my honey, my moriarty

Joanna Marie is patiently waiting for the return of 'the' Jim Moriarty

God bless, Leyte

my housemates and i watched the comprehensive news on ANC about the effects of typhoon yolanda in tacloban. it's heartbreaking and i can't help but cry to what happened to all the victims of the storm spurge last friday. i pray for the fast recovery of leyte.

paalam, yolanda

i woke up on a sun shinee day! the calm after the storm seeped through my kokote and i let in a deep sigh of relief, stretched my relaxed body and got out of bed and said my farewell to the strongest typhoon that hit the country this year.

i salute the government officials who have done their jobs very well, even before yolanda struck the philippines. from the national to local officials who were swift in warning and evacuating their constituents to safe places among the affected areas in the country. i also thank the media for responsibly updating the people about the whereabouts of yolanda. and to all the filipinos who have cooperated with their leaders, to all the people who have extended their help to one another amidst the calamity, to all who have prayed for everyone's security, hats off to you!

no matter what the storm brings, i know that the filipino spirit will weather it all. let's gather the pieces that yolanda has left us and stand strong again.

...there's always a rainbow after the rain...

JM

so, i've seen the first two episodes of sherlock holmes weeks ago. i adore sherlock's beautiful mind and dr. watson's constant confused look. hehehe. but hey, john's loyalty to holmes is admirable.

today is a good day. (never mind typhoon yolanda's wrath.) today, i met the equally adorable villain in sherlock holmes life, jim moriarty. i normally hate villains. but the moment sherlock's archenemy appeared on screen and maximized the movements of his facial muscles and did voices and somewhat delivered his lines as if in a musical, ahhhh...i fell in-love. oh, i need to note that moriarty's ringtone is "staying alive". isn't that lovely?

 okay, moving on...season 2, episode 1...

eto na si yolanda

tara woke me up at 8 am. we evacuated our important stuffs to the attic. kyra cooked some food. we packed our picnic box with lots of food and took them to the attic as well, in case of flood.

yolanda is here. we're all gathered in the living room, watching 'it's showtime', while yolanda is blowing strong wind and heavy rain outside. 

kami ay laging handa

preparing for yolanda

i got home at a usual time, 12:15 a.m. as i got through the gate, i was surprised to see that all the lights in the house are on. i was even surprised to see that all my housemates are still up. 

i found out that they have been preparing the emergency light, candles, matches and lighters, charging their cellphones, they even bought more food supplies at the supermarket this evening. 

everyone is bracing themselves for super typhoon yolanda. so am i. i hope this one will not be as disastrous as the papers describe it to be.

in character

Nanny Mcphee (Andy), Non-Goth Misa (Iris), Holly Golightly (Mich), Merida (Kira-san), Itachsuke (Molly) and Kentucky Fried Chicken (Berl).

night at the haunted house

today, i had an audrey hepburn look. 

last night, i was, uhm...as berl called it, "prom queen".

we went to berl and andy's haunted boarding house to keep them company. we were supposed to help in painting the walls of their bh, but we ended up screaming and avoiding the old closet with a scary mirror in one of the rooms. to get rid of the fear, we decided to make some polvoron and stayed in the living room and painted our faced instead. 

 before

 the make-over

 after

iris aka amane misa

yvonne aka "party girl"

andy aka black swan

joanna marie aka "seniority complex"

 thank you, berl, for prepping us for the Halloween

ang sablok ko

i've always dreamed of doing audrey hepburn's breakfast at tiffany's look. and that dream came true today. when boredom strikes, one turns to the arts.

thank you mader kyra for being my make-up artist, hair and fashion stylist, photographer and editor.

 will sport this look on Halloween, too! so excited!

fans of pan

dropped by pan de manila after work 

got to feed our hungry tummies

my group-group-an

ang mga kasama kong maglakad gabi-gabi galing sa trabaho

ang mga kasama kong tumawa ng wagas

ang mga babaeng harsh pero nagsasabi ng totoo

breakfast at midnight

@ parajan deli

si donats ay muntik ng ma dunot

ang babaeng ito ay na ratsada at na tv patrol pagkatapos ma aksidente sa sinasakyang motorsiklo bandang alas diyes ng gabi noong huwebes sa barangay mansaya, bo. obrero.

siya ay nagtamo ng malaking sugat sa kaliwang tuhod, gasgas sa binti, dibdib, kamay at mukha at ilang stiches sa kanyang chin.

hindi ako lumabas sa aking cube buong araw noong lunes dahil ayoko siyang makita dahil ayoko talagang makakita ng mga sugat sugat na yan. pero si donats ay lubhang makulit at ilang beses pang pumasok sa cube ko, na actually, kadalasan naman niyang ginagawa. pero hindi talaga ako tumingin sa kanya. sinasagot ko lang ang mga tanong nya, pero naka focus lang ako sa computer screen ko. nung mapansin nyang iniiwasan ko talaga sya, pinilit nya akong tingnan sya kasi hindi naman daw sya nakakatakot. nainis na talaga ako!!!

kahapon pagdating ko sa office, hindi na ako nakaiwas pa kasi nakasalubong ko talaga sya. tumambad sa harapan ko ang isang donats na puno ng bandage at sugat. nabigla ako pero wala ng panahon para magtakip ng mukha o tumakbo. kaya tiningnan ko na lang sya at pilit kinunan ng litrato. para naman may souvenir sya sa aksidente nya. pero sya naman 'tong nagtago. 

nagbabalak pa naman syang turuan akong mag motorsiklo. pero sa nangyari sa kanya, sige, 'wag na lang muna. 

si donats ay hindi pa rin nagbago pagkatapos iuntog ang katawan sa kalsada noong huwebes. sobra pa rin syang makulit at masayahin na kung hindi mo lang makita ang mga sugat nya sa katawan, eh, parang wala lang nangyari sa kanya.

kasama ko sa umagang kay ganda

ever since my housemates started making polvoron,

it has been a part of my life.

 

mawala na ang lahat,

'wag lang ang kape at polvoron ko

 

ang sarap magising sa umaga

kung may kape at polvoron sa mesa

 

 

back to my nook

the internet connection in the office is back. it has been disconnected since tuesday, after the earthquake. and since then, i waited everyday for a text message from our hr manager whether we're going to report for work or not. 

i have been asking for a long weekend, that's true. sometimes, i just want to be free from talking for hours. my wish has been granted, but i didn't expect that it will be such a bore. 

what did i do with time when i had so much of it?

* washed my and my roommates clothes, cleaned our room and rearrange our closet.
* watched movies on hbo, cinema one and disney channel
* took a walk 
* looked for Halloween costumes 
* talked to my kaibigang butiki

now, it's back to work and to my comfort zone. it felt good to talk to my students again and to hear their concerns about me and for everyone else.

i talk and work, and it's fun!

christine's salon on a sunday afternoon

mani / pedi weekend with my beautiful housemates

vhong navarro-ers

my bestfriend showed to me a video of the showtime hosts on instagram. the hosts were skateboarding while saying " pupuntahan namin si vhong navarro, men! "

and! being a great fan of vhong navarro, i convinced, no, pleaded to my friends to do a video (or videos, if i get so lucky) using the same line but on different modes of transportation or any moving objects. just for the heck of it! who knows, maybe one of these days, eh, baka puntahan ko talaga si vhong navarro, men!

*kilig kilig*



our first, and hopefully not the last, video...

lazy Saturday

mr. moon and mya

i met with mya chew last night. i saw her last in 2011. as we went out of 'jones' cafe', i looked up the sky and saw the brightness of the moon. i recalled that it was also a full moon when we met in 2011. it was very nice to see mya again after a couple of years. of course, it was a pleasure seeing mr. moon again after several months of being overshadowed by the typhoonee weather.

i pray...

it has been four days since an earthquake shook some parts of visayas. i'm still praying for the people who have been affected by mother nature's movements. 

keep safe, people in Cebu and Bohol. you'll get through this. have faith.

 

yahoo!

i'm loving yahoo!'s new theme. i'm using the green one with dewdrops now. it's cool to the eyes and it makes me more inspired to check my mails.

yahoo!!!

We Could Happen - AJ Rafael

i labadablablab this...

thank you AJ Rafael, your song makes me smile

ang buhay namin ay puro sine

sunday movie marathon a.k.a. bonding

with my housemates

mader tara, ramir, mama meriam,

kyra, edel and gelo

welcome to my life

 

lovely to meet you,

Sherlock Holmes and

Dr. John Watson 

thank you, mama meriam

thank you, mama meriam, for always filling our hungry tummies with delicious food...for the sweet polvoron and my favorite talong. thank you for looking after our needs and for treating us all like your own kids. you never fail to make us laugh with your antics. you're the best! love you, mama mers!

change my universe? .... no!

that feeling when i wake up in the morning and i have that drive to change the world...

i just keep my eyes closed, and randomly list down the things that i want to do to make this place a better one...

i smile...it feels so easy to do some change...

as i open my eyes, my positive thoughts gets cloudy. i realize that i'm not a superhero...or yagami light...or L. 

i get out of bed and step into the light of day.

ahhh...this world is not so bad after all. the cool breeze, the sunny weather, the green trees, the delicious breakfast, a cup of black coffee and the endless chatter of mama meriam...  

there's nothing more to change.

this is my reality.

 

thank heavens for friends