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Telebisyon Ngayon

liz — Fri, 27 Nov 2009 06:19:37 +0000

Nanumbalik uli yung hilig ko sa tv kahit nga commercials pinapanood ko.

Naiirita na nga ako sa iba’t-ibang versions ng commercial ni Vic Sotto ng Tide eh. Paulit-ulit pa.

Kapag nakita ko na ang scene ng kahoy na may apoy, linilipat ko agad ng channel bago ko pa man marinig ang boses ni Regine. Ayaw ko talaga ng tv ad campaign ni Noynoy.

Miss ko na yung ABS – CBN Christmas Station ID eh, bihira na maipakita dahil sa mga lecheng political ad na yan.

Oo na, fan ako ng Melason. Nakakainis nga kasi sabi ni hubby wala daw gusto si Jason kay Melissa. Hmp.

Minsan nalingat ako, nakita ko may mga malalaking ahas na halata namang peke tapos biglang dumating si Darna. Shet, bat ako nandito. Lipat, lipat. Hindi ako nanonood ng GMA 7. Ever. Kahit noong teenage days ko pa.

Mabuti naman malapit na ending ng Lovers in Paris. KC-Piolo. Yuck. Isang bading at isang mukhang bading. Zanjoe lang pinapanood ko dun eh.

Dahil sa kakapanood ng PBB, hindi ko na alam tuloy kung anong nangyari sa Project Runway Season 2. Sabay kasi kanilang oras.

Eto namang mahal na mahal kong asawa kapag nanonood na ng Top Plays ng NBA nagiging bulag at bingi. Nakatulala. Hindi makausap. Tapos biglang sisigaw kapag may nag dunk or something. Baliw ba. Heh.

Pero natutuwa naman ako kasi #7 pa rin jersey number nya sa basketball. Bday ko yun. Kilig ako cyempre kahit pasimple. Shh.

Hay, ocia balik tv tayo. Hilig ko rin manood ng news CNN, etc. And yes, I condemn the Magindanao Massacre. Sana nga mabigyan eto ng totoong hustisya.

Siyanga pala, sa HBO ko lang nakita na ang bida pala sa Lethal Weapon movies ay si Mel Gibson akala ko dati si Bruce Willis :p Ay, Die Hard pala yun.

Author: Liz

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Heart

liz — Wed, 23 Sep 2009 12:55:00 +0000

My favorite teleserye of all time :p Tayong Dalawa is about to end this coming Friday. It’s the only local teleserye that I know by heart…speaking of heart, Audrey’s (Kim Chiu) life at risk because she’s pregnant and she has a heart problem.

I saw my Mama.
And I saw myself as the baby.

Sigh.
That is why pregnancy is my greatest fear ever.

But I want babies too.
So, help me God.

Author: Liz

September Err

liz — Mon, 21 Sep 2009 21:44:11 +0000

I remember saying that Ber months are really special for me, I forgot tho that these months has also disadvantages. The cold weather. The never ending rain. The muscle cramps, etc. The painful fact is hindering me from living maybe in Canada, Alaska and Northpole to be with Santa. Ugh.

Also, times like this – most of my clothes are useless. Shorty shorts, lingerie, small tops…when I got sick last week, I found myself wearing very big shirts of a 6-footer guy. And I love the comfort of it! Hubby’s the one who suggested to wear his clothes anyway because I failed looking and messing my whole closet where everything is short and small and cant protect me from cold. I only have 1 jogging pants yet still a very sexy fit one. :p

Our weekend getaway in Naga was kinda not well, at least for myself. While we’re doing our walkathon rounds, I was forcing myself to feel fine. Because I need to. Because it’s fiesta, damn it.

The strong heavy rain came – we had small umbrella but I still ended up really soaking wet then after that the sudden presence of air conditioned on stores, acne treatment booths and malls, etc – hay bingo.

The rest that had happened are mostly meetups with family and friends and more walkathons. I finally saw and spent some time with the newest addition to the family, my nephew, Joshua Terrence :p

I’m just glad hubby had fun at least. He can’t stop taking pictures randomly in the city, particularly the beautiful majorettes from different universities during the Military Parade contest :p

Author: Liz

Special Ber Season

liz — Tue, 01 Sep 2009 14:09:56 +0000

August has ended and here comes the Ber season, the most special season of all the seasons for me.

September – This month is a fiesta month of my hometown (Naga, Cam Sur). It’s called Peñafrancia Festival, the feast of Virgin de Peñafrancia. The Patroness of Bicolandia played a very important role when I was born. Stories said that – during that time when the doctor told my parents that either me or my Mama will die (because she was suffering from heart ailment and I was only 7 months) my father and his sister went to church to borrow the clothes of the Patroness and placed it on my mother’s womb :) Mama stayed for 10 years after that while here I am still alive and kicking :p

October – Two very special people celebrates their birthday on this month. My father on the 26th and husband’s on the 3rd:p

November – My mother’s birthday every 4th. I can’t stop thanking her for giving me this opportunity to live in this beautiful world :p A good friend of mine, Alona, who gave us our wedding bible is celebrating her birthday too on this month :p

December – Aside from the Christmas holidays, this is also our wedding and engagement month. Boyfriend proposed 22nd of December 2007 and after a year of wedding planning and preparation, we got married 11th of December 2008. So, one year anniv is coming :)

Time to make Christmas list! Wishes and gifts like maybe some new versions of netbooks or oh hi hello iPhone :p

P.S
There’s this silly quiz at Facebook telling that I’ll get pregnant on Dec 2009. Sana mag-dilang anghel di ba :p It will be a very wonderful addition to my special Ber Season :) Tho I’m scared :p Did you know that getting pregnant, imagining labor and pain, is my greatest fear ever? I’ll tell you about it some other time. Hmm, or maybe you can take a hint from the September story above :p

Author: Liz

Heal the crazy, heal the world

liz — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 21:53:32 +0000

Afternoon rains are crazy lately and the thunder is really loud and scary.

Anyway, today millions of people worldwide witness the memorial for Michael Jackson, who died few days ago. I’m really not a fan so I wasn’t really that excited to join the fuss, drama and tributes. But of course I am aware of his popularity and some of his songs specifically the song that helped me to bag the Miss Talent Award when I was 12. That day, ugh. How can I forget. It was the most embarrassing moment I ever had.

Once upon a time, there was this pageant thing called Miss United Nation in our school…and the whole grade 6 class and teachers voted me to be the class/level representative to compete with other levels. (e.g two grade 5′s are Miss Taiwan, Miss India, etc. And since I’m tall, I was Miss United States :p

But nah, I didn’t win the Miss U.N title. Why,because I failed to answer the Q at the Q&A portion! (shame, shame). Aah yes, I can still remember the question that goes like this:

“Aside from DOH and WHO, can you give a list of other health organizations?”

*me dies, whatta, meron pa bang iba? city of health? red cross? center that sells diet pills?*

Argh, blame it on the total blackout + pressure and okay fine, I forgot to study..until now I still don’t know the answer. Haha. Wait, I’ll google later.

Hay, never mind, at least I won Miss Talent and ended as 1st runner up. I made the judges cry of my song interpretation of MJ’s Heal the World. :p I could still remember wearing a torn dirty white big shirt, dancing, crying, acting like hungry crazy and begging for food. (thanks to my sister for the choreography!)

*Ooh, which reminds me I’ve already done this twice! When I was in college, I also played the role of Sisa (Rizal History Play)*

What so funny about this is that I really cried when I was doing those roles, career talaga! And hey, those are tough roles ah. Mahirap kayang maging luka luka :p

Hmm actually, madali lang pala. Lakad lakad sa kawalan. Bulungan mo yung sarili mo, sideways stare with matching kamot kamot sa ulo, cry and laugh at the same time, guguluhin ang buhok then make lumpasay sa sahig and ikot ikot LOL.

Okay, enough. Must sleep now and end this crazy entry.

Author: Liz

Bat ganun

liz — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 16:55:23 +0000

Bat ganun.

May mga taong masyadong sensitive, feeling laging inaapi at laging misinterepretation ang nasasagap na signal. Eto rin kadalasan yung hindi marunong tumanggap ng kritiko, komento o suhestyon.

Meron rin naman iba na masyadong epal, yung gusto palagi siyang may say at papel para lang ipaalala na may essence ang existence niya at hindi lamang siya isang hamak na furniture sa earth.

Kasamahan din nito yung mga righteous na lahat na lang na makikitang saliwat sa kanyang sariling paningin at panlasa ay kinukutya.

Hindi rin siyempre magpapahuli yung mga excited mag reiterate na sila ay tama at sila ang may pinakamagandang opinyon sa sanlibutan.

Pinsan nito ay- yung ipipilit talaga ang sariling opinyon at argumento without considering other factors kahit pa ikamatay niya eto.

At dahil sa mga yan, lalabas na rin yung mga taong pikon. Makikipag-away. Makiki-debate. Hanggang sa personalan na ang kinahahantungan.

Although meron din talagang iba na walang pakialam sa sociodad at communidad kahit pa mag gyera ang nasa paligid nya dahil ang iniisip lamang niya ay ang sarili kapakanan.

Nakakaloka rin yung mga trying hard, kapatid ni epal to eh, yung pilit na makikisawsaw para kunwari sikat din siya kasi nakikisalamuha at may exchange of conversation na siya sa mga sikat.

Meron din yung mga eengot engot na ignorance of everything ang drama at ayaw maging informative. Kabaligtaran nito kasi ay yung iba naman na isa ring excited na ipaalam sa mundo na siya ay isang gifted right and bright.

Siyempre meron din yung mga sarcastic at yung mga taong dinadaan ang karamihan ng bagay sa just -for-fun sa kadahilanang well, hindi natin alam.

Hindi rin papatalo yung mga bitter na kahit kelan ay hindi magiging masaya for you.

O kaya yung mga taong double negative kagaya ng word na irregardless na ang tanging nakikita lamang ay ang lahat ng panget sa mundo.

O kaya yung mga taong insecure na nakatira sa hatred community na naiinis sayo and everything about you kahit wala ka namang ginagawang masama sa kanila – yun bang tipong wala lang naiinis lang siya sayo and yeah you just have to deal with it.

O kaya yung mga feelingers na wala ng ibang ginawa sa mundo kundi pagkatiwalaan lang ang feelings nya. Yung tipong feeling niya maarte ka at mayabang kaya ayaw niya sayo. O kaya feeling niya sinungaling ka at kung ano ano pang feeling.

Andyan rin yung mga winner na ever proud winner. At yung losers na hindi matanggap na siya ay loser. Idagdag na rin natin ang mga gaya-gaya, OA, mapag-panggap, inggitera, tsismosa, ksp, atbp.

Bat ganun.

Ang hirap lagyan ng question mark.

Mahirap bang maging cool lang. Yung tipong hindi ka naman anghel sa sobrang nice, pero hindi ka rin epal, hindi OA, hindi insecure, hindi trying hard, hindi nangkukutya, hindi pala-away, hindi papansin, alam mo ang meaning ng “to each his own” and syempre at the same time hindi ka rin sobrang sensitive o pikon at kayang tanggapin ang kritiko at pagbabago.

Hay ewan ko sainyo. Ngayon ko lang napagtanto na nakakapagod pala ang trabaho ng isang psychologist o sociologist. Imagine buong oras nya iguguhol lamang sa stress sa pag analyze ng mga walang entang personalidad ng isang indibidwal o ng isang sociedad.

Author: Liz

Too much dosage of fear

liz — Sat, 13 Jun 2009 18:57:31 +0000

On this date, I had my share of scary turbulent flight. It wasn’t my first plane ride but it’s the first time that it made me cry. Minor bumps and shakes (like from those (like from those rv rides) are kinda fine but I was terrified of the sudden drop that happened 6x! Hubby’s already telling me to inhale-exhale because I am really not okay with it. Na-inhale ko na nga ata lahat ng swine flu sa plane eh. One wrong thing about me being scared is that I don’t scream at all. The physical aspect of calmness is still there. But I have tendencies to freeze, shock, won’t move and talk – hell, I might even forget to breathe!

It’s just so sad that I can’t simply follow a rule that says: : Thou shalt not fear. And yeah it’s one of my greatest sin because it’s a sign of weak faith. There’s a long list of it. Fear of heights, dogs, hospitals, speed, emergencies, end of the world, illness, sinking, falling, plane crash…I was even once afraid to get married! Scared that I might end up with the wrong one and other blahs. (But that was before. It is now ruled out because the love is so strong that I no longer care at all if I’ll be wrong in the end)

Mitch Albom mentioned this certain phrase that says “I don’t want to die in a stage of fright” on his book entitled Tuesdays with Morrie. I can so relate with it. It completely applies to me – that’s the reason why I’m scared of anything that will eventually lead to an end of my beautiful existence :p

Author: Liz

Beating the Block

liz — Thu, 30 Apr 2009 00:12:28 +0000

Did you know that I made this current blog design for around an hour only? No brainstorming, just going with the flow of instincts by adding a favorite stock photo, blend in some colors, font selections, additional drama then that’s it – all set and done.

But there are days when I just:

Sit
Stare
And draw a gradient square.

Then after 2-3 hours, I still have the same square plus some little boxes like shipping boxes. Just like that, plain square and empty boxes. The next thing I know – I’m doomed! Deadline is within the next hour.

So, how do I beat it?

First – well, I have to admit that most of the time, since there’s a deadline, I submit half-baked cakes :p Lagot! Just expect a revision the next day.

Second – I go to sleep (forget the deadline haha) just so I can totally clear my overloaded mind of life’s anxiety and half-baked ideas.

Third – a hug. For me it’s a refresher – a person, stuff toy or even just my pillow. I’m such a childish cuddly clingy cat (the 4 Cs!) hubby can attest to that :p (that’s why he miss me right now more than anyone in this world lol)

Fourth- I work on something that is outside design (actually outside the web world) if I’m at home – like maybe by cutting and cleaning my nails or washing the dishes or getting the broom to sweep all the negative elements around me.

Some common suggestions to beat the block usually includes: music, food, games, and inspirational websites — the problem tho is that they no longer inspire me. Maybe because they are no longer new and are already part of my daily routine. Music, for example, is already a commodity.

Also, I am not a fan of tutorials. It makes LazyLiz sleepy. I love learning things out of owido. Spontaneous, whatever attitude, sans the standards and happy accidents.

But that’s just me.

How about you? How do you beat the block?

Writer’s block.
Designer’s block.
Blogger’s block.

Uhm, is there such a thing Programmer’s block? (hmm, maybe?) Hubby said – nose bleed na daw siya in Bahrain right now trying to solve problems and debug codes. If only I have know-how of Oracle’s app and system programming, I’ll surely help him just so he can finish the project and go back home.

Ang kaso, I failed twice nga sa C++ eh. Lol. Wag nang mangarap sa Oracle. Heh.

Author: Liz

Il bel far niente

liz — Fri, 24 Apr 2009 23:50:41 +0000

Elizabeth Gilbert mentioned something about Il bel far niente, an Italian phrase which means “the beauty of doing nothing” from one of her non-fiction books…that’s when I realized that – hey, I love doing that!

Doing nothing. I think I usually spent an hour or two on this.

You simply sit or stay on your bed. No laptops. No TV. No music. No guitar. No books. Just stay there thinking nothing and doing nothing.

I believe it’s also an art of Yoga. A Zen Habit.

Call it unproductive, a waste of time and opportunity but in the end – doing nothing will give you something in return. It will melt away all the stress you have, more than just having an Argentina travel. It will make yourself more productive and more creative when you go back to your work.

I think it’s also one of the reason why I am one of the 15% calm people in this world :p

Author: Liz

Saying “Po”

liz — Tue, 14 Apr 2009 12:15:44 +0000

There’s this issue about the suicide letter of Ted Failon’s wife. Kesyo bakit daw maraming “po”. You don’t say “po” daw to you husband, etc…but hey I do.

I am fond of saying the word “po” not only for the elders. Kahit ordinary conversation lang with friends, colleagues even with kids.

Me and hubby too. Look at the recent comments on the left side and see a sample of what I’m saying.

Why, I don’t know.
Maybe as a sign of humility, respect or that you are listening attentively. Something like that.

As a matter of fact, everytime I am approached by someone – my usual reply starts with: “Ano po yun?”

Author: Liz