getting used to being married...

it's not a secret that i had to leave a few months after the wedding because i was able to get a scholarship abroad. so my on-the-job training for being a wife and someone's 'live-in' partner had to be cut short.

now i'm back to it. both of us, i think, are still getting used to the daily motions of being married though we haven't really stabilized yet given my current state of 'lost' as i hunt for work.

a clear evidence that we are still unused to married life is... toothpaste.

yes, toothpaste.

i brought a tube back from netherlands which i was currently using. after a while, i realized that there were a couple of toothpaste tubes on the dresser which were both used. i asked him why he was using his own. he thought i wanted my own tube.

i found this absolutely hilarious. i told him i did not mind sharing because i am fairly certain that i will have to ask for toothpaste from him if i don't get work any time soon. other than that, i think sharing would be more cost-efficient if we are to be room mates anyway.

i'm glad marriage does not come with manuals. it would be no fun that way!

how i found out that i got the scholarship

july 4. around 3 in the afternoon. i was at the office, jan was at home.

through SMS
anj: gusto mo manuod ng wanted mamaya?
jan: sige. may letter ka from netherlands embassy.

me to giovanni, myofficemate.
anj: ack! giov! may letter na daw ako sa embassy!
giov: uwi ka na!
anj: wala pang six. teka, teka. tawag na lang ako sa bahay. dun muna ako sa kabilang room tatawag ha.

i call jan using the landline. i'm nervous and excited at the same time.
anj: bakit mo ako tinext na may letter ako sa embassy! hindi na ako mapakali ngayon!
jan: iniisip ko nga kung ite-text ko nga sa iyo o hindi e.
anj: dapat di na lang! di na ako makaisip ngayon. buksan mo na lang yung letter for me.
jan: ha, buksan ko?
anj: oo buksan mo na. bilis! makapal ba?
jan: relatively.
anj: dali, buksan mo naaaaaa!
jan: (intentionally being slow) punitin ko or yung maayos na bukas?
anj: punitin mo na! yung pinakamabilis na paraan para mabasa ang sulat.
jan: binubuksan ko na. di ko na punitin kasi sayang envelope. am lifting the flap...
anj: bilisan moooo!
jan: maraming mga papel...
anj: ano baaaaa!!! basahin mo na!
jan: the letter is from the embassy of the kingdom of netherlands, 26th floor equitable tower...
anj: i don't care where it's from! read it to meeeeee!!!!!!
jan: ang sumulat ng letter ay (name of the dutch woman)
anj: jan caminaaaaaaa, ano ba!!!
jan: dear ms. (my full name) resurreccion, i have the honour of imforming you...

i do not hear anything anymore. start jumping up and down to the next room screaming, "aaaaaaahhhhh!!!"

giov sees anj jumping up and down. "congrats, anj!"

after jan reads entire letter, i ask if the movie will push through later and instructs jan to bring the letter to SM.

i call my mom, my sister, my brother and YMs a couple of friends, sents an SMS to a few others before i realized..."teka! baka pinu-punk lang ako ni jan? baka di totoong nakapasa ako sa scholarship. i should see the letter first before i start telling people. kakahiya naman kung punkd lang to!"

when the office clock struck 5PM, i go home, scold jan for texting her about the envelop and find that there is a letter from the embassy and the they do have the honour of informing me fellowship grant.

i was not punkd by jan. malakas lang talaga mang-asar asawa ko. :D

rick meets dick

our original wedding reception plan was this: the moment jan and i enter greenmeadows clubhouse, cue "together forever" of rick astley. we walk to the table and do a little attempt of dancing mala-"tonight with dick and carmi" minus carmi's tanga and dick's performance level.

i really, really wanted to do that. but since we were pressed for time and had no chance to coordinate with the mobile or even prepare a cd to play, we just had to do with whatever stock music they have. bummer. no one really noticed, except us and some friends in the plan.

but hah... this was not originally idea. it actually started with jan. see, di lang ako ang jologs sa relasyon na to!

roderick paulete performing rick astley is simply a philippine entertainment classic. after all these years, i can remember the steps he did to "together forever" and "never gonna give you up."

when i heard that rick astely was going to perform in manila, and on my birthday too... bummer! i would have watched him if i were there. but finding out that kuya dick performed with rick... i felt like i missed half my life!

thank God, gabe mercado captured the moment for the whole Philippine nation. nothing can be as cool as that in Philippine entertainment. ever.

i heart you rick. i heart you dick.

and here are the lyrics of what could've been our entrance to the reception. :)

TOGETHER FOREVER
Rick Astley

If there's anything you need
All you have to do is say
You know you satisfy everything in me
We shouldn't waste a single day

So don't stop me falling
It's destiny calling
A power I just can't deny
It's never changing
Can't you hear me, I'm saying
I want you for the rest of my life

chorus:
Together forever and never to part
Together forever we two
And don't you know
I would move heaven and earth
To be together forever with you

If they ever get you down
There's always something I can do
Because I wouldn't ever wanna see you frown
I'll always do what's best for you

There ain't no mistaking
It's true love we're making
Something to last for all time
It's never changing
Can't you hear me, I'm saying
I want you for the rest of my life

Chorus

So don't stop me falling
It's destiny calling
A power I just can't deny
It's never changing
Can't you hear me, I'm saying
I want you for the rest of my life

Chorus 3x

signos

Ang Pinoy nga naman pagdating sa kakulitan! kakaiba nga talaga ang Pinoy pagdating sa talas ng isip pagdating sa kalokohan. Ilang beses na ba tayong napatigil sa ating paglalakad sa mga kalsa-kalsada para lang magbasa ng mga pangalan ng tindahan? Nakita niyo na ba ang James Tayloring? Naka-order na ba kayo ng Prince Fries? Tatak na nga yata ng ating lahi ang paglaruan ang pangalan ng kung sino o alin man.


Dito lang sa lalawigan ng Davao, maaaliw ka na lang sa dami ng mga pangalan ng mga tindahan. Tulad ng Bill Gets Internet Shop, IsdaBest Pasalubong, Tina Pie from the Sky at ang paborito kong Harry Cutter Barber Shop. Ang larawan sa taas ay kuha naman sa Puerto Galera ilang bakasyon na ang nakalilipas. Di ko matiis na di magpa-henna!


Kaya naman kahit na nagtataasan na ang gasolina, nagdidilubyo na si Inang Kalikasan, meron pa ring dahilan para panandalian man o palagihan, may ikakasiya ang ang Pinoy.

Ito ang aking lahok para sa linggong ito sa Litratong Pinoy: Tatak Pinoy.

a short break from all this palawan talk

doggies!

i stumbled upon ihasahotdog.com while browsing icanhascheezburger.com. more furry creatures to see everyday. wheeeeee! :)


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so darn cute!

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millionaires!

yesterday, somebody won the big prize of P1M, a house and lot and a car in wowowee. goody! now if only ABS would provide winners with financial management so it is put into good use.

and today, rachel alejandro won the P1M over at singing bee.

i don't like either show.

tess and rose

buros - bisaya for buntis
buntis - tagalog for pregnant

we're calling two people in our training tess and rose even if their names aren't that. why? because they're both pregnant. i just find it utterly a riot. some of the other participants actually forgot their real names already. hehe!

i just love my community school teachers. they're such a family when they're together. :)

hangkyuuuut!

bored and waiting for someone to meet with me. so just because i'm wasting time, here's a cute kitty for you. the caption isn't that funny, but the feline is just meow-velous!


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poor kitty!

from my favorite catsite:

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