Happy Birthday, Sharkboy!

Thank you for
making me giggle,
making me dream,
making me feel,
making me embrace life,
making me love.

I hope you live the life of happiness that you deserve.
Be happy being yourself.
I am and will always be proud of you. <3

I loff joo!

It’s Not Over Yet!

WOAH. It feels like Christmas here!
Sharkboy surprised me with Count Dooku and R2D2 last weekend! [Pictures to follow. I want to post non-crappy photos this time.]

Aaaaand… the lovely and adorable Mozarella from the Moofia line of Tokidoki!!!

Moofia! Mozarella! I am seriously in Tokidoki heaven now. Here’s a quick glimpse of my kick-ass Moofia Leader. So cute!

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THANK YOU, SHARKBOY. <3

Toy Looting

I fell in love with the Clone Wars toy line when Sharkboy made me watch the movie last month, and we checked out the toys afterwards.

I just love the way these toys were designed. They’re sleek, streamlined and stylized. So very, very delicious to look at.

So, anyway, I went on a spending spree after that, and bought Ahsoka, a Clone Trooper and Ventress. Of course, once I started with this toy craze, I couldn’t stop buying. So over the Labor Day weekend, we went to the Toy Kingdom sale and got new toys! Sharkboy bought Shockwave from the TFA, and I got Anakin Skywalker. I swear, I never once thought I’d be able to get this figure. So when I saw him, I grabbed one without thinking.

Then the next day, while hanging out in Greenbelt, we saw the lovely Amidala. Oh dear. I knew I exceeded my toy of the month expenses already but I couldn’t let her go. I knew she’d be gone before the week ended. Yikes. Good thing, Sharkboy, being the toy collector that he is, understood my err… frustration, and bought Amidala for me! *YAY* My eyes just about glazed over in delight. I love this boi. Haha.

And so, without further ado, I present to you, my two newest toys. My apologies for the pathetic photos. I REALLY need to create a macro box. Haha.

Anakin! Hawt!

The Lovers

[Articulation of both characters isn't as satisfying,
but the cool costumes and detailing make up for it.]

ANYHOO.
More photos:

Guess who spent that insane amount on toys?

Relax, it’s neither me nor Sharkboy.

Yep, that’s TGWSAIAOT*
Yes, he exists. Yes, we know who he is.
And NO, he doesn’t regret one peso he spent on his purchase.

*The Guy Who Spent An Insane Amount On Toys

Talecraft Tales

Sharkboy and I saw this contest a few weeks ago while shopping at Powerbooks. Of course, since we’re a sucker for geeky card games, we bought a box of Talecraft cards.

It’s so much fun playing this game. Being the competitive *ahem* people that we are, we go crazy trying to top each other’s stories.

Anyway, Sharkboy got this brilliant story in his mind about a vampire without his fangs, and he decided to submit his story as his entry for the contest. He got in as a finalist, and proceeded to present his story yesterday at Powerbooks.

I wasn’t able to watch him, though. =( My family and I had to visit Ima at the cemetery to avoid the All Souls’ Day rush next weekend. I arrived at Powerbooks, about an hour late. EEK. Sorry Sharkboy. =(

Sharkboy got into the top 5 and participated in the on-the-spot story-telling stage. Though he didn’t win the first prize, judges approached him at the end of the contest and complimented him on his Fangless Vampire story.

So… being the proud Whoopsy that I am, I am bragging and gushing over his work. It’s really well-written, using rhymes as his device. So the whole story has this lyrical, almost sing-songsy quality to it. The story itself of the Fangless Vampire is funny but Sharkboy made it even funnier with his use of this device. In the end, it came out, a little ironic, very funny, witty and heart-warming (actually, very much how Sharkboy is. HEE.)

This isn’t the first time he’s used this device. He also used this when he wrote another short story for me on my birthday. That wasn’t ironic, that was very very sweet. =)

ANYWAY. Enough with my melting gushy, mushiness.

The news HERE. And Sharkboy’s story HERE. YAYS!

Note: We have a certain aversion to vampires these days, thanks mainly to Edward Cullen’s ismoot-iswabe brooding that’s winning everyone’s hearts. So we would always talk about creating a vampire character that defied all the brooding, emo qualities of vampires as we know them. This is probably Sharkboy’s attempt to come up with one. =) I must say, this Fangless Vampire has endeared itself to me. Hehe.

Toy Town

Sharkboy and I went on a toy expedition last Friday. Off we trooped to the Powerplant Mall in Rockwell, intending to get Bumblebee of the animated line of the Transformers franchise. After a highly nerdilicious discussion on the merits of Bumblebee, and a debate on whether we should get the ADORKABLE Bulkhead, we decided to just hold our horses and get it next week. Heehee.

So we were on our way to the counter, when we spotted a flash of yellow. I was immediately attracted to its bright yellow and gray color. I turned towards the shelf and found the most adorable pair of round eyes staring back at me. ICK. I was in love. And like a little spoiled kid, I cooed and giggled at the little toy until Sharkboy relented and bought it for me. HEE.

I’d like you to meet Wall-E:

*GLOMP*

Food Diary: Days 4 and 5

May 31, 2008, Saturday

BREAKFAST: water

LUNCH: Patatim (ang jologs, anong english nito?), 1 cup rice, water, avocados with milk

MERIENDA: Banana loaf, gatorade

DINNER: Max’s Chicken, Lumpiang shanghai, pancit canton, 1/4 cup of rice, water (I WAS HUNGRY. SHUT UP.)

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June 1, 2008, Sunday

BREAKFAST: cornflakes with milk, water

LUNCH: Le Ching spareribs (yum!), 1 cup of rice, 2 pieces of siomai, half can of coke

MERIENDA: cheese popcorn, Big Chill apple and mango shake (shared with Enzo)

DINNER: Double Cheeseburger Deluxe, Coke Zero

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The Sharkboy Boitday Countdown: 16 days remaining! WOOT! =)

Huwaw. 0__o

Mike brought his collection of Transformers to show and tell to Enzo and the kids last Sunday. OH WOW. I still get boggle-eyed whenever I see his collection all together in one place, transformed or otherwise. We had a mini-photoshoot, albeit with a kikay, homey curtain backdrop. HAHAHAHA. Here are some photos. =)

Ang powgee!

Old skool Bumblebee

Bee VS. Bee

Autobots, roll out!

Fourth

1, 2, 3, 4… count ‘em! =(

Sigh…

It’s been too long. Yesterday was bliss. But will still not count. I’ve never been so… lost in my entire life. =| Prolly ’cause something else is nagging at me. It’s just so frustrating. Haaay.

Some random thoughts:

Have you ever missed someone so badly it makes you fidgety and distracted and you totally lose all semblance of patience?

Have you ever seen someone so annoyingly… wrong, that you just shut your eyes to avoid saying something nasty?

Have you ever wanted something so bad that you just. cannot. wait. And your EQ level just drops, and you want it NOW. NOW. NOW? *sigh*

I cannot wait any longer for my lomo photos. And for Cheeby to get better. =( *sigh*

Gahd. Kills me now.