This is Just the Sweetest, Cutest Thing!

Awww... Kilig ako (LOL)! Reminded me of my favorite scene in Love, Actually with Keira Knightley and the sweet, romantic (yet sad :,() flashcards! Except this one is a bucketload of sunshine! After all, mutual feelings trump unrequited love! All. The. Time. Obviously (duh!). :)

I looove it! :) Totally brought out the hopeless romantic in me. Awww. :)

Hey, hey, hey...

I missed blogging. But laziness trumps desire in this case.

Soon.

Hopefully nothing soupy or eye-rolling.

And I just pressured myself.

The Two Words that Run Miles

Done sincerely, an apology is a noble thing.

It tells you that people take responsibility for the outcome of their actions. It tells you that the people you are working on forgiving deserve it in the first place. It tells you that it is time to shift from anger to understanding, and from understanding to acceptance.

Yes, a sincere apology is always a noble thing.

P. S. Relevant links from blog rockstars: Seth Godin: Easy to Type (short but powerful, and hands down my favorite of his posts) and Zen Habits: How to Let Go and Forgive.

Happy Monday

And then it hit her. There were many ways to skin a cat (or KILL a cat, as someone she knew preferred to put it).

She could go the melodramatic route...

Or she could spark it up a little. And let it be what it should be - funny, feisty and unrelenting.

After all, she of all people should know, engineering futilities is soooo last year.

1500

It's just a day.

It's no longer the day you spent a month protecting. It's no longer the day when everything else takes a backseat. It's no longer that day.

It's just a day. So suck it up.

Circa 2006

The One That Got Away

Source: The Manila Times

By: Mark J. Macapagal

In your life, you'll make note of a lot of people. Ones with whom you shared something special, ones who will always mean something. There's the one you first kissed, the one you first loved, the one you lost your virginity to, the one you put on a pedestal, the one you're with... and the one that got away.

Who is the one that got away? I guess it's that person with who everything was great, everything was perfect, but the timing was just wrong. There was no fault in the person, there was no flaw in the chemistry, but the cards just didn't fall the right way, I suppose.

I believe in the fact that ending up with someone, finding a longtime partner that is, does not lie merely in the other person. I can actually argue that an equal part, or maybe even the greater part, has to do with the matter of timing. It has to do with you being ready to settle down and commit to someone in a way that goes beyond the little niceties of giddy romance.

How often have you gone through it without even realizing it? When you're not ready to commit in that mature manner, it doesn't matter who you're with, it just doesn't work. Small problems become big; inconsequentials become dealbreakers simply because you're not ready and it shows. It's not that you and the person you're with are no good; it's just that it's not yet right, and little things become the flashpoint of that fact.

Then one day you're ready. You really are. And when this happens you'll be ready to settle down with someone. He or she may not be the most perfect, they might not be the brightest star of romance to ever have burned in your life, but it'll work because you're ready. It'll work because it's the right time and you'll make it work. And it'll make sense, it really will.

So that day comes when you're finally making sense of things, and you find yourself to be a different person. Things are different, your approach is different, you finally understand who you are and what you want, and you've become ready because the time has truly arrived. And mind you, there's no telling when this day will come. Hopefully you're single but you could be in a long-term relationship, you could be married with three kids, it doesn't matter. All you know is that you've changed, and for some reason, the one that got away, is the first person you think about.

You'll think about them because you'll wonder, "What if they were here today?" You'll wonder, "What if we were together now, with me as I am and not as I was?" That's what the one that got away is. The biggest "What if?" you'll have in your life.

If you're married, you'll just have to accept the fact that the one that got away, got away. Believe me, no matter how fairy tale you think your marriage is, this can happen to the best of us. But hopefully you're mature enough to realize that you're already with the one you're with and this is just another test of your commitment, one which will just strengthen your marriage when you get past it. Sure, you'll think about him/her every so often, but it's alright. It's never nice to live with a "might have been," but it happens.

Maybe the one that got away is the one who's already married. In which case it's the same thing. You just have to accept and know that your memories of that person will probably bring a nice little smile to your lips in the future when you're old and gray and reminiscing.

But if neither of that is the case, then it's different. What do you do if it's not yet too late? Simple...find him, find her. Because the very existence of a "one that got away" means that you'll always wonder, what if you got that one?

Ask him out to coffee, ask her out to a movie, it doesn't matter if you've dropped in from out of nowhere. You'd be surprised, you just might be "the one that got away" as well for the person who is your "the one that got away."

You might drop in from out of nowhere and it won't make a difference. If the timing is finally right, it'll all just fall into place somehow and you know, I'm thinking, it would be a great feeling, in the end, to be able to say to someone, "Hey you, you're the one that almost got away."

Usher is the Man! :D

E! Online reports Usher shaking his head on Chris Brown's Miami vacay in the light of, you know, recent events. Sure, it's a bit on the meddling side of things (is he close to either of them?), but who are we if not for our opinions, especially when speaking up against things totally against our principles.

I love Usher! Always have, always will. :)

DQ Tendencies

Soooo... I changed URL. Which is a pretty straightforward thing to do (Blogger to Blogger at least) except:

1. You have to create a new blog with your old URL to inform people that you changed URL. Do this ASAP because if someone else takes hold of your old URL, how else can you do that without brute force? Unless it's your plan all along to disappear off the face of the earth. :)

2. Your links to other blogs disappear when you change so you have to re-link those again. This one took me by surprise.

So there's a little more work to do than simply changing your URL, but it's not exactly brain surgery. Or maybe my blog is too simple (i. e. not much gadgets or tools or widgets or whatever). So please don't blame me if you change your URL and lose more than your blog links. :)

I changed because I have to admit I didn't think too much about what URL to use when I started this blog (and how bothersome the multiple dashes are). Besides, 3 out of 5 people will agree this new URL suits me and my blog better. :P The other two people who disagree either don't know me too well, or have not been reading the junk I've been posting here. :)

But other than the URL change, it's business as usual. :D

Hello Jacob! :P

Looks like someone's blooming! I sort of bashed him before and were one of those who wished they'd recast Jacob, but it seems, Taylor Lautner isn't so bad. Well, I did say they can make him "grow" handsome. :) So how long again before we get to watch New Moon?

In other news, Robert Pattinson needs to shave and Kristen Stewart needs to wash her hair.

Woot!

The brilliant Mr. Coelho has a new book! And it's a thriller of sorts. It seems a bit different from the rest of his books. Nonetheless, I'm excited. :)

For the first chapter, click here.

A New Year's Toast

Cheers to family and love and togetherness and the unconditionality of it all.  To friends - old and new - the always there, the unexpectedly there and the simply special. To succeeding together and coping with change wonderfully. To unfinished chapters and open books. To closed doors and opened windows. To the wisdom behind disappointments. To bright spots and rainbows that are absolutely worth the rain. To beauty that transcends time. To good health and genuine laughter.

May we have nothing less and so much more in 2009. 

Coke Zero

It tastes good enough for me. Nothing like the artificial insufficient taste of its predecessors. So much so that when I do crave, I crave for it. That it can surpass all others.                                        

But one swig... and more and more until I've had a glassful... cannot refute the fact that despite how good it is... it's nothing compared to the real thing. That which I terribly missed. Unwittingly so...           

And until then, I'm better off with neither...

A Tale of Two Missed Calls...

... and many more besides. Which one did I really miss? :)

No Comment

I hid my comments page because... you know why ;)

Now I'm Bitching

I can't believe I'm actually saying this but what the hell is wrong with One Tree Hill? Have the writers lost all creativity? Because really what has been happening to the show? Lucas and Peyton oh-so-lovey-dovey it's sooooo pukishly annoying. Deb and Skills??? Brooke's face so badly bruised it's beyond creepy. Brooke on her way to becoming a criminal (gee, how cool is that *rolls eyes*). Nathan on his way to becoming a junkie. Haley being Haley *rolls eyes AGAIN*. And for the love of me, I cannot understand why there's a need to show uselessly disturbing scenes between the psycho Dan and the beyond psycho Carrie every so often? Oh, and they killed Quentin off and left it as a cliffhanger to an otherwise spectacular second episode (hence the cape-making). How fantastic! Bravo, bravo!

I can't believe I used to love this show. I can't believe I used to come off watching an episode all excited about the next. I cannot believe I wasted another 45 minutes watching one ridiculous scene after the other. No more. Will someone please just let me know if the old OTH is back? But then, I'm not holding my breath.

The YM Ignore List

A few weeks ago, I was wondering about how the YM ignore function works. Luckily, someone was nice enough to offer to actually try it out so I can know for sure (thanks again :D). For the benefit of the curious (because it seems that even Yahoo! Answers cannot give a straight answer), here's what I've learned from our simulation:

- The ignored person cannot be in your YM contact list. If he/she is, then you have a deletion to make. Fair enough right? Besides how easy is it to ignore someone who's there and everywhere, as if mocking you incessantly? Hahaha.

- On the other hand, if you are in the ignored person's contact list (which you most probably are), you will simply be permanently invisible to this person. No notifications of you blocking him/her off. Which was my biggest question actually.

- Should the ignored person message you, you simply don't receive his/her message/s. On his/her end, it would seem like you were offline and did not receive any message sent your way.

I was pretty pleased with how the ignore function works because you get to just disappear and not be bothered anymore should you want to be left alone. No concerns over confrontations on why you blocked a person off. Very minimal energy wasted. :D However, be forewarned that should you change your mind and choose to unblock the ignored, it might not be as simple as adding him/her as you would a new contact if you are still in his/her contact list. You might see a perpetual "add request pending" status that only disappears if the ex-ignored deletes you in his/her contact list and adds you back in. By then you would have to come up with a pretty believable excuse for the deletion ("It was an accident," or "The dog ate my contact list."). Or, come clean and say you chose to cut him/her off at one point in time. I hope then that the formerly-ignored-and-now-back-in-your life would be cool with it. Or, if it's not too much to ask, humble and mature enough to understand why.

P. S. The perpetual "add request pending" status does not happen all the time. Phew! But then, still be prepared for the possibility of it happening.