as to how I now have a boyfriend

"C'mon! You've got to help me pick out something for L." I said to C, as we walked through gb5. C was yakking on about how girl number 4 in his quest for the ideal girlfriend turned out to be some kind of needy psychotic graphic artist in a trendy magazine. C had his hand on my back to keep us from being separated in the christmas crowd.

"You know, she actually had the gall to call me at 4am to tell me that she was just getting home from another one of their high-pressure last minute thing I don't understand.", C said.  I nodded noncommittally as C continued to expand on how girl number 4 was so not normal.  I grabbed his arm to steer him to Aldo.

"I can't remember what L was ogling here but it's one of those big chunky rings with black thingies...", I said as we went into Aldo. 

"Ogling?", C asked with a leer.

"Get your mind out of the gutter." I looked up at him with a smile and leered right back at him.  He smiled his toothpaste smile and looked angelically around the store.

"How are we gonna share this?", I asked. I held up a set of earrings and ring with black stuff and bangles that could conceivably go with the earrings.

"Pay for it, D.  L's going to be basking in my presence tonight.  That's gift enough from me.", C patted my head condescendingly.

"That IS so gay! C, cough up! I'm an underpaid government employee. You're the one who charges clients by the hour."

I went to the cashier with C trailing behind me.  This time ranting about how hungry he was and how he was so tired from picking me up from the office and driving all the way back to Makati.

"Tagal pa ba?" C asked when he noticed I was looking at the other displays while the cashier attended to another customer.

I gave C a frown and held out my hand, palm up for his money.  C gave a big sigh and made a show of digging into his pockets.  He gave me his plastic with a long suffering look.  I really love the guy.

"Thanks C.  You know, with your credit limit, you should just make me your extension cardholder." I made a "kawawa-look" at him.

"No way, D! And I know your credit limit so you can't fool me."

"That's different!"

"Besides, antakaw mo eh. You'll eat me into debt."

"That's such a rude thing to say!"

"Eh true naman.  But don't worry, you're still hot!" C said with another leer. C nudged my back to push me towards the cashier who was available.  I elbowed his abs just to get even.  I stared at him while he signed the charge slip. Hot good-looking straight guy right here! I noticed the cashier staring at him too and gave her a small smile.  And then went back to staring at C.

"What?!" C said when he caught me staring at him.

"You're so cute! Crush kita." I said as I got the bags.

C put his arm around me, gave me a little squeeze and said "That's true. You're so lucky no?".  I rolled my eyes at him. C started to rant about girl number 4 again. I went back to half-listening and looked around at the people milling around gb5.

I guess C realized that we were only wandering aimlessly and decided we needed to go and pick up L. He looked at his watch and asked, "Tayo na ba?"

I shrugged off his arm and slipped my hand into his.  "Uhm, okay. But don't be too possessive ha?", I said while looking into his eyes.

I could barely keep my face straight.  He looked down at me with such a look of surprise (it's almost insulting in hindsight).  I bet that if he'd thought of it, he would have shaken my hand off.  I couldn't hold it in anymore and laughed in his face.

"Grabe, C! If you only saw your face." I let go of his hand and walked off leaving him standing there still with a surprised look on his face.  I looked back at  him and said "Tara na!"

A slow smile started to spread on C's face and he started walking toward me.  He put his arm around me and brushed the side of my neck with his fingers. Shiver.

"Sige, tayo na. And I promise I won't be too possessive. But I'll sometimes be jealous, ok?"

I elbowed him, "Let's go get L. I'm hungry na!"

"O see! I'll feed you pa.  All you have to be is sweet to me. I know that we get along well.  I love you since forever and I can and will love you until forever.  So, tayo na?"

"Ashushu. Alam mo lang na crush kita eh."

C pulled me closer, "Say yes na kasi."

"Seriously, C?"  I pulled back a little to look into his eyes.

He nodded solemnly.

"Sige, but I reserve the right to call it quits and still be friends. Ok?"

C gave a big smile looked into my eyes and said "You'll see D, we'll make it work.  It'll be easy between us." And right there in the middle of gb5, C gave me the sweetest kiss.  He took my hand and laced his fingers through mine and said softly, "Tayo na."

Sigh* (This is fiction, by the way.)

Cute guy at the office!!!

There's this really cute guy at the office.  Cool rocker vibe :)

I'm just sorry the photos are so blurred.  Apparently, my poor phone does NOT have autofocus!

While waiting for 2011

I'm going to show what I did while waiting for Santa.  Hahaha! Super delayed post...

I messed with my brother's dslr while waiting for midnight mass and while I was assigned at the gate to give aginaldo to the carolers. I had him fix the settings so I could take night pictures and basically treat his dslr as my own point-and-shoot camera. 

Here are some of my pictures:

I was taking pictures of the mango tree in front of the house because I liked how the camera was able to pick out the detail of the leaves.  Then my brother told me I might get a picture of something "scary", so I stopped.  Yup, I'm a big scaredy-cat.

I turned to the sky instead.  This was about 9pm, December 24.  It was a cloudy night and the sky was slightly orange-y.

Then, I tried some artsy-fartsy thing with the gate.

Anyway, it's 10:30pm, 1.5 hours until 2011.  It's quiet in our neighborhood.  I guess people here are heeding the DOH's call not to use fireworks. And hopefully, people are getting smart enough not to burn their money.  Oh, ok, except for that distant neighbor who sounds like he bought all the illegal fireworks shown on t.v.!

HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!

Things to do and resolutions

Home from Chi and Punch's wedding! Was sleepy earlier but now hyped...now boiling potatoes, carrots and chicken for tomorrow's salad, gonna dice them later. Hopefully the tedium will let me sleep.

Received an unexpected text on the way home tonight!!! Hahaha! Why'd you have to remind me of Jon? gah. I wonder if he's proposed to his girlfriend...

Well, the new year is looming and I've decided to make a list of resolutions. Believe me, I didn't do this before.  But, in line with my being, ehem, "more mature", I'm going to make a list of my resolutions and my things to do. Hahahah! But I'll also be covering my ass by not distinguishing between my "must-dos" and my "nice-to-dos".

Ok here goes:


1. Be more compassionate - coz, admittedly, I'm sometimes mata pobre
2. Save 1/4 of my salary - for future needs hahaha!
3. Be conscious of my posture - I'm getting slouchy AND a double chin. yech.
4. Seize the day more often or do something new every month
5. Learn to cook something exotic like pickled jellyfish or candied fish eyeballs or something like that
6. Lose 5 kilos or go back to waist size 27 whichever happens first
7. Travel around the Philippines -- Luzon first, then the other islands
8. Get to the Caverns of Hammerfest Hall of Fame

I'm going to stop here since 8 seems like a nice do-able number.

I think

I'm just a figment of my imagination.

Christmas "party"

At the invitation of JCAC, we went to his ancestral house in Pulilan, Bulacan! It was a beautiful example of an old Philippine house complete with azotea.  Hehehe, reminds me of Noli Me Tangere and high school.  The house itself was beautifully maintained with what looked like the original floor boards and ceiling. And, a huuuuuggggeeee lawn.  I could just see little children running around, playing with their dogs.

We had a simple lunch and then bingo! and then some other games afterward.

Some pictures of the place:

Fountain 1 from the front veranda

Front veranda. Ate Venus taking my pic!

Wide shot of the interior

Facade from the backyard.  And yes! That's fountain 2.

There were a lot of really old trees.  Probably scary at night.  Anyway, pictures of tree canopies:

 If I had a lounger, view from the backyard:

I don't need a man

I don't need a man

to climb the highest mountain for me
to swim the deepest ocean
to write my name on the sky
to do anything dangerous...

See, I'm secretly singing this song :)



Lyrics | Anne Hathaway - Somebody To Love lyrics

People always tell me to seize the day! Don't be afraid to take risks! Grab life by the balls!

Well, I grabbed it by the balls all right, and all I got to show for it are scars from being dragged behind the speeding train of life and love.

:(

it hurts so much in different ways

in the way that i blame myself

in the way that i miss you

in the way that i think about the little things i could have done to change this

I have nothing to write because

I think I'm all angst-ed(?) out now. Huh.

30!

30! I don't know how I'm supposed to feel now that I'm 30...I feel the same. I still like the same things -- ice cream, cartoons, children's and teen's fiction, disney and pixar movies, falling asleep hugging my pillow, milk, playing dress-up, and using big words to sound more mature. :))

Anyway, I may not have any wisdom teeth yet, but I have some nuggets of wisdom, picked up from my ehem, 3 decades of life.  Here are my rules to live by:  Some are a hard, some take practice, some are a work in progress.

1. Always be open to what life has to offer, be willing to try anything at least once.
2. Always assume the best in people and their intentions.
3. Always be honest with yourself. Be honest with other people, but don't sacrifice tact and diplomacy.
4. Love yourself first, you'll find that it's easier to love others when you love yourself
5. Accept that other people are different (or difficult)
6. Pag may kati, pwedeng kamutin, hindi obligatory na pakasalan (words of wisdom from my mom! passed down to me when I turned 18.  Unfortunately, I think she's regretting telling me this because I learned it a little TOO well. hahaha)
7. Don't be afraid to show affection or your feelings.
8. Say thank you and please.
9.  When giving compliments, look the compliment-ee in the eye and smile.
10. Thank God!

Christmas tree at home

As promised, Christmas tree pictures...no lights yet.

With the lopsided star...it used to be a drunken angel :)

We don't follow any kind of theme when we decorate the tree...Some of these ornaments are older than me.

Hohoho!!!