30 Day Blog Challenge - Day 3

Favorite TV shows 

Today is one of those days when I do not feel like blogging. It's not pure laziness. But today feels like I am not myself.

I have a lot of thoughts and most of them does not sound hopeful, funny or witty. Something’s bothering me and I do not want to impose it on anyone who might come across this entry because honestly, there's already too much negativity around and I do not want to add some more. Trust me, tomorrow I shall be back to my neurotic, corny self. 

And hey, today is just the 3rd day of the 30-day blog challenge. I can't stop blogging everyday just yet.

I rarely get to watch TV. If I do it's mostly because I want to be updated with the newest television commercials. And if I do watch, the show will most likely be: a) Reality TV shows, b) US TV sitcoms & c) Cooking shows on the Lifestyle Network.

Here they are:

Reality TV Shows

Project Runway

*As previously stated: I want to be a fashionista but fashion does not love me back. I like seeing the creative process to the final product.

America's Next Top Model (pronounced as "mow-del")

*I like looking at the pictures. I've watched all the cycles. On all the cycles my favorite lost.

The Amazing Race

*I hope to join this someday. (Wish ko lang.)

The Apprentice

*I know if I join this, I will win. (How hambog am I divah?)

US TV Sitcoms

How I Met Your Mother

*Barney. Is awesome. Is legendary.

Friends

*I watched this way back when I was in high school. They made me laugh.

Scrubs

*I've seen all episodes. I can relate.

Cooking Shows

The Iron Chef

*I only watch the food tasting part. I like torturing myself.

Barefoot Contessa

*I know if I win the lottery (which is next to impossible because I never bet) my house and my garden will exactly be like hers. I get most of my food inspiration from her.

Everyday Italian

*She makes Italian cooking look easy. Plus she's pretty.

Tomorrow's entry will be more interesting for me. I am passionate about books.

Goodnight!

30 Day Blog Challenge - Day 2

Favorite movies

Hey! It is day 2 of the 30 day blog challenge. If you want to read why I am doing this nonsense you can read it here. Or skip this blog altogether if I annoy the hell out of you. :P

What a perky introduction! Okay so where was I?

This being day 2, I have to talk about my favorite movies.

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*crickets chirping* (kruuhhh-khruuuhh)

So it’s not like I do not have favorite movies but it’s more of like, I like so many that this will be very boring na. If the hubby were to write this, he will say intellectual movies like “Schindler's List” or triumph of the human spirit stuff like “The Shawshank Redemption”, or geeky nerdy movies like “Star Wars” or.. or.. the sleep-fest “Saving Ryan’s Privates”… err “Saving Private Ryan” pala. Jejeje. (That is one tricky title. I always get those two words mixed up. :P)

I always say that the last movie I watched (as long as I got entertained) is my favorite.

Plus I am not the intellectual kind so it may look like hindi pinag isipan ang aking list. However, I’ve seen the movies below over and over again so I guess that’s why they became my top choices.

1) Plot of this movie highly improbable I know (ibaba ang eyebrows!). I like the idea that the guy (Adam Sandler) makes the girl fall in love with him everyday. I like the setting which is Hawaii. (I believe I was a Polynesian in my past life.) Because everything looks rosy and fresh. Because Drew’s character here and I share the same taste in flowers. I'll never get tired of watching this film ever. And because I watched this on the night before my wedding day to ensure I get a good night’s sleep.

50 First Dates

2)  I tell you to watch this and believe me when I say that the film is actually deeper than it seems. Despite the seemingly dark foreboding tone, in the end it made me feel hopeful.

Little Miss Sunshine

3)  After watching this movie for the first time, it has been my tradition to watch this during Christmas. I’ve watched the movie countless times already and I still laugh and cry.

Love Actually

4) One of the first movies I got obsessed with when I was a child. I keep imagining that I was the lead character and the things I would do. I told my mom, when I grow up I want to be Bill Murray. I was a weird kid. (What? You haven’t seen this? This is a classic noh? Watchit watchit watchit!!!!)

Groundhog Day

5) Finally, because I love the arts and I am deep. And because I understand and appreciate the Filipino culture in its truest sense.

My Filipino classic favorite is….

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Oro Plata Mata

Choz lang.

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Maynila Sa Kuko ng Liwanag

Char ulit…

Eto sure na:

Bituing Walang Nining! (English: A star without shine!)

I was a "Sharonian" when I was a kid. Period.

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[Side kwento, we had to bring out little bunchkin’ to the ER of Medical City earlier this evening. His fever would not let up. While he was there high temperature and all, my little baby was still an entertainer. He would smile and laugh with anyone willing to play, smile and coo with him. We were discharged since negative ang urinalysis. Right now, his temperature is a little better na. I will try to hold off sleeping for as long as I can so I can just stare at his face and whisper in his ear that I love him every 21 seconds until he gets better.]

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Till tomorrow!

30 Day Blog Challenge - Day 1

A recent picture and 15 facts about you

Welcome to my first post in the 30 day blog challenge.

Since I gained a lot of weight lately, hate looking at pictures of myself. It’s not a self-esteem thing but I just don’t know how to describe it. Anyway, that picture was just taken last Sunday May 29, 2011 at a cousin’s birthday / family reunion. I was mowdelling a very yummy blueberry cheesecake which Lia, the birthday girl so lovingly prepared. The little baby is six month old Elijah. My son is sleeping because he got tired already from all the attention.

1)  I was supposed to be named "Leslie Jean" but my dad's telegram arrived a day late. (My dad was away on a work assignment.)

2) I always have strong opinions on everything. As in everything.

3) I love to cook and I love it when people loved what I cooked.

4) I love to hear other people's stories probably that is why I am so aliw reading blogs.

5) My favorite book is "The Catcher in the Rye" by J.D. Sallinger.

6) If money were not an issue, I'd want to do creative writing for a living.

7) I have very colorful and vivid dreams. (And I always tell them to my husband when I wake up. He always listens.)

8) I like making new friends. (who doesn't?)

9) I want to be a fashionista but fashion does not love me back.

10) I am a cry baby and I almost always cry each time I see someone else cry.

11) I love the rainy season more than the summer season. (Very ideal for reading a good book kase.)

12) I like the 'process' of finding gifts for my family and friends.

13) I trust and firmly believe in our God.

14) I married my first love.

15) I am a family girl and puts my family first.

Hey this is fun and a bit therapeutic! :) Till my next post. Tata!

Bikram Day 1 and the 30 Day Blog Challenge

I still have an unfinished draft of a very hectic weekend I had: a friend’s wedding, baptism, game night, cousin's birthday / family reunion, bar hopping with in-laws, going to the grocery alone (para akong nakawalang rabbit sa S&R), visiting my side of the family and hosting a dinner for hubby’s family. Whew!

O diba, you got tired too just from reading that long sentence.  I was supposed to blog it then katamaran (laziness) and the after effects of Bikram Yoga kicked-in.

How ironic it is that laziness and Bikram were used in the same sentence. Laziness is much, much too far from Bikram.

Bikram is pure hell torture. I was already summoning the powers that be in the middle of the class. Yes, tama I thought kukunin na ko ni Lord!

I was hating myself for all the carbs I ate in my entire life. First ten minutes palang ng breathing exercises, super jabaaristic na ko. (Jabaaristic: gay lingo for excessive sweating. Etymology: inspired by the very talented but super sweaty basketball player Kareem Abdul-Jabaar. Jejejeje.)

I had like four or five out of body experiences during the session. And then, I came back and realized na I was supposed to do yoga. During one of the very near fainting experiences I said to myself, bahala na magalit si JP (hubby) I am not coming back na talaga! Pero at the end of the class, they (my classmates and the instructor) clapped that I survived my first class. I felt like a winner! So before I went to write this blog I prepared na muna my outfit for tomorrow’s class haha.

Anyway, I saw this from mommy fleur’s blog who saw it from another blog and that blogger also saw it from someone else’s blog, etc. (you get the point basta it is uso right now). I present: the 30 day blog challenge.

Just because when I hear the word challenge I get excited. Just because I like starting things. Just because I am part KSP and part feelingera. Just because it sounds shushal. And finally, just because.

Below will be the different posts for the day. Day 1 starts later after 12 midnight para June 01 na. Harhar.

Day 01 — A recent picture and 15 facts about you
Day 02 — Favorite movies
Day 03 — Favorite TV shows
Day 04 — Favorite books
Day 05 — Favorite quotes
Day 06 — Favorite songs
Day 07 — The meaning behind your blog name
Day 08 — Cravings
Day 09 — Pet peeves
Day 10 — A photo of you taken over ten years ago
Day 11 — Nicknames you have and why
Day 12 — Something you bought recently
Day 13 — Something you want to buy
Day 14 — Things you love
Day 15 — Your celebrity crush
Day 16 — A favorite food
Day 17 — A photo of your family
Day 18 — What you like best about each member of your family
Day 19 — A fun memory
Day 20 — A hobby of yours
Day 21 — Your fears
Day 22 — Your current relationship
Day 23 — A letter to your parents
Day 24 — About your childhood
Day 25 — A favorite photo
Day 26 — Who do you admire and inspire
Day 27 — What’s in your bag?
Day 28 — A place you love
Day 29 — A person you love
Day 30 — Hopes, dreams and plans for the future

So my two loyal followers (hubby and my sister), sana I can do this no? I think I can. I have so much energy naman after each yoga class e. Choz.

Be Kind to Me Bikram.

So okay I finally mustered the guts and courage to sign up for BIKRAM YOGA. The thought of finally doing a fitness regimen scares me to no end.

Do I have adequate outfit for the classes?

(According to the website: Wear something tight, shorts and tank top. Gasp! These are very basic outfit I dread. I might die of being too self-conscious. Read: namatay sa kahihiyan)

What if I faint during class?

(Will someone bring me to ER? Will they just let me lie there unconscious?)

Will I be able to go to work and FUNCTION the next day?

(Oh to know the answer to this million dollar question. Sana now na! Nang makapafile na ng VL.)

That will be additional 2- 2.5 hrs away from my baby. Oh my gulay.

Note to Eli: Mama is doing this to be healthier. I want to be able to ski slopes, climb mountains, jump the trampoline, ride horses (horses? wtf), skydive fearlessly with you till I’m 60. That, and because I am quite vain too anak.

When I signed up for unlimited classes hindi ko na pinagisipan. I didn’t even blink. I just said GOh-W na! If I had thought about it longer, chances are baka di ko na natuloy. My saner and more logical side will prevail. 

So kever. As the wise man always says: Bahala na si Batman. (Whoever invented this catch phrase is a genius! Hahah.)

So there, I am throwing it out to the universe. Make me thinner! Eto na I will exert effort na (finally!). Bikram Yoga for the win!

You too! Sign up na. :)

Abundance of Rain

Just because I know God will shower us with so much more blessings.

Just because I know when I ask He always exceeds my expectations.

Just because everything looks extra beautiful after the rain.

Just because rain brings hope and inspiration.

Just because it's super hot.

"Open the windows of heaven.

Lord Rain on me.

Rain on me."

Listen.

And believe.

This song is extra special because it was inspired by the story of prophet Elijah from the Old Testament book of Kings.

Happy Monday. :)

If the world were to end today

I was reading this blog earlier and I was touched by it. Allow me to use it as an inspiration as it truly echoes what I feel right now.

I don’t think I have ever been this happy in my life.

So what if the world was to end today?

I would say I would not do anything extraordinary.

The three of us wake up all at the same time (yes, like clockwork) around 8am. Sometimes Eli would wake up ahead of us, and he would just lie and wait patiently for us to wake up (sometimes by the time I open my eyes he’s already playing with his toys).

I would then lovingly prepare his food for the day. After we all have our breakfast, we go back to the bed and read. (Family of bookworms.)  The H with a book, Eli reading his favorite Clifford book or his Lamaze Discovery Farm soft book (thanks tita Gemma!), me with either a book or a magazine (YES, OK or Preview – my source of intelligent information haha!).

We do this for 30 minutes then Eli feeds and goes to sleep. When he wakes up after half an hour, he then takes his bath and we officially start our day.

Today, we are going to Megamall (our friendly reliable mall). I want to buy a new dress for next Saturday’s events (a wedding and a baptism in one day). The H might want to check out his favorite store again – ACE Hardware (IKR! How many drilling tools does he actually need?). Eli will stare at the faces of other babies.

Then, we are planning to go to S&R to buy some very important supplies (read: Hungarian sausages). I hope we can drop by St. Pio Church to pray and be thankful.

Then, we go home and the three of us will cuddle in the bed some more. In the last few seconds of my life I want to remember our simple life like this. When happiness is hearing my son’s laughter. Contentment is when my husband and I hold hands while watching DVD. I am not afraid of dying. But I do want my son to get to know his dad and me. True we are not celebrities but our combination can be a bit interesting and amusing. I want him to know his dad who is the most logical, intelligent and calm person I know. I want him to get to know me because I’m funny and silly and I laugh at my own corny jokes.

Most especially I want to see how Elijah turns out. As I pray everyday for God to plant awesome dreams in his heart I truly believe that he will grow up to be an endearing, smart and compassionate man someday. 

So, I continue to hope that the world does not end because for my family (same is true for all those who are reading this) I am totally certain the best is yet to come.

Happy cuddling this weekend everyone!