uncle van’s cabin

uy, atty. na si gina ley…

congrats, lola! :-*

I’ve been listening to too much of adult alternative station in YM that I exceeded the usage threshold for the month, therefore, I cannot have the liberty of skipping songs that I don’t enjoy. I often wonder why they just keep on playing Sarah Mclachlan’s and Coldplay’s songs. Now and then they would play Linkin songs, that’s the time when I would feel so lucky

I’m supposed to talk about YM hunks and babes but I have to warn you that before you move on you must at least be 18 years old…

Franciscus Xavierius Wempi Saoli a.k.a. WEMPIIIIIIII (dear)! Friendship really does cross boarders.

This man’s got the balls and the brains and judging from his pic his got the tongue as well heehee… I haven’t thanked him enough for being super nice to me. But labeling him as a hunk here it’s gonna be him who’s going to kiss my Doc Martens.

GRAZIELLA! 

You should see this girl in person. She’ll have you at hello. As what Mark would always say she is a living "future tense."

But it’s not just the outside that’ll get you; it’s her wit and great sense of humor that’ll surely make you want her. Definitely comes in whole package. She’s great in giving advices too. Thanks so much, dear for talking to me even just through YM. You may not know it but your words surely lifted my spirits especially during those "career blues" moments.

DAVEGHARD!

Don’t tell me I didn’t warn you! Are you sure you’re 18? If you’re not, go away, you. Shoo! Come to think of it, I’m no expert in relationships but I found myself giving advices to him. Thank goodness Singa and Pinas’ got the same timezone if not I probably got swallowed by my self-pity by now. He’s a lifesaver!

This guy loves to strip naked during his free time and play pornstar guitar. And he loves to take a pic of himself with just a musical instrument covering his arse. Ever wonder how he’ll look like with just a flute covering him? hehe…

PINGPING!

She’s a lifesaver too. I’ve been truly thankful for her chat especially after that "BIG BREAK" episode. And come to think of this, she also hasn’t been in a relationship but she’s great in giving advices. I’ve been stupid enough for not listening to her the first time. Thank you so much Ping for being such an angel. I truly appreciate your "listening ear."

And not only does she have a great ear she’s also sassy, smart, sexy and yep, she’s single…

LEO a.k.a. TAY!

Isn’t he handsome? oh, those muscles…

Errr, actually this is Leo, Jr. hehe…

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This is the REAL Leo!

He’s a great hubby and a great dad too! Thanks so much for taking time to listen and read and chat. You’re so lucky to have such good-looking kids (mana sa tatay?)…

To all five of you, I’ll be gone for awhile but don’t come looking for me… If my YM says not available then it’s gonna be me not online, hehe.

X’cess… Do they think they’re the only one who’s got hotttt pictures?! I got one too…

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bleeeeh!

You’re not hotttttttttt!

first day of graduate school third trimester…

neckbreaker…

i’m so, so tired

I should have given it more attention; the slipper on my left foot felt slightly different from the one I was wearing on my right foot. It must have been the excitement of eating halo-halo that made me never look down. So all those times I was eating halo-halo and was walking around the mall I hadn’t the slightest idea that I was wearing different slippers on each foot. It was very obvious because my left slipper was brown and my right one was black. It was only later when I went to the shoe department that I realized that I gave the word mismatch a whole new meaning; miss match! Imagine my emabarrassment! I must have turned red down to the tips of my hair. I rode on Mann’s bike so I didn’t really take notice of my footwear. He said I looked fashionable. Yeah right, I gave eclectic fashion a whole new meaning, as well.

Mann is such a meanie but I thank God for one good friend who’ll always stand by me from broken trust to broken hearts to mismatched slippers.

He looks like a girl here and why does my head always have to look oh-so-BIG?

O.o

Moral lesson: Look down before you leap…

>>>So, are you goin’ out on a date tonight?

<<<Yep…

>>>Really?! WOW!

<<<Is that ok with you, dear?

>>>Oh, it’s ok with me. (It’s not ok!!!)

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<<<Hmmm, are you jealous?

>>>Nope. (Of course I am, silly!) Can you tell me more about her?

<<<Uhm, she’s nice just like you and she’s 24 just like me.

>>>How did you meet her?

<<<We were schoolmates in high school.

>>>I see. Have fun tonight, ok?

<<<Thanks, dear. You’re the best!

>>>Hey, I got a date too.

<<<That’s nice. With whom?

>>>With my sister…

<<<Haha! But your sister’s a girl. Say hi to her from me.

>>>Hihihi. I will.

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<<<Tintin, you know I’ll always care about you.

>>>And I’ll always care about you too.

<<< *KISS*

>>> <HUG>

Goodbye, online boyfriend…

Then and only then did I feel something wet on my eyes

Tears?!!! WTF!

If Halo-halo’s a girl she’d be clad in a bikini while lazily sunbathing at the beach. She would have that unconscious beauty that could seduce a man. And even if the sun’s bar-b-q grilled hot she won’t be affected by it. Know why, cos she’s COOL, man. Halo-halo’s a real cool girl.

And in real life, (not the girl no more) that’s what just halo-halo is all about. Tempting…

I got tempted by halo-halo today. But hey, give me halo-halo anytime of the day! Summer would never be complete without eating halo-halo, anyway (it rhymes, it rhymes!). So dig into Halo-halo, man.

I discovered something today. You can actually use names of establishments as an adjective to describe another adjective:

I’m centropelle lonely…

I’m surplus happy…

I’m kenny rogers hungry…

I’m bellicimo pretty…

I’m cafe rue horny…

Ain’t I national bookstore brilliant?!! (say yes, say yes!)

Ok, enough… I’m dunkin’ donut sleepy…

Lately, I don’t feel like writing anything. I haven’t even touched my journal notebook for a few days now. A lot of things have been running in my head but my hands are too lazy to put them into writing.

For one, I turned down two schools already. I complained that the first school is too far (but gives good salary!) while the second school gives a "so-so" salary (yet it’s very near!). But I thought that if to teach is what a person really wants then no distance is too far and no salary is too low (this is the idealistic side of me talking). I could’ve accepted any of these schools and I know that I could do a good job for the next academic year. Now I’m so full of remorse. Sometimes it’s good not to listen to other people when you make your decisions. They may have the best of every intention but it’s still best if the decison comes from you. I made a mistake of listening to other people and based my decisions based on their opinions. Sometimes it’s better to follow your intuition, thus, when something goes wrong or everything turns out just fine, it’ll only be yourself you could blame or give credit to.

But I can’t undo that anymore, can I? *sigh*

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Last night, I came across an old high school classmate. The last time I’ve heard of her was that she went to Manila so I was really surprised when I saw her here in Iloilo. She hasn’t changed much but she’s still the girl who likes to jump up and down when she’s happy. She said she’s waiting for her husband/boyfriend (she’s not married but they got a kid). She’s looking for a job and complained that she couldn’t get a decent one because she hasn’t finished a 4-year degree. I remember very well how she dropped out of university because she got pregnant. We were both in our junior year that time. I suggested that she apply in Korean agencies (since she’s an English major) then she complained that Andrea isn’t helping her (Andrea’s working in CNC). I wanted to slap her that time. How can others help her when she isn’t even helping herself? She couldn’t find a decent job but she should have gotten a decent boyfriend/husband! She’s a Math whiz in high school, the i’ll-die-a-virgin girl of our kada. Whatever happend to that girl in high school? Charisse, you know who she is.

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I finished two novels for this week;

Jude Deveraux’s The Summerhouse and Dan Brown’s Da Vinci Code. Ha-ha! What a combination… The former’s more on family life and the latter’s more on er, suspense…

I thought that all the while Deveraux’s novels are all about damsels in distress waiting for their knights in shining armor (ala Barbara Cartland) but man, was I wrong. Deveraux may be a romance novelist but she’s one witty writer who can write about love without being too mushy. I expected the novel to have that hate-at-first-sight-hop-in-the-bed-then-get-married-plot but I was in for a surprise. I read the book in just one day because I can’t put it down (and of course, because I had the time). 4 stars for Jude Deveraux!

I know Da Vinci Code’s already hot last year but I only got hold of the novel this year. It stirred such a contoversy that I thought it’ll be banned. But good thing it wasn’t. Frankly, I found the novel a little bit boring. I don’t like codes and I hate those mind-boggling puzzles. I thought I’ll be affected by the revelations there (my sister couldn’t sleep for two days after reading the novel) because more or less your faith will be shakened after reading it. But it didn’t really do anything for me. It’s almost like a Sidney Sheldon novel where everything moves too fast. I think Brown and Sheldon collaborated with each other in doing this work. The novel also reminds me of that National Treasure movie (starring Nicolas Cage); fun, fast and entertaining and of that novel Sophie’s World by Jostein Gaardner; highly informative and uh, a little lame. Now, who am I to say they’re lame books when they became bestsellers? Really, I’m writing a critique so I might as well act and write as a real critic. o_O

The Opus Dei group has been considered an extreme Catholic organization. But I do think in this world being extreme is being less mediocre. You can either be an extremist or have that devil-may-care attitude but you can’t and shouldn’t be swallowed in being neutral (lukewarm, so-so attitude) ONLY.

In the novel’s plot, the Opus Dei group, in desperation, collaborated with the Teacher because Vatican wanted them to break away from the church. Erasmus, that 15th century philosopher once said that he was more interested in "pruning the tree of Christianity rather than cutting it down"  when Martin Luther invited him to "cut" away from the Roman Church. I don’t think Opus Dei should be "cut." Pruned," yes. "Cut," no… I think all Catholics should know and read about this brilliant man…

Before I go…

this is the photo of my good friend’s youngest son…

Ain’t he a cutie?!! awwwww…