when i was born…

Gabriel Garcia Marquez won the Nobel Prize in Literature.

The movie Gandhi won the Oscars for Best Picture.

“I Love Rock ‘N Roll” by Joan Jett and the Blackhearts hit the number one spot on the music charts.

And the moon looked like this.

Cool, huh? 

Wanna know what happened during the day your were born?  Find out here.

cheap thrills

 What made me squeal this morning:

I remember Queen Bee and I used to complain that you can only post very few photos in Friendster.  I mean, being the camwhore that we are, 50 just ain't enough!  Especially 'pag may pinagpapakyutan kami, bwahaha!  But when I opened my account this morning, I saw what could probably be the best surprise in cyberworld this year—YOU CAN NOW POST UP TO A HUNDRED PHOTOS IN FRIENDSTER!!! Yahooooooooooo!

Fine, fine.  OA na 'to.  But, see?  Mababaw lang naman kaligayahan ko eh :p

A few hours later, I browsed around Ate Ains's files and saw this:

I am just so excited!  I remember going gaga over Neil Gaiman's Mirrormask.  At first I wasn't quite sure if Gaiman's writing would translate well on screen, but it did!  I don't know though if that could be a gauge for Stardust the Movie's outcome because Mirrormask was intentionally written for the big screen.  Stardust, on the other hand, is a novel to start with and, well, we know how disappointing it can be when moviemakers fail to transform fantastic reads into good movies (just like Harry Potter:  The Prisoner of Azkaban.  It wasn't able elaborate on one of the most important element in the film–Harry's relationship with Sirius Black).

I'm currently rereading my illustrated copy of Stardust and just can't put it down (parang 'di ko pa nababasa eh!).  I just hope Matthew Vaughnn does justice to this wonderful epic. 

surprised???

I bet you were!

Well.  I was tinkering around my site and saw that i.ph has new templates!  And guess what the i.ph geniuses (ehem) call this one?  The "around the world" template.  Perfect, isn't it?  I'll be trying it out for a couple of days, see if it works.  Will be twitching some details here and there so you'll probably notice a few changes every now and then.

Lemme know what you think! 

panatang maka-broadband. bow.

I-click ang larawan at bigkasin ng sabay-sabay.

Smart Bro — The revolutionary fixed wireless internet. Yep, you heard it right, folks.  "Wireless," meaning no need for a phone line in order to avail of an internet connection.  Fast installation, as quick as 2 days!

O, ano pang hinihintay niyo?  Pakabit na!

truth hour

Yesterday was a day of confessions.

The first cat I let out of the bag during work.  The second one I freed over coffee and cheesecake later in the evening.  At first I was nervous at the reactions I was about to get but after I finally said my confessions, it felt so damn good.  And I'm almost sure that what I did set a chain reaction of events which I hope would lead to something positive.

So there.  Another development in my so-called life (Claire Danes, is that you? :p)

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Psychology calls it selective retention:  1.  The process of remembering only a small portion of what a person is exposed to (Wells, William, Burnett, John and Moriaty, Sandra); 2.  It occurs when a person remembers some messages and forgets others (Zaltman, Gerald and Wallendorf, Melanie); 3. …is the same as selective remembering.  We selectively retain or remember communication that we perceive as having certain qualities (Bittner, John R.).

I call it, "having a light heart."

I've been continuously learning that there are a lot of things in life you have no control over.  That it's your choice whether you'll see the glass half empty or half full.  I've made a choice to be happy.  And to embrace that choice, I've detached myself from anything that I know would just make me bitter or sad.  Like they say, what you don't know won't hurt you (sometimes).  Or hear no evil, see no evil, speak no evil.  Or whatever.  I focused (see, there's that magic word again) on the things that make me say, "Despite everything, life is still beautiful."   And the past month have been a good one for me.  I've been exploring and learning more and more about myself.  But there are just some things, emotions, or people that you can't just select and remove from your life.  Especially when it comes to friendship.

This morning, I shared Confession #2 to an old friend. 

It felt so nice to be exchanging text messages with her just like the good ol' days.  And eventhough we've been estranged from each other for quite some time, I know she's still one of the persons who really knows me and my quirks better than anyone else.  I once got a forwarded message saying, " Have you ever realized that when people say you've changed, it's just because you've stopped living your life….

…THEIR way?"  I think, we both came to a point that we stopped living our lives in each others' ways.  Well, I can continue wishing that things could go back the way they were during "the good old days."  But there's a reason why they're called "old days."  So for now, I'm choosing to be happy because at least, every now and then, I get a taste of that "good ol' friendship."  And maybe someday, I wouldn't have to keep on looking back because we'll be able to have a good renewed one.

my battle cry

If Jean’s battlecry is, “Buhay retired!” mine would be “Alam ko na gagawin ko sa buhay ko!  Woohoo!”  A bit lengthy for a battle cry, but what the heck.  I’m just amazed how calm I am despite all the uncertainty currently surrounding me.  Maybe because I’ve learned certain ways of dealing with this uncertainty which, hopefully, would eventually lead me to certainty.  Eh?  Don’t worry, sometimes I don’t get it either but I’ve discovered how to find beauty in chaos

It’s scary, mind you.  I envy those who, at this point in their lives, already know (as Miranda puts it) "what they want to be when they grow up.”  I always thought I knew.  April even said I had it easy.  Right after college, I got a wonderful four-month stint with Cinemanila right after which, I was hired by one of the leading networks in the country.  It wasn’t hard for me to jump boats either because of the experience I’ve acquired.  And when I dared brave the corporate world, experience helped also.  She and Ami (my other thesismate slash rant-over-a-couple-of-drinks-in-Greenbelt friend) on the other hand experienced the frustration of job-hopping early on.  Luckily for April, she’s now in a job she likes and suits her priorities.  What really scares me right now is (more…)