Apparently I have a Blogger account

Seriously?! I forgot all about this!

Well I guess that's what happens when you blog on Wordpress and LiveJournal and even Friendster (back when it was still cool and 2003).

Should I update this one as well? hmm...

A Christmas Post

Christmas Eve marked the following events:

• My last day at work before I am officially retired;
• The first time I went to MCS to visit Grace for the longest time;
• The day I purchased my first DSLR camera; and more importantly
  
• The first time I spent some quality time with a very good friend since said friend left to work overseas.
  

So to you Dear Reader and Friend, thanks for visiting the land of lc. I hope yesterday was as much fun for you as it was for me. I'll miss you when you leave, but as always I'll be here when you get back. In the meantime, I'm just a few keystrokes away.

It is now Christmas Day as well as my first year wedding anniversary.

Here's wishing all of you a very happy holidays.

Friday Fill Ins #2

1. When I'm sick I'm surprisingly calm.

2. When I take a walk, I think about whether I'm walking too slow.

3. Money can't buy happiness but it can buy you stuff that makes you happy.

4. Cotton makes me comfy and leather makes me feel like a rock star.

5. My favorite color these days is red because I'm apparently part-Chinese now =).

6. And as for the weekend, tonight I’m looking forward to trying out the 3 pairs of shoes I bought with my dresses, tomorrow my plans include packing the stuff I'll need for Sunday, having a haircut, mani/pedi and shopping for a shawl and browsing at Tango, Glorietta and Sunday, I want to have fun at Toto's wedding with my new family and my parents!

9 Layers

A meme to peel aways the layers of you.

LAYER ONE:
-- Name: Celieto E. Tolentino-King
-- Birth date: October 29, 1981
-- Birthplace: Manila
-- Current Location: Makati

-- Eye Color: Dark Brown
-- Hair Color: Dark Brown
-- Height: 5’
-- Righty or Lefty: Righty
-- Zodiac Sign: Scorpion

LAYER TWO:
-- Your heritage: Filipino, Spanish
-- The shoes you wore today: Black pumps
-- Your weakness: Chocolate =)
-- Your fears: death in the family
-- Your perfect pizza: depends on my mood, but Amici’s Quattro Formaggi comes pretty close
-- Goal you'd like to achieve: Set up my own business

LAYER THREE:
-- Your most overused phrase on IM: yay!
-- Your first waking thoughts: “what time is it?”
-- Your best physical feature: eyes
-- Your most missed memory: summers at my mamay’s house

LAYER FOUR:
-- Pepsi or Coke: Coke regular (I hate Light and Zero)
-- McDonald's or Burger King: Burger King
-- Single or group dates: single dates
-- Adidas or Nike: Nike
-- Lipton Ice Tea or Nestea: Nestea
-- Chocolate or vanilla: Chocolate
-- Cappuccino or coffee: Cappuccino

LAYER FIVE:
-- Smoke: No
-- Cuss: sometimes
-- Sing: often
-- Take a shower everyday: twice or thrice sometimes
-- Do you think you've been in love: of course
-- Want to go to college: been there
-- Liked high school: yes
-- Want to get married: already am
-- Believe in yourself: you betcha
-- Get motion sickness: sometimes
-- Think you're attractive: yes
-- Think you're a health freak: nope
-- Get along with your parent(s): marvelously
-- Like thunderstorms: as long as I’m at home
-- Play an instrument: guitar

LAYER SIX: In the past month...
-- Drank alcohol: no
-- Smoked: no
-- Done a drug: does mefenamic acid count? =)
-- Made Out: yes, but I’m married so that’s not shocking
-- Gone on a date: please see above =)
-- Gone to the mall?: yes
-- Eaten an entire box of Oreos?: nope
-- Eaten sushi: no
-- Been on stage: no
-- Been dumped: no
-- Gone skating: no
-- Made homemade cookies: no, maybe next week
-- Gone skinny dipping: no
-- Dyed your hair: no
-- Stolen Anything: no

LAYER SEVEN: Ever...
-- Played a game that required removal of clothing: no
-- Been trashed or extremely intoxicated: no
-- Been caught "doing something": ha ha! no
-- Been called a tease: no
-- Gotten beaten up: no
-- Shoplifted: no
-- Changed who you were to fit in: hell no

LAYER EIGHT:
-- Age you hope to be married: 30. there was a slight acceleration in plans
-- Numbers and Names of Children: 3 or 4 maybe. All I know is that I want my daughters to have boy nicknames (Alex, Sam, Bobby, Chuck maybe) and probably Elijah for the boy. Mon and I were joking before that our kids will be named Burger and Tapa
-- Describe your Dream Wedding: already had it. Not a single bead on my wedding dress (yay!), no frilly dresses for the bridesmaids (I chose something they could actually wear to some other occasion), no pigeons during the reception
-- How do you want to die: in my sleep
-- Where you want to go to college: went there already PLM. (Pamantasan ng Lahing Magaganda/Matatalino…)
-- What do you want to be when you grow up: grown up but still child-like. I think I’m doing pretty good so far.
-- What country would you most like to visit: England & Ireland.

LAYER NINE:
-- Number of drugs taken illegally: 0
-- Number of people I could trust with my life: luckily for me, quite a lot
-- Number of CDs that I own: a gazillion, seriously
-- Number of piercings: 2. both ears
-- Number of tattoos: none
-- Number of times my name has appeared in the newspaper?: at least 3
-- Number of scars on my body: a few maybe, the biggest of which is from my appendectomy
-- Number of things in my past that I regret: 1.5

Countdown Meme

Ten movies you’d watch over and over:

1. Much Ado About Nothing

2. Back to the Future

3. An Affair to Remember

4. The Sound of Music

5. Singing in the Rain

6. Breakfast at Tiffany’s

7. The Usual Suspects

8. Dogma

9. High Fidelity

10. The Godfather

Nine people you enjoy the company of:

1. Mon

2. Maychang

3. Ace

4. Alvin

5. Dave

6. Aweng

7. Abbiechuchi

8. Beck

9. Ms. Mels

10. Pakner

Eight things you’re wearing:

1. Blue floral kimono top

2. Black slacks

3. Blue-gray cardigan

4. Black shoes

5. Pearl earrings

6. Pearl necklace

7. Black scrunchie

8. Wedding ring

Seven things on your mind:

1. I really need to rearrange my closet

2. I wonder where we should have dinner

3. I’m almost out of chocolate bars

4. Where’s my “Breakfast at Tiffany’s” DVD?

5. Is it 4:30 yet?

6. Must buy sampaloc candies next time I’m at Grace’s

7. I should have a haircut next week

8. Must buy shoes for Toto’s wedding

Six objects you touch every day:

1. HTC phone

2. Wallet

3. Polar Bear

4. Toner

5. Eye cream

6. Moisturizer

Five things you do everyday:

1. shower

2. eat something I really like

3. play with Furball

4. empty my SMS inbox/sent folder

5. check Multiply

Four bands or musical artists you couldn’t live without:

1. U2

2. The Beatles

3. Frank Sinatra

4. Michael Buble

Three of your favorite songs of the moment:

1. Better That We Break – Maroon 5

2. Does Your Mother Know? – ABBA

3. Fashionista – Jimmy James

Two people who have influenced your life the most:

1. My Tatay – who taught me how to walk properly when I was 3, got me into picking my own clothes when I was 5 and gave me his vintage Ray-Bans when I was 13

2. My Mommy – who’s the strongest person I know and taught me to be myself no matter what other people say and not give a crap as long as I know I’m not doing anything wrong

One person who has been nice to you today:

1. Mon – who drove me to work

Friday 5 #2

1. What browser do you use and why do you like it? Mozilla Firefox, to me it's faster, more user-friendly, keeps out more unnecessary programs and pop-ups, and it has plug-ins.
2. Some people let it all hang out on their blog, while others keep it light, and still others fall somewhere in between. Where does your blog fall in that? My blog falls somewhere in between. I don't really divulge a lot of details.
3. A lot of people have themed blogs like a fashion blog or a crafty blog or one just for memes. What about yours? Do you maintain more than one blog? I have a Friendster blog (that I no longer update anymore), a Live Journal and Blogger account (which I update simultaneously with my Multiply blog), and a new blog at Petite Fashionista that I'm still gearing up to populate with outfit posts and other fashion related items.
4. There are forums to chat on about just about everything under the sun. Do you belong to any and what are your favorites? I have a bunch of forums that I'm a member of, but the most recent is PF.
5. Shopping time! What are your 5 favorite sites to shop at?

1. ebay - because you can find just about anything in there
2. ycon's multiply site - for shoes
3. smartdresser's multiply site - for office wear
4. miren's multiply site - for baked goodies
   
5. karen & karen -for bags
   

i also look at a bunch of other sites (plueys, unarosa, peppered cherry) for what they have to offer and then i go to their shops to check out their goods first hand.

Friday 5 #1

1. Of television programs that aired before you were born, what’s your favorite? Mork and Mindy
   
2. What person of historical significance was from your neighborhood or city? Andres Bonifacio
   
3. What’s a story that’s often been told about someone in your family in the years before you came along? My great grandfather going to school as a grade 1 student and being transferred to grade 2 after recess. He finished grade six by the end of the school year, eventhough he came in halfway through the current year already.That's actually a true story. My great grandfather was already a widower when he went to a traditional school because he was home schooled. So when he went to work as the assistant to the town mayor, he was asked to go to school so he could get a "formal diploma".
   
4. Which of previous generations’ dumb mistakes (in deed or thought) baffles you the most? I'm assuming that the question is more in general terms like - all the people who thought that automobiles will never replace horse-driven carriages were really dumb. However, for something a bit closer to home: the same great grandfather above, allegedly either gambled away or gave away the family fortune to charity, leaving his children with no choice but to walk barefoot to school. Purportedly, my grandmother's family used to own most of the town of Lobo in Batangas and Verde Island.
   
5. What aspect of life in the good old days would you love to see a return to? Having an allowance? =)