The Grief

when it comes to grief and sorrow, i tend to keep it private. but i'm not a hypocrite so i admit that i need all the kindness you conveyed. and all your kindness and sympathy combined span decades. from childhood friends to constant relatives, to those across the miles, to pre.school, to cic, to stc, to jollibee, to usp, to college special mention to forward publication and STC, to bigfoot, to jobs in between, to playtech, to family and relatives, to neighbors, to loved ones across the miles, to captain awesome and his family and to right now where all of you are a part of, THANK YOU.

Of Heavy Rains and Torrential Blessings

I’m blessed with a family who can laugh then cry in an instant or do both at the same time.

I’m blessed with life partners who are always there ASAP, in kindness and in presence, with or without me asking, to make me laugh and to make me feel certain that there will never be a lonely day, ever, no matter what.

I’m blessed that my dad, my mom, my siblings and I have about forty-six thousand friends combined, who flooded the household because of the rain.

I'm blessed with a boss who believes in respite with pay. :)

I’m blessed with relatives whose loving words from across the miles or their mere presence alone, settle like a comforting blanket, if not for everyone then for someone, and there's always someone.

I’m blessed that I have 3 living rooms of solace, and 4 bedrooms for drunken, dreamless or weepy sleep.

And I'm blessed with my very own personal, sexy-smelling broad shoulders to rest on, big, manly hands to hold and two strong arms that I can always wrap around me anytime I want to. An awesome man who dropped everything else in an instant and became in charge.

They say "thank you" isn't appropriate for a time like this. So I'll just say I love you. And you know who you are!

Sunday Bloody Sunday

I was pretty upset earlier when I heard the neighbor's pigs wailing in agony while being slaughtered. But now I'm practically drooling over the mouth-watering aroma of the murdered ones as they are slowly roasting over open pit! Lechon literally is a GUILTY PLEASURE!

Skimboarding Catastrophe

Don't ever attempt at skimboarding when you've:

a. never done it before, ever
b. your butt is the size of Africa
c: you've drunk 2.5 liters of redhorse, 3 bottles of san mig light and one tall glass of Jaegerbomb (jaegermeister + 1 bottle of Red Bull) all in one afternoon.
d. all of the above

Obviously, I picked "d. all of the above" even before I learned about a. b. and c.

Look what it got me: partial amnesia about the experience, can only remember trying to wrestle a kid's skimboard away from him so I could give it a go. A stiff neck, a broken big toenail hanging by a thread and a very sore butt.

Oh, but I remember this clearly: laughing like a hyena whenever I crash landed! Which was in ALL 3 or 4 attempts!

Let's Take It Outside!

Cause you feel like paradise and I need a vacation tonight!

Sadly, I'm still catching up with overdue work stuff on a sunny Saturday. While I'm tapping away on the keyboard, my mind keeps on flashing images of tiny blue and white and sparkly tropical islands and the other matter. So I'm taking my work to an outdoorsy resto-bar. I don't know how this will solve my concentration issues but it seems the best thing to do right now.

The Party Animal Wants to be Unleashed on a High Noon

Soooo busy alternating between a DIY Landscaping article and SEO Project Management. Then suddenly Crash Bandicoot starts winking at me from underneath the TV stand! Plus I can smell ice-cold beer from the store half a kilometer away! Loud R&B music not helping to quell my urges, either. Ooooooh!

Hag and Hagger

I haven't been outdoors in days! So I decided to go to the back area of my apartment and soak in some sun for a bit. I saw my neighbor. She looked so startled but quickly recovered and gave me a friendly wave. I waved back and said hello. After a few minutes, I went back inside, skipped the living room and went straight to the bedroom. I passed by the mirror, absent-mindedly glancing at myself along the way and then I mentally screamed: AAAAAAAAAAAA! So that explains the startled look! Hahahaha!