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after almost four years.. i've decided to move on... to another site.

here's my new found glory:

imsokaka.

(http://imsokaka.blogspot.com)

Do you ever wonder if we make the moments in our lives, or do the moments in our lives make us?

If you could go back and change one thing about your life, would you?
and if you did...
Would that change make your life better?
Or would that change ultimately break your heart?
Or break the heart of another.
Would you choose an entirely different path?
Or would you change just one thing?
Just one moment....
One moment that you always wanted back.

-Lucas Scott, OTH


**i miss watching one tree hill**

hey change. i'm not afraid of you. well yeah, you got my knees weak SUPPPERRR but i'm trying to be strong. i'll get back on track soon. my life's gonna be on the line once more.. i just need some getting used to. i wanna see the brighter side of everything. i wanna treat you as something beautiful. i know you are. :)

Long time ago, I want it to happen so that I would be OK… Now that it happened, I don’t know if I’m gonna be ok... ahahha. baket ang labo ko?

all these. good and not so good things. i know, they are all part of something beautiful that is bound to happen. i can't wait to experience it.

i've always wanted to go to Singapore and last weekend, i made my dream come true. :)

i was with my bestbuds, henna and tella. since tella's family is also in SG, they became our tourist guide for the first day. :) Singapore is superb! a very very very clean country. From mrt, to buses, even to public toilets ang linis talaga :) Their architecture is really fascinating as in Wow SG! Seeing Marina Bay from the flyer is indeed heaven. With all the lights at night, with all the different forms of every building - how i wish ganito sa Pinas. :)

Of course, experiencing Singapore is never complete unless you got a taste of the foods. Their term for 'dine-in' is 'having here'. Astig. I have tried different kinds of foods - Charsiew - a tocino like meat, Kway Tyaw, Rojak, Satay, Carrot Cake, Poppiah and more. I enjoyed them at first but my Pinoy blood still lingers - hindi ko kaya mabuhay ng walang kanin. Well, yeah they had rice pero iba parin ang kaning pinoy. On our third day, i can't help myself... i had my breakfast in Mcdo. I missed Mcdo all of a sudden! Hindi ko na kaya magnoodles lang. Ahahhaha. I love the beverages in SG. The iced 'teh', real tea with ice - the best and also the chestnut drink wooohooo. Dirty ice cream in SG is cool - a big bar sandwich type having two thin wafers! :) Cooooool.

One word i have learned - 'Selamat Datang' means welcome.
SG is love.

inspired by karate kid movie... dami kasing moments na instik salita hindi ko naintindihan. ehehe.

curious talaga ako sa chinese language and curious din ako kung ano sa chinese ang pangalan ko. so, i asked google's help. ayan. pronounced as (Kǎtè lǐ nuó) ewan ko kung tama yan. ahahha :) one time,  i had a crash course with a friend about their language, kung paano ipronounce words nila at kung paano isulat/ibuo. that moment, naintindihan ko talaga. pero sa lahat ng nalaman at naintindihan ko... eto lang natandaan ko - xiexie. at nun sinabi sa movie un xiexie, yan lang din naintindihan ko. ehehehe. :)

... i'm still scared.

il bel far niente -  the beauty of doing nothing in Italian. and this is the beauty of doing nothing in my language; i get to play with the webcam. :)

geeez. tomorrow's a Monday; another day at the office. i got to sleep now but just want to post a quote from e. gilbert which i find helpful? (idk the right term, haha):

i never thought chipmunks are cute. hahahaha.

i had an exchange of mp3s with an officemate last time and he sent me all these chipmunk songs. actually i was so surprised that he has this kind of music. hahaha. at first, i thought those sounds are just HD space-eaters and all but i downloaded them anyway. and now???
hahahaha. i enjoy listening to their voices! chipmunks make me smile today.  ahahahaha. so kiddy. so light. :)

"ah ah ah ah.. staying aaliiiiiiiiiiiiiiiive." ahahaha.

literally!


how do you get rid of scars? effective ba ang sebo de macho? grrrrr.

i don't know what's with this photo pero the first time na nakita ko 'to, natawa talaga ako. hahahahahah.


arji seems to be dizzy and while i'm trying to look funny,  nagseryoso mode naman si waren. ahahahahaha. ayos!

it's past two o'clock in the morning and i'm still awake. after dinner, while reading eat, pray, love i fell asleep then for some reasons, i woke up past midnight and having my eyes wide open till now that's why here i am trying to unload some thoughts here.

these days, i have to say that i appreciate the time more and  get a little bit nostalgic. i don't know if this is a getting-older stuff or not. time flies so fast... faster than ever. we're past the first half of the year and before we know it, we're already in another time. oh well.

as time goes by, changes are really unstoppable; inevitable . from the first months up until today, things and people are coming and going. life seems to be a one big airport - more on arrival and departure. oh boy. there are days when i cannot find the goodness with the ones that have arrived or will arrive as i am preoccupied with what i am gonna lose eventually. maybe I've gotten too attached and it is something unpretty, i know and i am working my ass out of this - to apply what i learn during the girl scout days - be always ready (with whatever tomorrow brings). :)

well, time tells us that we have to enjoy every second we have. do whatever you want to do. always wear your heart on your sleeve. we can never take back the lost hours. the world continues on spinning and it won't slow down for you. everything transforms with time and we can't do anything about it but to cope up (though it's not always easy).


***off to bed.

hahahahaha. can't get enough of chaos. i was browsing my FB profile and re-reading the old posts and comments and i saw this...

tama. kahit san pa kami makarating.. we always have a blast. kahit house party lang or session nights kina anne or ade. kahit foodstrip lang or central or sinangag express. kahit saan. when we're together... we always have a blast. and i'm so missing myself 'blasting' with my dear chaotic friends.

ayayayay! :D

at last. i've been waiting for this day to happen. to be with my chaos friends again. yebbbba.  this is a breath of fresh air.


namiss ko talaga 'to kahit apat lang kami nakapunta. hahaha. but i had a great time. really. naiba ulit ang araw ko. :)



after kumain ng marami, we went to a peaceful and not crowded coffee shop. there, the simplicity of friendship - - kwentuhan, picture-an, asaran at narealize ko.. lahat nalang talaga sila lumalaki.. ako nalang ang hindi pa. waaaah.


i ♥ chaos.

i was never a spicy food fan.. until last week.

Wooohoooo. Lunch time at work, i was thinking of something new to eat. Parehas nalang kasi araw araw. So, i bought KFC's hot N crispy chicken. Ahahahha. Ayaw ko niyan dati until that one afternoon. Masarap pala.

Then last weekend, my sister, cousin and i went to the mall and we tried Brooklyn Pizza.

Alam ko, i should've focused on their pizza as their brand implies pizza ang specialty nila. But what can i do, their Spicy shrimp pasta is so irresistible! the best talaga. mild lang naman ang pagka-spicy pero superb. Gotta recommend this to anyone who wants to try. Should the store give me a free pasta for this post? ehehehehe.

Looking for reasons to stay is the same as making reasons to move out. I've been in my work for two years and this meant that I'm already free and i can leave whenever i want. Before, i thought i'll just finish the required year and i'll look for another one but i am still where i am. at the moment, i've got no plans yet... and i am finding the glory to stay.

Just like here in multiply... i'll remain in keeping my thoughts here.

Multiply has been my online diary, my repository of memories, a flashback of happenings in my life since my college days. and i've been thinking of moving out from this domain and start anew with some other sites. it just occurred to my senses that maybe, it's time to move forward yet i'm still undecided about this.

i guess, with all the changes i am dealing with lately - change in all forms i cannot mention, i just wanted to have a new beginning. and moving out from this is the only way i know.

on the contrary, do i really need to leave this? or just refurbish this long time sanctuary of thoughts and happenings? eheheh. hmmmmm. we'll see in the coming days. :)

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anyway, i've stumbled upon this article from zen habits and i i think it is a good read - everyone could relate at some point. so here's an excerpt:

"If there’s one thing we all have in common it’s that we want to feel happy; and on the other side of that coin, we want to avoid hurting. Yet we consistently put ourselves in situations that set us up for pain.

We pin our happiness to people, circumstances, and things and hold onto them for dear life. We stress about the possibility of losing them when something seems amiss. Then we melt into grief when something changes—a lay off, a break up, a transfer.

We attach to feelings as if they define us, and ironically, not just positive ones. If you’ve wallowed in regret or disappointment for years, it can seem safe and even comforting to suffer.

In trying to hold on to what’s familiar, we limit our ability to experience joy in the present.  A moment can’t possibly radiate fully when you’re suffocating it in fear.

When you stop trying to grasp, own, and control the world around you, you give it the freedom to fulfill you without the power to destroy you. That’s why letting go is so important: letting go is letting happiness in.

It’s no simple undertaking to let go of attachment—not a one-time decision, like pulling off a band-aid. Instead, it’s a day-to-day, moment-to-moment commitment that involves changing the way you experience and interact with everything you instinctively want to grasp.

The best approach is to start simple, at the beginning, and work your way to Zen."

-Letting go of attachment , from A to Zen

isang araw nalang, eleksyon na. sa totoo lang, kinakabahan ako.. para sa Pilipinas.. para sa ating mga Pilipino. Naks. Concerned citizen? Syempre naman. :)

may 10, 2010 would be a day of change.. hopefully.
wag natin sayangin ang pagkakataon na ito. ika nga, vote wisely.
wag magpadala sa mga surveys - kung sino ang malakas, kung sino ang mahina.
surveys lang yun. ang importante eh iboto ang taong sa tingin natin na may magagawa para sa ikabubuti ng bansa.

i pray to have a successful election on Monday.
i pray that those machines won't fail.
i pray that whoever wins this time would really do his job and no corruption in mind.
i pray for better Philippines.