banana pancakes

Day 3 » A song to match your mood.

It's 2am. It's officially Saturday and i have to go to work later. I'd really rather stay in and eat banana pancakes. Hopefully it won't rain.

If a guy with that kind of voice is singing this to me, i don't know why i'd ever leave the house.


Jack Johnson - Banana Pancakes ( AOL Sessions )
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no place like home

Day 2: A photograph of the town you live in.

Bataan - my permanent address. The place i go to about 5 times a year. A place where i don't really have any friends.

People go here for the beaches where you can see tortoise or dolphins. Or to visit the old nuclear power plant or vietnamese refugee camp. Or to trek the old Death March route. Or to see the remnants of World War 2 in Corregidor island. Or maybe to visit the new Las Casas Filipinas de Azucar.

Well i've never been to any of those places... except for this one.

Picture not mine. Photo credit: http://angpaglalakbayniearldio.blogspot.com/2010/03/mt-samat-ang-nakaraan.html

I have no idea what life is like in Bataan. Still, this my home. My hiding place.

challenge begins... with a hair-over?

Day 1: A photo of yourself and a description of how your day was.

It's O+K's wedding this weekend and so i've been itching to go to the salon to have my hair dyed (again). As it turns out, Fix has a 50% discount promo for all dye treatments this month. So lucky me!

But instead of keeping the 50% savings, i've decided to use the money for a haircut and pedicure as well. So here's how the new haircut turned out.

Looks like it will take some time for me to be comfortable with the "bangs".

In other news, Les Miserables is celebrating it's 25th anniversary and for some reason i have Les Miz fever. I found myself still up until 4am and checking YouTube clips of their 25th anniversary concert last Sunday. My hours in the office were spent listening to the original broadway cast's recording. And now, i end this day watching their 10th anniversary concert. I dream of seeing this musical live again soon.

And just as i end this blog, we're now in my favorite part. Here it is for you to enjoy as well!

the 30-day blog challenge

it's all mapet's fault.

now J and K are doing it also. and as a member of the STTS Academy, it is my duty to accept this challenge in order to uphold the academy's principles.

so starting tomorrow, expect at least one blog from me. i'll be using mapet's topics as guideline, though with some modifications. except for the first and last topic, i've also randomly reordered the other ones -- just so we won't be talking about the same things at the same time.

Day 1 » A photo of yourself and a description of how your day was.
Day 2 » A photograph of the town you live in.
Day 3 » A song to match your mood.
Day 4 » The meaning behind your blog name.
Day 5 » A photo of something that makes you happy.
Day 6 » A photo of your comfort food.
Day 7 » A photo of yourself five years ago.
Day 8 » Your celebrity crush.
Day 9 » What’s in your room?
Day 10 » Your most romantic date.
Day 11 » A photo of you and your family.
Day 12 » A photo of your favorite place to eat.
Day 13 » An animal you’d love to keep as a pet.
Day 14 » Your best friends.
Day 15 » A TV show you’re currently addicted to.
Day 16 » Another picture of yourself.
Day 17 » Your favorite movie.
Day 18 » A photo of somewhere you’ve been to.
Day 19 » Something you could never get tired of doing.
Day 20 » A letter to someone who you miss and rarely talk to.
Day 21 » 15 facts about you.
Day 22 » What’s in your bag?
Day 23 » Your favorite musician and why?
Day 24 » Your dream job.
Day 25 » A photo of the item you last purchased.
Day 26 » A picture of you last year and now and how have you changed since then?
Day 27 » A place where you want to go.
Day 28 » Something you crave a lot.
Day 29 » A photo of something that means a lot to you.
Day 30 » A photograph of yourself today + three good things that have happened in the past 30 days.

and since i just discovered blogger's Pages feature, i'm creating a separate page for this just like mapet!

well, here we go. let's see how long i'll last. :D

turning 30

i have 5 months before i reach the big 3-0. it's making me more depressed every second.


i used to have a lot of goals that i thought i would be able to do before i turn 30. but the stupid, idealistic me from before never thought that most of those goals are out of my control, or would be too grand to execute.


number one in that list was to be a housewife. obviously that's not gonna happen now and it's definitely out of my control. i need to find a husband first, which is also hard to control.


the second one was to tour Europe. i was able to go to Norway and Spain a few years back for a business trip. but where i've always wanted to go was to Paris, London and Greece.


now this second goal may still be possible to achieve. my only problem is that in the next 5 months, those cities would probably be frozen solid. and it will not be a very good idea to tour around when it's cold. this is the only thing keeping me from buying a ticket now (and secondary is the cost of the ticket!).


also, i've seen Taken! and the disadvantage of being single at this age with many married friends is that i currently don't have any Euro-trip mates yet. so i'm being paranoid of going on a trip alone. I don't have Liam Neeson or a former spy for a father, what will i do??


i don't know. should i just give up now? or come up with a relatively more practical goal like Jam's "six-pack abs"? maybe i can just skip forward to a mid-life crisis and buy a really impractical car (which i've also been considering lately).


how about you? what do you want to do before you turn thirty?