off to dhaka

i haven't packed yet, and i'm off to dhaka for a Project Visit later. my flight is at 3PM and expected to land there at 1am. i won't be on air for 9 hours' straight naman;  there is a 3-hour stop over in KLIA -- not enough time to window shop and buy goodies but still some petiks time to spare and enjoy a moment of eureka!

i pack light even when i'm away for 5 days.   i remember packing light when i was gone for 10 days last year.  i don't dress up complicated;  either i don't have bongga outfits or i'm too lazy to bother to make me look fabulosa when in public given my spartan selection of clothes.  

i have more peace of mind now because lee started to eat normal again.  he has been lazy and quiet for the past 2 days and preferred to doze off directly facing their electric fan.  he didn't even like taking his vitamins, which was something that worried me more!  the good side of this, however, was that bo and tom were not bothering him at all.  lee was not included in their rough play, and they let him chill even when they had to run around him or jump over his dozing state.  but lee is so back that i have, again, 3 very active boys turning our house upside down.  (sometimes, i feel so wicked being content that one or the other suddenly decides to be in his best behavior and just nap and nap. yup, sue me for being evil for 10 seconds!)

i hope to be able to blog even when i'm there, or at least, post food entries that are actually effortless and no-brainer posts specially since all i'd do is point and shoot.  i hope i will not get lazy over this.

i feel so accomplished this week, and i thank God for being in control and for sending angels in my midst.  i finished an interview for my case study, and i was relieved it was over because it was the most elusive respondent i have.  not because he was unaccommodating, it was just that he was THAT busy, flying from one province to another, and i was not able to track him down until he told me that i could see him in manila.  how convenient was that!

when all these months i sat on something for the looonnnngggeeessst time possible due to a lot of reasons, my busy sked included;  i finally finally took a step and is now meant for another.  konti na lang (raw) at matatapos na.  this next one could be the most dramatic but it is the key to unlocking the door to freedom.  thank you Lord!  mabilis lang pala talaga.  in hindsight, i thought if i acted on it as methodologically, conscious of timelines, etc., i would have been done months ago (and would probably be just in a waiting game now).  but i felt that everything has its perfect timing, and now is.

has it been 3 years? one of the more unexpected but welcome surprises in my life is mr p.  and i super like what he gave me for our anniversary.  the curry LC that i have been searching for.  it was always sold out in airports even in the malls in KL, yet a local seller posted it on her FB.  and i have one now.  "salamat honey! nakatipid ako at hindi ko kailangang patayin ang sarili ko sa raket."  now, what do i get for him?  i'm so purita kalaw that i know i cannot afford what he wants (and needs).  since he's okay with whatever i get for him anyway, maybe i'd just get *toot*. (at pinagpawisan daw ako sa mahal!)

(i have to start packing now .. arrgghhh... this is so bitin na post!)