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What is making me high and happy these days? Let me tell you.

~ BEFORE SUNSET
Aileen, Mitzi and Tin are going gaga over this flick and they've been "promoting" it since last month. I've been dying to watch it but doesn't have the time. So last Friday, before dawn, I finally made time and watched it. One word: SURREAL. I did not enjoy it thoroughly WHILE I am watching it but I did love it AFTER I watched it. There's something poignant about the film that makes it so lovable and profound. Would you believe that I cried after Jesse/Ethan said "I know"? Haha. So melodramatic of me. Watch it! Nice conversations, beautiful Paris streets, very nice Julie Delphy, hunky Ethan, numerous quotable quotes and one heck of a "learning experience".



~ OTHER MUST-WATCH FLICKS
I've been so busy these days but I will find time to watch the following over the weekend: Wimbledon, First Daughter, The Notebook and Sex & The City Season 6. I'm procrastinating over SATC though. Don't want to end it YET. My friend even gushed last night about the Miranda-I-Love-You-Steve episode at Brady's first birthday party! Galing! Galing! One of SATC's best episodes ever!

~ DINING & WINING WITH FRIENDS
Me, Olen and Bim went to to CPK ATC last night to catch up and gossip. I so miss them. I miss our shopping adventures, movies and even those minutes of gossiping during lunch break. I miss them and the way they take care of me. Olen and Bim is definitely one of my "safest and comfort" places.

I also scheduled numerous "meeting with friends" this weekend. I'll be seeing some friends from my former office later tonight and I'll be having lunch tomorrow with Aileen and Charo in Alabang. Finally. :)

~ PAIN & HURT
Little pains, little hurts, little sadness...I am NOT embracing but I am still happy about it. Those things make me human. Those things make me think and ponder. Good thing I have enough sense and love in me to understand, accept, move on and live my life that way I wanted it to be.

~ MY NEW CELLIE
When one gets an Ericsson, you will get the following: form, style and function. I AM AMAZED. My new K700i rocks! I love its audio capabilities that make me play my favorite MP3s and radio stations in clear stereo-like fashion. I love its animated message sending and its melodious tones. Too bad the picture resolution is not so "alive" like my old Nokia.

~ I'VE SEEN THE LIGHT
Its's call and text 24/7. Hahahaha! I haven't activated it yet but days of more cellebabad will be upon me. See yah, Sunny friends! This is definitely good news for Mikko and his Globe cellphone bill. Good thing Emie is SO understanding.

~ I. ME. MYSELF.
This is definitely something that makes me truly-ly HAPPY and giddy these days. I am FINALLY in love again! I am in love with myself! I love me, me, me. I've been neglecting me in the last couple of months and its about time that I reconnect with myself again. It's about time that I spend time with me again. A friend told me the other day that I must know first what I wanted in life for me to make firm decisions on things that are bothering me. Heck, no! I know from the very start what I wanted...and I know how to get there. It's true that I lost myself for a while... but I am back now. Better than ever, I must say. So, friends and enemies, beware...wala ng libre libre ha! Haha. Tapos na maliligayang araw nyo! *wink*

~ THE TIRE COMPANY
I got an unexpected e-mail last Thursday. This might be the answer to my question. I am still hesitant BUT this might be the light at the end of the tunnel in more ways than one. There's nothing wrong in showing up and check what they have to offer, right? Tune in.

~ MY EVER-BELOVED EX
He makes me happy. Correction...he makes me TRULY happy. He makes me happy unromantically speaking. He knows just the right words to tell me. He doesn't give me crap and BS since he generally knows me inside out. He still patronizes me and shower me with compliments at times just to lift my spirits and give me the much-needed ego boost. I am just wondering WHY he's hiding from me these days. Hmmm, could it be because he finally met THE one and doesn't know how to tell me about it? Or is it because he's afraid that I am the one who will do THE talking? Can you believe that we talk about everything except each other's lovelives? Well, that's why we are such GOOD friends nowadays. *grins*

~ PED XING PRINCESS
Forget speeding tickets, swerving and yellow lane offenses. I don't drive so I don't have problems with MMDA. But I walk a lot so I got a st*pid Jaywalking Ordinance offense yesterday in Alabang. It was comedy of errors! Haha. I used every imaginable Best Actress technique in my book to escape the ticket. I somehow failed but it was nevertheless great. It's good to be biatchy on something again. It felt good to release and bent-out your negative energies into something. I got mad, I begged, I made pa-cute, I whined, I argued! Whew! I did everything but the 'Damsel in Distress' act. Coincidentally, my dad called up while I was talking to the Apprehending Officer but he perfectly knows that his independent-minded, strong-willed daughter can easily outsmart and escape situations like this. No need for Knight in Shining Armour. Yep, I did get the offense ticket, I did not pay (Hah! Jail me if you must but I am not paying! I am highly-principled in matters like this no matter how small the amount is), the other policeman is TOO kind to me and when I got to the office I realized that the ewan officer named the ticket after "Anna Theresa Vida" (with 'Anna' as my name, 'Theresa' as my middle name and 'Vida' as my family name)! Duh?! That's NOT even me! Sometimes it pays to have numerous names. Coast clear! What is my funniest hirit? "Huh?! Huhulihin nyo ako at kakasuhan para lang sa Jaywalking?! Akala ko ba friendliest city ang Muntinlupa?! Okay lang kayo? Olen is still laughing until now.

~ FRIENDS WHO ALWAYS STOOD BY
In sickness and in health, for richer or poorer, through hang-overs and coffee-overload, through good times and bad, through promotion and unemployment, through excessive texting and airtime abuse, through loving and heartbreaks, through my crazy humor and constant laboness, these people always stood by me - Tintin, Aileen, Olen, Bim, Mikko, Mitzi, Charo and Bugs. :) Ain't I SO lucky to have all of you? Thanks for all that has been and for all that will be.

~ MY HAPPY HEART
It's from Clinique. It's my NOW scent. Super nice smell. Very feminine and natural. I am also in love with my scent. Hah. Screw me. So narcissistic.

Happiness is a CHOICE.

Thank God I'm Happy!

THREE NAMES YOU GO BY:
1. Abbie
2. Abs
3. Anna

THREE THINGS YOU LIKE ABOUT YOURSELF:
1. My smile
2. My eyes
3. My sunny personality

THREE THINGS YOU HATE ABOUT YOURSELF:
1. My weight! Geez!
2. My inability to focus 100% these days. To quote JP, "I am underutilized"
3. I hate exercise

THREE THINGS YOU DON'T UNDERSTAND:
1. Anything Math
2. Men and their inability to commit and their numerous relationship issues
3. "What might have been"

THREE THINGS THAT ANNOY YOU:
1. How I changed in the last two months
2. My newly-restored independence
3. His contradictions and issues

THREE THINGS THAT SCARE YOU:
1. Things will not turn the way I'm hoping for
2. Safety Pins
3. The paranoia-praning-insecure-im-left-in-the-dark feeling

THREE OF YOUR EVERYDAY ESSENTIALS:
1. My cellphone. It's cool. It's like a mini mini mini iPod
2. Him (still)
3. Either one of my hobbies/guilty pleasures: eating, reading, Internet, writing

THREE OF YOUR FAVORITE SONGS @ THE MOMENT:
1. Through The Fire - Chaka Khan
2. You and I Both - Jason Mraz
3. What Might Have Been - Lou Pardini

THREE PERSON/OR SETS OF PEOPLE YOU SPEND THE MOST TIME WITH LATELY:
1. My Family
2. My Applied Sales Family
3. Him

THREE THINGS YOU CAN'T DO:
1. Drive (I learned how to drive in 2005!)
2. Save
3. Concentrate (these days anyway)

THREE OF YOUR FAVORITE HOBBIES:
1. Internet
2. Writing
3. Reading

It's exquisite, it's divine, it's serene.
Oh Baguio!

Baguio used to be one of our family's yearly summer getaways. I remembered being excited while we prepare and anticipate for every Baguio retreat that we had. Mom would usually buy books and magazines to keep us entertained on the long journey. Dad was always happy because of the relaxing ambience and cool San Francisco weather it brings. There were Baguio with Dad's officemates, Baguio with cousins and relatives and Baguio with family friends. I hold so many fond memories at the City of Pines. There were endless tourist-hopping at Wright Park, Burnham, ube-buying at Good Shepherd's, pilgrimage at the Cathedral and Pink Sisters, dining at the Baguio Country Club and John Hay and a whole lot more.

Baguio somehow lost its appeal to me when I went for a visit with my Assumption classmates in college. The trip was a community development and enrichment project in Benguet but we stayed at the Assumption Convent at Crystal Cave in Baguio. It was during the very cold February month when we had the trip. I remembered being so lazy, longing, cold and sick on our entire stay. Baguio definitely lost me that time.

Two years ago, Honda sponsored some seminar for college kids on safety driving that was held in Baguio. I was hesitant to go but was left with no choice. It was a very rainy August month when went there. I was with Lee, Jun and my beloved cellphone. That trip was divine! It was truly romantic (despite the fact that I don't have anyone to romance it with). I still can't forget the giddy feeling that I had as we walk along Session Road armed with our goodies _(read: veggies, fruits, jams & ukay-ukay finds. It was an adventurous trip ooozzzing with shopping. Oh Baguio...you got me again!


Me @ Baguio - while leaning on someone

The last I had over the Halloween Weekend was truly a memorable one. I cannot find an appropriate description but MEMORABLE. It's neither good nor bad. I enjoyed but I cannot say that I truly had fun. It was pure rest, sleeping, and bonding with friends and new-found friends over red wine. It was a learning experience that I will forever remember. Is it a mistake? Is it right? I am still undecided. It was a new Baguio for me. It became a foreign place with lots of promises. I dunno if I kept my end of the bargain but Baguio surely did.

Am I going back?
I don't know. It depends. I'm still undecided.
There's still a very huge part of me that's hoping that I will.

I left my heart in Baguio and I don't know if I even want it back.