bora bound (again)

yes, im off to bora again. this time with mi familia. me and chris are so excited! we both deserve this trip. chris has been really stressed because of work and i just finished 9 units of grad school. im all set to wear my new bikinis, have a choco-banana-peanut shake in jonah's and get an even tan! so until further notice, this baby is officially on vacation. :)

america let me down

my american idol just got voted off. yes, constantine left the show. i feel so sad. gosh, i really do. it was so unexpected. why did it have to be him? why do they always take away the good ones? and the cute ones, for that matter. i wish it could've been scott instead. he's such a weirdo! oh, well. i don't even know if i still wanna watch that freakin' show! im just so bummed...

at long last

madel and matt met through a common friend. madel was actually seeing someone else, but matt persisted. she would come home from a date and often find matt waiting for her, with food for them to share. madel was half-annoyed and half-flattered. she just let him continue, thinking that he would soon give up. but madel was wrong. gradually, she warmed up to matt. she even agreed to go out with him in one condition- she would still go out with the other guy. matt, thankful for anything that madel could give him, happily obliged. this set-up continued for some time. she and her friends were constantly treated to out of town trips and good food. as time passed, madel started to get confused. who did she really want to be with? she prayed to God and asked for a sign. whoever visits her at home first is the one for her. deep inside, madel was hoping that it wasn't matt. but it was.

now, 25 years, 2 daughters (one of which is me), 1 son, 1 grandchild, 1 million trips, 3 million fights and 1 billion meals together, they are getting married in church for the very first time. madel will finally have the wedding that she has always dreamed of, not just with the man of her dreams, but also with the man who has always dreamed of her.

seeing for the first time

i walked around my village yesterday for over an hour. no, i didn't want to torture myself. i just wanted to shed off some really unwanted pounds. you see, we might go back to bora before this month ends and i wanna look good. besides, i have a total of 3 new bikinis from the states (i had 2 shipped and tita malou got me another one) and i think they deserve to be shown off. anyway, i really enjoyed it. i never realized how interesting our village is.

to begin with, i hardly know anyone in our neighborhood. im just familiar with our area, not really aware of those around us. it's funny when i get to meet people who live here. like in my previous job, i had two officemates who did. anyway, i just fell in love with my village yesterday. after years of living here, i finally see why my parents just love it here. the parks are so pretty! like there's this one park that had a pathway lined with trees that bended and formed a sort of tunnel. and there are at least two parks with a gazebo. really nice.

the houses here aren't too shabby either. of course some are weird or old, but some are really beautiful. there's this house that looks like something straight out of london, iron gates and all. there's also this other one that had a mediterranean thing going on, and it really looks great. seeing them makes me want to have our house renovated!

before, i used to think that the best thing about living here was the proximity of ateneo, the different malls and of course, edsa. but after really seeing my village for the first time, i just know that this is one of the best locations to go home to.

wanderlust

for some twist of fate, me and chris found ourselves driving to tagaytay last saturday. it wasn't at all planned and not even a welcome surprise. we just decided to make the most out of it and at least have lunch there. i picked the newly-renovated taal vista lodge. the food was just okay...we all know that antonio's is the best that tagaytay has to offer. anyway, the reason that i wanted to check it out is because i used to spend many weekends there. like i was telling chris, that place was a part of my childhood. it was interesting to see that although it had an updated look, it still seemed the same. at least it felt the same.

now that i think about it, i feel that way about a lot of places. traveling was something my family did on a regular basis. i just can't imagine not traveling. and now, when i revisit some of these places, i feel connected to them. i guess it's because of the memories that are attached to these destinations. i feel this especially when we go to cebu or to canada. some of my happiest moments were spent in those two places. sometimes i feel more at home there than here in manila.

i guess traveling is just a part of who i am. oftentimes i have this itch to get away, even just for a while. and when i do have a family of my own, i want my kids to develop this itch too. this way, they might still bring me along with them even when im old and gray. but for now, i just want to travel as much as i can with chris. i want to discover new places and revisit my favorites. we've already done a bit of traveling together and it's always a great experience. with him, things just look so much better...and feel just so damned good!

crazy over connie

i am totally in love with constantine maroulis! he's the fairer rocker dude in american idol 4. even during auditions, he was already a favorite. admittedly, bo dice (the other rocker) is better vocally. but man, can constantine pout! also, all the judges are slowly falling in love with him. he just keeps getting better every week. whatever his song choice is, he makes it a point to give it a sexy twist. he's one of the two reasons why i even watch the show. the other is carrie underwood, who is actually my bet. im so into watching them that i almost didn't go to antonio's with my family yesterday. my mom wanted us to leave already but i said that i just had to watch ai! of course i had my way and as always, antonio's was great. too bad chris wasn't able to go with us because of work. anyway, constantine is through the next week and i guess i'll just have to wait until then.

sated

bora babes

15 reasons why bora was oh, so fabulous:

1. the beach
2. our room...really nice
3. hanging out with old friends...
4. and meeting new ones
5. 4-cheese pizza in aria
5. hed kandi...
6. as well as bliss
7. jonah's choco-banana-peanut milkshake
8. happy hour conversations
9. sunrise...
10. and sunset
11. dokito frito
12. wearing a bikini all day
13. seeing people...
14. and being seen
15. knowing that im definitely going back!