— witsandnuts

17th of July

It has been a week since my last entry. It is not by intention though. Work is becoming more stressful. Anyway, I am a believer that no stress is too big if you are willing to face it and let go at the same time. That second part I meant as to let the situation take care of itself. There are things that are bound to self correct or deal with themselves. So, the “this, too, shall pass” is very true. At the end of the day, we shall sleep peacefully and let stress take care of itself.

Well, it is the 17th of July and apparently, it is my birthday. Really, has it been one year already? It felt like I have just blinked. I noticed that in the first two years of my blogging life, I have never blogged during my birthday. Hence, I want to do it differently this year. In four hours, my birthday is over, which I have long realized is also a state of mind. There are moments that make us feel like it is our birthday even if it is not and vice versa. Since I am writing this as random as possible, I am challenging myself to hit the publish button in 15 minutes. Let us try that by sharing a few of my out of nowhere babblings:

(1) I realized that my Twilight Saga addiction is subsiding immensely. I have watched Eclipse (third installment) the other weekend and I finally felt that I watched it objectively. And well, I have not written my review yet.
(2) However, I watched Eclipse for the second time (yesterday) to show our care for a friend. Believe me, I am not making excuses. Haha. Our dear friend went to Philippines for a whirlwind vacation like I did and coincidentally, she has been stranded in the airport like me because of typhoon Basyang. Just to cut the long story, she did not have time to watch Eclipse in Manila. As we were intent on watching Inception yesterday, we did something we have never done ever. Our group did a movie marathon in the same mall (different cinemas). They let me decide on the sequence. We took the 7pm-9pm screening of Eclipse and 9pm-11pm screening of Inception. I told them it is better to start with the first, otherwise it cannot compete with the latter as a benchmark. Wow, Inception was woooooooooow! A brainy movie.
(3) Basyang reminded me of my Ondoy experience, which I have accepted now as traumatic because I dreamt about it for several nights when I returned here.
(4) I am overwhelmed by the amount of entries and quality of response I got for the blog anniversary and birthday giveaway. Thank you so much for taking time to join. In particular, the questions for the # 5 requirement made me giggle, nod, and scared. Haha. I am making the comments visible in a few hours. I am going to announce the winners soon.

I think that is more than enough of random babbling on my birthday. I am thankful to God for the continuous blessings in many forms (including the trials). I shall not ask for more, especially that I got my flat tops, Cloud 9, and other priceless stuff. Seriously, just a thought is more than enough. I thank each and everyone. At this point, my birthday wishes, except for having a good health, are directed not for myself (the fate of the Philippines, included).

Good night. Tomorrow’s another day to live by.