Billabong

What can I say? I love it? Erbe is dishing out snide remarks, but I 'm turning deaf ears. Earlier, he was carrying the plastic bag with my new slippers inside. We were going around downtown buying stuffs, a grocery here, food items there. And I'd keep saying, "Laag mo na lang sa laug kang plastic na hali sa Jakarta, Indonesia" (I'm not sure though if it is). Anyway, he'd answer with a loud, "harumph!" This happened several times until he finally...

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13-14 Weeks

No more vomiting, but the insatiable hunger has kicked in. The OB was surprised that I lost 10 pounds. Oh, 'twas easy. Just vomit everything you eat and vomit every time you smell something that you don't want to eat - and that pretty much includes anything. I've finally eaten fish this morning. That is a huge deal because I did not vomit. My stomach still feels queasy though every now and then, but overall, I am doing helluva lot better than...

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The Mother and Her Idol... Kris Aquino?! What?!

Don't get me wrong, I love my mother but sometimes, she drives me crazy. She can be so embarrassingly outrageous. My mother is huge fan of Kris Aquino. Don't ask me why. She just likes Kris' "honesty". Anyway, Kris went here last Saturday to campaign for her brother and to cover for him as the speaker in UNC's graduation ceremony. Although I promised mamu that I would accompany her to UNC, I really didn't think that she was hell-bent on going until she texted me at half past five in the afternoon, "Ne, where are u?" "Dagus po kita, mama?" "Syempre....

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Tweets

It’s almost 10 o’clock. As usual, I’m getting sleepier by the minute, but I still have to finish the ebook. I wish I could just stick with the materials I was given, but I find the need to use additional materials. Running thoughts… I want to tweet them, but I thought why not blog them all? So, here goes. Off the top of my head, do I know someone from Korea? If I do, can I visit you?☺ The reader from Dubai is back. I think I already know who...

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Bipolar

I rarely blog about my husband’s illness. It is not something that one can ramble about. It is not something that I can easily talk about. Hubby has this certain attitude about it. He’d say, “It’s there, but why waste time thinking about it?” So, he doesn’t. I do though. Not as often as I used to obviously, but I still do. While trying to understand hubby’s illness, I came across this blogger Seaneen Molloy. She is a blogger and a manic depressive....

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30 Years Old

Happy birthday to me. Before I start this blog post, let me thank Luna for this wonderful post. It's a pleasant surprise to have someone write a post about me. As I write this blog post, there is one thing different about me. I am now finally 30 years old. It shouldn't matter much. After all, I don't feel any different, but I feel like I am in a race against time. I am pressured to accomplish everything that I want to accomplish within the next 10 years - OR before I hit the bigger 4-0. The one thing I am grateful for though is this feeling...

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Cori and Kris (Obviously, Not the Aquinos!)

We chatted with my sister from 7 'til 10 in the evening yesterday. It was a good chat. I hope though she remembers to send me my birthday gift. So, if you are reading this, hint! hint! Here are the pictures I took of her and Cori while we were chatting. :) ...

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The Never Should Meme

"Sometimes silly. Sometimes serious. Always fun!Step out of the box. Be creative. Use your imagination.No one's answers are quite like yours."The Queen of Meme's Quoting The Queen of Meme: I actually believe that if "shoulds" and "nevers" were banned from the English language we'd all be better off. Who needs to live in absolutes? Should evokes unnecessary and unhealthy guilt. Never is never enough no matter what you should be doing. Not ever!...

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Just Because I Can

To those who follow my blog because of Erbe. Well, here is my way of saying thank you. I love these pictures. He hates them.  He said - and I quote - "Buli, garo baga ako diyan bading." :) ...

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On Turning 30

  I was 17 years old the first time I was ever on a train. I had a small sketchpad and a Mongol #2. And while my father and the rest of the passengers sleep, I drew them. I drew and I drew the whole night through.  I couldn't sleep.  Trains, unlike buses, do not turn off the lights.  Well, that is as far as I remember. I have a certain affinity with trains. I love hearing their whistles. And I'd wonder, "Who is on it?" ...

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Melancholic Thoughts

I love writing. I love it when the juices start flowing in and my fingers start on pounding keys after keys and the words will just appear magically like they have always been there in the first place. And the page was never blank to begin with. Blogging, however, gives a temporary high. It does not allow me to be as honest as I want to be. I cannot deny, however, that it is a powerful too that - I must admit - I have used so many times in the past. I have hurt people with it and for that, I am… not sorry. I still am n...

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What Is the Sweetest Thing Anyone Has Ever Done For You?

I have become a complainer - a really, really bad one. Why if you will just sit down with me for a minute, I would definitely regale you with how awful I feel these days. You would get a graphic description of how my vomit looks like. So, if you do not want to end up hugging the toilet bowl yourself, stay away. I mean it. You do not want to be anywhere near me. I am a horrible complainer and sometimes, I enjoy it. Poor Erbe, he does not have a choice. Well, he's the one who got me into this situation in the first place, so I do not think...

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