...the mushpit

to my teddy...

2010-01-02T12:29:00.001-05:00

i am a strong woman. i can conquer the greatest fears... i can handle the toughest moments... i can ignore any pain... that's why i want someone to make me feel weak... the way you do.

um... where do i find one of these?

2009-12-09T00:30:00.004-05:00

“Find a guy who calls you beautiful instead of hot, who calls you back when you hang up on him, who will lie under the stars and listen to your heartbeat, or will stay awake just to watch you sleep... wait for the boy who kisses your forehead, who wants to show you off to the world when you are in sweats, who holds your hand in front of his friends, who thinks you're just as pretty without makeup

marley thoughts

2009-11-09T08:14:00.003-05:00

"you may not be her first her last or her only. she loved before, she may love again. but if she loves you now, what else matters? she's not perfect- you aren't either and the two of you may never be perfect together... but if she can make you laugh, cause you to think twice and admit to being human and making mistakes hold on to her and give her the most you can. she may not be thinking about

how to deal

2009-02-09T20:44:00.002-05:00

got this in my inbox and i'm posting it here even though it is very anti-valentines day because goddammit this is what has helped me get over the dude.1. put away all CDs of any meaning to you and the now "insignificant other" for the next 2-3 months.2. do not hang out with any girlfriends who will potentially give you the "i-told-you-so" speech…its the last thing you need right now.3. but don

winter weather advisory: pain on the horizon

2009-01-12T00:09:00.003-05:00

another snowstorm hit the east coast yesterday but instead of staying at home and grumbling that there's nothing to do, we drove over to pennsylvania at the poconos mountains to don our skis and hit the slopes. yes it was crazy driving the freeways on a weather like that, but doing it with friends makes it crazy fun.it was already sundown when we arrived at the ski resort because we were trudging

....and the cycle begins

2009-01-01T01:35:00.000-05:00

happy new year to all!

here i am back ranting

2008-12-22T15:51:00.003-05:00

so i am back from the philippines and it irritates me when people expect me to bring a boyfriend back from a 3 week vacation as if it were some kind of pasalubong that i am supposed to brandish out from my luggage. why can't they just be happy with the goldilocks polvoron and the ensaymadas? seriously.don't they realize that i've got massages to be done at the spa, hair that needs to be

umuwi na tayo...hey, hey, hey!

2008-11-13T04:10:00.002-05:00

god i can't wait!

on nudity and politics

2008-11-02T14:12:00.004-05:00

i went to nyc with my friends last night to see daniel radcliffe in the nude. yes, just another one of those things we had checked off our bucket list (he he he).so we were lulled to sleep during the first act, which isn't really hard to achieve being that we came from a previous 12 hour shift the night before. but boy did we woke up midway through the second half because the naked scene was way

hollow inn

2008-10-31T04:46:00.003-04:00

it's halloween, almost 5 in the morning and i am still up. i just changed my bedsheets a while ago so i really should be tempted to bury myself under my comforter. but i am not.2 days ago it started snowing. uhuh... snow... in october. the night before that it rained hard and i was happy for the free car wash. my happiness over the freebie was shortlived however because i was scraping ice out of

fall is here...

2008-09-23T12:03:00.004-04:00

...and it has arrived real quick. so here is a thought about falling or the not."you do not fall in love. you rise in love. that's how you love rationally."

almost but not quite

2008-06-20T11:25:00.002-04:00

how do people make the leap from not mattering in each other's lives to mattering? that is the question. ambivalence is the word of the moment for me at this point and i hate it. i wanna be as decisive as i can be but i can't. maybe because i keep getting mixed signals or maybe i'm just reading too much into actions. certain people would say to enjoy the ride while it's there, while my cynical

on falling in love

2008-05-20T09:59:00.001-04:00

here's something i picked up from HERE.Falling in love is like panning for gold: a lot of effort for little reward… until you strike it big. But when dealing with such important matters of the heart, do we have any choice but to persevere? Logically, the very nature of love is that it’s rare. If you could walk down to the street corner and purchase it for ten bucks, it wouldn’t mean very much at

be fearlessly single

2008-05-13T13:09:00.000-04:00

sex and the city the movie is coming in a week. guess who's excited? anyway, here's some love lessons from sex and the city that i stumbled upon on msn. i loved each one of them, but i love number seven the best. Lesson no. 1 : Date against your type. Case study: Miranda and SteveWhen Miranda met bartender Steve Brady, she was skeptical as usual. He was nice (and easy on the eyes) but clearly not

ah ewan!

2008-05-02T20:43:00.000-04:00

so the rutgers review class didn't push through and i am getting my four hundred bucks back. yay! turns out only a few people signed up for the class and only a few of us are too lazy to study by ourselves. the exam is in two weeks, so i really need to kick it up a notch. however certain things which could be either good or bad depending on how it will end up eventually are distracting me. if

hitting the books

2008-04-09T22:01:00.001-04:00

as spring is finally making its presence felt, my certification exam is also slowly creeping up to my list of things that i really should give attention to. so to jump start things up, i camped at a little corner of a borders nearest my place and started hitting the books.it was going pretty well the first hour i was there. i have breezed through the growth and development of the infants,

spring plans

2008-03-28T19:20:00.001-04:00

spring should have been here already but there are still days that it's freezing cold outside. i don't see any buds forming on the dead looking trees yet and there are no stray dandelions sprouting from the ground on that open lot that i usually pass by on my way to work. it seems like its such a long long wait for spring to finally be here. i wonder when i will be able to go outside in shorts

zsa zsa zsu

2008-03-11T19:57:00.000-04:00

"some people are settling down....some people are settling and some people refuse to settle for anything less than butterflies." --- carrie bradshawif you're a fan of sex and the city, then you know what the title of this post means. i just finished watching "that" episode of satc and i remembered how i had a huge crush on jack berger. as in i was totally crushing him big time he he he.anyways,

because i'm fishy

2008-03-10T17:56:00.001-04:00

i am a pisces. i was born to become one. well obviously, given that i was born on the first half of march. i don't really believe in astrology stuff and horoscopes and such but i chanced upon THIS article on msn while i was checking my email and i found myself saying "paksyet! this is so me!" here are some bits and pieces. a pisces:...is comforting to be around. While not likely to be the leader,

what happened in vegas

2008-02-29T17:27:00.001-05:00

las vegas was wild. it was so wild that two girls i know fought over a white tank top that was ripped from a muscled body of a chippendale and it only took one long island iced tea and a sex on the beach for them to do it. rumor has it that the girls drove around sin city with that torn tank top proudly displayed on the rearview mirror of their black rental car. i don't know if there is truth to

because it's v-day

2008-02-13T15:07:00.002-05:00

here's something from postsecret.com . gotta love the song!good love is on it's way daw.... pakdatshet! nasaan na?

why do i love him?

2008-02-13T08:52:00.002-05:00

because it's valentines day tomorrow, let me share you this. although i wanna say that i wrote this one down myself, the fact is i didn't. i found this on the internet and has been saved on the files on my laptop for the longest time along with my resume, some junk files and other important files. so anyway, happy valentines to all! here it goes.... Why do I love him?Tough question. I don't

back from las vegas

2008-02-11T09:19:00.000-05:00

vegas was a blast, but i don't have the energy yet to write about the crazy things we did there. i just flew in last night at the newark airport with batchie and i have to go to work tonight until 11 pm. i'll try to fill you in on the details when i get back from work. that is, if i don't get too lazy tonight.

superbowl

2008-02-06T05:27:00.000-05:00

so the superbowl is over and the giants have won over the supposedly best team on the nfl. i never really followed the nfl, much less understand the game football. i would probably watch it if only for the fact that tom brady is playing and that he is super hot. (damn you giselle!)the week before the superbowl, everybody was talking about it. people were getting ready left, right and center for

sleep interrupted

2008-01-30T18:09:00.000-05:00

it's 4:45 pm and that blasted car at the parking lot downstairs that woke me up earlier with it's anti-theft alarm is still blaring. i wish somebody would steal that car for real so that it would stop disturbing half the apartment building's tenants. seriously.so i am sick once again. how many times have i blogged about being sick huh? i really should start taking care of myself now. i should

the tales of beedle the bard

2008-01-23T06:41:00.000-05:00

all in the name of charity, amazon.com has purchased one of JK Rowling's handmade copies of "the tales of beedle the bard" at an auction in sotheby's london at a whopping 1,950,000 pounds. apparently there are only seven copies in existence and amazon.com was nice enough to share their review of the five tales that rowling painstakingly handwritten and illustrated.i'm wondering if rowling has

a gift from nick hornby

2008-01-23T01:58:00.000-05:00

so many weeks ago i got a parcel containing an ordinary yellow paperback. it looked ordinary enough that i could just toss it out on my stack of yet unread books and forget about it. i thought it was just one of those books that i mooched from somebody at bookmooch. upon closer inspection however, i learned it was nick hornby's slam. now why would i mooch this book when i already have one? turns

iLust

2008-01-16T17:02:00.000-05:00

presenting the macbook air all in it's 3 (or a little more than that) pound glory. shit! i really need to do some serious overtime at work.watch the ad HERE or see the GUIDED TOUR.

another new year

2008-01-10T18:26:00.002-05:00

the holidays are long over and if it's true that what you do on the eve of new year's is what you'll be mostly doing the rest of the year, then i would be travelling with friends and having fun. oh yes, more travelling is on the forecast this year. it's because new year's eve was spent driving to dennis' place in philly, watching the fireworks, meeting new friends and drinking booze.(more

merry christmas cuervo!

2007-12-21T00:51:00.000-05:00

cuervo got into an accident again. yes, second time, same situation. i was driving back to somerville after having picked dichi up from her apartment and was taking the backroads of summit because i figured it's the shortest way back. like any obedient driver i stopped at a red light not knowing that an idiot behind me is gonna slam her beat up toyota highlander into cuervo's rear.now it doesn't

weder weder

2007-12-14T20:48:00.000-05:00

“Whether the weather be fine, Whether the weather be not, Whether the weather be cold, Whether the weather be hot, We'll weather the weather, Whatever the whether, Whether we like it or not."we're going to the city tomorrow to watch an NBA game. the weather channel says, it's going to be nasty. freezing rain and snow with the temperature going down to the low 20's which would feel like it would

i call you on the telephone... but you're never home

2007-12-11T23:42:00.000-05:00

i just love to hate telemarketers. i hate them so much that i keep our phone beside me and wait for their out of area numbers to pop out on the caller id screen. i then answer their call with total silence and hang up on them every chance i get. you'd think they'd get the message that you don't want anything to do with them the first time i do that, but they don't. so i try to tell them

give thanks

2007-11-22T13:47:00.000-05:00

“One of life's gifts is that each of us, no matter how tired and downtrodden, finds reasons for thankfulness: for the crops carried in from the fields and the grapes from the vineyard.”--- J. Robert Moskinyou and i have a lot of things to be thankful about and being a pinoy here in america who has never celebrated thanksgiving for the first 26 years of her life i am not exempted. i've been here

ready for winter

2007-11-18T22:29:00.000-05:00

i spent most of my day today at home only going out for an hour and a half to go to the gym and the rest i spent puttering around the apartment. the weather was pretty blah anyway to really enjoy it outside. there was a wintry mix of rain and flurries that makes one not care about going outdoors.so i did something productive. i cooked, sorted my laundry, checked my emails, made sense of the mess

today

2007-11-13T15:35:00.000-05:00

the sun is shining brightly outside. temperature is on the high 60's and i actually drove with my windows down, can you believe that? i went out for a quick trip to the post office a while ago and dropped by borders to get a little bookstore therapy for myself. before heading home, i stopped by my favorite bakery to buy something that i have been craving for for several days now. something that

thank you mario, but our princess is in another castle!

2007-11-12T19:15:00.000-05:00

i downloaded the old school super mario brothers game on my wii and have been playing a bit of that for a couple of days. i can't believe i still remember some of the cheats on the game, like where to get the 1up mushrooms, the shortcuts, those kind of stuff. anyway, i stumbled upon this video on google and i was doubling over in giggles because i could relate on the guy's frustration.so what

gym drag

2007-11-06T22:20:00.001-05:00

i went back to my gym today.... yay for me!after not waking up for our 9 am step class and having stood up hannie (to which she's probably mad because she hasn't replied to my sorry text yet) yesterday, i dragged my lazy ass to the gym after work. it took a lot of determination to drive to the gym on a cold, rainy morning after a 12 hour shift at the hospital but i did it anyway.on my way there,

taking a breather from fun

2007-11-05T00:54:00.000-05:00

"I could not, at any age, be content to take my place by the fireside and simply look on. Life was meant to be lived. Curiosity must be kept alive. One must never, for whatever reason, turn his back on life." Eleanor Roosevelti was supposed to go to florida to attend the christening of kyla, my college friend's daughter. dennis was bugging me about my schedule for the longest time. sadly it

this is me rambling

2007-10-20T10:56:00.000-04:00

third week into october and i don't feel like it's fall yet. the sun is happily shining it's bright rays outside and the temperature is well off into the 70's. yesterday, it was raining like it's springtime. the only thing that reminds me that it's autumn are the changing colors of the leaves which looks magnificent and which makes longish drives bearable. i'm not complaining about the nice warm

so sick

2007-10-08T10:31:00.000-04:00

i am sick.i was on a more than two weeks of hiatus from work. i took some requested days off and used up some of my PTO's so that i could spend some time going away on a long weekend with friends who came from the UK. in between our trip to toronto and driving to and from new jersey, i used up two of those days to renew my expired PALS (pediatric advance life support) certification. luckily i

take me home, country road

2007-09-14T22:52:00.000-04:00

now we come to the finale of my summer this year. the supposed last hurrah before we start preparing for the colder months. it was a trip that we've planned for so long. a trip that had (wether we admit it or not) made some people feel unwanted. but dwelling on that wouldn't be right anymore. so i'll go on and tell you the crazy things we did on those five? six? days (oh i don't even remember!)

exit 0

2007-09-14T19:33:00.000-04:00

i just remembered that even before i went with friends to nantucket, there was this long weekend that i went to cape may with joyce and iris. see, i told you i couldn't remember what i did this summer chronologically.it was at the end of spring, early summer that we drove to the southernmost part of jersey. we had high hopes for this trip, this being the first time we are going for a longish

hook, line and sinker

2007-09-14T17:45:00.001-04:00

so i agreed to go with dichi and rheza to a fishing trip that was organized by aya and her friend. i've never gone fishing in the middle of the sea before so this is gonna be a fun first for me. with only 3 hours of sleep, i drove to pick dichi up from her apartment and we drove to atlantic highlands pier really early because i was scared we wouldn't be able to locate it and i'm certain we would

nantucket

2007-09-14T16:21:00.000-04:00

overload. this is exactly the problem when you forego blogging for the million things you needed to do and the million places you needed to go to. two months i think it was, that i haven't payed a visit to my blogger dashboard. so what have i been up to? god! i don't think i would be able to remember the past two months in chronological order, but i will try my best.first off, i went with my

i am so back

2007-07-02T13:29:00.001-04:00

so after countless weeks of having a life i decide to pay my blog a visit and post something. a lot of things have happened and have been happening that i don't know where to start.maybe i'll start with how i got to meet my relatives in brooklyn. how a death of an uncle got me driving from jersey to new york by myself. how freaky it was that the certain uncle called my parents in davao asking

i make lists

2007-04-24T14:37:00.000-04:00

do i have any plans of continuing blogging? oh yes i do! it's just that my days have been busier and i'm trying to focus more on one thing that blogging has been shoved down into the lower rungs of my priorities.so since i blogged in bullets the last time, let me do it in lists this time.things that makes me go yay!1. a warm sunny day where i don't have to go to work.2. playing with a cute puppy

bullets

2007-04-06T21:05:00.000-04:00

this post is gonna be in bullets, because i'm too lazy to string together sentences to make coherent paragraphs.thank god we're done moving! we're beginning to get settled, but there are still boxes and stuff lying around the house but right now, i just couldn't be bothered. our cable, internet and phone lines have been reconnected yesterday (yay for that!) by two guys from verizon who robbed me

on being thirty

2007-03-13T22:06:00.000-04:00

i come home from work tired and sleepy ready to jump into my bed after 12 hours. yesterday, i was 29 years old. today i turn 30... and what a sad day to turn 30, because just a few hours ago i admitted a 2 year old boy who just lost a mother, a brother, a sister and their home in a fire. i heard from the ER nurse that his dad is still waiting for a telemetry bed down in the ER.it was the most

life is what happens when you're busy with something else

2007-02-20T17:14:00.000-05:00

these past few weeks was a busy time for me. busy in a fulfilling accomplished sense. you see at the end of the month, me and my housemate are moving in another unit, 2 floors below the one we live now. that means we have a lot of packing to do. if you knew of my procrastinating abilities, you'd be proud of me when i tell you that i've packed most of my stuff that needs to be packed. my cds,

deathly hallows

2007-02-03T14:48:00.000-05:00

well, well, well ...it seems that all that anticipation and waiting and theorizing is gonna end in july 21. everyone is excited. well at least everyone who knows what the hell quidditch is or who has a bit of knowledge about the rise and fall of "he who must not be named" should be excited. it is afterall the last of the series. the seventh book that will chronicle harry potter's adventures in

the peter pan in me

2007-02-01T23:24:00.000-05:00

i've been meaning to post on my blog for the longest time but certain things that we call "work" kinda gets in the way. at first i thought that doing 12 hour shifts every other day was good for me. apparently, it wasn't. it just screwed my tried and tested sleeping pattern that was working very well for me for almost 3 years. good thing i'm back to my usual schedule of either 2 days on-2 days

looking back on 2006

2007-01-06T06:16:00.000-05:00

About You...Name:nerie Nickname:yeng How old were you in 2006?:29 What was the most important thing you discovered in 2006?:smug girlfriends are worse than smug marrieds What will you always remember about 2006?:the trips In 2006 did you...Keep your New Years resolution?:never made any Go on a holiday?:oh yes i did! Change jobs?:nope Buy anything from eBay?:no,

can questions make you think?

2006-12-15T23:28:00.000-05:00

Could the world change in one moment?Can fans suck air in rather than blow air out?Are stars really light bulbs so far away in the universe that we see them as tiny lights twinkling in the distance?Could all the lovers and friends that you have known come back in a flash and all be waiting for you downstairs for tea?Can time stand still when we slowly take back the words we don’t want to say but

bookstore love

2006-12-07T22:45:00.000-05:00

i was driving to the mall the other day and berating myself for signing up again for 4 nights of 12 hours work in a row when i remembered that it is going to be on christmas week. meaning, i will be at the hospital christmas eve and christmas night and will be spending christmas day sleeping in my pajamas because there's really no point of celebrating it because christmas for me is being with

sailing...takes me away... to where i've always heard it could be

2006-11-20T04:17:00.000-05:00

after so much procrastination and getting distracted by a lot of things, here is my post about THE CRUISE. the cruise which is a first for me but isn't going to be the last. the cruise which i could only summarize in three words: FUN, FOOD and FRIENDS.i have to thank a lot of people who made my first cruise a memorable one for me (naks! parang nanalo ng award!).Joyce, who made it possible for us

bed weather

2006-10-28T21:42:00.000-04:00

harsh winds gusting to about 50 miles per hour are howling outside my bedroom window, autumn leaves are scattered all over main street and i still refuse to turn my heater on because i am still in denial of the fact that summer is over. meanwhile i freeze my ass off as i ponder on what to do now that i have 12 precious hours free to be idle. i got cancelled from work tonight and i am praying hard

brrr...it's cold in here

2006-10-15T08:44:00.000-04:00

the walk home today was freezing. the grass on the lawn in front of the church that i pass by every morning was covered entirely with frost. my breath was coming out in a form of mist. god it's so cold it might as well have been winter. i looked at my car parked in between the honda pilot and the big blue lexus suv and wondered if i should rev and warm up the engine. it's been 2 days since i last

here come's the sun

2006-10-05T01:34:00.001-04:00

work is one freaking pain in the ass!it's not the physical aspect of work that makes it a bitch but the people i work with that doesn't make it all worth it. but i guess i'm half thankful it is how it is, at least i don't get paranoid. you see i'm like that. when everything's nice and peachy and it seems that nothing can go wrong, believe me...something will go wrong (based on my experience). yep

new york, films and weddings

2006-09-26T01:51:00.000-04:00

i have a lot of things going on in my mind right now. oh yes i do! you'd think that in between my job and the bore that is my life here in suburbia, i wouldn't have time to think about things... you're in for a big surprise.i actually think about things a lot. before going to bed, while taking a shower, during a caloric burning session on the treadmill... i think about things a lot it's not even

happy...happy... joy... joy!

2006-08-29T15:41:00.000-04:00

summer is almost over and things are finally looking up. in fact things are finally looking better on the home front. no more of that inconsequential crap that kid's stuff are made of.moving on to other things. how is it that that a lot more plans are being made for fun things now that fall is on it's way? like the concert in mohegan sun that joyce, gina, me and a couple of morristown girls are

from a blogger with love

2006-08-27T09:42:00.000-04:00

if stupid anonymous "commenters" (if there is such a word) think that their stupid one liners would get the better of me, they have to think again.what can i say, other than it so typical of "you" guys to be resorting to that. was that the lowest you can get? or should i be expecting more of those pathetic acts.three words: get a life!ps.... the "wahihihikhik" gave it away dumbasses.

just like that and it's over

2006-08-23T22:54:00.000-04:00

it's been three days since my flight back to new jersey, i have attended two parties, worked one 12 hour shift at the hospital and i still can't get my mind off the fun i had in massachusetts. we did a lot of fun stuff that i don't even know where to begin.do i begin with the night we walked "the adorable" max at the park by the charles river?or the day we spent inside the harvard university

a happy camper i will be

2006-07-27T04:18:00.000-04:00

yep, you heard it right. i am gonna go ahead and give myself a break before summer ends. never mind that i still haven't found somebody willing to work for me on my "saturday on" at the hospital, or that i am running out of PTOs (paid time offs)... i am going to boston to indulge in some outdoor activities that i am so badly missing. and to prove to you that i am most determined to go on a

if mt. mayon can spew out lava, why can't i?

2006-07-26T00:02:00.000-04:00

if there is one thing people should learn when they're trying to mess with me is to not do it when:number 1: you are not my favorite person at the moment.number 2: i am trying my best not to say something bad about you out of my really, really straightforward mouth.number 3: you are hitching a ride and your precious life is at the mercy of my driving skills.good thing i love cuervo so much that i

operation: reminisce

2006-07-16T00:52:00.000-04:00

TOP TEN SIGNS A SURGERY IS TAKING WAY TOO LONG10. you start making crank calls from the phone in the operating room.9. you figure out how to reprogram the new ekg monitor and set a new world record score for pong.8. using discarded glove wrappers and saline bottles, you have created a mixed media replica of the eiffel tower.7. you page a medical student intern to the OR STAT and tell her you need

off to the movies

2006-07-10T00:01:00.000-04:00

i was on some sort of a mini international film festival in front of the tv these past week. i went inside the blockbuster which was just within walking distance from my gym and grabbed me some foreign dvds. what i love about these foreign films is that it really grabs your attention. when you decide to watch it, you have to give it your undivided attention. meaning, no clipping of the toe nails

how do you hold on to someone you've never met?

2006-07-08T02:30:00.000-04:00

quotes from the movie il mare:"There are three things a person can't hide... coughing, poverty and love. The harder one tries to hide them, the more they rise to the surface." "We're tormented because love goes on... not because it goes away.waaaaaah! i wanna bawl my eyes over these quotes. tell me, why did i have to watch that movie again?

can you tell me how to get... how to get to sesame street?

2006-07-02T23:45:00.000-04:00

another lazy sunday that never was lazy in my opinion. i woke up at 9 in the morning after only 4 hours of sleep. i never really had any concrete plans for this day except for hannie and i to hear mass on a church we've never been to before which is a 45 minute drive from home. the 45 minutes became an hour and a half no thanks to my penchant for being lost on the interstate. needless to say we

floatin' like a cadillac...stingin' like a beamer

2006-06-26T02:41:00.000-04:00

i got cancelled from work today...wooohooo! that means precious hours i could spend updating my blog, vaccumming (yeah! i'm so looking forward to doing this one), frying my brains in front of the tv and just plain bumming around. but i won't celebrate too much lest i get called in by the nursing supervisor in the middle of the night. please god, noooooo!anyway, let me tell you the last thing i

because it's all about me

2006-06-15T17:41:00.000-04:00

wala lang...i'm just trying out this slide show maker courtesy of jan reine. aliw!

florida trip no more

2006-05-19T01:42:00.000-04:00

okay so G and i will never be able to go to florida this week... boo hoo! apparently gina's schedule is as changeable as her mind is he he he. so instead of spending my money on some overcrowded theme park (can you sense the bitterness?) i'd rather spend my time going to the gym and get my money's worth. also lined up for my things to do this week (not necessarily in order) is to attend a

eksayted

2006-04-29T01:00:00.000-04:00

at about this time i'd love to be in new york, what with the weather being so nice and lovely and of course the tribeca film festival kicking off this week. but i have to spend my weekend working, which is a bummer. times like these, i remember my sister, who i know would enjoy watching those foreign films with me. in a way, it's a good thing i'm busy with work because i don't have a movie buddy

missed

2006-04-28T23:33:00.000-04:00

it's been weeks since i came back from my davao vacation. ngayon lang ulit ako nakapag-blog ng matino. kumusta naman yon?anyways, i thought that 4 weeks of vacation was enough for me. was i ever wrong! this vacation made me realize that i could use up all my PTO's, my holiday time offs and add to that the days on my extended sick bank and it would still not be enough for me. i am like torn

ang utan na kayang bayaran

2006-04-10T18:48:00.000-04:00

we were walking around matina town square one night looking for bargain finds at the mini tiangges that somehow came about like mushrooms in the area when we suddenly felt like eating at TAPS.when i was in high school, the only TAPS i knew was the one on ilustre street or what is now known as duterte street. when i got to college and during my stint in davao medical center, more TAPS came about

no remorse about it

2006-03-02T22:18:00.000-05:00

"time hasn't stopped for any troubles, heartaches or any other malfunctions of this world, so please don't tell me it will stop for you."C. S. Lewisthis will be short and sweet.people have differences. people have different priorities. my main priority maybe on the lowest rung of the ladder for some people but that's MY main priority, not yours. time is of value to me but if it doesn't mean

tragedy

2006-02-05T06:38:00.000-05:00

i was sitting in front of the computer at the nurses station when the nurse i was working with came out of one of the patient's room with what i believe was an i-have-important-news-for-you look. "something tragic happened in the philippines!" she blurted out. in my mind i was thinking: "mother of god! what have the politicians done again this time?""come here, take a look. it's on CNN." she

the pacman delivers

2006-01-22T09:21:00.000-05:00

i spent some of the time at work last night monitoring internet forums wanting to know what's happening with the pacquiao-morales match. good thing i was working with clarisse, a fellow pinoy, i didn't have to explain who the hell pacquiao is and why this match is such a big deal.we were able to find a link to the RMN station doing a live coverage of the match. it sucks to be at work when all the

i got ticketed!

2006-01-20T00:23:00.000-05:00

so what do i do on my second out of the three days off that i got? well get a freaking parking ticket of course!i went to the bank this morning with my housemates jade and joyce to have some dollar bills changed into quarters for that household chore we couldn't get away from that we call the laundry. i parked on the side street beside the bank and completely ignored the parking meter on the

2005 in review

2006-01-08T17:41:00.000-05:00

got this from HEREFind the first entry for each month of 2005 in your blog. Post the first line of it in your journal, and that’s your "Year In Review"(note: songs, announcements, surveys and blogthings do not count. they should all be legitimate journal entries):January: i survived the holidays!February: can somebody please slow down the time? i am running around like a mad woman here (or maybe

just bitching

2005-12-30T00:35:00.000-05:00

is it just me or is the stress brought about by the holidays getting into my nerves that i am beginning to get easily irritated by the people around me?i know i shouldn't be this way. i know i am getting a bit kinda too grumpy these days, but i can't help it. let's just put it this way. maybe i am not so much into the prepations for the parties, and nagging me with something wouldn't get you

letter to santa

2005-12-11T13:30:00.000-05:00

dear santa,how was your year? i hope you didn't worked too hard. you're not getting any younger you know. i don't want you getting sick or worse retiring that outdated red suit because of too much stress. i want you to still be around when i have my own kids because i don't want them to grow up without ever having to believe in you. i want them to feel the magic of christmas.anyway, remember THIS

only thing to do is jump over the moon

2005-11-24T23:46:00.000-05:00

i just spent thanksgiving inside a movie theater watching RENT with the girls...and i just have to say that i adore this movie! i loved it even better than goblet of fire and being a harry potter fan, that says a lot.the play that is still currently on broadway and the movie has it's own merits. i loved the play for being raw and for the part where the audience gets to "moooo" with maureen, but

spooky!

2005-11-07T11:29:00.000-05:00

so halloween is over and done with. what comes next is thanksgiving. but before that let me just tell you about the halloween party that we had. i told you the last time that i would be working that night, but the gods of halloween (if there ever is one) had been good to me because instead of going to the hospital to work, i was put on call. so four hours of the time i spent at the party, i was

pre halloween post

2005-10-29T19:48:00.000-04:00

i am writing this as i am watching everybody loves raymond so i may sound incoherent at times or i may just be saying this because i am about to write an entry that is devoid of any main subject. but really, i am laughing my ass off to everybody loves raymond as i type.i don't know if it's something about my hair or the mary kay product that i've been putting on my face might actually be working

something borrowed

2005-10-14T04:30:00.000-04:00

i swiped this from the blog of an old school mate back in high school, Bebs. can't believe he turned out to be a really talented biatch. i'm borrowing this because it perfectly sums up what i feel right now. i hope he doesn't mind.oo. ngayon.As of this moment, a baby is born and a suicide attempt has just commenced. Somebody's singing my favorite song and a gay couple is having sex. A heart is

usapang wedding and some other rants about relationships

2005-10-08T16:37:00.000-04:00

i was listening to the radio one night (which i seldom do because most of the radio stations here suck anyway) and out of the blue they played the song all i want is you by U2. now i've been a fan of that song ever since i saw the movie reality bites.hay naku! noon pa lang U2 rocks na talaga. and i really, really love that song. in fact i want it played on my wedding. yes! on my wedding....and i

toronto trip

2005-09-11T23:34:00.000-04:00

WARNING: a really, really long post coming up, filled with lots and lots of pictures enough to satisfy my up coming vacationless autumn and winter so help me god!air canadaOriginally uploaded by nerie. four days were again spent away from home as we went on our toronto trip. last thursday, me, iris, jade and gina together with jozel on the wheel were on our way to newark liberty airport aboard

an update... finally!

2005-08-20T21:56:00.000-04:00

first things first, let me tell you why i haven't come up with an update these past few weeks. the reason is this fact: "nakakasira ng buhay blogger ang trabaho at lakwatsa." totoo yan pramis! the only reason why i could blog right now is because i was cancelled from work tonight (yay!).although i am still on call, i don't care because i still have those precious 8 hours that i could spend

hogwarts is mourning

2005-07-22T04:00:00.000-04:00

i was at a dilemma last saturday, july 16. i was supposed to stay at home get some sleep and await the coming of the delivery man. but no, my friends have other things planned. they were to pick me up at 8 o'clock in the morning, get to morristown to wake up gina, drive to philly to pick dennis up, get lost along the way, drive to lancaster to meet old friends from DMC and all the while i am

the magic awaits

2005-07-14T10:53:00.000-04:00

random loneliness

2005-07-11T03:05:00.000-04:00

it's 3 o'clock in the morning and i am typing this at the nurses station while my patients are sleeping off their surgical pains and aches. in four hours, i would be going home to our apartment which i share with two other nurses and try to get some sleep. i've been on for three nights in a row and i am looking forward to the 3 days off that i would be getting starting today. i'll probably just

something wonderful

2005-07-04T06:40:00.000-04:00

it's amazing how one small thing can change my whole disposition amidst sore throat, fever and cough. all the while i thought ibuprofen caplets were the only ones that would get me through the day pain free, but there was definitely something better than that. something wonderful happened in a matter of time. i hope i'm not just getting ahead of things and believe that God really answers most of

fyi, i still know how to blog

2005-06-30T16:59:00.000-04:00

a lot has been happening and i couldn't find time to blog about things. the passing away of cardinal sin and then there's the gma-susan roces thing going on in the philippines, ang pagkalat ng "hello garci" ringtones sa lahat ng texters sa pilipinas, my short albeit fun trip to connecticut with two of my friends and my ongoing love affair with the sport tennis. of course i'll be blogging about

dreams of a sharapova wannabe

2005-06-12T04:49:00.000-04:00

a scary dream makes your heart beat faster. why doesn't the part of your brain that controls your heartbeat realize that another part of your brain is making the whole thing up? don't they communicate?george carlin i just had a dream. i dreamt that i lost my key to our mailbox and i couldn't get any of my mails which happens to be all bills of credit cards, cellphone, utilities etc. it was a

no day but today

2005-05-23T00:26:00.000-04:00

it was another one of those trips that wasn't given much thought and wasn't really planned for weeks. i guess it's much better that way. just jumping on an idea the minute it came. not thinking of small details and just letting things happen if they happen.because we didn't have anything to do on a sunday and because we got tired of talking till the wee hours of the morning (saturday night into

spring has sprung

2005-05-18T03:32:00.000-04:00

i love spring! i love the trees. i love the flowers. i love waking up in the morning or going to sleep in the morning (depending on my schedule) hearing the chirping of the birds outside. i love how the sunshine envelopes me with warmth while the cool wind still makes me comfortable. i love it when i boot my laptop and my desktop weather would indicate that outside temperature is from 60's to

a very late survey

2005-05-12T13:22:00.000-04:00

i've been meaning to post this entry a month ago, but between all the preparations for the vacation (that was over even before i got used to the fact that i was on one) and my work which i gladly left for a while and halfheartedly coming back to, i obvously didn't have the time. so to whoever i got this survey from (i honestly forgot!) thanks a lot.Surveyi am: excited and totally lacking in

chicken wings!

2005-04-29T18:41:00.000-04:00

last night, clarisse, her husband dennis and i went to hooters not for the cleavages which were all around the place but for their famous chicken. i wasn't in the mood to go out that time because i still haven't caught up with my normal sleep (as if i have a normal sleeping pattern to begin with!), but since we badly needed to stock our fridge and kitchen cabinets with something that isn't canned

it was good to be home

2005-04-28T03:08:00.000-04:00

and so the three weeks of sheer escapism came and went. i've been really bad with blogger lately. i know it's a sin if you've got thousands of things to blog about but you don't find the time to sit down and put all those fun and memorable times into written words. but nobody can blame me. it's been more than a year since i left the philippines and to have only three weeks to spare to be home

not a day shift nurse

2005-03-24T03:26:00.000-05:00

i had a sucky day at work yesterday. remind me not to sign myself up for a day shift next time.because i hate same day surgeries.because i don't wanna deal with people that i don't deal with on night shift.because i am not a morning person.but because i only have 10 more days to go before i leave for davao, i am in a much better mood.thanks to ayeza and jerry for somehow satisfying my craving for