To Be, To Be. Tutubi.

You are lucky when you have friends, and doubly lucky when you know that they have your best interest at heart.  Aside from my sisters Dianne and Kris, I am lucky to call these girls my best friends!

Today is a rainy Monday, and I had a fight with my alarm since 5:00 am.  Classes has been suspended so I was snuggling warmly with my kids as I beg for 5 more minutes from my alarm, until I finally had to relent at 830am.  It was still a victory, having stayed in bed for 3 more hours after first being woken up but I really did not want to come to work, what with the heavy rains and flooded streets.  But as an adult, I have responsibilities, so here I am at work.  But I am listing down the things I would rather be doing this very minute.

1. In with my kid's tangled legs draped all over me.

2. Having breakfast of fried rice, scarmbled egg and tuyo.

3. Or sopas, champorado or lugaw, perhaps.

4. Reading a book in bed

5. Doing a horror-movie marathon while snuggled in bed

6. Checking out how online casino works

7. Planning our itinerary for the coming Palawan trip

8. Eating chips while watching movies

9. Doing my homework or studying for finals (ugh, the responsible adult thing again!)

10. Dreaming of hiking a mountain (yeah, dreaming, coz I really wont hike when its pouring like this!)

These are just some of the things that I would rather be doing than being stuck here in the office, hahaha!

Last Wednesday, we were able to watch About Time, thanks to our friend Rona who works at Philhealth. They have free tickets and she asked us to join her and her husband. And when I am with my friends, I am always prepared to enjoy myself whether over dinner, over a massage or over a movie.  It was just an extra added bonus that the movie About Time was indeed very good.

Spoiler Alert!!! The movie is about Tim, who discovers he can travel back in time and he does so to make some things in his life better.  He met Mary one night, but had to go back in time to help a friend of his father with his play, which means he didn't get to meet Mary. So he made plans to meet Mary and they did eventually marry.  After his daughter was born, his sister had an accident and he went back in time to try to change it, he had a different child which means he cant travel back further than when his kids were born, otherwise, they will change. So he had to make his sister realize her mistake without going back in time. Then they discovered his dad has cancer and cant be cured anymore.  Tim used time travel to spend more time with his father but he had to finally say goodbye when his third child was born.  His dad told home to re-live his days, the first time with all the stress and the next one, to just enjoy it.  Until such time when Tim realizes that it is better to live each day once and enjoy it to the fullest.

I love the British dry humor and I love Rachel McAdams so I really love this film.  It really made me feel good!

Getting a tattoo has been on my bucket list forever.  And I my first ink last year at Ink Asia.  But like they said, once you start, you probably would want to have more! So when I saw vouchers on sale at Ensogo for Wild Ones Tattoo, I didn't even hesitate and got 2 vouchers for myself. Then I sent my design to them via Facebook and set an appointment for myself last Saturday.

Wild Ones Tattoo is located at President's Ave in BF Homes Paranaque.  It was easy to locate, even coming from Sta Mesa in Manila. The shop is clean and looks well-maintained. When I got there, we work on my design while waiting for the artist who texted that he was on his way.  For my nape, I initially wanted a heart thumbprint but according to Eric, it wont look as nice in the size that I prefer.  And while they can do it, it won't look as good in 6 months.  Good thing they told me that so I opted for this linear elephant tattoo.

Dear Money, Its payday today and I have yet to receive you, but I am already running on the negative! Oh well, what else is new! Dear School Projects, this is too much! My brain is not used to this kind of assault! Dear Work, you too.  Dear Kids, thanks for the butterfly kisses and the little kindness that touches my heart.  Dear Food, can you please stop being so difficult to resist? Dear Tattoo, I love!!!