It’s just Saturday and this weekend is already too hot for us. I guess we are not going to fully enjoy this long weekend. Times like these, I really wish it is raining hard. As in heavy downpour but without the strong winds, okay? 
Anyways…my ‘housemates’ are all very grumpy. Can’t blame them though. Even taking an afternoon nap can indeed be very stressful.
Where is the rain?? We need you sooo badly!
some good things can actually last…
…1 month and counting…
As far as day jobs are concerned, I’m still looking. With no luck though. Entomologists, plant breeders and agricultural economists are more in demand than chemists…
Maybe I should really change careers? He he. Health care jobs are always in demand.
While I’m always swamped with blogging on a daily basis, sometimes I feel like going back to school. I’m contemplating on more practical shorts courses such as care giving, nursing assistant or even hospitality management.
But then I have to enroll Raine in Kumon first… after that is settled, it’s going to be my turn.
that’s the story of…that’s the glory of love
You’ve got to give a little, take a little
And let your poor heart break a little
That’s the story of,
That’s the glory of love
You’ve got to laugh a little, cry a little
Until the clouds roll by a little
That’s the story of,
That’s the glory of love
As long as there’s the two of us
We’ve got the world and all its charms
And when the world is through with us
We’ve got each other’s arms
You’ve got to win a little, lose a little
Yes, and always have the blues a little
That’s the story of,
That’s the glory of love
That’s the story of,
That’s the glory of love
Who knows how long I’ve loved you
You know I love you still
Will I wait a lonely lifetime
If you want me to, I will.
For if I ever saw you
I didn’t catch your name
But it never really mattered
I will always feel the same.
Love you forever and forever
Love you with all my heart
Love you whenever we’re together
Love you when we’re apart.
And when at last I find you
Your song will fill the air
Sing it loud so I can hear you
Make it easy to be near you
For the things you do endear you to me
Oh, you know, I will
I will.
It has been exactly 2 weeks since A landed in bicolandia. Two weeks that has been really crazy and hectic. But the happy kind of crazy you see.
Major adjustments were involved of course. In fact, we are still adjusting. Even if A’s stay isn’t permanent, I sure can get use to him being around. He’s such a homebody and has been helping me with the house chores and with bringing Raine to school. He has practically turned our messy apartment upside down to make some semblance of cleanliness and order to it.
(Don’t forget too that he is an everything-about-computers expert and I love the fact that I can just turn to him these days to fix any of my computer woes. This time we need not turn to YM and do the fix ‘remotely’. Also, I got my eeePC back! All fixed and upgraded and running on Windows XP. At the moment, we have 4 computer devices in the house…networked and online. Then, I just got a free HP 3-in-1 printer from Smart Bro. Just how good can life still get??)
Once, I wrote about being too tired on a daily basis that Raine is seeking my attention all the time. 200%. Back then I was longing for the ‘perfect picture’ in my head that should have allowed me to take heart photos.
Literally these days, short for a digicam, I only have a camera phone that can’t even hook to my PC. Moments ago, I took a the very first heart photo of the 2 men in my life right now that’s closest to my heart more than anything else.
The scene: Mommy (me!) is washing the used glasses and mugs on the sink. There were 4 in total. Gosh, there’s just the 3 of us right now.
The guys (Raine and A) are on the floor…fixing the messy cables and wires under my computer table. (He he, guys’ job right?)
Suddenly, A said: OMG! Roaches on the wall! You two! (referring to me and Raine)..OUT! Lemme handle this. So I retreated to the kitchen. Raine stayed behind, he said: I wanna help!
A: Okay, Raine..we have to think. (At this moment the cockroach already escaped.) This is a job for real men.#
R: Okaayy…ano gagawin ko?
A: So…since we don’t want him (the cockroach!) there..you stay there and watch for him. While I keep my eye on him from this other end.
R: Okay.
Then..there was a commotion and a lot of talking. In English! Demmit man, this guy’s really stinky. And things like that.
FINALLY…a sounding WAPAKKKKKK!
‘We got him dude…’
Then I heard Raine say: Yeah man…we’re good!
;)
HAHAHA. Ilang heart photos na ba yan? I can really really get used to this…he he. 
A has been complaining about the heat and the humidity in the Philippines. A week in the tropics hasn’t acclimatized his temperate-used body. He almost suffered from flu last week.
Then I realized that our apartment in the city is really like a huge oven (outdoor chaise lounges not withstanding!) despite 2 desk fans on maximum speed. Even heavy downpours aren’t enough to cool down the hot temperature inside the house.Well I’ll just give him a few more days and he’ll most probably have A/C installed here. That, or totally move out of here to go back to where he came from where it’s a lot cooler even in mid-summer.
When A/C happens around here, it’s the electric bill that I’ll be complaining about for sure. He he he.
DC…
Detroit
Nagoya
Manila
Legaspi
… Sorsogon!
personal issues…technical issues…
Going on at the same time…
Man, this is just crazy!
Anyways…I’m still in transit. Will be home soon to pick up Raine later today…
Wow! I can’t believe August is here. This month is gonna be exciting for me. Sort of a culmination of another chapter in my life.
Currently I am on the anxious nervous-anxious excited mode. So…this is how it feels! You know, counting the hours to the start of the rest of your life. You can’t wait…but you want to slow the turning of the hours a little bit. So you don’t hurry. Don’t forget a thing.
I guess it’s like having Acid cigars. You don’t want to drag it because you don’t want to get burned. But your get burned anyways…;)
Time just really flies…first it was 12. Now it’s just one sleep away! Where did those 12 days go???
This week has been really stressful. What with being the last week of the month for wrapping up blogging duties and due bills to pay. It was a little difficult to breathe as I was also neck deep in house and mommy chores.
At last it’s Saturday and I can rest for 2 whole days. When Monday comes, it’s going to be a totally different story. ;) Then the week after that is Raine’s first quarter exam.
What is it that you do?… REALLY??!!!
It rained blogging duties since May. And I’m having a blast. A little tired of course, but at the end of each month (when I get the blog p$y)…it is always worth it.
Recently, somebody in Raine’s school sorta ‘interviewed’ me. Well I joined her direct selling store/company that’s why she had to ask some personal questions.Then we ended up chatting for 2.5 hours! He he. Can you imagine?
She got curios when i entered in the registration form - under occupation - Professional Blogger. She said…’what is that’? Really a comment I always get when some people (non-bloggers, non-internet savvy folks) ask what it is exactly that I do. So I explained. In lowest terms.The moment I mentioned ‘ sort of a writer but online, on web logs’… her next question (of course!) was: what topics??
Honestly? I lost count already. All I know is that they span a huge range of blog topics: from Chicago Search Engine Optimization to Korean Cooking, from salads and granolas to laptops and smartphones, from women’s health to cloud computing, from the iPad to home mortgages. Isn’t that great??!!!! I told you it’s huge. Ha ha ha.
My back is killing me!
I’m just done washing the used rugs and cleaning the kitchen. With the few successive days of heavy rains here, my kitchen floor got flooded as well. But that’s just because the roof needs fixing. Already told my landlady, but I haven’t seen any handy man coming here.
I’m thinking of paying for the roof fix and the installation of a kisame. I’m thinking something made of bamboo for it. We’ll see…Hayy…there’s too much I wanna buy and fix in this little abode of ours (home everything coupons, anyone?). The only problem is, we are just renting. It’s not ours. Whatever I will spend on house improvement, my landlady has to agree first on the reimbursement or even deduction from rent money.
Yup, there is no kisame in my kitchen here in the city, thus it was like an oven during the summer months. Now that it’s raining? It’s raining inside as well! Which explains all the used rugs - that after several days - the whole house smelled like wet dog.
I write like
William Shakespeare
I Write Like by Mémoires, Mac journal software. Analyze your writing!
HUWWWAAAATTT?????!!!!! Hmmmmm…ibig ba sabihin poetic? He he he. That’s based on this entry anyway…
A decent (even point-and-shoot) digital camera is something I badly need. Digital cameras don’t come in cheap however, so I’ve always been hesitant to get one. For years I have been relying on my good old 2 MP camera phone.
But for months now that said camera phone has finally retired (it is more that 3 years old!) and I am left with a crappy 1.3 MP camera phone that doesn’t even have a USB cable so I can’t transfer the photos to my computer!
Any suggestions on affordable, decent point-and-shoot digital cameras? I’ll really appreciate your input.
2.5 years in the making…
12 days to go.
I can’t wait.
This is going to be the longest 12 days in the whole world!
Raine and I finally made it back home on Friday morning. Our supposedly 3 days in Los Baños turned out to be an 8-day stay. I went down with low electrolyte levels while Raine was bugged down with typhoid fever. We didn’t get to see and meet those we were supposed to see and meet, but ended up confined at St. Jude Family Hospital instead!
Though the past week has been rather ‘unpleasant’, it was an opportunity to bond with friends and family that took care of us. You know who you are and I thank you all from the bottom of my heart. My mother even had to go to LB as well to bring us home.
Tomorrow, Raine is going back to school. I’m still a little light-headed but Raine and I are taking it easy while getting back to our normal routine: school for Raine and work for me. I just hope the next time we try to visit LB, we won’t get sick anymore. Next time…
Raine and I are still in LB. We both got sick and were both confined in the hospital. We’re being discharged later today though. Thanks to everyone for all their love and support.
Read the book countless times, now it’s a movie.
I hope I get to watch this.
Raine’s last visit to his birthplace was in January 2008. At least I went there alone last year — a side trip to one of my job hunting prospects. Anyways…Raine is more excited than I am. He’s counting the days before we leave (3 tulog na lang!).
Of course I’m too excited as well. I already packed our bags! He he.
Well… our weekend is already fully booked. I just can’t wait to see dear friends again.
It’s now official… I’m coming down the boondocks on July 9.
To attend the UPLB-IC Grand Alumni Homecoming in it’s celebration of 100 years of existence.
Of course I’m bringing my derivative: Raine!
But Raine is more excited, because he want to go shopping again. Gosh, I don’t even know If I can insert buying an ls4278. Well of course, I’m just too happy I can see my friends there again.
Excited na kami… 6 na tulog na lang!
i wanna spend my lifetime loving you
One of my favorite duets of all time…
Hope you enjoy it…;)
