The Shoes

I love shoes. Of course! I am a girl :D But I am in control. I only buy shoes that I NEED. I need more than one rubber shoes, several flats, and a lot more. Hahaha! Adik!

Let me share with you my collection:

 

 

Slippers

First is this slipper I got from UK. Hindi ko pa sya sinusuot. I still have my slippers at home. Daddy Demz also got a pair (syang-sya). Para kami siguro naka uniform pag sinuot namin ito ng sabay. :D

 

I bought this blue one on the left at SM Department Store. Mura lang yan, only P75.00. I wear this after taking a bath going to my room.

 

 

 

Flats

I love flats; aside from being easy to wear it also gives me a varicose veins-free experience. I bought this brown shiny flats with brown ribbon from PrimaDonna at P900.00 with this free black bubble shoes (below)that I can wear anytime especially when it is raining. It’s so easy to wash!

 

This silver flats on the right is one of my favorite. I bought this from Next, a brand in UK. I can wear this best with shorts or mini skirts. Cute yung flower sa gilid :) pero hindi na kailangang diligan :D hehehe. (Corny)

 

 

Wedges

I bought this one on the right in SM Megamall with Megs. She also bought the green one. Pagpasok pa lang namin, napansin na anmin yung sandals na to. Medyo nag dadalawang isip pa pero bumili din. We only paid

P9xx.00 ata. We got it with discount kasi P1,000.00+ yung original price.

 

 

This beige one on the left(nasira ata yung lense ng camera ko kaya naging green, haha!)is also a Next shoes. Favorite ko to with maong pants. Mahirap lang maglakad kasi medyo matigas sya, hindi kasi nagbebend kapag naglalakad ka. Super solid ng ilalim nya.

 

 

Rubber Shoes

I bought this Skechers shoes at SM Mall of Asia for P3,200.00. Na-“sales talk” lang ako nung staff, new arrival daw, kasi I was actually looking for a badminton shoes. Eto ang naiuwi ko! But I already learned to love this shoe.

 

Next is my Converse Chuck Taylor All Stars. I was really looking for a Gray one pero wala akong makita na may black/gray lining sa gilid. Gusto ko kasi yung papalit-palitan ko sya ng sintas according sa color ng shirt ko :D pero wala akong makita. New arrival din daw to (na sales talk nanaman ako). It is a multi-layered (chocolate brown at kulay tae) and double strings (beige and choccolate brown din) kaya interesting. :D I bought it at P3,300.00.

 

This Addidas shoes was a pasalubong from my sister Bunetber. Hindi ko pa din sya nagagamit. Yung sintas hindi ko pa din nakakabit (Trivia: “nakakabit” is a Caviteña way of saying “kinakabit” from the root word “kabit”).

 

This one in skyblue is a BootLeg brand. I love to match this with my white/skyblue polo shirt.

 

 

 

 

 

Scandals

I love sandals because I can wear it when I go to work and I can also match it with my Sunday dress when I go to church. This MarioD’Boro black pointed scandals is worn with slacks and sometimes with my black dresses. I bought it for P600.00 only. I find MarioD’Boro shoes cheaper but elegant.

 

 

I bought this beige sandals at BHS in Oxford. Hindi ko pa nasusuot. saka na, pag sira na yung black :D

 

 

 

 

 

 

Other scandals are here:

 

Boots

Okay, the black boots is what I used to wear when I was still in La Salle. Pag naka slacks din. Lalo akong tumatangkad pag sinusuot ko yan. I always hear “ang tangkad mo” pag suot ko yan. Hehehe.

 

 

 

 

This one came from London. I wore this during winter time. Yung ibang boots iniwan ko na doon kasi hindi ko naman talaga magagamit dito sa Pilipinas. Inuwi ko lang yan dahil yan ang suot ko pauwi hahahaha! Pinagtitinginan ako ng tao sa airpot habang nakapila ako sa immigration. It was snowing when I took my flight  from London to Manila. Makapal na ang yelo sa labas. Muntik pa nga macancel yung flight kasi foggy. Actually, the plan was I will change into flat shoes pagbaba ko sa eroplano. Kaya lang, yung shoes ko nasa bagahe—naka Check in! Eng eng ko talaga, hindi ko nailagay sa hand carry ko. Well, isipin nyo na lang kung paano ako pinagtinginan ng mga kapwa ko Pinoy sa NAIA.

 

 

“Tita, para kang si Madonna.”

 

 

Later, i'll show you my bags ^_^

 

 

A Comment

I just commented on someone’s blog post a while ago. The topic was about “Equivalent Trade”. It says that:

 

“People cannot gain anything without sacrificing something. You must present something of equal value in order to gain something.”

 

I learned that this was taken from the anime series, “Full Metal Alchemist”. My comment goes like this:

 

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Hello :)

 

I haven’t watched FMA so maybe I can not relate to this so-debated principle in context of the movie. But I think I can speak about my own experience in doing sacrifices.

 

Yes, I agree with you that sometimes even if we give our 100% for something, we still don’t gain anything, even lose everything. That’s very sad… but we still have to live through those sad times. I know how it feels when you give your heart, your time and effort into something that still doesn’t work out. Life sucks at times. I care about someone and still don’t acknowledge it. Those are the things that I just have to live through; nevertheless the sun will shine again, ika nga :D …. I think the ’equivalent trade’ still holds because in exchange for the bad times, we gain fun and learning experiences at the end. Maybe my sacrifices right now will definitely give me good things… later :D.

 

Oops, I just noticed … this was written almost two years ago! Any sacrifices during those times that you haven’t gain anything until now?

 

Nice post by the way. 

 

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That’s it.

 

It is already 12:05am.

I want to go to sleep but I am feeling hungry. Bad trip!

I am craving for hotdog.

My YM buddies are signing off one by one.

The rain is pouring outside.

My brother had his oath taking yesterday .He is already a full pledge Canadian.

Tomorrow, I am cooking Nilagang Baka.

Mag iihaw ako ng mais.

 

I’m signing off..

 

 

 

The Boat, The Sea and Me

I am deeply saddened by the tragic incident happened last week while storm “Frank” hit Southern Tagalog Region here in the Philippines. Over 800 people might be declared dead because they were already trapped inside the sunken ship for almost a week now. Dead bodies were also seen on the shoreline of the nearby islands.

 

This incident made me remember my near death experience in the same sea. Not many of my friends knew that I had a thrilling experience on a ship. That was in 1994, I was 14 years old then and a second year high school student. My two sisters and I went to visit our relatives in Bohol. Travelling by air was not yet possible by that time. Our itinerary included a large boat trip from Manila to Cebu and a small boat (lantsa) from Cebu to Bohol.

 

 

We took SuperFerry boat. It was a large boat and I remember that it has 4 more decks at the top and more cabin decks at the bottom. The travel time was 22 hours (it even beat my 16-hour trip to Heathrow Airport in London). As far as I can remember, the incident happened during night time because we even had our exciting picture taking during day. At some point, we couldn’t see any island in any direction, only the seawater that surrounded our boat.

 

 

After our dinner, I went to sleep and woke up feeling something was not right. The ship  was actually moving very very slow. I only learned from my sisters that one engine of the ship got burned and broken. There was fire actually at the engine area! Fortunately, the fire was put up according to some crew of the ship… but our 22-hour travel time became 24 hours. We landed at Cebu with feelings of being relieved and saved from a tragedy. We had our week-long vacation in Bohol, met our relatives and enjoyed ourselves with the virgin beauty of the province.

 

 

When we went back to Cavite, they told me everything happened that unforgettable night. It was the only time I realized how terrified and scared my two sisters were but they stayed calm and showed me an extra bravery so I won’t be scared…

 

 

This is my second life...

 

 

My sisters and I are really blessed...

 

 

 

pero... may pasok ako sa July 4! waaaaaa, bakeeeettt?

 

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A Trip To Remember

Four years from now, we will visit London for the 2012 Olympics. I have gathered several enthusiastic friends to join this trip to remember. Naks! What a plan. Parang pupunta lang ng Quiapo. Weeeeee! :D

I am writing this so we will remember. Hehehe, baka magkalimutan na pagdating ng araw :D

 

 

The 30^th Olympics

 

 

This year, the Olympics is on Beijing and the first day is on 08/08/08 at exactly 08:08:08 <-- I just added this. Hahahaha. Anyway, I am more concerned about the “bonggang bonggang” 2012 Olympics in London. They are already starting to build the Olympics stadium. You can get more information in their official website.

 

 

The Plan

 

 

Ø       Joiners will take 2-4 weeks of vacation

Ø       Valid passport is a must have (and other Visa requirement ek-ek)

Ø       Individual budget of at least P70,000.00 ( assuming that the round-trip ticket costs P60,000.00)

Ø       Everyone will stay at my sister’s place in Oxford (just an hour and a half away (without traffic) from London)

Ø       Aside from the Olympics, city tours will also be part of the trip

 

 

The Excitement

 

 

It is nice to have some long term goal to look forward to. I am sure this is feasible. :D Four years is long enough to save some money! We’ll see!

 

 

^_^

 

 

 

77@7

It’s my seventy-seventh entry at my seventh month here in Multiply. Naks, nice numbers, is this a premonition? Haha, asa pa! I am still aiming to be here for the next five years. May Multiply pa kaya non? Yay! 33 years old na ako non. Maybe there will come out a better blog site, but definitely I’ll be writing still.

 

I am eating pansedal and hotdog right now. Of course, midnight snacks. I want to gain some weight. Waaaaa! Lumuluwag na yung pantalon ko.

 

I'm going to sleep na... zzzzzzzz

 

 

 

Yay! Bagyo!

I didn’t get a proper sleep last night because of Frank. Walang kuryenteeeeeee! Pambihira. The trees were banging on our roof. Daddy Demz and I was awake from 4am until 6am… nakikiramdam, baka bigla na lang umangat ang bubong namin!

 

I texted Megs, and she was also awake! And the funny thing was she’s more concerned about her SmartBro antenna. Hahahaha! Nakasurvive ba?

 

I think typhoon Frank was the last I can remember na kinabahan ako ng ganito habang bumabagyo. I was not here during Milenyo period, I was in Oxford. That was totally destructive. Our garage was destroyed, bumagsak sya. Blessing in disguised that my brother’s car was not parked there.

 

So the signal No.3 passed, but the sky was still dark and the rain isn’t stopping until now. When I looked outside a lot of tree branches were scattered on the ground. Nanghihinayang si Daddy Demz sa mga tanim nya na sitaw at okra. It is Sunday so I went to church. Oh my God! BAHAaaaaaa! The rain wasn’t stopping, high tide pa.

 

Then I came home from church, Weeeeeee, may kuryente na!

 

I’ll cook champurado or arrozcaldo (pinag iisipan ko pa kung ano) after this entry… I’m missin’ ‘d good ol’ dayz… :D

 

"The" Big Panda

I watched Kung Fu Panda last weekend and most of the lines and scenes totally made me laugh and inspired me in so many ways, though it was a very short movie—just about less than an hour and a half. I was the one laughing the most inside the cinema throughout the movie. I consider this movie as an animated film not just for kids but more so for adults, really for the whole family.

I am not going to summarize here the story (I suggest you watch it too!) but I am about to tell you what are the lessons I learned from “the” giant panda and the movie. I find them very meaningful and inspiring… and very timely.

 

The past and future pitfall hole

 

 “Yesterday is history, tomorrow is a mystery, but today is a gift. That is why it is called the present.” – Oogway

 

I think it was Oogway’s way of delivering these lines that hit me. He is an old sea turtle which gives you a feeling that he is a guy with full of experiences in life. It is true that most of us are very attached to our successes and failures in the past that we fear the most to commit mistakes again today. We make ourselves trap in these fears and we forget that in order for us to be happy is to appreciate the “gift” that we have –- which is “today”…we just have to make the most out of it. Never trap yourself to be worried all the time. If you succeed, your worrying is wasted, but if you really fail, you only worried twice as much.

 

The mirror after triumph

 

“The secret is … there’s no secret, just YOU” – Mr. Ping

 

Another trap that we tend to get into is our search for victory or success. Like Po and Tai Lung, both dreamed of becoming the Dragon Warrior and getting the Dragon Scroll, but with different goals. Both achieved the Dragon Scroll and found out that it was just an empty mirror-like scroll that has nothing. The scroll is just reflection of the one looking on it.

Po saved the village and Tai Lung died with darkness in his heart.

 

If you look at the mirror after being successful, will you be happy with what do you see? Will you be satisfied with what you have attained? I think the most significant question is that will you be proud of what you have become?

 

When you achieve your goal and become successful out of dishonesty, a lot of cheating, causing pain and hurting others, or even taking for granted of the people that means a lot to you like your friends and loved ones… this will definitely never make you happy.

 

Never ever give up

“You just need to believe. You just need to believe.” - Oogway

Before the giant panda became the Dragon Warrior, no one ever believed that he will become one, except for Oogway. Oogway even told Shifu that “there are no accidents”. In life, ordinary become extraordinary because we don’t give up with our dreams -- but never exchange your value with your dreams. Po became the Dragon Warrior without losing a pound or changing his passion for food but became his advantage to win the battle.

To my readers, I hope I have shared with you some inspiring lessons in life that I have learned from this animated movie. Go watch it and have some good laughs. If you don’t want to pay for the overpriced movie tickets, you can ask my friend because she has a DVD copy. :D

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I also admire Oogway’s death scene. It was very simple as Oogway disappeared inside a thousand flying leaves of a peach tree. I wish death is just as simple as that.

By the way, I really love the kitty version of Tai Lung! Sooooo so so cute.