tiny hertbeats

the other day, i learned about the death of a dear friend's unborn baby. we don't have details. we just know that mommy and daddy learned that on (what might have been) the 8th month, there are no more tiny heartbeats... at a time when everything is ready. 

all the baby stuff, bottles, clothes, shoes are waiting. more than the material things, mommy and daddy are yearning to hold baby in their arms.

we sent flowers, but as if these could pamper them :( or minimize their pain. 

dear mommy and daddy and baby, may God's perfect plan be revealed.

doodles - escapo!

hold your breath and count to 10!

never make a noise!

we're almost there!

and we made it!

booked

we've finally booked our resort here!!!

the resort was recommended by franz, an officemate from spi.

the plan is simple. wait, what plan?

i guess we'll just fly to krabi on the 28th, relax like a sloth, roam around the islands like tourists do, burn our skin, eat like horses, and fly back to singapore on the 31st. sounds like a plan to me. :)

i took some pics from their website. looking forward to these!

kuya suggested that we should also go to bangkok to visit the night markets, food stalls, and the city proper. i was initially enticed, but our booked flight was from singapore to krabi, and not bangkok. i searched for domestic flights from krabi to bangkok and found crazy rates. i immediately scratched that off our list.

next, i got attracted to the idea of taking the 12-hr night train from krabi to bangkok. i read that the trains in thailand are safe and comfortable. a lot of tourists also recommend this route based on good experience. plus, i've never tried taking a night train so the idea really sounds so inviting. i could sing, "i'm leaving on a midnight train to bangkok! i'd rather live in his world than live without him in mine!" ayun o! asian version!

however, we realized that we would need an extra day for this. four days might not be enough. this means we have to rebook our flight and that is not an option.

to make things simple, we decided to just stay put in the resort for the entire 4 days. that's what you call planning like a hustler. pro na pro sa planning diba?

ps: 

i learned from a colleague that you would not really learn much about a country by staying in the sparkly confines of a beach resort. a good way to travel is by immersing to the "real" culture of the place you are visiting, and you cannot achieve this by visiting resorts and drinking coconut juice while dozing off in a hammock. 

he has a point and i like the idea. but not as much as i like beaches. hehehe. i told mike that for the next travel, we'll do mr. colleague's suggestion + visit a beach too. beach bum. 

excited!

seasons of love

last night, mike asked me to read the lyrics and listen to "seasons of love." found out that the song is from the musical "rent" and a cover was done by the cast of glee to pay tribute to cory monteith.

i am not a fan of glee. neither have i tried to watch an episode, but grief over a death and music are universal languages.

it's a beautiful song. the words are simple, yet they convey what probably is the most essential thing in life: measure a year in seasons of love!

my favorite lines:

"Five hundred twenty-five thousand six hundred minutes
How do you measure, measure a year?

In daylights, in sunsets
In midnights, in cups of coffee
In inches, in miles, in laughter and in strife
In five hundred twenty-five thousand six hundred minutes
How do you measure, a year in the life?

 

How about love?"

seasons of love by the cast of glee

such a sad song

i am not sad today.  i am not in drama rama mode.  it's a bit weird how this song came into mind today while taking my shower.

who would have thought that the person behind this sad song is claire marlo?  yes, the girl who sang the popular song "till they take my heart away."

i remember listening to this song during college days.  i love love love this song.

intro pa lang, gusto ko nang bumaluktot sa kama at maglupasay.  pero bakit ko naman gagawin yun?  hahaha.  emotera!

"I've made my life fulfilling to take you off my mind
my head is always willing my heart is not that kind
I'm the one who left you
and you're the one who's fine without me

without me, how can you live without me?
my world is gone and you carry on without me"

so sad, isn't it?

without me by claire marlo

chopped

after years and years of having long, sometimes wavy, sometimes crazy straight hair, i thought that maybe it's time for a (pa) cool change!

2 saturdays ago, i entrusted my hair to uncle's hands. you could not expect me to go into one of those super expensive salons, so april and i just went to the sosyal na sosyal na pagupitan sa elias mowl! what's the difference, they'll just cut your hair! i don't need shampoo, i don't need a blow dry. thank you.

here's my new hair! pic taken during my di-op day with keyla :)

we are going to krabi!!!

after synchronizing our off days, mike and i decided to go to krabi for a holiday on the 28th to 31st of october! as usual, planning is late. hehehe. but this is a great leap - we already have plane tickets! i'm sure it would not be that difficult to scout for a resort.

some of the places we found: phi phi, lanta, ao nang. we'll do more research :)

i heard that palawan (or boracay even) is more beautiful than the thailand beaches. and i really, really want to support the tourism in the philippines, but i just want to see what's in there just to satisfy my curiosity. just to see what the buzz is all about. 

you know me, i'm a dead fish.  :p

excited! 

maybe it's time to let my 4/5-yr old swimsuit retire. bwahahaha!