Lifely Updates #14

April was definitely a blast despite it being the month of repentance and spiritual reflection. There was a lot of repentance and reflection that transpired alright but not the kind that would make the devotees sing praises for me. Kind of repentant because I ate a lot of food which made me gain a few more pounds and whatever spiritual reflection I did was more likely related to the reasons why I am behaving like I have been starved for so many years. You see, it was just so hard to refuse food when it either came to you for…

A 44th Birthday Letter for Baymax

Dear Boiled, I am writing this with the intent of not informing you because…uhm… this letter is likely to be the corniest one that I’ve written in my lifetime. There were prolly times when you had almost asked me about, why you? Why not someone younger? Why not someone less complicated? Why not someone less broken? True, I could have either taken my pick of fishes in the ocean or remain blessedly single which is by far the most logical choice for someone like me…an old single woman who’s more into career, pets, reading, computer games, and most of the…

Unfurling The Tangles #14

Happiest 16th monthsary to us! It’s always such a high to be aware that you are in a relationship with your favorite hooman being in the whole planet.  And it’s intoxicating to realize that you are falling more and in love with this person every single day when you thought that you can’t already love him/her more. But things would just happen and you just realize one morning,  that you still have more to give and you have no regrets. It’s not about worshiping the person like a devotee to his/her god/goddess. You still acknowledge and accept the flaws and…

Lifely Update #12

Belated happy birthday to me! February is done but the memories will surely stay. February is special to me because it’s not only the heart’s month but it’s also my birth month.  We had a small celebration during Valentine’s wherein we gluttoned over bisteak, steak, cake and fruit shake. Ahhhh, thank you so much to the best hubby in the world. Ever so thoughtful despite my difficult moments. Reading was also slow because hey, we got busy. The hubby finally visited me here in the hottest place in the Philippines. He stayed for a week and was so dutiful in…