The end of 2010

I'm sorry I don't have a recap of 2010 yet but I'll do that tomorrow. :)

A year ago, it was just me and my brother here at home during New Year's Eve. My parents were out of town last year. However, we did spend it with my Lola's youngest Sister, Lola P.  She said that she would always be there for her 8 extra grandchildren.

Anyway, a year ago was the first and only time my Lola Cory appeared to me in a dream. After she passed away, I really wished for her to appear to me in a dream or something. So at the end of 2009, she was in my dream!

I was visiting her in her house in Times and she was in bed resting. I kissed her and she said "Justin! I missed you!" (She'd always call me by my real name :) ) After that moment, I woke up in bed. It was dark. But I smiled and said "Hi Lola, I miss you too." She seemed happy and I know she's up there watching over us. It's been over a year now and I still miss my Lola each and everyday...

2010 has been a roller coaster ride for me and my family. The campaign trail was busy. The elections were nerve wracking. Post-elections is even harder. But despite all that, God has been good to us. I'm thankful for the year that was.

2011 will definitely have ups and downs. Hopefully more ups! Another 365 days.

Anyway, here's to a New Year everyone! I wish you and your families all the best in 2011! Manatili tayong lahat sa tuwid na daan! :)

Happy New Year!

Watch out for the RELAUNCH of THE TANGLED WEB!!!

Dear Reader of The Tangled Web,

How have you been? I've been very busy. I have a new assignment and it demands a lot of time. When I get home, I need to work on other things so that's why I've been busy. But I don't think that's an excuse. For that, allow me to take this opportunity to apologize. I will blog more next year. I promise. I'll try to match my 2009 entries if that's what it takes! You may have been looking at this on a daily basis with no update. For that, I'm sorry. 2010 was just way too tiring for me. Believe me. I couldn't get a break to be quite honest.

But here's something I want to tell you. 2011 will be BETTER! The Tangled Web will have more posts and what I plan on having is more engagement with the reader. How's that? :) I have some topics in store for 2011 but I need you to give me some topics too :) So suggest away! Before the year ends, I'll have my year ending entries. Just some points of reflection. :) That cool?

Anyway, I just want to thank you for being supportive of this blog. I really didn't expect to get a lot of readers here but I'm honored. I promise, I'll have a lot of things on the blog so don't go away!

For now, I gotta go, it's my Ninang's birthday today and we have a dinner. I gotta get ready :) Who's my Ninang you ask? It's Pinky :) She's like a 2nd mom to me. Do pray for her if you can.

Catcha later!

Jiggy

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Turning 25 soon.

My birthday's coming up soon and to be honest, I don't know what I'm feeling. I also don't know how to celebrate it. I don't know whethere I should be excited of turning 25. I feel like that time flies by so fast that you need to pay attention to every second. Gone are the days of being a teenager and having petty problems in life. More is expected from you as you grow older and you need to get better at it.

Now, all I can say is that I am truly truly blessed. I'm very happy where I am now. :)

I guess it really is about making the most out of every day.

The Toys I never got...

My Mom and Dad told me when I was little that not everything in this world you can have... I realized when I was older that it was a way not to spoil me. They did a pretty good job at raising 2 boys. Seriously.

But there are just 2 things I really REALLY wanted as a kid... I never got them though...

1. The Turtle Blimp from Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles.

It was THE vehicle at that time! A blimp man! C'mon! How can you go wrong with that? You inflate this small balloon similar to the Wet Set stuff for the swimming pool.

I thought the Ninja Turtles had awesome vehicles. The toys where more awesome since not all toys appear in the movie. The Ninja Turtles were one of the best things out of my childhood to be quite honest.

2. The second toy I wanted SO bad was the 1989 version of OPTIMUS PRIME from Transformers. Need I say more? Here was the leader of the Autobots. A RED TRUCK with a container van attached that turns into a frikkin Robot. I got other Transformers but Optimus was always sold out! Mind you that Toy Kingdom/Toys R Us did not exist in the Philippines back then. We had Ultra Noblia in Virra Mall (Now called V Mall) and Babylane... Yes Babylane sold toys.

I'm not complaining. I got pretty cool toys growing up! I didn't get a lot of stuff as well... But if there were 2 toys that I really wanted it would be these 2...

What about you?

Nightmare!!! I hate it!!!

I had one of the worst nightmares... I hate the feeling of "namamahay"

I was in a seminar/workshop last week from Thursday to Friday in Antipolo. It was a long day session. Drank so much water and coffee in the cold function room that I kept on going to the rest room...

At night, I wasn't feeling all to well because for some reason, my stomach was upset. I turned in early around 10pm.

Remember from INCEPTION how you don't know how the dream starts? You're always in the middle of it. So I was walking down a road and a red-head caucasian walks next to me and talks to me. Suddenly, her red hair turns black and so do her eyes. She was the devil! I woke up from the dream with my stomach rumbling. I checked the time and it was 2:48am. Frikkin 12 minutes before 3am!?!? I wanted to wake up my room mate but I got scared because his voice might change or something. I went to the bathroom and detoxed. Yes, I will call it that. With an upset stomach, you detox!

I tweeted to take my mind off the dream. I left the bathroom door open for a "night light" effect.

I went back to sleep and I think I had another weird dream about poltergeists or something. Ack! I forgot to flip the pillow!

The next day, I was feeling terrible with an upset stomach and a bad dream running through my head.

I hate it especially when it involves evil. I tell you. It sucks big time. I talked to several friends and they said that nightmares were a way of disposing "garbage" in the mind. Another friend said that you gotta leave all the crap in the bathroom. So there you go, I should've detoxed before sleeping. Grrr.

Anyway, you guys sleep tight alright?

Superstitions

I have to admit that I'm only superstitious during the UAAP season... You know how athletes do some rituals out of superstition? Well, fans also have superstitions. I, in particular, can't wear the opponents color on the day itself. I outgrew the whole lucky shirt thing though. For one season, I wore the same shirt to 5 games. Sometimes, I hid it under an Ateneo jersey. Hahaha.

What is it with superstitions? For some reason, a black cat crossing my path gives me the creeps. Especially when driving. Then there's the funeral procession wherein if you're on the road, you have to throw a coin when you pass by the procession.

We all have our different faiths. I think there's a line between faith and superstition. Kanya-kanya as they say.

What about you and superstitions? What do you think?