day off

i'm in senti-mood today, and no one's stopping me.

doing some photo manipulations, i'm getting addicted with this. the photo below is the one i like best..

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nanay and i went to sta. clara at cabuyao yesterday to say our thank you's for not letting the rain go down on louraine's party last july. am supposed to post pictures (only took pictures outside the chapel, so as not to disturb the silence). unfortunately, i cant download the photos yet, my hard disk is running out of space, tsk tsk... ran out of CDR's, will post pictures after i have backed-up my photos.

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before lola left, our main concern was the household's meals. the big question was, who's going to cook? i was preparing myself to having canned goods for dinner, instant noodles for breakfast, etc... but to my surprise, tatay could cook! not that he can't, but i didn't know that tatay could cook vegies. you see, i'm more comfortable eating vegies, than meats. in her absence, tatay took over the kitchen. the first day lola went off, tatay cooked ampalaya con carne. this morning, we had tortang talong. for dinner, we're having patola in misua.

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finally, GOD is so good.. i'm not expounding details anymore.. HE works in mysterious ways, really!

pamamaalam

jaene and lola left for US yesterday.

ewan ko ba, when the final call was aired for their flight, di ko napigilan na umiyak. i know my sister will have a better life out there, kaya hindi ako dapat malungkot. when i saw them moving towards the plane (nanay and i have availed special security passes, kaya we were able to accompany them upto to the boarding area.. thanks to our tita who works in the airport), more tears flowed down. i was hurting.. seeing their backs, moving farther way from us, boarding the plane.

siguro, naiiyak ako kase nakikita kong umiiyak si jaene. siguro, kung nakita ko lang na masaya ang mukha nya, masaya ko rin silang ihahatid.

wala talagang pamamaalam na masaya.. laging may halong lungkot.

a tale of two men

This is a true story, names have been change for my protection.

Story #1. Guy1
It all started with a teenage-like-crush thing. Guy1 saw filthy-rich-girl, got infatuated, and pursued filthy-rich-girl from then on. The efforts of Guy1 in wooing filthy-rich-girl was really that tremendous, he's gone out of his way just to have her sweet 'yes'. He's with filthy-rich-girl whenever, wherever. Brings her roses every now and then. A box full of chocolates at filthy-rich-girl's desk everyday. Staying up late with filthy-rich-girl if she has to finish work. Guy1 sticked with filthy-rich-girl like a bubble gum stuck to hair strands. Until filthy-rich-girl, whom have been overwhelmed by Guy1's efforts, let out her sweet sweet 'yes'. Their relationship didn't last that long (I'm not writing the reason of their break-up here). From the time they broke up, just a week or two after, someone (another chismosa like me, perhaps) saw Guy1 holding hands with another girl. I was very surprised when I heard it, because I've seen Guy1's back-breaking efforts when he was still pursuing filthy-rich-girl. I never thought he'll be leaving everything behind that easily. And knowing that filthy-rich-girl is still hurting. How could he have done that?

Story #2. Guy2
Guy2 has had a long time girlfriend, 5 years or more. After going steady for that long, the girl left him for another man. He still continued loving her despite that and still tried to pursue her back for so many times to no avail. The girl got pregnant, but his love did not even falter a bit. Until the girl gave birth, and the man she chose over Guy2 left her. Guy2 tried to win her back again, and again to no avail. The chase continued for years. Until a time came when Guy2 got tired of the vicious cycle, he decided to stop his attempts. If Guy2 still loves the girl, no one knows.


Here are two different stories from two extremely different men. I once thought that all men are like Guy1, insensitive, self-centered, heartless... until I learned of Guy2's story.

Mama Mary's Birthday

it's Mama Mary's birthday today! been to church this afternoon with Lola.

*** to sleepy to write anything further...

another day off

spent the whole day doing.. nothing.. almost..

got up at 5:30, ready to jog! saw no trace of sunny sunshine, only dark clouds. thinking it was going to rain, i hit the sheets again. got up at almost 12 noon and setup my pc. nanay, who didn't go to work, asked me to log-in in her gsis acct. after more than 2 hours, my hands grew weary. i surrendered. something's definitely wrong with gsis' site/system.

late in the afternoon, tatay had just finished installing a brand new duyan. the old duyan, made of rattan, already got mangled due to frequent rains. this one is made out of cloth. as compared with rattan, this one's more comfortable to lay at. however, sitting on it will take skills in balancing since there's nothing to support your back. overall, i like it better than the old one.

after lounging in our brand new duyan, nanay, who at that time was badly aching/craving for lanzones. i accompanied her to the nearest fruit stand in our subdivision. she bought more than a kilo of lanzones, which i think by now are all down in her stomach. with that appetite, i think she could finish a whole tree in one sitting.

now it's my craving's turn to get satisfied. i bought a mocha grande at zagu and two doughnuts, choco flavor, at mister donut.

so now im calling it a day. tomorrow's another work day for me.

vacation photos

called in sick this monday. i told my supervisor, thru text, that i wasn't feeling well. partly, it's true.

below are some photos i shot during my "vacation"

i did the collage thru picassa.