Canon G10

Been drooling over this for more than a month now. I got to check out its features for a time when our publisher lent his G10 to us. I really want. It’s still a point-and-shoot but it has some of the SLR’s capabilities. I can adjust the exposure, apperture, shutter speed, etc etc. And it’s 14 megapixels.

I really want it. Bad. Even if it’s bigger than my dad’s Cybershot which I borrowed. (I am living off on borrowed digicams.)

I want one of my own again–my ixus is a goner and I don’t think I want to shell out cash to have it repaired because it’ll be expensive. I’d rather use the money to buy a new one.

And my friend is offering a great deal. P24K in cash installments. The retail price of the G10 is around P30K so that’s like P6000 off.

Only problem is the wait. Hope it comes before Bora!

Is this for reaaal???

Madonna’s arms look really scary!

To quote Chuvaness: “I really hope it’s photoshopped.”

Musings of the day c/o Post Secret

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P.S. I’ll get my groove back, promise.

Daily meditation chuvaness

Your emotions are your messengers.

To be true to yourself and to those around you, it’s a must to learn to manage your emotions. It is a critical step toward living a happy, successful, and fulfilled life. This doesn’t mean that you control them by ignoring them or repressing them, it simply means listening to them. What are they telling you?

When you let your emotions control you, you miss the message that they carry. When you ignore them for fear of what they might cause you to do or feel, they simply return as anger later.

Observe your self-talk as your emotions peak and fall. Tune in and identify any judgments you might have about the way you feel. These thoughts translate into what you believe to be true about yourself. They can be accurate or untrue and damaging. You decide if change is in order.

Papa bear

Tonight my sister and I had dinner with our dad. And again, we were amazed by Papa’s penchant for, er, useless stuff.

Right now it’s cellphone application downloads.

He showed us his latest—an application that enables your phone to be a mirror (now you know where we got the vain genes), one that enables you to play spin the bottle (as in seriously, just an application where you can literally spin the bottle thru touch screen! Spin the bottle for the tamad!), and the last…which was, for me, the winner…an application that will allow you to dial the old school way: a virtual old school phone dial.

Mina asked him (after he demonstrated the infernal thing to us), “Do you really use that???”

Papa’s reply: “Pag may time ako!”

HAHAHAHA.

Awww I love my dad! <3 That’s him floating:

If what you resist, persists…

Then how do I UN-resist it?

Is there a reset button?

Hell at work begins again!

Not that I’m complaining. I’m lucky I have a job. And one that I like too. And the point is?

Nothing…sometimes I can’t explain it but I sort of feel like I’m this sponge absorbing both the negative and positive energies around me and lately I feel like it’s more of the former. I need to find my center again. Maybe it’s a sign I got to interview a yoga practitioner the other day. It’s time to be more grounded.

Lately I find myself holding my breath, without noticing it, like I’m expecting something bad to happen. Like something’s about to blow.

Aaack enough.

Need to ground.

The Zeph Post Sequel

Apparently, there’s a Part 2 in Facebook!

Here goes:
1. How long have you been together?
10 months…yeowza!

2. How long did you know each other before you started dating?
Almost a year after I thought at ALC that THAT dude looks like an ex-child star. Wehehe!

3. Who asked whom out?
He claims I did but I didn’t know it was a date so assuming sya! Hahaha

4. How old are each of you?
I’m 25, he’s 26.

5. Whose siblings do you see the most?
Both. He comes over here and sees my sister, I come over his place and see both of his!

6. Which situation is the hardest on you as a couple?
Hmmm. The intriga (and intrigeras) surrounding how we ended up together. It was quite tough but it helped us realize who our true friends are…and it actually made our relationship stronger. NAAAKS.

7. Did you go to the same school?
Oh hell no! He’s from that university in Taft which shall not be named. I’m from THE Ateneo. Waha UAAP season na!!!

8. Are you from the same home town?
Nope.

9. Who is smarter?
I’d like to say me but he’ll probably mock me, which is what I will do if he claims he’s the smarter one. So same wavelength.

10. Who is the most sensitive?
Ok fine. Siya. hahahaha I’m emotionally unstable. He’s the sensitive one who puts up with my moods. Wehehehe

11. Where do you eat out most as a couple?
In any of the restaurants in Rockwell. Last night it was in Banana Leaf because I was craving phad thai. A couple of times at Kaya for Korean Beef Stew. Also that cheesesteak place but that was takeout.

12. Where is the farthest you two have traveled together as a couple?
Boracay and Sagada!

13. Who has the worse temper?
He’s laughing as I say this: ME.

14. Who does the cooking?
The girl of course—Zeph! hahaha

15. Who is the neat-freak?
None of the above.

16. Who is more stubborn?
He keeps on stubbornly insisting that he isn’t stubborn at all.

17. Who wakes up earlier?
He says he wakes up 6:30. I say “uh-huh, sure.”

18. Who is more jealous?
He is. I’m not jealous. I’m just territorial.

19. Who eats more?
Hmmm. A tough question. He eats bigger portions. I eat more frequently. haha

20. Who does the laundry?
We both do…not.

21. Who’s better with the computer?
He is, but he’s Facebook-deficient. Ang baduy naman ng last question.

Pfft

I don’t know what’s up with me lately. I’ve been feeling a tad emotional ever since, well, I guess it started when Z’s lola passed away. It just reminded me even more about how fleeting life is.

I do not like death. I do not take kindly to it. But here it is again, subtly making its presence felt. It started with my dinner with Au and the gang. Au shared that a friend of hers got married and then five months and a baby on its way later, the young hubby dies of a heart attack. And then, there’s A’s and Z’s lolas.

I’ve been the nice, supportive girlfriend the past few days and he probably thinks it’s because he has what he calls “the lola card.” But really, seriously, it isn’t that. I just realized that, haaaay, the petty fights just aren’t worth it. All my stupid mood swings, my stupid drama queen episodes, they aren’t worth anything.

I guess this is what frustrates me the most—I let these things happen and now, I am just beating myself up over it. Which, of course, doesn’t really amount to anything either so I should just stop.

Life’s actually pretty simple but I just LOVE making it complicated by “processing” myself too much.

I suddenly recalled that famous quote by Socrates, The unexamined life is not worth living. I’m one for examining one’s life every now and then but to do so ALL THE FRIGGIN TIME…it’s just too much. Where is the “living” part in that? How can you even examine your so-called life when you are just sitting there all the time doing all this examining analyzing blah blah blah. What’s the friggin point? Yes, reflection is definitely something we all need to take a step back and see how we are doing. But some people just take it to the extremes!

I mean come on. You have a headache, you ask yourself why. You are feeling a little bit blue, you send yourself depressed from thinking too much about why why why. I think we should all just stop with the WHY overdose and just DO. Just Be.

You feel lonely, then let yourself feel the sadness. You feel happy, then treasure the happy feeling that lingers. You feel confuse, then acknowledge you are confused. You feel angry and hurt about how things ended with an ex, then enough with the denial and just face the damn thing. Things, I’ve learned, will always ALWAYS fall into it’s rightful place.

Rock bottom always means there is nowhere else to go but up. It’s the lowest of the lowest. So things are bound to improve after. Take that as a consolation. The worst is pretty much over from then on.

Hay.

Okay, I’ve vented. Time to sleep. I am exhausted.

Today

…marks the first day I actually DREAD going to work.

Sad because I never really thought I’d see the day. Oh well, I am optimistic and will just have to see the glass half full.

Have a nice day everyone!

Desperately seeking sushi?

If you want to try really good Japanese food, I suggest you head on over to Umu, Dusit Thani Manila’s claim to (Japanese) fame. Hehe

Check out their yummy Unagi Maki:

More about it at Restless Wander. Happy eating!