Dati-rati, enjoy na enjoy ako kapag mahaba ang "bakasyon" para sa aming mga empleyado.
Pero ngayon, iniisip ko na sana may pasok na lang bukas.
Sana nga may pasok na bukas. Tapos sana sa Friday may pasok din. Sana tambakan ako ng trabaho para hindi ako makauwi ng maaga.
Sana makalimutan ko yung mga nasabi ko kagabi. Lalo na yung mga narinig ko. Kasi hindi ko na matanggal sa utak ko iyon, paulit-ulit na lang. At habang paulit-ulit yun sa utak ko, unti-unting nadudurog ang puso ko. Wala na, nasaktan na, inaapakan na, winasak na.
Kelangan ko ng mahabang bakasyon. Hindi mula sa trabaho. Pero sa buhay ko. Gusto kong umalis, mawala, magunaw.
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Paumanhin sa kadramahan. Pagpasensyahan na. Kulang sa tulog. At paalis mamaya papuntang Clark.
Kitakits na lang sa Martes.
Le Sigh
[Balik sa dating gawi ng posting... If you would look here up to here, you'd see that I love counting the cigs I smoked for the day. And the coffee na rin na nilagok ko sa araw na yon. Sometimes din, kasama pa kung anong libro, panoorin at tugtog ang kinagigiliwan ko ng araw ding yon. And shemps, kung anong angas/angst ko sa pangkasakalukuyan. pero this might be just for this post only, hehehe]
[If you're not into my personal outbursts, hop on over here for a discourse on what's new this TV season]
Yosi: 10 sticks ... blech nakahalf a pack ako yesterday :(
Kape: 3 cups (one in the early morning, another one by 10 am, and then another one around 4pm)
Libro: Reader's Digest October 2002 - merong article dun na Why Boys are the Weaker Sex :P
Tugtog: I Can't Make You Love Me by Bonnie Raitt
Panoorin: Astig ng Numb3rs kagabi!
Angas: Eto pa rin. Lech.
Le sigh.
So many things will happen next month. First the fucking implementation of the VAT on November 1. Although I could still take a vacation from October 31-November 1, I have to go back to work on November 2. That is to answer the queries of the users just in case errors are encountered regarding our VAT-modified system.
Gaaaah. I'm so not ready for this. That's why Lory (who will be the lucky ones to take a week-long vacation) will give me a crash course (again) on how VAT will affect the transactions done on our system. I am so taking notes.
Also, next month, I will be saying good-bye to two good friends -- they have decided that the grass is greener on the other side of the fence. Again, so not ready for this. I don't know why it's affecting me so much! I'm really going to miss them, I really will =s
And that's it muna... the other changes not really sure pa, pero I feel it... it's coming.... rain.... feel it on my fingertips... ay shet, napakanta na tuloy ako :P
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If things are moving along with an officemate of mine and my sister (gist: he saw her at my wedding, he sent her a friendster message, then they started "communicating" then last night he visited our house and brought Cinnabon for my mom hehehe style), things are not going well with me and him.
But, I'm ashamed to admit it, I really miss the jerk. [Blech. Just gag me with a spoon.]
Well, the good side of him anyways. Right now, he's mutated into a female version of himself wherein he gives me the cold shoulder and bitches around. Yup, the typical reaction of a female during a spat.
I feel like I'm turning lesbo. Oooh... dejavu ;)
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My family is planning to go on a 10-day trip to HK-China next year. And they want us to come along.
Riiiiiight.
Like I have enough money/savings for my family's airfare, accomodations and pocket money. Which my mom estimates to be around 100K just for our [me, him and Star] airfare and accomodations.
Riiiiiiiiiiight.
Anybody have any extra 100K there? I could spring for our pocket money na siguro. Hehehe.
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Okay, 5:30 am already. Have to dash to get to work early. I do hope I don't get to smoke so much today. But then, there are so many things weighing on my mind right now, I just can't help it.
Le sigh. Again.
[If you're not into my personal outbursts, hop on over here for a discourse on what's new this TV season]
Yosi: 10 sticks ... blech nakahalf a pack ako yesterday :(
Kape: 3 cups (one in the early morning, another one by 10 am, and then another one around 4pm)
Libro: Reader's Digest October 2002 - merong article dun na Why Boys are the Weaker Sex :P
Tugtog: I Can't Make You Love Me by Bonnie Raitt
Panoorin: Astig ng Numb3rs kagabi!
Angas: Eto pa rin. Lech.
Le sigh.
So many things will happen next month. First the fucking implementation of the VAT on November 1. Although I could still take a vacation from October 31-November 1, I have to go back to work on November 2. That is to answer the queries of the users just in case errors are encountered regarding our VAT-modified system.
Gaaaah. I'm so not ready for this. That's why Lory (who will be the lucky ones to take a week-long vacation) will give me a crash course (again) on how VAT will affect the transactions done on our system. I am so taking notes.
Also, next month, I will be saying good-bye to two good friends -- they have decided that the grass is greener on the other side of the fence. Again, so not ready for this. I don't know why it's affecting me so much! I'm really going to miss them, I really will =s
And that's it muna... the other changes not really sure pa, pero I feel it... it's coming.... rain.... feel it on my fingertips... ay shet, napakanta na tuloy ako :P
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If things are moving along with an officemate of mine and my sister (gist: he saw her at my wedding, he sent her a friendster message, then they started "communicating" then last night he visited our house and brought Cinnabon for my mom hehehe style), things are not going well with me and him.
But, I'm ashamed to admit it, I really miss the jerk. [Blech. Just gag me with a spoon.]
Well, the good side of him anyways. Right now, he's mutated into a female version of himself wherein he gives me the cold shoulder and bitches around. Yup, the typical reaction of a female during a spat.
I feel like I'm turning lesbo. Oooh... dejavu ;)
---
My family is planning to go on a 10-day trip to HK-China next year. And they want us to come along.
Riiiiiight.
Like I have enough money/savings for my family's airfare, accomodations and pocket money. Which my mom estimates to be around 100K just for our [me, him and Star] airfare and accomodations.
Riiiiiiiiiiight.
Anybody have any extra 100K there? I could spring for our pocket money na siguro. Hehehe.
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Okay, 5:30 am already. Have to dash to get to work early. I do hope I don't get to smoke so much today. But then, there are so many things weighing on my mind right now, I just can't help it.
Le sigh. Again.
"Alam mo bang galit ako sa'yo?"
Oo, alam kong galit ka sakin.
Ikaw, alam mo ba na hindi ako galit sa'yo?
Siguro asar, o pikon, o kaya nalulungkot. Pero magalit? Nang ganyan katagal? Sa isang napakaliit na bagay?
Kahit na marami akong ayaw sa'yo.
Kahit na nasaktan mo ako.
Kahit na nasasakal ako sayo.
Nagkalat dito sa blog ko ang lahat ng hindi ko gusto sa'yo.
At naasar lang ako. Hindi ako nagalit.
Nalungkot lang ako. Hindi ako nagalit.
Nawalan lang ako ng pag-asa. Pero hindi ako nagalit.
Kaya sana tumigil ka na sa kaartehan mo, at sa kabastusan mo.
Pag ikaw ang may atraso sakin, at kinakausap mo ako, hindi kita binabara ng "Alam mo bang galit ako sa'yo?" Hindi na kasi tinatanong yon. Hindi naman ako manhid o bobo.
Ikaw, tatanungin ko ulit, alam mo bang hindi ako galit sa'yo?
Mukhang alam ko naman ang sagot mo.
Nakikita ko naman sa pagtrato mo...
Ikaw, alam mo ba na hindi ako galit sa'yo?
Siguro asar, o pikon, o kaya nalulungkot. Pero magalit? Nang ganyan katagal? Sa isang napakaliit na bagay?
Kahit na marami akong ayaw sa'yo.
Kahit na nasaktan mo ako.
Kahit na nasasakal ako sayo.
Nagkalat dito sa blog ko ang lahat ng hindi ko gusto sa'yo.
At naasar lang ako. Hindi ako nagalit.
Nalungkot lang ako. Hindi ako nagalit.
Nawalan lang ako ng pag-asa. Pero hindi ako nagalit.
Kaya sana tumigil ka na sa kaartehan mo, at sa kabastusan mo.
Pag ikaw ang may atraso sakin, at kinakausap mo ako, hindi kita binabara ng "Alam mo bang galit ako sa'yo?" Hindi na kasi tinatanong yon. Hindi naman ako manhid o bobo.
Ikaw, tatanungin ko ulit, alam mo bang hindi ako galit sa'yo?
Mukhang alam ko naman ang sagot mo.
Nakikita ko naman sa pagtrato mo...
On The Boob Tube
The new TV season started a month ago, with new shows making their debuts, and old shows doing a comeback. Now that more than a month has passed, and a few episodes have aired, let's see how my favorite TV shows are fairing.
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Let's start off with the CSI franchise.
CSI
The season premiere featured a suspicious trailer explosion, a stripper found dead and dumped in the worst part of town, and two baked and decomposed bodies found inside a car which has been under the hot Las Vegas sun for five days. Oh and guess who is sporting a wedding ring???
For the first five episodes, they investigate a cult, the death of a rising star, a dead wife, a family massacre and the trailer explosion. And there seems to be more character development as Nick might be showing the effects of being buried alive, while Sara thinks Nick's near-death experience is making him too emotionally involved. Also according to the CSIFiles, Lady Heather will be coming back, and Kelly Gordon (daughter of Walter Gordon, the man who kidnapped Nick and buried him alive) might just be back for season six.
CSI:Miami
Third season left us with ballistics expert Calleigh Duquesne quitting the ballistics lab after the suicide of her ex-BF John Hagen. Fourth season starts with Calleigh working the trace lab. Also, we find Horatio speaking to a cardinal about an old sin that haunts him -- a life the he took long ago. Oooh, and some romance will develop in this city (might be Delko, according to E!Online).
Season three has yacht club members as suspects, the Miami nightclub scene claiming a victim, a race against time (and a life sentence), and a three-way involving a pool boy (not what your dirty minds are actually thinking :P). In the latest episode, Horatio is tagged as the main suspect, and the other CSIs dig deeper to find the real killer.
CSI:NY
The second season opens with new offices -- the CSIs have relocated to a Manhattan high-rise which includes new labs, a staff break room and new office equipment with state-of-the-art technology [Source].
Fandom is tagging the season premiere as "Shiny Happy People" -- looks like the blue filter of the show is trashed, with the cast taking Prozac. A lingerie designer and a plastic surgeon are murdered, a tiger mauling in a zoo, a 10-yr-old chess champion is killed -- season two of CSI:NY looks pretty gruesome too me still. Oh, and a team member will leave the show by the second episode.
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There are, of course, other TV shows that I watch aside from the CSI trio.
Desperate Housewives
The first season left us with a mentally unstable Zach/Dana holding Susan hostage in Mike's house. Rex is dead, and the Applewhites have moved in. Paul is left for dead in the dessert. We all know about Mary Alice's secret.
Bree's mother-in-law arrives, and this puts Bree's ice-queen demeanor to the test. The Applewhites look like they're hiding someone... or something. Lynette returns to the corporate world while her husband stays home. Carlos demands a paternity test, and it looks like Gabrielle faked it. Susan is saved, and Mike thinks that Zach might be his son. Hey, this is just from the season premiere.
Following episodes show us that Rex's mom is suspicious of Bree and George. Lynette has an overdemanding man-hungry boss and takes her out to bars night after night. Gabby flirts with the new gardener, and Carlos' new attorney. Susan finds the runaway Zach, and takes matters into her own hands when she finds out his intentions to get back together with her daughter Julie. Looks like the housewives are getting more desperate, even without the mystery of Mary Alice's suicide hanging over their heads.
House
I only caught the third episode of the first season of this show on AXN, and I was hooked. Tuesday nights 10am is House time for me. House is the brashest, rudest, most insensitive doctor there is, but he gets the job done -- finding the cure to the weirdest and perplexing medical problems of the show. He's like Grissom actually, and House is like the CSI of medical dramas.
Over at the States, second season has already started with LL Cool J guesting in the season premiere. He's a death row inmate felled by an unknown disease, so House takes on the case to save him (from the disease, of course, but I think he'll still be on deathrow). Succeeding episodes have a cancer patient hallucinating and an asthmatic man falling off a roof. I'm also watching out for the episode where Cynthia Nixon guest-stars :)
Numb3rs
Again, caught this show on AXN, and it was the season premiere of the first season. Again, got hooked, and 9pm Monday nights is Numb3rs time for me :)
The best way I could describe this show is CSI minus the forensics plus a lot of mathematics. [Yikes, like very show I watch is compared to CSI -- sorry] Rob Morrow plays the FBI investigator, while his brother, played by David Krumholtz [him of 10 Things I Hate About You and The Santa Clause fame], is the mathematician who helps him out with his cases. The mathematician believes that numbers don't lie, and that everything can be fitted into a mathematical formula -- although we'll see that sometimes, the human factor is too unpredictable to plug into just any formula. [Source]
Season two of Numb3rs investigates a jewelry heist, the murder of a judge's wife, the stalking of a popular singer, the killing of a company executive, and a secret code that begins the hunt for a skilled assassin. [Source] I'm excited to see how or what mathematical formulas were used to solve these crimes. [Nyak, nerd :P]
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And here are the new shows I'm curious about:
My Name Is Earl
Jason Lee rocks -- one of the reasons I want to follow this show. Actually, the only reason. Hehehe. E!Online tags My Name is Earl as one of the shows that they love -- because it's smart, edgy and quirky. And it's like nothing we've seen before. Okay I'm hooked.
Jason Lee is a down-on-his-luck guy who won the lottery, gets hit by a car, and of course, loses the ticket. While in the hospital, he realizes, through a late-night show of Carson Daly, that "Do good things and good things will happen to you. Do bad things and bad things will happen to you." And then, he sets off righting every bad thing he has done -- 259 items in all.
For more reviews, go to MetaCritic. It might just convince you to watch this show. Image from E!Online.
Everybody Hates Chris
Again, tagged by E!Online as one of the new shows they love. Got curious about this one because Chris Rock is involved -- yup the Chris that everybody hates is Chris Rock, and this show is about his childhood.
This show is narrated by Chris Rock himself, sort of in the style of The Wonder Years, and based on his experiences living in a tough part of Brooklyn with his family and the only black student in an all-white school. His dad knows the price of everything ("That's 26 cent worth of milk you just spilled...Lick it up!") while his mom has 100 recipes for whupping ass ("Boy, I will slap the caps off your knees! I will knock you into last night! I will slap your name out the phone book and call Ma Bell and tell her I did it!"). Nice family dynamics hehehe.
For more reasons to watch this show, read the Metacritic. Image from E!Online.
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To read more of the keepers and gone-for-good shows of the new season, read Watch with Kristin column!
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Whatever happened to...?
Joey Err, I lost interest. Sorry!!! Huhuhu... I feel like I abandoned Friends =s
Arrested Develoment Waah... don't have time to watch the first and second season yet :( I heard Charlize Theron will be guesting on a few episodes on the new season as Michael Bluth's love interest.
Monk A new season will be shown on Star World! Yey!
Lost You might be wondering why this show isn't mentioned in the must watch category above. Err because haven't watched ANY episode?! Please, don't throw me down the hatch! I promise to catch up!
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Whew, it looks like I have a lot of TV to watch this new season.
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Let's start off with the CSI franchise.
CSI
The season premiere featured a suspicious trailer explosion, a stripper found dead and dumped in the worst part of town, and two baked and decomposed bodies found inside a car which has been under the hot Las Vegas sun for five days. Oh and guess who is sporting a wedding ring???For the first five episodes, they investigate a cult, the death of a rising star, a dead wife, a family massacre and the trailer explosion. And there seems to be more character development as Nick might be showing the effects of being buried alive, while Sara thinks Nick's near-death experience is making him too emotionally involved. Also according to the CSIFiles, Lady Heather will be coming back, and Kelly Gordon (daughter of Walter Gordon, the man who kidnapped Nick and buried him alive) might just be back for season six.
CSI:Miami
Third season left us with ballistics expert Calleigh Duquesne quitting the ballistics lab after the suicide of her ex-BF John Hagen. Fourth season starts with Calleigh working the trace lab. Also, we find Horatio speaking to a cardinal about an old sin that haunts him -- a life the he took long ago. Oooh, and some romance will develop in this city (might be Delko, according to E!Online).Season three has yacht club members as suspects, the Miami nightclub scene claiming a victim, a race against time (and a life sentence), and a three-way involving a pool boy (not what your dirty minds are actually thinking :P). In the latest episode, Horatio is tagged as the main suspect, and the other CSIs dig deeper to find the real killer.
CSI:NY
The second season opens with new offices -- the CSIs have relocated to a Manhattan high-rise which includes new labs, a staff break room and new office equipment with state-of-the-art technology [Source]. Fandom is tagging the season premiere as "Shiny Happy People" -- looks like the blue filter of the show is trashed, with the cast taking Prozac. A lingerie designer and a plastic surgeon are murdered, a tiger mauling in a zoo, a 10-yr-old chess champion is killed -- season two of CSI:NY looks pretty gruesome too me still. Oh, and a team member will leave the show by the second episode.
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There are, of course, other TV shows that I watch aside from the CSI trio.
Desperate Housewives
The first season left us with a mentally unstable Zach/Dana holding Susan hostage in Mike's house. Rex is dead, and the Applewhites have moved in. Paul is left for dead in the dessert. We all know about Mary Alice's secret.Bree's mother-in-law arrives, and this puts Bree's ice-queen demeanor to the test. The Applewhites look like they're hiding someone... or something. Lynette returns to the corporate world while her husband stays home. Carlos demands a paternity test, and it looks like Gabrielle faked it. Susan is saved, and Mike thinks that Zach might be his son. Hey, this is just from the season premiere.
Following episodes show us that Rex's mom is suspicious of Bree and George. Lynette has an overdemanding man-hungry boss and takes her out to bars night after night. Gabby flirts with the new gardener, and Carlos' new attorney. Susan finds the runaway Zach, and takes matters into her own hands when she finds out his intentions to get back together with her daughter Julie. Looks like the housewives are getting more desperate, even without the mystery of Mary Alice's suicide hanging over their heads.
House
I only caught the third episode of the first season of this show on AXN, and I was hooked. Tuesday nights 10am is House time for me. House is the brashest, rudest, most insensitive doctor there is, but he gets the job done -- finding the cure to the weirdest and perplexing medical problems of the show. He's like Grissom actually, and House is like the CSI of medical dramas.Over at the States, second season has already started with LL Cool J guesting in the season premiere. He's a death row inmate felled by an unknown disease, so House takes on the case to save him (from the disease, of course, but I think he'll still be on deathrow). Succeeding episodes have a cancer patient hallucinating and an asthmatic man falling off a roof. I'm also watching out for the episode where Cynthia Nixon guest-stars :)
Numb3rs
Again, caught this show on AXN, and it was the season premiere of the first season. Again, got hooked, and 9pm Monday nights is Numb3rs time for me :) The best way I could describe this show is CSI minus the forensics plus a lot of mathematics. [Yikes, like very show I watch is compared to CSI -- sorry] Rob Morrow plays the FBI investigator, while his brother, played by David Krumholtz [him of 10 Things I Hate About You and The Santa Clause fame], is the mathematician who helps him out with his cases. The mathematician believes that numbers don't lie, and that everything can be fitted into a mathematical formula -- although we'll see that sometimes, the human factor is too unpredictable to plug into just any formula. [Source]
Season two of Numb3rs investigates a jewelry heist, the murder of a judge's wife, the stalking of a popular singer, the killing of a company executive, and a secret code that begins the hunt for a skilled assassin. [Source] I'm excited to see how or what mathematical formulas were used to solve these crimes. [Nyak, nerd :P]
---
And here are the new shows I'm curious about:
My Name Is Earl
Jason Lee rocks -- one of the reasons I want to follow this show. Actually, the only reason. Hehehe. E!Online tags My Name is Earl as one of the shows that they love -- because it's smart, edgy and quirky. And it's like nothing we've seen before. Okay I'm hooked.Jason Lee is a down-on-his-luck guy who won the lottery, gets hit by a car, and of course, loses the ticket. While in the hospital, he realizes, through a late-night show of Carson Daly, that "Do good things and good things will happen to you. Do bad things and bad things will happen to you." And then, he sets off righting every bad thing he has done -- 259 items in all.
For more reviews, go to MetaCritic. It might just convince you to watch this show. Image from E!Online.
Everybody Hates Chris
Again, tagged by E!Online as one of the new shows they love. Got curious about this one because Chris Rock is involved -- yup the Chris that everybody hates is Chris Rock, and this show is about his childhood.This show is narrated by Chris Rock himself, sort of in the style of The Wonder Years, and based on his experiences living in a tough part of Brooklyn with his family and the only black student in an all-white school. His dad knows the price of everything ("That's 26 cent worth of milk you just spilled...Lick it up!") while his mom has 100 recipes for whupping ass ("Boy, I will slap the caps off your knees! I will knock you into last night! I will slap your name out the phone book and call Ma Bell and tell her I did it!"). Nice family dynamics hehehe.
For more reasons to watch this show, read the Metacritic. Image from E!Online.
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To read more of the keepers and gone-for-good shows of the new season, read Watch with Kristin column!
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Whatever happened to...?
Joey Err, I lost interest. Sorry!!! Huhuhu... I feel like I abandoned Friends =s
Arrested Develoment Waah... don't have time to watch the first and second season yet :( I heard Charlize Theron will be guesting on a few episodes on the new season as Michael Bluth's love interest.
Monk A new season will be shown on Star World! Yey!
Lost You might be wondering why this show isn't mentioned in the must watch category above. Err because haven't watched ANY episode?! Please, don't throw me down the hatch! I promise to catch up!
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Whew, it looks like I have a lot of TV to watch this new season.
The Top Ten Design Mistakes for Blogs
I got wind of this from HouseOnAHill. Here's the rundown of the top ten design mistakes for blogs:
1. No Author Biographies -- good I have an author biography.
2. No Author Photo -- well, but my pictures are all over my posts!
3. Nondescript Posting Titles -- I try to fit everything in a few words or so, but I think they're not nondescript.
4. Links Don't Say Where They Go -- I'm kind of guilty of this, putting links here and there.
5. Classic Hits are Buried -- well, I'll try to unearth some of the classics this weekend and put them in the sidebar :)
6. The Calendar is the Only Navigation -- err, if this is about categories, my only defense is that Blogger doesn't support it =s
7. Irregular Publishing Frequency -- ack, so guilty of this!!!
8. Mixing Topics -- well, the common thread is me, so I guess not too guilty of this.
9. Forgetting That You Write for Your Future Boss -- egad, I know! Sometimes I really do forget that people I know are already reading my blog. Hmm... better rein in those rants once and for all.
10. Having a Domain Name Owned by a Weblog Service -- no choice here. Or rather, I chose Blogger before because it was user-friendly and it felt comfortable for a newbie like myself. I choose to stay with Blogger, because I think it has grown with me and I still can do so many things with it (although, there are the lack of categories and I still don't like their commenting scheme).
1. No Author Biographies -- good I have an author biography.
2. No Author Photo -- well, but my pictures are all over my posts!
3. Nondescript Posting Titles -- I try to fit everything in a few words or so, but I think they're not nondescript.
4. Links Don't Say Where They Go -- I'm kind of guilty of this, putting links here and there.
5. Classic Hits are Buried -- well, I'll try to unearth some of the classics this weekend and put them in the sidebar :)
6. The Calendar is the Only Navigation -- err, if this is about categories, my only defense is that Blogger doesn't support it =s
7. Irregular Publishing Frequency -- ack, so guilty of this!!!
8. Mixing Topics -- well, the common thread is me, so I guess not too guilty of this.
9. Forgetting That You Write for Your Future Boss -- egad, I know! Sometimes I really do forget that people I know are already reading my blog. Hmm... better rein in those rants once and for all.
10. Having a Domain Name Owned by a Weblog Service -- no choice here. Or rather, I chose Blogger before because it was user-friendly and it felt comfortable for a newbie like myself. I choose to stay with Blogger, because I think it has grown with me and I still can do so many things with it (although, there are the lack of categories and I still don't like their commenting scheme).
Baby Blues
I guess the most important question [or the question that is asked most often], right after Darius and I got married, was this: Kelan nyo susundan si Darice?
And I have to answer with a disappointing NEVER.
No, there's nothing wrong with my reproductive system. As I know, my ovaries are healthily producing fertile eggs every month. Nope, there's nothing wrong with Dar's reproductive system too. Speedy and robust sperm cells are continually being produced as I write this.
There are two reasons why Darice will remain an only child:
Darius doesn't want to have another one,
and
Darice doesn't want to have any siblings.
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Darius' sister Ate Ella came home from Canada for our wedding, and is staying here for more or less ten weeks. She brought along her 10-month old daughter Lia, who has the most adorable curly curls and big round eyes.
Darice is totally enamored with her. She would spend all of her play time with her. After her homework she'd say, "I'll go to Lia na!" then she'll rush off to my sister-in-law's room. Sometime it would be "I'll just see if Lia's awake na" or "I'll just say good morning to Lia" [Yes, ishpokening dolyares ang anak ko].
But then, if I ask her if she wants a baby sister or a baby brother, she'd emphatically answer, "No! I just want a baby cousin!"
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Darius has also shown his soft side for Lia. He would often bring her to our room and play with her. He even tried to teach her the right way of going down our bed.
But then, I asked him, during one late afternoon when we were on our way home, imagine if we were already rich and stable and have lots of money by then, would he consider having another baby?
He answered, "Dapat nagto-tour na tayo non, kasi di natin alam kung tatagal ka eh" [referring to my *early demise* due to smoking.]
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The first time that I got pregnant was such a traumatic experience for me. I welcomed the supposed-to-be-good news with shock, fear and indecision. My parents hated me for being a skank and ruining their reputation. Dar was the sweetest guy then, but he could only do so much because he didn't live with me yet.
Even then, I knew I wanted to get pregnant again. I didn't want that to be my first and last experience of infanticapation.
I want to jump for joy when I shout from the bathroom "It's positive!!!" I want to tell all about it to my family and friends with pride and excitement. I want to buy baby clothes, do a baby scrapbook, make a baby blog. I want a big baby shower where all my family and friends will be soooo excited for me. Most importantly, I want Dar to pig out with me (again) as I eat for two, be my driver everywhere I go, and always always always by my side rubbing my big belly while we go to sleep at night.
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But then, it's two against one. I'll have a hard time convincing Darice to have a baby brother or sister, as she is already comfortable being an only (spoiled brat :P) child. Darius would be harder to convince, as he already feels overwhelmed with responsibility when it comes to Darice.
Maybe I'm just being selfish. They (meaning the two kontrabidang D's) have logical reasons for not wanting another bun in my oven -- that is, adding another human being into our equation means reduced [insert either attention, money, food, free time, etc.] for both of them. I mean, life is so hard these days, having another baby would just result to expenses, expenses and more expenses.
Tama ba sila? Tama naman sila diba?
[I am so shaking my head right now.]
And I have to answer with a disappointing NEVER.
No, there's nothing wrong with my reproductive system. As I know, my ovaries are healthily producing fertile eggs every month. Nope, there's nothing wrong with Dar's reproductive system too. Speedy and robust sperm cells are continually being produced as I write this.
There are two reasons why Darice will remain an only child:
Darius doesn't want to have another one,
and
Darice doesn't want to have any siblings.
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Darius' sister Ate Ella came home from Canada for our wedding, and is staying here for more or less ten weeks. She brought along her 10-month old daughter Lia, who has the most adorable curly curls and big round eyes.
Darice is totally enamored with her. She would spend all of her play time with her. After her homework she'd say, "I'll go to Lia na!" then she'll rush off to my sister-in-law's room. Sometime it would be "I'll just see if Lia's awake na" or "I'll just say good morning to Lia" [Yes, ishpokening dolyares ang anak ko].
But then, if I ask her if she wants a baby sister or a baby brother, she'd emphatically answer, "No! I just want a baby cousin!"
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Darius has also shown his soft side for Lia. He would often bring her to our room and play with her. He even tried to teach her the right way of going down our bed.
But then, I asked him, during one late afternoon when we were on our way home, imagine if we were already rich and stable and have lots of money by then, would he consider having another baby?
He answered, "Dapat nagto-tour na tayo non, kasi di natin alam kung tatagal ka eh" [referring to my *early demise* due to smoking.]
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The first time that I got pregnant was such a traumatic experience for me. I welcomed the supposed-to-be-good news with shock, fear and indecision. My parents hated me for being a skank and ruining their reputation. Dar was the sweetest guy then, but he could only do so much because he didn't live with me yet.
Even then, I knew I wanted to get pregnant again. I didn't want that to be my first and last experience of infanticapation.
I want to jump for joy when I shout from the bathroom "It's positive!!!" I want to tell all about it to my family and friends with pride and excitement. I want to buy baby clothes, do a baby scrapbook, make a baby blog. I want a big baby shower where all my family and friends will be soooo excited for me. Most importantly, I want Dar to pig out with me (again) as I eat for two, be my driver everywhere I go, and always always always by my side rubbing my big belly while we go to sleep at night.
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But then, it's two against one. I'll have a hard time convincing Darice to have a baby brother or sister, as she is already comfortable being an only (spoiled brat :P) child. Darius would be harder to convince, as he already feels overwhelmed with responsibility when it comes to Darice.
Maybe I'm just being selfish. They (meaning the two kontrabidang D's) have logical reasons for not wanting another bun in my oven -- that is, adding another human being into our equation means reduced [insert either attention, money, food, free time, etc.] for both of them. I mean, life is so hard these days, having another baby would just result to expenses, expenses and more expenses.
Tama ba sila? Tama naman sila diba?
[I am so shaking my head right now.]
The Albums
Egad, another wedding-related post!
Just wanted to share our online albums from Flickr! (c/o Ramil, thanks uli!) Just click on the images :)
P.S. If you're not yet saturated by my wedding pictures, hop on over here for a full blow-by-blow account of that day. It's a very looooong story, so better get a cup of coffee first before you start reading hehehe.
P.P.S. Last wedding post na'to, pramis!!! ^_^
Just wanted to share our online albums from Flickr! (c/o Ramil, thanks uli!) Just click on the images :)
Wedding Preparations
Wedding Ceremony
Wedding Pictorial
Wedding Reception
Wedding Ceremony
Wedding Pictorial
Wedding Reception
P.S. If you're not yet saturated by my wedding pictures, hop on over here for a full blow-by-blow account of that day. It's a very looooong story, so better get a cup of coffee first before you start reading hehehe.
P.P.S. Last wedding post na'to, pramis!!! ^_^
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