Saturday, December 19, 2009

Twenty things You Never Hear Men Say:


1.I think Barry Manilow is one cool dude.
2. No, I don’t want another beer. I have to work tomorrow.
3. Her tits are just too big.
4. Sometimes I just want to be held.
5. That chick on ” Murder, She Wrote ” gives me a woody.
6. Sure, I’d love to wear a condom.
7. We haven’t been to the mall for ages, let’s go shopping and I can hold your purse.
8. Fuck Monday Night Football, let’s watch Melrose Place.
9. It’s late. Put your clothes back on and I’ll take you home.
10. Honey, I’m going to the store, do you need more tampons?
11. I know you just blew me, but I need a kiss.
12. I’m sick of beer, give me a fruit juice with a lemon twist.
13. Great, your mother’s coming to stay with us again.
14. I wonder if my gorgeous neighbor knows that her drapes are open when she’s getting ready for bed? Maybe I should tell her.
15. No way, you weeded the garden last week. It’s my turn.
16. Better get rid of these old Penthouse magazines. I dont look at them any more.
17. This movie has too much nudity.
18. Damn, we’re late for church!
19. No, I don’t want to see your sister’s tits.
20. Put some panties on, for Christ’s sake!

45 ways to know you are a GROWN UP..



Now let us see if I am already a grown up, I'll be highlighting those that I think I possess... (lol)...

1. I don’t have to have everything I want
2. I take saving for the future (seriously)
3. I think about how life will be tomorrow
4. When the situation calls for it, I choose to be productive rather than sleep an extra hour
5. I actually ask god to help me honestly forgive those who have hurt (on my own, that can be a hard thing to do)
6. I can pray for and honestly wish the meanies well
7. I can let a lot of things go
8. I can laugh at – even celebrate – my mistakes
9. I only want a wash and wear hairstyle. Makes life so much easier
10. I choose quality over quantity
11. Simplifying life is not an option – it is the only choice
12. I truly welcome reunions because you want to touch base with people
13. I make wishlist but that’s all they are. They don’t direct my life
14. When you appreciate your dreams
15. You laugh at yourself
16. I don’t take life and myself seriously
17. I know that LOVE is not a light word

18. I can and will go out of my way to brighten a lonely person’s day.
19. It is a peaceful thought to know that not EVERYTHING is about you
20. I know that pretty flowers tucked in a vase on a table in your home does more than just making your room look pretty
21. Comfort matters
22. Not very many things embarrass me anymore.

23. I appreciate rituals and traditions enough to do what I can to make them live on.
24. Wine actually taste good
25. I care about what happens to our country
26. I don’t make impulsive purchases
27. I really want to learn the basics of cooking
28. I have learned to budget]
29. I also know that “no budget” does not necessarily mean “no money”
30. Spending hard-earned money pinches
31. I start remembering and applying all that mom and dad had taught me
32. I have learned to really linger over a cup of coffee
33. I savor experiences, moments, and people
34. I live the present moment as fully as I can

35. There is this urge to stretch beyond your comfort zone
36. The fear of failure does not stop you from trying out new things
37. I know the value of saying “no”
38. I will go out of my way to validate people.
39. I can find it in myself to gracefully acknowledge all the lessons buried beneath every pain
40. I know what I will and will not wear

41. I accept people as they are
42 I have learned to celebrate the body I was born with
43. I look for and appreciate order – at home, in the office, on the road and in my life
44. It’s easy for me to choose to rise above petty people, petty situations
45. I can guiltlessly wed out toxic people and things from my life


i guess, im 14 ways less than being a grown-up.. hahaha..

Wednesday, December 16, 2009

Here it goes again....

...that queasy feeling I feel whenever I am about to do something I really don't want to do. Moreover, being forced to do something because you have to.

What is happening?

Lea Salonga doing a Lady Gaga.. :)

Lea Salonga is my favorite singer of all time.. She is a class act and definitely a rare gem.. She has won a lot of awards for her superior performances in the numerous Broadway musical that she was in including Miss Saigon.

Here is her AWESOME rendition of Lady Gaga's Poker Face during her concert at the PICC last December 11, 2009... I so love her!!! :D



Things We Should Learn In Life




Why English is a CRAZY Language..

Some reasons to be grateful if you grew up speaking English:

1) The bandage was wound around the wound.
2) The farm was used to produce produce.
3) The dump was so full that it had to refuse more refuse.
4) We must polish the Polish furniture.
5) He could lead if he would get the lead out.
6) The soldier decided to desert his dessert in the desert.
7) Since there is no time like the present, he thought it was time to present the present.
8) A bass was painted on the head of the bass drum.
9) When shot at, the dove dove into the bushes.
10) I did not object to the object.
11) The insurance was invalid for the invalid.
12) There was a row among the oarsmen about how to row.
13) They were too close to the door to close it.
14) The buck does funny things when the does are present.
15) A seamstress and a sewer fell down into a sewer line.
16) To help with planting, the farmer taught his sow to sow.
17) The wind was too strong to wind the sail.
18) After a number of injections my jaw got number.
19) Upon seeing the tear in the painting I shed a tear.
20) I had to subject the subject to a series of tests.
21) How can I intimate this to my most intimate friend?

Paradise On Earth

HOME.


I guess each and every person that walked upon this planet dreamed,at one point or another, of reaching a place they can call HOME. It may not necessarily be the place where you were raised as a child...it can be anywhere.. it can be a school, an organization, a mountain, a province... the important factor is that place should give you a sense of peacefulness and belonging... it should make you feel as if you can spend the rest of your life in that place and be contented...at least for me, that is how I define HOME.

Not everyone gets to find a place they can call HOME. But I am lucky to be one of the few who has already found a place I can call HOME and it's no other than Mag-abo..



Mag-abo was were I was born. It is a barangay in a small city called Zamboanguita located at the southern tip of Oriental Negros, Philippines. Mag-abo is a small locality with roughly around 500 households or so. There is no decent water supply so what we do is pump out the water from an old artesian well. The bright side? You get to work out while doing the chores and taking a bath.. ( No wonder my cousins got strong muscle-y arms.. hahaha)...

My first memory of Mag-abo was when we went there in 1996 for my parents' church wedding. I was the only flower girl (and mind you, I was a rockin' flower girl... i wore boots with my gown)...We went back there two years after for a family reunion... it was fun especially because I was able to meet my one dozen and a half cousins and we got to play dress ups and what-nots.. hell, I even remember myself teaching them to dance "Close To You" ( Sing: I just wanna be close to you...the strength of your hand.. so love me again...lalalala..) After that reunion, we never had the chance to go back again simply because of the increasing cost of airfare and lack of time.


It was not after ten years that we went back to Negros...that is, me and my dad. It was after my mom died. We needed a breath of fresh air after all of the drama and mixed emotions that we have undergone for almost a year. I was, at first, feeling awkward because I did not know any of my cousins there. The dozen and a half ballooned to two dozens and a quarter.. There were also nieces and nephews I don't know and uncles and aunties whose names I've heard of but have not really talked to.  After two days of adjusting, the place slowly became a fortress that took all my sadness and heartaches. There were long walks in the beach during the afternoons, adventure and trekking on the hills and late night chit-chats with my cousins (Drick, Jen, Sherry, Dave, Jake).

What I love most about Mag-abo is the delicacy called "puto" which is actually sticky rice dipped in pure chocolate. God, it's heaven! Especially when you sip that hot chocolate and savor the taste of homegrown cacaos..

Mag-abo is a simple place. The Wednesday market is one of the main attractions because you get to buy anything and everything you can think of. People from the highlands go down to sell their crops or their livestock. It is more like a barter, only that you use money instead of exchanging goods.. It is the Divisoria version of Mag-abo where people haggle and try to sell their products to buyers for the cheapest price possible.. It is not one for the weak-hearted. If you are claustrophobic, you may not enjoy it that much especially come noontime..





The other thing I love about Mag-abo, or Negros in general, are the beaches.. Negros has some of the most terrific resorts in the Philippines.. the shores of Mag-abo and Malatapay can compare to that of Boracay.. I love swimming at those beaches with my cousins because it makes me feel young again.. plus, you get to see how the locals there help each other in fishing.. I even tried to help pull the net when those fishermen finally had their catch.


Food there is scarce, not only because people don't

Monday, December 14, 2009

The Things That Are Left Unsaid

I did it again.

I made my father cry once again and it is really a tough job doing it. Now I feel so useless and ashamed. Guilty at the very least. It is very rarely that we talk. It's just the two of us here at home but I always fail to share to him all those cheesy stuffs that a normal father-and-child usually share.

The One That Got Away


(Disclaimer: I do not own this one. Like always, I am just re-posting this for entertainment purposes only. [and yes, because I can relate to it, FINE! lol])



Source: The Manila Times
By: Mark J. Macapagal

In your life, you’ll make note of a lot of people. Ones with whom you shared something special, ones who will always mean something. There’s the one you first kissed, the one you first loved, the one you lost your virginity to, the one you put on a pedestal, the one you’re with …and the one that got away. ( Hmm...this refers to one person only in my life...hahaha)

Who is the one that got away? (Let us call him A****D)

I guess it’s that person with who everything was great, everything was perfect, but the timing was just wrong. There was no fault in the person, there was no flaw in the chemistry, but the cards just didn’t fall the right way, I suppose. I believe in the fact that ending up with someone, finding a long time partner that is, does not lie merely in the other person. I can actually argue that an equal part, or maybe even the greater part, has to do with the matter of timing.

It has to do with you being ready to settle down and commit to someone in a way that goes beyond the little niceties of giddy romance. How often have you gone through it without even realizing it? When you’re not ready to commit in that mature manner, it doesn’t matter who you’re with, it just doesn’t work. ( I so don't agree). Small problems become big; inconsequential become deal breakers simply because you’re not ready and it shows. It’s not that you and the person you’re with are no good; it’s just that it’s not yet right, and little things become the flashpoint of that fact.

Sunday, December 13, 2009

This is Getting Tiring.

A year ago, things were simpler. All i had to do was mind my own business...mind my own life...mind my own problems. it was not until March that I decided to commit one of the biggest mistake of my life.


Had I known that it would be this annoying...this hard...this demanding... I wouldn't have decided to take the responsibility that I hate so much right now. It is not fulfilling at all.. All it does is give me anxiety attacks, demand most of my time and tie me to something that I so despise right now.

Wednesday, December 09, 2009

Solitary Depression ( Making a Message Out of A Song)

(This is inspired by one of my most favorite songs "(I Can't Seem To) Make You Mine" by The Clientele)

In the silence of the garden
Moths are rising on the wind
And the beast is pondering love love love
‘Till the rusty nails grow dim

Fairy tales usually end in happily ever afters. Princesses normally get to spend forever with their princes. Sorrow gone; happiness for eternity.

Friday, December 04, 2009

The CLIENTELE

In the silence of the garden
MOSS ARE RISING on the wind
And the beast is pondering love love love
Till the rusty NAILS grow dim
I cant seem to make you mine
Through the long and lonely night
And I TRIED so hard, darling
But the crowd pulled you away
Through the RIBBONS and the rain
And the ivy coiled around my hand
So I lingered with the people
In the silent August glade
But the rain has brought the night
And the night has brought the rain