i love/hate Facebook

for some reason, i always have a hard time breathing when i'm on Facebook. you can try to ask why and i can try to give an answer and fail. there is something about Facebook, which i cannot point my finger at obviously, that sets off a constraint that prevents my cardiac muscles to act the way they should as if i'm just watching TV or eating potatoes. maybe it's Facebook. but then maybe it's just me.

i avoid visiting Facebook as much as i can. and on rare occasions that i enjoy FB-ing, i do not
scroll endlessly through the News Feed (or the Home page). sometimes i do not go to
 the Home page at all. it bothers me. it bothers me that i feel this way. i mean how many
people out there feel the same way? there could be less than ten if there are.
everybody loves Facebook. everybody lives Facebook!

we dine, stroll, go on vacation, learn, play, cook, bake, visit, buy, sit on the bus
and be thinking Facebook statuses all the while. like how "should i caption this moment?"
or "oopsy, i haven't checked in yet, why the eff there is no wifi here?" or "let's take a
photo so i can post it on FB." and i'm sure that are people who think
FB even while they shit. there are many people who are thankful that there's
Facebook because it really does connect people.

so why do i feel not-good (i refuse to call it bad coz it's not)? i thought hard one time and
came up with a few theories as to why. one of my theories is that i am envious of some things
i see on the timeline.i know this is partly true in a 2/3 sense kind of partly.
because i am Facebook friends with people from
high school and elementary, it is natural for their 'bragging' posts to
show on the timeline, and i get that pinch each time.

another one of my theory says that there is a lot of audience-pleasing  happening on Facebook.
i know this because i'm guilty of this. when i post something i wish, at the farthest
back of my mind, that my post get a million likes and/or comments. but boy,
one can only wish modestly. it is not a contest for the globe's sake. it's annoying
to see posts that are obvy on targeting hundred likes.

i have a few more theories but i do not want to tell their boring stories anymore. good news
about this Facebook illness i have is i am doing all i can to get cured. ;D





xOHx

Coming Home to Mandaue Foam

i was visiting Patty Laurel's blog when I first bumped into

Mandaue Foam. :) yeah, bumped. as in nauntog! heehee. ;)

kidding. truth is i had to lean back on my chair like i've been bumped.

there was just so much gorgeousness in front of me.

wanna check? here, para mauntog ka din. ;)

the interior, based on Patty's photos of course, is really nice!

so without further do, i checked the website.

and more oh-la-la for me. :)

but hey, a girl's gotta have a top 3, and here they are!

drool with me, yes? :)

i absolutely love the Gregory bookcase! =D

as in pwede ng pakasalan sa sorang love! ;)

you see, i'm such an OC when it comes to housekeeping.

i am the type who'll put everything down when i feel/see that

it's makalat. kahit cheesecake pa ang ihain mo,

if i see kalat, ligpit muna. so basically, i get gaga over things that

support my ka-OChan. ;) lalo na  things that help me organize.

another confession? i'm a book whore! ;D so really, what better way

to keep'hoe happy but a savvy bookcase. what i really dig about this

bookcase is its unconventional design. :)

then there's this Marvin L-Shape sofa! 

i have always been in love with furniture pieces that are space savers

coz i grew up maximizing what little space our house has to offer. :)

this sofa is so sleek it can modernize and add class to any space.

come to home momma! ;)

the [drumroll] Caprice!

how aptly called. ;)

kaprisyosa lang ako  to have my beloved reads

beside me each night in bed. ;) pwede ding mag-imbak ng

cheesecake sa headboard! hmm, limitless choice. =D

talagang 'Your Home, Your Imagination.'

this'll make me come home early each and every day.

now come to think of it, they really live up to their credo.

'Come Home to Mandaue Foam.'

come home like this.

xOHx

Oh!

Lovely! ♥

it's my word of the day. everything's just so lovely

today. =) i hope it went the same for all of you

my frogs & rats! capping off the day now with this photo

by Michael Donovan for Vaga Magazine. ♥

xOHx

three, plus, plus, and plus!

it's usually just the three of us.

remember this from bear witness? =)

but when there's more of us together, it just

gets so much more fun! =D

okay, a little insider, aka boring, info frograts, listen up!

there's really 13 of us back when our skirts should still

be 2inches below the knee at good ol'

Nazareth School. but since college's always

bound to do one thing or another to your high school

barkada, so it did one to ours. two went to the States,

a few learned about boyfriends, *what are they anyway?* ;P

the others found their real niche, all types of

whatevs just happened.

we still see each other though on rare birthday celebrations or fiesta. ;)

so now that everybody's skin is aging, and

the oil price never rests from its mountain hiking,

one by one, we start missing the days when we

don't have to worry about them. :)

so one SMS sent, and one DM received, and viola!

i'm sure to be tweeting, "off to see the girls!"

or something like that. now this night is one of those. ♥

best friends reunited. ♥

and the reunion just goes on...

...and on!

my bestie Ishtar!

she said she's in a meeting. truth was she was with

boyfie. at Starbucks. 2 doors away from us. late!

hot momma!♥ Ghie(far left) doesn't know aging. ;)

and presenting, the camsluts! ♥
oh yeah, we ain't just ho's, we're sluts. ;D

Ishtar, moi, Riri

 moi, Ghie, Dindin, Riri

xOHx

new york, new york!

this is a little late. it's Tuesday here in Manila today,

and Friday of last week was the day of yet another

historical event in the city that never sleeps. =)

it was a 33-29 state senate vote. just five minutes to midnight,

gay marriage was signed into law by Gov. Cuomo.

it was on PhilStar's World news section front page

on Sunday. i learned of it on Sunday too. kind of timely

since the Pride Parade was on that day. ♥

Gov. Cuomo & Speaker Christine Quinn received a hero's welcome

from the hooting crowd. i raped the world wide web for photos

of the parade, and got lucky bumping into some on

Twitter. *can't post any, of course. they aren't mine.*

they're so cuuuuuuute! you don't need anyone telling you it 

was a very joyous day. it's just so colorful! everything's

in rainbow. and of course, a surplus of flesh. ;P

students of Peyups have their own version of celebration

for this NY milestone inside the Diliman campus. everyone

painted their faces with the colors of rainbow.

and oooh, look at Oble, "proud and powerful."

this does not summarize my stand on this issue. and i'm not

planning on summarizing it. *hihi* i am just happy for everyone.

i mean, i can see how sincere their happiness is over

this triumph in their fight for equality. i don't know if

it's ever gonna happen here in PH, but i know plenty from the gay

lots and i love them to bits, and this is showing some

love back! ♥♥♥ =)

FTW New York. you just always prove why

you're THE city. =)

*all photos are from nydailynews, ibtimes, and philstar.

xOHx

"whatda! MADAPAKA sana."

a MUST: press play & let the video buffer before

reading on. it shall serve as musical scoring for this post. ;D

he's driving.

i am seating on the passenger seat beside him.

i have my head slightly out of the window.

my hair dances with the wind.

when suddenly.... ...... 

screeeeeeeeeee...ch!

an abrupt stop!

i just have to guys. ;P were you already far

in your imagination? *hihihi* well, first and topmost,

i don't drive! i mean i can't. all i have that has anything

to do with drive is ze S word.

ye know, that s word!

*why you naughty frogs & rats! i meant SUCCESS!

the drive for/to success.* ;D

so continuing on...

(your prerogative now to stop the vid.)

the driving part is all a cloud of thought. ;)

i really can't possibly be letting my oh-so-curly hair

dance with the wind while some gorgeous man is driving

right beside me! dyahe men! ;P

what i am trying to say is that since mi pudakis

and mi mudakis are but lowly servants of this

very worldly world, i don't enjoy the luxury of driving

myself to school. yet! ;P so everyday, jeepney's the way!

or the bus. or the FX. whatever.

AT NAKAKAINIS LANG MINSAN MAKATABI NG

MGA KUYA AT MANONG NA WAGAS KUNG

MAKASIKSIK AT MAKADIKIT!

i'm really particular with my personal space.

and being in a commuter vehicle doesn't give any exceptions!

let's all sit in what space a P7 fare provides us guys.

at wag ng idikit ang mga tuhod at siko sa katabi!

LALO NA KUNG AKO KATABI MO!

if glaring could kill, i'd have been a serial killer by now.

glaring is not the least i can do. it's the best i can do,

bilang di naman ako pala-away.

*sigh* i know driving your own car has downsides to it too.

but until that day when i'm already driving

mi tsekot, i have these things to rant about.

so to all kuyas and manongs, power tripping

lolas that push you so they can sit where they want, and

mga ateng malalagkit tapos dumidikit pa,

i say this, "whatda! madapaka

sana!" ;D

xOHx
*photos were sourced out from Google

"sir, Diana Zubiri. in a white sando."

i made wrote this post in class. you can guess i wasn't

exactly listening to mr. Sir (i don't know his name

yet). it's an art appreciation class. :)

printed copies, *and i'd say poor ones* of Michaelangelo's

Creation of Man and Fabian Cueto dela Rosa's

Planting Rice stand in front of the class.

eherm! this isn't an art post love rats. *just so you know* ;)

so mr. Sir asked us to stare at them for some five minutes

while we filled out the seat plan. after what seemed like

eons more than five minutes, he started to randomly

ask us how we appreciate a work of art.

now, my two length-of-a-hair girl classmate more than

willingly volunteered her thoughts as the first blood. ;P

*brace yourselves now* and this post is about her!

BWAHAHAHA! ;D

just kidding you frogs! ;) it was SUPPOSED to be about

her and her rowdy use of Eeeeeenglisshhh.

and so i quote, "whenever we saw..."

BUT since i am not not without flaw, nor am i an

authority in this field, i am veering away from her.

PLUS #1, i dislike being responsible for sending ugly waves

of emotions to you guys. PLUS #2, mr Boy classmate just

raised his hand to recite. so my attention got diverted.

to HIM, opchors! ;D

and so he goes on to tell the whole class what

interpretations he has on the painting, or the copy of it.

i straightened up expecting a witty remark from

mr. wearing-his-corporate-attire-for-OJT.

"sir, i see Diana Zubiri. in a sando. a white sando, sir."

HAHAHAHAHA! ;D

mr. Sir went to say, "isn't she a sexy actress?"

well, yes Sir, i thought. i was giggling hard!

i know he wanted to say something but how can he

when there are no wrong answers in art classes,

let alone art appreciation classes. =)

mr. Classmate must have been thinking of this.

cause after he's mentioned Diana Zubiri,

i kind of was able to see Tatarin from the painting.

hekhekhek! ;P can't you?

and just before he got himself seated again,

he said, "sir, tumatakbo na po si Diana."

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA! ;D

NOTE: i wasn't the only one giggling hard, okay?!

xOHx

thinner-thighs-and-legs bound

i am not gifted with height. anyone with me here? ☺

to make this worse, i can't seem to get my thighs and legs

shapely enough to compensate for their short length. so while i

was doing my usual rounds on fashiongonerogue, i saw this

paid ad on how to get your gams thinner.

yay! so timely. one's gotta do everything to get that

bod summer-ready. and so i read. when i got to #3, it says

that i can jump rope my way to nicer legs. yahoooo again!

like hell-o! i've been contemplating on doing this. so i'm on the

right track? haha! now i just have to continue that journey of

finding the perfect ropes, and i'll be in my most gorgeous gams

in no time! ♥ you with me? =)

xOHx

being spiderman

you are entitled to your opinion.

i get it. it's the same way that i am.

but man, you can't live long on this planet if you speak every opinion(variation: comment/insight) you have. if that's the way the world should be then i guess we shouldn't have been endowed with private thoughts in the first place.

OPINIONS ARE POWERFUL, IF THEY AREN'T POWER THEMSELVES YET.

okay. i am not at all free of guilt here. ;)
sometimes i get too carried away by my emotions.
or i find my opinion really cute or smart(conceited!).
or i just feel like it. what the H?!

so i write, i shout, i tweet, i text, i post, i tag, i email, i raise my hand.
it's one or all of the above.

but to express your opinion at someone else's expense?
Sapakan na lang o!!! ;D

kidding aside.
screening is the key. be your own guard. use the privacy of your thoughts. they aren't made private just so you can secretly drool over your crush at work, or lament on how your teacher can look at a mirror and not see her lipstick-stained teeth. let your opinions stay in that little clove of your tiny brain even for a brief second.
if, and only if(?), you are 99% sure, or at least eighty, that you aren't stepping on someone with your opinion or how you'll be expressing it, then go ahead, do yourself a favor and let the world know.

write, shout, tweet, text, post, tag, email, raise your hand.
choose one or all of the above.

i may sound self-righteous here. maybe i am really self-righteous. or maybe, just maybe, i hit you hard on the bull's eye! ha ha ha ;D

i ain't perfect. you aren't. the world isn't.
but our dear earth is already too polluted, let's not create more pollution that we might someday call bad vibes pollution.

if you can help it, keep your negative opinions inside their cocoons and let them remain as caterpillars of thoughts forever.

if you can't help it, just 'cause you think it[expressing opinion] is a mighty right you've earned from your forefathers' revolutions, then stay the eff away.
you know what things unleash THAT opinion, or THAT ugly way of expressing it. so stay away from those things, and you won't ever have to crunch your guts again just to keep them inside your head.

what you don't know/hear/smell/see/read(get it?), won't hurt you.

give earth a break! it can use a day of human beings exhaling words of positive opinions here, and more human beings inhaling words of positive opinions there.

opinions.
with great power, comes great responsibility.