i know i am blessed beyond measure but i never got to sit down and write about it. if it weren't for a friend's Happy List, which i enjoy reading so much, and being encouraged to write my own (an eye-opener to really be thankful and going public about my happy-ness!), i am starting "My Packets of Joy."
1. breakfast dates with Mom. she cooks my fave almusal --- fried rice, egg (with tomatoes and onions) and a main dish --- tuyo, tocino, sauteed Rosebowl spicy sardines, cheesedog, or whatever re-heated left over there is. the best part about our breakfast is eating heartily without feeling guilty (as it is the first meal of the day and HAS to be heavy to sustain me.. spell e-x-c-u-s-e.); and our conversations. despite my old age of 36 (i'm turning into a wicked, older hag in July), mom looks after me all the time. she is still sincerely and naturally concerned about my future (personal and professional) and is as committed to my own commitments (e.g. Bo Lee Tom) i know she never stops to pray for me, which i know i need (ha!), and she loves me through and through, no matter how fat she has made me become. (she told me the other day that i must lose weight because i have a big stomach (my excuse was i was drinking too much Coke, which i never did when i was single!) and that i have double chin already (i no longer had any excuse because a double chin was a clear indication of my fat-ness. *weep* thankfully, i love her and respect her so much that i was able to stop myself from creating "my drama moment" and saying, "wag mo kasing sarapan ang luto mo! tama naaaaa!!!! gutumin mo na lang ako kasi. kasalanan mo ito lahat! mom!"
2. mango cream pie from red ribbon. my pamangkins are staying with us until friday, and i am fond (as they are) of bringing home pasalubongs so i decided to buy mango cream pie after my pedicure yesterday.
anything mango is love. there was one time when kix and i went to amici just to eat their ice cream cakes --- he had mango sansrival, and i had mango symphony.
i am not really surprised why i am heaviest during summers. i.just.cannot.stop.eating. i am such a glutton. but i eat what i like so that brings immeasurable happy calories.
3. my red nails (hot tamales please!) courtesy of Dashing Diva in Trinoma. i seldom get my nails painted because they chip fast but when i do, i like screaming red polish. i feel so empowered and brave wearing red. i always have to get my toe nails cleaned because i get dry skin fast. i like the feeling of being tortured with care (thanks mae!), and getting my (almost) weekly pedi is one of the few luxuries i allow myself to indulge in (pedi-mani is more for hygiene so it's not luho!).
4. being told that i am the nicest person at work and the sweetest, not to mention, efficient and ever hard-working --- (as told) case in point, when i rush to the nearest lotto outlet because mom asks me (by text) and sends me all her numbers and i get to pay for all of her taya (i do want to believe that i'm good natured because the person who said i was good was such a church-goer and a really nice person to begin with). may credibility ang lola nating yun!
5. a dinner date invite from mr p -- i get a text that we would be eating out instead, and i get to pick where --- and since i am such a glutton, i pick the resto, where i can have a full course meal --- starters, main and dessert --- and a band playing all those songs i know and could sing too!
6. no fuss, no MMK moment for my A case, which is ongoing (and seemingly moving fast!). thank God for C, who is not only a friend and a kababayan but one very practical, pretty lawyer, who takes into consideration my work schedule and my purita kalaw status that she gives me a lot of freebies when we meet up in calapan --- free ride, free breakfast, and a lot of tsismis and kwentos! (i so like!) i want to be like her when i grow up --- a no-stress lawyer with a red Goyard tote! *drools*
7. our new grill, which we broke in during the Holy Week --- we decided to observe a seafood feast diet, and i went to Farmer's Market to hoard tuna steak, pusit lumot, suahe, maya-maya and crab claws. i made shrimp skewers (shrimps marinated in lemon and salt) with onions, tomatoes and green/bell peppers but it was mr p who did the grilling.
8. movie and tv series' marathons. while i miss going to the cinemas for the motion of doing so --- i can enjoy movies at home, including eating limitless junk food, and pausing the film, when i need to pee. during the Holy Week, i was able to watch Paranormal Activity 2, The Rite (to be watched again as there were not English subtitles for the Italian exorcism rites' part), Just Go With It (starring Jennifer Aniston and Adam Sandler), Cinco (the last movie of AJ Perez) and the recent episodes of The Mentalist, Flashpoint, CSI and American Idol.
simon cowell was a gem in A.I. i miss him, and A.I. is no longer as fun (and credible!) but i still watch A.I. because i am a certified masochist.
9. the trailer of HP7, which gave me goosebumps the size of lamp posts along roxas blvd.
10. my King Ra pendant from bing (my friend from APSM and sis in ALNP) from Cairo, which i use with my chain and P pendant --- i like my Ra pendant for two reasons: it is an unexpected present, and it goes well with my seemingly blah P and chain. (which also means i have to lose weight because i feel so sakal wearing this chain because it's quite short (read: almost the choker type. i just don't have double chin, i now have a thicker neck! argh.)
11. my balikan trip to Mindoro for my A case. i was never to travel alone, that fast and in a roro but for my "clearinghouse" project, i must. while i would have wanted to stay longer and be with relatives (mom's sisters are there), my boys and i miss one another, which always always direct me to going home straight from the court. my route: home-pier-court-pier.
12. my boys (Bo Lee Tom) make me more patient and a flowing source of love. they are my pseudo-trial phase of parenthood. i cannot imagine home without them, even when there have been times when i wanted to scream and walk out because they tire me (with all those rough plays that turned our living room upside down).
13. checking that vacancy, which remains vacant up to this day --- i do hope it is still open when i do decide to leave and find a new job.
14. being told by mom to go back to law school because i'm meant for it (after my aunt envisioned that i will be a fiscal at 41.) the million dollar question is: am i brave enough to take the 1st step --- entrance exams? my mom is such a fan.
15. being pala-absent lately for my research interviews and katamaran attacks on the side and not being told. (swerte lang.)
16. realizing that i have a lot to be thankful for, and stopping at 15 for now. i need to make sure i am within my week's delivery of packets of joy so i have the next to look forward to.
1. breakfast dates with Mom. she cooks my fave almusal --- fried rice, egg (with tomatoes and onions) and a main dish --- tuyo, tocino, sauteed Rosebowl spicy sardines, cheesedog, or whatever re-heated left over there is. the best part about our breakfast is eating heartily without feeling guilty (as it is the first meal of the day and HAS to be heavy to sustain me.. spell e-x-c-u-s-e.); and our conversations. despite my old age of 36 (i'm turning into a wicked, older hag in July), mom looks after me all the time. she is still sincerely and naturally concerned about my future (personal and professional) and is as committed to my own commitments (e.g. Bo Lee Tom) i know she never stops to pray for me, which i know i need (ha!), and she loves me through and through, no matter how fat she has made me become. (she told me the other day that i must lose weight because i have a big stomach (my excuse was i was drinking too much Coke, which i never did when i was single!) and that i have double chin already (i no longer had any excuse because a double chin was a clear indication of my fat-ness. *weep* thankfully, i love her and respect her so much that i was able to stop myself from creating "my drama moment" and saying, "wag mo kasing sarapan ang luto mo! tama naaaaa!!!! gutumin mo na lang ako kasi. kasalanan mo ito lahat! mom!"
anything mango is love. there was one time when kix and i went to amici just to eat their ice cream cakes --- he had mango sansrival, and i had mango symphony.
3. my red nails (hot tamales please!) courtesy of Dashing Diva in Trinoma. i seldom get my nails painted because they chip fast but when i do, i like screaming red polish. i feel so empowered and brave wearing red. i always have to get my toe nails cleaned because i get dry skin fast. i like the feeling of being tortured with care (thanks mae!), and getting my (almost) weekly pedi is one of the few luxuries i allow myself to indulge in (pedi-mani is more for hygiene so it's not luho!).
4. being told that i am the nicest person at work and the sweetest, not to mention, efficient and ever hard-working --- (as told) case in point, when i rush to the nearest lotto outlet because mom asks me (by text) and sends me all her numbers and i get to pay for all of her taya (i do want to believe that i'm good natured because the person who said i was good was such a church-goer and a really nice person to begin with). may credibility ang lola nating yun!
5. a dinner date invite from mr p -- i get a text that we would be eating out instead, and i get to pick where --- and since i am such a glutton, i pick the resto, where i can have a full course meal --- starters, main and dessert --- and a band playing all those songs i know and could sing too!
6. no fuss, no MMK moment for my A case, which is ongoing (and seemingly moving fast!). thank God for C, who is not only a friend and a kababayan but one very practical, pretty lawyer, who takes into consideration my work schedule and my purita kalaw status that she gives me a lot of freebies when we meet up in calapan --- free ride, free breakfast, and a lot of tsismis and kwentos! (i so like!) i want to be like her when i grow up --- a no-stress lawyer with a red Goyard tote! *drools*
8. movie and tv series' marathons. while i miss going to the cinemas for the motion of doing so --- i can enjoy movies at home, including eating limitless junk food, and pausing the film, when i need to pee. during the Holy Week, i was able to watch Paranormal Activity 2, The Rite (to be watched again as there were not English subtitles for the Italian exorcism rites' part), Just Go With It (starring Jennifer Aniston and Adam Sandler), Cinco (the last movie of AJ Perez) and the recent episodes of The Mentalist, Flashpoint, CSI and American Idol.
simon cowell was a gem in A.I. i miss him, and A.I. is no longer as fun (and credible!) but i still watch A.I. because i am a certified masochist.
9. the trailer of HP7, which gave me goosebumps the size of lamp posts along roxas blvd.
11. my balikan trip to Mindoro for my A case. i was never to travel alone, that fast and in a roro but for my "clearinghouse" project, i must. while i would have wanted to stay longer and be with relatives (mom's sisters are there), my boys and i miss one another, which always always direct me to going home straight from the court. my route: home-pier-court-pier.
12. my boys (Bo Lee Tom) make me more patient and a flowing source of love. they are my pseudo-trial phase of parenthood. i cannot imagine home without them, even when there have been times when i wanted to scream and walk out because they tire me (with all those rough plays that turned our living room upside down).
13. checking that vacancy, which remains vacant up to this day --- i do hope it is still open when i do decide to leave and find a new job.
14. being told by mom to go back to law school because i'm meant for it (after my aunt envisioned that i will be a fiscal at 41.) the million dollar question is: am i brave enough to take the 1st step --- entrance exams? my mom is such a fan.
15. being pala-absent lately for my research interviews and katamaran attacks on the side and not being told. (swerte lang.)
16. realizing that i have a lot to be thankful for, and stopping at 15 for now. i need to make sure i am within my week's delivery of packets of joy so i have the next to look forward to.
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Nice one, Pie! That was easy and happy, right? Take care =)
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