i am woman, hear me rawr!

Right about now, I so wish I was lounging under the sun lying on the sandy shores of Batangas or Boracay or anywhere else there is a beach. I sooooo miss it already. I’ve just been so overly tired with all the things I have to do. Oh, but don’t get me wrong: I’ve been doing okay, but I still want to just take it easy in the place that makes me most happy.

For now, the upside to not going to the beach is the fact that I have a few extra months to get into better shape and to shop for new swimsuits. Hehe. Last time I was in the beach I kinda had my top falling off so I really need new ones. But….can I aspire for a bikini soon?!?! Teeeeheeeheeee….maybe if I gave those Brazilian diet pills a try I can actually do so mwahahaha!!! Seriously, though, bikini or not, I can’t wait to hit the beach.

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The past few days have not really been very bright and sunshiny for me, and for the most part, it has challenged a lot of my inner resources and have left me somewhat teetering on edge, but I am taking the time right now to think about some things that made me smile and warmed my heart, essentially keeping me grounded despite the stresses and curveballs that came my way.

1. Seeing my little Cara on Facebook all grown up This whole FB thing, I must say is soooo amazing.
2. Happy Monday Plus shopping. How can you beat that?
3. Conversations overheard in the elevator (even if not by me, the message was conveyed well enough hehe.
4. Lunch with friends, be it caf food or not.
5. Bearable traffic for most of the week
6. Movie night Yeeessss….I wasn’t sick for movie night this week.
7. Random comments from people I wasn’t expecting to hear them from.

Oooh…this went faster than I anticipated hehe There are a lot of other things too that suddenly popped in to mind and after today, that truly, truly means a lot

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The other day, I sent my family and MMS of a recent photo of me which really emphasized the amount of weight I’ve lost in the past few months. One of my aunts immediately messaged me back and said I should stop dieting already because I was looking good already. I told her that I wasn’t really as consciously dieting anymore, but I am still trying to find my way to a good kind of healthy. I think that is the most essential part of this whole journey. I did notice, however, that since I’ve lost weight, I started being more susceptible to colds and headaches. I don’t know if it’s the weather or my body coping with the sudden weight loss, or a combination of both. Plus of course I can’t deny that I’ve been under an incredible amount of stress lately. So, I think what I need to do would be the following:

• Increase my water intake
• Lessen my exposure to smoke, dust, pollution and the like
• Try to sleep adequately (errr….this is a weee bit hard!)
• Eat more (haha!) consistently. I tend to skip meals, but not necessarily for the diet but because of work
• Up my vitamins and supplement intake to build up my immune system (I have to research on this first though…I tend to just rely on the basic, generic supplements if ever I take any. But as to what the best vitamins for women would be, I have no idea! Um…is there really a difference between men’s and women’s supplements???)
• Avoid things I should avoid Errr….like too much meat, fatty food, caffeine….and other stuff haha.

Hopefully these steps not only help me keep up the diet, but to also become a more healthy me

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This should be exciting right….

I sooo need a new wardrobe. In the past 8 months, I’ve lost quite a bit of weight and so much of my old clothes are quite loose already. Woot! I can actually fit in to some of my old clothes already.

Now, like I said, it should be exciting right? While it is, I cannot deny, however, that it is soooo super expensive to get a whole new wardrobe. This includes replacing even my old undies hehe. But then, it is a blast being able to shop, not just in the women’s apparel section, but even in the teens section teeeheeeheee

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I have been having some trouble updating my blog lately….no, it isn’t my webhost.

It’s my brain. Haha.

It’s gone on leave and it won’t come back…

HEEEEELLLLLLLP!!!

I think the only solution to this is a brief catch-up-with-rest vacation. Whatchathink????

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Christmas is right around the corner and that means one thing for shopaholics like me: bazaar and sale season is here. Whatever it is you are looking for, be it low-cost but high quality giveaways, toys for all your godchildren, clothes for the teenagers, home stuff for the family, and even houseware and building supplies like discount laminate flooring, there’s bound to be the right sale for you.

Being a fashionista (or at least trying hard with this Project Prettify Me!) the bazaars I plan to be dropping by are those like the St. James bazaar in Alabang and I may drop by the San Miguel Night Market on the 11th or 12th because a group of concessionaires in that bazaar are colleagues of mine who sell lots of cutesy jewelry which I absolutely adore The only problem is, while I may “supposedly” be shopping for Christmas gifts, I know I will end up getting a whole bunch of things just for me haha!!!

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A few days ago I was driving home and the most shocking thing happened. While stalled in traffic, I was doing what most other people do: checking my cellphone. In the car next to me, the passengers were doing the same thing. Unlike me, however, they had their windows rolled down. Out of the blue this guy comes up to the car, sticks his hand through the window and grabs the cellphone from the passenger. Yes, right out there where everyone could see. I was shocked beyond belief, so much so that I got teary-eyed. When I posted about it in my Plurk, many of my friends reminded me that this was actually an old m.o. that many hooligans have always used. Some would even literally open your car doors and grab your stuff. Then I remembered that that was actually why I stopped passing the service road going home and instead would shell out the toll fees in the expressway, because at one point, there was a string of cases where men in motorcycles would actually bash in your car windows and grab what they can. While yes, many insurance companies do cover theft and go beyond the mandatory TPL coverage, (some, like 5th wheel insurance even do motor home coverage), it still is quite traumatizing and scary to see something like that happen. Although the monetary value of what was taken may not really be much, and the insurance will cover repairs or what not, it doesn’t lessen the shock value of such actions. Read the rest of this entry »

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In a few hours, my best friend will put on that big white dress that many little girls dream of, get all dolled up and walk her down the aisle with her father before she joins hands with the man of her dreams. It feels like a story, and to some degree, a bit surreal to me…her wedding day is here. I can still remember back in the day when we would play pretend and imagine what this would be like.

So tonight, before I go to bed, I look back at our friendship, one that has spanned almost all through elementary school all the way to the present, and remember all the fond memories she and I share. From playing cards at the back of the classroom, to making up excuses for one another (oh, wait…it was always um…hehe. nevermind ), sharing late night talks while on their family vacations that I’d get to be a part of (yes, I was an unofficial daughter of Tito Lino and Tita Nora many times over!), Cookie and I really grew up together in so many ways and I am reminded of how much she has enriched my life in so many ways.

People often say that family and good friends are one’s greatest treasures and  I would have to agree that yes, many times, this is so true. She is definitely one of those treasures I will always cherish. Although we both will be the first to admit that we have a kind of, for lack of better words, odd friendship, mainly because we are so extremely different, but I think it is that fact that really makes us such good friends. We are so vastly different, that we have very little common friends between us, and even fewer interests that are the same. But for some reason, it works out fine.  She once said that we had some kind of cosmic connection between us, that even though we don’t really talk much, or even hang out much (uh  huh….we’re the type of best friends that don’t hang out and do stuff together much!!!), we just always had a knack of knowing what each other needed or was going through. And the best part about our friendship is we never really needed to be assured of the fact that we WERE best friends, we just knew it and there were no reasons needed or explanations expected, we just knew from way back that our friendship was one for keeps.

So as she sets off to a new chapter in her life, I whisper a little prayer to the heavens above for a lifetime of happiness she will share with the man she loves.  I also say a word of thanks for the friendship that we’ve shared all these years for I have truly been blessed with a best friend who gets me, and believe me when I say, not many people do get me. I truly thank you for that, Sweetie (yes, I call my dearest friends Sweetie, okay ). You are one of those few people who have loved me despite of, in spite of, and because of who I am…quirks, eccentricities, oddities and all

To my dearest best friend, and to her wonderful man, I am overwhelmingly happy for you, not just today but for everyday that you have been together and will face from this day forward. You have been through a lot and I know that you have not only managed to make things work, but you have proven to each other and to the rest of us that indeed, love does exist and it knows no bounds, no limits and it never asks any questions.  I can’t think of anything else that I can give you or you would need, except perhaps for the promise that no matter what happens, no matter how many new beginnings you face in your journey or slips, slumps and falls you may have along the way,  our friendship and the love I have for you will always, always be the same, if not even more.

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