Slacker? Not me...

...or at least I'm trying not to be one (anymore). I've been slacking off lately that when it gets dark, I always feel like I haven't done anything during the day. Internet especially Facebook takes up a lot of my time. So I listed a few stuff that I'm going to spend my time on before sitting down for Facebook because once I sit down in front of the laptop, I'm glued to my chair for the rest of the day.

So these are the things that I added to my daily routine:

1. The Book of Mormon challenge. Our ward challenges us members to read the BoM cover to cover by August. The reading started in March 1, so the members were supposed to read the first Chapter that day (although we are not obliged to). But guess what? I only started today. What a big procrastinator I am! Good thing the challenge calls for only one to a few chapters a day so I'll catch up by reading more each day.

Had I started reading on March 1 and continued, I would have been on the chapter and verse circled in red by now, but since I didn't start until today and I had to read from the very first chapter and verse, and I read 7 verses this morning, I'm only at the chapter and verse circled in blue. So you can see how much I need to catch up on.


2. Books and more books
The first 3 books on top of the pile in the picture (A Marvelous Work and a Wonder, Jesus the Christ, and The World's Religions) are the ones that I'll start reading one by one until I've read them all 3. The rest of the books in the pile are the ones that I've already finished reading but will read again from time to time. You can see that all my books are non-fiction. They're all about other people's opinions. I like intelligent and successful people and I'm always interested in what they have to say. I don't know why I don't like novels, the same way that I don't like movies very much, unless they're based on a real-life story.


3. Getting back in shape. The last time I went jogging and did Pilates was a year ago. Sometime last year, my menstrual cycle was delayed for 3 weeks and I thought I was prego so I stopped exercising. But when it was confirmed negative, I was too lazy to go back to my workout routine. That's how I am in almost everything. Once I start doing something, there's no stopping me. But when I do stop, it will take a lot of convincing to get myself to do it again. I miss working out. One thing I love about exercising is feeling energized throughout the whole day. I feel good about myself, I feel positive about everything. So time for the dumbbells and workout mat to come out of the storage closet.


4. 365 Photo Project. I'm going to take at least one photo a day either indoor our outdoor for a year. So that will be at least 365 photos total by April 8, 2011. I will post some of the photos on this blog and some on my photo blog.
Here are 2 from today:

My precious ring (and I say that like Gollum in The Lord of the Rings, haha)



Picture from Day 2 is here.

5. Last by not the least, learn to habla Español. Haha, I don't even know if that is the correct way to say it but what I mean is, learn to speak Spanish. Brandon has been learning Japanese through Rosetta Stone so I'm thinking about learning Spanish too, not really looking forward to become fluent, just to be able to construct some sentences is good enough for me.

Human Sounds Exactly Like a Horse

The show that is very popular in Britain and America is now also franchised by a giant TV network in the Philippines. ABS-CBN now gives the Filipinos the opportunity to show the world that Pilipinas Got Talent also.

In one of the first episodes of PGT, this guy (or should I say gurrrl?) shocked the whole country with her his talent. Later he was featured on an American TV program called Attack of the Show. I don't know if I should be creeped out or impressed by what this person can do but it sure is very talented of him to be able to do different sounds.

Even if you don't understand the video, I suggest that you finish it to the very end. Then decide for yourself if the horse voice really came from his mouth or if it was fake.

FYI: The original version of the song doesn't have any animal sound in it. :D

Undecided

I've been thinking a lot about myself this week, my future, what I'm going to do career-wise, and what and where I want to be in the next few years. Thinking about reaching success sometimes pressures me. And the thought of not feeling accomplished 5 or 10 years down the road is depressing. But then I don't know what it is that I want to fulfill and what it is that will make me feel truly accomplished. Sometimes I dream of graduating from a good university in the US and later become a successful career woman, making big bucks, feeling a great sense of self-worth. But there are times that I think I should not postpone motherhood longer, that it's about time I start a family with my husband, that we are not getting any younger and at our age we should already have at least one child. I know that going to school would mean child bearing has to wait until I graduate.

I admire working women a lot especially those who climbed their way up to the top. But I'm also jealous of mothers who devote their time to their family. A hardworking dad coming home from work to his wife whose hair is messy from taking care of the house and the kids all day, and his naughty little kids racing to the door to greet him with kisses and hugs, and together they eat dinner then snuggle in the living room watching TV, is like picture-perfect to me.

Do I want to be called "Ma'am" or would I prefer "Mom" a few years from now? I need to decide soon.

Death of my go-to skirt

After watching Wyatt and his first love (read previous post), Brandon and I headed to the car to leave for Church. We were already 3 minutes late because of the cats' love-at-first-sight scenes. As soon as I stepped inside the car, this happened:



Good thing Brandon had a jacket in his car so I wrapped it around my waist when I went back to the apartment to change. Now we're not only 5 minutes late but 10 minutes. Agh!

This isn't my favorite skirt but I wear it to Church almost every Sunday because I can pair it with anything.