Gab's Birthday shots

October survey

Name: A mix of my parents' names

Age: will always be a tween

What are you passionate about: Jesus, Films, music, books, writing

Most played songs: Hill Song and Corinne Bailey Rae

Heroine / Hero: My sister / My Dad

Best quality about me: I'm determined

The worst: I get distracted

Do you have direction? Yes..surreal nga lang

Last semi-sensible purchase: tokong as pambahay - could be used as jogging pants

If you could buy one thing right now it would be: Little Tyke slide for rye

Beach or mountains: Beach. Lap it up!

Sport: a little bit of badminton, pacute swimming, some basketball, table tennis

Movie that makes me cry: mother-daughter scenes with susan sarandon. And also the "stepmom" scene where julia roberts and susan talked about being the past and future of their daughter..oh oh..pass the towel please!

Apart from what you're doing now, what would be your dream job: It would Samantha Brown's show on Travel and Living..touring Europe for free!

Temptation you have successfully avoided thus far: compulsive shopping

Temptation you have succumbed to recently: junk food feast

The one thing you can never be: basta anything that needs immediate counting like being a cashier, a toll person..puro abono ako!

The one thing you strive to be: more patient

The one thing you struggle with the most: angry outburst

The most beautiful woman you've ever seen: My mom.

The best thing your mom taught you: Kindness

The best thing your dad taught you: Integrity

The thing you surprisingly enjoy doing: clipping kids' fingernails

What turns you on: witty, God fearing, cowboy

What turns you off: rude, mayabang, bad breath

Most pointless thing a girl can buy: useless treatments like pouty lips, breast enhancements... self esteem can never be bought!

Best thing a girl can buy: moisturizer and tweezer, plus sexy nail polish

Favorite sound: my son's laughter, shriek of joy, the way he calls me "mum" with a british accent to boot (malay ko kung san nya nakuha)

Worst sound: loud snoring or water dripping or clock ticking at night

Favorite word to hear: mwah

When no one's looking I like to: dance like a freak to any kind of music that's playing on the radio

What would the movie of your life be called: Life Like Lynette

What is the most ironic thing about yourself: I'm OC but don't show it..in my head, I've had it all figured out but can't execute it well enough. I'm a closet fashionista - I know the latest trends and yet can't wear it with ease..

What do you like most about yourself: I can do research like a spy
What do you hate most about yourself: I seem to attract the wrong type of guys.

One thing you will never be: whiner

Issue most important to you: street kids and programs for their benefit

What is the bravest thing you've done: love! hahaha

What is the one brave thing you've still yet to do: get married and face the in laws.

What's food for your soul? praise and worship songs, communing with nature

If you were to enter heaven, what would you like to hear at the pearly gates: "Hi there! Your Mama is having a homecoming feast for you at the mansion."

Life Notebook

Yesterday I bought a notebook from Papemelroti. This brand of recycled notebook has been witness to my life's most significant and mundane journal entries since I was twelve years old. So maybe I need to write again. I have been keeping a digital journal since 2004 but it's not the same. Just as a digital album is not as poignant as turning the pages of a real photo album. Call me backwards, but it's really something else.

My nephew had his 1st bday party yesterday. Looking at the next generation of our family, I feel all these mixed emotions..it's looking forward to the future and yet wanting everything to remain the same at least for a little while longer. Rye had so much fun spending time with his cousins. I hope they can preserve the friendship even when they've grown up or been separated by distance. Eight cousins in all..ranging from 22 to 1 year old. I pray they have a great life, bounded by faith and love.

Big Girls Don't Cry

The smell of your skin lingers on me now
Your probably on your flight back to your home town
I need some shelter of my own protection baby
To be with myself instead of calamity
Peace, Serenity

[CHORUS]
I hope you know, I hope you know
That this has nothing to do with you
It's personal, Myself and I
We've got some straightenin' out to do
And I'm gonna miss you like a child misses their blanket
But Ive got to get a move on with my life
Its time to be a big girl now
And big girls don't cry
Don't cry
Don't cry
Don't cry

The path that I'm walking
I must go alone
I must take the baby steps until I'm full grown
Fairytales don't always have a happy ending, do they
And I foresee the dark ahead if I stay

[CHORUS]
I hope you know, I hope you know
That this has nothing to with you
It's personal, Myself and I
We've got some straightenin' out to do
And I'm gonna miss you like a child misses their blanket
But I've got to get a move on with my life
Its time to be a big girl now
And big girls don't cry

Like the little school mate in the school yard
We'll play jacks and uno cards
Ill be your best friend and you'll be mine
Valentine
Yes you can hold my hand if u want to
Cause I want to hold yours too
Well be playmates and lovers and share our secret worlds
But its time for me to go home
Its getting late, dark outside
I need to be with myself instead of calamity
Peace, Serenity

[CHORUS]
I hope you know, I hope you know
That this has nothing to do with you
It's personal, Myself and I
We've got some straightenin' out to do
And I'm gonna miss you like a child misses their blanket
But I've got to get a move on with my life
Its time to be a big girl now
And big girls don't cry
Don't cry
Don't cry
Don't cry

This song is on my mind these days. A bad case of last song syndrome..

Times a-changing once again. It's been a really dizzying year for me. Wonderfully so. May term bang ganun..anywayz..Tama bang october na..I have a Christmas list but don't have time to shop or the budget to start shopping..hehe.