• to Him who by means of His power working in us is able to do so much more than we can ever ask for, or even dream of. Eph 3:20
• i will not die; instead, i will live to tell what the Lord has done. Psalm 118:17
• forget the former things, do not dwell on the past. see, i'm doing a new thing! now it springs up, do you not perceive it? i am making a way in the desert. Is 43:18
• the Lord will fight for you, ...

hello, self-help

1. eat breakfast
2. wear slippers at home
3. exercise weekly (real exercise)
4. read 50 books
5. take risks/go out
6. stop making stupid, inane hirits EVERY SINGLE TIME
7. cut internet usage
8. renew license
9. grab my freaking back pay it's been 6 months!!

i can't remember the rest but i find this hilarious and weird.

• salacious
• dilly-dally
• whittle down
• taciturn
• bread and butter
• debacle
• nefarious (smell)
• vendetta
• vessel
• recuperate
• loosey goosey (7/9)
• sweetspot (7/9)
• foray (7/15)
• furrow (7/17)
• velociraptor (7/17) -- haha this is my favorite
• rendezvous (7/29)
• disembodied (7/29)
• rubenesque (8/14)
• idyllic (8/15)
• shanty (8/19)
• derelict (8/20)
• curio (8/20)
• smorgasbord (of food) ...

• children's book illustrator
• book cover designer
• drummer
• gallery artist
• travel show researcher/writer
• sitcom writer
• bookstore owner
• sociologist
• restaurateur
• copywriter

because this kid deserves a list of his own. too bad i can't remember the others

1. "ate, do you know what i have? FEEEEEEEVERRRR!" (Patapon)
2. "aww i wish i was EG's girlfriend." (when he saw Teets eating Chicken Joy from EG)
3. Lorenzo: "ate do you want to help me cut paper for my mosaic? you just get scissors from the kitchen." me: "I get scissors from the kitchen?" Lorenzo: "no, I get scissors from the k...

people are hilarious.

1. "i check my email religiously. every Christmas and every Easter.", Auntie Bogey
2. "on your left you can find the seelyon, Singapore's national symbol." (sealion/merlion), tour guide during Anj's trip
3. "oh, that building? it's just a stone away from our office!", Anj's boss
4. "you took ten inches from my room!", Lorenzo in serious uppity mode during the house renovation
5. "remember the do...

"hmm, i gotta hand it to myself..."

• pancit molo
• pepper steak with gravy
• ribs
• meatballs
• tahong
• inihaw na baboy (of course)
• chicken and beef fajitas
• homemade cheeseburger with homemade fries (YES)
• shepherd's pie
• beef steak
• singaporean steamed chicken
• tapa

good luck na lang because i average 50 wpm and have no leisure time at all.

• wicked - gregory maguire
• the glass castle - jeannette walls
• the position - meg wolitzer
• the death of superman
• a spot of bother - mark haddon
• the tipping point - malcolm gladwell
• the laws of prosperity - kenneth copeland
• blind willow, sleeping woman - haruki murakami
• shopaholic and baby - sophie kinsella
• the road - cormac mccarthy
• mr....

MAN. PIMP OUR RIDE.

• the steering wheel trouble (couldn't turn a corner the whole ride home from work, car finally gave up and hit the curb in Munich)
• the radiator hose bursting ("bakit ang init ng aircon? / ang taas ng temperature ng kotse???")
• the driver's wiper not functioning in the pouring rain (the screw was loose)
• putting a half tank of gas then finding out the brakes needed repairing for two we...

• hope for the children!
• Nikon D40x
• 13" (inches pala haha *sucks*) Macbook black
• a trip this Christmas (Bohol, Shanghai, HK or Bangkok again!)
• to settle all our billings/pendings before we take a break for Christmas so we don't have to work Dec 27-Jan 2
• Flickr pro account
• a Holga / fisheye camera (my stupid supersampler's shutter got stuck! it's hopeless!)
• to be a contestant in Wheel of Fortune / Jeopardy ...