A little freaky ass dog that scared the neighbor's wife when she undresses.
Bwuah hahahaha!
Life, Do you want a really long one?
Thursday, February 7, 2008, 10:28 PM PST [Life]
There was this TV show of some guy who never dies. Yep! He's immortal. One of the biggest downers about immortality is that basically everybody dies on you. Pretty sad.
You notice that as you get older you will see more and more of your family and friends pass away. You will experience more loss as time goes on. It's inevitable- death. Either people die on you or you die on them. Nobody want's to think about it. But then, somebody you care about dies or comes close to it. You start thinking about your own mortality. Or at least I start thinking about it at a certain point.
A long life will have plenty of loss and sadness. But it will also have a great deal of happiness, love, and goodness as well. Along with more time on this earth, comes more opportunity to do more good, love more, and be loved more. It's all good.
Just focus on living. Because that all we've got. All we've got is the time given to us to be here in this realm. Might as well make the best of it.
Remember, the longer we are here, the greater the opportunity to love and be loved even more.
Yes, we are all loved. Even when you think everybody hates you, somebody loves you.
Think about living not dying.
A long life? Yes! I'll take it! And I'll take all the opportunities life gives me as well as the challenges.
How Was Your Thanksgiving?
Sunday, November 25, 2007, 10:07 PM PST [Life]
First off, I just wanted to say that I was so grateful to have the family getting together. It's so nice to see all the children playing and laughing. I loved that we were all together eating and relaxing.
I was also grateful that preparation for Thanksgiving was virtually stress free. All participants brought a dish or two and it was at mi sister's house. No mess to clean up. Amen to that!
Did you enjoy the turkey? Was there pumpkin pie and stuffing?
We had all that and more. My family is mainly Filipino. So we had the traditional American food (turkey, stuffing, mashed potatoes, cranberry sauce, collard greens). We also had lumpia, pancit, calderetta, ube yam, fruit salad, biko, and sinigang. We also had mac 'n cheese, lasagna, Watergate salad, homemade bread, and a whole steamed fish. There was so much food, I had to take small portions of everything. Even that turned out to be a bad idea since my stomach disagreed with the wide variety at one sitting.
It was great to just eat and kick back with family. Sure we watched a couple of the football games. But I spent some time getting pictures and videos of this affair. Ah, I love Thanksgiving and all the fattening trimmings. I'm sorta missing it now that I'm thinking about going back to work tomorrow.
After the highs of the holiday and get togethers, I'm going to be soooo depressed to be back at work tomorrow. Wish I could hit the rewind button to enjoy Thanksgiving all over again. This past week was a blast, yet so short.
Doesn't it seem like the good times just go by way too fast?
It's Supposed to be Fall. Right?
Thursday, November 15, 2007, 09:47 AM PST [Life]
So, why is it hot out here? I'm sort of complaining because we need some rain and this warm weather is not "seasonal" for us. I thought we were north of the equator. This weather fits for some places like Sydney Australia or Miami Florida.
Give us the cool temps for the Fall and the Winter months. And save these warm days for May and June. Yeah, I'd gladly exchange some "June gloom" days for these hot November ones.
I'd like things to cool down. Wouldn't it be cool if we had a freak snow storm in December?! I wonder if I could go to the slopes soon. But right now, it looks like beach weather. Best not to put away those Summer clothes yet...
"Thanks" Giving
Thursday, November 1, 2007, 12:29 PM PST [Life]
Sometimes when I hear somebody or even myself say "thanks," it doesn't sound sincere to me. Now that doesn't mean that folks don't mean what they say all the time. It's just that the tone and the emotion put into it seem flat. I guess I should be greatful for even a mention of thanks. But sometimes. the way that it is said sort of hurt my feelings.
Has this word been thrown around so indiscriminately out of habit? After all, I was taught to say thank you practically all the time by the Catholic school nuns and family.
I just wonder if anybody has caught themselves saying thanks in away that was really sarcastic, as if to say "Gee, thanks for nothing." I've been more aware these days of the way I say it.
I know I owe a great deal of thanks to my parents for helping me out in my time of need. When I say thanks, it just sounded "incomplete" or like something was missing. I feel that saying thank you is not nearly enough for all my parents have done for me. That's likely why my expressions of gratitude leave me feeling totally unsatisfied, like my loved ones really didn't get how thankful I am for them. Or has my upbringing trained me to feel shame for all that I've been given?
I'll be the first to say it: I'm a spoiled brat. Really, much of my life I've been spoiled. I've gotten everything I needed and wanted. Then, I have the nerve to demand more. Spoiled rotten? Absolutely! But ungreatful? No.
I'm greatful to even be alive today. Really I am. There were countless times when I got into trouble. The major reason I'm still breathing, is the support of my family.
I live next to the Witch Fire. My house was within a mile of the flames. The winds could've carried the hot embers into my neighborhood and burned our world down. But it didn't. Thanks to some incredible higher power from above and really special people.
My husband, kids and I were evacuated and my parents opened up their home to us. We had a great place to sleep and awsome food. Thank God for Mom and Dad. Thanks too to my sister who offered help.
We also owe all the fire fighters and law enforcement officials a great debt of gratitude. Hey! I know it's their job to serve and protect. But dammit! These folks are more dedicated than what their job description and paycheck dictate. They, especially the fire fighters have worked themselves to exhaustion and in some cases 3rd degree burns to save our home and our lives.
Thanksgiving is another chance to say a huge THANK YOU to all these brave people.
This Thanksgiving, I want my family especially my husband to know how incredibly thankful I am to have them in my life. Again, "thanks" feels so inadequate.
With Hubby, merely saying "I Love You" a million times over seems inadequate to me. But when I hold him tight, he knows.
This upcoming holiday allows us the opportunity to express our gratitude to all who have given us help and to those who have saved us.
If I had a penny for every "thanks" that I've ever said, I could buy a house in Del Mar with cash right now.
But this time, I am saying this with tears in my eyes and great feeling in my heart...
THANK YOU