Day 18. #100HappyDays

These groups in my WeChat inbox are buzzing with chismis, complaints and overall pangookray over the smallest things and today, they came alive again after a month's worth of hiatus.

Day 17. #100HappyDays

You wouldn't think 4 simple words will put me at ease but they did. I know, it's kinda mean that those words that calm me are the very same words that let me know that my Tatay is under some kind of pressure and what not but last night didn't end too well - although nothing can ruin the high I was in on yesterday, I have to admit it kinda bummed me out - and suffice to say I had to bite my tongue and keep my cool until all the alcohol's flushed out of my system. I did just that and it probably was the best decision I made this week.

Tatay and I write e-mails to one another when we want to talk about serious stuff (we both are not fans of confrontations). It has been a long standing tradition between us. It started, of course, with handwritten letters back in gradeschool. We do this because we both believe it's better when no one interrupts us when we talk (I got it from mah poppa) and we get to explain and understand everything clearly that way so that's what I did this morning. I needed a bit of encouragement from my special friend, though, since I was kinda thinking of just letting the issue go...

Anyway, I wrote a whole novel, complete with the characters in my Maalaala Mo Kaya-worthy love story and that's his only reply. Granted, it's not much (he's really not much of a talker, even in his letters), but that's enough to assure me that everything's okay between us.

Day 16. #100HappyDays

(There is a reason why I don’t post food photos in Instagram and that photo proves it but that is not the purpose of this post.)

Today’s a great day overall: We enrolled Brianna to a summer school program and spent the entire afternoon in a mall and this bacon-banana-Nutella-toast dish in Pancake House is the cherry that tops the ice cream that is today. :)
Now, we’re capping the night off with Jack and Coke and I’m thinking, “Man I’m gonna get crunk tanayt!”

(Crunk means crazy drunk, FYI, and no I’m not yet drunk. Just assuming I’ll be in a while cause I’m so tired and we didn’t eat dinner before we started with our sesh…)

(Crunk? Tanayt? Sesh? Cool ko lang. Haha!)

Day 15. #100HappyDays

Ordering from the McDelivery website truly makes me happy so it’s safe to say that I started the day with joy in my heart. I treated my siblings to a McDonald’s breakfast on their day off from school cause I was feeling generous. I almost didn’t make the breakfast cut-off time but mastering the art of cramming in highschool helped me order everything and with a minute to spare. Hooray for today indeed!

Day 14. #100HappyDays

(Image from SpectatorNews.com)

I started watching 2 Broke Girls just this morning and it is hi. Lar. Ious! I love Kat Dennings' character but Beth Behrs' character is so "shiny" (eh?), I am having a hard time choosing which one I like better.

But, to be honest, Kat Dennings' breasts are the stars of this show.

Day 13. #100HappyDays

After Night Sky Cinema and a trip to the airport, special friend and I decided to drop by our friend's house in Sucat and have a few beers and it's always a good time with these guys.

Day 12. #100HappyDays

I've been meaning to go to this since the first time I heard about ìt and now I'm on my way back to Manila from my first Nuvali Night Sky Cinema experience, thanks to my special friend who found a way to make everything work despite our complicated "schedule" for today.

(Also, I might have just hungout with the richest person I know to date.)

Day 11. #100HappyDays

Still on a high from last night's nightcap; it's all I can think about.

Day 10. #100HappyDays

I’ve been pimping myself to every foreign client I can find online, going to (Skype) interview after (Skype) interview only to be rejected in the final stage and I’ve been really frustrated, I almost gave up. Good thing I gave it one last push because this particular client gave me my much-awaited online (bigtime) gig. It doesn’t hurt that he gave me the kindest feedback I’ve had in my 4 years of working online.

The icing on top of this awesome post-valentine cupcake? The warmest congratulations I’ve ever received from the sweetest guy I’ve ever met.

This day… <3 p="">

Day 9. #100HappyDays

So day 9 of my #100HappyDays: my yosi and lighter. They didn't necessarily take me out of this rut but it's the only thing keeping me company right now...and apparently, tonight, so yay yosi.

Note to self.

Yes, this might be different from what you've experienced before but please, please, please keep in mind that at the end of the day, it all boils down to everyone still breathing the same air and everyone still standing under the same blue sky. You shouldn't be expecting something radical and you shouldn't be getting all disappointed over these kinds of things.

(This is just me PMS-ing because this stemmed from a very, very small thing which shouldn't even be getting this much attention from me and to be quite honest, I should be the one who's receiving all the disappointment because I am one forgetful son of a gun but yeah, it made me all emotional and stuff.)

(Also, I still don't have a #100HappyDays entry for today which is just great because that means there's still nothing to pick me up from the rut I put myself in.)

(And can I just say that I now need a drink cause I made myself too upset, I might cry soon.)

(Damn it, PMS!!!)

Day 8. #100HappyDays

Chef Tony's Jalapeno Cheddar popcorn from my very good friend. It was a Valentine's gift but I only got around to eating it today and it's divine!

Day 7. #100HappyDays

After a very, very, VERY emotional conversation last night, I was greeted by a comforting and reassuring "speech" from this guy when I answered the phone this evening.

Day 6. #100HappyDays

Okay, I'm always, always thankful for my daughter but today I am extra thankful because I didn't go all monster mom on her.

Day 5. #100HappyDays

Doc Eric Punzalan is my favorite college professor and he's never forgotten the things I did for him and for the DLSU Archery Club and he always thanks me for it whenever we talk.

Day 4. #100HappyDays

Whenever this movie’s on, I watch it. I think it’s because there’s a half-naked Derek Ramsay scene halfway through it. Lalalala

Day 3. #100HappyDays

Finally! I've been wanting to know when this is since November last year! My good friend called me just to let me know he saw the billboard along SLEX and asked me to check their Facebook page. Wooh! I so wanna goooooooo!

Day 2. #100HappyDays

Chatting with my good friend, Huey, about his "giggly litol girl" moments with this girl and then about being a responsible parent a few minutes after (no, he didn't get anybody pregnant...we were talking about someone else).

Also, a quote from him and his friend: "Think positive. Be a proton, never an electron! (Patent pending)

Day 1. #100HappyDays

Fried tinapa with cheese wraps c/o Tita Susan Orola. (Okay, I'm not really sure what it's called so I made up a name for it. Hihi.)

#100HappyDays

So there's a happiness online challenge called #100HappyDays tagged to me by my friend, Angel, over Facebook. I haven't even read the entire challenge when I replied "Challenge accepted!" on the comment box just because I wanted to do it so bad.

I had a gratitude journal last year which helped me develop the habit of giving thanks for all the things - big or small - that's present in my life and it actually helped. This #100HappyDays challenge is like a gratitude journal of sorts but instead of the conventional pen-and-paper journal, they gave the participants the chance to publish their entries on popular social media sites such as Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and Tumblr.

I just registered today and have posted my very first entry for the #100HappyDays challenge over at my Tumblr blog because they don't have Blogger among the options and because I didn't want to bombard everyone I know with nonsensical things...well, at least for them. I will be crossposting (not sure if I'm using the term correctly) the entries from Tumblr to here just because I originally wanted to post everything here.

So excited for this project. A lot of my friends know how important this Law of Attraction thing is for me and the littlest things related to it excites me like you wouldn't believe.

Sending out gratitude to the Universe will only give you more things to be thankful for. This is what this project is aiming to prove.

Thanks, you.

I bet there's hearts all over the world tonight...

(Grammar's all wrong but that Chris Brown song, I admit, is quite catchy...especially this time of the year so I'm using it and you can't do anything about it!)

Okay, the blog title doesn't really have anything to do with the entry... I've just been singing the song in my head since last night when my buddy fell asleep.

I just can't help but feel lucky with all that's been happening to me... but when someone comforts you right after you hurt him...and not only that; you blow off his every attempt of making you feel better but that just pushes him to try harder... If those two things won't make any girl swoon - or even just smile to herself - I don't know what else would.

(Okay, I've committed an entire list of grammar and syntax errors in that paragraph alone but I don't care!)

I'm sorry if I seem like I'm bragging but I just want to thank the high heavens and the universe for this awesome gift. This time last year, I was having problems leaving the dead-end, highly toxic relationship I was in and now, here I am a year later, forcing myself to believe that I am not just imagining this wonderful new (old) guy who's willing to give me the world (I'm not exaggerating AT ALL) when all I can offer him at this point in time is a barely-complete version of myself.

Watch How I Met Your Mother #TheWayYouWantIt!

I love watching TV. I decided to take up Communication Arts because I would love a job that allows me to work in TV or just to watch all the TV that I want.

I watch a whole lot of Filipino TV shows for a La Sallian and I actually enjoy them. I even get into screaming matches with the characters through our television set (I'm crazy like that). But I am not at all immune from the charm of American TV series. If anything, I talk about them here and on Twitter more than I talk about local TV shows only because I can relate to the characters of American TV shows more than I do the local TV show characters ("langit ka, lupa ako" type of situations are not really applicable to someone like me only because I'd rather not meddle with the rich and the famous...and as if they'd even notice me or anything).

My favorite TV series as of the moment has got to be How I Met Your Mother and I am quite thankful that our SKYcable DigiBox actually has 2nd Avenue and Star World where I can watch the show over and over again (even though I have the entire series up until the latest episode in my laptop AND my hard drive). This makes me wonder, though: Is there another cable channel that will allow me to catch old/new episodes of HIMYM? If so, I'd love to get it on our DigiBox. Luckily for me, SKYcable allows subscribers to add channels and packs that you like to the basic plan. So if there are other channels that air episodes of How I Met Your Mother, please please please, I beg you to tell me right away so I can add them to our current plan.

If I were given a chance, though, to watch How I Met Your Mother the way I want it, it has got to be on set and the whole production allowing interactions between me and the characters. There are a lot of times in the series that I wanted to hug the characters just to let them know that someone understands...especially Ted in the latest episode (s09e17). Oh my gosh, my feels! I just wanted to hug him, okay?! I don't even like the Ted-Robin tandem because Barnman and Robin are just ♥ but I was just so affected by one of the scenes in that episode okay!!! So, yeah, watching HIMYM on the set and allowing me to interact with them every once in a while has got to be the way I want to watch it.

If you're wondering how else you, too, can watch your favorite TV series and other cable TV shows #TheWayYouWantIt, just watch this SKYcable YouTube video:

To find a man who'll do the same for me...

This particular write-up about Iya Villania and Drew Arellano's wedding made me tear up a bit. Okay, technically, Drew made me cry. #BadBoyKa

But know this: in this journey, I will hold your hand, I will always be there. So, don’t be afraid to follow your dreams, and all the sacrifices, I will bear. (Arellano, 2014)

"...and all the sacrifices, I will bear."

I know it's totally not fair but to find a man who'll even try to do just that... That's the dream.