fourteen days and an array of goodies

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wow, exactly 2 weeks to go :) 'nuff said, but this is a quasi christmas light post.

i say today is a very fruitful and colorful day. there's this much highlight and shade and hue, i'll put in an array i'll call goodies, with a size of 7:

• goodies[0] = i bought this cute spaghetti top - shared with ahngel 'cause they sell it at 2 for $25. i like the top!

• goodies[1] = i learned that jan is my mommy in our exchange gift and we ended up, yes, buying my wish on my wish list - a nice polo shirt. so no more surprises to expect... no problem :) presents are presents just the same. goodie goodie :)

• goodies[2] = starbucks gave away free coffee in exchange for donation in any amount. hmmm a nice hot cup of mocha praline (and i'm reminded an awful lot of my hs classmate, fraulein) coffee despite a rumbling stomach. starbucks is giving the proceeds to the salvation army. how generous.

• goodies[3] = i had a vision today. in it, i was making bead/wire earrings. i have scouted for bead shops and bead projects the whole day (i.e., via the internet)... one day, i'll make this vision come true! and give away these products of labor of love to my amigas!

• goodies[4] = jan and i had a good shopping/bonding moment after office. we bought some christmas presents. guess what? we tried to take part in this non-profit organization that does something fruitful for children. turns out we have the same dream of, simply put, playing with children :) and the concept of the cutchon-camacho-libunao foundation is roughly formulated... don't ask what it is about.
  

• goodies[5] = we went to this newly opened bookstore in suntec in search of... uhm, art materials. she bought wax crayons and i bought pastel colors and sketch pad. ayan. make an attempt to have an inkling for the arts. we do have an enormous passion in arts! the question is, does it have an interest in us? :) we're cultivating budding artists over here! hehe...
  

• goodies[6] = the ultimate day ender? a good dose of our favorite pancit :) take-away kasi late na hehe.
  

p.s.: it was raining yesterday and earlier today. so what? nothing could clog a day as great as today!

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fifteen days and sighs

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yesterday was sixteen days. logically, today marks the 15-days-to-go day! yahoo!

it was also yesterday that i made a promise... i will never sigh again. when i became a support some 6 months ago, i acquired all the negative vibes i could get. and a very obvious indication was: i sigh. whenever i could. they are loud, disturbing sighs. and i always hear, "ang lalim nun ah!" from anyone who could hear me.

i sigh when i'm tired, i sigh when i'm sleepy, i sigh when i cook... i don't necessarily feel burdened when i sigh... especially now that my job is in a more relaxed pace. it has just become a habit, i guess. a bad habit.

last night, i was a bit tired and awfully hungry at 9pm. i was still cooking adobo. i was sighing every now and then. ashley noticed. "wag kang magbuntung-hininga. think positive!"

yan. that was my eye-opener. i wasn't aware that it was disturbing. i wasn't even aware that i was sighing! sheeesh... talk about bad habit. i'm probably adding negative energies to the universe! i'm sorry, universe! aura cleansed, and the environment will follow, and the entire universe will follow too!

from now on, no more sighs. unless, of course, the situation badly calls for it. :) (hmmm, which is like, when?) this is my pre-christmas resolution!

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sixteen days and the sound of laughter

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laughter is contagious. when i hear someone laugh, there is a compelling urge to laugh too, or just smile. even if it's just a faint smile! a tiny twitch of the mouth? it's a smile just the same :)

when you see friends laughing like crazy, you ask, "bakit?!? bakit?!?!" and you are desperate to join the frenzy - even if it's just over small, silly, super babaw stuff. :)

i feel laughter is like the sound of falling water - harmonious, enticing. last night i heard a good blend of laughter from obviously happy people. it made me feel warm. it made me feel that the days could only get better from good :)

* oh, and 16 days - uwian na!

* i like the christmasy effect of the border!

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seventeen days...

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and we're back to the good old pinas. :)
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the itinerary so far:
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20th - land on the oh so fertile soil of manila; probably kiss the ground (sheeesh).
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21st to 23rd - off to bohol for a christmas beach break
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24th to 25th - off to tarlac to tito danny's place... christmas and the family is together :) how nice
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26th to 27th - off to mindoro to visit lola, and what appears to be a pamamanhikan :)
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28th - 30th - meet friends :) and shop (?)
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31st - new year's eve! most probably will be spent at home in pque!
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1st day of 2008 - go back with a semi-heavy heart to my temporary home, SG. :( and leave everything behind... once again.
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why fret, though, i'm supposed to have a happy countdown here! woohoo! merry christmas!
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* this is a christmas themed post, if it isn't quite obvious :)

f.r.i.e.n.d.s. and a tree

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hmm

what's up?

i'm done with the o.c.

i don't have a copy of grey's

season 2 of heroes is coming to its omega

desperate housewives is on hold because of the strike

time to relive f.r.i.e.n.d.s. :) i have seasons 1-4 (thanks, jan!)

and an overly desperate attempt to make this appear like a christmas tree.

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more like a payong?

"pisikal pitness test..."

ang madalas na sabi ng high school p.e. teacher ko. and i am so reminded of it right now - the aches and the pains i (and my classmates) felt right after the darned physical fitness test.

kuya and i had a good 50-minute jog/walk yesterday morning. i was afraid that i will eventually palpitate or faint because i haven't exercised for a very loooong time. i loved the feeling after the jog! the good sunlight, the good semi-chilly air, the good sweat, the good fatigue, the good breathing. everything felt right! everything felt right until last night. it was then that i felt the first pangs of the ouchiness (ano raw?) of muscle pain - butt muscles, upper leg muscles, lower leg muscles... they're all probably torn by now.

i walk like a granny hihihi... so what? i loved the jog and i will do it again when i get well. yahoo!

*hmmm... it's too windy to swim lately :(