AJ’s smile and early morning ramblings

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It’s 4 o’clock on a Monday morning and I am wide awake. I feel like I had slept off Sunday although I didn’t really. It’s just a relief that now, I am up, showered, and headache-free. But my my, I am hungry!

To get my mind off food (although I should probably heed my body this time, I wouldn’t want to have another tummy episode later), let me just show you my current desktop:

Photos from AJ's first birthday - 6/18/2005

Photos from AJ's 1st birthday - 6-18-2005

Credits: Desktop Calendar template freebie by Mushy. Background papers and elemenst form the PopN’Art kit by the Scrapbook Graphic Girls – freebie from Scrap N’Art

That’s my nephew AJ on his 1st birthday, three years ago. Isn’t he just cute?

Oh and I was going through my Multiply Inbox and found this. I first heard of lomo from another blogger and I immediately asked a photographer hobbyist friend about it. I was under the impression at the time that one needed special filmand printing services for lomo; apparently I was wrong. The cameras are fairly inexpensive, if I still want one by the end of this week I’d probably order one 🙂

I actually visit the seller to checkout their Local Obagi set. I don’t have a lot of pimples but my skin is prone to black/whiteheads and I have those white pockets of oil all over sometimes. I didn’t see a price tag but I’ve sent them an inquiry already. It all boils down to the cost. It’s not a necessity for me at this point, but if it will be more cost effective that having facials then I’d take it.

I realized that the story of our Bohol adventure isn’t complete yet, now is probably a good time as any to get back to it. I’m not sure if a single post would be able to finish it off, but I know I’d like to take time in writing them. Sunday morning on TV, Kim Atienza’s Matang Lawin, I saw him cruise through Loboc River at night. I knew it was going to be awesome at night – he saw hundreds of fireflies! It was such a beautiful sight. 

It’s still way too early to take Zune out for a walk, and he’s sleeping. Yet I can already hear little Sharpei yelping two doors down. I still haven’t taken a photo of them together, but I’ve already got a very appropriate journalling for Zune’s behavior when I do get to scrap a layout of them. Haha 🙂 

My friend and colleague, Ingrid, signed up for a Globe post-paid line because they had a promo at our office over the weekend. It was a great deal actually because the phone that came with the Plan 500 already has a 3-megapixel camera among it’s other  brilliant features. Our first Kodak digicam was 3.2MP, so no one can really say that that small phone’s photos aren’t of good quality. If I had one, I’d probably buy a micro sd card for it for extra storage. It’s a Samsung phone and it’s really cute, small, and lightweight. I thought my phone was small, but that one was even smaller!

Anyway, enough of this chatter. Lemme grab a bite before I hunker down on my next Bohol post. Until then! 🙂

Counting years, counting calories.

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Thank you so much for your comments on my UP100 layout. I realized I didn’t post the story behind the photo and the layout, so here goes.

When we first walked the streets of Diliman as freshmen students, and gone up the steps of Palma Hall and its Annex – our beloved PHAn – the University of the Philippines was just celebrating it’s 90th foundation anniversary. Now, it’s Centennial year. 

Ten years, that’s how long we’ve known each other. Ten years of friendship. 🙂

Because our paths crossed in UP, the UP will always be part of us when we celebrate our friendship. There’s seven of us in the group but only three in that picture: Arianne, Yrish and Mayeen. 

This Centennial year, there are a lot of ways that the UP community is celebrating – this includes the release of memorabilias. And what are UP girls to do with all those collectables? Why, grab ’em of course! That’s Mayeen showing the rest of us her piece of the limited edition hundred peso notes that were released this week. I have one myself but I don’t bring it with me anymore. I used to have two crumpled pieces in my purse but I accidentally gave one to a taxi driver when I was paying in a hurry. When I got a better looking piece, I parted with the last crumpled one. Haha. 

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Scrapbook Saturday #10 – UP Siglo!

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I was finally able to scrap before leaving for work today and boy! a fast PC makes a helluva difference 🙂

This will go into the same album that I’ve been working on-and-off on for a month now. I can’t wait to finish it so I can move on to the next project(s). 

Credits: Background by MGL Scraps for Love Actually, Silvia Cluster Frame by KimB. Oblation photo by user m_a_r_k_y at Flickr. And Centennial 100 peso bill photo from PhilMoney.

Credits: Background by MGL Scraps for Love Actually; Silvia Cluster Frame by KimB. Oblation photo by user m_a_r_k_y at Flickr. And Centennial 100 peso bill photo from PhilMoney.

 

Visit other Scrapbook Saturday participants by checking out the SS HQ through the logo, or you may start off by checking out MammaDawg’s halloween pages.


Grumpy Old Men

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I never really though it would be fun to watch two old men bickering at each other. And an even older man joking too much about sex. I must admit though, this one was quite fun. Younger people usually see old people as boring, quiet ones, and this movie serves to remind us that they are not. Sometimes they even have more fun than we do. Old Gustafson was so funny, 90-year old grandpa was still referring to his son (in his 70s) as Kid!

I saw this movie on HBO the other night while Alfred was working on my computer. It certainly kept me awake. I’m looking for a DVD to borrow or maybe I’ll check if Surf the Channel has it, I want to watch it again because the HBO version either had cuts, or I wasn’t paying attention in some parts.

I couldn’t help but stare at Ann-Margret, she sure is hot isn’t she? I can only hope to age as gracefully as she has. My mom is approaching 60 but she doesn’t look her age. She really looks very young. Oh, what I wouldn’t give to have that and Ann-Margret’s appeal when I reach that age too. Haha, wishful thinking on my part.

I heard Ann-Margret, and later Jack Lemmon, utter one of our favorite quotes: “The greatest regrets in life are the risks we didn’t take.” Ann-Margret said this to Jack Lemmon when he was trying to get rid of her. He, in turn, used this line to his daughter (played by Daryl Hannah) on Christmas Eve when he was disappointed when she had apparently gotten back together with her good-for-nothing husband. I want to listen closely to those parts again because I didn’t quite catch what they both said right after this line.

As you know, I’ve never experienced snow and there’s heaps and heaps of it in this movie. I have heard of ice fishing before, but I had no idea it was anything like that! I mean, the place itself – the little shacks and their fishing holes. 

Anyway, if you’ve seen this movie too, tell me what you thought of it. And if you’re a movie, or a book fan, go on to the BAM HQ and find out what others are watching or reading 🙂

Online Book and Movie Club at Muthahood Crib

Reasons to be happy – friendship and new tower!

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Yep, that is me alright – miss hap-hap-happy! 🙂 

I endured not having the use of my desktop PC for several days, and I am now rewarded with a much faster and reliable system!

Short of dumping my old PC in the trash, Alfred and I bounded to Gilmore Avenue and came home almost two hours later with boxes and boxes that held what would make up my new PC tower. I blabbed about it over there, so if you want to know a little more of the specs of my brand new tower, go there and read up. 😉

Another reason to smile is this poem shared by fellow blogger Dette of Mammadawg and MuthahoodCrib fame:

We need friends for many reasons,
all throughout the season.
We need friends to comfort us
when we are sad,
and to have fun with us when we are glad.

We need friends to give us good advice,
We need someone we can count on,
and treat us nice.

We need friends to remember us
one we have passed
sharing memories that will always last.

Spread the poem of FRIENDSHIP:

1. Everyday Life 2. Words of Love 3. Sheng’s Simple Thoughts 4. Me and My World 5.Real Expectation 6. Muthahood Crib 7. Verabear 8. Add yours here!

 

I’m only spreading this to one other friend though: Tracy 🙂

 

I, and the rest of the family, Alfred included, are looking forward to our new fitness equipments. Okay, I haven’t actually confirmed if my parents made the purchase, but my dad is suddenly motivated to exercise. We’ve had this treadmill for years but it mostly just gathers dust, until my dad started using it again daily since last week. 

The treadmill was also my equipment of choice when I used to go to the gym. The ones there are electronic, and were more comfortable for me to use than the one we have here at home. If dad is getting a stationary bike though, there’s something I would definitely make time to use. 

Remember that Alfred and I are supposed to be on a program now? Well I still wouldn’t remove the supposed in that sentence. But you should see how animated our conversation got when I told Alfred about the pending arrival of new workout equipment. I just hope he does get to use it. He says he’s really looking forward to getting rid of his beer belly. I’m not quite confident. I’ve been kidding him and saying that he should probably pop bodybuilding supplements because he needs all the help he can get to have a body that girls would swoon over. 🙂

My favorite part of his body is still his chest and all the way to the shoulders, because of the way I feel so comfortable just snuggled there. I don’t really want that to become rock solid, but lifting weights might just give him the build that I know he wants too.

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