more ramblings

1. I was conned into buying lychee flavored ice cream last night. Okay, so maybe conned is the wrong word since i dont think there was any intent to decieve on sellers part. Stopped by with adi at amici on our way to 719 to get gelato. and because im deaf sometimes, what i heard when i asked her for the flavor was "(mumblings) with walnut." And because im stupid sometimes, i didnt bother to ask what it was she mumbled.

It turned out to be lychees.

I hate lychees. It tastes so distinctly..... chinese.

No offence to anyone. I said the same thing to Jem, a chinese friend, in boracay last christmas. She agreed.

3. Do people think me pretentious when i refer to the fx as shuttle. When i told my mom one time that i was taking the shuttle home, she said "shuttle, shuttle, fx lang yan."

eh what if its revo the shuttle? why should fx get branding bragging rights? Is fx the new colgate?

4. i have stopped losing weight. gasp. Have i plateaud or am i building muscles? riya and therese said to stop using the scale as my progress guide. But we live in a world where everything should be backed up by numbers eh. and my inches loss isnt really that impressive yet.

hay....

5. Again, my problem is this; when she was just referred to as the fat one from wilson philips (phillips), everybody thought carnie wilson would be the bomb when she loses the fat. She, in my humble opinion, did not quite live up to the expectation.

Im so afraid to disappoint.

Jenni said that i put way too much pressure on myself. Oo nga naman, nobody really expects me naman to be a bombshell eh.

Except, of course, me. and also my mother by the way who's been parading me around like i was some beauty queen.

The first thing she tells people when we see them is "look naman at my daughter, she lost so much weight o. maite, raise your shirt and show them your waist."

God, my mom can really be cheap sometimes. i love her so.

what to do when bored? edi answer surveys

LAST MOVIE YOU SAW IN A THEATER:	ray
WHAT BOOK ARE YOU READING NOW:	catch - 22
FAVORITE BOARD GAME:	pictionary
FAVORITE MAGAZINE:	people
FAVORITE SMELLS:	garlic sauteeing (god kaya ko ah!) and cookies baking
COMFORT FOOD:	carbo comfort (rice, potatoes, bread)
FAVORITE SOUNDS:	sizzling foods, chimes and wind howling for some reason
WORST FEELING IN THE WORLD:	ayyyy..... dont get me started
WHAT IS THE FIRST THING YOU THINK OF WHEN YOU WAKE UP IN THE MORNING:	these days, i keep waking up to images of french fries in my head
FAVORITE FAST FOOD PLACE:	mickey dees
FUTURE CHILD'S NAME:	vito, pablo, maya and renata (and yes, i better get a move on if i want to use all four)
FINISH THIS STATEMENT: "IF I HAD A LOT OF MONEY, I WOULD":	fly. far away from here.
DO YOU DRIVE FAST:	i think i used to
DO YOU SLEEP WITH A STUFFED ANIMAL:	nope.
STORMS -- COOL OR SCARY:	cool. i love storms.
WHAT WAS YOUR FIRST CAR:	well, the car that was assigned to me when i started driving was our green corolla. and then i lost my license and that was that.
FAVORITE ALCOHOLIC DRINK:	red wine
FINISH THIS STATEMENT,'IF I HAD THE TIME, I WOULD LOVE TO':	fly. far away from here. and finish catch - 22
DO YOU EAT THE STEMS OF BROCCOLI:	if its there then yes.
IF YOU COULD DYE YOUR HAIR ANY COLOR, WHAT WOULD YOU CHOOSE:	id rather get curls
GLASS HALF-EMPTY OR FULL:	when it comes to food, always half empty. everything else otherwise is half full.
HOW MANY CITIES/TOWNS HAVE YOU LIVED IN:	2
FAVORITE PLACE TO RELAX:	spa
FAVORITE SPORT TO WATCH:	gymnastics
WHAT IS UNDER YOUR BED:	stuff
TOILET PAPER/ PAPER TOWEL--OVER OR UNDER:	ahhhh.....
CREATE YOUR OWN! - or - GET PAID TO TAKE SURVEYS!

the real challenge

This quote stolen from duskwatchers and chockwits blogs, who stole it from jonathan carrol's blog. I just think its worth repeating.

Be the person your dog thinks you are.

Ito na nga ba ang tinatawag nating pag-ibig? 

swedes say the darndest things

tilly naseter was an 11 year old child delegate from sweden in my cisv camp. he was one of the difficult ones cos he threw fits when he didnt get what he wanted. which was pretty often.

one morning during breakfast, i asked him what he had on his toast. he struggled with his answer

"uhm..... MUH-MEEEEH-LAD"

it was, of course, marmalade. (maybe its even your lady - bwa-ha-ha!)

anyhooo...

he sent an email yesterday to our camp's e-group addressed to jackie (jackie is the adult leader of thailand.) this is what he wrote her;

hi jackie!!

how are you??
du you know some1 be'n hort in the sonamy?
my frind are donw ther now on hollyday
hop I see you agine

tilly_sweden

he's just too cute.

im gonna be one of these people watching the clouds soon. im also looking for kasama so let me know if you want also. 

KINAYA BA NAMIN NI MAMU ETO?!? 

speaking of sybil

God ang hirap lang siguro ng buhay nya. 16 personalities man. 16 people living inside one body. Eh me nga lang eh, as far as i know, magisa lang ako dito eh sikip na sikip na ako.

anyway, i will read that book again. after catch 22.

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i think i first read the book when i was 15, and given my memory, im sure very corrupted na ang recollection ko of it. but one thing that i think i remember accurately is that, of the 16 personalities, only one can do math.

Si sybil kasi, nung estudyante pa, hindi nya nakayanan ang addition at subtraction. so nanganak ang isang personality na sya ang natututo ng lahat ng mathematical operations. so everytime may kailangan i-add, exit sybil, enter one of her multiple personalities.

at saka, if i remember correctly, sybil had no control of who took over her body because she actually had no idea (at first) that she had different personalities living inside her. i think there was a leader, the strongest personality (i think in her case, the third that came out), who took charge and directed which personality should come out to face a particular situation.

so when a certain identity is in control, what do the other 15 do?

where exactly do they hang?

may group ba nag-ga-gather in the southeast wing of the cerebellum or meron bang grupo na nag ro-road trip sa liver for kicks?

im really gonna read that book again. after catch-22.

YZARC

Note to self:

Ets, you have to stop finding yourself so goddamned entertaining. Cos really, when you're walking down the street by yourself, and you suddenly stop dead in your tracks and just start laughing because there's a private party inside your head - PEOPLE STARE!