last years musings, new adventures for the new year

“One must still have chaos in oneself to give birth to a dancing star.” – Nietzsche

I am drawn to that quote, maybe because 2007 has been quite tumultuous for me… yet I survived… not, not survived, I prevailed, triumphed even.

I can honestly say that 2007 made me more resolute, stronger; it allowed me to take a closer look at the gray areas in my life… work, love, existence. It tested my convictions, relationships and aspirations… I know better what I want and what it takes to get them. And I know I would not have made it without some very specific people who were there to guide, support and entertain me =)

On the lighter side of my musings, I had a few resolutions for 2007 and I think I did pretty well considering…

Ÿ Lose 15 lbs – I lost 10 lbs

Ÿ Take a photo a month – I tried… in vain…

Ÿ Shopping sabbatical (essentials only) – accomplished because I was too busy exercising, too tired for shopping

Ÿ Cook at least once a month – dismal failure

For 2008, I aim to accomplish where I ran short last year…

Ÿ Lose the last 5 lbs which may have gone up to 10 lbs with all the holiday festivities

Ÿ Photo a month… I already have my monthly themes to challenge myself

Ÿ Learn a new recipe once a month… wish me luck =)

Ÿ Get all work done before the deadline… ‘nuf said…

I think I’ve had enough sabbatical from shopping =) though I will maintain purging my closet to keep it from overflowing.

What else do you think should I resolve to do more/less or something new for 2008 that I won’t regret nor get me sued, arrested, or killed?

first dates…

Got this from the mail… sooo funny!

Jay Leno went into the audience to find the most embarrassing first date that a woman ever had.

The winner described her worst first date experience. There was absolutely no question as to why her tale took the prize!

She said it was midwinter…snowing and quite cold…and the guy had taken her skiing in the mountains outside Salt Lake City , Utah . It was a day trip (no overnight). They were strangers, after all, and truly had never met before.

The outing was fun but relatively uneventful until they were headed home late that afternoon.

They were driving back down the mountain, when she gradually began to realize that she should not have had that extra latte.

They were about an hour away from anywhere with a rest room and in the middle of nowhere!

Her companion suggested she try to hold it, which she did for a while.

Unfortunately, because of the heavy snow and slow going, there came a point where she told him that he had better stop and let her go beside the road, or it would be the front seat of his car. They stopped and she quickly crawled out beside the car, yanked her pants down and started.

In the deep snow she didn’t have very good footing, so she let her butt rest against the rear fender to steady herself.

Her companion stood on the side of the car watching for traffic and indeed was a real gentleman and refrained from peeking. All she could think about was the relief she felt despite the rather embarrassing nature of the situation. Upon finishing however, she soon became aware of another sensation.

As she bent to pull up her pants, the young lady discovered her buttocks were firmly glued against the car’s fender.

Thoughts of tongues frozen to poles immediately came to mind as she attempted to disengage her flesh from the icy metal. It was quickly apparent that she had a brand new problem due to the extreme cold.

Horrified by her plight and yet aware of the humor of the moment, she answered her date’s, concerns about “what is taking so long” with a reply that indeed, she was “freezing her butt off” and in need of some assistance!

He came around the car as she tried to cover herself with her sweater and then, as she looked imploringly into his eyes, he burst out laughing. She too, got the giggles and when they finally managed to compose themselves, they assessed her dilemma.

Obviously, as hysterical as the situation was, they also were faced with a real problem. Both agreed it would take something hot to free her chilly cheeks from the grip of the icy metal!

Thinking about what had gotten her into the predicament in the first place, both quickly realized that there was only one way to get her free.

So, as she looked the other way, her first-time date proceeded to unzip his pants and pee her butt off the fender. As the audience screamed in laughter, she took the Tonight Show prize hands down. Or perhaps that should be “pants down”. And you thought your first date was embarrassing!

Jay Leno’s comment, “This gives a whole new meaning to being pissed off.”

Oh, and how did the first date turn out? He became her husband and was sitting next to her on the Tonight Show.

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another death news…

my officemate’s mom died yesterday… her (officemate) brother-in-law is an underwater hockey batchmate…

i pray things will really be better in 2008…

Which Disney Princess Are You?

You Are Esmerelda!

Mysterious and passionate. You are a survivor. Even though life has swung you some difficult situations you have a strong intuition that gets you through. Also, you have the capacity to sympathize and relate to a variety of different people.
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3 days of breathhold… errr underwater hockey

Nov. 30 to Dec 2… 3 days of gruelling fun… tiring, exciting, action packed… I’m glad I was there to witness and participate as the Philippines dominated the first Asian Underwater Hockey Tournament… hopefully we’ll see more countries in the coming years…

But this year… let us bask in our triumph hehehe… every night was camaraderie night, dinner together then still go out or head home… and the celebration party was just that… a great big celebration… some even said the party was 10x more fun than previous years… maybe because Chock wasn’t the only mascot… or maybe there was that much awaited proposal from Ferds to Nikki.

The Singaporeans and their imports all played well but the experience of most of the Philippine players proved too much for them. The Japanese, though a “newbie” was a worthy adversary… lintek ang bibilis at lalakas!!!

Maraming pictures pero I will post mine tomorrow… so those people can still bribe me not to post evidence harharhar