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!,

Random Pictures :)

 Some snapshots taken from my phone, randomly, to preserve a casual memory that normally goes unremembered :)

celebrating life ;]
A simple bliss --a feast for the interested and a good, refreshing air of nostalgia for those who know.

with Lovely Mae Arellano @ SOLIBAO Heritage Mansion

CTEISI days. the first time I ate at this branch of Solibao. We were desperately craving for shawarma and since its Solibao and its a cross away from where we were, we decided to have lunch here. No shawarma, sadly ;( sosy version ng Solibao daw kasi.

First meal at HODORI with Rijel Andrei Sotalbo

Always fun to eat at a new restaurant. Being that I love Asian food, I really enjoyed this place. Came back here with a couple of friends for how many times already :)

Amazing Light show at the Grand Reunion of 

UCS-PUI

My dad's Alma mater :)

It first started as a dinner event from where we saw the past and current students at the said school. We had fun at this grand, (really grand) event. Full of Chinese People. This trip is really something. Family adventure :]

San Fabian

PTA Beach Resort

:)

with Family loves :)

Used to go here often as a family when we were still kids. I reckon this was where my first swimming experience happened. It was also where my most successful attempts at adult swimming commenced.haha :) I love this trip to bits. It was total bliss [cant stress it enough] I love my Family to bits :) :) :)

Happy 21st Birthday

to me :)

My meal (L) and the ever iconic chicharon (R)

;]

Its true that when you get older, your birthday celebrations become simpler.haha. I reflect back on those days when I was still a child and almost all of the whole clan were feasting at home. ---birthday parties :)

Anyway, thanks to those who made my birthdays extra special :)

Breakfast at Angeline's :)

One of our sleepover bondings at Ms. Pati's apartment :) haha.

I miss those times.

I miss E2

I miss college :)

Figer's Pancit Canton, Bird's Nest soup, Freshly sliced bananas and Vanilla Energen (my first taste) haha :]

Dean & Baron. Kids I adore :)

Curly hair and perky spirits. They always say that a kid brightens up the room---TRUE.

always extra fun at home when they are around. We all need a kid in our lives, not necessarily our own children though--too young, way too young for that :)

SPENCER :)

Too cute a puppy, still adorable as a full grown dog :)

Love this doggie to bits. 

instant joy. pulls heartstrings. this fluffy brown and white thing.

He came to us through a gesture of love and sharing, -- a family thing ;]

My desk/station at my Med Trans OJT days :)

&my Snitch Choco bar addiction :)

I had some of the worst and best moments in my MT life here, in front of this unit.haha. It has been the witness of my improving skill in Homekey typing.

I started having ZERO skill and ended up leaving it with a typing speed of 64 wpm :)

Tim Horton French Vanilla From Canada :)

a heavenly cup of instant coffee. YUM to the MAX.

did not even had palpitations.

Always a nice food time @ Vizcos

this time, Rijel made me starve while waiting. the worst part, he even ate before meeting me and we were supposed to have lunch. Lunch at 3 pm and I was hungry starting 11 am. GAWD. crazy. OH well. Its good food. FOOD!!!@

The very first time I curled my own hair and the first time I watched a movie in the cinema alone-- My Amnesia Girl :)

haha. A crazy experience, watching the movie alone and hiding from the person next to you (why, of all seats??!) just so you won't be recognized and asked "bakit mag isa ka lang?"...really, those curls came in handy at those moments. the cinema was even jam packed. Enjoyed the movie and started curling my own hair from that day on.haha ;]

Part 2 soon :)

still off to a million rants :)

GOODNIGHT! 

.xoxo.

PS. I love my family to bits and bits.

(just wanted to say) :))