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Star Baby

March 30, 2009

Yesterday, I submitted the requirements to enter Amara in the Star Baby contest in SM Department Store. But now I’m having doubts… I’m not sure if these are nerves. Because I look at the pictures of the previous year’s winners and most of them are foreign-looking babies, the products mostly of a Filipino mom and Caucasian dad. Thus the chances of a baby of pure Filipino ancestry winning are slim, based on these results.

Of course, as her mom, I am convinced my baby is deserving to win. This is not only because she is my baby but because of other people’s favorable comments and Amara’s charm herself. Even people we don’t know – other mallgoers or salespeople at the stores, remark on her cuteness.

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New In Town

March 26, 2009

Romantic comedies are the fairy tales of current times. There is always the beautiful “princess” in distress and a handsome “prince” to the rescue. Sometimes the situation is reversed, the princess gets to rescue the prince. Often, either of them is in disguise to make it a not-so-unexpected surprise towards the end that the unlikely pair actually ends up together.

Don’t expect a very realistic story line or ending. This type of movies exist to cater to the fantasies of every romantic at heart. Once in a while a movie comes up with a realistic story or dialogue or a totally unexpected ending, but these tend to be the exception.

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Relaxing Treat

March 25, 2009

The best treat for me is a massage. That’s why it’s such a crime that the first treat of this kind this year happened only now.

When it comes to massages, I go for the simple, straightforward kind wherein the masseuse’s hands immediately locate the individual muscle and squeeze the stress nodule or acid right out of it. It takes some natural aptitude to do this, and I can tell if a person has this talent or not. No fancy, expensive treatments for me. Just a reasonably clean, quiet and cool place for me is fine. Never mind the spa ambience with waterfalls or fountains, aromatherapy candles and themed décor, as all these come with a steep price. If a place has all these but with a less than skillful masseuse, it’s all for naught.

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Sweet Escape

March 16, 2009

Working every day on weekdays then rushing home at 5:30 on the dot to take care of baby and being a full-time single mother on weekends take its toll. I have to have some alone time at least once a week. Mostly it’s just dining out or watching a movie with a friend. Yesterday, my energy was drained after a routinary week which thankfully saw the end of speculation fraught with uncertainty if I was to find myself a new position somewhere within the company. This was due to reorganization brought about by factors predominant of which is the global economic crisis.

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The Heartbreak Kid… Soon to Be No More

March 11, 2009

My friend Ms. Eleven Minutes did herself a favor. She bought the book It’s Called A Breakup Because Its Broken by the same author of He’s Just Not That Into You, Greg Behrendt , with Amiira Ruotola-Behrendt and lent it to me to read it first. For the past months, she has been my faithful companion as I was stuck in the post-breakup groove of anger, hurt, disappointment and resentment. It’s been going on longer than it should have, even I was getting weary of myself.

Actually, she did me a favor, too. Because I keep forgetting to be consistently thankful to be the one who got away from the selfish, two-timing regrettable father of my child. May this “Smart Girl’s Breakup Buddy” be the powerful kick in the butt that I need to launch me into the new and much better life awaiting me that I so deserve (yeah, I do!).

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