September 2011
1 post
August 2011
3 posts
1 tag
“If an opportunity comes around to try love in a foreign land, embrace it.
...”
– via catjuan
July 2011
20 posts
maginoo pero medyo bastos
me: I don't know what the Tagalog word is for Halibut.
R: Halibutete!
avocados
friend: Tell me a sad story about your childhood.
me: There was an avocado tree in my parents' backyard. We used to give away sacks of avocados to relatives and neighbors because there would just be too many for us to eat. And now I have to fucking pay $1.50 for one avocado.
friend: That's America for you.
punch drunk luvvv
R: Can we please get drunk this weekend?
me: Why?
R: Because then I can get you to watch romantic comedies on Netflix with me.
“”It’s impossible,” said Pride. “It’s...”
– a friend’s Facebook status update
“See, you don’t get to do that, to come into somebody’s life, make...”
– Dale, The Walking Dead
“Relationships are all about growth, and I hope that interacting with you has...”
– R
1 tag
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“Everybody has to leave, everybody has to leave their home and come back so they...”
– Donald Miller, Through Painted Deserts
1 tag
clones
friend: can i just text you later?
me: are you busy right now?
friend: nah, it's just that i'm baked and you texting me about two stories using two different numbers is tripping me out. it's like you cloned yourself or something.
+, -
him: there was a moment today where i missed you and i thought, i'll write her a funny haiku. i hope she knows what a haiku is.
me: +10 for thinking of me, -10 for thinking i don't know what a haiku is.
Di nag-Tatagalog talaga. Pagbigyan.
him: NAKS NAMAN!
me: Did you really just say that? that is so 1980s!
June 2011
6 posts
Things I Have Learned From My Dad
· God will provide
· Psalm 91
· How to appreciate music that I used to dislike: Stevie Wonder, Nat King Cole, Diana Ross, Gladys Knight, Rey Valera, Hotdog, et al
· The importance of being ma-PR and having the right connections
· Not to date guys who have dirty cars, nyahahaha!
· Not to look down on probinsyanos and blue-collar workers
· ...
living away from home makes you crave for kanin...
Justine: home really is where the heart is
Jacky: home is where rice is cooked right
“‘Di ba lagi kang Top Book Borrower sa library nung grade school tayo?”
– a CSA batchmate.
Hahaha! Funny what people remember about you.
“I’m begging age-appropriate females: Read something written before you were...”
– Julia Klausner: A Valentine to Maturity (via asie)
May 2011
2 posts
1 tag
the saddest text message I have ever received
You remind me of the story of the gardener my mom told me about when my best friend moved away when I was young. I was sad my friend was gone. I told my mom that it would have been better had I not known him. My mom said, “I once met a gardener who had a big garden full of flowering and fruiting plants. He would water the plants and give them plenty of sunlight, cultivating them. Each year,...
1 tag
no regrets
"I am sad that you were just this... lesson."
"That was your choice."
April 2011
1 post
whaaa?
friend: You're so old-fashioned!
me: Because I don't ask guys out?
friend: That, and you're the only person I know who doesn't have an OkCupid account.
March 2011
6 posts
what I have learned about love
Thanks to Ateneo’s Theo 131, Bo Sanchez, Stephen Furtick, Mark Driscoll, Scott Peck, Iyanla Vanzant and CS Lewis. These are mostly their words. I am just paraphrasing.
Most of the time we make our own problems by making the wrong decisions over and over again, doing nothing or choosing to get stuck in misery.
The end of romantic love is the beginning of true love.
We live in a world...
parable
him: i feel like you're some weird test in a fantasy book or from a parable.
me: whaaaaaa?
him: you're something i want, and i'll get it if i wait and don't ask. if i do, i lose it.
“I’m 40 years old, and I’m not married ANYMORE.”
– Belgian guy at Whiskey Rebel
parks and recreation
friend 1: there is a guy reading his playboy in the park. classy.
friend 2: new york is one helluva town. everybody knows hustler is park reading, not playboy.
time-traveling themed party
friend: did you come in a costume?
me: nope. i just came as the asian girl.
friend: but that is the future, honey!
February 2011
4 posts
ligaw
me: So what is this then, a medieval courtship?!
him: Isn't it awesome? I'm not gonna genuflect and call you my liege though, that's not gonna happen.
me: Awww man, I was looking forward to that... And you picking me up on a white stallion!
him: Horses hate me so you'll have to settle for a Toyota, but at least it has cupholders and a radio.
“We need more emotion, not less. We need to educate people on how to feel....”
– Jeanette Winterson
This Orient - Foals
It’s your heart, that...
January 2011
11 posts
funny lang
him: you sure english isn't your first language? you speak it better than some native speakers! and your good grammar turns me on.
me: oookay, well, you had me at "i worked for PBS."
“Eat bad pizza but trick yourself into believing it’s good because it’s made in...”
– How To Live In New York City, Ryan O’Connell.
Full article here.
Have Here - Archipelago
Download the whole album...
