hearts again...iiick!

I live with 2 silly kids, they seem to think that I'm into flowers and hearts...iiick!

Gillian made this 'I'm sorry' note after I scolded her for not wanting to eat her breakfast, lunch and dinner! Milk is the only "food" she wants to "eat" in our house. I'm beginning to suspect that she doesn't like foods that I cook!

I really had no intentions on ranting about our political situations right now because I'm sick and tired of it. If I could leave our country right now, I would!

She now declared a state of emergency...What's next? Martial Law? Honestly, it could happen, there's a big chance that it will come next. She won't resign, she's holding on to her (fake) presidency oh, so tightly! What a thick-faced woman she is. She cheated, she lied, just to stay in power! I really think that if she can make a deal and sell her soul to the devil right now, she will...There is absolutely nothing she won't do to stay there.

I wonder if I will get in trouble by writing this. She ordered the arrest of UP Professor Randy David and he is now detained at the Camp Caringal. I'm sure it's illegal...but hey, she's the president...a fake one but she holds the power. So sad.

I am so bored with my life, I want to do something new, something productive and meaningful. I want to change career. But, where do I start? I'm not sure how.
I've been feeling like this since Wednesday last week because I almost landed on a job that's totally different from my line of work, probably more meaningful and fulfilling. I love my job right now but I think it's meaningless. I don't change people's lives with what I do, I don't change anything for the better. I don't make a difference. It's meaningless.
I almost had a shot in doing charity work, I was called by a company that does charity works for the less fortunate last week. I've worked with them before as a freelance artist, they needed someone to make a brochure for them and someone referred them to me, I think they liked what I did so they called me up last week asking me if I was interested to work for them as a regular employee not just as a graphic artist but also as a charity worker.
I wanted to say yes but I declined their offer because of two reasons.
1. They want me to change my religion. Frankly, I'd rather starve than change my religion! No way in the world I'm changing it. They should accept me as I am, as a person and not as a member of a certain religion. If they can't see pass that...No thanks.
2. A friend of mine needs a job and she's been eyeing the very job that's been offered to me for months now, she's been waiting for them to call her for more than two months now but they don't want her, they want me. That's the sad truth.
She's my friend, I wouldn't want to do anything that will jeopardize our friendship.
So now, I'm still searching and waiting for a job that's right for me. It's out there, I know. Just waiting for the opportune moment.

(I may have been drinking too much coffee)

I'm so happy to report to every anderfan out there that I made a new recruit – my mother! She used to just ignore AC, I mean, I had to drag her out of the kitchen or out of her room just to make her look at Anderson. Now, well... she comes into my room uninvited everyday for the past two weeks whenever Anderson is on TV. She doesn't say anything, she's just interested in "watching the news," I assumed. She didn't think Anderson was cute or handsome at all, whenever she looks at AC, she sees an old man, she used to say.

But today...she was singing her song in a different tune, she said to me, "Man, your guy really is handsome! I love his clean cut hair, he looks so military-ish. And he looks every inch a gentleman."

"I told you. I knew eventually you're gonna change your mind. Hehehe." I replied.


screencap courtesy of jld1119.

Anderson should shop for new clothes...

Usapang Balong 2

When my son was around 1 1/2 years old he developed a rather nasty habit – he seemed to have found bliss in biting me. He particularly loved to bite me on my thighs and upper arm, if he couldn't get a hold of any of his favorite spots, he'd bite anywhere. I didn't mind it at first, I thought it was just normal, parang tuta na nangangati ang gilagid, I thought. But it continued until he was well over 3. His cute little bites began to feel like a form of battery. I was black and blue all over, I teased my husband that I could go to NBI and tell them that he's assaulting me, they'd probably believe me, they're not CSI, I could get away with it. Isang sad story lang katapat nun. Hehe...

One time during his monthly well-baby check-up, I mentioned it to his "Tita Doctor," she explained to me that it is rather common for babies specially to baby boys to bite the ones they love. He didn't know how to express his love or happiness or even frustrations to me, so he bit me. I started to work again when he was five months old, pinalaki ng iba-ibang yaya ang batang ito. Kawawa naman.

He was probably frustrated that I was always leaving him alone in the care of strangers 5 days a week... so, he bit me, "that ought to teach you a lesson," he probably thought. When I got home at night, he's probably too happy to see me, so he bit me some more, "it's about time you got home, what took you so long?" he probably thought. On weekends, I took care of him and my daughter so he would bite me all the time. Because he loves me. What a way to show love and affection!

When he was about 3, he had a major stuttering problem, it got me worried for a little while. I seemed to be the only one worrying about it. My mother was teasing him all the time, sometimes she imitates him, I didn't like it but I kept quiet. He had trouble starting a sentence, it went something like this: "N-n-n-na-na-na-na-nanay! di ka ba a-a-a-a-a-alisss?" It went on like that until he was about 4.

He's 5 years old now, boy, am I glad the biting and stuttering has stopped. And like any five year-old, he's very talkative, curious and asks questions all the time. He tells me he loves me all the time, he's an overall sweet kid. And lately, he's been giving me "gifts" all the time. He picks flowers from school and gives them to me when he gets home, he draws me all the time and gives them to me as a "gift," and lately he's been into cutting papers and pasting them, he gave me this as a gift:

I have no idea what it is. :)

I asked him the other day why he gives me "lavish gifts" all the time, he told me, "Kasi di ka na kasi aalis lagi-lagi. Alam mo nanay, happy ako sa 'yo kasi wala ka tilbaho eh, lagi ka under the table pagdating ko galing skul. I love you, nanay!"

Because of what my son told me, I think I'm not gonna hurry to find me a regular job, I think I'm gonna stop for awhile (and smell the roses?) and spend more time with my kids.

My mother thinks I'm making the biggest mistake of my life. Well, if it's the biggest mistake of my life...it's my favorite mistake, hehe...which reminds me of Sheryl Crow...I'm genuinely sad that she and Lance have split up. They seemed so right for each other. I wonder what happened with those two?

I hope I don't get "mad" again, I hope I won't get bored, I hope my mother won't pester me too much about my decision. I hope...

I NEED ANSWERS!!!

AC360˚ wasn't aired on CNNI today! Why?!

I cancelled my interview today because I wanted to watch 360˚, sure, it's been boring the last couple of days but I was hoping that it will be better today. I wasn't able to watch! There wasn't any breaking news or anything. So why?

By the way, I think 360˚ is boring this couple of days. Enough of Entwistle already! It's supposed to be provocative and fast-moving news program, right? What's happening to 360˚?

Anyway, boring or not, I will still watch 360˚. Because I have a lot of respect for Mr. Anderson Cooper.

I think I hate Kristie Lu Stout now! It wasn't her fault, I know, but she gave me the bad news! Instead of saying something like "We're giving "Insight" in an hour but for now please stay and watch "Anderson Cooper 360˚" from our sister network CNN USA." She gave CNNI viewers "Quest" instead. I have no problem watching "Quest," I like that show, as a matter of fact I like Richard Quest, I watch "Quest" and "Business Traveler" every month. However, I like Anderson on weekdays. Please don't take him away from me.

I'm hoping CNNI will air 360˚ tomorrow.

CONFESSIONS, CONFESSIONS

I've got another confession to make...I've been a very very bad fan girl this past few days. I've been trying to shake off my anderaddiction...seriously. My life is a mess right now, I don't have a regular job, I'm always "out" on the streets. Applying for jobs. Well, maybe I'm exaggerating a bit, I still have a job as a consultant from my previous employer. And at the same time I'm tutoring a Korean girl who wants to be a fashion designer, she's applying for 3 schools in the US, two in Boston and one in New York, I'm helping her with her portfolios and art requirements, she already passed in one school but wouldn't it be great if she passed on all three? It pays well but I think I'd feel more secure if I had a regular job.
And this is where Andy interferes...I feel like I'm only half-looking for a job because If I did find one I won't be able to watch 360˚ everyday, it airs 11 am here!
So, I made a decision to slowly shake Anderson off of my system for good. I wanted to quit him cold turkey but my anderwithdarawal was too strong so I had to give in sometimes. lol!
I was doing okay for a while, taking control of my life...I will eventually quit Andy, I said to myself. And then I saw this... (actually, someone from anderloads saw it)

I didn't recognize him at first but after I learned why he was photographed that way, I almost fainted and almost instantaneously felt my anderaddiction came rushing back again in full force... but I got over it.
For a few days I was getting better and better, I was wanting less and less of my Anderfix. I wasn't even reading his blogs. I was fine. I'm not shaking as much as I used to. Finally, I said to myself.
And then, yesterday on 360˚, he read some of the comments some people posted on his blog. Apparently, he reads all comments.
I got curious, so I went to his blog (I even made a link of it on my blog), and read all his entries...I found out that HE READS ALL THE COMMENTS, HE REPLIES TO SOME OF THEM, HE THANKS EVERYONE WHO POSTED COMMENTS!
Oh, my dear! I can actually say something to him and have the guarantee that it will be read by him!
What will become of me now?
I feel like my anderaddicton is slowly making its way to my system again. I'm on Ander-high again. I'm back to my delusions again. lol!
Another one of my futile attempts to quit Anderson... tsk, tsk, tsk.
When will I ever learn?
Why did I ever bother to quit in the first place when I knew all along that it will never work?

What the heck... I can't even view my own blog!!! What's happening?

This is a test blog...I might as well throw in a little Andercuteness. Awww!


original screencap courtesy of stilllife.

ANDERSON, PLEASE LOOK AWAY!

I feel like I'm cheating on Anderson right now. hehe...

I like Paul Bettany, he's tall, pale, skinny, funny, he's British and I think he's got a lovely talking voice. I found this calendar here.

I think I'm the only person who watches The Guardian, it's not a great show, It's so boring sometimes but I watched it anyway all because of Simon Baker. I like him a lot. I don't know why but I do.

Yay! Chris Rogers of ITV News was here again in Manila, it would've have been nice to see him again on CNN had it not because of his expose'. It's being shown on CNNI every hour since last week. What a shame. *buries head under the sand*

Last August 2005, he made a report exposing the cruelty thousands of young children experience in our prisons. It was so embarassing. Even more embarassing was how our Secretaty of Justice tried to deny that this is happening here. He couldn't even answer straight questions. Secretary Raul Gonzales promised that he will look into it and improve the situation.

Chris Roger's report last week was a follow up on his expose', and guess what? Nothing has been done.

Hmmm...why am I not surprised?

(Another report from Chris Rogers...I'm sure I'm gonna fall for him. I guess, if you watch the news all the time...this is bound to happen)

This was how my monitor looked like before I "met" Anderson Cooper.

This is how it looks now. I have this really cool apple flat monitor...but Anderson's pictures are way cooler. lol

Usapang Balong

"Alam mo nanay, nami-miss ko si Donna," my son said to me yesterday.

"Di ba kanina lang magkasama kayo sa school?" I said to him.

"Oo nga po, pero...miss ko na sya eh, alam mo nanay, ang cute cute ni Donna."

"Paano na si Heleen? Di ba sya ang girlfriend mo? A week ago he was so in love with Heleen.

"Mas cute si Donna eh, saka di nya ako aaway. Mahal ko si Donna, Nanay.

Ahhh... okay.

I thought it was cute. My son, having a girlfriend. Last December, Heleen was the love of his life. He was involved in a school brawl because someone took Heleen's pink chair. When my son got home, he told me, "Alam mo nanay, nisuntok ko si Joey, kasi aagaw nya pink chair ni Heleen eh, liit liit pa naman ni Heleen...ang cute cute."

Clearly, the survey that my mother heard on the radio is wrong.

Anyway, after he told me that he has a new girlfriend, he told me that he also loves me , he probably felt that I got jealous a little, hehehe. So he said to me, "Mahal kita, nanay. Alam mo bibigyan kita ng flower saka ng heart." "Thank you," I replied. Although I didn't really payed much attention to it.

And true to his word, he did give me flowers and hearts.

He made it in his school, he probably didn't listen to his teacher for at least 10 minutes just to make it.

Lokong bata ito ah, di nakikinig kay teacher.