love nanaman

there's no such thing as a perfect relationship. wala rin namang perfect love. unless Dyos ka, then perfect love yun. pero dahil pare-pareho lang tayong tao, nagkakamali, nadadapa, at mga papampam, hindi natin kayang abutin ang perfect relationship. no matter how hard we try.

that sucks, i know. para siyang math problem na kahit anong gawin mong compute, hindi mo makuha ng tama. however, from what i've learned, we must learn to look at the big picture. as hard as it is, we need not focus on the minute details of the relationship. minsan kasi sa isa't isa, maraming mga bulilyaso, maraming katarantaduhan, maraming mga bagay na kahit maliit, nakakairita. hindi rin naman mali na magdamdam kapag may nangyaring unusual. kasi parte yun ng relationship. marami diyan, madalas mag-away. pero marami din diyan, sa dalas mag-away, madalas ding nagkakabati. because of this, we might think that we are stuck in a rut -- in a circle that always ends up biting us in the ass. yung tipong kapag narealize mo -- "pucha, ganito nanaman??"
however, what we do, as normal, erring, and emotional individuals is to make the most of the situation.

compromising or not meeting in the middle does not mean we love the person any less. it is inevitable that, we will not agree on some things at all -- walang gustong mag give in. sometimes, too, no one even wants to even hear the other person's side anymore. then again, it doesn't mean we love them any less. it's just that: there's no perfect relationship. we just have to be accepting of those ka-abnormal-an. ang love kasi, napaka weirdo niyan.

you know what, the ugliest and most repulsive trait, when seen through the eyes of love, become beautiful and endearing.

yun lang yun.

antok na ko.

ciao.

merry christmas!

this christmas eve, allow me to give thanks to the wonderful gifts i received.

thank God for the gift of Love. if not for His love, i would have lost my sanity a long, long time ago. thank you, too, for the gift of family and friends -- people who truly love and support me. i would have been content with those two, but the Lord is provident and blessed me still with good health, tolerance, patience, and most importantly, forgiveness. what i lack financially has been well replaced with the gifts of the Spirit. :)

maraming, maraming, maraming salamat po Lord. Ikaw ang nagiisang star ng pasko at ng puso ko :)

to us, a very blessed Christmas!

kailangan

may mangyari.


magtatapos na ang taon. grrr.

pag wala pa rinng nangyayari bago pumatak ang alas diyes ng gabi ng 31st, at tinopak ako, ako mismo ang gagawa ng mangyayari.

pramis yan.

at ang wishlist ko for christmas, ilang beses na kong nagisip, bukod sa laptop/pc, gusto ko ng



HAPPINESS,
PEACE OF
MIND, at CONTINUOUS
GOOD HEALTH.

dun lang Lord, masaya na ko.

jumpy

i've got less than two weeks to turn my life around.

christmas party 09

3rd year in a row. tiendesitas. every year it gets (fill in the blanks).

guess what song.

ice, ice, beybeh!

haha utu uto si lem 

ciao!

canteen + trilogy + park

fernan


canteen


eating won't get you pregnant


see-food diet works


diet makes me do bad, bad things


eating is a way of life


tin, norman, jonel, reg


chocolate souffle and chocnut ice cream... gone in 60 seconds


bryan mannequin


them mannequins


washington sycip park

sharing: when we started taking pictures in the park, a security guard came up to us and asked,
"para saan yan?"
me: "ah wala po, personal lang po."
security guard: "private kasi 'to eh."
me: "ok."

we continued taking pictures and the guard went away.
we posed and we played and we jumped.

then the a-hole guard came back again and said, "BAWAL TUMALON DITO."

what the hell diba? bawal tumalon sa park?! gago.

reg


jonell


bryan


hahahahaha!


MAS HAHAHAHAHAHAHA!

tiendesitas to follow :)

ciao!

i gotta feeling

na malapit na talaga ang pasko hehe.

malamig na kasi namamawis na paa ko hahahaha.

and after four months, napalitan na rin ang banner ko. ano pa kaya ang magandang regalo sa pasko kung hindi.....

.... AKO! 

LOL!

finding chi: one more for the road

i need to find my center soon.

there's just too much in my mind right now and i can't seem to find balance in all of it. there's much to think about, much to ponder on, much to focus my attention on, but the thought process (that is rational) is quite elusive. those that run in my mind are clouded, almost tinged with grey smoke -- laced with perplexity and paranoia, and still, with a streak of assurance. it feels as if i've been floating in suspended animation in the last weeks. 

truth be told, i find it ironic because i know for a fact that i am by myself most of the time and i indulge myself in processing everything that i go through in a day. it's just that, lately, i can't find solace in doing that anymore.

*shoulders droop*

something different

ok, fine! so i've been obsessing about something for the past few weeks.

for a change, it's something tangible. (!!!!!!)

i know, i know.

i need to start saving. "start" being the operative word. 

:)

so who wants a kiss or a hug for a thousand bucks? 

no? 

how 'bout half? 

250?

fine, a hundred!

no takers?

ugh.

ciao!

wondering

i wonder why people's blogs i anonymouslyfollow have been dwindling ever since. i remember having almost a dozen bookmarks of blogs i often read. 

somehow, i blame facebook. and twitter. 

gone are the days when i can spend leisurely hours of reading people's thoughts, ramblings, musings, rants, obsessions... well... their lives in sentences, paragraphs, essays, stories, or even poems.

now, it's just "XXXXX just had lunch." or "XXXXX is sulking in the corner."

i miss reading an honest, true-blue blog post in a long while. 

i miss stalkingreading about them and sharing a quick conversation about their posts every now and then.

as for me, this blog is still my outlet. 

it's

... cold.

.

iloilo: kumi-kreeytib

pictures from around the cathedral and the park in jaro, iloilo.

i'm thinking about what this traffic police is thinking

upside down :)

people around the park

this is the last. unless i get in the mood of tweaking the other pics.

ciao!

iloilo

first batch. this is the place where we got to hang out and explore. being strangers in the city, we had the audacity to use the public transportation with only our guts to lead us hehe.

seriously, i miss the la paz batchoy (sans the liver). bajeezus!

i don't know what it is, and i can't even place a finger on it, but there's something about iloilo that makes me miss the place.

we love the la paz batchoy. as in. one of the staff was kind enough to give us extra chicharon :) and this restaurant just serves la paz batchoy -- how cool is that?

almost midnight, while we were walking around the downtown, we heard loud percussions.
"DINAGYANG!" i told coco.
"i don't think so." said coco.
we're both right. turns out, one of the "tribes" were practicing for dinagyang. loud, clear, rhythmic beats. nakakahiya lang sumayaw with them :)

but these guys were not, apparently. the group just came out of the bar/grille and started dancing. when the percussion stopped, they asked them to play it again so they can dance. the band obliged. it's fun to watch them, though.

our tourist moments. lol.

flashback -- coming from bacolod, right out of the pier, with sunglasses hanging on our noses, and lugging around two black luggage (can it be more obvious?!) a camera bag, laptop bag, projector bag and coco's fanny pack, i asked coco, "co, mukha ba tayong turista?" hahahahaha!

our dinner on our second night.

this could've been a good (and cheap) dinner, but we had our bacolod inasal first. nothing beats bacolod inasal!

(ne of the few pics of myself hehe

naging suki kami ni coco sa coffee shop na 'to just because it's very close to the hotel.

our room.

nothing fancy. just you're regular hotel room. and yes, makalat siya this time. bangag pa kami eh :)

ciao!