guess who...

...'s at starbucks drinking coffee jelly?

...has just gotten his eleventh sticker?

...got his planner a couple of minutes ago!

these are just about two of the n number of guess who's that i can remember of, while the last, an sms i received just a minute ago.

i'd say playing guess who's have never been such a happy thing.

if ten weeks ago, you'll tell me that i'll meet a total stranger, as in a toootal stranger, and race for completing stickers to claim god-knows-what-goes-on-people's-heads-and-value-such-overpriced planner, go publicly smug over each seemingly-priceless-but-yep- those-overpriced stickers on facebook, and will be enjoying each other's company, talk about anything and everything over cups of fraps and whatever-you-call-those coffees...except for music...and techie stuff ;D, be each other's student when it comes to learning law and nihonggo, admire each other's (ehem) intelligence, share the same interests, envy at each other's bests, get a lot of homework undone because of too much talking, i won't even believe you.

ten weeks ago, i would not have even imagined that foundations of friendship can take root from a simple hello after being introduced the day earlier, and continue on over starbucks meet-ups.

yep, ten weeks ago i would have laughed at your face. who are you kidding?

yep, ten weeks ago, and not a day later.

while people call it fate, and others call it serendipity, i'd call it happenstance. a happy happenstance.

i'd say cheers to friendships, those that you know will be for keeps.

now, there are things that money can't buy. except for those starbucks coffee jellies ;D (swipe it!)

jai-san, i know you'll neveeerrr learn your lesson, but race you to the next sticker album, haha.

(bungot, i hope you'll find your 365)

discipline.

that's what i was thinking when i was lying on the awkward section of the sofa about three hours earlier, finding my eyes drooping ready for sleep.

toothbrush, wash, and change. in proper order before sleeping.

so i find myself ghad, no longer sleepy after that cold water splatter.

whattodo, whattodo. yep, i found myself finally typing the keys.

so much stories, where to start.

so much pictures, when to upload.

so much preoccupation, how to handle.

for the past three days, i've been out of the house, listening to my high school friend bitter, reminisce, laugh, bitch and just about everything in between on her breakup. so much for starting the year, ey?

i tried to preoccupy her, even hanged on fifty-degrees tilted on top of the tallest building of the city.

i shouted at her, laughed with her, and well, listened, wishing my lame attempts matter.

silently, i wished it would have been as easy for her as I have had..

when finding oneself feeling bad, and one's office mate will just nudge you and say "hey, okay ra ka?" and it suddenly feels a whole lot lighter.

when you find yourself saying, "I'm sad..." and they would simply say "dali, i'll get you ice cream".

and i wish it would have been as easy as that when one can say that "it's happy to be sad sometimes".

emo.

it seems there's a whole bunch of people getting in that fad. jusssttt kidding, haha.

then there's that project 365 pictures, lost in meaning, until you find those who have had defined theirs.

just like sungazing's. yep, you've got to read her story. here.

toothbrush, wash, and change.

it takes discipline sometimes to get up and do them, when it could have been more comfortable not to.

go mess it up if you want.

wash, change, toothbrush?

at the end of the day, there will be you.

Rain Dance
By Julie Ziesemann


Dancing on the porch
in the rain
naked.
Who would have thought
I’d ever do that?
You stood there
afraid to move
hiding yourself.

I laughed and danced
arms reaching the sky
catching rain.
You acted as if I were
crazy as you turned around
and walked away.

You anticipated me to
follow. Your expectations
were the last thing
on my mind.

yey for holidays

coming from a loooong vacation, it's great news to know they're "refreshed" for a new year ahead.
here's to a new year and to vacations ahead ;D


Philippine National Holidays:

Jan 1 (Fri) - New Year's Day (five-day long weekend from December 30 to January 3)
Feb 22 (Mon) - EDSA Revolution Anniversary
Apr 1 (Thu) - Holy Thursday
Apr 2 (Fri) - Good Friday (four-day long weekend from April 1 to 4)
Apr 9 (Fri) - Araw ng Kagitingan (three-day long weekend from April 9 to 11)
May 1 (Sat) - Labor Day
Jun 14 (Mon) - Independence Day (three-day long weekend from June 12 to 14)
Aug 23 (Mon) - Ninoy Aquino Day (three-day long weekend from August 21 to 23)
Aug30 (Mon) - National Heroes Day (three-day long weekend from August 28 to 30)
Sep - Eid'l Fitr (to be announced, calculated September 10, possible three-day long weekend from September 10 to 12)
Nov 1 (Mon) - All Saints Day (three-day long weekend from October 30 to November 1)
Nov - Eid 'l Adha (to be announced, calculated November 16)
Nov 29 (Mon) - Bonifacio Day (three-day long weekend from November 27 to 29)
Dec 24 (Fri) - Non-Working Holiday
Dec 25 (Sat) - Christmas
Dec 27 (Mon) - Rizal Day (four-day long weekend from December 24 to 27)
Dec 31 (Fri) - Non-Working Holiday
Jan 1 (Sat) - New Year's Day (three-day long weekend from December 31 to January 2)

Information relayed by Angeli :)

andy busted it

i was on my hello blogger when i caught andy osbert behind my back reading my supposed-to-be- post. boo!
haha :) but i love him anyway.

anyhow, i was listening intently to colbie caillat's songs earlier, and found myself google-ing the lyrics of Older. dumdedum.

i then dedicate this song to two of my friends, whom I think this song is rather very apt to their current life stories. One would probably never get to read this, while the other would most likely text in sun. dumdedum.

Seems like nothing is black and white anymore? Here goes...



Waited all my life for this day to come
I feel like letting go, life goes on
Wasting no more time
So much to be done
Everything works out
So they say
Over my shoulder, it's tough getting older
Yeah, yeah.......


Seems like nothing is black and white anymore
Shades of grey and I feel a weight over my shoulder
It's tough getting older
I always thought that I knew where I'd want to go
Now I'm here and I find that I'm still getting colder
It's kinda tough getting older


Here before my eyes, many roads ahead
Time for me to choose one way now
If I take a chance
What lies down the road
Feeling so confused, turned round
On and on, on and on
yeah yeah.....


Seems like nothing is black and white anymore
Shades of grey and I feel a weight over my shoulder
It's tough getting older
I always thought that I knew where I'd want to go
Now I'm here and I find that I'm still getting colder
It's kinda tough getting older


Waited all my life for this day to come
I feel like letting go, life goes on
Over my shoulder (on and on)
It's tough getting older (on and on, on)
Yeah, yeah.....


Seems like nothing is black and white anymore
Shades of grey and I feel a weight over my shoulder
It's tough getting older
I always thought that I knew where I'd want to go
Now I'm here and I find that I'm still getting colder
It's kinda tough getting older


Seems like nothing is black and white anymore
Shades of grey and I feel a weight over my shoulder
It's tough getting older




so much for turning a quarter, ey?

hati tayo, that makes two :D

"You don't need to search the details behind my perspective or my personality because i don't like artificial or complicated things. Life is so short so please don't make the life unbearable with your artificial and complicated things..."

"Please catch the moment and share these moments with other exact people...."

- Clementine

mwahhhh!

- chari

Objective Type

.

• What is Relief?

It's when for two days you have earnestly tried locating the missing pouch you've placed the money in - especially after receiving the credit card bill- searched all over the house, get everything tidied up and disorganized again, get scolded by your mom for it, and coming in to the office with the pouch greeting you, "I'm here :)"

• What's Amazement?

When the money you were expecting to be in the pouch turns out to be thousands more than you remembered it.

...and couldn't recount what the money is intended for!

• What's TANga?

Guess who? :P

two in one plus 1 happy kaarawan!

we love you!

we had fun on your birthday, even if nangindian ka, egyptian man tah ka

:)

R.I.P.

Dear Spidey,


I'm really sorry I asked Mama Bel to take you out. You see, next to flying roaches,
you are the next thing that I uhm, do not really like inside the house. You were kinda
big, and those eyes? Ghad.


You scared me. I was sooo wary! Again, yes, sooo wary that you were there when I
got in. I can almost imagine you jumping on me that easily. You made my baths, by
far, my record breakers!


But thank you...


For not jumping on me as I half expected you would.
For keeping the bathroom fly-free. (Looks like I'm not the only one wary of you.)


And as I write this, I know you were as scared, and even more scared than I was. If
only for that, can we call it quits?

You were a good spidey. I'll try to be my best, too.


See you in heaven (a century from now),
Chari