How well can you tell a girl's personality by just peeking into her purse?

The infamous purse entry

i know, the fad of posting the contents of your purse is totally passé. but, i'm really bored and since i haven't ever done a post like this before -- i could so get away withit :D

i got this oversized purse from my mom for my birthday. we share the same obsession when it comes to purses or handbags. it either should be huge but not bulky or really small for formal occasions.

i don't necessarily need to make any intro for this post cuz almost anybody and their momma knows that you could tell a lady's personality just by looking into the contents of her most prized possession --> her purse.

in my case, i might as well call it my emergecy life kit cuz i try to carry everything that i think are essential (just to me though). haha. like what my mom says, "dala mo na yata buong bahay natin dyan." i don't know? i like not worrying about not having this and that when i need it.

anyways, here's the list that should go with my clickable thumbnails. just mouse-over at the picture to get the numerical sequence. although, i trust, you already figured how it goes.

1. my wallet that i bought with a giftcard i got last year & my sequence hello kitty coin purse
2. uber tanned hello kitty surfer key ring w/ my frequency cards & my keys
3. cellphone (disconnected but the contacts come handy) & Coco (life is random & he provides me w/ 120 songs on random all day)
4. My vanity stuff: make-up kit, mystery perfume, sunscreen, sanitizer & my comb
5. What's inside my make-up kit
   
6. Random things that i forget to take out of my purse

• youth group sign-up sheets: hiking; summer retreat; beach trip; disney trip
  
• my mass service schedule for the month of july
  
• belly dancing cd from the dance studio
• all access AE frequency card (yeah, not a big fan but somethin was on sale & they gave me that)
  
• weird looking hippo sqirter kristina gave me
• a clamp i never use
• oasis grill to-go menu
  
• 2 invitations to a pajama night party at a club in the city of diamond bar
• sea shell choker i got from santa monica board walk last year
• oh, and my blue checkbook pen (i keep forgetting to put it back in my checkbook wallet)
  

I'm all smiles

my saturday was wonderful.. thank you very much.

my cousin woke me up to go have breakfast at a mom&pop diner in old town covina. i wanted to sleep more but then, i thought, do i really want to stay in bed all day? i kidded around and said, "can you inject some energy drink right into my veins? pleeeeease?! my body doesn't want me to move!" he laughed and said, "just shoot it up straight to my blood.. huhuhu". haha.. DORKS!

on our way to the market, we passed by one of my favorite restaurants, the north woods inn.

i'd like to take my sister there for a little wild wild west treat. it's a long wait though but it's worth it cuz they have good clam chowders there. you get to eat peanuts and just throw the shells on the floor. it's part of the ambiance.. i suppose.

we went to this mexicsn market with lots of fresca fruits and vegetables, plus, they're very cheap too. so, i bought lots of fruits cuz this house is lacking fruits and veggies. they always buy so much meat but never enough veggies even just for side dishes. i decided, we should have fruits instead of chips and cookies. my sister and i looked like playful monkeys smelling the fruits. it was the only way i could tell if it was ripe or not. the best part was feeling like we were in philippines cuz we found papayas and other stuff.

i bought mostly fruits and 2 lbs. of a vegetables..

• 1 papaya
• 2 melon dews
• 1 pineapple
• 1 watermelon
• 4 big camotes (yams) for camote-q
• 1 sinkamas (jicama)

i had the sinkamas with spicy bagoong yesterday. it was yummy. i only bought one cuz i thought i was the only one that was interested in eating it. no one was excited when i found it in one corner. but then, everyone ate it after i force fed it to my cousin. haha.

that was my cheap thrills for the day and a short philippines effect feeling (or whatever you'd like to call it).

anyways, i attended and served mass yesterday. our pastor had a very good homily about john newton and death in general.. i almost cried.

so, after mass, we went to a family friend's bridal shower at the hurst ranch. they're getting married in hawaii and we won't be able to make it (or most people won't be able to go either). so this was kinda the pre-wedding celebration.

i invited kristina (since she knows chris too) and she invited joe and paul to go. it was a luau so the food were all hawaiian. there was entertainment, they asked the pacific dancers to perform. it was awesome, there was a guy dancing with fire and all. i was just into watching everything that i forgot to take pictures. i could've performed too, had i not quit my hawaiian dance lessons. the people i took classes with performed. they were all teasing me saying that i should've been there dancing too. i'm all like.. that's the whole reason why i quit. cuz i'm scared of recitals and wearing midriffs when i'm performing.

they openned the dance floor after (the future bride and groom) shanna and chris' dance finale. joe and i danced! *wheeee* haha. yeah. i was such a nervous wreck though. i felt like a total clutz cuz i couldn't concentrate on the dance. haha. i asked him if he knew how to swing and he didn't say anything but he took the lead. it was horrible cuz he was too tall and he was dancing too far from me. i was dumbfounded last night, he was teaching me how to do the steps. like i don't know how to dance?! hahaha. i didn't tell him i knew how to swing, i just let him teach me cuz i like it when a guy takes over. *giddyness*

we didn't stay that long to dance though. it got boring after awhile cuz people didn't want to go dance up the dance floor. boo.

so, we decided to catch the last full show at edwards cinema. we we watched nacho libre. it was sooo hilarious. i just love jack black with his mexican accent. his sidekick esqueleto sounded like a filipino fob guy. he'd always say "yoo ar kraysee". hahahah. i love that movie.

sunday, on the other hand, is chill. well, not in a literal sense cuz it's very hot today!! i'm enjoying this day to relax though. i just came from a belly dancing class with kristina and right now, i'm listenning to the ripped cd our teacher gave us. learning how to belly dance properly is soo much fun. it's a good work out too. she kept pointing out that i get the steps fast but i just smile at her and i just think to myself that i know i do cuz i know a little bit and have an arabic backgroung that's why. i don't really want to tell her that bit of information, so she doesn't expect much. cuz there are other movements and steps that i don't know of. so yeah, teacher eman's arabic dances kinda boosted it up one step for me. it finally paid off. haha.

btw, on our way back, we found arabic places all over town. i'm not really sure where we went but it had a big arabic market & deli, an arabic restaurant (where we had shawerma) and an arabic bakery on the other side. isn't that cool? haha. i was showing kristina all the good food or ingredients in the market that we could cook with. i think on our next venture.. i'm going to let her try some indian food. i don't really eat the hardcore main dishes but i enjoy the side dishes like parathas and samosas. i think the only main dish i eat are chicken curry and tanduri. i think she'll enjoy indian food.

Sugar & Spice with everything Nice

mmm.. it smells good auntie..

can we take a lick?


can we? please?

now?

yummy!

ooh.. it tastes good!

like this.. right?

"auntie.. let's take a before and after picture.. take it! take it!"

before

after (30 minutes)

Let's make some more..

Summer for life!!

so summer is officially here, no more scattered rains or strong winds for awhile. is it hot or what?? i'm loving it!

the all american rejects will be having an acoustic performance at the 3rd street promenade for AE on saturday. santa monica is kinda far.. but i just might go to mac's place and drag him to the beach that day and then walk a block from there to see AAR. maybe. oh, speaking of macmac.. he finally passed his driving test.. which means.. a road trip in a making for this summer. las vegas, nevada perhaps? ha. so excited!

i'm going to the warped tour for sure. i'm going with kristina, i invited mac too (i'm not sure if he's bringing a friend) and i think my brother darwin wants to go too. yeyaaah! music fest.. here we come!

from there, are a lot of other stuff going on but i'm not sure if everything will push through. so, as much as i want to talk about it.. let's just not. i'm just going to go with the flow and find out from there. then, i'll talk about it. besides, it's funner when you just let it happen without planning. you don't expect anything, you just have fun being spontaneous.

anyways, one more thing i like about summer are the new tv shows that starts to air everywhere. there's always something to watch and pre-occupy your eyes or brains while you're waiting for the other shows on hiatus for the summer.

i'm enjoying hex on bbc america and the hills on mtv. LC finally has her own show.. i love her.. she's so sweet. kristin? she also had her own show that aired earlier than LC's but i doubt anyone watched it. it's dumb.. i think it was about finding the coolest party or whatever. her show flopped.. i didn't even bother watching it. i hope it gets cancelled. haha. i'm just kidding. i'm also enjoying watching more of food network. especially: grillin' and chillin'.. this summer, i'm making it a point to learn how to grill properly. also, i find it surprising that i watch a lot of history, discovery and national geographic channels. i don't know, i'm not usually interested in those kinds of channels but not anymore. i'm actually enjoying watching it. it must be a sign of old age. *bwahaha* i don't know for sure!

oh man. so much fairs and concerts going on. i hope i get to go to most of them. i really want to go to the orange county fair.. i heard that ones really good. i went to the LA county fair last year, hoobastank performed but i didn't even get to see them. the fair was huge and i never found out where they were at.

there is a summer retreat being planned at saint christopher's too. last time i was updated, kristina told me it should be a whole week. but today, i bumped into berty and she told me it was changed to a weekend trip. i'm going to call anna and find out what's going on.

aahhh. i love summer. i love feeling like this. i don't want to think of anything negative right now or for the rest of my days.

btw, i found this new band (thru a random newsletters). they're called agent sparks. one of 'em, i'm not sure who, is mike's (the lead singer from incubus) brother. i like their music.. it's alternative and indie rock ish type of thing. if you want to listen to them, they actually have their whole album streaming at purevolume. click here, if you want to hear them.

so, yeah.. i just thought they were worth mentioning. mike's actually singing some parts in their album. i think his brother's a lead singer too (along with that chick singing) but yeah, he almost sounds like mike. the only diferrence is that you hear a girl's voice accompanying his voice in the songs.

i guess, i'm done typing now. it's about 5:10pm and i haven't had lunch yet. i should go and fix me some dunch now :D but what? :/ i can't think of anything to cook. oh, poor tummy! hahaha.

I can't stand it..

when people say g**damn. it's SOO SAD! and people don't even realize how bad it is. it's like nothing to them.. just like saying fuck as if it were an adjective to each and every word of the american language.

apparently, it's like this latest expression that everybody uses. it's irritating. like this morning, i had to take the bus and these 2 black guys were way too loud at the back talking (normally, i suppose). i don't know, normally, i wouldn't care when people around me cuss like no other, but they were way loud.. loud enough for everybody to hear.

i like my mornings calm, thank you very much.

anyways, that's besides the point. the point i'm trying to make is that those 2 loud guys in the bus this morning were conversing about religion in general. can you imagine holy spirit and g**damn being used in the same sentence? neither can i. i've never heard those words in the same sentence and have never imagined anyone would, until this day.

honestly, i couldn't even make out of what they were talking about at first cuz they were talking too fast for me to comprehend. i just kept hearing God at first and how this guy is supposedly wise for knowing all there is to know about God. so, i'm just like, wow y'know people usually avoid that topic in public these days because other people are intolerant. but yeah, i'm just like good for you guys being able to talk about how you feel about God.

so then, i started to eavesdrop pay more attention to what they were talking about. i heard that one guy wondering why people of different races had different languages. and wondering why God didn't just have us talk in one language so we could understand each other.

i was just like thinking, okay.. this guy is wack. is he sure he reads the bible? cuz i could've sworn (even though i haven't the read the bible for a loooooooong time) that there is a story somewhere there that explains and answers his questions.

and then, the topic got weirder and weirder by the secont. it seems to me, or what i've got out of their conversation is that their belief of God's blessings are for all the wrong reasons. It almost feels like they solely believe in God because of the secular things they get. it's weird. i don't want to judge them.. i'm sure i'm not. i just can't stand it when he was talking about something. it was about being in the presence of the Lord. that he saw this burning fire but when he touches it, it wasn't even hot and it didn't seem like fire to him and then he went on ranting about whatever he was talking about. then, this other guy agrees and then the main guy goes, g**damn i'm so wise. on top of that, he seems like he's preaching but in every other word, you would hear it being accompanied by shit, motherfucker, motherfuckinshit and all those other cuss words.

my whole 15-minute bus ride was a disaster. i wanted so bad to go up to the guy and say, "you ought to be ashamed of yourself talking about actually being in the presence of God but here you are using the Lord's name in vain." i never had the guts to though, one: i don't even know the dude, two: i don't want him to think that i'm being righteous and everything and three: i didn't want things to get ugly. i don't like arguing about religion, so, i didn't even bother meddling into whatever they believe in.

now, i'm just like mad. i shouldn't even bother wasting my energy on this but how dare that guy. the saddest part is that he doesn't even realize it. poor guy.

ps. i know i cuss, so i shouldn't even say anything. but that's only when i'm really steaming mad at something or someone (and it take A LOT to make me mad). and you should've heard this guy.. he wasn't even in a fight or anything. just hearing what he was saying (that seemed for eternity) was just taking in to another level. he has no respect or whatsoever to God's name.

I like pouring humor on top of my problems.

smile. that's what i keep telling myself. smile, it'll all pass.

life is so frustrating. i wish i was put in a situation where it's a little bit better than this. i'm not even asking for much. i just want problems to be a little bit lighter.

i wish it was as easy as hitting the "easy" button that you could get from staples. i wish i had one of those and each time i'd hit it and would say, "it's that easy", it really is going to be that easy.

i know, somehow, it'll untangle itself and i will come to understand why all this is happening. *sigh*
afterall, we do live by faith not by sight.

I love Saturdays when I'm not working

mmmm. haha. yay for weekend brunches.. i'm loving the omelette i just made. i normally make it with mushrooms, ham and feta cheese. but since we lack those ingredients in the kitchen, i made it with pepperoni and mozerella instead. kooky idea but it kinda works out.

little things like these make me happy. only because i don't usually get the luxury of enjoying breakfast during the week days; actually, i don't even have time to eat breakfast. i'm usually rushed in the mornin. egh. the only thing that'll break my feeling right now is the thought of having to work on a saturday. yes. i have to go to work later. rosie (my co-worker) wants to go to this bonfire tonight and i felt sorry, so i said yes. what can i say? beneath this suplada exterior is a softie at heart.

i couldn't even get myself to get up this morning. so, i stayed in bed til 10:30 or something. i had to fix myself a microwaved instant french vanilla café to wake me up before cooking. i hate microwaved hot drinks cuz it doesn't usually taste right. but, we don't have any kettle here not even the old school oven-top one. as stupid as it may sound, we have a coffee maker here BUT i don't know how to use it. seriously, i'm not a big coffee drinker, hence, i never bothered to learn how to use the damn thing. this is the very sole reason why i'm stuck with microwaved drinks.

okay, i'll see you guys later.. i have to go get ready now.

[edit @ 9:54pm]

haaaaay nako! it was mad crazy this whole afternoon. it was so busy, i couldn't imagine working the same shift and the same day again. i wouldn't want to. it was horrible cuz everyone wanted everything in a snap. i didn't even think father's day was this much of a big deal til today. i mean, not to say ignore father's day all together but this one caught us off guard. it's even busier than mother's day. what the eff's up?? like seriously, every year we'd have a mother's day party here and nothing much going on for the dads. i'd even forget it's father's day.

i'm just so glad that i've already sent my gift to my dad and i've taken care of it. *sigh* i woud not want to be put in the position of last minute shopping. it's crazy at the mall today. if i didn't work, i wouldn't even want to be anywhere near the mall. those people will drive me crazy!!

anyways, i'm tired. i just finished checking out the warped tour dates and checking my email and i decided to stop by blogger before i go to the kitchen to fix dinner for my poor tummy. emily and i didn't even get the chance to take a break. we both brought books to read but we ended up just leaving it at the back of the store. we didn't even get to sit for like 6 hours. daaang!

can't wait for warped tour to come!! i hope the music festival will be great this year. i wasn't able to go last year and i keep hearing it sucked. i want to go see so much bands and be sticky and sweaty and screaming all day though.. so it's all good. hahaha.

okay, enough babbling. i think i'm having ice cream for dinner. *hello fatness* watch me gain all the pounds i lost. psh.

Nogales Highschool Graduation

honestly, the graduation was long and boring. taking pictures eased it up a little bit. BUT i'm pretty sure it was an amazing experience for the candidates. *double tear*

out of all the ones we took (with both the digicam & the videocam), these were the only ones that came out decent. we had the dials in all the wrong modes. haha. so, it was either too blurry or too dark. freaking people from the bundoks. heh.

guess who i found?

dora the explorer! hehe

we took pictures with the lei so much, by the time we gave it to darwin,

it was second hand already. *mwahaha*

harris, ate susan, darell and triniti

graduation walk

darwin on sucky digital zoom

the candidates

i'm jealous, i didn't have none of that fancy-schmancy fireworks on my graduation

we look like we're in a wireless phone company commercial.

"Cingular, Raising the bar."

aww. my little brother..

The Nobles, Class of 2006

a few of his friends: brian, ericka, kathleen, christine, darwin

(photobucket messed the sizes up so bad but what can I do? i'm too lazy to resize and upload them again..)

so there, we called it a night after he finished talking to his friends. we went home and i had to cook. we were supposed to eat out but someone had a big bright idea to just eat at home and volunteered me to cook. we had dinner at like 11ish cuz i had to juggle between grilling cutting up the veggies and then finally making the pancit while i ate ice cream. hehe. the food was taking so long that we had desserts first. nice.

I don't normally believe in horoscopes

but, i do read it anyway for fun, just to see if it actually matches my day or something. then, i forget all about; it doesn't usually stick.

today's horoscope though, from friendster, is ringing a loud church bell or something. i don't want to elaborate but i just wanted to post it anyway for me to have something to look back at. you know, emotions and all. *cheesy* yeah, yeah, yeah.. i know it's really random and nobody probably cares about my issues. but hey, life is random and this is my blog.

Sharing your life with someone is a choice -- friends and partners in your past have always provided you with the support you need, but right now someone could be morphing from a supporter into a controller. Observe your social calendar -- who's been making all the rules? Before things get out of hand, start flexing your own muscle and making your own choices. If you get some attitude about it, then slowly phase this person out of your plans. Life is too short not to live your own.

two words: i'm scared!

i shouldn't even believe in these kindsa things.. but it's freakish how i can see this prediction progressing right now. actually, it's been going on for quite a while now. no, try: a looong-ass while!

anyways, my brother finally graduated today. i'm tired. i'll post pics tomorrow..

LOL silly little voice post

haha. i could barely hear this voice post (not like it's something interesting). but this house phone sucks! i so need a new one for my room AND I NEED to pay for my freaking cell bill already. it's such an inconvinience.

i'm beginning to get used to it though. like, i'm always on time when i have to meet with someone cuz i have no phone they could contact me with. LMAO. maybe, this is actually a good thing. maybe.

Boo.. to grumpy ol' people

i was running some errands a while ago; grocery shopping mostly. so, i was buying stuff for the pancit (rice noodles) and some meat to barbeque with my new griddle/grill (for tomorrow). and then, i went to the sauce isle or whatnot -- then, guess what happened?? i broke a bottle of suka (vinegar). i felt bad and offered to pay for it but the clerk didn't say anything. he was too busy frowning. i said i was sorry, and i meant it. this other guy passes by and he tells me not to worry about it. so, i apologize once again and said, "sorry po talaga, di ko po sinasadya". but this other dude! man. he just makes me mad. it's not like i purposely did it to ruin his day. it's not like i just got the bottle of vinegar and decided to drop it in front of his face to piss him off!

i swear, if i was working there, i wouldn't give that kind of attitude to customers. i hate it when people are rude. he needs to go back in training and improve on his customer service skills. he needs to learn how to smile even if he wants to strangle someone. some customers are rude too but atleast i was nice and i actually felt bad for breaking something AND i offered to pay for it.

some people, i swear. *sigh* but then again, i thought, maybe he was just having a bad day. so, i shouldn't even be making a big deal out of this. *breathe, just breathe*

now, excuse me while i go change my tsinelas. it stinks of chillie vinegar. *gross*

I don't want to jinx it but..

summer has been good so far, i love everyday of it (well, atleast, i try to).

the surprise party last saturday was great. the italian food we cooked & baked were endlessly praised (i'm so happy everyone liked it). ofcourse, after the food comes the cake (we had mango cake, tiramisu & chocolate cake - these were pre-ordered) and then the booze. some of them got really drunk, while kristina and i remained sober buzzed. i only had a couple of beer (literally. 1 grape & 1 green apple smirnoff) and 2 shots of watermelon martini. that's it, i didn't even finish the apple one. i try to contain my alcohol. i've never been drunk to the point where everything around me starts to spin and suddenly i love everyone. haha. not yet, but, seriously, i don't like being embarassed like that.

the next morning, all 3 bathrooms smelled like shit. it was pukefest by the end of the night. i tried not to throw up but it was gross. eeeeeyugh!

sunday was chill. there wasn't that much to clean up cuz we did half of the work when the people started to leave. i did have fun tweaking the left-overs. i made an italian sub out of the breaded chicken i made for the parmigiana. i fried up the rest of the chicken, then buttered the baguettes with the left over garlic butter i made and sprinkled it with mozeralla to toast. then, i added some olives and marinara sauce i made. perfecto!

haha. i don't know where the sudden love for gourmet cooking came from or how it started. i guess, i always had it in me. growing up, i saw how my mom loved to cook and we would always watch yan can cook together. suddenly, i'm all grown up and i discover food network. i think, art really is my passion.

speaking of cooking, i finally bought the cast iron griddle i've been wanting to buy in jc penney. hell yeah, i'm happy. it was on sale, so, i didn't even think about going back next week.

anyways, today was pretty interesting. i got 2 things for free. first, emily (my co-worker), surprised me with a book (you are not your own) for me to borrow. i previously borrowed a book (university of destruction) from her that i liked so much; i guess, she's just glad that we both like christian books. but, nonetheless, that made my day. and then, i happen to drop by mel's coffee (where mrs. fields orders milk) to pick up our milk order. and what does the sweet old lady do? she gives me a free mocha frappe. is that not the awesomest thing ever??

prior to that, i was planning to go chill at my favorite barnse and noble and have some blended mocha frappe while i read something. and i had the 2 things i had in mind freaken for free.

i ended up buying some books anyway cuz i couldn't think of anything else to buy my brother for his graduation. i bought him his own copy of university of destruction. he will so need it! i want to buy it for all the newly h.s. graduates or anyone in college.

i got that, plus 2 cook books i picked up from the bargain section.

• SUSHI classic collection of Japanese-style recipes
• EGG from benedict to brûlée

yes, yes. happy, indeed. my next purchase, which i hope isn't too expensive, is a torch (for caramelizing desserts and stuff). and this apron from anthropologie. i don't know if it's taking it too far or i'm far too obsessing about this but i want to be good. i want my own coffee shop one day, one that i could proudly say i run and make anything that's good in it. *sigh*

Okay. I'm screwed!

well, not really. it turns out, being vegetarian is not for me (atleast, not for now). i don't think i can ever give up chicken. i don't think that i could call myself a vegetarian either if i always feel deprived. it should be a way of life; not something i should force myself into.

so, you guessed it, i gave in and baked some good ol' zesty chicken yesterday (that i perfected myself, thank you very much). no, really, i concocted this on my own. recipe here, if you're interested.

atleast, i lasted longer than two weeks this year. my healthy diet will still consist of lots of veggies with meat intake once in a while. i don't eat pork anymore though. i don't know, i never really liked it unless it was sinigang spare ribs or baby back ribs. really, the only reason i don't want to eat meat (pork/beef) is cuz i read a lot of articles about hormones (for kids' growth mostly) to meat they sell here in the US. they even add hormones to some of the milks (i forgot
what it was called).this resulted with many kids being obese and remained obese thru their adult lives. there's this book called food nation and it tells you why food in america makes you fat. isn't that scary? no wonder teenagers have clogged arteris here.

eeek! it's one thing to be chubby but it's scary to be obese. there are a lot of diseases linked to obesity. do i really want to let myself go through all that hassle? no.. hellfreaking NO!

i don't have much proof about the articles i've read but hoax or no hoax -- it's better to take caution. packing so much weight within 1-2 months with normal eating habbitsis enough proof for me.

oh, speaking of health. i may have found a delicious treatment for migraine. this one i didn't discover myself but this portion of my blog is for gailaloo. i found out from some guy (who apparently is a bigger health nut than i am) that dark chocolate is good for migraine. isn't that awesome? i don't know if it's psychosomatic, it's not migraine but i've been having these really bad headaches for days (i guess, i was post.m.sing) and then, i tried eating cookies with dark chocolate chips for breakfast.. so.. guess what? it went away. i ate it for like 4 or 5 days though. haha. i'm not so sure if it's such a healthy breakfast but maybe you could find a sugar-free one you could eat regularly in place of your candy munchies.

also, i read an article about migraine, it said that acupuncture helps treat migraine. i don't know if you're up for it though? i'm not so thirlled about the idea of niddles being poked on me. i don't know. i guess, i just wanted you to know. i never got around googling food nutrients that prevents migraine but i hope this helps. *smiles*

anyways, we're scrambling like ants being poked at my little kids (not really knowing where to run or what to do) cuz we're having this surprise party for my cousin's husband's birthday. it's going to be italian themed. and we're not even done with half of the stuff we're supposed to make. i already marinated the chicken i'm making tomorrow (chicken parmigiana) but i still have to make a tray of lasagna. i don't even know if i'm going to be able to make it right cuz i haven't made lasagna in forever dude! i'm just like, damn it! next time we're throwing a party and it's not filipino food -- WE'RE ORDERING IT! and my cousin just straight out laughs at me cuz it was my big bright idea to cook ourselves. daaang! i just remembered, i still need to make garlic bread. and i'm still missing ground beef for the lasagna and tomatoes for the chicken parmigiana. aaaaah! i'm going to go crazy..

i think, i need me some big ol' chunk of dark chocolate!! hahahahaha

Senior Honors Night

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it was an incredibly looong night, no doubt! but, in the end, it was all well worth it. my brother deserved all the awards he got for all the hard work he did. my parents couldn't have been prouder. it's too bad they're not here. i'm sure my mom would've cried. well, i'm looking forward to his graduation next week. *sigh* time flies by so qucikly.. my little brother is not so little anymore. way to go! i'm really proud of him.

Live for Love

I did something good today and I feel so good about it.
I hope this would be a chance to show a stranger that God, does
in fact, exists and that there are people still willing to do His
will for this world to be a better place.

♥

Here's a music survey I got from MySpace and how things are going thus far

Put your music player on shuffle. Press forward for each question. Use the song title as the answer to the question even if they don't make sense. You'll be surprised though.. NO CHEATING!

How are you feeling today?
Burnin Up :: Ashlee Simspson

Will you get far in life?
Graduation Song :: Vitamin C

How do your friends see you?
Over My Head :: The Fray

Will you get married?
Meant to Live :: Switchfoot

What song Describes your lover?
Speechless :: Steven Curtis Chapman

What is the story of your life?
Requiem for O.M.M :: Of Montreal

What was high school like?
Ignore the Noise :: Over It

What should you tell to the people who are jealous of you?
Ain’t No Sunshine :: DMX

What is today going to be like?
Smile Like You Mean It :: The killers

What is in store for this weekend?
Siren on the 101 :: Over It

What song Describes you?
Crazy for You :: Madonna

To describe your grandparents?
The Heart Of Worship :: Matt Redman

How is your life going?
Collide :: Howie Day

What song will they play at your funeral?
Take a Look Inside :: Over It

How does the world see you?
Perfect Situation :: Weezer

Will you have a happy life?
Beautifully Broken :: Ashlee Simpson

What do your friends really think of you?
Truth Is :: Over It

Do people secretly lust after you?
Vindicated :: Dashboard Confessionals

How can I make myself happy?
Say Goodbye :: Ashlee Simpson

What should you do with your life?
She Will Be Loved :: Maroon 5

Will you ever have children?
You’re Beautiful :: James Blunt (does this mean i won't have kids? haha)

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okay, so, i'm bored. i'm just a li'l bit freaked out at how some of the songs were matched as answers to the questions. i didn't even cheat.

*sigh* the days go by so quickly. why can't the weekends feel so much slower than the weekdays?

i had fun going with my sister to her field trip, by the way. we spent much more time travelling than actually "exploring" sea world though. it was fun nonetheless. going to that trip re-awakened that dream i had when i was little. many moons ago, i dreamt of being a marine biologist. i guess, i watched too much captain planet. but i loved the sea, i wished i could go there everyday rather than just once a week when my dad takes me. i don't know. somehow, that dream just drifted away.

anyways, i found something to waste my free time on at michaels. i bought this book and i'm going to start scrapbooking soon (when i fix my budget for everything first, i'm an adult now -yeah.. sucks!). i'm excited. i have so much pictures i need to organize and play with. hum dee dum dum

i finally went to the LifeTeen mass (after 3 weeks or something), only it's not LifeTeen anymore. It's just regular mass on saturdays now. They're getting rid of LifeTeen beacause of a recent molestation case linked to a priest for the LifeTeen program. that sucks-ass so bad!! i don't even know if we'll still have retreats and stuff. i feel like we're letting the teens down big time. it really breaks my heart that it has to come to these terms.

our parish will still have some sort of youth program cuz father dan is into that stuff so much. i guess, it'll be okay. we went bowling after mass, so, that could be a good sign that things will be just the way they are.. except that we won't be LifeTeen anymore or have any kind of affiliation with them. isn't that stupid though?? ugh. whatev!

Mag da-drive ako hangang buwan..

we went to sea world in san diego today. i feel like a kid again getting excited over awesome animal tricks, candies and smoothies. i'm so happy i got the day off last minute and went to the field trip with my sister. well, the parental units are not here.. so i took over. so yeah, i'm poofed than ever. i'll upload some more pictures when i get the chance.