mama makes a mean pancake.

my brother got excited and smothered his pancakes with the choc0-strawberry syrup. hehe.

H went jogging today :)

H woke up early and picked her outfit and placed her companion, Little Turtle, in her left pocket...

...she was psyched to go jogging with Mommy and Grandma!

H said "hi" to Mr. Cow...

She wanted to stay with Mr. Cow...

...but figured it's best to jog with Grandma instead!

Suddenly, H realized that Little Turtle left her pocket :(

"Where is Turtle?", she cried.

This purple cupcake cheered her up, though.

On the walk home, Grandma found Little Turtle!

Turtle was run over by a few vehicles, we figured. He lost both his eyes which made our H cry.

"Don't worry my H, I will fix little Turtle. I will give him eyes!" said Grandma.

Grandma's assurance was enough to make H smile.

THANK YOU LOLA! ^_^

Look at Turtle now:

7th

i got my 7th piercing today!!! (three piercings on my left ear, three on the right and one on the tongue)

thanks to my sister Karen. :)

from chex

I'm Too Big
by Franchesca Casauay on Friday, January 21, 2011 at 4:13pm


and I'd love to shrink it all,
diet my personality,
sick of blubbering through my life
heart-broken, but ox-strong,
clench-toothed, sure-footed, swollen
solid like the ugly cactus plant
storing up lonely sips
of water.
If I could just have those stick legs,
loose and dangling in baggy dress slacks,
thighs too skinny to keep anyone warm,
or the cold puckered dot of a nipple,
too tight to nurture. Give me a belly
so small that it doesn't need much, so queasy,
it never loves so desperately this feeling,
of full.
I'm too big,
and I envy the fragile woman
with her long thin hands,
too tired just writing a thank you note
much less touching someone—
holding anything. Those small feet
stepping lightly, pitter-patting
her delicacy, scooting around the mess.
Or the oohs and aahs of her tiny gestures,
the simple tilt of her crème white neck,
the sunken clavicle, and the lilting spine
lacing up a smooth-skinned back
that can't hold much weight,
so none is ever put.
Her whispered sleep, sacred.
Her tiny words, momentous.
Her close-lipped smile, rare.
I wish I could surger myself
narrow my eyes, too wide-set, close up
my sinuses so I don't have these smells
to remember, or miss. Here, take a rib—
I'd rather not expand like this
every time I breathe. And oh,
for a smaller head.
I'd shrink it myself if I could,
place my hands on my temples
the way Rhett did Scarlett,
tussling her frizzy hair,
and squeeze, veins popping,
until I squashed out all my big ideas
about love.
I'm tired of being too much,
the whole Sunday paper
when you just want the classifieds,
the waste of gaudy Christmas decorations,
meat scraps thrown to the dogs.
And though I don't really believe that less
is more, or that not enough is pleasure,
I've yet to find the ones who love
a big mouth like mine, the laughing teeth,
and wine-filled cheeks, the throaty echo
of deep vowel sounds,
my big words.
And what's worse, I think I'm growing.

--Marguerite Scott

kitchen adventure

chicken liver + gizzard. oriental style.

mama is on cyberspace!

http://dellamanguiat.multiply.com

http://www.facebook.com/dellabibalmanguiat

ulan!

weeeee! kanina, naligo kami sa ulan :D

gigantically enormous!

went to arthur's new house today. house blessing. partehpartey! was with H and my brother jon. grabe ang ganda ng bahay. i was gonna take photos of it but super dami ng tao! hindi ko pa kilala ang mga bisita nya. anyway, the house was uber GINORMOUS! haha 7 HUGE bedrooms. basta. super laki at ganda ng bahay. since their house is just a few blocks (NOT!) away from ours, may bago na 'kong tambayan :) haha! :)

awesome

sunrise. :D

shopping for H's pressie. thanks Ces and Jay! :D

The drunk texting always wins over for a fabulous story.

testing

:D

Sent from my iPod

connecting link

pag wala akong kashot la na ko maaya

si aries at rommel

ayain mo

sana magshot2 pa rin kayo dyan

as if naman ako lang pwede nyong kashot

nakakatawa naman kayo

ikaw ang connecting link eh

hahahha

super funny kayo

day three.

i'm getting used to this new routine. waking up at 430am to get a full-hour jog!

not only that it's good for my health, it's also good for nurturing my bond with mama. :)

jogging :)

i did not make resolutions for 2011 because i've been making a list every year and i keep on procrastinating. this year, i'll start doing. got myself a notebook where i keep track of my stats, what i eat, and whatever exercise i'm doing. oh and i also got a weighing scale (i was afraid of this friggin' thingamajig before!).

i already started jogging :)

jogged with yaya and mama. we started 5am and finished 6am. full hour jog! had so much fun today. good company. great view. fresh air. awesome music.

let's see if i make progress.

never too late...

... to try new things!

eversince i can remember, i never liked dressing up. i'm a t-shirt, jeans, slippers kind of girl. well, my mother took us shopping one day and asked that i try on this short-shorts. i did not want to, but all of them voted that i buy it with this black top.

sabi ni mama: feel sexy, look sexy!

i also bought another blouse, and skinny jeans. found a pair of nice sandals too!

haha :) so, yeah. fat is sexy. i love you mom! :)

broccoli

sabi ni aries, mura na daw ang broccoli doon.

sabi ko naman, dito pinamimigay lang ang broccoli.

ito ang imbentong luto ni aling della: spaghetti + chicken wings + cauliflower + broccoli in carbonara sauce.