the other day my friend len and i were talking about how good it felt to be domestic sometimes, and though we don't think we could ever do the whole stay-at-home thing...it is nice to be able to know how to do nice things like that for people who matter to you.
these past few days...i found myself feeling rather ecstatic cooking things for people. it can be the best feeling in the world. there is something so satisfying and humbling at touching raw ingredients with your own hands and watching it transform into something wonderful that people can enjoy.
last monday...my brother and i went to my cousin's house to teach her how to make white pasta and to teach her 3-year old daughter how to make chocolate chip cookies. and i remember mixing the sauce and listening to christmas music (we all love playing christmas music early!) and i couldnt remember the last time that i felt that happy and contented to just be sitting idly doing that. the food turned out great too!
last tuesday...a few friends came over and though i didn't cook i experimented with canned tomatoes and made my first batch of salsa (which was surprisingly not inedible).
last friday...i coerced (nicely) my game night friends to put a spin on game night by cooking dinner ourselves instead of ordering in or eating out like we usually do. we all cooked/prepared one dish. pi made sundried tomato pesto toast and i made wild mushroom pasta (which was a hit if i may say so myself). charles and kaye made chicken kiev which, though it took forever to cook, turned out great. ejay's sticky (to the pan) brownie crisps were great too!
such a happy comforting experience!
Monday, October 29, 2007
Thursday, October 25, 2007
interesting turn of events
so last night was interesting. in the middle of the day, i get a text from a friend asking if they could invite themselves and a yet unknown amount of old friends over for a night of de-stressing videoke and chismis. how could i refuse?
during the entire evening we learned:
haiku is spelled h-a-i-k-u. hahahahahahahahahahahahaha.
violet is the outermost layer of the rainbow.
shirley temple can, in a crazed turn of events, resemble gollum in a very scary way.
there was such a thing as the woolworth tower and in 1913 it was the tallest tower in the united states.
sir gilbert has aerodynamic powers.
pag malas ka sa videoke, malas ka talaga. hahaha.
we all have a little (or a lot) sappiness inside of us. hehehe.
----------------------------
it was super fun everyone! next time ulit :-)
---------------------------
something that made me laugh today.
during the entire evening we learned:
haiku is spelled h-a-i-k-u. hahahahahahahahahahahahaha.
violet is the outermost layer of the rainbow.
shirley temple can, in a crazed turn of events, resemble gollum in a very scary way.
there was such a thing as the woolworth tower and in 1913 it was the tallest tower in the united states.
sir gilbert has aerodynamic powers.
pag malas ka sa videoke, malas ka talaga. hahaha.
we all have a little (or a lot) sappiness inside of us. hehehe.
----------------------------
it was super fun everyone! next time ulit :-)
---------------------------
something that made me laugh today.
Tuesday, October 23, 2007
something to make you smile
since laughter has been so important to me these past days...
hahaha. cool! you don't even have to go in to get the good advice.
hahaha. cool! you don't even have to go in to get the good advice.
Monday, October 22, 2007
*deep short breaths
wow. i can't believe i just finished the first semester of third year in law school. it's been fun. i can almost say i am happy even. it is weird. there is so much drama going on and yet somehow we surprise ourselves by finding random reasons to smile or to laugh.
yesterday...while i was trying very hard not to study hahaha i passed the time by watching the barbara walters oscar special. she was interviewing ellen degeneres on her "Hello God, it's Ellen" (one of the first routines that put her on the map), and she asked Ellen what she would say to God now. Ellen just said "Thanks!"
i guess if it were me calling God i would say..."thanks for giving me random reasons to smile and laugh. i can't change the people around me, but at least now i can muster up the strength to pull the corners of my mouth into a smile and show off my chompers (along with my odd bungi spot. stupid root canal.)
has it been the change of environment? i don't know. i don't feel as bleak now.
------------
on the downside...i just heard from a friend that the daughter of a family friend passed away in bahrain. it looks like it was a suicide. i hope she didn't suffer. and i hope that though she couldn't find any reason to smile before she jumped...that she is someplace enjoying big belly laughs and tears her eyes from laughing too much. that she is with people who will hug her forever so she doesn't feel alone again.
-----------
hmm. on a different note...yesterday, i was talking with my good friend ieli about the subtle intimacy that is brought about by knees touching. i wonder if other people think about these things - or if we are just too wrapped up in our little dreamworlds and what-ifs that we put meaning on even the most mundane exchanges.
in any case...touching knees to me seems like a definite high. one of those things that i fear have gotten lost because people are too busy grabbing each other and whatnot in the heat of the moment. the subtle things. the little details.
like neverending phone calls that go on till the morning.
like having someone ask you how your day was, or wishing you a nice day.
like stupid private jokes.
like someone carrying your stuff for you.
like holding hands.
like a hug.
like remembering the smell of someone's hair.
------------
christmas songs are playing in the malls now, and i must admit i am a sucker for christmas. i always get excited that this year might be different. (it never is, but you never know diba?)
i love even the cheesy christmas mixes played in the grocery stores.
i love the lights.
i love how people are excited when its christmas.
i love how there is always a reason to celebrate.
i love how there is always so much food!
i love having the hope of getting exactly what you wished for.
what gets you excited about christmas?
yesterday...while i was trying very hard not to study hahaha i passed the time by watching the barbara walters oscar special. she was interviewing ellen degeneres on her "Hello God, it's Ellen" (one of the first routines that put her on the map), and she asked Ellen what she would say to God now. Ellen just said "Thanks!"
i guess if it were me calling God i would say..."thanks for giving me random reasons to smile and laugh. i can't change the people around me, but at least now i can muster up the strength to pull the corners of my mouth into a smile and show off my chompers (along with my odd bungi spot. stupid root canal.)
has it been the change of environment? i don't know. i don't feel as bleak now.
------------
on the downside...i just heard from a friend that the daughter of a family friend passed away in bahrain. it looks like it was a suicide. i hope she didn't suffer. and i hope that though she couldn't find any reason to smile before she jumped...that she is someplace enjoying big belly laughs and tears her eyes from laughing too much. that she is with people who will hug her forever so she doesn't feel alone again.
-----------
hmm. on a different note...yesterday, i was talking with my good friend ieli about the subtle intimacy that is brought about by knees touching. i wonder if other people think about these things - or if we are just too wrapped up in our little dreamworlds and what-ifs that we put meaning on even the most mundane exchanges.
in any case...touching knees to me seems like a definite high. one of those things that i fear have gotten lost because people are too busy grabbing each other and whatnot in the heat of the moment. the subtle things. the little details.
like neverending phone calls that go on till the morning.
like having someone ask you how your day was, or wishing you a nice day.
like stupid private jokes.
like someone carrying your stuff for you.
like holding hands.
like a hug.
like remembering the smell of someone's hair.
------------
christmas songs are playing in the malls now, and i must admit i am a sucker for christmas. i always get excited that this year might be different. (it never is, but you never know diba?)
i love even the cheesy christmas mixes played in the grocery stores.
i love the lights.
i love how people are excited when its christmas.
i love how there is always a reason to celebrate.
i love how there is always so much food!
i love having the hope of getting exactly what you wished for.
what gets you excited about christmas?
Wednesday, October 10, 2007
with reckless abandon
it rarely occurs to anyone that sometimes it is they who need to step it up.
to me this is a moment of epiphany -- much like the time that jack nicholson bowled helen hunt over when he told her "you make me want to be a better man."
sige na nga. for you, i'll start smiling again. with teeth.
and to my cynical alter ego...good riddance. and even if it doesn't work out...thank you for making me excited to smile again :)
to me this is a moment of epiphany -- much like the time that jack nicholson bowled helen hunt over when he told her "you make me want to be a better man."
sige na nga. for you, i'll start smiling again. with teeth.
and to my cynical alter ego...good riddance. and even if it doesn't work out...thank you for making me excited to smile again :)
Wednesday, October 03, 2007
a whole new world: laughtrip sa E
para akong napadpad sa ibang planeta sa pagsali ko sa 3E.
coming from a block that has an entirely different dynamic (kailangan magpush-ups bago pumasok!), and with the majority of the boys being highly religious (*read: sa loob ang kulo hihihihi), save for the overtly bastos hehehe (you know who you are), i survived 2 years of law without having gone through ten million innuendos from my guy blockmates.
that all changed coming into E. hehehe. boys are funny and openly...well...guys. i wont name who they are (so they can still pursue hapless, clueless females running amuck in the college of law), but here are a few of the choice tidbits i got while waiting for our succession class to begin.
---------------------------------------------
while reading men's health magazine
guy 1: pare, ano kaya ang meron si vic sotto noh, pano niya nakuha si pia guanio?
girl 1: siguro malaki yung ano niya.
guy 2: wala yun kay dolphy pare
guy 1: ah si dolphy may bolitas yun
me: ano ang bolitas?
guy 2 proceeds to draw something on my very clean notebook. *eyes widen. i just had to ask. i still don't understand what they are, but at this rate, i figure i should just shut up.
guy 3: what do you have against penises?
me: nothing, i just dont want them in my notebook.
guy 3: bakit maganda ba ang notes mo?
me: oo naman! pangit ang sulat ko pero kumpleto yan!
guy 3: mali, wala ka naman notes eh. *insert evil laugh.
me: oh shucks.
speaking of notes...
guy 1: pare, ang ayos ng sulat mo ah! right handed ka ba?
guy 2: sometimes. *insert evil grin.
------i tune out guy talk of sex scandals----------------
but i can't.
guy 1: pare ayoko ng sex scandals
guy 2: bakit naman?
guy 1: gusto ko nasasabi ko yung pangalan hehehe.
guy 2: pare narinig mo na ba yung rule na pag nagka-girlfriend ka bawal ka na raw mag ...(gestures. imaginine niyo na lang)
guy 1: what? that's a stupid rule.
guy 2: oo nga pare. first love never dies (looks lovingly at his 2 hands.)
eeeeeeeeeewwwwwwwwww.
-----------------
sometime in the middle of Balane's discussion he manages to insert these innuendos, courtesy of the legendary Johnny Carson
Johnny Carson talking to the wife of some golfer dude
Johnny: what do you do to inspire your husband before he plays an important game?
Wife: I kiss his balls for good luck.
Johnny: That must make his club stand straighter!
Johnny Carson interviewing Racquel Welch, who brought her pet cat along for the interview
Johnny: So you really love cats, eh?
Racquel: Yes, would you like to stroke my pussy?
Johnny: Sure, why don't you get that darned cat off your lap, and I will!
*and a random statement from Balane before the class ended:
"People who fall asleep with sex problems in their heads wake up with the solution in their hands."
all the boys applaud of course. hehehe
But the winner hirit came from Mr. Reyes, when being asked questions in French by Professor Balane
Professor Balane: french french french french french?
Mr Reyes: I'm sorry sir, the only French word I know is...si.
hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha.
but for the cruelest joke of all...Wala si DANGAT (in the dark these letters arrange themselves to form the word VOLDEMORT). hihihihi.
happy happy joy joy
coming from a block that has an entirely different dynamic (kailangan magpush-ups bago pumasok!), and with the majority of the boys being highly religious (*read: sa loob ang kulo hihihihi), save for the overtly bastos hehehe (you know who you are), i survived 2 years of law without having gone through ten million innuendos from my guy blockmates.
that all changed coming into E. hehehe. boys are funny and openly...well...guys. i wont name who they are (so they can still pursue hapless, clueless females running amuck in the college of law), but here are a few of the choice tidbits i got while waiting for our succession class to begin.
---------------------------------------------
while reading men's health magazine
guy 1: pare, ano kaya ang meron si vic sotto noh, pano niya nakuha si pia guanio?
girl 1: siguro malaki yung ano niya.
guy 2: wala yun kay dolphy pare
guy 1: ah si dolphy may bolitas yun
me: ano ang bolitas?
guy 2 proceeds to draw something on my very clean notebook. *eyes widen. i just had to ask. i still don't understand what they are, but at this rate, i figure i should just shut up.
guy 3: what do you have against penises?
me: nothing, i just dont want them in my notebook.
guy 3: bakit maganda ba ang notes mo?
me: oo naman! pangit ang sulat ko pero kumpleto yan!
guy 3: mali, wala ka naman notes eh. *insert evil laugh.
me: oh shucks.
speaking of notes...
guy 1: pare, ang ayos ng sulat mo ah! right handed ka ba?
guy 2: sometimes. *insert evil grin.
------i tune out guy talk of sex scandals----------------
but i can't.
guy 1: pare ayoko ng sex scandals
guy 2: bakit naman?
guy 1: gusto ko nasasabi ko yung pangalan hehehe.
guy 2: pare narinig mo na ba yung rule na pag nagka-girlfriend ka bawal ka na raw mag ...(gestures. imaginine niyo na lang)
guy 1: what? that's a stupid rule.
guy 2: oo nga pare. first love never dies (looks lovingly at his 2 hands.)
eeeeeeeeeewwwwwwwwww.
-----------------
sometime in the middle of Balane's discussion he manages to insert these innuendos, courtesy of the legendary Johnny Carson
Johnny Carson talking to the wife of some golfer dude
Johnny: what do you do to inspire your husband before he plays an important game?
Wife: I kiss his balls for good luck.
Johnny: That must make his club stand straighter!
Johnny Carson interviewing Racquel Welch, who brought her pet cat along for the interview
Johnny: So you really love cats, eh?
Racquel: Yes, would you like to stroke my pussy?
Johnny: Sure, why don't you get that darned cat off your lap, and I will!
*and a random statement from Balane before the class ended:
"People who fall asleep with sex problems in their heads wake up with the solution in their hands."
all the boys applaud of course. hehehe
But the winner hirit came from Mr. Reyes, when being asked questions in French by Professor Balane
Professor Balane: french french french french french?
Mr Reyes: I'm sorry sir, the only French word I know is...si.
hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha.
but for the cruelest joke of all...Wala si DANGAT (in the dark these letters arrange themselves to form the word VOLDEMORT). hihihihi.
happy happy joy joy
Tuesday, October 02, 2007
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)