Life...

REPOST: FRIDAY, JULY 13, 2012

“Life is an opportunity, benefit from it.

Life is beauty, admire it.

Life is a dream, realize it.

Life is a challenge, meet it.

Life is a duty, complete it.

Life is a game, play it.

Life is a promise, fulfill it.

Life is sorrow, overcome it.

Life is a song, sing it.

Life is a struggle, accept it.

Life is a tragedy, confront it.

Life is an adventure, dare it.

Life is luck, make it.

Life is too precious, do not destroy it.

Life is life, fight for it.” 

― Mother Teresa

Worth the Wait

REpost: FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 11, 2011

I remember waking up with his arms around me - peaceful, content, happy and loved. This, I said to myself, is the moment that I will tell our kids later on. This are the moments when I feel so alive and simply grateful that my man can just hold me and we are truly happy. 

I received a puzzling news today and it made me paused and reflect at my own actions. There are two things I realized, first; He who puts your welfare first over his is a man you will meet once in a lifetime. I am truly grateful that I am respected and loved by a selfless man. Second, I have always been and will be his forever. When I am ready, the wait will be worth it and it will be sweeter and by then I would wake up with his arms around me, smiling big and hopeful for the future that we both build.  

H, my heart is filled with so much love for you.

29th of January

REPOST TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 1, 2011

Our television has been acting up all because it is old already and needs to be replaced sometime soon. But when I plugged it last weekend just for the heck of it, it worked! My sister was ecstatic that dear TV worked and she asked me to go pick up some DVD while she clean the house. I gladly give in to her request and bought some new DVD movies.

 The movies that I bought are the following:

   1. The Black Swan (Natalie Portman)
   2. Mean Girls 2 (Meaghan Jette Martin)
   3. The Tourist (Angelina Jolie and Johnny Depp)
   4. The Matador (Peirce Brosnan)
   5. Love and Other Drug (Anne Hathaway and Jake Gyllenhaal)
   6. Season of the Witch (Nicholas Cage)

I already watched Black Swan the week before (courtesy of C's DVD) but I bought it nonetheless for the benefit of my sister. We watched together Mean Girls 2 and the Tourist and after that I went to bed to catch some goodnight sleep.

The next day, I went out to do some shopping. I badly needed a new pair of jeans since the ones that I have are already old and H willingly pampered me (big grin). The normal cost of my jeans are like $18-20 but to my surprise, the mall was having a sale so I was able to bought 2 jeans! Much to my delight of course. I was able to save big time and being the thrift shopper that I am, the purchase made me happier.

Monday, S and I agreed to have lunch and Love tag along with us. We ended up having Chinese since we always have McDonald's for lunch. But before I met up with them, I went to the mall and pick up some books. I was checking the books of Nora Roberts (who is slowly becoming my favorite author) but it was pricey. I don't feel like indulging since I'm pretty sure I can just finished the book fast. So instead of 1 Nora Robert book, I traded it with 2 Michael Crichton books, The Jurassic Park and The Lost World at almost the same cost. Another smart buy for me =D

Thankful at 24

REPOST TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 1, 2011

No matter how tough life may get I never forget to be thankful for the fact that I am healthy, I have great friends who will stand by me, for having a supportive family and for H who loves me unconditionally.

At 24, I can only be thankful for the-not-so-always-beautiful-days. I look the future with so much enthusiasm and hope that things will be better than they are today and no matter what life will throw in my way, I will always have wonderful people around me who will help me see through whatever difficulties and challenges I may have.

Life is indeed good and thank you for the Big Man above whose wisdom and love has shown brightly in my life for always.

Happy 24th Birthday to me :)

22th of January: Movie Marathon

REPOST: TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 1, 2011

I spend the weekend with H and watching several movies (DVD's are courtesy of Cookie). It has some indie films, French and Spanish and those has sexual innuendo which I can recommend for a movie review with Psychology students since it touches several aspects of life. 

I remember struggling with my movie reviews back in college simply because I only knew a handful of movies that can qualify as such and if I have access to this movies at those times, I could write all my movie reviews for one semester at one sitting.

I also watch several movies depicting the life of American youth, their struggles to find their place in a much complex world (Rachel Getting Married, Dare, Bully). It tackles issues such as drugs, bullying and peer pressure. I also watched a thought provoking film titled, The Chosen One which speaks of innate goodness of man and having faith. Charlie St. Cloud is an interesting movie. It revolves around the death of Sam, Charlie's brother and how he struggled moving on from that family tragedy. 

Then there are the feel good films; When in Rome, the animated movie, The Guardian of Ga'Hoole, a history film about Young Victoria and how she come to power, choose her husband and become one of the good leaders of her time despite her youth. All which I watched with my sister. 

What a weekend right? But of course the best thing about it is spending time talking, hugging, kissing and simply having fun with H. There is no one dull moment with him =).

16th of January

REPOST: MONDAY, JANUARY 17, 2011

It was raining again for most part of the day last weekend so I spent the time curling in bed and finishing the last two chapters of the book by Nora Roberts (Brazen Virtue). 

I also spend a good amount of time watching basketball game, Game 6 of the Beermen's against their sister team, Ginebra. The game was close and I kinda woke up the entire house when I screamed after a 3-pointer from Alex Cabagnot that gave them the lead. 

The team showed a lot of poised during the last 2 minutes of the game, defending well and anticipating every opponents move and eventually won. So my SMB are going to the finals and their first game will only be an hour from where I am. I don't know if I'm going or not just yet. Crossing my finger =D

Bags I Love

REPOST: MONDAY, JANUARY 17, 2011

Allow me to share to you one of the things I'm passionate about as a woman. If some women are crazy about shoes (which I am a little of) mine would be bags! I don't need a lot to fill my closet, don't get me wrong. I only need a handful to make me happy =D. 

My current obsession are these two. The first one I've been saving for already and probably will get one by summer. The second one has a long way to go since it is triple the price of the first that I wanted. 

The first one is a Longchamp Le Pliage navy blue and the second is by Kate Spade.

Longchamp Le Pliage

Kate Spade

As you can see both are not leather. The first one is made up of nylon while the other is made up of denim fabric. Leather bags wear and tear is fast and thus requires a certain amount of care. These two are not so much. The only thing you have to be careful with the Kate Spade bag is the rain while the other you can use rain or shine as it is nylon.