Just About Anything

Been blog hopping over at my favorite blogs and found this tag from Ana Karenina. It's just cute and I happened to glance over my husband who was fast asleep with his fist on his cheek like a baby. Hahahaha!

I haven't blogged for a long time so I'll just answer this as a filler. Hehe. I'll write about something more serious soon when I get my camera going again.

What are your middle names?
~Charlie claims that his middle name is Michael because he was christined Charles Michael Klarsfeld. He finds it interesting that in the Philippines, our middle name is the maiden name of our mother. When I got hold of his birth certificate, his mom's maiden name is Behr. Anyway, mine is Jamay.

How long have you been together?
~We were together a year before we got married. We six months strong and happy as a married couple.:)

How long did you know each other before you started dating?
~A month I guess. There was no choice, I happen to feel that he's the one and I had no intention of keeping him waiting. What for? Hahaha!

Who asked whom out?
~He did. He asekd if we could meet for a cup of coffee days after he landed in PH.

How old are each of you?
~Uh-oh. Im 31 and he says he is 45 forever. Let him be. Hahahaha!

Whose siblings do you see the most?
~Mine of course. We are now living in the Philippines.

Which situation is the hardest on you as a couple?
~The pollution in CDO. He couldn't take it and I have tolerated it for years. It's the cause of the Klarsfeld Wars most of the time.

Did you go to the same school?
~ I was born when he was out of school already. Hahahhaha!!!

Are you from the same home town?
~Nope. He is from Albany, NY. I am from Madrid, Surigao del Sure. Amo gajud!

Who is smarter?
~He claims that I am smarter than he was at my age. Hehe. I guess he is smarter now coz he has been schooled by the big University of Life.

Who is the more sensitive?
~Both of us are.

Where do you eat out most as a couple?
~We dont eat out.

Who has the crazier exes?
~He does. Hahahahaha! I dont have an official ex and they are crazy only because they like me a little.

Who has the worse temper?
~He does! He could go ballistic and his eyes would go big and brown and he would be talking a mile a minute.

Who does the cooking?
~If its eggs and oatmeal, he does. He cooks the perfect soft boiled egg while Im the chicken expert.

Who is the neat-freak?
~Depends. In terms of order in the house, I am. When it comes to food and general environmental cleanliness, its him.

Who is more stubborn?
~Both of us but saying sorry is never a problem.

Who hogs the bed?
~Depends on the weather. If its hot, he lies spread eagled and I am pushed to the edge. When its cold, I snuggle where he is until he couldn't breath. hehe

Who wakes up earlier?
~Charlie does. I always cheat.

Who is more jealous?
~No one.

How long did it take to get serious?
~After he left.

Who eats more?
~I do.

Who does the laundry?
~He does. But nowadays, somebody else does.

Who’s better with the computer?
~Meeeeeeeeeeeeeee.

Who drives when you are together?
~The multicab driver. Hahhahhaa!!!!

san ignacio

I thought long and hard on how to give justice to the Sesquicentennial logo of the Jesuits which I used as backdrop for the Ignatian Mass. I thought of a stained glass effect which was fine for the logo's background. But the logo itself was a challenge. I cant find paper that matches the color's. Obviously since its supposed to be painted on, not cut out of paper. So I just cut 2 inch squares of japanese paper and made a pathetic mosaic. Hahaha! Worse, since the whole thing was huge, it was not properly installed. Klaro nga tabingi?

Photos grabbed from Pag-asa's Multiply.:)

art therapy

I've been assigned to do the bakdrop for covered court events in school. I missed doing this, specially with Ana Karenina who now opted to plant daisies in Germany. It's a bit time-consuming and tedious but there is a mindlessness in cutting paper and tracing drawings that soothes away the stress in my life( Unsa nga stress?Hehehe!). I'm glad that people like it coz I really needed to breathe art for now.

Here are some of my work. I am not very original coz I can't make up my mind what to do unless I get inspired by other artists. So I usually spend a lot of time in research more than in actually making the art. So if you run accross work similar to mine, that could be where I got the inspiration. Hahaha!

Red Mass. I made 5 panels on the symbols of the Holy Spirit: wind, water, fire, oil and dove. Took me one whole day with the help of Vest and Jenny.

July First Friday Mass (Sacred Heart of Jesus). I originally thought of stained glass effects but decided to make a huge burning heart coz of time-constraint. Got this done in two hours with the help of Mamita and Ma'am Nery.

2009 Activities Rally. It's not what I had in mind at all although I conceptualized and made all the patterns. But I was so busy with graduate school that I left the installation with Mamita nad the LCLC. The silhouettes and the blue rays should have been closer together. Plus the blue is the wrong color. Hahaha!

bamboo chronicles Part I

Living with an American husband in my own country has been a hilarious treat for me. The gap between the first world and the third is indeed oceans apart. With my dear husband's permission, i therefore publish the bamboo chronicles.

PIGGY TALK

Charlie:I saw the funniest thing today, shals. I was riding along carmen market and i saw the biggest pig you ever saw being made to ride a motorela! There were like two guys pushing it on to this thing and i swear to God that is the funniest thing ever. It was a big momma pig, man! I wonder how much the pig has to pay...

After a while...

Charlie: Then I saw this old lady with a purse and she was walking along with a pig on a leash! Isn't it funny how you guys let your dogs bark all night and refuse to put them on a leash? You have no problem putting pigs on 'em!

Shal (no comment)

Charlie: Well, I guess you would put dogs on a leash if you eat them too.

Charlie: The pigs in the United States have their own cars. It's a rich country."

SCHOOL LIFE

Shal:Are you older than your teacher?

Charlie: O yeah! I am older than everybody else. Older than the principal. Older than anybody. You have to get two and a half people to get my age.

Charlie: How come you're not in school today, Shals?

Shal: It's a national holiday. I forgot which.

Charlie: Oh I know. It's National Flip-flop Day!

TRANSPORTATION

"Do I look like a sardine to you?"

"If it wasnt for multi cabs some people wouldnt experience any touch at all."

TALKS

Shal: I have to make you your own blog. I'll call it Bamboo Chronicles for the sake of posterity.

Charlie: Prosperity.

Shal: No, hon. Its posterity.

Charlie: Oh, is that like, posture?

AT THE POOL.

Shal: How come you can swim underwater?

Charlie:I dont know. I dont think when I swim so I can't talk about it. I can't talk about something I haven't thought of. I have to think so I can talk.

SPLASH!

Shal: How did you do it?

Charlie: Oh, you just follow your head.

BIG GRIN.

ON LIFE AND LOVE

Charlie: You are always good at what you love.

RELIGION

Charlie:Where does the word heaven and hell come from?

Shal: Do i look like an encyclopedia to you????

After watching angels and demons, Charlie casually told me he was one of the thousands in st. peter's square during the Pope's election but that he had no idea what it was all about. I exclaimed in amazement, "That is like one of the most important event in our history??! He looked at me, puzzled. "Why, because he went out of the window?"

(man, there is something definitely wrong with our conversation.)

After resolving that it wasn't actually the Pope's election, I asked him who the pope was. " I don't know. He was this very old guy. It took him one whole day just to walk out to that tiny window."

SILLY STUFF

Shal: Why do u call the zipper a Fly?"

Charlie: Coz when girls pull it down, we fly."

FACEBOOK

Shal: CAn I use the computer? Remember I told you last night I have to do college work overtime tonight?

Charlie: Yeah Im sorry I forgot. You can use it now.

Shal: Thanks. (Opens google Chrome. Clicks on Facebook. Saw 2 Farm Town Requests. Clicks. Accept. Accept.

Charlie: Shals, those are chickens and cows. Are those your college work?

Shal: (speechless)

Charlie: That's interesting...