mindless musings: 101 SMALL PLEASURES YOU CAN ENJOY EVERYDAY (FROM YAHOO)

I got this from Yahoo. Those in bold letters are things from the list I enjoy most. Out of the 101 things listed below, I like 61 of them.

1. coloring (yes, grown-ups can do it, too) - I agree!!! I used to do this before at work, with my supervisors!!! wahahahaha

2. crisp cotton sheets

3. soft skin

4. old family recipes - it's always good to have home cooked meals...yumyum

5. the first daffodils of spring - flowers always makes me happy

6. sleeping in - and this one, too!!

7. an exercise endorphin high

8. window boxes

9. a perfect cup of coffee - migraine away!!!

10. a genuine compliment (giving or receiving) - I mean who wouldn't be delighted to hear genuine compliments, right?!!!

11. the way babies smell - babies have that scent/smell that gives us instant happiness, only sweet smelling babies please!!!

12. a handwritten letter - yeah...i agree!!!

13. waking up in a good mood...for no real reason - purely delightful, but this hardly ever happens to me!!

14. singing in the shower - depends on the song

15. finding a couple forgotten dollars in your pocket - this one I find really amusing!!

16. doing something nice for your neighbor

17. a home cooked meal - refer to number 4

18. laughing - ^_________^

19. movie theater popcorn

20. playing hookey - ahahahahha!!!

21. a bubble bath - true true!!!

22. swimming - something VERY REFRESHING, especially now that it's terribly hot!!

23. an afternoon nap - ^___________________^

24. street musicians - well, it really depends

25. your favorite song - ^_____________________^

26. saying thank you

27. helping someone in need

28. old fashioned photo booths

29. fresh whipped cream

30. inspiring blogs - YES!!!

31. a glass of wine

32. rainy afternoons - when you're at home, YES!!

33. the funny things kids say - true!!!

34. a novel you can get lost in - oh, so truly delightful!!!

35. finding the perfect piece of clothing...on sale - this, I have to agree!! then you can gloat on how cheap it costs to friends or family or officemates!!

36. clean laundry

37. the wind in your hair - OH YES!!!

38. treating the person behind you at the drive-thru

39. sharing an umbrella

40. the smell of lavender

41. a long walk that clears your head - yes, especially early morning, a few minutes before the sun rises!!

42. a bear hug - this one I need most!!

43. The Beatles

44. smiling at a stranger

45. eating with chopsticks (Chinese food optional)

46. butterflies - oh, the lovely colors

47. staying in your pj's all day - YISH YISH!!!

48. singing along to the radio and knowing all the words - yes, an achievement, too!!

49. fresh herbs

50. ordering in pizza - oh, pizza!! I miss pizza!!!

51. happy endings...even if they're fictional - yep!!! sure makes life a bit more delightful...

52. flying a kite - the last time I flew a kite over a decade ago!!

53. puppies - my aboo!!! and basti!!! wait, is basti still a puppy??? hehehehe

54. root beer floats - YISH YISH!!!

55. holding open the door...

56. ...or having someone hold the door for you - this one would definitely make me smile!!

57. fountain soda

58. white, fluffy towels

59. sunshine - oh yes, summer, but it's really hot here in Cebu..

60. spending an afternoon at a museum

61. really great advice - ^___________________^

62. green lights all the way home

63. the sound of rain hitting the windows - ^____________^ *yawn!!*

64. sitting in a booth

65. holding hands - depends...hehehehe

66. a great hair day with no effort - hahahaha!!!

67. building a fort with your kids

68. when someone falls asleep with their head on your shoulder - but it's not so delightful if that someone is a stranger!!

69. fireflies - yessssss!! are there fireflies here still??

70. the perfect taco - yumyum

71. geraniums on a windowsill

72. slow dancing - teeeeheeeee

73. the smell of fresh-baked bread - ^__________^

74. cheesy, uplifting musicals - ^_______________________________^

75. great stories - agree!!!

76. the smell of gasoline - agree!! makes me high!!!

77. the cold side of the pillow - ^_____________________^

78. love letters - sappy but sweet love letters...perfect!!!

79. old friends... - yeah...missing someone so badly

80. ...new friends

81. a pull-through parking space

82. a baguette -- crisp on the outside, airy on the inside

83. when a dog licks your hand

84. sitting at the counter at an old-fashioned diner

85. using your favorite dishes

86. reading your child a bedtime story

87. Girl Scout Cookies

88. flossing

89. kissing someone you love - ^____________________^

90. the smell of onions and garlic cooking - delightful

91. hot chocolate - on a rainy day!!!!

92. jumping in puddles - why not?? instead of trying to avoid them!

93. old photographs - TRUE!!!!

94. birds hopping on the sidewalk

95. Ella Fitzgerald

96. a spoonful of peanut butter straight from the jar - oh yes!!!!!!!!!!!!!

97. your softest t-shirt - like the one I am wearing now!! thanks mama!!!

98. a new magazine in the mail

99. fireplaces

100. having exact change

101. bacon and pancakes cooking on Saturday morning - or chorizo de cebu and eggs with garlic fried rice and batangas coffee on Sunday morning!!!!

021910: Love Letter from FB

Dear D**** M****,

I'm missing you terribly!!! Seriously! I just went to work one day, then realized I have not talked to you for a long time. It's not like we talked everyday when you were here in C***, but today is different. You know, those days when you walk alone or sit in a coffee shop watching people passing by, going about and minding their own miserable lives, then someone walks up to you and slaps you right across the cheek then leaves, and you are left there wondering why. Yeah, I've been having those episodes like that lately aside from migraine and high blood pressure. My life's realizations are becoming terrible nightmares for me. Does this happen as one age or gets older? Because if it does, then it's a bad thing for my nerves and my heart.

I think you know you're one of my closest, and even if J**, C*****, you and I are all friends, I can still confide ALMOST EVERYTHING in you more than them just because you're cool like that. And even if we are so different in personality and outlook in life and I'm not quite sure how we became 'close', I am somehow more drawn to you.

Yeah, I love you like that. All of you are like sisters I never had.

All I'm saying is, I really do miss you Bayot. Why? You might ask... Hmmm... I don't know, I just do!

I miss you, Friend!!! Really... Terribly.... Badly... Severely.... Gravely.... ---->OA na ba?? Hehehehe...

Hope everything is going well in that part of the region!! And, do take care of yourself always!!!

Mmmmmwaaaaaaaaaahhhhh!!!<-----super big, wet smack

Your Friend,

N?

021710: almost Zzzzzzz....

If two shots of caffeine and a stick of nicotine will not work to jump start my half dead brain, then what will? Currently trying to write an Epilogue for my first 'publicized' long fic while I am at work, but it seems all ideas are leaving me. A little help here, please??

021710: February is NOT my FAVORITE MONTH

And so it's mid February. So far and as expected, nothing has gone right. Of the 12 months in a year, I think I may be cursed a trillion and one times on this particular month.

I now declare the first half of February, ANOTHER EPIC FAILURE...

Why? Here are the obvious facts:

1. Paid off my credit card, but had to swipe it again for a tire (YES!!! a friggin' TIRE!!!)

2. More expenditures for the old FX, so basically my savings has gone and currently on a picket (Well, it's not like my papa won't pay it off, it's just really frustrating that nothing is going my way or as planned!!!)

3. My brain is on a major drought for ideas to end what I started. It is getting soooo d.amn frustrating.

4. Still trying to balance the house budget, and it's causing my blood pressure to rise. I hate being troubled by money issues.

5. Still stuck in the same job. When will I ever start loving my job? >>deep breath, huge sigh!! thinking maybe the Gods hate me..<<

6. Too lonely.. Too bored.. In need of a social life..

0110: January 2010 is EPIC FAIL

Now, as I sit near the end of January's tail and hear February banging on the door, I try to recall the things I did to highlight the 1st month of the year. But like every other January of each year that came and went without notice, I realize there was nothing worth blabbing about. It was just another month of another year. It came and went like a blur. Maybe, that's because of my hazy memory. Maybe, because there really was nothing there.

The year and the month started with a mess. It was like a distasteful drama on bad television. Gah! I freakin' cried like a lunatic on New Year's eve because of some petty misunderstanding between my grandmother and my brother. Geeesh, people! And I thought all the while, I was the one with issues. Hmph!! Good grief, gramps just ruined everyone else's New Year's Eve. All the praises goes to Grandma!!

Good thing my brother easily forgets things like those easily. Otherwise, we would be grappling at the tension when they meet on every occasion or celebration we have to attend. Oh, the drama!!

So, what else..what else.. I developed, well, rekindled is more like it, with a not so new bad vice. The smell of nicotine is just too tempting to fore go. Besides, it's not like I've become a chain smoker or something. And oh, I finally let go of coffee when my coffee maker was broken because of the d.amn ants playing house inside the machine.

Hmm, I got a chance to get away from the city this month. I was so proud of my brother who drove all the way to the South of Cebu. Well, we did not go that far, just in San Fernando, but still, it was his first time. So, Hurray! to my brother, I'm a proud sister. We were able to reach our destination safely and came back home in one piece. I guess that would be high-freakin'-light of my month. And, it was my first time to see such adorable, expensive (imported) and high maintenance pitbulls. The place by the way was awesome. I mean super ideal for a family with those kinds of dogs to live in. I would not mind going there again or taking a vacation maybe.

I was able to write at least 9 short fan fictional stories and 6 parts for a long shot this month (still working on the seventh as of this very moment). Yey, giving myself a pat on the back! And I also got to download 2 episodes of WGM with Ssangchu cuts-so I was happy on the last Friday of the month despite the unexpected expenditure because of Basti (Grrrr! Bad dog!). I will continue downloading them until I get all 14 episodes plus the Chuseok special. I know it's been two years since they left the show, but I cannot help it, I am so addicted to them.

Hopefully, February would be a good one since I so truly hate this month. It just keeps on getting worse for me every year. Other than the fact that it keeps slamming the truth (about being NBSB) in my face, nothing just works my way on this freakin' month. Gah!! The sources of my mystical powers seem to hide under the radar during this time of the year.

Still, I'm praying for a good February-crossing fingers!!

Mindless Musings: 011610--burrrrrrr!

what a way to start the day!

'go on, take the plunge', i tried to encourage myself....

i had to think twice, no thrice...no four times...maybe even five times...

but i had to do it....

'oh, well...here goes nothing', i mumbled...

yes, indeed, it was cold...uberly cold...

i hate taking a bath at dawn and when it's raining outside...

but i have to....and so, i did!!

Mindless Musings: 011510--Ang Mga Darlings Kong Aswang...

keeno and basti...ang mga darlings kong aswang...

Work Rants/Ramblings: 011410--Coffee&Cigarettes

went to bed late---well, later than the usual 9pm bedtime call...

woke up earlier than usual, but was too grouchy to get up...

went back to sleep only to realize that i was 15 minutes late for my usual wake up call...

dawn equals work

work equals boredom

boredom equals sleepy me

sleepy me equals headbanging rockstar me(referring to the head bobbing motion when sleepy)

...and so the headbanging rockstar me turns to 2pm, suju, slipknot, system of a down, RATM, fabolous, jagged edge, busta rhymes, p.diddy, skindred, bob marley, sugar hiccups, beastie boys, and the likes to save my sorry a$$...

but unfortunately it does not work because the sandman is persistent in taking me back to dreamland...

turns to bad habits

A DOZE OF NICOTINE AND TWO SHOTS OF CAFFEINE LATER....

sleepy me who becomes headbanging rockstar zones out...totally deluded...

really does not work...

4 hours to go before EOD...

.H.E.L.P.

MINDLESS MUSINGS: 072709 – WGM/JOONGBO

→ I was reading past entries of my long forgotten journal aka my little black book, and thought it's blogworthy.



Today, I was able to rekindle the reasons why I got so addicted to SHILLANG and BUIN.

I have always found myself hopelessly addicted to shows or dramas. I was into TV Dramas like ONE TREE HILL, GREY'S ANATOMY, GOSSIP GIRL, THAT 70'S SHOW and the likes, and then it went to Korean and Taiwanese Dramas. But, never did I follow a REALITY SHOW religiously. I often got so bored of them or disliked the twists and/or format that they take on, especially Pinoy reality shows.

I do not know, but for me, shows like that just become too scripted and forfeit the purpose of becoming a reality show—except maybe for this one.

Although I stopped watching after Shillang and Buin left the show, I have to admit that at the time they were both there, I was hooked.

Perhaps, Kim Hyunjoong's (or better known as Jihoo sunbae) looks (still with black hair) then got me thinking, HEY, THIS KID DIDN'T LOOK TOO GAY AFTER ALL. He had such a strong feminine touch when I first saw him in Boys over Flowers that I was so sure I would cross him out of my eye candy list. Apparently, he made it back just after watching ONE single WE GOT MARRIED EPISODE.

Maybe, because it was of Hwangbo. I never knew her before I started watching We Got Married, but now, I am such a big fan. I even think I am currently developing a major girl crush on her. I just could not help but admire the character she plays or is it her real personality?! On the many shows I have seen her on, I have come to conclude that she was not, is not and will never be the cutesy girl. She is one tough woman and through WGM, we all saw how capable she was of becoming the perfect wife.

WE GOT MARRIED is a segment of a Korean variety show. Celebrities are paired off and pretend they are married. Each week they are given tasks to accomplish together as a married couple.

My favorite couple, of course, is the SSANGCHU OR LETTUCE couple (Hyunjoong and Hwangbo—next in line, of course, is the ANT couple—Crown J and Seo Inyoung). I was not so keen on the idea of pairing off an older woman to a young boy. I've always been a skeptic to relationships like those, but oh well, they sure pulled through and proved to me that it can work, too.

I am not sure if it is just me, but sparks fly when I see Hyunjoong and Hwangbo. Despite the age difference, they seem really good together. AGH!!! Their personalities just seem to click!

I know there is a fine line between reality and fantasy, but I wish in my heart that they are together for real. I only discovered about WGM last May or June 2009, but I thought their air time was too short when they made an exit last December 2008. And when they said goodbye, I was heartbroken, too. When I was catching up WGM episodes with the SSANGCHU COUPLE, I was completely hooked to Youtube and MySoju. Like the other 'JOONGBOERS' out there, I thought there should have been more.

THIS MAY SOUND REALLY CRAZY, BUT I KNOW THEY ARE A COUPLE FOR REAL. So SS501 fans, please be kind to Hyunjoong's BUIN.

MINDLESS MUSINGS: 111209 – BOREDOM DESPITE A TRUCK LOAD OF WORK

Well, okay, there's not a truckload of work, maybe half of it. But the bottom line is, I am bored and about to lose it. The work monotony is killing me. It's no longer fun, and I find myself swerving away from what I should be doing now. I hate how my hatred for the work that I am doing now is affecting how I think and do things, and how I feel about things. I always seem to come up with excuses not to go to work and laze the day away doing nothing instead of earning Px70.xx. My head is full of crap and I turn into a bitch and a grouch when the topic and if the topic ever comes up.

I really think I am about to go down and lose sanity over this. I need a break (was supposed to get one, but Miss Snotty ^^^^ Officer ****** me...Screw You!!!). Maybe a break for good from the hell I put myself into would be more than Best for me.
Urgh, whatever, I NEED TO WORK ANYWAY!!! -->praying fervently for the shift to end faster than expected and smoothly at that....

MINDLESS MUSINGS: 100209 –On Extensions, Stress, Responsibilities and Beyond...

So yeah, I am that girl who believes that everything happens for a reason, but sometimes, reason/s just seem scarce enough or hardest to find, and sometimes, I just think that the world or God himself ran out of reasons on why things have to happen. I just cannot help it. Desperation is partly to be blamed. There are things in life that bring us over the edge. In my case, it would be EXTENDED ******, STRESS, RESPONSIBILITIES. I know my mother would kill me for saying this, but it's true. Taking responsibility for my ******r is one thing, but having to take care of my *****r's $$$$$$s and %%%%%%s and **** and beyond is too much, especially when I'm still testing waters and trying to figure out what it is that I want to do with my life. The third quarter of 2009 was a complete blur and whirlwind to me. There was too much drama, and being the introvert that I am, I tried to suck it all up and act tough like everything did not bother me. It was bad enough that things did not go my way or as planned, but the worse thing is I had no one to tell things to much less figure out some outlet just so I could vent out my frustrations. As predicted (by me, of course), I would end up all stressed out trying to balance everything at ***e after my *****r left for %%. There's the pressure and responsibilities, and all the other things on the side. I could not help but cry sometimes at the pressure and expectations that the people at $$$$ unknowingly throw at me. It is dreadfully tiring and it seems like I have channeled all my energy in filling up the role that my mother played, and now, I left myself drained and out of air. It's too novel-like, but I find myself lying awake at night, mentally trying to process the things I have gotten into. This is what sucks about being the eldest...this is what sucks about being the ELDEST in this ^^^^^^. I could cry a whole river or cry my eyes out, but they would never understand nor budge—well, maybe they would do something about it for a certain period of time, but this is the $$$$$$'s illness, they would still go back to where they were before. In the end, it would still be me..I WHO HAVE NOTHING.

Mindless Musings: 092709-02

Since I have to sit in my office cubicle at 4AM, I have no choice but to try to uplift the already glum spirits that I find myself in. I just realized that seeing the dark blue velvet like skies, just before the sun rises, is a beautiful thing to behold. Somehow and after the stress, pressure and responsibilities, I find myself thanking God for the beautiful day and another chance to do the things I am doing now. Although the outside world is still dark and grim, I just know that this day is something I should be grateful for.

Mindless Musing: 092709-01

Days away from work always seem to fly by so fast. There were a million things I wanted to do, and before, I knew it, I had to retire to my bed so that I could get a good night's sleep. Now, I sit glumly in my cubicle waiting for sunrise through the overhead window. I was, is and forever will never be a morning person. I do not want anyone waking me up in the morning. It just destroys my whole day, like a domino—one disaster leading to another. And since I have to spend my Sunday morning—well, more like dawn until noon at work, I opted to retreat to my favorite thing to do when I feel like I am yet again turning into the dark, rude witch that I am. Enter handy N5800 Xpressmusic. In shuffle mode and with earplugs ready, I press the Play button. So here I am, lost in the music that I have always loved. Although, there is not a particular genre that I like, it still helps soothe the foul, sour mood that I have. When Missy Elliot said MUSIC MAKES YOU LOSE CONTROL, she was not exaggerating. There is something about me and music that total clicks. Maybe it is the incoherent moodswings or the plain old nasty attitude, but whatever it is, I am just happy that God is a total genius and he created music. At least I have not turned into Oscar the Grouch's female version, especially when woken up way too early in the morning.

mindless musings: 081209 – GLOAT, SULK BROOD—IN ANY PARTICULAR ORDER...

So this is why I never plan and start to get excited about things, especially promises from people (although, I act that I am excited when they tell or promise me something). Though I try my best, if not my bestest, not to be such a pessimist, I just could not help it. The bitterness of broken promises are just too painful for me to bear. For me, it is hard enough not knowing whether things are likely to happen especially when you put so much time and invested so much emotion to it, adding to the pain and frustration would make it worse than one can conceive. I guess it all comes down to one thing—TRUST, and this is one of the many 'perks' of becoming someone with trust issues. People with such disorders are always quizzical and less easy going, they always have questions that require you to think and feel bad and put you down. They drag you down to the pit of their confusion. Although they do not show it, they in fact have some tiny specks of hope in them.