A Tribute to Emily Owens MD

Sometimes we wish we should not have met some people, gone to some places or in my case, started watching some TV series. Emo much? Ha. But you see, I used to have this mentality that I should not want anything too much because I always end up not getting what I want or I get to enjoy it only for a wee bit and then it's taken away from me. I sort of outgrew that mentality and am into Positivity now but when it comes to my favorite TV series, the ones I'm very very passionate about always get canceled. Why?

The first series I was heavily obsessed with was Chuck. I loved Chuck. I loved Sarah. I loved Casey. And Ellie & Capt. Awesome. I loved Buy More and even the morons that came with it. It was unconditional love and even if sort of got repetitive, it was a good show. Fortunately it lasted five seasons but technically, it was more like 3½ because it's two full and 3 half seasons. I used to be obsessed with Gossip Girl, too, but it got too incredible and too promiscuous but still, unconditional love y'all! And now my latest love- Emily Owens, MD. It was a verrry recent discovery because I started watching it just two weeks ago.

I first caught it on a local cable channel, by force. My sister got dibs on the remote control so I had to watch whatever she's watching. If it were up to me, I would have been watching History Channel or the Crime & Investigation Channel. My sister doesn't really watch Emily Owens, it just so happened that at that moment we got into the episode too much that we end up finishing the show. I'd say it was serendipity ♥

Initially, I was superduper thankful cos I thought, "whoopdeedoo, there are already 11 episodes out which means I don't have to wait too long for the new ones. The waiting time would be cut short from watching all these fabulous episodes I've yet to watch," and because I get a little obsessive about my favorite things, I ended up googling everything about it and that's when I found out that the show has been canceled.

What a bummer.

Star-crossed lovers. That's me and Chuck. Me and Emily Owens, MD. We love each other (technically, it is one-sided but since I'm a big fan, I'm assuming the series personality as a whole loves me) but we can't be together. Our love was short-lived, but as they say, better to have loved and lost than to never have loved at all. They died a tragic death while I'm left here on Earth mourning their demise.

So what really got me into this series is the promise of a love triangle and secret crushes. I craaaave stories of secret crushes! And of course, the obvious- Will (Justin Hartley).

The gist is Emily Owens is an intern at the Jeffersonian Denver Memorial Hospital, together with her med-school crush and close friend, Will Collins, and her high school nemesis, Cassandra Kopelson. Emily was sort of a geek in high school and she hated Cassandra for tormenting her back then and calling her "Pits," which she still called her up until now that they're full-grown adults and doctors, at that.

Emily has been crushing on Will for, like, ever and because of a voice call Will sent her one drunken night, she thought may be Will was also into her. So to set things straight, she confessed to him. Only, he doesn't feel the same which leaves Emily hurt and rejected. And to add insult to injury, it is Cassandra that Will has been eyeing. After Emily's embarrassing confession, she and Will remained close friends which is a reason behind Cassandra's insecurity.

Maybe Cassandra sensed what we all knew right from the very start- that Will was also into Emily, he was just not aware of it at the time.

he was always, as in ALWAYS, there for her and that was even after she professed love for him

okay, this was when he woke up & smiled when saw emily sleeping on the next bed & again, this was after emily's confession. there's hope that not all cute men are asshats. 

but man, you're such a tease. you know the girl has been pining for you.

All the while Emily's focus was on Will (and his abs), Micah was clearly attracted to her. Emily's not exactly pretty but she's really cute. She sort of grows on you. So anyway, Micah may have been dating Dr. Hamata during the first few episodes but we can already sense a little flirtation going on between Emily and him. Even if I am predominantly on #TeamWill, when Micah finally decided to make the moves on Emily, I was on giddiness heaven. Seriously, the way he would look at her- ugh, will make every girl melt.

After the kiss, these two were acting all cute which was not oblivious to Dr. Will Collins. Guess Will's ego was badly bruised when Emily told him she's finally over him. You always want what you don't have and Emily has always loved him and now that she's finally moved on, he wants her back. If I were Emily, this is really a tough decision to make. Ugh. They always come in twos, don't they?

I was actually surprised that there were more people on #TeamMicah than on #TeamWill. I thought good looks and abs win over nice... apparently, nice wins this time. But you see, Will is not not nice. He is very nice. He just happens to be very good-looking and buffed at the same time. And smart, by the way. It is not his fault he [thinks] he doesn't feel that way about Emily. I do not think that it was a douche-y move on his part what happened during the last episode. He just realized he likes Emily for real. But I guess we'll never know for sure, huh? Sucks.

You know what else sucks balls- Dr. Gina Bandari on vacation on the show's very last episode. WTF? Dr. Bandari's my favorite character, [well, after Emily and Will] and not being on the series' final episode is just wrong. She's my favorite lady boss. I like her better than Jessica Pearson. Fine, she is scary and cold but I feel it is just a front. Give the lady a break, after all she's busy saving lives and I totally get why she wants to keep some distance from her patients. Getting heavily involved meant making one very vulnerable.

Gina Bandari sounds a lot like Cherie Gil. I can just imagine her saying, "You're nothing but a second-rate, trying hard copycat." Ha. Necar Zadegan, the actress who plays Dr. Bandari, is the same age as me. Shock me, right? She looks older than her age but she's very pretty. I looove the eyebrows. I want her eyebrows- so easy to shape. Omigosh, she's my lady boss inspiration. Haha.

I guess everyone who's into this series knows how this ended so technically I am not spoiling it for others. This happens~

emily, meet abs ;)

What?!? Emily has been pining for this sweet, handsome, nice and smart boy forever and this opportunity comes... of course, she should take it! See what's the all the fuss about and if she likes it, she gets to keep it. Hehe. As I've mentioned, a lot were disappointed that she got on the Will train, most especially that it really seemed she and Micah were getting somewhere. I've been on Twitterverse since this afternoon and according to the show's creator, Emily was always gonna sleep with Will on the 13th, but on the 22nd she will with Micah. But we will never get to 22. FRAKKIT.

I hope another network picks up this series SOON because that wasn't an ending. I want an ending. And this series very much deserves a full season, at the very least. For crying out loud, 90210 has five frickin' seasons. Five! And they're just a bunch of horny, sexually-active, promiscuous teenagers and we already have Gossip Girl for that. I'm so disappointed. If a second season was really not viable, they should have at least done all 24 episodes for the first. At least give it a decent farewell. So to CW, I'm thinking of a phrase that begins with an 'F' and ends with an 'F.' Would you like to buy a vowel? [credits to Chelsea Chelsea Bang Bang] 

I'm really really disappointed and I can't let go just yet. This was too awesome to stop now. I guess they should have started sleeping around with each other, hopping from one nurse or doctor to another to make this show rate. Sucks.

PS. Mamie Gummer (Emily) is Meryl Streep's daughter. IKR??!? Could one be starstruck from knowing a fact? Okay. Nevermind.

"I want to be someone's first choice."

--Emily Owens

2013 BOOK CHALLENGE 7/35: CHELSEA CHELSEA BANG BANG

Because I enjoyed Mindy Kaling's Is Everyone Hanging Out Without Me? and I do enjoy Chelsea Lately when I catch it on TV, so I added her books to my to-read list.

When I was younger, I didn't really get American humor. I remember watching Forgetting Sarah Marshall and thinking 'this is not funny and why did this movie #1?' At that moment, I finally made peace that I do not get American humor and will never get American Dad and Saturday Night Live (just like how I thought Conan O' Brien's annoying and not funny). So much to my amazement when one day I was watching a re-run of SNL on cable and I was laughing. That changed it for me and I've learned to appreciate and enjoy American humor. Maybe it's from watching too much US TV series...

So yes I like Chelsea Handler even if I do find her a little crass. She is crass, yet funny still. So about the book- I found it a little boring. Maybe I was expecting much about it and being my expectations are usually exorbitant, it somehow fell short of my expectations. I like being delighted & surprised which only happens when there are no expectations.

So anyway, assuming this is really Chelsea in real life, I wonder how does she get away with being a smart mouth? I mean, she's mean and she gets away with it. Goodness, they even think about euthanizing their own father which  may be only okay because they're his kids but when other people do it, I'm sure they'd get mad. Though I feel Ted's super nice. I was sort of rooting for them and before I googled them to find out how Ted looks like and if they're still together, I'm hoping they still are. Sadly, they're not. I really liked Ted.

P.S. Notice that the book doesn't have 'love' in its title and not in keeping with my February theme, but that's because I started this book last week of January and I only finished it now. My first official Feb-themed book is Jessica Thompson's This Is A Love Story and I've been itching to read this one for the longest time so I need to remind myself- No Expectations!

WHAT ARE YOU THANKFUL FOR?

One down, eleven to go. January was okay but not okay-okay although I was a little sulky and emo-ish, which I blame on the weather and the abrupt change of pace. I do love it that I got to rest but rest always came with the guilt that I am not doing something productive.

The start of the year had always brought me employee woes and business slowdowns, but thankfully, this year didn't start off like that. There was a little of that but not too much that would send me into a panic frenzy. There was bad news but I think I'd cross the bridge when I get there. Still there are a lot of things to be grateful for:

♥ Finally getting rest. December was busy and craaaazy (which I love, btw) and very much fulfilling but of course rest is also essential. Without delivery deadlines, I was able to fix my stuff, my side of the room, read books, meet up with friends (which I didn't get to do last December) and catch up on my missed TV series.

ze bed: December 2012
I sleep on the area where the pillows are

ze bed: February 2013
life's little pleasure- sleeping on fresh set of sheets

I just don't know how long it would stay that way. Haha. Seriously, my bed is also my office. And ooh, I used to have blinds in my window but now I also put sheer curtains over the blinds and I love the effect! Parang it has an earthy feel. The sunlight that comes into the room isn't that too harsh and direct anymore.

seriously, does this look like a 30-year-old's room?
can you spot Oprah? hehe

Me love me room. Really really really hope I could keep this up but looking at it now, the clutter is starting again. Must. Resist. Strewing. Everything. On. The. Bed.

♥ Speaking of TV series... I finally got to watch my beloved series and I am not done yet. Still on Bones episodes I missed. Saving GG's final episode last (and I need to do it before Monday because on Monday I am officially ending my lazy arse's vacay). Aside from my mainstay series, added 2 more titles to those I follow religiously- Bunheads and Emily Owens MD. I didn't really give a shit about Emily Owens MD even when I saw it being shown in commercials again and again on ETC because 1) the lead star isn't pretty enough to catch my attention, and 2) I never really got into medical dramas. But one fateful morning, while preparing to go somewhere and the TV's on ETC and Emily Owens was on and my sister has the remote control, I had no choice but to watch what she was watching. Just one episode and I was in love. With Will. Ha. But the sad part is (actually, depressing siya) the show's already canceled. Meaning no second season. Boo.

♥ Free coffee!

Not courtesy of the planner coupons which seriously are getting lamer and lamer every year. All those money spent and calories gained (CALORIES GAINED!!!) and I don't even get a free mocha frap? Upgrades won't cut it. So anyway, AS gave me her Starbucks receipt which gets you a free tall drink after you answer an online survey. Whoopdeedoo ☺ Not absolutely free cos I still paid P15 to make it grande but still...

♥ Playtime with the nephews ☺

FUN ☺
but realizing how too much of a responsibility having kids are,
the more I think I don't want to have my own
sabi ko nga selfish ako. 

I love love love my nephews. But I am not a spoiler. I can't be a spoiler because I'm too kuripot to be one and I want them to grow up responsible and know the value of work. I was raised up like that and I want them to have the same regard for money as we did in this household- you work for your own luho. Seriously, 10-year-old's getting iPhone5s for Christmas is appalling.

♥ I've finally gotten myself a new computer!

She's pretty, no? Ang katas ng kilikili ko. Haha. Sana mas marami pang katasin ang aking kilikili :P But here's the catch- I don't have her yet. Had my sister buy it for me because supposedly it was on sale pero actually I think I still bought it full price. Sana lang makuha yung rebate para kasi $100 din yun no! But still... can't wait to get my hands on it. Aaaaaagh!

So there my gratitude list for January 2013. I'm sure I'm forgetting a lot of things. I promised myself to keep an old school gratitude journal where I'd write at least three things I'm thankful for everyday, but when you impose on yourself kasi it starts feeling like a chore. Though I think I still have to do it just to remind me how lucky I am.

February 4, 2013- I officially start my "new year." No more staying in bed until 9am- back to 7am call times, haha :P Batas militar tayo dito. Also, to push myself to do kahit at least 20 jumping jacks a day. At least, it's a start.

When you're open to receiving them, 

the possibilities just keep on coming.

-- galing kay Mareng Oprah

2013 BOOK CHALLENGE 6/35: SOMETHING BLUE

I know I always say that time flies sooo fast so forgive me if I'm going to say it again- time flies so frickin' fast. Why? Because it's been two years since I read Something Borrowed, the prequel to Something Blue. I really enjoyed Something Borrowed but I hated Darcy so I never really was interested in reading about her side of the story. But then I got into Goodreads and read all the good feedback, so here I am delighted & surprised with my latest read.

Something Blue was related from Darcy's point of view and even if it was, she still was hateable. Weird cos when you're telling things from your perspective, you somehow try to get the people on your side but with Darcy, it just doesn't has the same effect. Actually, you hate her more for being so sure of herself, for being proud of her shallowness and she actually reminds me of someone I hate. Ha. So when her world came crumbling down, there's a sense of schadenfreude there. Even if what Rachel & Dex did to her was despicable, I felt that she deserved that. After all, what goes around comes around, ya? And I really, really feel that Rachel had first dibs on Dex.

See, I really dislike Darcy that I feel that she doesn't deserve Ethan. Oh well, she did after all went through metanoia which makes her deserve Ethan even when I feel he is too nice for her. Speaking of Ethan, I really like him. While I was still reading Something Borrowed and didn't know yet how the book will end, I was rooting for Ethan and Rachel to end up together.

Never had I expected that Darcy and Ethan would happen. Never. From what I remember, Ethan didn't like her. Even if they were childhood friends, Ethan's loyalty's with Rachel and it seemed that he was actually annoyed with Darcy. So maybe his annoyance was actually bitterness, yes?

It was a fun and feel-good read. Though this doesn't change the way I feel about Darcy.

It's already February tomorrow (time flies! :P) and I'm having this little theme for books I will read in the month of loooove~ will read books with the word "love" in the title. Yeeha. Ang cheesy, no?

DOWN TIME

I haven't been in the best of moods these days. Actually, I feel the 'hostile' me is back. I don't like it one bit because it is exhausting!!! I feel lethargic (AGAIN). I am not happy. Sige na nga, I'm blaming it on the hormones.

So I found this new series that is kinda floating my boat nowadays and I do a little research on it and I find out that it's been canceled. CANCELED!!! Half -season. Not even full. And I think it deserves a full season, at the very least. I thought it was interesting enough to keep me awake until 4 in the morning. This is devastating. Anyway, the series I'm referring to is Emily Owens, MD. FYI. This is just too tragic for me. So how else will be able to look at this face???

Tragic. I guess me and my favorite series are star-crossed lovers... never meant to be together. Me and Chuck. Me and Emily Owens MD. Too tragic. Just two episodes left. How else can they give me a decent ending with just two episodes left? I guess Emily just ends up with Micah then? This series deserves a full season, hell, even a second season, more than Glee!

2013 BOOK CHALLENGE 5/35: LOCK & KEY

Lock and Key
Sarah Dessen

When 17-year-old Ruby's mom didn't come, she tried to make it on her own until one day, her landlords found out she's been living alone. She thought she was doing just fine, winging things out perfectly so there's no need to really put her in social services custody or worse, under her sister Cora's care.

Ruby felt Cora abandoned them- took off to college and never been heard from ever again. So when Cora and Jamie took her under their wing, she didn't feel welcome at all. She just wanted to get out of their ginormous house and that's what she has planned to do on her very first night. Ruby's escape failed but as they say, all things happen for a reason because the night of Ruby's escape, she met Nate- the boy who made her give things a chance.

If you come to think about it, Ruby was surrounded by good people- Cora, Jamie & Nate. She has been pushing these people away, shutting them out but they still try anyway. She wanted to go back to her old life, thinking she doesn't belong to this fancy schmancy neighborhood, in this fancy schmancy school. She calls her friends back at home but they seem to be always unavailable. So when Ruby felt that these people weren't really noticing her absence, she gave her new home a try.

Teen Book with the Most Real Teen Problem

     Out of all YA books I've read, I feel Ruby has the most legit reason to feel all depressed and rebellious. I mean, her issues were understandable. She was abandoned by her mother and she thought her sister abandoned her, too. And now that she's at Perkins Day, she tries to reconnect with her friends from back home, Peyton and Marshall, but they too have betrayed her. Her so-called friends clearly abandoned her during a time she needed them the most. I guess the only glue holding them together was pot. Harhar. So here's a lesson for us- Never expect real friendships from potheads.
 
I am not dissing other teenage problems but in this book, things are happening to her and she's only reacting to them. She's not overthinking things like Will this boy like me? (as Edie in French Kiss) or Gahd, who are these people? I'm so above skateboarding (or something like that. I forget) (as Auden in Along for the Ride). But ya, I get it that everyone's dealing with their own problems and we can't tell that theirs don't matter. It's just that, in my opinion, Ruby's problems are valid.

Dessen Could Have Used Prettier Names

Ruby. Cora. No offense to all the Ruby's and Cora's but I'm not a fan of these names. They sound so ordinary. Or maybe because I know this person named Cora and I don't really like her so I associate my dislike for the person with the name. But this is fiction... you could name your characters pretty names so why go with Ruby and Cora? Just sayin'

Jamie (Zuckerberg)

Jamie reminds me of a nice Mark Zuckerberg. I'm not saying that Zuckerberg is not nice because my opinion of him is only based on The Social Network. Haha. Jamie's my favorite character in the book. He's nice. Actually, too nice that you'd think what's the catch? I guess the catch is that when he tries to help you, you don't reciprocate it by lying and doing pot.

Close to Home 

In the book, there's this character I can relate to the most- Harriet. When she said, "I'm a one-woman operation. To my detriment, at times," and the fact that December is her busiest month- THAT'S SO ME. I SO CAN RELATE. Well, minus the nerves. I guess a little of the nerves and a little bit of the paranoia but not that extreme :P


So yes, I liked this book. Better than Along for the Ride, imho. I'm just not a fan of brooding boys. I like 'em like Nate, always up and at 'em. So even if Nate doesn't have his own Minor Heading, I like this fictional boy. Too good to be true (hmm, actually, he IS a fictional character). Anyhoo, going back to the book- I liked it. It's teenybopper and a little serious but not too pa-cute and not too serious. I hope you get what I mean, haha. Sorry I'm naturally incoherent and bad at making reviews (that is why I call them non-reviews).

It's never something huge that changes everything, but instead

the tiniest of details, irrevocably tweaking the balance

of the universe while you're busy focusing on the 

big picture.

HART OF DIXIE 02X12: ISLANDS IN THE STREAM

I have so much backlogs when it comes to my series (non)reviews and inasmuch as I would love to do them, especially with Hart of Dixie, I think it's practical that I don't. Instead, let us focus on the here & now. And now is already the 12th episode- we're halfway through! Hmm, not really sure if I'm happy or sad about that fact.

George's parents came for a surprise visit; but, George isn't the only one surprised. They found out George is living in a boathouse and dating Tansy. If they didn't like Lemon for George, just imagine how much they'd be against Tansy (they like Zoe!). And so George's mother schemed this little entrapment plan, which actually made it clear that everyone's (and by everyone, I mean George & Tansy and Wade & Zoe) with whom they should be. No more room for insecurities for Tansy and Wade.

In this love triangle that was Wade-Zoe-George, I was vying for Z and G. That was before and now I feel so shallow for dumping George's ass because I'm totally going for Wade now all because George got fat. He used to be really dapper in his business suit but now he's like busting out of his plain, long-sleeved tees. Well not only that- I see how Wade really adores Zoe and I get all kilig whenever I see them together. But we all know fully well that all this harmonious coupling now won't last for too long and I'm dying to find out how :P

And what else is happening in Bluebell? Brick is dating Shelby who is half is age. Lemon tries to find out who this gold-digging bimbo is.

At first she suspected it was Annabeth but after she "busted" them, Brick comes clean to Lemon that he is dating Shelby. And speaking of Annabeth, she comes across this English bloke whose accent has sort of attracted her to him- something about that "deep in her soul she has always believed that she would meet a dashing Englishman right out of a Jane Austen novel." Only the Englishman wasn't actually English but an American from Alabama with Foreign Accent Syndrome; so when the accent came off, so did Annabeth's admiration for the chap.

I like Annabeth. I didn't like her initially but she sort of grew on me. Remember that episode when she suddenly had this admiration for Lavon, but Lemon came clean to her that she has dibs on him (and still, sort of, have feelings for him)? Well, that pretty much sent AB the message that Lavon is off-limits. But what if the mayor likes AB?

After saving AB from the British Deception, he all of a sudden turned all-googly eyed on her which is so not good. So will Lavon pursue this? And if ever Lavon does, will AB respond to it in a manner that will infuriate the citrus fruit? Gahd, that sounds like a bad translation from a bootlegged DVD cover made in China. But anyhoo, the plot thickens...

Can't wait for next week's episode.