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in celebration of valentine's day, here's a little dose of laughter to all the hopeless romantics, the loveless, and the in-betweens. it's from a forwarded e-mail from way back. author of the letters are unknown. due credit is given to that person for these crafty and fun letters. makes you wonder how the love landscape has changed, huh? happy valentine's day, everyone! read on and enjoy... - vet ================================= A MODERN LOVE LETTER Dearest Julia, I am very happy to inform you that I have fallen in love with you since Tuesday, the 17th of August 2001. With reference to the meeting held between us on the 17th of August 2001 at 1500 hours, I would like to present myself as a prospective lover. Our love affair would be on probation for a period of no less than three months and depending on compatibility,would be made permanent. Of course, upon completion of probation, there will be continuous relationship training and relationship appraisal schemes leadin...

Have you ever sworn to yourself that you'll never ever talk to a particular person again? You pray that you'll never ever meet that person again because just looking at that person's face makes you seethe? Or that when you ever meet the person again, you'll simply ignore the person, walk away, or perhaps grab the opportunity to ask the questions that were left hanging when you parted ways? So I had this friend once. From my perspective, I severed our ties without any anger. I was happy for that friend because things in his life finally fell into place. I knew then that it was what he wanted, and I'd have no problem walking away. Right from the start, we've established that the moment he finds his grapefruit (that's what he calls a GF), we'll part ways. I've mentioned that unloading his concerns to a friend of the opposite sex and not to the grapefruit could sabotage his relationship, and I wouldn't be part of that. What saddened me was, every tim...

what could life be like if humans don't have capacity to keep memories? will they UNcomplicate life? one of my guilty pleasures is watching the series CHUCK. the show's plots aren't exactly the kind that leave you breathless like Prison Break did before. however, i never stopped watching the show because the characters somehow grew on me. the show has endearing characters that make me wonder sometimes how it would be like to meet those people in real life. apart from the characters, the show's humor and the sense of family among the characters are the reasons i never miss watching an episode. last night, i watched CHUCK closed its curtains after five seasons. the writers ended the show with sarah losing her memories due to a defective version of the intersect program, which she downloaded into her brain. this left chuck with a wife who can't remember anything from the last five years of her life. no memories of him and the life they've had before. who do you thi...

how is it that it's easy for some people to get excited? is my hormonal problem the culprit? anyway, whatever the cause for my very minimal "excitement hormone" (is there such a thing??), i have reason to believe that something is going on IN me that is triggering my excitement to its highest level. oh yes, i'll be leaving for ho chi minh/siem reap this Saturday, YAY!!! but however i want to pinpoint it to that upcoming travel, i really cannot attribute this excitement to THAT. there is something greater that's causing it and i know it's beyond me or anything. so, since it's rare that i do get excited, i thought of chronicling it here. that way, i can get back to this should there be a point in my life that will make me question life itself. stewardship. i'm not very GODLY nor am i consistent in going to church. heck, the only time i go to church is on my birthday and on Jesus' birthday. i cannot even imagine myself writing about GOD and yet here i...

circa 2007 this was how one of the rooms looked like when the house was turned over to me. although, this is NOT EXACTLY mine, but that of the model unit. haha, i got cheapskate housing, thus, this room is the same for every homeowner who got the same unit. circa 2008 i didn't move in to my pet house immediately after it was finished. moron me thought only of the monthly amortization when john first talked about this subdivision project in mactan. boy, was i in for a big surprise when all the other expenses came knocking hard on my front door - there were move-in fees, fees for electricity and water - not to mention light fixtures, furniture and whatnots. so yeah, with nothing but the mullah that comes twice in a month, i had to wait for months before i could truly settle in. funny, i couldn't even afford to buy decent bed sheets. the really, really nice ones will cost you around 3k pesos and more. of course, there are those you'll be lucky enough to get on sale for at leas...

last march 28, i blogged about taking on an ambitious task of making my own couch slipcover. it is an ambitious task as i'm no expert at sewing. in fact, it's only when i bought my second-hand sewing machine did i get to try my hands at sewing using an electric machine. anyway, i ended that post with a promise to sew a slipcover for the smaller couch. well, last week - i had my pain symptoms again. the pain though wasn't that intense to knock me off my feet. so to distract myself from the throbbing sensations all over my pelvic and back area, i resumed to finishing the task of making my own couch slipcover. so this couch: is now dressed with this: another angle: i mentioned in that previous post that i'm darn PROUD at having successfully tackled this project. at the risk of sounding like a broken machine, i'm going to say it again: I'M PROUD, PROUD!!! at having these couches in my living room now. I MADE THOSE SLIPCOVERS MYSELF!!! AWESOME, if i may say so, LOL!!...

i live alone. i don't own a tv set. i only have my li'l almost 3-year old 7-inch eee pc for company and some books. see? so, i'm often asked if i don't ever get bored. well, being a lone homeowner there are just so much to do, especially if you choose to be cheapskate and do things on your own - there's cleaning and laundry, and cooking. though they're fairly common chores, believe me, they do eat up a lot of time [that or i'm just slow in accomplishing them]. anyway, yeah, there are times that neither downloaded t.v. series nor books is enough to while away time especially on weekends. so when boredom hits me, i take out my little sewing box and sew curtains or floor pillowcases. i sew by hand so it takes me long hours to finish one project. hey, i'm no expert. in fact, my finished output ain't that spectacular, but i'm proud to have come up with something out of nothing. in my mind, who cares as there's no one to inspect and judge them. any...