i'm reading Ala Paredes' blog and  I love this article that she read and posted.  I googled it.  I'm posting it here now.

ON SHORT HAIR (c1988)
from American(?) Vogue
by Joan Juliet Buck

Joan Juliet Buck, a devoted short-hair convert, explains why it makes a difference.


Hair is time.


Women with short hair always look as if they have somewhere else to go. Women with long hair tend to look as if they belong where they are, especially in California. Short hair takes a short time. Long hair takes a long time. Long hair moves faster than short hair. Long hair tells men that you are all woman, or a real woman, or at the very least a girl. Short hair always makes them wonder. Short hair makes children ask each other --usually at the school-yard gate, when parents are late-- "Are you a boy or girl?" Men married to women with short hair should not have affairs with women who have long hair kept up with many little pins and combs. Once you have cut your hair you have to remember to wear lipstick, but you can put away the brush, elastics, and the black barrettes in the form of shiny leaves with rhinestone hearts. When you cut your hair you lose a nose and gain a neck. A neck is generally better than a nose. It does not need to be powdered, except on extreme occasions. It does, however, need to be washed more often.


With short hair you suddenly dislike the month of March, when the wind blows down the back of your neck. With short hair you begin to crave pearl necklaces, long earrings, and a variety of sunglasses. And you brush your teeth more often. Short hair removes obvious femininity and replaces it with style. When it starts growing out a little and losing its style, you have to wear sunglasses until you can get it to the hairdresser. That's why you need a variety. Short hair makes you aware of subtraction as style. You can no longer wear puffed sleeves or ruffles; the neat is suddenly preferable to the fussy. You eye the tweezers instead of the blusher. What else can you take away? You can't hide behind short hair. Your nape is exposed. Men put their hands around your neck instead of stroking your long locks. You can only pray they have friendly intentions. The backs of your ears show, your jaw line is clear to anyone watching, and you realize --perhaps for the first time-- how wide the expanse of skin is between cheekbone and ear.


You may look a little androgynous, a little unfinished, a little bare. You will look elegant, as short hair requires you to keep your weight slightly below acceptable levels. However, the first time you wear a bathing suit with short hair, you will feel exceptionally naked. People who used to look straight at you will love you in profile. Short hair makes others think you have good bones, determination, and an agenda. The shape of your skull is commented on, so are its contents. They can pick you out in a crowd, and you can be recognized from behind, which can be good or bad. But your face is no longer a flat screen surrounded by a curtain: the world sees you in three dimensions.


Chase to the cut.


I used to have really long hair.  AS in.. hanggang pwet, but this was really long ago.  I started cutting it short grade six.  From that long, pinagupit ko hanggang chin.  that short! i remember nagulat mga classmates ko.. hahaha. Walang pakialaman dba! PArang ako din nagulat how short it was, and then i realized i liked it better.   Its easier to wear and magaan. High school, i started growing it again but never to that length.  Always shoulder length or just below.  Layers, i love.

Grade 9 i cut it short again.  I felt lighter.  Ang gaan ng feeling. Kaya until now, i always cut it short.  Its easier to fix.  Wash and wear.  Especially saken, i rarely fix my hair.  Kaya ko mag-clip ng walang brush and mirror. hahaha.  Its a talent or sadjang tamad lng ako. hahaha.

Now my hair's getting longer na ulit.  Grabe, mahaba na sha at magulo.  Next week, swear papagupit na ko.

Books.Books.Books.

i was browsing Ala Paredes' blog... I love it.  I love her, she's real!  Napadpad ako sa blog http://katmayo.blogspot.com/ where she has a post of Angus & Robertson's top 100 books of all time.  I just wanted to pass it on..

Out of 100 I only read 15.. does this mean i have to read more? hahaha.  I highlighted the books i got my hands on..  there are books i read this year that is not on this list.. kaya i guess.. quits lng!  hahaha.

1 Harry Potter series - J.K. Rowling 
2 Twilight - Stephenie Meyer -   Edward, my heart is yours forever!  I swoon everytime i read your name. Edward is love. ♥ 
3 Pride and Prejudice - Jane Austen  one of my favorites!  Mr. Darcy and Elizabeth why not?!  Kiligs.
4 The Obernewtyn Chronicles - Isobelle Carmody
5 My Sister's Keeper - Jodi Picoult
6 To Kill A Mockingbird - Harper Lee - makes me cry padin.. I've read this over and over!
7 The Book Thief - Markus Zusak
8 Breath - Tim Winton
9 The Kite Runner - Khaled Hosseini
10 Break No Bones - Kathy Reichs
11 The Power Of One - Bryce Courtenay
12 Fight Club - Chuck Palahniuk
13 Magician - Raymond E. Feist
14 The Bronze Horseman - Paullina Simons
15 Mao's Last Dancer - Li Cunxin
16 Memoirs Of A Geisha - Arthur Golden
17 The Lovely Bones - Alice Sebold
18 Cross - James Patterson
19 Persuasion - Jane Austen
20 Jane Eyre - Charlotte Bronte
21 The Time Traveler's Wife - Audrey Niffenegger
22 The Secret - Rhonda Byrne
23 Marley and Me - John Grogan
24 Antony and Cleopatra - Colleen McCullough
25 April Fools Day - Bryce Courtney
26 North & South - Elizabeth Gaskell
27 In My Skin - Kate Holden
28 Wuthering Heights - Emily Bronte
29 A Thousand Splendid Suns - Khaled Hosseini
30 The Other Boleyn Girl - Phillipa Gregory
31 Nineteen Minutes - Jodi Picoult
32 Atonement - Ian McEwan
33 Shantaram Gregory - David Roberts
34 Pillars Of The Earth - Ken Follett
35 The Pact - Jodi Picoult
36 Ice Station - Matthew Reilly
37 Cloudstreet - Tim Winton
38 Jessica - Bryce Courtenay
39 A New Earth - Eckhart Tolle
40 The Princess Bride - William Goldman
41 Running With Scissors - Augusten Burroughs
42 Anybody Out There? - Marian Keyes
43 Life Of Pi - Yann Martel
44 Seven Ancient Wonders - Matthew Reilly
45 People Of The Book - Geraldine Brooks
46 Six Sacred Stones - Matthew Reilly
47 Memory Keeper's Daughter - Kim Edwards
48 Brother Odd - Dean Koontz
49 Tully - Paullina Simons
50 Tuesdays with Morrie - Mitch Albom - cried tons!  haaaai.
51 The Catcher in the Rye - J.D Salinger
52 Eragon - Christopher Paolini
53 Eat, Pray, Love - Elizabeth Gilbert - GREATEST READ yet.  Liz Gilbert is courageous.  This book made me cry and think and be more thankful.
54 It's Not About The Bike - Lance Armstrong
55 A Tale of Two Cities - Charles Dickens
56 A Fine Balance - Rohinton Mistry
57 The Alchemist - Paulo Coelho
58 Nineteen Eighty Four - George Orwell
59 A Fortunate Life - A.B. Facey
60 The Mists of Avalon - Marion Zimmer Bradley
61 The Notebook -Nicholas Sparks - cried nanaman..
62 Water For Elephants - Sara Gruen
63 The Five People You Meet In Heaven - Mitch Albom
64 The Host - Stephenie Meyer
65 Dirt Music - Tim Winton
66 Eldest - Christopher Paolini
67 The Shadow of the Wind - Carlos Ruiz Zafon
68 It - Stephen King
69 World Without End - Ken Follett
70 Emma - Jane Austen - clueless was kind of based in this novel.  I liked cher better than emma. hahaha
71 Temple - Matthew Reilly
72 Little Women - Alcott Louisa May - definitely a fave.  Reminds me of my sisters..both biological and chosen-by-heart sisters. ♥  ITs about sisterhood, family and friends.
73 Lean Mean Thirteen - Janet Evanovich
74 Scarecrow - Matthew Reilly
75 American Gods - Neil Gaiman
76 Love In The Time Of Cholera - Gabriel Garcia Marquez
77 P.S, I Love You - Cecelia Ahern
78 All That Remains - Patricia Cornwell
79 The Last Lecture - Randy Pausch
80 Past Secrets - Cathy Kelly
81 The Persimmon Tree - Bryce Courtenay
82 Husband - Dean Koontz
83 Plain Truth - Jodi Picoult
84 Wicked - Gregory Maguire
85 Spot Of Bother - Mark Haddon
86 Always And Forever - Cathy Kelly
87 The Road - Cormac McCarthy
88 Cents & Sensibility - Maggie Alderson
89 Me Talk Pretty One Day - David Sedaris  Witty!
90 The Shifting Fog - Kate Morton
91 We Need To Talk About Kevin - Lionel Shriver
92 Everyone Worth Knowing - Lauren Weisberger
93 Hour Game - David Baldacci
94 Darkly Dreaming Dexter - Jeff Lindsay
95 The Woods - Harlan Coben
96 Half of a Yellow Sun - Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
97 Middlesex - Jeffrey Eugenides
98 Scar Tissue - Anthony Kiedis
99 Infidel - Ayaan Hirsi Ali
100 Birdsong - Sebastian Faulks

I am now reading Cecilia Ahern's Thanks for the memories..I just started.. lets see how it goes..

Something I'm sure I will NOT do!

Last week Noel went bungy jumping.. Look how brave he is!  Woohoo!

CrazyFriends

I just realized how intense kme magkwento magf-friends about our other friends to each other thanks to Myls and Ron. hahaha

Last Wed i got a text message from Clang.. it read:
"nksby ko c ron kanina sa elevator.  Muntik ko ng batiin tas naalala ko d nga pla kme frnds.haha.Klala ko lng xa bec of the photos. gnyt."

Kinwento ko kay Myls. Ntawa sha.. I remember telling her before when the girls and i were in greenbelt, i saw B'ley, na muntik ko na rin batiin. hahaha.  Nalowka yata c Myls samen.. Pero mas naloka sha when kinwento ko c Chuck and Chai, who never met before and only knew each other from my kwentos and pics.

One slow sat afternoon.. bumaba c Chuck sa lobby ng PS, c Chai was there waiting for her former boss who also worked in PS.. (no silly, not me. hahaha)  Nagkatinginan cla.. d nila alam gagawin.. tapos nagsmile-an! tpos cnabe na i think ni chuck.."sabihan ko c Gian andito ka.." (PANALO!)

C Chuck pag-akyat sabi saken.. "Gi, anjan c Chai sa baba, nagsmilan kme parang gago d naman kame magkakilala! hahaha."

I miss chuck.  I miss videoke with him. Chuckers pagbalik mo uminom tayo ng todo.. yung tipong gagapang na ko pauwi! hahaha.

I guess this could be the reason why I always forget to introduce my friends to each other.. hahaha I mean, i oftentimes assume na they already know each other.. Like what happened kay Clang and Myls.. sorry super crazy tlga ko most of the time that even if i make a mental note, wala pa rin..  hahaha (baka makalusot lng)
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I wrote this post friday night.. less than 3 hours after writing this i got a text msg from Sunny.. "lets go out tom.. Chuck is here."  HAHAHA.  I saw Chuck yesterday.. he came home for the weekend.. d kame gumapang pauwi sa kalasingan.. mas marami pang kwento kesa alcohol.. actually mas marami pang kape!  CHUCK NAMISS KITA!  It was nice seeing you again.  Labshoons. HUGS.

Juice-ko pow!

I just had to share a part of my chat with Noel.. Natawa lng ako.. You gotta love him! ♥

[18:22] noel: ang stiff ng juice
[18:22] noel: walang apple
[18:22] noel: ulk
[18:22] gian: ano nijuice mo?
[18:22] noel: calahating apple lang
[18:22] noel: celery, ampalaya, bell pepper, cucumber
[18:22] noel: carrots
[18:23] noel: and calahating apple
[18:23] gian: yuuuuuuuuuck
[18:23] noel: i feel so healthy
[18:23] gian: sana nagchopsuey ka na lng

i like

 was busy checking other blogs when i came across http://www.andrejordan.co.uk/.  ang ganda.  this painting made me smile.  i like sobra!

Back to reality.  Bohol was.... grabeh! everything just fell into its rightful place! The resort was great.. the weather is super..the food sarap.. the people, amazing!

Andame namen ginawa, andame namen nakita. nakilala! WE laughed so hard sometimes ansaket na sa tian!  Word of the trip VAJEYJAY (dont ask, pero we used this word too often i dont know why! haha)!  soundtrack is ABBA!  Chill lng lahat.. d pede mahaggard..  relax to death.. tulog ng mahaba tpos ang major requirement is magicing ng 3AM.. yup that's 3am.. tpos dapat paggicing mo tumatawa ka na! hahaha walang gagawin paggicing kundi humilata at magkwentuhan!

Bawal KJ kaya kahet malunod ka na.. dapat subukan pa din.. sabi nga ni Kuya Noi, "ma'am don't scared.. scared is only in your heart!".

All of us were craving lechon.. pero wala kame nakita.. we ate too much but its okay.. when people ask.. we met sa

weight watchers club! hahaha  WE ate sa Bohol Bee Farm.. 2x! Buffet eh.. once Lunch tpos we had dinner there on our last night.  Bohol is.. GRABEH!



People would say, "ma'am buti naman pinayagan kayo ng boyfriends nyo.." we would answer, "d cla mahigpit.. pati kuya, pag nagpaalam kme malalaman nilang boyfriend namen cla.. tpos break na kame.. kce kame lng may alam na boyfriend namen cla..!"

Andameng pax!
G: grabe naman, andme pax dito sa resort!
C: hellow gian, cnugurado talga yan ni Beh!
G: ah okay..


                                      




There was this one couple.. the guy is super cutie.. we kept convincing ourselves na sister nya ung kasama nya.
Ezsena: nakadapa kame sa water sa may shore.. dumaan ungcouple:
Sunny: hey, joe wanna go?! (pabulong)
everybody: hahaha
Bookie: dapat tgalog..
Gian: ang pogi!
Pony: oo nga
Clang: grabe tayo tumingin hindi halata noh? mega stare as they walk?!
Everybody: hahaha
Anna: siser lng nya yang kasama nya
Cutie pax tumingin samen
Bookie: shet tumingin satin
Cutie Pax bumulong sa kasama nya.
Bookie: i thik cnabe nya sa kasama nya.."look at those hippos talking about us!"
everybody: hahaha
Bookie: anlakas ng mga boses natin noh? pano kaya kung laking bohol yan tpos naiintindhan pala nila tayo?!
Everybody: hahaha


                                          




Sa trip, lahat ready to pose.. lahat game.. lahat maganda nangyari! on our last night we toasted Bohol!
Pony: to great trip and tons of wonderful memories!
Bookie: to the Best vacation..
Everybody: EVER!!!!!!!!!

something i read somewhere..

“Even though we've changed and we're all finding our own place in the world, we all know that when the tears fall or the smile spreads across our face, we'll come to each other because no matter where this crazy world takes us, nothing will ever change so much to the point where we're not all still friends.”

the name thing..

ike kay Clang..  akong ako talaga eh!

GIANCARLA

You are deeply philosophical and thoughtful. You tend to analyze every aspect of your life. You are intuitive, brilliant, and quite introverted. You value your time alone.  Often times, you are grumpy with other people. You don't appreciate them trying to interfere in your affairs.

You tend to be pretty tightly wound. It's easy to get you excited... which can be a good or bad thing. You have a lot of enthusiasm, but it fades rather quickly. You don't stick with any one thing for very long.  You have the drive to accomplish a lot in a short amount of time. Your biggest problem is making sure you finish the projects you start.

You are usually the best at everything ... you strive for perfection. You are confident, authoritative, and aggressive.  You have the classic "Type A" personality.

You are very intuitive and wise. You understand the world better than most people.
You also have a very active imagination. You often get carried away with your thoughts. You are prone to a little paranoia and jealousy. You sometimes go overboard in interpreting signals.

You are very open. You communicate well, and you connect with other people easily. You are a naturally creative person. Ideas just flow from your mind.
A true chameleon, you are many things at different points in your life. You are very adaptable.

You are wild, crazy, and a huge rebel. You're always up to something.
You have a ton of energy, and most people can't handle you. You're very intense.
You definitely are a handful, and you're likely to get in trouble. But your kind of trouble is a lot of fun.

You are relaxed, chill, and very likely to go with the flow. You are light hearted and accepting. You don't get worked up easily. Well adjusted and incredibly happy, many people wonder what your secret to life is.

nang mag-chat kmeng mga lokaret!

gusto ko lng i-share ung 1ng part ng chat namen ni jho, joy and kaye:



[23:40] jocelene_villanueva: pang umaga na Gi sked mo?
[23:40] naknampoo: mahaba masydo
[23:40] naknampoo: ask mo joy
[23:40] naknampoo: :))
[23:41] hernandezgian: just chooday
[23:41] hernandezgian: may gnawa ako
[23:41] jocelene_villanueva: ahahahahaha...
[23:41] hernandezgian: kaya kelngan am
[23:41] naknampoo: :D
[23:42] jocelene_villanueva: ah ok....
[23:42] jocelene_villanueva: watever.. wahahaha.. jokes
[23:42] hernandezgian: hahaha
[23:42] jocelene_villanueva: hay daming tsismis cla joy at kaye pag nagkita tau...
[23:43] jocelene_villanueva: pati rin pala c jen.. tipong habang nagkkwento.. talking like she's still the president of grade nine hope..ahahaha
[23:43] naknampoo: :))



- sorry sobrang natawa ako dito! C JEN NGA PALA ANG PRESIDENT NATIN before.. tpos c KATLIN! Nung president c Kaye pede mag pusoy dos pag walang teacher or pagbreak... basta may tong sa kanya! hahaha.

at pag may teacher na dumating, sbi ni JHO walang magpapanik, ilagay lang ung baraha agad sa paper bag ni Kaye tutal may kita naman sha satin!

Naalala ko din bigla nung ninakaw namin ni Katlin ung book ni Jen Mercado sa NOLI! hahaha.  Sabi ni Kaye, d naman nya hahanapin at nakakalat lng sa likod ng board the next day hinanap ni Jen at sakto ang book ni Kaye bago ang balot at panay tatak ng pangalan nya all over! hahaha.  PARANOID MUCH???!!!!!

♥ falling in luv with it ♥

I am falling in love with the book am reading.  I may have found my bible without even looking for it!

Ansaya ko, am very sure this book is the best buy ever! Better than "tuesdays with Morrie" na nagpapa-cry saken every chance it gets or "to kill a mockingbird" that still gets me everytime i read it.

I have yet to finish the book but man!  I just have to post some of the most wonderful lines.. there will be more to come!  Elizabeth Gilbert is one courageous writer!

"Take seriously.  Make Punctual.  Be cool and easy.  Remember- everything you do, you do for God. And everything God does, He do for you."

"You should never give yourself a chance to fall apart because, when you do, it becomes a tendency and it happens over and over again.  You must practice staying strong instead."

"the resting place of the mind is the heart.  The only thing the mind hears all the time is the clanging bells and noise and argument, and all it wants is quietude.  The only place the mind will ever find peace is inside the silence of the heart.  That's where you need to go."

Words and Hearts

just wanna share something i received through text recently. Something so simple but soo true..

"words and hearts should be handled with care. For words when spoken and hearts when broken are the hardest things to repair."

letters for my birthday..

so far am having a good birthday.  My friends gave me letters which i totaly appreciate. Couldn't ask for more really! Ü  Funny that everywhere we went bibirit sila ng happy birthday.. and i mean EVERYWHERE!  THANK YOU BOOKIE, CLANG and CHULES!