Give the Day a Chance to Start

Tuesday, July 31, 2007

Switchfoot? Switchfoot!!!

I know I'm gonna sound like a groupie but I'm absolutely thrilled about the news that Switchfoot is coming to Manila! I was driving home from the gym yesterday when I heard Mo Twister raving about the band's Manila tour this September. I was shrieking with excitement ALONE in the car.

So I'm telling the world! They're finally coming! My sister and I are not missing this for the world. Anyone wanna join us?

Labels: Switchfoot

Friday, July 27, 2007

Whattaweek

It's Friday... AGAIN. After quite an interesting workweek, I've never looked forward this much to getting some r&r this weekend. It's been a rather eventful five days; a roller coaster ride, if I may say so myself! At this point, there's one song playing repeatedly in my head, though: Switchfoot's Monday Comes Around. I googled the lyrics and found some relevance there:

Friday, Monday, comes around
She's a girl with the weight of the world on her big brown eyes
She's a girl who's been talking to herself to apologize
She'll never do it again she promised
But then she hasn't been all that honest
Can she trust herself to be herself
Or is she talking to herself again

Hey Friday what you gonna do now
When Monday comes around
Hey Friday what you gonna do now
When Monday comes around
When Monday comes around
Come around, when
Monday comes around

Monday comes wondering where do you run to find a second start
Where do you go when you're broke and alone and
Friday falls apart
Yeah, yeah All these questions are leaving her shaking
Can you be two girls in one
Can your heart bend this much without breaking
You know that you know and you can never have it both ways

I've realized that I take things a tad too seriously sometimes. Maybe the reason I've been overly stressed is that I have never learned to let things be, to let go and just enjoy for crying out loud! I just have to accept that I don't have control over everything that happens.

So before I allow myself to wind down and overthink the events of the week (or life in general. bleh) again, I might as well run on this stress-induced adrenaline rush and cap the week off with a nice Friday night out. Friday drinkies galore!

Enjoy your weekend, everyone! You deserve it.

Labels: bummer, random

Monday, July 23, 2007

Girls just being girls

Smallville doesn't just ride on the Superman franchise. I think a large part of the show's success is its infinite supply of eye candy.


Images from Krypton Site.

Labels: eye-candy, Smallville

Saturday, July 21, 2007

Confessions of a quarterlife-crisis drama queen

I was happily going through the motions of my Friday routine today. I woke up bright and early (if 10 am is still considered early) to attend my favorite dance class at the gym, feeling quite contented with my present state of existence. When I got to class, I noticed a familiar face - a nice young-looking lady who wore a perpetual smile on her face. She was one of those uninhibited people who would dance like there's no tomorrow, so since we had that in common, I struck conversation with her.

To my surprise, this lady who didn't look much older than me was a happily married housewife with two young children. She was 32! What amazed me was that though she was a full decade older than me, she appeared really youthful. Take note: it was not only because she had young-looking features or a slim healthy physique. It was really more because of the aura she had about her. When I asked her how she managed to NOT age, she beemed with pride as she shared with me how much fun she's been having with raising two girls. She also said, "Well, it's also because my husband SPOILS me." When we parted ways, she was rushing because she had to buy flowers for a party tomorrow.

How nice. Here was a full-fledged housewife, whose most pressing concern was choosing the right color of petals, and it all made me feel so envious of her life. That just about shattered this whole self concept that I was pretty much content with my life and that I didn't easily envy others. But after that encounter, I found myself wanting.

I guess just like any other woman, I do want to settle down, I do want to raise a family, and I do want to be taken cared of. Up until now, I've managed to convince myself that I was an independent young woman at my prime who just could not be distracted by the thought of committing my peak career years to starting and raising a family. "No way. Not now," I thought. "And waste all those years of studying and work experience?"

But let's face it: when I do achieve my career goals, what then? Wouldn't I want a nice home and family to come home to? Wouldn't I want to have loved ones on whom I can lavish the fruits of my labor? Wouldn't I want to take life easy and concentrate on building a life and not merely a career?

That lady from the gym has all that at the age of 32. I wonder if I'll get there within the next ten years as well.

Friday, July 20, 2007

Random insecure thought

Got this email from a candidate:

"Thank you for contacting me and by the way you have a very nice phone voice that is pleasant to listen to.

Kind regards"

Nice complement, but it got me thinking: does that put me under the category of people with the voice and face for radio?

Oh dear, I hope not!

Maybe I can qualify as a voice talent for one of the "ikaw ba ay naLOLOngkot at walang makaOSap?" ads as well.

Wednesday, July 11, 2007

Been thinking 'bout

Yesterday, I failed.

I miserably failed a test of character. Lesson? Generosity. I'd much rather not go into the nitty gritty detail lest you all end up seeing me as a selfish miser. It's just that I haven't stopped beating myself up for not taking the opportunity to help a person in need. "Do not withhold that which you are in ability to give." Ouch! That commandment I know so well but failed to put into application just keeps popping up in my head. I should move on, though, and just be ready and sensitive enough to recognize the next test, and hopefully, pass it with flying colors.

I've been doing a lot of thinking lately; reflecting on who I am REALLY. I haven't really done this in the past because I always found it so exhausting to make sound self assessments. However, I realized that the only way I can become a better person is to know where I stand and who I am at present. I'm discovering not-so-nice things about me--characteristics I've safely kept under the rug. Unfortunately, in this journey of self-discovery, I can count more negative rather than positive qualities. Maybe I knew this all along and that's why I've always been scared of making an honest to goodness self analysis. I just hope I don't get stuck in a rut. I pray that I come to a better understanding of myself so that I'll be well on my way to making up for my shortcomings and further improving my strengths.

Thought: What challenges will the day bring me? And what will my reaction reflect about me?