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i finally cracked my password woes to this blog! my first entry for so long! i don't really know what to say except a lot has happened. follow me on twitter @mygromit. till next post. :)

this book by joel osteen i'm very encouraged. i listen to his podcasts too!

i look like i'm in a bikini?! go figure.

everyone's been telling me how i've lost weight. but now, i'm stuck. my weight won't budge. so i'm coupling my not so limited food intake with exercise. i'm doing yoga and hip hop abs. it's fun! here's to hitting my ideal weight this year!

http://www.abeautifulrevolution.com/ here are a few of my faves

every year i make it a point to go home for Christmas. i book my ticket ahead of time and i file my leaves as early as october. it's just not Christmas if i don't spend it in ilocos with my family. on Christmas day we gather at my maternal grandparents' house for a sumptuous Christmas lunch. after lunch we open gifts and after that it's time for the neighborhood 'palaro'. we host one every year and every year the children just keep coming. the day after Christmas we troop to Dibua which is just out of the city limits for the Tercia -- a tradition that we keep for as long as i can remember with the farmers who tend our lands (what was left after agrarian reform that is which doesn't amount to much really). every year it's the same menu - tinola, pansit and roasted mudfish - and yet we keep coming back for it. this year we started a new tradition for the Monroy grandchildren and spouses. Dec. 27 we shall gather for an annual gift-giving which includes lu...

aaaarrrgh! how did it creep by wihout me noticing?! december is just around the corner! i don't even have a list! no list and no gift ideas either. maria corazon del monte! ano ne?!

MY biggest fear is that if i ever have children, they will inherit my genes!

the newest addition to the Monroy-dela Cruz clan DAMIEN ANGELO JOAQUIN GANO DELA CRUZ

to love found to love lost to broken heart to becoming a stronger person to lessons learned to people and experiences that make you reevaluate your entire outlook on life to places traveled to hope to fear to success to failure to boredom to fun to sick to healthy to rich to poor to sad to happy to the future to life! thanks to J. Michael Haas of The Daily Purge

congrats to our (nursing and PT) board passers! go forth and earn big bucks! wag kalimutan si doktora - congrats ading!

very early in the morning (quarter to 7) of july 21, my cousin lizet and i drove to greenhills to get our copies of the last harry potter book. i had a book reserved at fully booked and, of course, i lost my receipt. fortunately for me, i had the foresight to photocopy it and so that's what i presented to the cashier. because there was a relatively long line, she didn't give me a hard time. she gave me my copy which i quickly browsed through (i read the chapter titles mainly and the dedication). I tried to read the first chapter while waiting for lizet (to finish chatting with her friend over breakfast), however, i was so sleepy (i only had an hour and half or so of sleep). so instead of a marathon reading fest as i had planned to do -- i slept the saturday away. i finally finished reading the book on sunday night -- i wanted to pace my reading and really take my time and savor the experience of reading the last book but i just couldn't put it down. i had to know how jk row...

i said no to a weekend in boracay because it coincided with the book 7 release date. i'm not 36 (yet) but i too watch cartoons still

how do i love thee? let me count the ways... after a relaxing massage at the spa. christmas '06 the day before gina's wedding at the blando's one weekend

i'm thinking of going back to basics. i want to consider becoming a farmer. i want to raise chickens, pigs, goats and grow vegetables. too far fetched for me? i don't know i've been reading a lot about simple living oft late and the idea is so inviting. comforting even. think organic farming -- well that's the goal 4 -5 years down the road. ----==oOo==---- i think so too

this is daniel henney (ang bago kong kinababaliwan!). he's half korean and half british-american. i saw his latest movie on you tube called seducing mr. perfect -- button down shirts and suits never looked so yummy. oh and the subs were good too!

1 - bonding time with my siblings and cousins (some lang not all) 2 - having great conversation at the dining table 3 - listening to my sisters recount my nephews' and nieces' latest antics 4 - having the giggles at the most inappropriate time 5 - falling asleep in front of the TV 6 - new supplies from national bookstore 7 - a good book 8 - a good laugh 9 - a good cry 10 - a good movie 11 - cold and hot showers 12 - iced tea 13 - SPAM 14 - the smell of freshly laundered sheets 15 - air conditioning 16 - "pink" -- my favorite body lotion 17 - my new ceramic styler 18 - facial wipes (can't do without them) 19 - my ipod 20 - my high look havaiana's in brown and black 21 - the spa 22 - getting a pedi 23 - shopping! 24 - bananacue at toron

My cool celebrity look-alike collage from MyHeritage.com . Get one for yourself. my celebrity look-a-like is a white woman?!