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bright copper kettles and warm woolen mittens...

hay... the sound of music is on at the disney channel. loved seeing it as a child. and i still have most of the songs memorized.

anyway, time for silly questions... :lol:

If I were a month I would be:
~ May. wonderful things happen in May

If I were a day of the week I would be:
~ Thursday. you know you still have today and friday to finish the work you put off earlier this week and you also know that friday is the only day that stands between you and the weekend

If I were a time of day I would be:
~ 22:00 hours. 10pm. i think straight at this hour.

If I were a planet I would be:
~ Pluto, so far out, but never forgotten

If I were a direction I would be:
~ west, where the sun goes home to sleep. oh, and where does the moon shine?

If I were liquid I would be:
~ water. gives life. sustains life. overcomes even the tallest buildings.

If I were a tree I would be:
~ acacia. along acad oval. or fire tree para nakakaganda sa landscape

If I were a plant I would be:
~ bamboo. tall. unbowed. useful.

If I were a kind of weather I would be:
~ cool weather. not sunny, quite windy, but not wet.

If I were a musical instrument, I would be:
~ a grand piano. for its massiveness. hehe. no, for the different genres that can be played on it. classical, pop, rock, everything.

If I were an animal, I would be:
~ an elephant. large but lovely. big but sweet.

If I were a color, I would be:
~ all the shades of purple/violet. or red. or the color of sunset

If I were an emotion, I would be:
~ happiness (if it is an emotion). sorrow, so whoever is in my state would look forward to happiness to come

If I were a vegetable, I would be:
~ turnips. everyone likes it. pang diet pa

If I were a song, I would be:
~ the national anthem. or faith of a child. or if it doesn't have to be a particular song, i'd be children's songs.

If I were a movie, I would be:
~ the lord of the rings. grand. good triumphs over evil pero not the happy ending that everyone would expect. (hay, wala lang ang akong maisip actually). ah! Shallow Hal! except that i'm not shallow

If I were a book, I would be:
~ one with sequels. series. parang wheel of time or sword of truth. madaming twists and turns.

If I were a place, I would be:
~ Mt.Banahaw. could be generous but could also deny you a lot of things. introduces yourself to you

If I were an object, I would be:
~ a brochure. para tuloy ang kampanya laban sa child trafficking, hehe :D

If I were a taste, I would be:
~ sweet. for all the sweets i eat

If I were a word, I would be:
~ veracity. hindi pala, happy.

If I were a body part I would be:
~ the head. with the brain that keeps every other parts working. the eyes that are windows to the world. the nose that takes in the freshness of the land after it rains. the ears that listen to the faintest heartbeat. the mouth that sucks in only what nature freely gives. the tongue that speaks truth. the lips that gently kiss. the cheeks that let tears roll on by and the same cheeks that welcome soft kisses.

If I were a facial expression I would be:
~ amused

If I were a subject in school I would be:
~ socio 101 ni Sir Lanuza. different. unconventional. stimulating. challenges the core of your being.

If I were a cartoon character I would be:
~ si marcelino pan y vino. cute siyang bata, makulit. marunong.

If I were a shape I would be:
~ round.

If I were a number I would be:
~ 4. 4ever. 4tune. 4tunate. 4play.
or i could be 1. 1derful. 2. 2liro. hehe.

8) :wink: :) :o :) :D :lol:

saw that on a billboard along e.rod. i've been passing by it everyday but i only noticed it this evening. i don't know what else was on the billboard, but i'm sure there was a sketch of Pope John Paul II along with it.

peace needs a lot of work to attain, and maintain. and smiles go a long way.

i remembered this: everytime i find it difficult to find a reason to thank any one for, and i see that person smiling (or remember an instance when s/he smiled), i thank that person for the smile. specially when the smile came in a particularly hectic or difficult time.

SMILE! :wink:

i guess no one could expect that things wouldn't change. well... they have, so to speak. i feel bad enough that thoughts of leaving my job have been playing in my mind since last year. that is, leaving if i don't get a raise. it's even worse that one of my co-workers is having something like a paradigm shift of sorts. :?

fate has made the decision for me. to stay put. i did not have to beg for the raise. and i did not have to leave a job that corresponds somewhat to my life's mission. but the same turn of events have also changed the way that our workplace feels like. well, it is still homey, and friendly of course. but there is also tension. i just hope that the new additions to our workforce won't feel the negativity and instead foster peace. or, i hope we find a better office space to rent, someplace where there is more room to breath. for all of us. soon.

there is a lot of work ahead of us. the whole year has been planned out for us already. but life is a bit uncertain for 2005. if nothing is done by the third quarter of this year. i might just consider a change of careers altogether.

my fellow guild member said it right, life as an adult is confusing. it really is.

i finally got my well-deserved raise! :lol: i am so happy about it, really. specially because ive been expecting it for sometime now. even the minimum age earners are waiting for their increase. plus, i really need to contribute for family expenditures.

my batchmates still earn way more than i do, but i don't care. at least i'm earning, and i love what i do. most of the time.

another thing that comes with my salary increase is the adjustment of my time at work, i really have to go to work earlier now, but i don't mind. cause i know i can go early if i really wanted to. besides, ive already decided i would, even without the increase. :)

another week has gone past... and what have i done with my time? hmmm... same old, same old. well actually, it wasn't such a stressful week for me. just right :lol:

and i couldn't help but feel relieved. :)

while i was away last week, my grandparents fell ill. my [i]lola[/i] (grandmother) was brought to the ER on tuesday. she hasn't been feeling well for awhile. and she is having tests for aplastic anemia. she was admitted into the hospital for pneumonia. she also had a bone marrow test.

then on thursday, while my grandma was out of her hospital room having tests done, my grandpa collapsed. he suffered a kind of mild stroke. good thing he was in the hospital, and that a cousin of mine was in the room too. he spent sometime in the ICU. i didn't know how to feel when i got the news. i wasn't sure whether to cry, to worry, to hurry home... i was numb for awhile. but i got around to praying. to staring at the lake and praying they both get well soon. was so relieved only when i got another message from my mom saying that lola may be released on saturday, and papa was being transferred out of the stroke ICU. anyway, they both got home today. lola in the afternoon, and papa early this evening. lola didnt know papa had a stroke until saturday. i dont think she knows how serious he was until now.

i only found out about these on friday, cause my mom lost the number i gave her where she could contact me. in a way, it was good too because by the time i got the information, they were both stabilized and out of harm's way. on the other hand, it sucked not knowing like that. i am really close to both grandparents. i grew up spending a lot of time with them. for sometime, i was the youngest grandchild, and they nearly spoiled me. :wink:

when i got home yesterday, my mom and i went straight to visit them at the hospital, and i spent sometime there. was also there today to look after my lola until the nurses were ready to send her home. my mom, my cousins, my brother, aunts/uncles, took turns taking care of both lola and papa. they stay in different rooms.

lola has bruises on her hands due to the number of times needles were stuck into her. papa has undergone therapy because his left side was weak. but they are both okay now, but both also need lots of rest and have to be very careful. i pray that they will have better health.

i've missed you tblog! hehe :P i have been, again, disconnected for more than a week... but for good reason.

our organization, together with NGO partners, conducted a seminar-workshop on the [b]UN Convention on the Rights of the Child[/b]. it was held in Lake Sebu, South Cotabato. a lovely place in the southern part of the Philippines. so far from here. hehe :D

it was worth all that time (a week) being disconnected from the rest of the world. for the first time, i didn't mind much that my mobile phone network did not reach the area, that i have no internet access, and no TV in my own room. the topic of the seminar was well worth all the preparations, the long trip, and the lack of unnecessary comforts in life. :P my knowledge on the CRC was enriched with all the experiences shared by our partners. and i really learned a lot.

V You have a very good physical and looks
E You are a very exciting person.
R You are a social butterfly
A You can be very quiet when you have something on your mind.


this is fun try it...

A You can be very quiet when you have something on your mind.
B You are always cautious when it comes to meeting new people.
C You definitely have a partier side in you, don't be shy to show it.
D You have trouble trusting people.
E You are a very exciting person.
F Everyone loves you.
G You have excellent ways of viewing people.
H You are not judgemental.
I You are always smiling & making others smile.
J Jealousy.
K You like to try new things.
L Love is something you deeply believe in.
M Success comes easily to you.
N You like to work, but you always want a break.
O You are very open-minded.
P You are very friendly and understanding.
Q You are a hypocrite.
R You are a social butterfly.
S You are very broad-minded.
T You have an attitude, a big one.
U You feel like you have to equal up to people's standards.
V You have a very good physical and looks.
W You like your privacy .
X You never let people tell you what to do .
Y You cause a lot of trouble.
Z You're always fighting with someone

What does your name mean? Post!

borrowed this from ceeceesun's latest post.

the 'war president'

=http://www.danielsh.com/warpr...

and check out the blog of the person who actually made the mosaic at [url=http://amleft.blogspot.com/ar...]American Leftist[/url]

the first and hardest hit victims of any war are the children.

i had a haircut this evening. it's a totally new look for me. my hair is really short, the shortest i've had it cut for as long as i remember. i like it though. i feel lighter. and it should help me feel cooler this summer. hopefully. :)

now, if shedding pounds was as easy as cutting away the hair, i'd be paper thin right now. but paper thin is not what i aspire for. just the right body. :lol:

i haven't been blogging for more than a week. not because i have nothing to say but because, again, i've been quite busy. my neopets have also been neglected :cry:

but what i've been missing out on is reading other people's blogs. i really enjoy it, specially the blogs that i have links to. i learn a lot. and it gets me to think about my own life and my own issues.

i'm buying an MMS phone soon, i'm just waiting for the friend who's selling her phone. saved up a little and borrowed a LOT of dough from my bro so i can pay for it in full. it's a small nokia phone, 6100 i believe. it's second-hand but still in very good condition. and it comes with the camera attachment. can't wait to have my own phone again. the one i'm using right now is my boyfriend's phone. he let me use it when my cellphone was snatched around christmas.

him letting me borrow it is a big help. but him not having a cellphone is NOT. i mean, it's difficult to keep track of him! and i can't reach him when his home landline is busy. :x haha. :wink: the up-side though is that he also cannot reach me when i'm out somewhere with my friends. :wink: