Bagong dating ang mga cousins ni Lex kaya naman masyadong busy sa paglalaro sa bahay ni Mama Irene, tita nya. Hanggang sa dumating na ang oras para umuwi sa kanila. Nag-iiiyak.
Mommy: Tumigil ka na sa kakaiyak, Lex.
Lex: I can't stop, Mom!
Mommy: Bakit ka ba umiiyak?
Lex: I miss my friends!
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Isa sa mga assignments ng parents ang basahan ng books ang mga anak nila. At kailangan nilang isulat kung ano ang reaksyon ng bata. Eto ang choices:
One night, pagkatapos basahan ni Mommy si Lex…
Mommy: O Lex, ano reaction mo sa story - happy, no reaction, or sad?
Lex: Mommy, hindi siya "no reaction." Sabi ni Teacher, fair siya! Happy, FAIR, sad! Happy, FAIR, sad!
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Ngkukuwentuhan si Mommy at Daddy…
Mommy and Daddy both laughed.
Lex: Hey! Why are you guys TAWA-ing?
Tuesday, January 27, 2009
lex kulet 10
Sunday, January 25, 2009
million dollar baby
I just watched (for 4th or 5th time) one of my favorite movies, Million Dollar Baby. And once again, I cried. This movie is real good in making me cry.
Just want to share my favorite lines...
Mr. Scrap: If there's magic in boxing, it's the magic of fighting battles beyond endurance, beyond cracked ribs, ruptured kidneys and detached retinas. It's the magic of risking everything for a dream that nobody sees but you.
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Mr. Scrap: Frankie likes to say that boxing is an unnatural act, that everything in boxing is backwards: sometimes the best way to deliver a punch is to step back... But step back too far and you ain't fighting at all.
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Frankie: [to Maggie] All right. I'm gonna disconnect your air machine, then you're gonna go to sleep. Then I'll give you a shot, and you'll... stay asleep. Mo cuishle means "My darling, my blood."
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Maggie: I can't be like this, Frankie. Not after what I've done. I've seen the world. People chanted my name. Well, not my name, some damn name you gave me. They were chanting for me. I was in magazines. You think I ever dreamed that'd happen? I was born two pounds, one-and-a-half ounces. Daddy used to tell me I'd fight my way into this world, and I'd fight my way out. That's all I wanna do, Frankie. I just don't wanna fight you to do it. I got what I needed. I got it all. Don't let 'em keep taking it away from me. Don't let me lie here 'till I can't hear those people chanting no more.
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Mr. Scrap: Maggie walked through that door with nothing buts guts. No chance in the world of being what she needed to be. It was because of you that she was fighting the championship of the world. You did that. People die everyday, Frankie - mopping floors, washing dishes and you know what their last thought is? I never got my shot. Because of you Maggie got her shot. If she dies today you know what her last thought would be? I think I did all right.
class will and testament
Nagba-browse ako ng highschool newspaper ko ng bigla akong mapunta sa Class Will and Testament page. Ito 'yung list ng mga traits ng mga senior na ipapasa sa mga junior dahil graduating na sila. Mixed emotions, dude. Nakakataas ng kilay 'yung iba pero mas madami pa ding kwela. At dahil masyado akong proud sa sarili ko, ang example na gagawin ko ay walang iba kung hindi si Enelie M. Solis (that's me!).
Kung mahina ang sikmura mo, ngayon pa lang, itigil mo na. Madami pa 'kong ibang posts na pwede mong basahin. Tuwa lang ang reaksyon na tatanggapin ko, any violent reactions dalhin nyo na lang sa Korte Suprema kung gusto nyo, o kaya sa H-World har har!
The $10-Billion Legs of Enelie M. Solis - Uhurm! Uhurm! Sige, sabi nyo e... Hindi kayo naniniwala? E 'di 'wag! May free will naman tayo e. (Hello, insurance company? Papa-insure ko sana 'tong legs ko, magkano ba?!)
The Well-Groomed Look of Enelie M. Solis - Oh well, elementary pa lang naman ay A1 Child awardee na ako. Utang na loob ko 'to sa Nanay ko na masyadong OC sa itsura naming magkapatid. Pero nu'ng ako na lang nag-aasikaso na ako ng sarili ko, nakakatamad pala. And I can go through a day without combing my hair.
The Scholastic Records of Enelie M. Solis - Hindi na lang ako magsasalita tungkol dito. Ayoko namang malaman pa ng ibang tao na humahakot ako ng trophies, medals and pins, 'di ba? Na kung ipapatunaw ko lahat 'yon e kaya kong bayaran ang utang ng Pilipinas sa World Bank. Huwag ganoon, kayabangan 'yon e. Quiet na lang ako. (So ngayon, hindi mo alam kung totoo 'yung sinabi ko. Bahala ka na, buhay mo 'yan e.)
The Tremendous Skills of Enelie M. Solis - Hindi ko alam kung ano ang ibig sabihin nila dito e. Next, please.
The Innocent Look of Enelie M. Solis - My gosh! Hello, screening committee?! Would you define innocence for me, please?! Hehehe! Hindi ba innocent look equals mukhang tanga? :P Sabagay, may point naman siguro. Dati naman, mukha talaga akong hindi makabasag pinggan pero ngayon mukha na akong nambabato ng pinggan. (Kontra ka sa innocent look ko? 'Lika babasagin ko 'tong pinggan sa mukha mo!)
The Beautiful Eyelashes of Enelie M. Solis - *wink wink* Gusto kong magpasalamat sa Nanay ko dahil sa hindi...inuulit ko, hindi...nya pagpapamana ng pilikmata nya, dahil wala siya nu'n.
The Legible Penmanship of Enelie M. Solis - Pwede ding, flexible penmanship. Iba-iba naman ang sulat ko e, pero magaganda lahat. :P
O siya, yan lang naman. Nagtataka ako, bakit kaya hindi ako nakasama sa iba katulad ng Blushing Beauties, Magnetic Appeal, Curvaceous Body o Golden Voice?
Pero inaamin ko, mas nakakapagtaka naman kung kasama ko du'n. (Uuuuy tapos na ako sa denial stage, nasa acceptance stage na!)
Wednesday, January 21, 2009
photo journal: pretty purple
more of my snapshots on: http://enelie14.multiply.com/photos/album/6/Snapshots_2008
melodic midweek
Eraserheads - Hard To Believe
I find it hard to believe
That all the pain that we are feeling
Has some meaning in this world
It's so hard to believe
That everything you see is different
From the things that you've been told
I wanted life to be this way
Just a little bit of love could mean so much
O please don't take it all away
But with you heaven is still close enough to touch
I find it hard to believe
That someone up there is waiting
With arms open wide and smiling
It's so hard to believe
When someone told me that your suffering
Is what you get for living
I wanted life to be this way
Just a little bit of love could mean so much
O please don't take it all away
But with you heaven is still close enough to touch
Because your love is still the only thing
That matters in this world
The only thing I can believe
The only thing I can believe
the weekend that was jan 17-18
Katatapos lang ng closing kaya naman...haaaay! Ang sarap magpahinga! Tanghali na akong nagising so tanghali na din ako nakauwi sa amin, inuna muna ang pagkain at pagligo kaya ayun, tulog na si Lex nu'ng nakipag-chat ako. The usual tsismisan lang, kami naman ni Nanay after. An afternoon of pampering naman - pedicure + massage. Wow, this is the life!
Nakanood pa ko ng Mr. Bean's Holiday at nakapagbasa...at zzzzz.
The usual Sunday morning. Dumating si Irvin ng before lunch and then nag-SM naman kami with Nanay. Umuwi na kami sa Tanza.
Simpleng weekend.
Thursday, January 15, 2009
thoughts for today
Thanks, Agnes! These are wonderful notes, which came just in time...
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Don't worry
Don't worry about how long it will take, or what others will think of you, or how difficult it will be. Just get busy and do it. Instead of wasting your time and energy on worry, use that time and energy for action. Instead of visualizing what you don't want, create what you do want. Of course there will be challenges, painful mistakes, embarrassing moments and difficult efforts. But instead of worrying about them and making them worse, just go ahead, work your way through them and get them over with.
Worry fills you with doubt, and doubt eats away at your dreams. Choose instead to take action, with so much relentless determination and intensity that there's no room for worry. Even though there will always be problems, you are truly capable of greatness. Imagine yourself fulfilling that greatness, starting right now from where you are with what you have. Then jump enthusiastically into the journey. Forget the worries, and bring your best possibilities to life.
- Ralph Marston
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Into action
When you don't feel like doing what you know you must, that's the best time to go ahead and do it anyway. That's when you can break through your old habit patterns to a new level of focus, performance and achievement. That first step will require you to go against your natural tendency to put it off until later and to stay comfortably where you are. So how do you get beyond that? Use your power of visualization to do two things. First, use your
thoughts to make it even more uncomfortable, even more painful for you
not to take action. Next, visualize in great detail all the positive and desirable rewards
you'll create by going ahead and getting it done. In your mind, make it so compelling to take action that you cannot avoid doing so. Many times in the past, you've successfully avoided action by telling yourself why you can't or why you won't. Now, choose to use that same
power to tell yourself why you can and why you will. You control the awesome power of your thoughts. And with your thoughts you can successfully visualize yourself into action every time.
- Ralph Marston
Monday, January 12, 2009
the weekend that was jan 10-11
Hinatid ako ni Irvin kaya maaga akong nakapasok (salamat, pa-kiss nga). Hindi naman ako masyadong madaming gagawin kaya hindi ako pressured. Kumain kami nila teammates sa North Park and around 3:30, nasundo na din ako ni Irvin. Dumiretso na kami kila Mhay para magbayad ng utang at magpaalam. Haaay! Aalis na naman ang isa sa aking friendships :(
Hinatid na 'ko ni Irvin sa Salinas. Bago siya umuwi e nagsermon muna ang aking poging tatay. Hehehe! Haaay! Usapang pamilya itech.
Late na akong nagising nu'ng Sunday, because of the weather siguro. Ilang weeks ng super lamig e. Dumating si Irvin around lunchtime. Namalantsa lang ako and umalis kami around 5:30. Watched PBA and The Dark Knight.
the weekend that was jan 3-4: overdue
Nasa Salinas na 'ko ng Friday pa lang to work, medyo light-hearted naman ang pagwo-work ko kasi naiisip ko 'yung mga officemates ko who have to go to the office for the year-end closing. Lucky me, pwede na na sa bahay na lang.
Maaga akong nagising, hindi ko din alam kung bakit, kaya nasimulan ko na din 'yung isang book na hindi ko pa nababasa. Dumating si Irvin ng before lunch, siesta tapos puro tv lang nu'ng gabi. Imagine, dalawang Rush Hour ang tinapos namin hanggang madaling araw. Pero okey lang, sulit pa din (kahit for the nth time na namin pinapanood 'yun). At least, sumaya ako ng kahit paano sa aking munting mundong sinisilayan ng lumbay.
Nanood kami nila Tatay ng The Mummy 3, siyempre tuwang-tuwa siya. Maaga kaming umuwi sa Tanza. Nagpa-dentist pa 'ko at nag-date kami ni Irvin sa Marijoe's. Hehe!
Haaay. Tapos na ang maliligayang araw ko. Pasok na naman!
Parang napapakanta ako ala Mulan…look at me, I may never pass for a perfect wife or a perfect daughter…
Friday, January 9, 2009
happy 2009!
I must admit, with every new year is a mental list of to-do's and not-to-do's, to-start, to-continue and to-stop for the year ahead. From small promises such as stopping nailbiting to life-changing decisions such as applying for a job abroad. Yes, I think about those stuff right after eating a hearty media noche. Stressful? Quite. Why? Because looking back, I find myself disappointed with last year's outcome, but here I am again, making another set of tasks and goals and vows for the year ahead.
Disappointment comes not with unrealistic goals, I don't aim for such in the first place, but with forgotten aspirations, unfinished tasks and undecided matters. For this year, I would like to bind myself to sensible and simple objectives. But this time, with a hint of acceptance that there are things which are beyond my control and that there is someone who makes bigger plans for me than what I have for myself.
Family. Dedicate my weekends to my parents and to chatting with Ate. Spend more out-of-town bonding moments with Nanay and Tatay, if possible. Call them always so I won't miss them much and they won't miss me much. Additional financial assistance.
Irvin. More quality time. We love days when we just stare at each other, joke around, laugh together, reminisce the good old days and hug-and-kiss nonstop and I hope I can spend more days like that. Accept that there are days when I just have to miss him.
Future family. Avoid working too much so I can find time to relax. Try and try until we succeed :)
Friendship. Find time to meet up with my long lost friends.
Career. Work hard. Stop procrastinating. Avoid overtimes and working on weekends, as much as possible, for a work-life balance.
Finances. Less dining out, it eats a lot of my budget. Be practical and spend wisely. Think of ways to earn extra income (hmmm…prostitution kaya? :P).
Hobbies and habits. Stop nailbiting. Drink plenty of water. Eat healthy and eat less (sige nga!). Read more. Learn to cook (uy, asa pa!).
Long-term plans. To go or not to go? Decide and act on it!
Dreams. Car? Sana. Travels? Bohol or Palawan or Hongkong, I hope. But these would still depend on my long-term plans.
Self. I already am a happy person, so I just have to retain that. Know priorities and manage time well. Be more sensitive, mature and rational. Be less selfish and proud. Do charitable deeds whenever there is a chance.
God. Spend more time with Him. Make up for those times I have taken Him for granted. Always be grateful for all the blessings. Remember that God gives out 'tests' in the form of obstacles and problems which can be passed only with genuine faith in Him. Acknowledge that all good things come from Him and that everything happens for a reason.
And I am wishing everyone a blessed year ahead. God is good all the time!
God has a perfect plan for our lives, organized in detail before the world begun. It is His responsibility to reveal it to us, but He never does that all at once, just step by step because He wants to teach us to walk by faith, not by sight. - unknown
Tuesday, January 6, 2009
lovin' the holidays
1. Last December 22 ginanap ang Christmas party ng team namin. The 1st part was the outreach program where we sponsored a Jollibee party for the streetchildren from Childhope Asia Philippines. Games, kainan, production numbers. Super enjoy ang mga bata. Siyempre kami din, enjoy makipag-kodakan kay Jollibee!
Nakakatuwa 'yung mga bata! Imagine, ang meal nila na comprised lang of spaghetti and chicken e hindi pa nila maubos, ni-take out pa. Siguro ibibigay pa nila 'yun sa mga kapatid nila pag-uwi.
The 2nd part was the exchange gift and kainan. Sa Seaside MOA kami (kung saan medyo nakakairita 'yung crew). While waiting for the food e binigay na namin ang parting gift namin kay Anne who will be going to Singapore to be with her hubby. Tapos exchange gift na! I gave a bag to Aline (code name: Princess Fiona) and I received Gary V's The Platinum Ballad Collection. Yey! (Actually, pangalawa lang 'yun sa wish list ko. Una 'yung books ni Jim Paredes pero nahirapan siguro si Mommy na maghanap.)
2. For so many years, ngayon ko lang yata mararamdaman ang medyo mahaba-habang bakasyon. Declared as holidays ang December 25 up to January 2, and I am so happy na hindi ako masyadong busy ng mga days na 'to kaya it's time to rest well para makapag-ready sa year-end closing. (God, bakit ba kasi ako naging accountant?! Hehehe!). Nag-leave na ako ng December 23 pa lang para sa aming second honeymoon. Yiheeee! Nu'ng December 30 lang ako pumasok to check emails and do telecons.4. Birthday ni Tata (my father-in-law) last December 29 and maaga pa lang ng mag-decide na kumain sa Seaside. Pero masama daw ang pakiramdam ni Tata kaya hindi na din siya sumama, so in short, nag-celebrate kami ng wala ang celebrator hehe. Seaside Macapagal then MOA kung saan nakabili ako ng two pairs of CLN. Thanks to my Ate, cash gift nya 'yung ginamit ko. And thanks to Irvin, isang tingin pa lang…"Bagay 'yan sa 'yo!" Siguro ayaw na nya maglibot, hehe!
Monday, January 5, 2009
photo journal: christmas balls
