CC: Boss Isn't Appreciative

I love to cook. Kitchen is one of my favorite spots. Seldom that I failed in my cooking activity. Most of the time, what I cooked taste just right. But my boss isn't appreciative about it. He doesn't want to be asked about the taste of food. So I would rather not attempt.

But just last week I served him sauteed ampalaya (bittergourd)with egg for our lunch. That's the first time I heard him say that our viand was delicious. He ate a lot that time and that pleases me very much.

Even though he tends to say something lacks on everything I cook for him, still he takes more than I expect him to eat. That way I feel simply rewarded. Actions speak louder than words. Burp!

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CC: How Do I Annoy Him?

He usually gets annoyed everytime I would bite him; sometimes on his fingers, arms or shoulders. His wacky mood would also turn to its opposite if I would tease him of something about his past. Expect us to have petty quarrel when he sees me wearing dress with plunging necklines.

There may be a lot of things eventually leading to a non-serious argument but it is still better for me to avoid things that pisses him off and vice versa.

Perhaps it is even more important that you know each other very well and be able to determine which among the things you argue about are serious in its sense.

CC: Honey Are We Lost?

We haven't been lost together so far with our usual means of transportation - my boss' motorcycle. More often than not he makes sure that the directions are clear going to our destination.


However, there was this one time that we almost end up fighting. I meet up with my friends in a subdivision here in Cavite while he is still in the office. I asked to just follow when his work is done. I gave him the sketch through a text message. I have got no question from him so I was confident then that he knows the place. When he is about to go to my friend's place we do text while he is on his way. Right then I realized that he is lost asa he assumed that the address I have given him is not a subdivision so he stopped from somewhere. He was so annoyed then and so am I as I knew I have given him enough of information. Good thing I was able to control myself and did not even bothered to get back at him in a negative way. Instead I tried to understand him that he was already tired plus the weather is extremely hot that time. Also, he had no choice but to see me as he almost ran out of fuel and the budget is with me. Hehe!


When he get to see me, it was apparent that he's not in the mood but he had to compose himself as that will be his first time to meet my college friends.We tried to talk things out on our way home and glad that no one was so persistent. We just shared our points and both accepted our faults.


This will be my share for this week's:

CC: How Did We Celebrate Being Together

Continuation from last post.

We do celebrate our monthsary which is of course every month just like teenage couples do. Hihi! However, the very moment after our most difficult encounter (so far) there was no extra special celebration that took place.

Things just get back to original, just like the ordinary days where the presence of sweet and kilig moments remains less the quarrel.

Even though it seems normal for us being together we treasure every minute of it. We just love each other that much and I hope that love stays with us and endures forever.

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CC: Back in Each Other's Arms

As some sort of a continuation from my last week's sharing, just after the comforting moments we end up sleeping in one bed.

Oooops... I know what you're thinking... Hehe!

Honestly, nothing happened that night maybe because we were too tired about the quarrel.

We just slept together embracing each other.

And when the morning came, we both get up happier than ever as if nothing awful took place.

Wink!

RT: Happy Birthday Lola

Happy Birthday Lola

Since Red is usually associated with birthday and so with that I would like to greet my grandmother a very happy birthday today.

I wish she could read this so she would know how much I love her despite me being hard-headed most of the time.

May you have longer life and a better health condition.

Thank you for raising me up. I also owe you  my life. I love you.

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Moody Monday: Indulgent

Glad to have found a new meme for my Emotera blog. Well, I guess it's just right since it relates to each other.
Mood has really something to do with emotions.

This my first time here at:

While it talks about indulgent, I just would like to share about my cravings these past few days, and it is the:

Chocolate Almonds

I can't get myself to munch on something sweet as I currently have cough and my boyfriend says that it could aggravate the condition. So I guess I have to wait for few more days before I could taste another bunch of chocolate almonds.

Hmmn... Looking forward to it...

Sunday Stealing: The 5000 Question Meme, Part One

My share for this week's:





Cheers to all of us thieves!
1. Who are you?


I am a friend - friendship is where I am very good at.

I am a mother - to my one and only son Coi-coi.
I am a daughter - of my parents who have long been separated.
I am an employee - an accountant by profession, analyst by title, dealing with numbers.
I am a player - of my preferred sports, volleyball, basketball, badminton and table tennis.
I am singer - exclusively at home.
I am a dancer - a back-up tv dancer in my dreams.
I am a church servant - aspiring to be installed officially.
I am a lover - challenged by current relationship.
I am a blogger - writing is my passion and I love sharing thoughts.


2. What are the 3 most important things everyone should know about you?


That I am intelligent in thoughts but an idiot on emotions.
That I already have a kid and I love him so much.
That I am an overly romantic woman.

3. When you aren't memes like this one what are you doing?


Browsing through the pages of my facebook account.


4. List your classes in school from the ones you like the most to the ones you like the least (or if you are out of school, think of the classes you did like and didn't like at the time).


I love English and I hate Mathematics.

5. What is your biggest goal for this year?


House renovation.


6. Where do you want to be in 5 years?


At home with my own business.


7. What stage of life are you in right now?


Challenging stage I must say.

8. Are you more child-like or childish?


Childish at times.

9. What is the last thing you said out loud?


Marcus, stop!

10. What song comes closest to how you feel about your life right now?


If I'm not in Love With You.


11. Have you ever taken martial arts classes?


Yes, informal Taekwondo when I was in High School.


12. Does your life tend to get better or worse or does it just stay the same?


Hope it's getting better as I need to get really better.


13. Does time really heal all wounds?


Yes, before I thought I won't be able to get up from a heartbreak but now I am no longer affected.


14. How do you handle a rainy day?


When, I'm at home I get myself to sleep.


15. Which is worse...losing your luggage or having to sort out tangled holiday lights?


Losing luggage of course.


16. How is (or was) your relationship with your parents?


It's unfair. I usually show affection more to my dad.


17. Do you tend to be aware of what is going on around you?


 I should be.


18. What is the truest thing that you know?


That the Lord do exist.

19. What did you want to be when you grew up?


I want to be a good wife.


20. Have you ever been given a second chance?


Yes, I think this time is a chance I just take.


21. Are you more of a giver or a taker?


Giver I think.

22. Do you make your decisions with an open heart/mind?


I must admit not at all times.

23. What is the most physically painful thing that has ever happened to you?


The Caesarian Operation I had for my son to come out.


24. What is the most emotionally painful thing that has ever happened to you?


When my son's dad denied me.


25. Who have you hugged today?


My son.

CC: I Cried a River

The story I've shared on CC last week relates to current topic. The same instance has brought me so much of emotion that led me to shed a large amount of tears. With a lot of sentiments I cried until I came to the point of running after my breath. That is simply because of the thought of losing each other at that very moment.

Good thing he was there to comfort me despite having his own sense of awful feeling due to our quarrel. When I finally stopped crying that's the time when we talked sincerely and seriously until we finally get to resolve the issue.

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FQF: Mine is Black Really...

Now I am joining again the meme:




1. Do you know what your REAL hair color is?

For all I know, it's black... Two months ago, I had it colored in a salon with chestnust brown I guess.


2. Do you plan ahead for summer, or fly by the seat of your pants?

I want to spend few relaxing days in a beach.

3. What is your favorite meal to cook?

Filipino's famous Adobo.
4. Do you get offended by not receiving thank yous?

Not really. Giving is not expecting something in return.
5. How did you meet your best friend?

I met her in a college stairways on our first day of school back in Year 1998.
 
Happy to be back here and hoping to exchanging links with you guys.

CC: When We Thought its Over

I guess its more than a month ago since we had our hardest fight so far. We got into the point where I threw away his helmet after I asked him to stop the motorcycle, he left me literally alone in the dark (along the highway but he fetched me back) just because of few simple things that we've both misunderstood.

The quarrel started when I suddenly become quiet while we are in a night out. While we have not yet discussed things out, I opened it up to one of our companions during the night who happened to be (as we thought) one of his closest friends.

When his friend and me are already exchanging text messages on how my boss behaves at times, that friend  started to give me some advice which are really against him. I almost felt betrayed and fooled on that moment and made myself realized that at least it is still early for me to learn about boss' purpose on me. In short, I was influenced by those words from a stranger that I almost did not listen to him and got mad at him so bad.

Glad we were able to talk things out and settle the issue on the same night. After a week had passed, that's the only time when we further apprehended that we almost lost each other just because of some persuasive words from a person which were yet unconfirmed. From then on our bond became even stronger and agreed that we must talk about things first prior to listening to other people's opinion. At least we learned from it and we have surpassed the instance when we have thought that it was already over between us.

Since then we're not fighting anymore. =)

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Sunday Stealing_December 19, 2010

The Ninja Meme: Part Two

Welcome back to Sunday Stealing. Sunday Stealing originated on WTIT: The Blog authored by Bud Weiser. Here we will steal all types of memes from every corner of the blogosphere. Our promise to you is that we will work hard to find the most interesting and intelligent memes. You may have heard of the expression, “honor amongst thieves”. In that age-old tradition, we also have our rules. First, we always credit the blog that we stole it from and we will “fess up” to the blog owner where we stole the meme. We also provide a link to the victim's post. (It's our way of saying "Thanks!") We do sometimes edit the original meme, usually to make it more relevant to our global players, to challenge our players, sometimes to select that meme's best questions, or simply to make it less repetitive from either this new meme or recently asked questions from a prior featured meme. Let's go!

Today we ripped this meme off a blogger named CV Rick from the blog named Ninja Writer. It's 50 questions so we will do it in two parts. He stated that he grabbed it from Wry Catcher. But, it was probably stolen there as well. So, of course, that will be as far as we go. Tracing back our theft's thieves might take some time. Link back to us at Sunday Stealing!

Sunday Stealing: The Ninja Meme, Part Two

Cheers to all of us thieves!  

26. Whose responses to Stealing do you want to read the most? - i guess i need to become active in the blogosphere again to familiarize myself once more on my blogging friends' thoughts

27. What color shirt are you wearing? - sleeveless purple printed blouse

28. Do you like sleeping on satin sheets? - nope, i prefer cotton instead

29. Can you whistle? - a bit

30. Favorite colors(s)? - green, green and green

31. Could you be a pirate? - of the heart probably

32. What songs do you sing in the shower? - i don't usually sing in the shower

33. Favorite girls name? - Mirella, this is gonna be my future daughter's name

34. Favorite boy’s name? - Marcus, currently one of my son's names

35. What’s in your pocket right now? - nothing

36. Last thing that made you laugh? - haha! one of  our volleyball practice scenes I remembered a while ago

37. Best bed sheets as a child? - pooh the bear

38. Worst injury you’ve ever had? - just a leg sprain during our volleyball finals game

39. Do you love where you live? - the location yes, but i am wishing for a bigger space

 
40. How many TVs do you have in your house? How many HDTVs? - three (3)

41. Who is your loudest friend? - buggyness

42. How many dogs do you have? -  one (1)

43. Does anyone have a crush on you? - i believe so

44. What are the most fun things you ever did? - acting as a round girl despite my figure, nyahaha!

45. What are your favorite books? - Bo Sanchez'

47. Favorite Team? - San Miguel Beermen of Philippine Basketball Association

48. What songs do you want played at your funeral? - Iris

49. What were you doing at 12 AM? - Snoring while asleep

50. What was the first thing you thought of when you woke up? - Holding on to my mobile phone and checking whose my first texter of the day.

I miss it. It's nice to be back. I just wish I would have enough of time again to do things like this.

RT: Coi Wearing Pooh's Shirt

My son got wild and cried out so loud when we forced him to wear my stuffed toy's shirt (pooh the bear).

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.

LTINS: Dear Dora The Explorer

Dear Dora The Explorer,

Happy Birthday and I hope I can make your day happy indeed.

I am so sorry. It is not my intention to imitate you. It just happened. I never thought it would come to this. My baby is a boy and I am not allowing him to watch something feminine in any sense so I do not let him watch you most of the time.

However, I have gotten too tired about my fly-away and tangled hair and have finally decided to ask the lady barber to cut it out. 

And here is how I look now, I looked just like you. I think it is just the bangs that is missing. My friends are calling me "Dora" now.

Forgive me Dora. I promise to have a new hair style in the next few days. 

Truly Yours,

Anne the Explorer

Hehe! I actually had my hair cut in a salon last Sunday and I just asked the beautician to cut it straight. Surprisingly this was the result. Somehow, I don't like but just for a change I will let it stay this till it gets a little longer before I could have another hair style.

Ruby Tuesday : Viva Sto. Niño

My son and My Aunt in red

This photo was taken when we first joined a Feast of Sto. Niño (Holy Child) procession.  The activity was fun. There were a lot of Sto. Niño images which were brought to the parade, candies thrown on the streets and street dancing happens as people walk towards the church. This is being done once a year, every last Sunday of January in our area.

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! 

Five Questions Friday

1. Do you have any nicknames and if so how did it come about? 

 - My father and my grandma usually call me "Nene", my friends use "Mhe-Anne" or sometimes just "Mhe" or just "Anne", my ex-office mates addressed me as "Mary" while in my current job they prefer "Odoño" (my surname) but there's this one unique nick name given by my ex-housemate and friend and it is "Merele", for whatever the meaning is, that I still don't know until now.

2. What is your birth order amongst your siblings? 

 - I am the oldest among eleven (11) children alive- six (6) of them are my half siblings from my father's side and four (4) from my mother's. I have a deceased brother who is actually older than I am but he lived for four (4) days only from the day he was born.

3. In a movie of your life, who would play your significant other? 

- story yet to be written, have not yet decided... hehe!

4. What is currently your favorite song? 

- Last of all days, I love the melody and the lyrics.

5. Are you saving your money for anything right now? Big or small purchase? 

- Not really, I don't have any extra money to be saved, just enough for our daily living.

I enjoy joining here for the first time.

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

CC: I am the Boss

I preferred to be wholesome for this week's CC.

I am the Boss.

I basically have a strong personality, a dominant one. So every time I want something I make sure that I'll get it even if he does not agree. It may be bad in a sense as we are supposed to have common decision but I always see to it that I have my point.

So it's simply what Anne wants, Anne gets.

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