the ring
i had dinner with my sister last night. we had to meet so she can give me back my wedding ring asap. i left it last weekend at my parents’. i’m not comfortable not wearing the ring.
the ring is my guy-repellant. (Edited: hubby reacted. read my comment on this post) in the same manner, i hide it when i had to. i do not take it off, i just hide.
i remember one time when i was still with my previous team, the floor had new occupants. other teams that came from another department. people who had no idea that i am married and a mom. with the new occupants (who i noticed were very territorial), my pedestal was moved.
i never labeled my pedestal, i just put it in one place and it never gets moved out from there, so i always knew where to find it.
that one particular day, i needed something from my pedestal. and as i approached the area where it used to park, the guys swarmed in. and i just said, “no, i was just looking for my pedestal here. it has no label.”
and the guys hurriedly looked for it (hey, i’m not holding a contest. the first one to find it won’t win a prize you know). times like this, hiding the ring did the trick. 
guys can sometimes be easily manipulated. tsk! tsk!
staying anonymous
i’ve been mulling over if i really want to post my picture links here in this blog. i’m hesitant ‘coz the links actually consist of my real name (most links have my first 2 names, two with my surname).
if you haven’t noticed, i haven’t posted my real name here. and i kind of edit the comments that have my names on it.
i love pictures, and got a lot of them online. so it would be too taxing if i decide to pool them all in one site. i got :
- 3 webshots accounts (wedding preps, wedding and another dedicated to mikee. make that 4, another one uncategorized. all 4 accounts each has several albums),
- 30 friendster albums (from wedding preps to mikee’s birthday party…i include even a simple dinner get-together with my parents. these albums are linked to my friendster overlay),
- 3 slides (which i used on my friendster overlay too — digiscraps and birthday pictures, the other one was intended for mikee’s friendster overlay),
- 7 multiply albums (5 public, 2 private but all were just copies of other online albums)
- and of course, photobucket, which i consider my image repository. i use photobucket to host all the friendster overlays (mine, my hubby’s and mikee’s. plus my friend’s friendster non-overlay background image) and my multiply background image too. i think some pictures here in this blog are hosted in my photobucket too. can’t remember.
if only, there’s an image repository which copies existing photos just by giving the account name. very much like a blog RSS feed. that would be nice….no, no, that would be great!
what’s up with me today
- i badly need a haircut but still got no time.
- i forgot my wedding ring at my parents’ house, so i’m wearing my engagement ring instead.
- not so energetic, suffering from insomnia the past few days
- i am on training. hence, not much to blog about.
where = eyes
i’ve been teaching Mikee where her eyes are.
i kept asking her “where are your eyes?” then pointing next to my eyes. i was teaching simply by repetition. i do not expect results soon. so i don’t mind her ignoring me.
one day, we were waiting for yaya to finish preparing her bath when i playfully ask her, “where’s Mikee?”
surprisingly, she pointed to her eyes! (batoink!)
scrapper’s block
i love scrapping. both traditional and digital.
it’s just that…i’m not creative enough.
is there a way to enhance creativity? how do i possess the ability to create beautiful things from scratch? what if the foundations are weak?
i grew up in a home where excellence in music or arts was never recognized. in fact, it was a bit discouraged. my little brother is very good in music. if he hears a tune, he can copy it on his flute or guitar. later on, he mastered doing music using the computer connecting his effects/fx and guitar on it. then he got into bands. up until now, my parents are blaming it for every bit of his mishaps. (but i guess they’ve learned to accept it now somehow.)
you see, both my parents are good in math, physics and recall (or quick memory access). so we grew up thinking the only way to be considered smart (or acceptable as a daughter/son to parents) is to be good in math and sciences. ok, math and science were easy. but in order to be good in other subjects, we were encouraged to regularly read the Time magazine, and the newspaper. i said encouraged ‘coz they never forced us. i noticed too that i approach things in a structured way. i always wanted to have a plan, to have a clear image first before doing any step.
funny thing was, during college where most of them were logical rather than intuitive, people started regarding me as the creative one. they liked the way i write (duh?) or the grammatical correctness of my sentences. (excuse me, have you not realize that this is just similar with math? just know the formula once, and you can answer all the questions. so if i don’t know the correct grammar, mali na talaga ako forever! kasi stock knowledge ako lagi )
how i wish i can be as creative as the ones i see at twopeas.
it’s not easy to squeeze out creative juice from someone who once thought the only beautiful colored thing was the rubik’s cube.
Mikee’s halloween costume
it took me a while before i found the costume for Mikee that appeals to me. i don’t like a princess or fairy costume. i want something dark, something spooky, very much like halloween.
could be a vampire, a devil or a witch costume.
guess what i found? a spider dress! a bit like a witch costume coz it’s black and has a hood. got it from SM, and costs us 400 pesos only.
edited: sana lang ndi makati… 
