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bedside reading

Even as “Barack Fever” hit the Philippines in last year’s US elections (knowing the repercussions, it’s as much the Philippines’ elections, too), I remained a skeptic. And I still am, to some degree. I was rooting for Hilary to be the next POTUS, not because she was a woman (although that’s a plus), but because I followed her work as a Senator and her gigantic fight to furthering the healthcare bill. I believed she had more mettle and experience than Obama as a leader.

The Proper Way to Handwash Dishes

Now that my youngest brother is enjoying dorm life at Heriot-Watt, I felt compelled to teach him the right way to wash dishes. It may seem unimportant, but when you’re living on your own for the first time, it comes in handy and will pay dividends.

I started travelling at a young age, and I’ve observed the different ways that people in other countries clean their homes and wash dishes. And I can say with great confidence that the Filipinos still have a far superior method, even compared with Americans and Europeans (in my experience, anyway).

Space Age Gardening

Reading my brother’s, uh, interesting I Only Have a Bell Pepper and Tomato in my Fridge Recipe reminded me of my childhood gardening hobby. I had my own gloves, gardening shears, trowel, mini-rake and loam ordered from one of Marikina’s garden markets. I had an extensive cacti garden that bloomed every month (yes, some cacti have flowers) and a small vegetable garden.

Fifteen years later, I find that the field of hobby gardening has had amazing technological advances. These aren’t new products, either; they’ve been around for about four years now, but I’ve only found out about them recently.

I could describe you with one word… delicious!

Philippine’s Most Popular Google Keyword Searches for 2008 included “love.”

I decided to Google the word myself and came across the Love Calculator (always fun), Love Poems and Quotes, and my new great discovery, Loving You.

Presenting their top twenty list of Sexy Text Messages (in italics are my personal favorites):

1. I could describe you with one word… delicious!
2. Nothing is more beautiful to me than you wearing only the moonlight and my kisses.
3. I dream of you here with me with nothing on but our imaginations.
4. I can almost feel you here… caressing me… touching me…
5. You are the fire burning inside of me; you are my passion for life.
6. In the deep of the night I dream of your touch.
7. I am dying to feel your touch all over my body.
8. I can feel the fiery passion of desire begging to be shared in a blissful night of paradise.
9. I love the way you love me!
10. Our nights together send me to new heights.
11. I want to evoke such a passion within you that leaves us both breathless.
12. You are the fire that burns the passion within my soul.
13. Loving you makes me desire you even more.
14. Did you dream of me touching you last night?
15. I love the way you make me feel when we’re together.
16. The passion we share together just leaves me wanting one thing… more!
17. I want to make love to you every minute of every day.
18. When you can count all the stars in the sky; that’s when I’ll stop wanting you.
19. You are my forever lover.
20. Can you come over here and give me a good rub down?

Laugh until you have coughing fits this New Year!

The List

NEW YEAR’S EVE. The rush, the panic, The List — the New Year’s Resolution List.

I gave up on The List a couple of years ago. I know what the self-help gurus say about writing it down to “cement” it and to have something tangible to hold yourself to, like a contract. But nine times out of ten, these resolutions never make it past paper.

The trouble with The List is it’s too much pressure. The state of mind is too hopeful and light at this time of year that people tend to write down unrealistic resolutions. Take some of the doomed resolutions from my own List in past years:

Curiouser and curiouser…

New Year’s Eve Madness kicks two people in the back of the head, sends them reeling, seeing stars and snowflakes in this muggy city.