- to visit my sister! So now when I go there, I'll have my personal guide who will also feed me for free, weee! Can't wait to read a book in Central Park ♥ while waiting for my sister to get out of work. Oh yeah, I can see it in my mind, I can hear Alicia Keys biriting "New Yorrrrk!!!!" September 2011 ♥

Mostly cities, if you noticed. I'm a city person. I'm not one who likes to rough it up. I'm not really fond of beaches and nature treks. Maarte ako, hindi lang obvious. I love walking around cities, most especially in a place where no one knows you. Yuck, feeling celebrity naman ang tunog nun. What I mean to say is you're free to do whatever you want because no one knows you and you could be a totally different person! I could grow my armpit hair long and wear a sleeveless top (LOL) and I wouldn't care because I'm never going to see those people again.

I never felt so lonely,
Never felt so out of place
I never wanted something more than this

"Santa Monica" Savage Garden

Day 01: Favorite Song

 

I can't really say I have a favorite-favorite song. I love music and my favorite song varies from day-to-day, month-to-month. But I posted Selena's Dreaming of You as my favorite cos it was my favorite song back in high school (1995) and it still is one of my favorite songs today...

Late at night when all the world is sleeping 

I'd stay up and think of you 

And I wish on a star 

That somewhere you are thinking of me too

After 15 years and 4 crushes, I'm still in love with this song and would still use this song for my future objects of affection. And oh, it took me more or less 11 years to understand the Spanish line: "corazon, no puedo dejar de pensar en ti/ como te necesito/ mi amor, como te extraño" ♥ ♥ ♥

July na!

First day of the month post. Woke up today thinking it was a Monday because it was a holiday yesterday. New beginning, for the Philippines at least. For me as well. Every new month is clean slate for me. That's how I roll. I'm programmed as such. I always wish for the days to roll by quickly and wish that it's Sunday already but then there are times when I realize and say, "Fuuuuuuuuuuu.... it's already the first day of July!" and feel that time flies eerily fast. Nare-remind lang ako of my goals that shall be reached by age 30 and I feel oh so pressured but then again I am also reminded how close my birthday is and the Christmas season, too. So, quits lang.

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A lot to do today: coupons, inventory, updates, new services, etc. and I doubt that I'll be able to accomplish them all today. With my super procrastinating powers? Ya. Yeah, that's one I will have to do without. It's pretty hard when you're left to decide how to spend your whole day because I sometimes catch myself playing games or surfing the net almost the entire day. Anyway, will try to act responsible from now on. Toodles ☺ xoxo

P.S. I wanna do this 30-day Challenge which is actually a tumblr thing but since blogger's my more personal chuva, I'll do it here.
Day 01 → Favorite song
Day 02 → Places you want to visit. 
Day 03 → Favorite memory from childhood.
Day 04 → Worst memory from childhood. 
Day 05 → Best job you ever had.
Day 06 → Worst job you ever had.
Day 07 → Best day of your life. 
Day 08 → Worst day of your life.
Day 09 → Favorite singer.
Day 10 → Random fact about you.
Day 11 → Anything you want to post about.
Day 12 → Favorite place in the world.
Day 13 → Addictions.
Day 14 → Guilty Pleasures.
Day 15 → What you wanted to be as a child.
Day 16 → Favorite music.
Day 17 → Favorite musicals/plays.
Day 18 → Random fact about you.
Day 19 → Person you tell everything to.
Day 20 → Person you can’t live without.
Day 21 → Anything you want to post about.
Day 22 → Photo of something in your home.
Day 23 → Photo of something in your vehicle.
Day 24 → Random fact about you.
Day 25 → Favorite clothing.
Day 26 → Hometown location and facts.
Day 27 → Favorite story.
Day 28 → A concert you have attended.
Day 29 → Photo of you.
Day 30 → Anything you want to post about.