awake

what keeps me up when i feel so sleepy at work? this cup of coffee. the image formed looks so wide awake too. haha. if this can't keep you up, what else will?i am a hard-headed girl. i drink coffee, i palpitate, i get jumpy, i complain, i promise i won't drink coffee again. it's just a cycle. ar...

an early stress

time check: 8 months to go before the wedding.things have been moving in a very slow pace. we haven't really added anything in our accomplishments list since february. i hope we are not taking it too easy.gowns. i'm getting a little nervous about this. when i went home last feb, we booked our gown designer. we booked in good faith - no sketches, no serious talks at all. he had a lot of good feedbacks in w @ w so i was pretty confident that he delivers well. that, plus i've seen his portfolio and his designs are great! i met him one saturday...

quasi-cherry blossom festival

it's cherry blossom season in japan :) i've always wanted to go. well, japan is on my places-i-must-see-before-i-die list, with or without cherry blossoms!there is a park in front of our apartment. and there are a number of quasi-cherry blossom trees there :)) quasi, because: they are NOT cherry blossoms. the flowers resemble the kalachuchi flowers in pinas. mygali. they are quasi-cherry blossoms AND quasi-kalachuchi. what are they?! hahaha!one...

seven churches, a semi-full moon, and fried beehon

maundy thursday, after office, the camachos went to visit 7 churches. we also commemorated the stations of the cross. two stations per church. it was a good experience. i somehow feel the spirit of Holy Week is slowly draining out of my system so this is a very humbling and timely experience for me. glad to have done it with people closest to my heart.when i was younger, the spirit was oh so alive. there would be pabasa of the pasyon within...