Whoa, do I see cobwebs? If this site was a house, it would look like some abandoned shack in the middle of nowhere – dilapidated, unlived and unloved. What a pity. I didn’t mean get busy with actually living and forgetting to write about the stuff I get up to, it’s just sometimes I wonder what the point of it all is. Like, who cares where I’ve been and what hotels I’d booked myself in? What movies had I seen? Which new restaurants had I tried? What gifts had I given out? Would I ever recommend to anybody to make your own ringtones? (Ok, that last one was joke.)
I have had an amazing year. I feel so blessed to have been able to do the things I had done and it’s a pity that my 2011 is going to end in a fizzle. But never mind, 2012 promises to be a bit more exciting – and by exciting, I meant HARD WORK. I have had enough fun for one year, I think, and now I believe it’s time to get to the nitty gritty and work on my life plan (Honestly, I’m still working on that, so that’s also part of the hard work bit).
I remember my Dad telling me when I was little “You’re so skinny that if you were made into a kite, you’d fly.”
Ok, maybe he didn’t say it quite like that (my Dad’s English is terrible, for starters), but that was the general idea. I was so skinny that my body could have been used as a kite frame – all that was needed was papel de japon (or Japanese paper, as we call it).
My skinny days are long-gone, though. I’d successfully put quite a bit of junk in my trunk when puberty kicked in, but those days of flying kites make me a bit nostalgic. Video games were for rich kids and those of us who were “have-nots” must make do with just our imaginations.
Unfortunately, I didn’t really get much kite-flying instruction in those days. It was just a lot of got-kite-will-run-with-it kind of stuff. No stunts, just straightforward flying and if your kite gets caught in the electric wires and you can’t get to them no more, then just make a new one.
Nowadays, people can get DVD supplies for almost any hobby. The Prism Freestyle Pilot DVD makes for a good start in getting some serious stunt kite flying, for those who want to take kites up to a different level.
Ain’t technology grand?
I’d been watching a documentary mini-series called “One Born Every Minute,” where cameras were set up all over a maternity clinic. I’ve never had children, so I have no idea how giving birth is actually like. I’ve played with kids, sure, and passing through the children’s clothing department while shopping can be amusing, but motherhood is still quite impossible for me to fathom.
However, I think my biological clock is giving me this nagging, broody feeling. I think it’s normal for women at a certain age.
I feel like I want to have children (two – a boy and a girl, in that order), like, right now. It’s so bizarre.
Unfortunately, I’m unattached and not likely to get married anytime soon. But I believe that’s just as well, as I don’t think I can actually take care of any children at the moment. I mean, I also want to get a new puppy, but I’m concerned about leaving it with my parents when I go off on holiday somewhere – which happens a lot lately. Children and puppies are not the same, I know, but they are both responsibilities and if I can’t handle something as small as a puppy, then children should not even be considered… for now.
It’s just a hazy memory now.
I was lying on a blanket, spread over a patch of grass underneath a shady tree. My auntie was sitting near me, unpacking sandwiches. Uncle Robert was down by the riverbank, trying to catch some fish.
Whenever I look back on that idyllic April afternoon, it has taken on a dream-like quality – like some kind of romantic movie flashback.
I can still remember having had a bacon and eggs breakfast that didn’t agree with my stomach before we went driving around the Scottish highlands – and vomiting every 5 minutes. Accompanying Uncle Robert on his fishing trip to Scotland didn’t seem so attractive at the time.
Uncle Robert was very passionate about fishing, particularly fly fishing. Thankfully, he doesn’t make a habit of wearing fish t shirts. He’s got this little box of flies – hooks with different kinds of hairy or furry attachments in various colours – that he uses to bait fish. I’m sure you can see these in a fishing magazine or something. They apparently pass for living bugs. He even has a fly that has a lock of auntie’s hair on it! I’m not sure if that’s a sweet thing, but he claims to have caught fish with it.
Fishing ain’t for me, though. I won’t be able to stand still, just waiting for fish to bite. I’d rather do that than hunting, however, even if I’m offered hunting t shirts.
Have you ever tried painstakingly making little trinkets, cards and artwork and used them as presents? I am pretty sure they have been well-received, as they must represent your personal touch and showcase your creativity. Sites like CafePress.com can help you channel your creativity by helping you print your designs into shirts, ornaments, mugs, stationary and other fun stuff you can think of. If you believe you have no flair for designing your own presents, you can browse on the sites’ art posters section and choose from one of those.
Custom t-shirts are one of the more popular choices for Christmas giveaways. These are what my parents used to give away every year when my family still owned a grocery store. However, those shirts only displayed the company name and were boring as heck. I think the people that got them only wore those shirts around the neighborhood.
If we had a little bit more foresight, we could have t-shirts designed much more commercially. Then if those designs became popular, we could have also sold them eventually. What a pity! I guess I could still do that now – I could design Frustrated Sosyalera shirts and give those away for the holidays. I wonder how those would fare?
Every once in a while, I start to wonder how I'm progressing with this frustrated sosyalera thing. Most of the time, I'm going nowhere. That might be because I really could not afford the time to spend on improving my non-existent style. But being too busy is exactly the kind of thing that will make you manang! I am far too scared to become a frumpy old lady – I want to become a mature woman of style by the time I turn 40. There is no more time to be complacent, because youth and glowing skin fades before you know it.
Unfortunately, the trouble with starting from scratch when it comes to learning about style is the information overload. There are too many sources for fashion style and lifestyle tips available that bland ladies like me just don’t know where to start. How does one apply all that information?
What can one do, except to press on? I guess I’ll just have to continue reading sites, practice dressing and putting on makeup in the hope of eventually becoming culturally clad at some point in the future.
I had written a post before about how some people get obsessed about plastic surgery. Most of the time, women are the ones who get addicted to it. As far as I know, men are not easily bitten by the plastic surgery bug -- except for the late Michael Jackson, of course.
Heidi Montag is apparently one of those women who has a plastic surgery addiction. She is a relative unknown to me. I only hear her name in passing when I watch paparazzi or celebrity gossip shows like TMZ or The Daily 10. Heidi Montag used to be Lauren Conrad’s roommate in the reality show called “The Hills” (a show I’ve never seen), who married her co-star Spencer Pratt. She was said to have had a breast augmentation, a nose job and some collagen injections, for starters. 
I honestly do not understand this girl. She’s only 23 years old! How could you be so obsessed with the way you look, when everything will go south once you reach your 30’s anyway? What a waste of time and money. But I guess being addicted to making yourself look perfect does that to you. I bet many Los Angeles plastic surgery clinics are laughing all the way to the bank from all the business they are getting from wannabe Julia Robertses and Angelina Jolies.
Single ladies shouldn’t feel excluded from all the Valentine’s Day fun! I, for one, prefer to spend Valentine’s Day with my girls. The BF doesn’t mind me doing so, as we both find the whole thing much too cheesy to spend with each other. We can be romantic whenever we want to, anyway.
There are loads of stuff that single ladies can do for Valentine’s –
To many couples, February is the month of romance and love, mostly because Valentine’s Day falls on that month. Getting married in February is usually considered romantic. As for myself, I find all the hoopla surrounding Valentine’s Day very cheesy, so I don’t think I will ever consider a February wedding (whenever that even transpires).
One thing about weddings that I find interesting whenever I attend weddings is the souvenirs. I’ve gotten loads of stuff from the weird to the classy. Every time I receive wedding favors, I always wonder if they were the type I’d give out if it was my wedding. I don’t particularly like the ones that have the couple’s photo on it. Don’t ask me why.
Giving out mini-cakes, cookies and sweets in custom packages are also nice because they can be consumed and will not clutter up the wedding guests’ homes. I had received quite a few fortune plants as wedding favors and I really quite like them. Since they’re alive, they give out a refreshing vibe around them, compared to an ornament that may not be designed too well and is just a waste of space.
How about you, what do you think will make a nice wedding souvenir?
When I think of cruises, I usually end up with scenes from the movies “The Poseidon Adventure” or “Titanic” in my head. I imagine large, spacious ballrooms with giant, sparkling chandeliers and the guests waltzing around in their glamorous formal wear. Of course, the Poseidon and the Titanic both sank into the bottom of the ocean. So those stories definitely did not have happy endings.
Thankfully, those were just the exceptions to the rule. I am certain that most people go away on cruises because they enjoy it and not because they want to drown. Otherwise, the business would have gone bust a long time ago.
If I were to go on a cruise, I would like to go on one that will tour the Caribbean. I like going to exotic places and particularly enjoy going to the beach, so island hopping would be the ideal cruise for me. If I feel like partying during the cruise, I would set the mood by listening to Lady Gaga songs on my iPod playlist. I might even listen to songs like Tick Tock by Kesha, because they’re very upbeat. To unwind during the cruise, I might play some reggae songs like those by Bob Marley or maybe UB40.
For now, I can only dream. But someday, I will definitely make sure I get on a big boat with ballrooms and chandeliers.
Well no, not really.
I'm physically, 100% female. However, I think some parts of my brain are more masculine than most girly girls. I say that because I've only just realized that this diagram of female shopping habits does not apply to me.
I will not take more than 3 hours to buy a pair of jeans EVER. I won't take 6 minutes either, though, for practical reasons. Fitting into a pair of jeans with my hips is going to take at least double.
Bottomline is, I'm really lazy when it comes to shopping. I go into a couple of stores and if they don't have what I want, I simply give up and go another day.
Online shopping fits me better. I would look at websites for hours, just browsing. Which is dangerous, because I find too many things that I want in online shops. That credit card sitting inside my wallet is always nervous when I log on. I used to have a boutique store card once, but I had to cut it up because I ended up ordering too much! However, it does help a little if I have Coupon Codes when I'm online shopping, at least I get to save even a little bit.
I was too early for a meeting one evening, so I had a stroll, ordered dinner that would take some time and leafed through a magazine. As the magazine wasn’t very entertaining, I ended up people-watching
That’s when I thought to myself “Why didn’t I ever get into smoking?” If I smoked, then I would look so cool and waiting would have been a sophisticated undertaking.
I imagine that I’d look like a modern-day Marilyn Monroe.
But then I remembered that smoking screws up your lungs, shortens your life, darkens your lips and yellows your teeth and fingernails.
However, there’s now a thing called an electronic cigarette. They have the look and feel of an ordinary cigarette, but much healthier. It doesn’t have any of those cancer causing things that you find in normal cigarettes like tar, carbon monoxide, smoke and 400 other bad stuff. It doesn’t even use tobacco! With electronic cigarettes, you just basically inhale water vapor and nicotine.
Electronic cigarettes don’t produce smoke, but they produce a vapor mist that looks exactly like smoke. Which means I don't need to go outside a restaurant or a bar to smoke! It might even be cheaper because they use rechargeable batteries and you can even get them in starter packs.
It would sound so shallow, but I think the best thing about electronic cigarettes is that they are also customizable -- your cigarettes can then match your shoes. ;)
Sometimes I get so busy that I don't even have time to watch television anymore. As you get older, you tend to develop a liking for watching the news -- which I miss a lot now because I'm so caught up with work. The only way I watch television series now is through Youtube or dvd's. It's a little frustrating.
I've come across Direct TV Offers before, and it makes me really wish that their service is available in this third world country. I wish I could watch the local soap operas like Lovers In Paris in my own time and not have to rush home every time to watch it. Getting one of the Direct TV Deals liberates you from fussing with your VCR or dvd recorder and will even let you record up to 14 days in advance.
For now, I'll just daydream about getting this in Philippines. Americans are so lucky!
The Mar-Korina Wedding Special was being shown just a while ago and I can't really help but notice that big rock of an engagement ring that Korina was sporting. It was absolutely huge! I feel a little jealous, to be honest.
I can't help but wonder myself what sort of ring my future husband-to-be is going to give me. I would prefer it to be made of white gold with a significantly-sized emerald-cut diamond. Was that a little too specific? If The BF reads this, then he should be thankful that I gave him such a big hint. Hahaha!
If only my folks had kept some gold coins, then maybe I could have sold them to satisfy my jewelry fetish. Maybe I should just settle for the bullion in the safe?
What? So I can't daydream mid-post now? I was just kidding!
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