SIBLING RIVALRY

Sibling rivalry is inevitable. We all have our own stories to tell about our own share of sibling rivalry.

Today, in this entry, I am gonna share to everybody the story of my sister and I.

 I was the first born and my sister said hi to the world 4 years later.

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As a kid, I really didn't know what having a sibling really meant. I am pretty sure in the photo above, I didn't jump up and down and asked my parents to take a picture of me and that baby that they say is my sister. I was clueless about life, I was clueless about everything, I was clueless about sibling rivalry. Maybe sibling rivalry or pointless jealousy started when my sister was born.

The attention was all mine

I was everyone's princess, I was everyone's baby, at home, I didn't have to share my toys with anyone, then my sister came and I had to share everything I have to her.

According to a child psychologist, Dr. Sylvia Rimm, sibling rivalry is particularly intense when the children are of the same gender or are very close in age. I can say it's true, why? At four what do I know right?Maybe I felt threatened that my parents will have to give me away and maybe I was scared that my sister's presence will not make me a "princess" anymore. 

haha kids.

I was the spoiled brat growing up while my sister on the other hand was frigging contented on my hand-me-downs, if our parents ask us to do some errands, my sister will follow it obediently, while I, I bully my sister to do it for me. I have no idea when and how all the jealousy stopped. Maybe because as we grew older, I realized that my sister Brenda and I are the exact opposite of each other, that really, there's no "rivalry" between us.

 I grew up singing

random facts

• Eternal flame - 1989 when the song first came out. I know this because it was the year that my sister was born and my mom told me that the song was first played on the radio on my sister's christening day and eternal flame was the first song I remembered singing.
• the bathroom was my training ground. If I was left home alone, I'll sing in the bathroom for hours. My favourite song to sing?On the wings of love.
• I was on 8th grade when I had the guts to audition for the glee club.
• The original song I was gonna sing was Burn by Tina Arena, but changed it the last  minute to Britney Spears', Sometimes. Don't laugh, I passed the audition.
• I suck at Math but on 9th grade, I joined the Math club! *rofl*
• 10th grade, I represented my class for a singing competition. I lost.
• I don't know how to read notes. :D
• My choice of martial arts is kickboxing
• I am a behind the stage crew
• 3 years ago, I signed up for a hip hop class
• I never knew how to operate our washing machine 'til I moved out.
• I'm a better "cook" than my sister
• I'm a daddy's girl

 [my sister was the one wearing the green outfit on the middle far back]

random facts about Brenda

• She's a dancer
• She started doing ballet on 3rd grade (I think)
• She stopped ballet after a year coz she decided she wanna learn how to play the piano
• My sister decided to join the school choir
• My sister is into sports and I was an audience/her cheerleader
• She's a tomboy compared to me
• My sister is a math whiz
• She's a vegetarian
• Her choice of martial arts is karate
• Tho she doesn't get the lead, my sister was always been part of the stage-hey-I'm-acting-crew.
• 3 years ago, Brenda signed up for ballet lessons again
• My sister figured out on how to use our washing machine when she was 14!
• My sister, just like my mom, she doesn't know how to cook! Can't even fry eggs without burning them.
• My sister and my dad clash all the time! They have this love-hate-love relationship with each other. Yes. Brenda is a mama's girl.

 See, there was really no rivalry between us because we grew up with almost nothing a like. And when it comes to our parents' attention?naah, I don't want any haha I actually used to discourage them to watch me perform haha dunno, I'm just shy.

I am happy and lucky that we grew up not having the same wants in life. Because honestly if we did, I can never take "comparison". Comparison does nothing but feel insecure about yourself and what you have to offer. We are two different unique individuals with different passions in life. Academically speaking?hmm I actually never felt there was a competition between us, I actually never heard my parents say "why can't you like be your sister?

Brenda could really be annoying sometimes. We fight. WE ACTUALLY used to BEAT EACH OTHER UP! Not pulling each other's hair stuff, we kick and punch each other. Yeah. Like how brothers would fight. Tough love.

I do sometimes "hate" my sister, but to be completely honest, I'd be lost without her. I love her, I'm not good with expressing my love and appreciation towards her, she reads my blog and thru writing I want to tell her how LUCKY I AM that we're a family, that she's my sister and that we are a perfect team!

To: my sister, Brenda,

I am as fierce as a

 TIGER

And I will protect you from any harm. I will be a big sister to you and be strong for you.  I'll be 

[for the lulz pic]

toothless and weak just like the day I was born, too weak that time will come that even holding up my drinking cup will be a struggle. But for now, please continue to fight (you're tough so I know you're fighting), I want you to know that you're not alone in this battle, big sister (especially) is here for you. We will grow old together and will be there for each other.

I will

FOREVER take care of you. I LOVE YOU. INFINITY. I am not the best big sister in the world, but you on the other hand is the best little sister a big sister would ever want.

Love,

Em

Em on LOVE, SEX, SEX, SEX and FOREVER

Em on LOVE, SEX, SEX, SEX and FOREVER (yeah just giving some emphasis here). I've been trying to come up with this entry for the longest time and I'm just having the hardest time to collect my scattered thoughts. It's all up here, but the train of thoughts just wouldn't harmonize all together. At least today, I'm giving it another shot.

SPOILER ALERT: There are some details I am spilling about the book, so if you're interested in the book and hates spoilers then LEAVE, if not, I guess you can stay and I am begging haha

I've finished reading the book FOREVER by Judy Blume a week ago.

The book was really written intended for teens. It's not your typical mushy pocketbook with lotsa cheesy moments BUT it shows us the face of our generation today and what (maybe) it will look like 10 or 20 years from now, how they look at SEX.

The main characters of the story are: Michael Wagner, Katherine Danziger, and Ralph, just Ralph ahm ok sure Ralph Wagner with supporting characters: Mr. & Mrs. Danziger, Jamie Danziger, Erica Small, Artie, Sybil, Theo etc. etc.

To just cut the story short, Michael and Katherine started dating, they had their first kiss, trying to get it on and failed (at least for the first few tries), they promised forever to each other, they planned their whole life ahead, they're gonna be together forever and no one will ever break them apart. They had SEX successfully and they've been doing it every chance they get. Having had read a lot of sensual scenes and trust me on this one, it wasn't from a porn blog, I was disappointed that the author FAILED to arouse my imagination, then again, it's meant for teenagers not for people like me whom like I just said, had read more sensual scenarios. Despite the lack of success in making me excited, I had to give her props for keeping it teenager-ish, it made me look back on what I was when I was Katherine's age, I can relate to everything except for the sex part. Oh, just in case you're wondering where Ralph is in this picture?ahm he's inside Michael's pants. lol! do you guys name your penises?maybe just between you and your gf/wife eh? it's just funny every single time they get horny, "Ralph misses you", "Help Ralph" "I sucked Ralph until that white thing came out." I dunno I ROFL every single time.

Sure I fell in love for the first time when I was a teenager, promised that person, FOREVER, planned our future together, what we'll name our kids blah blah bullshitzz. Like the main characters of the story, our FOREVER too, ended. I have lots of questions back then, some things gave me the closure that I needed, some were forgotten. I knew NOTHING back then (though I thought I did), there were so many things going through in my head that time and as minutes went by, I just forgot what it was all about. I don't love him anymore but I'm still hurt, not of the fact that we as lovers had to end what we had, our friendship was also gone the day we decided to go separate ways. I just didn't lose in the love battle, but I also lost our friendship, I lost my bestfriend when we became a couple and just after a month of dating, we lost each other and we lost the friendship we valued for years. *sigh* *sigh* our FOREVER was brief. I am nonetheless happy to see where he is right now, that we're much better apart. I just kinda wished that we didn't go beyond friendship, I guess nothing is really meant to be for us to have not even companionship.

When you let go of someone you love does that mean you didn't love enuf? If the reason was because of another person, how could you be interested with another individual when you know you're "committed" and very much in love with someone already? Why does flirting even exists? and why the fuck do other people flirt back? Is SEX really important in a relationship? and I ain't talking about SEX in MARRIAGE, it's BEFORE getting married.And why when a FOREVER ends, why is it hard for the people involved to move on? You wanna know what I think why? People are STUCK with forever. I mean sure, you're hurt but don't you wanna move on when it's clear that the other person is already happy?either being alone or with someone else? Some people will effing cry for forever with because forever as an excuse.

Last question's answered already so up to the first one now.

When you let go of someone you love does that mean you didn't love enuf?
- Couple end a relationship for different reasons: One partner fell out of love/ain't happy no more. Too much arguing, instead of bringing happiness to each other, the relationship is just becoming stressful for both people. Infidelity. Whatever your reason is, it will still boil down to the fact that the relationship needed to END. And if you decided not to continue fighting for "love" anymore, it doesn't mean you didn't give enough, it doesn't mean you didn't love enough, you didn't care enough. Sometimes, letting go is the key to being happy. You sure don't want to be in a relationship that doesn't give you something to look forward to, do you? Whatever your end in the relationship, remember that there will always be a RAINBOW after every storm.

If the reason was because of another person, how could you be interested with another individual when you know you're "committed" and very much in love with someone already?
- I guess this one is more of an infatuation. Or you're lusting for that person. Katherine in the book "fell" for Theo. It was interesting how it all began, the two of them. They were both employed for the camp to teach tennis, sure they see each other everyday, but no serious/friendship TALKS, everyday is ahm nothing but just in passing (more of). One night, Katherine was horny but slept it off and she woke up blushing, she dreamed of making love with a man she's not supposed to be in bed with. -- THEO! I think it's fair enough that in most cases, we can in a more appropriate way say that being interested with another individual while committed with someone is equal as infatuation or lusting. There's no way I see it as "love", love itself is profound. You have to know the person inside out, flaws, weaknesses, before you can say "I love this person."

Why does flirting even exists? and why the fuck do other people flirt back?
- Why does flirting exists? for SINGLE people. If you're dedicated to someone already, you don't need to flirt, and don't give me LAME excuse like "flirting adds spice to the relationship", "I want thrill". Well, if you want spice, chug down a whole bottle of tabasco sauce and if you want thrill, go ghost haunting. Why do some people flirt back? It's either their drunk and horny and their partner is not there to give them some screaming orgasm/they wanna honk somebody that night OR they're perfectly sober and just stupid and up for some "thrill".

Is SEX really important in a relationship?
- Yes. For couple who'd done it and doing it every chance they get. No. For couple who are willing to wait. No. For single people who can't get themselves a bf or a gf. What's your stand? I wanna answer and semi-end my entry with four questions that were asked in the book and let's see how many people are brave enough to give me a piece of their brains and I just might make another entry for all of it. INCLUDING MINE. ;)

1. Is sexual intercourse necessary for the relationship?
2. What should you expect from sexual intercourse?
3. If you should need help where will you seek it?
4. Have you thought about how this relationship will end?

Just in case you've noticed, I haven't really talked about my stand on sex and relationship after all and I am about to end this entry. Like I said, I wanna know how many people are daring enough to answer those 4 questions above. No worries, I'm not gonna "copy" what you said, it's kinda like a survey on what people esp teenagers these days and their opinion on SEX and RELATIONSHIP.

And to end this entry, If you read my Cheesier than Chuck E Cheese entry, then you know I'm very much in love and committed. I am a cornball yes, I say FOREVER to us and I don't think there's nothing wrong with it. It's inevitable to not say I LOVE YOU FOREVER. INFINITY. To someone you really really love. Yes. The future is hell unsure, but we all gotta have a little faith you know. Do whatever we can to make our relationship be FOREVER, if it did work out then it's meant to be, if not, at least you tried. At the end of the day, we all gotta accept the fact that not all people we meet are meant to stay with us FOREVER, they may stay for a while though, to give us life lessons that one day we will look back on and be thankful for. They just didn't come into our lives for nothing or "accidentally".

CHEESIER THAN CHUCK E CHEESE

Wow! Summer is flying by real fast! dayuum! I'm not ready for another semester yet, there's still stuff to do like fix my effing schedule, dentist's appointment, eye doc's appointment and work work work so I can save up save up save up and my kickboxing. Blah. I'm just gonna worry about those on Monday since my goal for this entry is to be cheesy -- cheesier than chuck E cheese -- not to stress myself.

Gaah I have a bad headache right now BUT since

I LOVE MARA

I CAN DO THIS! I WILL DEFEAT MY HEADACHE! *cheers cheers*

The topic is all about MEN! Hey, I warned you from the beginning this is gonna be cheesy so you have two options: 1.) hit x 2.) stay. I know most of you will opt for choice number 2 -- just out of curiosity on what my fingers had to say type.

LET THE CHEESINESS BEGIN!

In my case it'll be a MAN. I've talked about my dad already and my love for him on father's day so this post is not a paternal love post. I don't have a brother, I have some guy friends tho brotherly love is not the one I wanna talk about and it's just WRONG to be cheesy and all and at the end I was talking about my dad or a relative or a guy I consider a friend. Romantic love for the MAN whom I've been unconditionally loving for the past 43 months and will be loving until death do us part. ;) -- P ( I love him but let's just give him his privacy).

P and myself are the exact opposite of each other. He's passive and that's why sometimes I get stressed out easily coz I am on a schedule basis that it feels like on most days everybody wants me to take over and go through everything, I am always "needed" that 24 hours is not enough for me. It's cool tho, we try to adjust with our current situation coz that's the best solution for now anyways.

CLEAN FREAK!! -- the bf is so orderly that we always argue about me and my mess. We don't live together but whenever he comes over he complains about how chaotic my room is. My disorderly heap stays in my room tho, the kitchen, the living room, the dining room, the washroom most especially, they're immaculate! It's just my room. The bf used to freak out tho but I guess he's used to it now and I think he's just tired of complaining and begging for me to clean my room plus he's just fed up in doing the folding of the clothes for me (yeah he used to do that long time ago lol!) You don't have to see his room to know he's very methodical, just go in his car and you'll be ashamed to even fart in there, it's always sparkling and free of trash. :D

ROMANTIC -- NOT! He is the most unromantic boyfriend in the universe! I don't want him to be a cornball like me but he could work on his romance lol! Nah. He's ok like that, I shouldn't complain coz his being unromantic makes his good surprises even more exciting and passionate.

HEEDFUL -- He's thoughtful. He's always nice esp when we're out, no matter how sloppy our server, he'll give her/him tips or even when shopping, he's more patient with everybody. I am not a mean girl or trying to sound like one but I tend to be a bitch back, I think majority of the girls are. Right? Girls are emotional, we rant more, we're sensitive so being mad over a sloppy server and being impatient sometimes is understandable. Come on girls don't leave me hanging here. :D

Another OCD from P, when we're ready to check out from the grocery store, he'll place everything in order while loading the belt even our cart, if he's the one putting the stuff in, it's all organized. Cans grouped together, chicken, meat, the frozen stuff are together (which makes sense, but I don't really care lol!) and he gets ballistic when I put my purse in the cart which I think is a normal thing girl does. He'll be like "don't leave it unattended" blah blah..

I love how he's emotionally strong for me, he's the person I can call and just cry over silly or big things without being judged, without him thinking I'm just being a princess, I love how he's assuring me that everything will be alright. I love how patient he is with me whenever I'm on PMS. When I get these crazy swing moods, he knows, you don't have to tell him. It's fair enuf when he told me long time ago that he will never understand my PMS coz he will never experience it, he'll never get menstrual cramps so he'll try to be patient with me and I appreciated that. So guys, don't tell your ladies you "understand" PMS coz you don't get periods, you don't get cramps. :D

We have some petty quarrels, we argue, we have so many differences, however, I think those are the things that what makes our relationship interesting and something to look forward to everyday. We're so random esp me that I laugh at the simplest or the most corny joke ever, I even laugh if I hear or see someone sneeze and he laughs along not because he thinks it's funny but at how I always almost died laughing. I love him. What we have is special and what we've been thru will always be a reminder to us that sometimes, it's worth it to fight for LOVE. It's corny, maybe I'm overstating it, but it's true.

To: P
The future is unsure
but what I feel for you is true,
endless fights we may have
we will pull through like we always do.

I told you it's cheesier than Chuck E cheese =))

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my carnival entry.

WONDERFUL

I feel wonderful, I feel blessed and I am feeling guilty right now that I've been trying to write something in the past hour only finding myself hitting the delete key. Why am I feeling guilty? No. It's not because of too much eating or spending too much money today, it's because of my father's day entry. I am abashed of myself that I didn't get to do this on mother's day and it felt like the only reason why I am doing it right now for father's day is because The Lessons from my Father is the topic of the week for the carnival and I don't wanna miss it. If ever one day my mom will see this post, I don't want her to feel "jealous" coz I love my mama and papa equally, infinity.


Wow! I think I feel much better now and I can carry on.

Before I even get into all about my father, I am taking this opportunity to thank this special man, if it weren't for him my dad won't be here on earth and I also won't be. ;)

and this person is

my grampa!

My lolo and lola died 10 years ago now I think?I am not even sure if he's here beside me now and can read this but I still wanna express my gratitude to both of them for raising all their 7 kids right. ;)

So what are the lessons I've learned from my father?What kind of father my father is?What are the "qualities" a man should possess to be considered as an outstanding father?

I bought a card a week ago to send to my papa for father's day and this is what the card says:

A special dad gives his family.. room to grow, courage to try, faith to believe, wings to fly.


You show your love in so many ways -- in your strong values, your quiet wisdom, and above all, your devotion to your family and home..

The card was specifically made for my papa. ;) If I didn't moved out a year ago, I don't think I'll have the same perspective or even appreciate, I mean he'll always be the world's number one dad to me and my sister but I am talking about the message from the card. My dad is a strict one, he's overprotective but he gave us room to grow, enough courage to try, strong faith to believe and wings to fly and I am wicked thankful for that. I am thankful that he trusted us that we can do it or try our best to be "independent" and not being stoopid. The old man has strong values and he stand to what he believes in, and I think I got that from him. My dad is actually more of a "nagger" than my mom, he's a loud one =)) but when he's serious and quiet you'll be amazed with his wisdom and that wisdom that he shares are from his own experiences. I adore how my father is devoted to us, to our home, to his siblings, to his nieces and nephews and his devotion in helping people in need. I am proud to be my father's daughter and I honestly can't imagine being a daughter of other people. I am aware that my dad is not a perfect person, just like the rest of us, he has his own flaws, but it doesn't matter. MY DAD IS THE PERFECT FATHER in his daughters lovely and loving eyes ;)

I spent most of my childhood with my father especially the time when the family decided to settle in the Philippines and my mom at that time I believe, just can't leave her career abroad so I was raised majority by my papa. There are a lot of things I've learned from my father and I wanna share that to everyone.

FINISH SCHOOL
this is the one lesson we just didn't learn from our family, I mean just by watching tv and hear stories from other people, we know how important it is to finish school so I'm really not gonna include this one.

REBEL

is it just me or the picture is really "loud?"

My father taught me on how NOT to be a rebel. I grew up in the old fashioned pinoy way, palo sa butt. Of course that time I thought I am not being loved. All I wanted was to wear that red Simpsons shirt while playing patintero, but too bad my papa saw me wearing that shirt WHILE playing patintero so he called me home and I got palo many times. He told me NOT to wear that red Simpsons shirt because that's the shirt I'm gonna wear the next day when we go to my other tito's house since laundry's not done yet, that's the only decent shirt I have to wear for that occasion. Why didn't I see this as an "abuse?" because looking back now, I actually don't remember or "feel" the pain of getting hit anymore, all I could remember was my dad being sorry for hitting me and trying to explain to me that I need to obey rules. If it weren't for that important word -- sorry, I don't think I will understand why I was getting hit, I think I'll be a rebel and compare myself to other kids who was just sent to face the wall instead of getting palo sa butt.

NOT TO KISS ASSES

The relevance of the picture?Our papa taught us NOT to kiss asses even if it's your own blood, you don't have to sugarcoat the truth just to impress, because according to him and I also believe that no matter what you do, no matter what you say people will find fault in you so just be yourself. *arggh! I just lost my train of thought dayyumm!* "Kaya mo kaya?" I remember him uttering those words 2 years ago when I was asked/volunteered myself to sing the solo first part of the song The Prayer for our concert, it's not that I don't have the talent, but I remember now that I wanted to, but I am really nervous so maybe he felt that nervousness too, I know deep inside he wanted me to have my "shining" moment but he's afraid that I might forget the lyrics or go flat because of too much anxiousness and ended up humiliating myself on stage. Like my sister said, not because he is our father he will sugarcoat the truth, it's not like he is not confident that we can do it, like I said, he is overprotective, so he is just protecting us from getting hurt.

TREATING YOUR FRIENDS AS FAMILY

I've asked friends around on what are the things they appreciate the most about my father as their tito. I know what my friends had said are not bullshizz because I saw and felt how much my dad love them as his own daughters.

Steffi

Stephanie


Elaine


Jay

My papa taught me how to value friendship and treat them as a family not just FRIENDS, love them unconditionally, and you will be treated the same. And just loving your family, because in the end your family is all you've got. (:

PATRIOTIC

credits to google

You can tell it from some of my entries right? I love being a filipina and proud of it! And even if I stay here in Canada for the next 30 years of my life, I don't think I will ever forget my roots. (:


I know it's such a long post and maybe some of you decided to just not finish this entry,

BUT

TO

THOSE

WHO

MADE IT..

HIGH FIVE!!

I am actually surprised that I got my sister into doing this, so I am gonna semi-end my entry with what she's gotta say.

Last words: I LOVE MY PAPA, I LOVE MY MAMA AND I LOVE MY SISTER with all my heart and I am so lucky that I am part of THE family and I will never fail them. ;) I feel wonderful. I feel blessed. And my father is the perfect one for us. ;)

HAPPY FATHER'S DAY TO ALL THE FATHER'S OUT THERE ;)

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Thank you to all my wonderful friends who participated in such a short notice. YOU GUYS ROCK!!

And yes, this is my entry for Team Carnival

QUICKIE SHOUTOUT!

I'm just gonna take a quick break from blog hopping to give a quick shout out to everyone! As most of you know, I was Team Carnival's last week's host with the topic about Social Networking, the rundown for all the entries can be found here. I asked everyone to take time and read my entry and all THE babes who participated because who knows, you might also learn from them, you might like their blogging styles and be a fan of them, it really pays to blog hop sometimes and actually READ. Anyways, I checked the carnival's new post for the new host and topic for the week, and it will be hosted by shoutingwind and her call for posting can be found here. I felt really ecstatic when I read this (picture below) from shoutingwind's cbox.

Not because I got credited, but because of the fact that Aryan had the time to read other entries too ;).

We blog to express our emotions, we rant, we rave, you name it, it's like a diary but the only difference is, a blog can be viewed by hundreds of people, we chose to blog publicly we can't control who can see it, who can comment. Whether we admit it or not, every entry that we publish, we look forward to who's gonna comment, who's gonna like it, who won't. We always wait for a new comment, be it from one of our followers or just from a random stranger blogger who happened to be blog hopping and hopped on your site, we all want more than just "blog hopping" or "was here", we want other people's opinions too.

I know for a fact that other people are not "showy" but deep down there, they adore you, so when a random comment just like what Aryan had written in the cbox it can really make a difference, because someone didn't just blog hopped but showed some appreciation too.

So please, don't get the wrong idea ok?! :D

And because I am really happy, I also wanna take this opportunity esp to the teentalkers out there (I've been a ttalker/candymag reader since I was 16 :D) to take part of the 2010 Candy Teen Blog Awards, you don't have to be a teen to vote ;) And I am campaigning for Aryan. Visit her blog and you should be able see this (see picture below) on the right sidebar.

just click the help me out by voting link

Or you can click the icon (from her blog) so see the list of other nominated bloggers.

SPECIAL SHOUT LOVE:

To Mara for the special love you've shown me esp last week, when it was my turn to host the carnival. Yes, we love each other -- in a platonic way. Last time I checked, Mara was very much in love with Miki and I am very much in love with P. sooo don't ever start thinking the other way.. :D

LONGCHAMP BAG FOR SALE

yay! I got home from my pampering day :D I got hydrating facial, massage, and I got waxed! woot! well this is just another "all in one" entry.

First:
My friend is selling her Longchamp Le Pliage Eiffel Large Short Handle, limited edition, from Europe bag with an asking price of 9,500 php. It is guaranteed authentic with authenticity care card. Brandnew, and never taken out of its plastic except for picture purposes. Reason for selling: she's got another longchamp bag and figured won't be needing this bag so she's selling it. Pictures of the longchamp bag below (I used her gt/cake handle for watermark just in case you're a forum-er and might recognize her nick).

just click the image for larger view
when folded


hardware of Longchamp Eiffel


flap of Longchamp Eiffel


back view of Longchamp Eiffel


front view of Longchamp Eiffel

No haggling please. Sorry :( If you're interested you can comment here or like I said, if you do recognize rhumbafrapp from gt and/or cake you can just pm her and let her know you're interested. Thank you (:

Second:
I got a good pampering today, from all the pollution, stress and just the craziness in this world, who doesn't need a good facial and a massage right?! and waxing of course not unless you wanna be a walking ball of hair haha Then I stopped by Oppa! and got myself a souvlaki platter take out.

yum! the portion is sooo big that I even had some leftovers for breakfast tomorrow.

Third:
Talked to mom and dad today. We never had a decent talk in the past 7 days because of my crazy work sched, mom and dad is an hour ahead my time so whenever I get off work at 11 and by the time I get to my apartment, my 'rents are already in the lala land. My mom and I were talking about TFC and her soap opera's when dad called my cellphone..

Em: o, papa is calling my cellphone?
Mama: asa basement kasi yan ako andito sa taas nagko-computer. kala nya siguro wala ka pa sa apartment hinde nya alam magkausap tayo kala nya tulog na ako.

Ok, seriously, these lovebirds should know what the other is up to lol!

Fourth:
3 months from now (when my 'rents drive down here for the last stretch of the summer), the bowling battle between the boyfriend and the super dad is ON! haha sumbong (complained) to my dad how I sucked last Sunday with the bf and I's bowling match and my dad was like "ay! no doubt na yan!" -- ouch! haha my dad isn't Paeng Nepomuceno (sp?) but he sure is also a bowling champ, medals and trophies proved that.. so let's see who'll win the battle between the super dad and the boyfriend a.k.a adobo (my dad calls him that coz of my bf's "love" for the ulam, adobo) my dad's piece of advice to adobo? "practice pa!".

Fifth:
I have a mall date tomorrow with my Auntie and her adorable twins :D omgosh! haven't seen the kambal in ages! BUT before our mall date, I will clean my apartment tomorrow and I'll make sure it's spotless before I leave -- yes, including my bedroom lol! I'm just gonna leave my sister's room alone, don't wanna mess with her stuff or she'll go ballistic when she comes back in August with the mom and dad.

Sixth:
My bebe got himself a new car today, a birthday gift to himself (which is a month early). I was surprised when he called and told me he bought the car already, so I teased him about me driving the car and pimping it and he flipped out lol! ohh men and their cars.

That's my Thursday loves ;)

and happy 42 months my bebe, ily -- ok ENOUGH of the cheesyness lol!