What the?

So my favorite godmother dropped by this evening to get some durian from Mum. Her visit was a brief one, not even more than 10 minutes. She was just literally going to pick up her durian. Anyway, it’s her birthday tomorrow and she’s turning 56. She’s still single. Her friends and colleagues have always hounded on her to get married, telling her that they’re anxious for her. My perception is that she hasn’t found Mr. Right, but has made peace with it and moved on. She’s happy being alone, at least in my perception, but is tired of everyone bugging her about it.

Out of nowhere, she asked me jokingly when I was getting married, and I told her politely that not in the near future. Then she told me that I should get married no matter what. What the? I wanted to tell her all my musings about weddings and marriage and all that shit, but I guess that would require a private conversation between the two of us and gallons of coffee. Is she actually affected by this ‘peer pressure’ put on her and is subtly ‘lashing out’ on me? This time, I’m more amused than irritated. You see, when somebody asks me about marriage, especially if that person and I aren’t close, I think it’s none of their business, really.

In this day and age, I find it amusing that some people still have old-school mentality about marriage. And frankly, I feel sorry for those people who still think that the end goal in life is to get married and have babies. I’m smart enough to know that marriage is a big undertaking and should not be rushed and should be thought of thoroughly. I empathize with those who are looked down by other people because they’re still single (and getting older). Really, there’s nothing wrong with that. If a person is happy by himself, for godssakes, let him be.

Starting With the Small Things

So I’ve just finished reading The Secret. It only took me a week, given the amount of work I have to finish. I’m really fired up to continue testing this thing out. Whatever you may think about this little story I’m going to tell, I leave it up to you to go and try it for yourself. Don’t just take my word for it.

Anyway, so I was meaning to buy the book for weeks now. When I got the chance to go to Alabang, I said to myself I’m not going home without it. So there I was in the biggest mall in the area, trying to remember where the PowerBooks store was but was too lazy to look for it. Since National Bookstore was in my peripheral view already, I decided to go there instead.

National Bookstore had two entrances, and of course I went through the nearer one relative to where I was. When you enter through this one I’m talking about, you’re going to pass by the cashiers first, then the DVDs/VCDs, toys, some supplies then the books. And what do you know, the first shelf that greeted me, the second level from its top, had two copies of The Secret on it. It was literally the first thing I saw, or should I say jumped out at me. I didn’t even have to look through the countless books lined up. It was the first hing I saw.

Interestingly enough, I wasn’t that surprised because I was almost somewhat expecting it to be there for me, kind of like when I bought the DVD, which was in the exact same place when I saw it in the bangketa four days prior buying it. In my understanding of The Secret, it’s supposed to be like this, that you won’t be so jaw-droppingly surprised that you got what you wanted because you know you were going to get it anyway.

I plan to try it out on the small things first until I get comfortable with it. So far it’s worked for me. When I’m confident that I’ve understood it fully, I’m going to go for the big things I want in life.

Hooked on House

So I’ve been watching House M.D. during my spare time. I only get to watch one or two episodes a day because of my workload. I can’t afford to do a marathon, though that would be ideal. I’m only halfway through season one, and I still have three seasons to go, add to that the first season of Mad Men which I plan to watch after I finish House. I don’t exactly remember the first time I was able to watch an episode on TV, but I’m pretty sure I fell in love with the show after that first time - love at first sight, if you will.

Lately I’ve been wondering if there is a real Dr. House. I wonder if the creator of the show based this House character loosely on someone, doctor or not. But if there were a real Dr. House, I want to meet him, talk to him, even let him mock me and be irreverent with me - I just adore his wit, humor and personality. It would also be nice if he were my doctor. That would be sweet. Or maybe a boss would be a better idea because he couldn’t care less about his patients, really. He only cares about their diseases. Cares might not even be the right word.

Anyway, I’ve never been this involved in a TV show since God knows when. I’m glad people still make crap-free shows like this one.

In Hindsight

Last Christmas, I bought myself a regular digital camera. It was around 10k plus because that was all I could afford at the time. I bought it Christmas eve before my family and I went off to our destination for the holiday. October last year I blogged about wanting to have a digital camera to keep memories of anything and everything. In that entry, I particularly wrote that I wanted to have a DSLR, but it was too expensive, given the salary I had and the expenses I needed to shell out money for.

So I settled for the regular digital camera I bought. Every time I took a picture, I always wished it was a DSLR I was holding. When I’d look at my shots, I almost immediately knew what they would look like if I shot it with a DSLR. I tried to save money as best I can to buy a DSLR, but then March I had to leave the company I was working for because of unfavorable circumstances that were out of my control. I thought, there goes my source of income. I’m never going to be able to buy a DSLR.

For months now, I’ve been working from home. At first, my income was only a small fraction of what I earned that probably a jeepney barker would have more money than I did at the end of each day. I thought, at this rate, I really won’t be able to afford a DSLR anytime soon. Around June, my income picked up its pace, a little decent for a single woman who still lives with her parents. The DSLR was always at the back of my mind; I am what you might call a photography enthusiast, so taking beautiful pictures mattered to me as much as having something to eat the next day.

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Coincidence?

So yesterday I blogged about wanting to buy a pirated (sorry, I’m a financially challenged woman) copy of The Secret. I first saw it four days ago in one of the many bangketas that lined one of the major thoroughfares here in my hometown. As I said, that was the first thing that caught my eye but I hesitated and bought something else.

Last night before I went to sleep, I kept visualizing the DVD in that specific bangketa. I still remember its exact place in the hundreds of DVDs that were being peddled. I also visualized or said to myself mentally that I would have enough time the next day to go out and buy it. When I checked my e-mail this morning, there were jobs on queue and I thought, well, there goes my free time. But I think my visualizations made an impact because I actually had a chance to go out this afternoon amid the pending files - they were fairly easy to do so it didn’t take me much time to finish them.

So I went back there this afternoon, and the DVD was in the exact same place in its stack four days ago! Now you might say it’s just a coincidence - I’m thinking of that too. But I’m just amused with how wonderful a coincidence it is that it was still sitting there in its exact place, to think that those bangketas are constantly being swarmed daily by window shoppers and buyers.

I know this is just a little thing, but I’m a person who appreciates small blessings. So thank you, Universe!

Intriguing

So I’ve been hearing about this thing for like forever. At first, I was skeptical about it and only thought that things happened by coincidence. My mindset was if it’s too good to be true, maybe it is. But I think it’s begging me to give it a try. Everywhere I look it is there to remind me that I should give it a shot because honestly, what have I to lose, right? And besides, I could use a little help in making my life better, from financial to emotional.

One of my blogger friends Jen has been raving about this thing on Plurk and on her blog, and almost every day she testifies that this thing actually works. You just have to learn how to use it. I’ve also been hearing about it in almost every episode of Oprah. Also, a few days prior, I went out to buy DVDs of House M.D. and Mad Men and immediately saw a DVD of it, waiting to be bought. It was literally on the front of the stack. I looked at it and hesitated and ended up not buying it. Guess what - I wish I did. I swear I’m going to go out tomorrow and buy that thing. In the meantime, I watched this:

In a nutshell, what I would say is that it seems simple to do, but it’s not. Is it too good to be true, though? That, I will find out myself.