A line a day... :)

Back, I am. :)  I've recently decided, that I would start writing a line every day starting last June 1st. 

So far I've kept to the plan and been a diligent little girl. I WILL CONTINUE and not be haphazard about this.

To recap what I HAVE written, they are as follows: 

June 1 

"As the mist lifts the gloom, and the sun begins to bloom, I look down at my feet, and see them tap to the beat."

June 2

"As light breaks through my window, i bury deeper and become a blanket burrito."

June 3

"Nothing beats the smell of coffee in the morning..except maybe rain that has just been pouring."

June 4 (today!)

"Darn this hypnagogia from which I suffer! I shall drink from my cuppa and see if I can buffer... its effects and shout a GOOD MORNING to the Universe... What do you know. It worked."

*note: HYPNAGOGIA is the state between asleep and awake of which you are not fully in either state completely.

Just a little word I learned today and thought I'd use as part of this exercise.   I am hoping this will get me writing again. So far, it has been a good little exercise to start up my brain in the morning and to flex my rhyming skills, though as you can see, today I didn't really give a damn. 

I am hoping to do this for a year. That being said, I will try and write here as well. 

Welcome back to me :) So nice to be reunited with this account :) YAY! :) I just wish it wasn't so hard to get into ;)

The Hives

 My soundtrack for today are these dudes. The Hives. They're cool and have a new album out called "Lex Hives." I suggest you get your hands on it. It gets you moving, and really to get me moving you need a truck and a coupla firecrackers.  And look. They match :) 

See you tomorrow! :)

Monday...sometime in June

I've come to a decision today, 

that I will use my next pay

check into making my house

a pretty place to stay.

I will buy shelves with no elves, 

A desk for success,

frames with no names,

and more bins for other things.

I don't know why I'm rhyming

& I know that my timing

is a little off

like the shelf paper lining.

*bow*

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Ps. It was nice to get a mention in THIS blog.  I love my neighbors :)

Not so Manic Monday

Haven't written in a while....been a bit busy, trying to figure out what to do with the job front etc.  Long, complicated and nearly depressing story.  When we're free and clear, I will dedicate a blog entry to it.  PROMISE.  

For now!  Let's see all the great things I've picked up in the web. :)

I remember doing a lot of THIS when I was younger.  I'm happy to see that it still lives on. :)

See based on THIS POST, I'd be Lyra Silvertongue, Bastian Balthazar Bux, Peter Pan, Harry Potter or several other characters.  

FUN AND INTRIGUING WEBSITE.

Been sick for a while, but since I'm ok now, and it is STILL scorching, sweltering HOT here in the Philippines (it seems that every day is the new hottest day EVER), I can eat the ice candies I made!!!! 

The brown ones in the bottom are coffee! :)

Pink ones are pink lemonade :)  Those are really refreshing. 

YUM. :)

I've also been thinking of putting together a section of this blog to "One Subo (spoonful) Wonder".  I'm a fan of eating alone and I usually do since I feel like it's the one part of my day that I can be by myself and regroup.  I usually have a book to read, and it just makes things easier when food is a one subo wonder.  

So I will start documenting the best one subo / spoonful wonders I have. :)  

I can now drink coffee!!!  JOY!!!  I will document the making of vietnamese coffee popsicles here.  Any other ideas of what I can make into popsicles? :)  

HAPPY MONDAY AND HAVE A GOOD WEEK TO YOU ALL! :)

Monday stuff

Sorting through the Monday to-dos, I've decided to look through some blogs to take a break. :)  As you do. 

So I found these little gems. 

I seriously want one of THESE in my little flat.  I figure that I can fit it in, since it seems slimmer than a regular piano. :) 

 

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This BAG is so cute.  Hyphen indeed.

 

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I didn't know THIS.  It's like the length from the nook of your elbow, to the end of your wrist equals the measure of your foot.  Or your neck is half of your waist.  Or your fist is your sock.  :)

TO FELLOW NUTELLA LOVERS!!!  

LOOKATTHAT.

 

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WOW.

Mispronounced foodie words.  I was not aware that that was how you said GYRO.  Learn something new every day. :)

What a cool book shop / cafe! 

Because I STILL want a cloche! 

And to end with a NICE QUOTE: 

"I must learn to love the fool in me--the one who feels too much, talks too much, takes too many chances, wins sometimes and loses often, lacks self-control, loves and hates, hurts and gets hurt, promises and breaks promises, laughs and cries. It alone protects me against that utterly self-controlled, masterful tyrant whom I also harbor and who would rob me of human aliveness, humility, and dignity but for my fool." 

-- Theodore I. Rubin, MD (thanks Cup of Jo)

 Have a great week ahead! :)

Monday Monday

I love this HOUSE!!!!  C said he wants to live in a log house.  I say, if it's like that, I wouldn't mind! :)

January seemed to have gone by with an almighty WHOOOOOSH.  Seriously.  I have never had time move that fast for me before.  Really! 

So far the year has been fun.  Slowly and surely, the things I wanted to happen is on course of becoming a reality, if it isn't already.  :)  ALL GOOD TO REPORT THIS MONDAY! :)

OH OH!  This weekend, we bought my new bike.  The dudes who are selling it are cleaning it and giving the tyres a pump, as well as oiling all the parts that are needed to be oiled.  C will pick it up tomorrow for me.  I cannot wait.  I want to ride mt BIKE!!!! :) 

And it's PURPLE. ;)  And I bought a bell to go with it.  KRIIIING!

I can't wait for it.  I will try and be patient though.  :)  Good way of making good on some new year resolutions in improving myself. 

Oh and just as a Monday laugh, go to THIS LINK to vote for the worst couple. hihihihi!

Monday is fun again

I haven't been blogging recently because I've just been caught up in a series of stuff, between projects with friends, tying up loose ends at my OLD job, starting the NEW one, volunteering to help with my bro's campaign and trying to catch my breath for a vacation getaway, I'm sorry I haven't been too up to speed here.

:( Seriously, my bad.

Today is the first Monday that I've had in a long time that really rocks.  I had a great meeting with my sister and her staff for some online properties we're both helping my brother with.  It's exciting.  I'm still on a mission to get him to dance so we can post it online.  I don't think he'll let us.  hhehehe!

I've also had my first briefing of my new job today.  Though at first, it seemed like I'm in over my head, I know it's something I truly want to learn, and the business side of it is just as fun as I will want it to be.  It sure as heck won't be easy, that's what I can see so far, but it will be quite the adventure.  What I've been offered with this new job isn't just MORE in the benefits and salary and whatnot (though it IS that), but also I know I'm going to end up learning a WHOLE lot more.  I seriously cannot wait.  :)  My next briefing is on Wednesday. 

This weekend's trip to the beach was great, if only I didn't have the worst allergy attack of my life wherein I had to hassle the 3 other ladies I was with to take me to a doctor that was in the neighboring island.  My eyes were weird for about 48hours, but aside from that, the drugs knocked me out cold and I was a happy and sober camper.  Since I've just gotten off the 'roids that the island doctor prescribed me, I need to get myself to another doctor for a checkup tomorrow just to be sure everything is on the up and up because somehow, I've now developed a cough.  GRRRR.

I missed C and the kitties though, and as much as I loved the trip (minus the stupid allergy scare) I was really happy to come home last night to them :)

I have the flat all to myself tonight, with just the kitties since C has to take care of stuff tomorrow he's staying over his parents' house.  So I have decided to come back and say HOWDY, check up on the blogs I'm following and have been trying to get myself acquainted with Twitter.  I said I'd never do it.  Never say never eh? :)  I need to study it and be on it if I want to get my brother on it for his campaign. 

Exciting times ahead.  And that's not even counting CHRISTMAS! :)  Though, I hate Christmas (it's a madhouse here in the Philippines!!!) for all its commercial glory, I love it for the vacation time.  But wow, it's come up again and a whole year has just whooshed on by.  DAMN.

I love this mixtape from one of my favorite blogs.  I think I've posted her before.  Click HERE to listen to her mixed tape :)

I am also loving this SITE.

If you guys want to follow me on Twitter (I can't believe I'm TYPING this), I'm drummergirl2578.

I'm also trying to get tickets for the Katy Perry concert this weekend.  Only I don't think anyone wants to come with me.  Ah well. :)

Today I'm thankful for new beginnings and the potential of the future. :)

Mandate Monday

Today I have decided that the rest of the week will be known as "MY WEEK".  This will be promptly commenced by an overdue massage tonight.  :D

I had such a good time by myself yesterday, I didn't see the point of not doing it again, or indeed, to do it for a whole week!!  I have several books that need reading, and the DVDs of the West Wing will not watch itself.  :D  Unless it is jamming with the band, or some emergency, I will go home and stay in the company of my kittykids.

I can't paint tonight, so I'll sked that with my neighbors downstairs before doing.  I'm sure between us, we can find some time to do it. 

Short entry today, maybe its because I'm really just tired, as I got up today at 5-6am.  My head has been lolling around since a while ago in its socket.  Coffee is helping.  I just have to remind myself that all I need tonight is to buy some toothpaste.  That. Is. It.  Then go home.  No need for running around.  Lots of food at home, and lots of dishes too. hahaha!

Should be all clean and lovely and showered before massage.  Must be ready.  ZEN IT OUT!

from: HERE

I'm all about this picture.  OOOHHHHHMMMM.....

Make it or Break it Monday

Well this has been coming on for a while now, seeing as all my posts are about how horrible I feel about work etc.  I've finally decided to bite the bullet.  Take the bull by the horns. 

And I have really, truly decided to resign. 

That being said, I'm scared because this is the only source of income I have.  Now, since I know that I have a month's notice before I can physically LEAVE, I know I can formulate a plan for SOMETHING by then.  But me being me, I need something more concrete than "I can do this".  I need a written out plan I can follow no matter what happens.  What leads I do have now aren't that great but at least I have them.  I know.  First and foremost I must follow up on all of them and find others as well.  Why not right?  At least I will have a few more choices than just having one.  Besides, I think it's time to get my head and body in gear to working again, PROPERLY, since I haven't done that in a while, just because the job didn't require it.  And I've been complacent about it.  So in a way, this has also been my fault. 

Now it's make it or break it time.  I will see what exactly it is I am made of, how far I've come and what I have learned from all my experiences, if at all.  I should give myself a little bit of a break too, since I at least see that this is a sinking ship I'm on and is not good for everyone concerned.  I also don't like NOT putting out the best work I can do, and making my team suffer for it.  I want of course, to give the best I can.  But, I don't know.  I just cannot take that place of work anymore.  Great as the experience was, it is now as sour as a lemon and I cannot live and breathe and go to work there without feeling my soul is being drained, day in and day out, into an abyss of vomit.  I am not myself there, and once I leave, it takes at least two hours for me to get over being there.

Just thinking about it gets me mad and irritated and frustrated.  Yeah.  It's time to leave. 

So long, farewell, auf wiedersehen, goodbye.

(Image taken from: http://sunsite.berkeley.edu/FindingAids/dynaweb/calher/jvac/figures/j14GC-416A.jpg)

Moderation Monday

I'm personally thanking the heavens that on Friday night, today was declared a non-working holidiay. WHEW.  Now I can get over this stupid sickness that's been brought about by just too much going out.  I have realised that YES.  I am not as young as I used to be and however much my mind is willing, the body cannot (and will dig its heels in if it has to), and WILL not follow.  Even if I cajole it with a nice midnight snack to soften the blow. 

So today I have decided to schedule my yearly alcohol fast, wherein one whole month, I will not drink alcohol.  Now this may seem natural to you, and that I'm just being an alcoholic, but it's true, most times I go out, I tend to have a beer, or four.  Each year, I try and remedy that by giving my liver a break before the MAJOR holidays and take a month off.  I've decided that this year it will be done by end of this month and it'll run into October.

I'll make sure though that by Halloween, I can have a beer again.  I am planning a prod after all for around that time.  I'd like to be able to drink at least A LITTLE.  I should just moderate it PERIOD. 

I have done NOTHING of what I set out to do this weekend, except for help with the dinner that we had on Saturday night here in the house.  I made the salad and the mash, which went great with E's chicken.  WOW. His chicken was the best thing he's ever cooked.  EVER. 

Anyway, I will rest up today because I feel so so awful and get on with my week tomorrow when everything opens again. :)  I hope by that time I'll be ok too.

Maudlin Monday

After having such a long weekend, it is hard to come back to a job you really don't like. There I said it. I don't like my job. I'm not happy anymore. I can't trust anyone to NOT screw me over. People are setting me up for things that I never commited to, and will use that as an excuse to the higher powers to show was an inept individual I am and not getting on with the team, blah blah blah. I don't really care. I'm here for the paycheque. And for the hours that I can blog and search through the web. HAHAHA!! I know it's unprofessional, and it may not look good on the CV, but at this point, I don't really care so long as I'm getting the paycheque.

Enough negativity! :D Now to regale you with something....tragically funny....I suppose that's the word for it. If it were ever made into a film or skit of some sort, I suppose it would fall under the category of "dramedy". ANYWAY!

Yesterday was a surreal day. I got locked in my own bathroom. Yep you read that right. I got stuck/locked in the damn bathroom. FOR TWO HOURS. Now, this being the PHilippines, the humidity level is high and therefore, when I got out of that bathroom, after trying to use pliers and several screws to bash the door in, I was physically soaking wet. My shins were sweaty. Aside from that, when they (C and my lovely best friend Em who is also my neighbor) bashed in the door, I hid behind the toilet, in the shower, and when the door finally went down, I jumped for joy, got my shorts caught on the faucet in the shower, and the entire thing came off, which spouted water everywhere.

In hindsight, it is HILARIOUS. At the time, my elation was deflated as quickly as it came.

Anyway, moving on. It's Monday, it's a new week, a happy time, beginnings, etc. So looking forward to this week, these are my general plans:

1) to finish writing the story for my friend, who I'm teaming up with to write that weird children's story...I owe him the other half...and I WILL EDIT IT!;

2) Help my friend/bandmate put on a fundraising gig for her dad byt confirming the bands by end of the week, fingers crossed;

3) To confirm all the meeting details for the Art weekends at C's resto, the little project I'm doing for him;

4) To follow up with all the job opportunities that are coming my way, projects and whatnot;

5) Keep on with the band, and make sure everything's cool with that and come up with lyrics for one song;

6) Try not to sleep at work (hehehehe);

7) Try to keep my head for two weeks til I hear from that job.....man I really want it!

8) Relax for the upcoming long weekend. :)

I'm thinking of bringing my laptop to work. I don't know if that's a good idea, if I have to commute to work. Hmmm...If it's one of those days I'm riding with C then maybe. I think I can get more things done that way and I can also transfer all my files from my office computer to my laptop already. NICE.

I'm sorry to be such a grumpyburg today. I'm just not up to being too happy. I suppose I'm also tired with the bit of drinking I had last night with friends. I swear, I need to keep off the juice for a while. I should be happy about being able to organise my bookshelves into a more presentable state! And that I managed to fit all of them in...wow yeah. That really was a feat. And I couldn't believe I'd read all those books (though I was proud too hehehehe). I should take a picture and put it up here.

As of now, this picture will keep me happy for the rest of the day, and hopefully make me forget I don't have running water at home until that stupid faucet is fixed.

Aaah my kittens. The one in the back is my little boy Panthro, and the one stretching itself out there in the foreground is my little girl Katara. They make my life happier. :)

Dreary Monday

Not only is it Monday, it is one dreary, rainy one. I wish it were one of those rainy days that is comforting (if there is such a day), or one that makes you happy it is raining. Today isn't just one of those days. It's just a dreary, gray and near depressing day. And a Monday to top it all off.

At least the weekend was fun. I had a great lunch yesterday with my two best friends, Miao and Vildebeest. We just went nuts over foie gras and steak and duck comfit and freshly grated black truffle on our risotto and ohlord, all the other yummy things that we ordered!!! This was in direct celebration of Miao's birthday, which will be tomorrow. :) An early celebration with the girlies which continued on from the restaurant to my favorite bookstore to cupcakes for the win. YUM YUM YUM. I haven't had that much fun in a while without C.

It's nice to get back to my touchstones, and these ladies are definitely my touchstones. I have a tattoo of this on my back as a testament of our trio and friendship. I put it in the middle of my back to respresent that they are my anchors, my "default setting", my touchstones.

That was my 5th tattoo. In the middle of my back. Thought it was the best place to put something that represents the 2 people in the world who are my anchors. When all boyfriends and jobs and families get in the way and make me nuts, they are the two people I run to for everything and they know me better than anyone else in this world.

Today I am promising myself that I will continue on with my story with a friend of mine. We're going to try and get this sucker out in time for Christmas so we can sell it!

I'm also in the middle of trying to organize a tattoo night in C's resto/bar with another artist friend of mine who also tattoos. She, along with this guy who's going to illustrate the book I'm writing (it's really a collaboration) and another group of artists (weewilldoodle.com) will be marking up the walls in C's resto/bar. I'm Ms. Coordinator for the project, amongst others. So I will now need to get off the blogging and send an email.

There, that helped pick my spirits up a bit! :)

The weekend is still in my head...

...and it is MONDAY!

I don't know. I think it's that point in my tenure here in my company that I just can't take anyone here seriously. I don't trust anyone, I don't like hanging out with them, and I know that most are backstabbers. I try and stay away from all gossip as much as I can, but sometimes it's hard not to get sucked in, especially at lunch. They're all nice, but c'mon, everyone can be nice for at least an hour long stretch at a time. I don't know. Just making my way to work is making me tired. Knowing I have to get up just to get to work here makes me tired. I've tried all the little "reward point" system to incentivize (is there such a word?) myself into getting back into the groove I should be in to do a good job, but now matter how many times I make a lovely poached egg (and my lord is it lovely) with toasted-just-right bread, I still can't make myself get up and go.

How yummy does this look?!

I am also on tenterhooks about several projects on my plate which I hope will work...or at the very least help me pad my savings account a bit.

The one thing I AM looking forward to is to getting back into drumming (FINALLY!) after nearly a month of not playing! GRRR!!! My arms and legs are itching with beats to play! So tonight, I'm happy to announce, I will be back in my drum stool with my friends pounding away!!! And it's for my uh, sorta new old band.

Ok ok...I must back up and explain. About 3 years ago, 3 of my girlfriends decided to make a band together. So we did. Unfortunately, one of them was relocated to Vietnam shortly after for a 2 year stint. Now she's back and we can get on rock n'rolling :)

I also need to wake up early (or semi early) tomorrow to close my bank accounts. My current bank is absolutely the PITS in service and with the nonexistent internet banking. URRRG. I don't see why they have to advertise how good they are when it doesn't exist. They should aas the customers! But maybe there AREN'T any customers satisfied enough to ASK.....hmmm!! Anyway, I'm moving all (which is admittedly not much) stuff over to their competitor! HA! TAKE THAT BDO! PFFFFFRRRBT! :)

PLEASE DO NOT BRING YOUR BUSINESS TO THIS BANK!!!!! THEY REALLY TRULY SUCK!!!!


Anyway, I like what I have packed for dinner (sardines...YUM!) and I can't wait to see my gurlies later. This is going to be fun...for a Monday! :)