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Tuesday, March 28, 2006

perfect balance

Like pieces of a puzzle, the many different aspects of your being come together to form the person that you are. You work and play, rest and expend energy, commune with your body and soul, exalt in joy, and feel sorrow. Balance is the state that you achieve when all of the aspects of your life and self are in harmony. Your life force flows in a state of equilibrium because nothing feels out of sync. While balance is necessary to have a satisfying, energetic, and joyful life, only you can determine what balance means to you.

Achieving balance requires that you assess what is important to you. The many demands of modern life can push us to make choices that can put us off balance and have a detrimental effect on our habits, relationships, health, and career. In creating a balanced lifestyle, you must ascertain how much time and energy you are willing to devote to the different areas of your life. To do so, imagine that your life is a house made up of many rooms. Draw this house, give each part of your life its own room, and size each room according to the amount of importance you assign to that aspect of your life. You can include family, solitude, activities that benefit others, healthy eating, indulgences, exercise and working on self. You may discover that certain elements of your life take up an inordinate amount of time, energy, or effort and leave you with few resources to nurture the other aspects of your life. You may want to spend less time on these activities and more on the ones that! fulfill you.

A balanced lifestyle is simply a state of being in which one has time and energy for obligations and pleasures, as well as time to live well and in a gratifying way. With its many nuances, balance can be a difficult concept to integrate into your life. Living a balanced existence, however, can help you attain a greater sense of happiness, health, and fulfillment.

| Written at 7:37 AM | ~*~*~*~

Thursday, March 02, 2006

self love

self love photos... inspired by a cousin ü

| Written at 8:26 PM | ~*~*~*~

looks familiar

galing ng ate ko! hehe! i got this from my sister. she took this picture of us and then edited it together with the other pic. astig.

| Written at 1:43 PM | ~*~*~*~

Thursday, February 23, 2006

keanna on Pinoy Big Brother

the wisdom of keanna: text BB KEANNA send to 2331

Keanna: "Di ko alam na pinag-uusapan ako kasi ba't naman ako nila paguusapan? di ko naman bertdey" __________________________________________________
Keanna: "Andami kong pimples wala kasing moisturizer eh"
Rico: "Ano ?"
Keanna: " Bakukang..andami kong bakukang( pertaining to her pimples)"
Rico: " Anong bakukang?"
Keanna: "Insekto..(tapos sabay hipo sa mukha niya)" __________________________________________________
Keanna" "Buti na lang pinaligo na tayo, akala ko kasi sa Sabado pa puwedeng maligo. Paano kaya sila matutulog non?" ( now, i dont get this. tayo tapos sila?)
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Keanna to Koya: (About not taking bath) Pakiramdam ko po kasi hindi na ako FRESH.
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Keanna: "Rustrum!!"
Roxie: "Rustom hindi Rustrum!"
Keanna: *deadma mode" pakealam mo? mayaman ako sa letter R! __________________________________________________
Some excerpts from Pinoy Big Brother and Keanna Reeves.
You can just love her for being herself.
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Keanna: (habang nagwawalis) "Hindi ako makatulog na madumi ang bahay kasi. tapos mahilig pa kayong magkape. gusto ko tuloy kayong paluin"
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Keanna: Ang hirap kaya mag-dishwasher __________________________________________________
Keanna ay nagpa-fashion show sa harap ng mga housemates habang nagpo-pose:
Keanna - "Dapat pala ay mag-pouch ako"
Housemates - "Pout hindi pouch( tapos halakhakan)"
Keanna - "Eh ano yung pouch past tense" __________________________________________________
RULE: Bawal galawin ang furnitures ng wala akong pahintulot
Keanna: edi bawal pala gamitin yung rocking chair? kasi gagalaw yun __________________________________________________
Keanna: "John Prats! John Prats! Kunin mo nga yung chicken." (hahhahahahh! Full name talaga? ) __________________________________________________
Keanna: (from the rule book) si big bra.. brother ang magbibigay sa inyo ng mga kakailanganing gamit...(thinks)... e bat di natin makita ung kamay ni
big bradir eh sya pla magbibigay( sbay twa sila..) __________________________________________________
ZANJOE: Yung kapatid ko ZANDRO...
KEANNA: Lahat kayo start sa 'S'?? __________________________________________________
Keanna: "Ay naku wala na pag-asa tayo mag-modern times. Ito pa din ang toothbrush...Talagang back to BISIKS tayo __________________________________________________
Keanna - "Streppers ako"

| Written at 9:35 AM | ~*~*~*~

Wednesday, February 22, 2006

birthday dinner

we celebrated my birthday yesterday with a garden dinner. my mum had the food wrapped up from our favorite chinese restaurant so that i won't be cooking for my own birthday. i just baked one of my favorite cakes and that's it. we ate dinner together with a few relatives at our very own garden. and one thing's for sure, my diet was ruined. good thing i'm working out regularly! hehehe...

For the food: we had Yang Chow fried rice, all-time fave pancit canton, shanghai and the famous Steamed Fish in Soy Sauce. Mmm... simple yet so scrumptuous!

After eating in the garden tent, we had a few snap shots of ourselves.

After all the food that we ingested, we indulged ourselves to a slice or two of this home-made Devil's Food cake and some Merlot red wine. Such a wonderful combination!

A few more snap shots...look at my oh-so-red father! hehehe...

and of course, a little happy & poised pose of me!

| Written at 8:53 PM | ~*~*~*~

Monday, February 20, 2006

salespeople... kwentong totoo

after working out at the gym, my sister and i headed for the nearest mall to buy the fitness gloves that we would be needing for the gym. we ate luch and decided to stroll around the area while i buy around the remaining stuff for batchi's upcoming birthday.

we came across to this "tiangge" stall. we decided to browse the shirts on the racks. here, the story begins...

donna: uy ate! ito o! maganda ito... bagay syo.
ate: oo nga. sige hanap pa tyo. wag naman black para hindi pareho. eto don. bagay syo 'to.
donna: oo nga. sige kunin ko na. pati ito. ayan. ok na yung dalawa. ikaw?
ate: wala nang maganda e. iyan nalang.
tindera1: miss, kukunin nyo na ba yan? naiihi na kasi ako eh.
donna: oo. (sabay kuha ng 500 bill)
tindera1: miss, wala ba kayong barya? wala kasi akong panukli eh.
donna: wala eh. (napatingin kay ate)
ate: wala din eh. 120 lang meron ako.
donna: magkano ba lahat?
tindera1: 225 lang. 300 wala ka?
donna: wala. 20 nalang barya ko.
tindera1: uy kwan! (sabi sa isang tindera) pahiram muna ng 200. papalitan ko nalang mamaya itong 500 mamya pagkatapos kong umihi. ihing-ihi na kasi ako eh!
tindera2: o sige. eto o. (sabay abot ng 200)
tindera1: (bumalik na sa pwesto nya) pabantay mamaya nito ha. iihi lang ako.
donna: miss, sa thailand ba ito gawa?

tumingin yung tindera1 sa isang damit na may tag na "MADE IN THAILAND".

tindera1: hindi ho. sa bangkok. (sabay abot sa sukli)
donna: oo nga. (taas ng kilay. pagkakuha ng sukli, umalis na)

hwekhwekhwekhwekhwekhwekhwekhwekhwekhweeeekkk!!!

sa parking lot, tawa kami ng tawa ni ate! mamatay kme sa kakatawa! hanggang sa bank, tumatawa ang isip ko habang nakapila sa counter para mag deposit. langya! hindi nga thailand... bangkok naman!

parati akong ganun. palibhasa sinanay kme ng isang guro ko na maging detalyado sa mga produkto. naging ugali ko ang maging ganun especially kung alam ko ang tungkol sa mga produkto. kung baga, this is just a test to sales people if they know their products. metikuloso kasi akong tao. kapag mali ang sinabi mo, i straight it out. kapag inangasan mo ako, magyayabang ako ng todo. just like these incidents...

SM Cubao department store:

Houseware section: mum ang i are looking for a new dish rack dryer. every year kasi pinapalitan namin.

salesman: good evening ma'am. anong hanap nila?
donna: meron ba kyong dish rack dryer?
salesman: aba meron. ito o... (sabay turo sa dish rack na may takip na parang kyowa pero hindi)
donna: ay ayaw ko yan. gusto ko yung rack lang. walang takip na plastic. kasi tendency nyan madaling mag-stuck e at maliit masyado.
salesman: meron kami pero mahal.
donna: saan?

salesman led me to the kyowa dish racks na walang pinagkaiba sa nauna.

donna: sus ko naman! ang cheap naman nyan! wala na bang mas-gaganda dyan? kasi yung ginagamit namin yung STERILITE AT RUBBERMAID na dish racks eh. wala ba kyo nyan? (sabay taas ng kilay. forever taray.)
salesman: ay sorry po ma'am. wala po kaming ganun eh. (sabay kamot sa ulo.)
donna: di bale na. (sabay alis)

ito pa...

Ladies shoes section. Still SM Dept store.

donna: ga, ito yung shoes na gusto ko.
nino: maganda. nice.
donna: boss, size 7 nga dito. uy ga, naka sale. sa robinson's hindi. swerte. hehe!
nino: uy astig!
salesman: 20% off po iyan ma'am kahit na new arrival.
donna: oo alam ko. size 7 pls.
nino: so magkano nalang kung may discount?
salesman: bale...... (tagal mag isip) oi kwan! magkano nalang ito kung may disount?
salesgirl: ay teka... kunin ko yung calcu.
donna: teka... paki kuha muna ako ng size 7 pls.
nino: boss, size 7 daw para kay misis.
salesman: sige po. oy! ano ba? magkano na?

salesgirl at salesman nag-kumpol sa calcu.

donna: pu~~ ga, paki sabi kuha ako ng size 7. nagmamadali pa tyo. dami pa tyong bibilhin. (init na ulo ko)
nino: boss, paki kuha na pls.
salesman: teka lang po sir. bale... (calculate parin)

lumipas ang 10 seconds

donna: (malakas ang boses) Alam nyo, wala akong pakialam kung magkano pa yan! Kaya kong bilhin ang 5 pairs sa original price ngayon! Kaya pwede ba, paki kuha ako ng size 7! Pinag-aantay nyo mga customer snyo. Kapag hindi pa ako nakakuha ng size 7, sa iba ako bibili. (yabang ko palibhasa may 5000 akong dala na pera ko. hehehe)

nagulantang sila pati mga ibang customers nagalit sa kanila kasi hindi sila pinapansin dahil nagkukumpulan sa calculator at nagtatalo kung magkano ang kalalabasan ng 459php sa 20% discount. galing noh?

haay.. ang pinoy nga naman. marami pa akong incidents sa mga salespeople. pero yun lang ang aking maku-kwento. haha! ibang klase talaga!

sabi ni ate ako ay isang....

BITCH.

haha.

true.

| Written at 4:24 PM | ~*~*~*~

Sunday, February 12, 2006

games

since i don't know what to do with my time on the internet, i decided to download lots of games online. lovey introduced me to "Mystery Case Files: Huntsville" and damn, i was addicted to it. there are also lots of games that are downloadable but the catch is you can only get the 60 minute time-trial version of the game. after 60 minutes, you can now enjoy the 5 minute session per execution of the game. but within that 5 minutes, you can actually enjoy and do things.

here are also some addictive games that can be downloaded and can be played offline:

1. MCF: Huntsville

2. Cinema Tycoon

3. Saints & Sinners Bingo

4. Family Feud

5. Diner Dash

6. Spongebob Collapse

7. Text Twist

8. Flip Words

9. Bookworm

10. Super Bounce Out

these are my top 10. try it! you might get addicted to it... just like me.. hehehe... nag-plug daw ba..?

| Written at 3:02 PM | ~*~*~*~

caught red-handed

right after mass, we went straight home, changed to home clothes and the kids started playing. mum was inside her room and so are the kids. all of a sudden, mum went out and got a stack of stapled papers and handed it to batchi. you know why? because batchi was caught red-handed doodling on the walls of the room! hahaha! oh man! now, i'll be devoting my precious time scrubbing all the doodles on the walls. bu thankfully, she was just using crayons. hehehe!

| Written at 11:01 AM | ~*~*~*~

Friday, February 10, 2006

phone shots2

and so on... and on... and on...

Nov. 22, 2005 : @ BLS house.

Dec. 26, 2005 : on the way to Gateway.

Jan. 2006 : @ St. Luke's Hospital.

Jan. 2006 : @ home.

Feb 4, 2006 : w/ lovey.

Feb. 6, 2006 : still @ LSGH.

| Written at 4:53 PM | ~*~*~*~

valentine song

since valentine's day is fast approaching, i changed my korean fave to an unusual "love" song, which is also one of my fave opm hits. hehe... it's a must hear.

| Written at 7:30 AM | ~*~*~*~