Thursday, September 20, 2007

Havaianas...



I was not able to join their previous contest, Take Us To The Nearest Beach a few months ago, because I wasn't able to go to the beach this year... Boohoo... :'(

But THIS ONE! I'm not going to let it pass that easy. If I have to convince - err - FORCE Jet to buy these CD's too, I will do it! Hehehe!

For all those interested, good luck to us!

Start buying those CD's!


Movie Date

Jet and I saw the movie, Chuck and Larry yesterday at Gateway. It was hilarious! I love love the shower scene.

I can't believe that Ving Rhames did that! Grabe! I couldn't get his image off my head! Tapos ginagaya pa ni Jet... Hay!

If you want to laugh and forget your problems for a couple of hours... Watch this movie.

By the way, was that Dave Matthews of the Dave Matthews Band in one scene when the *girls* had their girly day??? Zexy! Hehehe!

Thursday, September 13, 2007

Likey! Likey! Likey!


ain't they cute?! hehehe!
can't wait to see this film....

Saturday, September 08, 2007

Food! Food! Food!

Your suggested favorite or best restaurant: (love every single one of them...)

All American: Burgoo, Butter Diner, Polu Kai, Bubba Gump

Chinese: Super Bowl of China, Mann Hann

Japanese: Saisaki and Teryaki Boy

Korean: Mini Shabu Shabu

Other Asian:
Indian: -

Thai: Lemon Grass, Suko Thai

Vietnamese: - Pho Hoa

Italian: Italianni's

French: Bizu

Filipino: Cabalen, Barrio Fiesta, Bonfire Grill, Max's, Mannang’s

Mexican: Cantina

Other South American: -

Fast Food: Pancake House, KFC, Wendy's, McDonalds, Shakey’s

Low-Budget: Reyes Barbecue, Pares-Pares

Eat All You Can/Buffet: Saisaki, Barrio Fiesta, Cabalen, Lasa Manila
Breakfast, Lunch, Merienda, Dinner

Coffee House: Coffee Bean and Tea Leaf, Mocha Blends (because of the Chocolate Cake), San Francisco Coffee House (?) – miss ko na coffee nila…

Seafood Resto: Marina & Mr. Rockefeller (for their oysters i love!)

Steakhouse: -

Pasta/Pizza Resto: Yellow Cab, Shakey’s, Sbarro, Old Spaghetti House

BBQ Resto: Dannylicious, Country Side, Reyes Barbecue

Tapsilog: Pares-Pares

Sisig House: Bonfire Grill

Hotel/Fine-Dining: Edsa Shangri-La, La Scala, Le Soufflé

ALL TIME FAVORITE: Teryaki Boy, Pancake House, Max's, Reyes Barbecue

Give Your Partner a Flirting Pass (?!)

You are at a friend's party having a great time. You look over and see your date or partner laughing, chatting -- and could that be flirting? -- with someone else at the party. What do you do?

(a) March over, wedging yourself in between your partner and the other person as you introduce yourself.

(b) Trust your partner will not take it past innocent flirting, but keep one eye on the situation anyway.

(c) Catch the eye of your partner, give them a smile, a wink, and a toast and hope they are having fun.

(i would probably do B, but when things get out of hand the next thing i'll do is A)

The reason I ask?

The fine art of innocent flirting has created many an after-party fight. Some people feel their partner should be giving all that attention exclusively to them instead of someone else. But what would happen if we began to see flirting as creating an abundance of good couple energy? The idea is, the more positive feelings you share with other people, the more you will get back.

I want my partner to flirt

One afternoon while having coffee with a friend, I explained how I not only encourage my partner to flirt, I teach him the fine art of flirting. Perplexed, she asked why on earth would I teach my partner to flirt. Fair question with a super-easy answer: I trust him 110 percent.

Ever since my partner emerged out of his I-can't-look-at-any-other-woman box with the freedom to flirt, he feels better about himself. He feels and acts sexy. He is more fun to be around. The end result is our relationship is stronger and healthier because he brings that positive energy home to me. The irony is that he does not really even flirt. It's simply that he has been given a pass-card to flirt that has made all the difference.

I could see my friend nodding her head in agreement. I asked, "Why don't you try flirting?" A tiny look of terror crossed her face. She then uttered the words that many people say when I broach the topic of flirting: "My partner wouldn't like it." Undaunted, I pressed the issue, "Why?" She started squirming, as if she was to divulge dark bedroom secrets, and replied, "He's just not that secure and quite frankly neither am I. I wouldn't like it if I saw another woman flirting with him." The conversation was uncomfortably dropped.

A little jealousy is good

Innocent flirting, to me, is like window shopping. It is the catalyst to get a spark going in a relationship. To successfully take a healthy relationship over the long term, I strongly believe everyone should flirt. Flirt with each other, flirt with other people, and allow other people to flirt with you. It creates such great "happy couple" energy.

If flirting is so great, why don't people do it more often? Probably the green-eyed monster -- jealously --pops to mind first. Well, let us turn this idea of jealousy on its head. Believe it or not, a little jealousy affirms the affection within your relationship. Jealousy indicates there is excitement. That said, a well-balanced individual in a healthy relationship will not twist their jealously into a full-blown fight.

Make a flirting agreement

However, a big part of successful flirting is having a mutual agreement about what is acceptable and unacceptable in your relationship. Which means you must decide what flirting means to you, and communicate this to each other.

Start out with baby steps. For example, at a party, flirt only while your partner is present. Next level, your partner is across the room but in view. You know you have reached the flirting pinnacle when you can look at your partner flirting and having a wonderful time with someone else and feel happy for him or her.

Finally, flirting stays at the door when you two go home together. All that positive, sexy energy you have created from flirting should take you into a fabulous, fun night together.

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I read about this article in Yahoo a couple of months ago. This is just absurd. Maybe for some people it could work, but I don't see it useful or helpful in anyway for me. I just don't! Me being the very jealous and crazy bitch that I am...

My thinking, when you give your partner that little inch of freedom (to flirt with other people), sometimes he or she wouldn’t know when to stop (ultimately). Yes I do trust my partner a lot; it is the “other” people who I don’t trust. People who could influence him to go on with the flirting until he’s too hooked on it and it’s too late. The relationship is destroyed.

Setting boundaries… yeah I know… It’s easy to say “no this, no that… blah blah blah..” but until when? Until he gets tired of the boundaries and take the flirting one step higher?

What if the person he was flirting with really believe that he is flirting with her to get something in return, then she turn out to be a psycho bitch? What then?

What’s the point of getting in “A Relationship” if you invite other people in it? I mean, isn’t flirting inviting other people in the picture? Harmless or otherwise… I just don’t!

According to Wikipedia:

Flirting is a form of human interaction, usually expressing a sexual or romantic interest in the other person. It can consist of conversation, body language, or brief physical contact. It may be one-sided or reciprocated.

Flirting is often used as a means of expressing interest and gauging the other person's interest in courtship, which can continue into long term relationships. Alternatively, it may simply be a prelude to casual sex with no continuing relationship.

(So, would you want that in your relationship?)

In other situations, it may be done simply for immediate entertainment, with no intention of developing any further relationship. This type of flirting sometimes faces disapproval from others, either because it can be misinterpreted as more serious, or it may be viewed as "cheating" if the person is already in a romantic relationship with someone else.

People who flirt may speak and act in a way that suggests greater intimacy than is generally considered appropriate to the relationship (or to the amount of time the two people have known each other), without actually saying or doing anything that breaches any serious social norms. One way they accomplish this is to communicate a sense of playfulness or irony. Double entendres, with one meaning more formally appropriate and another more suggestive, may be used.

Entertainment or not… I just don’t believe that Flirting is healthy for any relationship out there. Flirting = Trouble. Period.

Jet’s Hannya Mask tattoo wasn’t put there for no reason. It is to remind him of what I might become once he crosses that boundary. Hehehe!

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This is one opinion i liked from one reader:

I truely believe that can have a healthy relationship without flirting with other people. I dont believe that with my generation it is smart to give a man a "pass-card" so to speak. its asking for trouble. And personally I believe that if I am at a party with my husband and he gets all hot from flirting with someone else that isnt the energy I want coming home with me to take advantage of. I want my husband to be hot and heavy about me. Not excited about how he got his jollies off by some other woman talking to him. Dont get me wrong. In our group of friends we all have our innocent flirting techniques. And with that type of situation I am fine with it. I know and trust these people. But as far as going to a bar or party where it is purely strangers, you dont know what type of people those are and it may be "INNOCENT" flirting but it always could turn into something else. Its wrong to say it makes a relationship stronger because it doesnt. It helps with trust issues is what it does, and there will always be that percentage who will take it to the next level, which is cheating. Remember there are people out there who who will swear up and down that "swinging" makes your relationship hot like fire. That doesnt mean you should go out and hit the nearest neighborhood swing party if you are having problems in your relationship. Its all about whats comfortable to you and your partner.

Friday, September 07, 2007

Childhood Survey

1. Are you a child of the 70s, 80s, or 90s?
- I was born during the 70’s but grew up knowing the late 80’s and early 90’s

2. Where were you born?
- from what I’ve heard I was born in Alabang, Muntinlupa

3. What city did you grow up in?
- the city I love, Quezon City

4. Did you enjoy your childhood?
- of course, although I never had a chance to go out in the street and play with the other kids… I lived a very comfortable and sheltered life.

5. When you were a kid, what did you want to be when you grew up?
- a cashier in a grocery store… I don’t know why… It seemed fun back then…

6. What do you want to be now?
- a housewife… if that’s possible. I mean, I want to take care of my family, a hands-on mom and serve my husband. That’s my dream now.

7. Were you a fun little kid?
- hhmm… I had my own world… Hehehe… I was shy and I think I still have that in me.


8. What was your first best friend's name?
- Christabelle, I don’t know what happened to her. She just stopped talking to me because of some riff between her yaya and my yaya. Then there was Charisma, she migrated in Canada when we started highschool. For a time we would send letters then she stopped writing. Sad.. I still miss her.

9. Is he/she still your friend?
- I lost touch with them already.

10. Can you name all the schools you ever attended?
- Stella Maris. St. Therese. Roosevelt Memorial Highschool. St. Bridget School. La Salle Dasma. St. Paul College Q.C. AMA. East Rizal

11. Were you closer to your mom or dad as a kid?
- growing up, neither. As I mature and until now, I wished that I was close to them.

12. What was the first record, tape or CD you remember buying?
- tape! New Kids On The Block at 75.00 each!

13. How old is a good age to have kids?
- ideally, it would be between 25 to 30. but then, it depends on your status (financially). Like me, I’m turning 30 in a few months and still I remain unmarried and no kid so far. Though I’m really hoping to have one already.

14. Are you scared of anything?
- aren’t we all? the uncertain things… the future…

15. What was your favorite class in elementary school? And the Worst?
- Practical Arts, Filipino and the worst… as always.. Math… Hehehe!

16. Did you buy school lunch or bring your own?
- during my elem days my Yaya took care of my baon – no money yet and during my highschool days I have a packed lunch and money just in case…

17. Broken any bones or had any freaky accidents as a kid?
- I was such a clumsy kid then… I had a few minor accidents. I broke my left arm, siguro dun nabuo yung high tolerance ko sa physical pain… I suffered for a long time but didn’t tell any soul about it…

18. Were you a mean kid?
- never… I was shy… being bullied but my yaya would come to rescue me and even my teachers…. Kaya medyo hate ako ng mga classmates ko… pero in the end.. I became independent and my classmates loved me na…

19. Favorite board game of all time?
-millionaire used to play it with my sisters.

20. Did you play house or pretend to be a super hero?
- House… but I love watching She-ra back then.

21. Seriously, are you still just a kid at heart?
- it is something that we all shouldn’t forget… sometimes when life’s hard you should try to look at it through a child’s eye to appreciate it and make things a little easier… We shouldn’t take life too seriously… Life’s short to be lived like that….

54 things you might not know about me

1. What is your middle initial?
- m

2. How big is your bed?
- queen

3. What are you listening to right now?
- TV and the ac

4. What are the last 4 digits in your cellphone number?
- 8077

5. What was the last thing you ate?
- yogurt

6. Last person who txted you?
- oliver

7. How is the weather right now?
- mainit!!!

8. Who was the last person you talked to on the phone? Talkin about?
- jetong… him being caught wearing sleepers at work… tigas kasi ng ulo! Hmp!

9. The first thing you notice about the opposite sex?
- humor

10. Favorite type of Food?
- depende sa mood… I love all of them… hindi ba halata?

11. Do you want children? How many?
- 2 or 3 the most

12. Ever get so drunk you don't remember the entire night?
- hahaha! Yeah! quite a number of times.. those were the days….

13. Hair color?
- black

14. Eye color?
- brown

15. Do you wear eye contacts?
- no

16. Favorite holiday?
- lahat! Dahil pagholiday walang pasok.. pag walang pasok… pahinga! Stress free!

17. rainy?
- sana nga eh! Para di mainit…

18. Have you ever cried over a girl/boy?
- a boy lang…

19. Last Movie you Watched?
- hhmm… ano nga ba… Love Story with Jai

20. What books are you reading?
- mga makabagbag damdamin… Hehehe… Paulo Coelho’s, Harry Potter… anything actually na maganda ang story….

21. Piercings?
- both ears… before I had one in my bellybutton… kaso tinanggal ko na kaya nagclose na sya…

22. Favorite Movie?
- marami sila… basta wag corny…

23. Favorite college football team?
- wala… di uso yun dito sa Pinas diba?

24. What were you doing before this?
- playing with my dogs..

25. Any pets?
- 4 dogs… Mandy, Stanley, Lisa and Princess

26. Aim?
- tumama sa lotto - - SAME… Hehehe!!!

27. Favorite Flower?
- tulips… kaso iba naman binibigay ni Jet eh… pero okay narin un…

28. Have you ever loved someone?
- of course

29. Who would you like to see right now?
- my mother dear, my sisters…

30. Last time you cried?
- when I’m being harassed by some people out there who are so envious of me…

31. Do you like to travel by plane?
- of course

32. Right-handed or Left-handed?
- righty

33. If you could go to any place right now where would you go?
- any country in Europe… kung saan malamig.. Hehehe…. O kaya kahit saan basta malayo dito….

34. Are you missing someone?
- of course.. marami sila…

35. Do you have a tattoo?
- wala pa eh… forever magdecide!!!

36. Do you still watch cartoons on Saturday mornings?
- hindi lang Saturday mornings…. Araw araw pa…. if I like what’s on…

37. Are you hiding something from someone?
- depende kung sino.. pero kay Jet… he knows everything about me….

38. Are you 18?
- by heart! Hahaha!

39. Did you get enough sleep last nyt?
- five hours of sleep…. Hindi siguro…

40. First thing you thought about this morning:
- whaaa!!! Weekend naulit! Yahooo!

41. What do you have handy at your bedside?
- flashlight… I sleep with it under my pillows… ewan ko kung bakit… siguro just in case of emergency… can’t sleep without it…

42. Grilled or fried?
- depende sa food at mood…. But lately I’m addicted to Reyes Barbecue… Kilala na nga ako ng mga tao dun.. lalo na yung cashier na si Siena…

43. When was the last time you saw your best friend(s)?
- last Wednesday… our day…

44. Are you afraid of the dark?
- nope

45. One person you can't live without?
- not just one eh.. marami sila…

46. First thing you will buy if given 50 thousand dollars?
- a new car and a house and lot

47. Favorite song/s?
- maramiiii!!

48. What are you afraid of?
- as of now… bumalik ang mumps ko… masyado ata ako na trauma…

49. Are you a giver or a taker?
- both I think…. To balance things…. Mas maganda kung balance diba…

50. What do people call you for short?
- Ina

51. Whats your dad's middle name?
- Manicat

52. What's your mom's middle name?
- Medalla

53. Stuck on a deserted island and could bring 4 things?
- a book, deck of cards, knife, last one… *beep*, censored eh…. Hekhek! Deserted island ba naman eh…. Yoko malungkot noh!

54. Favorite T.V. commercial?
- wala eh…

Hey You!

What's up blog? It been weeks again...

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Last time I was here I was talking about my excitement of HP7. Finished the book a day and a half later. Loved it of course, except the last part... Too cheesy... Hehehe! I’ll miss Harry and all the characters terribly…

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Almost two months of hiatus… Jeez… I just didn’t feel like writing anything here. Though as always, many things have happened in my so called life.

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People will try to bring me down. Do everything they could to make me the villain. But then, I know the truth will always come out. I’m just waiting for that day to come; I know it’ll be soon. Very soon.

Hopefully, the people who are trying to destroy me will be put in their proper place. Yes! “Ganun ganun lang yun!” You know who you are…. All I can say is “maghanda na kayo!” You won’t like what’s coming... Bwahahaha! :p

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Things that I should have done over the weeks:

I should have had my passport renewed already. But then, my laziness is taking the better part of me. I don’t know why… If I want to celebrate my big 30th birthday with my friends in Singapore and Malaysia, I better get off my lazy ass and get my passport fix. Damn it! What the hell am I waiting for? I have all my supporting documents… Gawd!!!

I should have bought that External HDD for my laptop already! I’m way behind Grey’s Anatomy and Heroes… No more downloading episodes from Torrent. Whhaaaa!!!

I should have visited my gynecologist, but no sirree… I’m too lazy (again) to visit her. Whaaa!!!

But I’m quite happy with a few accomplishes I’ve made these few weeks:

I’ve brought my doggies to their vet and had their long overdue shots.

Bought the Havaianas that I’ve desired for months, the WonderWoman brown (it’s my current favorite!)

Finally, National Bookstore is on sale and bought some books I love… One of them is Hugs for Dog Lovers… Hehehe!

Bought a couple of gadgets… this I love love love! - Though Jet’s been telling me that all of them are liabilities and are not assets. So what?! As long as it serves me its purpose (for now)… I’m not going to sell them or up grade – not in a couple of years or so by then I know they would be worth a lot less. But I don’t really care. If he’s a sneaker and CD addict, I’m a gadget freak! We all have our own weaknesses… Hehehe!

Discoveries I’ve made:

I love watching Morgan Spurlock’s show 30 days. Watch it (and hopefully learn from it) and see the different lives in both fences.

I got to know Morgan from his work in a docu about eating only fast food for 30days. And I’m so happy that he came up with this kind of show. Although medyo bitin sya… More episodes please…

I’ve discovered Reyes Barbeque and looove their food! Although limited to five selections lang ang menu nila, I still crave for them. There’s the Chicken, Grilled Liempo, Pork Barberque, Pusit, and Bangus Belly… That’s it! (if my memory serves me right). Plus it’s cheap and big serving pa (in Gateway Mall).

I’m thankful that:

Even though Nanay’s not here with us, she’s okay and I hope would continue to be okay. I just miss her.

Kuya Tony for making and spending for our whole house to be WIFI ready (is that the right term? Hehehe!)

I’m thankful that Ate Cindy and Ate Jean have reconnected and bonded last month and that she is now okay with her work and her whole family safely relocated to Toronto.

We’re still above water…. Though a lot of problems came our way, we’re still surviving it. Happy still.

Jet’s doing well with work. He’s enjoying his new hobby… Shopping! Hehehe! Be, easy there!

We’re okay… I’m getting used to our situation. And to our coffee time together… nothing’s change. We could still sit there and talk about anything and everything for hours without getting bored with each other. He said misses that… I miss that too.

Friends. Friends who are still there beyond time and space. Thank you ladies! Hope to see some of you soon! *wink*

Things that I am looking forward to in the coming months:

Nanay’s 83rd birthday… However, I’m not sure if I get to celebrate it with her… depending on our current situation. Hhmm… we’ll see.

The trip to visit Flo in Singapore and Hazel in Malaysia with the rest of P10 Manila…. Hopefully by the end of October, just in time for my birthday…

Someone’s homecoming! A much awaited event! Finally!

Redemption…

And Christmas of course!

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That's just about it... Teehee!