Let's Talk about Some Lovin'...

"That's life for you," said Mcdunn. "Someone always waiting for someone who never comes home. Always someone loving some thing more than that thing loves them. And after a while, you want to destroy whatever that thing is, so it can hurt you no more."

-Mcdunn, from Ray Bradbury's "The Fog Horn"

First off, a question that I've asked for years but only now demand an answer for:

-How do you know if someone is just being friendly, just really friendly, or showing something more?

And 2 statements that I've believed in for so long, but are really coming into play now:

1. There's nothing like a romance to ruin a great friendship.

2. "More than friends, less than lovers..." ---> I know that this is very bitin, but it seems to be the most perfect way to describe some funny relationships. ;p

Anyone out there with some answers, reactions or violent comments? Would love to hear your thoughts. Leave a comment, please! :)

*DISCLAIMER: I am not in a state of depression or misery over my lovelife (or lack thereof). I'm just in a state of pondering about why love is blurry (if not blind), and which, between heart and head, should rule your world. ;p

Having Multiple Food-gasms (No, this is not a dirty post!)

Yesterday in Botany, for some reason, I happened to remember the absolutely best dish I had when I tried Spiral, Philippine Plaza's grand buffet. Surprisingly enough, it wasn't any of the sushi, dimsum or rosted specialities (though they were pretty amazing, too)---instead, the best was at the dessert bar. I don't think I'll be able to forget the hotel's luscious creme brulee--- not today, not tomorrow, not ever.

I was TRYING to tell my Botany seatmate, Sarah, about this delectable treat.
Me: Have you tried Philippine Plaza's creme brulee?
Her: No...what's it like?
Me: I took one bite, and I was like... ohmygodohmygodohmygod... (imagine me contorting my face to come up with my best "I'm-in-heaven-right-now" look)

Food like that needs the right word, something I couldn't exactly come up with during Botany. That night, though, as I was watching Iron Chef America, one of the judges talked about a word she had just learned (and which is, my new word right now)---FOODGASM. Delicious, ain't it?

So, yes, next time I talk about the best chocolate, the best lamb, or the best sushi I've ever had, I'm not going to describe it in simple "great! yum! fantastic!"...I'm going to say that I had another foodgasm, and enjoyed every moment of it.

Uhm...creme brulee...truly foodgasmic. :)

Thinking BIG

Our Filipino presentation, called sagala, will be tomorrow. At first, I was sort of hesitant to join the whole project because the task was to create---get this---a float. No, not the delicious kind with soda and ice cream, that would have been simple enough. By float, they mean one that can hold a lot of people standing on it and waving perkily to the adoring crowd. Think Annual Rose Parade in the US. Normally, a project of this caliber would be enough to spark my interest and get me all eager-beaver-ish over it, but not really this time. Why? Not because I was lazy to work with my blockmates (A1 rocks!!!), but because I couldn't comprehend something this...BIG.

In high school, probably the biggest project I've ever worked on was a bulletin board, roughly 1/3 the size of a regular classroom blackboard. That's nothing compared to a float, a rolling, mobile contraption. I agreed to participate in the sagala, but until now, I couldn't picture in my mind the image of a "float".

Awhile ago, I went to school (despite having free cuts the whole day) to help with our sagala. Our concept is a children's story about "Ang Pambihirang Buhok ni Lola" (Lola's Extraordinary Hair) , which is about a lola who has uber long and strong hair. First task: untangle and straighten the roughly 5 meters of strawball tali ("hair"). Talk about disaster! After swimming through the strands for around an hour, we finally managed to put a semblance of order in lola's locks. A little while later, our PolSci groupmates produced our makeshift kubo, to serve as the main part of our float. And that time of laughter and funny moments gave me a fuzzy feeling...

Hey, we can actually do this.

Sometimes, I guess it's going to take a REALLY BIG project to remind me that I'm not in high school anymore, that my world isn't closed or limited to what I see before me. The world is now at my feet---there is less conservativeness to make me feel small and unimportant. Now, I can expand my horizons, opinions, capabilities...to think BIG.

We're ONE and TWO Years Old!

Brief post, but something that I'd really like to be here for.

HAPPY ANNIVERSARY MY BABIES!!! Never do I regret being you're mommy, and I hope that somehow, I've helped you on your relationship with Jess. :) You rock, Batch 88!

HAPPY 2ND ANNIVERSARY BATCH 82!!! It's been 2 years since we went through all the tears, disco and lemon-lime scent, but the effects will last for a lifetime. Always with each of you in spirit, even if not physically...

A BIG hug to everyone. May the DWTL Spirit stay with us! Live the 4th! *hug* :)