Moving Forward!

Yes, I am alive!

I can't say "I'm back" though, for one main reason: there is no assurance that I am indeed back on the blogging, and if this time it is for real. The past three months were a whirlwind of learning and adjusting to new people, places, things... New life, perhaps?

What I can say is that my blogging would still be intermittent bordering on nil-nada-zilch. Aside from the fact that I rarely use a computer outside the office now, when I do, I always end up choosing to do other things. I love writing, especially if it's recording my daily life experiences, musings, and whatnot, but sometimes I find comfort in just keeping things reserved. At some point, I felt like I was on the verge of winning the Queen of Overshare crown. As much as it sounds like it's a royal award, I don't think I would like that.

Anyway, this will probably be the last of my journal entries...

For the year! Haha! I don't think I can ever let go of this blog. I've deleted a ton of things that contained years of memories; all those posts prior to the first entry of the rebirth of this blog, and I'm not about to put this all to waste. I will keep this like it's treasure.

I probably won't be writing as frequently as I did when I was in school; back when I had time to write endlessly because I always put off doing my homework. Haha! And I probably won't be writing as much about the details of my life, just because. I never really worried about security or stalkers or whatever; I always believed that I was responsible for everything I published and I still hold that idea that everything that goes on here will be accountable to me. It's just that life gets pretty mundane one moment and super exciting the next. I guess if I write about everything from both ends and everything else in between, I would run out of things to say, and I wouldn't want that. Or if I keep having words to say, which is mostly the case, I would become less interested in what life has for me.

I want to keep this blog for... I dunno. I don't wanna have a purpose for this anymore. Maybe this creature of habit finally found her kryptonite at breaking the writing habit, I don't know. It would be sad but rest assured that I will be coming back. To write about a new career opportunity, to write about family, to write about life and love, to write about the random things I always do, to write about what what drives me to go through day to day...

That said, I will be moving forward, with myself, with work, with family, with love... With life. I am now keeping a journal (yes, the old school one!) and so far have been unsuccessful at making the quota of writing one entry a day! Haha. Quantity doesn't deem to important nowadays when all that matters is that I write with the heart and the mind in the same direction.

Thank you, 2011. You have been an amazing, amazing, amazing year. No words for the greatness you have brought into my life. Welcome, 2012. I have high hopes with you!

And to you, my friend, here's to yet another year gone by and to another year to make hella awesome memories again! Cheers!

Lola Fridays: My Version of FFF

Two nights ago, I came home from one of the happiest and most carefree Fridays I've ever had in such a long time. I'm not much of a party-goer, as in those held in clubs because it's dark and noisy and just too high-maintenance a lifestyle for the life I'm used to; laid-back, chill, and simple. Nothing against my party-people friends, I would love to join them each chance I get but I'm just not happy. Haha.

Speaking of happiness, I was with a few of my best friends last Friday: Joh, AJ, Ivy, and Jacob. And man are they party people! Haha! It made me wonder if I somehow caused them a rare phenomenon that particular Friday night: "Lola Friday." (Cabrera, 2011.)

We met up at Greenbelt and played at Timezone, just like high school kids. We talked and jeered like college kids (well, Ivy and I are still in college haha). We bunked and settled at Chubby's Rib Shack, ate tons and drank so few, like the mature young adults that we are.

Joh, the ever so lovely best friend that I eternally miss!

This is me and the equally fabulous Ivy and Jacob!

Not in photo, everyone's boyfriend, AJ, who happens to be credited for these Instagram photos from AJ's new iPhone 4 White! So nice, I'm so jealous!

Welcome to my own FFF. Fiamma Fresh Fridays. Fun Friday with Friends!

Having a great time does not end where differences begin. I say, more Lola Fridays! ;)

Let's Jux!

It's like blogging, but taken to a whole different level! It's like Tweet-blogging in block text superimposed over an expressive photograph of your choice, with its own URL to boot!

Here are a few of my Block Quotes for now! Countdown and Slideshow, soon!

http://lipistik.jux.com

More Block Quotes and so much more at http://jux.com! Try it, it's so much fun!

Cartoon Advocacy

To me, it all started with this anonymous entry on my Formspring account.

"Change your facebook profile picture to a cartoon from your childhood and invite your friends to do the same. Until monday there should be no human faces on facebook, but an invasion of memories. This is for violence against children.."

I said it sounded like work to me but I'll join the bandwagon when everyone's there. For reasons known only to me, and for you to most likely not find out, I liked my profile photo. Sure, I changed it once but my face is surely cartoon enough to be in sync with the fad. Haha!

So I was battling with myself, whether or not I should join the bandwagon of changing profile photos into a cartoon character, when I stumbled upon this amusingly witty photo of Dexter (Morgan or Laboratory, I can't tell) while looking through Google images for a cute photo of Deedee. Hihi. SO CLEVER!

Oh, and here's the Deedee photo I found. Sneaky! Cute, no? :)

Another Inner-G Bonding

No brothers today; only a brother and a sister. With Ate J and Miguel again, plus Kathy, who I fondly call atsie (Chinese for big sister). Because we were so unlucky seven days ago, I think life is giving back! I believe we found our team building venue in Laguna! Only we're not so sure yet which of the two we'll pick.

Again, they shall remain unnamed. Both were really nice places: facilities, accommodation, the like. Laguna Venue#1 was just that, but Laguna Venue#2 was so much more! Photos!

Laguna Venue#2 is very nice, I tell you. It's beyond nice! But I doubt a measly student could afford it for a team building seminar. Either way, here, photos!

So. Which one? :)

Chossing Around

You know when you're bored and you make up words cos you think they mean well about something you can't quite grasp? (Bad, bad, bad run-on. Ugh.) Well, I try to be my own Urban Dictionary; here's my word of the day:

chossing around

verb, definition: etchos nang etchos, puro na lang etchos

(No English translation available. Read on to see why.)

For further reference and definition:

etchos

noun/verb/adjective/adverb/gibberish, definition: used to substitute a word, person, place, animal, thing, experience, sensation, and what have you that is explicable or beyond words ; usually identified with gay lingo ; inexplicableness of etymology of word is... well, inexplicable

A short BTW, though: I think I didn't make that up myself. I have a strong feeling that I heard it somewhere, it got stuck in my head, and I blurt it out randomly.

Let me know if I've defined anything the wrong way cos I sure don't know what in Amelia Earhart I have been blabbing about.