A Long and Senseless Post

Do you ever wonder what if you were a teenager and you know the things that you know now? Do I make sense to you? No? Let me just make this clear.. What if you had the chance to write your adolescent self a letter? What kind of advice are you going to tell him/her? If I could do that I think I'm going to give my 16-year old self a lot of talking to!

Dear 16-year old me,

You might be wondering who I am and why I am writing you. If I told you that I am the future you, will you freak out? Or you just might think that you are getting punked? I know you are so hard to convince so just choose whatever you want to believe. But I'm telling you again one last time I AM THE FUTURE YOU AND YOU ARE THE PAST ME, GET IT?

Anyway, let's get back to the real reason why I'm writing you, I wanted to give you some valuable advice. And please, please do everything I say. It'll help you A LOT and will make your life a lot less miserable, not that I am in a miserable place now.

1. Never ever forget to bring your credentials during your university enrollment if you don't want to hear your mom rapping the whole time. Trust me it's not a good thing. Never will be.
2. Don't let the university dictate you on what course you should take, don't take Business Economics, you won't learn a thing and you'll eventually shift to another course. Take Gen Ed instead better yet take Communication Arts you are so gonna love it.
3. Avoid a guy named Charles that you'll meet through a block mate, he's bad news for you. What the heck, go ahead... don't listen to me.. he'll be the greatest thing that will ever happen to you (that's what you'll think. But thinking about it now, not really. What was I thinking?)
4. For god sake learn how to swim! You are the only person now that doesn't know how to swim.
5. Start learning to eat veggies, you are so gonna love them that you'll be thinking on becoming a vegetarian, but you will fail. :-)
6. If you think you are having too much fun in college, don't worry about it you'll still graduate on time.

Well, I guess I've said everything I need to tell you... I'm not really sure if this is all it. But don't worry you'll get out alive and you'll get the first job that you'll apply for so I guess you'll be fine.

PS please stop wearing those baggy jeans... I hate to say this but THEY DON'T LOOK GOOD ON YOU! I don't care if their the biggest trend, you look like a string bean wearing a sack!

Love,

26-year old you.

Got Carrie-d Away Again

I've been writing a lot these days, but not here on my blog. I've been doing a lot of freelance writing. Unfortunately, my first writing gig was a disaster! They asked me to write 15 articles about this diet program and compare it with the other one and write about 10 title variations for each of the 15 articles. Normally, I don't have a problem writing about a certain topic but if you were asked to write fifteen, 1-5 articles, and about dieting?! You'll probably reach your limit and drain your brain. Not only that, after writing the articles they didn't pay me a single cent! What a sham! Good thing I found a different provider that pays well and their projects are really interesting and they only asked me to write an article for a certain topic. And I'm never been happier with all the topics he/she gave me. I still haven't figured out what's his/her gender is, and I am too embarrassed to ask.

I love doing freelance writing as it hones my writing skills, and as you all know I've been aspiring on becoming a writer. Watch out world Carrie Bradshaw in the making here! Ha!

Speaking of Carrie Bradshaw, I spent the weekend reading the Carrie Diaries and wishing that if they turned the books into movies the producer will specifically ask for me to play the young Carrie Bradshaw. I just haven't figured out how are they going to know about me. If you have any idea, anything... please let me know. I seriously need them to know about me so that my dream of becoming the young Carrie Bradshaw will not just be a dream. I am dead serious.

I also watched the premiere of Drop Dead Diva season 3, and again made me wish I'm part of that show too! I could be one of the lawyers of Harrison Parker law firm. I'll be a great and very fashionable lawyer, I'll probably topple Jane Bingum over! But I know that thought is so far out, so I'm just secretly wishing I were Kim Kasswell. I don't know but I have a soft spot for uptight, hard-hitting, alpha females. Ironic. I know. That's me.

Anyway, I have to end this entry as I don't have any idea where and when this might end.

Not as Hard as it Seems

When you are facing a problem no matter how teeny tiny it is we automatically say "Life is Hard", but it isn't always. I tell you if life is really hard you won't have time to enjoy the little things around you, you won't have time for yourself and for sure you won't be reading this post.

I'll tell you what really is HARD.

1. Taking a sleeping pill and trying to stay awake, it is just as hard as
2. Drinking Red Bull and trying to get some sleep.
3. Swallowing and sneezing at the same time (Not that I tried this before but just thinking about it I know that it'll be hard)
4. Chopping some onions without crying your eyes out. (They say there are ways to prevent eyes from tearing up while chopping. Trust me, I tried every way there is and failed every time.)
5. Doing what Heidi told Lauren on The Hills on how to get rid of hiccups "drink water upside-down with a pencil in your mouth"
6. Admitting to quoting Heidi Montag.

If you haven't experienced any of these on a daily basis yet. It's safe to assume that life is not really that hard. It may not always be M&M's and Jelly Beans or whatever it is that makes a person happy, but it is worth living.

Last Friday Night

I heard this song a few months back but it didn't strike me. Recently, I saw the music video of the song and I don't know why but the song is etched on my brain and I know for sure that it'll be there for quite some time.

This song got me thinking, not really the reflective kind of thinking as this song does not really scream reflection, if you already heard the song you know what I mean. What if I wake up on a Saturday morning and I got no recollection of whatever happened the night before? I will be damned! And the only thing that will somehow jog my memory are the pictures from the night before that somehow made their way to Facebook, twitter or wherever. And my family have those apps on their smartphones. Just like what Katy Perry said on the song "I'm screwed".

I'm sure as hell that my phone will be bombarded with text messages and missed calls from my family and I am pretty sure my mom will take the earliest flight out of our province to the metro and knock some sense to my pounding head.

It's not that I dreamed of getting really drunk. But I admit sometimes I wanted to push my alcohol limit so that I would know how would I be when I get soooo drunk. But often times I end up getting cold feet because the still sane and sober part of me rules my almost drunk brain. And I remember this one time that I pushed my limit, the day after I spent it on bed, with my pounding brain, stomach flu and the daylight was piercing my eyes. After that day I swore that I'm never drinking again. But hey, I'm not the one that keeps her new years resolution and you know what that means.

What's your Friday night story?

Dorkerella

- books -

These are some of my books, I have plenty of them. I am a self-confessed bookworm, a dorkerella if you say so. I am and will never be ashamed of being one. When I was a kid I prefer books over toys, I was such a nerd. Still am. I love reading books as they're able to take me to places I've never been and feel emotions I didn't know I am capable of feeling. I am somehow like Ron (Harry Potter), I got the emotional range of a teaspoon.

Jelly Belly for Brekky

- breakfast -

I had a really healthy breakfast today, the breakfast of the champions. Or not. But hey, I had milk so it still healthy, right? But the star of today's breakfast is the box of Jelly Belly! They're my lovelies! :-)

Hottah! Hottah!

- clouds -

Today's a very humid day, been praying for rain for the last couple of days. If only I knew how to do the rain dance I would've danced it. It's a little cloudy but it doesn't change the fact that I am melting! It's scorching hot! Still feels like summer when in fact it's supposed to be the rainy season already. We only have 2 seasons here in my country wet and dry season (3 if you count the "cold" season which is not so cold by the way). They looked like rain clouds but I think they're just pretending to be one because it didn't rain today, at all.

Spider Legs

-Hands-

I'm not being too confident here by telling you that I have pretty hands, believe me I really do. My hands are the envy of many. (Whoah! Did I really just write that?)I often get compliments because of them. Again not being over confident here. See for yourself.

OK the photo didn't really give my hands justice here as you can only see my long fingers looking like thin, spider's legs. But they're still pretty, right? :-)

Writing with a Purpose

I've spent almost my whole shift looking for online writing jobs. So far, I am so far from finding one. I didn't think that it would be this hard. I've been writing, if you consider blogging as writing then I've been writing for over 5 years now. I have no problem writing about anything, everything. Hence, the title of my blogger site Anything, Everything Under the Sun. But I admit sometimes I tend to run out of topic to blog about.

Most of the time my blog is just a word salad, I spew words and I try as I could to mix them into somewhat a decent post. My style of blogging is reflective, I blog about the things that happened, and will happen to me. I also blog about my opinions and observations regarding certain things and that includes my neighbor's cats or my trusty ballet flats. I am a shameless blogger, I blog about even my deepest, darkest secrets. When I come to think of it, they're not so deep nor dark at all but nevertheless.

I've been looking for online writing jobs not because I am jobless, which I'm not. In fact I've been working for over half a decade now. It's just that writing is one of my passions. I am into writing as much as I am into sleeping. And I need to get at least 7 hours of sleep a day, see the picture? And aside from writing being my niche, I heard that they also pay well. A little extra income won't hurt and will come a long way.

So please help me in anyway if you have any idea or a gig for me. I am more than willing.

Eh-Shoes-Me

- favorite shoes -

If I have to pretend that I'm elegant and fab, I'll show you a picture of my "favorite pair". This pair is only my second favorite because they are high heeled and as you know I have this really weak ankles. I average at least 3 ankle injuries a year, so it's really hard for me to walk in these babies for a day. And if I had to, like yesterday, I packed my flipflops with me so I can just slip into them whenever I feel that I've been tortured by my pretty shoes.

But since I try being honest here, I'm going to show you my true favorite shoes, my trusty pair of ballet flats. This pair may be the least expensive among all my shoes, in fact my flipflops are even more expensive than these super comfy flats. But I'm not the person who only wears or have favorites basing on the price alone. I pick favorites based on style and comfort. These flats are my go-to shoes, I love wearing them everyday that's why they look so worn out now.

Moi

-Self Portrait-

This was taken this afternoon before my mom, brother and I went to Sky Gardens for coffee and dinner.