National Harana Day <3

First of all, let me just admit that I am completely and utterly addicted to the Sir Chief-Maya love team. They make me feel like it's high school all over again! <3 data-blogger-escaped-br=""> I'm lying here now after a long day at work. All day I was so excited about my daily evening rendezvous with the cutest show on earth. When i saw the teaser last night, i couldn't stop feeling giddy. My best friend at work would always talk to me about the show because she's very well aware that I love it so much!
For the past weeks, our lovebirds haven't been well - they had an ugly argument (and yes, I was so affected that I was crying with Maya for a solid week!)
Fhebe, my friend, and I would discuss this situation as if our life depended on it! Haha! She would say Maya is being too difficult, while I, although I would trade my Reese's peanut butter cups and caramel macchiato to get Sir Chief to smile, was completely on Maya's side. I guess they're just both so effective in their respective roles that I actually caught the mood and the emotions I felt while watching really reached the deepest chambers of my heart (and my tear ducts, too!)
And today!!! The long, agonizing wait is over! That dreaded five-letter word finally rolled off Sir Chief's beautiful lips! *faints*
He not only did the traditional harana while looking intently at Maya (whose hair length suddenly reached Pagudpod from Mindoro!).
I was so affected that I thought I died and lived again when he touched Maya's shoulder and said "I'm sorry". I had my face buried on a pillow while this happened. Well, only because I didn't want my family to panic with me screaming in my room!
I'm so relieved they're finally okay but I'm worried because Maya is still resigning. :'(

I can't wait for it to be Monday already! Thank God for the creative minds behind this show! It's truly a breath of fresh air for my oh-so-stressed self. :)

second thoughts

I'm generally a very conservative person - old-fashioned, relaxed, slow to change. I take things rather slowly - never rushing or wanting to tweak what have been the practice since it began.

I stayed in my first company for eight years. I was clueless when I set foot in that office in 2004. The things that happened in the duration of my stay tested me well. Sure, I've had my moments of shock, denial, and resistance but I've also collected enough cheers, pride, and friendship. When it was announced that I will be included in the list of people to be outsourced, I really felt the world was closing in on me. I was lost and I wasn't sure of what I would do. The only thing certain is that all the habits formed in my eight-year affair with Mr.Moller, Wynsum Plaza, and Emerald Avenue will have to cease - and no, I wasn't ready for it.

Since there wasn't much choice left for me and all the others, I signed a new contract with an IT company. Thinking about it now, I realized the biggest thing i was afraid of - no, make that the ONLY thing I was afraid of is losing a regular source of income. I was so hopeful that things will get better, that I will learn to love what I was tasked to do. I did learn to understand the people around me more. But the constant exposure to negativity is taking a toll on me now. The positive aura I wanted to slowly inject to my peers' system is starting to flutter.

I have indirectly given a hint to the most important team in my life that I want to move out of that work den. Yes, I'm speaking about my family. They are, after all, the biggest reason why I'm working anyway.

I'll be turning thirty in a few months and at night one question keeps me awake - When will I finally start living my life? I hope before the day I hit the big 3-o, I will come to terms with myself and be able to get enough courage to steer towards another direction - the not-so-famous choice this time.

I think I've earned it to finally break the rules I've set for myself and leave, if not all, a chunk of my conventional-self in the past.

Piazza after dark

I've been working in Taguig for almost a year. But it was only yesterday, as I walked to the piazza, when I really saw how beautiful Mckinley is. The cool breeze was an added treat, and the drizzle from the fountain brought me back to life. Things may not always be how I want them to be, but there's a whole world outside every corner of depression, want, frustration, and worthlessness. And I should always remember that a star's brightness can only be seen when it's dark. And after the darkest hour of the night, morning comes. :)

hooked

I hate Mondays. Well, I used to until this series came and completely erased whatever aversion I had with weekdays in general. I just can't get enough of the story! And it's so effective because I would always cry, giggle, cry again, laugh and cry some more as if on cue! Yes, I'm going crazy! Haha!!! But i don't mind :))
I'll be in Brunei this coming week for a 2-day vacation. But with the power of technology, I'll make sure my late night dates with Ser Chief are not postponed :)

I'm sorry, but I just find it amazing how a man sleeping on a table with bunny-ears can manage not to lose an ounce of appeal. On the contrary, it was multiplied ten-fold! <3

My Guilty Pleasure

Most of my friends don't know that I love watching romantic comedies and chick-flicks. I appeal to them as someone who'd rather see wrestling mania, basketball, and action/sci-fi movies. Although I do enjoy those stuff, too, I'm a girl through and through- forever giggly and teary-eyed as my rom-com movies close.

I've seen You've got Mail for over 20 times. I will never get tired of Shopgirl and NY152. I cried watching Sam Coulson enter the baseball field to tell Josie he's in love with her. I will forever be in love with Ireland because she breeds men like Gerry Kennedy who, even after death made sure the love of his life is never alone.

When I was in college, I got hooked with San Cai and Dao Ming Si. Yes, I'm a Meteor Garden addict! I'm such a sucker for the kilig factor and I always find a bit of myself in the headstrong lady protagonist (I'm sure I'm not alone here!).

A few months back, I woke up to see my Mama's face glued to the laptop screen. I lazily poked my face to see what she's up to. That was when I got introduced to Maya and Sir Chief. They're too cute and the plot is very light - no violence, sex, & greed. Just good vibes and 1 million milligrams of kilig! I stay up late during weekdays to catch the replays. I hunt youtube and facebook for the teasers and play them on repeat! I just can't get enough of it! I found someone who makes a compilation of the month's episode and stitch it together to make a music video using the songs I grew up listening to. Yes, I'm so hooked i was one of the millions who cried watching last January 4's episode. Although I love Sir Chief dearly, I felt my heart was wrenched and I hated him for what the scripts told him to say. I was so heartbroken that my fingers fumbled to find the blog of the show's fans where they submit their stories. I was so relieved reading some of those and how they would want our love birds to make up. Without that blog site, I would have been awake until morning nursing my wounded heart :'(

I went online this afternoon to check if they have the teaser for Monday up. And they didn't fail me :) I've been playing the 46-second video for at least 20 times already. And i'm sure it should be able to tide me over until tomorrow night.