Child in Me

Fate wanted my life to be extra, extra special so instead of giving me just normal friends, he added a few crazy ones along the way. Thanks for the added insanity..

Ika nga may dahilan kung bakit nakilala mo ang isang tao.

Maaaring kailangan nilang baguhin ang buhay mo o ikaw ang magiging dahilan ng pagbabago nila.. either way salamat ng sobra sobra sa iyo.. sa iyo.. sa iyo .. SA INYO!! .. Nanatili ang child in me.

Feeding My Addiction on Books

Sundays at Tiffany's
By James Patterson and Gabrielle Charbonnet
Published by Grand Central Publishing, 2008
ISBN: 978-0-446-53631-8
I own this copy.

What's it about? Courtesy of Goodreads:

As a little girl, Jane has no one. Her mother Vivienne Margaux, the powerful head of a major New York theater company has no time for her. But she does have one friend--Michael--and no one can see him but her. But Michael can't stay with Jane forever, and on her eighth birthday, her imaginary friend must leave her.

When Jane is in her thirties, working for her mother's company, she is just as alone as she was as a child. Her boyfriend hardly knows she's there and is more interested in what Vivienne can do for his career. Her mother practically treats her as a slave in the office, despite the great success of Jane's first play, "Thank Heaven." Then she finds Michael--handsome, and just the same as she remembers him, only now he's not imaginary. For once in her life, Jane is happy--and has someone who loves her back. But not even Michael knows the reason behind why they've really been reunited.

Sundays at Tiffany's is the story of Jane Margaux, a thirty something woman with a lackluster social life, poor self confidence, and a job working in her highly successful mother's production company. Jane is searching for funding and actors for a film adaptation of her successful play, Thank Heaven, which is based on her childhood imaginary friend, Michael.

Michael left Jane on her ninth birthday, a predetermined date when children no longer need their imaginary friends and wake up the next day with no recollection of their unseen companions. Jane remembers everything. She doesn't understand how or why, but she does. Michael as her only true friend and she feels his absence well into adulthood.

Michael finds himself back in New York City and recognizes Jane. After following her around, he got a sense of her life: thankfully she still does not live at home with her mother, but she works for her mother, and has a jerk of a boyfriend. They finally meet face to face at the St. Regis on a Sunday afternoon, which was their usual hangout on Sunday afternoons when Jane was a child. After Jane and Michael's ice cream sundae (for her) and melon (for him) date, Jane's mother would take her to Tiffany's.

What transpires from there is part love story and part coming of age story all wrapped up in a fluffy feel good package. Even when catastrophe struck Jane's life, I still felt warm and fuzzy inside because I knew that the book would turn out okay. I felt emotionally duped by the fluff, but I didn't mind it so much. It was an intriguing story with a lot of potential. I liked it for what it was, but it could have been so much more.

Well, being a hopeless romantic myself, I truly enjoyed reading this book because it was a quick, escape read that helped me to forget about life for a while. Such a magical story about fate and true love.

Naniniwala ako ..

Ang natatanging araw, ika-22 ng Disyembre, tatlong araw bago ipagdiwang ang PASKO NG TAONG 2011.

Ang sarap ng pakiramdam na nagkapera ka, nakatanggap ka ng regalo at nakakain ka ng higit sa kaya ng sikmura mo.

Pero wala nang mas sasarap sa pakiramdam na napasaya mo yung mga taong nasa paligid mo, sa pinakasimpleng handog na nakayanan mo. At higit sa lahat, yung pakiramdam sa bawat ngiti at tawang pinakawalan mo sa piling ng mga mahal mo.

When we share whatever we have it is like giving a part of ourselves as well. It is our own little way of giving back and showing our gratitude for all the blessings we've received this entire 365 days of the year..SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY ika nga.. At yan din ng tunay na diwa ng Kapaskuhan - nasa pagbibigayan at pagpapasaya sa ating kapwa.


Yun ang tunay na diwa ng pasko. Naniniwala ako.






Sa lahat ng nakibahagi sa gift-giving project namin MARAMING MARAMING SALAMAT at sa muli ipinakita natin ang pagkakaisa at pagpapasalamat sa isang makabuluhang pagkakawang gawa..

(source: modern-blog)

My Angels here on earth .. KAYO YUN!

Tropa .. Dabarkads .. Repapips .. Ka-berks .. Madli .. Padli ..
No matter what terms of endearment we call each other, in its simplest form we are FRIENDS!



My friends who will catch each other in times when one of us is fallen, dry each others tears and tell each other that it will be all right, pretend to be happy just to cheer each other up, never leave each other by themselves, attempt to talk to each one at least once a day no matter what, make each one laugh when sad, call back if you hang up on them, make everything you do together into something fun no matter how boring it is, finish each others sentences at times, think the same way, stop each one from doing something stupid or hurting themselves, and they're always willing to give up something that means a lot to them because they can be sure you'll always be there in return, and because to them you'll always mean more than you can imagine.





AND YES YOU TRULY ALL ARE MY ANGELS HERE on EARTH!

PERFECT MOMENTS

Life never seems to be the way we want it but we have to live it the best way we can!
There is no perfect life, but we can fill it with PERFECT MOMENTS.

Goodbye 2011

We have witnessed the departure of a year and welcomed a new one with different kinds of celebrations, some had parties, some spent that time with family, some stayed alone, but all of them had secretly enlightened the sleepy hope inside, praying for this year to be their year, some looked back and felt happy and relieved that their tough year had finally came to an end, some felt sad to remember the things that had to leave along with the departure of 2011, some was wondering what might the new year carry for them, and others were just making jokes about it.

Here’s the ironic thing about these times, while some are looking back at the leaving past, others focus their mind to what is coming ahead, and the thing is that it’s exhausting for both, what’s gone has gone, with its good and bad it made you reach here the way you are, each year gives us more experiences, makes us stronger or weaker, lifts us up or brings us down, and that is for us to define, but it has gone and in our turn we must let it go.

And what’s ahead is yet to come, and worrying about it won’t really make any difference except it messes up your head, so stop and wait for the days to tell your hidden future, and as for the journey you're about to make this year, make it count, make it a year to remember, make it something you’ll look back to with no regrets and grief.



So goodbye 2011, you have taught us a lot and now we’re ready to welcome a new year with many hopes and gratitude for another chance.

I Promise Myself..

to be strong that nothing can disturb my peace of mind
to talk health, happiness and prosperity to every person I meet
to make all my friends feel that there is something worthwhile in them
to look at the sunny side of everything and make my optimism come true
to think only of the best, to work only for the best and to expect only the best



to be just as enthusiastic about the success of others as I am about my own
to forget the mistakes of the past and press on for the greater achievements of the future
to wear a cheerful expression at all times and to give a smile in every living creature I meet
to give much time to improving myself that I have no time to criticize others
to be too large to worry, too noble for anger, too strong for fear, and too happy to permit the presence of trouble



to think well of myself and to proclaim this fact to the world, not in loud words but in great deeds
to live in faith that the whole world is on my side so long as I am true to the best that is in Me