one of those days..

i just came across this quote and it is just so damn true, almost as if they're my own words lol. i did say one time, when you love someone, you give that person a certain power over you ( late edit: was listening to some Coldplay song here and i rmbr this idea was from their song Moses). a bit scary but is it worth it? maybe. it's like that "..for- the -rest- of - your -life"  concept. totally horrifying. but i guess if you luck out with the right person, everything that you give up, will be totally worth it. or no, scrap that, i don't think you'll even remember to stop and weigh things if they're worthy or not.  man, why i am so mushy tonite, is it Valentine's Day already lol. ^__^



“Have you ever been in love? Horrible isn't it? It makes you so vulnerable. It opens your chest and it opens up your heart and it means that someone can get inside you and mess you up. You build up all these defenses, you build up a whole suit of armor, so that nothing can hurt you, then one stupid person, no different from any other stupid person, wanders into your stupid life...You give them a piece of you. They didn't ask for it. They did something dumb one day, like kiss you or smile at you, and then your life isn't your own anymore. Love takes hostages. It gets inside you. It eats you out and leaves you crying in the darkness, so simple a phrase like 'maybe we should be just friends' turns into a glass splinter working its way into your heart. It hurts. Not just in the imagination. Not just in the mind. It's a soul-hurt, a real gets-inside-you-and-rips-you-apart pain. I hate love.”
    -- Neil Gaiman

credit: http://myname isoneword.blogspot.com

ok, since i'm in this mood already. Here's another quote/poem? that i like.


The weirdest thing happened the other morning...
I woke up with tears in my eyes...
And one rolling down my cheek...
And I knew I must have been dreaming of you again.
  -- i don't know the author

 credit: http://www.flickr.com/photos/aftab/3152515428/

                                         

This Crazy Little Thing Called LOVE ( Thai: สิ่งเล็กๆ ที่เรียกว่า...รัก )

credit: queridonu


Synopsis:


The ordinary 14 year old girl Nam is unattractive or in simple terms...ugly. But she's always been secretly in love with an older guy in grade 10 called Chon, the most popular student in high-school. He's hot, perfect and generous, and that's what makes girls go crazy about him, including Nam too. But she doesn't give up easily. She tries to do everything to make her get noticed by the boy she loves, in the hope of him turning around to look at her just one more time.

• Cast: 
  Mario Maurer
  Pimchanok Lerwisetpibol
  Sudarat Budtporm
• Director: Puttipong Pormsaka Na-Sakonnakorn and Wasin Pokpong
• Writer: Puttipong Pormsaka Na-Sakonnakorn and Wasin Pokpong
• Producer: Somsak Tejcharattanaprasert and Panya Nirankol
• Cinematographer: Reungwit Ramasudh
• Release Date: August 12, 2010 (Thailand)
• Runtime: 118 min.
• Distributor: Sahamongkol International and Work Point
• Language: Thai
• Country: Thailand

credit: http://asianmediawiki.com

credit: movieseer.com

My take:

*sigh* the moment I saw the trailer, i thought to myself, omo! story of my life in 3:28 secs :). Really, this movie is such a blast from the past. While watching the movie i wanted to sing "♫♪ It's all coming back, it's all coming back to me now..♫♪". What made it more relatable is the fact that it was almost like my own high school, like all high schools here in the Philippines, the teachers, the students.. ahh what a trip down memory lane. 


The trailer was dead on: 89% of the people who have watched it have been through the experience. I am really happy to say that I'm a part of that statistic, lol. This movie reminded me of my first love in high school (first love?? til now I'm not really sure if it was love or just plain crush. However, I've never felt that way ever again nor have I felt such intense emotions over someone ever again so if it wasn't love, i don't know what is). Of course, as all of my then friends knows, it didn't have a happy nor a sad ending. it simply didn't have an ending. period. I was crushing on him hard, but I didn't have the gall to tell it to his face. I didn't even thought of writing those cliche love letters. I was such a coward. And so a line from this movie hit me hard:


" you might never see him again for the rest of your life, aren't you going to do anything about it?" > so true.


On a lighter note( gosh! since when had my movie review became a Dear Diary entry hahaha), the film is all about falling for someone and doing your damnedest to get that love reciprocated, in a young, sometimes silly, more often hilarious, ways. And I gotta admit, I'd had my fair share of foolish young-girl-in-love acts in high school.   And for the sake of documentation, said foolish acts are listed as follows:


1. ever so slowly passing by their classroom like I'm in such deep thought, then cast my eyes in his direction being careful to maintain a blank stare like I'm lost, well, in deep thoughts when in fact, I just wanna see him. :)


2. writing his name on a piece of paper and putting it under my pillow and sleep on it. didn't they say it's suppose to make the person think of you? lol


3. wished on a star,so intently that if staring at them would make them fall, there would have been a hell of a lot of falling stars for weeks on end.


4. looking up his number in the directory, had to call about 5 different households before i found the right one, then, after hearing his voice, hung up the phone, and giggled/screamed like crazy. lol

to be continued (hopefully *.^)

everyone, let's SLEEP!!!

S U M M E R. i love everything about it: the sun on my skin, trips to the beach, airy clothes, summer songs, and basically just hanging out with friends. everything, that is, except when i'm stuck at home and it is sooooo hot it gives me goosebumps. i love summer almost as i love the rainy days: hot coffee in hand, just lazing around in bed in a blanket with a good book, or maybe just getting all sentimental and listen to slow songs with the rain making its hypnotic pouring sound outside, the gloomy sky, walking in the rain. everything, except when it's flooding.

So anyway, I'm at home, and being at home at this time of the day is like being cooped up in an oven, or in a sauna, a few minutes in and I'm soaking in sweat. And it's great too that I happen to have a work schedule at 2:30am and that I needed to be up by midnight, meaning, I have to hit the sack when the sun is still at it's merciless hotness. Really, trying to sleep is becoming such a battle of wills. I already broke two of my no-no's way of life: 1.  i used to not take cold showers, warm water only, and 2. i used to hate it when the fan directly blows air to my face, or to my skin, i could never get to sleep then.  Now, i need to put ice in the water if i'd want to take a bath in the afternoon, and i'd learned to ignore the strong gusts of air. Talk about survival. I'm just getting worried cos every year, the weather people have like an almost scripted spiel: " it's the hottest summer yet.." HuH!?? i shudder to imagine how hot summer would be summer a decade from now. Oh well, I'm reminded again how i wished i'd been born in the 17th century, or the late 60's / early 70's, be a teen in the 80's, and be done with it all before the millennium rolls in. ahhhh..I'm babbling again.

So anyhow, youtube comes to the rescue!! i thought of looking for a clip of the sound of rain to help trick my mind and lull me to sleep. and since i never, ever ignore user's comments ( yay! ), as per their suggestion, i tried listening to the clip alongside Yiruma's Kiss The Rain and I was blown away. just. too. beautiful. i can almost feel the air start to cool down and i can almost imagine the steady  sound of raindrops outside the window. *sigh* now all i need is plug the speaker on, turn the volume up to a comfortable level and start to doze off...

P.S.  i also tried playing Jason Mraz I'm Yours and it's relaxing as well. I'm pretty sure it'll work with just about any song. infinite possibilities. Happy sleeping everyone!! ^__^

P.P.S. again, play these two at the same time and prepare to end your summer! lol

credit: deadhobo

credit: xXYuNPoOXx

Easter Sunday 2011 pt.2 > Mikay's place in Rizal

..after lunch comes the BIG question: where to next? after a phone call to Mikay, we decided to go and visit her. Gosh, i haven't seen her for like a decade!!! but as always with seeing good friends, it always feels like we just saw each other the previous day.^___^

Note: the first four pictures are from my friend's camera, only the last two are mine. :p

Easter Sunday 2011 > Romulo Cafe

Summary ( words evade me tonite!) lol

-- met up with hs friends for an Easter Sunday lunch.
-- was late for maybe an hour and a half (misunderstanding hehe)
-- after I arrived, had to wait another hour before everyone can decide where to go eat. Of course we had to do the pre-requisite pretend argument with Frencel lmao!
-- cruised around on a taxi, every restaurants seem to be closed!
-- finally, Romulo Cafe is open!

Romulo Cafe

#32 Sct. Dr. Lazcano cor.

Sct. Tuason, Tomas Morato

Quezon City

Tel. No.: 332-7275

Frencel, Nessie and me...

the walls are decorated with diffent photos of the late President Carlos P. Romulo

Baked Lemon Grass Chicken (photo credit: Frencel Tingga)

Pomelo Salad. I loved the dressing on this! (photo credit: Frencel Tingga)

Beef Caldereta with Queso de Bola (photo credit: Frencel Tingga)

Ginataang Hipon sa Kamias. I absolutely loved this! i loved eating kamias! (photo credit: Frencel Tingga)

i'm bAcK!!!!

haha am just sooo happy i got my laptop back today!! had to send it in for repairs,turned out they had to replace the lcd. aigoo! it's been 3 weeks, i'm so happy i can get back to my cyber life lol..^_^