I looked at the sky just to see what it felt like. I pretended I was pausing before telling him about the secret feeling of joy I hide in my chest, waiting, waiting, waiting for someone to notice that I rise each morning, seemingly with nothing to live for, but I do rise, and its only because of this secret joy in my chest.
miranda july, no one belongs here more than you
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looked for apartments for Chris' family after work today. we found two prospective places, the first one was sadly in its most dilapidated state unlike when i first saw it early this year, second one is on my street and is a 3 bedroom house with 2 baths, one that's made maybe in the late 80s with the crazy cat marble floor and a pretty medium sized chandelier, then the kitchen has a very low ceiling and it's located at the basement. who can live cooking in the basement? it's eerie. and the last place we were to check is rented. sayang.
my second sister would always try to jolly me out of my sour mood. i told her i lost weight cuz i don't wanna eat by my lonesome and i'm kinda happy at not eating too much and wanting to "act" like am plagued with some eating disorders. she tells me it's eeeeeew to lose appetite over one reason and tells me that she came up with ten things we hated about this person. i pretty much loved the item 3 cuz it says "he's thin and we're not, so discrimination!".. :)
they'll be here in less than 2 weeks. i am thrilled, i cannot wait.
there are unexpected people who hear me out lately. not that i really rant about it cuz i am normally like dut, but when i wear the longest face it's odd how guy friends who you honestly do not even count to make you feel a bit better are actually there. deduct teej cuz he is an ass most of the time when he wears this i told you so face.
at times, unexpectedly you become the center of the universe when you are miserable. people actually cooperate and put up with you to alleviate the exaggerated pettiness that is yourself. :)
naa ko jeepney going to sm late this afternoon and noticed that i actually have this fondness for this street everytime the jeep drives by on that location. i don't know the name of the street pero the architecture and the old houses are awesome. it makes you feel lucky to be living in this city.
andddddddd! sm is just a huge sea of faces. i don't like being blind.
at bongga si kuyo bob ong. may parting words.
"kahit ikaw ay parang bato na manhid at walang
pakiramdam, mag-ingat-ingat ka naman. dahil kahit ganyan ka,
hindi nasasaktan, kaya mo namang makasakit."
edits: happy 76th birthday jeremy. i don't ♥ you all the time, but i think i disliked johnny most often lately :) aside from work, thank you for always being the most present life coach and always untiring when it comes to giving counsel. You are (although you are already 76 years old) always level-headed, practical, and sound when you talk to me. hahaha. God Bless you and keep you.
this is so true...
ReplyDeleteisn't he a genius? bob ong is actually just a pseudonym. nobody knows who he really is. rumor is he's a professor from UP diliman.
why can't the world be devoid of sadness? sigh...
ReplyDeleteit stood for bobong pinoy or something, but that isn't suppose to be derogatory. :)
ReplyDeletei love him na. hahahahaha.
i love the email you sent me, am just posting in snippets :)
i could only say one thing mare. i am not sad, i am pissed, enraged, etceteras other than sad. mairits jud ko cuz i've always thought am tuso, tas ako diay naisahan. paeta. irits.
ReplyDeleteuhh, i'm not sure ha. i think bobong pinoy was created by fans of bob ong :)
ReplyDeleteyeah, a friend gave me one of his books for christmas a couple years ago. it was so hilarious. even if it was written in tagalog :)
any other time and i'd agree with you one hundred percent. just not tonight. sigh... sad is overrated. i need a new word for sad...
ReplyDeletem-w.com/thesaurus.com
ReplyDeletei cannot even think melancholy can be equated to sadness. gitamad lang ko work cuz i woke up upset. kabweset when you're in lalaland and you wake up to a really annoying sms.
lami mambarang taw. hahahaha.
me too, saw that when i googled him. i want good books for the holidays too! shucks. and i want the dummy guide for excel. hahahaha. or how to be an editor in chief of a fancy schmanzy fashion magazine/ dummies guide to be carla sibal. oh i love her!
ReplyDeletehehehe! she's pretty noh? she looks young for someone her age too.
ReplyDeletei miss reading. i've been reading a gaiman book for 4 friggin months. i don't know why i can't finish it. pfft. i wanna get the other bob ongs books. :)
haha! god i hate when that happens. it can ruin your entire day.
ReplyDeletemelancholy doesn't even begin to describe what i feel. grrr...
she is. :) ganahan gyud ko niya. i like the editor of vogue italia too. kalimot ko sa name. pero makaremember ko sa face. i'll be the editor of vogue bacolod. hahahahaha.
ReplyDeletei want gaiman/allende/ mccourt and chuck p.- cannot spell his last name. i want a copy of the english patient too. ahay. it's expensive to read!
hahahaha! i'm sorry, i don't read vogue. yeah, i'm a loser,i know. :-p BUT if you were to become a vogue editor, i would. nyahahaha
ReplyDeletepalahniuk. yea, he's cool. i wanna read murakami too. his books seem interesting. it is expensive to read! i haven't read mccourt since college... i've read the english patient. it was tedious to read, at least for me:)
i want easy reads, kaso lang i saw beautiful quotes out of the english patient, mao na i wanted to read it. the ateneo had good collections of books, i wasted 4 years burrowing my face on accounting books when in fact i was barely passing. i could've just read real literature and changed courses. sayang.
ReplyDeleteamen! should've been like me and kat, english majors. dba useful kay nag call center? hahaha!
ReplyDeletelagi sa? hahahaha. gaunsa ka run???
ReplyDeleteu back in etel?
nalubong nako sa excel and i don't get it. haha. i wish i could learn it the faster way. kanang kuyaw na kaau bah, with the pivot chennelins. hahahaha. grabeh, sayang gyud naminaw jud unta ko during high school or college.
no, i'm an associate content editor for the sunstar :)
ReplyDeletehahaha! excel's okay. i kinda know my way around it. though i'm not an expert. i don't know how to kick ass in excel. nyahaha
i'm officially envious. i wanna work there, kaso nagduha duha ko with the pay and if ever they'll accept me. i have a friend who works there. malou mozo. :)
ReplyDeletemare, i'm a minimum wage earner for the first time in my career! but tis okay, methinks. coz it's something new and it would look good on my CV.
ReplyDeleteit's a lot of fun,i'm learning loads. it's a whole new experience and totally different from working in a call center.
i don't know her. she's from the newsroom, perhaps? i work for the website. www.sunstar.com.ph
we choose stories from sunstar cebu and all other affiliates and post them on the website. it's for a global audience :)
i see. she works for the business section of the paper. :)
ReplyDeletei still need money. when am ready that's when i'd look for experience in the real world.:)
i need money too! god, i'm so poor. haha!
ReplyDeletei know who malou mozo is now. she's not working here anymore mare.
ReplyDeleteasa kaha sha gibutang ni Lord. :)
ReplyDeletehehehehe.
dunno. got juicy stuff about her. haha! :-p
ReplyDeletepaki delete sa comment after nimo mabasa mare :)
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