::091811::Frenic Turns One::

So, it's been a year and things just breezed through, we barely felt that a year has gone by. This is by far the best day of our lives. Though it wouldn't be as special had it not for the people (yes, you are one of them!) who have been supportive of me and Eric and for that we will be forever grateful!

Here's a "lil' sumthin-sumthin" I made of the year that was. Enjoy!   

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Rewind....

Today last year:: Sept 5 2010::

We just got back from Cebu for our China visa which didn't happen because green Philippine passport holders exiting from Philippines are suspicious (just my resentful theory) hence fall honeymoon in China  was cancelled and Plan B became the new Plan A and that is  to split the Honeymoon into 2 parts. Krabi, Thailand will be destination 1 and Canada is destination 2

So anyway, we just went back to Bacolod and resumed whatever preparations that has to be done for the big day, China dreams were crushed but who cares, it's the wedding that matters most...

Here are some little snapshots:

Meeting Albert's family in Mactan. He is Eric's highschool barkada.

Also went to see Abby Girl, after  9 years! Time flies!

on our way back to Bacolod

The day after Cebu...back to my "yellow" folder again and my Maid of Honor...

Booked: Committed.

(Eat. Pray. Love Part 2)

I was finally able to groom (aka plastic cover) my new book last weekend. It's been squatting on my bureau for 4 weeks now and haven't been removed from its bag since.

 (I love the smell of books by the way. Preferably the old-tanned-paged ones. It makes me feel like a reader full of wisdom. Sadly I am just a reader.) 

So I had my "me-time" with its fresh-off-the-shelf smelling pages this morning on my way to work and continued on my way home. Guess what, my (supposedly) slow reading has brought me to a quarter of its inch-and-a-half thickness with about size 8 fonts. 

What I thought was going to be a month-long reunion with Liz Gilbert might quickly end up for about 3-4 days (some good things just doesn't last, do they? what an unjust life huh?). Anyway, the first 2 chapters are quite wordy—I’m still digesting whether it is “wordy good” or bad kinda wordy. I don’t know but I am hooked so this must be something. 

As the “ordeal” Liz and Felipe got into was Romeo & Juliet-like, only the Capulets were the Homeland Security and the Montagues were the Australian government but no feuding is involved. This time Liz's and Felipe's destination is Vietnam and Thailand (finally Liz and I had a common ground. Yey!) and the rest of Southeast Asia except Philippines. Anyway, I won’t say much except – just go grab a copy!

This obviously isn’t a book review. This is just me “booked”.

Ellen Degeneres is my Julia Child.

I am very much inlove with the movie Julie and Julia. In the movie Julie Powell's kitchen "fairy godmother" was Julia Child, she cooked because of Julia. Well,  I crack jokes because of Ellen Degeneres. No Ellen blogs though....just this one...or maybe once in while. A not-regular-and-no-deadline of some sort.  Julie Powell already did that with Julia Child...I know Julie, I don't like the idea either, so "unyummy".

It's been two years since I've watched Ellen show on TV. The Ellen Degeneres show is not being aired here in Singapore. I don't know why. Thanks to YouTube at least I get to see clips on the Ellen TV. 

Here are my top 5 most fave segments *drumrolls* 

NUMBER 5

NUMBER 4

NUMBER 3

NUMBER 2

NUMBER 1

I have been watching these over and over and still makes me laugh like crazy. Makes me wonder if given a chance to ask Ellen one question what would it be? ___________________. Seriously! I have no idea. How about, if there's one thing I wanna tell her what would that be?__________________. Am I  kidding me??? Could not think of any either! 

Six years of "keyboard tapping" huh? But couldn't type a few words to ask or tell Ellen. Impressive. 

...of Friendster and blogging

While browsing through a jobsite, a surge of nostalgia came to me. The fact that I have not updated my jobstreet account for ages definitely brings back a lot of memories. Who wouldn't?As my jobstreet profile shows this: 

Current employment: Ross System Int'l

Year: March 2004 - Present    
Position: Drafter

and my profile pic was this: 

                                                                 My oh my...

In the midst of these hilarious thoughts, I remembered a long lost forgotten friend. The good old Friendster so just for the heck of it, I did what I had to do (and I can hear it yelling at me "Finally! & Thank You!" when I hit "log-in"). It was like, seeing someone after a really long and distant hiatus from that person but you're glad to finally see him/her anyway. 


So there I was, browsing my old photos, my profile -- still "in a relationship" (which I of course updated to "married"), comments -- no new ones (of course!) and my blog. Yeah my 6-year relationship with the keyboard. Man, I have been blogging (on and off) for 6 years now. Not very long for some but six years is more than half and a stone's throw away from a decade. 

So just for the record here is  my "sensible (and at times not) thoughtlessness" my friendster blog link:

http://frenic.blog.friendster.com/ 

 au revior

Magnum Opus....

Okay this is going to sound embarrassing, you guys know the Magnum Ice Cream right? The one Eva Longoria Modeled for.

Tonight, is the second time I've had it. YES! The first time was during a free sampling last year, and I just had lunch so I really didn't paid attention to it, I just took a couple bites and threw it away.

Anyway, it was just a while ago, when I really ate it and I mean savoured it like a foodie. Wow! The crust was a Magnum Opus -- of butter! I can imagine a truckload of butter being mixed into a huge steaming tank of chocolate mix for the crust.

I can even hear myself screaming and cussing me "don't load it up! B*itch" and me arguing, "ooohhhh burn!" Though the real question here now is, will Indulge myself again? Hell yeah, I just said the crust was just too buttery that's all.

Besides, I was thinking of writing about food tonight and I couldn't think of any except for my short trip to 7-Eleven which eventually led me to indulge (i'm starting to feel the guilt creeping up now, I shouldn't have bought those).

Talking about Ice cream. I love to have:

- Vanilla / Double Dutch

- Sliced strawberries

- Sliced bananas

- Cornflakes

(if the flavor is rocky road or coffee Crumble just get rid of Cornflakes and bananas)

Mix 'em all up...Grab the remote / Grab a book...Enjoy!

Where was I?

I was flipping through my passport yesterday after we arrived from Penggerang, and I saw three special dates on my passport stamps, I thought it would be nice to document this -- yeah maybe I should.

Sept. 11, 2009

- The Annual memorial of the 9/11 attack

- The Husband's birthday

- Our Engagement date

Jan 1, 2010

New Year's Day. I just started my year somewhere in the globe, and its nice to have it captured on one of the most important legal document you have. Wow, I just marked my year right!

Oct 10, 2010

Well, it's THE 10-10-10, this year's auspicious date. I was stranded in the sky for 3 boring hours and was travelling the whole day. Might not be a good way to spend this once in ones lifetime occurence but at least I got my passport stamped with it! Awesome!

Its funny how mundane things become special just because it was stamped and captured at the right moment at the right time....Interesting!