Ylan’s Refuge

Just one of my pink slippers (and hello kitty stuff) hehe… it’s kind of old but i can’t throw it away just yet… yah, truly a packrat!

Happy Friday everyone… hope you have a great weekend ahead.

I love chocolates. I can eat as much as i can. I chew it like i’m just eating bread or rice. I could eat more if only i’m not thinking about the amount of fat i take. Chocolate cake, chocolate flavored ice cream, anything chocolate. Because i consume a lot of these stuff, i probably just need a weight loss pill too. I never lose a single pound since i started gaining weight. Isn’t that frustrating how easy to gain weight but too hard to lose? Maybe because i don’t exercise as well. I know, i know, my bad.

Thanks to my friends from Michigan for the chocolates. Thanks for remembering us - even the simplest gifts are very much appreciated.

Saturday 9: Fast Car

1. What’s the furthest trip you’ve taken by automobile?
Michigan to Chicago; Cebu to Sibonga

2. What’s the worst pick up line you’ve ever received?
“You are very pretty. Did you have to work on it or it comes natural?”

There’s a bisaya one: “Pila na imong edad miss? Hamtong na man gud imong pagkadalaga” unsyaaa??!?

3. What’s the best pick up line you’ve gotten?
“I like your smile” charrr

4. What was the last gift that you received?
beauty knickknacks from the beautiful ladies of L Corporation in Michigan (heheh!)

5. What was the last gift that you gave someone?
sexy undies (to Aisah G) hehe!

6. Tell us about the last time you cried.
this usually happens when i watch MMK or Wish Ko Lang

7. Tell us about the last time you laughed uncontrollably.
last night while watching Criminal Minds, Agent/Dr Spencer Reid is really adorable!

8. Do you suffer road rage? What are your thoughts on it?
Not really, i don’t drive

9. What’s one of your favorite movie quotes?
Sweet Home Alabama, the one spoken by Patrick Demsey to Reese W., “So you have a past, who doesn’t” blah blah i can’t memorize!

My colleagues know that i love and live pink. So on my birthday last week, in an effort to please me i believe, the greetings all came in pink! I mean all, including fonts!

these… i need not explain, lol!

Yah yah.. happy birthday to me!

A little trip down memory lane… when i first enrolled in college, i was a computer engineering student. Not my first choice but because of one head teacher who suggested it. So, during the second semester, i took cad drawing class on my first year instead of taking the usual manual drafting class. I sucked in manual drawing anyway. I could not even make a smooth circle using a compass. LOL! The next year, summer, i decided to shift to electronics engineering. I was worried at that time if my computer drawing class would be credited because i did not take the manual drafting level 2. To make the story short- it was credited (to my relief) and my skills was even enhanced because i worked in the computer lab. Sad to say, all that i’ve learned came to oblivion now.

Friendship…
has no survival value:
rather it is one of those things
that give value to survival.
C.S. Lewis

Today’s Monday and we’re hitting the 3rd week of July already. Whew! Time flies so fast and though in some ways i don’t like it, part of me is still excited because we have lots of non-working holidays in August. Over the weekend, i desperately think i need some diet pill that works effectively. I was just at home but was having some hair makeover. My neighbor who does my hair would just come visit me at home and do her thing at our house. I like it this way because it’s more personalized. After some hours of ironing, washing, conditioning the hair - my hair’s finally done! I wish i have a photo to share but i don’t have any for the moment. My sisters were all saying - you’ve got nice hair already but maybe you should trim down your weight as well. Ok, needless to expound, i fully understand what they’re insinuating. Hmmppp! Anyways, i’ll flaunt my new hair next time.

A little earlier, few of my colleagues and I were exchanging emails about some childhood memories. The outdoor games we used to play and the fun that accompanied it was incomparable. It’s a pity that kids of today’s generation don’t get to enjoy some of these games anymore. They’re confined to playing computer games which i think is not healthy. I so remember how would i end up so tired in the evening from all the runnings and playing. The hide and seek game with my friend who lived near an agricultural area was always fun. The stock of horse supplements was even one of our hiding place. It’s funny that when we talk about those childhood games, we realize just how old we are. LOL!

My childhood days were fun. We were poor and I do lots of house errands but it never stopped me from playing. I got dirty, i got bruises, i got scars. But i wouldn’t exchange my childhood experiences for anything!

Saturday 9: Heatwave

1. It’s July. How has the weather been where you are?
:: Oh, strange. Unpredictable.

2. What is the best way for you to beat the heat?
:: Wear comfy clothes

3. “It’s not the heat, it’s the humidity.” Do you buy that?
:: i don’t know, when it’s warm here, it’s just so warm!

4. Do you like hot tubs or saunas?
:: yes

5. What’s the hottest you’ve ever been?
:: i almost pass out while trekking under the scourging heat of the sun

6. How many times do you hit the beach in the summer?
:: at least 3

7. When you were a kid, what did you do in the summer?
:: play and play and play

8. Surfing. Have you ever gotten on a surfboard? Body surf?
:: i wish!

9. What’s your favorite summer song?
:: Loneliness - it’s a sad song though

To give is better than to receive, they say. But Pasalubongs or gifts are always nice to receive, isn’t it? Heheh!

I got this one cute stuff toy from an old colleague who now works in Singapore. It comes in pink - all the more adorable!