i am woman, hear me rawr!

I think I finally found it…the way to my prince charming that is.

Sus….just add water pala eh! And all this time I’ve been wasting my time on dating the wrong people??? Har.

Joke.

Seriously though, I have gotten to a point in my life where I have come to the realization that no one, meaning singles or couples, are better off than the other. Sure we have different issues and concerns, but both would have their pros and cons. I do enjoy my lifestyle now, but there are days when I do also see how nice it is to have the kind of lifestyle my married and babied friends have. For example, I love how I can splurge on random stuff on a whim because if I had a family, I’d have to prioritize other things, right? I know I don’t have to shop for mother in law gifts or baby stuff, and so I just buy random stuff for myself instead. BUT…I do wanna have the whole mother-in-law and baby stuff and the whole package, too.

In time, perhaps. In the meantime, lemme go grow my prince charming, yes? Haaaaaaahaaaa!!!!

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Yesterday, I got to usher in the Lunar New Year with a handful of really great girls who I’ve been friends with since we were, well, girls We met way back in our freshman year in college and though we weren’t all immediate friends, it wasn’t long before we were able to form such a great bond and it does seem that we’ve had a lifetime of friendship between us already I do admit there have been some falling outs every now and then, and there had been times that we’d go months without talking, but at the end, I do know I am soooo lucky to have these girls as my friends. Albeit so many things have changed, the core of who we are are still the same. I mean, for one we used to shop for useless things, like lip gloss and outfits for dates, dresses for our debuts and graduations and stuff but now it’s wedding dresses and christening gowns. Before we used to just laugh at how taxis and jeep parts would just be falling apart, now we worry about how our cars are so hard to maintain. But yesterday as we hung out, just us girls, no husbands, no children, no boyfriends, it made me remember how much we really are the same girls we used to be.

For that I am blessed. Happy Lunar New Year, folks

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Last week, even though it may have been a little bit late here in the Philippines because of the yearly Metro Manila Film Fest (MMFF) that happens every Christmas time,  I got to catch the press screening of the movie, Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows.  As I said in my review, it was a great movie to start the year off with and I enjoyed it a lot, but something that struck me even before the movie was the trailer of the upcoming Tom Cruise movie, Rock of Ages. In one of the scenes they had the words “Find Your Passion” lit up in light bulbs flash on the screen. I was sorely tempted to take a photo of it with my cellphone but I was afraid one of those anti-piracy guys with those handheld security cameras would catch me and detain me for piracy so I held back the urge and just let myself remember that.

So while the Universe handed me out another bit of wisdom, I must admit it’s kinda hard to take in because right now, I don’t know what my passion is. I don’t even know what I wanna dream and hold on to anymore. In the meantime while I try to find that passion, I guess I have to just let things be. Yes? Sigh.

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As promised, this blog is going back to it’s blogger roots and will be doing more product features, movie reviews and the like. My yoga and other self-discoveries have now found their homes in their own respective niches so I from now on, I will be a little more true to the tagline of this site…life’s hits and misses as blogged by yapatoots I hope to see you here more often!

Anyway, to get the ball rolling, let me start off with a little feature on the upcoming Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows. The other day I got to catch the screening of the flick and it was such a great way to start of the year! From the very beginning all the way to the end, I was literally at the edge of my seat with all the heart-pounding action. Seriously

The movie, which is set to open in Philippine theaters tomorrow, January 8, brings the dynamic tandem of Robert Downey, Jr. and Jude Law as Sherlock Holmes and Dr. John Watson, respectively. Their chemistry on screen and comedic timing really brings such fun to the movie!

The movie takes viewers back to old time London with Holmes and Watson teaming up again to unravel another mystery as he tries to put together pieces of a puzzle that seemingly is tied to his greatest foe, Professor James Moriarty. The story then takes him from London to France, Germany and on to Switzerland. At the cusp of the modern age, the story also taps into the emergent industrial revolution and modern war weaponry.

Besides Downey and Law, Rachel McAdams likewise reprises her role as Holmes’ love interest,  Irene Adler. The film also features Jared Harris as Professor Moriarty, Noomi Rapace as the gypsy Simza, Stephen Fry as Mycroft, and Kelly Reilly as Mary, John Watson’s wife.

Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows is directed by Guy Ritchie and is released by Warner Bros. Philippines.

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Many of my friends know Christmas isn’t really one of my favorite holidays. I kinda get melodramatic and lonely during the holidays and well, suffice it to say it gets to me. This year, however, I found myself surviving much better than usual Yey, I suppose One thing I am grateful for about this holiday is that I was able to share such a great gift to many of my friends and family. While I did not really splurge on expensive gifts (although I did consider sending flowers online to my friends abroad), I am glad to know my little gratitude journal gift inspired many others to do the same thing For that, this holiday will always be remembered.

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A week ago today I had the pleasure of chatting with a yoga teacher I hadn’t practiced with for a long time. As always I got to the studio quite early, and so we had quite a bit of time to catch up.  We talked not just about the practice, per se, but also quite a bit about how yoga is really more than asanas. I couldn’t agree more. I told her how about how yoga has been such a wonderful gift to me this year. It has helped me weather the greatest of storms and allowed me to get to know myself better in ways I never would have imagined. I told her, too, how through the practice I saw sides of me I didn’t know existed…the girl who was carefree and happy, the me who was open and willing to try new things, the me who just was. It was quite interesting how she said something about how, upon meeting me, she felt like i was a free spirit and we laughed at how I said I thought of myself as the opposite.  That got me to thinking about how I often force myself to fit a mold that has been designed for me. I have, in many ways, caged that spirit.

And so in class, I set my intention that I be able to find the courage to soar. After all, they say a caged bird never sings right? And I thought that it’s about time I allow my heart and soul to sing again. In savasana, I watched myself open up my hands and fly. While having lunch, I glanced up at the little corner of the cafe I was in and saw this…

Open the door, Ri. fly. That was the Universe’s message and Christmas present to me, I’d like to believe.

The next day, I drove to this pretty little sanctuary down south and did just that. I flew on a pretty silken cocoon through AntiGravity yoga

It was the best Christmas gift I have ever received and for that I will eternally be grateful. Who needs a new mat or a yogitoes towel when you can have the gift of flight, right? Har. I am, however, looking forward to the mat my sister sent me for Christmas. I still love mat time, after all

Merry Christmas, my friends. I wish you happiness and joy. I wish you the courage to fly as well, in whatever way, shape or form this may be. Most of all, I wish you love.

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One of my favorite things to do in the morning (and believe me there aren’t many because I HATE waking up early in the morning!) is listen to RX 93.1′s The Morning Rush with Chico and Delamar as I drive to work. They always, always crack me up! Today was no exception. I kept laughing out loud at how they were trying to teach the other DJ, Gino, how to pronounce the word“tubo” (pipe in English) correctly. In Filipino, the word can be pronounced in three different ways to mean different things. He couldn’t get it! It was soooo funny I literally was laughing out loud and I could barely breathe! It was funny how the conversation started, actually. They were just talking about the Top 10 (a daily survey kinda thing they do) and they started talking about how some people like making people do things while in costume, such as a French maid’s uniform, a shirtless gardeners outfit or even a nurse uniform for no good reason at all. So when he talked about the gardener, he said he should hose them down with a tubo. And the riot began from there!!! I know this blog post doesn’t do it any justice, but I just had to share my random bit of sunshine for the day. If you find a podcast for todays show, do download it and see how funny it is for yourselves!

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I realized that I have more blogs that I can handle. Not that I’m complaining, however. I just realized that I haven’t been so true to the way I wanna manage my blogs, to the point that my posts kinda overrun each other. As I was browsing through my archives here, I realized I have forgotten what my goal with this blog was. It’s really, as the header says, to blog about life’s hits and misses. In short, it would be to offer information about what’s out there and what I think about it. However, because I have fallen so deeply in love with yoga, all I write about it is that. So I decided to get a new domain just for that instead It will be called Archetypes and Asanas dot com. Cool, huh? Watch out for my yoga posts there.Now, as for my self-help, insights and melodramatic life posts (haha), they will now move on to Thought Bubble Project dot com, so please visit me there too.

But here, please expect to see more reviews, more information, more ideas and the like to get you to thinking about life’s hits and misses

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