JAI-nism: April 2005

Wednesday, April 13, 2005

like the old times

watched The Wedding Date with evs earlier. it wasn't a GREAT movie, but it was amusing. it's a tried and tested love story, where nick (dermot mulroney) is the male counterpart of Julia's character in Pretty Woman. i sat thru the movie trying to figure out who the guy reminds me of, only to conclude that he sorta looks like Sly Stallone - a cuter, more polished and way younger version, of course! i guess it's the shape of his eyes and the way he curls his lips...
this movie didn't have too many kilig moments. more often, evs and i would burst out laughing because the scenes were silly and the dialogue too corny. nick just had to say, "i'd rather fight with you than make love with someone else", and then there just had to be a rainshower when kat is confronted by a painful truth and tries to run away from it all in a silk gown and heels. ano bah?! pinoy bah ang scriptwriter nito?!
the scene where kat and the other girls from the bridal shower go around london in a limousine (or was it a rolls?), laughing and screaming their drunken heads off with air supply's all out of love as the musical score was totally lost on me. the dialogue between kat and an airport personnel was very interesting, wonder how many people in the cinema actually understood that part?
anyways, it was amusing, i had a good laugh, the guy was cute, i love kat (i adore will and grace), and the predictable storyline touched my oh-so pinoy romance movie taste..hehe!

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Friday, April 08, 2005

procrastinator

i soooooo wanted to spend my "weekend" updating this blog...
i wanted to blog about things like...
...how i miss 'ni so much because we don't spend as much time together as we used to
...my new haircut with side bangs
...how i love my new white havaianas Flash and how i've just GOT to wear them every single day
...evs and i planning to go to palawan or bora in july or august; just the two of us even if we both hate the beach.
...how i detest the infuriatingly hot, humid, sticky, scorching weather we are having right now. I know i grew up in a desert country, but summer in the tropics is definitely not for moi!
...my dreams of being a window-store display designer for Rustans
...i want to learn how to post pics on this blog but don't have the time to research, learn and experiment
...writing something about Pope John Paul II, but can't because i have no Catholic faith left in me and i will just come across as totally irreverent or ignorant or even both
...how i love APO Hiking Society
...getting this eerie feeling that i'm getting stupid and having more and more ditz moments to confirm the hunch.hehe
i have so many things to write about, but as usual, i spent my rest days sleeping and gallivanting about bats.

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Thursday, April 07, 2005

a weighty issue

i am getting fat again. i feel the heaviness and the fat rolling around my waistline whenever i sit down. i lost weight last year when i got sick from eating or drinking something. that was the first time i ever got sick enough to see a doctor and allow myself to be plugged to a dextrose bottle.
now i am getting fat again...
funny why this should concern me now, i have never cared about my weight before. i have never had any body image issues, could never care less what the bathroom scales would say. Of course it frustrates me when shirts cling and emphasize the roly-poly moi, i hate it when i get red marks around my waist from jeans that got tighter after a scrumptious meal at phuong's. Other than these normal how-the-clothes-fit-the-girl issues, i'm fine with my imperfect body.
but after knowing bilbil free days, it irks me to know, feel and see i am gaining weight. i'll admit, losing weight does have its down side. i've already got really high cheekbones and when i get thin it gets even more prominent. jeans look awf'ly saggy around the bum or are always slipping down the waist.my breasts get smaller and my legs look like bamboo skewers. in other words, i start looking like an otap. getting thin was also bad for my bank account. i kinda liked the buzz i got from buying things that had S or XS on its label.
food. weight. clothes.
these are universal issues. everybody has something to say about them, everybody has an opinion. people are obsessed with food, their weight and the latest in clothes. three subjects that could be mentioned in one sentence. issues important enough to make it on the covers of Time magazine. three things i never bother about. as long as i have food to eat, clothes that look decent and my body still fit into the current clothes i own...i'm fine.
suddenly i start worrying about how much food i take in, how i tip the scales and if my love handles are noticeable in the clothes i'm wearing?!?
blech! gettalife!!!

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