dead and alive

nephew: 'where's <toot>'s husband?'

mom: 'abroad... but they're already separated...'

nephew: 'ah... so that's the reason i don't see him anymore... i thought he has died...'

uhm... the person is alive but the love is dead... : }

inside and out

i was thinking of roaming around but last minute decided to just go home... good thing i did -> it turns out my top was inside out!  :"}

saving grace though, i noticed that even the inside was finely stitched... good even though not meant to be displayed... the way people should be, too...

no brains

five of us want to try mystery manila...

me: 'i don't wanna think, ok. i just want to go there but i don't want to analyze clues...'

cousin: 'me, too... i already have so many things to think about, i don't want to do any more thinking there...'

friend 1: 'i don't wanna think, too...'

friend 2: 'me neither!'

friend 3: 'same here!'

me: 'how are we going to get out if no one's going to do the thinking? someone has to analyze the clues so we could get out of the room...'

cousin: 'it's ok... let's just take pictures there...'

me: 'nyeh! i don't think you're allowed to take pictures... besides, when i go there i want to be able to get out because we were able to solve the mystery and not just because time's up...'

cousin: 'let's bring <hubby>... let him be the one to analyze the clues...'

me: 'and then we'll stress him out pressuring him to come up with the solution so we could get out?'

maybe we all should just go to dinner instead.. ; )

revelation

friend: 'you remember <schoolmate>?'

me: 'yes...'

friend: 'could you imagine he's a <very high-ranking government official> now...'

me: 'yeah... i was surprised when i first saw him on tv...'

friend: 'do you know that he flirted with me in college?'

me: 'he did?!'

friend: 'yes... he was even sort of conveying that he wanted to go to the house...'

me: 'oh, wow... do you know that he said 'i love you' to me in college? he even wrote me a letter...'

friend: 'really? well, he didn't say 'i love you' to me... it was just flirting...'

me: 'even then... you and i were always together in college... he liked us both?! was he doing things simultaneously??? good thing we didn't fall otherwise we'd be sharing a boyfriend and then we won't be friends anymore...'

friend: 'so the guy is like that?'

me: 'i can't believe i learned about this just now... after 20 years! i wonder what other things in the past i'd discover 20 years later..."

: }

welcome anytime

sister-in-law:  'i'm going to get you cake...'

me:  'thanks...  but don't anymore...  i already have...'

sister-in-law:  'what's your cake?'

me:  'baked cheesecake...  cheesecakes by guy...'

sister-in-law:  'mine's estrel's...  it's ok to have more if it's estrel's...'

me:  'hahaha...  true!  go ahead then...  you cannot have too much if it's estrel's...'

fave...  <3

paramount

so i was at a lunch buffet and amid all the varied dishes, i ate mainly potato wedges...  well, i love potatoes...  i liked their potatoes...  : )

the ex and i were at a dinner buffet before and after eating he told me, 'we went to a buffet and all you ate was dilis (anchovies, fried)!'

ei, i liked it so i ate to my heart's content...  ; p

an officemate reminded me we were at another buffet before and practically all i had was chocolate from the chocolate fountain...  instead of using it as a dip, i caught the flow in a cup and had it as a drink...  uhm, i liked it so i stuffed myself with it...  :"}

i guess for me, buffets are pretty much like the non-food world...  there are so many choices and you normally enjoy the variety but sometimes there's one that just jumps at you, it catches your full attention and everything else ceases to matter...

good and bad

me:  'try to do something good for others everyday...  no matter how small...  just try to make someone smile or make someone's day a little better...  it doesn't have to be grand...  but try to do at least one per day...  you, have you done anything good today?'

<toot>:  'the taxi driver...  my fare was P61...  i gave him a tip of P20...'

me:  'hmmm...  you really normally give tips...  but anyway, ok...'

<toot>:  'my classmate...  i let her copy my answers...'

me:  'what?!'

<toot>:  'she always gets very low scores...  i felt pity for her so this time i let her copy...  we both got perfect...'

me:  'i don't think that counts for good...'

<toot>:  'i did not copy...  only she did...  i just showed her my answers...'

me:  'regardless!'

:"}

past and future

me:  'what did he say?'

mom:  'i wish you were saturday and i were sunday so you'll be my tomorrow...'

me:  'huh?!  must be the other way around...  saturday is past not future...'

mom:  'oh, sorry...  i jumbled it...'

yup...  it's:

'i wish i were saturday
and you were sunday
so you'll be my tomorrow.'

if she were saturday that would be yesterday not tomorrow...

yesterday you leave behind;
tomorrow you look forward to.

<3 <3

beyond primary

me to niece:  'what's your favorite color?'

niece:  'black and teal...'

me:  'teal?!'

niece:  'yes...'

oh, wow...  what ever happened to red, yellow, blue?  :O

love your own

pretty celebrity on tv...

me:  'awww!  <celebrity>'s so pretty...'

sister:  'i didn't hear...  what did you say?'

me:  'i said <celebrity>'s so pretty...  but of course you're prettier...'

sister:  'you are prettier...'

ahahaha...  blood is thicker than water...  our faces, too...  ; )

close your eyes, open your heart

so my teenie door hanging fell when i entered the house...  guess what, my living room is sooo small and i couldn't find it!

they say if you stop looking it will appear...  uhm, so passive...  : }

but ei, pretty much like love...  you don't find love, it finds you...  <3 <3

bet and beat

karaoke...  engelbert humperdinck's 'love me with all your heart'...  guy with a heavy accent singing...

♩ ♪  every winter
every summer
every fall
<lalala>  ♫ ♬

and then, the last line...  ta-da!

♩ ♪  wed every bet of your heart  ♫ ♬

hehe...

come to think of it, when you love you put your heart on the line, right?  that's a gamble...  so yes, 'bet' is ok...  ; )

trees

talking pics...

cousin: 'we have this classmate and when you see her facebook pics, you'll see that she really has a good life... everything's happy... everything's nice...'

me: 'you know, that's really the nature of pictures... that's the nature of facebook... you take pictures of happy... you take pictures of nice... the pics that you post therefore would tend to show good times... don't tell me you're sad, you're crying and then you'll take pics... you're busy emoting you don't have pics, you're not likely to post...'

cousin's husband: 'why don't you try? start a facebook for sad...'

: }

teach him how to fish

normal-looking, younger than me guy tapping at my parents' gate...

me:  'what is it?'

guy:  'i'm seeking assistance...'

me:  'how can i help?'

guy:  'i'm the one who always comes here and asks for money...'

me:  'always?'

guy:  'yes...  your dad always gives me...'

me:  'he always gives you?'

guy:  'yes...'

me:  'you know, it shouldn't be always...  you look strong and healthy...  pass for now...'

\m/

generic

saw my niece's dog in the street...

i told her mom: 'chelsea's outside... far... past the corner already...'

cousin's friend: 'the japanese spitz?'

me: 'aw... i don't know anything about dogs... all i know is that it's chelsea...' :"}

cousin's friend points to an approaching dog: 'there it is!'

me: 'not that one... the one that looks like a chow chow...'

or maybe chelsea is indeed a chow chow... whatever... at least i'm sure chelsea is a dog... ;")

so?

navarro's bagoong and taba ng talangka in bottles...  no more serving spoon...

i see a serving fork previously used for the taba ng talangka...

me:  'can i use this on the bagoong?'

cousin:  'yes...'

me:  'won't it spoil the contents?'

cousin:  'no...  they're both navarro's...'

wut???

looks diff

maybe restaurants should hire food photographers in the kitchen so the food they serve would look like the one in the posters...  \m/

sounds diff

there's nothing like hearing someone sing 'chandelier'

♩ ♪  like notes do not exist
like notes do not exist  ♫ ♬

(hehe...)

to make you appreciate the talent of sia even more...

; p

raise the bar

mom wants to order pizza for someone...

me:  'why not cake?  a cake is more special...  i can go to conti's to get one unless it's really pizza you like...'

mom:  'okay...  cake and pizza...'

: D

high price

friend wants to go back to this nice and expensive place we dined in last year.

he has tried it and it cost a lot, why go back? me, i'd go back only if it's free. otherwise, i'd rather try something new.

hashtag OfLoveAndDinners... ; )

just right

sister cut a slice off the pie on the table...  then as she was eating, she went, 'this tastes like apple...'

me:  'it should...  that's apple pie...'

\m/

next best thing

sister preparing salad...  saw her opening a can of tuna...

me:  'that's an easy-open flip-top can...  why are you using a can opener?'

sister:  'i couldn't pull the tab so i got a can opener...'

me:  'lemme help...'

so i opened cans with my bare hands in quick succession...

sister:  'you've finished three and i have yet to open this?!'

well, i've opened all four and she still was struggling with her first can...

we all have our kitchen skills...  i do not cook but i can open easy-open flip-top cans...  ;"p

sleep

cousin tells me her dermatologist told her to make it a point to sleep on the same day she woke up.

hmmm...  ok...  i'm therefore moving my bedtime from midnight to 11:59 p.m.

every second counts...  ; )

dance of joy

it used to be when i'm happy i'd simply exclaim, 'i'm sooo happy!' : D

now i'd go, 'wow! fantastic, baby!'
and then i'd start dancing... ;"p

oh, aldub, what have you done???

apple of my eye

transferring my sister's phone pics...

me:  'wow!  so many atis!' [sugar-apple]

sister:  'that's just one atis...'

me:  'this is just one atis?!'

sister:  'yes...'

me:  'wow!  you took so many pics of the atis!'
[my sister alright, ahahaha...  i can walk into the next room and take a hundred pics...  :"D]

the single atis had 45 pics...  i deleted 15 that were practically identical with the others...  30 pics still remained...

model atis...  picture picture...  ; )

not now

me to sister-in-law:  'do you eat dairy queen, mamu?'

sister-in-law:  'oh, yes...  i like dairy queen...'

me:  'i bought a lot...  i'll give you...  '

sister-in-law:  'now?'

me:  'later...  i'll just finish this...  i'll bring to your house...'

after finishing what i was doing, i knocked at their door and handed her a voucher...

me:  'that's valid today until december 31...'

sister-in-law chuckles:  'i thought you were gonna give me food i can eat now...'

me:  'oh!  haha...  sorry...  you'll have to redeem that yourself...'

♫ ♬  just a piece of paper  ♩ ♪

;")