Wednesday, December 26, 2012

A happy Christmas

Spot the furry ornament within the Christmas tree! I hope you had a meaningful celebration of Christmas wherever you are. Click here for more "going to make you smile" photos. :)

Monday, December 3, 2012

Feast for my eyes

It's been a long time since I had my lazy days... yes, I just had it. Thanks to the long weekend courtesy of the UAE National Day celebrations. Anyway, I'm glad that I've been productive when it comes to watching films that I wanted to catch a long time like The Help (it made me teary eyed and be more appreciate of the house helpers), 10 years (it's a sort of highschool reunion film, fun watch and unpretentious; makes me want to research about the "Never Had" song), etc.

And just when I'm saying goodbye to the long weekend already, I just found myself reaching for the Eraserheads Reunion concert dvd. There I go, I was transported to some of the best and not so good moments of my highschool and college years. I don't know, Eraserheads can really speak so much to me in so many ways. But overall, they can instantly cheer me up.

I'm happy to have had dedicated the long weekend to the people and stuff that really matter in life. It gave me the push and glow that I need to face the coming (tough) weeks ahead. :)

Tuesday, October 16, 2012

The World from the Side of the Moon




PP (or as I alternately refer to him as P squared) shared the cover and title of his first album via his twitter account last night.

I'm excited and yeah, I'm a fan since his American Idol days. :)

Tuesday, July 31, 2012

Paper dolls

Multi-racial dolls, Penang Toy Museum
(More photos here)

I was sorting photos from our visit in Penang Toy Museum and this photo of group of dolls made me realize that I never had a real Barbie doll until now. My parents and grandparents , even if I am a favorite apo (grandchild), did not buy one for me although most of the young girls had it. They claimed that it is expensive and they would rather buy me Goya chocolates. I did recollect from my cousin that it was the same in her case. However, she bought a Barbie for herself when she started earning on her own.

It is nice to look back at those times including the little rarity in our upbringing. But it did not make us feel less. We actually thought that we were unique and special that we were making our own dolls --- the paper dolls. Of course, we got to "sew" (draw) the paper dresses as well.

Happy times.

Wednesday, July 11, 2012

We don't need to be a millionaire to be happy

Clown with eyeglasses
Pinoy Payaso, the clown with the eyeglasses whom we met at my inaanak's (godchild's) birthday party.

I'm a huge fan of "investing on experiences" rather than acquiring depreciable stuff and I'm happier when I'm the one gifting instead of being the receiving end. But of course, gifts are welcome anytime. Heehee.

Here's an excerpt from New York Times' Don't Indulge. Be Happy:


Interestingly, and usefully, it turns out that what we do with our money plays a far more important role than how much money we make. Imagine three people each win $1 million in the lottery. Suppose one person attempts to buy every single thing he has ever wanted; one puts it all in the bank and uses the money only sparingly, for special occasions; and one gives it all to charity. At the end of the year, they all would report an additional $1 million of income. Many of us would follow the first person’s strategy, but the latter two winners are likely to get the bigger happiness bang for their buck.

We usually think of having more money as allowing us to buy more and more of the stuff we like for ourselves, from bigger houses to fancier cars to better wine to more finely pixilated televisions. But these typical spending tendencies — buying more, and buying for ourselves — are ineffective at turning money into happiness. A decade of research has demonstrated that if you insist on spending money on yourself, you should shift from buying stuff (TVs and cars) to experiences (trips and special evenings out). Our own recent research shows that in addition to buying more experiences, you’re better served in many cases by simply buying less — and buying for others.

The happy shoes

Meet my happy shoes - with smiling whiskers 

 I consider this pair as my happy shoes. I'm glad that they still got my size (39). I love the "smiling" whiskers on it, aside from that being too comfy. You can tell that they need extra care away from my cats. ;)

Monday, April 16, 2012

Better

Yesterday was nervecracking for so many reasons. I'm thankful that there's a thin line between trying to sleep peacefully and hoping that the weariness will get off as I wake up.

So, I woke up hoping that this day will be biased to me. Mainly because it's my late grandmother's death anniversary. And yes, this day has been into my advantage. Maybe, it's coincidence. Or it's the triggered positivity. Or it's the will to make things better by starting to believe that it will be.

I think that's one of the nicest things about concluding a happy or sad day, that the following day can only get better. :)

posted from Bloggeroid

Tuesday, April 3, 2012

Walking in the rain

It takes a huge trigger to wake someone up from an unintentional hiatus. While I could have written several cheerful thoughts in the past months, I just need a quick shout out that yesterday was extra happy because I walked in the rain. Though those were literally just tiny drops.

Raindrops in the UAE never fail to make a headline over my blog. :)

posted from Bloggeroid

Saturday, January 14, 2012

Seeing Gimik is like....

... being reunited with my no longer existent favorite chocolate
... meeting the memories of my old journal
and nothing but a nice feeling.

Hey! I'm still alive. Let's not talk about work but I'm really happy that I finally got a breather at least today. I had the chance to surf channels and I'm lucky.... because I did catch a re-run of Gimik via Cinema One Global  today (I think it's not being aired in the Philippines but only for TFC subscribers). Well, part of my teen life used to look forward to watching Gimik aka Beverly Hills 90210 during weekends. Seeing the late Rico Yan and the cast triggered me to stretch that kind of once young smile (ehem, the kind that like I was being tickled!). How I wish I kept my journal wherein I maintained a digest of the weekly episodes hahaha.

Another reason to say Thank God It's Saturday (TGIS) which by the way was the program title of main competitor of Gimik series. In case you're in for the reminiscing, Gimik re-run is every Saturday. :)