for a laugh

im giggling.

one of the things i do when im bored and have nothing to do, is to look through holiday photos..and when i miss my family, i look through cebu photos...


there was an album (three actually) where the family were doing our weekly swim at the local pool just for a "swim" (adrian loves to swim). for three weeks, weve been going to this local pool near where we live in minglanilla.

its an average pool, has no star rating, but good enough for a nice lunch out, and a good exercise. plus no one is around during weekdays, you practically own the pool.

i cant really post all the photos as there are alot of "embarassing" shots in it. [paging Ana-the diving shot; Karla-the candid two piece; roi and suzette and of course, myself, where i look like a floating lilo]


most of the photos made me laugh out loud.

let me share you some funny ones (well, funny to me,at least).

it reminds me of how childish we get when we are with family.


tadahh!!!.

demonstrating to nieces and nephews how to swim,LOL...









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i told you its funny...and slightly disturbing..hehe.

the difference between then and now

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how can one's taste change?

i can't say for sure.

but all i know, that for the past few years, i am drawn to nice and 'buotan' people than the opposite.

when i was younger, i used to go for cool, interesting individuals (regardless whether theyre catty, or not their behavior is).

now, i still go for cool and interesting individuals, but most all of, i am drawn to someone's inside beauty and their demeanor more than anything.


if you're buotan,humble, and nice, you instantly become, genius, sexy and powerful in my eyes.

youre the coolest of the cool, the star in the bunch,and the cream on my pie. i'd fall head over heels in love with you. (and thats without a pun..ask my family how id "love" friends, youd think im a foolish teenager in love for the first time).


[your dress sense might be like you're in a time warp, your english might be broken as the cheap NFA rice, your IQ might be below national average levels or your face might look like angelina jolie after a botched up operation, but these wouldnt matter, you'd look the most gorgeous person on earth to me, and the most inspirational one at that].


afer all, unsaon man nang, bright, gwapa, pero ang batasan dili makaon sa iro?


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there are values i want to instill in my younger siblings and the people around me, that i care for.

and if i start being with people whose values, id rather not show them, im actually contradicting myself.


i want to be with people that inspire me to be a better person. someone who will guide me to do good, than evil.

because if not, im sure giving my deposit to one big apartment in hell.


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when i say nice/buotan, i dont even mean, a philanthrophering type, or the ones who are always giving to charities, or saving the world-kind. (charity is a way of life..some people give to charities but cant even give to their own relatives, talk about hipocrisy to the highest level.i always think charity starts at home).

i dont even mean someone who is religious or someone who goes to church everyday--no nothing like that (i hardly go to church myself). and as we all know, people can be religious without any spiritual effect.


what i mean with buotan, is simply that. buotan. dili mangaway, dili mag-una una, dili manghilabot basta dili hilabtan, dili mang judge, dili magbuot-buot, ug dili mag rumor mongering. (ive got those kinds in one "auntie" already, so i thank heavens im done with those type).


someone who just wants to deal with life, peacefully and lovingly, and who will be happy for others happiness, those to me are buotan. and i like that.

gaan dad-on ang buotan, dont you think? less drama. less chismis, less opportunities to sin against mankind. less headaches.and heartaches.


who said, i have big requirement criteria from friends?


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because NICE is the new black.

reservoir dawgs

11th,aug,2009
hanningfield reservoir

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A and i practiced hiking for 2 hours, around the reservoir area located locally to us..

good excuse to break our shoes in, to get used to hiking shoes, before going on our hiking minibreak at the Peak District on the bank holiday weekend...


before you're thinking im a hiking convert, not really. im just doing this for a birthday celebration for a friend who is turning 30 that weekend, Chelson.

Chelson is a hiking fanatic and he goes on these tours 4 to 6 times a year..his main goal is to do the Himalayas. but because he is with his "unfit" friends..he is doing a steady excursion in the Peak District this time.



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these are photos done while practicing with our new walking shoes...and it wasnt that easy, *pant,pant*




into the woods





in the garden eden, adam was posing for eve..lol.





still summery





back to Adam and Eve..where's eve?




looking for clues





birdwatching...we didnt have telescopes..were not birdwatchers at all,LOL.





coming out of the dingy dark birdwatching box...(i forgot what it was called)






firelogs...=)


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more photos..but im too lazy to load them.

there will be part two.

for now,let me sleep.

sweet dreams my lovelies.

dear ana, the squid

dear ana,

its now 7pm here. and i know its 2 am there.

i wish i could call you.

its an emergency.

i forgot how to cook mama's sizzling squid. and i heard you mastered it already.

its been a very long time since i last cooked it.

today i went to the fishmonger to buy fish for dinner, i saw the freshest juiciest squid.

i knew i had to have it.

i bought a third of a kilo.

then i realized, i vaguely remember how to do it.

i wish i could call you.

not only for the recipe.

but thats a good start.


sweet dreams little sis. and bid me goodluck for dinner.


love,

ate

xxx

[edit: hurot ang 1/3 kl. of squid...lami ra gihapon..naka-chamba]..=)

impromptu invite,impromptu sotanghon, impromptu bday party with longtime friends

yesterday, adrian thought of cheering me up by preparing a bbq for us. (he knows i looove my bbqs. "sugba-sugba" queen akong beauty).

[he planned something nice to do, but we cancelled it,because i was ill--the photos will prove it,LOL]

he got me fresh organic pork bellies, ribs, and chicken quarters.


i had a great morning, listening to classic fm in the kitchen, and by lunch time, til early pm, i was voicechatting with Ana and Mama over @ yahoo.


and ending up my day with a BBQ would have made it perfect.

so i thought.


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by 5 pm, we received a phone call from glen. he sounded apologetic and sad that i was ill and that i wasnt able to celebrate the night before,his birthday in a restaurant.

i said,i was feeling ok, but not the best.

he gave an idea for adrian and i to come over because him and cheryl thought of putting still having an intimate bday with mself and adrian.

i said, adrian and i are bbq-ing too, why dont they come over.

but he said, their daughter Yentl is home from uni, and they already got the bbq hot and ready already, and wished we could celebrate his birthday with them, even if i would just sleep the whole time in their couch..(oh, isnt that sweet? you could tell, when people want you to be present, wheter you are awake or not).

the ending?

cheryl made potato salad, and the appetizers.they also have burgers and sausages from their freezer which they used.

adrian and i bought over our marinated food (belly,ribs and chicken quarters)...and i made mango salad, and sotanghon for glen for long life*lol* (in a dash)..




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the mango salad, only glen and yentl and myself ate it, coz cheryl cant stand fish paste adrian too,LOL)

but the best hit of all, the sotanghon..it didnt make it to the main eating because cheryl,yentl and glen attacked it..

they love my sotanghon,LOL. (considering it didnt have all the ingredients because i made it impromptu).


*enjoy our pics from last night* excuse the horrible ill looking me...i am ill..



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cuban cigars




the habana name..reminds me of a family i know=)




samosa's and chilli sauce




the birthday boy..in a hat we bought from the Phils as pasalubong to him




Glen likes his JD's..Adrian likes his scotch whisky





glen,yentl and i couldnt help ourselves with the mango salad...(i wished it was green crunchy ones though)





father and daughter..Yentl and Glen




the godfather




the very ill me...cheryl thinks i got temperature..i laughed.





cherie amor




he hams it up for the cam when he noticed





lovely man he is..him and cheryl, are people we want to take to cebu one day..theyre so busy redoing their house in france, they dont have time to spare for a cebu vacation (yet)..but someday, they promised us..





philippine place mats we got for them as pasalubongs..from our last holiday..





food and dining..thats what brought us close together=)





just lovely food, impromptu at that




my chicken quarters found its way to cheryl's kitchen today,LOL (unplanned)




potato salad..cheryl's specialty




daisy boo...i love her..





the nicest smelling dog..thats why i love her..=)


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today i feel tired and sniffly. but its all worth it=)