for new phones :) (yeah, i wish....) my sister and i recently had a "text exchange" and she tells me that she likes another phone or should i say, she's eyeing another phone (she just got her iPhone a couple of months ago). she likes this one while i'm thinking about this one or this one (yup, i'm inclined towards business phones) ;). the funny thing is both are being touted as the iPhone killer. :) has it been such a disappointment? i know i was one of those excited about the iPhone but when i finally got my hands on one of them, i was disappointed :( i'm quite the texter and not being able to forward texts was such a bubble-burster.
so, will my sister and i get our hands on these babies? we'll see...
Mar 7, 2009
Mar 5, 2009
spring cleaning
i've realized that whenever i have extra time on my hands, i find myself going through my stuff and throwing away what i don't need or don't need to see anymore :) yeah, i know you're thinking that she must have a lot of stuff to go through them only when she has extra time on her hands. yup, i do. first up, my moto v3x...
my moto's phone memory has lotsa pics that i shoot whenever i feel like capturing something or, yes you guessed it, whenever i'm dining out. evidence?
first row, l-r:
1. Buon Giorno's Pizza Margherita - wow, this place serves great italian dishes...when my friends and i are here, we always get the crostini trio + pizza + pasta. i forgot to take a pic of the ravioli (which i love; i love ravioli but you don't really get to find a place that serves ravioli what with the demise of angelino's in megamall...affordable ravioli i must add hehehe) but the pizza well, i did remember to shoot when we were down to the, ahem, last 4 slices. the pizza is big and delicious....
2 & 3. Toast Box's Fried Mee Siam and Thick Slice Floss Toast - this duo is fast becoming a part of my comfort food list. i must admit, singaporean, thai or malaysian cuisine intrigues me no end and toast box is just that, singaporean, intriguing and well, delicious too. Mee Siam can be ordered fried or as soup. i just prefer it fried. floss, well, floss is also a favorite of mine since i was introduced to it by an old friend of mine who is chinese. they always mix their congee with floss. plain congee with floss is so much more delicious than with all the elements added to it in chinese restos...anyway, bread talk (a sister store of toast box) has the famous floss pastry, hot floss and now they have cheese floss. hay, muy delicioso :)
second row, l-r:
1. a "tongue-tied cherry stem" ;)
2 & 3. Secret Recipe's Thai Bagoong Rice and Espresso Cheesecake - wow....this place is hot. i mean the dishes are hot...i mean spicy hot. good thing i have quite a tolerance for spice. although my good friend ian who lives in singapore says their dishes are a bit bland for him, i still like the resto and that's because of the cheesecake. :) the cuisine is classified as asian so there are some thai and singaporean dishes mixed with some lamb dishes but their dessert selection is for me, to-die for. espresso + cheesecake = heaven :) :) :) need i say more?
my moto's phone memory has lotsa pics that i shoot whenever i feel like capturing something or, yes you guessed it, whenever i'm dining out. evidence?
first row, l-r:
1. Buon Giorno's Pizza Margherita - wow, this place serves great italian dishes...when my friends and i are here, we always get the crostini trio + pizza + pasta. i forgot to take a pic of the ravioli (which i love; i love ravioli but you don't really get to find a place that serves ravioli what with the demise of angelino's in megamall...affordable ravioli i must add hehehe) but the pizza well, i did remember to shoot when we were down to the, ahem, last 4 slices. the pizza is big and delicious....
2 & 3. Toast Box's Fried Mee Siam and Thick Slice Floss Toast - this duo is fast becoming a part of my comfort food list. i must admit, singaporean, thai or malaysian cuisine intrigues me no end and toast box is just that, singaporean, intriguing and well, delicious too. Mee Siam can be ordered fried or as soup. i just prefer it fried. floss, well, floss is also a favorite of mine since i was introduced to it by an old friend of mine who is chinese. they always mix their congee with floss. plain congee with floss is so much more delicious than with all the elements added to it in chinese restos...anyway, bread talk (a sister store of toast box) has the famous floss pastry, hot floss and now they have cheese floss. hay, muy delicioso :)
second row, l-r:
1. a "tongue-tied cherry stem" ;)
2 & 3. Secret Recipe's Thai Bagoong Rice and Espresso Cheesecake - wow....this place is hot. i mean the dishes are hot...i mean spicy hot. good thing i have quite a tolerance for spice. although my good friend ian who lives in singapore says their dishes are a bit bland for him, i still like the resto and that's because of the cheesecake. :) the cuisine is classified as asian so there are some thai and singaporean dishes mixed with some lamb dishes but their dessert selection is for me, to-die for. espresso + cheesecake = heaven :) :) :) need i say more?
who watches the watchmen?
yeah, who does? i'd like to :) i'm not really well-versed in graphic novels but when i saw the trailer of this movie a couple of months back, i was extremely intrigued and spellbound by the trailer. my good friend r, who of course, is my partner-in-crime for travel, movies and books, knew about it; moreso her brother who has quite a collection of graphic novels and is quite knowledgeable about this stuff.
i visited the site to know more about the story, read some production notes and even check out the soundtrack. all very "addicitive" :) and the logo, how could i not like it? a smiley...anybody who knows me knows that i love smileys, smileys on my mug, blogposts, text messages, notes, ym ... :) even a blood-stained smiley makes me happy. ever since kill bill 1 & 2, 'the gorier, the better' as me and my friend r always say ... :) :) :)
and an interesting note to the novel, it's in Time Magazine's List of Top 100 English-language Novels. hmmmm truly interesting...
directed by zack snyder (also of 300..."long live king leonidas and the beheaded cutie!" my tagline for that movie), watchmen opens this week ... i hope i can catch it this weekend ...
i visited the site to know more about the story, read some production notes and even check out the soundtrack. all very "addicitive" :) and the logo, how could i not like it? a smiley...anybody who knows me knows that i love smileys, smileys on my mug, blogposts, text messages, notes, ym ... :) even a blood-stained smiley makes me happy. ever since kill bill 1 & 2, 'the gorier, the better' as me and my friend r always say ... :) :) :)
and an interesting note to the novel, it's in Time Magazine's List of Top 100 English-language Novels. hmmmm truly interesting...
directed by zack snyder (also of 300..."long live king leonidas and the beheaded cutie!" my tagline for that movie), watchmen opens this week ... i hope i can catch it this weekend ...
Mar 4, 2009
P.D.A. 7 Days
hahaha yeah, i wish that was something i could flaunt or maybe use as my ym status hahaha i'm far from any P.D.A.s (not the Personal Digital Assistant, mind you) but that's the title of my post because i truly didn't think i'd get more depressed than i am now but, yes, john legend will be in manila on march 26 and craig david on the 27th.
how on earth could this happen to me? darn. aarrrggghhh...fate is so cruel to me...
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how on earth could this happen to me? darn. aarrrggghhh...fate is so cruel to me...
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Mar 3, 2009
ho-hum
here we go again....we find ourselves at the bottom of the pit again (and again and again and yet again). am i a masochist (or a sadist? which is which? im always confused...) to find myself in this situation again??? whoever put a curse on my life, stop. please just take the curse back, please...aarrrggghhh!
the conundrum of a vicious cycle. i feel like a hamster on the freakin' wheel, running around in circles...going nowhere. ugh! it gets so tiring. how does one extricate oneself from the "hamster wheel"?
the crisis has certainly drawn itself out too long. i need to find a way out, an end, the light at the end of a tunnel (which somone answered me with "means there's an oncoming car..." hehehehe), the silver lining in the clouds, the silver spoon in my mouth ... ooopppssss...strike that out...hehehe
when i see my goddaughter, i wish i were young again, her age perhaps. yeah, i'd like to go back to those days and wait until i could make some decisions and i'd choose the right ones this time. i know, you think i'm such an ungrateful ass for saying that i regret some of the decisions i made but yes, i am an ungrateful ass sometimes.
hmmm.....does that mean this is my karma? okay, okay, okay, i take that back. i'd make the same decisions if i had to live my life over again. satisfied? okay, so can the vicious cycle stop?
where's my fairy godmother when i need her?
the conundrum of a vicious cycle. i feel like a hamster on the freakin' wheel, running around in circles...going nowhere. ugh! it gets so tiring. how does one extricate oneself from the "hamster wheel"?
the crisis has certainly drawn itself out too long. i need to find a way out, an end, the light at the end of a tunnel (which somone answered me with "means there's an oncoming car..." hehehehe), the silver lining in the clouds, the silver spoon in my mouth ... ooopppssss...strike that out...hehehe
when i see my goddaughter, i wish i were young again, her age perhaps. yeah, i'd like to go back to those days and wait until i could make some decisions and i'd choose the right ones this time. i know, you think i'm such an ungrateful ass for saying that i regret some of the decisions i made but yes, i am an ungrateful ass sometimes.
hmmm.....does that mean this is my karma? okay, okay, okay, i take that back. i'd make the same decisions if i had to live my life over again. satisfied? okay, so can the vicious cycle stop?
where's my fairy godmother when i need her?
Feb 21, 2009
post birthday blues
i think i was born in the wrong time. i was born a bit too early. browsing through the maiden issue of several new travel magazines, i find myself wishing i had the strength, resources and time to go to all the beautiful spots i see in the magazine. it's two days after my 39th birthday and while i am thankful that i have reached my age, i rue that i have experienced so little. a major setback that started 5 long years ago always seems to hold me back. does it? maybe, i dont know but why do i still find myself mired in the downward pull of quicksand? no branches in sight for me to pull myself up from out of the quagmire so should i just be content with being sucked in? ah...so unfair to just be floating and acquiesing with the flow. such a waste of time. hmmm ... it's becoming humid and it does me no good. i find myself dreaming of the beach whenever i stand on the yellow-edged platform of the mrt on my way to work. others avoid that spot because the morning sun would ceaselessly beat down on the right side of your face and body should you dare to stand in the sun's rays. but i make a beeline for it. sadistic? not really, i dont mind standing in the sun. but i should get some sunblock. yeah, i definitely should. and an ice-cold coke zero too...to go please...
Jan 11, 2009
the holiday season that was...
i know i owe you some pictures of the holidays. it's taken me ages to post them so i decided to just create a slideshow (oh so lazy chie!). the holidays were the usual holidays we have, christmas being busier than new year...new year pics in the next post :)
Jan 2, 2009
make way for 2009
yup, it's a new year, literally and figuratively. well, as we say adios to '08 and hola to 2009, i'd like to say goodbye to bad luck and everything bad, negative and hopeless. i want, hope and above all, pray that 2009 will be a better year for my family and everyone reading this post. i pray that personally, it'll be the year that things start to get better for me in all aspects.
thank you to my family who never fails to pick-me-up everytime i talk to them or read their posts and messages here on balanced insanity. for my sister, who took me in for a couple of months, thank you for being a lifeline. i love you guys...
i say thank you to friends who have remained constant despite the squabbles and differences we went through. they say that you will know who your friends are when you go through difficult phases in your life. for my friends, especially the meanies, i know i'm a big pain in the ass and i give difficult an entirely different meaning when i'm in my not-so-nice moods but THANK YOU from the bottom of my heart for staying with me.
for a Power unlike any other, THANK YOU for keeping that voice in my head and feeling in my heart that says "keep going"...don't ever let go of me....
thank you to my family who never fails to pick-me-up everytime i talk to them or read their posts and messages here on balanced insanity. for my sister, who took me in for a couple of months, thank you for being a lifeline. i love you guys...
i say thank you to friends who have remained constant despite the squabbles and differences we went through. they say that you will know who your friends are when you go through difficult phases in your life. for my friends, especially the meanies, i know i'm a big pain in the ass and i give difficult an entirely different meaning when i'm in my not-so-nice moods but THANK YOU from the bottom of my heart for staying with me.
for a Power unlike any other, THANK YOU for keeping that voice in my head and feeling in my heart that says "keep going"...don't ever let go of me....
Dec 15, 2008
hey, hey, hey....crazy!
oh my...i am so sorry :( i've been busy with a project that has taken up most of my time; so much that i haven't blogged for close to three weeks already!
well, things are definitely crazy, sometimes crazy good but most of the time, crazy bad *sigh* but, let's not get into that....
what happened since we last "saw" each other? well, the pac man has done it again! crazy isn't it? his fight against dela hoya was telecast sunday, december 7 and boy, you should've been outside! no traffic whatsoever; i bet that edsa was one hell of a smooth ride all the way from quezon avenue (because from monumento to north avenue, it's crazy what with the construction of the lrt - mrt link)to taft. restaurants had a tv set up, people indoors were glued to their tv. crazy. i wonder if his next fight (is it going to be ricky hatton?) were to be telecast during a weekday, would companies and businesses operate or would they close because everybody is on leave for the fight? hmmmmm ....crazy? maybe not...
well, things are definitely crazy, sometimes crazy good but most of the time, crazy bad *sigh* but, let's not get into that....
what happened since we last "saw" each other? well, the pac man has done it again! crazy isn't it? his fight against dela hoya was telecast sunday, december 7 and boy, you should've been outside! no traffic whatsoever; i bet that edsa was one hell of a smooth ride all the way from quezon avenue (because from monumento to north avenue, it's crazy what with the construction of the lrt - mrt link)to taft. restaurants had a tv set up, people indoors were glued to their tv. crazy. i wonder if his next fight (is it going to be ricky hatton?) were to be telecast during a weekday, would companies and businesses operate or would they close because everybody is on leave for the fight? hmmmmm ....crazy? maybe not...
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