Archive for April, 2007
April 15, 2007 at 11:59 pm · Filed under Communities, Just Making Kwento, Shameless Plugs
I’ve been hearing about Twitter for a while but it was only the other day that I actually signed up, and now, I’m loving it. So far, I’ve got three converts: Joni, Sharm, and Toni, (thanks for responding to my invites hehe) and I’m hoping to get more. Jozzua just signed up too.
Kudos to the developers of Twitter for creating something grand out of something non-sense. I like how Jayvee put it:
It can be so useless to the point that its engaging. I remember my old literature professor talking about how useless literature and the arts can be — but then he added that “in the most useless of things can you find the most profound lessons.”
Oh, and Mikey, (surprisingly) said something profound about it too (congrats dude, you managed to write a whole sentence without the curse words):
..in a vastly tech-driven, socially dysfunctional world where people would rather touch plastic keys than converse with other people, Twitter’s value proposition is a rather attractive one.
Twitter brought me back to those mIRC days in highschool when you would login anytime within the day just to see if your friends were online and to let them know what you’re doing. Social-networking wise, Twitter’s just like YM, and Gtalk, difference is, you won’t have to rely on chat logs and message archives to recall conversations, plus, there’s no flooding too (in a sense).
And it’s much like blogging, only you blog one-liners at a time — something that works for me coz I usually get a lot of thoughts within the day, which I don’t get to blog about anymore ‘coz I’m too lazy to string them all together.
Ultimately, it’s just nice to announce to the world (and to no one in particular most of the time) what you’re doing and/or what you’re thinking about any given time. For me, it helps me preserve moments as they come — I love freezing moments. Like scribbling non-sense at the back of my math notebook when I wasn’t in the mood to listen to the lecture. Or doodling snippets on my planner for easier recall of what happened when. Or sketching sunsets and guitars and swirls and little hearts and flowers on my notebook in the middle of a meeting with the boss. A bit far off already but, well, yeah, something to that effect. :P
So hey, if you’re on Twitter, add me, add me. If you don’t have a Twitter yet, what are you waiting for? Sign up and ADD ME. :D
Comments (5)
April 13, 2007 at 10:47 am · Filed under Missing Dad, Shameless Plugs
I’ve said a lot, but they’re not enough:
And then there are people who helped me by sharing their own testimonies/stories too:
Thanks, everyone. Reading your blogs brought me (and my family) enormous amount of comfort and joy. Thank you. I’m sure, somewhere up there, Dad’s smiling and reading your blogs too.
P.S. You posted something about my Daddy too but it’s not here? Let me know so I can send you some link love. ♥
Comments (5)
April 12, 2007 at 10:25 am · Filed under Caffeinated Thoughts, Emo Posts, Missing Dad
Yesterday was my first day back in the office since Dad passed away, and I wasn’t feeling well. On top of the emotional struggles I was going through, I had tummy cramps (what I first thought was dysmenorrhea lang) and back aches that were so painful I started to worry.
Halfway through the day, I contacted a doctor-friend, told him how I was feeling, and asked him to prescribe me anything that would give me immediate relief. I was desperate.
“Take Feldene Flash, 1 tablet, dissolve under tongue. If pain persists, punta ka na sa ER,” he simply texted. And so, to the nearest drug store, I went.
Amazingly, ten minutes after taking Feldene Flash, the pain was gone. All of it. (That fast? That easy?)
I don’t know how it happened, and what Feldene Flash has that made the pain go away. I didn’t bother trying to find out either. What mattered was suddenly, the day was easier to bear.
Now if only there’s a medicine that could take away that other form of pain — the one that comes with change; and letting go of something you’re not ready to let go of yet; and missing someone you can’t anymore have – please, let me know.
I need an overdose.
Comments (5)
April 8, 2007 at 11:54 pm · Filed under Hamster Chronicles, Just Making Kwento
On to the lighter side of things, I found out that the hamsters learned humping on each other while I was away!! Gah. Imagine my surprise when, the moment we got back from a 4-day Batangas getaway, I caught Chuchu humping on Chichi! (I took pictures of the “act”, by the way, but I haven’t uploaded them yet).
Is that normal? I was told that they were only 2 weeks old when I got them from the pet shop, so that makes them less than 2 months old right now. When do hamsters learn humping on each other anyway? Are they just playing, or is there really a chance for Chichi to get pregnant at this early stage of her life? I noticed too that they’re not fighting that much anymore, unlike before. But they’re still babies! Aren’t they too young for um, hamster sex? :(
The hamsters, exhausted from all the humping :P
I don’t think I’m ready to become a grandmom just yet. Grr.
Comments (13)
April 4, 2007 at 12:12 pm · Filed under Defining Moments, Emo Posts, Missing Dad
It was a Monday, and as always, Mom and Dad drove my brother and I to ABS-CBN where he work, and to the apartment (in Ortigas) where I stay on weekdays, respectively.
I had my laptop on in the car that time, and was excitedly explaining to Dad how I can now access the net anywhere through Globe Visibility. I’m sure Dad didn’t understand a bit of what I was saying but he nodded as if he did, and teased me about how her little girl has turned into an “anti-social geek.” At some point he even joked, “Nak bili mo rin ako ng laptop,” and in my head I was already considering the possibility. Read the rest of this entry »
Comments (54)
« Previous entries ·
Next entries »
