brièveté

The fact that Snow White and Prince Charming are dating in real...

Tue, 15 May 2012 10:59:38 +0800

The fact that Snow White and Prince Charming are dating in real life.

and and and… hihihi!

What a beautiful 6th year anniv gift to me and Jeb from our new...

Tue, 15 May 2012 10:57:03 +0800

What a beautiful 6th year anniv gift to me and Jeb from our new favorite show, Once Upon A Time. :) Snow and Charming have found each other again!

(2 years ago we had Katherine chopping off John Gilbert’s fingers. #TVD Keri na rin. Hahahaha!)

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Thank you Lord for giving me a boy who understands how big of a TV junkie I am. He watches OUAT, TVD, Survivor, The Amazing Race, Modern Family, TBBT, (even ANTM!), with me. I love him soberimeni. ♥

sheenalovessunsets: “However as it is written: no eye has seen...

Mon, 30 Apr 2012 19:44:44 +0800

sheenalovessunsets:

“However as it is written: no eye has seen no ear has heard no mind has conceived what God has prepared for those who love Him.” (1 Corinthians 2:9)

And so I pray and wait. <3

The fact that Ginnifer Goodwin and Bailee Madison are just one...

Mon, 30 Apr 2012 16:12:41 +0800

The fact that Ginnifer Goodwin and Bailee Madison are just one face.

Spot on. I loved this episode! More Bailee Madison please!

itchy pwet

Fri, 13 Apr 2012 09:10:23 +0800

i browsed through my old travel photos and now i’m itching to get my butt somewhere. hmmm where to next? :)

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good thing we have EMC’s annual youth camp next week. we’ll go back to one of my favorite campsites, Camp Allen, and surprise! it turns out i’m a camp ate this year. maybe God intends for this as my last hurrah? better make the most of it!

"In college, I used to underline sentences that struck me, that made me look up from the page. They..."

Thu, 05 Apr 2012 21:15:34 +0800

“In college, I used to underline sentences that struck me, that made me look up from the page. They were not necessarily the same sentences the professors pointed out, which would turn up for further explication on an exam. I noted them for their clarity, their rhythm, their beauty and their enchantment. For surely it is a magical thing for a handful of words, artfully arranged, to stop time. To conjure a place, a person, a situation, in all its specificity and dimensions. To affect us and alter us, as profoundly as real people and things do.”

- Jhumpa Lahiri, My Life’s Sentences (via creatingaquietmind)

i still do this! :)

Hello, Mr. Sun. :)

Tue, 13 Mar 2012 16:59:29 +0800

Hello, Mr. Sun. :)

writeoneleaf: Soldier’s goodbye & Bobbie the cat, ca....

Mon, 05 Mar 2012 20:26:00 +0800

writeoneleaf:

Soldier’s goodbye & Bobbie the cat, ca. 1939-ca. 1945 / by Sam Hood by State Library of New South Wales collection on Flickr.

Look at the photo. Consider what has has just happened here, or what is about to happen here. Who has been here? Who will come here and and what will they do? What kinds of interactions can you imagine? Write one leaf about these or other things that occur to you upon looking at the picture. Do not allow yourself to be limited by what you see. Go.

|^{Write One Leaf}+^about+^ask+^random+^facebook+^twitter
|^sponsors+^{You Are a Dog [ Kindle | Google | iBookstore ]}

I am back. Or so it seems. Perhaps it is only my body that survived the blasts; my soul, or bits and pieces of it, could be floating around somewhere, never to be pieced together again.

(Also… how could she have forgotten that I hate cats?)

- The Soldier
(jhmp, 2012)

Sheldon. Is playing the. Bongos!

Sun, 04 Mar 2012 19:54:22 +0800

Sheldon. Is playing the. Bongos!

la vie en rose ♥

Wed, 29 Feb 2012 06:54:37 +0800

la vie en rose ♥

This + Snow White’s lola voice = Hilarious :))

Wed, 29 Feb 2012 06:52:13 +0800

This + Snow White’s lola voice = Hilarious :))

newsweek: buzzfeed: A play-by-play of Harvard grad Jeremy Lin...

Sat, 11 Feb 2012 12:56:22 +0800

newsweek:

buzzfeed:

A play-by-play of Harvard grad Jeremy Lin and Stanford grad Landry Fields’ new handshake:

Two quick high fives on opposite hands.

Landry Fields presents his hands to Jeremy Lin as though they are a book.

Lin “pages” through the book.

Fields closes the book.

Both Lin and Fields put their hands to their eyes as though they are glasses.

Both players “remove” their glasses and put them into an invisible shirt pocket.

To be a fly on the wall during basketball players’ handshake plenary sessions.

Player 1: “OK, so then I’ll put my hands like a book and you flip through them!”

Player 2: “Or what about an iPad?”

Player 1: “I dunno, I really like the look and feel of books. How you can just flip through them, y’know? Something about that…”

Player 2: “OK, fine. Do the book. But then I get to do the glasses thing.”

adorkable. :D

♥♥♥

Sat, 11 Feb 2012 11:18:03 +0800

♥♥♥

right after these TVD photos graced Entertainment Weekly’s...

Sat, 11 Feb 2012 10:27:00 +0800

right after these TVD photos graced Entertainment Weekly’s covers, the latest episode features spurned Damon being a douche again, getting it on with Rebekah.

kaka-highblood. ganda mo Elena!

Photo

Fri, 10 Feb 2012 02:43:10 +0800

adorable Bass.

Thu, 09 Feb 2012 21:35:41 +0800

adorable Bass.

you’re a sweetie, bonparisien! ♥

Sun, 05 Feb 2012 07:54:53 +0800

you’re a sweetie, bonparisien! ♥

DREW: Ellen has such a beautiful body, and I personally battled...

Sun, 05 Feb 2012 07:49:00 +0800

DREW: Ellen has such a beautiful body, and I personally battled with my own body image for years. I used to tell myself, You can’t wear anything sleeveless or strapless. And all of a sudden I was like, What if I just didn’t send such negative messages to my brain and said, wear it and enjoy it? And now I’m more comfortable in clothes than ever.
ELLEN: That openness. It’s so sexy.
DREW: She was in her freaking bra with an open jacket and hot-pink shorts, skating around the rink with red lips and—
ELLEN: I was having a really good time.
DREW: And she was sexy as a mother—a feral creature. It was great. And it’s so screwed up for girls to think, Oh, because I don’t have that cookie-cutter model body, it must mean I don’t have the right body shape. And I love model bodies, but I just want women to embrace several body shapes. That’s the thing I love about derby. It’s really welcoming.

makapag-rollerskates nga mamaya. haha!

two of my favorite adorable girls!

je suis une francophile

Sun, 05 Feb 2012 00:55:00 +0800

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 affair with Paris began that moment in 2004 when our tour bus pulled out from Charles De Gaulle airport and into the heart of the City of Lights. at the time i had zero expectations about the trip, i just promised to open myself up and soak everything in. but, rue after sweet rue, i found myself not allowing my eyes to blink at all because everything was just sooo breathtaking. the potted plants in apartment terraces, the people lounging by the Seine, the Notre Dame and Louvre and Moulin Rouge and Montmartre… it was like a moving picture book of clichés but mneh, you just can’t care less. Paris was the first stop in that 2004 Europe tour comprised of 5 countries and 20 cities but nothing else topped that first thrill i felt, and when i came back home i kinda reconstructed the visit by immersing myself in the culture. i watched and rewatched Amelie, i read “The Da Vinci Code” because the Louvre tour guide kept on making references i didn’t get since i haven’t read the book yet, i signed up for French classes in Alliance française de Manille, etcetera etcetera. from those baby steps my love and knowledge for everything French grew; and so, imagine how excited i was when i was given a chance by The Boyfriend’s family to go back there in 2008.

but God had a higher purpose for that trip back to La Paris. it was through a prayer inside Notre Dame Cathedral that i found out about my Lola Imay’s passing, and my world just crashed. i still can’t believe that God went to the lengths of placing me in my favorite place in the world just to cushion the blow of that great loss (telenovela material, i tell you). sure, the news made me listlessly go around Paris with blotchy red eyes, but looking back on it now i am thankful more than ever. i couldn’t have asked for a better sanctuary, and that experience has made Paris even more meaningful to me.

i hope God has it in His plans for me to go back there just so i can say thank you. for now, i’m fine with having bits and pieces of my favorite city with me always. ♫ these are a few of my favorite Frenchy things ♫:

* Paris souvenir: Eiffelephink Paper Weight
i mean, it’s a pink elephant on a pink Eiffel Tower. it doesn’t get any more awesome than that, right? hahaha! i got this from the souvenir shop at the Seine River Cruise boat station.

* (About) Paris books: it’s difficult to choose a particular favorite but my top three are Rhonda Carrier’s In Love in France, Sarah Turnbull’s Almost French, and Polly Platt’s Savoir Flair. these are great storybooks about France, you get to look beyond the landmarks and immerse yourself instead in the country’s history and culture. (and i’m semi-counting Ernest Hemingway’s A Moveable Feast too because i only have an ebook of it, haha!)

* French Language books: Living Language’s Ultimate French (Beginner-Intermediate). each chapter begins with a French dialogue which has key points about the target grammar and vocabulary lessons for that particular section. learning becomes relevant. Natalie Schorr’s Tune Up Your French is very helpful too as it focuses on polishing your spoken French. (but i can’t find my copy anywhere! :( heto na naman tayo little miss scatterbrain!) i also enjoy AFM’s official textbook, Alter Ego, but it’s written entirely in French and it just makes me miss French classes more.

* Song: A quoi ca sert l’amour?
the song asks “what good is it, love?” but, well, we all know we can’t live without it! ♫ all in all, if I understand it, without love in your life, without its joys and sadness, you’ve lived for nothing. ♫ you have to click and jump to the video! it’s the cutest animation about two lovers, a Paris bien sur! my runners-up are Mme. Edith Piaf’s Non, je ne regrette rien (my 2012 mantra, i regret nothing!), and the proverbial La vie en rose,particularly its covers by Emilie Simon and Pomplamoose.

* Audio Lessons: Earworms Rapid French Vol. 1 & 2
aptly named, this instructional audio pack embeds French language lessons in music. brilliant!

* (About) Paris Movie: because it’s sooo beautiful (and it’s the place next to New York that get blown up in end-of-the-world movies), Paris has starred in countless films over the years. it was difficult to pick a favorite and i ended up with my top two contenders: the compilation of shorts, Je T’aime Paris; and of course, Amelie.(i can’t believe it’s been 10 years!)

* French Movie: hands down, Jeux d’enfants! Marion Cotillard is the woman of my dreams. The Boyfriend will not contest; he’s also a smitten kitten.

* Apps: My Little Paris and MTrip’s Paris Guide

* Tumblr Account: bonparisien.tumblr.com
i love him! he’s living the dream and sharing it by posting lovely photos of everything French. i think half of my reblogs are from him. :)

* Website: www.parisdailyphoto.com
oh, this website is amazing. i wish to meet Eric Tenin someday!

i have to stop myself here because while i have the Paris-inspired loot i’ve collected over the years that include shirts and dresses, accessories, bags, notepads, planners, pens, posters, a mousepad, an Eiffel tumbler with straw (i kid you not)… playing favorites and posting them could be a tad too much. haha! again, i’m thankful that family and friends see how genuine my love for Paris is that they decide to indulge me in this growing interest. even the simplest things that my friends do like posting French news or a cute Eiffel photo on my facebook wall, or saying “when i see Paris stuff i remember you!”, warm my heart. ♥

i’ll wrap it up with some Cotillard lovin’. in the movie Midnight in Paris, Adriana wistfully mused “… that Paris exists and anyone could choose to live anywhere else in the world will always be a mystery to me.” true, yes, but for most of us, living in Paris could forever be the most elusive dream. yet its magic is as potent, its lights just as bright.

the love affair continues! je t’aime Paris… abientot, j’espère!

(are you a francophile too? you might be if… )

it’s time for some pink. :)

Mon, 23 Jan 2012 10:25:28 +0800

it’s time for some pink. :)