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!

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

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.....

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

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!

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!

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!

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

when Valentines Day came early

each year vday seems to get better and better.

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.

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

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

wedding bells

the lovely couple with their dear friends

Happy New Year

good memories of 2006, better memories to come in 2007

krispy kreme comes to manila

yehey!

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!

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

the tale of the killer teddy

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

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

series of unfortunate events

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

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

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?!

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!

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.

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!

time pieces

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 =)

Shoes

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

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

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!

the lucky owner of a new racing helmet

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........

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.........

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?

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?

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

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

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!

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.......

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......

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!

karate kid

there is this new japanese fastfood and we thought it would be fun to try out. nothing spectacular. but their tofu is ggggrrreeat!

26 days to go till they come

i cant wait!!!!

fulfillment is where success starts

i had a great chat with one of my good friends from back in high school. we were discussing how our lives had brought us to a profession we loved.

my day off, my second cup of coffee, and the rest of my saturday

half day off and i had the day planned......i was to study for the up coming exam and where else can i do that but in my fave loner hang out place!
christmas is truly in the air......the red cup is back in my fave coffee store and where better to drink it at but at the newly opened branch at the top floor of the shang. it is to become my fave branch. and why you ask? because it is indoor but with so much sunshine being beside the big windows on the top floor. and if ever it gets too sunny the electric shades come down to protect you from sunburn. i was so relaxed that i was falling asleep after my first cup of coffee (im hopeless). what could i do, i bought a second cup and ordered it with an extra shot of espresso! yum!
going along with the christmas spirit i had bought myself a new oil burner scent.....candied citrus. it smells like all the good sweet things of christmas! and may it bring good sweet things ahead!
i then headed to meet maan for dinner. on the way i had taken the public transport as ruby is hybernating (something she does when her driver is away). the driver was so law abiding and i was so awed that i wanted to offer him some of the food i had bought for maan. as i was about to get off he opened the candy on the dash and to my disappointment threw the wrapper out the door......oh well, you cant have it all!
45 days till Christmas!!!!!

budding neonatologist

today i did my very first surfactant administration!!!
when i was told i was being called to do it i was wide eyed in excitedment!
if there is one thing to look forward to this coming year, it is that ill be acting senior at the nursery......exciting and hopeful that i would do justice to my future dream! haaaay......

monday morning humor

a day of great relaxing chocolates

today i had half a day off and i chose to spend it eating lunch with my preview (one option wasnt available as my piggy is still taking care of business elsewhere) i went to my fave loner hang out mall (the shang) and got my fave magazine (preview) and ate at my fave dessert place (sugarhouse). after a scrumptious lunch with great tasting italian coffee (i was still browsing my magazine for the 3rd time) i had decided i would order dessert (as if i'd leave without doing so). i had planned to be boring and order my fave (truffle cake) but the waitress decided to spice up my already enjoyable day and recommended the triple x (one of their new cakes). i asked her what it was and she said it consisted of chocolate something, vanilla something and chocolate something else......hmmmm.....sounded interesting so i went for it.
served in front of me was a big slice of chocolate cake and biting into it i thought "i could lay down and die" IT WAS SOOOO GOOD! it was gooey and the chocolate just melted in your mouth and tickled your tastebuds just right.......yuuuummmmmy!
and then inspired by my overwhelming choco experience i decided i would like to dye my hair chocolate brown and so i went off in search for the purrrfect haircolor.....(in between i saw this real nice pair of sandals decorated intricately with beads and i mean beads! and i finally found the shoes ive been looking for only to realize i could not afford it, i mean i could but cost vs use just doesnt equal profitable)
so here i am with chocolate colored hair with a new fave chocolate cake!
PS dont you just love having a place you could hang out alone and not even mind?!

why mornings are so wonderful

ive often been asked why i get up so early even during the holidays
its because mornings are wonderful!
you get sunshine and the rest of the day ahead of you with endless possibilities
cool showers and a good day planned ahead
yummy breakfast in the morning sun which always brings a smile to my face
who would want to skip such a relaxing part of the day?

morning coffee in front of the computer

have you had one of those days when everything just seems just as you want them to be? im having one of those days. ive my coffee, ive my computer and ive got the rest of the day in front of me (the only things missing are the sun and my piggy)

i once was lost but now im found

i just finished the movie sabrina (after 3 attempts and always falling asleep before it ends). i just got so nostalgic because i came home to a sort of "weekend off" leave due to the holidays and my piggy isnt here.
i was sorting through photos to pass the time and you know how it always turns out that you feel how life was so easy back then......well that was what i felt. but another realization came to me as i was trying to piece together my lifeline through my pictures. you see i had a picture of me in a medschool uniform then my graduation, my first day as an intern, my oath taking and my first few days as a resident. in each event there was a different group of people with me but there were people who were constantly there and i guess these people were the ones who helped me realize my dream and are the reason i am where i am now.......thus the saying "i once was lost but now i found myself" really hit a note.
sabrina had found herself in paris by running away from something she had wanted but knew could not have and i, well, i found myself by sticking to my guns. its funny how sometimes you know what you want but dont know why. some would opt to be more critical but some, like i, would throw caution to the wind only to find out that what they wanted was really what they wanted. funny.... or should i say lucky.......
we often complain about how life is so hard and how more comfortable we were "back then" but you know what i think, i think we are given situations with a level of diffuculty according to our capabilities. because if you think about it, you just think life was easy back then because you are looking in retrospect. but in those days you werent always having the time of your life. you were, like you are now, tackling issues and overcoming hurdles.
if you keep on looking behind you, you might just not see the step on your way and trip, and fall, and ruin your chances of climbing to a better place...............im blessed to have found my footing, blessed to have found myself!

the emperors new clothes

especially for you

Especially for youI wanna let you know what I was going throughAll the time we were apartI thought of youYou were in my heartMy love never changedI still feel the same
Especially for youI wanna tell you I was feeling that way tooAnd if dreams were wings, you knowI would have flown to youTo be where you areNo matter how farAnd now that I'm next to you
No more dreaming about tomorrowForget the loneliness and the sorrowI've got to sayIt's all because of you
And now we're back together, together
I wanna show you my heart is oh so trueAnd all the love I have isEspecially for you
Especially for youI wanna tell you, you mean all the world to meHow I'm certain that our love was meant to beYou changed my lifeYou showed me the wayAnd now that I'm next to youI've waited long enough to find youI wanna put all the hurt behind youOh,And I wanna bring out all the love inside you,
Oh And now we're back together, togetherI wanna show you my heart is oh so trueAnd all the love I have isEspecially for you
You were in my heartMy love never changed
No more dreaming about tomorrowForget the loneliness and the sorrowI've got to sayIt's all because of you
And now we're back together, togetherI wanna show you my heart is oh so trueAnd all the love I have isEspecially for you

birthday lunch

maan and i had a good lunch last sunday. we went to this restaurant at shang where they served good filipino food with a twist. we ordered tilapia belly with coconut sauce, really crunchy lumpia and ginumis for our beverage. for our dessert we had really yummy polvoron and kapeng barako........yum yum!

the case of the missing history

today i had planned to finish my report for friday but in the middle of the process i realized that i was missing my pad paper with the histories of the charts i could not take from the record section! i looked everywhere! where could it be?
bummer, bummer, bummer........

rainy day escape

sometimes when deep in our hearts we want and try to do our best but obstacles get in our way, God knows just what to do to get us through

jostein gaarder and my favorite coffee place

i bought "the orange girl" during the second day of my leave. i enjoyed it as it had a nice twist. i remember being in le cour de france reading and getting all teary eyed near the end of the story..... so yesterday, i had missed my chance to watch the comedy/lovestory of the cine europa and went to powerbooks to see if anything interested me as i resigned to sit at starbucks and wait for my better half who had dropped me off at shang to go to a stag party. i was already all the way in the store at the teen readers section, im embarrased to say, when we were prompted to go to the exit as the store was closing. desperate, my instinct led me to the jostein gaarder books and i picked out "the solitaire mystery" (it was that or "the devil wears prada")
i headed to my favorite coffee place, should i even begin to say which, and got myself no less than a grande of the coffee of the week. i was forced to share a table with a young girl, a few years younger than i, being a saturday evening, my favorite coffee place was a favorite hang out of the old and young alike. satisfied with my purchase (the book i mean) i opened my grande to mix with sugar and to my dismay spilt all over the table and my newly opened book. so now i will always remember that book with coffee stains as the saturday before my leave ended which i spent cozily reading in my favorite coffee place.
a note of advice, do not get verona if you dont intend to stay up all night as it is sssstrong!