May 30 - June 5 2011

• The extremely long party post on Rita's wall for Carrie's birthday
• Going out of my comfort zone to meet new people
• Buying sneakers for P250
• Meeting my friend Loys after a long time
• Buying a skirt on sale and finding out it was even more on sale than the tag price
• Chocolate Nelusko cake
• Promising I would attend an event that made me uncomfortable and actually doing it
• Finishing The History of Love
• Being able to treat and discovering Cebu liempo just outside my village
• Being treated to pizza and a visit by my friend

June 6 - June 12 2011

• Having time to read Stories for the Family's Heart book
• The richly illustrated Three Musketeers book
• Not buying ice cream and then discovering gelato in the freezer
• reading about waveatthebus.blogspot.com
• reading about the Plessy and Ferguson Foundation
• seeing the video of the Korean orphan sing opera
• having nilaga for brunch on a rainy wednesday morning
• making it to shang just in time before the coding window expired si
• being able to share my caramel cheesecake ice cream with my parents
• wearing tights and boots on a rainy wednesday
• finding the shoes i was salivating over for a year now at 70% off
• having a super productive brainstorming meeting and coming up with a strong concept and a great name
• being able to have free cocktails and watching the opening film of the french film festival
• being able to talk to people at the cocktails
• being able to clean our kitchen really well, taking pride in doing even the little things that i have to do
• being able to attend the sotheby's seminar
• being able to attend a meeting for the restaurant and also to share my thoughts re our future
• watching xmen with ana
• being able to dabble more in photoshop
• impromptu trip to batangas that resulted in future possible opportunities and network improvement
• being able to treat and share conti's cakes
• impromptu trip to batangas with a free yummy lunch
• free kamias jam, coffee, and bagnet
• the extremely caloric brunch consisting of adobo with ginamos, ginataang gulay, and szechuan shrimp

June 13 - June 19 2011

• Pulpy Florida orange juice
• the quality of the stories I wrote for work today
• being able to offer support to a friend
• picking up a book called How to Live with Life and discovering it is a book of essays
• Being able to wear my 6-inch stilettos
• being able to hook my friend up with a prospective client
• being able to network and meet potential opportunities
• being able to talk to new people and not feeling uncomfortable
• having the opportunity to catch up with old friends
• rekindling the friendship with a really good friend
• being able to treat my folks to cake
• good free dinner filled with laughs
• finishing a lot of writing assignments today
• being able to share the cake and smile amidst heartbreaking news
• being able to share the little that i have with my family
• we have a new helper and she's nice
• finishing most of my work
• hoping for the better with my mom re our business
• being brave enough to network with people I met this week
• being able to try Happy Lemon's Green tea with Rock Salt and Cheese for free (i thought it was so-so)
• being able to help Joanne shop for tiles
• being able to help out my folks with the little that i make
• finishing To Kill a Mockingbird, finally
• being able to run errands with Anna
• the new pasta dish I tried out at Cibo - pasta valentino
• the pate with pear and apple compote
• eating Estrel's in the morning

June 20 - June 26 2011

• buying ice cream and chips even in this sad state
• watching action movies with my dad
• being able to treat sisig
• eating hotdogs with ketchup and onions and salty scrambled eggss that my dad cooked
• my brother coming home
• eating nilaga for dinner
• sharing chocolate with my family
• writing a great pitch
• finding out that the producer loved the pitch i wrote and thought that i was smart and that he wanted to meet me
• being able to get dispensation for my deadline
• buying the bellyfest tickets at a discount
• getting a really long nap
• finding 600 bucks in my wallet when i thought i only had 300
• impromptu pizza party + movie marathon last Thursday night
• being able to be there for my friend's bellydance recital
• meeting my friend's truly awesome sister
• listening to the acoustic version of Best I'll Ever be on a Sunday
• the rare feeling of getting along with my brother
• watching Under the Tuscan Sun with Za
• eating liempo with za and getting chocolate from her
• sharing cups of spiked milk with my bro

June 27 - July 3 2011

• Finishing A Separate Peace
• ala being nice enough to reply to my message
• receiving a postcard from kansas
• giving away tubs of mangoes
• having a reason to see old friends like charles and kaye
• having an impromptu dinner party with trix and chris
• making mango iceboxes with my brother
• Finishing Inspire on time
• Spending an afternoon to spend with Joanne
• the free tacos and potato salad
• receiving a postcard from Finland - i really enjoyed that!
• watching top chef while eating my pity dinner
• getting myself through one tough traffic jam with my music and keeping calm in spite of the stressful situation
• being able to watch the Andrew Lloyd Weber show for free and looking absolutely cute while doing it
• having a chance to wear my awesome heels again
• buying a seemingly interesting book for P75
• being able to attend the agri-tourism fair with my mom
• being able to help Joanne with her couch shopping
• hanging out with Joanne & Kathy and Mylo
• Top Chef marathon
• eating cebu liempo for lunch
• surprise kare-kare + chicken barbecue dinner
• telling my mom about the creative writing program though we haven't fully discussed it yet, and having her be receptive to the idea
• watching Under the Tuscan Sun again with my mom

July 4 - July 10 2011

• reading chapters of Heart of the Matter by Emily Griffin
• reading the article on why Butch Dalisay became an English Major
• being so inspired to write about stories I care about
• eating Salisbury steak and the dark chocolate clodhoppers that zara gave me
• finding that free Persuasion seminar
• making time to walk on a Monday night
• finding contacts I can use for the story I plan to write
• watching Top Chef till the end
• eating roast chicken and mashed potatoes with my bro and taking photos too
• finishing Heart of the Matter at 5AM
• eating kakuni buns and ramen at Ramen Bar
• eating cornflake crusted deep-fried oreos and mint chocolate cupcakes at Momo Cafe
• the very insightful and inspiring conversation with ana
• feeling empowered about the decision to go down the writing track
• receiving the compliment that it must be a fun to live inside my head
• a rockstar thinks im cool
• i semi got offered a writing post at the website
• i met all of these interesting people
• watching entourage
• finally dealing with the accenture issue and finding them to be so nice
• not spending a cent during the night out
• chatting with joanne about my future
• fried chicken and soup for lunch
• that airy chocolate milka thing
• yoshinoya for dinner
• watching forget paris again with my mom
• trying out a new resto and not ordering pork - discovering that i could make that garlic pasta thing
• making a new friend in zane
• going on the food trip and trying out new restos
• having fun even with tita lynn and celine and new friends pam and juno
• particularly enjoyed the conversation going home from the food trip
• filling sunday lunch with pleasant conversation
• the absolutely cool weather which made me shiver a bit
• treating the fam for merienda and having trix over
• watching Sabrina with mom and trix

July 11 - July 17 2011

• the short conversation with kip last night
• watching Be Cool with my dad
• while I was not happy that i invited myself to a party I clearly was not supposed to go to, I was happy that I
  • was able to talk to someone about books
  • was able to talk to people about their being passionate about buddhism
  • was able to talk. period.
  • brought a dish everyone loved
• had dinner with a friend where i felt like I could really be myself.
• interesting food at Momo
• Harry Potter with Ana
• being able to treat her to happy lemon
• being able to accept responsibility with more grace i think
• willing myself to make the most out of possibly unpleasant situations
• going out of my way to buy tita mel her birthday flowers
• going out of my way to pick kip up
• being able to help with expenses
• cooking the mushrooms
• cooking the pumpkin soup and pork
• finishing walking in circles before lying down which i found so difficult to read actually
• cooking the garlic pasta which was delicious though different from what I intended.
• having the Guerreros over for an overnight.
• cooking the fried rice in advance and being two steps ahead of entertaining duties
• Top Chef marathon reactions
• seeing and playing with Migo
• Harry Potter marathon with my family
• coffee with Anna
• hearing her reassure me that my hurt feelings were justified and borne out of an unfair situation

July 18 - 24 2011

• finishing a lot of the work I needed to do despite squeezing in my mom's schedule
• the steak burrito with guac
• discovering the yummy brownie pack from fleur de lys
• watching harry potter 1 and 5 Monday night
• a pleasant family breakfast
• pleasant morning conversation with pi online
• being invited to sam's wedding and planning the trip with pi online
• rewatching harry potter movies over baked chicken lunch
• baking cookies & kippy's caramel disaster
• watching criminal minds
• treating my mom to lunch and a movie though she didn't seem to like it
• chatting with Anna about my writing, and having her give her honest opinion.
• impromptu though mediocre dimsum merienda whilst getting the car serviced
• had what felt like a good night's sleep
• chicken inasal dinner
• max's takehome lunch c/o kippy while watching chuck
• watching criminal minds while eating burritos
• eating the surprisingly good chicken inasal
• reading parts of the deathly hallows again in front of the AC
• cooking the confounded paella
• eating the paella after 3 hours of effort
• taking photos of our paella lunch and posting them

July 25 - July 31 2011

• eat the mishmash brunch with my bro yesterday
• sharing the surprisingly odious banana chocolate brownie from sonja's
• watching that episode of chuck re proposals
• finishing and submitting my work on time for once
• being able to help my mom find hotels for her friend's event
• cooking pasta from leftovers and having it turn out great
• making hot toffee nut flavored milk and devouring it with buttered nutty nutella toast
• the cold weather
• caramelized spam and eggs for brunch
• nutella toast again
• being able to write last night
• being able to start on the pitch
• being driven to podium by my bro without much coercion
• eating peanut noodles and dumplings with broth in them and the hot almond cream soup with exploding sesame dumplings
• meeting up with zara and jacqui finally, and just having real conversations
• finally getting the planning started on the sri lanka tour
• buying puff pastry for my brother
• watching arthur with za
• the leftover breakfast party - pasta, paella, nutella toast, and orange juice
• getting my letter of recommendation from my professor
• being able to buy small sweets to share with the family
• being able to come to a friend in need, and being trusted with such a secret
• having chloe tell me i should stay all day
• having wolfie smile when i rub the back of his ears
• nilaga for dinner
• finding the lost hp7.1 disk
• watching hp7.1 again with my mom
• having a cute stranger smile at me from across a book case while i was buying used books
• buying 3 books for P230
• trying the green tea peanut butter and cream cheese sandwich
• buying dvds with my mom
• learning that my friend is fine again
• eating yoshinoya for dinner
• watching some monk before kippy's concert
• being there for my bro's concert
• eating the delish dinner and the desserts
• watching top chef just desserts with my bro, though i preferred all stars
• finishing chuck season 4
• eating the leftovers and not spending yesterday
• being treated to free liempo

August 1 - 7 2011

• the chatty breakfast I had with my brother
• garlicky mushrooms and hotdogs for breakfast
• making the almond mocha for me and my bro
• finishing love stories in one go
• being treated to pringles by my bro
• eating the strange sweetish pasta
• watching lie to me with my bro
• the cookie dunking in milk epiphany
• eating dinner early-ish with my family even if we just had leftovers
• having time to sit back and watch lie to me
• the cool rainy day
• having time to read on a Monday
• being able to hand write on my journal
• Jerlyn's "it means" hullabaloo
• my mom buying us Yoshinoya on impulse
• watching Legally Blonde the musical
• getting the feeling of wanting to really learn law
• writing in my journal
• getting to read a lot of Journey to the Centre of the Earth
• waking up and beginning the day with prayer
• waking up at 8am and staying awake, finally - there is hope
• waking up and beginning the day with prayer for 2 days more
• cooking beef yakiniku successfully
• cooking the artichoke cheese dip with kippy
• eating corned beef sinigang
• beating treated to dinner by carrie
• treating carrie to milk tea and french macaroons at moonleaf
• the very long talk about existential shiz with carrie
• getting a surprise bag of bread for free
• finishing journey to the centre of the earth, finally
• forming a contrary opinion on the car floating hullabaloo
• getting smiles from strangers
• getting complimented on an outfit
• having dinner and lots of conversation with ana
• the parmesan-crusted white fish
• finally getting to try the crepe salidou
• hearing about ana's future plans
• getting time to read though there are parts of the book that i find tedious
• seeing jon stewart on crossfire
• discovering the joys of salted caramel toast
• eating adobong puti with sitaw
• watching fast and the furious 5 with my dad
• watching the cosby show - such a classic.
• coming down for the breakfast of bread and caramel toast
• watching babae sa septic tank with zara
• eating bagnet and the blackened pork knuckles at the flying pig
• being treated to free popcorn and soda for the movie
• being treated to a free sushi dinner at kitaro
• watching red riding hood with za

August 8 - 14 2011

• waking up to a text that there's laksa and cake for me
• having laksa and cake and bacon for breakfast
• finishing love with the quality of stories that i like
• having laksa and caramel toast for lunch
• watching criminal minds
• cooking my first roast chicken successfully
• finished the book Olivia Joules and the Overactive Imagination but was so disappointed with the writing and the plot too
• late lunch of the inasal chicken and dessert of salted caramel toast
• dinner with trix and chris
• straightening my hair and dressing up for dinner
• the very very long conversation over coffee with trix
• seeing my parents laugh together this morning
• getting a free cup of coffee from starbucks from the guerreros
• having an adorably cute guy tell me he thought i looked nice
• cultural exchange during breakfast from my family's slovenian guests
• treating myself to cheap comfort food while watching criminal minds
• deciding to attend a stranger's picnic and actually pushing through with it
• meeting new people
• dinner with carrie
• the hakka milk tea
• the very funny conversation re our relatives
• coming down for breakfast and hearing my mom's very hearty laugh
• having my dad cook the spareribs that no one remembers him cooking before
• gambas for lunch too
• enjoyed the subtlety of waiting for forever

August 15 - 21 2011

• having my mom buy the body wash i was salivating over
• buying the creme caramels and coffee panna cotta
• buying ice cream
• finishing rich dad, poor dad
• creme caramel for breakfast
• eating dinner with our guests
• cooking the mashed potatoes
• having our guests enjoy the potatoes that I made
• watching our guests enjoy coconut ice cream
• making the peach iced tea that was a hit
• meatloaf & potato salad for breakfast
• seeing a hot guy in skivvies
• getting hugged by our guests
• finishing the monthly requirements
• having time to write a bit of poetry
• the nice letter deng wrote for me
• dinner consisting entirely of mochi
• finishing Inspire
• semi-interesting dishes at Borough
• the conversation with Pi and Kaye
• having Kaye as my "wingman" and laughing about pairing me with ze chef
• surviving an uncomfortable conversation with people i don't necessarily feel comfortable with
• eating thai crunch salad and the barbecue chicken pizza with ana at cpk
• eating the mochi ice cream
• seeing loys and her baby
• finding the 2 tops on sale
• some parts of bridesmaids - though it made me sad too
• cooking pumpkin pancakes finally
• waking up to the task of buying ice cream for brunch - yay!
• sinigang and pixies for lunch
• ice cream for dessert though it was better in our heads
• the very pleasant merienda meal we had
• watching some kind of wonderful
• Watching Gigi with my mom

August 22 - 28 2011

• Chancing upon Puffs n stuff
• Kalbi burrito
• the sweetish but sparse lechon sisig
• being able to create the minibook for the guerreros though im not sure if they can use it
• accidentally finding that how to be alone video poem
• though i became incredibly stressed about submitting my application to grad school, was happy about the fortuitous timing of it all. that i called and managed to submit it, in spite of my unpreparedness
• cooking good soup and good fish
• being able to work through managing egos and handling pressure, at least once
• reese's ice cream
• being able to finish the love stories by 9:30 am
• being able to set the IDS appointment & doing research on Uni of Melbourne
• being extremely productive yesterday
• eating cereal for dinner + not a whole lot for the whole day
• finishing 1 micro-service
• having my bro come down for a meal again, finally
• learning about plosives, fricatives, and sonorants
• the text conversation with berna
• being able to ask bri how he was
• Finishing inspire and a service
• the 2 hour twilight walk
• finding resolutions that seem to give me peace
• making mashed potatoes
• the nutella & emmenthal sandwiches
• watching 500 days of summer again
• being excited when i begin the episodes of monk's last season
• waking up early-ish and reading ethics
• picking out a cute outfit for my friday out
• being on time for my counseling meeting
• having a nice counselor to help me with my application
• the yogurt cheesecake from Bob's
• finally being able to try Happy Cream Puff - twas okay
• meeting Pi and having her greet me with a muffin!
• dinner at Ukkokei Ramen Ron & being able to try out that awesome awesome Tan Tan Men Ramen with Aji tamago
• nightcap at Mary Grace - though I didn't like the owner semi-glaring at us to leave
• being invited to a cooking party by Zara
• having that phone conversation with Anna & Trix
• waking up to Goto & Tokwa't Baboy for brunch
• making plans with berna for monday coffee
• goto and tokwa't baboy for lunch
• the girly Saturday hangout with G, Z and Berber
• eating chips, ice cream, salmon, pasta & mushrooms
• the girly gossip we exchanged and cringing together over really really bad videos
• impromptu brunch with z at chateau 1771
• the very candid conversations with z which i missed
• metrowalk shopping
• loved the shirt and structured skirt combo i was wearing, loved that i paired it with wedges & a thai hobo bag too
• finding parking after praying to sister palomina
• watching the silent art film festival and reveling at the possibility of the event - watching the old movie, seeing the live band perform the soundtrack before you
• walking around the mall for the ninoy exhibit
• walking around the coconut fair
• strolling into stores and buying nothing - should i buy that skirt though???
• dinner at charlie's - cheesesteaks and fish & chips with malt vinegar = yum
• watching something borrowed with my mom

August 29 - September 4 2011

• sisig for lunch
• being able to give Berna her Chevelle CD
• cocoa-dusted fries and aztec chocolate for merienda
• the very good conversation berna & i had
• the impromptu outfit I put together (black bubble skirt over a layered top and a black thick belt
• very very heavy dimsum buffet brunch with trix
• talking about her love story with chris which she never got to finish
• sitting around the makati shangrila lobby and taking photos
• finding the french vanilla mud pie ice cream
• reading The Nap Book and then taking a nap
• finding online literary journals
• having that very long talk with zara
• finally booking the KL tickets for just P5k per person
• not spending on food yesterday
• cooking delicious spinach and scallop soup
• eating just vegetable fritters for breakfast
• the sisig and fried rice for lunch/dinner
• being able to pay for my tickets on time
• pushing myself to go exercise
• loved the outfit that I put together
• buying sky-high mary jane platforms for P500
• being able to semi-converse with a cute guy
• having the patola with olive oil and garlic & suwam na mais for lunch
• being able to hang out and talk with pi
• the merienda at pb&co and saint's alp
• finding pi's friend to consult with for the writing test (all felt serendipitous)

September 5 - 11 2011

• Being relatively early for the test this morning.
• Pseudo-enjoying the test
• lunch with carrie and enjoying the buy 1 take 1 all day breakfast
• free parking
• the super duper adorable waitstaff at coffee bean and tea leaf technohub (must remember that girl)
• the nice staff at tronix
• having my photo come out relatively nicely
• sinigang na salmon belly for dinner
• finishing the Nap Book finally
• having a small ember of hope for the australian master's program
• reading about Salmon Scramble last night then being treated (semi) to one today
• finding parking almost immediately after praying to Saint Palomina (BFFs)
• praying to Saint Dymphna about not sleeping and then having a very restful night's sleep
• finishing Inspire early and being able to work on the replacement too
• the wittier ym conversation with pi
• being able to find out that there are other options for paying for australia. now to think about WON i can pay for them myself and if i am willing to shoulder that burden
• seeing new places i can look for scholarships
• seeing that double degree program on masters of international communication and masters of international relations but wondering if i want to study that
• cooking pasta that my mom found good and that was close to the garlic pasta that i was replicating
• watching monte carlo
• deciding to spend for dinner but then saving as a default and having a pretty good dinner anyway
• oreos dunked in toffee nut milk
• finding a solution to my hard drive problem with the eusing registry cleaner which is surprisingly efficient
• coming to an agreement with deng re the poetry project
• watching friends with benefits
• having kfc for lunch
• the surprisingly good for its price mango cheesecake spoonful
• playing sims
• cooking good chicken with a recipe just from my head
• finally completing the us visa application
• being able to write seriously though I wasn't able to finish it
• the pleasant lunch I had with my bro
• dunking oreos and lady fingers in flavored milk
• the fresh lumpia dinner
• getting a bottle of perfume for free!
• a bit of dark chocolate
• writing 2 love stories in such a short time
• watching a movie with my mom, though it was sad to see her seem so sad
• finishing love
• finding the site 750 words
• getting time to write
• finding another cheap lunch alternative
• having time to play sims 3
• the kfc meriendinner
• crabs for breakfast
• being able to tell anna my mini-breakthroughs
• being able to hang out with her for free
• being able to encourage her about her own life while staying positive
• crispy pata and puso ng saging for lunch
• fruit salad for dessert
• not needing to have my toe operated on
• my sim becoming leader of the free world
• finding the very cheap malted milk biscuits

September 12 - 18 2011

• waking up really early
• writing immediately after
• crabs for breakfast
• having my mom shell crabs for me
• the memories of my early writing experiences
• hearing how my parents used to date before
• being productive with Creative 888 writing
• having the inasal come out semi-decent
• catching up with carrie
• laughing with carrie about my fave sweet dreams book
• reading a lot of the theory of clouds last night
• finishing 2 months of kita in 1 day
• going to the manila pen for halo-halo and schublig
• having my dad buy cake and cupcakes for us
• eating that delicious pecan cupcake
• seeing that good looking guy and having my heart skip a beat at the thought of how wonderful he must be
• having my pate pasta dish turn out great
• finally securing the US visa appointment
• finishing 2 months of knowme
• being able to read through the reasons of others for getting the creative writing degree
• finishing love
• seeing those cute spunky grandmas
• eating only 2 meals yesterday
• finishing the theory of clouds
• the long post-coffee talk with carrie
• dinner at sanctuario
• the dvd shopping
• desserts at wicked kitchen
• the sunday brunch of calamari, fried pork & corn soup
• reading the Sunday paper while I drank my coffee and listened to music
• watching Junior Master Chef

September 19 - September 25 2011

• being resigned to the idea that I would lose my whole day, then finding out that I wouldn't (have to do something relevant today then!)
• having alone time at home yesterday
• being resigned to the fact that I would not get a certificate of graduation, then securing it
• the kind lady at the Transcript records who helped me make it happen
• the breakfast of pancakes and longganisa dogs
• being on time and appropriate for the visa application
• having a hassle free (i think?) visa application
• having emerald special siopao and crispy noodles for lunch
• my mom actually being okay with buying soda and paying for it too
• the funny delivery guy from Globe
• reading The Stranger and finding beautiful lines in it
• abandoning afternoon plans to hang out with Anna
• the great conversation I had with Anna while running errands
• being able to nap to help my headache
• the taco salad dinner and soda too
• finishing The Stranger
• my being chatty over breakfast
• the impromptu gift shopping trip with my bro
• that in spite of its threats, I was able to start the car and get home
• that my bro cooked dinner so I could eat
• that i was invited by z on her birthday salubong
• that i was able to convince myself to go
• that i was semi able to hold my own at the dinner
• the conversation i had with ze beautiful boy
• being able to hold my liquor
• a being nicer to me
• finishing love
• my chat with carrie
• impromptu kfc dinner
• kfc 2nd dinner mwehehehe
• chocolate banana cream pie cups
• going around the food fair with ana
• the drive to the train station with kip
• treating ana to the chicken skin
• treating z to the squid rings
• the nice lunch we had (free!)
• free curried pumpkin soup!
• treating ana to chewy junior
• the champorado
• the free tastes
• the merienda at papa john's
• the conversation over merienda
• being treated to milk tea
• discovering vsauce
• chocolate cake!
• being told that I looked nice
• breakfast while watching top chef
• the impromptu lunch of crispy shrimp and kare-kare
• being made to rest
• finishing Night
• dinner alone
• the green tea latte

September 26 - October 2 2011

• preparing breakfast for everyone
• learning about the alternator
• our us visas arriving and finding out we got 10 years again
• sleeping through a rainy night
• waking up to champorado and tuyo for breakfast
• nilaga and chicharon for lunch
• having my parents' playmates come over for lunch
• taking the operation like a trooper
• feeling relatively no pain from my toe
• having nothing better to do than take a nap and read a book
• watching top chef and top chef masters
• having juice in the morning
• my toe not hurting as much as I thought it would
• cooking garlic pasta
• frying schnitzel and rebaking the fries
• eating just veggies for dinner last night
• chomping on the delicious oatmeal cookie
• discovering that cheap and filling laksa
• not spending too much for dinner
• trying the cookie dough mochi ice cream
• trying falafel for the first time
• the pleasant time I had with zara and jacqui
• chocolate chip macadamia cookie
• tocino for dinner
• watching project runway
• free paella for a late night snack
• lunch with corn soup and chicken inasal
• special mention to the crispy shrimp which were delicious
• the nap I took this afternoon
• the very delicious pilgrim slabwich I ate
• fresh potato chips
• having dinner with the gang though i felt a bit lacking, as usual
• being told that I looked nice
• having a chance to wear the large silver cuff
• having z listen to my griping and reaffirm that I was not paranoid
• the chocolate crepe stuffed with peaches and nutella
• the more or less funny conversation I had with the gang

October 3 - October 9 2011

• falling asleep and taking an hour-long nap while thinking
• finally beginning the blogging process and writing what I think is a stellar first entry
• making caesar salad dressing from scratch
• using the hand mixer
• having the salad come out great
• pork loin for dinner
• bitter chocolate for dessert
• the very mellow breakfast period
• the simple but filling pork with pechay lunch
• the very delicious steamed grouper and pasta dinner
• being able to finish 2 months worth of work
• having pi tell me that her office mates appreciate the inspiring stories that i write
• having pi tell me that she thinks I have a bright future in romance novel writing
• driving my dad to the airport
• finding the shorter route to terminal 3
• having brunch at Dayrit's
• driving the trooper home
• watching Top Chef with Kippy
• being able to sleep in my folk's room for a few days
• watching Game of Thrones with Trix, Chris & Kippy
• eating balamban liempo
• Gingerbeer

October 10 - 16 2011

• being able to finish my work at the last minute
• being able to pack and not leaving anything, last minute
• getting to zara's office and to the airport on time
• the conversation with jacqui on the flight to KL and at the airport during our waiting time
• booking a car to kandy
• the view from our balcony in kandy
• walking around the city with my 2 oldest friends
• the very heavy lunch at devon's
• desserts at bakeshop
• visiting the giant buddha in kandy
• visiting the temple of the tooth relic
• being able to negotiate a hired car for our 2 days in kandy
• waking up on time to get to our sri lanka ruins tour
• the simple breakfast of bread where we were given a discount
• the beautiful dambulla caves
• being able to climb to the top of sigiriya in a skirt and heels!
• the interesting lunch we had before anuradhapura
• exploring the ruins of anuradhapura
• the kfc dinner where we ate chicken buriyani and the chocolate biscuit pudding with ice cream
• the climb up to nuwara eliya
• the delicious tea we had at mackwoods labookellie
• exploring the old town of nuwara eliya
• sending a postcard to ourselves
• chocolate rotty
• the snazzy and delicious dinner at white house
• being able to leave early to catch our 5AM train
• surviving the train ride from kandy to alutgama
• finding a tuktuk willing to take us to galle
• stopping by the beautiful beach in hikkaduwa
• arriving at fort galle safely
• the sweet welcome drinks from naman and mikey
• the beautiful room we got!
• lunch at mama's
• walking around and getting lost in galle
• dinner at punto cafe!
• discovering curried mango and beets and curried eggplant
• going to the beach and spending all morning there
• the very delicious lunch at one love in unawatuna
• being able to try kurds and treacle because of my bathroom predicament
• finding the delicious roti at indian hut
• mushroom curry!
• taking only 3 hours for a supposed 5 hour drive to the airport
• being able to find the bus taking us to KL sentral
• the scenic bus ride around kuala lumpur
• double dinner of char kwey teow and nasi goreng + chicken rendang and asam laksa
• famous amos cookies for dessert

October 17 - 23 2011

• buffet breakfast at mandarin
• being able to catch up on sleep, finally
• having half a cupcake for dinner
• finding out that I got into the MA program
• crispy shrimp for breakfast
• half a cupcake for dessert
• being able to jog for 2 hours
• hanging out with z to look at pictures
• being able to jog for 1.5 hours today
• not eating rice for dinner
• the many pleasant texts I got while jogging
• the nice fish I had for dinner
• having a bar of vanilla flavored chocolate to myself
• finishing Inspire stories really quickly and quite well
• having beer battered fish for breakfast
• lunch with Carrie
• the sour cream cheesecake I had at Chocolate Kiss
• sharing rumaki with carrie
• no rice for dinner
• black ferrero for dessert
• having a hilarious time with the cardamom coffee
• cardamongkal coffee
• having my mom taste the cardamom coffee and her saying that it tasted like coffee that accidentally had socks fall into it
• chatting with carrie about the performance hilarity
• falling asleep relatively early
• finishing my 36th book for the year
• getting my admission slip
• going to stacy's with za
• potato chip fried chicken
• arriving early for our dinner
• sea salt and caramel ice cream from moo bella
• finally getting to mercato
• trying out pan de bagnet finally
• the mini cupcakes by anita, good but not mind-blowingly so
• the pleasant pressure free breakfast
• being invited to hangout with z
• being invited to hangout by ans
• deciding not to go to a party and finding out it wasn't worth the effort to go
• the pleasant breakfast and dinner of meatloaf, potato salad, and soft-boiled eggs with soy
• having some interesting cookies, could be improved though
• having dinner and watching oprah with z
• watching some of the master class episodes
• ribs for lunch
• sharing the rum raisin chocolate

October 24 - 30 2011

• making that hippopotamus joke at breakfast
• writing a good batch of love stories
• having anna suddenly invite me out
• having chloe come running to me when she woke up
• having ariel say she missed me at her party
• having anna tell me I looked nice
• eating the sandwich and salad with anna
• just having that time together
• being semi-insulted and still keeping it together
• watching green lantern with my family
• being able to jog yesterday
• watching numbers with my brother
• the very tame dinner of crackers and cereal
• breakfast of soft-boiled eggs and bacon
• dinner at kanin club (not very good tonight) for free!
• cakes at coffee bean
• the very long conversation with carrie
• learning that there was a blackout and arriving to find that the lights are back on
• keeping my cool and not letting things affect me for the most part
• the heartfelt greetings I sent my two best friends
• the laid-back afternoon with my bro
• being able to treat
• cooking Red Wine Marinara and having it turn out great
• Getting kip to cook sole for dinner
• being able to exercise
• the lovely discoveries on pinterest
• being able to add to my blog
• treating and cooking pizza pandesal
• getting kip to cook beef with broccoli
• laid-back time watching numb3rs
• being able to take photos in UP and having most of them come out great
• meeting up with carrie
• dinner at PB Co
• dessert at xocolat (tablea cake is meh)
• the nice lunch of bistig and fish
• having time to drive to UP and take more photos
• being able to treat my family
• yummy fried chicken discovery at manang's
• watching movies with my mom

October 31 - November 6 2011

• delicious lunch of asian pork chops, scallop and spinach soup and shrimp
• the interesting lunch discussions
• the lemon crumble yogurt ice cream from fic
• giving out candy with za
• going trick or treating with anna and her kids
• the free dinner I got
• pizza dinner (pricey though) and horror movies with za and berber
• the ridiculously funny fright night
• the quick trip to tarlac
• being able to read
• keeping my cool in the cemetery
• having cemetery merienda of susie's palabok and mamon
• securing an earlier trip to manila
• the dinner with trix and chris at casa filipino
• the noisy laughter we had over dinner
• being treated all of a sudden
• getting most of the classes I wanted
• having the bitchy enlistment person be nice to me and finding out he is a professor
• being able to prerog for the subject that I wanted
• having my prof say she will save me from chicklit
• running into james younghusband in the hallway
• befriending sara
• being able to help chi
• having professor manalo as my adviser
• getting into the dalisay PhD class
• having my tuition come out lower than expected
• eating lunch for P50
• saving money by just sleeping in the car
• meeting ana for dinner
• treating at chuck's deli
• the pilgrim sandwich
• the quezo milkshake
• finishing inspire before lunch
• the conversation with pi
• the satisfaction brought about by paying for my own tuition through the product of my work
• the satisfaction of choosing work over whim
• being able to meet up with diane for merienda and hearing about her mom's progress
• meeting with kathy, joanne and mylo for late dinner
• finishing Queenmaker
• being able to drive carrie to her hotel
• the interesting pork dish I had for lunch that day
• watching numb3rs the whole day with my bro
• eating manang's chicken with fried rice
• reese's peanut butter ice cream

November 7 - 13 2011

• spending the entire day listening to christmas songs and decorating the house for Christmas
• going tiangge shopping with Za
• finishing Inspire in spite of all added distractions
• the pleasant effect of having tita lita on my mom's demeanor
• waking up late for class and having the balls to still go
• that kip was pretty easy to work with that day
• having the few minutes of reading on the AS Steps
• good deed of picking jackie up
• saving on manang's chicken
• manang's and sun-dried tomato pasta
• lunch with z before my first Master's class
• discovering 2 broke girls
• being chatty enough to befriend people in my class
• having an awesome professor for Fiction 1
• running into both loys and daisy at the SC
• free Kanin Club dinner
• hunting for books after class
• finding and buying the 2 sark books
• the nice first day for british contemporary literature
• shopping for books for my brit lit class
• surprise lunch with ana at delish
• that our lunch just cost P150
• pleasant-ish conversation with my bro
• the pleasant afternoon spent watching/studying
• finishing my reading assignments for CL 151
• possible dinner with Anna next week
• the text exchange with Berna
• the great first class discussion in CL 151
• being able to participate really well
• lunch with Anna at Stacy's
• getting free shampoo, conditioner and chocolate from Anna
• meeting my CW 312 class and having it turn out interesting
• hearing Tin tell me she thinks I made the right decision
• hearing from Tin how few of us they let into the Creative Writing program this term
• being able to drive the trooper to Makati
• hanging out at Manila Polo Club
• hanging out with Trix at the Golf event
• meeting Ella at the Golf event
• going to Midnight Mercato
• being able to do everything I set out to do last Saturday
• hanging out volunteering for Health Justice last Saturday
• making friends with Nic
• making friends with Carisse
• being able to make it to the Jane Austen Book Club meeting
• having them turn out so nice and trusting
• being able to veg out for Sunday
• having the urge to eat some veggies
• the lunch of pork with hoisin dip, ginataang kangkong and sardinas lumpia
• Heath ice cream
• cheese sponge
• finally beginning The Good Wife
• birthday spaghetti and cake
• hanging out with Za and watching What's Your Number

November 14 - 20 2011

• waking up relatively early
• finishing up the quota for reading 1984
• reading by the cool wind of the lanai
• finishing Sweet for the month
• coming up with good questions for my CFQ
• the fun class atmosphere of Eng 132
• coming to class early for CL151
• being able to contribute to class
• being able to contribute to mg Fiction 1 class
• finishing almost all that I set out to do
• being able to have a reprieve in my class
• dinner at zara's house
• having time to walk around in a mall after a long time
• the free tickets to UTT
• food tasting with pi and kaye
• meeting and talking to anton
• befriending strangers on the line
• enjoying the texts that I'm reading
• buying the set of books for kat for far less than I thought
• buying good quality leggings
• getting a discount from my mall card points
• getting to the shoot on time
• befriending mingming and having them braid my hair
• the free kfc breakfast
• having a pleasant conversation with juddha paolo (he's so nice!)
• dinner at soms with chely, bong and deng
• 2 bottles of red at the wine depot
• kfc dinner again
• loaded lunch at tita ludy's birthday
• shooting in manila with ana
• the pretty photo I shoot with the wall
• stumbling upon manila ocean park
• helping ana accomplish her photography goals
• dinner at makan makan
• finally eating laksa!
• laughing out loud during the whole mealtime
• buying a skirt for much cheaper than it was when I originally wanted to buy it
• becoming friends with vin on facebook
• being able to give up my seat on the train for an older woman

November 21 - 27 2011

• dressing up to go to Makati
• the pleasant lemon meringue cupcake from frostings
• napping in air-conditioned coolness
• the impromptu dinner with z
• watching the north korean documentary on national geographic
• the nice breakfast on Tuesday
• the rainy weather
• having time to run last Tuesday
• the text conversation I had with Gail
• being able to write a blog entry
• being early for my 7AM class this week
• not being late for my Brit Lit class
• reading and finishing Waiting for Godot
• the insights that I got from it
• lunch with Carrie
• ordering fish (though I didn't like it)
• eating a lot of veggies this week (broccoli, veggie lumpia)
• being given pointers by my Fiction professor
• the tiny little chocolates that I had
• the email exchange with Kaye
• having that bit of alone time last night
• pigging out with my favorite chicken dinner
• finding out about the free class days
• the nice discussion in CL 151
• the thanksgiving dinner I had with chada and ana
• finishing my deadlines when I said I would
• cooking the nice Chicken marsala and pasta Salad

November 28 - December 4 2011

• having such an ambitious to-do list, though I wasn't able to check all of it
• being able to exercise on 2 occasions
• being able to begin my reading list - must improve!
• the bargains i found in greenhills
• the christmas shopping with caribou
• having time to read prime of jean brodie in the library
• libre lunch at delish
• finding a pretty good new resto
• the nice conversation I had with pi before everyone else arrived
• the fun dinner with the gang
• free-ish outback dinner with the guerreros
• being able to do the nice thing for my mom though it consumed my day
• prepping to buy lots of things but only buying leggings
• finishing the homework
• getting to class on time
• the nice dinner conversation with pi
• finally getting to try pepper lunch
• finally getting to try a crepe cake
• finally getting to try maitre chocolatier
• attending deng's event
• being able to mingle with people for a change
• discovering that a roast beef and chocolate panini ain't so bad
• the cooking date with anna
• having everyone like the soup I cooked
• the impromptu overnight / hangout with jacqui and z
• brunch at burger project
• movie day bumming around with z and j
• free dinner with z

December 5 - 11 2011

• being able to help z in times of trouble
• impromptu watching of Bisperas
• had the whole theater to ourselves
• free nachos!
• burrito dinner
• free lunch of sun-dried tomato pasta
• the interesting conversation with z
• finishing the sark book
• reading a good deal of the Prime of Miss Jean Brodie
• hearing my parent's laughter at their Christmas party
• the food at the Christmas party
• the interesting discussion in CL 151
• finishing the assigned texts and story concept for CW 210
• the impromptu train concert tickets
• dinner alone at taco bell
• free pinkberry yogurt from pi
• finishing inspire
• being able to be chatty with a stranger for writer's night
• fun impromptu dinner with chada at pino
• the drive to baguio and the pleasant conversation
• lunch at ebai's
• the delicious apple walnut cake
• strawberry taho
• fun time shopping at mines view
• strawberry calamansi lemonade
• finding nice and cheap pants!
• the lovely dinner at forest house
• inuman with jacqui and zara in our hotel room
• the interesting breakfast buffet
• jacqui saying to me "you're at the cool table now"
• facing the scary law school people
• walking around at the baguio market
• helping z and j haggle for their purchases
• lunch at o'mai khan
• being able to drive the patrol without issue
• the hilarious drive while hunting for 7-11
• inuman with z and j again

December 12 - 18 2011

• being able to send my work
• lazy day at the beach
• the boy talk during the drive home
• finishing the prime of miss jean brodie
• buying the butch dalisay book for P100
• buying 2 other cheap books for my writing work
• being able to jog today
• the light-hearted dinner conversation
• the discussion on the close of the prime of miss jean brodie
• reading happy endings
• dressing up nice for school
• seeing my crush and being able to talk to him after all these years
• the old TBT reunion dinner
• writing inspire for the most part
• watching beatle's night from the VIP area
• being able to make small talk with some of the musicians
• hanging out at via mare with deng
• the nice conversation we had
• having someone to watch lantern parade with
• dinner with ana
• eating crispy beef again
• having the house all to myself
• being able to watch teenybopper movies
• downloading Christmas movies
• being fairly efficient with the writing yesterday
• having time to hangout with j and z
• singing in semi-publicity

December 19 - 25 2011

• the ym conversation with z and j
• the better quality of my love stories this week
• hanging out with z and collaborating on love story plots
• driving z to the airport and the conversation we had getting there
• gift wrapping while watching dvds
• shopping at shoppersville
• eating burgers and chips while watching christmas movies
• christmas movie marathon
• cooking pasta
• the lapids chicharon for dinner
• chicharon again for dinner
• the bizu macarons for dessert
• the free palabok and barbecue
• tocino for breakfast
• kakanins for dessert
• listening to jamie cullum for breakfast
• finishing inspire early
• the nice message on ym from pi
• the lovely kenny rogers lunch
• conversation with my bro at the mall
• shopping for my parent's christmas gifts
• buying a dress for P500
• cheapie dinner
• being able to drop off donations at ateneo
• being able to drop off donations at kaye's place
• having my hair cut
• cooking for the christmas dinner
• picking out a cool christmas outfit on the fly
• having people think i look nice
• the nice christmas photos
• pleasant christmas dinner
• laid-back christmas day
• lunch and hangout with my cousins

December 26 2011 - January 1 2012

• Finishing love
• not spending even when I wanted to
• going to my cousin's house for his dinner
• the nice afternoon nap
• attending my cousin's 7th birthday
• pleasant (for the most part) breakfast conversations
• watching moonlight and mistletoe with my bro
• watching my fake fiance
• finishing Inspire on time
• watching holiday in handcuffs with my mom
• finishing the 50 books that I promised to finish
• being able to meet joanne for a catchup
• being able to look pretty for new year's eve and new year's day
• getting the nice gift from kuya mon and ate rose
• being able to help with the games
• being able to play scattergories on new year's eve and new year's day
• helping with nikki's birthday setup
• being man enough to do some of the lifting and cleaning up
• being able to help with taking the photos
• documenting the holidays
• tita begz' junkfood spread