Happy Birthday Totoi

I have a friend who's name is Raymond. He was one of the many guy friends I have in the province. Before he was really thin as if eating nothing but if you're gonna see him these days you would probably wonder how he has gone that chubby. Hihi! He is as if a younger brother to me. He's my son's Godfather as well. I have not seen him for quite some time now and I miss him that much. Today is his birthday and I am wishing for him to have a happy one. Happy birthday totoi!

I Know

I know you're silently watching me.
I know you're still interested hearing updates about me.
I know you're still trying to figure things out.
I know that you know things by now.
I know how much I have hurt you.
I know I need to thank you so much for everything you have done and given me.
I know I have been so unfair but I know it will be more unfair if I will just let things be.
I know I don't deserve your forgiveness but still I want to say that I am so sorry.
There's more to life than having me, than loving me and I am sure you also know that. 

MMM: Flowers for my Birthday

It is September once again - my birth month. Just last year I celebrated my twenty-seventh birthday and obviously this time is gonna be my twenty-eighth year of existence already.

Last year, I was able to receive these two sets of flowers from two different men who have truly loved me I might say.

The three-red roses was given by my childhood friend now my ex-boyfriend while the dozen of white roses was given by my friend and former office mate now my fiance.

Well, it is just flattering to know that there really are these men who have exerted effort, shown love and respect in their own distinct ways. And I must say that they deserve to be loved in return but the love may not necessarily come from me.

Thank you guys for the love. I will always cherish memories with you. I'm glad we remain to be friends after all.

Frustrated Me

Honestly, I have become frustrated about blogging these days particularly in joining a meme. I have been discouraged further of an entry that was disapproved by the advertiser, a delayed payment for my opps, a slow Internet connection and on those bloggers I have chosen to follow but did not return the favor.

On the other hand, writing has been one of my passions and this thing I will not leave, not in any other sense. I may not update my articles that frequent on-line but I am still writing in another way. Writing is my best friend when nobody seems to be around. I will always recognize the ease and comfort it offers.

Second Best

I have teased my friends lately why should I have to always be at second best? 

But of course it was just a joke.

Thinking about it further is just to evaluate the realities of life.

Everyone of us has our own priorities. 

Be it a thing, an activity or a person.

We may not always be considered best by some people but definitely there would always be someone who treats you more than you think is best for you.

Sometimes to be fair is one of the best characters; yet it is not bad to put someone on top based on your personal qualifications. 

Qualifications which may not be the usual criteria for most people.

That is why we have our best friends, best possessions, best foods, best places and etc.

It really depends on how we consider a thing.

More often than not a person of the opposite sex which we have chosen as the best is the one we have opted to meet in front of the altar.

That definitely happens thinking that we have held someone who is really at their best only to realize in the end that someone was left out and you actually fell for somebody who is just a second best. 

Regrets then follow. =(

Sunday Stealing: The Majorly Personal Meme, Part One

Sunday Stealing: The Majorly Personal Meme, Part One
 
Cheers to all of us thieves!

1. Are you happier now than you were five months ago? - Yes... Five months ago I was contemplating on leaving my previous employer.

2. Have you ever slept in the same bed with anyone that you shouldn't have? - No comment. hehe!

3. Can you sleep in total darkness? - Yes...

4. Your phone is ringing. It’s the person you fell hardest for, the one who got away, what do you say? - How are you?

5. What do you think about the weather this summer? - Sometimes I don't like it... it's too hot outside...

6. How many people do you trust with everything? - less than ten people...

7. What was the last thing you drank? - Cola

8. Is there anyone you want to come see you? - Yes,

9. Name one thing you love about winter? -  the winter jacket... :)

10. Have you ever dated a Goth? - No...

11. What are you looking forward to tomorrow? - Playing volleyball with office mates...

12. Name something you dislike about the day you’re having? - My period...

13. What's the longest that you have committed to one person and one person only? - Hahaha! I'd rather laugh about it...

14. What’s the first thing you did when you opened your eyes today? - hugged my son Coi

15. Has anyone ever told you they never want to ever lose you? - A lot... and it turned out to its opposite... wahehe!

16. Is there anybody that you wish you could fix your relationship with? - Honestly, none... I don't wanna get back to any of them...

17. Could you go out in public, looking like you do now? - Of course, I just have taken a bath and changed my dress... I'm thinking of going out really...

18. Do you think things will change in the next 3 months? How? - Yes, i'm looking forward to a better carreer...

19. Do you believe that you never know what you got until you lose it? - yeah, I always get into this situation...

20. Do you have a friend of the opposite sex you can talk to? - yes, i have a lot of guy friends...

This is my first time joining here. Happy Sunday! 

Billiards Night_August 20, 2010

Unlike last Friday the 13th, this time I was able to join them. Though almost canceled we still managed to pursue the plan of playing billiards in a place where we just saw along the road few weeks back.

We decided to make it a little bit quick than the usual night out. Last week, they stayed until 2am but now we had it until 8pm.

Six (6) sets of 8-balls is not bad anymore. We have gotten ourselves in three (3) competing teams, Isay and Usyo, Dante and Me, and the girls who had so much rice on their chests Xye and Metz (peace!). 

I can still remember how we have talked about playing billiard just one time on our way home. Dante asked Isay if she knows how to play it; firmly she answered "hindi, 8-balls lang" (no, just the 8-balls). We were hardly laughing that night on her response as billiards and 8-balls are two similar things, it is just that the 8-balls is a variation of playing billiard.

Among the six (6) games that we had, it is our team who got the most number of wins, four out of six, then the rest should be accounted to Usyo and Isay's tandem. However, it  was not me who contributed much on winning, I guess I just had one or two balls in the hole for each set. We just discovered that Dante plays billiards so well.

While we were playing, there were food served on the side tables. We had 12packs of pancit canton, 7cups of rice, 2tins of corned beef and 2bottles of 1.5L softdrinks. Imagine how we had them get in to our stomach at one time. That really made us totally full and we ended up not spending more. Sometimes, it is more satisfying enjoying times together in a simple setting.

Our next plan, bowling moment. Pictures to be shared once uploaded.

LTINS: Dear Tropang 5 + 1

There shouldn't be any biased so I decided to address my letter to my dearest group of friends. 

I have once shared how we have spent our lives together back in our college days and I am just so happy that I still have them.

This will be my first post for my first time to join:

Dearest Beth, Kat, Dhang, Nheng and Jho,

My other friends would probably pinch my groin when I have said that this is without favoritism while I have chosen you to be my subject for this post.

top-bottom, left-right: dhang, myself, kat, beth, nheng

Well, I bet you knew already how I treasure everyone of you. You have been part of my wonderful existence in this world.

Beth the conservative - you might not be able to fully relate to my not so wholesome stories but you are there to understand. I am thankful that you have not dropped me despite my being liberated and all.

Kat with an "h" portraying the role of a perfect daughter - I may be your opposite in that sense but still you are so supportive of me. Not as an enabler (google's term for kunsintidora)  or a spoiler (accdg to niko)  in some sort but someone who has simply broadened her mind to appreciate my well-being.

left-right: dhang, mhe-anne, beth and jho

Dhang my partner in crime - we are but firm keepers (really?) of each others' darkest  secrets while the rest of them will just know things eventually. You were the very first I have met among them and you have acted as my closest confidante even you are miles away now.

Nheng the most thoughtful sweetie - despite being a villain to you, you never failed to recognize me. I may have been your most contradicting friend but see where I am now - I am your apprentice and you are my mentor. 

Jho a foster friend - I can still remember how you have welcomed me to your home while I was once a stow away. You have also shown your deepest concern in me.

BRUs you are all important to me. You are more than my sisters I cannot live without. I thank you for accepting the real me, for being such open-minded individuals who still care for me despite of. No words can describe how much I am grateful for having you all and the rest of my friends out there. I am indeed lucky and can even be considered as the richest of all for being blessed with so much friends.

My apology if I have offended you at times. I love you guys.




Your youngest and chubbiest sister,


Anne

Sensitive Me

Lately I have noticed myself being extra sensitive.

I easily feel offended by my friends' jokes despite knowing that those were just joke really.

Even my mood swings have became apparent.

I simply get annoyed of things and I could not perceive my voice turning out louder than the usual.

Admittedly, these things do happen yet sometimes unintentional.

I am just thankful that I have such understanding friends who are now getting used to my character.

 

Glad to Have Real Life Friends in the Blogosphere

Lately, I have been very vocal and expressive about my blogging activity. How I was encouraged, how I built my sites and all the stuff, how I win friends in here and especially on how I earn and continuously earning from it.

Just today I have assisted a friend on how to do things in order to have a blog. It was a success. He is now into it and his site was entitled Pom's Theory. He has decided to focus more on techie things being an IT professional. With his curiosity, determination and interest, I guess he has a lot to share.

Coinciding today's successful blog creation is the joy of knowing that my former office mate has finally  made herself her master piece.

She is Miss Joy, my ex-boss. Aside from being the kindest boss ever, she is an ultimate pet lover. Her heart is on cats - she treats them more like human. And so her blog was named Meowl:All in a cat's life (.... - a reflection on life through the adventures of two beings: Tyler and Mok, cats who are gracious enough to share their point of views on human journeys.

With that, I am just so happy in welcoming them in the blogosphere. In no doubt, they will have fun especially when they came to the point of earning while enjoying their craft.

To my blogger pals out there, please have no shilly-shally following them.I am sure they would love to follow you back. If you do so, I will be your extra follower. It's as if getting a buy-two-take-one thing.

You may click on the links within this post or you may simply copy and paste below URLs to your address bar:

http://poms-t.blogspot.com
http://meowlallinacatslife.blogspot.com

Just in case you haven't gone to my other sites, you may check out below links as well.

Just For A Thought
My Prince ---> Macoi
Trying Hard Techie


Words are not enough to thank you guys for considering us to be your on-line friends.

An Old Letter From A Friend

I happened to see this letter in between my bible's pages. I guess this was written seven (7) years back.

I love how it was written and the thought within its phrases, and I feel obliged to have it typed again here.

Here it goes:

My DEAREST MHE-ANNE,

      WAKE UP GIRL,, HAVEN'T I TOLD YOU 'BOUT THE GREATEST IRONY OF LOVE,, IT'S

LETTING GO WHEN YOU NEED TO HOLD ON,, AND HOLDING ON WHEN YOU NEED TO 

LET GO,, ENIWEIZ, WHAT DOES IT MEAN LOVING SOMEONE BA? STRANGE, ISN'T IT?

P'RO I GUESS LOVING SOMEONE MEANS SACRIFICE,,, LOVING SOMEONE MEANS

YOU'LL FIGHT FOR IT,, NO MATTER EARTHQUAKES, STORMS, FAMINE IS IN YOUR

WAY,,, TO LOVE SOMEONE TOL,, IS A PROMISE TO KEEP THAT LOVE 'ALIVE',,,

FOREVER,, WITH ALL YOUR HEART & SOUL,,, I DON'T WANT TO BE CYNICAL NOR

JUDGMENTAL TO SAY NA _ _ _ _ _ _ IS NOT FOR YOU,, MAYBE HE IS,, AND MAYBE

HE'S NOT,, I REALLY THINK IT'S TIME TO GIVE HIM A LESSON,, OR WHATEVER YOU

MAY CALL IT,, WE BOTH KNOW YOU'RE NOT SO STUPID TO STAY IN A RELATIONSHIP

WHERE YOU WILL ALWAYS BE HURT,, IT'S PROBABLY TIME TO MOVE ON,, TO 
LET GO OF THINGS THAT YOU FIRST THOUGHT WAS FOR YOU,,, I KNOW IT ISN'T

EASY,, P'RO THE RESPECT IS STARTING TO FALL DOWN,,, I REALLY THINK YOU

DESERVE SOMEONE BETTER,,, IF THINGS GETS WORST,, DO NOT BE AFRAID,,

ISIPIN MO NA LANG, HE HAS HIS PLANS FOR YOU,, BE STRONG,, BE BRAVE,,,

BE WISE,, WHATEVER HAPPENS,, YA KNOW I'M HERE,, LOVE YAH!

                                                                                                     chetchos

It has brought me back to the time when I felt so helpless , deeply hurt and affected by a relationship that was broken - a heartache indeed.

And now it just proves how time heals all wounds. I can simply laugh at all these things this time.

I really want to thank chitchay for always being there for me, for always lending her ears and for shedding her words of enlightenment just as for me to wake up from this nightmare.

I miss you tol. Luv yah too!

This will be my share for today's



My first time here. Hope you can follow me and I shall return the favor. Thanks!

Thanks for the Nice Pair of Studs

I love surprises. I am a sentimental type of person. I am simply appreciative of things even if you hear me complaining often times. Not that I am bragging to much about myself but this is just a sort of introduction of how I want to thank a friend. I want to thank her for giving me this:

a pair of earrings from Isay

One day she asked me if I wear dangling earrings and I said I do, that I even have collections of them; some too long even reaching my shoulders. With that, I realized that she inquired on such because she was planning to give me this fine accessory. This thing I did not actually expect as I have not asked for it.

I have once told her that she was one of the nicest person I have ever met; she really is. Even if she has a lot to boast you will not hear a word from her. She remains to be humble and kind. She really is a thoughtful type of friend.

Thank you so much Isay. I just love it. I'll be wearing this on Monday.

Thank You for the Uplifting Comment

It is indeed a wonderful feeling to be appreciated, to be recognized that you are doing something good especially during those times when you least expect it.

Just this afternoon, I was so surprised when one of my colleagues approached me and said "Hi Mhe-anne! I like your blogs". We had never bumped in nor had even just a petty conversation. All I know is that he is one of my closest friends' special someone and we are FB friends. I really did not expect that I have constant followers even if I did not personally ask them to read my senseless bragging at times (as I usually tell some of my friends to visit my sites for traffic, hehe!).

I just want to thank Chris Goldman for expressing such heartwarming remarks.Hope you won't get tired of reading my piece of writing. It is very much appreciated.

Ramadan 2010

I have Muslim friends. I see them nice opposite to the usual notions that we hear. And I do admire them on how they observe their holiest of months which they termed "Ramadan".  

Ramadan is a month when Q'uran was revealed. It involves those days of prayer and fasting in which majority of them strictly follow. I remember I had Muslim classmates before during my review classes. They do get out of the class just as to pray regardless whether they miss a lesson or not. They do respect moments of prayer. 

photo from internet

How I wish we can be like them in honoring our own Allah (ouch for me!). We should also observe having intimate communication with Jesus. It may not be at the same time and approach as how they do it but we can join them in their objective of continuously praising the Lord.

I bet some of us are just excited for the end of Ramadan as it means another non-working holiday. Am I Right?

August 11, 2010 is the start of Ramadan for this year and will end on September 09, 2010.

 

Tropang Utot-Incomplete

I wonder what they are doing right now, perhaps they are holding on a bottle of beer, eating something, laughing at each other’s funny thoughts. I guess they are enjoying the night together, the three of them Isay, Usyo and Dante; even without me, even without us. Bitter??? Hehe!

They could possibly be talking about me at this very instance or about the rest of the members who were not able to accompany them.

I am just speculating, simply because I am not part of tonight’s gimmick. It is very seldom that I decline invitations especially those made by them. The situation left me no choice that’s why I did not join. However, it could also be counted to my advantage as I would not have to spend something extra that could worsen my budget dilemma. Also, I should not discount the fact that every moment I spend with Coi is more to my treasures.

I just noticed that for the past few gimmicks never we did get complete attendance. Most of the time it was Jackie who was out of the scene due to her Maternity Leave  last week it was Isay and for tonight Xyra and me are both absent.

Even though I am thinking about a lot of maybes this time; I still wish that they will enjoy the night and that they will arrive home safely. Hopefully, next time would be a night of perfect attendance.