how can people be so rude?

i have observed this quite a number of times and it really irks me to think that most Filipinos are rude.
i am a small town girl and i am a product of a Catholic school. i know my manners. but somehow it's hard to see much older people who hardly show common decency or courtesy. it makes me want to ask where on earth is respect. just because you're older does not mean you cannot respect others.
for instance, not holding the door when someone is behind you or walking quite slowly (because you're texting) along a busy pathway or even simply giving up your seat for old people are quite easy things to do but others can't seem to do it.
in fact i have read in Reader's Digest several years ago when they conducted a study regarding this. Filipinos failed! it's not unbelievable, i tell you. just go to any public place and you'll see what i mean.
earlier today, i was at the supermarket. i was only paying for 2 items so i kindly asked the woman in front of me if i could pay first considering she had about 6 full baskets with her. she rudely said, no and said she was first blah, blah,blah. so i explained that i was only going to pay for 2 items and it wouldn't even take a minute but her husband interruped that he had already placed a basket on the counter, so no! thankfully the i saw a lady in the next counter who was waiting for her turn (with even more baskets than them) and when i asked she allowed me to. it didn't even take me 30 seconds and i was done. i turned back to her and said my thanks.
despite the overwhelming number of rude people, at least there are still a considerate few...

getaway

i took a break from travelling witht the bf today but i am going to do a little travelling of my own. with my girls! it's one of the bff's birthday and we're going out of town to party!! i'll be bringing the litle boy with me but it's just fine. (the nanny is coming too!!)
by the way, the friendship rest is off! we're friends again with my girl...
ciao! = )

the weary traveller

i love to travel. i mean who doesn't right? but honestly, it can get old. the bf has his own business that requires frequent travel. i am not part of that business-but i very might well be. when he travels, i am never absent. where he goes, i go. it wasn't that way at the beginning. he used to go alone until he realized it was better with me. my presence allows him to deal, negotiate with people while i work on the side. i write checks, take care of fare, food and i have his toothbrush etc.
that said, i get tired too. unlike him, i still have to work. he is his own boss while i still have obligations in the office. it can get overwhelming. thus, i am a weary traveller by now. (i no longer unpack my bag-i just get the dirty laundry). i get on a plane at least once a week, travel by land and sea all in a couple of days. even the view has lost its charm.
so when the chance comes for me not to travel, i grab it! (ssshhh! don't tell him!) he hates it when i'm not with him. i know, i know he needs me! but really he does. he always calls or texts especially when he's about to sleep. sometimes, it means late nights for me too. but it's okay as long as i'm not there.
after all, its my chance to go out with friends and enjoy a boyfriend free time! oh, and he doesn't know i go out too! sweet!

bean awhile...

i'm afraid i've stopped blogging for a bit. not because my life is very hectic. mainly due to laziness. will try to get back to regular programming this week.. promise!

Problem Solved!

i had a problem with my baby recently. we have a television and a DVd player in our bedroom. but he wouldn't let me watch the evening news anymore because he always wanted to watch his movies. you know, the usual kid stuff-cartoons! i was willing to go along with it until i could memorize all the lines with my eyes closed. if i wanted to go outside our bedroom to watch tv in the living room, he also won't let me.

so i spent many days just singing and laughing along with thomas, dora, blue and the rest of the gang. until i could take it no more. i racked my brain, put on the so-called thinking cap and wondered how to solve this dilemma. then i decided to get a portable dvd player. i could let him use my computer but i figured a dvd player will work best. i looked around town and saw that most of the screens available were kind of small. however since he would only be using it at night, maybe it'll be okay.

last night we (test drove)tried to use the newly purchased portable dvd player while i was watching the news. the sound and noises sort of clashed but we managed.

finally! i can watch television in peace. we sat side by side, him watching Thomas being his usual cheeky self while Ted Failon reported a looming oil price increase! how easy was that huh?

bookworm

i am a bookworm. that is a fact.

i love reading and have developed the habit while we were shopping at national bookstore--i was about 8 or 9 that time. i can't remeber exactly where it was but i will never forget that i got jack and the beanstalk and beauty and the beast. if you belong to my generation, you will definitely remember the green hardbound ladybug (or beetle) fairy tale books. with levels or grades that is suitable to your age. how i loved those books. i know they're still around somewhere. (unless my mom threw them away, of course!)

i do have quite a number of books. about a thousand books would be less than the exact count. however, i have given away my recent purchases. i no longer buy expensive books to be honest. instead i frquent book sale and a surplus shop that sells really cheap books. my mom would get the books i have read and donate it to our barangay library. she calls them clutter! (the nerve!)

some of the books i love and collected are now kept in several balikbayan boxes--you know when your relative sends your family an LBC box from the US! i wish i coud re-read some from my collection but i'd rather spare myself from having to exert too much effort finding what book is in which box plus i'm sure to be sneezing to death. oh well..

but i read with a passion. my purse is never without a paperback, i try to read hardbound books at home they're too heavy you see, so that whethere i'm in line at the bank, or ordering take-out or simply waiting in the car, i won't be bored. i can't while away the time without a book. that would seem like time wasted for me.

i try to finish a book or two every week. i read anything and everything. and i read fast too. and i'm glad i read because reading always guarantees that you learn something new and interesting each and everytime. oh yes, i am bursting with knowledge right now! = )

alta sa siyudad

i've always admired women from high society. you know the ones who are featured in the Philippine Tatler, ladies who lunch, have charity functions etc. if you want to know why? i just love the way they dress! hahaha! not because of their sterling characters (that i wouldn't know!)

you see as i was growing up, i had classmates who were very rich (in my very limited knowledge at that time) and they had all the expensive school things i wanted and we couldn't afford: the pencil cases, the school bags, school shoes etc. and they looked really neat too. i'm afraid i couldn't look like that--ever (maybe only in the mornings, the afternoons are another story). i also knew someone in college who was that prim and proper. her skirt wouldn't get any wrinkles at all! and she always had make-up on. i always admire that in a lady.
while i'm not tomboyish, i'm not exactly that lady-like. i'm more laid-back and comfort-over-style kinda girl.
so up to now, i wish for a real pearl necklace. i equate that with alta sociedad. women with breeding and pedigree--or so they say. i still haven't gotten that wish. for one, it would be too expensive for me to buy and another, where would i wear it? i have no such functions and balls that require pearl necklaces.
oh well, i'll have to make do with pearl earrings for now...

face-off

i quit facebook about 7 weeks ago. i got tired of it, that's all. i thought it boring. i was done playing the games and felt like a stalker learning trivial and mundane details about my friends' lives-daily at that! so i deactivated my account-temporarily that is.

and i survived! i felt a bit out of touch during the first week but then it wasn't earth shattering or heartbreaking. after all, the people who needed to get in touch with me could text, call or email.
i did receive several queries regarding my absence and i replied in truth. it's getting booooooring!

this afternoon i talked with a good friend of mine and she asked me again. she acted like i was hiding from something or someone so i activated my account just now. but to be perfectly honest, i didn't feel a thing. i mean i was hoping for a frission of excitement or just a spark or something. but nada-as in zero. i browsed my wall and i learned a useful bit of information. a friend of mine was coming home. oh well, i hope to see her soon.

other than that, it's the same old, same old. but i won't deactivate it just yet. i'll leave it alone. who knows? someone might offer me a million dollars! = )