mum's NZ tourist visa has been approved so i'll be seeing her sometime in the next few months! yay! 

i was born 5 years before cory led the historic edsa revolution in 1986 so i had no idea what the deal was, until now, truth be told because i really don't give a flying fuck about politics anyway. to me, philippine politics is as good as dead. i'm one of the millions of jaded filipinos- resigned to the fact that we will never find a good enough ( Read more... )

i was about 7 then, when a huge flying cockroach landed on the back of my head whilst i was playing with my pet rabbit. i wasn't the sort who gets freaked out by roaches but when this big bug refused to budge, i started losing my composure.

can't remember how i got that thing off my head. was it my brother or my dad who swatted the thing away... ( Read more... )

mum's here! mum's here!

she brought one of my favorite foods-

PUTING MAIS!!!

i'm in corn heaven!

*dies*

i swear, my mom is driving me up the wall ( Read more... )

thank God mum was discharged yesterday. *happy dance* glad she's doing much better. she's still suffering from a bit of pain every now and then (she feels like throwing up after eating something). i advised mum to spread out her meals and don't eat too much at one go, and to avoid caffeine, spicy or fried stuff, take more veggies & fruits rather ( Read more... )

so working overseas has its perks - you get to live independently (which is a good thing: you get to know yourself better!), see more of the world and experience a different culture and of course, earn heaps more than you ever will (if you're forever going to be an employee).  but it also has its downsides - one is being gajillion miles away from ( Read more... )

okay, that was intentional. that's singlish for you.

mom went back to manila almost two days ago. wahhhhh!!! although her stay here was short, it was really nice seeing and being with her again. to be honest, mom and i do not share the typical mother-daughter relationship. i'd like to think we have a dysfunctional relationship, but in a good way. i' ( Read more... )

i won't have time to blog because mom's here, along with my aunt and cousin. we're bound for genting & KL this thursday and i couldn't wait! time off from work, yay! nothing beats being away from work and to top that off, MOM IS HERE!!! yahoooooo!!! last time i saw her was december last year. wow that's 8 freaking months ago... i wish i could be ( Read more... )