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I envy the relaxation smokers get after that first puff. I’ve been on enough smoke breaks with friends to see the complete and utter surrender look they get after they light the first stick and take that first breath.  I don’t know any other thing that gives people relief faster, as cheap, or easier than that oh-so-addictive cancer stick. See I am a child of a lifelong smoker. My dad smokes around the house so much, I think I have the lungs of someone who’s smoked since they were 18. Suffice to say, I never had a smoking phase. The idea holds no mystery, and no appeal other than that…

Orchestras rock. Well they don’t in actuality, but I love them. They rock in that a guitar can never portray deep longing quite as well as the mournful tones of a violin, and that the simple ting! of a well timed triangle can really end a long incredible song, unencumbered by words. (Don’t get me wrong, I am a sucker for song lyrics, I think I post a line a day. Whether it be in Facebook, or my twitter, but heck, sometimes when the accompaniment is that good, who needs lyrics?) Take me to listen to an orchestra any day and I’ll be a happy bunny. It relaxes me, excites…

Finishing a whole tv series, with ice cream, huddling under the covers, so cold ’cause it’s raining. That would be a perfect perfect day.

Last Saturday night, while on the way home from a birthday party, one of my dad’s best friends was shot and killed. He was 57, retired from the police force a number of years. Reportedly, he was trying to fix things with his wife, whom he was separated with for a long time. The woman called, unable to go home for the funeral because she was abroad. “Pakibulong sa patay na mahal ko siya.” (Tell him I love him) We still don’t know who did it. Nobody knew of any enemies or threats. My dad was at the same party, and chillingly, was usually the one he brought home on…

So today marks one year I’ve had with my d40. And what have I learned? 1. Settings are tricky, and having friends who are more adept with the camera makes you lazy to learn everything firsthand. 2. This is an uberbulky camera that is almost never used when island hopping and snorkeling. 3. It’s a commitment, buying a dslr. You have to learn stuff, and people  immediately assume you know what to do with it. 4. It’s actually not hard taking nice food photos, coz the camera does all the work for you. 5. Buy a freaking camera bag so that when you drop it, the lcd doesn’t break. The…

I was talking to a friend last week, let’s call her D. Now D is what I used to call a hopeless, sappy romantic. Watching every local or foreign romantic comedy, and praying that the same things she watched, would happen to her in her life. We used to spend hours contemplating life, love, and all in between, usually focusing on the second topic. I watched her four year relationship blossom, then slowly wither as her then prince fell short of her fairy tale dreams. So you could imagine how shocked I was to hear this from her “It’s not forever, but it’s right now. He knows that.” about her…