discoveries

sequel ng monthsary entry ko. here are things i've learned to do or "just" learned now that i've moved out.

1. i learned how pc networking works!
oh ah! bet'ya didnt expect that! yeps. there are nights when the internet and the voip thingamajigs fail. i help fix the connections but really, kay bibe lang naman yata naghi-heed ang mga gadgets ni elmer. so what i do is just make ayos the connections.










2. i discovered magic sarap!as in i couldnt cook without it! :)
3. hindi nauubusan ng gagawin kapag nasa bahay! and i find this really fun :)

4. 30-minute baths are glorious!

5. i can do more when i have more elbow room.

6. cooking for one is tricky!

im more used to cooking for two than just for one. so, when my bestfriend went out of town and i had to cook for myself lang i ended up with a lot of leftovers. good thing hindi na-spoil yung food.

Monthsary!

its 13Mar. officially, its been one month since i moved out of the house to live (temporarily) in a certain apartment. take note--not just "an" apartment, but "a certain" apartment.

in this certain apartment, i dont pay for rent, i dont pay for my elEKtricity, i dont pay for my 24-hour internet and i dont pay for utiities... its part of the deal... that's why its not just "an" apartment!

i've been wanting to move out for a long time. my need for space has been growing steadily over the years. so, when i was offered the "deal" i took it. and here i am--feeling independent!

there are a lot of things i discovered about myself when i moved out of the house. these are only some of them:
1. i want to live on my own... but i dont like the idea of paying rent!
to be blunt, i dont like the idea of giving my hard earned money (yeah right!) to some "panginoong may paupahan." i'm a very very thrifty girl and since i dont spend much, ive been able to build a decent amount of savings. kaya ko namang mag-rent. SO, why didnt i move out nuon pa??? i thought about it for a while and i came nga to the conclusion that i didnt like the idea of paying rent.
so... i formulated this goal. in two years time, i should be earning enough passive income to be able to afford paying rent. make my money work to pay rent. paano? well... that's for another story. pag-iisipan ko pa rin.

2. hindi pala ako carnivorous! (herbivorous ako!)
puro gulay ang niluluto ko for some reason. and the occassional fishda courtesy of edwin and of course the tokwa! tsalap!

3. i enjoy doing things myself.
i like coming home from work and preparing my dinner for me and my best friend who works here sa apartment. washing my clothes, cleaning my room, washing the dishes... the works!
if my mother would be able to read this, she would probably laugh her lungs out!

like i said, these are just some of the things i learned about myself. yung iba siguro in another article ko na lang ishe-share. ;) 'ja ne.

Cut my f***'n finger! na naman!

tinanong ako ni jowelcool dati... "michelle, alam mo ba ibig sabihin ng dejavu?" to which i replied, "oo." he asked another question, "michelle, alam mo ba ibig sabihin ng dejavu?" to which i replied, "oo." ito yung proof:

too good to keep to myself.

Effective leadership is putting first things first. Effective management
is discipline, carrying it out.
Stephen Covey

Dumbidumdidumdeedum

Goodnight, my someone,
Goodnight, my love,
Sleep tight, my someone,
Sleep tight, my love,
Our star is shining it's brightest light
For goodnight, my love, for goodnight.
Sweet dreams be yours, dear,
If dreams there be
Sweet dreams to carry you close to me.
I wish they may and I wish they might
Now goodnight, my someone, goodnight
True love can be whispered from heart to heart
When lovers are parted they say
But I must depend on a wish and a star
As long as my heart doesn't know who you are.
Sweet dreams be yours dear,
If dreams there be
Sweet dreams to carry you close to me.
I wish they may and I wish they might
Now goodnight, my someone, goodnight.
Goodnight,
Goodnight.

What's Missing in the pEKture?

this was how the south wing entrance of the House of Representatives looked like yesterday (Monday) when i went to work... No, i am not attempting to showcase the facelift that Congress made after the bombing incident last year. What struck me aboout the scene is the absence of the makeshift room which stored the ballot boxes from the widely (and wildly) contested 2004 elections. i think it was placed there after the inquiry made by the House on the election returns (remember the Committee hearings where Kiko Pangilinan got the nickname "Mr. Noted"?). [ek still needs to do research on this pa].
i asked the security personnel who was detailed at the entry point what happened to the ballot boxes, he said that it was transferred to the 'property.'kung saan man yung 'property' na yun, hindi ko pa natutunton... Of course one has to wonder why they moved the ballot boxes. i think its pretty obvious that more times these ballots change hands or move locations, the more vulnerable they are to tampering. the timing of course is also questionable... they moved the ballot boxes days after the inter-faith rally at Makati where CSOs (civil society organizations) were already convinced that GMA's administration is going down. hmmm... but these are all just suspicions. we need to dig deeper into this.

Cut my f***'n finger!

last sunday, the domestic diva that is the ek insisted to cook lunch kahit na pwede namang mag-eat out na lang. (hellooo! nakapaligid kaya sa vicinity [redundant] ang mga carienderia, fastfood at restaurants!... But no! May i cook lunch parin ang Ek!)



So, after maglaba at maglinis ng bahay (mga kalat ng Thinklabers... ahem! ahem!). hilo na ako sa gutom. pero wala pa ring luto. so! go na si Ek sa kitchen para mag-prepare ng lunch.



the inevitable happened. i cut my left index finger habang naghihiwa ng sibuyas tagalog (yes, dili bisaya. waray man ibidinsya.

weird! first thing i thought of was buti na lang tapos na ko maglaba, else, mahapdi siguro magkusot nang may cut ang index finger. funny!!! :D


[title for this post was inspired by a friend of mine from Singapore who broke his arm a couple of years back and declared sa kanyang online status sa gmail that he "broke his f*n arm in one of his soccer (or was it football) game]

Ek at Mary Grace: Food and Tripping

My bestfriend and i had dinner at mary grace (trinoma) a couple of weeks ago. i think we had to buy some things tapos kumain na rin kame. she brought her new nikon camera with her... the newest addition to our portfolio of gadgets.

hindi pa sya ganun ka-sanay mag-tweak ng mga settings ng camera... so, being the helpful bestfriend that i am, i volunteered to be her test dummy. in short, the dinner became a mini photo shoot. at 'que-ber' sa mga people who were staring at us! inggit lang sila sa camera ni tots!

[want to view the pictures this pro photographer shot? click here.]

desssert time! i had the usual slice of sanssssrival with hot choco... talap!

mental note: will do a series on the sansrival cakes that i've sampled... ;)

Blooming?!?!? ngyEK!!! ;p

i was supposed to write something about SAPUL's 78th anniversary, the Friday inter-ek rally and the magical disappearance of the ballot boxes of the 2004 elections from the South Wing of the Batasan Complex... but this seemed to be of greater consequence...

... three weeks na akong inaalaska ng mga offiicemate ko dito sa congress... kasama si manang na nagwa-wash ng dishes namin... 'BLOOMING' DAW AKO!

super dyahe! as in! i wish they'd stop!

eh ano ngayon if i wear blush on, may faint eye shadow at nag-a-eyeliner na ako! at ano naman ngayon if i got my nails done at nagpa-hair spa ako last saturday?

"no! walang kinalaman si anthro guy from next door", i declared! but no one's buying it! durrrr!!! walang kinalaman ang romance dito!

feeling ko, moving out sort of gave me the space to center myself... ii read more, i write (somehow), and opportunities (lots!) are beginning to open for me (in fairness, march pa lang, ha? usually bumubuhos ang mga blessings sa akin pag last quarter na ng taon!)... ergo, the blooming effEK!

iba talaga yung freshness and perspective on life na nabibigay ng living independently (in my case, kahit temporary lang.)


so there, i just want to clear that one out...
walang kinalaman the anthro guy from next door... baka yung CEO ng Home Development Fund, meron pa! hahah :D