Jandrea...so far

It’s funny but more sad that I spent most of yesterday crying over someone that I really liked back in college. It wasn’t one of those unrequited loves where the person knew about my feelings but couldn’t reciprocate them. It was more of a restless feeling that befuddled my brain and created stirrings in my heart for while. It was a you’re-always-in-my thoughts and can’t-wait-to-see-and-talk-to-you state of mind. It was what a 19-year-old would label as a serious crush that could have future possibilities!  It was a quiet secret, not to be shared with anyone. It was just being happily content in his company and reveling in the care and thoughtfulness that he showed to everyone (not just me!). It was a I-think-he-likes-me-too-but-maybe-he’s-with-someone-else hopelessness! That scenario would define the last of my college and teen years.  So when I had to leave for reasons beyond my control, I chose to just keep that feeling inside of me. I believed that there was a chance to se...

As a child and through my teens, I literally made up movies in my mind! In the movie, I would be the protagonist and I would have a handsome love interest who was cruel because he was clueless about how much I was suffering because he loved someone else! I would come up with lines that I would constantly revise until I came up with the most clever repartees and most memorable lines! The stories would  be sad in the beginning but usually ended happily. But not always! The tragic endings I concocted had me actually but secretly shedding tears and feeling sorry for myself! Now, during this period of uncertainties with too much time to think, I find myself creating stories again! But unlike in my youth, they are not purely from my imagination. The movies have scenes  straight from events in my life that I would have wanted to forget but cannot.  The settings are in familiar, everyday places but with a significance known only to me. The  dialogue is lifted from unrehear...

Was raining cats & dogs, and mice, & chickens, & pigs, & goats, & sheep and what have you in our area! I felt like singing "Old McDonald had a farm" but then again, no. Baka kasi lalong lumakas pa ang ulan!!!

I like creating stuff. Latest in my attempts to produce crafty things is making unusual jewelry. Did some sketches on a notebook first then executed the designs using some wire that Ling gave me.   Here's a choker with multi-colored glass beads.   On the left is a pendant with synthetic black pearls which I named "MORTAL SINS" while on the right is a brooch with genuine black seed pearls. I still have to find a name for it.

  Breakfast at HEAT Restaurant, EDSA Shangri-la Sometimes, my husband and kids think I'm looney. Well, admittedly, many times, I am! But I will certainly not get crazy over gadgets like the Blackberry, especially since they cost a pretty penny. But when it comes to food, that's another story!