11 days 'til Christmas

NOW I CAN TALK ABOUT IT...

I'm just so happy right now. I have been so blessed. Had a slight healthy scare a few weeks ago. Had to go to Manila to have it checked out. Thank God it wasn't serious. But, to be honest, despite everyone's nervousness and anxiety, I wasn't concerned one bit. Up to the day before I was occupied with other things, excited about other stuff. Even I was surprised at my lack of attention towards the "situation". I thought, maybe it just hasn't sunk in yet. But until I got in and out of the doctors '(take note, plural) offices and after the very uncomfortable and unexpected tests... wala lang.

I don't want to appear arrogant or holier-than-thou... But I just have to say that somehow, God just didn't make me worry. As a lot of people know, I am probably the most nerbyosa girl. I can hang out with the best of them. I typically want things to be in control or 90% predictable. Not a big fan of surprises and all that. So, just goes to show what kind of person I am. But like in other circumstances, it was just like I just knew. What could I gain by worrying? The thing about healthy issues is the fact that most of the time, it is competely out of your hands. It is the ultimate place in time and life that you do realize that it is just between you and Him. Everyone and everything else is just a tool. Maybe its because I've had to deal with other problems in my life that when I reached this point, I could already handle it. Praise God for it! I alone could have fallen into a nervous breakdown and would have probably made it so much worse. So, thank you, Father! This is all you!

CCF STOP

I do appreciate the things I got to do this time in Manila. Since I spent more days there, I got to relax a bit. Going to CCF after my tests was like a wonderful breath of fresh air in the morning. Just what you need to take you further. Just wish I could have tried harder to convince my mom to go with me. She just hung out at Podium the whole time. Hay...

GO MANNY!!! WHAT THE ---?!?

The Pacquaio fight was something to talk about. Honestly, in my very humble and inexperienced opinion, Dela Hoya could have done so much better. I am not a boxing fan but I remember his fights from years past and this was... well, I don't know what that was. I am 100% for Manny but it was kind of insulting in a way. It could have been a good fight. I didn't get to watch the live telecast because was picking Tito Nonoy up at the airport. I got to watch the delayed telecast nalang. But even when I was listening to the radio, you could feel that things weren't at their fullest potential. Tsk tsk tsk.. Hope its a better rival next time. Hope its Maryweather :)

I LOVE EAT!

One of my favorite restaurants in Manila as of the moment are Tsukiji and Chelsea. I am so glad I got to go to them and just binge.

Tsukiji has always been the place I would go to with the Alcantaras. Tito Nick's thing and I love the place as well. Tsukiji is probably one of the places I got to really fall in love with simplicity and elegance of natural and uncorrupted ingredients. Thats why Japanese food is always on a class of its own. Forget the California Makis and other stuff invented by other races to be passed off as Japanese. This is what Japanese food is all about. Love love love it :)

Chelsea is always a mouthful. My favorites is the duck, the chilean sea bass and baked mac.

Serendra resto favorites also include Italianni's (love the parmesan fish and the steaks and porkchops! Ooohh.. and their dalandan shake!), Zhou, Mamou, Mary Grace, Silk.

Mom also celebrated her 5*th birthday at Gloria Mare's - Greenhills. I love the Peking Duck. Sigh! To die for! Everything else was sooo good. Even the taho was just right. Then again, I was really hungry at about 8pm that Tuesday night.

MARKY CIELO'S PASSING AWAY

Just like Rico Yan a few years ago, I wasn't really a fan per say. I could appreciate both actors but not a big teleserye person. As many people know, I am more Korean in this aspect. haha! But I do have my moments.

But this death is just so sad. Sad in the sense that both Rico and Marky had so much going for them but by some unexplained reason, they were taken away. I remember Marky for what he stood for. How he was so proud to be of Igorot descent. Not to mention he didn't have that many intrigues and was your typical boy next door. Charming and just smiling most of the time. So it was sad when I heard. Sayang...

Born May 12, 1988. Died, December 7, 2008. 20 years old.