Dreams

In line with my post yesterday...

What Your Dreams Mean...

Your dreams seem to show that you're a bit disturbed... but nothing serious. You may have a problem you're trying to work out in your sleep. Overall, you are very content in your life. Your dreams indicate that you have very conflicted feelings. You have a very vivid imagination and a rich creative mind.

What Do Your Dreams Mean?

Weird Night

Super antok ako ngayon. I woke up in the middle of the night dahil ang sakit ng tiyan ko. I don't know what time that was because I hate looking at the time when I wake up at an ungodly hour. Ayoko kasi malaman kung ilang oras na lang ang itutulog ko bago ko gumising ulit. Anyway, I went to the bathroom twice pero wala naman. So weird! When I finally went back to dreamland napanaginipan kong buntis ako haha! I was with another pregnant lady - I can't remember na who she is. Basta we were at the hospital at the same time and if I remember correctly I had the feeling na the father of our babies is one and the same. Nung time na para pumunta sa delivery room biglang I was with Joema na and we were going down a flight of stairs. At ang lola nyo naka-high heels pa! I had to tell Joema to stop and take off my heels. Pagdating sa delivery room the metals of my braces were popping out (I had braces in my dream). Nung chineck ng doctor sabi nya it was because my tongue was swollen. Weird dahil my mouth was bleeding. If the braces were the ones popping out of my mouth where did the blood come from? If you've worn braces you'll know na the metal is glued to your teeth so san galing yung dugo unless ipin ko yung natatanggal sa panaginip ko. Pero I don't think that is dahil little pieces yung nakukuha ko...or were those chunks of my teeth? Anyways, I knew I was bleeding only because there were trickles of blood on Joema's khaki jacket that I was holding pala. The doctor told the nurse to put a spoon in my mouth. Kinda like what you do when someone has epileptic seizures. When she got the spoon in my mouth my alarm went off and I had to wake up na. Whew! What a night!

On other news (this may be the reason why I dreamt I was pregnant), a few of my friends are either giving birth or have recently found out that they're pregnant. EJ and Allie are about to give birth this September, Valerie is 10 weeks preggo while Rhoda recently "passed" the pregnancy test. I'm wishing them all well...spread the good genes!

The Cross

Evan Almighty

Have you watched the movie? Here are my favorite quotes from the movie.

God: Let me ask you something. If someone prays for patience, you think God gives them patience? Or does he give them the opportunity to be patient? If he prayed for courage, does God give him courage, or does he give him opportunities to be courageous? If someone prayed for the family to be closer, do you think God zaps them with warm fuzzy feelings, or does he give them opportunities to love each other?

Evan Baxter: Those aren't in my plans.

God: Your plans, oh (sigh, laugh) your plans!

God: How do we change the world?
Evan Baxter: One single act of random kindness at a time.
God: [spoken while writing A-R-K on ground with a stick] One Act, of, Random, Kindness.

God: Whatever I do, I do because I love you.

Evan Baxter: I know, whatever you do, you do because you love me, right? Do me a favor, love me less.

It's amazing how a simple movie can influence my life. I needed a nudge to remind me that God does love me. I may not understand it fully but He does. I just need to trust Him and let go of all my worries. If someone prays for patience, you think God gives them patience? Or does he give them the opportunity to be patient? I love it!

Quotes from here and here.

Thank you, Egay!

Oooohhh! I'm so happy we're getting off work early because of the typhoon. I'm about ready to curl up in my bed and sleep until tomorrow morning hehehe.

Have a safe weekend everyone!

Cut her some slacks

Have you received this email? When I first received it I thought it was really true. As in nag-reply ako dun sa friend ko after reading "alma mother" at ayoko na tapusin magbasa! Hope you have a good laugh!


We' ve been friends for a long time ago. We come from the same alma mother. Actually, our paths crossed one time on another. But it's only now that I gave him a second look. I realized that beauty is in the eyes. The pulpbits of my heart went fast, really fast. Cute pala siya.

And then, he came over with me. He said, "I hope you don't mine. Can I get your number?" Nag-worry ako. What if he doesn't give it back? He explained naman na it's so we could keep intact daw. Sabi ko, connect me if i'm wrong but are you asking me ouch? Nabigla siya. Sagot niya, The! Aba! Parang siya pa ang galit! Persona ingrata!!! Ang kapal niya! I cried buckles of tears.

Na-guilty yata siya. Sabi niya, isipin mo na lang na this is a blessing in the sky. Irregardless daw of his feelings, we'll go ouch na rin. Now, we're so in love. Mute and epidemic na ang past. Thanks God we swallowed our fried. Kasi, I'm 33 na and I'm running our time. After 2 weeks, he plopped the question. "Will you marriage me?" I'm in a state of shocked. Kasi mantakin mo, when it rains, it's four! This is true good to be true. So siyempre, I said yes. Love is a many splendor.

Pero nung inaayos ko na ang aming kasal, everything swell to pieces. Nag-di-dinner kami noon nang biglang sa harap ng aming table, may babaeng humirit ng, "Well, well, well. Look do we have here." What the fuss! The nerd ng babaeng yon! She said they were still on. So I told her, whatever is that, cut me some slacks! I didn't want this to get our hand kaya I had to sip it in the bud. She accused me of steeling her boyfriend. Ats if! I don't want to portrait the role of the other woman. Gosh, tell me to the marines! I told her, "please, mine you own business!" Who would believe her anyway?

Dahil it's not my problem anymore but her problem anymore, tumigil na rin siya ng panggugulo. Everything is coming up daisies. I'm so happy. Even my boyfriend said liketwice. He's so supportive. Sabi niya, "Look at is this way. She's our of our lives."

Kaya advise ko sa inyo - take the risk. You can never can tell. Just burn the bridge when you get there. Life is shorts. If you make a mistake, we'll just pray for the internal and external repose of your soul. I second emotion.

Teka hindi pa tapos. May second part pa! Emailed by a different friend.

I thought Jay's ex-girlfriend was really out of our lives. But heaven only goes that I was wrong. Kakakasal pa lang namin nun when Jay received a uninamous text. "Meet me at the clinic." I had a stinking feeling in my butt. I told him not to go. It might in danger him. Pero sabi niya, ok lang daw because life is what we make. Tumahimik lang ako. Sabi niya, "Penny for you talks." But I didn't know what to say. Beggars can't be losers. Isa pa, worried talaga ako na baka yung girl yun. Jay said, "Can't got your tongue?" I tried to smile at him. Kahit di ako nagsalita, actions speak louder than works, di ba?

Be that as is may, umalis pa rin siya. I was out of the loophole. After a few hours, I called him on his cellphone. But my calls fell on Jeff's ears. Lalo akong nag-worry kasi I didn't even know Jeff. Sabi na nga ba di na dapat umalis si Jay. That's what I'm talking about it.

So I tried calling some friends who will help me find Jay. That's what friends are for naman di ba? But I just faced a blank mall. I had to do this alone. Nag-taxi na lang ako. Pero ang mahal na pala ng plug down rate.

When I got to the clinic, the security was really buffed up. Di basta-basta makakapasok. So I said, "I beg your cordon. I'm patient. It's my favorite virtue nga e.Nagduda yata yung isang guard. Hinawakan ako sa arm. The nerd! I shouted, "Don't touch me not!" Buti na lang the other guards were nice and said, "Come on, let's join us."

When I went inside, parang I've been there, done there. Nung walang nakatingin, nag-explore ako. Nakarating ako sa top floor and I had a bird's IQ of the clinic. I could not explain it but I was drawn to a room on the floor. Siguro Divine Intermission na yun.

Parang may narinig akong umuungol. I was thorn. Di ko alam kung aalis ba ako o papasukin ko. It made me stick in the stomach to think that Jay and his ex-girlfriend were there. I tried to tell myself to slower my expectations. But to tell with it! I had to strike while the iron is not. I had to hear the truth from the corpse's mouth. I barraged in. O my gas! Si Jay, naka-strap sa operating table, parang genie pig sa isang nakakatakot na experiment. He was on the cutting edge. He was bleeding. At ang doctor na nagpapahirap sa kanya, ang ex-girlfriend niya at ang bago nitong boyfriend, ang nurse na si Walter. Doon ko napatunayang blood is thicker than Walter.

Guess watch? Di ko alam kung paano ko nagawa pero I was able to search and rescue Jay. Siguro adrenaline brush na yun.

Now, he's recovering. Nag-sorry siya na hindi siya nakinig sa akin. I know it's a better pill to swallow your pride so it's forgive and forget me not. All swell that end swell. I know we should kiss and put on makeup.

Ang ex-girlfriend naman niya at si Walter, nakakulong na. Detention is really better than cure. So the moral of the lesson is: if symptoms persist, insult your doctor.

BWAHAHAHAHAHA

Survey

Tagged by EJ. Rules: Once you've been tagged, you must answer all the questions in the survey. As much as possible, have specific answers! This way, your friends might learn a thing or two about you! After answering and posting this survey, tag 3-4 of your friends!

1. Give five possible names you could have been given as a child.
These are justs wild guesses. Ang co-corny!
a. Arthur Jr.
b. Teresita Jr.
c. Art-Te
d. Maria Teresa
e. Therese

2. Give three of the best years of your life and explain why.
a. 2000 – the year I graduated from college, I had my first job and I fell in love with the man in my life
b. 2005 – the year I first traveled out of the country
Yun lang ata. Imagine I can’t even think of another year in my life that I think is the best. What have I been doing?!?!?!

3. Tell about your fondest memory with your friends.
High School friends – overnight sa bahay nila Leda and hitting each with water balloons (they all thought I would get angry when they hit me and my shirt color turned to pink because of the red crepe paper hanging); overnight sa bahay nila Bang and taking pictures na tipong nasa studio
College friends – overnight sa bahay namin for studying or movie marathon (happy thoughts)
Work friends – trying out flyfish sa Galera, shopping in HK, spelunking sa Sagada

4. Name five of your favorite colors
a. green
b. blue
c. brown
d. pink
e. white

5. Five of your favorite foods
a. hipon (sinigang, halabos, gambas, at kahit na ano pang luto)
b. fried chicken
c. salmon sashimi
d. california maki
e. egg (scrambled, sunny side up, hard boiled)

6. Five favorite movies
a. 50 First Dates
b. Sound of Music
c. Chocolat
d. How to Lose a Guy in 10 days
e. 300

7. What was one crazy thing you've always wanted to do in school, but haven't gotten around to doing? Given the chance, would you still do it? Run during the Oblation run? Or have sex at the lagoon? Ahahaha Maybe get drunk and attend class.

8. If you could have one feasible wish come true, what would it be? Travel around the world

9. Three favorite actors and five favorite actresses
Actors
a. Ewan McGregor
b. Leonardo DiCaprio
c. Vic Zhou (hahahaha)
Actress
a. Jennifer Aniston
b. Drew Barrymore
c. Kate Winslet
d. Meryl Streep
e. Reese Witherspoon

10. Give fifteen random facts about yourself!!
a. I love big umbrellas with corporate logos.
b. I was once in a movie (extra lang po)
c. I was an achiever as a student (ngayon hindi na hahahaha)
d. I would love it if I have a talent like singing, dancing or drawing.
e. I’m so impressed with people who can really write well and are articulate speakers.
f. My shoe size is 5.
g. I used to envy my classmates who have notebooks bought at school, yung may official logo. Yung sa akin kasi ordinary lang na merit notebook.
h. In Grade School, I used to cry when classes are suspended.
i. I love arranging travel plans for me and my friends (or family). I’m their official travel planner.
j. I have two credit cards – BPI Petron Mastercard and Citibank Clear Mastercard.
k. I prefer wet rainy days than hot humid days.
l. I have my cellphone alarm at 5:45am to wake me up but I press the snooze button 3 times before finally waking up at 6am.
m. I started hating celebrating my birthday when I was 22 years old. I hate the fact that I get older every time I have my birthday haha!
n. I wore braces all throughout college. They were removed before our graduation picture were taken.
o. I don’t like milk.
p. I can roll my tongue.

I'm tagging Abbie, Karen, Tin and Louise.

Makati, Beyond and Back

I left for Makati a few minutes past 6pm last Friday. By 7pm I was waiting at Watsons at Enterprise for Janice. We were supposed to have dinner at Amici (near Don Bosco) with Mands, Jose, Charline, Allan, Steve and Penny. Mands even texted that they are about to leave their office in 10 minutes. And so we left Enterprise thinking we’ll have dinner in a few minutes. Our route was supposed to be this (see the blue line):



From Mands’ instruction, we’re to park at Walter Mart because parking is free there for Amici patrons. From Amorsolo we turned right, and where do we end up:



Skyway! For crying out loud! Wahahahaha! And we weren’t the only one lost …there was a Honda CRV in front of us slowing down when we reached the ramp. Looks like the driver, like us, was trying to find a way out. Hay naku! I was texting Mands na sa Tagaytay na lang kami mag-dinner. As in serious ako ha! I was worried that the traffic going back to Makati would be so heavy that we’ll end up arriving there after they had dinner. Actually our benchmark was if Penny arrives first before us super natagalan na talaga kami (Penny was coming from another dinner party so she arrived late). Another funny thing was Janice didn’t have enough cash with her. The Skyway toll was P85 one way! Nung pabalik na kami I had to pay half of the toll fee coz she paid for the fee coming from Makati. Well, actually I should really pay for half dahil libre na nga yung sakay ko sa kanya. Sabi nya buti na lang daw kasama nya ko dahil kung hindi dadaan sya ng traffic dahil kulang ang cash nya na mag-Skyway ulit. Tsk! Libre nga dinner namin (thanks to Jose, Mands and Steve!!!) kaso naglabas din kami ng pera dahil sa Skyway hahahaha! Kakaibang adventure talaga yun! More pictures of our adventure and dinner here.

Again Again

Bakit ba ang hirap-hirap mag-lose ng weight! Pakshet! I was down to 100lbs in November last year tapos ngayon….grrrr@&#$!?@?!!! Now, I have to be at the gym 4x a week just to lose weight plus I have to go back to my diet. Argh! Bakti ba ang sarap kasi kumain?!?!?!? Tell me!!! Huway!?!?!?! Pwede bang kumain ng masarap pero di mag-gain ng weight? Pwede bang kumain ng marami tapos i-lose yung na-gain na weight sa exercise lang? Bakit ba hindi pwedeng exercise lang? Bakit kailangang samahan ng right diet!?!?! Sige na crucify me I’m vain! Kasi naman ang weird ng body structure ko! I’m petite, small legs, small waist, small boobs din tapos laki ng arms. Nakaka-frustrate! When I start dieting the first one na lumiliit is my abdomen. Stubborn part talaga yung arms. Kahit ano ata gawin ko di liliit ang arms ko unless ipa-lipo ko which will cost me P5000 per session. Mga ilang session kaya ‘to? Or I can just accept the fact na pangit talaga ng arms ko. That’s more affordable ahahahaha.

We.Baby Shower.Wii

Saturday was EJ’s baby shower. Was able to see them all again after a few months. Almost all of Joema’s college friends (and my friends na rin) are married and starting their families. EJ and TJ are the fourth pair to welcome their little bundle of joy (EJ is due in September). First were Mek and Joy with Kyla, then Michelle and Bong with Yuri, then Heili and Tric with Luigi. Well, it’s about time we welcome a new baby because Luigi is turning three in January already. We’re still waiting for Jo to get pregrant (she and David got married last December).

There were games during the shower and one of them was you have to taste the baby food and guess the flavor. I was one of the (un)fortunate contestants. I don’t like baby food, it’s gross haha. EJ received lots of gifts. I don’t even know what most of them are for.

After the shower, we played poker and wii at Tric’s place. I love wii ahahahaha! I was the first one to lose at poker so was able to play wii all by myself. I had fun playing bowling and tennis (with TJ, he was the second one out). My highest score in bowling was 193. So much higher than my score in real-life bowling hehehe. TJ and I were trying to beat Patrick’s highest score of 214. Tsk, we weren’t successful. In tennis, I was having a hard time doing the back hand. I must admit I’m no Maria Sharapova =P

By the way, I haven’t been updating this blog as much but I’m uploading pics in my multiply so check that out.

Ramblings on Joema

Joema and I have been spending a lot of time together for the last two weeks or so. Yes we’re not like other fortunate couples who get to see each other daily. We’re able to go out during weekdays because he’s not on graveyard shift for the time being because he’s back in training as I’ve mentioned before. Plus we’re lucky our offices are near each other – dalawang mall lang ang pagitan. Like most of you we’re done watching the big movies for summer (in the States) – Harry Potter 5, The Simpsons and Ratatouille. Most of the time we just eat dinner (sa foodcourt para tipid haha!) and “people-watch”. Last night he was teaching me the postal codes of the 50 states. Hirap nung mga letter M’s ha nakakalito!

The point of this post? Wala lang. I just want to savor these days na hindi sya panggabi at hindi baligtad ang schedules namin. Next week he’ll have a new sched and supposedly graveyard shift na ulit.