another reason to quit smoking

during one of our fellowship with the brods, the topic was smoking, we were teasing one who was trying to quit, one brod said "why quit smoking? we'll die anyway, let's go out in style. i blurted out, when i was married, i didn't smoke and the brod we were teasing laughed and said, "when i was married, i was smoking, because i didn't have a reason to live, now that i'm not, i have more reason to live"

the cheapest gas

i always buy from the cheapest gas station. why? yes because i'm cheap and more imprtantly, to encourage other businessmen to sell cheap, it's like a reward to those who does, i'll do my share

even if it's just a few centavos, like 12 centavos cheaper is like how much for a 50 liter tank? and 5 pesos? that's about 2 sticks of cigarettes

low iq

i got this while browsing myspace ""i'm the type of Girl who will burst out Laughing in Dead Silence at something that happened Yesterday!!! "

my initial reaction was, "you think that's cool?, that means slow ka hija!!"

one more reason

there is one more reason for me not to vote for a certain individual come election time, and that is, i will not vote for a person who have started campaigning years before the actual election (BF sounds familiar?)

ps - i only exercised my right to vote once, and that was during senatorial election back when i was still in college, lost my appetite for that

migrating

i chatted with an old friend the other night, he's in Canada, he, his wife and together with many of our friends and their love ones migrated there years back. he then asked me if i still had no plans of going there, without blinking an eye i said "no"

there are many reasons why i don't want to leave the country, which for me, is still a lot better. and people who have migrated to other countries would almost always give that perception that it is a lot better there

i'll stay here because i believe and i'm confident that i can make it here

i don't want to come home for funerals, just like what happened to others

i don't really like the feeling of being subjected to racism, experienced it, damn i hated it

here i can still hire house helps, there i have to be filthy rich to be able to do that

i want to be close to my daughter as much as possible, physically at least

i love this country so much that i felt that some has to stay to make things work

i will never leave, well maybe i will if i am forced to become a war refugee (knock on wood)

getting out of a God awful stinking mess

what's the first think you do if you get into a mess? in my case i make sure i cover the basics first

example, when me and ex separated, i lost my job, i have a child to support and i have bills to pay, first order of the day for me then was find a job so i'll have resources to support myself and my child, it lessens the load and covering the basics makes sure that problems does not add up. what do i mean? if i don't have a job and income, then that means my child could get sick and i don't have money for her needs, that's another problem, if i don't have a job then that means debt would sky rocket, that's another problem

get it?

what's happening with kids today?

i would take my nephew and daughter as examples, i don't think kids today show enough respect to their elders, they are like brats who've been pampered for so long, i was disappointed

i then i asked my mom, "was i like that when I was a kid?", is it payback time?

it's like math

driving is like math, it's about calculation and practice

photography is also like math, it's trial and error and practice as well

i need a cure

what's the cure for laziness? I have so much to do but can't seem to find the motivation

you'll have your share ...

i noticed my nephew staying up late and listening to love songs (emote mode), seems like he's not yet over his first heartache...

my dear nephew, you heart will be broken and you will break hearts, either way it doesn't feel good

it's ok, heartache is a part of life, it makes us stronger

one

i keep one mobile phone so i don't have 2 numbers

i keep one credit card, i don't need more

i keep one car, expensive to maintain more than one, maybe in the future i will

i joined only one fraternity

i will only have one citizenship

in the UAAP I will have loyalty to only one school

and i will keep my faith to only one God

i wish

i wish i had this level of maturity 10 years ago

things i use my phone on...

sending text messages

taking and making calls

the calendar for my schedules

the alarm clock

calculator from time to time

that's the wrong reason bro!

a brother is in distress, his gf, who's a single mom is pregnant... and she wants them to get married, and the brother wants because she pity the girl

you marry someone because you see yourself growing old with that person, not because of pity!

things i look forward to

enrolling in a cooking class...

my own business...

my daughter's 18th birthday...

grandchildren??!!!

success & happiness...


ps - and maybe getting married again :-P

things i want to do (this year)

start a new hobby, photography

go to different place to shoot (with my camera)

throw a very nice birthday party for my daughter...

things i have learned to accept

change.. eventhough i don't enjoy it

that i might grow old alone

that my daughter doesn't show the same affection to me as to her mom

I had another great weekend

my saturdays are more hectic and tiring than that of my weekdays. Last saturday, I had 4 "appointments"
...9am I was playing airsoft until around 3pm
... by 430pm, I attended the 1st birthday of one of my godsons
... 730pm i was relaxing
... 12midnight until around 130pm, had a nightcap with a bottle of sanmig light with my fellow alumnus

it was tiring, but i'm not complaining

College Basketball

I never got tired and I haven't outgrown (I think I'll never will) college basketball. UAAP in particular or any other college league that my school joins. I like it even more than the PBA or even the NBA. I think my love for college basketball (at least in basketball) can only be rivalled by the Philippine team joining international competitions. But the country seldom wins internationally.

Why do I love it? I can think of a number of reasons;

1. I cheer for something I really belong to, not like if you cheer for a pro club but you don't work there or you cheer for a state but you might end up moving. If you graduate from a school, that will never change
2. Players don't get paid (at least that's what I want to believe in), they pay for school pride, they play as if there is no tomorrow and not minding if they get hurt, they give everything, for what? most of the time just pride and bragging rights
3. The passion, the tears and singing your school hymn

Season 71 just started, I got to go, I'll be watching

things that makes me happy

... my daughter
... my family
... my friends
... my brothers
... UST tigers
... bbq and papaitan at country side
... Tucson
... airsoft
.... Fridays, Saturdays, Sundays and holidays

things I'm no longer scared of...

... the dark
... dying
... being single
... growing old alone
... the future

things that scare me...

... roaches, spiders, bats, snakes, rats
... global warming
... oil prices
... food crisis
... losing a love one
... violence
... hazing
... having limited choices

things that pisses me off

... meetings that start late
... latecomers
... motorcycle riders counter flowing
... people crossing the streets in front of BIG "no crossing" sign
... government vehicles with "brought to you by name_of_politician" as if they spent their own money on
... government tv advertisement with the president on it or any government official for that matter
... policemen violating traffic rules as if the law doesn't apply to them
... drivers who just cut you
... people who doesn't know how and when to fall in line
... loud cars with loud people
... signs with acronyms like "LIM" Linisin, Ikarangal and Maynila (pwe!)

just to name a few...