lemme try this

why, thank you
it's amazing how good a genuine compliment can make a person feel. it lifts your spirits, makes you carry yourself a lot better, and just generally makes you feel just that bit more confident in yourself. unexpected compliments can do so much more.
so go ahead, find the good things in your friends, family, acquaintances. it can make life a lot better all around. :)

adipose
i really think i need to start dieting. and i'll start as soon as i can.
oh no..that doesn't give my diet a good outlook. *sucks in stomach instead*

movies galore
i got tons of vcd's today, thanks to my good friend yo. it's mindboggling!! i'll have enough to last me for ages! and they're disney movies too! *swoons* heaven!

coincidences
do coincidences really happen, or are they all part of some weird, eerie masterplan? hmm.

bed weather
i'm loving the coolness of the night..it's really perfect for snuggling in bed, with soft music playing, and hugging my honey. too bad i'm going to have to settle for my pillow for tonight!
hmm..methinks i'm doing a lot of settling for tonight. when will i get what i really want, i wonder?

miss universe
i would probably have a good shot at being miss universe if i'm not too short, too dumpy, and too whatever.
i guess i'll just have to settle for watching it on tv tomorrow. bet i'll have to sit through endless commercials, no thanks to rpn9. if they do that, maybe we should all report them to the kbp soon! i can still remember the year miriam quiambao was the 1st runner up. the commercial load was horrendous!

topsy turvy
noises off is sooooo funny!

neverending story part four
back in the eighties, a copy of the neverending story arrived in our house, in betamax form. i was probably around eight or ten years old when we got that video. innocently enough, i was wondering whether it was *literally* a neverending story. when i got to watch it, i found out that it wasn't meant to be taken literally, and that it does, in fact, have an ending.
now if only that's true of o-w-l.

staged reality
so mark burnett manipulated some shots. so what? it's not like it affected the outcome of the show anyway.

or at least, that's what he'd like us to think. but then again..

yumm
i should have swiss penpals.

to be or not to be
there are only four more days till the elections, but with the way things are going now, it's still pretty hazy whether the elections will push through or not. what with candidates being taken for rebellion, and intelligence reports that suggest widespread violence on the 14th, there is a little doubt about whether or not the polls will really push through.
as for me, with the state of affairs being the way they are, i would really be apprehensive to go to public places. no one should be scared to go to the mall, or to ride the LRT/MRT, but hey, these are strange times.
oh lordy. please help us!

hate is not a one way thing
a friend told me this just now, and it really struck me as being true. to arouse that emotion, a person must have done something to deserve that feeling. a sane person won't just hate someone for the heck of it (although, admittedly, there are times when you just don't feel right about a person). generally, though, hate would have to be the result of the actions of the individual who is the object of your hatred. we all have our pet peeves and whatnot, if it so happens that one person racks up a bit too much of those things, then it's a pretty natural reaction to hate that person and to avoid him or her like a plague.
in my case, hatred might be too strong a word, but it will suffice for this rambling.

allo?
grrr...i hate the fact that soooo few people have even heard of allo allo, let alone watched it! it's such a funny show!

rain, part two
the thing i hate the most when it rains, is that the water somehow seeps into our phone box and grounds my phone line! it messes up my internet connection so badly, like it's doing now.
please let this clear up by tomorrow. i'm begging.

take that, globe!
a thousand and two hundred thanks to yo!

making the band
cheezy or not, as soon as i get the money, i'll really go get a copy of o-town's cd!

she's come undone
i finally finished this book. and whoo..like the first time i read it, it was really very involving. there are some things that she went through that i can really relate to, and it's inspiring how the story unfolded and developed. the characters seemed so real and their responses were entirely believable.
good read. =)

rain, rain go away
what a gloomy wednesday morning. dark clouds, sky dripping with rain. but then again, it's a bit cooler, so maybe i shouldn't sing the rain rain go away song just yet.

sleep
do i have some sleep disorder or something? there'd be nights when i can stay up till dawn, and nights, like tonight, when i just feel so sleepy...zzzzzz

blogs
i am constantly amazed at how many bloggers there are out there. almost every home page i get to visit has some element of a blog, and i'm really awed!

uh huh
you're right! i think so too! really? wow! you're so good. <<< things that people love to hear. people don't want to be rejected; they want to feel that they're doing the right thing, that their approach is the best.
say these things, and you'll have a peaceful conversation. don't, and you'll end up having to explain endlessly, hash and rehash, defend and contend. and honestly? sometimes it's not worth the trouble. sometimes it's easier to just go along with what they're saying.
sometimes it's better to leave people to their own illusions and delusions.
but sometimes...it's time to prick the goddamn bubble.

i must be strange
i actually enjoy the new close up jingle/full length song. *..all i want to do is stay close to you baby..you take my breath away.*
but then again, close up does have those nice other songs that i remember from when i was a kid. was it gino padilla who sang, *hey there's a look in your eyes, must be love at first sight..you were just part of a dream, nothing more so it seems.. but my love couldn't wait much longer, with just one smile you take my breath away, the closer i get to you...*
ooh, ooh, moment of revelation: to be a close up song, you need to have the line *you take my breath away* included in your lyrics.
heh.

love cheese?
uhh it's alright, i guess. my sister and i tried the new pizza hut cheezy crust pizza this afternoon. it's pretty good, i suppose. one thing i can definitely say about it though: *cough--overpriced--cough*

fan mail
i got an e-mail today from someone who got my e-mail from alumni.net. he says he is now an avid fan. wow. i'm not worthy.

tsk tsk
even in job sites, you can immediately see how deeply troubled our country is. 410 available jobs in the Philippines compared to 4220 in Singapore, and 5320 in Hong Kong. gollyyyy!

ouch
my head hurts from sleeping too much!

job hunting
it's so tough to find a job. i'm trying to exhaust every means possible to find job opportunities. internet, print, referrals, etc. i've been thinking a lot these days that i might have made the wrong decision. or decisions, for that matter. why didn't i take a course in college that will give me a guaranteed job? should i switch gears now? should i go back to school? should i try to get any job that i can find? i don't want to settle for anything that i will regret, because i don't want to add to the pile of regrets that are on my mind now.

fuzzy feeling
it's absolutely gratifying to read e-mail and guestbook entries that let me know that the site is appreciated. thanks, you guys. it warms the heart. really. =)

ser·en·dip·i·ty
: the faculty or phenomenon of finding valuable or agreeable things not sought for (source:merriam-webster)
i certainly got my taste of this when i visited in passing the other day. i really wasn't expecting to see the site that would inspire me like that did. as a result, i now have sunny side up, and i'm glad.

book of the week
thanks to mai, i now have a copy of she's come undone, which i'm reading right now. very interesting, poignant novel. i'm trying to read it slowly so i can absorb it more. mm.

ant farm
when will i ever be able to stop all these ants from attacking my bed? i keep changing pillow cases and bed sheets, i've sprayed my room with repellant, but they're still there. will this ever end?

uh oh
i guess it's a sign..i received a text message from globe that i've exceeded my credit limit already. so goodbye to long distance for now. i should be thankful; my pocket can't take any more of the overseas charges!

man..
if the lotion on burn thing works, i'll forever be grateful to clarice.

ugh
now i remember why i've sworn off messing with my blogger template.

damn..
where can i find the lyrics to *damned* by shimole? anyone?

press!
looks like linking from yehey really works.

h2o
water, water everywhere..and not a drop to drink.

watch out, britney
this song rocks! i don't like britney too much, which is why i can appreciate the way the band (live for release? or something) totally disses britney. (too bad they had to include christina, who has a really good voice)
backstreet and n'sync aren't spared either. heh.

2 stupid dogs
heeh..this show's so funny! if ignorance is bliss, then these two dogs must be the happiest dogs on earth! lol! btw, that's the tag line from cartoon network, not from me.

long distance
looks like i don't have to feel too bad anymore that i can't use dialpad to call long distance for free! apparently, even they have stopped providing free pc to phone calling service to the us!
and that's that.

sgv
i went to sgv with semi-high hopes..i left depressed. i really bombed out on the math and reasoning part of the test! i didn't finish it, and the ones that i did get to answer, i weren't even sure of! i second guessed most of them, and it was just a horrible feeling, knowing that i didn't do well on the exam! oh well..c'est la vie..que sera sera!

falling in love again
i received J.'s anniversary and graduation card today, and I fell in love with him all over again..it made me remember all the reasons why i fell in love with him, and why i'm still in love with him despite the fact that he's been away for most of the three years that we've been together.
i'm so much in love...always have been, and always will be...

season finale
it's finally over...tina won and was named sole survivor. i'm a little irritated, not at the result, but because i found out about it before i even got to watch it!! i hate it!! i received a txt message about it, and i read it on my e-mail. grrr!!
so anyway, all those weeks of watching are over. i don't have anything to wait for on fridays anymore. but it's all good! at least i got to watch everything. too bad i didn't get to watch the whole episode tonight because J. called (of course, talking to him is way more important than survivor), but still...sayang.
axn better replay it on sunday!

mail
i just found out that j. has a whole other e-mail address that he never told me about. i'm kinda hurt, because i always thought i knew everything. i mean, sure, i don't tell him everything about me, but we're different that way. he would rather not know about things that he wouldn't like to know, while i want to know everything.
why'd he keep this from me?

feeling antsy
i didn't sleep well last night. i could feel the ants pricking my skin practically the whole night, torturing me. is this my punishment for drowning their relatives in alcohol? ouch!

summer in manila
one word: horrible. two words: heat stroke. three words: too damned hot. four words: get out of here!
i am not kidding..the heat is killing me!

coincidence
in a totally weird quirk of fate, i met one of my old childhood friends, one i haven't talked to for ages, online last night. how weird is that, huh?

success!
oh wow! i FINALLY got to make it work again. thank heavens. so now it's back to blogging, hmm?

pardon the blog
i haven't updated this for the longest time. partly because i got lazy, and partly because there was a problem with blogger..my last two posts couldn't be uploaded! @#^$^*~!!! if this doesn't work....*glares menacingly*