In Search of a Water-Proofed Life

How many times have you ran off under roofs when it starts to drizzle?
Remember why? The hair might get limp, the shirt might smell weird, the pants might shrink, the mascara might run..

Now remember back farther down memory lane to your gradeschool days when you can't wait for summer rain (and the occasional hale), so you can play tag under the sheeting rain... Oh you had fun, with your limp hair, your weird-smelling shirt, your pre-shrunk jeans, no mascara. Fun. You couldn't get enough.  :)

What happened between then and now? Job, college, the nice smelling stranger you don't even know, that Shampoo Commercial voice at the back of your head. Your barkada's jeer "baka dumami ka!" isn't helping either. Adult Happened. You are now a Grown-Up (say "yay, me!") . You are above the frivolities of childhood.

Or are you?

You know what? It's okay to walk under the rain sometime. It might do you better than the spa
You can always re-apply mousse on your hair, you can always change shirts, wear baggier pants, revlon has inexpensive waterproofed mascara. And don't worry, you're not a gremlin. :)

You don't have to waterproof yourself all the time. Although you may have to protect your gadgets :
water-proof bag , water-proof neck wallet , water-proof armband case

Now do the rain dance.:)

While My Guitar Gently Weeps

Minute I heard this song, I so wanted to play my guitar again. Oh didn't I say I have one? Coz I did, but it got lost.. (And now I think I want one just like this guitar)

I look at the trouble and see that it's raging, while my guitar gently weeps.

As I'm sitting here, doing nothing but aging, still, my guitar gently weeps.

I look from the wings at the play you are staging, while my guitar gently weeps.

As I'm sitting here, doing nothing but aging, still, my guitar gently weeps.

This was written by George Harrison of the Beatles, and was among the Rolling Stones' 500 Songs of All Time. If you haven't heard it yet (too busy, too young or too preoccupied maybe...), I hope you give it a chance.

You just might get inspired to learn playing guitar... or start playing again. :) There'd be two of us.

VCD format Guitar for Beginners

This might just be the guitar meant for only you :)

Happy Singing :)

Love in the Time of FB

 To him she seemed so beautiful, so seductive, so different from ordinary people, that he could not understand why no one was as disturbed as he by the clicking of her heels on the paving stones, why no one else's heart was wild with the breeze stirred by the sighs of her veils, why everyone did not go mad with the movements of her braid, the flight of her hands, the gold of her laughter. He had not missed a single one of her gestures, not one of the indications of her character, but he did not dare approach her for fear of destroying the spell.
                                                                                         ~Love in the Time of Cholera

 Facebook may not have the physical maladies of the disease, but the emotional rollercoaster you get from FB's TMI (too much information) might just be more devastating for the modern woman (or man.) But of course it would be a disservice to Cholera to compare facebook to its 18th century drama.

I'm not sure if I have a point. But if ever I have one, it is this: Love is timeless. So is love lost. So are broken hearts.

Those inlove are often too giddy to read books. But if you're not among the giddy ones, here are some good reads for you and your kleenex :) For dads and daughters , for women , if you wanna live life like an adventure: Listen to this book

Mickey Mouse Laptop and My 32 y.o. self

While browsing the site, this netbook caught my eye: Mickey Red Lenovo

My concern is, I'm not that young (although I look 25. Ha..Ha..), and a Mickey Mouse Laptop might look too juvenile and cute for me (although I, too, look cute. Doube Ha.ha)

It has an Intel Atom N80 Processor, a good enough Graphics Card (for a netbook atleast), a 1 GB Memory. And more importantly (the Ladies would agree, because they'll know where I'm coming from) ~ it's called an Idea Pad. ~ just might provide me with great ideas (not necessarily productive ones, mind you). :)

Best of all, it's available in my favorite color. And the Mickey Mouse Design is artsy and cute (and without the irritating Mickey Mouse voice. :)

If you too, are looking for some models: Street Black Inspiron, Purple Dell

Or if you just want a digital photo frame

I'm hopeful overall :)

1 Song on Loop

It's been 3 hours now. I have A Fine Frenzy's Almost Lover  on loop. Maybe it's the weather, or maybe just my mood, but this song is quite touching me today in a way not even Lifehouse's Hanging By A Moment can't.

Well, I never want to see you unhappy, I thought you'd want the same for me...

Goodbye, my almost lover, Goodbye, my hopeless dream

I'm trying not to think about you, Can't you just let me be?

So long, my luckless romance, My back is turned on you

Should've known you'd bring me heartache...
Almost lovers always do.

And the clincher:
Did I make it that easy to walk right in and out of my life?

Are you in the mood for some music? Check these out:
Jack Johnson : if you like John Mayer, you just might love this guy too
James Taylor : I didn't expect I'd like his songs as I do now, considering it's from another era. Love really is timeless :)


See you tomorrow! <3

PVDS (Post Valentine's Day Syndrome)

I'm sure there is such a thing ~ PVDS. Maybe it has not been well-researched yet. Or maybe it has not been conceived by the scientific world, YET. Yet, is the operative word. Soon it will be. And when that happens, I'll be first in line to volunteer as a specimen! PVDS, onlinemaller style. :)

Since last friday, February 12. I observed myself having a higher PTB (Propensity To Buy) ~ or in layman's term (more honest term, you mean) ~ I have been more shopaholic. I'm sure the psychologists out there would say I'm trying to fill a void. And the finance analyst would say I'm jeopardizing my future net worth. I'd say, I wouldn't know. As I've said, I'm willing to volunteer as a specimen. Test me then. For now let me shop.

Good thing is, I left my atm card in another wallet so I wasn't able to purchase anything yet. But here are some really interesting things I have my eyes on : an Italian Leather Bracelet , a Hello Kitty Phone , and of course a cute ruffled dress for moi.

Soon. Like Tomorrow Soon.

I'm not sure whether to be excited or pressured or (in local parlance) Dedma for tomorrow. Because yes, it's almost here. Soon like tomorrow soon (insert sound effect): VALENTINE'S DAY!

Valentine's Day is the adult version of Christmas. Cupid is snowman, paper cutouts decorate our windows like candy canes do to the Tree. If Christmas smells like pine needles and turkey, V-day would smell like chocolates and roses, and sometimes a whiff of candlelit dinner.

Some days like today, I think V-day is so nauseating and overrated (concocted by marketing people of the flower industry).

Some days, I kinda need it, V-day. Brings me back to simpler (and younger) times. To times where it's normal to get Kilig. And Dedma hasn't been coined yet.

Some days I love V-Day. Just because people are generally kinder and sweeter and gentler.

Some days, I hate then like then Love V-day.
Some days, like today.

Happy Valentine's Day Dearies. Send some love!