Imelda The Maid

And speaking of shoes....

Another Pair of Shoes

I'm so glad slingbacks are back. Couldn't resist buying this pair.

A Three Day Old Infant and An Obituary

Yesterday, while we were waiting for our meeting to start, Gang saw an obituary for a three day old infant.



"Shet, nakakalungkot naman ito. Three days old lang siya," sabi ni Gang. I agreed. Although there was a familiar name in it, but I wasn't sure if it was the person I knew. We didn't think about it anymore, because the conversation turned to other things. The urge to text passed because I don't have Brian's number on my phone.



Until today, when I got an email from Brian. His baby nephew, Miguel Paulo, passed away. He also attached a scanned clipping of the obituary. The same obituary we saw.



And I feel so sad. He was born on 29 October and he passed away on 1 November. He was cremated last Monday, 5 November.



I can't imagine the grief that the parents are going through.



Photo Source

Undas

My mother lighted these candles. She placed it on the sidewalk in front of our house. In most of the houses, up and down our street, there are lighted candles either on the sidewalk or just outside the gate. Every half hour, my siblings and I take turns making sure they are still lighted or if one or two of the holders need a replacement candle.

We do this every year, for our loved ones who have passed on; for Lola Angela and Lolo Periong.

Wake Up Call for Cat People

I miss Figaro.

Robin William's Scottish Definition of Golf

I watched Robin Williams Live on Broadway DVD at Meah's. This segment made me laugh so much, it gave me stitches. :P

It's About Time

Nards has been urging me for the longest time to set up a photoblog. I finally did today.



Link.





Photo by: Nards

Mrs. Fields Cafe, Trinoma Mall

38 Qs

Tagged by Bambi. :)

1. Name one person who made you laugh last night? Nards
2. What were you doing at 0800? Waking Up
3. What were you doing 30 minutes ago? Blogging
4. What happened to you in 2006? I moved out of my parents' house
5. What was the last thing you said out loud? Whoa, pasta
6. How many beverages did you have today? 9 glasses of water, one cup of tea, one glass of milk, one glass of cold milk tea (I like to drink)
7. What color is your hairbrush? I don't own a hairbrush
8. What was the last thing you paid for? Dinner at Grilled Tomato
9. Where were you last night? Home
10. What color is your front door? Green
11. Where do you keep your change? In a kitten jar.
12. What?s the weather like today? Sunny during the day, drizzling at night
13. What?s the best ice-cream flavor? Vanilla
14. What excites you? Sunny days, road trips, new toys
15. Do you want to cut your hair? Yes
16. Are you over the age of 25? Yes
17. Do you talk a lot? Uh-huh
18. Do you watch the O.C.? Used To
19. Do you know anyone named Steven? Nope
20. Do you make up your own words? Not anymore
21. Are you a jealous person? Hmmm. Sometimes.
22. Name a friend whose name starts with the letter ?A?. Arvin
23. Name a friend whose name starts with the letter ?K?. Kris
24. Who?s the first person on your received call list? Beng
25. What does the last text message you received say? "Facebuk" from my sister
26. Do you chew on your straw? No
27. Do you have curly hair? No
28. Where?s the next place you?re going to? GMA to meet with Pie for lunch
29. Who?s the rudest person in your life? Markcasious
30. What was the last thing you ate? Lansones
31. Will you get married in the future? I think I might
32. What?s the best movie you?ve seen in the past 2 weeks? My Fair Lady on DVD
33. Is there anyone you like right now? Yes
34. When was the last time you did the dishes? Two nights ago
35. Are you currently depressed? No
36. Did you cry today? No
37. Why did you answer and post this? was tagged by Bambi
38. Tag 5 people who would do this survey. Beng and Mitzie

Withdrawal Symptoms

Shet. 72 hours of no DSL after my arrival from Davao. Followed by 120 hours of intermittent connection. (Read: 3 mins of surfing then 15 mins of no connection, then another 3 mins of surfing, followed by another 15 mins of no connection...this went on and on for the next five days. Enough to make me pull the hair out of the inept technician's head, who replaced our cable modem.) No email, no multiply, no blogspot, no wordpress, no picasaweb, no inquirer.net, no friendster, no twitter, no facebook. Terrible withdrawal symptoms for 7 days.

Thank heavens it's now fixed.

It's good to be back online.

3AM, A Pre-Pre-Halloween Story

Wednesday, 10 October 2007. It was our second night in Malagos. I woke up at 3am (technically thursday morning) to go to the bathroom. I lingered a bit at the sink, washing my hands with warm water and to check if my duck loofah was dry. I went back to my bed and crawled underneath the heavy blankets. Our AC was cranked up on high. I turned on my side and faced the wall. I could hear Carol snoring softly on the next bed.

Then I heard a loud and audible whisper. Just behind me.

"San na kayo?"

My heartbeat kicked into high gear because Carol's snoring never stopped. I did a 180 on the bed and peered at her. She was fast asleep. I called out her name softly, but she kept on sleeping and snoring. I went cold all over and sweat broke on my forehead. My hands went clammy.

Who the heck whispered?????

Unnerved and totally freaked out, I couldn't go back to sleep. I plugged my ears with the earbuds and turned on my mp3 player. Then I shut my eyes, and concentrated on the lyrics of each song I heard.

The next night, I changed hotels.