7 awesome things of the week

If last week I blogged about being filled with feelings of melancholy and nostalgia (here), this week naman was filled with awesome. Okay, exag ang whole week of awesome, but there were things that happened that deserves to be tagged as ‘awesome.’ These moments were like being in vacation happy.

1. Chichi and Gigi. I woke up Monday morning to this weird but very cute laugh. You see I wake up to Chico and Delamar every work day (my alarm clock is set to RX) so it was weird to hear this guy laughing. And then I was hooked. Chico and Gino, or Chichi and Gigi, as they call their tandem, makes my day. I called in sick Monday (hope my bosses don’t see this!) to listed to them lang. Well, plus bed weather. Then I was late the whole week kasi I get distracted by their banter.

2. New songs! Last week was all about Coldplay and Linkin Park, but this week its all about these songs —

Eminem’s back! He’s my rapper crush. And he collaborated with Bruno Mars.

I could imagine this in So You Think You Can Dance. In my vision its a contemporary-hip-hop dance performed by Melanie, Marko and Tadd (hearts!) choreographed by TabbyNaps and Mandy Moore or Mia Michaels. Biyutipul! (Speaking of So You Think You Can Dance, all my favorite numbers from Season 7 got Emmy nominations! Yay!)

I loooove Adam Levine. And I like Gym Class Heroes. Another collaboration!

I don’t know if that’s the official vid, but I like it. And the song is cute naman, diba?

It’s from the singers of Like A G6!
Yes, its another collaboration, Far East Movement and Snoop Dogg. It makes me want to go clubbing (yes naman.) and dance the night away.

3. Cleaning up my email. I’ve got more than a thousand unread emails. (Blame my addiction to blog subscriptions.) And since this week is a down week for work, I got to read all some of those emails. Its so nice to see no numbers some of my email folders. Hay, but I still have a lot more to read. Ang sakit na ng ulo ko!

4. You make me smile. Itago natin siya sa pangalang G6. He makes my heart flutter. Yun lang. Haha! I hope I get to meet him para naman I have kwento for you guys.

5. Supportive friends. I’ve mentioned time and time again that I have supportive friends. And they’ve proven that fact again. They were all game with the craziness I thought of this week. I hope I get to return the favor.

6. Cirque du Soleil. I remember, it was 1999, my parents left for HK to watch them. Dad has seen four, mom: three, and this was my first. I was all giddy and excited! And boy they did not disappoint! (Okay, I was disappointed by the tent, I thought it would be bigger!) I was floored by their talent. As in. Read more about it here.

7. Lady loves. Spent Saturday evening with Chonx and Pia. Discussed boys, trips, boys, food, and boys. Then we set off to watch Love, Loss and What I wore—the perfect play to watch with your girlfriends. (Bituin was da bomb! Sobrang galing. I like everyboy, except one. All of them were ‘normal’ and believable, except one.) “I look in my closet and think.. with all these clothes, why do I have nothing to wear? Nothing to wear!” And we capped the night with one drink for the road.

So ayun. I’ve been a happy girl most of the time last week. I hope you guys had an awesome week as well :)

7 things I miss the most

Waking up early is a hard task. Waking up on a Monday is a much harder one. Waking up to an Adelle song is not good. Waking up to Adelle singing Someone Like You, on a Monday morning, is bad. (Pwede pa ang Rolling in the Deep, medyo upbeat pa yun eh.)

And that’s how my week started. Waking up to Adelle’s Someone Like You on a Monday morning. You can say that its a sign that things might be a little gloomy. And I’m just not talking about the weather.

As the week progressed, and with all the hoopla going on about Harry Potter and me cleaning up my room (again!), nostalgia settled into my heart. Memories creeping in. So, here’s a list of the things that I miss the most.

1. Having a boyfriend. (Oo, madrama na, but I think Someone Like You, or Adelle’s voice, has that effect. Ang walang maramdaman bato! :P) I am used to being single. Seryoso, promise. I’m actually enjoying it, but there are days when you wish you just had someone to drag along on whatever crazy thing you want to do. Kumbaga may instant kasama ka na for certain things. (Just one of the ‘perks’ of having a boyfriend. Assuming na game siya and hindi corny.) Just like the Kylie concert I wanted to watch. Other than kulang ang funds, wala pa akong kasama. Siguro, if may bf ako, nakanuod na ako.

2. Chismis updates and discussions on Mondays. Actually, everyday. One of the reasons why I was sooo (emphasis required) excited to go to work before was because of the chika updates with The Breakfast Club. We would spend breakfast, lunch and merienda (but with a 10-hour workday, sometimes umaabot ng dinner ang chikahan), catching up on all the chismis—showbiz or not.

I admit that I still email Jay (and Elaine) sometimes about all the juicy chismis I heard. Lalo na ngayong may Fashion Pulis! That is also why I love meeting up with them, it means chikahan the whole time!

3. School bus service. Those were the days when I wouldn’t worry about commuting and pamasahe.

4. Uniforms. I love shopping for clothes as much as the next girl, but it can get expensive. And how can I have a closet full of clothes yet still not find something to wear? It gets tiring to think about what to wear everyday. Miss ko na ang mga days na pino-problema ko lang ang socks na susuotin ko.

5. Shopping for school supplies. (And not spending a thing!) I miss going to National Bookstore and buying notebooks, fillers, pad papers (1 whole, 1/4, 1/2 crosswise and lengthwise) and pens. I loooove pens!

6. Hand writtern letters. I love writing letters. And I love receiving them too. Nothing can compare to the feeling of reading them and knowing that the giver spent precious minutes (or hours) writing them. And I have containers filled with letters (recollection/retreat letters, notes passed during classes and letters that I never gave), and reading them again can bring you a certain kilig or excitement. Or it can make you cringe. Haha! (I threw most some of them away na.) But with the age of emails and Facebook and Twitter, handwritten letters are given less and less. So I try to write my friends little notes when I give them gifts or leave little notes on their desks when I visit their office.

And lastly, 7. Allowance! Do I even need to explain this?!

How about you, what do you miss the most?

7 things of the week

I have been wanting to redecorate my room for about two years now, but the task is just too painful to do even if I have never really started on it. Just thinking about removing everything from its “proper” place scares the hell out of me. (Cleaning one part of my room takes the whole weekend, paano pa kaya kung whole room?!) But I know I have to do it soon.

So here are some of the things that I would love to have in mi casa.

So I saw this in one of Flavorpill’s post.

Actually, ang dami ko nang nakitang ganito in other sites, but since I click link to link to link, I can’t remember where I found the cutest one, so I have to settle with this photo. Pero cute pa din naman diba? Sana yung other end there’s a guy pushing the books naman.

Okay, so this is not exactly for a room, but I want it!

(from Etsy)

And I want my dining table and chairs to be black. Para angat na angat ang mga plato.

And I want my desk to be similar to this.

(from decor8 blog)

But with all my clutter, I will never be able to achieve this. Plus, I will need to remove the shelves on one side of my wall to be able to have that mood board. I’m also loving the monochromatic-all white feel, but with all the alikabok here in Manila, I’m sure that white will be gray in less than a month.

And I want to do this to my drawers and book shelves —

(images from Design*Sponge)

I also want cool things to hang on my wall –

(image from decor8)

I also want that “Keep Calm and Carry On” poster. Kaso I can only order it from Etsy, and medyo mahal ipa-ship sa Pilipinas. And I also have those letters (and the vain person that I am, it spells my name), but its gathering dust in one corner of my room. I also want to print out some of my photos of the different places I’ve been to and of my friends, and I want them framed.

Aaaand, before 500 Days of Summer came along, I have already been wanting chalk board paint!

(from Design*Sponge)

I want to paint one portion of my room with it and write down stuff I need to to. Para kunwari busy ako, and kunwari nagagawa ko yung mga naka-list. Hehe.

And last but not the least, I want a cool retro or avante garde wall paper for one side of my room!

(from Design*Sponge)

Medyo mahirap nga lang mag-hanap dito. And, mas mahirap daw idikit sa wall.