28 Things That Made Me Smile Today

In no particular order of course ;)


These number elements from Mommyish :D They're my favorite!


Darice got an O* in her Math subject! Hooray for her!


Spent last Saturday with dear old friends who gave me multiple smacks on the head (figuratively, of course :P), while drinking the best Vodka Sprite I've ever tasted.


Oh and Friday night with the Pepe girls, housewarming our two girls' new apartment, watching 10 Things I Hate About You in memory of Heath Ledger.


Also, my long overdue project was finally implemented!


Although there were a lot of hiccups along the way, implementation was complete!


And no big complaints yet!


Well, there was one, but it was due to the data, so yey!


Oooh, our company sportsfest starts next week :D


And I'm with team Poseidon with *him* wooooooooohooooooooooo! Thanks to the sports committee, ahahahhaha!

The Strength of a Man

I got this from God-knows-where so if the author is reading this by some coincidence, contact me and I'll give the necessary acknowledgments :)

The strength of a man isn't seen in the width of his shoulders --
It's in the width of his arms that circle you.

The strength of a man isn't in the deep tone of his voice --
It is in the gentle words he whispers.

The strength of a man isn't just in how many buddies he has --
It's most admirably how good a buddy he is with his kids.

The strength of a man isn't just in how respected he is at work --
It's most importantly how respected he is at home.

The strength of a man isn't in how hard he hits --
It's in how tender he touches.

What do you do?

He lied, telling you he was at a mall with a guy officemate (who you verified, thru your wide network of contacts, was sleeping -- and you only checked because YOU KNOW that guilty voice and YOU KNOW those suspicious actions a few hours ago), when in fact he was with the girl he was rumored to be charming in the office.

I could've dealt with that. I've always dealt with that.

But what if, on New Year's Eve, he told you that his shift was from 7pm - 4am, and so that you and his daughter won't be alone, he sent you to your mother's house, and agreed to pick you up after his shift. Suspicious already because his shift was really from 2pm - 11pm. And after 11pm, he didn't respond to your emails and text messages already. So you asked if he was really in the office (giving him a chance to tell you the truth, because you know, it's better to start off the year being truthful), and he said yes of course I was in the office.

And because of the lie regarding the officemate, and since he could lie so blatantly already, you think, maybe he lied about his New Year's Eve shift too?

So you call his office -- and find out he checked in at 6pm and logged out at 11pm.

Isn't it the last straw? Isn't it not about the girl anymore? Isn't it about CHOOSING TO NOT SPEND the first day of the year with your wife and your daughter? Wherever he may have went, whatever he might have done, the bottom line is: HE DIDN'T WANT TO BE WITH YOU AND YOUR DAUGHTER.

So what do you do?

I went gaga over my holga

As I Twitted a few weeks ago, I got myself a Holga starter kit.

Well, it wasn't really *me* who ordered and got it from the seller. Abi and I asked Joy to contact Jennie to order the Holga starter kits for Abi and I, while Joy was going for the Fisheye no. 2 camera. Joy met up with Jennie one weekend and voila, the next Monday, we all went loco over our lomos :D

Good thing Joy sold me another roll of film because I made a few mistakes with the first roll. I know you're going to say you can't really *make* a mistake with a lomo camera, but how about taking a picture with the lens cap on eh? :P

And for the first roll, the camera was set to take 16 shots, but the mask I was using was the 6x6 mask, which means I should have the camera set to 12 shots only, therefore my first roll had overlapping frames. Eh art na lang kunyari yon. Hahahah.

And so the pics from the first roll.