that red-letter day, 2007

this year, it was normal but different (huwat?). carlo and i had dinner at cibo (my favorite! but he was the one who suggested it..hihi) and had my usual valentino pasta and iced tea combo. then we watched..not one..but two movies! haha. music and lyrics + ghost rider = one sore butt! hehehe. jaz keeding. but really, by the time we were watching the second movie, i couldn't concentrate anymore because i was so sleepy! i slept at 4am the night before because i tried finishing my watercoloring homework..when i actually didn't have my prang!!! just when i was so determined to go to class with complete homework. arggghh. good thing, i was late enough to skip homeworking checking! actually, i think john didn't check homework for that day, yahu! and i think everyone was just all gooey and goofy that day. we just had to go get all photo-op-ish..i don't know why :-P it must be love you say? hahaha. i'm not making any sense.

i made this for our activity that day. john said it was cute! :-) *blush* the lines are just coming out of nowhere so he fixed it. the hands are still uglee! and one arm is lighter than the other! hahaha. and still looks a bit barbaric donchatink?

btw joe lei, one of my classmates, is selling really cute bikinis and tankinis -- http://joelei.multiply.com/photos/album/3. here's a pic of one of the bikinis i bought from her.

do check them out! :-)

lookie what someone bought the other day...

INGGIT AKO!!!! WUHUHU!!!!

one day, it will be mine. oh yes, it will be mine. mwahahahahah (maniacal laugh)..so pretty..nuninuninu..(wala, nasiraan na ng bait! hahah). but seriously, i'm so jealous! to think i was being discouraged by the person who bought this from buying a macbook! then he ended up being a convert! hahaha. it's really really nice. we roadtested it and grabe, i just fell in love with it all over again! if you really are into music and designing and all that artsy fartsy stuff, then mac is for you! graphics are really nice. itunes is simply the best (don't know why i never got used to winamp). i also love iSight :-) how your stuff is presented to you is really different too..it's more interesting and it entices you to use your computer. i can't put everything to words! you really have to experience it to believe it :-) you aren't just paying for something that functions as a computer but it's like you are paying for a certain lifestyle. and for all you cam whores out there, you have got to love photobooth! hahaha. yeah, this is goal #4. i will achieve goal #4..soon.. :-)

twenty-oh-seven

okay, so this is about a month delayed -- the reason which i've already explained in one of my previous posts. but in honor of the year turning new, here is my list of things to do or my goals for the new year (and believe me, i am sure pretty optimistic about it!). i do hope that by the time this year ends, i get to do everything on this list..and even more :-)

1) travel
- i think this will always be part of my new year's list of things to do...coz i'm a WANDERLUSTER!!! hahaha. i just see this finally come into fruition more now that i have someone to constantly travel with :-) i also foresee myself having more time this year (hmm, how can that be possible? hahaha). we will most probably try land travel first so that we could roadtest carlo's dear elcy! i don't mind since I ABSOLUTELY LOVE ROADTRIPS :-) i think we should start with local tourism first to gain firsthand experience on what our country has to offer. and anyway i don't really have money yet to travel outside of the philippines. basta, aabot din akong europe pero hindi pa ngayon.

2) learn more about photography
- i assisted carlo earlier today for a shoot and a realization dawned on me -- that photography is something i would like to be good at and something i would like to earn money from at the same time. even if all i did this morning was be carlo's errand girl, there was this fun element from the experience: the whole process of coming up with an idea and capturing that idea into still image, the whole creativity involved, is simply satisfying. kaya naman ngayon napapaisip na akong bumili ng dSLR. and of course, i would need a laptop. i do need a laptop. like a macbook perhaps. sige patch, i-justify mo pa. hahaha. hay, low on funds. both are pretty hard on the bank account, which isn't really pretty fluid these days. so although it is very probable i won't really be able to get my dSLR nor my macbook, i will still try to practice and learn. at least carlo's camera is there for my usage, hehe :-)

3) finally learn how to speak nihongo
- my tita is going to kill me! i asked her to buy me a nihongo book as pasalubong when they came here to visit feb of last year..but i haven't gone past lesson 1! and they are coming to visit again this year! for sure she's going to ask me how the lessons are going..i don't have the heart to tell her that i haven't progressed! so i have, i have, I HAVE to move on to the advanced level at most by the end of the year.

4) buy me meh gadgets!
- macbook! dSLR! lomo LCA +! i've always wanted these. doubt i'd be able to get any this year but i'll just put them on the list anyway. let me push myself to the limits! :-)

5) live independently
- again, talk about pushing myself to the limits. i remember telling myself before that by the age of twenty-six, i should be living independently already. it didn't push through coz i chickened out! bokbokbokok! hahaha. i made excuses. i told myself that i should save money first. i also thought that i have all the time in the world to live separately from my parents when i get married. but at the start of this year, i realized that now is the time to try living on my own. first, i find where we live at too small for all of us. second, it is far from work and friends and..hehehe :-) third, i really need a my own personal space -- a place where i can set-up my craft and work on it and not be bothered by anyone. the third reason is tied to my other goals. if i don't satisfy the third reason, it may be hard to accomplish my other goals (wekwek, justifying again!). question is, can i really move out already? am i financially capable? is my family ready to let me go? well, we'll see. after all, i am three years shy from turning thirty, for crying out loud!

6) study. study. study.
- i don't know why but there is just this craving to keep on learning and to absorb everything out there that interests me. here are just some of the things i do hope to be knowledgeable/good/better at by the end of the year: photography, dressmaking, operations research, accounting, speaking and writing in japanese, anything and everything about designing, investing.

7) learn how to cook/bake
- i know nothing about the kitchen and i made a promise that before i get married or, at most, before i have kids, i should know how to cook already so that when my kids talk to their playmates, they wouldn't be embarrassed to say that their mom doesn't know how to cook. hehehe. and so that i can bake my kids cookies! myself too! :-)

8) open the circle!
- i've met a lot of people in the past year and i must say it's been great. i've always had a closed world and just keep several friends close because i'm pretty shy! pramis! most of all to girls..i don't know why. i have a hard time bonding with girls that's why i have a lot of guy friends. i guess it's partly because i can't find girls who have the same interests as i do, except for the whole fashion thang. most girls love to dress up. i guess it's also partly because of that characteristic of girls to overanalyze and nitpick people's personalities. in other words, girls love to bash other people, most of all other girls (hence, mean girls). this why i get shy and scared when around girls, most of all new acquaintances. i just somehow can't get myself to connect! or maybe, due to the growing years spent with the a-boys, all social skills towards the female specie was never really developed! hahaha. joke lang, i miss those guys. but really, i'm going to spread my wings and meet more people..shed the cloak of shyness! haha. it's fun most of all when you bond with someone who's nice and you share the same interests with: you know there's always someone there whom you can learn from and exchange ideas with. and you'll never know when that connection may be useful in the future. but don't take me wrong..i'm not user-friendly!

9) get into shape and exercise more
- i'm one lethargic ball of skin! and since i'm not getting any younger, i know it will be beneficial for me in the future if i invest on my health now. eat right. move more. less sugar. more of the healthy stuff. maybe get into the activities that i'm interested in learning (basketball, capoiera, pilates, zips..striptease?!?! hahaha)..and pursue tennis with carlo..even if it's so frustrating for me, hahaha. and i'm inspired now after seeing pix of my friend..she's so hot! :-)

10) work on THE goal
- i think that this entry is what's closest to my heart because it involves passion and hardwork. i say this every year but i feel that this year is THE year. what it is will probably unfold in my blog entries in the coming months. i don't want to say anything first so as not to jinx it (and so that it'd be a surprise!). i'll detail the experience as i progress. hopefully, i do progress :-)

BOO I SEE YOU!

i think i'm being watched. hello to you. go ahead and indulge :-)

AM I TOO LATE?

i was supposed to post something last sunday so at least i'd have one post in my blog for the month of january but i couldn't migrate onto the new blogger! so now i'm cramming. as usual.

hmm..made me stop and think for a split-second if all i've ever done in my life is to cram, including working on the things that should matter in life.

again, am i too late?

i'd like to think no one is ever too late for anything. better late then never as they'd say. no one is ever too old. well, unless it is biologically impossible to do certain things.

i'm babbling! all i really wanted was an entry for january, hehe. still not yet in my writing mood..to think i've been pretty pensive for the past weeks! so many decisions to make, so many things to be excited about and so many things to take action for. i am actually very excited (and very positive as well) about the year ahead. i see it as a year to REALLY take action..to follow THE dream..to discover talent (or lack thereof)..to take the plunge..to seize the day..to be happy and truly enjoy life. i know, i said the same thing last year but nothing close to what i would like to achieve was actually accomplished by the end of 2006. well, some things really don't go as planned and something unexpected did take place during the early part of last year (hehehe!) and i worked on that for the rest of the year :-) as my friend joey said, nurturing relationships with people is important. It is not a waste of time and actually takes precedence over everything else.

in all honesty, i can say i'm happy now. so many things have happened in the past month. life-changing decisions had to be made and thought over. it started very badly but now i can say that things are calm and at peace. for how long it will be this way, i don't really know but i hope this time it would be real, this time it would last. i hope i won't be wrong but i have a strong feeling that it will :-)


and can i just say..BEWARE OF MEAN PEOPLE. actually, just BEWARE OF MEAN GIRLS. they are the worst kind of mean people out there.


more details in my future posts about all the thoughts i just babbled and the stories i somehow shared. and btw, to answer my question, YES I AM. oh well :-P