by the way, "the lord of the rings" trilogy is finally off my list of to read books. hurrah!

"the cloister walk" is travelling with me this time.
thanks, rowster.

it was a very inviting night to walk around ateneo yesterday.

i wonder what that would be. i really do. but the moment i head home after this, i will just walk. take a look at the full moon, and the hazy night sky... maybe observe the trees. and smile. and think. and wonder.

and wonder... about the marvelous and the miracles.

:)

i am feeling restless since this morning. as if something will happen. hmm... i'm scared to think it is a good thing. but it feels like it. i won't be letting my hopes up though. the days will just float like any other. whatever happens will happen.

solace was not kidding about getting addicted to that bounce game. help!

her?

i tried the quiz twice because i don't feel anything like her. neither do i want to be her... but then she was the phoenix after all. so i guess, it's fine.


I'm Jean Grey
What X-Men Character are You?

there is no special someone, but i know somebody there loves me. hehehe!
i'm so faaaar awaaaay from perfection. nowhere near it at all.
i can be a bitch, but it takes a lot of provoking. jah!

solace is right. it's fun answering. it doesn't really matter if anyone reads 'em or not. hehehe!
here goes.

Favorite Pizza Topping: cheese, pineapple, mushrooms, and more cheese
Favorite Fruit: green mangoes. has to have sweet bagoong. (salivating, i am!)
Favorite Vegetable: carrots and green peas
Favorite Cereal: fruit loops, i think. maybe honey golf
Favorite Drink: lemonade and really cold water
Favorite Alcoholic Drink: i really shouldn't because sometimes i get asphyxiated. but tequila! and nanay sion's (mimo's mom) lambanog
Favorite Ice Cream Flavor: mantecado

Favorite Type of Chocolate: dark chocolate or those with lots of nuts, especially macadamia
Favorite Type of Muffin: don't like muffins much
Favorite Thing to Put on Your Pancakes: lot's of butter
Favorite Color: Blue. or earth green
Favorite Nail Polish Color: i'm way pass my nail polish phase
Favorite Candle Scent: hmm... vanilla? am not entirely sure
Favorite Pen Color: Black
Favorite Clothing Color: different hues of dark green
Favorite Color for Walls in a room: i want it to be tie-dye
Favorite Hair Color: Black.
Favorite Eye Color: hazel
Favorite Movie: Dead Poets Society. stand by me. malena. lord of the rings. so much more
Favorite Actress: uh... no one in particular
Favorite Actor: Ditto. robin williams, mickey rooney (coz he is so adorable!)
Favorite Type of Music: something easy to listen to. 92.3 type. and a little bit of alternative
Favorite Song of All Time: Someone to Watch Over Me... sting version, time after time (any version), true colors (any version)
Favorite Song Right Now: i seek you for i thirst, pag-ibig ko (trying to get into the spirit of lent :) )
Favorite CDs: Referendum - R&B and alternative, Music Bar
Favorite Band: EBTG, indigo girls, Smash mouth, linkin park, brownman revival, eraserheads, parokya ni edgar, yano, tropical depression and so many more OPM dudes
Favorite Boy Band: i used to be a secret backstreet boy fan (with their first two albums). right now, they all suck including BSB.
Favorite Male Singer: Louis Armstrong, Martin Nieverra, Barry White (upon the influence of Ally McBeal. hehehe!), recently, costello
Favorite Female Singer: the great ladies of jazz!, lauryn hill... usually them black ladies
* disclaimer: i don't know a lot of their songs... but i like the ones i hear
Favorite Instrument: Guitar.
Favorite Radio Station: 92.3 or 89.9 on fridays and sunday afternoons (tunog kalye).
Favorite Music Video: i like most madonna and michael jackson videos because they're very creative and have stories
Favorite TV Channel: Nickelodeon, discovery, hbo, star movies, star world
Favorite TV Show: Too Hot Tamales: this too, when we still had lifestyle channel. Ally McBeal. Sex and the City. The PRactice, will and grace
Favorite Cartoon: Rugrats, Hey, Arnold, Ranma 1/2
Favorite Cartoon Character: Ranma and Ryoga
Favorite Commercial: the old johnson's commercials, mcdo's gina, mcdo's happy meal, pop-cola and sarsi (bilib sa pinoy series)
Favorite Magazine: when I get hold of it, newsweek
Favorite Books: Harry Potter series, Tiger Eyes, starring sally j. freedman as herself (both written by judy blume), cheaper by the dozen, the greatest thing since sliced bread, fantasy books in general
Favorite School Subject: English, Com, Trigo and Geom, CHEMISTRY
Favorite Name for a Boy: Joshua or James
Favorite Name for a Girl: Alex, Jo
Favorite Room in the House: i usually hang out in my mom's room because the DVD and baby are there
Favorite Place to go to for a Vacation: any beach with white sand and corals (puerto galera, boracay, palawan, dumaguete, guimaras, fiji islands... i could go on and on)
Favorite Country: Philippines. I want to visit Spain, though
Favorite Sport: I like watching gymnastics and synchronizes swimming
Favorite Web Site: barrowdowns.com and similar lord of the rings websites
Favorite Thing in Your Room: my book collection
Favorite Thing in Your House: does the baby count?
Favorite Quote: I have two: Dance as if nobody's watching... and what gandalf said to frodo, something like, "blah... blah... it's what you do with the time given you."
Favorite Quote from a Movie: runaway bride proposal. the one from captain corellil's mandolin
Favorite Quote from a Song: so many... "it's not easy being me" - superman
Favorite Word/Phrase to Say: "naks", "cheng" "ek-ek"
Favorite Outfit: shorts and shirt
Favorite Pants: the brown zip-up ones my mom sent from the states, khaki pala. and the brown-grey ones i often ware
Favorite Shoes: my sister's tretorn and my grey rusty lopez boat shoes
Favorite Type of Underwear: cotton, penshoppe ones
Favorite Body Part on the Opposite Sex: eyes, hair, mouth.
Favorite Thing about You: committed
Favorite Day of the Week: as long as i get to hug the baby a lot, any day is fine. but i used to answer wednesday to this question
Favorite Holiday: hmm... if we had thanksgiving maybe it would be that
Favorite Time to Shower: night
Favorite Feeling: being in-love? i'm not sure how that feels anymore but i remember it being great. got it! contentment
Favorite Emotion: joy
Favorite Computer Game: diablo and diablo 2
Favorite Thing to do when You're Bored: play with the baby, surf, read, watch tv
Favorite Thing to do when You're Mad: there is no favorite thing when i'm mad
Favorite Thing to do when You're Hyper: hug people. jump up and down and laugh.

ang haba nun, ah!!!

food and God.

even though it was quite a tiring weekend, the meals i had were probably one of the best ever i tasted.

it was more than just having the right amount of seasoning and spices, or having a creative presentation. though, definitely it was all there.

it was Manong Leo. always dressed in his blue apron, this bespectacled jolly man was the one who served our meals for the weekend. everytime he prepared the food, there was always a smile on his face. you can see how carefully and lovingly he fixed everything up. even while cleaning up our leftovers, it was clear how much he loved what he was doing. Manong Leo was whistling this happy tune :)

when we were asked to eat at the EAPI instead, he prepared a special table for us. the table he chose for us was under the ceiling fan. he even posted a reserved sign to make sure none of the other guests use it. a special fruit bowl was placed for us, too. different from those of the others (who were already residents of EAPI).

those three days of eating his meal gave me an idea how God would have served me if i came to his house asking for food. i would be treated so wonderfully, as if i were a king.

and that was the reason why it tasted so delicious. it nourished more than just my body. it nourished my soul.

God bless him. :)

time

i hope i can find time to log in my guimaras experience. it was certainly one of the more exciting trips i have been to. especially since i had the chance to see and touch pawikans. and the boat got inside one of the caves of the island.

finally, one of my dream areas, i have been able to go to. :)

anyways... i have it all down on my travel notebook.

whataweekend!

finally, i got to witness deliberations of the volunteers and areas. quite interesting, really.

i feel sad though because one of the volunteers i was lobbying for was not approved. :(
all the areas i want accepted got in though, except some of them were in the lower rung. we might not have enough volunteers.

but certainly, there lies so much responsibility on me and my Program Officer.

i can't wait for matching, though.

simply hilarious

rat race must be one of the most hilarious comedies i have ever seen. without having to be too tasteless. grabe, kinabag ako sa kakatawa. that hot air balloon and cow soon just got me laughing so hard. and the monster truck. and the barbie museum. and the heart. and i could go on and on.

plus, the special appearance of the way too cool smash mouth.

with rowan atkinson, whoopi goldberg, cuba gooding, seth green and the rest of the cast there... how could you not laugh.
plus a very conscientious way to resolve the entire thing.

am i giving away too much? hehehe!

do watch it!!!