Daily Musings

Trilogy???

I don't understand!! GRRR!!!!

First around May, I was driving along Southsuper Hiway going to Makati when a Crosswind hit me at the back.

Second around September, in Tunasan while I was driving towards Alabang, a jeepney hit me again at the back.

And now third, just yesterday, I was driving out of our building when a Revo suddenly appeared in front of me, hitting the front of the passenger side!

Is it just me or am I on a roll here!!

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Created: Saturday, November 27, 2004

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Try This!

First, recommend to me:

1. A movie
2. A book
3. A musical artist, song, or album

Then ask me three questions, no more, no less. ask me anything you want.then go to your journal, copy and paste this same post allowing your friends to ask you anything; say that you stole it from me.

I stole this from Tin ni Roland

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Created: Thursday, November 25, 2004

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Thoughts and Feelings

It was a great day yesterday! Was able to buy new shoes and a bag! Of course I am using both today :) Here is a picture of the bag, will post the pic of the shoes tomorrow :)

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Last night I realized that the saying "The tongue hurts more than a knife" really is true. Last night I said something to Gel that hurted him...I didn't mean to hurt him but I did. It was just one of those things that you say out one thing but came out in a totally different context. When we got home I called him again to say sorry... but I feel that saying sorry is not enough. I hope I can take it back... He was already ok when we put down the phone and told me to forget about it. Last night while thinking about it... I felt good and bad, good that I am marrying the most understanding person in the world but bad because I hurted him....

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I was in a very light mood this morning when I got to the office... until I saw this e-mail, and I quote "Due to hectic and the very important activities in December, I would like to reiterate what I mentioned a while ago that no one should go on vacation leave in December" from the evil boss of my boss!!! Grrrrr!!!

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Created: Wednesday, November 24, 2004

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Sealed with a Kiss

I slept late night. I was feeling tingly inside. I usually feel tingly when I think about Gel or our wedding, but last night was something different.
Yesterday was a busy day at the office...it was our November month closing. I was very busy the whole day that I didn't notice I haven't got a text from Gel. It was 7:30 pm when I called him at his office to tell him that I want to go home already. I also told him we have to fetch my sister in UP-Manila. So I drove from my office to Makati and picked him up. We were already driving to UP when I told him he hasn't kissed me yet. He leaned towards me and kissed me. It was just a small kiss, a very quick *tsup* but it lighted me up inside.
When I was ready to sleep and was laying down on my bed I remembered the kiss again. I felt again that electricity inside me...I felt really good. I remembered all the kisses we shared, small and big, short and passionate all througout the eight years we've been together. And I thought about all the other kisses we will share from today on. Right there I realized how sure I am that I am marrying my soulmate...

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Created: Tuesday, November 23, 2004

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Wedding Ideas

I have been surfing the net when my eye caught a site where they sell bridal accessories. Of course I first searched for shoes!! I can't help it! I love pointed shoes and strappy sandals. I think I'll go for one of these shoes...

Teehee!!

I saw some other interesting items i'd like to incorporate in our wedding:

Photo Guestbook

I have read about this idea several times already and was really toying with the idea. The idea is to stick a picture of your guests in the guestbook or guestsheets they write on. Most recommended the use of Polaroid though i've read somewhere that Polaroid pictures do not really last very long plus the fact that it is not very common here in the Philippines. What I am thinking is just assign somebody, maybe an extra photographer, to take pictures of everybody while signing the guestbook/sheets and attach the pictures later. This picture shows the sheets with a "pocket" where you can insert the pictures. I can either D-I-Y these pockets or just stick the pictures with glue. It actually doesn't matter coz I'm determined to have these pictures in the guestbook/sheets! By hook or by crook! :)

Personalized Keepsakes

I have also been thinking of what to give away to the guests as keepsakes and thought of giving out minibooks with love quotes, maybe facts about the two of us, and pictures too! I can also stretch it to also contain my thank you card and hopefully my invitation. Now this one needs a little bit more thinking but this picture shows more or less what I have in mind :)

Hmmm preps, preps, preps!!!

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Created: Sunday, November 21, 2004

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After Eight Years

Yesterday, Gelo and I celebrated our eight year anniversary. November 19 has always been very special for both of us. Yesterday was extra special because it will be the last time we will be celebrating November 19. Starting next year, we will then on be celebrating September 17, our wedding anniversary. It is a farewell to one date and a welcome to another date, much like a new year for us. Its a happy happy day!!

I remember our first anniversary, November 19, 1997. We were still in college then. That was a wednesday. Our anniversary celebration was a dinner at Pizza Hut, that was what we could afford then. He gave me flowers, three red roses. Then towards the end of the dinner, he gave me a small box. When I opened it... there she was... my ring... the ring that would keep us together for eight years... and forevermore...

Til today I wear this same ring. My ring went through so much... she had been lost, I lost her for about a year, and then found her again. She had been misplaced so many times but I always find her again somehow.

Our relationship has gone through almost the same thing, all throughout the eight years so much had happened. Unbelievable happiness, heartbreaking pains.... but we are still here. Like the ring... still shining, sparky, strong and ready to face another lifetime of experiences.

I know that as we enter this new phase in our lives, so much more is to be expected, but with us holding hands, our wedding rings in our fingers and love in our hearts, we would go through anything.

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Created: Saturday, November 20, 2004

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Great Read!

The poem below really did struck a nerve in me... It makes me shudder to think that we, ultimately, are not in control of our life. Every second of our existence is a priviledge given by God which we must use wisely. I also realized that in the middle of all the preparations for my wedding, I am not working alone, but I am working with Him, to prepare for the day which HE has planned for me and not what I planned for myself.

Please read through the poem...

LIVE A LIFE THAT MATTERS
By: Anonymous Author

Ready or not, someday it will all come to an end.
There will be no more sunrises, no minutes, hours, or days.
All the things you collected, whether treasured or forgotten,
Will pass to someone else.
Your wealth, fame and temporal power will shrivel to irrelevance.
It will not matter what you owned or what you were owed.
Your grudges, resentments, frustrations, and jealousies
Will finally disappear.
So too, your hopes, ambitions, plans, and to-do lists will expire.
The wins and losses that once seemed so important will fade away.
It won't matter where you came from, or on what side of the tracks
You lived, at the end.
It won't matter whether you were beautiful or brilliant,
Even your gender and skin color will be irrelevant.
So what will matter? How will the value of your days be measured?
What will matter is not what you bought, but what you built;
Not what you got, but what you gave.
What will matter is not your success, but your significance.
What will matter is not what you learned, but what you taught.
What will matter is every act of integrity, compassion, courage, or sacrifice
That enriched, empowered, or encouraged others to emulate your example.
What will matter is not your competence, but your character.
What will matter is not how many people you knew,
But how many will feel a lasting loss when you're gone.
What will matter is not your memories,
But the memories that live in those who love you.
What will matter is how long you will be remembered,
By whom, and for what.
Living a life that matters doesn't happen by accident.
It's not a matter of circumstance, but of choice.Choose to live a life that matters.