Housewarming Party Guest Wish List

ok i was so bored i played a game in my head.

what if my friends and i had lots of money but we could only use it to pay for good company?

and so my housewarming party guest wish list idea was born.

Zeena's Guests:

1. Zach Galifianakis. My favorite person at the moment. "If a foot could fart..."

2. Aziz Ansari. Tom Haverford is a close second, thanks to www.tomhaverfoods.com

3. Jim Balsillie. Please give me a new BlackBerry and a PlayBook. And I will rest my case.

Fifi's Guests:

1-5. The hosts of TV5's Juicy. They MUST sing the Blind Items jingle because it tickles Fifi.

Momzi's Guests:

1. A lover. Nuff said.

2. A new boss. Word.

3. Our trusted dermatologist. Good luck getting out of the party place alive.

I know I tend to overuse the word "literally", but right now, I'm not kidding, there are literally hundreds of things happening at the moment - in me, around me, concerning me, concerning the people around me, and they can all be too much to handle. I am only one tiny brown girl. And while not entirely empty, my brain cannot cope with things that all need to be thought through and decided upon at once.

A lot of people around me seem to think they know better.

I don't, but neither do they.

It is just sad when they are arrogant, negative and inconsiderate.

But in the spirit of Easter, may they finally obtain the knowledge they thought they had.

Google Me

I just discovered that if you googled me, all my Tweets, blog posts, stand up comedy videos, idly written comments on various websites and profile on all networking sites turn up - all in between my online resume, work videos and sites that mention my work.

I am very careful when writing something which is not work-related online, but my opinions and story-telling are too much information for potential employers.

And I have not idea how to clean up my act on the world wide web. Apparently typing and clicking are not the only skills one has to have in order to use the web properly.

Sorry Mike Sorrentino, but this is The Situation.

I realized that since finding this out, I've become more cautious when expressing my thoughts and insights on any website, even this precious blog of mine. If I eventually learned to edit my Google results, I would be faced with a dilemma: do I really want to hide my blog from people? Nobody reads it at the moment but that is not the point. Do I want my Tweets to be read only by my followers? Most of them are US-based companies selling random stuff, but again that is not the point.

It would be horrible to worry about it all night. Well I don't have to, thanks to Sleep N Restore. Melatonin and Valerian will help me sleep like a baby in 5, 4, 3...

I am not a loser, but this morning I went online to look for inspirational quotes that would inspire me to go to work today.
A short backgrounder: I have been restless since I landed in Dubai last week, and started trying a bunch of home remedies and herbal pills to keep my stress levels down and help me go to sleep.
My efforts are not entirely futile, but I seem to be tiring myself more looking for more remedies to feel better and better.
It was becoming a pointless snowball of temporary cures to a messy mind.
So I tried another method.
Let's have a go at this Zen thing.
So I start by going online (dur... how do we always start something?) and these words made a HUGE difference to my day.
If they make you feel a little better, good.

Go confidently in the direction of your dreams. Live the life you have imagined.
Henry David Thoreau

The only journey is the journey within.
Rainer Maria Rilke

We are either progressing or retrograding all the while; there is no such thing as remaining stationary in this life.
James Freeman Clarke

Fear less, hope more, eat less, chew more, whine less, breathe more, talk less, say more, hate less, love more, and good things will be yours.
Swedish Proverb

Half of the failures in life come from pulling one's horse when he is leaping.
Thomas Hood

Quarter life crisis visited me late.

Too late, in fact.

I am 28. I have no business worrying about what to do with my life.

I should have had that cheap insane moment ten years ago.

But there was no way I could slam the door in its face.

It came uninvited, and if I didn't deal with it, it was going to sleep over.

Jerk.

So I pondered.

Tried to think like a poet/the Dalai Lama/Maya Angelou and struggled to find words to console myself.

Needless to say, QLC left a gaping hole in my brain and I could not think of anything good to tell myself.

What a bummer.

Not even little miss perfect Kim Kardashian inspired me.

Tried to smile but ended up smirking at the thought of smiling.

What was there to smile about?

I was a big lump of mess.

Until Cookie went online.

She saved me.

We talked, talked some more, and laughed.

I feel so much better knowing that on the other side of the world a friend understands exactly what I am going through.

And helps me cope too.

And encourages me to be positive, productive, grateful and resilient.

Now all I need is a warm bath, two sleeping pills and I am all set to bury this episode six feet underground.

If I wake up and it's still there, God will find a way to save me again.

I'm glad He sent Cookie tonight.

Amen.

"The Daily Stat: Mobile-Phone Purchases Reduce Tobacco Use in Philippines"

Read more: http://www.time.com/time/specials/packages/article/0,28804,2058946_2059124_2059119,00.html #ixzz1IurYdM3M

- a Tweet by Harvard Business Review

Okay, this makes Lucio Tan poorer and MVP richer.
But this also means that more people may get cancer from mobile phone radiation than from tobacco.
But if I had to choose, I would go for the phones.
At least they don't smell and they are actually a tool for dating, not a turn off.
I am one to talk.

Family first

I have spent a week and a half in Manila and I feel nothing but gratitude and happiness.

I am so glad to be able to witness my sister's graduation ceremonies and walk by her side as she ends a chapter in her life and begins a new one.

By doing this I've made two very important points that I hope she will never forget - I love her very much, and obtaining top notch education will take her places.

The day of my sister's graduation was also my mother's birthday.

On her special day and during my entire stay I made sure that I was able to serve her and show her how much I love her.

I cooked, shopped for clothes and waited on her.

I bought her favorite food and accompanied her to the hospital.

These are very small gestures, but these are the things I am capable of doing to make her happy.

My heart is filled with nothing but happiness and love, two things even the meanest, tallest, funkiest pair of shoes cannot replace.

Amen.