Sunday, July 22, 2007

rubbery waffles for breakfast and eating good food

as a wife you are tasked to do a lot of new things, for me, its actually hoards of things that i am unaccustomed to......cooking is first and foremost
to celebrate our first month as husband and wife i tought it would be special to do something i dont really do, cook of course and what happier meal could there be but breakfast! ive obviously been planning this the whole week and bought my batter a few days ago. i got up extra early (not really....hehehe) and we opened the fresh box of a waffle maker that i hand picked from the registry (thank you DrRS). it looked easy enough.....i read the instructions at the back of the package of the batter and surprised to see that i needed 2 eggs (i thought it just needed water) so i had to send the help to buy them. it seemed so easy......and the product smelled so good! but my hopes were dampened when we sat down with coffee and the morning paper to match......the waffles were tough and rubbery!!!! boohooohooo! but it did look and smell good! so there......eat the pictures! hahahaha!













fruits of my morning labor



i resolve that maybe it really is better to eat out and be served! last night we started our celebration by having dinner at the ever nice silk thai restaurant in serendra.....the food were all so good! the service was great (i just had to give extra tips)







silk in serendra


Saturday, July 21, 2007

who wouldnt love Tagaytay

i dont think ive ever known anyone who didnt love tagaytay, even after just staying a few minutes. i cant really remember the first time i went there but, i think it must be with my family ..... i do remeber that i have been there many times and each time i thought "this is the most beautiful place near manila!"
in a few hours, it will be one month ago that this beautiful area near manila became one of the most special place in my life.
Love and Tagaytay......it just seems to go hand in hand....

Friday, July 06, 2007

Firsts....more than meets the eye

what better way to celebrate the first friday but to be able to hear mass, get an offer of help to train abroad and end the day with our first local date as husband and wife! it was so funny, this morning i fixed up just like i would as if i was going out on a date with a boyfriend and i was really excited the whole day.
to celebrate our 1st date, during our 2nd week as a couple, we went to watch the ever talk of the town TRANSFORMERS (more than meets the eye)! now this was not exactly planned to celebrate our 2nd weekersery but because i was sick last sunday. i was in bed the whole day snoozing waking up just to eat a piece of meat for dinner. the next day i still felt sick and stayed home. it gave me some time to tidy up our room which was still cluttered with wedding and honeymoom stuff.
which brings me to my first couple "skirmish".....
actually, this issue is really all about me. i got kind of ticked off because after our HK trip, i was back on duty the next day then the next. and all the things that were left from the wedding and trip were just as they were! even papers on the table were there! i cant imagine that my better half didnt even lift a finger to throw extra plastics, keep our papers, or any of the sort! the OC person that i am just got the better of me! even our gifts! the towels and sheets are still in the boxes not even placed in the laundry to be cleaned and used. so now were still using crummy towels and old boring sheets!
then i thought.....my gosh, did my better half think it was my role to clean up?! REALLY?! when i told my married friends about it they said that most probably it was the case *frown, frown* how can i be a housewife and be a resident at the same time?! the bigger question is, how can some of my coresidents be a housewife, a resident and a mom at the same time?! boohoohoo the undomesticated me......
i think i need more time for this new responsibility to sink in.
durng these slight dips in my cloud nine state i just keep thinking about our wedding day when my better half came thru as my night and shining armor.....then im back in love again =)

Monday, July 02, 2007

search for the missing siopao


our hong kong getaway is finally over and later i will finally be getting the siopao ive been craving for!

Sunday, June 24, 2007

a new chapter in our life


i am officially a mrs! so from now on i am also closing "a day in my life" blog and officially renaming it......"a day in our life". let me see, is that gramatically correct? we're two people so it should be 'lives' rather than 'life', but since this life we are living is just one, i think "a day in our life" suits me just fine!
you ask if there is anything different, being a wife? nothing much except that the ring im wearing is for real!
i always thought i would cry in my wedding, well, i almost did. thank goodness for caleruega's short aisle coz even in its shortness when i got to the middle my smile was starting to give in to a quivering almost tearful state! thank goodness for the short aisle!
the past few days i have seen my better half behaving like his better self. i was sitting in the car on my way home and it hit me......i am such a lucky girl to have such a patient and caring husband! you may say im looking thru rose colored glasses but no, even when things got ruffled he acted so maturely like i never expected him to act! its like the moment i reached the end of the aisle he became a different person, a better one at that!
im raving on like the true drama queen that i am.......tomorrow, the drama queen goes to HK!

Saturday, June 16, 2007


1week to go.....7days.....
168hours.....10080minutes.....
604800seconds......
i cannot wait.....

Thursday, May 17, 2007

the future


37 days to go!!!!
days seem to be going so fast! not that i dont want the day to come but that i think i have so many things to finalize......fret, fret.....its just like me!


in the weekend i will be getting my most awaited teeth treatment! i CANNOT wait!

things seem to be looking up! for the first time last tuesday, i reached my goal for our exams. i hope that it is the beginning of a good streak!

Your future depends on many things, but mostly on you. -- Frank Tyger

Sunday, May 13, 2007

a relaxing day


yesterday, we met up with our priest in the ateneo campus. it was a very relaxing day. while waiting for our appointment, we just sat there watching guys play ball. it was a hot day and an occasional cool breeze was great. i haven't had such a no fuss day in such a long.....long.....long time!

Tuesday, May 01, 2007

down memory lane & forward to the future

two weeks ago we went to an autocross.












when it got too hot for comfort, my sis and i stepped into my favorite coffee shop and hurt our hands trying to finish my souvenirs. harharhar! what are maid of honors for!



we had a great time!



last night we went to JT's birthday. i haven't gone out at night for the longest time. it was fun...and i realized im getting over an old grudge. funny, funny, funny! it's good to know im moving on.....





today we celebrated Labor day by watching the advanced screening of spidey 3! good thing we bought tickets last night so it was a hassle free getting in. it was a fairly good movie. the iced capuccino and kettle korn were great! and after the movie.....something even better....my good friends were outside waiting for the next showing. it was good to see them. then halo-halo at icebergs! actually it was just a good excuse to take pictures of my bag (newly used.....bought by mom).








in the middle of halo-halo i popped the question to my future hubby.....what does the future hold? lets face it....the whole none-cheery me is because i'm feeling what i've always been scared of feeling....confused about the future.....haaaay.....i never thought id feel this way! ive always felt in control but then when you have a better half then you have other things to consider. not of course that im complaining.....but it really is harder than you think.....


Never let the future disturb you. You will meet it, if you have to, with the same weapons of reason which today arm you against the present. -- Marcus Aurelius

Saturday, April 28, 2007

life changing events


recently all my friends say that i havent been my cheery self. too many things happening at the same time i guess.
the happy news is......of course im walking down the aisle in 55 days!!! whohooo! hehehe! yes of course im still very much excited eventhough there are some things that really dampen my mood (grrrr to exams!)


neutral news.....maan has to leave for the states tomorrow. immigration wont have her extend her stay so she has to go and come back in june. boohoohoo.....pero good thing we did our maid of honor-bride preps early!


neutralized news.....ateng cosang got hospitalized, they think it was a stroke but shes awake now and hopefully out of danger. i had her discharged today. haaay....its really expensive to be sick!


so many things to think about.....just one me.....

Wednesday, April 04, 2007

gloomy mood

i came in for work last monday in a very gloomy mood.....i sat in our office thinking why (?!) and to think i just came from a weekend off (which does not happen weekly). to my dismay my co-workers were in their gloomy mood also....no one could comfort the other because we were all feeling pretty glum. we ate at our happy place and i still felt glum......the next day we went to mass then ate at our happy place again but i still didnt feel better. no amount of mango shake (or smoothy which ever your prefer), no amount of chocolate cake or two egg breakfast could bend my mood....i came from mass again today and i was still feeling low.....maybe its the hormones, maybe the holy week, maybe its the discontent......
call it early midlife crisis if you will but for a while i dont know what to do with my life!!!
i dont feel like im happy with where i am now and i dont know where im going......


The gem cannot be polished without friction, nor man perfected without trials. -- Chinese Proverb

Thursday, March 29, 2007

bunny tooth with separation anxiety

today i finally got my braces off! hahaha! my dentist and i were good friends from way back before i decided i wanted braces. as she was taking my appliances off she told me how we would be seeing less of each other....aaawwww.....talk about separation anxiety!

Sunday, March 25, 2007

a bright future


today my little sister graduated from college......i got so teary eyed a few times during the ceremony....i can be so melodramatic sometimes!
here's to a bright future to the new graduate!

Sunday, March 11, 2007

the coffee enthusiast and the tech-y photographer's sunday


last week, i read that there was a coffee shop that sold filipino coffee which opened in serendra so, the true coffee loving filipino that i am, we headed for KAPE ISLA.

the interior was cozy with dark wood furniture. i tried the chocnut cold coffee drink which turned out really greaaat! even their capuccinos were good. pastries consisted of bibingka and suman (of course RR doesnt eat suman so we tried the former) which had quezo de bola on top. yuuuummmyyy!

the service could have been a little better though especially since we were the only customers there (it was the soft opening). it would have been nice if the baristas were like those at starbucks, a little more chattier and knowledgable about filipino coffee beans, enthusiastic about their products. but they were confined behind the bar minding us only if we called them. i think a little service architecture would do the place some good.

of course our day ended with us selling RR's N70 to buy his much coveted Asus PDA phone. i could tell that he was suffering from a bit of separation anxiety (i know him too well) with his seemingly almost brand new Nokia (he's so maalaga with his things -so unlike me sometimes). when we got to the shop where the Asus was being sold their stocks ran out and we had to run all the way to north edsa to get it!


hehehe funny, the same thing happened to me when i got my first and most loved O2 atom. we had to go all the way to sta lucia to get it! but i did go home a happy owner!


i love my phone!

Monday, February 19, 2007

kung hei fat choi


what better way to usher in the new year than with a new pair of shoes that will forever be dear to me -my wedding shoes

Friday, February 16, 2007

when Valentines Day came early


each year vday seems to get better and better.

Thursday, February 08, 2007

William Shakespeare Sonnet 116

Let me not to the marriage of true minds
Admit impediments.
Love is not loveWhich alters when it alteration finds,
Or bends with the remover to remove:
O no! it is an ever-fixed mark
That looks on tempests and is never shaken;
It is the star to every wandering bark,
Whose worth's unknown, although his height be taken.
Love's not Time's fool,
though rosy lips and cheeksWithin his bending sickle's compass come:
Love alters not with his brief hours and weeks,
But bears it out even to the edge of doom.
If this be error and upon me proved,
I never writ, nor no man ever loved.

Wednesday, January 31, 2007

Drama Queen

im such a drama queen. sometimes i catch myself and cant help but laugh at how....well how i sometimes act like such a big B as one of my friends would say.
i remember when i spur of the moment decided i wanted an O2 atom. we were window shopping and i thought to myself "hey i want that" so after much deliberation in my favorite coffee shop (where else) we went back to the store and i got in line with other people buying various phones. infront of me a girl was being given a box of O2 atom. finally my turn was up and i proudly say...."i would like an O2 atom" like ordering at an ice cream store (only the ice cream in this store was way more expensive) . can you believe they told me the girl before me got the last box?! so i left the store lips quivering, not even swayed by bribes of shopping. so we sped to this far away mall where I, finally got my O2 atom. and i had a smile on my face on my way home.
and that's why i love my piggy. he treats me like a baby like that i am. just enough pampering and (even if i hate to admit it) some discipline.
the drama queen is happy today!
till next time

Thursday, January 25, 2007

talk about mood swings

talk about mood swing, 2 blogs with 2 emotions in 1 day......

The world is a looking glass, and gives back to every man the reflection of his own face. Frown at it and it will in turn look sourly upon you; laugh at it and with it, and it is a jolly kind companion. -- William Makepeace Thackeray

things to be happy about



im so glad im wireless again. for a couple of months i was patiently using dial up (can you believe it!) and now im wireless and unlimited again! haaay..... what a wonderful day this is!
but of course i could never be happier about anything else except my upcoming event, my walk down the aisle !
i just have so many ideas that i want to happen on our special day! i have a notebook-full of doodles.....sometimes i think i know what eistein felt when he had so many things in mind that he just have to write it down, my doodles even look like (or at least i think look like) what eistein would have written in his notebook while he was trying to figure out that E is equal to mc square! hehehe!

and im not the only happy person....my future mister, the budding photographer he is bought himself his dream camera (so he's a little focused on the nikkon than on me today -atleast it still wedding related as evidenced by the photo insert)

just a happy bride to be

Wednesday, January 17, 2007

wedding bells


the lovely couple with their dear friends

Monday, January 01, 2007

Happy New Year


good memories of 2006, better memories to come in 2007

Thursday, November 30, 2006

krispy kreme comes to manila



yehey!

Saturday, November 25, 2006

great Thai Food

soms noodle house is soooooo greeeat! ordered the tom yum soup......really yummo! red curry, chicken pandan and bagoong fried rice and really good thai tea! located at the corner of n garcia and another street! hehehe! a secret nook that is bound to be a hit!
thanx piggy for the great dinner!

Monday, October 23, 2006

a long way from selling kalamasi

when i was small, my mom used to take me to the market with her and i would see kids not much older than i selling kalamansi, little citrus fruits, in a weaved flat basket. once i was asked what i wanted to be and i said, i wanted to sell kalamansi. an odd idea for a little kid.
just last week i was in the ICU taking care of this little girl and i asked her if she wanted to be a nurse just like her mom and she said no, that she wanted to sell things.......
its funny how as children we were content with such simple things. how insignificant experiences could shape our lives. out of all my experiences the deviled ice cream i magnolia fun house really made a mark, and how a trip to sanrio to buy bobby and kate erasers were very much treasured. what about being in a little halohalo shop in the market waiting for my mom to come back for me. i could picture these events in my mind like i could relive them over again, like they happened just yesterday.
yet they happened a long 20+ years ago.....
here i am struggling to finish training as a a pediatrician, struggling because i only have a few months to go until i become a senior, the last line of defense (hehehe!)
........a long way from selling kalamansi

Tuesday, September 26, 2006

the tale of the killer teddy


http://www.cnn.com/2006/US/09/26/killer.teddy.ap/index.html

Thursday, September 14, 2006

when the MD gets sick

when i woke up i felt so bad and then i decided, its time i actually avail of a much needed R & R

Monday, July 31, 2006

series of unfortunate events

why it happens to some is a mystery.......maybe its a blessing in disguise

Tuesday, July 25, 2006

comfort item

every child had its own comfort item......i had my buyoyong.......a funny name, i dont even know how i got it but it was off white (im not sure if it was from frequent washing or not at all) with violet pasley designs that smelled like money and had ears (as i would call it) that i could gigil with my nails and fall asleep......my buyoyong....my pillow..... =)
i was back up duty last night, did not go home after 24 hour duty and went for another 24 hours and they woke me up at 2am on my second night to pick up a baby who had seizures at home in makati. just my luck! when i got back from the ambulance conduction i felt i had to get something for myself....i felt quite api! so i went to the convinience store and looked around......drink? chips? i went for the icedrop, cheese flavor! and at 3am i was munching on a cold snack in the tiny call room of the PICU. it was so simple yet so refreshing.......the cheese icedrop, my very own comfort item

Sunday, July 16, 2006

a very relaxing day


last day of my leave
great lunch at C2
sauna and swedish massage at The Spa
coffee at Heat
mass at Lourdes
dinner at Cibo
haaaayyyy......can everyday be like today?!

Saturday, July 15, 2006

Caleruega & Pat Dy

Tying the Knot


we have finaly started planning. really planning!!! we have announced our engagement to the important people in our lives and we have booked the two most important things for the wedding! the church and the photographer!

Monday, July 10, 2006

Coffee Talk




-daily candy-

Goldilocks awoke in Baby Bear’s bed in a foul mood, her head pounding.
Great, she thought, realizing Baby Bear’s bourbon flask was still clasped in her hand. Hangover. Hope these guys aren’t Sanka freaks.
Fortunately, they had a nice Sumatran blend. But which of the Three Bears’ machines to use? (You’d think she’d have figured this out by now. But whatever.)
First she tried Papa Bear’s drip machine: too watery. Then she tried Mama Bear’s French press: too strong. Finally, she tried Baby Bear’s AeroPress and found the small, nonelectric contraption delightfully easy to use.
She simply inserted one of the filters, dropped the grounds in, and added hot water. After stirring for ten seconds, she slowly plunged the press and extracted a perfect cup of espresso. (She could’ve made it into an Americano with some hot water, but she liked her caffeine in concentrated form.)
The AeroPress, unlike a conventional maker, doesn’t steep the grounds too long and provides uniform extraction, resulting in a brew that’s not bitter, not at all watery, and blessedly low in acid.
Or, as Goldilocks might say, juuuuust right.

Sunday, June 25, 2006

foot spas and capuccino



i thought that i had always been an easy to please customer but today proved to be otherwise. i had my foot spa and because we didnt have a lot of time in our hands i decided against getting a pedicure. i thought the foot spa was not superb and when i went to the counter to pay they charged me the same rate for a change of polish as if i got a pedicure.....what a rip off!!! i wanted to go up to the woman who did my feet and tell her off but i decided not to. the day went on ok. we watched cars which we all enjoyed. then after a good dinner at cafe med i ordered my usual after dinner coffee and what i got was a watered down capuccino! if you could call it that. i had it taken back and they gave me a more frothy cinnamon sprinkled cup......looked good but......it still tasted like water! remind me never to order coffee when im in the mediterranean!

Friday, June 23, 2006

time pieces


Tuesday, June 20, 2006

True Love



some pictures speak for themselves
for the first time in a long time......SGD friends got together for the sending off party of one of us......hhhhaaaaayyyyyy =)

Tuesday, May 30, 2006

Shoes


what is it about shoes that make us girls ........ want to buy more!!! i love shoes

Saturday, April 29, 2006

interesting realizations

last sunday, we went to mass and there were two other priests aside from the presiding, they turned out to be japanese. odd, and the sermon odder still. he said it in japanese and our priest translated it. it was interesting that everyone seemed to be listening

anyway, i just love my O2 atom! its everything i wanted. the only disappointement is that the camera takes so long to shoot that i feel that i missed the moment....

sometimes, some things dont turn out they way you'd like it. whether it is because you want things to be traditional or you just want things a certain way, sometimes it just doesnt happen. you sneer at it for years then you see that youve finally accepted things.....interestingly

Tuesday, April 11, 2006

my new gadget


i proudly present my new toy. its so neat! im so glad i got it....except that i accidentally lost all my data.....but then again.....i love it!

Saturday, March 18, 2006

the lucky owner of a new racing helmet

Monday, March 06, 2006

surviving the ER

i finally faced my fear, not by choice mind you, and did my first duty in the ER. and before i knew it, it was time to leave! yes, there are a lot of things in life that we'd rather not go through but sometimes we have no choice and in the end we realize that the experience will help us grow up
as my ER experience........

Friday, February 24, 2006

life's predicament

they say you cant have your cake and eat it too......why is that?
i was an only child for 7 long years and an additional 2 years when i was literally adopted by my aunt. so i guess you can imagine where i am coming from.....a brat who want everything? id like to look at it as an optimist who thinks things are there for the taking, its just a matter of taking the right steps
to give up my principles or to be tough enough for major changes.......that is one hard decision! why cant i keep my principles and stay where i am....it is because i have to deal with people with a different view of how life should be, of what is important and most of all, of how to handle situations.....
what im most afraid of now is that i waste my time thinking and making up my mind and then ill find that someone else has made up my mind for me. that would be one sad day.......a misserable day that can actually happen.....so what to do? take it into my own hands or wait it out like the true optimist that i am? after all, it might, after all these years, get better
life's predicaments
if i let go of what i have, will i find something better? or is this the best there can be? how will i know?
life's predicaments
the easy way out and live life in commonality or put myself on that limb and live life the way i would want it to be? which is more important?
life's predicaments.........

Saturday, January 28, 2006

first paychecks and those who mean the world to you

i can clearly remember last year when i got my first official paycheck, i finally made my own money, little as it was. being in my late 20's i was actually a late bloomer in that field of my life compared to my friends from high school who have been earning since forever and are now way up there in the carreer world. being the pauper that i was (and sometimes still is) my first purchase was ofcourse everything i bought over the holidays which were waiting to be paid off but the first real thing i bought proudly with my cash was driving shoes for my piggy........
looking back now i think, does it always follow that the first thing you buy with your first paychecks are for those who mean the world to you?

Wednesday, January 25, 2006

of fights and victories

its been 3 days since manny pacquiao had defeted morales. the proud pinoy that i am, was ecstatic when i overheard the news while having lunch. i wish i had watched and cheered with the crowd as they announced his victory. yes, i am a sucker for special events and always want (wish) im always there when history unfolds. wish, because my better half chooses to always be on the ho hum. the hype is always too much trouble. can melodramatic me live with commonplace him?
just as the pacquiao vs morales fight had begun, i had started a fight of my own. it was one of those "it kind of got out of hand" situation
think......think......think.......
have you ever had days when things just became better and you get confused if it really did become better or you're pretending things are better because you're just too tired to sort things out.........
maybe its the weather (rainy days have always placed me in a drab) or who knows.....................
haaaaayyyyy..............
so when pacquiao comes home victorious, where will you be?

Thursday, January 19, 2006

days of our lives

Chapter 1
The Longest 15 Minutes of My Life
it was a long day, i was from duty and was tasked to take care of a rapidly breathing asthmatic in the ICU.....with 2000 other things on my mind i was told i was to get up to the NICU because i was to transport a 29 weeker to a hospital 14 kilometers away.....in a bassinet with warm water filled gloves to keep the baby warm and me to keep it breathing! the first thing i told the ambulance driver was to keep it easy on the turns! bagging the patient and keeping my eyes on the pulse oximeter and glancing outside hoping to see the hospital where we were headed.....i thought we were never going to get there......but we did.....phew!

Epilouge
i got back tired, from the travel, from the tedious endorsement, or just from all the stress, i dont know but i laid down for a couple of minutes after checking that my asthmatic was ok and then the nurse told me i had a phone call.......i was to go up to the NICU because preterm twins were delivered......booohooohooo at 3 in the morning!!!!


Chapter 2
My First Mortality
after a few hours of rest at home i was back in the nursery and i was told i might catch a congenitally deformed preterm whose mom was having her prenatal check up......curious about the history i went to the labor room and was surprised to find that people were hyped up about something.......i should have known, the mom was being taken to the delivery room for a stat CS! with everything ready, i waited....true enough the baby did look weird i dont think it had a chance.......hence my first death certificate......
and if that wasnt enough i had another preterm catch who was thank God a-ok!

Chapter 3
Rewarded
finally from duty the next day, i planned to endorse right away and as i was going about my already late endorsement another preterm was about to come out! when we first saw the baby we thought it was an abortus.....but the parents said they were aggressive so we stabilized this 600gramer and surprisingly she was a fighter!
so i went home sad yet rewarded hurrying on my way to attend the wedding of one of my best friends from nursing and what a wonderful wedding it was.......haaaayyyy.......
and to top it off i had a great evening with my sis and my love and my fave coffee at a great movie

Chapter 4
Feeling a Bit Ignored
after a few days i came home from a loooong duty and i just couldnt have my way!
bratty? hmmmm not really especially when you ask nicely even when you're cranky yet get a "i dont need to explain to you, i just dont want to do what you want" and then get ignored the whole night until you finally fall asleep out of sheer exhaustion.
and then the next day as if nothing had happened.......so i start the cold war......and nothing......as if nothing was the matter........are guys a bit dense or dont they get the fact that you're upset..... or was i just plainly being ignored until i get tired and come around (which i HATE!). is this a preview of what lies ahead? will i be able to take it?
GGGRRRRRR

Tuesday, January 10, 2006

positions and responsibilities

its funny how sometimes things just fall into place and you're suddenly in a position you always wanted....well, maybe you did something to get there but because you like what you're doing then it seems like you didnt really do anything......
ive always wanted to be a neonatologist. i remember being in clerkship and being in the nursery and just realizing this is what i want to do......so here i am

Even on the most exalted throne in the world
we are only sitting on our own bottom.
-- Michel de Montaigne

my fave comic strip

Tuesday, January 03, 2006

new year with a bang


this year's holiday season turned out to be unique.....
the first time i had spent the noche buena without an actual noche buena......and new years eve eating kentucky and yellow cab.......when i think about it, i find it a little depressing.....sabi ko na nga ba when everyone was so hyped about the holidays and days before i felt still so out of it (can you imagine moi not in the mood to celebrate my favorite season?!) there was something wrong.
does it signify things to come or am i just getting too old for the hoolabaloo of the yuletide?
still the optimist that i am, i tackle each day, yes with less fervor, but still hopeful that this year will bring exciting events like planning for everyones long awaited wedding bells.....
none the less my new year came with a bang......
may the whole year be was bright and beautiful as the night sky of ortigas during NEW YEAR 2006!

Thursday, December 15, 2005

self expectations and new year's resolutions

i remember during my younger days when xmas season meant finishing xmas shopping before anyone ever started theirs and doing my annual life check so that i could formulate my new years resolution. such an OC!
where has that person gone? not only have i not bought a single gift (1 week before xmas) but i have failed in certain areas of my life and could careless!
WHY?
is it because i have other priorities now?
have i been overly spoiled that i now lack discipline?
is it because im just too old for xmas?
am i done with the giving mode and have moved to the taking mode?
or have i improved and become normal.......
WHO SETS THE STANDARDS?
these days it is i
how low could i get on my pedia exams (if i got those grades when i was back in HS i would have probably jumped off a bridge!)? but i believe i have done excellent in taking care of my patients........my priority is on patient care, less on academics.......but can those two really be separated?
money is no matter when getting what i want.....im not hard to please so my wants arent that expensive but definitely more than what my starting salary could buy....but do i feel guilty when i pamper myself and end up bankrupt? sad to say i dont.....
New Year's Resolution? im working on it because i think despite being less OC i need to get my life back on track to maximize whatever i have at hand, financial wise, precious time, and ACADEMICALLY!!!
i dont think i have ever been embarrassed and had let go of the feeling as if it had been blown away by the wind like i did during last wednessday's meeting. it had flown with the wind and its so embarrassing that i dont want to recall it!
GETTING THERE
but i believe im still going where i want to go only im not sure if im approaching it the right way, if there is a better way.......

Saturday, December 03, 2005

the xmas spirit

hahaha! finally placed my xmas video on my blog!
go ahead..... call me naive.......

I don't want a lot for Christmas
There's just one thing I need
I don't care about presents
Underneath the Christmas tree
I just want you for my own
More than you could ever know
Make my wish come true...
All I want for ChristmasIs you...
I don't want a lot for Christmas
There is just one thing I need
I don't care about presents
Underneath the Christmas tree
I don't need to hang my stocking
There upon the fireplace
Santa Claus won't make me happy
With a toy on Christmas day
I just want you for my own
More than you could ever know
Make my wish come true
All I want for Christmas is you...
You babyI won't ask for much this Christmas
I won't even wish for snow
Im just gonna keep on waiting
Underneath the mistletoe
I won't make a list and send it
To the North Pole for Saint Nick
i won't even stay awake to
Hear those magic reindeer click
Cause I just want you here tonight
Holding on to me so tight
What more can I do
Baby all I want for Christmas is youYou...
All the lights are shining
So brightly everywhere
And the sound of children's
Laughter fills the air
And everyone is singing
I hear those sleigh bells ringing
Santa won't you bring me the one I really need
- won't you please bring my baby to me...
Oh I don't want a lot for Christmas
This is all I'm asking for
I just want to see baby
Standing right outside my door
Oh I just want him for my own
More than you could ever know
Make my wish come true
Baby all I want for Christmas isYou...
All I want for Christmas is you baby...

on splurging and being bankrupt

i went to the derma today and made a big splurge! i had just intended to get a facial but walked out with my half month's pay of daily regimen!
vanity......

Friday, December 02, 2005

coffee girl


i just love coffee! i cant imagine mornings without it! i remember back when i was small i would persist on having it in the morning and i would be allowed to have my coffee which, back then, was milk spiked with a tiny sprinkle of instant coffee. so young but with the makings of a coffee nut!
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