DARNA!
why i'm choosing to liken myself to the beloved Pilipino herione, i don't know.
but she is pretty kick-ass.
fierce, if you will.
Sunday, August 16, 2009
Tuesday, August 11, 2009
p90-death
death to the 24 lbs i regained from what i had originally lost last summer.
ah... the program hurts. so. good.
need. water.
plyo - "the mother of all p90x workouts"
day 2. done.
ah... the program hurts. so. good.
need. water.
plyo - "the mother of all p90x workouts"
day 2. done.
Saturday, May 23, 2009
Twenty-Four
No longer golden... but still just as sweet. Today, I turn 24.
(Jamie says that means I'm platinum. I won't argue for once...)
A year ago, I was so hyped that my birthday would fall on a Saturday. This meant a full day's excursion & a party to last into the wee hours, or it meant an awesome 3-day vacation.
Lo and behold, this year will be everything but. Setting aside the grandeur & the luxe. (Save it for 25 instead. Haha.)
I want today to set the tone for the rest of the year. So here's what I think today might go like...
1) Starting the day at Mass: My dad caught me 10 minutes ago, and asked me if I was ready to go. How could I forget. 8am, it is.
2) Having breakfast with the family: It's rare that we all share a meal together, so I'm glad that everyone is home.
3) Alumni BBQ: It'll be great to see these folks... it's been too long
4) Pil Grad: Celebrating the youngins.
5) and we'll see where the rest of the day/night goes...
Today I turn Twenty-Four. This year will be Twenty-Fierce.
Fierce... More on that later.
(Jamie says that means I'm platinum. I won't argue for once...)
A year ago, I was so hyped that my birthday would fall on a Saturday. This meant a full day's excursion & a party to last into the wee hours, or it meant an awesome 3-day vacation.
Lo and behold, this year will be everything but. Setting aside the grandeur & the luxe. (Save it for 25 instead. Haha.)
I want today to set the tone for the rest of the year. So here's what I think today might go like...
1) Starting the day at Mass: My dad caught me 10 minutes ago, and asked me if I was ready to go. How could I forget. 8am, it is.
2) Having breakfast with the family: It's rare that we all share a meal together, so I'm glad that everyone is home.
3) Alumni BBQ: It'll be great to see these folks... it's been too long
4) Pil Grad: Celebrating the youngins.
5) and we'll see where the rest of the day/night goes...
Today I turn Twenty-Four. This year will be Twenty-Fierce.
Fierce... More on that later.
Monday, May 4, 2009
5 years
5 years ago...
It began with an "I Love You" and a kiss.
He said it first.
Happy Anniversary, Babe!
It began with an "I Love You" and a kiss.
He said it first.
Happy Anniversary, Babe!
Monday, March 30, 2009
when all the world is a hopeless jumble
When all the world is a hopeless jumble
And the raindrops tumble all around,
Heaven opens a magic lane.
When all the clouds darken up the skyway
There's a rainbow highway to be found.
Leading from your window pane.
To a place behind the sun
Just a step beyond the rain
Somewhere over the rainbow...
And the raindrops tumble all around,
Heaven opens a magic lane.
When all the clouds darken up the skyway
There's a rainbow highway to be found.
Leading from your window pane.
To a place behind the sun
Just a step beyond the rain
Somewhere over the rainbow...
Tuesday, March 24, 2009
uh.... yeah..... riiiiiiight......
10:09 PM me: who are you online with?
10:10 PM Christopher: my other girlfriend
me: oh
well..
ok
Christopher: yeah
sorry babe
she's my 510 gf
me: i knew it
10:11 PM Christopher: hey, don't hate the playa, hate the game
me: i have nothing to say to you
Christopher: that's right trick
keep your mouth shut
j/k!
i love you and only you
10:12 PM * MUAH *
;)
me: you didn't keep that up for long...
lol
Christopher: cuz you had nothing to say to me
i thought that was your way of saying, i'm getting tired of this
me: a technicality
10:13 PM ok.
well... let's get this straight.
if you have a 510 gf
you cannot have a 425 gf
got it
Christopher: lets make that deal on april 16
me: ouch
10:14 PM this is going on my blog
lol
Christopher: haha
don't worry. we're good.
10:10 PM Christopher: my other girlfriend
me: oh
well..
ok
Christopher: yeah
sorry babe
she's my 510 gf
me: i knew it
10:11 PM Christopher: hey, don't hate the playa, hate the game
me: i have nothing to say to you
Christopher: that's right trick
keep your mouth shut
j/k!
i love you and only you
10:12 PM * MUAH *
;)
me: you didn't keep that up for long...
lol
Christopher: cuz you had nothing to say to me
i thought that was your way of saying, i'm getting tired of this
me: a technicality
10:13 PM ok.
well... let's get this straight.
if you have a 510 gf
you cannot have a 425 gf
got it
Christopher: lets make that deal on april 16
me: ouch
10:14 PM this is going on my blog
lol
Christopher: haha
don't worry. we're good.
Wednesday, March 18, 2009
the bucket list
If you haven't been following my facebook statuses or my recent twittering, then you probably didn't know that my time is coming to an end at Brightwater. I'm out of here April 15. Tax day. A wednesday... yeah...
Not sure where I'll be going next, and it's entirely out of my hands... so I'll just wait until the higher-ups give me the signal/move letter.
In the meanwhile, I'm creating a "bucket list" of things that I need to do before I part ways with the greater Seattle area. I'm assuming that I probably will be leaving the area... so, here's my list-in-progress:
12 is a good number. I'll leave it there. (But other options include: a ball game, alki beach, walk around greenlake... hehe)
As you can see, I haven't really listed much to do in Seattle. That's because I am an ultra-tourist and have already done a lot of the sightseeing in the greater Seattle area. I pretty much knocked that out within the first 3 months of living in WA.
And to add, I won't be upset if I don't complete this list. I really only have 2 weekends and weeknights to complete these items. Plus, Seattle's not going anywhere. I would love to come back.
Look at me, talking like I'm already gone.
Sigh...
Feel free to hit me up if YOU just wanna do something. I will be down! Unless, I'm already booked. =)
Let me cap this off with a sincere THANK YOU to everyone who has helped make Kirkland my HOME. It has been an awesome experience.
(...and it ain't over yet)
Not sure where I'll be going next, and it's entirely out of my hands... so I'll just wait until the higher-ups give me the signal/move letter.
In the meanwhile, I'm creating a "bucket list" of things that I need to do before I part ways with the greater Seattle area. I'm assuming that I probably will be leaving the area... so, here's my list-in-progress:
1) Breakfast @ The Original Pancake House in Kirkland
Status: COMPLETE. 3.18.09 w/ bucket list-er #1: gene zhang
2) Eat at the Filipino restaurants that I haven't eaten at yet! There are only 3 left on a list of 5. hahaha... priorities.
3) Drive out past the Olympic National Forest to the coast... aka FORKS! or Neah Bay.
4) Drive out past Snoqualmie Pass. Maybe Spokane. Maybe Yakima. Maybe Idaho... who knows...
5) Visit Mt. Rainier.
6) Visit Canada & make use of this Enhanced Driver's License.
Status: Potential trip to Vancouver or Victoria on the weekend of March 28/29. Wanna come along? Please do! Jo Koy has highly recommended a Filipino restaurant in Vancouver that I HAVE to go to now... Eating here may be a substitute for Item 2
7) Take a ferry somewhere. (Hmmm... I may be able to knock out 7 & 8 with one blow! or 3 & 8!)
8) Cantor one more mass & sing at Mass on Holy Thursday.
Status: This is a given, but I want to list it because it's important to me.
9) More wine tasting.
10) Use up all gift certificates to establishments only available in WA! So far... THE PARLOR in Bellevue.
11) Consume all perishables in the refrigerator & several opened bottles of liquor. I might be having a food fest one of these nights... Who likes scallops, pillsbury pizza dough, cheese, and lumpia?!? And rum. =)
Status: Tentatively set for Tuesday, April 14.
12) Keep dancing with whatever chance I get.
12 is a good number. I'll leave it there. (But other options include: a ball game, alki beach, walk around greenlake... hehe)
As you can see, I haven't really listed much to do in Seattle. That's because I am an ultra-tourist and have already done a lot of the sightseeing in the greater Seattle area. I pretty much knocked that out within the first 3 months of living in WA.
And to add, I won't be upset if I don't complete this list. I really only have 2 weekends and weeknights to complete these items. Plus, Seattle's not going anywhere. I would love to come back.
Look at me, talking like I'm already gone.
Sigh...
Feel free to hit me up if YOU just wanna do something. I will be down! Unless, I'm already booked. =)
Let me cap this off with a sincere THANK YOU to everyone who has helped make Kirkland my HOME. It has been an awesome experience.
(...and it ain't over yet)
Sunday, March 15, 2009
Saturday, February 28, 2009
what happened to my video blog?
So for the month of February, I decided to start a video blog. I have only uploaded 2 videos to this website and my video blog has really just turned into a video diary.
You know how those things go...
You get personal.
You start talking shit.
You start crying...
JK.
I think it's been good to be able to "emote" to myself via webcam. I've rewatched some of my entries, and I've realized that I don't really like how I talk. Haha. I sound tired and unfocused. I ramble. I can't just stop speaking after I finish a sentence. I "um" a lot, run through sentences and pause in the middle of them, make weird faces. o_O
These are all the things my freshman English teacher tried to teach us about public speaking. Look confident. Don't "um". Think and then talk.
I am regressing.
Oops.
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In any case, here are some of the things that were on my mind this month:
Feb 8:
+Happy Birthday, Gilby! I love my friends. We're getting older, but we're getting cooler. (and by saying that... I'm not sounding very cool at all)
+District Meeting was not nearly as exciting as it was last year, but it feels good not to be such a noob.
Feb 12:
+On a baking binge right now. I attempted to make Little Caesar's Crazy Break. Miss Sandra Lee of Food Network's Semi-Homemade would be so proud. =) It turned out more like a buttery-garlicky-cheesy breadstick.
+MRI TIME! Woo hoo... I arrived at Evergreen Orthopaedic Center's MRI Office a little before 9pm. I undressed and smocked up. I got to choose a CD to listen to during the scan, because it gets so loud in the machine. It was HELLA loud in the machine. They gave me noise-filtering headphones. It didn't really work, so I had the buzzing and beeping of the machine coupled with the smooth sounds of Norah Jones. I also began praying the Rosary (yes... the Rosary) as I laid there. I'm pretty sure I got through a full decade... and then I fell asleep. Amid all that... I fell asleep. It was crazy.
+I was home by 10pm for America's Best Dance Crew! BEAT FREAKS!
Feb 14:
+I slept half this day away. Had lunch w/ Cathy, went to Costco, chatted online, and slept. ...Yay.
+I love you, Chris!
Feb 17:
+Look, Ma. My ligaments are intact!
+A confession: I danced last night... and it felt GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOD. I feel alive again. Oh thank you, Lord!
Feb 19:
+I danced again... oh my wednesdays are back. Cardio Hip Hop & Strip Hop! I could just kiss my knee for not being as fucked up as it could be, but it's sweaty from wearing a neoprene brace through 2 hours of dancing.
Feb 23:
+I keep having dreams involving the characters from "How I Met Your Mother". It must be because they haven't had a new episode in so long. I'm creating them in my mind... and they are AWESOME!
Feb 26:
+I think I'm in love with Jo Koy. I haven't laughed so much for so long in such a long time.... ah, my cheeks hurt.
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So, there ya go. A quick recap of some of the more notable (and less emotionally amp'd) posts of the month.
I'll try to sneak in another post before the month is up. I've got 12 hours... must use them wisely.
HAVE A GREAT DAY! It is sunny in Seattle... WOO!
You know how those things go...
You get personal.
You start talking shit.
You start crying...
JK.
I think it's been good to be able to "emote" to myself via webcam. I've rewatched some of my entries, and I've realized that I don't really like how I talk. Haha. I sound tired and unfocused. I ramble. I can't just stop speaking after I finish a sentence. I "um" a lot, run through sentences and pause in the middle of them, make weird faces. o_O
These are all the things my freshman English teacher tried to teach us about public speaking. Look confident. Don't "um". Think and then talk.
I am regressing.
Oops.
---------------------------
In any case, here are some of the things that were on my mind this month:
Feb 8:
+Happy Birthday, Gilby! I love my friends. We're getting older, but we're getting cooler. (and by saying that... I'm not sounding very cool at all)
+District Meeting was not nearly as exciting as it was last year, but it feels good not to be such a noob.
Feb 12:
+On a baking binge right now. I attempted to make Little Caesar's Crazy Break. Miss Sandra Lee of Food Network's Semi-Homemade would be so proud. =) It turned out more like a buttery-garlicky-cheesy breadstick.
+MRI TIME! Woo hoo... I arrived at Evergreen Orthopaedic Center's MRI Office a little before 9pm. I undressed and smocked up. I got to choose a CD to listen to during the scan, because it gets so loud in the machine. It was HELLA loud in the machine. They gave me noise-filtering headphones. It didn't really work, so I had the buzzing and beeping of the machine coupled with the smooth sounds of Norah Jones. I also began praying the Rosary (yes... the Rosary) as I laid there. I'm pretty sure I got through a full decade... and then I fell asleep. Amid all that... I fell asleep. It was crazy.
+I was home by 10pm for America's Best Dance Crew! BEAT FREAKS!
Feb 14:
+I slept half this day away. Had lunch w/ Cathy, went to Costco, chatted online, and slept. ...Yay.
+I love you, Chris!
Feb 17:
+Look, Ma. My ligaments are intact!
+A confession: I danced last night... and it felt GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOD. I feel alive again. Oh thank you, Lord!
Feb 19:
+I danced again... oh my wednesdays are back. Cardio Hip Hop & Strip Hop! I could just kiss my knee for not being as fucked up as it could be, but it's sweaty from wearing a neoprene brace through 2 hours of dancing.
Feb 23:
+I keep having dreams involving the characters from "How I Met Your Mother". It must be because they haven't had a new episode in so long. I'm creating them in my mind... and they are AWESOME!
Feb 26:
+I think I'm in love with Jo Koy. I haven't laughed so much for so long in such a long time.... ah, my cheeks hurt.
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So, there ya go. A quick recap of some of the more notable (and less emotionally amp'd) posts of the month.
I'll try to sneak in another post before the month is up. I've got 12 hours... must use them wisely.
HAVE A GREAT DAY! It is sunny in Seattle... WOO!
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