conversations with kharla

{photo: kharla, in one of her muni-muni moments}

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i feel so tired, because i had an all-nighter with my cousin and bestfriend, Kharla;-) and before her, i had a two hour conversation on the phone with my mum.

stressed too from work but thats another blog altogether.


conversations about bags(we always do)

kharla: your bag at the Sade concert was nice.
Chelo: that was high street
kharla: that was nice, but klaro lang puno kaayo, naa nasad ka (it was nice but you overfilled it again, as usual).

(kharla then proceeded to teach me how to minimalise the contents of my bag. she's the queen of light packing).

*my family has a problem with my overfilling my bags, and they often joke that if anyone would try to steal it will never succeed in running far as they will end up with shoulder problems)

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kharla: di lagi ka tig post ug pictures sa imong mga holidays sa FB noh? (i notice you dont put holiday pics on FB)
chelo: yeah, apart from tapulan ko, i use FB as a social networking, to connect with old and new friends, like a tambayan.
kharla: yeah,bitaw, i noticed that.

*ahh, Facebook is one of my favourite hang-outs to connect with my family and friends. and as much as i love using it to see my family and friends, i know i wont be seen on it when im in cebu for a holiday*

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(told her about an incident on FB where one/lady from childhood told me, "im just like you, ive ended up with a caucasian man" and ive read your multiply site" when i asked her how she knew about it "i googled you" *gasp*..and recently just told me one of my exes 'hurt" her)

kharla: maybe she wants to be friends with you or be close to you
chelo; hello, im so accessible in FB. im easy to befriend. if someone's nice to me, why will i be awful to them?
kharla: true, you are very friendly.
kharla; maybe,she's obsessed to be like you.
chelo: hmmnn, very weird.

(in my mind, she needs to gain 200 more pounds then).


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i know kharla comes on this site so i just need to let her know, i love my phonecalls to her. apart from my phonecalls to my family, it will be the death of me if i cannot talk to them.

kharl, we still have not finished all topics we wanted to cover, as per usual. (topics regarding our 2013 plans..get ready for a mountain hiking adventure,,haha)..;-)

thanks kharl..for everything;-)

Sade

tuesday,31st of May,2011.

Sade concert.

one of the best ive seen.

another long-wished for dream artist to see on stage.

L: got a short hop to the O2..R:you want a bite of muffin?..bad timing

ain't he a love?

L: ready? not...R: fernando poe pose,hehe

the dome

my gentle giant bear

a beautiful building in the forecourt

nanudlay ko that day..;-) a rarity these days

busy night at the O2..i love their restaurants there

chose this brazilian.resto..meat lovers only..

we had the meat lovers grill buffet..pure angus sirloin, shish lamb, chicken hearts, chicken parts, pork parts, and all the good carnivorous grub in one sitting..first time ever i heard adrian said no to the waiter who kept piling out plates with different meat...we said we'll bring some people there;-)

the salad and bread buffet

the bar downstairs

lovely pre concert meal

the cinema area of the O2

we got in around 7:30..the concert started an hour later..

sade struck

getting filled

one of the front acts..brit jamaican band: the jolly boys

the rest of the photos of the night were blurry and random..(no DSLRs allowed in concert halls as i have realised from the last time)

its hard to keep up in the excitement of seeing her live..

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i urge all Sade fans to see her live..

she took 18 years to do another tour in london..

and who knows when the next time is..;-)

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i will find time to share the videos this week;-)

a weekend of barbeques part 2

sunday-

since the next day,the monday (today) was a bank holiday, my gorgeous friends decided its time for a get together barbeque. cheryl offered her place,so we went.

adrian was tasked as the punch maker. so we had to get there earlier than everyone.

when we arrived, the host said, they lack some of the ingredients that adrian asked. so i offered to go to the shops and get the liquor.

when i got back. i was told the punch Adrian made, was so good, they needed more brandy for a second batch they were making.

adrian suggested,instead of buying more, i had to drive home again, and get some brandy Adrian stocked at home which were gathering cobwebs as he wasnt using it.

by 5:30 the gorgeous ones started to arrive. we ate,talked,ate and talked.

after having a long time sat in the garden chatting away and updating one another about each one's lives..by 1am, the music cranked up and we ended dancing to whitney houston's "i wanna dance with somebody", madonna's "papa dont preach", michael jackson's "billy jean" , taio cruz's "dynamite"..and many more i could not recall.

its funny how people forget boundaries and their professional selves when they're drunk. at least they forget about it the next day. ( three of the women cried in the group and one just fed the dog salad and spicy mussaman beef curry)

while i (the only sober one) probably need some therapy for the trauma.


(im still trying to repress memories of my friends trying to recreate "the time of my life" dirty dancing movie scene where patrick swayze trying to catch a flying Jenifier Gray in his hands, unsuccessfully).

a weekend of barbeques part 1

saturday-

no pictures.

it was Adrian's political party's barbeque. they treated all those who supported them and those who ran in the local elections and their families to a barbeque afternoon. it was a group invite for 30 people, but the numbers on the ground was small when we got there. saturday had a cloudy/windy weather and it was timed together with the airshow (an aeronautics aerobatics display down by the seafront near us) so alot of people didnt turn up.

so the barbeque turned up to be a mini gathering inside the house of one of the longterm councillors village cottage (oh so beautiful,i was aching to photograph it, but was too embarrassed to ask). i was there with a bunch of politicians and their wives talking about the current state of economic affairs while all i could be deigned to chip in was about how lovely the periwinkle dinner set i was using.

its hard, when its the first time you meet people and you are put in a small lounge, close together, and they're talking about things, i am not confident talking about. oh sure, i have my opinions. but, who cares? so what i did? i chipped in things about why they should be organising a youth (or younger voters) group with a facebook fan page and all. they were all listening and nodding. maybe they thought i was from mars. facebook? what is that? i can imagine their brains must be shouting. (trust me, the age group of those who mostly attended the barbeque are those who still smoke from pipes and still think fax machines are the latest thing ever invented, Adrian looked like a baby beside them).

anyway, one of the agents was a young man in his 20s (a very intellectual one) rescued me and said, one of the downfalls they have as a party is that they concentrated on the older voters. they forgot about the young ones.in my mind, i agreed loudly. i just nodded and enjoyed my tea.

i have been saying this to Adrian over and over since i could remember, the young voters are very important because in this country,they seem to be less heard, and has a less representation in the parliament. i told adrian that there are new young blood of voters that are so passionate about that new bill of having university students pay for their tuition fees now, and these voters are so passionate about the new decisions being made for them by some ageing bloke who probably earns 50 times the average wage.

well, before this massive entry about a barbeque turn into a political essay, let me tell you, that barbeque opened up a whole new dimension in my life i never knew existed. one that involves, campaigning, politicking, intellectuals who talks with plums in their mouths, ride -on motor lawn mower (dont ask) and periwinkle dinner sets.

(PS. adrian used to be a two term councillor , and was responsible for a lot of health and safety measures brought about in the council during his term..so he always supports the liberal-democrats as much as he could)


happy monday;-)

i got a pocketful a pocketful of sunshine

..thank you amoxillin 500.

my smile is back again;-)



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the very reason why you should, in your damnest best to avoid being diabetic..

for a stringent flosser/religious interdental brusher/regular dentist-goer like yours truly (and if i remember correctly, always have been called "best smile" in all my kinder years), i have to suffer gum problems. one of the many complications of diabetes..

but i'm not complaining. rather that, than other organs in my body..(not yet,anyways).

apparently,because we are Southeast Asians (and also the Afro-Caribbeans), we are 10x more likely to be diabetic in the middle of our lives than our European counterparts (i read that in a hospital pamphlet). our diet is the main cause.

and if you have family history of the disease, you are double more likely to get the disease too. why I am.

most Filipinos think that Diabetes is a normal occurence, but really once you are diagnosed as such, its a death sentence. you are not going to die from the disease itself, but from its complications. more like AIDs (but in a different scale).

most of my family has it, and its sad. but im grateful, that with modern medicine the complications are kept minimum and at bay coupled with a strict GI (glucose index) diet.

so, if you are borderline diabetic. please watch out. if you could save yourself the trouble, run away from the donuts as much as you can.

and keep your glucose count stable and non-fluctuating.

(a long history of yo-yo dieting didnt help with me,either). im sure my sugar count would plummet and skydive number of times in a day in those years.

now, i could say, i am better at keeping my glucose level closely monitored. i also do not wait for my body to tell me, i need sugar. and i also am better at sticking to a bar of chocolate than an entire box (*hide). i time my food intake, and making sure i keep the levels in a steady flow.

i wish i knew about diabetes then, the way i do now. i could have avoided being one.

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pocketful of doom, not sunshine,more like it ;-)

but, just sharing some bits of information about this condition. who knows, i could save one of you the pain.