Boring Couple

After several days on the road, we find ourselves slipping back to our old ways.

Eating in bed while watching TV series...

But this time we are having champagne in a nice hotel room

And also Yakisoba, hahahah

Growing Bored with Grace,

L

How I Wish To Be Remembered

Somehow, I always manage to find myself in a cemetery. I swear! With or without planning, I always stumble into one.

Yesterday, it happened yet again. As expected, I fell into my usual deep thoughts. 

Sharing with you some of my dark ponderings:

1. Nobody lives forever. At best, one can live until 98 yo.  I didn't see any centenarians in this cemetery.

2. Regardless of your wealth or status in life, you will end up in a container/box. You don't bring your medals, money, house or whatever important with you.

3. Nobody is ever remembered as "a hardworking employee", "highest earner", "richest man". 

Instead, people are remembered as...

-Loving husband/ wife

-Beloved father/mother

-Kind daughter/son

For sure, I will die. There are many things I don't know but this I am 100% certain. When that time comes, I want this written on my tombstone

I ate soulfully

I drank merrily

I danced without any care

I laughed heartily 

I loved with all my being 

I lived with no regrets 

How are you living your life?

Pensive,

L

Camp Nowhere

Too lazy to write 

Currently in the middle in nowhere

Dizzy,

L

Love and Hate

Dear Husband,

Right now I really hate you for putting me in this mess.

But I love you despite your stupid mistake.

In as much as I want to whack you now,  I can't because I love you and I can only think of hugging you. 

In your moment of weakness, I see a boy.  

It's okay. Honestly...it's better than the asshole you normally are when you are victorious. 

Love Wife

.......

So now we switch from honeymoon mode to amazing race mode.

For those who wants to know the pickle I am in, this really needs to be discussed over coffee. Scrap that! Over wine!

I have poured my heart out to (idid) now I don't want to talk about it. Happy thoughts na.

Drink na. Please drink na.

Fucked up abroad,

L

F

F-U-C-K

There I said it.

I'm upset.

Let's drink. 

I'm a horrible person

Today, I ate a rabbit dish that looked and tasted like adobo.

Gosh, now that I am no longer hungry...I can't stop thinking of the cute rabbit that ended up as my lunch.

(Photo Credit: http://www.seeyourinterest.com)

I was fully aware of my choice and yet I acted on impulse/hunger. Now, I feel so bad about it!

Guilty,

L

Singapore Airlines: A Great Way To Start Our Honeymoon

My favorite carrier is Singapore Airlines.  

When I was still a useful and earning citizen,  I used to travel every month for work. I gave a very literal meaning to the phrase "living out of my suitcase." 

I flew so often that I actually thought my ex and I were okay. In hindsight,we were okay because we only saw each other for a few weeks each month. 

Anyway, I digress!!!

Before the 2008 recession, my colleagues and I  flew business class for all flights that took 4 hrs and above. And for someone like me, who came from a small town, flying business onboard the Airbus A380 made me feel I have made it in life!  For real! Yeah! I also felt the same way about Starbucks then.  Hahaha! Ang babao pero totoo!

 (Note: I will copy my entry in Livejournal about my SQ Airbus A-380 Business Class Experience and post it here. Gone are those days...) 

Flying economy isn't so bad either. Actually,  I flew economy most of the time because my usual business route was SG-MLA. 

C'mon!! Look at the beverage menu for economy!

The SQ flight attendants are always very polite and friendly. I have yet to meet a cranky SINGAPORE GIRL.

Needless to say, after many flights, I fell inlove with Singapore Airlines. I can't memorize my own landline number but I know my Kris Flyer ID by heart.

Sadly, I have stopped traveling since I moved back to the Philippines and more so after I retired and became a housewife.   When my status expired, I seriously felt bad. It didn't help that all my brother said to console me was .."It's the end of an era. You had fun."

I miss Singapore Airlines very much

For my honeymoon, I decided to use my last remaining award miles. Given that I was technically flying for free, my options for flying dates were limited. Initially, I was supposed to leave earlier than my husband and stay in Singapore for 3 days...longest layover ever.

When we viewed our seats online, S and I were seated far away from each other  because we booked separately. Every seat was taken! 

So, I called  SQ to ask if they could sit us beside each other for the longer leg of the trip, because it is our honeymoon. I shared with the customer service rep, Felicia, why I had no choice but to fly ahead of my husband. I told her that  after 3 days of being away from from each other, I wish to sit beside him. 

Sappy!!! Hormones lang po.

OMG! The next day, a lady named IVY called me and told me that she could move my first flight and she would sit me beside my husband. I was so happy!!!  

Then, Felicia called me again and told me if I wanted Honeymoon Cake! I was totally floored. I mean where else can you get a service like this!

Our flight was delayed but the Singapore Airlines crew treated us like hotel guests while we were waiting for clearance to take off.

What a great way to start our long over due honeymoon.

Sleepy，

L

P.S. I just realized now that I used to be really agitated/stressed during my many flights. Now that I'm flying with someone, I am enjoying being in long haul flights. There is really a huge difference between business and pleasure trips, noh?

MOVIES: The Judge and This Is Where I Leave You

I rarely watch movies in the theater because movies too expensive nowadays. If and when I do watch, I make sure that the movies are worth their 300 pesos price tag.

 To make sure, I ask Cher Cabula for her opinion. Cher is a Philippine based movie critic/blogger/ interior designer/ calligrapher. 

Cher recommended 2 movies, which I never got to watch because we missed the showing dates and my husband was too busy to download from the internet. He is also too busy to fix our guest bathroom. 

I won't do reviews because you can visit Cher's blogs for those. But I just have to say that these 2 movies are so powerful, smart and the strong emotions and insights are balanced out with humor. 

Please watch these movies if you have time.

Grabe ang "The Judge". To see the strongest man in your life at his weakest is truly moving. All the water I drank during the flight, came out of my eyes. There was nothing left to pee.

The movie really resonated with my thoughts and validated my fears of the future. So, I won't even write not think about it after posting this.

I told my husband...

" Hay,  finally after 6 months of waiting for my download, I will finally get to watch it here"

and he replied...

"Yeah. I made sure not to download it because you will get to watch it inside the plane."

Winner talaga mga sagot ng asawa ko. Laging may palusot. I really can't get an apology out of him  

Anyway, Thanks Kris World for the awesome movie selection! 

Crying,

L

Our First Lent and Easter

My sacrifice for the Holy Week-end was to go offline. I feel I am getting attached/addicted to my Ipad. So for 3 nights, I kept my Ipad hidden in our storage.

During the 3 days that I was offline, I did all the traditional Lenten traditions with my husband. It was our first Lent as a married couple. 

Thursday, we did Via Cruses ( Stations of the Cross), Visita Iglesia (Visiting 7 churches). 

Friday, we watched THE BIBLE and went to church around 11 pm for Du-aw (Visiting the dead Jesus)!

Saturday, we attended the 3 hour Easter Vigil Mass.

Today-I prepared for 6 Easter eggs and hid them around the house for S  to find.

You know,over the Holy Week, I prayed that if it will take us a while to have a baby...

May our love for each other develop and grow, as we patiently wait for whatever HIS plans are.

I told S, "We don't have to wait for a baby to start our traditions". 

In fact, even it's just the 2 of us for now, we have celebrated Holloween, Thanksgiving,  Christmas, New Year, Chinese New Year and now Lent and Easter.

I told him..."We are complete. You and I, we are complete. A baby is a blessing but not a necessity for us to be complete."

It was really one of the best weekends ever. It was quiet, simple and peaceful.

Well, Happy Easter Y'all!

 Back to Chaos,

L

24 Hour Locksmith Services

Drat!!! I accidentally deleted the post about the locksmith wiz,who helped S get back inside the house! 

Anyway, a couple of days ago, S got locked out of the house while he was watering his plants. Incidentally, he is allergic to plants.

Well, what do you do when you or your husband gets locked out of your own house? Panic? 

Yes! 

Nah, I was too sleepy to panic! It was already 11:30 in the evening.

I called the maintenance crew. They tried to pick the lock but they weren't successful. They suggested that they'd get S out through scaffolding but the idea sounded really dangerous. Parang action star lang e noh.

I told them to find other ways that don't  require "stunt man" skills.