i ain't going to Davao.

Yahoo. Celebrate good times c'mon. There's a party going on right here, a celebration to last throughout the year. Alas for the orange malong I was going to get there.

Care Bear says it's clear skies and cool weather in Negros. Happy fishing and cycling to you :-)

long-term happiness or short-term bliss?

got concepts from honeybun. i like the debate except in its incarnation as the chocolate (short term bliss at the expense of longterm happiness) and exercise (long term happiness at the expense of short term bliss) questions.

i am truly A PIG. A Capricorn PIG. hahahahaha. that's just too much of the good things in life :-D. But according to a friend's book, if she were a Rooster, she would look for a Pig ;-). HA.

thisismyblogandicansaywhatiwantto

"La, meet my TNL*!"
(*ehem...tunay na ligaya... hahahahaha cute di ba?).
and then you show Lola her picture...o di ba? Mas winner-winner! Hehehehehe. Kala mo ha hahahahaha.

"La, this is my adopted kid, Sinta and these are her pair of pet tilapia Aliw and Giliw."
Hahahaha, poor Giliw has become a fish. Nice when grilled. Hehehehehe.

Wala lang ah. :-D

SiQC :-P

Ok, am curious. Do my sister sluts (yes, we are reclaiming and redefining that term here from a feminist perspective :-D just to be clear) or y'all my sisters -- slut or not, or slut in the past, or slut wanna-be - really want:

1) just sex?? what does just sex mean? :-) feel free to elaborate as long as you wish
2) or happy sex with people who like you? ...hmmm.... if so, does that mean you want to have sex with friends? that you would prefer that your lovers are your good friends? :-)
3) if so again, does that actually mean that you would want to have various multi-colored relationships wherein you have sex within some of these relationships? meaning relationships that don't fall into the formulaic middle of the road committed coupledom? and not just one at a time? but possibly more than one such relationship at the same time?
3) and if so, does this actually mean that you want sex and friendship or maybe it's actually friendship with sex. so in that case, sex might not be the more accurate or the right takeoff point. but maybe friendship should be the takeoff point and sex the bonus?
4) or maybe, you really just want sex, and following your lust?!?

hmmm i dunno but i'd love to know what you're thinking. this is because am not convinced some of you really just want sex (hahahaha) even as I do agree that you would love lots of sex (don't we all :-P) ... but maybe that you're trying to launch the desire for sex and friendship from the sex airport alone... i don't know anything at all. do tell me :-D. i think this will be fun!

so here's the deal, if you wanna talk, i can transfer this discussion to another blog (where you need not be bothered by viola sighing and chuckling over her inner life that only she half-understands). but for a start, you can comment (anonymously if you want) and if the ball starts rolling very fast, we'll move and move quickly!

everyone is welcome to state their feelings/ theories/ experiences/ whateva. we could also do this over real live coffee but think of our poor sisters stuck abroad, away from the wonders of C3 (hahaha) and Muscovado Grill.

loveya, :-D

More on this happy theme

Just the other day, Mr. Care Bear* texted me to say it was such a wonderful day, he was looking for reasons to lie down somewhere and stare into the blue sky ... This afternoon Frida Kahlo* messaged to say it was a beautiful pink-and-blue-hued sunset, and this morning the one and only sizzling Scorpio* in my life typed up this whole Capricorn profile to send to me :-)

Isn't it just wonderful? :-P

*not their real names

Haaaay, haaapy.

Hahahaha :-)

As Charlotte Kasl did say in that orgasmic book If the Buddha Dated (maybe i can't stand multiples as i still haven't finished the book and it's almost been a year later :-D ), non-attachment to outcome helps :-).

Wala lang. Happy lang. Parang gift of thine self. I am glad to have known you, is what it amounts to ;-).

Thank you :-).

Stage 4 Mental Illness

I've just about put the lid on my insanity :-P. Now am sitting on top of the can, doing yoga, reciting mantras, ohming to the high heavens, and hoping it all doesn't explode under me. And that the ghosts I've captured will settle down, watch tv, stop talking at the same time inside my head, and let me get on with my life. :-D

Love Letter 2

Dear Tita Sandra (huh?!)...Tita Gwyneth?! (no!)...Tita ...

Oh, how I cried. Up on the 21st floor of the New World Hotel with a great view of San Lorenzo Vill home to a hundred or so multi-billionaires in the poverty-laden country that is the Philippines, snug in bed, peeking at my phone email, I cried for the sweet friendship that we had and still have and with continuing technological advances, will probably always have (hehe), I cried for the rite of passage that you have had, I cried because we have missed each other, I cried because we should have been there (hehe and think what a great pair of shoes I could have worn to the occasion), I cried because it's really ok too that we weren't because if you're happy, we're happy (and I have far too many pairs of shoes than there are special occasions in a year), and I cried because after all, I am still going to get to roll around in the fine white sands of Boracay (you neglected to confirm your treat :-P LOL). And also, I cried because I could never hope to match your letter in Filipino.

I love you and am happy for you.

P.S. Sometimes I wonder if I should be glad my birthday is on January 8 or not. More momentous events seem to happen to other people on this day than to me :-P

Kermit's Year

May it be an enriching enchanting enjoyable 2004. May it be easy being green (Kermit turned new-agey Buddhist). May I find myself (hahahaha) and like myself more (mwehehehe). May we be ever grateful of our blessings, kinder, more tender of people's fragilities, sturdier for the lessons that will surely come our way. May our sea-legs never founder. May we be open to new experiences and new people that present themselves to us. May we be more in tune and groovin' to the wide and kind and loving Universal Divine.

IT'S A LEAP YEAR ;-). YOU GO, WOMEN OF THE WORLD! (hehehehehe).

ooops

discovered a goddaughter i've forgotten about. poor kiddo :-D and it's my cousin's too! must make it up to angelica jean :D

hmmmm

what to give my fdc staff christmas baby? :-D what? a capricorn run out of gift ideas? hehehehe. i love gifts and i love klim so rich and so creamy. lalalalalalala i love klim.

Christmas Party Pooper :-P

parties missed = 1
Christmas concerts attended = 1
godchildren without gifts yet = 3
godchildren with gifts ;-) = 3
money remaining = none :-D

luck, charm, and more luck

awright! all things considered, i probably need an extra day to make everything perfect but since i don't and so i can't, i'll just do my very best to charm them -- women, men, clergy and all. hehehe. or maybe i ought to bring a chocolate cake instead.

hmmm 'nuff of these musings. must get back to reading :-D

Mama Giliw the chronic disorganized organizer

wish me luck!

tomorrow... i'll be by the beach in Cebu... looking at the sea.... wishing I was in it... instead of being under a canopy... doing a training... EEEWWWW. LOL. I have training hives. ... But anyway, send me love :-D

People making lists...

Got annoyed at the black slides I wore to the office today. They are perfectly nice and hardly worn, but they were too big which made it difficult to wear. So I went up to Sabyte, made her wear them and since they fit her perfectly, bade her Merry Christmas and tiptoed barefoot back to my room... to my other pair of sandals... :-P

Fun being a girl

DeeDee, what if I name my future baby girl Giliw? Will her classmates make fun of her and if she develops a complex it will be my fault?

Do you know that of all my goddesschildren (hehehe), there are only 2 girls (and far from me) to 5 boys.

Travel Tales

Thank gulay am going home with my brother to Mindanao from Iloilo. Had been looking forward to road trip with parents but with the sked not working out, I had thought I would need to lug all my Ilo-Minda stuff to Minda by myself. I only like to travel alone, light (my weight, a book and the next day's outfit is enough, thanks!).

10 things i like about F

1. Sabyte on overhearing me and DD starting yet another conversation at the dining-conference-chika table: "Uh-oh, there they go again. Once these two start talking, they go on forever. And they always start from horoscopes!"

2. With half of F folks in Thailand, all those left took the whole afternoon to discuss, debate, deliberate and decide on all the pertinent details of our participation in this year's Pride March -- from the streamer cloth text color design, balloon color text design, truck setup, ALL the details of the budget, when how who will do the prod work, what to wear, and where to eat on Saturday. Hehehehe. Very participatory fun and time-consuming :-D

3 - 10 all the other things I love about all of us.

:-)

words can't say what being is about

today's vital signs

funniest text message received: "... had tilapia and egglant salad for lunch. why are they feeding you amargoso?" (hihihihi, not your fault DD, i did sorta design that exchange but it was too funny a thought... funders feeding amargoso :-D)

most appreciated vegetable: amargoso

outrage: that utterly vague utterly long meeting with a funder (warning! warning! BEEP! BEEP! BEEP! exasperated Capricorn in the vicinity! might start throwing rocks if provoked enough!)

hey, goodlooking: bruce and his new haircut ... boyfriend! ;-)

hey, pretty: hippie rudie in her fashion statement skirts! you go girlfriend.

nice surprise: greasy sugared doughnut for only P1.25 (bakery beside jsouth). it rocks!

mood meter: bornot but happy! had a look, no rocks!