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They don’t look as good on paper. Maybe something’s wrong with my scanning or photo editing. Hmm.

…ay pinitas at binigay sa papa ko. Di na sha “that ever lived” ngayon. Soon nasa tiyan na namin sha. We also have mangoes here that taste of guavas. They’re so seriously sweet, you wouldn’t know it’s a mango if your eyes were slashed in half and bleeding. Kaso limited kasi binibigay lang kay Papa. I’m still wondering how they were able to make such a variant.

Oh, and no, my head isn’t abnormally small. Do believe that THAT size is really HUGE.

Minsan, naiisip kong magpunta ng parlor at mag utos na bigyan lang ako ng layered cut. Simple, clean, no frills cut.

Pero hindi. Kailangan talaga may buntot na kasama.

Yeahboy. New look for the summer is short hair ala Shane Mccutcheon. Kaso pag tumikwas, kamukha na ni Alice Piezecki. Hehehehe.

It’s funny how you start creating a parallelism between the past year and two burned cds. I was flipping through some file photos when I saw some pictures that brought back some great memories in 2006 that told me, hey, the year wasn’t that bad at all.

So, before I start the (chinese) new year collecting pictures and burning new memories into two new cds to view in 2008, I’ll be sharing 2006 first with you guys as well.

January 2006:

The year has roughly started yet it was faced with a little despair. Ger and I were unavoidably detained at work while the fireworks blasted in the sky. And it can’t possibly get any worse for Ger, whose family celebrates New Year’s more than Christmas. It would be the first New Year away from my family as well.

February 2006

Ah! This was the month I first bought my Canon A520. The day served as a joke for us, because the guy who was supposed to sell his camera described himself as a “discreet bi,” when we found a very gay guy approaching us in the meeting area at McDonald’s UST. Hahaha.
March 2006

Things were too complicated for us come March when finally an ultrasound created a pathway to comfort. We also supplied ourselves with breathers every once in a while, which came in the form of road trips.

This was also the month I first climbed a mountain. Considering it was for beginners, I wanted to kill the leader who made it seem like toddlers used to trek there. I shared a tent with my ex-bestfriend Aiz. Months later, she’s going to give me a bad cut in the back of my palm, and we will never talk to each other again. No, that’s not the reason she became an ex-bestfriend. Don’t ask.
April 2006

April was an attempt to socialize with the office people. A department sponsored sportsfest was held somewhere in Muntinlupa where I did not participate. Heh. I’m not particularly sporty. Or at least I just don’t like sports with balls that might smack me in the face. Ger played volleyball, or at least posed like she was playing it.
May 2006

Trying to get healthy over the summer, we picked up Tennis next to Badminton. We initially got lessons in Island Cove, but learned that we’re paying off big time for phony lessons. When we finally got better lessons with a pro, we found it too pricey. Blegh.

June 2006

June was the roadtrip grande frap with two shots of espresso and extra whipped cream. When Ger’s extra curricular college friends (ano daw?) invited us to go rapids in Pangasinan, it wasn’t purely the Hundred Islands we expected. The girl’s running a slight fever gone wrong which stopped her from doing the rapids, but just to make the trip worthwhile, she joined the snorkelling. I refrained from doing any other activities without her just to be fair, but since I didn’t find the trip worth the long travel, I asked my dad if he could adopt us for the meantime.

And they were in Baguio.

So off Ger and I rode a bus, hopped into a van afterwards, and a couple of zigzags while sleeping after, we found ourselves in the almighty land of Baguio, where the grass is always–not greener–colder. We walked around at night, bought bonnets, ordered coffee ala kalye (daming tindahan sa kalye, e) and ate lugaw sa terminal. We vowed to go back again with a bigger budget and more time.

Oh, and yeah, we also met Aiz there. She happened to be around Benguet at that time.
July 2006

Wala lang. *blushes*
August 2006

Two transitions on the way: one was when we were leaving APAC, the other was when we were entering GE. It was a difficult time but exciting somehow, to be brave enough to think that maybe the grass really is greener on the building with a wider elevator.

Oh yeah. And happy birthday to us.Our present to ourselves? Galera again, baby.

September 2006

We found this really huge live mariposa outside the building while on yosi break. Maybe it’s a sign of the metamorphosis.

This month was the time we moved in to our apartment in Alabang. It was hard to budget expenses which mostly went to our appliances and other beautification grandeur we did. Right. Well, it was fun to sleep more hours and walk to work.

October 2006

It’s my favorite niece’s birthday. And no, I don’t have any other nieces.

I got her this really huge Barney doll which my dad did something to which made her cry. Bad, daddy. Soon, she accepted the fact that this IS Barney, and the hell if they do anything to it. It was HERS.

Oh, and Coise was bought on this month. Coisey, coisey!

November 2006

On an effort to pick up another sport, we attended the every wednesday beginner’s night play sponsored by F of Philippine Ultimate (google it). Yes, it was frisbee time. But I never really understood its importance until I saw Derek Ramsey playing in Alabang against an imported (read: foreigners) team. Oooh. Muscles. Hehe.

December 2006

It’s a cake! It’s a cake!

Well, it’s a chocolate marjolaine, and it’s currently topping one of my favorites.

December is the year we turn one. Candice also came to the Philippines with boylet who’s a little annoyed with the fact that he couldn’t have Candice close without her parents cutting them short. In short, malaking harang.

Oh. And look at the Sbucks cup. It says “Candies.” Shet, ibalik sa gradeschool yang baristang yan!

Mahirap din palang magtangal ng xmas tree, ano? Kasi ba naman, puro curtain lights yung pinaglalalagay ni mama sa tree. Ang hirap tangalin kaya. Sigh.

Anyhow, I’ve already heard of this a few weeks ago, but I compilled enough guts to finally check it out: ladies and gentlemen, the REMAKE of our beloved MY SASSY GIRL (subtitled, for goodness’ sake, not dubbed) is in the works, and the actors chosen are… *drumbeats*

Elisha Cuthbert and Jesse Bradford.

*cymbals*

Wenk, wenk, wenk, weeeeenk….

And oh, it’s also directed by the french (?) director, Yann Samuel, who directed the film, Love Me If You Dare.

*scattered noise of questions*

I’m sorry, I love you Elisha Cuthbert, but all I can really remember of you is your breasts in Girl Next Door and your cameo in Paris Hilton’s parody of the same movie in the music video of Nothing in This World. And Bradford, you’re just ugly, I’m not even gonna put a link. I’m sorry.

And come on, a movie about ” “A sweet Midwestern guy (Bradford) with his life planned out for himself is wooed, groomed, and ultimately dumped by a complicated, elusive gal (Cuthbert)” as they put it? Isn’t that the theme of most movies: about a sweet syano guy who meets the goofy city girl? Oh please. They’re making it seem so gasgas.

Hmm. I’m not commeting about Bradford, but Jeon Ji Hyun (refer to post about Windstruck) is if anything, a sweet and charming devil. Cuthbert is just a devil in tight underwears. Period. Okay, so maybe I’m boxing her in a character that she was, but why do I have a feeling I’m going to see a “The Lake House” part 2? (Hey, admit it, Lake House pales in comparison to Il Mare)