a colorful new year to everyone!

mood: cheerful music: soon by moonpools and caterpillars


Source: http://www.inq7.net/archive/2005/jan/01/zoom.jpg

crazy backlogs

mood: lazy oaf music: julie tearjerky by the eraserheads

i have been rereading my 2003 journal entries lately and i chanced upon my new year's message to balazoobasfamily a.k.a "my frenemies". here goes my text which eventually reached each member's email:

kung hei fat choi, everyone! (^,^) miss ya'll. i've never felt so harassed in my life till lately. all my academic, personal, social and work backlogs, which date back from december last year, are all making me crazy now. always, i feel the urge of running away from reality and hiding somewhere surreal. it's kinda ironic, however, because i do remember having ticked everything on my to-do list. do you ever feel the same way, guys? do you ever get surprised that, no matter how hard you try to become organized, you still missed an important deadline? do you get pissed off upon knowing that five minutes ago, on your way home you vowed to buy that scented swabs and ph care intimate wash only to realize later in your sleep that you forgot to do so? do you feel embarassed that we of all people failed to greet jan on her birthday? what a shame. my class instructor insists yoga will keep me aware of my environment and self. after two months of doing yoga, why do i still feel like the poster girl of major katangahan?
p.s. diane,
im glad to hear youre coming home soon. hope youre surviving, enduring all
the post-breakup syndrome. or, were you the dumpee?


- cheekycha diaries, 20 jan 2004

balazoobasfamily includes girls and not-so-girls, all in their 20's, who value conflict, friendship, honesty, hope, individualism, love, postmodernism, passion, patience, peace, resolution, trust, truth, wit, and all other positive glories on earth. born in 1998, the balazoobas family breeds the most aware, hyper critical, and intelligent mammals. hence, the mantra, "who needs enemies, (when youve got the balaZOObas family)?" the family believes that each member is a league of her/his own, pursuing his/her individual interests and principles. nonetheless, the family is united in their common goals to find their selves and value life in its finest state always.

thinking ahead to 2005

mood: optimistic music: miss kita kung christmas

i am normally the type who lives for the moment. missing butuan holidays this year, however, i couldn't help but wish it's already christmas 2005.
couldn't wait to kiss manila goodbye even for a week or two.
couldn't wait to read in one sitting books of coelho, marquez, or hornby.
couldn't wait to taste delicious pastries mom brings home after work; or endure her golden-aged, faulty logic.
couldn't wait to monopolize our idiot box just because i'm permitted to do so.
couldn't wait to exchange hellos to some old, boring, high school friends.
couldn't wait to blow my savings on family and barkada treat
couldn't wait to spend tambay hours at my friend's place in guingona, a sprawling village that allows us to boywatch, practice biking, or eat guava apples.
couldn't wait to stare in my room all day
couldn't wait to share the rest of my vacation with tim...
please, let it be christmas 2005...

method to her madness

mood: bitchy music: bitch by meredith brooks




ton-i (to'ne),

n. ate. balazoobas. daughter. human. one of my best friends. sister. steady-to-be (after christmas back home, who knows?).

adj. absurdly practical. achiever. brand-conscious. (in)consistent. masochist (obviously). nouveau riche. opinionated to a point. taray queen. worry wart.

anne and pacsie, to life!

mood: thirsty music: this love by maroon 5

two of the wonderful people from work are celebrating their birthdays today. birthday keg won't happen till tomorrow. sigh.

but, here's a mug of frozen strawberry margarita to you both!