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say goodbye and hello
I'm stopping myself from contacting friends whom I haven't hung out with for the longest time. I feel like they might think I'm using them to fill the Pao-shaped void ( Read more... ) -
Feeling like an outsider
Do you ever get to that point in your life when you feel like you might have outgrown your friends? When you try to remember all the good times you had, and there were lots, but you end up realizing...we didn't really share much in common aside from going to the same school or workplace, course/job and hanging out at the same tambayan ( Read more... ) -
shirt shred thursday
I was supposed to be at an event today, but cancelled at the last minute since I don't want to go through all that trouble for some free shampoo, free dinner and more articles to write that might as well be free on my end. It was raining, and what I experienced yesterday when it was just "drizzling", when the weather went psycho again like the ( Read more... ) -
Can't write for a living cos I suck at it
I tried taking up LJ again to get me out of my writing funk. I haven't had an update for almost a week for RS which is bad for my backlog. I hardly get excited for invites I receive anymore. And then I have to drag my ass over my POC articles. It's so boring and mechanical, the way I write, though both Pao and my sister says they're still good ( Read more... ) -
Death of an era
Like most young girls at the time, I belonged to an MTV Asia generation and I was mostly exposed to pop and R&B music which constantly topped the charts and countdowns in the 90s. It wasn't until high school that I learned to tune in to NU 107.5--not because I was any particular fan of hardcore rock, though. But it was different from what I ( Read more... ) -
Dreaded questions
1. Kamusta? (How are you?)
I'm always at a loss about this one, except maybe if I haven't seen or heard from the person in several months or years. I mean, what else do I say past "okay lang"? I noticed this when I was still working in TDP, how I'm not much for small talk. When I message people, especially the PMs, I go right to the point. I ( Read more... ) -
on the Etude Grand Launch fail and more movies
On that whole Etude House Grand Launch party brouhaha:
You know what I hate about being a Filipino living in the Philippines? It's that we treat ourselves like second class citizens in our own damn country. I mean if you don't have pride, have a bit of decency at least. You don't invite people and make them stand when there are obviously plenty ( Read more... ) -
taste of Manila
I just spent the whole morning immersing myself in Manila culture. I waited for Aliza at Starbucks La Salle, (the new one, not the old Torre Lorenzo one) and I felt like a student again...except for the fact that now I can afford Starbucks. I know that despite how stinky and polluted the place really is, I think I'll always love it. In fact, ( Read more... ) -
Of first kisses
I was suddenly flooded by memories of past first kisses. Kinilabutan ako! Haha! Of course the more you try to stop it the more you'll remember it.
Anyhow, I meant to update my movie list as its gotten so long already. But I only have three here; the rest will have to be listed next time. I listed them down manually and I left it in the condo ( Read more... ) -
just saying
I've read FML for many years but I never had an FML-worthy story until now.