Manila Trip 2011

HOW I MISS THE CHRISTMAS HOLIDAY FEELING!

I missed Christmas as I decided to catch up on my self-imposed back log and post about the December Christmas Shopping Trip at Manila :)

I am a resident of Baguio City and given the distance and some other limitations, I don't get to go to the Metro often. I always wanted to roam around there, gawking in "newbie amazement" at places and things I am not used to seeing and being in.

Given that, this manila trip was something to cherish most especially the fact that Rijel and I only commuted and we hold our time in our hands, NO PRESSURE! haha ;p

We kept it simple, staying close to what Rijel knows and what our digital maps can give us. LOL! Asking for directions was kinda not my thing and so, Rijel was my compass the whole time. :)

To Rijel, thank you for your patience as I know, I get cranky, unstable and wasted under hot weather and seemingly unlimited bodily sweat!

so here are some snapshots! :)

to be continued!

random: a sleepy night's take on blogging.

HAPPY NEW YEAR!

HAPPY 2012!

Well,  we all hope that this year would be a good one, a great and superb one.

As for me, I wish the same but with a little something extra (by extra I mean big deal!)

I want to have a clear path, an enlightened and decisive mind and a courageous heart as to where my career is heading. For now, I still consider myself lost and of no clear directions so far.

More than that, there is nothing I would want more than LONG LIFE, GOOD HEALTH, PROTECTION AND HEALING, of course HAPPINESS  for my family and loved ones. Nothing more than that could matter  more to me -- a self confessed sensitive family member. LOL! :)

Well,I hope this year could be a lot better than 2011 was ;)

I have my fingers crossed on this and Dear Lord I hope you bless these wishes, hopes, prayers and aspirations to reality as you please :)

How did our new year celebration go?

HAPPY. I was laughing and I enjoyed the fact that despite firecracker bans in our city, the new year merriment was still a loud one with a multitude of firecrackers.

Talk about a quiet new year that even the oldies would hate. I personally (& I say this in a non-offensive way) think that officials pro on the firecracker ban are a little bit KJ. haha ;p. Firecracker accidents are a result of malfunctions, individual carelessness, pride and hard headedness anyway.

Nothing beats celebrating the holidays with your family :) :)

disappointment?

--Well I kinda wanted new shoes for the holidays. I was so excited to have new POSHIES for Christmas so I ordered. I patiently waited for order confirmations but none came. I still kept my hopes up since the first transaction I had with posh pocket shoes was good and the shoe quality was well, superb!. I waited, resent my orders and texted but still, no confirmations came. SAD. I was wishing to open their holiday gift box on Christmas eve and planning to wear the shoes while welcoming the new year but to no avail, my plan did not actualize even if I sent my orders early on and repeated them with high hopes.  Gawd disappointment. I still would want their products though.  Product quality comes a long way talaga and it is what keeps clients pursuing despite some rough patches with the service. Upholding some optimism, I shall try to order again with a happy face. haha.

DECEMBER WAS SUCH A MONTH OF BLISS AND IT WAS CAPPED OFF WITH THE MOST ANTICIPATED AND CELEBRATED FAMILY AND FAITH HOLIDAY! :)

the thing I really wanted to rant about was Brahm's lullaby and Pasta. well what about them you may ask--nothing really but some crazy pop up ideas and unexpected thought turnovers that occurred to me while I was at some place or while I was doing other stuff, completely and partially unrelated and related--in some sense. :)

* Brahms Lullaby

--- Rijel Andrei J. Sotalbo gave me this player where preinstalled (by him) tracks were present. I came across this lullaby introduction to an upbeat Christmas Song while I was skimming through  a one-early-morning-sitting-in-the-couch moment. Once it reached my ears, this sleepy feeling came over me and really silly (I know) but that is the only moment I realized that the song does really calm you down to sleep. I initially (for quite a long period of time) thought that it was just well advertised, overrated and a product of media mind-conditioning tactics :) hehe.

I love the lullaby now. It has eased the unsure insomniac in me. :)

* Pasta.

--- Well I love pasta. I love eating pasta and I love tasting and discovering new ones or different versions of classic ones on different pasta places! I love making pasta too. My love for making (by making, I mean cooking) pasta was preceded though by my fascination on eating them. 

--- Yesterday afternoon, I ate pasta at one of the local places in Baguio City, CUCININO @ Porta Vaga Mall. I consider me and my friends a regular there since we love the place and we kept coming back. It has a chic, adorable and classy overall feel  with affordable foods and beverages.  And this thought hit me (not in a total conscious way since I was preoccupied with something else at that moment) that I should have my own, individual PASTA CHALLENGE. Not an eating challenge but a cooking challenge. I would have no opponents since this self challenge is just an i-dont-know-but-its-kinda-exciting thing to do. I will aim to cook different pasta sauces, and post those creations here, in my "speck of dust" blog. In the end, I would also aim to make my own pasta, from scratch! I am excited and I feel giddy even if I know doing this is just for my own delight. I pledge to make this pasta challenge happen!

oh and yeah, I haven't told anybody about this yet-- I just blogged about it.haha. It would be a tiny little secret confined in this tiny space. haha :)

--- Of course I thought about expenses. I would just try to fit the ingredients in a budget and do my best to avoid failing as what I make could land on our dinner table too. :) sponsors are welcome! haha. Will think of a list of to-do pastas in the coming days :). Wish me luck! :)

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Will update on my self-set blog backlog and will do posts on Christmas, New Year, Gifts, Manila Trip and some random memories, all for the sake of my cyber diary.haha ;p

Cheers!,

Merry Christmas!:)

Once again, the most festive season is here.  I mean, who isn't aware of Christmas? I know everybody who has joy in their hearts feel more alive once Christmas draws to a near. :)

Personally, I get thrilled more during the pre-holiday period. The Christmas anticipation, the Christmas songs playing early and aloud in open spaces, Christmas shopping, Christmas planning and just the whole process of the time before Christmas really is celebrated :) I get a little bit sad as that period of anticipation comes to a close and now, its so near. quite a bummer!

Though the world is in a not so good economic state right now, and our Christmas tree has less gifts this time, Christmas is really not all about material manifestations. While the gifts and all those merry tinsel and treats make it more fun, nothing can replace feeling the real Christmas in our hearts. I mean, that is what drives us all to go make an effort and create different festivities in the honor of the celebrated occasion, right? :)

I am grateful this Christmas and it means nothing more to me than love and family. As I try my best to make this Christmas better through gifts and personal effort, I know it wouldn't mean as much as the people I am celebrating it with - The people I am celebrating the birth of our Saviour with :)

Christmas at the warmth of your own home with the people you love the most :)

I LOVE YOU FAMILY :)

Let us all bask in Christmas Joy and let us not forget that without Christ, this occasion would be non existent at all :) Christ and FAmily is Christmas. Its all about our hearts, the rest are just ancillaries, additionals to what matters the most :)

current Christmas song favorite: Rockin' Around the Christmas tree

rejoice in Christ's Birth, He saved us all :) 

Dear Lord, Thank you for everything!

HEY!

MERRY CHRISTMAS TO YOU!!! :)

LOVE,

Magic Hair bun / Korean bun

I always thought buns looked stylish.
Though I hated wearing a bun during my student nurse days, I came to appreciate their style as Korean women made it look effortlessly chic! :)

I almost always struggled to do a nice and well kept bun on my head and I wondered endlessly how those perfect looking donut buns were done :)
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love,

On screen romance :)

watching movies & following TV series sometimes leave you feeling smitten from the on-screen romance that you witness :)

for a mere hour or more, you live in a fantasy world where you feel how love makes it all go round :)

here are some of my most cherished on-screen couples. I am in awe of their story and the intensity of the love that they let the viewers feel :)

BLAIR & CHUCK

Gossip Girl

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No matter how they keep themselves away from themselves, they still end up being and wanting to be with each other. They may quarrel and fight to the ends but their love outshines their capability to deny each other.

It's like despite the "no's", "no mores" and "goodbyes", their hearts never really kept the distance. Their eyes speak the truth behind their every emotional lie. :)

magnets, they are ;)

DAMON & ELENA

Vampire Diaries

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Yes, Elena and Stefan love each other but that is so yesterday! Damon and Elena are way better together. Though Damon came off as the villain at first, you'd wind up falling for his effortlessly cool and angel-in-disguise personality :)

Unrequited love eh?

Damon loves Elena so much, no matter how hard he tries to hide it, he can't deny it.

He was always there even if she has her heart set on someone else.

EDWARD-BELLA-JACOB

Twilight Saga

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Though Edward and Bella are destined together, Jacob loved her equally before he imprinted on little Renesmee :)

The thought of how these guys loved Bella to the bits of bits drives the green eyed monster out of me :)

oh love.

could you be as perfect as that on screen? :)

haha.