May 2012
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you and i siomai
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32 and counting!
is 32 and counting. Proud Mom. Rebellious Daughter. Sister. Friend. An Ex. Young at heart, sometimes in spirit. :) Cougar. Haha. Wanderer. Poet. Backpacker. Geek. Survivor. 32 years of ups and downs, of both beautiful and tragic moments, of tears and laughter and more laughter. My life may have its twists and turns and did not exactly turn out to be what I had planned but it has been a great...
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The Sweet Life
Because the way to my mom’s heart is to make her something sweet. <3
all the ingredients for a sweet life
heating up the love!
chilled cheesecake without the topping
cheesecake oozing with blueberry goodness
my masterpiece
a slice of blueberry heaven
25 Things I’ve Learned In My 20s (And Still...
Hurray to my upcoming 32nd!
Listed below are lessons all of us have encountered along the way and probably still are encountering as the days go by. They are all so heartbreakingly real and sometimes we couldn’t help but wish time would stop for a second so that we may hold on a bit longer to those happy memories we wouldn’t want to let go of…yet. But yes, it is impossible so I...
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This is just too funny for words. :))
can’t stop laughing right now! Hahahaha
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On getting older and loving myself more
I will be another year older in a few more days.
I don’t know if you still remember or if you do, does it even matter?
I would like to assure you though, that I am happy now and that you were right when you said I should start loving myself more.
It all seem so long ago. There was a time I thought you and I would never end. But we did.
It was not a secret that I felt lost after that,...
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A daughter is a gift of love
My little one, photographed by Edrie Alvarez
(May 2012, Rios Residence Rosario, Cavite)
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Windows
My beautiful Sofia gazing out the window (May 14, 2012)
Setting is in my old room at our ancestral home in Rosario, Cavite. Taken by acclaimed photographer Maricris Fabi Carlos.
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A Song for Sofia
I.
It’s in the way your eyes light up at the sound of my voice
or how your laughter fills the room whenever I tickle your nose.
I look at you and know that you are everything.
Because I am your mother and I feel that I am loved.
II.
You are my sweet surprise,
and the fluffy clouds in the summer skies
You make my heart skip a beat and my eyes well up with happy tears
I hold you in my arms...
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Usapang C2 at Convenience Store
Last night: Sof: Ma, bili tayo C2 sa mercury Ella: Gabi na, may mumu na sa labas. Bukas n lng bili ka ni mama ha (Sof throws a tantrum. Ayaw pumayag) Ella: Sarado na mercury, baby. Bukas bili kita yung malaking malaking C2. Sof: Hindi yun sasara! Thirtypor hours yun! Oo nga naman. Haha.
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This morning, immediately upon waking up, she went to the study room and turned on the PC by herself. I did not know she was already maintaining her own zen garden in Plants vs. Zombies.
“Mama, ang dami ko na pera o.” She said pointing to her “earnings”.
Now, if only I have that much money in my bank account. :)
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On Friendship Overcoming War and Diversity
Last week, my friend Vanessa (who is from Spain) and I flew to Cebu for a work related seminar.
Because the event lasted the whole day, we did not get the chance to go sight seeing until the following day but only for a few hours.
We went to Mactan before going back to Manila and took pictures in the famous Mactan Shrine.
Lapu-Lapu watching over us: Ella and Vane beside the monument of the...
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on heartbreak and finding a new passion
Show me someone who has not experienced heartbreak and I will show you a person who has not yet truly loved and lived.
Heartbreak, whether it’s the mild or the crushing, sleep depriving kind has the power to make even the most cheerful and optimistic person look inwards and reexamine his or her life. In short, no matter how seemingly put-together a person may look outside, he or she is never...
