DELAYED GRATIFICATION IS KEY

Whenever I get bored / tired / frustrated / stressed
(not necessarily all at the same time or in that order)
with work (and the entire concept of working, in general)
and sometimes my love for the job and my love for my colleagues
(not so much my love for the money since I never really cared too much to make a lot of it nor work too hard to make it)
just isn't enough to get me out of that temporary rut,

what keeps me going is the thought of two things:

1.) It won't be long before my husband makes enough money for the both of us. (And I can spend my days grocery shopping and going to the gym and making gourmet meals for dinner and taking the kids to the park and watching Law & Order all day long -----------> basically, just the LUXURY to have more time for the little things, ya know? I think we get so caught up in all these "big, grown-up" things that we never seem to have the time for that simplicity. Haha, the "luxury of simplicity." Who'd have thought?

aaaaaaaaaaannnnnd.....

2.) It won't be long before I move up and into a position where I get to do the SAME WORK that I love to do, get a higher salary, and only have to work FIVE HOURS A DAY --- giving me enough time in a day to reach self-actualization as a career woman... and as a housewife.

***You gotta know what you're doing it all for, right?

I. cannot. f*cking. wait.

But for now...

Modern Family

                        Having these two around just makes me waaaaaay cooler.

"I will hate you till the day I die."

A comment in conversation, a bad-tempered grunt over breakfast, disappears into thin air; five foul-tempered sentences responding to a blog stay there indefinitely.

Why you shouldn't be so quick with a comeback in this day and age.

The internet may have freed us from the bonds of snail mail and wires and just the overall slowness and inefficiency of communication circa pre-digital age but even freedom of speech/expression shouldn't be used so "freely."

Silence, magnanimous civility, and getting their name slightly wrong is best.  <----- This is something I've learned to do as I've gotten older. And though it may not be as interesting of a reaction as my more explosive ones back when I was angst-ridden, melodramatic, and incredibly defensive, frankly, it's also not as draining. And more elegant really.

I almost have to bite back a giggle whenever I find myself being so artfully civil to someone I don't like. (My mature, all-grown-up-I'm-totally-impervious-to-your-annoying-existence outside may say "Hi hello how do you do?" but inside my childish pretty little head, I'm screaming "I WIN! I WIN! nyah nyah nyah nyah nyah nyah!!!")

"The Makeup Head"

Wish come true.

The Dragon Lady

YOU ARE AN EARTH DRAGON

You go about your job in a quiet, thoughtful fashion. You may not always agree with others, but you respect their opinions. You are reasonable in your approach to problems. You are diplomatic and slow to anger, but at the same time, you demand respect. These qualities make you an ideal leader and motivator.

F*CK. YEAH.

Friday the 13th #ItsMoreFunInThePhilippines

My colleagues decided to eat dinner at Fridays last Friday the 13th. When I arrived, we decided to move to the bar so there'd be room for me. We were about to find out that Fiery Friday the 13th was about to commence --- ergo --- free shots for anyone in black (or basically anyone just by the bar) and a spicy chicken tender eating contest that would've knocked off 5k from your bill.

And we had front-row seats.

[Be careful, it's a little loud =]

1 year and 3 decades later

They have managed NOT to kill each other. =)

                                                           The look of love.



Happy 31st wedding anniversary to my mom and dad!!! Though you guys weren't exactly the "model couple" growing up... you both showed me a thing or two about endurance, perseverance, and the true meaning of being in it for the "long haul." I am humbled by the stature of your relationship in this crazy world.

Now you two may be crazy... but y'all are certainly NOT boring. Daddy, thank you for choosing mom to be your lawfully wedded wife amidst all the other girls (you playa!) and for being a 21st century father. Mommy, thank you for giving me 3 sisters and 3 friends and bequeathing your beauty and strength and for not leaving us even when daddy sometimes was being what he couldn't help being.. a man.

You two are awesome as f*ck.