Old Enough to Know Better

chopsticks na lang. walang candles e

24 October 2008. No travel for me this time. So I thought of celebrating with friends at our new house. The original plan was for me to spend the day pampering myself but unforeseen events prompted a sleepover. And because its a Friday, everyone agreed.

So after spending the first part of the day (12AM to be exact) washing utensils I used while preparing sushi and crema de graham and answering text messages and phone calls from family and friends who wished me well on my birthday, I spent the rest snoozing til almost noon to prepare for my anticipated appointment with the masseuse.

My visitors arrived at dinner time and the party didn't start until well after 12AM of October 25 because we had to wait for 3 more people. So most of the waiting time was spent walking around Camazotz' plaza, eating sushi and drinking coffee while Lani and Goi were glued to their favorite soap opera. So when we finally started the candle-blowing and drinking, it was already the 25th, hours past my birthday.

Nonetheless, the whole get-together was one for the books. Its been a while since we did something like this, so we talked and laughed and exchanged updates til the wee hours of the morning. If we offended our neighbors, I wouldn't know (we didn't receive any memo) and I couldn't care less. :p We were so engrossed that we didn't notice that it was already 5AM.

The day went on despite an hour's sleep for another celebration with the family. And though I was feeling on the verge of dropping to the floor because of lack of sleep, they still urged me to make sushi (they really loved it). But before I did hit the sack, I went for a haircut and a foot spa to cap my birthday celebration. :)

To those who remembered, a BIG THANKS! Hope all your wishes for me will come true. And to those who forgot, like I always say, there's always next year... And if you want to know how old I am, please refer to this album's title. :)

Creative Ways To Play PS2

One Monday morning, my sister and I left my brother and his friends sleeping in the living room of our house during one of their weekend visits to us. They spent the night and the rest of the early morning watching movies and playing PS2. They left us a thank you note scrawled in 3/4 roll of tissue and we found the house in order. A week after, these photos surfaced on their friendster accounts. Can't help but post it here, nakakatuwa kasi. I can't believe they thought of this concept for a photo-op.

The House on Planet Camazotz

Woohoo! I'm back! Finally! Connected again with the rest of cyberspace. As promised, here are photos of our new place. Kinda colorful ei?

Wonder about the title? Got it from Madeleine L'Engle's A Wrinkle in Time where there's a dark planet called Camazotz and all the houses in that planet look the same. That's how it is in this subdivision. Anyway, this ain't Camazotz inside, thanks to Ms. Mervick and Archt. Rosbie. Don't bother asking about the outside. It's screaming orange, for pete's sake! Ask those who already dropped by.

Anyway, as they say in MTV, welcome to my crib. ;p

Homesick

I've been to a lot of places, and I've spent a lot of nights away from home, but I've never really felt this far away.  Moving out of my parents' house has always been something I meant to do, something I thought I'm so capable of doing despite some minor disabilities (I don't know how to cook and hate doing housework). Moving out seems like making a statement in a society that is known for its close-knit family ties, where getting married and having your own family seems the only valid reasons for someone to move out of their parents' house.

But I'm not married, and though I'm moving to a new house with my sister who is equally incapable (though not entirely) of cooking and doing housework, it feels like I'm moving out alone. I miss a lot of things, like the noise of my old neighborhood and its familiarity, the internet and cable (where we're moving, connections such as these are still pending), playing PS2 with my brother and hearing the noise of the electric guitar when he's practicing, my old bed and pillows, my mother's cooking and the baon she makes for me, and a lot more things, though mundane, which made my life comfortable.  I especially miss my parents, my brother, and my lolo.

So coming back today from an office-related travel in Aurora, I thought I'd drop by to see the "old house."  It will be a week tomorrow since my sister and I moved to our new place. After dropping by some pasalubong, I went back to my old room to catch a nap. It was the best sleep I've had since we moved out.  Now I'm thinking of staying here for the night. My lolo is even hinting that I stay. He sort of misses us I think.

But then again, some things need getting used to, so I must soon leave after posting this and after eating sisig which my mother just bought from a carinderia in our neighborhood.  The new neighborhood is not really a bad place and the house, though small, looks really nice (from the inside that is).  I know I have yet to post the photos but that's for another time. I'll just attach two photos here of my favorite parts of the house in the meantime.

Like I said, its not a bad neighborhood, though I have yet to officially meet the neighbors.  I've only met one yet, and he lives in another block and he offered to carry my luggage last Thursday while walking to the subdivision gate. He also paid for the tricycle fare. Not bad for a neighbor, huh?

Oh well, I have to end this now before I get too addicted. I'll just blog the details when I got locked inside the house and had to get out of the window another time.

Lock Jaw Girl

http://misterhubs.blogspot.com/2008/07/lock-jaw-girl.html
Of all the signature poses one can think of, I can't figure out why she thought of this one. Nakakangawit ha. :p

Midnight Craving

It so sucks to crave for something you know won't find in your fridge. And it gets more depressing when you know you won't be able to find it in nearby stores, either because it's just not available or it's that time of the day that stores are already closed. In my case it's both.

I just got back from the kitchen after rummaging the fridge and this big old tupperware of my mother where she stores all the good stuff--junk food, bread, instant noodles--thinking that I'll find a bar of snickers, a Pan de Manila cheesestick, or the honey spread from Bohol still undisturbed from its usual place. Fully aware that no good food lasts forever in our kitchen, I know I just imagined all these stuff out of hunger. But when you're craving, there's just this need to make sure that what you so most want is not really there... a sort of assurance so you'll force yourself to be content with something else.

And because I have a stomach to calm down, I searched for something else. But despite the pack of chicharon, siopao, iced tea, coke, biscuits, sisig and a few more unhealthy food beckoning to be eaten, I ended up with a mug of coffee and a cheez whiz-filled sandwich. For all my impossible wants, I ended up eating the most available items in everyone's kitchen.

Not bad for a first meal of the day eh?  Kinda early for breakfast I know, but after all, it's already past midnight and my next meal will probably be eaten around lunch time.

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• sex (4x)
• dead (2x)
• drugs (1x)

I never thought I wrote sex four times! And I thought I was wholesome.

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Conferencing

Browsing through my message archives, I found this conversation which took place a long time ago.  Sorry if not all of you can relate, usapang lasing kasi. hehehe.

Rona: bakit??!!
Rya: at bakit ka nakikipagconference?
jomar sadie: kinucold treatment nyo ko eh...
jomar sadie: lol
Rya: cold treatment ka jan.
Rona: hahaha! cra ka talaga..
jomar sadie: ROTFL
jomar sadie: awkward silence!
jomar sadie: ron, dumami yung kanin noh?
jomar sadie: dumami yung kanin noh?
jomar sadie: jom, dumami yung kanin noh?
jomar sadie: rya, dumami yung kanin noh?
Rona: hahahaha!
jomar sadie:lol
Rona: lol
Rona: ROTFL
jomar sadie: rona: dumami ung kanin noh?
jomar sadie: ....
jomar sadie: rona: jom dumami ung kanin no?
jomar sadie: jom: ok lang.
Rya: ROTFL
jomar sadie: everybody:.....
Rona: lol
Rya: rya: saging o......  deadma......  deadma
jomar sadie: UST!
jomar sadie: Edu: correct!
jomar sadie: Everybody: (kanya-kanyang tawa)!
Rya: lol
jomar sadie: ROTFL
jomar sadie: mahina kasi ung boses mo!
Rya: rona: bakit bumubula yun atchara?..... tingin lang.
Rona: ROTFL
Rona: deadma!!
jomar sadie: ROTFL
Rona: pa at ma..
jomar sadie: rona: bakit bumbula ung atchara?
Rya: ......
Rona: ROTFL
jomar sadie: rona: di kaya ako mamatay nyan, rona: bakit bumbula ung atchara?
jomar sadie: expiry.
jomar sadie: jom: la naman nkalagay sa expiration.
jomar sadie: Zzzz
Rona: NR mga pipol ngayon..
Rona: #:-S
jomar sadie: zzzzz

The NERBAC-CL Love Seat

Dito madalas tumambay ang mga NERBAC pips kapag inaantok, nagchi-chillout at syemps pag nagpapa-picture. Sofa moments. hehe.

Sunrise and Sunset in Bohol

My trip wouldn't be complete without seeing one beautiful sunset or sunrise and making sure that it is well documented. Good thing I was able to take shots before my digicam totally broke down (CCD problem according to a Canon employee). Poor camera, must have taken such a beating. I need to have it fixed before the next outing. And yes, I woke up early to see the sunrise.

Panglao and Balicasag Islands

March 30-April 1, 2008. We stayed in Dumaluan Beach Resort in Panglao Island but we also walked to nearby Bohol Beach Club for some of our photo-ops. We missed riding the banana boat by about ten minutes since the office at Bohol Beach Club closed down minutes before we got there, so we just experimented on kung-fu fighting scenes and buried my brother in the sand. On our first day in the island we also went dolphin watching before heading to Balicasag Island to snorkel and swim. I wish some days wouldn't end. I really miss Bohol (sigh).

Chocolate Hills in Bohol

March 29, 2008. I thought it would be possible to climb one of the hills thinking it was small. I was wrong. So we just flew over them instead. :p Yup, we flew (hehehe). No photoshop editing here, just camera tricks.