Interesting

I'd try this out!!!  The lollipops I mean :)

I think it's the 11th slide or something.

Nice one Martha. :)

Rain rain go away :(

Some pictures of the rain here in the Philippines. 

From the car at night:

My bedroom window:

And the office windows:

Today is the first day of sunshine in a long time.  We're all hoping the electricity holds.  We've been having blackouts for a few days now.  They said it would continue til Monday.  So far so good.

The northern part of the country is now in distress.  Landslides everywhere hinder rescue teams and relief operations to get through to the victims. 

Please pray for our country.  We hope that the people in power or have it will now rethink the environment and all the calamity needs so that next time we're all at least ready. 

To help everyone's weekend along

And because I'm in such a foul mood that I don't want to ruin anyone else's expectation of the weekend :)

Shake it, like a ladder to the sun .........

Teary Thursday

It's grey out, completely grey...reminds me of London.  Then of course the humidity hits and you're back in the Philippines. 

This song is dominating my "senti" head today for some reason:

I Miss You By Incubus

To see you when I wake up

Is a gift I didn't think could be real.

To know that you feel the same as I do

Is a three-fold, Utopian dream.

You do something to me that I can't explain.

So would I be out of line if I said "I miss you"?

I see your picture.

I smell your skin on

The empty pillow next to mine.

You have only been gone ten days,

But already I'm wasting away.

I know I'll see you again

Whether far or soon.

But I need you to know that I care,

And I miss you.

Has there been a time in your life that lyrics felt so real, that it described everything you wanted to say to someone?  This song will always bring me back to a time where something as mushy as this song would make my heart melt.  It's getting harder to do that nowadays.

I found this quote too:

“Your work is going to fill a large part of your life, and the only way to be truly satisfied is to do what you believe is great work. And the only way to do great work is to love what you do. If you haven’t found it yet, keep looking, and don’t settle. As with all matters of the heart, you’ll know when you find it.” –Steve Jobs

Amen to that Mr. Jobs.  And I'm not even a fan of your product!  :)  Awesome quote to help me thru the day, and two weeks more I have to be here.  The new job is beckoning and I cannot wait for it.  

New life, start over, default button pressed.  What will I draw on my new slate?  What designs will I come up with?  What story will I  be able to tell? :)  All so new and exciting! :)

Now to lose weight.  I must.  I just saw pictures of me with my ex boyfriend.  WOW.  Was I the hottie.  I must must MUST lose weight.  Aside from that, I want to be able to fit into old clothes. :)

ok FINE.  I will just lose weight for ME.  hahaha :D

Oh yeah and I want to grow my hair out.  I realised that it's easier for me to get haircuts then, since when it's long, I can do them myself without having to pay for it. 

Now to do accounting so that I can get outta here and get my clearance :)

Early Christmas

Since I'm so in love with the children's author Joan Aiken, imagine my happy surprise that there is a PREQUEL to my beloved Wolves Chronicles!!!

Link from: http://images.google.com.ph/imgres?imgurl=http://www.trappedbymonsters.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/08/DSC_54551-203x300.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.trappedbymonsters.com/page/5/&usg=__tLRdjJQlkGD9L6_yXJQ7_v6VlnY=&h=300&w=203&sz=32&hl=tl&start=5&um=1&tbnid=bNZpldCIfeOpKM:&tbnh=116&tbnw=78&prev=/images%3Fq%3DThe%2Bwhispering%2Bmountain%2BJoan%2BAiken%26hl%3Dtl%26sa%3DN%26um%3D1

NOW, to put it in my Amazon wish list :)

And just if you're curious, here you go:

http://www.amazon.com/gp/registry/wishlist/1KCJHV5ZMMVY

THANK YOU IN ADVANCE!!! :D

Thankful Tuesday

The storm/s have finally passed.  In more ways than one it seems. 

We're supposed to be getting another one, but reports so far seem to indicate it will bypass us.  Fingers crossed.

I had the best news yesterday: that job I've been angling for the last month? The one with the wicked interview?  They called yesterday.  They still are interested and would like a second interview this week.  SWEET.  I'm gonna kill it.  I'm gonna NAIL this.  I'm going to make this happen.  I know I can do this.  And I will :D

So yeah.  Storm has passed, as did that awful mercury retrograde.  Now things are going to move slowly back to what they were, or as close to the momentum of what was, before the figurative s**t hit the fan and made all our lives do a cartwheel.

My attention now has refocused on events and things that were going on prior to the storms.  I need to figure out what I want to be for Halloween for example.  Do I really want to be Toph?  Will people appreciate my effort?  Do I have enough money to get the costume made in time?  Pressing questions to be sure.  Well not really, but hmmm.  Maybe I could go as Max from Where the Wild Things Are.  The fur may be a little too hot though, especially for this climate.  But look at them:

http://www.refinery29.com/the_goods/where_the_wild_things_are_insp.php

And I've been wanting to copy this style:

http://joannagoddard.blogspot.com/2008/11/bow-ties-for-ladies.html

I'm hoping that with this new job (50% in the bag...so I won't say I've gotten it til I really truly have signed contracts hahaha!) comes a new me.  It seems like the perfect time to start again. 

After the storm, after the mess, time to clean up and start over.  It's time I haul my ass my the bootstraps and get to it.  No one else will do it for me but me. 

I could start with this (Thanks to my friend Lourdes hahaha!):

http://www.oaknyc.com/women/new-items/complex-vertex-gown

Anyway, time to finish stuff and get a move on.  Here's to looking ahead. :)