chanson du soleil

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"Some things don't last forever, but some things do. Like a good song, or a good book, or a good memory you can take out and unfold in your darkest times, pressing down on the corners and peering in close, hoping you still recognize the person you see there."Sarah Dessen

weather's wonderful cuz we got to sleep all day, woke up 4pm and cooked. i made herbed rice and embutido in tomato sauce and made melon juice. and the boyf asked me if we can eat out cuz well, he said my rice is too salty but what he meant was, i'm such a bad cook, even i would not eat what i served. oh fml.

(: glaring at me is the fact that i ultimately cannot cook.

my TN attacks had zeroed in. i think i already have the remission. but, i'm not gonna celebrate. i still eat healthy. think inasal, fish, and broccoli kinda healthy. haha.

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i got an impromptu invite to be a godmother to Cee's daughter Nayeli. what joy would that be. free dinner and a new godchild.

so we had a lovely dedication dinner in apollo restaurant and had the chance to catch up with Cee and Rica who made me think that we should really move to taguig or makati. either way.

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everyone's growing up but me. anyway, i still have 10 years to fix my retirement. i have a year left to be a twenty-something tumbleweed but it's not going to be everlasting.

it feels odd; like when everyone's on the family way and getting married, i feel as though i will not fit in the category.

oh well, it's always great to pick the long way round. when traveling ithaca, you might've experienced her on every pit stops. so at the moment i'm in the phoenician market on road to ithaca.

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segue:
i don't think i should be guilty if i got a new purse from mango on payday then. haha.
i also truly miss my little imp, kenji. i wish dich would take him home this week.

DIY Monday

my boring wall. with the people whom i love dearly. old photographs. beads of perspiration and a little help from my worker elf.

easy like sunday morning

no, the weekend wasn't that easy because i wanted to slap myself for not going out saturday night because i'm way too chicken to make new friends. and there were ginormous errands. and i had to contend with reading a thesaurus while queuing for an hour at BPI, and thinking of a plan to pay my debt in 2 months time. grr.

oh, to grow up. nonetheless, diy-ing with sticky tacs and sharing cupcakes with kenji was loads of fun. made me happy to be on the day shift. ;p

God is indeed gracious!

lovely bones

accesories boxes, my tin cans are all rusty, i've had some of them since gradeschool. i love sturdy cardboard boxes, and when i am wealthy, i'd love to collect hat boxes to place undies in them. haha.

robe and my fave necklaces

hooks and purses- cheap and cheap alike

chargers, earphones, holiday balls in a clear plastic box, cee's japanese breakfast table, the butterfly covered Bible which i hardly ever read because i most times don't understand it- i needed discernment and conviction to really dig the stuff there, sometimes what's inside is above my head and my heart. and framed pictures from my first class everrrrrrrrrrr.

lavender incense sticks and a dried yellow rose.

new use for hooks! instead of having all my purses lying around the floor, getting musky and dusty.

mismatched linens, some books i've never read, and a cornucopia of things.

i found out that i have laceration on my gums that my bone is actually showing. good riddance. i will truly visit my dentist twice a year. the dentist series is becoming a serious issue over the holidays.

onthaotherhand, even if i'm totally freaked out with this lovely bone and the gaps on my teeth, i found cleaning and rearranging and placing hooks on my cream/ecru walls very helpful. even doing the dishes was sanctifying. ha-ha. some things of happiness will not cost you anything. domestication is actually blissful. ;p

i managed to sleep soundly at night and then wake up in the wee hours of the morning, and find myself reading audrey hepburn's bio. what a lovely person is she. i learned that she is part royalty too. and she has gone thru war-torn days. and bad relationships. ;p

happy holidays!

shabby chic

in my apartment- i want more:
storage space
great decorations without taking space
putting the natural light to good use
less dust and musky-ness
diy projects.

oh well, i'd really be happy with new shelves. i wish the owner added the shelving like the ones i had in cebu then.

images from real simple.