The Hundredth Mark

Sometimes, things and situations seem to push and pull you all at the same time and you just dont know what to believe or what to do anymore.

It is ironic to think that tight situations dont come to you one at a time but that they go stampeding at you all at once.

I kept thinking of how Kun Lun managed to survive the bull stampede...I think i'll do just that.

Anyways, this blog marks the hundredth of my posts.
And with this is a wish that the next hundreds will reveal a life well lived and loved.

Recollections

when you tend to get to meet again people you met in the past,
when you get to see things that held meaning some time ago,
when you get to hear songs you held dear in days long gone by,
you just cant help but sing Celine Dion's:
"It's all coming back to me now".............

An Adult Now

This will be my first christmas away from home and it sure is taking all my willpower not to let those damned tears fall...
As we shopped yesterday for our Noche Buena, I suddenly realized that for the first time during Christmas, i acted like a responsible adult-in-charge. Usually when at home, i was just the humble assistant of mama and papa, or just lounge around waiting for the food to be cooked...hehehe..but now, i get to do the cooking...talk about "bilog ang mundo"..
hehe..
Well, i just wish this Christmas/saturday wont be as full of drama as i dread it to be...

A Knack for Dates

a have this knack for remembering dates.
like something would happen today
and lo, after a year or so, i'd still remember exactly what happened or
i would remind people what that certain day was.

or, i may be in the middle of workand i just suddenly pause
as there is this nagging feeling that something happened
on that certain day sometime ago
or somebody is celebrating their birthday that very day.

i also easily remember birthdays..
even birthdays of close friends back in elementary whom i havent had any contact since.

and of course, i remember special events with once-special people
although they might not be playing important roles in my life at the moment.

this makes me think yet again that once people make a significant role in your life,
they would always be remembered and memories with them would always be cherished although they dont have the same effect to you as they had once.

and on that day, when years ago, they had made an impact in your life,
you stop and wonder how they may be, where they may be.
and if things have been different what would have happened.
sometimes when you look back, there may be some regrets
but it is best to look back with acceptance and thankfulness with what one
has of the present and with happiness that you've lived through your life, living it the most that you can.

uhm, er, i think my thoughts/POV now is somewhat unorganized and"scattered".hehe..honestly i dont know where im getting at...hehe

Anyways, i just remembered that today is Manny's birthday.
I wonder where that small guy is now...hehe..(look who's talking).

A lovely day

it is such a lovely day to reconstruct bridges.......
^O^

albeit there was a whisper about burning other bridges....

The Promise

Breathtaking. Enchanting. Beautiful.
I. Just. Love. It.!!

Watched it alone but I immensely enjoyed it.
Critics may not like it.
My taste may be eccentric but I just love it!

I wonder how my favorite fairy tale "Jade Goddess"
would be like in the movies...
Yeah, i know i may be eccentric as no body i know has read this fairy tale...hehehe

on mistakes

if u've done one minute wrong in the past,
must u suffer its hard consequences for the rest of ur life?
cant u do anything to rectify that mundane mistake
so as to detach urself from the monumental monster that's grappling u?

on being a believer

perhaps, being a believer of something,
u need not see the tangible part of ur belief
for u to be able to believe in it...
to have faith in it...

and that perhaps, that tangible part of ur belief
is only shown to those unbelievers
so that in turn, they would come to believe that that something does exist

but if it takes to be a non believer to that something in order to be happy,
then i would rather be a non believer...

but how can i be when my whole life i have been a believer
and was even notoriously famous for it?

Another weekend that was...

Thursday night, we had again a little high school reunion as Beth and i met Kathy and her boyfriend who are currently on a shopping and sightseeing spree, touring around Thailand, Malaysia, Singapore and then later Hong Kong. Got lost actually while i was on my way looking for her hotel in Clark Quay. I was straining my neck, looking far away for the Swissotel (and actually walking two blocks down) when it was just right behind me. hehe..Havent met Kathy since college and although there were some nasty rumors going around about her, she is still the same nice, warm and thoughtful Kathy I knew back then. Oh well, she said herself that I still am the same old Meg as she knew back in high school - the same romantic girl. She made that comment (during dinner at a posh seafood restaurant where Kathy treated us to) after i drew their attention to the couple on the next table who were so sweet. My, the guy (a Caucasian by the way) could pass for a movie actor (he's that gorgeous!!!)!! Lucky girlfriend..hehehe..

Friday night, we watched "Perhaps Love". It was a musical with handsome Takeshi Kaneshiro as the lead actor. I heard from the radio the movie costs some US$10M and it was their entry for Oscar's foreign film category. Not sure though if they'll make it to the nominations..hehe..

Saturday was shopping day for me. Still havent bought all the items i needed to buy though..=(
After all the shopping frenzy (and it got me a nasty headache), we headed off to meet the rest of "the gang" for a bowling gimmick and eat all you can at Steam Boat in Marina Bay where Mother Hen will be treating us. The dinner was fun as we cook our food right there at our table and then eat it right away. We didnt have the extra hands to take our pictures though as we got our hands full with the cooking and eating. Anyways, as sweaty as we are with all the heat coming from the stove, we'd rather not have our pictures taken..hehe.. As Kiko put it, it was a once of a lifetime experience as once you've experienced it, you wouldnt want to do it again..hahaha..The food tasted good anyways..=)

Mmmmm..sunday was a hectic day. Been to a lot of places, running errands, buying gifts and meeting Kathy again to drop off my packages for my family. Not only did she treat me (yet again) to another posh restaurant but she gave me a cute doll-figurine from Thailand to add to my doll collection. Whoppie!!! My Asian dolls are almost complete... High time to start collecting from countries in another continent (okay Meg, dream on!!!hehe).

The travel to Kathy's hotel (which was an hour away from my place) was quite eventful. First, i got on the train which was heading to the opposite direction (now, what was i thinking when i boarded the train?). Then, when i did board the right train later, i got so enraptured with the Negi Magi manga i was reading that i didnt realize we already passed the station where i was supposed to get off. Baka me!!hehe...

Anyways, Kathy and i have a different kind of humor. The people at the table beside us were having their pictures taken and as Kathy and i had the best angle, we also took a pose and gave our best smile as their cameraman did his countdown..hahahaha...We had a good laugh after that. Only, it turned to embarrassed giggles when we realized the people at the next table were Filipinos! hahaha..

Oh well..it's another work week again..

Christmas-time

"I'll be home for Christmas
You can count on me
I'll be home for Christ-massss..........
If only in my dreams............."

Little Christmas Tree

My housemates and i finally had our Christmas tree set up!!

When we saw the 4 ft tree at the store, it looked really thin and poor..hehe..but i think after fiddling with it a bit, it looked "fatter" and richer now..=)

Though it only has 6 red-and-gold balls hanging on it and Cindy's still tying the ribbon's up, still it already adds some color on our otherwise bare sala. Looking for the Christmas lights though were a bit more of an "extra-challenge" as we only saw one that has a 100 lights on it and is 36 ft long..too long for our tree..hehe..I hope we can find a shorter one tomorrow.

We now had some decorations, but i still am homesick....

On Originality

I have always prided myself on trying to be original with my viewpoints and when one has raised out one particularly splendid POV, i made sure i always refer to the "author" as i strongly believe on intellectual property rights..hehe..

Anyways, i aired out a few days ago my views on being pitied, and how it can eat away the last vestiges of strength i hold on to.

Last night, we watched Macross Do You Remember Love movie (t'was my first time to see the movie, i swear) and i felt weird when Misa said: "Dont pity me as it will only make me more miserable"...The movie was made some 20 years ago...hehe, and i thought i was original..=)