I Need a Pedicure...

well... I've been meaning to get a pedicure, manicure and have a hair cellophane treatment for quite sometime. But since I'm married to my work, I just don't have the luxury of time. I've been spending 11-14 hours or so in the office for xx number of weeks now and I am dead, dead, dead and dead.


Last March, Ellaine booked us a flight to Bohol - thanks to the piso fare promo of Cebu Pacific "Now everyone can fly". September 21-24! Woohoo, right after the 'super, hyper, mega' OT period.

So here we are, Me, Sab, Ellaine and Vanessa - doing what we do best DOING NOTHING. Bohol is a great place to unwind, relax and talk about Vanessa's lovelife or (lack of), my non-existent lovelife and partly, Ellaine's lovelife (the lone one who actually has a working relationship). I'll gab more about our trip, itinerary in the next postings. For now, I just would like to say: I was in Bohol! and when I return to work, you guess it, OT galore again!

Lani Misalucha

When I was about 7 or so, I had a nightmare. My cousins and I had an outing at a resort and I stayed for the night at my lola's house (no, it's not haunted). That night I ran a high fever. I woke up wailing and for some strange reason I had ant bites all over (yiiiiii.. taas balahibo). Other than that, what made it more traumatic for me was the dream that I had. While splashing around in the pool area, I saw my mom, wearing her ube outfit that I like so much, my dad and Joseph leaving the area. I shouted for them, but they did not seem to notice me. I tried running after them but the people kept pushing me back. That’s when I woke up wailing. I remember my tita trying her best to soothe me, and she changed the covers for fear that the ants might eat me to death.

Ever since then, I have this fear (kept way, way down in the tunnels of my weird mind) that I will be left all alone. It never really affected me in a big way but now that I am on an emotional roller coaster I can’t help recalling that dream and that fear.

I feel so alone right now even if I have tons of friends. Come to think of it majority of them now are from work, which I will soon be leaving. It hurts me so much that there is nothing I can about it and that somehow I feel victimized. I can’t help feeling so bitter and so disdained at some people. What hurts more is that I understand the whole damn thing. Hmmmm I’ve heard that line before… ahh The First Daughter starring Katie Holmes – the dramatic scene between her and Michael Keaton (who plays Mr. President).

So now I am waiting for the positive “Melissa” to shine through this dark, beastly storm. Calling into mind Lani Misalucha’s song “Tila” …tila lilipas din ang ulan, tila lilipas din ang bagyo. Liliwanag din ang kalangitan at ang araw ay sisikat nang muli...