to take my mind off

So I have been working like nobody’s business and I decided to take a break. I deserve a break. Taking care of Labyu is not that easy. Seriously, this is why there are two parents for a child. 

I wanted to watch a movie and take my mind off the mundane things I encounter on a daily basis. I went to iamrogue.com (a movie site I previously wrote about) and found out they have contests there that you can join like a movie premiere contest, a concert contest and more. The prizes are amazing! They also offer something many dreamers want, the chance to be heard, seen or noticed. You can submit scripts, film, and music to them and they will check them out. If they like it, well, that’s a definite callback.

I am tempted to join and of course, submit my work (I write short stories) and all.Who knows, one of my stories could be chosen and made into a movie!

*This post is sponsored by IAMROGUE.com/contests

Party needs

With Labyu’s christening coming up, I had to get myself organized for the celebration. I was looking online for party goodies, posters and found this site on full colour posters. I was thinking of getting one with a blown up picture of Labyu. So far, this site offers the most competitive prices on posters.

Anyhow, aside from posters, I also need party goodies. The celebration might be on this beach resort or at this inn nearby the church where they have a swimming pool. Mommy just sent a eensy weeny cute bikini for Labyu. I will have to lose some weight so I can fit my own bikini and we can go swimming. Yay!

April 10 is the date of her baptism. I am so excited already! Plus she has her baptism dress and shoes already.

Something to look forward to this summer… Happier days to come!

An Open letter to my Singing Neighbor

Dear Singing Neighbor,

I would like to say that your morning runs with your nasal voice is quite disturbing. Maybe you’re practicing for a competition because you kept on singing Whitney Houston, Sarah Geronimo and Celine Dion songs. If that is so, I doubt that you will win or garner a place. I bet after the first chors, the audience will boo you to get down from the stage. You might just get one of the judges to leave or throw up.

The point is, you should record your performance and listen to it. Then to spare yourself of the humiliation, don’t join the singing contest.

I may not be the best singer in the world but please take note that on the second verse lyrics of One Moment in Time, ‘to taste the sweet, I face the pain’, the correct pronounciation for the words “taste” is not “test”, “sweet” is not “sweat”, “face” is not “fess” and “pain” is not “pin”.

Your neighbor wth bloodied ears,

Rogue

Summer is here!

Can I just say that as much as I love summer, I feel quite bummed out recently that news of people going to the beach ans soaking up the sun just makes me feel so envious. I would love an oceanfront place where I can just go and hide with Labyu. I saw some of those in Mexico Real Estate. Although closer to home would be Boracay or Bohol but these are one of those times i do want to just get away from everyone except Labyu.

I am now working part-time only. At the start I have two employers but the other one said he will only pay me by posting the cash. I wonder if what he said is true. For now I am not writing for him until I recieve the cash he promised via mail.

So I’m working part-time for this guy who pays me through paypal. 

I need to have another writing gig so anybody who needs a part-time rewriter, here I am! Hire me!

Sigh, summer…could you not be a bummer, please?

Postpartum depression

Actually, this state of mentality have been talked about and experienced by many women. 

I think it may be because they have idle time to actually get depressed over a millionthings that bug any new mother.

As for me, I am swamped and exhausted that I don’t have time to get depressed.

I just keep on wishing that a day is made up of 25 hours instead of 24 only.

Man, I can sure use the extra hour to just think of nothing.

Now, I go back to work. 

Betty’s Makeover

We have this red Volkswagen named Betty who is currently not running. She’s red and pretty but she is also kind of old. The main problem is that it’s not easy to find auto parts for her. No one can even change her wheels because the bolts are old and they can’t find a wrench to fit it, I think. 

We got Betty from an uncle of mine and we really liked her but now she’s slowly rotting away in front of the house because there are no mechanics here that can look at her or supply the needed parts to make her run again.

So I went online and found a site on New Auto Parts where I can browse through their online catalogue and order from there. This is nice and a purple gorilla is there to assist. This is perfect to make Betty’s makeover a reality.

Picture Life

I am a photo enthusiast. I love a good photo. I even consider myself not that shabby in the art of capturing images. So when it comes to taking pictures, I try to look through other photograhers’ work to get inspired and to learn new techniques and styles. Like Russia stock photography, photoblogs of famous photojournalists, and photo sites of my friends who are all nearly ever so active in taking pictures with their cameras. 

I for one, love landscapes and still life. However, close to my heart would be people, portraits. I like taking a picture of someone totally unaware that I captured him in a state of something with all the best elements one can have in a photograph. Images like that are worth framing an placed on display.

The Anemic in Me

Sigh. Last Saturday, I suddenly felt woozy all of a sudden. Like sort of a head rush but with the world turning about me. It was an awful feeling. My cousin MJ came to the house to check on my blood pressure and voila, I have low blood pressure. Iron deficiency was the reason. Weird enough because I’m not losing any blood for now. My OB said that it’s pretty normal for women, after giving birth, not to menstruate. It may take months or a year before the menstruation cycle comes back. Yay!

Still, it’s not exactly good news because I still need iron on my diet. So now, my parents are gorging me up with food. The good thing is I can get to eat anything I want like chocolates, stone crab, sweet corn, fried chicken, hotdogs and other yummy food.

Now, I have to eat more. Gain more to defeat the anemic in me.

Moviemania

I am a movie buff and I wondered what would be new movies I can look forward to. I stumbled upon this movie review site called CinemaMob. It’s a mobile video club that allows you to view mobile video clips online. You can also download them on your cellphone. More than just video clips, you can also have movies on your phone. Interesting, right?

They also have nice reviews on each movie featured, as well as a synopsis for each movie. I find this extremely helpful for movie buffs like me.

Anyways, check their site for more information. However, I already have new movies in mind, like Salt (Jolie), Shutter Island (DiCaprio) and Alice in Wonderland (Depp). Yay!

50-50

I was born with a poor eyesight. Growing up, I thought that if I could not see it clearly, everybody else can’t too. Since I was short, I was always seated right up in the front so I can see what’s written on the blackboard. this was good until I was in 6th grade. I had to admit to myself that there was something wrong with my eyesight because I can’t see clearly at school.

It was only when I turned 23 that I finally had my eyesight corrected and gave up contact lenses and eyglasses. I had Lasik eye surgery. It was an easy procedure done for about 30 minutes and it didn’t hurt a bit. They placed anesthesia drops on my eyes before they did the surgery.

I just suddenly wondered if Heaven has perfect eyesight. I hope so. I mean, there is a 50-50 chance that she could take after me, right? Well, not to worry though, there’s Lasik surgery at Stahl Eye Center now. But I’m praying she would have 20:20 vision.