My mother leaned close to her ear, whispering words I couldn’t hear. But I knew what they were, what they had to be: the same ones I’d heard after all those bad dreams, all those skateboard and roller-skating accidents, all the times the little fiendettes chased me home on pink bicycles. I watched my mother do what she did best, and realized there would never be a way to cut myself from her entirely. No matter how strong or weak I was, she was a part of me, as crucial as my own heart. I would never be strong enough, in all my life, to do without her.

- Sarah Dessen (Someone Like You)

When I was a child, I was not close to my Mom. I was more of a Father’s girl. But as I grew up, I started to confide more to my Mom. Every night, after dinner, my Mom and I will have “Kitchen Talks”. I’d hangout in the kitchen while she stores the leftovers or wash dishes and we’d start talking on just about anything. My day at the office, her day at the office, friends, boyfriends etc. I miss my Mom.

How about you? How is/was your relationship with your Mom?

Specs may mean two things. A short term for specifications like functional specifications, technical specifications etc. Or it can also be a short term for spectacles or eyeglasses My dad, mom and sister all wears glasses. I’m the only one in our family that doesn’t wear any glasses and I can’t believe that after all this years of working in front of the computer, my vision is still ok. Anyways, last weekend I saw this website that let’s you try on glasses. It’s like those websites where you upload your photo and you can choose your hairstyle but for this particular site instead of hairstyle you can try on different eyeglasses. Cool huh? The website I’m talking about is Zenni Optical. The site has plenty choices of affordable prescription eyeglasses. The cheapest pair of glasses is around $6! International shipping is not that bad either. I’d expect that shipping would be more than $20 but they’re only charging $9.95 for shipping. I’ve actually chosen one that I liked, it has some bling to it! I’m still unsure if I’ll order one but from the stories I’ve read on the internet the site seems legit. There are more stories available in their Share your Zenni story blog. I’ll read through all of them and hopefully by then I’ll be convinced to get a pair from them. Although my vision is still ok, I think it’s safe for me to wear eyeglasses because it is somehow my way of protecting/conserving my vision.

Missing someone gets easier every day because even though it’s one day further from the last time you saw each other, it’s one day closer to the next time you will.

- Peyton Sawyer (One Tree Hill)

One Tree Hill re-runs are being shown here in Melbourne. I’m excited to go home each day after work because of this. This is just one of the reasons why I don’t get sad/lonely living alone. The top reason of course is the free internet connection It’s been over 9 months now and it’s just now that I miss home. I guess the first few months I was too excited that I’ll be living in a foreign country alone. Finally, I get to be independent! But as my stay got extended and extended, I started to miss home, my family and friends.

One thing to look forward to is my return back to the Philippines in August. Yay! It’s just for a week but I’m still excited to go home. Spend quality time with family and friends, and I finally get to meet Gel!
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Last Sunday, I got to watch Marley and Me for the second time. I’m not a dog person. I am actually afraid of dogs but this movie wanted me to get a dog. This particular line from the movie touched my heart:

A dog has no use for fancy cars, big homes, or designer clothes. A water log stick will do just fine. A dog doesn’t care if your rich or poor, clever or dull, smart or dumb. Give him your heart and he’ll give you his. How many people can you say that about? How many people can make you feel rare and pure and special? How many people can make you feel extraordinary?

- John Grogan (Marley & Me)

Just for future reference, don’t use words like “love” anymore. It’s a very sensitive word and it wears out quickly. Romeo barely says it, but John Hinckley filled up a whole journal with it. To put it into your terms, it’s a currency that’s easily devalued. Pretty soon you’re saying it whenever you hang up the phone or whenever you leave. It turns into an apology. Then it’s an excuse. Some assholes want it to be a bulletproof vest: don’t hate me; I love you. But mostly it just means–more. More, more–give me something more. A couple of years from now, when you’re on your own completely, if you really fall in love, if it really comes to that–and I pity you if it does–you have to look right down into the black of her eyes, right down into the emptiness in there and feel everything, absolutely everything she needs and you have to be willing to drown in it, Kevin. You’d have to want to be crushed, buried alive. Because that’s what real love feels like–choking. They used to bury some women in their wedding dresses, you know. I thought it was because all those husbands were too cheap to spring for another gown, but now it makes sense: love is your first foot in the grave. That’s why the second most abused word is “forever”.

— Peter Craig (Hot Plastic)