Something Cute

Christmas is around the corner and Kris Kringles are certainly everywhere. So, I just wanna share my most recent purchase that I classify as “Something Cute”

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Lighted Up

This is a lampshade bottle I bought in my favorite gift and novelty store. Price is 129.75 PHP. There are other versions of this one still available. I just chose this coz red is my fave. color.

Sweet Comfort

It’s just you and me again… Let me indulge in your sweetness. Take away my sadness. Accompany me in this lonely night.

 

Happy 40th Anniversary Sesame Street

I opened my internet explorer this morning and guess what I saw in my homepage…

So I hover my mouse at the logo to find out why the Cookie Monster is there at Google. And so I learned that it’s Sesame Street’s 40th Anniversary!

Happy 40th Anniversary Sesame Street! See you around Cookie Monster…

Great Reads for the Halloween

It’s another important event for the last quarter of the year. Yep, it’s Halloween.

Halloween is not actually just a time for costumes and parties. It is also a time to remember the departed loved-ones and to value those that we still have. So, in case you are just stuck at home and can’t go to the province to visit cemeteries due to bad weather, why not read?

I have here some recommended books that would really fit the season. A thriller type and a humorous ghost story. Well, don’t underestimate them for they are written by Best-Selling authors: Dan Brown and Sophie Kinsella. Now, allow me to give you the titles and a short summary.

The Lost Symbol by Dan Brown

Robert Langdon, the famous Harvard symbologist has received an invitation from his friend Peter Solomon to deliver a lecture in the National Statuary Hall at the U.S. Capitol. Since Peter is his friend and mentor, he went to Washington D.C. without any idea that his trip is not just an ordinary visit. When he arrived, he was more than shocked by what greeted him. There were no audience at all for the lecture and the severed right hand of Peter is there at the place, tattooed and transformed as the Hand of Mysteries. From there, a series of events took place and a lot of puzzles surfaced. Will Robert Langdon be able to solve the mysteries and save his friend? And who is this tattooed man who kidnapped Peter?

Know more on The Lost Symbol here >>

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Twenties Girl by Sophie Kinsella

Lara has been undergoing the gloomy days in her life. Everything has been going beyond her control from her relationship with her boyfriend to her newly-launched head-hunting business. So she thought that because of these stress, she has been starting to see things like a ghost. But, she’s wrong. Sadie, her great-aunt has come to seek her help. They have to find a necklace who has been in Sadie’s posession for more than seventy-five years. Sadie said that she couldn’t rest without it. And so, the hunting and haunting began. As they go into the journey in finding the necklace, they started to discover things about love, about each other and most important, about their family.

Know more on Twenties Girl here >>

Have a great weekend. Enjoy reading!

Three Love Stories: He’s taken already

Previously…

“Call me insane but I thought that dating Gerry is the only chance I could have to be with my bestfriend again…”

*Sighs*

I’ve fallen into one of Gerry’s tricks again. Here I am, sitting at Coffee Indulgence sipping my cold coffee as I pretend to listen to his stories.  Kanina pa kwento nang kwento ang isang ito. Halos kilala ko na yata nang husto ang ex niya sa kakakwento niya. TSK!

Maybe this is what I get for also using him to be with my bestfriend, Z. I thought they’re together kaya eto naman ako, punta agad. Yun pala, I’m stuck with the boring company of this person who chats with me as though we are always on a debate.

Naku, kalahati na pala ang coffee ko. I gotta do something before he rewinds his stories again.

“Um… Gerry, kamusta na nga pala si Z?”

“Ha? Ok naman siya.”

“Mukhang masyado siyang busy. Wala akong balita sa kanya.”

“Hindi naman. Ganun lang talaga siguro pag may love life.”

“Ha? Anong love life?”

“Hindi mo ba alam?”

“Ang alin?”

“May girlfriend na siya”

***

It’s already late in the evening but I feel as though time has stood still from the moment I heard that Z already got a girlfriend. I can still recall my shock when I heard Gerry. Every thing around me has lost its colors and it’s as if I am in a black and white film. I was in total blank. In fact, di ko nga maalala kung paano natapos ang “date” namin na yun ni Gerry at kung papaano ako nakauwi.

I feel so shattered. My last tiny flickering light of hope was gone. And so I sunk on my bed and just tried to recall our good days together. I looked for old letters, photos and gifts. Then I saw ones from my debut. Our photos on that occasion and a poem I wrote after…

Lamentations

“.I’ll have savored you like an oyster
memorized you
held you under my tongue
learned you by heart
So that when you leave
I’ll write poems”
-Sandra Cisneros

I hold in my hands
memories of yesterday
Dried, fragile petals
on decaying stems
red and white roses
Now turned yellowish-brown
Beauty that has fade
Can never be regained

Sweet tunes and lovely roses
A night of dreams
You belong to me that evening
Like Endymion in Selene’s arms
A slave of her love
Just for a night

If only I could stop the earth
From revolving
If only I could freeze the time
It could have been
Only you and me
And the night won’t come to an end

But like the roses in my hands
The night is now a memory
That will fade
And will be taken away by time
I can never bring back the magic
For now,
The spell
Is
Over.
Reality
Has
Come
We
Are
Just
friends.

 Yes, we are just friends… Then, my mind suddenly snapped back into reality. Yes, there is definitely no point in seeing Gerry anymore I should already get rid of him (way back ago). After all, he is still so into his ex, getting rid of him will do us both a huge favor.

To be continued…

Significant Other

Everything has been created in pairs. Yin and Yang. Darkness and Light. Land and Water. Right and Left.

 A spoon for a fork… Food for plate…  Every one seems to have another.

And as I secretly glance at your hand on the table, longing to hold it and feel your warmth… How I wish that you could be the one for me… If only…

 

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Photo taken last Sept. 20, 2009 at Gerry’s Grill, Manila Ocean Park.  (Thanks for the happy moments this date and the day before…)

Haven’t Stopped Lovin’ You

Haven’t Stopped Lovin’ You

(Janno Gibbs) 

Hey, how have you been?
It’s been a while, it’s nice to see you once again
Me? I’m doin’ just fine
Livin’ my life, showing myself of the good times

But what am I sayin’
Who am I foolin’
So before I let you go
I just think that you should know

I haven’t stopped lovin’ you
I haven’t stopped wantin’ you
I haven’t stopped hopin’ that you feel the same way too
I haven’t stopped dreamin’
I haven’t stopped wishin’
I haven’t stopped thinkin’ that, you’re thinkin’ of me too
I haven’t stopped lovin’ you

Ohh yeah yeah yeah
Yeah yeah ohh

I’m happy for you
It seems you’re doin’ well, you’re seein’ someone new
Me? Oh you know me
Foolin’ around with every pretty girl I see

But what am I sayin’
Who am I foolin’
So before I let you go
I just think that you should know

I haven’t stopped lovin’ you
I haven’t stopped wantin’ you
I haven’t stopped hopin’ that you feel the same way too
I haven’t stopped dreamin’
I haven’t stopped wishin’
I haven’t stopped thinkin’ that, you’re thinkin’ of me too
I haven’t stopped fallin’, fallin’ in love with you

I haven’t stopped lovin’ you
I haven’t stopped lovin’ you
I haven’t stopped lovin’ you

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*** I haven’t stopped lovin’ you. It’s just hard for me to show it. So hard to say it…

Three Love Stories: Matchmaking FAIL

Previously…

“Seniors’ Prom. Isa ito sa mga most memorable moments ko ng high school. Pero ito rin yata ang isa sa mga biggest regrets ko. Ilang beses ako niyaya noon ni Z na sumayaw pero tinanggihan ko siya…”

Bihira na lang kami magkita ni Z noong college kaya kapag may pagkakataon para magkasama kami, I always grab it. Kaya naman nang minsan mag-text siya ng hatinggabi, di ako nagdalawang-isip na mag-reply. Ang kaso… iba na ang sumagot sa text message ko.

“Hi, I’m Gerry, Z’s frend. He’s drunk ryt now so his cel s wid me.”

Worried as I was for my friend, I didn’t even think twice whether I should reply or not. Apparently, I didn’t know back then that this text message exchange would be the start of Z’s role of playing Cupid to me and his friend.

Well, dahil kaibigan ko nga itong si Z, nagtiwala ako sa taste niya and inisip ko rin na baka through this Gerry ay magawa kong kalimutan na ang feelings ko kay Z. So, I met up with Gerry and went out a few times with him.

***

First meeting with Gerry… I texted him to wait for me in front of my college’s entrance which is katabi ng library. At dahil gusto kong malaman kung anong hitsura niya bago ako makipagkita sa kanya (baka kasi magbago isip ko pag nakita ko hitsura niya), nag-stay ako sa library, sa may windows and looked for him. Unfortunately, my plan failed.

So lumabas ako at di ko alam na nakasalubong ko na pala siya. When we finally met, I did my best to hide my disappointment. May tiwala ako sa taste ni Z pero di ko akalain that he would fail. Though, I still gave him the chance and said to myself na baka ok naman siya.

***

Gerry is a year older than me. He is short and chubby. And, this really made me feel awkward  to walk beside him when I’m wearing heels. No, don’t get me wrong, I’m not mean.  Hindi lang talaga ako sanay makipag-date sa isang guy na mas matangkad ako. Most of the guys I’ve dated are taller than me.

So why did I dated him?

Call me insane but I thought that dating Gerry is the only chance I could have to be with my bestfriend again…

And mukhang nahalata nga iyon ni Gerry.

I became the so-called “first lady” of the coach for the Commerce’s  debate team where Z is a member. I attended their trainings sitting beside Gerry while secretly gazing at Z. But when training is finished, parting became so hard for me. I wanted Z to accompany me in going home since my destination is just on his way too. But he would always insist  for Gerry to accompany me instead.

And so it went on until one night while on cab, Gerry did something that really turned me off.

He forcedfully tried to kiss me. Luckily, we are not of the same height and I was able to avoid him. I could still recall his big mouth that tried to devour me. Very creepy. I even thought I would have nightmares.

So, I texted Z and informed him. He replied with a laugh and said I was so conservative.

Well, sorry, I thought. I wasn’t just being conservative. I just really don’t like your friend. And why do you have to give me to another, when it’s you that I want?

*sighs* I wished I could said that to him, I thought as I stared at my cellphone.

 

To be continued…