February 8, 2007
Since a good friend tagged me, I might as well follow suit.
♣ I have short attention span. Sometimes, I find it hard to grasp everything that people confide in me because after some time, my thoughts would instantaneously roam around godknowswhat in the middle of the conversation. And when my attention returns back to earth, I have already forgotten most of the information relayed to me. Unfortunately, I also experience SAS even during my work-related interviews. So, thank God for voice recorders!
♣ I cringe at every little gross detail. My brain is somehow closely connected to my stomach more tightly than normal people because I easily get queasy whenever people describe the grossest possible scenarios. My imagination gets triggered immediately at the first mention of nasty and dreadful things. Like when I’m having vanilla ice cream and someone would jokingly tells me it looks like sperm melting, I’d freak out and would lose my appetite right then and there. Albeit I have a stronger hold of my nauseous state now than before, it still bothers me to even delve on the grossiest stuff without even looking at it.
♣ My conscience always wins me over. Whenever I get annoyed or furious at someone close to me, or even at random people, it’s always short-lived. And I always, always feel guilty for saying mean things to them even if they deserved it. Whether I meant to hurt anyone or not in the process, I always feel like blaming myself. Maybe Stephen Covey is right. Our reactions to what people do to us are what really hurt us, eventually forcing us to make stupid mistakes and to say the stupidest things (sans innocence as an excuse.) To add insult to injury, my conscience always takes its course in different circumstances and that makes me more vulnerable than anyone. My conscience has always been my worst enemy. I’m not saying I’m altogether a wonderful person. I am just always defeated by guilt.
♣ I am a grammar freak. I am not saying I am perfect at it. Actually, I’m far from perfect. No ones write the most perfect articles. That’s why there’s such a thing as rewriting over and over again. However, I am quite touchy with other people’s grammar or lack thereof. Sometimes, I can restrain myself from correcting people’s wrong grammar for fear of offending them in the open. But sometimes, I couldn’t help it. It seriously gives me a headache. But to be fair, I also do the same thing with myself. Although not noticeably of course, hello! Self-incrimination? But I couldn’t sleep on it. And I would taunt myself so many times for being stupid in saying things without thinking first. (And believe me, most of the time, it’s not just because of grammar.)
♣ I have the same prayers said every night. With random additions depending on my needs and reasons for apologies and gratitude, I always pray for the same people (and dogs) who mean the world to me. Actually, without trying to sound like a saint here, if I ever forget someone in my prayers, it’s just me. Maybe it’s just the weird thought, no matter how self-involved it sounds, that I’m included in someone else’s prayers anyway.
Since I'm quite new in Tabs, I would just tag everyone. lol
Contrary to what they say, being with rich people CAN be fun February 6, 2007 Last Monday, I, along with my colleagues, attended an event at a very beautiful house in North Forbes, Makati where almost all of society's wealthiest and most successful people were present. When I say almost, it's just that Henry Sy, Danding Cojuangco and Lucio Tan "couldn't make it." But the rest of the bigwigs, I had my eyes feast on. I thought at first that it was just like any other event that we usually go to, where you can easily dismiss because it's just your ordinary bunch of people who yearn for publicity because they have enough money to last a lifetime. And maybe two lifetimes. But Monday's event had pretty amazing guests who are surely living their lives with a dollar sign printed on their foreheads. And with chaching! coming out of their mouths when they speak. I think I still have a hangover. Maybe it's the amazing pool that doesn't overflow that did this. The fact that it was my first time to see some of these people, the who's who in society, made me feel different. It's neither good nor bad. Just different. I was especially starstrucked with Ms. Viviene Tan because she's so beautiful and so nice. No lesbian tendencies there. Just pure, non-malicious female admiration. :p Vicky Belo was equally nice but a little weird. She thought we were close because I looked familiar daw. Must be one of her operations gone haywire. LOL And yeah, Tessa Prieto's "breast shots" bit was crazy. By the way, Ben Chan still owes me an interview. But I can offer him a deal he can't refuse. He can make up for his sudden disappearance that night with a modeling contract. After all, I don't mind sharing the spotlight with Kristine Hermosa.
sloppycrawls wrote @ 04:58 PM || 15 raves
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All of them. I wish we can still hang out like before. But I guess this is just how it should supposed to go. We need to have some distance from each other anyway because friendships that can surpass all the tests of time emerge wonderfully woven by experience.