I'm Not Bored...

Why is it that I can't blog as often as I want? I have the time, but like always, when I'm in the compose page of Blogger, the things that I wanted to blog about just doesn't seem worth sharing anymore? Oh well. Here I am, just writing whatever comes to mind. I wanted to blog about being stressed when your partner is stressed a few weeks ago but won't do that right now. Thankfully, NG's not as stressed at his part-time job nowadays unlike a few weeks ago.

My cousin AJ turned 18 last month, it makes me feel a bit oldish thinking that she's 18 now. Yowza. Where did the time go?


This was taken December 2000-2001 me thinks, AJ is the one on the left [wearing glasses] and Nadine is on my Nanay's lap on the right. It didn't seem that long ago.

This is Nadine now. She was in charge of the candles on her sister's birthday. 9 years from now, Nadine will be 18. Sigh. I'm getting nostalgic now.

Speaking of nostalgia, these guys are back. They had a concert in the Philippines when I turned 18 but my parents didn't let my sisters and I watched the gig. They will be here in town in November, maybe, just maybe, I'll get to see them this time around. I still have to persuade NG in coming with me. Hah. Bribes might work. We will see. Wish me luck.

I'm back on TV mode since the start of the week. I've downloaded the House [4th season and the first episode of the fifth season], I'm on episode 6 now, will finish it in a few days for sure. Loving it, I just can't take Kal Penn's character seriously, I kept thinking, that's Kumar! Hee. I also have Pushing Daisies [season one], How I Met Your Mother [2nd and 3rd seasons] to watch. I have to finish Dexter [season 2] on Showtime ON DEMAND as well. Must catch up on CSI, Brothers & Sisters [season 2], Scrubs [season 5 to present] as well. Accck. I love my shows. I may not get to watch them in real time anymore but it's all good, I actually prefer watching them one after another. No commercials. Gotta love technology for that. Any shows you think I should be watching nowadays?

Baked Ziti with white sauce and eggplant parmigiana. I miss this!!! and I MISS the gurls I'm with whenever I have that yumminess.

Even if the show ended years ago, with this calendar, they will always be there for me. Must have. It's on my Christmas wish list even if I don't have a list yet. Hee. You can get yours at Danilo.com.

I've started this post 2 hours ago and I'm still here. I think, it's time I go for now. Until next time, whenever that will be. Hee. Keep the faith. God bless.

February Twenty Five Twenty Oh Eight...

From Post Secret
Wouldn't it be nice to be able to sign? I never learned how to do this. I still could learn yes?

Korean baby covers Hey Jude...you must watch this...

From Monday's a Bitch:
1. Did you watch the Oscars last night? What did you think of them?
Woke up late for it. Saw bit parts. Saw James McAvoy. Not much into awards shows now than I used to.

2. Have you ever called in sick to work when you weren't really sick? What did you spend the day doing instead?
I try not to because karma is a bitch. The few times I've had, I just stayed in my room, whenever I feel down or something, it's not just easy to get up and pretend that you're okay when in fact, you're not, if you know what I mean.

3. In school did you ever have to serve detention? What for?
I cut class and got caught. First time I did it AND I got caught. Never did it again after that.

4. Have you ever had food poisoning? What did you eat that caused it?
No food poisoning. Though, I remember, years ago, during lunch, I ate just a bit of rice and pork asado, then ate LOTS of watermelon, was throwing up for quite a while.

5. Do you have any tattoos? If not, would you ever consider getting one?
I don't have any though there are times I wish I'd get one but I'm not too keen on the needles.

I don't get to watch Gossip Girl but isn't this guy too good looking? There are gay rumors buzzing around him, that he's with JC Chasez of NSYNC. One time, it was a news bit on ET that he's with Carrie Underwood. Hmmm. I don't care what his sexual preference is, he's easy on the eyes, I don't even know if he's a good actor. Hee. Not crushing on him but you just can't help but notice his good looks yes? Oh, his name is Chase Crawford btw.

Kids say the darndest things: [a brief conversation between me and my 8-year-old cousin Nadine]:
Nadine: Ate, ano ba yung condom, yun frenzy? [apparently she saw in on a TV commercial]
Me: Hindi mo pa maiintidihan kahit explain ko sa'yo, pag laki mo na lang.
Nadine: Try mo, baka maintindihan ko...
[She forgot about her question once we got to the chocolates section inside Watsons...heee...As far as I can remember, we just learn about those things as we grow up no? I can't remember how I learned about condoms. And even if I do remember, I will not tell it here. Hee. I do have a condom I got free from a Cosmo mag a few years ago, I have to find it and get rid of it, they have expiration right? The packet it came with is purple, that's why I kept it, I guess. A FRIENDS episode is flashing back right now, Ross calling the condom company...hee. I miss FRIENDS.]

I celebrated my birthday with the EBC gurls. We had body massages before our crabs, tofu and palabok dinner. We were online after dinner. We helped Eee start her own Multiply and Facebook accounts, yay. No VS, imagine that? No one really craved for it. Coffee, tea, popcorn and cakes are what kept us awake until we parted ways at 6am. It was a good way of celebrating my birthday. I pray I get to celebrate it with them again sometime soon.

This is the last week of February 2008. Where did it go? Next week, my youngest sister will be here for a month-long vacation. I can't wait for her to have it because she's been really swamped with work. Getting her vacation wasn't easy either. Her bosses didn't want her to go because they need her a lot. I told her that could by why the person before her resigned, because of too much work load. Hee. But she enjoys what she do. I think, I can say, she's pretty blessed that she enjoys what she does for a living. If only I could afford to give her a Macbook Pro for her birthday next month, I would, maybe someday, somehow. It's not impossible, will just take some time to get that. Can't wait to see her again next week. Yay. It was July 2006 that she was last here. I still am praying and wishing that one day, we'd all be in one timezone and we'll all just be a phone call away. Distance can be a bitch, thankful for the internet, text messaging that keeps us closer in some ways.

Have a good week ahead. Keep the faith and God Bless.

Coolness...

A birthday shout out is going to the baybEeee of EBC...Happy Happy Happy my dear. Love ya. God Bless.

My cousin AJ found this on YouTube last night while she was online here at home...I never thought of searching for this. Hee. Coolness. You also might have this as a ring tone on your phone. SisterM had this tone for years. Cuteness. Now, we have a face behind the voice.

The "CUPPYCAKE" Song
(Lyrics and Music by Judianna Castle)
is actually the chorus from Amy's version of "You're My Honeybunch"
(lyrics and music by Judianna and Buddy Castle)

You're my Honeybunch, Sugarplum
Pumpy-umpy-umpkin, You're my Sweetie Pie
You're my Cuppycake, Gumdrop
Snoogums-Boogums, You're the Apple of my Eye
And I love you so and I want you to know
That I'll always be right here
And I love to sing sweet songs to you
Because you are so dear

It's Thursday night. One more work day and it's another weekend once again. We're already halfway through September 2007, ain't it fast? Yes, it is.

I was in bed ready to sleep, then I've been meaning to call GLOBE to ask how I can send email via my phone. I kept putting it off. So, I got up and when I picked up the phone there was no dial-tone. First thought came to mind was, I don't have internet as well.

I had to find out, I turned on the computer and voila, I still have my dsl. I guess, it must be the phone itself. I don't know. But I'm glad I have internet.

I'm not supposed to be online. I have not been online at nights since I am pretty tired after work. I get online when I wake up around 5am-ish, to update the dailybread and reply to NGs emails and just check out blogs and whatever I can check online before I get ready for work. Good set up so far.

Anyhoo, must go back to bed and zzzz. Here's wishing you a fine weekend to come. God Bless.

Laces...

I got the shoe laces pics from my HS friend Wawi. It's worth sharing, so, I'm sharing them to you. I got to do the Ladder and the Loopback but I can't do the Zipper. I will try again though. It looks nice.

It's 3am-ish on an early Sunday right now. I am not sleepy yet so, I'm still online, been playing bingo at pogo.com. I thought, an update here would be nice.

Another long weekend for me, Monday is yet another non-working special Holiday here in the Philippines. It's National Heroes Day, which actually falls on a Sunday but for some reason, I think, they made a law out of it. I'm not that familiar. All I know is, I've no work on Monday. Extra day to be in bed and get more rest. Hopefully.

This month has been a slow steady month work-wise, all good. I'm not complaining. It has been busy the past couple of months anyway. Slower work days are fine with me.

Last week, I created an e-mail address for my mom. She now has her own email address. She's still learning but I'm sure she'll get the hang of it as time goes by. Nowadays, she can do other things when in front of the computer aside from playing solitaire. Hee.

This is my favorite cousin Nadine, back when she was 2-3 years old, I think. She's 8 now and just last week, she got her own cellphone. Hee. It was her sister AJ's old one and was handed down to her. She's been texting my sisters in Dubai everyday and she's even texting me whenever she has a question instead of just calling me via the landline. Funny gurl. She's growing fast and this pic just puts a smile on my face.

On Friendster, found a friend from High School, it was good having contact again. Even found my crush too. Hee. Internet is great in things like that no? Making the world a smaller place. Bridging the gap. I'm still trying to find a friend I had back in grade school.

Anyhoo, I think, will go for now. I'm getting sleepy. Here's to a better day for you and me. I'm leaving you with this passage:
Do not let your hearts be troubled. Trust in God; trust also in me. [John 14:1 NIV]

Thanks for the time in reading. God Bless.

Multiplied and More...

I made a Multiply site for NG and me, it's at http://wehavefaith.multiply.com. Though, knowing him, I'm not sure he'll be tinkering with that site much [if at all]. Hee. I just got inspired from seeing a friend's multiply site and thought, why not give it a spin. When I signed in, I found out that I have an existing account to Multiply already since 2004. I just never got around to updating it. Now, it's a brand new site. I was surprised that it was easy to use. The site is tied up with Flickr, Yahoo, Livejournal, Blogger, that's quite convenient.

There are so many free websites nowadays, wherein you can publish your photos, your words and what not in an instant. You don't have to know HTML or CSS to make one. I used to code a few of the websites I made before. Gone are those days. Just find one website to suit your needs and voila, you'll be published in a matter of minutes. It's all good. Free stuff is always good for me.

For photo-sharing, I have an account with Flickr, Ringo and YahooPhotos.

For photo-hosting for the icons on my blog, I have Photobucket.

I also have MySpace [it's more of a fan-networking site, it all started to support Jamie Walters, I have Zach Braff, Jann Arden, Tal Bachman, Darius Danesh, Jakob Dylan, Ari Hest on myspace "friends" list. Hee. If I had more time, I would search for my other faves and try and add them to my list.

For networking/friends, I have Friendster.

I get my mails via Yahoo, Gmail and Hotmail.

I use Yahoo Messenger for instant messaging, Windows Live Messenger as a backup, I also have AOL Instant Messenger for my cousins who uses AOL, but I always forget to log in.

I have existing accounts from YahooGeocities for my website [that I don't get to update for years now], for my Jomari Yllana site, for a friend's birthday site I made a few years back.

For my blogs, I have Blogger, Livejournal and Easyjournal.

So much free stuff online no? Wish I thought of making one of them sites. That would have been a cool thing. When someone asks you, what do you do for a living...you can just say..."I invented post-its..." or to that effect. Hee.

I'm sure I have signed up for message boards and forums that I never get to visit anymore. Hee.

Anyhoo, must go for now, here's another pic taken back in the 80s. Hee. My siblings and my cousin Luan. Little people us. Have a fine Sunday and the week to come. God Bless.