Actually I didn’t always know that muni muni means inum inum backwards, I thought it meant… thinking! Hahaha…

Honestly, I have so many random thoughts it’s hard to organize them in my head. I have so many plans for the future: both short term and long term, and they sometimes feel achievable, sometimes not. I hate this feeling of being floating wherever the breeze takes me. Hayy life isn’t so easy peasy all the time.

One thing is for sure, I’m so happy that there’s somebody I can go through all this with me, somebody who can help me sort out whatever muni muni that’s going on in this confused brain of mine.

So I was blogsurfing and found my way to my pal Alina’s blog where I found out that she tagged me!

I love lists so here goes:

1. What was I doing 10 years ago?
That would be July 1998 so I was in UP Miagao taking up Computer Science. I was living in a boarding house with 3 of my best friends studying hard (daw) and having the time of my life. Ahhh those were the days.

2. Five things on my to-do list today:

• Finish my night shift, I work from 9P - 6A and I am LOVIN it!
• I might drop by CDR-King to get myself a tripod
• And a 8-in-1 programmable remote I am hoping to use as a remote trigger for my 400D. Saw it in a forum and I am praying that the P120 gadget can save me LOTS of money.
• Related to that, write down my ideas for the 365 days project (glorified daily cam-whoring, and I could JUST SEE my beastie Troy say, ahhh yes… typical… ehehehe)
• Let certain people know just how much I love and appreciate them

3. Snacks I enjoy:I am SO addicted to CHIZ CURLS right now. I have to stop stop stop. Also no more Fudgee Bar.

4. Places where I’ve lived:

Marami rami to:

• loilo
• Diliman, QC
• Miagao
• Pag-Asa, QC
• Makati
• Bolingbrook, IL
• Normal, IL

5. Things I’d do if I were a billionaire:
Play badminton everyday para hindi tumaba, Travel everywhere, take lots of pictures with my very very expensive camera gear, go to cooking school, live abroad and buy several houses (especially a beach house), buy my parents a house and making sure they’re comfortable, give to charity, or since i don’t have to work, help out in charity work, invest wisely para hindi maubos lang ang pera, oh and have lots of kids (kasi mahal magkaanak eh hehe).

6. People I want to know more about:
Beastie, Jamie, Bede, Calvin, Rain

These days it seems so hard to find enough free time to do whatever it is that I want to do… So here’s what I’ll do instead, make a list of what I’d like to do with my free time, with the short free time that I currently have:

1. Read one whole book. I’d like to read this one next, The Tough Guide to Fantasyland by Diana Wynne Jones (author of Howl’s Moving Castle):

2. Scrapbook. I got a box full of scrapbooking stuff I bought from my ISU days and I’d have to say I barely made a dent in my supplies. I still got lotsa lotsa projects to do. Here’s a link to my faaave scrapbook mag: http://www.simplescrapbooksmag.com/. I need more pictures though, I guess I’d have to put that as my number 3.
3. Take more Pictures. I actually often dream of taking pictures. Once I had a dream about a cool shot: a smug looking kitten, hanging by a paw, literally, from a shelf. Bede asked me how on earth I could set that up, but I told him I was more worried about setting the right DOF, than how to make the kitten “hang” from a shelf. Ha ha ha.

4. Travel. Wow, this goes under my “If I have more money” list too. I’d like to go to Europe if possible, (should have a nifty telephoto lens by then) Italy is really my dream vacation.

5. Sleep. Ahhhh to escape the life of sleep-deprivation, when working 9-6. Huhuhu…

** Image taken from www.daddywasabi.blogspot.com/

Lately I’ve been a regular commuter on the MRT, and I have to say I’m enjoying it. Of course the term ‘enjoy’ is subject to several factors:

1. avoiding the rush hours of 7-9AM and 5-7PM.
2. sitting up front on the ladies/senior citizens only cab
3. If I could time it right, be the first on the line at the door
4. getting to sit down for the 30 minute ride

Now, since I’m ALWAYS on the women/old people only cab, I’ve made a LOT of interesting observations about the Pinay commuter:

1. she always wears tsinelas on her way home from work
2. she always carries a paper bag (probably containing her high heels)
3. she texts on her cellphone half the time on the train
4. maybe because of the pollution but most of the women don’t have good skin
5. chivalry is still alive! well in a sense, because pinays still give up their seat for old people and pregnant women
6. a lot of iPod/mp3 player users (mine is a beat-up old 1GB Sansa)

Anyhoo, hurray for the Pinay commuter. She puts up with a lot of everyday stress from work to home, and everything in between.

I mean c’mon people, aren’t you sick of all the hullabaloo on TV? Frankly, I’m very disappointed with the state of free press in our country. People are free to speak what they want but that right comes with a great responsibility, don’t they realize that young kids watching their fantasy shows see their ’spat’ on TV?

Anyhoo, I’m practicing my right to free speech and I’d like to say that it’s sad how biased ABS’ news reporting has become. Their news ‘angles’ are now so obviously tainted with political affiliations that I’m kinda wondering why they are still thinking that people are not noticing. Compare that with GMA news who, until now, really is showing what unbiased reporting means. Yeah, well it just means one thing I guess, that ABS has sold out.

* rant over *

Took this picture for our FUNNY topic this month. I was running out of ideas until I saw this photo frame in the shape of a girl leading a dog. Decided to cut out magazines and have them swap places, the Hush Puppy owner with a hot guy puppy. (Might win in the weird category though, hahahaha)

Aren’t they gorgeous? Nephews Liam and Grant in their Halloween costumes. What an adorable pea pod!!!

Happy birthday Miamoy!!!

Hahaha Don’t ask.

Tuesday mornings I have to wake up at 5AM. Or at least I try.

Now, why do I have to be up at this ungodly hour attacking the Snooze button on my alarm every ten minutes on the second day of the week?

It’s because my license plate ends in the number 4. Number coding is MMDA’s way of telling you to get off the streets because there are too damn many cars on the road! Hay.

Mr Bayani Fernando. I think you’re cool, man. Nevermind the pink fences because I it’s a pleasing enough color. But if I may, let me share with you my ideas for improving traffic in Metro Manila (as a 5-year veteran EDSA driver Ü )

Top 5 vehicles that should be REMOVED from the streets (Actually this is another name for my 5 most HATED traffic blockers list):

1. BUSES!!!!!!!!!! Can I say that again BUSSSEEEEESSSSSS!!!! * pant pant pant * eyes glazing * nerves popping * - I must admit I am not a bus rider but as a regular commuter these death-machines are a PAIN!!! It’s just that there’s too many of these monolithic transporters that they are crammed on the two-lanes designated for buses. Worse is when they swerve out of the bus lane and into the lanes supposedly for private vehicles, then everybody is forced to STOP. I could go on and on and on and on… but Oh.. my.. gosh.. if only I could wish these lawless public vehicles away. Mr Fernando, I really really really wish something could be done about them. * Day dream mode * Imagine a Philippines with a state-operated bus route.
2. Jeepneys. Jeepneys are actually much better than buses but nevertheless some areas of EDSA are part of their routes, especially the U-turn slots where the jeeps would swerve from the right most lane to the left to take the U-turn. They are also amazingly gutsy because they try to squeeze their way into your lane by nosing in their rusty  fenders to try and get you to let them in. I’m a certified jeep commuter so I see how these guys operate, some of them causing traffic because passengers are getting on and off at odd locations on busy streets. Admittedly though, jeepney drivers are slightly more courteous than bus drivers because I guess their vehicles are not as big, and giving way actually gives them an excuse to stop in the middle of the street to let passengers on or off. Wa-is ah.
3.  Tricycles - I live in Pag-Asa QC where there are SO MANY tricyles that you’d see hundreds of them lined up at a tricycle stop. The sheer number of them is overwhelming, especially since their driving is as bad as bus drivers. They’re also kinda slow? Although I see a lot of them na humaharurot on main thoroughfares. Tsk tsk tsk. I thought they’re not supposed to get on the main roads?
4. Painters - I’m all for road improvement but man oh man, why do I have to see painters almost everyday? It’s not only the hassle of trying to avoid them but really, how often do we need a new paintjob? Well with the pollution on EDSA I guess everyday.
5. Pedestrians - I’m not sure if these guys have a death wish but I always see people clutching bags to their chests and running for their lives to cross EDSA (cars moving at freeway speed). I once saw a guy carrying a huge heavy box on his head holding out one arm as if to magically stop your speeding car from turning himinto road kill. Hmnn. Then there was a lady pulling her child behind her as they try to dodge cars and buses heading towards them. Dudes, it’s kinda dangerous you know.

Hay. Traffic really is part of busy Manila life. My parents would ask me how I could stand it but I guess it’s as much a living entity as I am. Acknowledging the fact that it exists and that there are ways to overcome it, is the best way to live with it without losing your mind.

Sharing my entry for this month’s challenge (Topic: Child) of our Photo Club. Alyssa, my second cousin Helen’s daughter, was less than a year old when I took this picture. Super gorgeous girl.