Simple Pleasures

I wasn't a fan of Wentworth Miller before I discovered FoxTV's Prison Break.  But running out of tv series to watch on my free time, I decided to give the heart-stopping tv series a try.  And true enough, it was gripping enough as each episode unfolds its twist and turns making me want more.  And as Michael Scofield, played by Wentworth, unravel his plans to take Linc, his brother, out of Foxriver Penitentiary, I'm developing quite a huge crush on this 34 year old English actor from Brooklyn. 

A season and 13 episodes later, I'm obsessed.  And since I can't stop looking at his photo for hours, I'm naming him my obsession of the month of November. 

For more information on my dear Wentworth, check him out in his own wikipedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wentworth_Miller.

In the meantime, I'm going to ogle at my new Wentworthy wallpaper. 

I haven't studied for the exam since last Saturday.  My head cannot take any more information apart from the 500 japanese words crammed in my head for the past two months and the 60 kanji characters that I have been practicing to write at least a 100 times. 

And neither was I motivated to study for the remaining 10 chapters that I'm supposed to read.  I was too distracted (or should it be muzukashii) to even open my reviewers. 

I'm close to accepting my defeat to pass the exam but I'm not going to give up just yet.  I'm going to study as much as I can probably try to answer a few practice questions.  After that, I'll rely on luck and my memory to get me by during those four hours of mental agony.  

I think my boss will understand if I failed it.  There is always next year's exam to look forward to. 

There is still five days to go for the JLPTs, three days before the deadline for finalizing hotel arrangements for the off-site, one day to go before placing all the travel for Cebu in January.  Just a few more days to go and I'm ready to celebrate the holidays.  I can look forward to my three days in Boracay, 4 days of planning for my friend's bachelorette party and 19 days remaining for christmas shopping bliss and non stop partying.

My entries are now syndicated on the aggregator.pinoyblogosphere.com.  I hope I get more readership this time so that means I have to screen my entries well.  No more angsty and man-hating posts.  Hehehe.

For those who want to contribute, send an email to contribute@pinoyblogosphere.com

I can cross-post to Blogger and Livejournal, in n-number of ways.  Yay!

All you need to do is to go to when you add a post in your multiply blog, go at the bottom part of the page where you will find the "Add Blog From" section and select from any of the blogging services.

Then when multiply asks you to login your blogging service username and password, make sure that crossposting option checkbox is checked.

After that, import the entries.  Soon after, whenever you post in multiply, options for cross-posting is available at your disposal. 

Celebrated by monicai at 4:16 PM ~

Hoy kaibigan!  May aaminin ako sa iyo.  Makinig kang mabuti dahil minsan ko lang sasabihin ito.

Lahat ng tao meron mga bagay bagay na kinakatakutan.  Aminin mo, ikaw din meron ka din tinatagong isang bagay na labis mo pinangangambahan tulad na makakita ng boogeyman sa loob ng kabinet mo o makita mo ang patay mong lola sa tabi ng kama mo.  O di kaya, malaman mo na na-onse ka ng kasintahan mo ng 5 taon sa araw na ikakasal kayo o namatay si Dolphy hindi dahil sa heart attack kundi sa sobrang korny ng mga jokes niya.

Ano ba ang labis na kinakatakutan ko?  Wala sa mga nabanggit ko kanina ang kinakatakutan ko.  Wala akong third-eye, wala rin akong paki-alam kay Dolphy at wala akong jowa.

Takot akong mag-isa. 

Takot akong tumayo ng sarili kong paa at harapin ang bawat araw na walang sumusubaybay sa akin at magmamahal.  Kulang kasi ako ng yakap sa nanay ko kaya hayun, lakas ng kapit ko sa mga kaibigan at mga jowa.  I have a deep need to be loved.

Dala na rin siguro sa matinding takot ko na mamatay ng mag-isa at malungkot.  Ayoko kasing dumating ang araw na walang makaka-alala sa akin na parang nabura ako sa mundo dahil sa sobrang abala ng mga tao sa paligid ko.  Naalala ko tuloy yung nabasa ko na may isang lalaking namatay sa heart attack sa loob ng silid ng opisinang pinagtatrabahuan niya.  Nakita na lang siya ng mga ilang araw nang nakakalipas nung nangamoy na ang bangkay niya.  Sino bang may gusto nun?  Yung maalala ka kasi ang baho mo na.

Pero alam mo, unti unti ko nang hinaharap ang takot ko.  Ilang buwan na akong nag-iisa.  Nung una, dumaan ako sa sobrang nakakalokang kalungkutan.  Wala akong kajamming, ka gimik, ka-inuman, kalokohan, kabolahan.  Parang feeling ko wala akong kwentang tao.  Parang ang loser ko naman.

At sa mga maraming beses na sobrang akong nadepress, nagmukmok ako at nanahimik pansamantala.

At sa katahimikan, dun ka mapapa-isip ng mga bagay bagay.  Kaya siguro mga monghe nag sosolo at ayaw makipag-usap, kasi sa katahimikan lang nila mahahanap ang Diyos daw.   Sa mga panahong nanatili ako sa aking pananahimik,  nadidinig ko ang sarili kong kunsiyensya nangungusap.  "Ano ba daw talaga ang gustong kong gawin sa buhay mo?"  sabi niya.  Dun namin unti unting hinimay ang mga bagay na akala ko yun ang magpapasaya sa akin.  Unti-unti na rin ako nagkakaroon kaliwanagan:  wala akong tiwala sa sariling kakayahan kaya kumukuha ako ng lakas ng iba para magkaroon ng kumpyansa sa sarili.

Balang-araw, sana nawa'y matatanggap ko ang sarili ko.  At sana magawa ko yun bago ako mamatay ng mag-isa agnasin ang katawan ko na walang nakaka-alam.

I will be posting for starbx.com.  It's a site for Pinoy Coffee culture scene on fancy coffee shops particularly Starbucks.  Migs amazingly found the url still free despite of its name.  I hope Starbucks would buy it from him 100,000 times its worth, haha!

So from time to time, I'll be posting regarding Starbucks coffee opinions and other coffee experiences probably bash a few if I find an opportunity.

I have good news for everyone.

Multiply and Blogger allows cross-posting on both sites. So that means, whilst I'm posting on my multiply account (http://monicai.multiply.com), my entries will also be reflected in my blogger account (http://monicai.blogspot.com).

This is my chance to maintain both accounts. I hope multiply does cross-posting on three domains so I can include my lj.