Recap

Deal or no deal na index finger ang proxy as thumb.'jump' na hindi naman tumatalon. Big girl na si Czesca. hay... Raise the volume of your voice a little and she'll plant her face on your lap or cover her face with her hands and sob. The baby griefs are really cute. Pag may kanta sa TV, especially commercials "Kering-keri " by Kim Tiu ( <--ang dalagang boses binata), she'll sing along, and though we dont really understand a word of what she's singing, palakpakan naman kami ng daddy niya "wow, very very good, super galing!". sigh.. it seemed not so long ago (but thank God its over...;p) when I was still in my last trimester of pregnancy, oggling with myself in the mirror , "ampangit pangit ko na huhuhu...ang taba taba ko na...huhuhu...ang laki laki ng ilong ko huhuhu." *( visually traumatic and physically tormenting in my case)*

anyway...next scene nasa delivery room na ako:

che (after hours of non stop complaining and whining and crying): "please doctor cesarian na lang huhuhuhu.. di ko kaya umire..ayoko na umire..huhuhu.. di ko kaya..ayoko na..huhuhu cesarian na lang kasi please"

Drs (naiinis but encouraging voice): "hindi pwede.. ayan na o. 10 cm ka na. konti na lang... nakikita ko na yung ulo"

che (hagulgol): "SINUNGALING! anung ulo? di mo kaya makikita yun eh...huhuhu di ba maliit lang yun parang dadaanan huhuhu (with matching demonstration using my hands kung gaano kaliit sa tingin ko ang passage way)

or the painful painless:

Che (numb butpsychologically hurting) :aray ko ang sakit...ang sakit..aray aray...ouchie aray.
Drs: ay nako...ikaw lang ang naka painless na umaaray. dagdagan nga ng anesthesia to.

Yes. oo maarte akong patient. oo marami akong complain. oo pinagod ko ang mga doctor. oo, shit lang naiire ko mag isa.
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And just a day after giving birth, I was walking on the hallway dun sa building namin,nakasalubong ko yung maid ng kapitbahay:

Neighbor's maid (smiling): ate naku malapit na yan,ilang araw na lang manganganak ka na.

Che (awkward smile back): eh nanganak na nga ako eh. tapos na ko manganak.
(deep inside- huhuhu...nanganak na nga ako eh anu ba kayo.. nanganak na ko)

Naiisip ko nga pwede na ako kumuha ng visa sa australia, bilang kangaroo.

And then there was a time, puro si Ryan lang ang gusto niya, ang kalaro niya, ang katabi niya...hay nako...happy man ako, kakainggit din. para akong left-out. ( "ah O.p! O.p!)

One time nga sinumpong ako and nagkainisan kami ni ryan: (",)

Che (seryosong slightly volume up ang boses ko dito): OO na oo na, ikaw na ang daddy, ikaw na ang mommy, happy mother's day! happy father's day!!!!

Dumaan ang mga anghel. moment of silence.
Sabay tawanan. We just laughed. :p

Hay and now she's maka-mommy naman ngayon. It's payback time. hehehe(corrrrnny mo zuno) She is our everyday wonder and she makes all my ugly duckling tormenting days during pregnancy worth it. :) I know ive probably reminisced the whole transition to motherhood many times already, but its just not possible to get over it. :) She is truly God's grace.

unwanted waves

You'd think sa ikli ng hair ko with the wash and wear effect, i will never have bad hair days again...*buzzzerrr* wrong. I pulled it back with a headband and now its wavy the wrong way. But thanks to Halloween, i can now say i did it on purpose (hmm. ok actually maybe i did, but hey i didnt purposedly wanted to end up with the bad waves) Happy Halloween.

ps: hindi siya 'fly-away'. waves. waves. waves.

Pinocchio Stars*

Gracefully your sparks disperse like colorful water in the night sky,
you showcased your synchronized dance and your moment to fly,
the life of the night...the sky's delight,
take your flight.
bec. tonight.. you become a star.
with a light to boast, one moment to own,
a chance to shine, and only one night to take it.
Little pinocchio stars.
Live for the moment.

~~I wished i could watch the fireworks from the eyes of someone who has never seen one.~~
**you amuse me and you color my black.**
they live as they are lit, they soar as they have been ignited,
they glow but they cannot stay long.
they remind me of pinocchio and they remind me of the stars.

Little Pinocchio stars.
Live for the moment.
Drama of the fireworks display.

-^--^__^---------------------*heartbeat gone*

'Saging Lang Ang May Puso' a line i heard from a local song when i went down to buy my pepperoni hotdog bun. ( it had a very annoying but catchy tune to it)
It reminded me of the president. Bagay sa kanya tong song na to'.
Compared to a banana, yes its true. 'Saging lang ang may puso.'

6th bday

Belated Happy Birthday to my brother, Franz Zoe Stoelzl.
It seemed not so long ago when you referred to 'chocolate' as 'ko-ke-ke'.
And 'butiki' as 'bo-ke-te'. and now you're a speech and grammar O.C.

Hiram na mukha.

Im not always doubtful about the government, am i? Maybe I am. We all know of the explosion last Friday at Glorietta 2 which killed 11 people and got a hundred more injured.First they said it was an LPG tank, then it was a bomb and that they have found remains of a bomb. When the people started pointing a finger towards the President who was suspected in dire need of this kind of distraction from the rising controveries she is drowning in and the impeachment still boiling against her, and there have been speculations that the government was behind the bombing so the President can call for emergency power and maybe shield herself from the impeachment being cooked for her, the authorities reversed the findings, saying the whole thing was an accident and no deliberate foul play happened. If that is the case, then it sure backfired a little earlier than calculated, because now the people are digging deeper if the government in anyway had something to do with the explosion. The latest culprit the authorities in charge have declared aside from 'deodorant' (which made a lot of radio announcers chuckle in shame for the authorities), is that the explosion was triggered by the combination of a diesel depot and a faulty sewerage system that releases methane produced by human waste, which when combined will become explosive (which can be possible in fairness - but it just seems like they are just trying to come up with a logical explanation that will suit the situation rather than deliver the truth- or im just very skeptic.. ) but nope, they did not find any bomb remains anymore and no there was no LPG tank involve. However,I still dont trust the judgement. Period. Maybe if it was all an honest mistake, the authorities should have waited until all has been finalized before they faced the media so their judgement would seem reliable and they wouldnt have to retract anything or add anything.

If it was the negligence on the part of AYALA LAND, or if it was the conspiracy behind what we know of as the government, who knows. The government and even the media can write and state a different version and we could all fall for it. I even saw one Newspaper with the headline "MINOR FIRE IN GLORIETTA"- the roof blasted off, the escalator collapse, it was like a shooting star just fell from the sky and a big crater was evident and people were seriously injured and some even died on the spot, was that MINOR FIRE?. The President even shopped at Glorietta afterwards to prove the safety of the mall was once again restored already and advised everyone to 'move on' now. Move On like it was nothing. That's always been your strategy. "Me cheated in the elections?" Move on. "my husband is corrupt?" Move on "my son is corrupt?" move on. "i gave early christmas gifts to Congress people?" move on. "who died?" move on. If your whole family died in one same instant, can the people of this country say the same thing to you? "move on" like it was nothing. Or if we say, please stop being the president and just move on...will you take it?

Its always been a puzzle kung kanino ka humiram ng mukha. If you are innocent in this case, and in any case the people have thrown at you, im sorry. But if you are guilty, i fall down to my knees, bow ako sa yo, ang kapal ng mukha mo. wala ka pang puso. will the real slimshady please stand up. im sorry hindi ako aktibista. i just dont think you are a good president.

iipisin kita

Nightmare Nightmare Nightmare! Imagine...IPIS/COCKROACH/ROACH na kasing laki ng buong braso ko? Wish come true. Kakasabi ko lang Id rather dream yung mga usual dreams ko na horror. Que Horror naman talaga. IPIS! na kasing laki at haba ng buong braso ko. I cannot remember the whole of my dream last night, but i cannot forget the IPIS part. It was on my way and I just cant walk through. Yumuyuko yuko pa. AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAaaaaahhhAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!!!! Ganyan kahaba ang AAAaaaHHhhh!! kasi talagang Aaaahhhh! Talagang Pumasok sa isip ko, F#*k Please wag ka lumipad sa akin. Thankfully may lumabas na white dog na kasing laki lang nung ipis, kinain niya yung ipis, nakalabas pa nga yung antenna from his mouth habang naka look back lang siya sa akin. And I was slightly relieved tapos yun wala na akong maalala. Pag gising ko, ang una kong naisip "anu Kayang meaning ng dream na yun?' second thing na naiisip ko ' Thank you Lord for Baygon -talagang Imagine a world without Baygon' I cant.

bwisit...Wala namang ganun kalaki di ba. or siguro mga 100 million years ago pa kung meron man...

Ipis- the enemy talaga yan. Hitsura pa lang the enemy na. I learned na favorite nila ang mga fingernails, and eyelashes, eh bakit di na lang kayo tumira sa beauty parlor?. Mag snack on kayo sa basurahan dun. Nocturnal beings who follow the invisible patterns of our breaths when we sleep. So pag stable na ang breathing natin, they'll positively assume that we are already asleep and then valiantly gagapang na sila. It is also said that once a cockroach survived a roach-killing spray, that cockroach and its offsprings will develop some type of immunity, thus the need to improve our roach sprays from time to time. I learned all that from Discovery Channel years ago. hahaha oo kasi "know your enemy". I also learned recently that most of the Ipis here in Manila are from the family of the American cockroach, Periplaneta americana. The photo of the cockroach above is from the family of Australian Cockroach. Shit noh, may mga lahi pa. If you didnt know, which i think you do already, in some places, they keep ipis as pets. (whaaaat, naubusan na ba ng aso at pusa sa mundo?)

And in some, kahit ata dito sa Pilipinas, its a delicacy. Hindi po ako nag iinarte manong/manang, pero patayin niyo na lang ako sa gutom. Okay lang kung may ipis mga 5-10 ft away or biglang napadaan na ipis bearable pa yun, ang definitely hindi okay, ay may ipis sa akin mismo. NoooOOo. Yes, as you probably know by now, Im not your fear-factor girl -' fear is not a factor for me'....because "fear is a factor for me."

fyi: Ipis Population are one of the leading causes for asthma and other bronchial problems and they are efficient disease carriers since they can survive from generations to generations.

One Fun Rainy Morning.

Pababa pa lang ako ng bus, nagbla-blog na ang utak ko. :) If it wasnt coincindental and if i was only a little more malicious, id say mashadong sexual ang mag-bus. Before you get to the door, kung kanino kaninong katawan, tiyan, pwet ang makakadikit mo for atleast 1 and a quarter seconds each. But its been raining since yesterday, so inspite of the feel-and-walk going on, Im still lucky to have caught the bus ride today, yesterday nag taxi ako, bleeding na naman ang budget, imagine instead of only 18-19 pesos, if i take a taxi ride again, it will cost 120-130 pesoses, depende pa yan kung si manong driver-sweetlover ay hindi mag papadagdag meaning "ma'am plus 50 pesos po, malayo po yun, di po kasi ako dun papunta" aba. may pupuntahan na pala tong mga taxi na to, bakit di na lang sila naging private use na lang. Sa loob loob ko "hay...namasada pa kayo".

Kanina, the bus was almost full so i had to take my seat way at the back of the bus. I already know dun pa lang that i will have to battle my way out later pag dating sa bus stop destination ko. And I did. Im looking for the floor where i can take my next step and all i could see were asses against asses 'Nagkalat ang mga lalaking J.Lo sa bus na to'. "excuse me po, makikiraan lang" can i blame them? masikip lang talaga. I have to thank 'Inertia',a law of force and reaction tama ba? The lady behind me is literally pushing me like a grocery cart. Finally I got out the bus and opened my black hellokitty umbrella. Ashoosh, pilay ang umbrella ko. Sira na. While i was fixing it, Another lady wearing a beige bank teller uniform opened hers and fed me a part of her umbrella. Sakto talaga sa bibig ko, hindi ko alam kung maiinis ako.. pero masisi ko ba siya kung maliit lang siya at pagbukas ng payong niya sumakto sa bibig ko. So i just let it go. Partly i wanted to say, "thanks for the breakfast, pero kumain na ako" ;)
Flavor: Wet dripping Maroon Umbrella
Taste: like Wet Rubber Tires (not like i ever tasted one before, na visualize ko lang)

Eventhough its raining, may nagpakain sa akin ng payong, and pilay ang payong ko, and bad hair day ako kasi hindi ko napatuyo ng maayos ang hair ko, i told myself to look at the bright side (although madilim dilim ang morning) hindi pa ako late for work. So i was walking towards our building when a car passed by....SPLASHED. Nagswimming ang mga paa ko. Do you know that squishy feeling when there's water in your shoes? Exactly. Look at the bright side pa rin, at least the splashed only reached my feet and not my whole celestial body. Ahem. :) repeat after me : Celestial body. hahaha ;p

Its been a fun morning. Lets see how the rest of the day goes. :)

My Girl

Saturday Night: My Girl marathon.

Ryan: isa siguro sa most prized possession mo yang DVD na "My Girl".

And I just smiled.

OMgulay talaga. I am head over heels for this series. Its my favorite korean series for life. Its funny, its very badong, and there is no boring moment. Tatawa ako iiyak ako, ay nako.. Yoo-Rin gives me happy headaches and Gong Chan cramps my heart. Jung woo makes it hard for me to be entirely happy for Yoo rin and Gong Chan. I swear matutulog na lang ako, affected pa ako. I have watched it before, re-watched it again and again and everytime, i ple-play ko siya, it feels like hindi ko pa napanuod kahit kelan, ang corny ko talaga, kinikilig pa rin ako. Im helpless.

Kung si Yoo rin may Gong chan, ako may Gong-gong ;p hahaha

SAY

The fastest way to travel is by candle light. ~Stardust

The fastest way to travel is by dreams. It is weird that after im not sure if its been 11 or 12 years already, i suddenly dreamt of someone from way way back. I dreamt of S--n. o di ba parang mapapatanong ka baket (kaya nga weird ang dating)? I woke up feeling a little weird, I just cant remember when was the last time i saw him, or when was the last time i heard of him or when was the last time i even remembered him, until last monday. It made me think back, and it made me remember bits of the past when we were still very young including how i used to be and nag rewind lang ang 1st year high.

REWIND MODE: Sayo' ko pala nakilala si Chito. Ang ganda ng mga drawings mo. Ang cute ng wave ng buhok mo, slightly kulot. I never saw you play your guitar na as in play it. You were the first boy to ever really make me feel beautiful, although i always seemed aloof ( literal, tinatakbuhan ko, mayron pa nga sa stairs eh hahaha jologs ko). Thank you. Things I never got to say before kasi super bata pa ako noon, i wouldnt exactly know how to respond, how to say it, what to do, so i just did what was easier, nothing and just be bata batuta. ;) i just turned 13 naman kasi. he was 16. and yes,Hindi naging kami. and yes who knows if nabulag lang siya noon ;p

hephephep..sumbong kayo sa lelang niyo, wala akong paki. Its innocent and Its not like i meditated on it. There were special people in my life, that i was not able to appreciate on time, it took a long time and a dream but it was a blessing din to me to see the forgotten moments in my life kasi no matter how big or small or how long or short the moments.. it was a part of my story. Blame it on my dream, for making me remember.
hephephep again, hindi ako nagpapantasya, just remembering by coincidence.fyi. Im faithful to Ryan naman (ha! very defensive ba?;p),anyway I even shared this to ryan saying "i wonder why hindi ko siya sinagot noon , to think crush ko naman siya dati?". Nagtaka lang ako, ako mismo minsan pag naalala ko yung sarili ko nung 13 pa ako, naisip ko 'anu bang iniisip ko nung mga panahong yun'?hmm.. di ko na maalala. Im thankful Hindi makitid si Ryan, that's why its easy for me to be honest with him and say whats on my mind, he doesnt shut me up, he listens and even asks questions. If in the case there is something i feel I cannot tell to him, then its definitely a wrong feeling in the first place..so far wala pa naman. and thanks din to Ryan, i dont know any other guy who i could tell the biggest and littlest things to, na hindi ko kailangan mag alala. Like Ang gwapo ni Gong Chan. ni Heath Ledger hahaha :)
Ryan... He loves me just the way i want to and more...

Well. Anyway to S--n...wherever you are, i hope you're doing okay...kamusta, always be safe.
God bless to you and your kids (most probably positive) and to the woman who makes everything worthwhile.

grabeh,at the end of it all, sa mga katangahan ko noon, like tatakbo sa stairs ng naka paa, hay... i wonder what last impression i left you dati. sana hindi ganun ka-sama. *wink*

ay nako sana naman wala ng iba pang mag multo sa mga panaginip ko, masaya na akong nanaginip ng action/horror/o mga suspense, minsan nga celebrity pa friends ko,kaso nga lang imagine mga taga 7 eh maka channel 2 naman ako.. weird. :p

Stardust

Stardust was not what i expected. Although I liked Robert De Niro's Part. I have never seen him gay and captain pirate/something like that at the same time. :P

Boom na Boom

"Heliiiiyyyow god Afternoun"...I just answered the phone and yawned. If I squint my eyes some more, i believe its going to roll to the back of my head already.

So What has happened? apparently Glorietta Makati have just been bombed. Actually there were two reports that came out, none of which has been confirmed by the authorities yet( as of this very moment), if the explosion originated from 'an' LPG tank or a bomb or if it was an accident or a terrorist act. What we are sure of is, that the explosion happened at Glorietta 2, caused an escalator to collapse to bits and that there were reports of injuries,worst and sadly, also death. What now. To the people responsible? are you happy now.

sigh...Im still very much sleepy though. fyi.

7 days of kimchi

Ryan is back from Korea. Korea, where living the good life is very popular and you can never wear too many clothes on at the same time. and kung saan naroon si gong chan at si yoo rin :P

Turistang turista naman si Ryan. Im happy for him and how things are doing. He liked my new hair by the way. <best hair for me is the short way.> Kasama pala nila doon si very controversial Alex Crisano, who he said was actually a nice guy contrary to how the TV world depicts him. so Showbizzz. Ha. :P and thanks to Allan, alam ko na now ang alternative pronounciation ng "COPY". hephephep. Its not 'KA-PI' its 'KO-PI'. ;p

Well Ryan was his usual crazy self.
Ryan: "Spartans, what is your profession?!!!!"
My brother just keep moving back and looking very much amused anyway.
Ryan: "Awooo!!! Awoohh!!! " .

(umiikot na mata ko ...WhaaAAAttttt?)
See his crazy.;p I wonder why i never saw that before when he was still just my regular neighbor who calls me 'idol cherry' ;) (yes, feel na feel ko naman hehehe 'idol' hahaha feeling) ;p, men will always be boys. Di bale, in fairness, lahat naman ng tao retarded kung minsan and makulit, like ako rin hehe (sa totoo lang dinadamay ko lang kayo ;p)

We were going through his luggage.
I pulled the white Nike flip flops out of the box(which was for me):

Warning: PMS ATTACK in 3...2...1 >;)

Che: "anu ba naman to... ang laki naman ng size. helloow.. anu paa ko abnormal?" (me..on being the ungrateful bitch ;p)
Ryan: "eh sabi mo nga di ba size 9US... di ba?"
Che: "anu ka ba...! ang laki neto, size 8 US sabi ko!"
Ryan: "eh kala ko size 9, ..subukan mo kaya muna"
Che: Hay nako malaki to! malaki to!"
(Slipped a foot right in and voila..sakto ;P)
Che: hehe malaki pala paa ko... hehe sakto pala. ang ganda...;)
(Courtesy of Erick, Czesca's ninong. thanks!)

Travel Travel. AAh if i can, i'd like to come along, Im a little jealous. :)I would love to travel. But I also have work and soon some classes.

Its so quiet today here at the office, its best we play some old songs "She will be loved" maroon5 to start with. ( Clicked Play) ha i can hear mhaan singing along already :p okay back to work. blog later. :)

Pumpkin heads up

Location: University of Sto. Tomas (Espana,Manila). It is probably one of the oldest universities in Manila.
Background music: sounds of howling dogs on a full moon and loud slow heart beats... (sorry ka pero kailangan talaga, meron. ako author dito ;p)

Story: A female college student went to the toilet room to wash her face after the last of her night classes was dismissed. This girl was infront of the mirror, when she washed her face with water. As soon as the water splashed on to her skin and she raised her head to face the mirror, she saw a reflection of a woman with long black hair standing but elevated from the floor just a few feet behind her. She spun around but saw no one and yet when she turned to face the mirror again it was there again, only closer.To her panic, she shut her eye lids so tight the straining was obvious and then she quickly chanted "Hail Mary full of Grace...Hail mary full of grace...Hail Mary full of grace" in an attempt to pray it away. You'd think the prayer would make it go away, but when she opened her eyes, It was standing an inch right behind her, "hail Mary full of grace hail mary full of grace" it mimmicked with a very amused grin. ***o may kinilabutan ba?...ah wala...hahahaha***
Urban Legend. This has a version in Bagiou, PICC, CCP and who knows where else. If its a simple fabricated story or if its true, who knows for real?

Pagmuni-muni ng mga kanya-kanyang ghost stories;halukayin na ang baul, takutan na naman. Halloween is drawing near. And while other countries trick or treat, majority of the Pinoys are up to exchanging creepy experiences and entertaining the existence of the unnatural. Tagay. Tagay. (Although with all due respect, I also acknowledge the fact that globally,yes we pay tribute to our dead, we share coincidental presence with people who go to the same graveyard/cemetery)

Another certain thing you can expect is heavy traffic, aside from people selling 'palamig' or ice cold drinks inside the cemetery,the flowers particularly expensive and the candle business doing good. Whatever is keeping the people busy, everyone is up to something. And malakas ang third eye ng Bayan sa panahong ganito.

Friends and barkadas dare each other to ghost hunt, driving by dark places and looking for something to maybe scare the life out of them. Quija Boards <speaking of Quija Board ha...super buulooook yang Quija movie nila Juday and Jolens. bakit kasi pinanood ko pa noon yan, la lang nalala ko lang,anu ba kasi> and circle formation for calling out spirits lurking by. I dont know all of it. But somewhere out there, im pretty sure someone is going to be up to it.

Too bad, there's no more "Magandang Gabi Bayan" Show, hosted before by none other than the now turned Vice President of the Philippines, Mr. Noli De Castro. Take note, dun ko napanuod ang mga anino ng mga dwendeng nag sasayaw ng Macarena :) Sa Pilipinas lang merong talented dwende :)

On my personal opinion with regards to ghost and the unnatural, i'll talk about it later ..................maybe.

So what do i like most about Halloween? No Work. No Classes. I am definitely not looking forward to the time when i will have to spend Halloween or All Saints Day, the way it was originally meant to. I think im staying home again this year. Yaya could do whatever, its her birthday anyway, yes seriously it is. Maybe I'll get her a cake. hmm.

~~~but yes i also do remember my sister, and we will light a candle for her.

All grown up.

The windshield used to be dusty,
when you can not see what was ahead of you,
you were free,
you looked at it with your heart
and every inch-roll of the tires,
moved you, excited you.

But while it was dusty you wished it was clean.
And now that it is, you wished it was dusty.
You cannot stay forever on never-neverland.

Now they are nothing more than numbers.
and you wish it could atleast feel so much more.

Some days you think it does, but then again it was never the same.

Pimple lang?

Inspiration: The Solitary pimple on my Nose. ;)
Song plays: Tease me Tease me Tease me Baby Til' I lose control....

Question: What's worse than a pimple on your face right now?.
Answer: That its on my nose.

Question: Have you ever named your pimple?
Answer: No. But my friends have.
Question: What was the name they gave?
Answer: Godzilla.
Question: Is this based on a true story?
Answer: .....

Question: Whats the best thing you can say to someone with a face full of pimples?
Answer: Ah may pimples ka ba? di ko napansin. (give them sincere sincere eyes ;p)

Question: Whats the best thing you were able to say back to people who said "hoy musta? pinipimple ka ata ah?"
Answer: oo nga eh, Bagay ba? (with confidence)

Question: Define Pimple.
Answer: the unwanted accessory.

Song Plays the same stanza: Tease me Tease me Tease me Baby, til' I lose control....

Kwentong Esprit

"What matters is not how you shamed yourself, but how you regained yourself"~~ chesilog. read on and find out.

I realized that the bloopers i get myself into started way back when i didnt know yet what to call it:

I was 10 years old or 9. I was playing running games with some kids my age at the Penthouse. "Touch Taya" has 2 versions; one is "Maramihang Touch Taya - If you're 'IT', everyone you can chase and tag "Taya" will also be "IT", The curse is contagious. The other one is simply the original version, you passed your curse to the person you have chased and tagged. (if you dont know this game, its probably because you were not raised in the Philippines, you are not Filipino, or maybe you had your own games) Anyways, We were having a short break and were still catching our breaths when one of the girls popped a question:




Girl: Anu ba yung mga favorite niyong brand?


And I, recalling we have a lot of Esprit branded things at home said aloud....
Che: ah...ako yung es-prittttttt. (with a strong diction to the sound of 't' as in pritttttt, Brad pitt prittttt ;p hahaha)


The girl immediately corrected my pronounciation...
Girl: Anong Es-pritttt??? Es-preeeee!!!!! basa don (Esprit) ! hindi Es-prittttt!!!


Nahiya naman ako to admit that i have been reading the brand wrong and so I just as quickly answered back...;p
Che: ESpreee nga!!! es-preeeee (es-pri') hinihingal pa kasi ako kaya nasabi ko lang es-prittt, pero es-preee nga alam ko!



Which Nakalusot naman. :) hehehe
I could say I was a pretty smart and funny kid. ;)
anu sa tingin niyo? :) hekhekeheke. ;p

The New Bob is Back

After 6 loOong months, I finally had my hair cut. I was hesitating at first, but i actually liked how it came out. I have a heart shaped, often mistaken as round shaped face.. so i have to make sure i get myself a cut that would not further emphasize my cheeks or the roundness of my face. If i weighed a little less, I could wear whatever hair cut and and I'd carry it off, but eversince I gained weight, I had to be more careful. I have ignored my hair was dull, limp and no style because I was scared that the probability of me ending up with a good cut VS. having my hair murdered/massacred was 1:5. I kept saying my hair was like 'weeds', they just keep growing. ;p I actually forgot how it feels like to wear you hair proud. And Today, I remember. :P

It feels good. I dont know if maybe its simply because of the minus weight off my neck and my head.

Ladies, If you have a round shaped face or heart shaped, go for the cut that would give our face imaginary edge or corners. Usually the complains are, my cheeks are too wide, my face looks fat especially in my ID pictures even when you're not really all that fat and you start thinking what more if you were?...they are all unhelpful paranoia, which i sometimes also tend to fall victim to. hehe ;p.

Cuts that elongate the face and reduce the roundness a little bit by hiding the cheeks a little, adding more volume to the top part of our hair, adding layers and wisps at the bottom part, bringing the focus to our eyes and even brows should help do the trick. Also, Dont be afraid to comment even while your hairstylist is already cutting away, if you think he/she is cutting too much or not, you may say so. Of course they wont always react positively, some will just look at you, nod their heads but aren't really listening. Others would simply ignore you or worst some may even feel insulted, but hey its your hair, save it while you can. Its not like they're cutting it for free and you were rude. Always be polite and nice, give a little encouragement to the person who is to cut your hair (or else, they might butcher your hair in revenge..ikaw rin :P) If you liked the cut, show it, if you did not then just be quiet, although you can show a little remorse on your face, wait until you get home, have a mirror infront of you and then vent it out "AaaaaAAAAhhhh!!!!" (except when they totally frankensteined your hair, maybe you could give the salon hell right then and there).

So what to do now? I usually turn to CoLoR. I always believe the right color could give it a little boost or if not, at least distract the beholder. Note: Avoid colors that would make you look cheap or colors that do bad for your skin tone. I have had my experience of ridiculously bad hair color that didnt work for me. I wore Japayuki-looking blonde, over-bleached hair once, so yellow you'd think im always at the end of the rainbow and the leprechaun is probably looking for my head for his bag of gold coins. ;p (in fairness to other people, they can carry off super blonde and look good, sometimes it just depends on the way your hair was colored,the distribution, the skin tone, and even your racial features) so anyways I tamed down my hair color crisis by applying a darker tone over it, which worked but my hair was already damaged due to too much-too soon application of hairdyes (you usually have to wait 3-4 months before dyeing your hair again). I remember the days when even on a strong windy day, not one strand of hair would budge to stray away, as if each strand was glued to the next, like a hairy helmet. Thankfully after a year or so, i regained a head of hair dancing to the tune of Pocahontas theme song "colors of the wind". :) Im no pro, and definitely not your hair expert, Im learning as I go myself.

Anyways,Its too bad i dont have a photo of me yet wearing my new bob, but i'll probably take some this weekend and upload it on Multiply. :)

We'll see

Hithit-Buga Day 1. It didnt take long before I started sneezing. The scent of his cigarette smoke was so strong, you'd think its trying to come alive and be named. It will probably take less than 2 hours for the office to become foggy. Goodbye O2, Hello Carcinogens. (HitHit-Buga,tiny particles of cigarette ash playfully roaming as possible allergen to any of us) Darating din ang Bukas,May Liwananag sa Dilim, Gulong ng Palad, Pangarap na bituin at Isabella. (haaaa? ano raw?). ;P I wish I could cover my nose with a hand and not be deemed rude. But Cherryl be strong. be strong. bear with it. :)

Anyway, I called up the school on my free time earlier today and discussed with Ms. Sol the possible arrangements, and Im still crossing my fingers Sir Denny will be in the mood to allow me to spend a day of the week for school.

"Imagine at my age..." Sharon Cuneta. (on going back to school herself)

Sigh. School. It'll be pretty challenging in the sense that I know people will again have something to say. hay hay hay buhay. And I on the other hand just want to keep focus as much as i can. :)

Dont be brittle peanut brittle, People will always have something to say - ang aking kunsensya. (on going back to school myself)

We'll see. we'll see.

---what to do---

I once said that i always know what i want, well what do you know right?,at the moment, I actually dont. I know i want to do a certain thing but i also know i do not want to compromise anything. It is giving me a really bad headache. I feel like all the fingers of my hands have strings controlling each angle in my life that i am forever trying to balance. It has always been easier to cut one of the strings. or two of the strings. or three. or four and so forth. But I cannot do it and will not do it. These are not just angles , these are angles of my life with direct effect to people i care for. If i sway wrong, If i sway it selfishly, I just might end up tangling up the strings.

what to do. what to do.

The Birthday Week

Thank God for birthdays that come around to tell me how long ive been living under grace. Side comment: I realized that Birthdays are also like countdowns, each year, friends who remember are narrowing down. and friends who do remember, are more special each year. :)
Ryan and I celebrated our birthdays last week.
No partying. Just us. :)

Happy birthday to us!

my cake was the usual chocolate cake, since i prefer no other flavor. :)
and for ryan, i got him sansrival.

***Ryan's Birthday.

Ryan's birthday fell on a monday. After work, I passed by Goldilocks and got him a cake. I bought 2 and 4 for his birthday candles, as a joke to say he's only 24, but not many people know the truth, senior citizen na si ryan hahaha ;p

It was raining that time and I had to protect the box of the cake from big drops of rain so I took a tricycle from the cakeshop to home, only to find out right after the engine motor ran that now i had to protect the cake from touching the insides of the box because the ride was jumpy and the road was bumpy.

I found him in our room and I smiled ' Happy Birthday '. He seemed pleasantly surprised, I think this is the first time I got him a cake. I lit the candles up and took photos of him holding the cake.

He told me " bakit 24 yung candila? nagtitipid ka noh?" and I, thinking he meant i got the candles for free, answered defensively " hoy excuse me 11.50 per number-candle yan noh " but what he was trying to say pala was,that maybe I was going to recycle the candle by using it again on that coming friday, on my cake,since i was turning 24 then. i laughed. I actually forgot i was turning 24. but came Friday and I did. :p Anyway we had dinner at President's Tea House, I forgot what he ordered, ako shempre the usual, sweet n sour pork forever-;p but not all the time, still depends if i feel like ordering sweet n sour. ;p (and for that long-life good luck traditional belief, we ordered an extra dish.., beef hofan. :))

Now My birthday.

Ryan was not around when the clock struck midnight.But He called me on my cel a few minutes before the clock went after cinderella.

I imagined the clock making very loud Ding-Dong sounds.. as the long and short hand of the clock met at the number 12. I took a bath. I felt like it was good omen to take a bath first thing on your birthday. Ryan was still out. He got home around 2am. He was out with the bosses. They are going out of the country again for basketball business, probably Korea. Anyway, We didnt get much sleep the night before because Czesca's flu was bad. Czesca was sick on my birthday and we took her to the clinic that morning. We spent the rest of the day watching over her, and a little of it i spent on cooking spaghetti, after that we took some pictures and had dinner.

Ryan and I also dropped by 168 that afternoon and I bought myself two tops and a pair of shoes.
Then we checked out the new supermarket 'Binondo Supermarket', and passed by King's bakeshop.

Another year older for both of us. Gurang-gutan na me. wAaaAAhh. ;p
We'll always be young at heart.

To complete the day, my birthday wishes are the ff: (just 3, although I think I'm entitled to 24 wishes hahaha :p)
1. good health
2. safety
3. More Blessings. (grace, love, etc)