Just in case you were wondering what happened to me over the past few months... Well, you can check out my blog for updates and all my life's drama... Tee hee...

Sorry I haven't been posting much here at Multiply.

Visit my blog at
http://www.bastaigatsikat.com


xoxo,

A Photoblog. Bow.

1. A picture of you in your room


2. A picture with someone you don't like


3. A picture of you very drunk


4. A picture of you on your birthday, or favorite holiday


5. The youngest picture you can find of yourself in digital form


6. A picture of you in one of your favorite outfits


7. A picture of you making a goofy face at the camera


8. A picture you might have edited to make yourself look better


9. A picture of a night you regret


10. A picture of being truly yourself


11. Your most recent picture


12. A picture of you being absolutely ridiculous


13. A picture of you showing off your new haircut


14. A picture of a time in your life that's over, but you wish it wasn't


15. A picture of a time in your life that is over, and you couldn't be more thankful that it is


16. A picture of you when you are genuinely happy


17. A picture of you that you had no idea was being taken


18. A picture of you when you are a different person than you are now


19. A picture of you with someone you love


20. a picture of you of how you'd like the world to see you


21. A picture that describes of how you'd like to spend everyday


22. A picture of a time when everything was changing


23. A picture that makes your heart hurt


24. A picture that makes your heart smile


25. A picture of one of your best days/nights of your life


I, thank you.

ia\m/^_^\m/ai

Quick post before I upload albums of our yet another island adventure for the summer. Here's something I didn't really expect.

Someone left me a comment over at my main blog and said this:



LOL! Imagine my surprise!? For one, I haven't been called "Mai-Mai" for ages (at least, online) and two, what's up with being "anonymous"?! Okay, I didn't get to go out on a date but I received this shortly after!



It's the Havaianas SURF for Girls I've been meaning to get, but didn't get lang. I just didn't feel the "need" or "want" really.





I now have a stalker! Joke... This was actually given to me by someone special and dear to me. Why? He said, "I'll give you Havaianas. Just don't go on random dates with 'anonymous' people." HAHAHAHA! Guess who???

Oh well, works for me!  :)


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Initially, I DID NOT plan on doing this *ever*, but due to popular demand... and some spare time on my hands, I had to. So here you go, you asked for it! =^_^=

Rules: Once you've been tagged, you are supposed to write a note with 25 random things, facts, habits, or goals about you. At the end, choose 25 people to be tagged. You have to tag the person who tagged you. If I tagged you, it's because I want to know more about you. (To do this, go to “notes” under tabs (or the + sign) on your profile page, paste these instructions in the body of the note, type your 25 random things, tag 25 people (in the right hand corner of the app) then click publish.) -- I AM NOT TAGGING ANYONE IN MULTIPLY! So there! Tag yourself if you want. Tee hee!

1. Purple will ALWAYS be my color.

2. The last meal I would like to eat before I die is Orange Brutus Value Meal #7.

3. I am perpetually broke... but I am happy.

4. I eat noodles, twice a day.

5. I am accident-prone. I have had stitches and scars from head to foot. Once I sliced my left eyeball (accidentally?) with cuticle scissors.

6. I have fertility issues... and my clock is ticking!

7. I am an excellent student but the worst teacher.

8. English is my forte. That includes spellchecking and proofreading. Therefore, I write with passion and a bookworm is what I am. People text me for word definitions. It should be called Merriam-Webster-Velasquez dictionary... NOW!!!

9. I have a weakness for anything battery-operated... and I reckon I'll die without electricity.

10. My dream is to be a housewife but my ultimate dream is to live forever in BoraBora, French Polynesia with my bao.

11. I *can* cook ANYTHING... except for rice. ^_^

12. I refuse to dance because I dance like nobody is watching.

13. Netizen since 1995. That's 13 years of cyberspace residency.

14. Math is the bane of my existence.

15. Of all things idiopathic, I acquired erythema nodosum. Obviously, I don’t know why or how and neither do 6 doctors I have consulted with. Go figure.

16. I won my first beauty pageant when I was 6. e_e

17. I’m a frustrated VJ, model, actress, and celebrity.

18. I truly believe that procrastination is very much like masturbation. It feels good at first, until you realize you just fucked yourself. =D

19. I won't use blue-inked pens.

20. I always wonder what it would be like to be waterproof.

21. I tried to kill myself once. But then overdosing didn't seem to work. Maybe I’ll try something else next time. (Just kidding!)

22. A song had been written for me and with my name “MARIA” as the title. You can listen to it. It’s the first song in the album: http://www.esnips.com/playlist/e5234b27-120e-4689-8fee-3b5aecb6c382

23. The only sports I play are those that involve balls and a table, i.e. ping-pong, billiards, and mahjong (naa man bola sa madjong!).

24. I just realized that I spent approximately PHP 500,000 in less than 2 years. There I've said it! Damn! And I've learned my lesson well.

25. My boyfriend's mother does not like me. I think it very well follows the whole monster mother-in-law cliché. Just another drama in my life. So I am gonna stop defending myself now because what you see is what you get! Me + Manoy = IN LOVE. End of story. <3



Copied from my Facebook notes.

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In light of the upcoming flick, Confessions of a Shopaholic... and yours truly blogging about My Shopaholic Confession, I found some photos of Isla Fisher that reminds me of... well, who does it remind me of?




http://bastaigatsikat.blogspot.com/2009/02/my-shopaholic-confession.html

I was going to write a kick-ass blog tonight [ahem! bitch mode!] but decided otherwise just because my mind set is still off. I was never the type to compose myself and proofread my blogs a gazillion times before publishing them. You know I write from the heart, from the deepest recesses of my insanity, and then some. I didn't want to hyperventilate from ranting and venting so I did this survey instead. A little preview of what's to come...

`Honestly, does your father approve of you dating?
** well, he's got nothing against it..
..
`Honestly, what color is the shirt you're wearing now?
** stripes...green.brown.black
.
`Honestly, whats on your mind?
** need to finish work and party TWICE tonight!
.
`Honestly, when did you last cry?
** i'm no cry baby.. but sto. nino made me cry! hehehe
.
`Honestly, have you watched Shot of Love with Tila Tequila?
** hahaha.. i passed
.
`Honestly, do you want to see someone this very minute?
** not just see... wanna BE WITH...
.
`Honestly, do you like someone?
** i LOVE someone, ok?
.
` Honestly, are you normally a happy person?
** ADHD :D
.
` Honestly, what makes you mad?
** people who don't mind their own business...who judges you unfairly... and not even try to listen to your side of the story... i hate that... and i especially hate people who stick their noses to other people's affairs. ever heard of the saying... "don't say anything if you have nothing good to say?" sometimes, silence must be heard. :P
.
` Honestly, are there any people who don't like you?
** yes, my boyfriend's mom and his sister apparently. classic, huh!? :P
.
` Honestly, do you miss anyone?
** i miss my bao now..
.
`Honestly, have you ever kissed someone whose name started with an M?
** as in Manoy... :) yeah, i kissed him first way back 5 years ago and i'm still kissing him now hahaha never got over it :D
.
` Honestly, have you ever dated someone longer than a year?
** 3 years max... :P
.
` Honestly, do you think that you're a good person?
** i am.. in general. ayaw lang gyud ko hagita ug ayaw ko labti kung wala ko nanglabot nimo :P some people are so exag gyud! OA ra kaayo sa nga tanan, way makalupig cguro.
.
` Honestly, do you believe in love at first sight?
** no
...
`Honestly, do you hate the last person you were talking to?
** archie...? what's to hate? :)
.
` Honestly, who was the last person you talked to on the phone?
** pajan
.
`Honestly, do you know what you want in life?
** i want nothing more than be able to love and be loved in return... ug walay magbuot MASKI KINSA PA ana ha!
.
`Honestly do you smoke weed regularly?
** recreationally :D hahahaha
.
` The last text you received on your cell was from?
** manoy ^_^
.
`Do you like your cell phone?
** yep... especially the prism phone hahaha
.
`Do you believe in true love?
** yes and i believe i have it :D
.
`Do you miss your past?
** i buried it.
.
`Are you proud of the person you've become?
** yes.. u can only imagine the change that happened in my life over the past decade. I'm glad i've finally grown up. :D and it's really true that with age, comes wisdom.
.
` What are you doing besides this survey?
** working XD
.
`Who was the last person you had a serious talk with?
** manoy
.
`In the past week have you felt sad?
** kinda... but sadness is easily cured hahaha
.
`How do you feel when someone kisses you on the forehead?
** so-so... why? does anyone have those kinda nerves in the forehead that makes the kiss anything but ordinary? oh, shut up and kiss me for real! :D
.
ia\m/^_^\m/ai



So yeah, you get the picture. If not, then wait for it! My upcoming blog that is. And it's not the Silence of the Lambs, ok!? ^_^

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That's no question! What's in a blog anyway? I'll tell you what... I'm speaking for myself here when I say I blog because writing is my passion. Since I was 15, I found my love for words. What a feeling it is when I am putting my thoughts into words. I have a blog because it is my journal -- to keep track of my life and maybe assess where I am and what I have become. I'd like to think of it as a public diary. I have countless diaries in my room and as I scan through the pages, it's like watching my life go by... so my blog is mine. But I don't mind people reading about my life anyway, because ever since then my life has been an open book. I don't keep secrets. I don't like secrets. So goodbye diaries... Hello blog! :)

I'm thankful for my friends, my readers, my audience for faithfully visiting my blog sites every now and then. After all, what's writing when no one enjoys it? It's an art after all. I am also grateful for the support and the comments because it makes me feel not alone. Some have written to me personally telling me I have somehow reached out to them, that i wrote what they've been wanting to express for so long, that I am not alone and showing me love and appreciation for the blogs. Thank you, everyone.

I have had so many blogs/journals online. Only 3 actually exist now. No more LiveJournal, no more Xanga, no more MySpace blogs... (Should you find those, I think some of the entries from waaayy back are still around.) What's left are my cross-post blogs from Multiply to Blogspot and my Friendster blog. All containing the same entries as of recent... So take your pick.

It just dawned upon me that I've been around Multiply for 3 years. I joined sometime early November 2005. And since then, I guess a lot of people have visited this site.

My homepage shows me this information:



17,195 times! By 2,514 people!

And my blog page reports:



Hmmm... 3,376 times... 1,607 readers... Not bad.

What is happening now is that my blog, if not at all sounding too dramatic, is meant to entertain. It's turning into a photoblog which I really love doing in my spare time because you guys know what a camwhore I am... and I don't mean that in a bad way. I'm just a little worried that sometimes what I am writing could be misinterpreted because different people have different levels of comprehension. So yeah, I guess it's the risk I have to take when I open my mouth, or in this case, letting my fingers do the talking.

I know some blogs earn money. Mine doesn't. I wouldn't mind if it did BUT I'm not in it for the money. I just write. ^_^ And I do have a life, contrary to others saying that bloggers don't have real lives. Excusez-moi?

Like right now, I'm gonna end this entry quick  because my manicurista is here already and I gotta get these nails prettified. Hehe. So vain, huh? But that's just me being me. =P

Have a good Sunday, everyone!



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To be misjudged and misunderstood has got to be the worst thing/feeling in the world, except stepping on shit, that is. But the feeling is pretty much the same. I haven’t quite adjusted back to the “provincial” life, trying to become the Mona Lisa or Mother Teresa. I’m not even this near to being the next Lucy Torres, not that I want to be one anyway. I’m perfectly fine as MyMaria.

Each of us has his/her own character as a person. I am the spoiled little kid kind. But I am NOT a brat. There’s a difference between the two. Spoiled kids are given what they want without asking for it and the brats get what they want whatever it takes. After having lived away from my parents for some time, I already realized that people don’t always get what we want and contentment is always the key to being happy. I have no issues with contentment.

What I still don’t get is the stereotyping in this small town. Birds of the same feathers flock together alright, but I am not a bird. I would rather call myself a social butterfly than a bipedal, endothermic, vertebrate animal that lay eggs. I don’t think that being friends with social outcasts should define you as a person. I don’t think that girls who are independent, witty, and smart should automatically mean being an intimidating control freak or a manipulative bitch. No, I really don’t think first impressions last either.

It hurts when people say things about you that are untrue. I mean, in my part, I wouldn’t be so alarmed if one would say that I had plastic surgery or anything but if anyone talks bullshit about me, like maybe say that I’m a home wrecker or that I am slave driver who manipulates guys to do things for me then that’s really hitting below the belt. Then you shouldn’t be surprised either should one of your family members end up floating dead inside a black garbage bag by the river if you keep hounding me with your false claims. I know people are entitled to their own opinions, but hey, come on, keep it to yourselves. Even though I couldn’t be bothered by these allegations, I would really appreciate not hearing anything of the sort -- especially when it sounds like a broken CD playing over and over again. Now, wouldn’t that just drive you up the wall???

Just let me be...

...and leave me alone.



There's a point in your life when you get tired of chasing everyone and trying to fix everything but not giving up... it is just realizing that you don't need certain people, the insanity and drama that they bring. WhatEver Yaya... hehehehe ^_^

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