found this article in my archive. the date creation stamp was march 2003. i wasn't single then... maybe that's why i didn't post this in my blog... it's a worthwhile read, whether you're with someone or single like me... could be helpful... just in case... who knows, maybe one day in the future, you could find yourself single yet again. unfortunate, and maybe unlikely which is good, but possible. im not sure who the author is. whoever wrote it deserves a lot of thanks from me.
All your life, you had specific dreams about what your family life would be like when you finally married. You were so intent on what you wanted, you even made a list of qualities and characteristics you were looking for in a spouse, in a home, in your job, in your children.
But time passed, and that person you were so intent on didn't come along.All of your friends married, had children, had beautiful homes. And still you were single. You prayed and prayed and prayed for that person to come along, but nothing happened. You had a good job. You served in your church. You spent daily time with the Lord in prayer and studying the Word. Youdedicated your life to serving God in every way possible, but still nothing.
So you decided to take matters into your own hands, and you began an active search for a mate. And within a short period, you met someone who almost fit the bill. Almost.
Sure, there were a few things missing, a few rusty spots in that person's character. But, after all, no one is perfect. Maybe your goals were toohigh. Maybe you'd been asking for the impossible. Maybe this was the person God wanted for you so your character could grow through dealing with his or her failings. Even though it often seems that God is slow to answerprayers, no matter whether it's about a mate, or a job, or our children, or our finances, or anything else, we have to remember that God doesn't wear a watch. Nor does he look at our human calendars. He sees with eternal eyes. He operates on an eternal timetable, according to His plan and Hisschedule. If God seems to be running late, don't get impatient and run ahead of him. Wait for the Lord's timing in everything.
To the single folks out there (like me), this is for you.
Single means you have the time to grow and be the person you want to be.
Single gives you space to grow. Sometimes, it is harder to grow when you are too close to someone. Trees are planted far apart so they can spread their branches and become strong as they mature.
Single means learning to live by yourself. However, that is no more difficult than learning to live with somebody else.
Single means freedom. You are free to spend a week's vacation on the beach, to take computer courses, to work late on an interesting project, to spend the day in bed with a good book or simply with a person who has read one.
Single means learning not to need a man/woman to make your life meaningful but learning to live with a man/woman because you want to be with him/her.
Single means that sometimes you will wonder why you will bite your lip and feel wistful and wonder if marriage is better. Ironically, yet quite happily, single is feeling good about being in control of your life. It is liking and respecting who you are and why you are.
Single is realizing that being married is not necessarily better, it is merely different.
Single means that there could be something wonderful around the corner and you can take advantage of it.
Being single means you are free to love again.
God Bless!
A Fascinating Story
Nope, this is not a true story... but fascinating just the same if it were indeed real. i looked it up and found out it was fiction. the true version can be found here.
A lady in a faded gingham dress and her husband,dressed in a homespun threadbare suit, stepped off the train in Boston , and walked timidly without an appointment into the president of Harvard's outer office. The secretary could tell in a moment that such backwoods, country hicks had no business at Harvard and probably didn't even deserve to be in Cambridge .
She frowned. "We want to see the president," the man said softly. "He'll be busy all day," the secretary snapped. "We'll wait," the lady replied. For hours, the secretary ignored them, hoping that the couple would finally become discouraged and go away.
They didn't. And the secretary grew frustrated and finally decided to disturb the president, even though it was a chore she always regretted to do. "Maybe if they just see you for a few minutes, they'll leave," she told him.
And he sighed in exasperation and nodded. Someone of his importance obviously didn't have the time to spend with them, but he detested gingham dresses and homespun suits cluttering up his outer office. The president, stern-faced with dignity, strutted toward the couple. The lady told him, "We had a son that attended Harvard for one year. He loved Harvard. He was happy here. But about a year ago, he was accidentally killed. And my husband and I would like to erect a memorial to him, somewhere on campus."
The president wasn't touched, he was shocked. "Madam," he said gruffly. "We can't put up a statue for every person who attended Harvard and died. If we did, this place would look like a cemetery". "Oh, no," the lady explained quickly. "We don't want to erect a statue.
We thought we would like to give a building to Harvard." The president rolled his eyes. He glanced at the gingham dress and homespun suit, then exclaimed, "A building! Do you have any earthly idea how much a building costs? We have over seven and a half million dollars in the physical plant at Harvard." For a moment the lady was silent. The president was pleased. He could get rid of them now. And the lady turned to her husband and said quietly, "Is that all it costs to start a University? Why don't we just start our own?" Her husband nodded. The president's face wilted in confusion and bewilderment. And Mr. and Mrs. Leland Stanford walked away, traveling to Palo Alto , California where they established the University that bears their name, a memorial to a son that Harvard no longer cared about.
"You can easily judge the character of others by how they treat those who can do nothing for them or to them." -Malcolm Forbes
A lady in a faded gingham dress and her husband,dressed in a homespun threadbare suit, stepped off the train in Boston , and walked timidly without an appointment into the president of Harvard's outer office. The secretary could tell in a moment that such backwoods, country hicks had no business at Harvard and probably didn't even deserve to be in Cambridge .
She frowned. "We want to see the president," the man said softly. "He'll be busy all day," the secretary snapped. "We'll wait," the lady replied. For hours, the secretary ignored them, hoping that the couple would finally become discouraged and go away.
They didn't. And the secretary grew frustrated and finally decided to disturb the president, even though it was a chore she always regretted to do. "Maybe if they just see you for a few minutes, they'll leave," she told him.
And he sighed in exasperation and nodded. Someone of his importance obviously didn't have the time to spend with them, but he detested gingham dresses and homespun suits cluttering up his outer office. The president, stern-faced with dignity, strutted toward the couple. The lady told him, "We had a son that attended Harvard for one year. He loved Harvard. He was happy here. But about a year ago, he was accidentally killed. And my husband and I would like to erect a memorial to him, somewhere on campus."
The president wasn't touched, he was shocked. "Madam," he said gruffly. "We can't put up a statue for every person who attended Harvard and died. If we did, this place would look like a cemetery". "Oh, no," the lady explained quickly. "We don't want to erect a statue.
We thought we would like to give a building to Harvard." The president rolled his eyes. He glanced at the gingham dress and homespun suit, then exclaimed, "A building! Do you have any earthly idea how much a building costs? We have over seven and a half million dollars in the physical plant at Harvard." For a moment the lady was silent. The president was pleased. He could get rid of them now. And the lady turned to her husband and said quietly, "Is that all it costs to start a University? Why don't we just start our own?" Her husband nodded. The president's face wilted in confusion and bewilderment. And Mr. and Mrs. Leland Stanford walked away, traveling to Palo Alto , California where they established the University that bears their name, a memorial to a son that Harvard no longer cared about.
"You can easily judge the character of others by how they treat those who can do nothing for them or to them." -Malcolm Forbes
exactly 3 years ago in my history
these are photos from emie's wedding from three years ago. some photos were taken before the ceremony as we waited for our turn to be prettied-up while some were taken long after the marriage vows have been exchanged. these are my friends from college and we've lived together for almost 18 months under the same roof, at mabait corner mahinhin street in UP Teacher's Village. Because we were sharing the same residential address (and for some, even bedroom), we tried to get through everything together semester after semester... we budgeted our allowances together, bought groceries together, ate breakfast or dinner together, reviewed for exams together, finish our thesis together.... exchanged school, life and love notes together. sometimes we even fought and cried together.
from three years ago, from the day these photos were taken, most of us have love lives to talk about and boyfriends to introduce to the group, but now for some odd reasons, except for emie here, who has been married for exactly 3 years now, most of us are single again. i wonder why... from the photos above, we look normal naman, haha!
oh well... i hope everyone's doing great wherever they are (one is in china, the other one in korea, and yet the other one, in baguio). sana we can all spend time together this christmas... kahit over dinner lang din just like before elena left for korea. kaka-miss lang talaga :)
the one where i blog about movies
so i feel like blogging again but without anything to blog about. as ive mentioned in my previous post, whenever i would feel like this, ill try to post a "top 5 list". so here goes...
here's my top 5 list of movies i saw this year on DVD/VCD. they are not necessarily released this year, but this year was when i saw them. at home, on DVD/VCD. by myself mostly.
1. the holiday
2. sleeping dogs lie
3. stranger than fiction
4. miss potter
5. the painted veil
criteria for being on this list is the number of times i saw the movie again or portions of it. i think the first one on the list, i saw more than four times already. really good movie. and the rest at least twice. there is one i should put on this list as well, which is "under the tuscan sun", starring one of my favorite actresses, Diane Lane of "Jack" and "Must Love Dogs". saw this movie twice as well. however, the genre and theme for "tuscan" is very much similar to "the holiday" so i thought that putting "tuscan" on the list would make it a bit redundant and lacking in variety. i also have an "issue" with one of the scenes in the movie... where Diane Lane was dancing alone in her bedroom... it was a little over-acting. actually "the holiday" had a similar scene as well... also, a little OA.
in any case, that's it for now. let me know what you think of the list :)
here's my top 5 list of movies i saw this year on DVD/VCD. they are not necessarily released this year, but this year was when i saw them. at home, on DVD/VCD. by myself mostly.
1. the holiday
2. sleeping dogs lie
3. stranger than fiction
4. miss potter
5. the painted veil
criteria for being on this list is the number of times i saw the movie again or portions of it. i think the first one on the list, i saw more than four times already. really good movie. and the rest at least twice. there is one i should put on this list as well, which is "under the tuscan sun", starring one of my favorite actresses, Diane Lane of "Jack" and "Must Love Dogs". saw this movie twice as well. however, the genre and theme for "tuscan" is very much similar to "the holiday" so i thought that putting "tuscan" on the list would make it a bit redundant and lacking in variety. i also have an "issue" with one of the scenes in the movie... where Diane Lane was dancing alone in her bedroom... it was a little over-acting. actually "the holiday" had a similar scene as well... also, a little OA.
in any case, that's it for now. let me know what you think of the list :)
my top 5 things you can do to save this Christmas
so i came up with an idea to list down some "top 5's" whenever i feel the urge to post something to this blog while not quite being sure about the topic yet... today, i will write about my top 5 things to do in order to save up on some money and energy this Christmas. im not very big on savings myself, lately so this is actually for me as well:
1. eat well before leaving the house and bring bottled water with you when you go to the mall. having snacks at the mall every now and then would eat up budget that you could otherwise use to buy gifts or small tokens for acquaintances.
2. make a shopping list and figure out if you can buy items together from the same store as there could be discounts for a bigger purchase. or free items such as calendars or planners :)
3. utilize the free gift wrapping services of the malls. saves you gift wrapping cost and time.
4. shop with friends! it's more fun, and you can share cab afterwards :)
5. aside from going to the malls, consider other gift sources such as tiangge and bazaars. buying christmas goodies from friends or your other relatives maybe a good idea too as they are usually even cheaper than bazaar prices and sometimes better-tasting too. you not only save up yourself but you also help others earn during the holidays :)
that's it. if you like this post and have a thing or two to add you're welcome to comment on the post.
1. eat well before leaving the house and bring bottled water with you when you go to the mall. having snacks at the mall every now and then would eat up budget that you could otherwise use to buy gifts or small tokens for acquaintances.
2. make a shopping list and figure out if you can buy items together from the same store as there could be discounts for a bigger purchase. or free items such as calendars or planners :)
3. utilize the free gift wrapping services of the malls. saves you gift wrapping cost and time.
4. shop with friends! it's more fun, and you can share cab afterwards :)
5. aside from going to the malls, consider other gift sources such as tiangge and bazaars. buying christmas goodies from friends or your other relatives maybe a good idea too as they are usually even cheaper than bazaar prices and sometimes better-tasting too. you not only save up yourself but you also help others earn during the holidays :)
that's it. if you like this post and have a thing or two to add you're welcome to comment on the post.
christmas weeshlist
to my APC family -- yaya, manang, tita and mother -- here is my weeshlist for our kris kringle thingy :)
- polarizer for my lens (so i can take better-looking landscapes, diameter is 52)
- oven toaster (so i can re-heat leftovers, hehe. preferrably black)
- coffee press from starbucks and ground coffee beans (weeee!)
- bath towels (sometimes you can never have enough!)
- Lonely Planet (so i can imagine myself going on trips and hopefully, be in one again)
salamat! hope you don't have a hard time finding the items above. kayo rin, post na oki??
merry christmas everyone!!!!
the one that comes after chaos
the one on the left i painted after learning that my friend is heading for a beach somewhere in thailand. i guess it's an impression and an expression as well. i was feeling "beachy" that day. the one on the right i painted while listening to up dharma down's "the world is our playground". that's why it's playful. and very peach.
these paintings took around 10 to 20 minutes to make. i really just wanted to make something out of what i was feeling. if they don't mean all that much to you, i'd really understand :)
the one with the chaos theory
took a picture of one of my paintings (oil on canvass) and played around it with adobe lightroom by changing tint and temp. i call these chaos theory 1, 2 and 3. they reminded me of rotten things, torn flesh and blood and of fire. i sent these to a friend and he told me they reminded him of sunsets :)
i guess people could be looking at the same things and see them very differently.
the one with the long weekend
last night i met up with friends who just got back from their two-week long vacation. while most of us had to deal with deadlines and work issues or the manila peninsula mutiny, my friends went back-packing around visayas and had the chance to visit and take roughly 900+ photos of exotic places and pristine beaches in cebu, boracay, bohol to name a few. ive missed my friends while they were gone and im glad to see them back in manila, safe and just a little bit harmed :) they brought not just stories and photos with them back from their trip -- they also have pasalubong for me :) from "yaya lorie" i got a pair of earrings and from "manang mavic", a cellphone charm made from sand art. both from boracay, a place i've never been to by the way.
upon seeing me both of them asked how i have been and at first, i can only say that ive been okay... i was trying to think of something more exquisite than that but nothing came to mind... i guess i was hesitant to say anything because surely, none of what i have accomplished or done lately can compare to their amazing trip. eventually, i finally came up with a few. so lately, these were the highlights of my life most of which happened during the 3-day weekend:
1. with my friend kitkat, i was able to take a two-hour tour around the marikina shoe expo and found interesting thrift and antique shops, quaint accessories and clothing boutiques selling mostly hand-made accessories and retro outfits, bookstores and art/coffee galleries show-casing local works such as lomo photos. there was even a bazaar going on that day and several artists from the group "ang ilustrador ng mga kabataan" were there selling their artworks drawn or painted or printed in practical items such as shirts, wall clocks, notepads, bookmars, pins at a somewhat fair enough artsy price. my friend bought me bookmark :)
2. i was able to visit trinoma for the first time (yay) and had so much fun. the mall has really well thought of landscapes (complete with fountains and wooden bridges and ponds and cooling mists) and very spacious interior... the activity center is much like the glorietta mall and at some point you can't help but feel a bit of dejavu. there's a huge landmark store at one side of the mall that makes shopping even more convenient. lots of restaurants to dine in and dessert/coffee places to try afterwards. my friend and i loved the "bananalicious" dessert from conti's. parking can be a little difficult, but that's something you have to deal with sometimes almost anywhere else right? in summary, trinoma is definitely a cool place to hangout with friends or family especially this christmas. im hoping to bring my parents here sometime soon especially at the fourth level where they held free shows every saturday night. not to mention fireworks too :)
3. had a little bit of gastronomic adventure too. at marina, i tried steamed oysters with hot sauce. at dr. pepper steak, well i tried beef pepper steak with lots of pepper on the rice. pepper steak i like. steamed oysters, not so much. in any case, im glad to have friends who are adventuruous with food. i realize im not much like them and the only time i am able to try new things is when im with them (or during team-buildings). i usually just order what i already know i like. you know, like sinigang :)
4. i was able to watch a disney movie wherein the lead character had a name the same as mine. "enchanted" was really fun. watch it if you haven't.
5. was able to help my dad with removing virus from our PC. there were 33 viruses and one trojan. tsk tsk. no wonder the browser would hang after opening just around two sites returned by search engines.
6. i was able to teach my dad how to use Yahoo! Messenger, Chikka Messenger (PC to Mobile Phone), compose an email as well as reply to an email. this is supposed to be something big for my parents who had spent years being afraid of the computer and moreso the internet. really huge step.
7. i had a guest who watched 'under the tuscan sun' with me and who volunteered to wash dishes for me later on. sweet :)
8. maybe last but not the least, we had a reflexologist (a really good one) come over our house for a massage. my mom was having sinus and throat problems lately and did not want to take medication until she's tried other organic, natural way of healing such as reflexology. the massage was very relaxing and helpful. ate gildred has been doing reflexology massages since the '70s and have doctors as her patients as well. i was diagnosed as having UTI and high sugar level in the blood (must be all those iced tea and the bananalicious thing), then was advised to eat at the right time and not skip meals, to drink two glasses of warm water each morning and to wait for 15 minutes before drinking liquid after each meal. that last item should help me digest food properly. of course, lessen intake of sweets.
so that's it. story of my life while my friends were gone. not bad, huh? i had planned to do a few things more during my long weekend but that did not push through... i guess we can all agree if i say that, truly, long weekends are never long enough :) but still worth looking forward to each time :)
upon seeing me both of them asked how i have been and at first, i can only say that ive been okay... i was trying to think of something more exquisite than that but nothing came to mind... i guess i was hesitant to say anything because surely, none of what i have accomplished or done lately can compare to their amazing trip. eventually, i finally came up with a few. so lately, these were the highlights of my life most of which happened during the 3-day weekend:
1. with my friend kitkat, i was able to take a two-hour tour around the marikina shoe expo and found interesting thrift and antique shops, quaint accessories and clothing boutiques selling mostly hand-made accessories and retro outfits, bookstores and art/coffee galleries show-casing local works such as lomo photos. there was even a bazaar going on that day and several artists from the group "ang ilustrador ng mga kabataan" were there selling their artworks drawn or painted or printed in practical items such as shirts, wall clocks, notepads, bookmars, pins at a somewhat fair enough artsy price. my friend bought me bookmark :)
2. i was able to visit trinoma for the first time (yay) and had so much fun. the mall has really well thought of landscapes (complete with fountains and wooden bridges and ponds and cooling mists) and very spacious interior... the activity center is much like the glorietta mall and at some point you can't help but feel a bit of dejavu. there's a huge landmark store at one side of the mall that makes shopping even more convenient. lots of restaurants to dine in and dessert/coffee places to try afterwards. my friend and i loved the "bananalicious" dessert from conti's. parking can be a little difficult, but that's something you have to deal with sometimes almost anywhere else right? in summary, trinoma is definitely a cool place to hangout with friends or family especially this christmas. im hoping to bring my parents here sometime soon especially at the fourth level where they held free shows every saturday night. not to mention fireworks too :)
3. had a little bit of gastronomic adventure too. at marina, i tried steamed oysters with hot sauce. at dr. pepper steak, well i tried beef pepper steak with lots of pepper on the rice. pepper steak i like. steamed oysters, not so much. in any case, im glad to have friends who are adventuruous with food. i realize im not much like them and the only time i am able to try new things is when im with them (or during team-buildings). i usually just order what i already know i like. you know, like sinigang :)
4. i was able to watch a disney movie wherein the lead character had a name the same as mine. "enchanted" was really fun. watch it if you haven't.
5. was able to help my dad with removing virus from our PC. there were 33 viruses and one trojan. tsk tsk. no wonder the browser would hang after opening just around two sites returned by search engines.
6. i was able to teach my dad how to use Yahoo! Messenger, Chikka Messenger (PC to Mobile Phone), compose an email as well as reply to an email. this is supposed to be something big for my parents who had spent years being afraid of the computer and moreso the internet. really huge step.
7. i had a guest who watched 'under the tuscan sun' with me and who volunteered to wash dishes for me later on. sweet :)
8. maybe last but not the least, we had a reflexologist (a really good one) come over our house for a massage. my mom was having sinus and throat problems lately and did not want to take medication until she's tried other organic, natural way of healing such as reflexology. the massage was very relaxing and helpful. ate gildred has been doing reflexology massages since the '70s and have doctors as her patients as well. i was diagnosed as having UTI and high sugar level in the blood (must be all those iced tea and the bananalicious thing), then was advised to eat at the right time and not skip meals, to drink two glasses of warm water each morning and to wait for 15 minutes before drinking liquid after each meal. that last item should help me digest food properly. of course, lessen intake of sweets.
so that's it. story of my life while my friends were gone. not bad, huh? i had planned to do a few things more during my long weekend but that did not push through... i guess we can all agree if i say that, truly, long weekends are never long enough :) but still worth looking forward to each time :)
everything in its time
the river runs and the river hides
out to the ocean and under the sky
i promise you the answer will come
hold on to patience and watch for the sign
everything in its time
out to the ocean and under the sky
i promise you the answer will come
hold on to patience and watch for the sign
everything in its time
calling it a day
so ive been blogging for almost 4 hours now. haven't had dinner or done any household chores... whew... not good, not good at all. i should be eating and cleaning. my friend will come stay overnight tomorrow and there's nothing to cook for breakfast... my sheets aren't really that clean.. and my bathroom... not very comforting... argh. tsk tsk. logging off now. grabbing dinner. cleaning. everything. have a good night everyone! :)
before i go, i want to share with you a link to this mp3 ive been playing over and over again in my media player. almost non-stop. the song is that of rihanna, "i hate that i love you". is she really coming over here in manila this december?
that's it... really, logging off now. have a blessed evening!!!
before i go, i want to share with you a link to this mp3 ive been playing over and over again in my media player. almost non-stop. the song is that of rihanna, "i hate that i love you". is she really coming over here in manila this december?
that's it... really, logging off now. have a blessed evening!!!
the one about blog skins
so this week was all about skins. not the one that gets burned by UV rays, but blog skins. im listing down my must see sites to go to when you want to look for new skins for your blogs. most of them offer the skins in both wordpress or blogger formats and both blogger classic and xml skins.
* http://www.blogskins.com - they have very hip designs but mostly caters to blogger classics which means you will not able to use page elements. their site also breaks which makes it annoying to use at first but once you get familiar with how things work, you wouldn't mind the site being broken.
* 50 More Beautiful Blogger Templates
* http://freeskins.blogspot.com
* http://charmskins.com
my skin was from topsy-turvy of blogskins. she's a teenager from singapore who is really very talented and has impressive imagination. you just have to see her works for yourself to understand what im saying. especially if you're a girl -- really, you should. :) i must warn you though, before you do any site-hopping, make sure you have lots of free time in your hands. this can really be VERY addicting.
if you find any cool skins, please send a link for me :) enjoy browsing!
* http://www.blogskins.com - they have very hip designs but mostly caters to blogger classics which means you will not able to use page elements. their site also breaks which makes it annoying to use at first but once you get familiar with how things work, you wouldn't mind the site being broken.
* 50 More Beautiful Blogger Templates
* http://freeskins.blogspot.com
* http://charmskins.com
my skin was from topsy-turvy of blogskins. she's a teenager from singapore who is really very talented and has impressive imagination. you just have to see her works for yourself to understand what im saying. especially if you're a girl -- really, you should. :) i must warn you though, before you do any site-hopping, make sure you have lots of free time in your hands. this can really be VERY addicting.
if you find any cool skins, please send a link for me :) enjoy browsing!
non-toxic memories
today i bought supplies for the kids ministry at church -- glue, oslo papers, 16 non-toxic crayons and folders. we're going to have a puppet show on sunday and i was in charge of some of the props.
i love the stationeries section of the bookstore. that was my hangout place when i was a kid until probably when i was in high school. naaalala ko pa one time... my grade school friends and i would walk from our school to what can be considered our mall back then in novaliches -- the uniwide sales warehouse club! my friends would hang out inside the store and gawk at home appliances or browse through food shelves... ako, i would just stay at the stationery section... inspecting the ballpens and testing them out one by one deciding which one to get... jello or ink? in the end, panda na lang :) by the time i was in high school, i switched to a different kind of ballpen... one that doesnt easily blot out when you drop it: Pilot ballpens! i also tried Bic ballpens at some point and 'yung Kilometriko! haha!
i love the stationeries section of the bookstore. that was my hangout place when i was a kid until probably when i was in high school. naaalala ko pa one time... my grade school friends and i would walk from our school to what can be considered our mall back then in novaliches -- the uniwide sales warehouse club! my friends would hang out inside the store and gawk at home appliances or browse through food shelves... ako, i would just stay at the stationery section... inspecting the ballpens and testing them out one by one deciding which one to get... jello or ink? in the end, panda na lang :) by the time i was in high school, i switched to a different kind of ballpen... one that doesnt easily blot out when you drop it: Pilot ballpens! i also tried Bic ballpens at some point and 'yung Kilometriko! haha!
i would enjoy looking at different designs for notebooks (remember the artista notebooks that have springs as bindings?), inspecting the various shapes and sizes and functions of post-its (but never buying any because i could not afford it then) or paper glues (remember elmer's?) or erasers or pencil sharpeners... just deciding which envelope or art paper to buy would take me more than an hour then. ewan ko ba, i feel at home in a stationery store. nung high school, i would visit Gibson's or Goodwill's before i go home (sa SM Annex) and if i was able to purchase a bookmark or a gift wrapper which i could use to decorate an "album", masaya na ako nun haha!
hay, grabe... ang dami ko naaalala just because i went to buy materials for our props.
good memories. masaya :)
motorsiklo ni lolo
from our trip to laguna last October at Casa San Pablo. very interesting. imagine our lolo and lola riding these things in their retro outfits. hehe. wala lang.
why penguins & turtles are no longer best of friends
For a long time Turtle and Penguin were really good friends. They played different sorts of games, went to different places together and ate and shared food with each other. In these games, Penguin would normally always win being the more intelligent of the two. Turtle was the silly one but loved Penguin very much. At some point Turtle thought they were the best of friends.
One seemingly normal early morning, Turtle and Penguin decided to take a walk along the shoreline. Turtle while looking down, noticed Penguin’s two feet. As you probably already know, a penguin's feet are very different from that of a turtle.
Turtle blurted out to his friend, quite happily, “I love your feet.” This is something he had known long ago and something he had already told Penguin even before that morning.
Penguin didn’t say anything and continued to walk. He seemed to smile a bit.
Turtle repeated himself. Did you hear what I said? I said I love your feet. The turtle was happy to say that to his friend.
Penguin said thank you and continued walking as turtle follows closely behind.
Then, without really thinking all that much, Turtle asked his friend, “Is there anything about me that you love?” He was a little surprised himself to be asking that question…
“Is that a trick question?”, inquired the Penguin. He is usually very careful in answering questions.
Turtle simply replied, thinking that he had irritated his friend and hoping to avoid doing anything to ruin the morning, “It was not a trick question. It was just a question….You can say ‘None’ you know…” He tried to smile while saying this.
After a brief pause, Penguin said, “There is no answer…”
Turtle could only say “Oh…” at that point he walked a little slower… and didn't know what to say anymore. He fell a little bit further behind and then started to put his arms and legs back inside his shell. He wondered what will happen next that morning…
Penguin kept going and we’re not sure if he even looked back...
Later that day, Turtle found himself swimming on the ocean to go on about his day… he found comfort in knowing that in the ocean no one would notice the tears in his face.
One seemingly normal early morning, Turtle and Penguin decided to take a walk along the shoreline. Turtle while looking down, noticed Penguin’s two feet. As you probably already know, a penguin's feet are very different from that of a turtle.
Turtle blurted out to his friend, quite happily, “I love your feet.” This is something he had known long ago and something he had already told Penguin even before that morning.
Penguin didn’t say anything and continued to walk. He seemed to smile a bit.
Turtle repeated himself. Did you hear what I said? I said I love your feet. The turtle was happy to say that to his friend.
Penguin said thank you and continued walking as turtle follows closely behind.
Then, without really thinking all that much, Turtle asked his friend, “Is there anything about me that you love?” He was a little surprised himself to be asking that question…
“Is that a trick question?”, inquired the Penguin. He is usually very careful in answering questions.
Turtle simply replied, thinking that he had irritated his friend and hoping to avoid doing anything to ruin the morning, “It was not a trick question. It was just a question….You can say ‘None’ you know…” He tried to smile while saying this.
After a brief pause, Penguin said, “There is no answer…”
Turtle could only say “Oh…” at that point he walked a little slower… and didn't know what to say anymore. He fell a little bit further behind and then started to put his arms and legs back inside his shell. He wondered what will happen next that morning…
Penguin kept going and we’re not sure if he even looked back...
Later that day, Turtle found himself swimming on the ocean to go on about his day… he found comfort in knowing that in the ocean no one would notice the tears in his face.
brightly twisted
when you said hi... when you asked me how i was, how my sunday was... i immediately changed. very few people can turn my dramatic self into my bright self. well... not really few, most of my closest friends and my mom has that effect. im so glad you said hi. i don't really know why im a little dramatic tonight... is it maybe because im in the office on a sunday and working? im sure its not just that. it must be that other thing in my life that i havent quite figured out how to deal with yet. or maybe i have but im just procrastinating, as if waiting for some magical thing to happen that will either erase things or make things okay. as if waking up from a dream. so when you asked how i was... i think the answer should have been this: im okay but also feeling a bit twisted and bit missing you. however, as always, immensely happy to chat with you. i guess now you can say, im brightly twisted. like im lighting up like a neon sign. seriously.
silly, really. but seriously.
silly, really. but seriously.
May today there be peace within.
May you trust God that you are exactly where you are meant to be.
May you not forget the infinite possibilities that are born of faith.
May you use those gifts that you have received, and pass on the love that has been given to you. May you be content knowing you are a child of God. Let this presence settle into your bones, and allow your soul the freedom to sing, dance, praise and love. It is there for each and every one of us.
prayer above was forwarded to me by a friend who seldom (if not never) forwards chain mails. for this one, she made an exception. glad she did. beautiful and humble prayer said to be written by Mother Theresa. hope that you be blessed by this as i was.
May you trust God that you are exactly where you are meant to be.
May you not forget the infinite possibilities that are born of faith.
May you use those gifts that you have received, and pass on the love that has been given to you. May you be content knowing you are a child of God. Let this presence settle into your bones, and allow your soul the freedom to sing, dance, praise and love. It is there for each and every one of us.
prayer above was forwarded to me by a friend who seldom (if not never) forwards chain mails. for this one, she made an exception. glad she did. beautiful and humble prayer said to be written by Mother Theresa. hope that you be blessed by this as i was.
burp
sa bonifacio high street, kasama ang mga potograper ng apc
eto na talaga ang ultimate larawan ng kabusugan, haha! sarap talaga pag libre ang pagkain.. and not just food from any restaurant... we had japanese food from Tatami at Serendra. hehehe! Sarap ng gyoza at ebi tempura nila, pati na rin yung green iced tea at yung seafood teriyaki. ay pramis, sarap kumain!
running in circles
sometimes i feel like im running in circles. naalala ko what some people say... that life can be compared to a marathon... well, i guess if life is a marathon, then there must be something wrong with the track and field -- it must be made of wet sand :) anyway, seriously... seems like the questions im asking myself lately and the problems im facing were the same questions and problems i have encountered not too long ago... in fact, maybe just a few months or weeks ago... to be honest, it gets a little frustrating... especially since im not getting any younger :)
pero what's ironic is that, im still hopeful. i think it's an even crazier idea to give up on ourselves because there's a God who believes in us... the same God who is the Creator and Lord of this entire universe, would never think of giving up on us and who has promised to never leave us nor forsake us. truly an awesome God who remains faithful, no matter how unfaithful we sometimes can be...
i may really not know so much about life and much of how it goes, but here's something i know for sure: whenever i think of my problems and compare them to the God who is gracious and loving enough to allow us to call Him "our Father", somehow things seem a little less crazy and this track and field we're all running on (more like trudging on, really) become a lot less daunting. life may really be a marathon after all, and guess what, our number one cheer leader, the one who holds the banner that says "we can make it" is none other than the same all-knowing God in control of everything. if that is the case, then i guess i can make it through the finish line after all.
pero what's ironic is that, im still hopeful. i think it's an even crazier idea to give up on ourselves because there's a God who believes in us... the same God who is the Creator and Lord of this entire universe, would never think of giving up on us and who has promised to never leave us nor forsake us. truly an awesome God who remains faithful, no matter how unfaithful we sometimes can be...
i may really not know so much about life and much of how it goes, but here's something i know for sure: whenever i think of my problems and compare them to the God who is gracious and loving enough to allow us to call Him "our Father", somehow things seem a little less crazy and this track and field we're all running on (more like trudging on, really) become a lot less daunting. life may really be a marathon after all, and guess what, our number one cheer leader, the one who holds the banner that says "we can make it" is none other than the same all-knowing God in control of everything. if that is the case, then i guess i can make it through the finish line after all.
flowery things
photos taken from an overnight stay at laguna last month. i like taking pictures of nature and flowers talaga. i don't know why... maganda lang talaga for me... im really a nature-lover and i've always found the works of our Creator really amazing and inspiring. dapat siguro magtanim na rin ako ng mga ganito sa bakuran namin sa novaliches, hehe. hay... wala lang. ang ganda for me. sana magustuhan nyo rin :)
the one with the dentist's chair
i read somewhere that the most successful people in life are those that regularly (if not gladly) visit their dentists. this doesn't mean that if you have shiny, white teeth you are guaranteed to have a life that is equally shiny and splendid :) what that simply means is that, people who visit their dentist are those that know how to recognize and acknowledge their problems and seek help when necessary, which in the adult world is usually the case by the way, whether the problem is as simple as a toothache or tooth cavity :)
i avoid going to the dentist as much as i can... i don't hate the experience all that much but i dont really enjoy sitting on the dentist's chair and have someone pull my cheeks up and down in order to exercise or examine my mouth. i do not like the taste of clinic water or the smell of surgical gloves and im pretty sure im not alone in feeling this way.
however, in my case going to the dentist as soon as possible is necessary and can no longer be delayed because unfortunately, i am one of those people that have this thing called TMJ Syndrome, the symptoms of which are not really deadly but also far from pretty. basically, what TMJ does is prevent blood from flowing in my brain because the largest artery from the heart passes through that portion below our ears connecting the jaw and skull. when blood can't get into your brain you know that you will have all sorts of problems. to me, these are the symptoms: nausea, back and shoulder and neck pains, blurriness of eyesight, massive headache if i lack sleep, insomnia and difficulty speaking, chewing, yawning.
for the past few days, i have been seeing the effects of TMJ on me and so i avoid opening my mouth for long periods of time (to talk or sing and do all sorts of things)... you cannot really cure TMJ, there is no surgical treatment for it... but you can cure the symptoms by trying to develop muscle tissues between the skull and the jaw. this is why i have my splint, to prevent the jaw and the skull from rubbing against each other and to allow my body to build those muscle tissues. but im sure by now whatever muscle tissues i have been able to "grow" in the past have been ripped apart and torn down by all the chewing and talking and yawning i have been doing for the past months. by now, my splint has been worn out so much and is no longer functioning as it should. i badly need to have my splint adjusted... i need to think and feel and clearly again. never mind the smell of clinic water and of surgical gloves and the pain of dentists pulling my face up and down for oral therapy... i would gladly sit on a dentist's chair right now than on any other chair in the world.
i avoid going to the dentist as much as i can... i don't hate the experience all that much but i dont really enjoy sitting on the dentist's chair and have someone pull my cheeks up and down in order to exercise or examine my mouth. i do not like the taste of clinic water or the smell of surgical gloves and im pretty sure im not alone in feeling this way.
however, in my case going to the dentist as soon as possible is necessary and can no longer be delayed because unfortunately, i am one of those people that have this thing called TMJ Syndrome, the symptoms of which are not really deadly but also far from pretty. basically, what TMJ does is prevent blood from flowing in my brain because the largest artery from the heart passes through that portion below our ears connecting the jaw and skull. when blood can't get into your brain you know that you will have all sorts of problems. to me, these are the symptoms: nausea, back and shoulder and neck pains, blurriness of eyesight, massive headache if i lack sleep, insomnia and difficulty speaking, chewing, yawning.
for the past few days, i have been seeing the effects of TMJ on me and so i avoid opening my mouth for long periods of time (to talk or sing and do all sorts of things)... you cannot really cure TMJ, there is no surgical treatment for it... but you can cure the symptoms by trying to develop muscle tissues between the skull and the jaw. this is why i have my splint, to prevent the jaw and the skull from rubbing against each other and to allow my body to build those muscle tissues. but im sure by now whatever muscle tissues i have been able to "grow" in the past have been ripped apart and torn down by all the chewing and talking and yawning i have been doing for the past months. by now, my splint has been worn out so much and is no longer functioning as it should. i badly need to have my splint adjusted... i need to think and feel and clearly again. never mind the smell of clinic water and of surgical gloves and the pain of dentists pulling my face up and down for oral therapy... i would gladly sit on a dentist's chair right now than on any other chair in the world.
the one with the super villain character
sometimes motherly...most of the time a deceiving vixen... yikes, scary! anyway, to take the test, click here. let me know who you are!
a song six years too late
for the one who will always be close enough... how did you know my heart was missing a heartbeat without a song? upon hearing this, i felt transported back to the time when you were here with me and my hand would always find yours and your steps would always somehow oddly and yet fortunately, lead to me... back to the days and nights when it seemed all like a dream... at least to me... each time haunting and foolish and difficult to escape... back to that bittersweet spot from where you tried not to say goodbye and i tried to be brave... back to that same spot which the waves of time has somehow managed to wash away... but never quite did...
Ocean Size Love
by Leigh Nash
I know what I'm doing may be dumb
I know I should not be staring at the sun
But the thought of you leads me to temptation
It's the same whatever side you're on
Separated we are delicate and small
And the space between, needs our attention
I see you right in front of me, as close as you can get
And I pray that you won't leave, this daydream yet
And it might seem much too far, to get back to where you are
But it's close enough, with an ocean size love
So if you can't reach out to me, send a sign across the sea
And I'll pick it up, with an ocean size love
I don't have to worry any more
If I really need you I'll go to the shore
And the thought of you there is my protection
I see you right in front of me, a vision in my head
And I know this is as real, as a daydream gets
And it might seem much too far, to get back to where you are
But it's close enough, with an ocean size love
So if you can't reach out to me, send a sign across the sea
And I'll pick it up, with an ocean size love
You make no sound, but I can hear you in the wind
I can see this never ends, like the sea, like you for me
And it's close enough, with an ocean size love
So if you can't reach out to me, send a sign across the sea
And I'll pick it up, with an ocean size love
And it might seem much too far, to get back to where you are
But it's close enough, with an ocean size love
So if you can't reach out to me, send a sign across the sea
And I'll pick it up, with an ocean size love
...now it all seems much too far but at the same time, close enough...
wat-evah!
sobrang cute ng batang ito, pramis! salamat aj for sharing this to me :) what if turuan ko yung mga kids sa sunday school ng wat-evah? hehe... baka matanggal ako sa ministry ng 'di oras!
new blog things
hi guys! i've added two new widgets to my blog. one is the "create a simpson character" widget which you see above and the other is the "the brain knows something about you..." widget which you can find below the blog posts. both are keeping me from doing what im supposed to do right now (review the issues resolved by my team) because both are so much fun! i just played with the "brain" and it pointed out something very true for me after a few tries: You often misplace things. Haha! hope you try them out and let me know what you guys think!
by the way, ill try to post my simpson character one of these days. right now, i cant seem to find the right nose to fit my face :)
by the way, ill try to post my simpson character one of these days. right now, i cant seem to find the right nose to fit my face :)
the one without a song
i hate waking up on mornings and find out there's no more coffee in my supplies. what i have each morning is far from the coffee that i would really prefer (ill talk about this in another post soon) but i would like a cup each morning just the same. but anyway, what i hate even more is waking up on mornings to find out there's nothing in my iPod playlist i would want to listen to. not a song i can relate to or a song i want to sing to. i have no idea why or how or when i became like this, but i have to have a theme song everyday. i know how corny this may sound, but when i can't find that particular song, i feel very dull and gray and i just know my day will be so much less than great and far less than fantastic.
it was like that this morning. i was shuffling my songs in my iPod and went through each one by one, but didn't find my song. i hate to sound dramatic and corny at the same time, but yes i went through my day, songless. and so today, nothing particularly bad or disappointing or discouraging happened, but nothing extraordinarily fantastic or happy or encouraging came along either.
im not saying i am not thankful for today... i still am, for so many things. but i just want to be able to say, that i hate songless days and i wish i have less than more of it in the coming days.
it was like that this morning. i was shuffling my songs in my iPod and went through each one by one, but didn't find my song. i hate to sound dramatic and corny at the same time, but yes i went through my day, songless. and so today, nothing particularly bad or disappointing or discouraging happened, but nothing extraordinarily fantastic or happy or encouraging came along either.
im not saying i am not thankful for today... i still am, for so many things. but i just want to be able to say, that i hate songless days and i wish i have less than more of it in the coming days.
The Law of the Garbage Truck
by David J. Pollay
How often do you let other people's nonsense change your mood? Do you let a bad driver, rude waiter, curt boss, or an insensitive employee ruin your day? Unless you're the Terminator, for an instant you're probably set back on your heels. However, the mark of a successful person is how quickly he/she can get back her focus on what's important.
Sixteen years ago I learned this lesson. I learned it in the back of a New York City taxi cab. Here's what happened.
I hopped in a taxi, and we took off for Grand Central Station. We were driving in the right lane when, all of a sudden, a black car jumped out of a parking space right in front of us. My taxi driver slammed on his breaks, skidded, and missed the other car's back end by just inches!
The driver of the other car, the guy who almost caused a big accident, whipped his head around and he started yelling bad words at us.
My taxi driver just smiled and waved at the guy. And I mean, he was friendly. So, I said, 'Why did you just do that? This guy almost ruined your car and sent us to the hospital!'
And this is when my taxi driver told me what I now call, 'The Law of the Garbage Truck.'
Many people are like garbage trucks. They run around full of garbage, full of frustration, full of anger, and full of disappointment. As their garbage piles up, they need a place to dump it. And if you let them, they'll dump it on you. When someone wants to dump on you, don't take it personally.
You just smile, wave, wish them well, and move on. You'll be happy you did.
So this was it: The 'Law of the Garbage Truck.' I started thinking, how often do I let Garbage Trucks run right over me? And how often do I take their garbage and spread it to other people: at work, at home, on the streets? It was that day I said, 'I'm not going to do it anymore.' I began to see garbage trucks. I see the load they're carrying. I see them coming to drop it off. And like my Taxi Driver, I don't make it a personal thing; I just smile, wave, wish them well, and I move on.
Good leaders know they have to be ready for their next meeting. Good parents know that they have to welcome their children home from school with hugs and kisses. Teachers and parents know that they have to be fully present and at their best for the people they care about.
The bottom line is that successful people do not let Garbage Trucks take over their day. What about you? What would happen in your life, starting today, if you let more garbage trucks pass you by?
Here's my bet. You'll be happier.
So.. Love the people who treat you right. Forget about the ones who don't. Believe that everything happens for a reason. If you get a chance , TAKE IT! If it changes your life , LET IT!
Thanks, Lorie for forwarding this!
How often do you let other people's nonsense change your mood? Do you let a bad driver, rude waiter, curt boss, or an insensitive employee ruin your day? Unless you're the Terminator, for an instant you're probably set back on your heels. However, the mark of a successful person is how quickly he/she can get back her focus on what's important.
Sixteen years ago I learned this lesson. I learned it in the back of a New York City taxi cab. Here's what happened.
I hopped in a taxi, and we took off for Grand Central Station. We were driving in the right lane when, all of a sudden, a black car jumped out of a parking space right in front of us. My taxi driver slammed on his breaks, skidded, and missed the other car's back end by just inches!
The driver of the other car, the guy who almost caused a big accident, whipped his head around and he started yelling bad words at us.
My taxi driver just smiled and waved at the guy. And I mean, he was friendly. So, I said, 'Why did you just do that? This guy almost ruined your car and sent us to the hospital!'
And this is when my taxi driver told me what I now call, 'The Law of the Garbage Truck.'
Many people are like garbage trucks. They run around full of garbage, full of frustration, full of anger, and full of disappointment. As their garbage piles up, they need a place to dump it. And if you let them, they'll dump it on you. When someone wants to dump on you, don't take it personally.
You just smile, wave, wish them well, and move on. You'll be happy you did.
So this was it: The 'Law of the Garbage Truck.' I started thinking, how often do I let Garbage Trucks run right over me? And how often do I take their garbage and spread it to other people: at work, at home, on the streets? It was that day I said, 'I'm not going to do it anymore.' I began to see garbage trucks. I see the load they're carrying. I see them coming to drop it off. And like my Taxi Driver, I don't make it a personal thing; I just smile, wave, wish them well, and I move on.
Good leaders know they have to be ready for their next meeting. Good parents know that they have to welcome their children home from school with hugs and kisses. Teachers and parents know that they have to be fully present and at their best for the people they care about.
The bottom line is that successful people do not let Garbage Trucks take over their day. What about you? What would happen in your life, starting today, if you let more garbage trucks pass you by?
Here's my bet. You'll be happier.
So.. Love the people who treat you right. Forget about the ones who don't. Believe that everything happens for a reason. If you get a chance , TAKE IT! If it changes your life , LET IT!
Thanks, Lorie for forwarding this!
the one where things fall apart
things around me seem to be falling apart or get broken these days, or that they simply stop working. usually literally although sometimes also figuratively. so here's what happened:
- the first thing to fall apart was my health. i have mentioned this in my previous post so i will not explain further. good thing i have been getting a lot of sleep lately so my health has improved a lot and the black spots in my legs are almost gone. according to my self-diagnosis, it is indeed anemia or low-blood (again, from lack of sleep and poor nutrition). now, im getting better and taking better care of myself.
- next to fall apart was my cellphone. from my hand or the tray i was carrying, my cellphone slipped and dropped on the floor twice one Sunday night causing the housing (particularly, the covering for the screen) to break and well, fall apart. for a few days, i kept using my phone in that condition, until i was able to find a replacement for it. from metallic pink, my cellphone housing is now dark blue. by the way, cellphone housings cost P40 pesos in pateros. it's only P25 in guadalupe.
- another thing that got broken lately was my cellphone charger. one of the two pins that you plug into the outlet fell apart. it's still broken up to now, and i haven't replaced it because i am still able to use the charger as long as i fasten that pin back in place before plugging it in. it works, pero hassle.
- last wednesday afternoon, it flooded in my studio as the hose supplying water to my kitchen faucet fell apart. i don't know what i did or what i didn't do to cause that, but it was ugly. i hesitated to do anything at first until my carpet was beginning to get soaked. i couldn't easily put a basin or pail under my sink because there wasn't enough room for the pail and my basin had other things in it. when i saw that my carpet was getting wet, i started looked for other things i could use and remembered that i have plastic containers stacked on top of each other that temporarily serve as my drawers. i quickly removed the clothes from one of the containers then placed that under my sink to temporarily keep the water from flooding my entire house. water was coming out of the broken hose fast so i had to find another solution. i docked under the sink again to see if there was some way i could stop the water. vulca seal came into my mind, after all there was a hardware right outside our gate. after further inspection, i saw that there's a knob controlling the supply of water to the kitchen sink. nothing happened when i turned that knob to the right. since i was already getting dizzy (from all the docking and the stooping down), i stood up then sat and rested for a little bit. later on, i docked under the sink again then turned the same knob the other way around -- this time, the water stopped! thank God! so this means, ive managed to stop the water from flooding my house but i have also stopped water from coming into my kitchen. good thing i never really liked washing dishes so i can live through this easily until the plumber comes dropping by! dapat kahapon pa, but i waited for him in vain. hopefully within the week dumating na sya.
- so after the kitchen sink disaster, the next thing to fall apart was my iPod earphones! it had been falling apart for quite sometime now, but i kept using it. one morning, i couldn't hear any sound at all. the next day, i visited the power mac center at greenbelt then bought new earphones. it was a sennheiser that had volume controls and a casing. the price was twice than what i thought it would be, pero so far, im happy :)
my new earphones, only mine is white
- the other night, sunday, i think, i got home and went into the bathroom. i clicked on the switch to turn on the light and nothing happened. i clicked again. nothing. thinking that the bulb could be busted, i replaced it with the lightbulb from the kitchen. getting the bulb from the kitchen ceiling was a difficult feat and i've managed to do that by standing on the back of the sofa and stretching one arm to the wall and another arm to the ceiling. im such a plastic woman! so after managing to replace the bulb in the bathroom with the bulb from the kitchen (which i know to be working), i clicked on the switch again and waited. clicked, then waited. still, nothing happened. oh well, i guess i would have to call the electrician soon. first the plumber. and now, the electrician. good thing, the house is still under warranty so everything that needs fixing will be fixed without any cost from me. but still...
- ah! and then lastly, just this morning, as i was trying to boil water for my morning coffee -- i found out that my electric kettle was not working! after all the things that have been falling apart lately, im still actually shocked and disappointed to learn this. but i was no longer hesitant to do anything but instead, my instict told me to investigate! yeba! i had to see first if it was the kettle or related to the already-known-fact that there's a problem with electrical wiring in my house. i then tested to see if other appliances (electric stove in this case) would work if i plug them in the same socket i was plugging the kettle into. the stove did work so it must not be the socket. good thing! i plugged the kettle in a different socket and when that didn't work again, i had to hypothesize that the problem lies with the kettle! seeing that the kettle had an outlet converter attached to it, i removed the converter, plugged the electric fan into it then plugged it into an outlet. ayun, ayaw nga! i got a different converter, plugged the kettle into that new one and my kettle worked at last! things would have ended pretty nicely if i also had a 3-in-1 coffee with me, pero after boiling water, i discovered that i have also ran out of coffee! haha! sayang!
teriyaki girl
last night, i was supposed to meet a friend who said he wanted to meet me before he leaves for a 3-month assignment to malaysia. minutes before our scheduled meeting time, he called me up and told me he needs to stay overtime and finish some work due the following day. so, upon learning about our canceled date, i immediately IM-ed one of my APC friends and invited her to go malling with me instead. she had a better idea and immediately called up a mutual friend and asked her if she could join us. what turned out to be a dinner date for two became an instant barkada gimik on a thursday night! im not sure who suggested it, pero we decided to have dinner at teriyaki boy in glorietta. i excitedly said yes sure because i not only love japanese food but i have very fond memories about my dining experiences at the said restaurant -- sarap kasi talaga ng food nila and not too pricey. definitely much better than tokyo, tokyo (although i love tokyo tokyo's pork tonkatsu and tonkatsu sauce). at teriyaki boy, kanin pa lang masarap na talaga! i particularly like their gyoza and syempre, their various teriyaki dishes. the best talaga! and what's even better, i get to have dinner with two of my good friends at APC that night :)
-ooo-
weeks before that thursday, i attended a Japanese cooking class offered free by the company. in that class, i learned how to cook and prepare tempura and tempura sauce as well as kani salad. they're really easy to make, once you have all the ingredients you need. i can't wait to try them out on my own.
third eye
from a text message mavic forwarded me last night. salamat, ate! natawa ako sobra dito, haha!
Professor: If you'll be given a chance to have a 3rd eye, san mo ito ilalagay at bakit?
(dami sumagot pero isa lang ang nag-stand-out)
Girl: Sir, sa puso ko para 'di na mabulag sa pag-ibig.
yes, panalo!
Professor: If you'll be given a chance to have a 3rd eye, san mo ito ilalagay at bakit?
(dami sumagot pero isa lang ang nag-stand-out)
Girl: Sir, sa puso ko para 'di na mabulag sa pag-ibig.
yes, panalo!
blog-starved and anemic
it's 2.21am and i have been blogging for more than 7 or 8 hours now. nawili ako sa kakalagay ng feeds and ads. you see, i haven't blogged for quite a while so im actually blog-starved. not to mention, im also starving literally for having skipped dinner (ugh) and also feeling dizzy by now. i think i may be anemic already just like in high school when i would sleep at 3am for several straight weeks...
okay, so now everyone knows how addicted i can be at this :) im stopping now... all the irregular hours of sleep and sleeping past midnight is really bad for the health, and im beginning to get worried and even texted my friend earlier about getting my blood tested and getting a check-up. tomorrow (which is already today) im going to the doctor na talaga. please help me pray that nothing serious is happening. okay? olrayt, uwi na ako.
okay, so now everyone knows how addicted i can be at this :) im stopping now... all the irregular hours of sleep and sleeping past midnight is really bad for the health, and im beginning to get worried and even texted my friend earlier about getting my blood tested and getting a check-up. tomorrow (which is already today) im going to the doctor na talaga. please help me pray that nothing serious is happening. okay? olrayt, uwi na ako.
year-end party photos
here are a few photos from our year-end party held at the PICC last August 25. except for Hale and Mocha, most of the performers were participants from the various Manila Delivery Centre dance courses. the performances weren't that great dahil parang kulang sa practice... goes to show how we all are busy with work, hehe! but just the same we did have a lot of fun which is what's most important :)
i submitted some entries for the photo contest (sponsored by our club) that night and although i didn't win, 2 out of 3 were highly commended. sayang, no? it would have been nice if i had won :)
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the dj and his operating table
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upside down (highly commended)
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champ of hale
ayun lang, folks. hope you enjoyed them!
of scooter rides and a TV commercial
when i was in the US, one of my favorite commercials was that of an internet or broadband service provider. i can't exactly remember the name of the provider (but maybe 'Comcast') but the commercial (which to me is pretty hilarious) features two old-looking turtles, a husband-turtle and a wife-turtle (called the Slowsky's), and goes something like this:
the husband-turtle and the wife-turtle are both facing in front, as if being interviewed by the camera man. they seem to be talking to a customer service representative and are complaining about their internet downloads being 'too fast' and that well, (turtles paused and then looked at each other for a brief moment), 'they felt rushed' :) poor turtles!
well, anyway... i am telling this story about the Slowsky's to describe how i recenlty felt while riding a scooter. this happened the same day as the isaw day (see previous post). We were inside a campus kaya malakas ang loob ko. one of our friends brought his scooter and we (the girls) thought it would be fun if we could try it out. doubting my balance skills and knowing that i could easily get nervous or skittish, i decided to just ride in the back and let my friend do the driving, thinking to myself how easy breezy it would be. after all, this is just a scoot, not a motorbike.... and from what i know, scoots are sort of girly -- but no, i was wrong in thinking this. that scoot is quite different. ang bilis nya talaga! my friend who owns that scoot, explained to me, that although it's only a scoot, it's still quite "powerful". as soon as we started moving, he made sure that we would run fast, and as soon as i realized how fast we were, nagtititili na ako! scandalous talaga!
i think we were only driving at 50-60kph, pero to me that was fast enough. my heart was really pounding and i was screaming the whole time lalo na nung may humps at lumiko kami papuntang UP Film Center. nahilo talaga ang mundo ko. i was really panicking, my hands started to feel cold and numb and just like the Slowsky's "i felt rushed", haha! true, i was excited but also very scared. while all this was happening, yung driver naman tuwang-tuwa pa! argh! i wasn't wearing a helmet then and i think that contributed to why i was panicking that much.
grabe no, i dont have any lessons learned here really, gusto ko lang i-share yung experience. although here's what i think: im starting to believe that the more we grow older, the more we become afraid to try new things. how sad! is it because we're too afraid of dealing with any hospital bills? :) i really don't know...pero from now on, no more scooters or motorbikes for me -- promise -- at least not without any helmets and drivers who seem to enjoy seeing me suffer or panic :p
the husband-turtle and the wife-turtle are both facing in front, as if being interviewed by the camera man. they seem to be talking to a customer service representative and are complaining about their internet downloads being 'too fast' and that well, (turtles paused and then looked at each other for a brief moment), 'they felt rushed' :) poor turtles!
well, anyway... i am telling this story about the Slowsky's to describe how i recenlty felt while riding a scooter. this happened the same day as the isaw day (see previous post). We were inside a campus kaya malakas ang loob ko. one of our friends brought his scooter and we (the girls) thought it would be fun if we could try it out. doubting my balance skills and knowing that i could easily get nervous or skittish, i decided to just ride in the back and let my friend do the driving, thinking to myself how easy breezy it would be. after all, this is just a scoot, not a motorbike.... and from what i know, scoots are sort of girly -- but no, i was wrong in thinking this. that scoot is quite different. ang bilis nya talaga! my friend who owns that scoot, explained to me, that although it's only a scoot, it's still quite "powerful". as soon as we started moving, he made sure that we would run fast, and as soon as i realized how fast we were, nagtititili na ako! scandalous talaga!
i think we were only driving at 50-60kph, pero to me that was fast enough. my heart was really pounding and i was screaming the whole time lalo na nung may humps at lumiko kami papuntang UP Film Center. nahilo talaga ang mundo ko. i was really panicking, my hands started to feel cold and numb and just like the Slowsky's "i felt rushed", haha! true, i was excited but also very scared. while all this was happening, yung driver naman tuwang-tuwa pa! argh! i wasn't wearing a helmet then and i think that contributed to why i was panicking that much.
grabe no, i dont have any lessons learned here really, gusto ko lang i-share yung experience. although here's what i think: im starting to believe that the more we grow older, the more we become afraid to try new things. how sad! is it because we're too afraid of dealing with any hospital bills? :) i really don't know...pero from now on, no more scooters or motorbikes for me -- promise -- at least not without any helmets and drivers who seem to enjoy seeing me suffer or panic :p
we came, we saw, we isaw-ed
One Sunday afternoon last month, my friends and I decided to go on an "Isaw Trip" to UP. Being members of the same photography club, I thought we were also going to take photos around the campus after eating. To my surprise, I was the only one who brought an SLR -- they were also surprised to see me armored with my camera. Anyway, I ended up not taking any photos that day because I was more interested in eating than anything else :)
one fine isaw day
one fine isaw dayFor those of you who may be too sosy to be aware, isaw is grilled chicken intestines that you normally eat on a stick with vinegar to complement its bitter taste which by the way according to this food article is "fecal matter" or in other words, chicken jebs, hehe! yummy? :)
anyway, if interested in trying isaw or any other street food for that matter (including betamax), go to UP Diliman and ask to be dropped off near the Coop and the post-office. It's usually available at around 4PM. It's good with a diet coke :)
anyway, if interested in trying isaw or any other street food for that matter (including betamax), go to UP Diliman and ask to be dropped off near the Coop and the post-office. It's usually available at around 4PM. It's good with a diet coke :)
Invite: A ComPEWter Seminar
Hello Friends and Countrymen!
Invite ko lang kayo to a 3-hour Microsoft Office Computer Seminar to be held this September 22, Saturday. The seminar will cover shortcuts, latest features of MS Powerpoint, Excel, and Word. The speaker is Jerry Liao, kapatid ng pastor namin ito at host ng InfoChat. He is a Microsoft Office Certified Professional, the first yata sa country if not the only. He really came to our church and offered his talent for this, free of charge kaya the tickets we’re selling cost much less than what you would normally have to pay for sa labas. These seminars usually cost around P1000 or more. Our tickets only cost P300 and each participant will receive Microsoft Certificates at the end of the training.
If you know of any students, professionals who may be interested please have them contact me at gfyrivera@yahoo.com. Proceeds from this seminar will go to our church’s Benevolence Ministry.
Salamat again, folks and God bless!
Invite ko lang kayo to a 3-hour Microsoft Office Computer Seminar to be held this September 22, Saturday. The seminar will cover shortcuts, latest features of MS Powerpoint, Excel, and Word. The speaker is Jerry Liao, kapatid ng pastor namin ito at host ng InfoChat. He is a Microsoft Office Certified Professional, the first yata sa country if not the only. He really came to our church and offered his talent for this, free of charge kaya the tickets we’re selling cost much less than what you would normally have to pay for sa labas. These seminars usually cost around P1000 or more. Our tickets only cost P300 and each participant will receive Microsoft Certificates at the end of the training.
If you know of any students, professionals who may be interested please have them contact me at gfyrivera@yahoo.com. Proceeds from this seminar will go to our church’s Benevolence Ministry.
Salamat again, folks and God bless!
slightly cracked
-im so glad to know i have friends at work na medyo may sayad din-
i really feel slightly cracked today. just tired and lacking good sleep. other than that, im truly happy. i got my salary letter and my increase was more than what i was praying for. my efforts at work were also recognized and i was given an award for that. mini-award lang, no shiny plaque to boast of or awarding ceremonies to attend to. its really just an email recognizing how i have demonstrated professionalism and confidence daw. okay no? grateful naman ako. answered prayer ang lahat ng ito dahil syempre i want my efforts talaga to be recognized dahil hindi naman madali ang aming trabaho. isa pa, im really working hard dahil kelangan ko ng pambayad sa mortgage, hehe! although im not going to be promoted this year, im happy just the same. eto yung details nung award:
Performance Factor: Demonstrates Professionalism and Confidence.
Outcome: Gezelle inherited a project that was behind schedule Day 1 and did not have any experienced team members to help her. Despite this challenge, Gezelle remained poised, professional, enthusiastic, and cautiously optimistic. She promised to work hard, but did not promise to do things the team could not accomplish. She clearly articulated her own s! kills, her concerns about the schedule, and potential risks we faced. Gezelle's balanced view and hard work greatly help the team.
bubble gang -- apc chapter
-the one where everybody fits-thanks mareng lorie, ate mavic, momon and joon for the birthday surprise! somehow i knew pero still sobrang surprised pa rin ako. salamat for making my birthday special! :)
-this is us, goofing around at starbucks-
in this picture above, reflector daw yung takip ng cake to remove shadows around the chin area. haha, ang technical di ba! nakakatawa yung mga kuha namin that night. all of us have DSLRs, pero kahit isa walang may dala. nagtiyaga na lang tuloy kami sa camera phone ni lorie, hehe. more photos at lorie lakwatsera's site. when you go there, you will know how old i am :)
chinese cemetery walking tour
bago matapos ang buwan ng hunyo, nag-sponsor ang aming photo club ng walking tour at sa pagkakataong ito, sa chinese cemetery (malapit sa la loma north cemetery) naman kami pumunta. malapit lang ang sementeryong ito sa bahay ng lola at sa pagkakaalam ko, meron kaming mga kamag-anak na dito nakalibing, pero sa kabila nito hindi pa ako nakarating duon. wala akong inaasahang makita ruon kundi mga mosuleo, mga anghel na estatwa at templo pero ganon pa man, excited pa rin ako dahil natatandaan ko ang sinabi sa akin ng kaibigan kong dayuhan na mahilig din sa photograpiya, na isa sa paborito nyang lugar sa maynila ang sementeryong ito ng mga intsik. kaya hindi ko na talaga pinalagpas ang pagkakataon.
halos apat na oras kaming naglakad sa loob ng sementeryo (sinuguro naming matapos bago pa dumilim) at sa loob ng oras na ito, sa pagkakaalam ko, wala naman kaming nakita o naramdamang kakaiba... salamat na lang talaga dahil baka di ko kayanin kung sakaling may lumitaw na kung ano sa kung saan man... sa likod, sa gilid o sa harap namin o maging sa isa sa aming mga larawan. hay, buti na lang talaga!
ilan sa mga paborito kong kuha ay ang mga sumusunod: yung apoy, lotus flower, si juvy na nakasuot ng t-shirt na "i love HK" at may dalang payong, si lola habang binabasa ang nakasulat sa puntod ni apolinario mabini, pati na rin ang harapan ng templo at ang gothic-inspired na mosuleo. dito nga raw nilibing nung una si mabini, pero inilipat na ang mga labi nito sa batangas sa kanyang lalawigan. ilan pa sa mga kakaibang nakita namin duon ay mga gothic-inspired na mosuleo, libingan na itinulad sa arkitektura ng CCP at ng isang simbahan sa loob ng UP Diliman (malapit sa infirmary), libingan na may nagbabantay na sphinx, at libingan na hugis pagong! nakita rin namin duon ang libingan ng may-ari ng restaurant na "ma mon luk".
aliw talaga ako sa walking tour na ito, sana matuwa rin kayo sa mga litratong kinuha ko. click kayo dito. salamat!
can hardly wait
thanks to APC (Accenture Photography Club), i have additional budget to buy a novel from powerbooks! the club gave me P200 for being 2nd placer in the june photo of the month. the theme was "father's day" and i submitted a photo taken from an eco tour last february. konti lang nag-submit kaya siguro napili ako, hehe.
i don't know what book to get uli pero most likely anything from neil gaiman, maybe "stardust" in case i found a copy. ngayong taon lang ako naging fan ni neil gaiman who has been described by others as a "witty, foolishly wise narrator" something which i absolutely agree with. sayang, sana i became a fan before or while i was in the US. it would be much easier for me to find his works kung sakali at pwede pa akong magbenta, hehe! exciting sobra, not knowing what the next book will be and what that book will unfold for me but knowing it will be from neil gaiman, im almost sure it will not be disappointing.
here are the two books from neil gaiman that i found to be truly entertaining -- one is "Coraline", a dark and frightening story for kids featuring an adventurous heroine and the other is "Anansi Boys", a funny and almost magical story about Fat Charlie Nancy, his dad and his unknown brother whom Fat Charlie later discovers are both gods. in the book, Fat Charlie is not really fat... or has not been fat for a long time now but somehow the name stuck and people kept calling him that. if you want to find out why, ask me sometime or get a copy of "Anansi Boys" from the bookstores, hehe.
ayun lang, have a good day everyone!
my best friend's wedding
...i have never seen my friend more beautiful than on her wedding day...
unlike in the movie, i didn't try to stop her wedding BUT i did try to convince my friend to make me photographer instead of bridesmaid -- i think she almost got convinced, pero she thought it was more important for me to be in the entourage than behind the camera. sayang!
best wishes, therese and rich! im truly so happy for you. friend, you look sobrang ganda talaga from the start until the end of the wedding -- kering-keri mo ang mga pangyayari during the ceremony and the reception! i keep telling hannah this, sabi ko talaga you have a different aura about you that i haven't seen in you before. gusto ko ganon din ako pag kinasal ako, promise! congratulations ulit and stay happy! :)
best wishes, therese and rich! im truly so happy for you. friend, you look sobrang ganda talaga from the start until the end of the wedding -- kering-keri mo ang mga pangyayari during the ceremony and the reception! i keep telling hannah this, sabi ko talaga you have a different aura about you that i haven't seen in you before. gusto ko ganon din ako pag kinasal ako, promise! congratulations ulit and stay happy! :)
just as you had wished, i also pray to be part of every milestone in your married life from today onwards -- sana gawin mo na akong photographer next time, hehe!
small, spinning world
this photo was taken at an amusement center in glorietta. together with other friends from our photo club, i attended a free travel photography class sponsored by the filipinas heritage library. i won 50 free 4R prints for this -- first time i won something for a photo i submitted. yay!
never wither
tattooed petals
this photo was taken sometime during the holy week. it was black saturday, i think. venue was in front of the faculty center in UP Diliman. went there with my brother and was there for almost two hours. we weren't able to go around at all. when we saw these flowers, my brother decided to stay on the same spot until sundown and we could no longer take any pictures using natural light. i wanted to go around and take pictures of the steps in front of the library or the joggers around the sunken garden but i decided to stay beside him and make the most out of our chosen subject. i guess we both really saw something special about these flowers.
as if from a dream or a painting
from a place called avilon zoo
a shy parrot
a snobbish turtle
a happy ostrich
and other animals from a place called the avilon zoo
some kind of wonderful
ever heard of the saying, "when life gives you kalamansi, make palabok"? this was sort of my motto earlier today when i woke up at 3am all of a sudden and no matter how i try to turn or change my position in the bed or shut my eyes really close or try to relax myself and let go of any thoughts, i couldn't seem to get back to sleep. it took me some 20 minutes to finally decide id get up and make something out of it. fortunately, i brought the office laptop with me. here's what came out of my playing around picasa from 3am until 5 in the morning:
so, i guess it wasnt bad that my sleep was interrupted after all. this is a collage of wedding pictures i took last december. it was my friend mau's civil wedding and she invited me to be her photographer. although it was on Christmas Day, i didn't hesitate. she was a good friend and i didn't really have anything much to do that day. really, no big family reunion planned that day and nope, i have no ninongs or ninangs to visit. not that i would visit even if i do.
the wedding was really simple, only very close relatives and a few friends were invited. i am really glad to be part of it.
of radio stars, unfortunate plants and a trip to the zoo
of radio stars...
- when my ipod ran out of power two days ago, i started tuning again into my cellphone's FM Radio. i forgot about radios since i discovered Napster and MP3s several years ago. but desperate times call for desperate measures. it's really hard to imagine my mornings and my daily commute without music or something to listen to. it's essential to me. just like my 3-in-1 coffee.
- what i listen to on my radio is Chico and Dela Mar's Morning Rush. it's been on the airwaves since i can remember and it's not hard to see why. it's really an entertaining show. those guys are so funny and candid and they have quite a chemistry. when im on the jeep or walking in the Guadalupe market, i find it hard to keep myself from laughing as i listen to those guys talk or react about their topic of the day which can be anything from spooky to kinky to almost relevant to absolutely irrelevant. whatever it is, they can slice it up or spice it up in a way that you keep tuned in and engaged until you reach your destination.
- the last time i listened to a daily countdown on the radio, "November Rain" by guns n' roses was number one. guess what year was that, haha! it was summer vacation and i would tune in to Campus Radio as I help out with the sari-sari store my lola owns. im the tindera from 11am to 1pm. this was a routine for me for almost the entire summer. i must have thought the Triggerman was cool back then.
- early this evening, i was at the SMART Wireless Center, trying to have my phone re-activated. neglected to pay my bills again this month. as i wait for my turn, a guy in green shirt and baseball cap approached the security guard and asked the guard a question. he said thanks and then walked away. it was Mo Twister. my students always listen to his radio show. i haven't heard it, but im interested.
of unfortunate plants...
- just when i thought i had green thumb just like my dad, one of my indoor plant started to die. it happened when i stayed at my lola's for the weekend. i watered it and for days observed if the leaves will turn green again. they didn't. so i decided it's too much work and probably hopeless then placed the plant near the window, behind the curtains. im hiding a dying plant behind my curtains -- i've become a plant murderer and the once fortune plant is now an unfortunate plant! how sad!
- the other plant was doing a little better. it's growing new leaves even, but i have discovered that black ants have decided to grow a colony within its soil. hay! ants in the plant! i called my mom and asked her what to do... she said to keep the soil dry because ants prefer the soil moist... but wouldn't that kill the plant eventually? my best friend suggested to give up the plant and place it outside instead, together with the other garden plants in the compound. maybe this is what i should have also done with the now unfortunate plant instead of hiding it behind the curtains...
of trip to the zoo...
- last Sunday, I went with my friends to the Avilon zoo in Rizal. really huge zoo and quite decent. almost comparable to this public zoo in chicago. they have a large collection of birds and interesting collection of turtles, scorpions and tarantulas. they have happy ostriches, colorful peacocks, llamas, cougars, dignified tigers, lovely parrots, pythons, sleepy lions, owls, hiyenas, monkeys... so many and so diverse! my favorite was not the turtles but their flock of sheep. it felt amazing to watch them do... well, nothing. my guy friend said it was sort of relaxing. in my mind, i was imagining that i was a shepherd in the Biblical times kind of way -- ancient, hehe! anyway, i hope you can visit the Avilon zoo sometime this summer. there are no elephants nor giraffes which i was hoping i'd see, but i assure you there are many other species which you'll enjoy discovering or learning more about. To see pictures, click here.
Killers on Valentine's Day
the game, that is.
last wednesday, valentine's day, i decided to ask my students to teach me how to play billiards. at the cybermall training center, we have a large pantry that has two foosball tables and a billiards table and we are allowed to play during lunch breaks and after office hours. it was around 7pm when i went out of the training room and decided to join them.
the students were in the middle of a game but they were willing to let me hold the stick and try a few shots myself. i am not good at this game and i never really cared for it. normally i would just pass by the billiards table and excitedly join or start a foosball match myself. i just love foosball, i have loved it from the first ever game i played almost 7 years ago. this time though, i thought id give billiards a chance. just like trying learn anything for the first time, i was hesitant to hold the stick and wondered if it was worth it. but my students were really patient and accomodating so, that encouraged me to stay and play some more. they were in the middle of a game already, but they would let me try some easy shots from time to time. i stayed until they finished their set and agreed to join the next one. this time they said, we were going to play killers.
naturally, i have no idea what killers is. never heard of it. again, i hesitated and wanted to tell them that there's no need to change rules now, that we can continue to play the same game they were playing before i joined in which one person shoots the striped balls and the other person shoots the solid-colored balls. that's cool right? easy, i thought to myself. i can totally do that.
the rules
but rather than questioning them, i gracefully submitted to their proposal and inquired about the rules of the game. according to them, in killers, there would be 15 balls on the table and there would be three players. a player gets assigned 5 balls, which the other two players will try to shoot out of the table during the game. a player gets eliminated if all of the balls assigned him or her have been forced off by the other players, or in some unfortunate cases, by himself even.
the outcome
out of the two games we played, i made so much more bad shots than good ones. sometimes i would even hit object balls before hitting the cue ball. there was very little direction or control or strategy to my game. but in the end, i won in both the two games we played. natalo ko sila pareho, hehe! obviously my students were kind and polite enough to let me win and were trying to force off each other's balls rather than those assigned to me just so i can continue to be in the game and learn some more. don't you think that's sweet? also kind of intersting... this time, they get to be the teacher and i get to be their student. basta, it may not be the best valentine ever, but its definitely worth remembering (ay, parang kanta 'to ni karen carpenter a, hehehe!)
last wednesday, valentine's day, i decided to ask my students to teach me how to play billiards. at the cybermall training center, we have a large pantry that has two foosball tables and a billiards table and we are allowed to play during lunch breaks and after office hours. it was around 7pm when i went out of the training room and decided to join them.
the students were in the middle of a game but they were willing to let me hold the stick and try a few shots myself. i am not good at this game and i never really cared for it. normally i would just pass by the billiards table and excitedly join or start a foosball match myself. i just love foosball, i have loved it from the first ever game i played almost 7 years ago. this time though, i thought id give billiards a chance. just like trying learn anything for the first time, i was hesitant to hold the stick and wondered if it was worth it. but my students were really patient and accomodating so, that encouraged me to stay and play some more. they were in the middle of a game already, but they would let me try some easy shots from time to time. i stayed until they finished their set and agreed to join the next one. this time they said, we were going to play killers.
naturally, i have no idea what killers is. never heard of it. again, i hesitated and wanted to tell them that there's no need to change rules now, that we can continue to play the same game they were playing before i joined in which one person shoots the striped balls and the other person shoots the solid-colored balls. that's cool right? easy, i thought to myself. i can totally do that.
the rules
but rather than questioning them, i gracefully submitted to their proposal and inquired about the rules of the game. according to them, in killers, there would be 15 balls on the table and there would be three players. a player gets assigned 5 balls, which the other two players will try to shoot out of the table during the game. a player gets eliminated if all of the balls assigned him or her have been forced off by the other players, or in some unfortunate cases, by himself even.
the outcome
out of the two games we played, i made so much more bad shots than good ones. sometimes i would even hit object balls before hitting the cue ball. there was very little direction or control or strategy to my game. but in the end, i won in both the two games we played. natalo ko sila pareho, hehe! obviously my students were kind and polite enough to let me win and were trying to force off each other's balls rather than those assigned to me just so i can continue to be in the game and learn some more. don't you think that's sweet? also kind of intersting... this time, they get to be the teacher and i get to be their student. basta, it may not be the best valentine ever, but its definitely worth remembering (ay, parang kanta 'to ni karen carpenter a, hehehe!)
the one where i announce something
hi folks,
first of all, i hope everyone's doing good, if not great. i HAVE GOT to tell you something. been having this dilemma for quite a while now. some of you may already know this. some of you don't. here goes -- i couldn't get into my blogger as often as i would like to which normally, would be daily (i.e. during lunch and after work hours OF COURSE). to remediate this, i decided to temporarily set up a new one.
the link is kind of hard to recall so you may have to go here first then click the link from here ok? honestly, even i could not remember it. seriously. it is -- http://www.blogtics.com/index.php?blogId=8
see. told you. any ideas how i can get a cool link for my new blog? suggestions are most welcome.
hope you visit that when you get the chance :)
first of all, i hope everyone's doing good, if not great. i HAVE GOT to tell you something. been having this dilemma for quite a while now. some of you may already know this. some of you don't. here goes -- i couldn't get into my blogger as often as i would like to which normally, would be daily (i.e. during lunch and after work hours OF COURSE). to remediate this, i decided to temporarily set up a new one.
the link is kind of hard to recall so you may have to go here first then click the link from here ok? honestly, even i could not remember it. seriously. it is -- http://www.blogtics.com/index.php?blogId=8
see. told you. any ideas how i can get a cool link for my new blog? suggestions are most welcome.
hope you visit that when you get the chance :)
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