Last week was a good one for me, particularly the latter part of the week. I had so much fun seeing my friends. I rarely go out with them. We are all busy with our lives. Most of them are already married and have kids. Family comes first for all of us so we understand the rarity of us being together. The last time we were all together was July of last year. It’s more than a year now.

We had dinner. It lasted for more than 3 hours. That’s actually a short time for us. When you get to eat a meal with me and my friends, it is rare to stay at one topic for a long time. Expect a lot of shifts in the topic. But because we have been friends for almost two decades now, we are attuned to one another already. We know when to shut up when one is talking and when to butt in to give our opinion.

Before going home, we had coffee. Naturally. Of course, the coffee time lasted until way past midnight. What a day that day turned out to be…

I really love John Legend’s Ordinary People. When I hear this song, it brings a wealth of emotion to me. A bit of sadness and happiness at the same time. Listen to it and let the song sooth you…

I realized that starting my Monday morning with a soothing song is the ticket to a productive and smooth week. I hope the song will do this to you, too.

Have a great Monday!

I got this meme from MamaFlo.

Where is your cell phone? Desk
Where is your significant other? Dream
Your hair color? Black
Your mother? Deceased
Your father? Praying
Your favorite thing? Book
Your dream last night? Bizarre
Your dream/goal? Contentment
The room you’re in? Living
Your hobby? Blogging
Your fear? Drowning
Where do you want to be in 6 years? Australia
Where were you last night? Home
What you’re not? Productive
One of your wish-list items? Cruise
Where you grew up? Manila
Last thing you did? Drop
What are you wearing? Clothes
Your TV? 21″
Your pet? None
Your computer? HP
Your mood? Anxious
Missing someone? Yes
Your car? None
Something you’re not wearing? Makeup
Favorite store? SM
Your summer? Great
Love someone? Hmm
Your favorite color? Green
When is the last time you laughed? Today
Last time you cried? Fortnight

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I just got hosted by a good friend! This blog is no longer hosted in Blogger. I have qualms on continuing blogging under Blogger because I got some feedback that in their TOS, they have the prerogative to delete your blog.

Now I am using Wordpress and still learning my way. Thank you to Teresa of So Chic Design for this wonderful free theme!

A new entry will follow this one shortly.

In your life, you’ll make note of a lot of people. Ones with whom you shared something special, ones who will always mean something. There’s the one you first kissed, the one you first loved, the one you lost your virginity to, the one you put on a pedestal, the one you’re with.. and the one that got away.

Who is the one that got away? I guess it’s that person with whom everything was great, everything was perfect, but the timing was just wrong. There was no fault in the person, there was no flaw in the chemistry, but the cards just didn’t fall the right way, I suppose.

I believe in the fact that ending up with someone, finding a longtime partner that is, does not lie merely in the other person. I can actually argue that an equal part, or maybe even the greater part, has to do with the matter of timing. It has to do with you being ready to settle down and commit to someone in a way that goes beyond the little niceties of giddy romance.

How often have you gone through it without even realizing it? When you’re not ready to commit in that mature manner, it doesn’t matter whom you’re with, it just doesn’t work. Small problems become big; inconsequentials become dealbreakers simply because you’re not ready and it shows. It’s not that you and the person you’re with are no good; it’s just that it’s not yet right, and little things become the flashpoint of that fact.

Then one day you’re ready. You really are. And when this happens you’ll be ready to settle down with someone. He or she may not be the most perfect, they might not be the brightest stars of romance to ever have burned in your life, but it’ll work because you’re ready. It’ll work because it’s the right time and you’ll make it work. And it will make sense, it really will.

So that day comes when you’re finally making sense of things, and you find yourself to be a different person. Things are different, your approach is different, you finally understand who you are and what you want, and you’ve become ready because the time has truly arrived. And mind you, there’s no telling when this day will come. Hopefully you’re single but you could be in a long-term relationship, you could be married with three kids, it doesn’t matter. All you know is that you’ve changed, and for some reason, the one that got away, is the person you think about.

You’ll think about them because you’ll wonder, “What if they were here today?” You’ll wonder, “What if we were together now, with me as I am and not as I was?” That’s what the one that got away is. The biggest “What if?” you’ll have in your life. If you’re married, you’ll just have to accept the fact that the one that got away, got away. Believe me, no matter how fairy tale you think your marriage is, this can happen to the best of us. But hopefully you’re mature enough to realize that you’re already with the one you’re with and this is just another test of your commitment, one which will just strengthen your marriage when you get past it. Sure, you’ll think about him/her every so often, but it’s alright. It’s never nice to live with a “might have been,” but it happens.

Maybe the one that got away is the one who is already married. In which case it’s the same thing. You just have to accept and know that your memories of that person will probably bring a nice little smile to your lips in the future when you’re old and gray and reminiscing.

But if neither of that is the case, then it’s different. What do you do if it’s not yet too late? Simple…. Find him, find her. Because the very existence of a “one that got away” means that you’ll always wonder, what if you got that one?

Ask him out to coffee, ask her out to a movie, it doesn’t matter if you’ve dropped in from nowhere. You’d be surprised, you just might be the “one that got away” as well for the person who is your “the one that got away”.

You might drop in from out of nowhere and it wont make a difference. If the timing is finally right, it will all just fall into place somehow and you know.

I’m thinking, it would be a great feeling, in the end, to be able to say to someone, “Hey you, you’re the one that almost got away”.

This was sent to me by a friend. And I love reading this. Sigh.

How many hours of TV do you watch per week? Do you feel that’s too much, not enough or just right?
More than 25 hours every week. And I am afraid it is too much, really. It’s just that while working, I make sure that I am tuned in to the news from time to time so the tv is always on.

Which of the 5 senses do you feel is your strongest sense?
Even though I am nearsighted, I still feel that my sense of sight is the strongest sense I have.

What’s the wackiest belief you held as a child?
I believed in mermaids. An old granduncle of mine told me stories about it and how a certain guy in their barrio was supposedly captured by a group of mermaids as a sacrifice. But then one of the mermaids fell in love with the guy and found a way to send him back to land. It was his relatives who narrated the story.

I really believed that for the longest time. I’ve heard it narrated countless of times and that’s precisely the reason why I felt it was true. Of course, later on, I realized how foolish that was hehe

Happy Manic Monday everyone!

I used to be impulsive and pessimistic. More often than not, I got into trouble because of it. But when a former boss who I look up to as my mentor, sent me a message concerning my frame of mind a couple of years ago, it made me realize so many things wrong in my life. I thought then that life was just a series of obstacles that I must surpass. Everything was on the negative for me.

After that message and a lot of time spent “soul searching”, I saw little bright lights in each dark phases of my life. I opened my eyes to the possibility that life is not that bad. And you know, I still struggle from time to time. But there is always that eagerness to find something positive in every thing that happens to me…

And always this attitude that I can turn things around by simply controlling my emotions and seeing things in a positive light.

Life has been pretty much the same for me the past week. It has become a routine already, safe and boring at times. I normally wake up around 7 or 8 in the morning, boot up my computer while I go and do my morning thing. Then with a steaming cup of coffee, I go online and start working by checking my emails first and then the to-dos for the day. I work until 2 in the afternoon, take a siesta and work again by 4 until around 2am.

This is pretty boring routine for most people, especially to those who are used to deadlines and rush hours. Do I get bored? Yes, there are days. But these are days when I need an inspiration. If not, I am pretty satisfied with my days.

How about you, do you have a daily routine?

randomness…feed your mind and your blog
10.26 All About Blogging
This week lets discuss blogging.

3. How many blogs do you have? More than 5

till next time….