Sunday, March 14, 2010

3.14 - pi day


yep, today is the day of pi...

as in the 3.14159265358979323846264338327950288... pi
it was first celebrated on 3.14.1592
wala lang, share lang!


Friday, March 12, 2010

to the woman whom i love the most

Happy birthday!!!


i love you so, so much, MOMMY...

Tuesday, February 23, 2010

seriously,

how the hell would you respond to this?!?


Situation:
I’m sitting on my desk when one officemate enters my office…

Ofsm8: Hi, how are you?
Mi: I’m fine, thanks.
Ofsm8: Mishal, wat is dat? [pointing to the contact lens solution on my table]
Mi: It’s my contact lens solution, used for cleaning my lens. I also put it in my eyes when I’m wearing lens so that my eyes will not feel dry.
Ofsm8: I see… [watches me put some droplets of solution into my eyes]

After maybe 15 seconds…

Ofsm8: Mishal, what happen? Why are you crying?
Mi: Did you not see me put contact lens solution into my eyes?
Ofsm8: Yes… but now you are crying… Any problems? Tell me…

***I swear to God he’s not kidding when he asked that. Hayz!


Now this happened just 2 minutes ago, while I’m typing the above story…

Ofsm8 2: Hi, how are you?
Mi: I’m okay.
Ofsm8 2: Mishal, are you busy?
Mi: No…
Ofsm8 2: Why are you so busy? You’re always busy…
Mi: ???

Tuesday, February 16, 2010

i ♥ shabu²

Last Sunday (Valentine’s Day), we opted to have a group date rather than go out separately in pairs so as to avoid even just a bit the heart’s day clichés. So Momon and I together with Debz, Mio and couple Deej and Roy decided to go to a Chinese restaurant in Baniyas Road and eat shabu-shabu, etc.

Along the way to the restaurant, we again unleashed our “takaw picture selves” and eagerly pose, pose pose at the camera.


When we arrived at the restaurant, as expected, it was full so we played at the nearby arcade while waiting for our table to be available…


We were so starved by the time we get to seat and order; that is why when our food came, nobody bothered to take pictures of it. “Galit-galit muna mode” was established while eating.

Had so much fun going out with my flatmates. (^__^)

Sunday, February 14, 2010

minsan gusto ko ng keso...

... pero minsan lang. un cheesy na katulad nito:


Ya a!!!

HAPPY VALENTINE'S DAY

to my Momon

and to everybody!






Saturday, February 13, 2010

The Tale of the Undomestic Princess


Long, long time ago (1 ½ years) in a far, far away land (Philippines), there lived a princess (Mi) who does not know how to cook or do any household chores. Despite full efforts of the queen (my mom), she was not able to impart her domestic prowess to her daughter (Mi again).

Then one day, the girl decided to go to the desert (Dubai) to seek for an adventure and follow her true love (Momon). Alas, she experienced a life without the queen and her chamberlains (my brothers); thus deprived of home cooked meals.

Afraid of dying due to famine, she gathered all her courage, tried to overcome her fears (cutting self with a knife, spilling boiling oil to her legs, holding garlic & onions long enough for the smell to stick in her hands), she embarked to the scary, dangerous chamber (kitchen)…

Many dusks and dawns passed; after numerous episodes of queries (i.e. “Is that coconut milk really supposed to turn oily and brown?”), and answer (“Only if you want to make coconut oil…”), screaming (“Help, the frying pan is on fire!!!”), struggling and cursing (Damn it! This dish looks like charcoal and tastes like salt!”) and other difficulties (going near the pan to turn the fish while frying , peeling off squash), she was able to learn cook edible dishes.

And thus end the tale of the undomestic princess.

..........

Sunday, February 7, 2010

stuff that I do when I’m bored at work

…which is almost all the time so maybe it’s more appropriate to call this…

Stuff that I do when I’m at work:

1. Check my emails

2. Log in to Facebook and catch up with my friends

3. Play Sorority Life on FB

4. Feed my fishes and clean the tank on Happy Aquarium

5. Read blogs

6. Write blogs

7. Practice not to breathe so that when the girl officemate who reeks like overused Minola oil comes to my office, I can hold my breath for as long as she’s here


8. Think of effective ways to get Minola girl to realize that putting oil to her hair and not washing it for 6 consecutive days is not the proper way of hair grooming; as telling her that she should shampoo her hair and rinse it thoroughly with water did not work.

9. Browse tumblr.com

10. Make paper stars and origami crane

11. Eat pistachio nuts

12. Pluck my eyebrows

13
. Put on make up

14. Browse and print complicated recipes on the net; only to end up cooking sunny side up eggs and bacon for dinner later

15. Write notes on my handy dandy notebook

16. Condition mind to restrain self from slapping those people who find it surprising / puzzling / weird when they see me in the toilet brushing my teeth after eating lunch.

17. Reflect on how to be a Zen goddess

18. Train self to swiftly bolt out of the office after spraying air freshener so as not to inhale it and not be suffocated by the chemicals of the air freshener combined with officemates’ stink.

19. Ponder about what Jesus would do if He’s got officemates like mine.

20. Consider what to repeat doing as after completing all of the above; it’s still not freakin’ time to go home!!!

Welcome to Dubai corporate world.

Tuesday, February 2, 2010

=))

My office’s timing is from 8AM to 5PM… It’s 3:38 in my computer clock and I’ve got nothing to do. Lecheng office to, walang magawa!!!

So I just log in to tumblr.com and browse my friends’ posts…

Then I saw this:


This became my reaction:
=))
(Too bad the emoticons of yahoo don’t work in here)!

Katawa lang. makasaysayan!

I hart u, tumblr!

palindrome

Just learned a cool fact from Joycie’s FB this morning:

my ning & I’s 5th anniversary date is a palindrome.

01022010

(This is how people in UAE and apparently people in Japan write February 1, 2010)

FYI lang.

…………………………

I read in one of Sidney Sheldon’s novels that when Napoleon Bonaparte was exiled in Elba, he uttered one long palindrome:
“Able was I, ere I saw Elba…”

It made me think, “Lintek na yan, nakulong na e nakapag-isip pa ng palindrome! Geeky much, Napoleon?” Then I heard my superego say, “Pati ba naman si Napoleon e pinakelaman mo. Walang basagan ng trip, kanya-kanya lang ng drama yan, Mi!”

I.am.so.demented.most.of.the.time!!!

:D

Monday, February 1, 2010

5.0

...Today is Momon & I's 5th Anniversary...

yahee!!!

nahhyper ako!!!

hehehe...

la, la, la, la, la!!!

i love this bliss!