I will try to see if I can go for 3 days without bitching or negativity at work.  And then let's see.

It is 4.50 in the morning.  As I sat on the driveway stoop sneaking a cigarette, I felt a calm and quiet wash over me, my insides almost purring from the delicious, stretched-out feeling it had almost forgotten.

It is Holy Week in Catholic Manila and everyone is away.  In one of the billions of versions of my life that would have played out, I would ( Read more... )

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I hate the marketing and advertising team behind this!!  Ang galing!!!  LOVE it :)   Excellent excellent work.

Aside from my Shoti, my grandfathers are the loves of my life ( Read more... )

I adore the holiday season. And it's not because of the gifts. Or the food (oh glorious food). I mean, those are great pluses, but the real meat of the matter for me is the face time with the people I love. And each time that happens -- whether it's over a waist-ruining, table-groaning feast; or a quiet, cozy afternoon nursing coffees; or a crazy, ( Read more... )

I see them and they remind me of us -- and I wonder if they will turn out differently from you and me.

I hate it when this happens: when my mouth gets away from me and it's only some time after when I realize that it in fact has overtaken me and steamrolled on ahead.

How can you take back words?  Because the verb take back is so literal, how do you take back something that's not tangible?  I KNOW this lesson already, and perhaps until i LEARN it I ( Read more... )

( President Barack Obama's Speech )

Thing to remember, things to NOT forget:

1) Always, always listen to your inner voice.  Do not drown it out, else you begin not hearing it without even trying.

2) PASSION makes the world go 'round.  If you're unhappy, it's just not worth it.

3) YOU know what's best for you.  Give yourself credit and trust yourself.

A thought arriving at my doorstep, traveling from the you from 2 days ago. It showed up, knocked softly, and let itself in.  I looked up, and there it was.  Two days later ( Read more... )