Are You Ready for 2007?

Happy New Year everyone!

Pasensya Ka Na...

Pasensya ka na,
Sinasaktan lang kita
Ang minamahal mo
Nalilito na talaga
May piring ang matang
Nagmamaneho sa dilim
Saan papunta ang landas
Hindi natin masabi
Sadyang nakakapagod
Ang walang direksiyong pagsugod
Nakakasawa din pala
Kaya pasensya ka na

Nasaktan lang kita.

Planning Expert

I've got my Starbucks Planner!!!

Congratulatuions also to Jhoy, whose bum ass will most likely get off the couch by January... Off to Bataan! Hopefully hindi sya matuloy dun (I honestly wish dito na lang sya kung saan hindi na kelangan ng NDD)...

Calling PNOC! Rescue Jhoy from the Iranians!!!

'Tis the Season of Giving!

Nine days to go before Christmas and I haven't bought a single gift for anyone yet. Oh, except for this cute thing I bought for my tita, a gift I hope she'll like for its cuteness more than for its kakornihan...

Anyways, today I'll scour the internet for gift ideas. I'm tired thinking of what gifts to give these persons who seem to have everything. Now that it's too late to go bargain-hunting in 168 or Divi, I'm afraid I'm going to blow all my hard-earned cash in the next few days. Well, what's money anyways during this season?!

Dare to Dream

Find no fault in dreaming.

Suit yourself in dreaming even the impossible dream.

It's free.

BUT, I heard this line:

"Aim for the moon, for even if you miss you'll be among the stars."

...It said AIM.

What's a dream without doing something about it?

Just a dream.

But work on it, and marvel at the graciousness of God.

He'll bless you with what you hope for...

...If you do your part.

Iloilo Pics

Posted according to what we visited first...

Miagao Church


Fort San Pedro
That's the Guimaras Island on the background (or so the taxi driver said...) Wait for the sunset.


Afrique's Restaurant


Museo Iloilo


Jaro Belfry


Jaro Cathedral



La Paz Park


La Paz Church


House of Sinamay Dealer

450 Miles

kung ika'y magiging akin
di ka na muling luluha pa
pangakong di ka lolokohin
ng puso kong nagmamahal

kung ako ay papalarin
na ako'y iyong mahal na rin
pangakong ikaw lang ang iibigin
magpakailanman

kung ako ay mamalasin
at mayroon ka ng ibang mahal
ngunit patuloy ang aking pag-ibig
magpakailanman

di kita pipilitin
sundin mo ang iyong damdamin
hayaan na lang tumibok ang puso mo
para sa akin

~~para sa akin by sitti~~

I Left My Heart In Iloilo

Jing, her makulit na pamangkin Joshua, and I went to Iloilo last December 2. And here's what I have to say about our 2-day trip!

Iloilo is beautiful. Actually, where there's no smog, there's beauty! And it's true, the roads of Iloilo City are very clean, with no traces of deadly fumes from the rolling jeepneys. Mind you, there are a lot of jeepneys around. Nakakalito rin kung ano ang sasakyan dapat na jeep, as it seems like the jeepneys are just going around in circles. So what better (but way more costly) way to fight pagkaligaw than to ride the taxi. Taxi drivers in Iloilo are mababait naman, except for one who "forgot" to set the meter and ended up asking us for too much bayad. Overall, getting around Iloilo by public transport was no hassle at all!

The food. Well we did not get to taste the best of what Iloilo had to offer in terms of what comes from their kitchen. But we had a serving of Italian food at Afrique's, as recommended by Hess, a friend and an erstwhile co-employee at Air Philippines. Afrique's is a quaint little resto which didn't have aircon yet surprisingly our dining experience there was totally worthwhile. The interiors of the place beamed of Yuletide decors. Of course,the food was delicious. The Sicilian pizza, though I had just one slice, was super sarap. The Burger had this large patty with a generous serving of coleslaw over it. We ordered two burgers, I shared mine with Hess, and Joshua, well he ate everything plus lots more! I am sure he devoured 4 slices of pizza. And the pasta! Grabe, ang sarap! Yun nga lang di ako masyado nakakain, because of... well, Jing knows. Hehehe!

What would be a trip without a visit to the old churches. There was the World Heritage site, Miagao Church. Jaro Cathedral. Molo Church. La Paz Church. Did I miss anything?

We were back to Manila by Sunday night. Needless to say, I felt bitin yung trip. There actually wasn't much to see, coz Iloilo boasts of mostly old churches and old buildings. You would have to admire, however, the effort of the Ilonggos to preserve traditions such as sinamay weaving.

Twelve Questions

What if I never texted you back
What if I never answered your calls
Would you still be as persistent as you are now,
Or just fade into the background, melting with the shadows
Would you wait till everything becomes right
Or would you do me a favor and make them all right
What if you were with me and not with her
What if I choose to leave this place and stay with you there
Would you care enough to give me a chance
Or would you just let me go through this dizzying trance
Would you make me live forever in this insanity
Or would you let me loose and set my heart free.

Random Thoughts

It's funny how you find someone who knows just what to say. At the right place. At the right time. How he becomes your happiness, knowing that having him in your life was the best thing that ever happened to you. Suddenly you hear the lines, "How did you know, I needed someone like you in my life..." And, somehow you become amazed that all these are happening NOT within the context of falling in love, being in love, or somewhere else in between. All you know is you need to be with him. Forever.
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The story happens when someone you like becomes someone you cannot live without. Maybe that is love, maybe it's not. How do we tell the difference, when falling inlove, as difficult as it is, becomes even more complicated because of circumstantial events you tend to over-analyze?
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You thought you were falling inlove. You cannot empty your thoughts of visions of you and him, together living a blissful life. He calls you up, and you fight the urge to sound giggly and mega-excited. You fight the feeling, but both of you knowing you are truly compatible leaves you defenseless. You struggle to move on, for it's not just meant to be. He is with someone else. Someone else more compatible with him than you are with him. And he cannot break it up. He will not break it up. For you.
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Then you think of all the reasons why. You grope for all ways on how you will not lose him, because you cannot simply live without him. You laugh at how pathetic you are, and pride yourself with the thought that you are not worthy of all this nonsense. But there is this nagging voice telling you you have shared so much, would you let it all go down the drain? You get a headache. Loving was not as simple as it used to be, loving wasn't supposed to weaken you. Love was supposed to inspire. To nurture. Make you strong. Grow in wisdom.
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Of course, loving is not all that bad. You search your heart and found a spot waiting for him. We can be friends, you thought, so you will not lose him forever. Loving isn't necessarily marrying someone. You still end up together. As friends. But you still end up together. Just as you hoped for, remember?

Those Goosebumps

Never ever ignore those goosebumps.

I have heard of a scientific explanation of how this sensation is brought about the reflex of the tiny muscles at the base of each hair on our skin, well, more about that here.

But let's focus here. I think that in the event you feel the hair at the back of your head rise, there is definitely someone out there... even though there's no one in sight. Trust the goosebumps, my friend...

...They are out there!!!

Total Hysterectomy & Total Katatakutan

My mudra just had total hysterectomy sa San Juan de Dios Hospital last Oct. 28, just eight days after my birthday. Na-admit sya on the 27th (Friday), so from work, derecho na ako sa hospital to stay with her for the night. Ok naman ang hysterectomy nya. Nung pinakita sakin yung tinanggal sa kanya, wow. Astig. Ang laki! Hahahahaha! Parang ulo ng sanggol! By the way, what ever happens to a body part when it is taken away from you surgically? Does it get buried? Incinerated? Errr, cooked? Yum. Hehehehe! [Update: ok na po ang nanay ko, naglalakad na, nagu-uutos na rin. Dalawang buwan pa syang ganyan... para syang nag-maternity leave! Ayus!]

Bukod sa operasyon, marami pang ibang naganap sa Suite 208. Kapana-panabik... Kahindik-hindik. Kakatakot... hindi nakakapaniwala... Ano pa ba naman ang pwede pang ibang maganap sa hospital aside from hospital procedures! Ano pa eh di Ghost Hauntings!

For the record, naniniwala ako sa mga multo. Alam kong bukod sa tao, hayop at halaman, may iba pang entities na kasama nating nagcoco-exist sa mundo. Katulad ng lagi kong sinasabi sa mga friends ko, ina-acknowledge ko naman ang presence ng mga multo kaya kung pwede wag na silang magparamdam, at utang na loob, lalo naman silang wag magpakita!

Pero ayaw makinig sakin ng mga ghost... nagpapramdam pa rin sila!!!

Eh pano ba naman, did you know that San Juan de Dios Hospital is the oldest hospital in the Philippines?! It's true! Kaya naman counting all those years of the hospital's existence, kahit pa it was destroyed and rebuilt quite a number of times, hindi pwedeng ma-deny na malamang sa malamang meron naman kahit isang namatay dun whose soul refuses to cross over, and decides to linger for a while. And since spirits, I have heard, have no concept of time, maybe the lingering soul doesn't realize it's been around for more - a lot more - than just a while.

Abangan ang aking kwento!