If I ever become a mom.....

...............I will strive the utmost to look like THIS with my daughter, if I have one. :)  So cute and cool. :)

Nice post Christmas chilled out grooves HERE, courtesy of my lovely cousin. (Labyoo Pixiepatu!)

A Christmas song from one of my favorite local bands (and they were with us in Singapore last year), HERE

Thanks to Ashton Kutcher's twitter for THIS GEM

One of the best tributes to all we lost in our little artsy-fartsy-activitst-rebel-underground world this year in Manila, my friend Gang explains their memories all so beautifully HERE.  I admit, I didn't know all of them, and some only peripherally, but this is enough to have made me shed a few tears today in remembrance of all we've lost this last year. 

I'd just like to add one more.  It's time I did.

This was my cousin, Mike Ledesma.  He died on October 14th in his sleep.  We were technically not cousins, but my only sister in law was his mother's younger sister, aka his Aunt.  Since I lived with my sister in law and my brother for a long while, he and his brothers would always be around.  They were like brothers to me as well, and since Mike and I were the same age (I was older by about 7 months), we'd more or less hang out with the same people through our schools and whatnot. 

The months, and even the few years before he died, we weren't as close as we once were.  But whenever we'd see each other, hugging would ensue. 

This was the last ever picture I have of him and with him.  He was such a kind heart and a fun crazy guy.  And to him, I will always say, "I LOVE YOU MORE CUZ". :D

Christmas Eve Morning

YAY!  Ok ok FINE, I'm not such a scrooge anymore.  hahaha!!!  It caught up with me, just today.  So whilst I listen to my Motown-does-Christmas-songs tracklist from HERE, I will try and blog since I seem to have neglected this spot for a while.  MY BAD.

I got one of my "wishlist" things from  THIS POST.  I got my PHONE!!!  YAY!!!  But now the challenge begins with trying to move all the contacts from the old one to the other.  Perfect holiday chore as one of my FB friends said.  hahaha!!!

Some pics of the phone (that aren't mine):

FRONT view via

BACK view (with the little purrrty pinky swirls!!) via

*sigh*

I've also gotten a lovely coffee maker!!! 

Thank you to C, who, after endless hinting on my part, GOT IT. :) 

Thanks hon!!! WOOTWOOO!!!  Had my first cuppa from it this morning with E.  Egad.  I got a little too excited and made it as strong as a horse's kick in the head.  WOOHOOOOOOO!!!!

You can control the STRENGTH of the coffee!!! AHLAVEET.

I had lovely gifts from my new officemates too!!!  A lovely Pixies live CD (thankies Belle!!), a great pair of headphones (I sorely needed a new pair! Thanks to my 'daddy' Rafa) and this gigantic bucket of Mojito mix (nice one AJ).  LOVELY.  AHLAVEET!And we had the bestest Kris Kringle I've ever done in my life!  We picked out names (there are only 5 of us) and once we got our 'baby" we had to go through an ipod on shuffle, and whatever track it landed on, that would be the theme of your gift to your baby.  Just in case, you were given two chances with the track.  hahaha!  I got Reggie, and the song of the Kings of Leon, "Pistol of Fire".  So I got him this realistic looking gun that is really a lighter with blue flame.  HAHAHAH!!!  IT even had a stand!  Then of course a water gun just to put out the flames.  :)  I got the lovely headphones from Rafa, whose song was Depeche Mode's "Enjoy the Silence" :)

I'm thinking that since this Christmas I would like to be steady and quiet, that New Year should be steady still, but I would like to kick / shove / push / throw away whatever's left of 2009 into oblivion.  Considering the bad year everyone had, I think that's the best way to go.  Maybe get a room somewhere and ask everyone to just come if they're in town and BYOB?  That would be cool :)  Let's see.

Also, I thought I'd get the phoenix tattoo I've been wanting from Sarah as well.  It is a symbol of ressurection, of surviving, of the cycle of birth and death so why not?  I got both this year.  The color can wait til another time.  :)  It would symbolize a lot.

Just to post some little somethings I've happened upon during my blog reading today:

THIS POST really caught my eye. INCREDIBLE JEWELRY!

THIS POST from a favorite blog of mine, Elephantine had this lovely picture in it:

Please note the constellation cross stitching.  It has been giving me ideas for stuff to do next year.  :)

A discovery of a new BLOG.  So classy, yet raw and original.  I love it. :)

Now to prepare lunch and tackle the formatting of the new phone!!! :)

HAPPY HOLIDAYS EVERYONE :)

Trying to get into the holiday spirit PART DEUX

An alternative to all those grating and usual Xmas carols.....

http://daptonerecords.podbean.com/2008/12/14/soul-santa-by-jbx/

Again.  My Anglophilia is hitting me with these pics:

http://blissfulb.blogspot.com/2009/12/my-sister-went-to-london.html

*SIGH*

Christmas

I'm not one to get into any kind of Christmas spirit, not for a long while now.  Maybe it's because I don't have kids in my life, and therefore the magic is gone.  The traffic, commercialism, stress that comes with it all, all the annoying stuff about the holidays come to mind before the meaning of the holiday itself. 

And this from a girl who didn't find out Santa wasn't real until she was 12 (nearing 13) years old, and had "The Polar Express" as her favorite childhood book. 

Now all I can say is BAH HUMBUG.  BAH BAH BAH, HUMBUG HUMBUG HUMBUG.

I like this holiday for the vacation it gives, which sadly never lasts very long. 

Then again, after this year, I'm partly welcoming it, seeing as this will mean the year is almost up and the new one can begin.  Now THAT I'm excited for.

To not be TOO much of a Scrooge, I've decided to put something inexpensive up as Christmas decor to help the good juju flow along through my windows and doors.  It will be made by thumbtacks and white paper.  I'm sorry to the blog that posted this picture, I've forgotten where I got it.  If the owner of this picture will eve find me, please let me know and I will make the proper footnote. :)  Thank you.

(UPDATE! It's from HERE...whew!)

Now, THIS is pretty and simple:

Isn't it lovely?  Simple and yet....it'll do for my door outside I reckon.  Since I miss the cold (and yes, even the snow...it's terribly hot here), I decided this would be a cute little thing I can add to my outside door without looking all Christmas-ed out.  It will still look pretty. :)

Anyway, I will look for and buy some thumbtacks and white paper tomorrow.

PS.  I've noticed that this is the 96th entry.  4 more and I will monetize and publicize this blog.  Let's see how that will work out.  Fingers crossed.

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