Twisted: At First Glance

Modesty aside, I have one of the best cursive back in high school. Legible and neat. That’s how my teachers would describe my handwriting. If the teacher needed someone to write the lesson on the blackboard, I would be asked to do it. My handwriting was that good.

But ever since I started working and using the computer, my handwriting slowly deteriorated. I couldn’t write as legibly as before. My G started looking so much like Q. My cursive capital F is not like before. And slowly, each letter started looking a lot like NOT what it should be.

I blame my laziness to write manually. I am so used to tapping on the keyboard of the computer that I have neglected my cursive already. I might get back my beautiful cursive if I practice a lot.

I just might.

You win some,
You lose some.

I guess with everything that is happening in the economy right now, with all the huge problems that our poor fellow citizens are enduring in each and every day, my blog issues become trivial in my eyes. I try not to dwell too much on financial issues. I try to stay positive as much as I can.

What do you think will happen to all of us with the rising prices of commodities? Where will this leave us?

Think about it.

I might be a snob after all! I hate people who are acting comfortable with me and my family. I don’t like it that a neighbor we hardly know would just stop by, enter our home and strike a conversation with my dad or anyone of us, joking like we know them for years. It’s just weird for me. I tell my dad not to be too familiar with these people because who knows if friendship is really their motive? I also don’t like neighbors who stare at our house like they’ve never seen it before.

Some people are just too nosy and I don’t like being associated with them. We don’t like being gawked at just because we are the ones who don’t mingle with them much.

It’s so funny how your mind flies when you are inside the church. It’s temptation, I am sure. But how about for someone like me who has a short attention span? Even an hour of liturgical service couldn’t hold my attention. It’s bad, I know, but I really can’t help it. Of course, it doesn’t help that the priest’s homily is irrelevant to the gospel or that it does not even apply to our daily lives. Or I couldn’t relate to it at all!

But let me say that whenever my mind wanders and I realize it, I would get my mind back on track. Sometimes, when I know that my mind would just wander, I would just start praying. Talking to God is more like it. I run a monologue in my mind and keep at it until the homily finishes.

As we grow up, we learn that even the one person that wasn’t supposed to ever let us down, probably will. You’ll have your heart broken and you’ll break others’ hearts. You’ll fight with your best friend or maybe even fall in love with them, and you’ll cry because time is flying by. So take too many pictures, laugh too much, forgive freely, and love like you’ve never been hurt. Life comes with no guarantees, no time outs, no second chances. you just have to live life to the fullest, tell someone what they mean to you and tell someone off, speak out, dance in the pouring rain, hold someone’s hand, comfort a friend, fall asleep watching the sun come up, stay up late, be a flirt, and smile until your face hurts. Don’t be afraid to take chances or fall in love and most of all, live in the moment because every second you spend angry or upset is a second of happiness you can never get back.

Sayang. Bituin Escalante is a really fine singer. But she’s a one-hit wonder in the local music industry. There was never a follow-up to her one hit, Kung Ako Na Lang Sana. Too bad because she’s one of the really good singers we have locally.

Here’s Kung Ako Na Lang Sana for your listening pleasure…

The music video was directed by Ryan Agoncillo.

I do hope Star Records will give her another break. Perhaps, even an album of cover songs first to re-introduce her to the buying public. Before another hit like this song.

So smile and be “in”! Who knows, someone might be in need of a smile right now and it might be you who would bestow it upon that person.

It will be a huge deal, believe me.

Smile!

It’s the end of the month again. How time flies! Do you plan to party this weekend, it being payday today, or are you just going to relax at home and catch up on sleep?

For your Fab Life, we would like to suggest holding a slumber party! Come on girls, let’s have some fun! There will be no rushing, no crowd pushing you to get in a bar, no overly loud noise. Just you and the girls and some good old gossiping and some junk food.

How about it?

It’s the holiday season once again. This is the time of the year when there are so many work events you are obliged to attend. How do you work it and capitalize on these opportunities to meet the higher ups?

Know before you go!

There’s no harm in asking for details before attending an office event. Aside from confirming the time and place, try to find out if there’s a dress code, and if you can bring a hot date or your hubby to the event. Make sure you also know if a company executive will be attending the event so as you can formulate conversations you can bring up when you “accidentally” bump with him or her. Remember, every opportunity counts.

Good luck!