Thoughts on the first snow experience.

COLD and DISGUSTING.


Though i must admit, the first time i saw snow make landfall yesterday, I was in complete awe. I just laid there on my bed, observing this weird and familiar phenomenon with a sort of fulfillment in my soul. This is actually real snow and not some fabricated white plastic Styrofoam decoration I know all too well back home. But at the same time, there was a worrying voice inside of me - the cold is going to get worse. And I know for a fact that I'm not going to like it. At all. God help me? 

What I didn't like about snow is, well, going out of the house and continue living your daily life. Why can't we all just hibernate and resurface come March or April in time for spring? All other creatures do it! so why can't we? Now I know why majority of Filipinos living in the US are in sunny California! lucky bastards. 

But in all honesty, I like the snow. I like looking at it and admiring it inside the comfort of my room. outside of it, I just despise it. 

"The first fall of snow is not only an event, it is a magical event. You go to bed in one kind of a world and wake up in another quite different, and if this is not enchantment then where is it to be found?" 

- J.B. Priestly 

My Pinoy Playlist

I romance myself with songs by Filipino artists whenever i miss my home country. I'm surprised at how awesome these new songs are. I'm not really sure if they're relatively new, Its just that I don't really get to listen to Pinoy music so much anymore. So if you happen to know any other kick-ass Pinoy songs or songs by Filipino artists, please recommend them to me. I would GREATLY appreciate it! In the mean time, these are some of my eargasmic choices. 

What I would give to be on Manila's dirty highways right now; playing these songs in my car and probably stop by Manila bay for some disgustingly, satisfying BALUT!!

I MISS YOU MANILA!!!! :(

                                                                 

To the nonconformist

Alessia and I paid a visit to the Apple Store on Fifth Avenue this week. And it made me think. 

We live in a world of conformists. What I can take away from Steve Jobs’ passing is how we’ve become extremely dependent on technology as a platform to express ourselves. Facebook and twitter have become an extension of our lives because we crave the attention of an audience, a sense of being recognized for some “thing”, an outlet for us to vent/relish/show-off/etc. Sometimes we try so hard to document each significant and/or insignificant detail of our daily lives into cyber space just to make up for that fact that our real life sucks. Before you form any prior judgments, I’m not speaking for everyone nor am I insinuating that people with facebook accounts have sucky lives – I’m merely referring to cases that hit closer to home. What’s sad is how we try to be someone else on line that we forget who we really are in the real world. Or that we try to morph into someone else just because they’re lives seem more cooler or more interesting on facebook without realizing how shallow it really is. It’s sad really. The internet has become as essential to the human race as the food we eat. Case in point, I know people who get really paranoid when they don’t have access to their phone/internet for more than 5 minutes. 


Yet, in hind sight our generation has also demonstrated how conforming to a cause can make a difference to our community and probably to the whole world. Yes, I’m talking about the whole occupy Wall Street movement. What we all can agree on is the fact that our generation is constantly upgrading our perception of the world, and there is nothing wrong with keeping track of these changes; What we should be cautious of is not losing ourselves along the way. So here’s to Steve Jobs, the nonconformist, Thank you for living a life that is truly your own!

"Here’s to the crazy ones. The misfits. The rebels. The troublemakers. The round pegs in the square holes. The ones who see things differently. They’re not fond of rules. And they have no respect for the status quo. You can quote them, disagree with them, glorify or vilify them. About the only thing you can’t do is ignore them. Because they change things. They invent. They imagine. They heal. They explore. They create. They inspire. They push the human race forward. Maybe they have to be crazy. How else can you stare at an empty canvas and see a work of art? Or sit in silence and hear a song that’s never been written? Or gaze at a red planet and see a laboratory on wheels? We make tools for these kinds of people. While some see them as the crazy ones, we see genius. Because the people who are crazy enough to think they can change the world, are the ones who do." 

- Steve Jobs

Remember that weekend?

Who would have thought that DUMBO could be so hip and artsy?

 

"When she's laying in her Sunday best, when she's turning over friday, I could swear I'm sleeping less and less.." - Augustana

The Awkward Chronicles of April: Part I

I could just be the most awkward person you’ll ever meet. I always seem to find myself in these weird situations, the kind where you just want to curl up and disappear from the face of the earth. Yeah, I’ve been very well apt in these unfortunate dispositions for more than once in my 23 years on this earth. As I try to humor myself with this entry, I would like to give you a recap of the topmost events that showcases my most embarrassing awkward moments/monologues of all time.  Drum roll please.

The awkward moment with my cute hot boss. This was on my second day at work. In my defense, he did offer me and my fellow intern a free lunch the day before.

(At the office hall way, it was 5 minutes before lunch time)

April: “I’m almost done uploading this file in the site, is there anything else you want me to prioritize?”

Boss: “Ok, do you want to get together now to discuss?”

April: (baffled and flattered) “you mean, over LUNCH?”

Boss: “No, in my office.”

*way to go april, waaay to go!*

The awkward moment at the Disney Store. I was picking out a present for a friend, I was with Royce who was wearing a brown leather jacket. I was prancing around the store like a little girl with a stuffed toy in my arms and pranced my way beside a guy (who I thought was Royce) wearing almost the exact same leather jacket.

April: (as I pranced my way beside this stranger) Wanna go upstairs with me? (then realizing that it was not Royce)

Stranger: (shocked) uhmmm.. I don’t know why you want to go upstairs but sure, We can go upstairs! Hahaha.

April: I’m so sorry, I thought you were someone else. Really sorry.

*I wanted to hide myself behind Pooh bear*

The awkward moment at the airplane. I bumped into this high school friend (who I thought was gay) while I was waiting for my flight to Manila. Turns out, he was also in the same flight and coincidentally enough we were seated right next to each other.

April: “You look like you’re very happy with your life now..”

Friend: “Yeah… maybe because I’m in love!”

April: “Oh wow! No wonder you have this certain glow. How long have you been in love?”

Friend: “It’s only been 3 months actually”

April: “I see… Who’s the lucky GUY?”

Friend: (his happy face suddenly collapsed into a blow of disappointment) "Ahhhhmm.. GIRL."

April: “OH MY GOD.. IM SO SORRY. So you’re not -”

Friend: (interrupts) “NO, I’m not.”

(the airplane just started taxiing around the runway)

April: “I am sooo sorry. So stupid of me to assume..”

Friend: (forcing a smile) “It’s OK.”

*Longest 1 hour flight of my life*

The awkward moment in the Faculty room. This was way back in college when I bumped into my crush at the teacher’s lounge. He was on his way inside of the room and I was on my way out. As I swung the door open, I accidentally brushed off his left arm and somehow our palms got into contact for a split second. I got so excited that I told my friend, who was waiting outside for me, about our split-second-palm-encounter. As I was soo giddy and loud telling my friend this, she just had a straight face the whole time. She told me to look behind me, and as I turned around; My crush was staring at me with a knowing smirk in his face. UGH. I never made eye contact with him for the rest of my life in college.

*FML*

I have more to share, if only i remember. lol.