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Hey, everyone!

It has been such a busy week for me—scripts, midterms, recitations, and Chapter Three of my thesis were due this week. I am so glad I survived! You know, whenever I study or do something school-related, I see to it that I have food to keep me awake and yes, motivate me to study some more. Haha! I couldn’t have survived this week, if it weren’t for these food: (They’re not necessarily my comfort food but they helped me pull off all-nighters.)

1. New York’s Finest Pizza of Yellow Cab
   My brother, Kuya Brian was in the mood to eat pizza on one school night. At first, I was annoyed that he bothered me while I was typing my assignment but when he told me, “Bea, pa-deliver ka pizza,” my mood instantly changed. Haha!
2. Cheetos and Act II Butter Lover’s microwavable popcorn
   These are definitely part of the grocery list every week.
3. Koko Crunch and Cowhead Fresh Milk
   Ahh, my favorite tandem for midnight snack and breakfast
4. Barbecue-flavored cornick
   Some of my blockmates went to Laoag for their thesis immersion. One of them bought cornick for me as pasalubong. Thanks, Kitch!
5. Sweet Home BBQ Burger of Bubba Gump
   Just last night, Kuya Brian brought food from Bubba Gump. By the way, he works in Bubba Gump Greenbelt 3 as a chef. He brought Cajun Shrimp for my mom as well.

These are just some of the food that I ate randomly this week. I know they aren’t exactly energy boosters, but it just so happened that these helped me de-stress somehow. I’ll try to eat a well-balanced diet, which includes lots of fruits and veggies in the coming weeks to keep me healthy as I pull off all-nighters.

You know, Candy girls, we all deal with stress differently. It is important to find ways on how to reduce your own stress level. So how about you? What do you eat when you’re stressed or when you’re studying? Let’s compare!

Enjoy the long weekend girls!

Knows what to do when stressed,
Bea

P.S. I know this post would have been better if I had pictures but sorry I forgot to take photos of me eating all these. Hehe!

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I have always loved Pixar animated films and my two top favorites would be Meet the Robinsons and Finding Nemo but this movie definitely climbs up to the top spot. The movie is none other than Wall-e! I bet everyone who has watched it would agree with me and to those who haven’t I’m sure you will right after you get yourself a ticket!

My family and I were in SM Mall of Asia last Sunday figuring out what to do because it was a late celebration for my sister’s birthday. So, after shopping through some stores, we went to Tagaytay Highlands Steakhouse for dinner, which was a restaurant that I think would have the best ambiance and setting in the whole Mall of Asia. If you haven’t been there it’s located at the very end of the mall, parallel with the bay and near the IMAX center. The food is pricey but the meals are good for two and besides if it’s a special occasion (my sister’s birthday) then it’s okay to splurge. After a delicious dinner, we were thinking of a “family” movie because usually every Sunday we would watch a movie. Our family is composed of movie junkies. Then, we heard good review about Wall-e and decided to watch it! Luckily, our parents were game for an animated film.

For a robot, Wall-e is so adorable! (from http://www.robotwall-e.com/)

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I am still sick and because I was really stubborn to go to school despite my condition (please tell my professors to give me a “model student” award when I go back to school) , I got sicker, which means that right now, I am at home doing nothing besides bumming and sleeping and bumming and sleeping. Did I mention bumming? And sleeping?

Okay. Now you can say that I am sick.

So, yeah. I’ve been home for six days straight. From Friday (holiday) up to this day, Wednesday. And I must say that when you’re used to doing so many things, having nothing to do gets pretty much a drag.
So what did I do for six straight days? Read on…

1. I counted the flowers in my mom’s little garden. Grouped them and then computed for the possibility of picking 2 reds and 2 pinks. That’s statistics. Sorry, I major in Math.
2. Watched as many chick flicks as I can. Start spelling swollen eyes.
3. When I couldn’t sleep since my days were spent sleeping, I imagined my crushes like I would imagine a sheep jumping from left to right. You know that usual thing you do when you can not sleep… like that. It was fun, actually. The only problem was, imagining them like that, made sleeping even harder
4. I tutored my little cousin. It was quite difficult since we would always end up laughing.
5. Filled two sheets of yellow paper with my signature. Practice makes perfect right. If I’m going to be a teacher, my signature will be printed on every kid’s notebook so it has to be, uhm, readable.
6. Played Crazy Kart. Ibang trip to, sakay na!
7. Played pen pen de sarapen with two of my nephews. I can’t believe that I didn’t play that game when I was younger. It was so much fun!
8. Read my daddy’s old books. Fourth of July, Secret and Oliver’s story. I love them all. I might actually ask my mom to give those books to me. I am just looking forward to reading all of them.

So there you go, how about you, Candy girls? What are the things that you do when you have nothing to do?

Doing something silly, yet, again,
Mheems

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Last Sunday I was fortunate enough to reunite again with my 16-year old (soon to be 17!) cousin, Chantelle. The last time we saw each other was when we were 3 years old because her family moved to New York. Technically, we haven’t seen each other for more than a decade. We never really stayed in touch while she was abroad (when you’re 3 years old, the only things that revolve around your head are Barbie dolls and wooden blocks), but now that she’s back for her summer vacation, I cannot wait to catch up with her.

We really are related! We look alike don’t you think?

We ate in Via Mare (Greenbelt), a restaurant which serves authentic Filipino cuisine. My parents wanted to treat their family to Filipino food since New York doesn’t really provide options for the Pinoy tastebud.
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There’s too many things that I haven’t done yet
Too many sunsets
I haven’t seen
You can’t waste the day wishing it’d slow down
You would’ve thought by now
I’d have learned something

I made up my mind when I was a young girl
I’ve been given this one world
I won’t worry it away
But now and again I lose sight of the good life
I get stuck in a low light
But then Love comes in
— “Many the Miles” by Sara Bareilles

I must confess that I tend to be a worry-wart. I’m improving though I still get stressed out about a lot of things. What’s the biggest enemy I usually fight? Time. I get worried that I’ll run out of time to accomplish the things I want to do.

However, last Saturday I learned a valuable lesson… My grand aunt (my paternal grandfather’s sister), Lola Floring, celebrated her 90th birthday!

There are really 90 candles! Count them if you can.

I still find it hard to imagine living on this world for ninety years. It’s such an incredible feat and she has set such an excellent example. Plenty of people from all over the world came to celebrate the event (Switzerland, France, USA—to name a few). It made me think of the impact she has made on their lives and how loved she is.

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