The Frog Princess

Being unemployed has it disadvantages and advantages For one I had time to watch asian dramas on youtube and have learned some foreign words along with them too.

I’m still not giving up on making nihongo my third language…hehe if there are those who speak broken english, i speak broken nihongo. ^_^

nihongo wa totemo sukoshi wakarimashta!

here are some words:

(chinese) wo tai ni! - I AGREE

(korean) igeo juseo? - CAN I HAVE THIS?

(korea) mannaseo ban gapseumnida -PLEASED TO MEET YOU

(korea) yeobo -HONEY (term of endearment to a loved one)

but my all time favorite expression:

" itadakimasu!" - LET’S EAT!

When my brother Jun left for the States, I thought i’d die of sadness not seeing him here. But as it turns out, we became closer when he left. Our little chats and emails have become so much more than mere chats or emails, it became so important that each minute have easily become our most treasured moments.

And now that he and my other brother are here for Christmas, the holidays have become more than just a day of receiving gifts but now, it has become as the very gift itself.

A gift of togetherness and a gift of appreciated love.

This year the best gift i’ve ever received is and will always be my family.

merry christmas!

it’s raining outside and im having my late lunch of spicy beef noodles. instant.
im thinking what will i do with my life?

do i stay working here, scanning 7000 slides or do i apply as barista for starbucks?
which decision will be more practical? which will have a long term effect?

i just enrolled for education units.
is this for real?
can i really become a teacher?
i just taught some kids how to be lazy….that;s bad right?

had my first dub last saturday and though it was just a fun dub, i considered it my debut as a dubber.
i had fun but wasnt nearly as satisfied
do i want that life too?

why is it so hard to make a decision,
life is supposed to be easy, right?
we just make decisions
but what if we can’t make those decisions because we want so much out of life?

then what?

It’s been 5 years since i held a paintbrush, i tried in between those years but just didn’t have enough inspirations to continue.

This really sucks for sometimes, I’m not you’re typical artist who would have the inspiration the moment they face a blank canvas or smell the fresh scent of newly opened paint tube. When i smell paint i dont get inspirations, i get high! hehe

I love the smell of paint better than thinner or rugby ( I appeal to paint maker, please don’t remove the smell of paint, it wouldn’t feel the same. )

So anyway, I’m painting again and i have the show Miami Ink to thank for. I just realized that having a tattoo is not just mere vanity on the skin that to some people its like a totem pole for their soul. It holds deeper meaning and so I’m thinking, maybe someday, i’ll get a tattoo for myself.

Someday.

Maybe another 5 years?

Or less. ^_^

I’m not usually the jealous type, not even with friends or siblings. kaya imagine my panic when i do get jealous over someone na wala naman akong ka-anything with at all. I don’t get even get jealous with my crushes.

i do however, think, i like someone and for some odd reason it affects me when there’s a new girl or other girl that he talks to. Eto pa ang weird non, i don’t see him as a man. The guy is 21 years old, he’s a child.

So in my search for an answer kung baket ako nagseselos, i found this as an answer:

hay, i don’t know why, but i just dont feel that much lovable. T_T

What is THE MEMO?

THE MEMO is this piece of paper that probationary employees like me would dreadfully feel receiving. It’s the letter that decides your future in that company.

TODAY, i got MEMOed!

So effective April 16, as my dad says "i’m free as a bird flying in the sky" hehehe

How do i feel?

Relieved actually. I’ve always knew na im not the "sales" type of pr. I’m just you’re usual chikadora who likes to know people. I can still work in Sales provided that my job description won’t have to do anything with solving a mathematical equation coz that’s ONE area in my life that i have and not hoping will get to be in good terms with. So okay i got an 82 in college algebra pero dapat lang coz i already took it twice! Numbers and me just don’t mix! So how do i save money? I deposit them in the bank.

Pero its not all that bad really, just this morning i had plans of enrolling to Nihonggo School coz i really wanted to learn nihonggo. But because of my work, i wouldn;t be able to but then because of the memo, i now can. My original plan actually was to earn enough so i can pay for my nihonggo lessons and i think God agrees that i have just enough of enough.

So now, I’m open to anyone who want to learn Painting this summer. TBA pa nga lang ang venue but i can just go to your house provided you put your dog on a leash. I only have Saturdays after 4pm and Sundays between the times of 1 to 5pm. Lesson fee is P1500 (you buy your own materials which i will tell you when i meet you) Classes should start by April 21 to May 26 (Saturdays) April 22 to May 27 (Sundays)

Just text me at: 0919-3287469

Hi everyone,

I need photos of people
(families, couples, friends/barkadas,
partners, children at play, old
couple…etc) But i would need people
who will be willing to do CHARITY
MODELLING. Meaning WALANG BAYAD!

If you think may ibubuga kang mag
model pero nahihiya na mag try, then
this could be the big chance your
waiting for. Hollywood stars Gwyneth
Paltrow and Cameron Diaz started as
models before they become great
actresses.

For interested individuals, email me
your photos at:
easel79@hotmail.com

** i work as graphic
artist for a real estate company whose
market targets families, young/old
couples, single parents, OFWs…etc.
My job is to do all the lay-out for
billboard, streamers, flyers and
newspaper ads.

My first dance…though ridiculed coz he was making fun of my love handles, hehe my bestfriend, Jerome.

Got sobrang kilig over someone…junior high, some guy i secretly call BUFFY…he’s happily married now.

My first heartache that i haven’t completely gotten over with…i thought we were friends, some person i secretly called BUBOT.

When i got into the finals at a Fashion Competition and im the only Painting student there….and being the first and only Painting student got me to be an instant celebrity for one night. hehe

I flew by myself via first class on PAL to visit my brother in Tokyo and got held up at the Narita Immigration, hehe just because i wrote my brother’s address wrong and they just wanted to be extra sure that i know where i am headed to in their country.

I survived an illness that almost killed me…i’ve been in remission for 5 years. It’s not cancer…like cancer but NOT.

Then last night, November 8, 2006…late night. My mom turns 70 years old and for that past months she’s been so sad and sickly because she misses my brother whose now based in Tokyo. Lastnight we all had the biggest surprise when that brother of mine arrived for my mom’s birthday. But more than to my surprise, i was excited for my mom’s reaction and indeed it was a reaction worth waiting for. I recorded it in my head….first she was awed by the flower arrangement that greeted her at the door then we urged her to read the card that wouldn’t open and that’s when the big surprise came…and there it was, my mom with the widest eyes in shock to see my brother whom she thought was in Japan! Then she cried. If i had x-ray eyes i swear i would have seen a ray of light embrace her once-grayish aura. All she ever really need was to see my brother.

Yesterday, is one of the most unforgettable moments i’ll ever have. I don’t think anything else could top that one moment. =0)

Listening to Pandora.com tuned to Bob Marley radio, waiting for office time to resume. I’m staring at the face peeking behind my explorer page, the face of Chinese Actor Cho Si Won. My new crush next to Rain.

Today is my mom’s birthday. =0)

On November 13 officially closes my one month here in the office, as a taxpayer, as an employed worker as an adult. Sigh….

HAAAY, matanda na nga talaga ako. =0P

My full name is MARIA REMEDIOS CECILIA BALDEO PENAVERDE. When i was in gradeschool i was called by my name REMEDIOS, no one ever called me MARIA…i guess it sounded too virginal or something. In fact, MARIA is probably the most unused name name. Unless siguro if you live in Spain or Argentina where half of the women are named MARIA. In highschool, i have a science teacher who liked calling me CECILIA. Thank goodness nobody thought of calling me BALDE to shorten my middle name, hehehe

Then there came my "bully baptised name" REMEDYAS….i was called that for 3 years by my personal bully (ang sos noh?!) Then there was REMY, RE-ME-DAI-OH….i have this busmate who wanted to make all our names sound classy coz his name couldn’t be anymore classier ( His name is Don Don) Then my sister for some weird reason started calling me "MEDING" she probably thought it was cute like KUTING!? Pero ngayong our labandera’s name is Meding, she stopped calling me by that. About time!

Then Essel came….actually at home, I am Ecel….the E as read in eat and CEL as in cellar. Then i have this caviteno teacher who couldn’t pronounce it right and kept calling me, eksel….more of like XL (as in the size!) Tapos i have this ka-choir who wanted to make all the girl names sound cute and sosy like Ana became NANA and Ecel became….well, what else? Easel.

But my nickname really is, Marecel….pronounced as Maricel with the i.

People asked me why is it spelled that way, why is it so arte?

well….

because it’s mine. it’s my name. so deal with it! hehehe =0P