February 2012
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je suis une francophile
last Christmas, i tweeted about how giddy i was with my biggest Paris/French inspired holiday loot to date. my family and friends have picked up on my love for all things parisien and gave me bags, accessories, and paper products with Paris landmarks/icons such as the Eiffel Tower, Sacre Coeur, macarons, moustaches, etc. :) merci beaucoup a tous! my love...
January 2012
9 posts
December 2011
3 posts
Bits and pieces of heaven in 2011
Manila, 12-31-11
Yes. This year, our family is celebrating New Year’s Eve in Manila, something that we haven’t done in quite some time. (We usually hide out in Bailen, our quaint and quiet hometown in Cavite, to keep me away from one of my worst asthma triggers: firecracker fumes.) We stayed in Manila this year to attend EMC’s New Year’s Eve worship service, and watch an...
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November 2011
6 posts
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Dear friends na may kusa... haha!
27 on the 22nd! :D it doesn’t take much to make me a happy birthday girl. :) i’m already giddy with excitement as soon as November kicks in. but if you want to make me a tad happier, here’s my birthday wishlist, haha! :D
- bookshelves - big hotdog pillow - black sport socks - a bday tweet from Ian Somerhalder (kahit retweet) - Ebe’s “Dalawang Mukha...
pasalubong
-last Saturday, Oct 29- Papa: Jie, Jie, kelan uuwi si Jeb (from US)? Jojie: sa Nov… 24 yata? o 25? (beriguuud. WAG: what a girlfriend, haha!) P: O! Tamang-tama! Birthday ko! Sabihin mo gusto ko ng bow and arrow. J: *prays silently* please, Lord, sana mali ang dinig ko. … ano po Pa? P: BOOOOW AND A-RROOOOOW. (thanks, bingi ako kasi e.) I-google mo Owa, i-google mo! (nuuuuks. haha!)
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“Books. The more I thought about how to stop and get myself back together as one...”
– Nina Sankovitch, Tolstoy and the Purple Chair: My Year of Magical Reading (via bookoasis)
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October 2011
5 posts
Close, But Not Quite: A quick rehash of "No Other...
i love watching movies and i’m quite easy to please. :) as long as it’s not a scary film that will stress me out and make me reach for my asthma inhaler, i’d gladly watch any movie! it’s also why i don’t write film review blogposts often: i’m not a movie critic, i just watch them to be entertained. pero kapag naeentertain ako ng bongga, gaya ng No Other Woman,...
Parokya Ni Edric
yesterday was a very important day. at 9am, off to Manila Cathedral I went to witness the ordination of Edric, one of my high school best friends, into priesthood.
(JS Prom)
it was surreal in the sense that he really is “Father Edric” now. our barkada...
September 2011
5 posts
A Weighty Opinion
last night, The Boyfriend and i had a discussion on how i react when people comment on my weight. (i’ve ranted several times on previous blog posts that “tumataba ka a!” or “bawas ng kain!” is not HELLO or any form of cordial greeting… i just don’t have the time to browse through my archives now to link ‘em up.) but if you’ve known me for quite...
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FF button please | >>
lately, i feel like i’m in a standstill. after the whirlwind experience of saying goodbye to my teaching post in Explo and trying out new things as The Boyfriend’s assistant in his new business, things have normalized into a quiet hum. not complaining, just saying.
maybe it’s just my ADHD kicking in, but somehow i’m bracing myself for a loop. or a drop. i’ve always...
August 2011
6 posts
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“Writers, like elephants, have long, vicious memories. There are things I wish I...”
– William S. Burroughs (via elisesninja)
'Paris Syndrome' strikes Japanese →
bonparisien:
A dozen or so Japanese tourists a year have to be repatriated from the French capital, after falling prey to what’s become known as “Paris syndrome”.
That is what some polite Japanese tourists suffer when they discover that Parisians can be rude or the city does not meet their expectations.
The experience can apparently be too stressful for some and they suffer a psychiatric...
July 2011
6 posts
June 2011
11 posts
