Friday, July 28, 2006

It's been raining all week

things i hate when it's raining:

  • It feels so gloomy.
  • Such a hassle when you want to wear open toed shoes! Since you don't want to get your feet wet you have no other choice but to wear closed shoes again! Darn!
  • You're forced to bring an umbrella! It just doesn't go well with any outfit. Actually, it spoils your whole look!
  • You can't move freely because you have to worry about not getting wet.
  • Traffic is horrible!

things i love when it's raining:

  • A cup of hot chocolate
  • My cold cozy bed
  • The cool weather
  • Sharing an umbrella with someone special
  • I get to wear my jackets and sweaters
  • A bowl of hot and sour soup
  • I get to wear my cool boots

Wednesday, July 26, 2006

Trade Offs

I remember way back grade school days when I'd collect stationaries and stickers. It was fun at the beginning but after awhile I got tired of my collection and decided to trade some of them for some of my classmate's personal collection. It was really fun for awhile. But at the end of the week, I ended up with an eclectic mix of stationaries and stickers. There are stuff that I don't even like to begin with. Only then would I realize that I like my original collection better than what I have now . But you know the rule, once you trade you can't take it back.

Life was so much easier back then. Atleast you only trade off stationaries and stickers...stuff that you can buy just about anywhere. As you get older, more serious stuff are being traded off. We are often reminded that we can't have everything. There's always something that we have to trade off for one reason or another. We make these trade offs for several reasons. There are times when our personal life has to take a back seat for our career. That's when you trade off personal happiness for security and financial freedom.

There will be times when your work becomes second priority over more important stuff like personal happiness and self worth. Often times we trade off unconsciously. But there are times when we intentionally make those trade offs in the hope that it will make your life easier. Sad part of it is when we realize we made the wrong trade off. It wasn't what we expected to be. And you wished you never made those trade offs to begin with. Regrets regrets!

I guess the moral of the story is to be extra careful when making trade offs. Know your reasons first and evaluate whether it's worth it. If you have doubts...better take your time and weigh your options.

Trade only what you can afford to lose.

Monday, July 24, 2006

You know what I want?



HOT pandesal and a cup of hot native chocolate. Ahhhh! I can die now!

Sunday, July 23, 2006

Finding a gem

It's just funny and at the same time somewhat surreal when you see yourself or bits and pieces of yourself in another person. A person so different from who you are and yet for unknown reasons you can totally relate to what she's going through. You've been there and you've done that...or as my crazy friend would put it - "Been there been that".

As much as you want to give your 10cents worth...you hesitate because you know deep down inside you've heard all there is to hear that very same instance and yet you chose to take the difficult road. All your friends have been telling you countless times to move on and just forget about that guy. And for a while you find yourself convinced that you don't actually need him in your life. You spend the night crying trying to figure out what actually went wrong. You practice infront of the mirror on how you plan to break it off with him. It seemed so easy and you know you have to do it for your own sake. And just before you've gathered all your guts and strength...he suddenly shows up and make things giddy again...and you forget about what you've played over over again in your mind of how you'll dump his sorry ass.

Things go back to normal and you're happy again. You forget about that night you cried yourself to sleep because you don't know where this relationship is headed to. Your friends see you with him and they just don't know what to do with you anymore. You're back to your usual self destructive routine...it becomes a cycle until you find yourself in much deeper shit when you first started. and you wonder...why on earth are you doing this to yourself? Is it all worth it?

And then there's nothing but awkward silence...for you actually are at a lost for what to say or do. You know you can't hide from yourself. You know there will come a time when you have to face the problem. The very root of the mess that you're in. Why do you hang on to this person who gives you so much pain? Why do you allow him to treat you this way? Why are you doing this to yourself?

And all you can manage to answer is this: Because without him it all just doesn't make sense. Because you know that when you're with him everything is perfect...everything makes sense. For that very moment you can truly say that you're happy. It doesn't last very long yet it feels so damn good. You know it's not going to last forever yet you're contented and happy with what you have. You just know that it's all worth it. You know that he loves you. And for you that's all you need to know.

I know I don't make sense at all. That's the very reason why I decided not to share my thoughts to this poor girl, who like me just happened to care a lot about a guy...a guy who's so clueless of how close he is to losing a great gem - one that actually take others a lifetime to find.

Sick in the head

=( =( =( I've been sick for almost a week now. Sheesh! I got cough, colds and occasional fever. I just hate getting sick! I can't enjoy my food...can't talk that much...can't think straight...can't drink cold drinks...can't go to the gym... can't be my usual self! ayayay!

Hopefully I'll be feeling much better tomorrow!

Friday, July 21, 2006

she wants what you want

she wants what you want...she cares for what you care for...she hopes to have what you have...she dreams of what you are already living for...she continues to hope, to dream that one day she'll get noticed too...do you just sit and watch while she tries to get it from you? or do you fight for what truly belongs to you?