coffee break

what is this thing with the olympics? so many hot men… i can’t contain myself, i am so infatuated with matthew mitcham. he’s an openly gay australian who placed gold at the 10m platform diving event at the beijing olympics. he’s hottt!!!

he’s only 20 but already an accomplished diver. watching his event, i was expecting him to bag the silver during the 5th round with him 34 points behind the 1st (china, no surprise) and a 2 point lead over the 3rd (russia) who ranked 1st at the world meet. after a disappointing final dive by china, and a 102 points dive by russia, i was at the edge of my day bed; he can easily lose the silver and settle for the bronze. but my matty (feeling close) pulled out the big gun, a 3.8 difficulty 2-1/2 back somersault, 2-1/2 twist to seal the gold medal around his neck. it was an exceptional dive with 4 perfect 10s and a 9.5 earning him a 112.1 points, the highest single dive score in the olympic history! it was such an elating feeling seeing him as he discovered he won the gold. he was crying his eyes out, you can feel his emotions, his happiness. i wanted to actually hug and congratulate him, but of course i can’t, he’s that likable. i’m no diving fan, i like synchronized swimming (that was won by the deserving russian team) and women’s gymnastics, but matty made a convert out of me.

ain’t he hot? he’s with a partner, too bad. aussies are really hot, that’s why i’m planning to move there and bag myself a matthew.

listening to:
Ultimate Kylie – Kylie Minogue & Robbie Williams: Kids (Radio Edit)

meet rocky.

he’s named after the boyfriend of my friend who is a dog lover and persuaded me to get one. i originally named him void pointer after the most powerful data type in the known world, void (if you’ll argue that void is not a data type, read this) but that seemed too geeky for such a cutie. i know i’ve made an earlier comment about dog’s neediness and picking up after them. however when i saw his face peering through the space between the bars of his cage, i fell smitten in love with him. though i later found out that he’s a he, i don’t mind his gender nor his sexual preference . his cute little face begging me to take him home.

he’s a 2 month old chow-chow, pure bred. right after rocky got into my apartment, he pooped at the door. of course i picked it up and i didn’t really mind. he’s now in his cage resting, he likes it there. i keep the cage open so if he wants to wander around the apartment. i’ve blocked my calendar coinciding with his vet and grooming schedules. i have all my shoes and bags at the second floor away from chewing machine rocky. hopefully he’ll stop chewing on the cable; i’m afraid he’ll get electrocuted with the power cords. i’m now looking for a good vet and dog spas near my place. anything for rocky…

by the way, if you know a good dog whisperer, do send me a shout out.

to darryll…

If I were a flower growing wild and free
All I’d want is you to be my sweet honey bee.
And if I were a tree growing tall and green
All I’d want is you to shade me and be my leaves

All I want is you, will you be my bride
Take me by the hand and stand by my side
All I want is you, will you stay with me?
Hold me in your arms and sway me like the sea.

If you were a river in the mountains tall,
The rumble of your water would be my call.
If you were the winter, I know I’d be the snow
As long as you were with me, let the cold wind blow

If you were a wink, I’d be a nod
If you were a seed, I’d be a pod.
If you were the floor, I’d wanna be the rug
And if you were a kiss, I know I’d be a hug

If you were the wood, I’d be the fire.
If you were the love, I’d be the desire.
If you were a castle, I’d be your moat,
if you were an ocean, i‘d learn to float [download here]

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i never like holiday breaks. last year, i spent my break at the office, so technically i didn’t had any. i chose to spend it in the office to iron out problems at the project level and at the same time to get me on board with all the crazy things happening there. this time is different. i just stayed at home. at home with my mom and yaya. though my sisters did spend the christmas and new year with us, but unlike me, i had the whole 2 weeks off.

i have to say that even though i never did look forward to the holidays, more so the long break, i did enjoy having our moments as a family. i love my relationship with my mom; there’s no more taboo between us, even sex and sexuality. having my sisters with us, we talked about almost everything, our childhood, growing up, favoritism that until now mom wouldn’t admit having. by the way, i’m the least favorite. we’ve also talked about the inevitable future, mom leaving to the u.s. to migrate and mom’s favorite topic, me and my spending no existent savings. i drained my so called savings when i went plastic happy at union square and madison avenue at my last trip. it gave me a sense of family that i have not felt for a long time. i have to blame myself for that, choosing work over.i felt a little sentimental, this would be our last christmas together since mom is migrating and i am not big at family gatherings…

-oOo-

i share dats‘ sentiments and feeling, sometimes, if not most, i feel like giving up. but why bother with all those questions and ifs and what not, i’m done questioning, enough with the questions (channeling my inner carrie in season 6), it’s time to do. 

listening to:
Affection – Lisa Stansfield: All Around The World