This is how I feel right now.
Thank You Lord for the opportunities and experiences.
Most of all thank You for all the people who are with me now.
We'll soon see how sweet the chocolate will be.
Monday, March 25, 2013
Sunday, March 24, 2013
Survival Tips #1: How to Survive a Break-up
For someone who had never 'switched' channel in love life, this is quite an uncharted territory that I will discuss for now. I had my boyfriend when I was 22 years old already (Yup, knock knock Cupid), and categorically I was kinda late or should I say slow...
And I am not so sure if I underwent, experienced 'break-up' in it's entirety and full blast effect because my relationship with my boyfriend is far from typical. Nevertheless, at some point we all have attempted and encountered a break-up. Allow me then to give pieces of advices on,
#1 QUEEN BEE MOVEMENT
What I mean is simply become or follow the actuation of a humble bee. Keep yourself busy, occupied and working despite the fact that deep inside God knows you are breaking apart. Bag the Employee of the Month attitude in the office or target a promotion. Try doing something you have put off before because you must be with your then current-bf. Like finish reading that book that was beside your lamp ever since the time you bought it or finish your thesis papers entitled: A Correlational Study Between Men and Their Shoe Size (HAHA). Try on new things (healthy and safe) like get into sports- tae kwon do or perhaps running? Shed that extra love handles, and bring sexy back! Never get into something that you know will cause you trouble like binge eating or alcoholism. Remember to keep calm and show the person that despite your vulnerability you can still get on with life.
#2 IPATAWAG ANG BARKADA EPISODE
This is not PM-ing all your Facebook or Twitter friends and followers but choose only those significant people around that you know can LISTEN and not blame you for being so out-of-your-mind in dating and coupling with that guy they were not rooting for since day one. While this is not actually necessary and you don't owe anyone an explanation but then remember that our social support system gives us a lot of extra willpower to move on. Turn this painful episode of your life into something fruitful and bonding amongst your closest and TRUSTED friends.
#3 CRY ME A RIVER
I am a crusader for emotions! If there is a need for you to shed tears and even buckets of it, do so. If it makes everything lighter then by all means cry but make a pack with yourself that it will be the last. There's nothing wrong with crying over a failed relationship because that's pretty much normal and it's a sign that hey you actually loved and cared truly that the demise of your thought-it-is-going-to-work-4ever relationship hurt you.
#4 KEEP CALM & YOUR MOUTH SHUT
Yes, sometime shit happens! I know! things like this may fuel our emotions into speaking ill or ruthless about the person but I guess it wont gain much. Maybe sympathy, but it will just make you look like a loser and will just be a bad rep for you. As much as possible during the #2 IPATAWAG ANG BARKADA moment you will be objective (slightly subjective --- OK) in telling things. Stick with facts and sometimes even if it is a fact, if you know it'll destroy the person I think it's better to follow our mother's wisdom of not saying anything at all especially if you don't have anything good to say. Guard the secrets he asked you to keep, yeah even his bad breath or maybe the crookedness of his *bleep* because it is not actually about what we say but the fact that we are badmouthing other people. Who knows in a few months, you might get back with each other?! Just respect the person.
#5 LOVE IS THE BEGINNING, THE WAY, THE END
Love - this four letter word that makes the world go round. Even if we failed for the nth time, just as long as we know we did all we can, we gave all we have and shared life's precious moments, it is still enough reason for us to smile and be thankful that God sent us some people to love, be loved and learn. Perhaps, you just have to pass through all those weird and achy-breaky moments to be able to know what love truly is and when finally you have found your soulmate you know what to do and what not.
There's really no perfect formula for situations like this and there is also no perfect relationship. Some just become successful because the couple worked hard. But if you know in your heart that "nagmahal ka nang wagas" there's really nothing to be bitter or crass about.
Never compare your love life with anyone nor compare one lover with the others, it is just so confusing and irrelevant. Remember the song line - love is all that matters faithful and forever.
Continue to love and love will continue finding its way to you...
And I am not so sure if I underwent, experienced 'break-up' in it's entirety and full blast effect because my relationship with my boyfriend is far from typical. Nevertheless, at some point we all have attempted and encountered a break-up. Allow me then to give pieces of advices on,
HOW TO SURVIVE A BREAK-UP IN 5 WAYS
(I welcome all your inputs, comments and reactions as I am aware that I am NOT a Mastrate Degree holder in this aspect. Let's see and learn.)
#1 QUEEN BEE MOVEMENT
What I mean is simply become or follow the actuation of a humble bee. Keep yourself busy, occupied and working despite the fact that deep inside God knows you are breaking apart. Bag the Employee of the Month attitude in the office or target a promotion. Try doing something you have put off before because you must be with your then current-bf. Like finish reading that book that was beside your lamp ever since the time you bought it or finish your thesis papers entitled: A Correlational Study Between Men and Their Shoe Size (HAHA). Try on new things (healthy and safe) like get into sports- tae kwon do or perhaps running? Shed that extra love handles, and bring sexy back! Never get into something that you know will cause you trouble like binge eating or alcoholism. Remember to keep calm and show the person that despite your vulnerability you can still get on with life.
#2 IPATAWAG ANG BARKADA EPISODE
This is not PM-ing all your Facebook or Twitter friends and followers but choose only those significant people around that you know can LISTEN and not blame you for being so out-of-your-mind in dating and coupling with that guy they were not rooting for since day one. While this is not actually necessary and you don't owe anyone an explanation but then remember that our social support system gives us a lot of extra willpower to move on. Turn this painful episode of your life into something fruitful and bonding amongst your closest and TRUSTED friends.
#3 CRY ME A RIVER
I am a crusader for emotions! If there is a need for you to shed tears and even buckets of it, do so. If it makes everything lighter then by all means cry but make a pack with yourself that it will be the last. There's nothing wrong with crying over a failed relationship because that's pretty much normal and it's a sign that hey you actually loved and cared truly that the demise of your thought-it-is-going-to-work-4ever relationship hurt you.
#4 KEEP CALM & YOUR MOUTH SHUT
Yes, sometime shit happens! I know! things like this may fuel our emotions into speaking ill or ruthless about the person but I guess it wont gain much. Maybe sympathy, but it will just make you look like a loser and will just be a bad rep for you. As much as possible during the #2 IPATAWAG ANG BARKADA moment you will be objective (slightly subjective --- OK) in telling things. Stick with facts and sometimes even if it is a fact, if you know it'll destroy the person I think it's better to follow our mother's wisdom of not saying anything at all especially if you don't have anything good to say. Guard the secrets he asked you to keep, yeah even his bad breath or maybe the crookedness of his *bleep* because it is not actually about what we say but the fact that we are badmouthing other people. Who knows in a few months, you might get back with each other?! Just respect the person.
#5 LOVE IS THE BEGINNING, THE WAY, THE END
Love - this four letter word that makes the world go round. Even if we failed for the nth time, just as long as we know we did all we can, we gave all we have and shared life's precious moments, it is still enough reason for us to smile and be thankful that God sent us some people to love, be loved and learn. Perhaps, you just have to pass through all those weird and achy-breaky moments to be able to know what love truly is and when finally you have found your soulmate you know what to do and what not.
There's really no perfect formula for situations like this and there is also no perfect relationship. Some just become successful because the couple worked hard. But if you know in your heart that "nagmahal ka nang wagas" there's really nothing to be bitter or crass about.
Never compare your love life with anyone nor compare one lover with the others, it is just so confusing and irrelevant. Remember the song line - love is all that matters faithful and forever.
Continue to love and love will continue finding its way to you...
The thing about why I picked this movie is not because of its 'falling in love' story but because of the respect they gave each other during the whole course and after all.
Saturday, March 23, 2013
This Guy is in Love with Me Pare
So, this morning I put up a drama with him.
I looked sad and he called me and insisted to making me tell him what's going through my mind...
I just can't lie from him because like what he told me, "every movement of your face means something and I know where it's heading..."
I tried to keep away from his investigations but I just can't keep it to myself.
He told me he can play a role of a friend and just listen.
And so I started my script... hehe
But it was turning bad, he tried to talk me out, expressed his thoughts and made his way clear.
Of course, I started crying and he shook the tears and instead console with the very fact that nothing has changed. Because we girls are very keen observant that every movement or change in details would be noted. Actually he contradict this by saying... "You're not a keen observer you're a malicious spectator..." --- I know, but....
He hugged me tight and assured me we just have to take it just like how we were really before everything came so dangerously complicated. And I got that...
I just thank God for sending him to me. Someone who would love me unconditionally and kiss all my heartaches goodbye. Someone who makes me feel secured, happy and crazy.
I trust that you will never ever be that ex-bf - boy friend.
I may fall short of being the simple girl you have loved before but I know you will love me and my transformation.
Thank you for all that you have done and took for me. I love you like the waves in the ocean.
This is how our students see him:
This is how he is with our staff:
This is how he is to me:
Today was his day.
I started my drama but failed to impress him, like how it usually happens.
When I first opened my Companion, this is what I saw - the reading for the day:
Maybe God was telling me something. Each time we're having some rough times, God would always send me hints. maybe this is one way of telling me that my soulmate was written by God already. That he is God's gift to me. I trust God and I know it's the best!
I looked sad and he called me and insisted to making me tell him what's going through my mind...
I just can't lie from him because like what he told me, "every movement of your face means something and I know where it's heading..."
I tried to keep away from his investigations but I just can't keep it to myself.
He told me he can play a role of a friend and just listen.
And so I started my script... hehe
But it was turning bad, he tried to talk me out, expressed his thoughts and made his way clear.
Of course, I started crying and he shook the tears and instead console with the very fact that nothing has changed. Because we girls are very keen observant that every movement or change in details would be noted. Actually he contradict this by saying... "You're not a keen observer you're a malicious spectator..." --- I know, but....
He hugged me tight and assured me we just have to take it just like how we were really before everything came so dangerously complicated. And I got that...
I just thank God for sending him to me. Someone who would love me unconditionally and kiss all my heartaches goodbye. Someone who makes me feel secured, happy and crazy.
I trust that you will never ever be that ex-bf - boy friend.
I may fall short of being the simple girl you have loved before but I know you will love me and my transformation.
Thank you for all that you have done and took for me. I love you like the waves in the ocean.
This is how our students see him:
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| Mr. Pathophysiology |
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| Just the cool nice boss |
This is how he is to me:
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| The complete opposite & my gray-boy |
Today was his day.
I started my drama but failed to impress him, like how it usually happens.
When I first opened my Companion, this is what I saw - the reading for the day:
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| Book of Daniel |
Checking cooking out...
I am very honest in admitting that I do not know how to cook.
That's why when they say that the best way into a man's heart is through his stomach I would counter attack it by saying that while it's true that it is through his gastronomic experience that will make him interested with a girl, it is actually your wit and humor that will make him stay. #hello? delivery is able!
However, we age and time is demanding me with dynamic skills.
I may make my boyfriend or husband stay by my wit but never will I be able to feed my children nor my staff with sheer funny jokes or lingual prowess but by bread alone? Hmmpf, food I mean.
That's why I am now taking baby steps in venturing with food preparation.
I started this journey off by making 'Chicken Adobo in Rosemary' for my Korean friends who were here in Bacolod last February.
It was just about chicken which I am familiar cooking with. But FoodTechBlooper#1, I didn't know that adobo starts with sauteed garlic?! HA!? Where did my basic sense of cooking go? But then it was just fine because I actually started adobo with lotsa, lotsa of water... think, sinigang or tinola style. HAHA! After simmering for 45 minutes I corrected my fail-moment by slowly taking water out of the casserole. Note to self: Genius move! Haha. Still, I have achieved the taste I wanted.
Fortunately or maybe they are just being nice, the Koreans liked it! Survive!
Iril, my friend, said it was good for a first-time cook and Daniel said, the adobo was so me, matamis! Haha! So, can you just imagine how it tasted? But honestly, I can pretty well say I am around the scorecard: 3/5. Slowclap!
Last week, I went on with my second chicken menu, the 'DNA Chicken'.
It was adapted from a cookbook but I remodeled it. Chicken was stuffed with cheese and seasoned with rosemary and wrapped in bacon, cooked in Sprite and lemon zest, then fried. The family was so supportive of me saying that I'm getting married soon that's why I'm practicing. This time I was good in skills but I lacked the definitive taste buds. My brother and Daniel commented it was a bit less tasty but it just needs little fine tuning - what good critics I have! I think I'm gonna give my self a score of 2/5.
There will always be a first time and mine has passed. I will be cooking more and more and more. My next ambitious goal is 'The Medallion' --- hopefully I will be able to achieve it. For the mean time, allow me to experiment on eggs - fried eggs just that.
That's why when they say that the best way into a man's heart is through his stomach I would counter attack it by saying that while it's true that it is through his gastronomic experience that will make him interested with a girl, it is actually your wit and humor that will make him stay. #hello? delivery is able!
However, we age and time is demanding me with dynamic skills.
I may make my boyfriend or husband stay by my wit but never will I be able to feed my children nor my staff with sheer funny jokes or lingual prowess but by bread alone? Hmmpf, food I mean.
That's why I am now taking baby steps in venturing with food preparation.
I started this journey off by making 'Chicken Adobo in Rosemary' for my Korean friends who were here in Bacolod last February.
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| With my Korean friends at Campuestohan Highlands, Negros Occ. |
Fortunately or maybe they are just being nice, the Koreans liked it! Survive!
Iril, my friend, said it was good for a first-time cook and Daniel said, the adobo was so me, matamis! Haha! So, can you just imagine how it tasted? But honestly, I can pretty well say I am around the scorecard: 3/5. Slowclap!
Last week, I went on with my second chicken menu, the 'DNA Chicken'.
It was adapted from a cookbook but I remodeled it. Chicken was stuffed with cheese and seasoned with rosemary and wrapped in bacon, cooked in Sprite and lemon zest, then fried. The family was so supportive of me saying that I'm getting married soon that's why I'm practicing. This time I was good in skills but I lacked the definitive taste buds. My brother and Daniel commented it was a bit less tasty but it just needs little fine tuning - what good critics I have! I think I'm gonna give my self a score of 2/5.
There will always be a first time and mine has passed. I will be cooking more and more and more. My next ambitious goal is 'The Medallion' --- hopefully I will be able to achieve it. For the mean time, allow me to experiment on eggs - fried eggs just that.
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| DNA Chicken because of the double-helix form of the lemon. Served with potatoes. Bon appetit! |
Moving on
I think I have not been a 'good girl' in the past months.
However, I am perplexed and at the same time amazed by how much blessings God sent my way and made me feel guilty and thankful that despite my own shortcomings God is taking mercy on me - that is giving me what I do not deserve.
No need reason to worry much but just move up and share the blessings.
By the way, I temporarily quit Facebook, for it has caused me so many 'prankster' moments.
But as we all know I'm still coming back so soon... :-)
In the mean time, I'm just gonna be hanging around here at blogspot.
More of me soon.
However, I am perplexed and at the same time amazed by how much blessings God sent my way and made me feel guilty and thankful that despite my own shortcomings God is taking mercy on me - that is giving me what I do not deserve.
No need reason to worry much but just move up and share the blessings.
By the way, I temporarily quit Facebook, for it has caused me so many 'prankster' moments.
But as we all know I'm still coming back so soon... :-)
In the mean time, I'm just gonna be hanging around here at blogspot.
More of me soon.
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| Just have fun. Christmas eve 2012 |
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