From Books, TV and Get Togethers

I thought I was back on track with my blogging but I was wrong. TOINK! Some "things" came up. I was busy catching up with my reading as I had to stop because I need to focus more on my school books rather than on my "R&R" books. Before the start of my review I just finished reading New Moon so after the exams last month, I continued reading Eclipse and Breaking Dawn. I won't be making a review of the book because for sure most of you have finished all four books already. Hee hee!

Then, I finished watching Boys Over Flowers. LOL! For those who have no idea what Boys Over Flowers is, it's the Korean version of the hit Taiwan series, Meteor Garden. The moment I saw the commercial in ABS, I really got curious. The resemblance of one of the actors in the Korean F4 with Meteor Garden's Jerry Yan was super close. They would pass as brothers but I think the Korean actor is taller.



So anyway, I finished the whole season in youtube. Pinagtyagaan ko sa youtube despite the subtitles because I can't wait for another day just to see the next episode. LOL! Low EQ remember?

Another reason for my absence here is that I've been meeting up with college friends, previous officemates for parties and out-of-town trips. A and I missed a lot of the latter when we were still reviewing for the exams.

So there, after catching up on my reading, finished watching a Koreanovela (haha!) and almost done with the planning of our so-called college reunion, I think I can blog again. :)

Song of the Week # 6/2009

It's a Monday and I am back to posting the Song of the Week. This week, I chose a song from a band called Juan Pablo Dream. It's a local band and I just love them. The title of the song is A Nice Place. A very fitting title for where I want to go after a very stressful month.

Enjoy your Monday everyone!

Back to Normal Programming...

This has got to be the longest time that I have not blogged. I was shocked to see the date of my last post. It was last April! Sheeesh! My apologies to my avid readers (LOL! feeling!) and friends for not updating my blogs as I have been busy. Last month and a week back have been one of the most stressful days of my life. There were times when both A and I would be snapping at each other (well, it's more of me snapping at him...hehe!) but at the end we'd realize that it was just the stress and would apologize to each other. And of course when there's stress, there's always the possibility of breakouts. True enough, I have blemishes all over my face for the past few weeks. So I am off to the mall again in search of a top acne treatment. Sigh.. I wish it would not leave any dark spots.

Anyhoo, I just want to say that I'm back... for good! And hope to be able to blog hop ASAP.

Song of the Week #3/2009

I have removed the mushy gushy playlist for heart's day and have put back the Song of the Week. For this week, I chose the song from the soundtrack of the movie, The Devil Wears Prada. It's by KT Tunstall entitled Suddenly I See. I don't know but somehow I kept singing this song in my head for three days already. I'm guessing it's because of this commercial that used this for the melody of their jingle. LOL!

Anyway, hope you would listen to it. Happy Monday everyone!

Heart's Day Playlist

I've greeted everyone an advanced happy heart's day already but I noticed that I haven't posted a new Song of the Week.

So I decided to make a playlist that's similar to the one I made last Christmas. It includes some of my favorite love songs. Duh, of course! However, I didn't include the extremely mushy songs coz some of you might just gag. LOL.

Happy listening and keep the love burning! Wee!!! :)

Absence and Confusion

I'd like to think and I want to convince myself that I am having writer's block (if you would call me a writer) that's why I haven't posted anything here since last week. But actually, it must be the cold weather again that's been keeping me glued on our bed for the past couple of days. Well, that and the 5-day silent movie that I've been starring in last week. Yes, 5 long days of not talking. My throat hurts and no voice is coming out of my mouth. Hence, the silent movie. I had to do my own version of sign language whenever I'm talking to my husband. Answering the phone was a challenge. The most that I can do were short grunts. I sounded like a cave man.



So anyway, as I was keeping tabs on what I was eating for the past week, I still got disappointed because I saw little change on my weight. I then started contemplating. I can picture a big scale in my head. It had exercise on one side and the best weight loss pills on the other. At my age, and since summer is fast approaching, the side with the pills weighs more than exercise. Oh what am I to do? Should I sweat it out or take a shortcut? Hmmm...

Song of the Week # 2/2009

This week, since it's my blog's first birthday, I've decided to play again the first ever song that I put up as the Song of the Week.

It is one of my favorite feel good songs. I first heard it in 50 First Dates and another movie where the title escapes me. It's by Israel Kamakawiwo'ole. I have no idea how to say his last name though. Toink!

Hope you enjoy listening! :)

Big Eyed Gal Turns One!

Happy first birthday Big Eyed Gal!!!

I cannot believe that it's only been a year. After all the posts and layout makeovers this blog has been through, it feels like it's been more than a year.

Dramatic as it may sound, my life has changed a bit ever since I seriously started blogging. I have met a lot of interesting people and have read their interesting, funny, witty blogs. I learned a lot in the blogosphere. One of these is learning a bit of html code when changing the layout of my blogs. Haha!

Anyway, I would like to thank my friends and family and the people that I have met in the blogosphere who still frequent this blog. Thank you very much. I know I haven't been doing a lot of updates but I still try my best to inform you all of what's happening. It's just that I'm at the busiest year of my schooling. So please do bear with me.

So there... happy birthday Big Eyed Gal!!!

Playlist till December

We have less than a hundred days before Christmas. This prompted me to make a playlist of my favorite Christmas songs. The playlist isn't complete yet but I'll be adding a couple more (if the songs are available). This would then take the place of the Song of the Week till December.

I know it's a bit early but I just want to prolong the spirit of Christmas this year. So I hope you'd enjoy listening to these songs.

Ho Ho Ho! :)

Song of the Week #23

I was talking to my friend, Jeng this morning while she was reading my meme entry from my Wapsicle Popsicle blog. She told me that she also loved the soundtrack from the movie Reality Bites. A kid growing up in the 80's and 90's would love this movie and its music. So for the Song of the Week, I am playing Big Mountain's Baby I Love Your Way. Actually, I wanted to play here, Tempted by Squeeze but they don't have it in imeem. This is my second favorite song from the soundtrack and luckily they have it in imeem. Wee!

I hope you guys like it. Happy Monday everyone!

Big Eyed Gal's Facelift

"Paru-parong bukid... Bukid paru-paro..." Hahaha! My gosh, I just realized I don't know the lyrics to this song. Nyarks! So anyway, this is the main theme for my blog's layout. I love butterflies and this is pre-Mariah Carey and Regine Velasquez. LOL! I was having a hard time looking for a layout that have butterflies in it that's why when I saw this one, I knew it would be perfect. There was another one that Em helped me set up but the sidebars were too small so my widgets didn't fit. Sayang talaga! But I'm happy with this one. Though it is a bit dark (tulad ng aking budhi...hahaha! joke!) I lavet! I've always loved dark layouts but they said it's better and looks more clean (duh!) if the background is white. For me though, as long as you can read the text, then it's all good, right?!

So presenting my new layout... hope you like it too!

Three in One

I know I've been "out of touch" for a week. I miss my blogging days wherein I was able to blog and bloghop everyday. *sigh*

There are three reasons why I was unable to update this blog:

First, I was busy with school. Before, there were only 2-4 classes in a week but now that we are in the intensive stage of our semester, we sometimes have classes the whole week. We have exams left and right so obviously I have to study for them (naks!).

Second, I am busy updating my other blogs, not to mention my 4th. Yes, I now have FOUR blogs on my hands. I haven't revealed anything here because it was still in the works. I guess now you guys can visit it too and hope you would frequent it like you do in this blog. My 4th blog's name is Wapsicle Popsicle (http://www.wapsicle.com). I wish you would add this to your blogroll as well.

Lastly, my third reason is that I got sick last weekend and was hospitalized for a day. It started last Saturday when I had the fever until the following day. I was rushed to the ER last Sunday night to have my blood checked for Dengue. I was cleared. Whew!!! Come Monday morning, I was awakened by my grumbling stomach. And this is when diarrhea started. After feeling weak from all the "stuff" I "EVACuated" from my body, Aris's mom and I decided to go back to the ER to have another checkup. At that time, I was unable to give a stool sample as I drank Imodium before going to the hospital for fear of doing #2 in the streets of QC during transit. Haha! I was discharged after they gave me something for the pain and was asked to rehydrate myself with a hydrite solution. The evening came and I was having severe abdominal pain and diarrhea plus my fever was a high 39 +. I was so weak and was really feeling dehydrated and dizzy. For the third time, I was rushed back to the ER and was immediately given an IV for rehydration. I was under observation and a stool sample was really needed to check what is causing my condition. My gas abelgas! It was so hard to do #2 with an IV hooked to my left hand and get a sample of my stool. Eeew! It's a good thing I requested for gloves from the nurse. Hehehe!

So anyway, my lab results checked out normal and was diagnosed with Acute Gastroenteritis. Sheesh! I've had this before and it really wasn't pleasant. Every time I had to go to the bathroom I was wishing that I had dengue instead. Hahaha!

There you have it. I hope I am excused from my absences. Hehe!

Song of the Week # 22

Oh yes, I am still alive, barely that is (will post why). And though this may be a delayed post, there is still a need to change the Song of the Week.

This week, the song is entitled Give it to Me from the queen of pop's new Album, Hard Candy.

Despite my previous post a month or two ago, I still have no news if Madonna would still push through with her concert here in Manila. I don't want to sound too much of a pessimist here but I guess it's not gonna happen because for sure if it's already planned, then rumors of it would be widespread already. Still, I'm hoping even if it's moved for next year. I don't mind as long as she performs here in Manila.

So anyway, this song I would like to dedicate (naks parang radio lang! LOL) to my friends Jas, Hes and Mother. :-D

Song of the Week #16

The Song of the Week is by The Jackson Five entitled ABC. I just felt like listening to some old school MJ. Everybody loved his high-pitched squeeky voice back then. Actually, I wanted to post their song I Want You Back but it's unavailable in imeem. Anyway, I hope you guys like this song.

Happy Monday everyone!

Peek-a-Boo!

I see you!!!! I'm still alive. My hands are still functional. Ergo, I can still blog.

Last week and the week before that was so hectic. I feel dizzy just by thinking about it. I had so many things on my mind that it felt like it was gonna explode. So many things to do but there was so little time. I'm glad I was able to handle it. There was however a time last week that my brain just froze from all the thinking that I've been doing. Mahirap talaga pag di lagi ginagamit ang utak. Bwahahahaha!

So anyway, I am hoping that I can get back to my blogging self. How's everybody? I missed visiting everybody's blog. Will get on it soon.

Song of the Week #15

Better late than never. I've been pretty busy (as always!) so it's only now that I've posted and changed my Song of the Week.

This song of the week is another happy song for me. I'm pretty sure you'll all have this as your LSS (Last Song Syndrome) once you listen to it. LOL! The title is The Lion Sleeps Tonight by the Tokens. I'm not sure if they're the original though. Funny story, the whole time I thought the title was Awimoweh! Bwahahaha! Anyway, I hope you guys like it. I know I do. I just can't help but hum with the song with a little shoulder action. Hehe!

Happy Monday everyone! :-)

What's Up with Big Eyed Gal?!

My apologies for not being able to:

... update my blog regularly for the past week or so
... bloghop to all my blogging buddies
... do all the tags

I am just preoccupied with:

... school (as usual) ... exams popping everywhere!
... my parents' move (probably also one of the reasons why I'm feeling sluggish these days)


I'll be on my old blogging self (hopefully) by next week. Stay tuned everyone! :-)

Song of the Week #14

The first time I remember hearing this song (that I can recall) is in the movie Finding Nemo. I've always liked this song ever since because of it's playful melody. I feel happy whenever I hear this song which is good because in a couple of days, my life would change drastically as the two people whom I have never been apart from for a very long time will leave me. I know I would be seeing them again in a few months time but it will not be the same. They will be thousands of miles away from here and I will truly miss them. The song's title is Beyond the Sea performed by Robbie Williams. Fitting title don't you think?

Big TOINK!!!

As you may have noticed, I have changed the background image of my blog. I was planning on changing the whole theme but it would take me a long time to do it again because I'd have to set up again all my widgets and adjust the colors. Wag na lang! LOL! .... NOT!!!

I can't... I can't do it anymore. That is not the truth! Bwahahaha! Actually, I made a really big boo-boo! I was doing a little tweaking in my new blog. I was trying to add an icon that would link to this blog so I decided to use my background image. Problem is, I had to resize the picture so it would fit in the sidebar. When I resized it in my photobucket account, I forgot to save it as a new photo so the one in this blog was also resized down. I was kicking myself because I couldn't find the image anymore in photobucket. Grrr! But I was laughing too when I say my layout. The background image was so small it looked ridiculous! LOL!

This boo-boo however turned out to be a blessing in disguise because I was able to use this new image instead. I think it's better and the nurse image on my new blog fits perfectly since it is my nursing blog. What do you guys think? Looks great right?! Bawal kumontra! LOL!

Song of the Week # 12

I am choosing Aqualung's Brighter Than Sunshine as the Song of the Week. I first heard this in the movie A Lot Like Love which stars Ashton Kutcher and Amanda Peet. I love this movie. However, this is not the main reason why I chose this song. I picked this because the title fits my mood perfectly. It is brighter than sunshine!!! :-D *grinning and smiling like a fool* My dad has received good news last week and he's a step away from what we've been praying for. To my friends, you know what this is and I would like to say 'thank you' to all your prayers. Please continue praying. Isang hinga na lang!


Toodles! Back to studying... Happy Monday everyone! :-)