After the wedding.... the Honeymoon!

Oh yes! My mind is still in a misty, hallucinating state. Still dreamy....

After my dream wedding, of course, the much awaited perfect honeymoon must be perfectly planned, I don't want it to be just a honeymoon-- I want it to be perfect, superb and splendid! I want a tour all over the world-- at the most exotic and most sought after places there is! My! Is there any more wonderful than that? Just wandering around the world with your perfect groom, my oh my! It's just magnificent. Addition to that is you can spend bucks and bucks away without worrying that much because you are lucky to be happily married with a millionaire or maybe a billionaire! haha. Ok, I think I am wwayy beyond the normal state of mind!

Well, let's still proceed....

Places that I am dying to go (for honeymoon or just alone):

Let's start in Asia....

Hong Kong: Go to Disneyland and buy loads and loads of clothes!


Singapore: After Hong Kong, let's splurge designer's stuffs in Singapore!

Heading off to New York....

There's something peculiar about the Big Apple!

Next stop is Egypt....

I will be excavating stuffs on the Land of Tutankhamen! :D

Then off to go to Europe baby!

The lush green of Iceland. Isn't it ironic, it shouldn't be green---it should have ice :D


The streets of London


The perfect ambiance of Rome

Rowing thru the tunnels of Venice

And of course, having the perfect dinner in Paris! Bon apetit!

So there's you have it! But those are only the places that top the list, still have the whole world to tour! Again, who wants to go with me, be sure to have your own money! haha.

Au Revoir!

P.S.
I don't know how long will this mushy mind of mine will gonna last.... so bear with me!

Weddings

A winter-themed wedding. Isn't it magical?

I just got home from a one of a kind wedding, yes, it's really one of a kind.

A 70 year old married to a woman half of his age. Lolo Remy and Tita Flory's Nuptial. I witnessed their sweetness as they tied the knot and I was quite impressed. Love only proves that there is no boundaries or limitations that can hinder happy endings. Both of their spouses have died and their love story began, I don't really have the authority to elaborate it more here.

I sang at their wedding, yep, actually it was a duet. Up until now, I just can't believe the fact that I sang a song and take note in a wedding in front of PEOPLE!!! Oh my! The shame that once again I have plunk over myself, I really don't know if I will still have the courage to show off my face! Oh well, I once read that if you want to grow as a person you must leave your comfort zone and try extreme things. I think singing in front of a crowd is an extreme accomplishment, knowing that's its my first time to sing in front of a crowd--with no experience at all. Who wants to hear me sing? haha.

Oh well, I love to attend weddings. It ends me up thinking about my own wedding. I am quite dreamy and extravagant about my own wedding. I don't want it to be simple, I want it to be unforgettable, yup! I think that's the word: unforgettable. With all my friends and loved ones witnessing my beautiful wedding.

I want my wedding gown to be the best!
I want to have a flower-filled wedding!
(My reception theme is still not yet decided, I'm still thinking of something unique!)
I want to have as many food as there can be!
In short, I just want my wedding to be the best day that I ever had! And hey! Wedding is rare and sacred so make the most of it.

Oh well, getting married is still not in my mind. haha. I still don't have a groom, stupid me! I don't want to get married alone, that's pathetic! haha.

Sorry for my over-melodramatic post. It's just that sometimes at the end of the day, I can't help to be too romantic and ending up thinking up too many mushy and fanciful hallucinations. But really, if you're a romantic-movie-buff like me, you will end up imagining things about yourself also. It's really a secret, but I think it will not be a secret anymore--- I am dreaming of my own version of Mr. Darcy. Can you blame me? who can resist the undaunted and coolly charm of Elizabeth Bennet's one and only? If only there's a true-to-life Darcy, my!

Too much dreaming, ok I will stop! I really do apologize... haha!

P.S.
Don't forget to invite me at your weddings. Though I know that it's too early to think about it! Ciao!

Austen's Era

I would consider Jane Austen as one of my most beloved authors. Not only I admire her by her wicked and witty style of writing but also for her free indirect speech, burlesque and irony which spot here a place as one of the most widely read and most admired writers in the English literature.

I have seen movies from the novels of Jane Austen, particularly "Pride and Prejudice", "Emma" and "Sense and Sensibility" and I quite grew impertinent about how the society lives by on that era. If you could see these movies you can really notice similarities-- the balls, the clothes, the manners, etc. Oh! How I wished I do lived on that era, but there is also some pros and cons.

I have read somewhere in the net about Austen's Era:

The Nineteenth Century and Its Impact on Austen's Writings

Whether you call it "the Napoleonic era," "the Regency," or "late Georgian," the era of c. 1795-1830 is one of the most dramatic times in the history of the world. It is a time of war. And gaiety. Sorrow and pain. Downright hedonism. It is social manners taken to the ultimate degree. It is the heyday of the Industrial Revolution when merchants were becoming wealthier than noblemen. There was more education, for a wider range of people. More ideas. New evangelical churches, mostly appealing to the middle and lower classes, and beginning to preach a new morality. There were riots. The landed class lived in terror of a French-style revolution, which was based on the rebellion of the American colonies, both well within the lifetimes of most people of the Regency.

To the outsider, it might seem as if women of this nobility and gentry did very little--but their work was very important and sometimes very hard, as they were expected to manage the home and the household. As Etty Raverat, who was a young woman in the late 1800s, said, "Ladies were ladies in those days; they did not do things themselves, they told others what to do and how to do it" (Harrison and Ford, 226).

However, this lifestyle left ample time for leisure. Social parties and balls were held often. Dancing was a favorite pastime among most upper-class women and men. An evening party often would end with a few sets among the four or five couples present. Unmarried women spent a great deal of time with other unmarried women. However, once a woman was married her role was considered manager of the household, and she had much less time than before to walk and talk with former friends.

Though the life of an upper class woman might seem easier and more secure than that of a lower class woman, it was not always so. Land, titles, and money were inherited by the closest male relative--typically the older son, but if there was no older son then it would go to a more distant relation. Only the small amount of money set aside as a woman’s marriage dowry went to an unmarried woman after the death of her father. As a result, many mothers and daughters were left extremely poor after the death of their husband and father (Mitchell, 107).

The next-highest class was the middle class. Women of this class were much like women of the upper class, though their lands were not so extensive nor their way of life so grand as that of the aristocracy and landed gentry. People of the middle class associated with their peers and sometimes with those in the upper class. Women of the middle class depended heavily on marrying "up" into the upper classes, therefore gaining social prestige as well as a great deal more worldly goods.

The middle class itself was a much broader area of people than the upper class. It included everyone between the working classes and the lower gentry. It depended mostly not on how much money one had, but on how this money was obtained (Mitchell, 20). Because of this, the singular roles of middle class women varied greatly from family to family. Some unmarried women might have a place in the family shop, while others might live very much as a genteel woman would, with little work and much leisure.

The way women dressed also captures my attention, I just really love looking at women who all dressed in a long gown.There is grace and elegance about it which I really admire. Imagine if we are in a society where girls are required to wear killer corsets (though I don't think wearing corsets here in the tropical island of Philippines will be accepting such thing)! I bet, all girls will be crying at the end of the day because of spine and abdominal injuries. I think corsets can make your stomach measure for like about 18 inches! Imagine that about a ruler and a half, that's ridiculous! I would really love to try one. Contrary to parties nowadays, where youngsters go to bar and party like an animal, the Austen era is a complete opposite of this, though they do party with the music and the food, you will hear no ear-destructive rock music or vodkas or tequilas that will make you a total waste. This is more like a social-gathering where women and men dance to show their affection. Loud chattering are not really tolerated in this kind of era so women are very genteel and well-mannered.

Music and Art also plays a vital role in their lives. This is a prerequisite I think on upperclassmen, knowing an instrument or have a basic knowledge on art and I think it's really cool.

If I were given the "slightest" chance to live in this era, I would definitely go for it! Who wants to go with me? We'll be time traveling back to Austen's Era.

Lotatheraphy

I had so much fun yesterday, besides seeing my little sister again I had the chance to talk to a great, great friend of mine.

Cappuccino from "Coffee Bean"

Lota and I both had a great time yesterday at Rob Midtown.We had lunch in the "Old Spaghetti House" and their Pesto with Chicken is so good. Carlota has been my good friend from Masci. As far as I can remember Artem introduced her to me. We can talk everything under the sun, from movies, to music, to boys...haha. I really love it when we have such a conversation. It's like a therapy, very stress-relieving. We had a great time in Coffee Bean and the ambiance is really invigorating.

So many confessions and no need to elaborate, right dear Lota?

Lota you are really such a good listener and a good advicer. I really admire how flexible you are when it comes to people you are mingling with. How you can talk so many stuffs without them getting bored. Thanks for the wonderful day yesterday!

Well after that talk, I went to Powerbooks to kill the time. I have to fetch my bro to Pisay and it's still way too early to go there so I decided to spend some readings. I read the "The World's worst Jokes" and some informational books, then off I go to Q.C.

MRT is jam-packed. It's really tiring but still very satisfied.

Gotta go. I still have baby-sitting to do.

Au Revoir!

New Soul

I dedicate Yael Naim's song "New Soul" for my new baby sister.

New Soul
Yael Naim

I'm a new soul
I came to this strange world
Hoping I could learn a bit bout how to give and take.
But since I came here,
Felt the joy and the fear
Finding myself making every possible mistake

la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la...

I'm a young soul
In this very strange world
Hoping I could learn a bit bout what is true and fake
But why all this hate?
Try to communicate
Finding trust and love is not always easy to make

la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la...

This is a happy end
'Cause you don't understand
Everything you have done
Why's everything so wrong?
This is a happy end
Come and give me your hand
I'll take you far away

I'm a new soul
I came to this strange world
Hoping I could learn a bit bout how to give and take.
But since I came here,
Felt the joy and the fear
Finding myself making every possible mistake

I'm a new soul... (la, la, la, la,...)
In this very strange world...
Every possible mistake
Possible mistake
Every possible mistake
Mistakes, mistakes, mistakes...
Take take take take take... take a mistake
Take, take a mistake
Take, take a mistake
(oh oh oh oh...)
[fade out]
(oh oh oh oh...)
*Listen to my Playlist -->>>

The moment I saw my baby sister, my oh my, a rush of happiness suddenly pours into me. I feel happy and uhm yeah more of a "ate". She's the cutest and the most adorable. She is so healthy. By the way, her was is Kiersten, nickname is "Ken", sorta like a boyish name but I think it's cool. Mom derived her name from Kirsten Dunst, she really want that name for me and I still have no idea how she ended up giving me the name "kimberly".



Well anyway, Ken is such a darling, darling darling. I ended up looking at her most of the time. Touching her beautiful, delicate, baby-soft skin and her oh so charming eyes. She got the eyes from me! She is quite long/tall also and her cheeks are blushing whenever she sneezes or yawn. It's just that I felt that she is my own baby. Like looking at her, and your problems and worries will be instantly blanched.

Whenever I carried her, she really likes it, she stops crying and
I really feel so "ate". She is a darling, darling baby. She doesn't like her crib and she always cries whenever she was left alone there. Maybe, she can sense that she has a belongingness whenever she is being carried and she can feel warmth from everybody. I slept at the hospital so that me and Dad can take rounds. Relatives also visit and how they adore such baby!

I love babies, just as i love cats or kittens. There's just this innocence that's very transparent whenever you look them at their eyes, it just overflows and I like that feeling. Washing away all worries and distressed and whatever anxiety we feel.

Message to my dear, dear baby sister: (so emo!)

My dear baby sister,

As you read this message maybe you are now a full-pledged teenager who also worry about many problems, or maybe a rocketing scientist you invents stuffs,and or maybe a musician like a pianist or a violinist or maybe an opera singer! Anything in this world! I don't know. And I, maybe a doctor or if not a doctor a person who wanders around.
I know, it's not that easy but it's really not that bad also. I have also gone through that and man, I tell you there are times when I feel so hopeless and helpless and worst of all FAITHLESS!!! But my dear, don't let anything or anyone put you down. Don't ever forger that your ever-loving big sister is always here to understand... to listen... and to love. I don't want you to commit mistakes that I have done, that I have really regretted and always regretted.
LIFE is a four-letter word! But it really means something, in fact in means your whole being.
My dear baby sister, I want you to be brave, to consider, to be strong, to be independent and to be faithful! I love you always.

Your dearest big sister,
Kim

The OVERJOYED big sister!