I mean, we affect each other even when you don't mean to, even when we don't want to. We're connected, you see, even when we try to be unaffected ( Read more... )

Just because a lot of people tagged me in the HAPPY MEME.

The rules are that for 8 days, you have to post something that made you happy that day. Tag 8 people to do the same.

I really doubt my consistency but what the heck. Let's give it a shot.

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ichi:Junno, Mon's blockmate, asked me to speak to his sister's grade 5 class about creative ( Read more... )

“For everything you have missed, you have gained something else, and for everything you gain, you lose something else.” - Ralph Waldo Emerson

"Our lives are defined by opportunities, even the ones we miss."
And every time I look back and think about EVERYTHING, every single thing, that has happened - the mistakes I made, the people I hurt, the people who hurt me, the unfortunate circumstances that seemed insurmountable at the time and all the events that led up to this day - I can't help ( Read more... )

“And Charlie, don't forget about what happened to the man who suddenly got everything he ever wanted. He lived happily ever after." - Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Roald Dahl I've been thinking about this. The story about the boy/girl who got everything. I can't decide what's more horrible, though: not getting what you want or getting ( Read more... )

New Year's Eve did not come with a bang for me. In fact, it went by in a blur ( Read more... )

I wanted to start my journal for 2009 with some kick-ass introspection that would put all the others to shame.

But I guess when you set those kind of expectations for yourself, you're bound to fail. So let me start and end with this instead:

Never be done. You've only just scratched the surface.
Happy New Year, everyone. :) Here's to another ( Read more... )

Something I stole (read: borrowed) from one of Sel's Friday night blog entries. Posting it here more for my sake than anyone else's. Just as a reminder ( Read more... )

After church today, my mom and I attended a baptism in Paranaque (which is about 30 minutes to an hour away from where I live). It was okay - the baby is cute, the mom looked happy, the venue was quaint and the food was alright. But that's not what I wanted to write about. What I wanted to write about, really, was what I realized on the car ride ( Read more... )

REMINDERS C/O ANGEL'S LJ: (Yes, Ange. I've been scanning through it. Sorry ( Read more... )