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Ten Things That Make Me Happy

I’m waiting for my mom to hang up the phone so we can head to the post office to pick up the parcels that arrived for me.1 My mom and my grandma talk on the phone for hours at a time! Their current record is five hours. They talk everyday…most of the time it’s four hours. You can just imagine how huge my grandma’s phone bill is (she’s the one who usually calls us). BTW, my grandparents live in the U.S.

I can stay on the phone for a maximum of 1 hour. My longest phone call ever ran for about eight hours — on my mobile. I won’t be doing that again.

Okay, so while waiting… I came across one of Shen’s lists and thought I’d post mine here.

Here are TEN THINGS THAT MAKE ME HAPPY these days:

  1. knowing I’ve made a difference in someone’s life, no matter how small :)
  2. talking to Jim :giggly:
    — hearing his voice always makes me feel all warm and fuzzy inside. :embarrassed:
  3. spending time with my family :)
    — haha. It makes me want to sing the 7th Heaven theme.
  4. hanging out with friends :bouncy:
    — We don’t get to see each other as often as we’d like. :( We’re lucky to be able to catch a movie or have dinner once every couple of months.
  5. reading a good book :thoughtful:
    — I love books that inspire me to blog even though I rarely get to write about what I read here. ;) My literature-related thoughts tend to get all jumbled up.
  6. long walks :)
    — Especially when I’m upset. It helps clear my head.
  7. beautiful rainy days :rainy:
    — It’s one of the things I miss about living in Laguna. It was always so peaceful when it rained there. When it rains here in Pasig, it’s often scary.
  8. moonlit nights and starry skies
    — There’s just something about looking at the moon and the stars that makes you think that everything that happens in your life is part of a divine plan. Synchronicity. It’s cosmic. ;)
  9. black and white photos
    — They say that colored photographs capture the person’s clothes, black and white photos capture the person’s soul!
  10. my favorite food!
    — I feel like Garfield..craving for lasagna.
  1. Darn customs office keeps holding them.

Counting Blue Cars

I’m listening to Dishwalla again. Last.fm seems to be a bit wonky. I have the widget on my sidebar and some of the songs I’ve listened to aren’t showing up on the list.

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Is it just me or does everything seem to be going wrong?

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I’ll be working on an art project (sort of), starting tomorrow. I feel like I’m all over the place. I need the distraction – something to focus on. Just me, my sketchpad / boards, and pencils. I don’t want to work on the computer. Graphic design was fun as a hobby but after taking up Multimedia Arts, I started hating it. pfft. Which reminds me..I have to “visit” the school and take care of my LOA form. But I can’t find it. Great. I think I accidentally put it away with my art materials. argh.

“All my life I could do anything. I could do anything, really. Except the one thing I wanted.” ~Kitty, The Hours (2002)

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Things just seem to keep getting worse here at home. I don’t want to go into details… Let’s just say that my dad demonstrated how inconsiderate he is yet again. “Thanks dad! We could starve to death and you wouldn’t notice, let alone care.

I can’t find the silver lining. My mom says she feels like they’re back to square one. Only this time, she’s too old for this. She’s supposed to be enjoying her life now..not worrying about how to make ends meet. :discontent:

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Jen caught me on YM earlier and we talked about maybe having dinner this coming Friday. She had a party last Saturday — it was her birthday — and I wasn’t able to go. M-Rize couldn’t come either because she’s busy with work and domestic stuff — she and her boyfriend are buying a house, planning their wedding, stuff like that. I hope the three of us can get together soon. I need to talk with them about some things.

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Seriously, the only thing that makes me happy right now is the fact that Jim is going to spend Christmas and New Year’s with me. If I didn’t have that to look forward to, I don’t know what I’d do. :eyescry:

“The thought of this life, that’s what kept me going. I had an idea of our happiness.” ~Dan Brown, The Hours (2002)

Young and Happy

I seem to be having a lot of “interesting” conversations with kids these days.

I watched a movie with my sister Peewee and Chestnut earlier. There was a happy couple in one scene and Chestnut squealed (yes, squealed), “Just like you and Jim!” LOL.

After a while, Chestnut came up behind me, gently stroked my hair1 and said:
Chestnut: You look different.
Me: What do you mean?
Chestnut: You look young…and happy.
My first thought was to say, “Why?! Did I look OLD before?!” Instead, I said:
Me: That’s because I am young and happy!
Chestnut: I’m young and happy too!

AND I’ve been blogging about Jim a LOT. It’s just that I miss him so much…and it helps to blog about him otherwise, I’d be moping around, thinking about him every single minute and not getting any work done!

What else..what else..?!

I watched the UAAP basketball games yesterday — with Ate Peewee2 and my cousin Clarenz. La Salle won!!! :hyper:

Oh, and I reformatted my hard drive! I thought I had everything backed up but I forgot to export my bookmarks. Even worse, I’ve forgotten quite a few of my passwords – I forgot to check my Firefox password bank before I deleted everything. :stressed: argh. But I’m enjoying having my laptop in it’s out-of-box state (except it looks a bit battered on the outside – just a bit!)

Anyway, I’m going to work on the original themes for the main site and this blog as soon as I get Photoshop reinstalled. :artistic:

Good night everyone! :love:

  1. pfft. people do it all the time – especially now that my hair’s getting longer and longer…
  2. Ate” is something we call our female elders — usually for older sisters, cousins, or friends.
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