I just learned yesterday that aside from visiting the blokes in London, I'll be gallivanting around the castles of Scotland as well. :) N-I-C-E. Now, I can finally relive my childhood fantasies of being a real princess :)

Haay, ngayon kailangan kong magsaksak ng tiara sa maleta :)

DIS IS D LAYP!!!

I was chatting with a friend yesterday when she pointed out something to me.  Something so totally incredulous that I practically laughed my head off at its mere suggestion.

HUWAATT?!!!! Are you kidding me?!!!? As in trulili, sister??? (sorry, umandar na naman po ang pagkababaeng bakla ko, but I digress...)

Anyway, ganoon na ba talaga ko kadense? As in he (Guy No.1) was making da moves na pala to me and I never, as in ever, had a clue. Kaya pala my prof was teasing us na and a classmate was saying to me that he looks like (insert name of a local celeb here). Ako naman wala talaga...kahit ilang biro pa, wala lang patay malisya kasi I saw no malice naman talaga (I mean, in the way he treated me and the way he was so attentive to my needs, the way he was making small talk) coz all the boys in school naman were all gentlemanly, kind and friendly, especially towards me. (now don't get any ideas, I am not a flirt, it's just that I get along well with everybody, including girls... and boys and teachers do give me special attention because of my condition).  You know, they just go the extra mile to make me feel comfortable which I truly appreciate. Pero, kasi ayoko mag-assume kasi ako yung girl, di ba? nakakahiya naman mag-assume tapos idedeny ka (Showbiz ko talaga! hehehe, feeling artista daw o!)

Pero, cguro kaya hindi ko napansin kasi I was so fixated on this other guy (Guy No.2) who i had huge crush on na hindi naman pwedeng maging "kami" ever.  Akala ko wala lang yon kasi he's (referring to Guy No. 1) nice naman to everyone and since I've known him for quite a while, I know that he always goes the extra mile to make everyone feel comfortable kasi nga he's super nice (as in walang halong biro ha, at walang malisya). Sayang, di ko kasi alam coz I'm a greenhorn in these kinds of things (i.e. Founding Chairperson po ako ng NBSB aka No Boyfriend Since Birth Association, hahaha) and you are talking to a person who actually ran away from a potential suitor after receiving a rather lengthy straight to the point love letter in college, as in literal, ha, truly, sister, I am that pathetic!)

Well, sayang,  to tell you the truth, i would have give him a chance because I kinda liked him back in an absurd brotherly kind of way, and who knows that might develop into something more coz I'm definitely not closing my doors. Wish ko lang, I should have gotten a clue and given him more encouragement (besides academics I tell you, I am pretty dumb in the love department).  Haha, e di sana di na ko founding chairman ng NBSB chairman emeritus na lang!  (retired na...)

The daughter of my mom's best friend recently walked down the aisle to the tune of "The Prayer." It was so touching because she got all misty-eyed barely a few steps down that oh, so long red carpet as her parents barely contained themselves to look at her.

My mom was supposed to be a principal sponsor at their wedding but, unfortunately, she couldn't make it because of some commitments she had to do in London so Tita Ninette graciously "proxied" for her. 

Grabe, if I was the bride siguro, i could barely make it through even one-fourth of the aisle without backing out of my own wedding.  Seriously, I'd run back into my dad's arms because I'm such a daddy's girl and my other sisters could attest to this.  Call me crazy but I'd choose my ever reliable dad over any drop dead gorgeous guy anytime.

grabe, ang saya- saya :) as in

imagine, five years ko ring inawitan ito, as in, taon-taon...hahaha, sabihin ng makulit ako o sira ang ulo ko...

as in MTV style, i've officially been pimped...

visiting witnesslane.blogspot.com has been both disconcerting and satisfying, to say the least. it reminded me why I became a writer in the first place and why I chose this thankless profession. 

yes, I answered the call of pied piper, became a wordsmith and am now a peddler of dreams - sugarcoating the ugly, spinning the unspinnable and playing with words as if my life depended on it. I started out as idealistic as they come, complete with a superhero complex as if I'm out to save the world but, alas, the world suddenly fell apart and I realized halfway through mid-flight that my name is not Kael  (with the majestic red cape) nor am I the ONE whom they call Neo in "The Matrix." That, despite frequent flights of fancy and my predilection towards accomplishing and perfecting (yun naman eh...hahaha) anything that's seemingly impossible, you realize that you have to compromise and somehow make a living out of peddling words. 

I still have my convictions and am enkindling the same passion that I have -- it's just that it has been tempered by time and maturity and hopefully, by whatever snippets of wisdom that I have acquired through the years. (Naks, parang ang tanda ko na!)  

To all aspiring writers, a piece of advice from an older ate, continue write, read a lot and develop your own niche in an artistic or literary sense and never lose that sense of wonder or awe, if you must, for all things observed.  It doesn't pay well but it has far greater rewards than you can imagine.

One last thing, just don't become the ogre you once hunted.

the usual morning after poll...

who's smokin hot and who simply stunk 

(photos by people.com)

nicole kidman :super cherry pop and hotter than hot 

cate blanchett: metallic mesh goddess

rachel weisz: I see gold and all that jazz

AND

who's not...

jennifer hudson: the python look

beyonce: same old, tired old frou-frou

and presenting the look of ambivalence...

gwyneth paltrow: love the fit, the cutout back, the delicate pleats...but a big BUT the color's too sallow

there must be some kind of virus going around that makes people wanna get married or be pregnant. i mean, 3 weddings in the last 6 months or so among my friends and officemates... with a college barkada on the family way... is the air contaminated or what?

hah, such a sourpuss. 

nah, i feel really, really OLD

congratulations, efren and jas :) 

top: carla, eia and me with the newlyweds

above: me, lydz, edwin and yobs

bottom: me, edel, and lydz in church

hongkong airport....

stay tuned for more in-flight entertainment :)

peace out ayt, tyn