The Bitch's Cradle II: eLan Vital

How many pair of shoes do you have? Out of those pairs, how many do you wear more than a few times a year?
Submitted by fightinggale.

Shoes 1... shoes 2... shoes 3... i'm tired to count! The only thing I collect are shoes!!! Yippeee! I'd rather be naked but never out of shoes.

I guess ever since I started collecting shoes (which started 3 years ago when I start working) roughly 17 pairs. Not much yet for a shoe collector. The only thing that's bad is that after I gave birth, almost half of them don't fit me anymore. So I just wear 5 or 6 of them usually, especially the flats.

Mood: STRESSED

Currently listening to: Always Be My Baby - David Cook

 

It's kinda weird, not being able to access my blogs, my friendster account, my yahoo mail and other internet junk I do before. Seriously, eversince my boss gave me a project which I have been waiting for years, it occured to me that I haven't been accessing my best friend "Internet Explorah" lately.

Somehow I feel good, I finally got the break that could bring me a few steps closer to the promotion I was vying for. I feel fulfilled that now, I go home tired because my plate is full and my organizer is full of post-its and reminders. But the stress is really my constant worry. I go home like I was dragging five horses. Har!

I can say I love the pressure on me, but I hate the people under me. They stress me out so much. The people working with me in this project are not really as helpful than what I thought they should be.

Errr... it's me whining againg.

 

Oh... just an out of the blue thing:

My DE-stress thing right now... David Cook. I never really liked him, but when he sang "Always be my baby" last American Idol Top7... he just pulled my heart out of my chest. I love him now.

 

 

 

Right now, I really don't know what to say, I don't know how to put things in to words. I don't feel that it's right to reveal our marital problems to everyone, but of course I really wouldn't do that. I just wanna write, how I feel.

I am pissed. I am frustrated. I am totally angry at the moment.

Don't get me wrong... this isn't gonna lead to a break up or anything.

It's probably the usual marriage quarrel.

It's just that i am not used to us fighting.

For the last few months we have been frequently fighting. I don't know if this is because of his hidden agony of losing both of his parents. He is totally bringing it out on me. He gets ticked off easily and I hate it.

Now I am getting ticked off easily.

I hate the things that run on my head.

I hate it because it is not good.

I want to write it, but I know thinking about it is a sin already.

How much more if I say it or write it.

What the heck.

Mood: Overwhelming-renewed love

Currently Watching: Coffee Prince

 

Out of boredom, I finally finished watching Coffee Prince. It took me a few months to finish it. Considering that I have all the episodes from Daily Motion (the link I gave was my favorite).

To my surprise, Coffee Prince wasn't really a bore after all. It is a lighthearted drama, that would really touch the young at heart. It somewhat renews your feeling about love.

I love Goong Yoo's character. Well, I really love him (period). But his role here makes him more lovable. He seems like a perfect boyfriend! Well, if you can find me the likes of him... I'll probably get a trade! (hahaha... peace daddy!)

 

I can't say much at the moment because I am so overwhelmed. I am still at my crying stage right now, trying to recap all the favorite scenes I have.

So far, there are only 3 Kdramas that really made such a strong impact. Lover's in Paris, My Name is Kim-Sam-Soon and this one, Coffee Prince.

Certified K-Addict! AJA!!

 

Can i just vent my frustration about all fans of American Idol? What's happening with our choices, I mean, this isn't a beauty contest of some sort. I really don't get it... why do Kristy Lee Cook keep on getting in the the top whatever.

Haaaay... well I guess that's your choice guys, but I really feel she doesn't deserve to be there. simon already said it, she is a weak performer.

David H. was better than her, and even Amanda Overmyer... she has a very unique and cool style. Better that this blonde who ruins the arrangement of a song.

I find the first elimination night so hilarious, making her song rendition a carnival song. To my surprise and her glory, she got in and David H. got kicked out. What a crap.

Well, this is my sincere opinion. These are the 2 contestants that I want to be kicked out od American Idol:

 

 

Top of the list of the first ones to be kicked out of AI. This is a singing contest, not beauty contest... if she's getting in because of her blonde charm, then I guess, this show should not showcase talent after all.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Well, I don't think he's at par with the rest of them... he's not even interesting for. A plain balladeer that is.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I still feel bad that Amanda Overmyer and Daniel Hernandez didn't make it on top. They could have made the competition more feisty and challenging.

I'm back again. For sometime I thought Vox has been totally blocked from my access. I was really freaking out when I can't open Vox from my office PC. Good thing I have friends from IT department. Hehehe... sly =)

And then there was the grieving period. I was gone from work for almost 2 weeks because my in-laws died.

Yeah, IN-LAWS.

My father in-law had cancer, but he did not die because of that. He died because he shot himself on the head.

Tragic.

My mother in-law was not able to take it. She has hypertension and was sent to the hospital and there she was in coma for a day and died the next day. She died of cardiac arrest.

My father in-law died on the 23rd of February at 51, my mother in-law died on the 24th of February, five days before her 54th birthday.

Their love was so intense, that even death did not separate them.

 

To my ama and ina,

 

Thanks for welcoming me into your lives. Thank you for loving me like your own daughter. You treated me well, and you were the only one who was there for me during that time that I need my parents but they were no where to be found. Thank you for giving birth to Gerald and for that, I have my whole life to thank you for having a great husband. Thank you for taking care of my son, in times where I can't be a mom to him because I needed to go far from him and work for his future. Thanks for supporting me and Gerald, because of you, we were able to go through tough changes in married life. Thanks for being the best example of love and the real essence of marriage. Being together, in sickness and in health, for richer or for poorer, and even in death you were never apart.

Thank you, for fulfilling the true promise of love.

 

Your daughter in-law,

Dale

 

Well... Congatulations to Ramielle Malubay, for making it to the 24 finalists of American Idol. I'm so glad we have another Filipino blood in such prestigious contest. We have been dazed by our kababayan Reynaldo Lapuz, for making another "Willian hung stint" and it surely made it in the internet. His song was a sure hit and had so many remix.

Now it is time for Ramielle to show usa what she's got! Go girl! Aim high Pinay! (hehehe... quoting Modess' tag line).

Well, aside from Ramielle, there are 23 other talented people who made it to the finals and the announcement of the top 24 finalists was really an emotional, heartwarming and heartbreaking event. There are 12 boys and 12 girls who were lucky and talented enough to  make their way to the main event.

As early as now I have my favorites already! =) Here they are:

 

 

Carly Smithson - with her cool tattoo in her shoulder, you wouldn't ever think that she is a sweetheart and can pull off a Celine Dion song. I must say, she is a good ballad singer and I think she is the best in this troop.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Danny Norriega - I don't really know why, but for some reason he reminds me of Bryanboy. I am not sure yet but he really seems gay to me and he looks really really cool. The way he moves brings out a different likable aura of him and of course his singing prowess makes him fit for a DIVA.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Syesha Mercado = ooohhh.... her strong and powerful voice gives me goosebumps! Plus her hair is so nice!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Michael Johns - He is good and he is my crush! Good talent and good looks all in one!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Ramiele Malubay - and of course the last but definitely not the least... the same blood runs through our veins... a true Pinay, proves herself one of the best making it to the top. Filipinos are really good singers... be the first Filipino-Asian-American Idol Ramiele... make us proud!

The Valentine fever is slowly creeping in...

Well, for me the best Valentine's day celebration will always be a day spent with my husband Gerald. Everyday is a Heart's day for as long as my husband and I are together.

Nothing beats watching American Idol or the evening news while my husband is hugging me. Valentine's day is best spent everyday, cooking dinner for him and eating with him, with an enormous appetite, thus killing my diet plan. =P

Happy Valentine's day daddy! Thanks for spending a lifetime of Valentine with me. I love you!

Before anything else: please visit me here

 

When I saw this post I was really excited to answer this! Not that I am not over my ex’s yet, but because I find it really interesting and I love reminiscing those days, when I was young, vulnerable and immature. I was tagged by my new blog friend Rhapsody.

Okay, so I’b be so bold enough to include their pictures, so I hope everyone else will do the same.

Here’s the rule:

1. Post a picture of your EX (ex-boyfriend, girlfriend, MU, crush or whoever it is that you hate for hurting you in the past or present) and then answer the questions below. PAYBACK time!
2. TAG as many as you can!
3. A link to this post will be appreciated. TAG: Revenge of the Broken Hearts

DISCLAIMER: Sa mga EX ko, whose pictures appear here, walang personalan. Don’t worry no bad publicity. We’re all in good terms, ayt?! PEACE! =)

EX # 001: MARVIN

(the first love)

**Sorry, in as much as I want to show his photo, I just can’t this is to protect him and his family.

1. Have you forgiven him/her already?

Marvin - well, even if he affected my life big time for hurting me, I was able to forgive him the minute he broke up with me. Even if I was hurting I tried to understand him and we have been good friends.

Jhay - we never really had an official relationship. It was just ‘mutual understanding” although we failed to understand each other’s feelings that’s why the relationship was a failure. I forgave him already for not telling me how he really felt.

J - the relationship was truly a mistake from the start. I forgave myself already for loving him.

2. Do you regret ever meeting him/her? - No. Not at all. The experience no matter how painful was worth remembering. It taught me a lot of things and it made me who I am now. It helped me grow and be wise.

3. Describe him/her in three words:

Marvin - funny, sweet, irresponsible (well that was before, i don’t know now)

Jhay - mayabang pero malambing pero confusing

J - appealing, mature, loving

4. Are you over him/her? Certainly! I don’t I would marry my husband if I wasn’t over these men.

5. Would you give him/her a second chance? Kahit mag maka-awa? No…no…no. Ring… baby… MARRIED! =)

6. Would you visit him/her if he/she gets hospitalized? With Marvin, I guess not. Makikibalita nalang. But with Jhay and J, I think I will kasi tropa ko parin naman sila eh.

7. What if he/she died? Iiyak ka ba? Of course.

8. Have you tried to cheat on him/her?

Marvin - NO  

 Jhay - we weren’t really exclusively dating, so I still dated somehow (pangreserba! - sama!)  

 J - well, he was cheating and I was the object of such act. So I guess I was the accomplice. **guilty**

9. Have you lied to him/her? sheesh… everybody lies!

10. Your wish for that person:

For Marvin and Jhay, I hope you find the right girl who will make them complete. I hope they get successful and gain fulfillment in what they do now. I wish, they’d stop their vices and Marvin, I hope you become a better and a responsible person.

For J, I wish you a better and happier marriage. I hope what we had is the first and the last. Your wife deserves a more and whatever her shortcomings are does not equate to liberty of fooling around. You may have ruin your family’s life and mine. I never want that to happen. So love your wife and your daughters and I wish both of you will change into a better person coz everybody deserves a second, third, fourth… endless chance! =)

I am gonna tag: immortal rain, yupkigirl, rainysummer, kaytee, gem

What a perfect time to hear a very heartwarming song. Valentine's Day is coming soon and I'm so much in the mood to listen to OPM love songs. I really believe that we have nothing but the best love songs.

Of course to prove this truth I have here the song that I really find romantic when sung by Gary Valenciano, but I was surprised to hear the version of Regine Velasquez, and yes, it is so god damn beautiful. Makes me want to marry my husband again.

Here it is... enjoy!