Come il mio venerdì era?

Quattro Concetti
Due Fotografi
UNO modelo

Uno Maskara

Isola di Uno

Chiaroscuro Uno

Uno Colore

Danabelle in Donatello's Shorts

*Images courtesy of Google

Remember my ghost?

Yeah? So yesterday, "Katawan" naman ang pinlay nya na song.

"Lalalalalalalala-hoo. Katawan. Katawan. Katawan. Katawan. Katawan. Ooooh. Katawan."

I SOOO WANT A STAMP LIKE THAT!

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So this weekend is bound to be eventful.

I have a shoot on Friday and another on Saturday.

I'm still a little nervous. ...Even as I plan the shots... There's just too much pressure to deliver good images. And I haven't done this in a while. Tsk.

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But oooh. Tomorrow will be the height of my make-up career. Haha. I am hella psychedddd.

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I was asked again the other day... Why I'm not with anyone.

Oh gee... I don't know. Maybe I'm just happy being single. Hasn't anybody ever thought of that?

Bah.

The truth is... Finding someone to love is hard. And with my fairytale complex, I probably never ever will find that "perfect" guy. And when I do meet him, I know I'll just screw it up because I have issues, self-esteem or otherwise.

...And maybe I don't really even want to meet him. Because he'll just end up breaking my heart just like all perfect men do.

"I can be happy alone. Sure. I can be happy without ice cream, too. If we're being hypothetical."

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I'm currently working on this year-long kind of project.

...Those who know my record, know that this is a bit ambitious, as I am pretty much the epitomy of "ningas kugon".

I meant to take a picture of it yesterday, but I couldn't find my batteries... So, Irog, sa next blog na lang yung picture nung thingy. Ehehe.

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Anyhoos, as it seems, I have resorted to pretending that I have a nutritionist.

Why?

Because, I hate it when people come up to me offering all sorts of unsolicited advice.

If I want your help, I will ask for it. If I don't, I won't. Don't just be comin' up to me and preaching all of your wonderful and deeply profound knowledge on a subject that everybody seems to like to pretend to be an expert on.

Pfsh. If you know so much, write a book, and maybe I'll buy it, if I need it. But for now. Just pipe down.

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Oooh! On a lighter note. I've been trying to practice the piano for the past few days like a good girl should.

Sadly, both the pieces that I've memorized, I've forgotten, so I'm starting from scratch. Well, not exactly scratch, the fingering is still ingrained somewhere in my brain, I just need to relocate where to put the fingers.

I don't read notes though... Note, I said DON'T, not CAN'T. Even with trumpet, I never read the music. I mean, I read them and then I memorized them so I wouldn't have to read them everytime.

Come to think of it, even when I sing... I don't like to read the notes or the lyrics so much.

And I think that's the problem with me and music. I go by feelings wayyy too much when it should be a good balance between emotion and paper.

And yes. Of course that's symbollic! C'mon, now. You must have learned by now that with me, everything is.

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So, this made me laugh like cuh-ray-zay.

Moohahaha. Kawawa naman si Donatello.

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I so can't wait for it to be 6:30 already. I am itching to get home.

Oh wells...

Kissy kissy!

TopTenTuesday - What's on?

Sooo... It's been a highly eventful week/weekend/January. Emotionally... Physically... MENTALLY.

It's all like WHOOSH, BOOM, and then BAM! Tsk.

I'm not making any sense, am I?

Probably because there are just way too many things on my mind right now. Here's ten of them:

1. My Passport
...officially expires today. And I have no time to go to the embassy and get it renewed. Frick.

2. My Ebay
...items need to get paid, and I have no idea how to pay it... I doth think that I will definitely get a bad rep for this one. Frick.

3. My Ghost
I doth think that our house might be haunted. Not that I really believe in ghosts... But yesterday, while watching an ENGLISH DVD, one of the speakers in our home theater just started playing some old song... an OLD TAGALOG song... an OLD TAGALOG song that I don't have a copy of... We rewound back to the scene and the song was gone. What the frick?

4. My Photography
I have a few shoots lined up in the next couple of weeks... And although, I am excited, I am a tad apprehensive and anxious. Scared that I may not be able to deliver tip-top images. Angry that I can't seem to calm myself down enough to actually plan the shots so I won't be too scared. Frick.

5. My Rhythm
I've been trying to do this lick at tap, but I'm getting more of a slobber. I know that I'll get it with enough practice... But I just can't seem to find the time. Frick.

6. My Enrollment
Gaahhh... I have no words. Frick.

7. My Nonexistent Vacation
Frick.

8. My Christmas Ornaments
Yes. I know it's still a long way off... And yes, I am OC when it comes to home decor.

9. My Over The Rainbow
Is this it? Frick.

10. My Crush
Nyahahaha. Anuvey? Wala munang magulo. Frick frick frick.

So yes... As you can see, my mind's a big jungle right now. No wait it's like a circus... Yeah, that's it! Or no, wait, I know! I know!

...It's just like it's always been. Oh well...

Kissy kissy.

HELP! Please please please.

My eBay reputation is on the line.

I need to borrow a PayPal account. Our credit card company is just refusing to cooperate.

I'll pay you in cash. It's AED130/-.

I'll give you my eBay username and password to pay the items in full then I'll meet you and pay you the AED130/- in cash.

Please please please. Thank you.

Danabelle in Half-Full Shorts

The other day, a friend of mine asked me how I was... And I said I wasn't at my best...

...I've always been an optimist. You know... I'm like a half-full kind of gal...

But sometimes, just sometimes, some things just kick me right in the face and the moody blues and the mean reds hit, leaving me with thoughts of how maybe Vincent was right...

"La tristesse durera toujours..."

Anyway, I'm fine now.

...Not like it was really noticeable. I'm great at hiding depression and desperation.

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Anyhoo...

Pictures! Lookie!

I finally finished Gerk's pouch. :)

It's right about the size of a CD-case-thingy.

Hihi. :)

...And if only for these, I would love Canon forevurrr!
It's a town-calendar from Canon Creative Park. :) Don't you just <3 it?

You just print it out and cut it up.

I ended up making three of these.

One for my mom's office, one for my office, and one for home.

November's my favorite. :) Hihi. Month and everything.

Cute, right? :)

Print, cut, and make your own. Click here or on the "Canon Creative Park" link above.

Accidental Origami Flowers.

I was going to make paper cranes... But then it got too complicated for my bangs to handle...

...So I just made these flower-looking things instead.

The paper print design is also from Canon Creative Park.

Yes. Canon Creative Park is definitely teh shite, boo! It's even got stuff for Scrapbooks. :)

All. For. Free.

Teting, I know you'll like some of their stuff. :) Check it out when you have time.

Thursday night, I baked a disaster... Tsk.
It started out so well...

And ended up looking like this.

Yes, Irog, yan na yung mukhang basura kong cupcake. Look at that icing. Tsk. I should be thoroughly ashamed of myself. Yuck.

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Friday, we went to Zabeel Park and got rained on.

This is us in the tiny tent, playing Pusoy Dos con Twister while it was raining hella hard outside. LOL.

After the rain stopped, we went to Ghurair.


LOL.

The BBQ was hella yummehhh, though.

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Do you ever wonder if this is it?

When I was younger (and until now still), one of my favorite movies is The Wizard of Oz. On it, Dorothy played by Judy Garland sings of blue skies over the rainbow.

What if this is "over the rainbow"? ...What if this is as good as it gets. ...What if Vincent was right? What if the sadness really stays... Forever. What if this is it?

I'm sorry if I dampened any of your spirits... I was just wondering on print.

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I was staring at your picture today.

Ang cute mo pala talaga. As in!

Halikan kita d'yan eh.

Nyahahaha. Tsk.

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By the by... Natalie Dee is talking to me again.

Moohahaha. Tsk. Yeah yeah. I need time, Natalie. I really do.

Oh and this, I thought was just hella fooneh --

Blahahaha.

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PostSecret. :)

So... I guess this means I'm really leavin'.

Kissy kissy.

Psychic Green Monster

You: Ano ba kasi ang problema, ha?!
Her: Hindi ko alam! Hindi naman talaga ako gan'to eh. Wala akong pakielam! Kahit kung sino sino pa ang kasama mo, pero pag s'ya na...
Me: Me?! What?! Why me?!
You: Ha? Anong s'ya? Wala naman kaming ... magkaibigan lang kami, alam mo yun.
Her: Pag s'ya na ang kasama mo... Pag s'ya ang pinupuntahan mo... Pag s'ya na... Lagi na lang s'ya...
Me: Siguro mas maganda kung naga-away kayo ng kayo na lang dalawa diba? Hindi yung naga-away kayo sa harap ko ng parang wala ako dito. Kailangan ko ba talagang panoorin pa 'to?
Her: Hindi mo siguro alam at kahit siguro s'ya... Hindi n'yo alam. Pero nararamdaman ko. At siguro nga irrational lang ang nararamdaman ko, pero... Nararamdaman ko. Iba s'ya. Iba ka sa kanya...

"Parang hello, yan ba?"

D.: Grabe. Ang tanda na ni ____...
Mami: *Tingin sa Laptop sabay kunot noo* S'ya ba yan?
D.: Oo. Grabe no? Parang masyado s'ya na-haggard.
Mami: Hindi s'ya yan. Hindi s'ya ganyan... Parang tatay n'ya yan eh.
D.: De. S'ya talaga. Eto naman si ____, yung asawa n'ya.
Mami: Eh pareho pala silang mukhang matanda. Wow. Buti na lang hindi kayo nagkatuluyan.
D.: Gaga. Bad ka.
Mami: Hindi talaga. Hindi ganyan pagkaka-alala ko sa kanya... Parang hello, yan ba yung iniyakan mo?
D.: Nyahahaha. Napakasalbahe mo talaga. Wala kang kasing salbahe.

Blahahaha. Ngayon alam n'yo na kung san ako nagmana ng kapilyahan.

TopTenTuesday - iLlegal music all up in my iPod...

I found this site yesterday and I've finally been able to get some semi-new music. Yay me! :)

And so for lack of a better topic, here are the TopTen Semi-New Songs that I've been listening to since yesterday in no particular order...

1. Chasing Pavements - Adele

I love how it's so proud and sweet all at the same time...

2. Boston - Augustana

Haha. This was a given.

3. Chariot - Gavin DeGraw

Ok, yeah, I know. Hella old. Classical daw yun old. Hahaha.

4. Fall For You - Secondhand Serenade

This is one of those songs that if you listen to too much, mauuya ka.

5. Keri Hilson - Energy

I posted this before, but hotdarn! I can't get enough of it.

6. Over You - Daughtry

Shempre pang-sawi. Nyahahaha. Tsk.

7. Warwick Avenue - Duffy

Heartheartheart.

8. Damaged - Danity Kane

Yes. At the risk of being shunned for liking Pop, I have to admit that I really really like this song. And just like the next song says, I say, "So what?". So, I like Pop. I'm still a rockstar. *Sabay tulak sa isang innocent bystander sa fantasy bangin.* Hahaha.

9. So What - Pink

Akong ako kasi 'to pag nakikipagbreak. LMAO. Kidding. Basta mahal ko yan song na yan.

10. Nine in the Afternoon - Panic! At The Disco

Aba'y mawawala ba naman ang favorite? Too bad, di ko maDL yung That Green Gentleman. Sira ata yung file. :( But here it is for your listening pleasure. Hihi.

So there's my ten (...errr eleven?)... What are yours?

Danabelle in Your Shorts

Hello. How are you?

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Uhmm... Wala akong kwento today, eh.

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Ikaw naman magkwento sa'kin.

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Kahit walang sense...

Kahit paiba-iba ng topic...

Kahit ano lang ang pumasok sa utak mo...

...Parang "shorts".

Hey Night...

How've you been? I know I see you every day, but I feel like we haven't really been spending alot of time together. You're there, but you're not really... Or actually, it's probably the other way around. I'm here, but I'm not really. It's this darn work schedule that has me tangled up in knots. I know, I know, I keep complaining about that. I'm sorry.

You know what? I wish that some things could be a lot more vivid in my memory... Like the 80s for example. I was alive then, but my memories of that decade are washed out, when according to movies and pictures, it seems like a very colorful period in time. The 90s were great though. I wish I could have remembered more... Or rather, I wish I could have done a lot more during that period. Ah, to be a child again and do whatever I please.

Doing whatever I please now seems like such a distant thing. ...Like playing a baby grand piano by the shore as waves come crashing in, beckoning me to go with it back to the deep blue sea. Or going to Boston to try and start a new life, eventhough I wouldn't know where to start. And you can take that metaphorically or literally, either way, I can't do both.

Of course, I'm just quoting a song, but you know what I mean right?


As Always,
D.

Danabelle in Perky Shorts

Friday, we went to Central Perk. :)

The Usual Suspects

Me... Desperately trying to strobe the usual suspects.

I <3 coffee and coffee <3s me. :)

Naks. Product endorsement na itetch.

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Afterwards, we went over to the Knotts' and I found out that I have the Spiritual Gift of Craftsmanship, Creative Communication, Giving, and Hospitality.



The normal initial reaction would be to work on the gifts that you don't have... But she said that you're supposed to work on the ones that you already have and let whoever has the other gifts that you don't have work on theirs.

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Definitely falling in love with the bridge of this song.

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I don't really have a lot to say of much value.

...Maybe tomorrow.

Kissy kissy!

Danabelle in Hot and Cold Shorts

Sooo... This is where I work.


One of the departments needed a picture of the centre's exterior.

Ayun lang.

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So it's finally Thursday. Thank goodness.

It's been a long excruciating week.

One of my co-workers got fired yesterday...

Hayyyy. Di talaga mabubuhay si Superlolo ng walang inaaway.

Oh well.

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I just realized that my passport is expiring by the end of this month. Gaaahhh.

I best get on that.

Sigh.

Happy Weekend, kids!