A new blog...

I got myself working on a new blog..

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That long??

Wow! Almost 3 years since my last post... Has it really been that long?? What happened? hahaha. Well, a lot has happened since 2009. When I say a LOT, it also means the BEST things happened to me the past couple of years... So I guess, no more bitter posts from me. I'll just annoy you with my bundle of joy stories. Yup! I have a lil monster sleeping beside me who makes me soooo happy with life right now. This lil monster wants me to come home as soon as work is done in the office. He is the very reason I now enjoy lazy weekends at home. How's that for a comeback? :) More happy posts soon!!!

ALL I REALLY NEED TO KNOW I LEARNED IN KINDERGARTEN

I got this thru a forwarded email and as I was cleaning my mailbox earlier, i got the chance to read it once more... it's sooo true! =)


All I really need to know about how to live and what to do and how to be I learned in kindergarten. Wisdom was not at the top of the graduate school mountain, but there in the sand pile at school.

These are the things I learned:

Share everything.

Play fair.

Don't hit people.

Put things back where you found them.

Clean up your own mess.

Don't take things that aren't yours.

Say you're sorry when you hurt somebody.

Wash your hands before you eat.

Flush.

Warm cookies and cold milk are good for you.

Live a balanced life - learn some and think some and draw and paint and sing and dance and play and work every day some.

Take a nap every afternoon.

When you go out in the world, watch out for traffic, hold hands and stick together.

Be aware of wonder. Remember the little seed in the Styrofoam cup: the roots go down and the plant goes up and nobody really knows how or why, but we are all like that.

Goldfish and hamsters and white mice and even the little seed in the Styrofoam cup - they all die. So do we.

And then remember the Dick-and-Jane books and the first word you learned - the biggest word of all - LOOK.

Everything you need to know is in there somewhere. The Golden Rule and love and basic sanitation. Ecology and politics and equality and sane living.

Take any one of those items and extrapolate it into sophisticated adult terms and apply it to your family life or your work or government or your world and it holds true and clear and firm. Think what a better world it would be if we all - the whole world - had cookies and milk at about 3 o'clock in the afternoon and then lay down with our blankies for a nap. Or if all governments had as a basic policy to always put things back where they found them and to clean up their own mess.

And it is still true, no matter how old you are, when you go out in the world, it is best to hold hands and stick together.

P.S. I soooo love the list!!! =D

another movie quote... and a friday.

He's Just Not That Into You

The book was my relationship bible a few months back so when the movie was shown, I just had to see it, of course. =))

I kept this "long quote" of the movie handy for some girlfriends having "emo" moments and of course for MYSELF when i feel like having an "emo" moment as well!

"Girls are taught a lot of stuff growing up. If a guy punches you, he likes you. Never try to trim your own bangs and someday you will meet a wonderful guy and get your very own happy ending. Every movie we see, every story we're told implores us to wait for it, the third act twist, the unexpected declaration of love, the exception to the rule. But sometimes we're so focused on finding our happy ending we don't learn how to read the signs. How to tell from the ones who want us and the ones who don't, the ones who will stay and the ones who will leave. And maybe a happy ending doesn't include a guy, maybe... it's you, on your own, picking up the pieces and starting over, freeing yourself up for something better in the future. Maybe the happy ending is... just... moving on."


"Or maybe the happy ending is this, knowing after all the unreturned phone calls, broken hearts, through the blunders and misread signals, through all the pain and embarrassment, you never gave up hope."

Sooo nice, right?!

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It’s a Friday.

I got in the office and after finding out that my data dumps are still unavailable, I wondered what to do while waiting... hmnnn..

So I checked my mailbox for any email that might need immediate attention and yeah, there’s none that required my undivided attention.

I knew I will have to wait for at least an hour for my data to be ready and my day to start rolling so I have an hour to spare and I thought, ok, blog.

I haven’t been religious in this blogging thing and when moments like this strike, I knew I just had to grab it.

It’s August 28, and after the long weekend ahead, it’s hello September! Here comes the dreaded ”ber” months.

Whenever I hear the “ber” months, the following things immediately come to mind:

1. Another year is about to end – and I can vividly remember myself thinking “it’s a new year” last January.

I had plans for 2009. hahahaha. But that was it. Plans.

2. I am about to get a year older – sometimes I don’t know if it’s good to be celebrating my birthday towards the end of the year.

Most of my friends celebrate their birthdays on the 1st half of the year and when they whine about getting older – it’s usually followed by, “you just celebrated your birthday, it’s still a long way to go before your birthday. But it’s just the same thing, right?

3. Christmas is coming – I need to start saving for gifts! As much as I love to give gifts during Christmas, I am not a very good saver. So I also cram on saving money for the hoidays.

4. The cold months are coming – for a tropical country like the Philippines , I love the cold December nights. It also reminds me that I am still single and still don’t have anybody to cuddle with. (aside from my reliable stuffed toys, of course)

5. Why am I still with this company?
Honestly, I always tell myself that i'm going to look for a new job when a new year starts but then, i just dont know what happend. duh! Can't a job just find me? hahaha... I wish!!! =))

6. And this one doesn’t only come to mind on the “ber” months – WHAT HAVE I DONE WORTHY THIS YEAR??? =))

Again, It’s Friday. Now, I have to start working.
I still have a lot to think of...

I love Russell!!!

"It might sound boring, but sometimes it's the boring stuff I remember most."-- Russell

I am a big fan of animated movies and when I watched the movie Up, I was expecting to laugh my heart out. The last animated movie I saw was Ice Age 3 and it was just hilarious.

So after watching the movie Up, I was not entirely sure what to feel. It definitely did not meet my expectations of endless laughs but… I was surprised by how deep the movie touched me.

The movie transcends cartoon. It has a story. The movie goes to show the truer meaning of life and relationships.

In life, we wait for a long time to have an adventure. We focus on a goal and work our way towards it. We get too focused on reaching that goal that we often forget to live the present.

We also have to realize that today is part of that adventure. And that many times the most ordinary things are the things that are most missed when gone.

The boring stuff can prove to be the most precious. We have to slow down and appreciate the small gestures in life.

And remember, very few of us lives exactly as we plan them.

I remember being an optimistic young girl, planning what I envision of my future. At that time, everything seemed simple. Everything deemed attainable.

And then reality set in.

Slowly and sometimes even heart wrenching painfully, I learned and lived the reality of life.

Growing up is a learning experience. Real life is never the dream we have imagined.
Real life is no way near what I had planned. It doesn’t even come close.

It’s always good to have a goal, to have a dream but let’s not forget to keep our present adventure… Every single day is an adventure to treasure.

One more thing – Always keep a promise. No matter how long it will take us to accomplish it.

Russell and Mr. Carl Fredericksen are characters to remember. Mr. Fredericksen definitely kept his promise.

I give this movie 5stars… The Ellie badge rocks!


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I recently finished watching a dance reality show and this is one of the songs played on one of the farewell videos... I loved it the moment it played.. =)

It's YOUR LIFE
Francesca Battistelli

This is the moment
It’s on the line
Which way you gonna fall?
In the middle between
Wrong and right
But you know after all

(Chorus)
It’s your life
What you gonna do?
The world is watching you
Every day the choices you make
Say what you are and who
Your heart beats for
It’s an open door
It’s your life

Are you who you always said you would be?
With a sinking feeling in your chest
Always waiting for someone else to fix you
Tell me when did you forget

(Chorus)

To live the way that you believe
This is your opportunity
To let your life be one that lights the way

(Chorus)

it's been a long time...

I'm home on a Sunday night and this is kind of a rare occassion for me.

How do I know it's a rare occassion? My apartment is in dire need of my time. Time to clean up all the mess that have piled up for the past months... Argh. Yeah. I still bring the laundry to the laundromat every week and the trash when it's full but aside from that I haven't done anything more. If ever there's an award giving body that gives recognition for being a big fat "procrastinator", i'm definitely one of the contenders. My mom would nominate me and all my friends would vote for me. Yeah, it's that bad.

I started cleaning up when i woke up earlier however, something distracted my concentration so I stopped and then I just realized it's past 6pm and I need to go to the supermarket for groceries. I got back and my house is still a mess and I didn't know where to start. So I watched TV.

Ever since I started living alone, how many times have I actually cleaned my house? Errrr... I don't know... More than once, definitely.

And now, when I should be making the most out of my rare Sundays at home -- I'm blogging! Why? Because I thought my blog hasn't been updated for a long time -- a lot has happened since April. But i think my "a lot" is not even that important since I can't remember anything significant, nothing life changing has transpired the past 3 months. Uh oh...

And then I think, I think and I think again. what to do.. what to do?
The "ber" months are coming... and that's the reason I'm ranting... ranting... ranting...

To my friends -- who have been absorbing all the rants, I know I have been throwing the past week... Thanks so much and please bear with me. You have not heard the end of it. I am just getting warmed up. Don't worry -- I'm aware.

It's almost 1 am... I have to be at work by 9am. So I guess I'm signing off now.
I will be back soon.

Ta Ta for now.

Turning Back Time...

Last weekend, I saw the Zac Efron movie 17 Again with my good friend Lei. Well, we're not really Efron fans however, we were looking for a feel good movie and the Efron movie was said to be a cheesefest so it was the perfect choice. The other option was Friday the 13th and we weren't really in the mood to get scared that day.

So the movie is definitely something you have seen before... Think Never Been Kissed or 13 Going 30 and movies of the like... Basically, it's about getting a second chance in life, going back to the part when you thought you made the worst life-altering decision that turned your world upside down. The decision that you have lived to regret every single day of your life.

The movie will make you think. If ever you get the chance to go back to a specific point in your life... Rewind your life and then go to the part when you think you made the wrong choice. Only this time, you already know the outcome of the 1st option but you now have the 2nd option which you have lived to think should have been your choice all along. Will you do it? Again, this was the life-changing decision you have lived to regret.

I thought about it... and yes, there are definitely decisions made that could have been better had I known what the outcome would be. There are regrets on what might have beens have I chosen the "would be" better option. A lot of tsk tsks on knowing the moment you made the decision, you should have opted to pick the other choice. But then, that's a part of life, right?
And I think it's one of the best parts of living. You live, you learn.

Every mistake you make will be the lesson you earn.

So if given the chance to turn back time and live my life differently... would I do it? The idea is very tempting but I will have to say NO.

I have made bad decisions but at the time I made those decisions, they were the right ones for me. They were the choices that made sense and made me happy.

We only liVe life once and we just have to maximize each day. Good or bad decisions, Don't live to regret each one made.

VIVI BENE, RIDI SPESSO, AMA TANTO!
(Live Well, Laugh Often, Love Deeply)