Fire Scare

I was on my way home from school this afternoon. It's a 10-minute drive from our house. So I was driving when I saw in the sky really big and dark clouds of smoke. It was hard to tell where it was coming from but as soon as the tall houses cleared, panic hit me when I realized that the smoke was somewhat coming from the direction of our house. I was driving fast now and wasn't really minding the humps. Images of me packing our clothes and other things I can salvage in shipping boxes came flashing. Then, a sigh of relief came out of my mouth when I was already a few streets away from ours. Thank goodness it wasn't our house. I mean, I feel bad because it was someone's house or condo or building that was burning but I was very thankful that it wasn't ours.

So folks, let's be careful. It's summer already so the risk of a fire is higher in this time of the year. Let's unplug our gadgets and other appliances that are not in use especially when we're leaving the house. Unsupervised lit candles are a big no-no. I know I'm sounding like the spokesperson of Meralco but I just want everyone to be safe and not feel what I felt this afternoon.

Shake well before drinking

Ok so I may have been online practically the whole day today. My brain may have been fried already from the radiation or whatever waves that the monitor gives off. Fingers that was once limber and supple this morning now looked stiff as if they've been washing bed sheets the whole day. My eyes are now kind of drooping and feels a bit dry already from all the surfing. In short, I wasn't really looking good after my online session. This could probably be the reason why I intentionally shook the soda bottle that I was about to drink. Imagine my shock when I opened the can. Soda spritz came flying. There was soda remnants on the fridge till the bar faucets.

Laugh all you want but I have a perfectly good explanation for this. Besides the "condition" that I was in, I've been drinking Gatorade for the past three weeks ever since I got sick and almost got dehydrated. And it says on the Gatorade bottle to "shake well before drinking". Today was supposedly week 4 of Gatorade drinking but I ran out. Hence, I drank soda instead.

I rest my case.

Cleaning and Letting Go

I never thought doing a general cleaning of our house could be that difficult. I started out early hoping I could get things done before dinner time. I was so wrong. I should have given myself at least a day or two to finish everything. There were a lot of things to throw away like old lamps, shipping boxes and old magazines and newspapers that are just collecting dust in our storage room.

This is where my problem begins. I am one of those that have a hard time throwing away things. I always feel that the object that I am going to throw away will have use for me someday. That is why I seldom throw things. But this time, I have to be firm and should learn to let go. If not, our house would never be free from clutter.

I can do this!

I am so thrilled that next week is a class-free week. We won't be having any classes so that means free time to do anything. Unfortunately, before I go gallivanting, I need to put order first to my messy room. Things have been pretty busy in school lately that I haven't been able to tidy up. I left my room last week looking like a tornado has passed through it. Clean clothes on my bed and my bags and school books on the floor. My dresser and closet looks even worse. It's as if a dozen super models have rummaged through my clothes and make up during a fashion show.

So tomorrow, armed with floor mops and a vacuum cleaner, I am ready to clean my room and re-organize my closet and dresser. I guess I'll be able to finish all of this for the whole day tomorrow. Unless, I get distracted and my computer hypnotizes me to start blogging. Which I think would be so hard to resist. But I can do this. I can resist temptation and focus. I WILL clean my room.

And a few more Tweaking...

Since I mentioned doing some minor tweaking in my bedroom, I might as well change a couple of things in my bathroom. Let's start with the tiles shall we. The tiles are your average light green tiles that my parent's chose since it was their bathroom to begin with. I was just the second user of the room so I had no choice. I know getting new tiles for the bathroom is costly but if I have the budget I'd use bigger tiles and choose a more neutral color. The bathroom faucets also have to go because the handles are all broken and for sure it wouldn't match the new tiles that I wanted. After that, I'll see what's left on our budget and if there's some left, I want a tub added. Hmmm... I think the bathroom renovation would be more expensive than the changes I have to make in my bedroom.

Minor Tweaking

I was browsing through the hundreds of interior design magazines Aris bought when he had the apartment renovated. I was looking at some of them and I realized that my room in my parent's house badly needs a makeover. You see, my room used to be the master's bedroom but since we had our house renovated, my parents moved to the new room and I ended up transferring to the master's bedroom. I am now the master. Haha!

So anyway, I wanted to change the color of the room. I'm thinking of making my room two-tone or maybe ask my artist friend to draw a mural on one of the walls. I would also like to change the light fixtures as they are so outdated. I want one of those really sleek-looking droplights. And lastly, I want to bring back the use of curtains instead of the blinds. I think my room would look warmer with the curtains. Maybe after these minor tweaks, my room would definitely look like the ones in the magazines. Stay tuned...

My new...

Hey guys! I want you (hehe! demanding!) to check out my "new" apartment! Tell me what you think?! :-D

Toodles! See ya later...

Not to be Eaten

Like my other friends, I love chocolate. I eat, breathe and sleep chocolate. Haha! Thus explains my current physique. I like 'em with nuts, rice crispies, wafers, marshmallows or just plain chocolate. I like them in ice cream, cookies, as a drink, dessert or a "light" snack. Chocolates are a mainstay in our kitchen but I never thought they would look great in the living room as well.

Check these out: Chocolate Coasters from Animi Causa boutique. Looks oh so yummy!!!



I think it's better if you hide these when there are children around. They look so real and I'm sure we don't want to take a trip to the hospital's ER, if you know what I mean.

Clean House

Aris and I were so tired yesterday. Part of our holy week sacrifice was to clean our apartment. We've been swamped with school plus Aris's gigs that we had no time to really "clean" and "declutter" our place. So yesterday, we were on a mission. We started on the third floor and worked our way down.

My gosh! The dust on the floor and dustwebs on the corners of the ceiling were pretty scary. Haha! The room looked like a part of a haunted house. You could literally write your name on the floor from all the dust on it. Mopping the floor was like cleaning the inside of a squid. The moment I placed the mop on the pail with soap, the water almost instantly turned black! Hahaha! It's like squid ink. That's how dusty the floor was. I cannot believe how one room can accumulate so much dust in just a couple of months. LOL! So anyway, after 20 minutes of mopping the floor, I can see its normal color. Success!

The second and first floor was the same thing. Dust and paper were everywhere. We managed to arrange our school stuff and Aris's guitar and accessories. Our vacuum cleaner was working overtime and if only it could talk I'm sure it would tell us to clean the house because it kinda looked liked it was choking from all the dust that it's taking in. *Suck it up Severin!* Haha! At 7:00 p.m., we were beat. My hands are tired and my legs are throbbing. We were pretty satisfied with the results but we still have a long way to go. A couple of bins are still needed to contain our school clutter and Aris's CDs and DVDs.

Anyway, here are a few pics of the first floor of our apartment when it's clutter-free. :-) P.S. I am proud to say that I helped decorate this place. I am a frustrated interior designer. Haha!