So we’re off to somewhere touristy. I’ve been waiting for this moment for moths now and I can’t believe we’re just hours away from getting on that plane that would take us there. I don’t know what to expect. Perhaps hot, humid weather, great food, and even greater beaches. No noisy neighbor whose buses wake me every single morning. No ekg but I promise to deal with that as soon as we’re back. No TV. So it would be 6 days of bliss. I swear to take take full advantage of every single day as it would be months before anything like this happens again. Not to mention, school is just less than a month away.
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It’s concert season. Lady Gaga, Backstreet Boys and New Kids on the Block, and just recently Vertical Horizon and Sergio Mendes. Isn’t it amazing that these foreign artists now choose to include Manila in their concert tours?!! Whereas in the olden days (my time), we rarely had concerts to watch. But look at the concert scene now, it’s stuffed “cover to cover” with big name artists. Although this is good but it overlooks one possibility – concert fanatics would be broke faster than one can imagine. With these back to back concerts (sometimes only a week apart), one doesn’t get the chance to breathe or in the case of money, time to save. Tickets are ridiculously expensive with general admission ticket (a mile away from the concert stage) costing around $25 to 30 bucks. It’s crazy. So I want to watch Back Street Boys but I’m having second thoughts now. One ticket can already buy air fare for one (regular fare) or two (seat sale) to Vietnam or Indonesia or even 1 or 2 pool heat pumps. But it’s Backstreet Boys and I love them. So do you get my dilemma?
Anyway, here’s a video of BSB’s most popular song.
I keep complaining and muttering about being busy and about not taking on another work but then just two weeks ago, I took on another job. Crazy. Insane is the word. Anyway, I’ll tell you about this exciting yet nerve-wracking project when it’s finished. But I can tell you this now…I can’t sleep properly because of it. I’ve been having headaches too. And as rewarding as it may seem, I won’t put myself up for another one of this stressful jobs. I may need to consider those Disney World Vacation Packages being offered in the internet just to take out all the stress molecules I’ve managed to collect in the past two weeks. I need to be in the happiest place on earth after this.
Happy Easter, people. Don’t you think the long weekend came by so fast? Sneaky, sneaky. Just two weeks ago, it felt like the days were moving ever so slowly. And now that school is out, the long weekend itself flies so fast. It’s now Sunday. It was just 3 days ago that I sat on my bed planning for this weekend and now it’s almost over. Sneaky little hours.
I sure hope that you enjoyed while it lasted. So it’s another week of grueling work and errands. Good thing I got to relax a bit before I do all this:
• plan for our upcoming Kota Kinabalu trip
• plan for my son’s birthday next weekend
• schedule floor tile replacement while still possible
• finish at least 10 more vintage clothing articles
• update blogs (3 posts minimum)
• catch up on Mad Men Season 5
Happy Easter!
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Nothing like summer tunes to make you whole again. Do you agree? And with summer tunes are images of road trips, family reunions, picnics and the beach. It’s impossible not to associate summer with music. So what’s your summer song? Mine is the Ocean by Led Zeppelin with the fantastic guitar playing of no other than Jimmy Page. It makes me wonder what type of guitar he used to play with. Was it peavey cirrus because he’d never use low quality guitars? Anyway, summer’s just around the corner and I can’t imagine anything better than Ocean blasting in my car with my hair loose, the warm air blowing in my face, and the promise of a spectacular view of sun, sand and the blue sky.
I can’t wait for summer.
The travel bug bit me again. In less than a month, we’ll be in Hongkong. I can barely contain my excitement. I just know I’ll have fun. After putting up with so many errands,chores and work, I think it’s about time to put my feet up and relax. Although I can’t say for sure if I’ll be able to put my feet up literally during our HK trip as there would be a lot of walking around, sightseeing and of course, shopping. But just a teeny bit of shopping. Yeah, no reason to splurge and I’m kinda wishing I have a Visa reward card so I’d get points for every item I purchase during the trip. It would truly make me feel less guilty.
So I have about less than a month to finish all my to-dos before departure. So good luck to me.
Hello July! Can you imagine it’s July already? We’re already half way through 2011. Time really flies period. Whether you’re having fun or not. I feel like I just celebrated my birthday last February, just moved in to our new home, and just recently ushered in 2011. And now we’re just 5 months shy to another year. Can you believe that?
So while I suddenly felt the rush of everything happening so fast, I also felt the need to slow down and check on things past. And I must say that I’m pretty pleased. I’ve managed to put up 5 blogs in less than half a year (4 of which are earning blogs), established and fixed up our new abode, flew to Singapore with just me and my little girl, and managed to put my son through 5 years of College (this is his last year). Incredible, yes?! Not bad…It feels good to look back and realize that I kinda stuck to my original goals. It’s also a good thing that I’ve managed to capture all those memories and important milestones in pictures and videos. It really does pay to lug those digital cameras around. Both momentous or simple events are worth capturing as it would be nice to look back and relive the past even in just photos.
My son graduating in college this school year.
My little girl during our trip to Singapore.
She had so much fun at Universal Studios Singapore.
My bedroom window in our new home.
So what’s in store for the remaining months? Tons and I can’t wait.
I love Cameron Crowe. I think he’s just a brilliant writer and director. I love all the movies he wrote and directed especially Almost Famous, Elizabethtown and Singles. I also love Vanilla Sky for its soundtrack. All his movies have simple storyline. You can relate to them whether you’re 15 or 60. Plus they have amazing soundtracks. Remember Singles the movie? It’s definitely 90′s music and he captured the 90′s buzz, made it into a movie and created a compilation of songs that even the generation now loves.
So when I watched Up in the Air on HBO while we were in Singapore, I thought I was watching a Cameron Crowe movie. But I had second thoughts coz I know all his movies and if he ever had one shown last year or just recently, I would have heard about it. But the choice of songs, the feel and texture of the movie, the character development, the lines, and all the others are definitely Cameron Crowe signature. But I was wrong. The director is Jason Reitman who also directed Juno, also one of the more memorable movies of all time…in my opinion. He also did the screenplay. Brilliant. I love this type of movies. Simple but it gets you. There’s a slight ache in the heart. A certain sting that stays long after the movie has ended. It’s the type of movie you won’t get tired watching over and over. Plus it has an equally and amazingly great soundtrack. The songs have such an impact on the movie you actually remember the exact scenes and the lines of the characters.
And these are my favorites…
Goin’ Home by Dan Auerbach
Taken at All – Crosby, Stills & Nash
Help Yourself by Sad Brad Smith
I’ve been busy ever since we got back from a short vacation in Singapore. I’m busy updating my blogs which is harder for me this time since I’m still in vacation mode. And as if my week couldn’t get any busier, MG’s birthday is also this week. Yes, it’s on Thursday. I haven’t even gotten over the menu planning, invitations and the whole shebang of my son’s 21st birthday and here I am again, organizing a birthday party. But this would be for the family only and perhaps I’ll invite my neighbors if they’re free. What I initially planned was to go on a road trip to Subic or Baguio but MG’s new school has an orientation for the new students this Saturday. So that plan is a no go for now. Besides with most students in school now, there might not be enough emergency roadside assistance from government agencies compared to when kids were still on vacation. It’s a bit risky driving long distance when there’s no help around when you get a flat tire or something. Which reminds me, my car is due for another maintenance. Actually, it was due over a month ago but since I had so many things to do, I kept postponing it.
I’ll schedule it early next week. This week is really impossible.
I have a love affair with this particular scent from the House of Givenchy. In fact our love affair started way back in high school when I snuck this out of my mom’s closet and claimed it as my own. My Amarige. It never fails to impress. Everytime I wear this scent, I get asked by strangers, particularly men, what scent I’m wearing. But don’t get me wrong. I don’t wear this to lure men into my web. I wear this because I love the scent.
Now, we’ll see if my budding affair with Anna Sui’s Secret Wish would endure as long as my love affair with Amarige.
By the way, I bought these two at the Duty Free shop in Changi Airport on the way back to Manila. It was a good thing I found Amarige because my stash is running low.
My first entry to Mommy Jes’ Shopping Bag meme.
