“I understand complicated. That’s what I do, it’s what I am. But damn I’d love simple. You know I deserve a fairy tale and that is exactly what this was. I’m just smart enough to know when to say THE END.” When I saw episode 12 from season 2 of the TV show Fairly Legal, that […]
My mom, who has been living with her mom for the past couple of months now, came for a visit to catch up. She asked me about my plans for work and she, along with the rest of the world, started to tell me to take my MBA. I told her it just wasn’t possible. For one […]
The Sound of Music has always been one of those movies that will take me back to my childhood. It’s an old movie – it’s older than I am and was probably first shown when my own parents were kids themselves – but it is timeless. I have gotten my niece to watch it several […]
Apparently, I have this thing for hats. I was looking at my closet and realized I have many of them – of different styles and colors at that. Some of them were hats I’ve bought myself, some others were given to me as gifts from people who seemed to know even before I did that […]
Back to the salt mines, so to speak. It’s Monday once again and it’s back to the hectic schedule I have for work. So many meetings today. So many places to go, people to see, papers to submit, etc. etc. I hope I get everything that needs to be done accomplished today because I already […]
Even during the height of the popularity of Taiwanese boy band F4, Vaness Wu was always my favorite of the four. My sisters argued that he looked like a girl with his long hair but it really wasn’t about that. There was something about his personality and the image that he projects that I found […]
If anyone remembers my older post about aiming to read 100 books in 2013, this post is my continuation of that blog entry. It’s been four months since my last reading total of 19 books. The total is now 40. Yes, in the last four months I read 21 books! That’s three books better than […]
American Idol isn’t turning out to be what I expected. I’m disappointed with how things have turned out. While several of my “maybe” bets are out already (like Karen, Naima and Thia), one of my favorites, Paul McDonald was already voted out. On one end, it may be a good thing so that he can […]
My family and I went on a trip to the cemetery yesterday to visit the grave of my grandfather (and of several other relatives who were nearby). We weren’t able to find his grave the last time we went to the memorial park because the place was too large and for some reason, my sisters […]
Finally, after a very long wait, I was able to watch the movie Safe Haven! I know I said that I wanted to watch it in the cinema when I first heard about the movie but I wasn’t able to (due to health issues and all the things that came along with it). Now that […]
Last week a new addition to our family arrived: my new nephew Kyler. Due date was supposed to be on the 27th but I guess he decided he wanted to spend Christmas with all of us so here he is! It’s been years since we had a baby in the house so it feels like […]
One of the shows that I enjoyed watching as a child was 21 Jump Street. A series about a group of undercover police officers who pretend to be high school students in order to solve and/or prevent crimes that are happening in schools, the show’s most famous alumnus is Johnny Depp. When I first heard […]
I’ve said this so many times in the last eleven years I’ve been in this job: I want to quit. Unlike the past years that I’ve wanted to quit, I feel that this time around I have good reason to. I feel like I’ve plateaued. Like there’s no more room for me to grow in […]
If there’s one thing that so many of us take for granted, it’s a visit to our doctor(s). I’m guilty of that. I always say that I don’t have the time, I feel fine, it’s too much trouble, etc. Thing is, this is something that we need to make a priority at least once every […]