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Archive for February, 2006


The best things in life (my own additions — circa 2000)

February 28th, 2006 by ellez

(personal note: it’s been 6 years since i last wrote this … many of them are still true … i guess most of them are still true … although not entirely applicable — er,  I-1 in the pacific coast? and carpool lanes? and alumni.net?! ;=) — hmmm … i need to come up with a new updated list!!! WIP! ;=)
a hug
crying
writing in my journal
falling asleep in front of the television
adobo
sinigang
barrio fiesta kare-kare
free all-you-can-eat breakfast
free all-you-can-eat lunch
free!
phone call
finding an acquaintance in teldir.com
finding an old classmate in alumni.net
overseas call from the Philippines not charge to you
overseas call
old photographs
new photographs
a compiling test program
a syntax error-free perl script
road trips … in the Philippines!
starting to read a book and actually finishing it
buying books
mocha frapuccino
smoothie
planning long weekends
stroll in the park
going to a place for the first time and not getting lost … mapquest??
making your own webpage
praising your own webpage
wearing your pajamas for the whole day
pajamas
Bible verse
a good prayer time
receiving personal stamped snail mails, not bills
cruisin’ CDs
martin nievera’s *forever* CDs
revival songs
singing OPM songs
playing the guitar, the sound of which actually resembles/faintly similar to a music!
looking into someone’s eyes
1-hr in the gym
4-lbs off the last time you checked your weight
sleeping with the aircon on and shivering while you desperately wrap yourself up in the comforter
comforter
hair mousse
corned beef
century tuna, hot and spicy flavor
driving at 90+ mi/hr with no cops in sight
shotglass
finding a book by your favorite author at discounted price
jamming with cousins
talking to someone about your problems and actully listened to
silence
personal retreat
hearing old couple tell their love story
love story
ah … your own love story
hearing a song that actually conveys what you feel at that exact moment
driving in the carpool lane while everyone else are stuck in traffic
green signal
U-turn
finding a new route

10 minutes more of sleep until the next snooze alarm
no place to go to on saturdays, then sleeping ’til noon
friday night with friends just watching rented blockbuster videos
sleepovers
watching fireworks
driving along I-1
driving
getting to a place at the exact time
home video
going home
a lighted phone voice mail indicator
having someone explain to you what cache testing is and actually understanding it
having someone explain to you what TAP FSM does and actually understanding it …(get the picture?)
return receipt for a read e-mail
long-drive with friends, with your friend driving
hearing the sound of coins falling (?) in a slot machine
sleeping
shopping spree
niece’s laughter
niece’s smile
child holding your hand
holding a child by the hand
beep announcing a new e-mail
30%-50% discounts
finishing your weekly in 20 minutes, tops!
3 or more bullets in your weekly
bumming around before doing your weekly
seeing the exit after 6 hours of driving
clean restrooms

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The best things in life (the forwarded version! — author unknown)

February 28th, 2006 by ellez

Falling in love.
Laughing so hard your face hurts.
A hot shower.
No lines at the Super Wal-Mart.
A special glance.
Getting mail.
Taking a drive on a pretty road.
Hearing your favorite song on the radio.
Lying in bed listening to the rain outside.
Hot towels out of the dryer.
Finding the sweater you want is on sale for half price.
Chocolate milkshake.
A long distance phone call.
A bubble bath.
Giggling.
A good conversation.
The beach.
Finding a $20 bill in your coat from last winter.
Laughing at yourself.
Midnight phone calls that last for hours.
Running through sprinklers.
Laughing for absolutely no reason at all.
Having someone tell you that you’re beautiful.
Laughing at an inside joke.
Friends.
Falling in love for the first time.
Accidentally overhearing someone say something nice about you.
Waking up and realizing you still have a few hours left to sleep.
Your first kiss.
Making new friends or spending time with old ones.
Playing with a new puppy.
Late night talks with your roommate that keep you from sleeping.
Having someone play with your hair.
Sweet dreams.
Hot chocolate.
Road trips with friends.
Swinging on swings.
Watching a good movie cuddled up on a couch with someone you love.
Wrapping presents under the Christmas tree while eating cookies and drinking eggnog.
Song lyrics printed inside your new CD so you can sing along without feeling stupid.
Going to a really good concert.
Getting butterflies in your stomach every time you see that one person.
Making eye contact with a cute stranger.
Winning a really competitive game.
Making chocolate chip cookies!
Having your friends send you homemade cookies!
Spending time with close friends!
Seeing smiles and hearing laughter from your friends…
Holding hands with someone you care about.
Running into an old friend and realizing that some things(good or bad)never change.
Discovering that love is unconditional and stronger than time.
Riding the best roller coasters over and over.
Hugging the person you love.
Watching the expression someone’s face as they open a much-desired present from you.
Watching the sunrise.
Getting out of bed every morning and thanking God for another beautiful day.

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it’s like riding a bike …

February 19th, 2006 by ellez

You know the expression ‘it’s like riding a bike … you never really forget it … you just pick it up where you left off’ … i can never really relate to that … not that i have early warning signs of alzheimers and just forget things … i can’t relate to it because i don’t know how to ride a bike! ;=) hehe (which actually was not so abnormal as i found out recently … i know at least 2 more people, one of them a guy, who probably had a cloistered childhood like mine — we just studied!!! — and never ventured out on the street to ride a bike … )

But that’s ancient history because … (drum roll please … ) I can ride a bike now!!! Yup … I can actually go for 50 meters without falling over! (haha … and you thought i was really good!) BUT it is a rare feat for me! ;=) Last Saturday morning, after joining the exercise freak masses in CCP, I asked my friend if we can rent a bike so that I, once and for all, can learn to ride one! I’ve had several learning attempts through the years from well-meaning friends but i just didn’t learn for some odd reason. CCP was not really a very easy and safe place to learn with hundred small kids milling around in their bikes … (er … most of them better than me!) … but after about 15minutes of proud (it can be very humiliating … ) determination … I was able to go far without falling over!!! So there … my major accomplishment last week! ;=) After several years of being mocked for not being able to ride a bike … after several biking teambuilding activities that got cancelled on account of my bike illiteracy … after several frustrated but faithful friends patiently teaching me … I actually learned now! The thing is I knew the concept … (yeah, like I knew the concept of flying a plane!!!) … but I just freeze up when I ride which makes me fall over … don’t get me wrong … I’m not about to join a race or even a friendly biking trip … far from it … I’m still a wobbly-do-not-know-how-to-use-the-brakes-properly biker … but again … 50 meters … and I can actually mount the bike without the usual the-pedal-has-to-be-about-less-than-90’C-for-beginners ‘protocol’ … again, a rare feat! ;=)

Hmmm … next stop: swimming! ;=)

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sadness hypothesis

February 8th, 2006 by ellez

It’s funny … I’ve been feeling down in the dumps recently … and it doesn’t help that everywhere I turn … I see red everything … hearts and cupid cutouts! They’re hanging from the ceiling … or attached to the cube walls! …  I love red … (is it obvious?? ;=) it’s my favorite color (I actually think I look good whenever I wear something red! … yeah sometimes you just need to believe that you look good … and act like it … hehe ;=) But this is just too much! I’m not cynical and i’m not anti-Valentine’s … nope … I’ve said over and over again that I’m a firm believer of true love … I love love … I love the feeling … but what is it exactly recently that made me feel this way?

Hmmm … can it be because I just attended a friend’s super romantic wedding –- ah, alone! — in baluarte de san diego in intramuros — the place is just so amazing! -– that I am confronted with the utter emptiness of my pathetic lovelife? (hmmm … what lovelife? – exactly! … gosh, I’m talking to myself! ;=)

… can it be that I’ve been spending so much time at work and spending so much time in front of my laptop that all human contact I have are with people I see in meetings or in the hallways to talk about work, work and work?!! …

… can it be that I’ve been perfecting the art of not-so-fine-but-not-fastfood-either dining alone for the past few weeks (I told myself that I wouldn’t wait to be with someone to try out all the nice restaurants that catches my fancy … ) that despite my firm resolve not to be fazed by the implied aloneness of eating across an empty chair … I still feel … well … alone! ;=)

… can it be that I’ve been indulging myself in really mushy love songs and equally mushy novels this past week that it gives me a false foreboding hope that someday somehow … that happy ending I just read will be my love story?

… can it be just it’s Valentine’s! that once-a-year feeling happening coincidentally in Feb! and that come March it will mysteriously go away! Hmmm … I don’t want to think about it anymore … I don’t want to be sad anymore! Life is too short to waste feeling lonely just because THE ONE hasn’t arrived yet!

… or can it be because it’s been 30minutes since I launched my crystal ball script trying to pull some dietemp data that some Israeli asked me to do and it’s still not over yet! … yeah! I think it’s that! Open and shut case! It’s my damn yield report again! ;=)

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