What? A Blog? From me?...

I wish I could sign. Both images from Post Secret.

Something To Do...got this from my archive...thought I'd update it a bit...

Ten Years Ago: The year was 1998. I was 22. Started working for Uncle Boss if memory serves me right. Litemail was getting active as the days go by.

Five Years Ago: 2003. Attended my 10-year HS dinner/reunion. It was nice seeing some of my batchmates again. Even saw some guys who grew up nicely. Hee.

One Year Ago: April 2007. Not much going on. Keeping the long distance relationship going with NG. Nadine turned 8. Tatay turned 61.

Last month: March 2008. Had my medical examination for the visa interview requirement. It wasn't fun. Took two days. Been sick for almost a week for some reason that I had to go to the doctor for a check-up a week before my medical examination. Thank God it wasn't something major. I don't like being sick. Sigh. It's not fun to be in bed all day/night. SisterM was here for a month-long, much-needed, much-deserved vacation. Happy month.

Yesterday: Woke up from NG's text message. He was bummed that he had to take an hour extra at his 2nd job coz two people didn't show up. Chat was postponed because he didn't set the alarm for him to wake up for our chat. Times when I wish that I'm not in a long-distance relationship. Sucks at times. When you want to be there for someone but you can't since you're apart. Sucks. Big time. Sigh. I distracted myself from feeling sad about that fact by doing my weekend chores: handwashing my undies and ironing my clothes. Played computer games too. Napped in the afternoon. It was a lazy Sunday for me.

Five Songs I Know All The Words [or I think I know...heee] To:
How Do You Talk To An Angel by The Heights
You Oughta Know by Alanis Morissette
Baby I Love Your Way by Big Mountain
I'll Be There For You by The Rembrandts
Always Be My Baby by Mariah Carey [only found out I know the words to this song when David Cook performed this song on AI]

Five Favorite Songs at the moment:
Low by Flo Rida
The Way I Am by Ingrid Michaelson
Touch My Body by Mariah Carey
Love Song by Sara Bareilles
Always Be My Baby by David Cook

Five Things I Would Do with 100 Million Dollars:
>> Give to charity
>> Give to the church
>> Share it with the people I love [give them things that they want that couldn't afford..there's always that one thing that we always want BUT we can't just afford no? If I can afford it, it's a done deal.]
>> Set up college funds for my cousin Nadine, my nephew Dylan, and my other nephews and nieces.
>> Finish a college course.

Five Things I Would Never Wear: Stiletto shoes, Corsets, Mini-skirts [O dear God!], yellow colored shirts, and those longish-biggie earrings.

Five Favorite [current] TV Shows: Ellen, House, Lost, American Idol, Wheel of Fortune [the US version]

Five Bad Habits: Worrying too much, Not getting enough sleep, Can be negative at times, Worrying too much, Thinking of bad case scenarios.

Five Biggest Joys: Talking to Nadine, Sleeping, surprise snail mail/card/postcard, getting massages, finding a purple undies for someone [this was just recent...hee]

Five Fictional Characters I Would Date:
Lloyd Dobler [John Cusack/Say Anything];
Peter Wright [Robert Downey Jr./Only You];
Noah Calhoun [Ryan Gosling/The Notebook];
Ed Stevens [Tom Cavanagh/Ed]
Sawyer [Josh Holloway/Lost]

This is the last week of April 2008. Where did the months go? Why does it feel fast yet it's slow at the same time? Am I making sense? I have a tummy ache right now. Does drinking coffee makes you do #2? Listening to David Cook's version of ALWAYS BE MY BABY on loop. [LOVE the version...] It's 3am-ish and I'm still awake. This is one of them days. Monday blues. I have somewhere to be today. Might miss work or the first half of it. Good thing it's a light work week as far as I know. I went to the dentist last weekend, had some work done, cost almost 20000 pesos. Yikes. The money I saved wasn't enough, had to borrow from my sisters. What else? Oh, I found out I can connect my Nokia6300 phone to my computer. Yay. I was able to transfer songs and pictures from my computer to my phone. I tried transferring a game but the file type is not supported by my phone. That's okay. I am happy that I was able to transfer songs and pics. I am tired but not that sleepy. Will just go for now. Have a fine last week of April 2008. Thanks for reading my blog. I am trying to keep my faith in every aspect there is. God Bless.

Hey Hey Hey...

Just checking in. I haven't posted in a month. Hah. Time is really amazing. It just is. One day you're waiting for something and before you know it, that day has passed you by. Just like that.

Earlier last month, SisterM got back from Dubai for a month-long vacation. It was really good seeing her and spending some time with her. More than anything, I'm glad that she was able to have a vacation. She was able to just sleep, eat, watch movies, and be with us. She had her 28th birthday here, it was fun. Lotsa food. Family and friends came. All good fun time. Monday the 31st, took her to the airport, time to go back to the real world, where she and my other sister have to be far from home so they could earn more than they are getting here. SIGH.

It still gets to me the sacrifices people make to have a better life. There are a lot of consequences involved whenever a father or the mother go out of the country for work. Sad reality that most Filipinos go through. Kids rebel coz of lack of parental guidance. Gets into all sorts of trouble. Spouses gets involved in extra marital affairs. I'm not saying it's the same case with everybody. It's just a sad reality for most families.

In my own experience, my dad had to go out of the country for work when I was in 4th grade, my mom followed her when I was a sophomore in HS. It was quite tough living with just my siblings. We'd have guardian's here and there. Still not the same. I don't blame my parents for being away from us through our growing years. I know, they only want what is best for my siblings and I. We turned out okay. My brother was swayed into the dark side when he was a teenager but he's changed a lot since that time. I'm really thankful to God and for a few relatives that didn't give up on him. I just pray that he and my sister-in-law won't have to go out of the country and have to leave my nephew here. If ever they will get the chance to go out of the country, I pray, that they will go as a family.

I'm being a semi-downer right now. My bad. I felt like sharing what's been on my mind. Quite a lot has been happening lately. Life changing things. Grown up things. SIGH. I just pray about it all the time. That everything will turn out as we hope it would be.

Hope you all have a good day. Prayers for everybody. We all need it. God Bless.