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Sunday, December 11, 2011

I might just always resort to optimism (and hope to God for the best).

Life sometimes seems to get the best of you

Like everything just brings you down

Just when you think there's nothing you can do

A friendly face will bring you around

And you'll feel better

Gotye

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The past week has been a mixture of happiness and sadness. Where I would normally wallow in despondency, the week's events have allowed me to respond in a manner in which I am not so used to: overshadow sadness with all the happiness you can muster. It isn't exactly the easiest thing in the world to do, but I'm continuously realizing how pointless it is dwell in life's (little) miseries. GOD > Everything Else

Life is too beautiful to live with resentment.

I know sadness (and any form of negativity, really) will still walk in and out of my life; I just have to learn how to deal with it in a manner that does not destroy me or those around me. The way one responds to certain situations has a way of defining one's character. And honestly? Character > Reputation

I love my life -- all good and bad that comes along with it -- and it just feels so wonderful to wake up each morning to a brand new day: there is always an opportunity to make things better as you move forward. Each day is a blessing indeed. :)

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Speaking of moving forward, I am still definitely doing my daily morning walks. Somehow my body has gotten accustomed to getting up at 6 and being up and about by 6:15. I usually walk for an hour to an hour and a half daily and it just feels so good! The past week has been a bit on the gloomy side, what with all the grey clouds and fog (yes, fog!) early in the morning. I missed my walk on Thursday because it was just raining so hard.

Sun was out during the first half of the week; rain came pouring during the second half.

I had a pretty long walk yesterday, too. I love sweating and legs aching! Then coming home and doing fifty to a hundred reps of jacknives. Ahhh, I hope, in time, I'll be able to look myself in the mirror and finally be content with my physical being. Even though my 14 days are almost up, I think I'm going to stick with a really strict diet and continue to have my morning walks. It's just a refreshing thing to do each day, really. :)

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I was so tired from my morning routine yesterday that I fell asleep right after doing my jacknives. HAHA! It was nearly twelve when I awoke and when Bitok brought my phone over to me, I discovered that my dear friend Aizel has pretty much bombarded my phone with missed calls and text messages. Whoopsies! She had to wait for an hour for me to get ready and we finally met at SM. Haha. The look on her face when I finally arrived. Priceless. =P

Ms Conservative + Ms Liberal = friendship full of LOVE <3

We've been exchanging text messages a whole lot over the past month (or two?) about any and everything that we finally decided to hang out. Just the two of us. It turned out to be so much fun! We shopped (and ended up buying the exact pair of sandals and belt! HAHA!) and ate for hours as we exchanged stories. It was just the thing I needed -- time alone with a true friend, whom you can spill your guts out to and she'd just listen. And laugh. A LOT. She also had TONS of stories to share! We ended up spending a total of eight hours together yesterday! Haha! From SM Southmall to ATC and back to SM. Fun times! (And if that weren't enough, we ended up exchanging text messages until late last night (until she fell asleep! she always falls asleep on me when we're texting! HAHA) and continued to do so this morning. Haha! We never run out of things to talk about. I love her so so so much. :")

Her first time ever at a Mexican (Mexicali - ATC) restaurant! Awww! :')

Afternoon snack for Aizel, breakfast + lunch + dinner for me. HAHA!

(I definitely ignored my no carbs allowed diet yesterday! I LOVE MEXICAN FOOOOOD!)

The conservative VS the not-so-conservative top.

I was also able to convince her to alter her style a little.

Showing more skin and flaunting that figure, bit by bit. Haha!

(Kaninong advice kaya yun? LOL)

Before parting ways, she was like, "Friend, eight hours tayong magkasama. Di ka ba na in love sakin?" HAHAHA. Love it! :) I just feel so much love from Aizel. If anyone wants to know my life story in details, you can either run to her or Gelo for it. Haha! <3 Friends for keeps & friends for life. For sure. More than blessed! :)

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Princess and King + their masters ^_^

Princess, the German Shepherd, has been spending quite a lot of time here in the house in the last couple of weeks as well. She is the sweetest, hugest dog everrrr! She's so huge that when they first met, King was taken aback and seemed intimidated. But now they're good friends and are allowed to run in and out of the house. Haha! I love Princess (and all dogs, really)! Once I was walking in the living room and Princess ran by me, bumped my leg a little, and I swear I nearly toppled over! She is one heavy dog! It's something else, too, when she steps on your foot. She obviously has giant paws! HAHA! I now truly understand why Tito John loves Princess so so so much. She's just such a sweetheart. :)

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I've also purchased new mobile phones for myself and Bitok last Tuesday. (Oh yeah, credit card abuse! HAHA!) Anyway, I thought it would compensate for the loss of my beloved iPod Touch, but noooo. I find it to be a rather boring phone. Haha. I do, however, like its appearance: sophisticated, thin and lightweight. Fits in my palm of my hand. I've also come to love texting on it because of the QWERTY keypad, I suppose. Anyway, I just needed a phone that works that comes with a music player (the FM radio is a bonus for me, really!) and a camera (yay, I can now take photos whenever and wherever, in case my camera isn't with me). So I guess it's a pretty good buy after all. It has all the necessities for my daily life. All good. (Though I still want to buy an iPod Touch. That's still at the top of my list.)

Speaking of FM radio, I have been listening to the radio quite a bit in the past week. (Fave radio station has always been, without a doubt, Jam 88.3!) They were playing tons of songs from the local industry and this one just struck me: Dream Carousel's Sariwain. Such a sweet thing to listen to. (I have yet to learn its lyrics in its entirety. LOL)

Di ba pwede na manatili ka
Kahit hanggang umaga?
Halika't ating sariwain ang nakaraan natin

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And can I just say? These two kiddies are the cutest everrrr! ^_^
So much laughter! Love it. :)


*I don't think I think enough.* tumblr instagram previous posts home	Sunday, December 11, 2011 I might just always resort to optimism (and hope to God for the best). Life sometimes seems to get the best of you Like everything just brings you down Just when you think there's nothing you can do A friendly face will bring you around And you'll feel better Gotye --- The past week has been a mixture of happiness and sadness. Where I would normally wallow in despondency, the week's events have allowed me to respond in a manner in which I am not so used to: overshadow sadness with all the happiness you can muster. It isn't exactly the easiest thing in the world to do, but I'm continuously realizing how pointless it is dwell in life's (little) miseries. GOD > Everything Else Life is too beautiful to live with resentment. I know sadness (and any form of negativity, really) will still walk in and out of my life; I just have to learn how to deal with it in a manner that does not destroy me or those around me. The way one responds to certain situations has a way of defining one's character. And honestly? Character > Reputation I love my life -- all good and bad that comes along with it -- and it just feels so wonderful to wake up each morning to a brand new day: there is always an opportunity to make things better as you move forward. Each day is a blessing indeed. :) --- Speaking of moving forward, I am still definitely doing my daily morning walks. Somehow my body has gotten accustomed to getting up at 6 and being up and about by 6:15. I usually walk for an hour to an hour and a half daily and it just feels so good! The past week has been a bit on the gloomy side, what with all the grey clouds and fog (yes, fog!) early in the morning. I missed my walk on Thursday because it was just raining so hard. Sun was out during the first half of the week; rain came pouring during the second half. I had a pretty long walk yesterday, too. I love sweating and legs aching! Then coming home and doing fifty to a hundred reps of jacknives. Ahhh, I hope, in time, I'll be able to look myself in the mirror and finally be content with my physical being. Even though my 14 days are almost up, I think I'm going to stick with a really strict diet and continue to have my morning walks. It's just a refreshing thing to do each day, really. :) --- I was so tired from my morning routine yesterday that I fell asleep right after doing my jacknives. HAHA! It was nearly twelve when I awoke and when Bitok brought my phone over to me, I discovered that my dear friend Aizel has pretty much bombarded my phone with missed calls and text messages. Whoopsies! She had to wait for an hour for me to get ready and we finally met at SM. Haha. The look on her face when I finally arrived. Priceless. =P Ms Conservative + Ms Liberal = friendship full of LOVE <3 We've been exchanging text messages a whole lot over the past month (or two?) about any and everything that we finally decided to hang out. Just the two of us. It turned out to be so much fun! We shopped (and ended up buying the exact pair of sandals and belt! HAHA!) and ate for hours as we exchanged stories. It was just the thing I needed -- time alone with a true friend, whom you can spill your guts out to and she'd just listen. And laugh. A LOT. She also had TONS of stories to share! We ended up spending a total of eight hours together yesterday! Haha! From SM Southmall to ATC and back to SM. Fun times! (And if that weren't enough, we ended up exchanging text messages until late last night (until she fell asleep! she always falls asleep on me when we're texting! HAHA) and continued to do so this morning. Haha! We never run out of things to talk about. I love her so so so much. :") Her first time ever at a Mexican (Mexicali - ATC) restaurant! Awww! :') Afternoon snack for Aizel, breakfast + lunch + dinner for me. HAHA! (I definitely ignored my no carbs allowed diet yesterday! I LOVE MEXICAN FOOOOOD!) The conservative VS the not-so-conservative top. I was also able to convince her to alter her style a little. Showing more skin and flaunting that figure, bit by bit. Haha! (Kaninong advice kaya yun? LOL) Before parting ways, she was like, "Friend, eight hours tayong magkasama. Di ka ba na in love sakin?" HAHAHA. Love it! :) I just feel so much love from Aizel. If anyone wants to know my life story in details, you can either run to her or Gelo for it. Haha! <3 Friends for keeps & friends for life. For sure. More than blessed! :) --- Princess and King + their masters ^_^ Princess, the German Shepherd, has been spending quite a lot of time here in the house in the last couple of weeks as well. She is the sweetest, hugest dog everrrr! She's so huge that when they first met, King was taken aback and seemed intimidated. But now they're good friends and are allowed to run in and out of the house. Haha! I love Princess (and all dogs, really)! Once I was walking in the living room and Princess ran by me, bumped my leg a little, and I swear I nearly toppled over! She is one heavy dog! It's something else, too, when she steps on your foot. She obviously has giant paws! HAHA! I now truly understand why Tito John loves Princess so so so much. She's just such a sweetheart. :) --- I've also purchased new mobile phones for myself and Bitok last Tuesday. (Oh yeah, credit card abuse! HAHA!) Anyway, I thought it would compensate for the loss of my beloved iPod Touch, but noooo. I find it to be a rather boring phone. Haha. I do, however, like its appearance: sophisticated, thin and lightweight. Fits in my palm of my hand. I've also come to love texting on it because of the QWERTY keypad, I suppose. Anyway, I just needed a phone that works that comes with a music player (the FM radio is a bonus for me, really!) and a camera (yay, I can now take photos whenever and wherever, in case my camera isn't with me). So I guess it's a pretty good buy after all. It has all the necessities for my daily life. All good. (Though I still want to buy an iPod Touch. That's still at the top of my list.) Speaking of FM radio, I have been listening to the radio quite a bit in the past week. (Fave radio station has always been, without a doubt, Jam 88.3!) They were playing tons of songs from the local industry and this one just struck me: Dream Carousel's *Sariwain. Such a sweet thing to listen to. (I have yet to learn its lyrics in its entirety. LOL) Di ba pwede na manatili ka* Kahit hanggang umaga? Halika't ating sariwain ang nakaraan natin --- And can I just say? These two kiddies are the cutest everrrr! ^_^ So much laughter! Love it. :) chrisfel at 13:26 << Home