my contradicting self...

i should stop obssessing about being single.

my parents/family/relatives can't stop, my friends are pushing me (as if its my choice to be single) and people who'm i've only met can't stop themselves from asking me why. ugh! lets all be a bit sensitive here, guys. if i can find reason to singledom, heck, i could've written a thesis about it, yeah? but hey, gimme a break. at least, i'm giving myself a break.

i have learned from a certain person that it could really take a while. some things just have to come first. hey, i am not that old, as memei pointed out a few weeks ago.=p so if its work i should be focusing now, thats where i'll put all my energy into. from a band i am so into now, as they say, strike whilst the iron is hot. work while there is work to do. and anyway, if its gonna happen, its gonna happen... ergo, if Gods will, it will. (i can hear kris aquino say, "may tama ka!" weird...)


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i am a woman possessed. they are as real to me at the sun that rises every morning yet they are a dream that escapes me during the night, in that moment when i am awake yet in a deep slumber.

labo ba?

try being me for an hour, at this moment, baka maintindihan mo.

i have this thing for december affairs. ewan ko ba. well, this time, its a major delusion talaga. but anyhow, i don't mind. it keeps me smiling nowadays, walang nakakasira ng mood ko lately and not only that, it kept, and helped me stop, from thinking about a certain december guy din. woohoo! faboolous! but the thing is, everywhere i look, i see him. i hear him. i sense him. i even smell him for crying out loud! i turn on the tv, i see him. i turn on the radio, i see him. i close my eyes, damn, i see him. i dream about him.

yes, its december yet again. and about to close, i might add. its that time of the year. but he is a figment of my imagination. a mirage in this desert that i am treading. a fallacy of the truth i have been so rightly seeking. a fantasy...

i am stuck in a moment that wasn't meant to last...

DISCLAIMER: This is going to be a picture-blog entry.


I was looking forward to our family vacation- finally an escape from work!!! Oh and did I enjoy every moment! Yes, I am gushing! I loved it. And it crushed my dear heart that its over...



So our first stop for the vacay was Bohol. Obviously! This is a pic of a part of the 1,268 chocolate hills which is the main tourist attraction in Bohol. To get this view, you hafta climb 214 steps at the complex. But after that sorta exercise, it'll leave you with a fabulous, fabulous view like this. Ang galeng nga ng shot coz its like someone was opening up the hills for us. Notice where the light side and the dark side separates? Shox! Heaven!





Tarsius syrichta

This is a tarsier. Apparently.
TRIVIA!!!

Each tarsier's eye is bigger than the entire brain.

They can rotate their head almost 180 degrees in each directions, like owls.

We ate lunch in one of the floating restaurants at the Loboc River and there was this place near where they hald tarsiers captive. Nice! Taking this pic was a truly huge effort as they keep leaping from tree to tree. Its nice though, right?

Our last night in Bohol and I got this fabulous sky during sunset. Yeah, it was nice there. Even nicer than Boracay- the sand much finer, the beach more secluded, the food fantastic! We went to see the shrine where Rajah Soliman and Legaspi made a blood compact, tarsiers (cute!!!) and of course, the Chocolate Hills. The people there are accomodating and nicer as well. And I'm not talking about the hotel people. I'm talking about the locals. Bohol is my new favorite place in the world!



Next stop, is Cebu. Now I've been to Cebu hundreds of times already but I haven't been able to go around - island hopping, snorkeling and I haven't been to the Top! Its the highest point in Cebu where you can see the whole city. The view was fantastic!



This is the view from the Top. Going there from Mactan took us almost an hour, we were trying to catch the sunset but yeah, traffic happens in Cebu as well so this is what was left for us to see. But hey, i'm not the one to complain if what you'll see is this! Fab! Fab! Fab!









When we got back to the hotel, this is what I saw from our veranda. The view was breath taking!!! I can't get over it til now! It was nostalgic! I had to sit out and stare and ogle. So it was a bit chilly, must've been nicer to be cuddling with someone but what the heck! I can manage. Wahahaha!




I woke up the next day, at exactly 6am, to catch a glimpse of a sunrise view from the veranda. But I was kinda disappointed because it was cloudy and there was a soft drizzle outside. I took this picture though and it is still nice. Calming is the right word. I went back to sleep though. Hehehe...






When I woke up again, I thought I would see the sun shining but no... The rain didn't stop until we left Cebu. Sad that we left already, the weather was going along with my mood. Darn it. I enjoyed our vacay though. I was sooo looking forward to it and I wasn't disappointed at all. Now, I'm back and stressed already. Guess who's making me stressed?! Guess! Guess! Walang clue!

Horoscope for tomorrow

Confused about the rules for the game of love? Well, no wonder, because some people you're associating with don't know how to play fair. Make your own set of rules -- and stick to them.

*** yeah, right. bite my *ss. hmpf!

Horoscope for today

You're aces at speaking your mind, but when it comes to a potential romance, try and be a bit more circumspect. Your boisterous sense of humor might unnerve this person if they're not used to it.

*** i hate it. FYI. Don't understand the entire text. There's a certain word that I don't like. Hmpf. Grrr.

ultraelectromagneticjam: a tribute

ULTRAELECTROMAGNETICJAM: THE MUSIC OF ERASERHEADS


my friend told me about this cd but i never knew it was out already until last saturday, when clem of O & L told me that yep, it was out and they did huwag kang matakot. cool! i went out and bought it as soon as i had the time. i wasn't disappointed! their version of my mom's fave song was done wonderfully! you can hear clem pluck a few keys of julie tearjerky in the adlib of huwag kang matakot, galeng!

Just so you know, the cd includes the following songs:

1. Alapaap - 6 Cycle Mind
2. Magasin - Paolo Santos
3. Spoliarium - Imago
4. Overdrive - Barbie Almalbis
5. With a Smile - South Border
6. Tikman - Sugarfree
7. Ligaya - Kitchie Nadal
8. Torpedo - Isha
9. Superproxy - Francis M.
10. Huwag Kang Matakot - Orange and Lemons
11. Pare Ko - Spongecola
12. Huwag Mo Nang Itanong - M.Y.M.P.
13. Hard to Believe - Cueshe
14. Alcohol - Radio Active Sago Project
15. Maling Akala - Brownman Revival
16. Ang Huling El Bimbo - Rico J. Puno
17. Para sa Masa - Various Artists

of all the songs in the album, i love:
a. huwag kang matakot - i love the song na kasi so when orange and lemons did their own version, i fell in love with the song all over again!
b. magasin - paolo santos' version still sounds a bit of the original but he puts his own style into this song making it one of my fave as well.
c. huwag mo nang itanong - what is mymp doing in an eraserheads album?? what they do best! revive a song! mejo tranquil ang dating ng revision nilang 'to, fab! swabe!
d. tikman - ewan ko ba, after seeing them perform live, i just love them. kaya siguro kahit anong kantahin nila, maganda para sa akin.
e. alcohol - i just love them! no other words to describe them. their version, double fab!!!
f. ligaya - in fairness to kitchie, kahit di daw mashado maganda ugali niya, maganda naman yung version nya ng song na 'to.
g. ang huling el bimbo - my gash! i dont know what this man is doing in this album as well, but he did a fantastic (and hilarious) job singing this eheads classic.
h. superproxy - francis m doing eheads?! you gotta hear this guys! he even did a rap part sa kanta, galeng!

as expected, sponge cola, cueshe and 6 cycle mind failed to meet my eheads standards. maybe because i already have a prejudice against their laos performances. newei, sinayang nila yung prestige of reviving eheads songs, hmpf. dapat sinama na lang ang parokya ni edgar, rivermaya, itchyworms, hale, bamboo, joey ayala and greyhounds even! to do their own more familiar and missed eheads songs like minsan, toyang, tindahan ni aling nena, kaliwete, maselang bahaghari, sembreak, maskara, julie tearjerky, harana, tuwing umuulan at kapiling ka! oh well...

south border and imago did a so-so rendition of with a smile and spoliarium. i didn't like barbie's overdrive at all! yuck. parang naligaw xa, the same goes for isha for reviving TORPEDO! hello?! a girl singing torpedo?!?

but overall, i love the cd. i'm a huge, huge eraserheads fan and i know hindi naman makakarating 'to, but i wanna thank all the artists for paying tribute to immortalize the 90s greatest band ever, eraserheads!

go graba a copy! get the original guys, please. iba pa rin ang orig! para sa eheads naman ito...