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Perfumes. Perfumes. Perfumes.

Yesterday, Ma’am Grace and I passed by a boutique which offers big discount on perfumes. A gift set of perfume, lotion and body wash, which costs three thousand pesos in malls is on sale for almost half the price. We were almost convinced to buy one but Papa just gave me a set of Victoria's Secret Garden perfumes and lotions from his vacation last month.

So back at the office, I was still curious about the perfumes we saw. My curiosity led me to Scent which is a very helpful website for those planning to buy perfumes. The site offers a wide variety of perfumes and scents to choose from.

a quote from he's just not that into you

"Girls are taught a lot of stuff growing up. If a guy punches you he likes you. Never try to trim your own bangs and someday you will meet a wonderful guy and get your very own happy ending. Every movie we see, Every story we're told implores us to wait for it, the third act twist, the unexpected declaration of love, the exception to the rule. But sometimes we're so focused on finding our happy ending we don't learn how to read the signs. How to tell from the ones who want us and the ones who don't, the ones who will stay and the ones who will leave. And maybe a happy ending doesn't include a guy, maybe... it's you, on your own, picking up the pieces and starting over, freeing yourself up for something better in the future. Maybe the happy ending is... just... moving on. Or maybe the happy ending is this, knowing after all the unreturned phone calls, broken-hearts, through the blunders and misread signals, through all the pain and embarrassment you never gave up hope. "

he's just not that into you

i've heard a lot of great reviews about this movie that's why i so wanted to watch it.. so this morning, while at work, since my pc can't connect to the internet, jc gave me a wonderful idea to watch the movie first while waiting for the network admin..

true enough, it was a fantastic movie.. a movie that almost everyone could fall in love with.. overall, it was about finding love and figuring out if its the kind of "love" you are looking for.. for girls, it will somehow teach you if the guy is interested in you or not.. if he plans to be with you for life.. but most importantly, it will teach you that sometimes, the kind of love you're looking for could be felt by simply loving yourself more..

me and the haiku mania

yesterday i got so addicted in writing haikus..

no need to worry
i love you, you know i do
so please just trust me

without you i'm lost
just like a little baby
i long for your love

ev'ry day i fall
again and again i fall
fall in love with you

as i sleep tonight
i'll think about you and me
and our sweet mem'ries

sometimes i wonder
what did i do to deserve
an angel like you

this i know for sure
as long as you are with me
everything's ok

i wrote all my haikus on the teriyaki boy's paper placemat which accidentally has another haiku on it.. hehe.. all in all, i wrote 8 haikus yesterday for him..

so inspired?
hmmm.. maybe =p

im tired

i'm just so tired arguing with you..

maybe its just a waste of time after all..

i hope someday, you'll encounter the words "open-mindedness" and "fairness"..

where did they go?

last night, while i was watching episode3 of 7th heaven.. this scene really struck me..

Because Simon's grandmother just died.. he asked his mom where did his grandmother go.. then Annie just said, "in heaven".. he followed that with, "where is heaven?".. his mom gave an answer but didn't satisfy him.. he wants details.. so he asked almost all the guests the same question, trying to find the best answer.. i was thinking he wants to know where he could go to find his grandmother.. but unfortunately, no one gave him an answer that could fill his curiosity.. until he bumped on his youngest sister, Ruthie (maybe 2 or 3 years old then)

Ruthie: i know the answer
Simon: no, you don't
Ruthie: yes i know.. its where i am before i got here
Simon: you were in mommy's tummy before you got here
Ruthie: no, no.. even before that
Simon: and where is that? i don't know where to imagine grandma
Ruthie: (placing her hand in simon's heart) you imagine grandma here.. in your heart
*Simon smiles.. he sure got the answer to his question *

its really amazing how little kids have the answers to the hardest questions on earth..

so inspired by Ruthie Camden.. i made another haiku to answer Simon's question

no one really knows
but to us who love them so
in our hearts they'll stay

before we sleep..

last night, while jc was hugging me tight to sleep.. i suddenly thought of a line.. then from there, i was able to make up a haiku for him.. which goes..

hugging me so tight
i hear the beat of your heart
saying I LOVE YOU

well just as i thought, after a few minutes he got something for me too..

when i look at you
i see the person i love
with my heart and soul

trying to beat me (because mine was so much better.. haha..), he got another one..

trust and believe me
as i promise forever
there is only you

so to make it even, i made up one more..

through all ups and downs
beside you i want to be
loving you always

you bet it.. we fell asleep in the wee hours of the morning already.. haha..

on kasama kang tumanda

some find it corny, since its the tagalog version of Adam Sandler's Grow Old with You.. but for me, its one of the sweetest songs i ever heard in my entire life.. i actually love it more than the original version.. i can listen to it over and over again without getting bored..

the video was taken from vhong navarro's and tony gonzaga's movie last year, my only u.. i had a chance to watch it last year, but to my surprise, i still cried last saturday when jc and i watched it in cinema one.. i love tony ganzaga when she was delivering the lines:

.. kahit ilang segundo pagkakasyahin ko, makasama ka lang..

so sweet =)

kasama kang tumanda

Itong awiting ito
Ay alay sayo
Sintunado man to
Mga pangako ko sayo
Ang gusto ko lamang
Makasama kang tumanda

Patatawanin kita
Pag hindi ka masaya
Bubuhatin kita
Pag nirayuma ka na
O kay sarap isipin
Kasama kang tumanda

Sasamahan kahit kailanman
Mahigit kumulang di mabilang
Tatlumpung araw sa isang buwan
Umabot man tayo sa three thousand one

Ipaglalaba pa kita
Pagkatapos mamalantsa
Kahit abot-abutin man ako ng pasma
O kay sarap isipin
Kasama kang tumanda

Loves na love parin kita
Kahit bungi bungi ka na
Para akin ikaw parin
Ang pinagwapong papa
O kay sarap isipin
Kasama kang tumanda

At nangangako sayo
Pag sinagot mong oo
Iaalay sayo buong puso ko
Sumangayon ka lamang
Kasama kang tumanda

100 days and counting..

last friday, we celebrated 100 days of being together (yes we're counting it.. haha..) throughout the whole day, i've been thinking about what to give him.. of course, i want to give him 100 something.. but i can't think of what that "something" would be.. balloons? - nah, we had enough balloons during our birthdays... hmmm.. i also thought of giving him, 100 doughnuts but i figured it will be too much.. hehe.. actually, a couple of weeks before friday, i already have something planned to give him but weren't able to finish because papa came and we had family days (yeah, family first)..

maybe just an hour before we meet, luckily i thought of something, i figured i want to give him 100 candies.. haha.. so there i went to the supermarket which was about to close and headed to the candies.. then i saw a jar filled with jellyace and changed my mind.. now i want to give him 100 jellyace.. but the jar doesn't tell the buyer how many jellyace are inside.. so maam grace and i made our rough estimate, we got 1 jar and 1 pack containing 10 pcs of jellyace (just for a buffer).. we went to the food court and started counting the jellyace inside the jar (we were like crazy out there).. i felt so nervous as the uncounted jellyace gets fewer and fewer.. we can't get back inside the grocery to buy more if the count doesn't reach 100, since its already closed.. to my relief, the jar contains 91 jellyace.. im so glad we bought another 1 pack containing 10 pcs.. i gave the excess jellyace to maam grace for her kindness to be with me while i was counting the gift..

i just wrote a simple note on the jar saying,

"honey, thank you for giving me the 100 sweetest days of my life.. i love you.."

as any other surprises i make for him, the look in his face when i gave the gift made the efforts worth it.. =)


i love you honey!

happy 100 days!

we're not getting any younger

just about last month, i had one of the weirdest dream i could ever remember.. i was back in holy spirit (my high school) together with my best friends nikki and julie.. again, we were wearing our alma matter's uniform.. we were just loitering around the corridors, sharing different stories, talking about anything, just like what we used to do during our high school years.. but in my dream, i noticed something about nikki.. something that made the dream weird.. something that i thought was far from reality..

nikki and i have been friends for 11 years and n months now.. we've seen a lot from each other.. from grade school to high school even until college and now that we are already working.. we share a lot of things in common but we are extremely different in one aspect.. love..

during our high school years, she was the one always reminding me not to fall madly in love with someone.. she always asks me why i'm so "tanga" when it comes to the person i love.. and yes, she never had a boyfriend not until we graduated from high school.. as far as i know, like me, she never had a relationship shorter than one year.. but even if she already have a boyfriend, she still hates cheesy stuff..

it's because of all these reasons why the news i heard tonight was one of the biggest shock of my life.. once again, my dream came true.. i really don't know how to react about it, i'm happy, i'm sad, i'm excited, i'm nagtatampo, i'm in deep shock.. it was really mixed emotions.. but as i look at her, i see in her my very strong and brave best friend, ready to handle anything life throws at her.. her smiles was as if telling us that we don't have to worry, everything's ok, that she's happy.. and what she needs is for us to be happy for her..

then it suddenly came to me.. hey, we're not really getting any younger..

another year

as I turn 22...

i look back on the crazy, roller coaster ride of my life..

on being the only daughter of my parents..
many have known me as the spoiled, papa's little girl.. always getting what she wants with just one "lambing" moment with papa (or there are times, its one crying moment with him).. but u know, i got a lot of disciplinary actions from my mother to balance everything out.. we always have different opinions and ideas towards a lot of things, that's why we always disagree.. but of course, i also love her so much.. i hope i made them proud of what they're little girl have become.. but i feel that there are so many things that left to be submitted to them.. i want to bring back at least even a quarter of what a wonderful life they have given to me..

on being a sister to my brothers..
i think i have done a good job on this aspect.. i just love being their sister.. i have two loving, sweet, generous, boyfriend-material brothers.. any girl would be so lucky to be their girlfriend (that is, if they pass my standards.. hehe).. through years, we have become closer and closer to each other..

on being a friend..
for 22 years, i met a lot of different faces with different attitude and personalities.. i can say i gained a lot of friends and acquaintances.. but i keep a a number of people closest to my heart..

there's nikki and julie who have been an essential part of my life since i was young.. especially nikki whose with me since grade school.. im so proud that are friendship had withstand time and distance.. i know in my heart, that we'll always be friends, no matter what..

there's malen, cai and roanne.. these girls help kept my sanity during all the hardships in college (academic, org stuff and personal stuff, i mean).. we've shared sleepless nights, crazy days, egg rolling (ehem.. cai.. ehem), rainy days (literally), endless laughters and tears.. as long as they're with me, i know i can bravely face every kind of tomorrow there is..

on being a girlfriend..
i know i'm not the perfect girlfriend but i know, with all the people I have shared my love with, that i have tried, in the best way i can, to show them how much i really love them when were still together..

on being me to myself..
i've been through a lot in my life.. i have achieved things.. i also made a lot of mistakes.. i already learned some of life's hardest lessons.. but my stand is still the same, if i were to repeat my life, i will not make a single change in it.. i may have made a number of wrong decisions, but it all contributed to what i know now and to what i am right now..

cheers to another year of life and love!