Just kidding, just because I’m wearing Filipino cultural dress doesn’t mean I really am Filipino BROWN.
I just felt like putting that as my title!
Not that I’m not Filipino BROWN, because I totally am.
Anyway, enjoy the cultural dress…
Tag Archives: culture
Welcome to my Randomness XVI
This Los Angeles weather is insane!
Saturday & Sunday: High 90’s
Monday: Record-breaking high of 113, it’s the last week of September!
I officially know how a piece of bacon feels as its being fried in oil.
Tuesday: 100s
Wednesday: 100’s did I mention it was spitting as I drove home from work?
Thursday: high 90’s and humid not to mention in La Verne there was thunder, lightning, and rain. On my way home I felt like I was living back in SC with monsoon type winds.
Friday: I awake to the sound of thunder clasps and noticed the sun was beaming its heavenly rays!
The clouds
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Confession: I have failed miserably this week regarding my spending fast.
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Volleyball update: We didn’t sweep last week. The team was completely off last week. Not to mention, the gym was unbearably miserable to play in because of the ridiculous heat! We started our first game with 5 players-put us in a bind. We got through it and won all three games. The second game was a bit harder. We won the set 2/3. For the third game I served about 8 points within 3 minutes, all over hand. I was pretty proud of myself considering I haven’t been able to exercise my over-hand serve much.
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My sister told me she found a mustard colored trench coat the same style as my white trench coat. It’s 24.99 ugh. Should I or should I not?!
HELP!
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Not that mustard is my favorite color but I like the way it looks on me. So far, I’m on the lookout for mustard colored peep-toe wedges. I think that would be cute. I would love to have a mustard color purse, as well.
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Ever get that need to leave for a few days to clear your mind and refocus? Yes? Great, because I would love to do that right now.
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Actually not a few days, I would like a sabbatical, please. I’m 22 and need a sabbatical?! Something is wrong with me! Or is that normal?
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Oh and my next post will be #100 and Malize will be taking over for that post. She had let me be a guest blogger on her blog and my post also happened to be #100 for which she was waiting to throw a big party and involuntarily forfeited that #100th post to me. So we traded #100 post.
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I was really surprised as to how much positive feedback I got regarding my Facebook post. I was prepping myself for some serious ‘hate comments’ lol. I probably should not speak too early but so far, I’ve had great feedback. Thanks guys!
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Lately, my imagination has been going crazy. I was on my lunch break parked underneath a tree in the park and there was a guy parked in front of me chilling as well. Five minutes later a white van pulled up in front of his car. The guy came out of his car, went to his truck pulled out a brief case and hopped into the white van. Hm…what’s going on there?!
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Yesterday as I was driving back to work from making deposits, I heard a little girl screaming at the top of her lungs as she was walking next to this lady, maybe her aunt? I believe her mom was walking in front of her and the little girl’s sister. What was she screaming? I HATE YOU! I want it now! I HATE YOU!
Goodness gracious? What did the child want? Did she want ice-cream, she want to stop by the store? Did her mom say she couldn’t go to a friend’s house? Keep it up Mom! Don’t succumb and I hope you dealt with that child when you got home!
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I have never thought of yelling let alone muttering under my breath I hate my parents. Such sadness.
Welcome to my Randomness XV
I got an email from him… and now I feel like not replying forever.
Well, maybe not forever but at least a month or month and a half.
Is that bad?
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I’ve not spent any money so far, unless you count gas but that’s doesn’t count, I think. At least, I’m saying it doesn’t.
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Going to the LA County fair today after 5pm because it’s only $5. My friend works there so we’ll do the whole employee parking deal woowoo!
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Oh got my first AWARD from Marliz3e!
I’ve yet to tag 10 people, it’s coming! 🙂
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I’ve still not fully adjusted to being home. Sometimes I wonder if I’m supposed to be living in California if I have no friends in California. When I mean friends I mean the type of friends you can sporadically count on to meet you after work for an hour at Starbucks or grab dinner with when you get off work late.
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Believe me I know somethings you plan for but somethings planning just doesn’t happen. Just saying…
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This SoCal weather is weird one day this week I had my boots, leggings, and long sweater-type blouse. The next day I wore a polka-dot skirt, blouse, and peep-toe wedges. Is that supposed to happen that way?!
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Volleyball games: so far still undefeated. The second game set we won the first and the second game we were down 10-20. We ended the game somewhere around 22-24 in our favor. It was intense!
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Please take me away…
Preferably where this will be the sunset...
Thank you,
Melanie
Please, for my sanity…
There are just some things I would ask you not to do or to do, for my sake.
PLEASE
1. Do not step on your brakes every 5 seconds when the car in front of you is 15 feet away. It’s really annoying to find that out when I pass you.
2. Do not diddle-dawdle when you are waiting for the light to turn green. There are people behind you waiting for the light to turn green as well and want to see how many cars can go through before the light turns red.
3. When you tell a joke, please do not be the first person to laugh. It makes it awkward when the joke wasn’t that funny.
4. Is it too much to ask for a definite yes or no answer when I’m texting you about plans? I don’t understand what K means.
5. While we’re on that subject.. KK doesn’t help either.
6. When driving and you are on your phone please stay in the slow lane. Somehow older people on their phone in the fast lane makes people agitated, me included.
7. When you cut me off and I honk at you, I honked at you because you cut me off. Don’t look at me like I’m some crazed woman.
8. I wouldn’t honk at you if you were going faster than me. Speed up!
9. I understand FACEBOOK is the new thing but if you really wanted to keep in contact with me you’d use your phone, you have my number. I don’t understand how me getting a FACEBOOK helps our relationship because you don’t even send me a text every now and then. I know your phone is always with you. Facebook is only with you when you log on, just saying, I don’t understand.
10. Instead of assuming I’m looking at the calorie intake, ask me. It saves you from looking like a doofus when I say I’m looking at the ingredients because I’m allergic to a lot of things…
Thank you in advance,
Melanie
Fwd: How to Stay Young
An email I received from my mom. Just had to post it 🙂
1. Try everything twice.
One woman’s epitaph read, ” Tried everything twice. Loved it both times!”
2. Keep only cheerful friends. The grouches pull you down.
(Keep this in mind if you are one of the grouches!)
3. Keep learning. Learn more about the computer, crafts, gardening, technology, etc. Never let the brain get idle.
An idle mind is a devil’s workshop. (The devil’s name is Alzheimer’s.)
4. Enjoy the simple things.
5. Laugh often, laugh long, and laugh hard. Laugh until you grasp for breath.
If you have a friend that makes you laugh spend lots and lots of time with him/her.
6. The tears happen:
Endure, grieve, and move on….
The only person who is with us our entire life is ourselves.
LIVE while you are alive.
7. Surround yourself with what you love:
Family, pets, keepsakes, music, plants, etc.
Your home is your refuge.
8. Cherish your health:
If it is good, preserve it.
If it is unstable, improve it.
If it is beyond what you can improve, get help.
9. Don’t take guilt trips.
Take a shopping trip, even a trip to the next county, or to a foreign country but NOT to where the guilt is.
10.Tell the people you love you love them, at every opportunity.
11. Forgive now those who made you cry. You make not get a second chance.
And if you don’t send this to four people, who cares? But do share this with someone 🙂
Remember: Lost time can never be found.
Be kinder than necessary, for everyone you meet is fighting some kind of battle.
Cousin Times…
This year has been filled with so much family/cousin time and we’re barely halfway through the year.
The more we hang out the more we find out how much we’re alike rather how much certain cousins are actually twins… It’s quite entertaining actually ( a different post about that topic to be written)
My family is the only family living in LA County the rest of the family lives in Kern County about 3 hours away-through the mountains and all. We decided July 17th-18th they were going to come down and we’d have cousin bonding time. In the evening after our excursions (ok, so it was after midnight when we got home)
As we sat around the table stuffed from In-N-Out and rice & soup we started to reminisce….
When we were younger we played around in my grandma’s backyard. Careful to not ruin her flowers. Ok so sometimes not so careful…. She loved those flowers.
Manang Jom confessed to cutting her flowers and placing them as decor for the dining room table. When our grandma (Enang) walked in, she was livid. No one was allowed to touch her flowers! 🙂 Of course, my cousin didn’t confess to her she was the culprit.
My cousin Jean confessed to eating her flowers. 🙂 If you ever meet her, you’ll understand why she would even do such a thing…
We also discussed Enang’s favorites-Ryan and Rachel. We still wonder to this day why they were the favorites.
My cousin’s baby, dances like Enang… with her hands as she sways…
We also talked about how Enang never talked… she always yelled or the fact that we never remember her smiling either.
My brother John said, “Yeah I think she hated me because she was always yelling at me.”
Haha, actually, she just always yelled-maybe it’s because of the dialect; it does sound like they’re constantly yelling.
My dad was telling us every time he took her to the bank she would give him money for us. “Oh, you give this to your kids…”
She was the one with all the money at Christmas time. She gave to each of her grand-kids, no matter the age.
She loved her family. She always called my family and informed us of any family gatherings. She expected us every Easter, her birthday, Thanksgiving, grandpa’s birthday, Christmas, and anything else in-between that may happen.
Oh and it just so happened the evening we were reminiscing; it was her birthday.
Welcome to my Randomness VII
I am a guinea pig for 2 weeks with this Kangen water belief. More detailed post to come.
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It has been a full week since I have taken any antihistamine medications. I am DYING from lack of sleep. I am perpetually tired.
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Not to mention after my test on Tuesday I was a complete zombie.
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My test is done, I have no idea what to do. I feel completely lost because for the past two months I’ve been study study study and now I don’t have to study til after Ben & Ryan visit. It’s weird.
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For the past month I had 8 email drafts in my folder and 4 starred emails to reply to or to finish and send out. Now, I only have 6 email drafts and no starred emails! 🙂
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More cousin time this weekend! Delano Filipino Weekend I haven’t been in AGES…
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My friend in Brazil who is getting married in 5 months will be purchasing an apartment with a guest bedroom. Know what that means?!?! Lord willing, Melanie will be going to BRAZIL! Woohoo!
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MEET MY FAMILY TIME:
Last Saturday. It was a little before 10am. I was in my comfy house clothes. I am sitting at the island/bar in the kitchen. I’m eating brunch and writing in my prayer journal. I am rudely interrupted by someone who doorbells 3x and knocks quite annoyingly. So much for ignoring them! I answer the door at first glance I thought it was the UPS man ’cause I see brown. Looking more closely it’s a brown jacket (it’s also blazing hott outside). I open the door it’s my cousin’s grandpa.
“Melanie! Good morning, where is John?!”
*The majority of this conversation is in Tagalog*
Me: Oh hi Lolo, John isn’t here.
Him: Where is he?!
Me: At church with Darlene
Him: What time will he be back? I bought this VCR from the Goodwill store and I want to know if it works.
Me: Oh, I don’t know what time they’ll be back.
Him: Where is your dad? How about your mom?
Me: My dad is at work and my mom is at Wal-Mart
Him: Wal-Mart?! Your mom is always shopping (mind you my mom was working a booth RU had at Wal-Mart. I’m not fluent enough to know the Tagalog words of ministry outreach at Wal-Mart, sorry mom.) What time will your dad arrive?
Me: Oh um, 3:00.
Him: Too long. Where is John? Will they be eating at home? or eating out?
Me: Oh I don’t know Lolo what they are doing.
Him: I want to know if this VCR will work. I want to return it when later today if it does not.
Me: Oh ok Lolo. I don’t know how to set it up because we have a new tv.
Him: Aye, I am thirsty you have Pepsi?
Me: Oh um yeah Lolo. Here.
By this time It’s like getting to 11am. I eventually drop him off at his house not before taking him to Stater Bros so he can buy meat and milk. (oh and after he drank his Pepsi he laid out on the couch to rest) He’s been unable to buy milk because milk & meat are too heavy to carry from Staters to his house (just repeating what he says)
Anyway, yeah. My dad picks him up after work as he walks in the door I’m ready to walk out of the house–
Him: oh Hi I am back Mel.
Me: Oh Hi Lolo.
Him: Your dad invited me to come
Me: Oh ok Lolo.
Him: Where is your mom?
Me:( AHAHAHAH) Uhm, I don’t know Lolo she hasn’t been home.
Him: My goodness!
Me: Ok, well bye lolo!
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I believe this is as random as I can get (my family included). I may be wrong…
Wicked: The Musical
Orpheum Theatre, SF
I heard the soundtrack a few times and liked the songs–a few more than the others and a few I didn’t quite understand.
I was able to watch Wicked in SF at Orpheum Theatre. I believe everyone should see Wicked. It’s absolutely amazing. I loved the music, the song lyrics, the characters-especially Galinda, amd the costumes.
Eden Espinosa’s talent blows me away.
My favorite would be the song: For Good
If Wicked is anywhere around the area, I will definitely be going again!
The past to the present 