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Can you finish this sentence?

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I cannot wait to tell you all about the Big Bang Bazaar that happened this weekend (and by all, I mean the good, the bad and the ugly!), but for now, I just want to know what you think.

If it’s not evident yet, I am a romantic.  Hopeless sometimes, but I think most of the time hopeful.  I like to think that everything has a purpose and that we were brought to where we are for a reason.  But that doesn’t necessarily mean I surrender everything to fate.  Some things, I make happen still.  Or at least I’d like to think so.

And some things just come to me.  I like imagining things, and sometimes, it almost feels like I willed myself to make something happen.  Like I thought about it too much that it had no other choice to be here.  Like the night I met Dylan.  I said, I miss feeling something powerful.  And when I first met Dylan, I was just superbly annoyed.  Like amazingly annoyed for no reason whatsoever.  The rest, as they say, is history.

So how about you?  Do you still remember the times when it felt like you willed something to happen?

How about you finish this sentence for me then? :)  It doesn’t have to be addressed to the night you met me; I don’t love myself that much (haha).  Think of the night you met this person and see if you willed this person to be in your life.  What were you thinking then?  What were you doing?  Do you think fate brought you there?  Was it a coincidence?  Was it purposeful?  Or was it a mere happenstance?

Let’s make this your dead letter. :)

Creative office dressing

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I think I have to come to accept the fact that even though what I wear in the office is appropriate, it is endlessly boring.  If someone were to observe my daily stylings, that person would say I have taken my liking for gray to a whole new level.  The only window of creativity that I often work around is the fact that I purposely use my shoes to accentuate whatever it is I’m wearing.

I mean, even Carrie Bradshaw would roll her eyes at me and say I am putting too much pressure on my shoes to make my outfit stylish.

Chictopia is always there to the rescue.  It is filled with endlessly stylish people and I find myself often in awe at how creative they get.  In short, I believe I need another trip to the neighborhood seamstress to fix me up some of these things.  (Recent weight gain has prevented me from fitting outfits that are not labeled S or M.  So I’m in denial.  Won’t you be?)

Now, who wouldn’t love an amazing printed blazer?!
In any other day, I would avoid pink like the plague. But I believe because of this outfit, I have completely changed my mind about it. :)
And here I thought orange seems so prisonlike. Don’t you just love how the color just pops off the page?
I’ve always known I would need a double breasted blazer soon enough. I absolutely adore the color blocking!
I knew I loved peach even before this. :)

So from the looks of it, I just have my new Monday to Friday look.  Hahahahaha.  I can so feel HR people rolling their eyes at my choice of color.  But really, who wouldn’t love the chicness of all these?  I so want to run to the fabric store already.  Now, to hunt for that seamstress…

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For those who are wondering about the guidelines of the 500th Blog Giveaway, I’ll post them as soon as I finalize the set of prizes.  Though those might not be much, I promise you’ll enjoy getting these free stuff. :)

456!

Now, the Vatican is for condoms

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I know I’m quite late to comment on this (not that I’m required), and I’m late already because it was a big buzz this Tuesday and I’m only saying it now, but it’s such a HAH! moment that I just need to have it here.

So last Tuesday (dubbed by my good friend Punky CHOS-day [and if you’re not Filipino, I HIGHLY DOUBT you’ll get it]), the Vatican confirmed its stand on condoms:  THEY ARE FOR IT.

From what I’ve read in this New York Times article, Pope Benedict XVI finally acknowledged the fact that condoms play a big role in the prevention of AIDS, the number one killer in Africa today (I think).  To quote, he said it could be “the first step of responsibility, of taking into consideration the risk to the life of the person with whom there are relations.  Whether it is a man a woman or a transsexual.”

DAMN STRAIGHT, POPE.

Of course, they still see the condom as a way to prevent conception, but he did say that if it prevents the disease killing more and more people every year, then the issue on condoms as a form of birth control takes a back seat to explicitly passing on a fatal disease.

And this shakes up the Catholic church big time.  I mean, their stand on contraceptives is strong, take for example here in the Philippines.  We can’t even review the Reproductive Health Bill without the fear of being excommunicated by the CHURCH!  Jeez.  I think that’s why it created such a big buzz on clerics:  it’s the complete opposite of what they’ve been advocating for the past decades.

Finally, Africa and other medical leaders have someone big backing their campaign for condoms.  It’s high time, and I’m pretty impressed with the Pope for having the balls to admit that (no pun intended).  It’s about time the man of the house speaks the truth.

And just in case it is not obvious, I am for the House Bill No. 96, the Reproductive Health and Population and Development Act of 2010.  We all know Filipinos are happy people.  It’s time to make them well-informed happy people.
Update:  I am Pro-RH Bill.

Kay Ganda? Maybe they meant Most Dangerous

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The killing of 57 civilians and media people last year made the Philippines “the most dangerous place in the world for journalists,” said Frank La Rue, UN special rapporteur on the promotion and protection of the right to freedom of opinion and expression.  (Source:  Philippine Daily Inquirer)

I remember a foreigner saying the Philippines has one of the freest press in the world.  I guess not anymore.

For a complete read on the article (hence, more depressing facts), click here.

Please do not forget the people who were murdered a year ago.  Do not forget them, their stories, their families.  Too many people have forgotten already.  Please do not be one of them.

Who would cheat on this housewife?

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Apparently, Tony Parker would.  Or rather allegedly.  Eva Longoria filed for divorce from Tony Parker.  He allegedly cheated on her early into their marriage and he kept in touch with the woman through Facebook.

I don’t know if I should be humored by this (because I use Facebook) or be fearful (because I am about 15 showers and 45 cartwheels away from being within the vicinity of Eva Longoria’s hotness).

Either way, it’s sad.  Their story book wedding was quite the buzz a few years ago.  It’s quite sad how these unions don’t last as long as we expect them to.  Or at least, long enough to have the wedding costs amortized.

Oh well.  Moving on.