as promised, here's the tattoo I got for myself, a lot of them are saying that I will never be lost again because I have a compass with me always... hahaha!

Now, the big question is, will I get another one? hmmmm

We all know by now that Manny Pacquiao was once again triumphant in his 12 rounds with Cotto, and that he’s also entangled in a controversy with a sexy star. Manny Pacquiao made history for having 7 championship belts and the first one to have just that. Manny once again proved that he’s a force to reckon with in the field of boxing.

Another Filipino making headlines right now is Efren Penaflorida, who just won CNN’s Hero of the Year award for his efforts to make a difference. Efren along with his friends push a cart with books and stuffs needed for teaching. In doing so, he’s able to teach kids in the street and those who can’t go to school. Truly remarkable isn’t it?

We all saw the welcome Filipinos gave Manny Pacquiao, but what have we done for Efren? Have we given him the welcome he truly deserves? Are we giving credit where it’s rightfully due? Manny made history in the fields of sports but didn’t Efren made history as well? A lot say Manny put the Philippines back in the map, but Efren did just that and maybe even more. I’m not saying that Manny didn’t deserve what he got from the Filipinos because he really did made all of us proud, but Efren made all of us proud just the same, so aren’t we supposed to give him the same thing we gave Manny?

Have we been fair in recognizing achievements?

I can’t help but wonder, if we sensationalize Efren’s triumph in CNN, will it tarnish the purity of his advocacies?

I filed for a 2 day Vacation Leave from work, Thursday and Friday this week because I am going home to Nueva Ecija. These are rare occasions that I go home. It's actually my "Mommy's" 80th birth day she is actually my grandmother but we all call her mommy, and yes, this is really something to celebrate! Not everyone's lucky enough to experience his/her 80th year in this world.

The celebration was not as fancy as we all wanted it to be due to budget constraints, but fancy enough to celebrate her 80 wonderful years. My mom invited my grandmonther's classmates when she was still studying, there are still a few of them around, she also invited her co-teachers back then. Yes, my lola was a grade school teacher. Relatives are also present to celebrate with us.

Happy Birthday Mommy!

I wish you more years to enjoy with us!

Last Saturday afternoon, a good friend and an officemate of mine went to Legarda, Manila to finally have my very first tattoo, I've always wanted to have one. Deciding on what design I'm having is what really delayed the experience. I haven't taken a picture of it yet, but I will post it here soon!

We met in the office at 1PM and head to Manila for the session, was I scared? I don't think so, excited and anxious at the same time I think would best describe what I felt at that time. So we got there after an hour or less I think, made a few adjustments with the size of our designs and the session started.

I'm not really sure if I have a high treshold for pain, or I was just expecting that it will be really painful, but It's really not! It is painful but it's tolerable, the pain didn't bother me at all. I think it took the artist an hour and a half to finish my tattoo and another an hour for my friend's. It was an experience to say the least.

If what my parents would say when they learned that I got a tattoo, I don't really know, but that's a different story to tell!

Some friends tried to talk me out of it, they said that I might regret having one in the future, but I always satisfy my curiosity, that's me! And guess what, no regrets of whatsoever! I am really damn happy that I got one! Will post it here soon!

I've recently pursuaded myself in working out again after 3 years of not lifting weights. Today is the start of my 2nd week. Woohoo!

So far, so good! I'm feeling energetic and light again. I've been strict with my diet for the past 8 months and I've never been happy with the results. I think I am now in my ideal body weight and all I need to do in the gym is to tone and condition my muscles. I never really like big and buffed muscles, I like it lean and toned. But as we all know beauty has a price to pay and by that, it means that I've been starving for the past 8 months and now you can include the waking up early in the morning to be able to tire yourself by lifting weights and running in treadmills before reporting to work.

So much for beauty right? But like what I have heard from a friend, "kailangan mong mag gym para hindi ka mawala sa market!" Haha! Right he is, sometimes this community tends to be really superficial, so thanks to all the fitness centers for the dumbels and bench presses and the treadmills, I'll be up for grabs soon!

There's this text message that goes:

Love usually just hits us like a bullet, at first we can't feel it,

then,

Bang!

we bleed....

You see, I d0n't believe it, I always thought that Love will come to us slowly, it's like it will start to tickle you and you'd smile, and tickle you some more then you'd start to laugh until you can't stop from laughing, and then you'd start to cry because of laughing so hard, until the tickling stops.

Just like in relationships, those who can hurt us and make us cry are the relationships that made us laugh and made us really happy, then when the realtionship ends, the laughing and crying ends too...

But eventually, you'd meet someone again who'd tickle you, but hopefully tickle you just enough that you don't have to cry because of laughing so hard...