happy new year!

it's the year of the ox! my mom-in-law says i'll be lucky this year. i was born in the year of the horse. hope i will be :) sisipagin akong tumaya sa toto hehe... (i'll be more encouraged to play toto)

and for this year, our new year's resolution will be... same as last year's! actually i couldn't remember what was last year's... but here's our new list:

1. Gamitin ang bike sa pag-go-grocery sa fairprice (use the bike to buy groceries at fairprice)
2. Gamitin ang bike sa pagpunta sa sports complex para mag-swimming (use the bike to go to the sports complex to swim)
3. Mag-jogging kahit once a week please... (jogging once a week please)
4. Ipa-repair ang kalan please lang... (have the stove repaired... please)
5. Bawasan ang pagta-taxi (less cab rides)
6. Kumain ng tama... yung tama lang... (eat right... just the right amount)

ok! let's just hope we get to at least use the bikes...

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happy holidays!!!

i've quite a number of pictures on my cellphone already that i really want to sketch...but work gets in the way :P and i got so caught up with the christmas shopping (which i can only squeeze after office) and planning for our noche buena and medya noche... and we've been watching bleach night after night...(excuses!)

anyway, just wanted to greet everyone happy holidays! i will try my best to post a new sketch very soon :)

#5 mrs. plant

this is mrs. plant :)

it's a long story... maybe next time.

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#4 doodles

i actually did this one two weeks ago, but i didn't post it. i felt like the scanned version didn't catch the right colors (or was it just me). but i decided to be true to my blog and post this anyway. i didn't want to use the scanned image, so i took a picture using a digicam and... it's still the same! (again, maybe it's just me...)

this one was very relaxing to make. i felt i was doodling, which is what i usually do when i'm too lazy to think about anything. i did this a lot in high school... and also in college...and sometimes at work :) my partner-in-doodling, Donna, and I made a lot of doodles during high school :) we bought a big notebook and filled it with pointless doodles especially during &$@*Kfdsk class (i don't want to tell which class - party because i can't remember hehe...) Dong nasan na yung notebook???

by the way, i googled the meaning of "doodle" (hey, it rhymes) and it's "to draw aimlessly". so if I say "pointless doodles", i'm actually being redundant... so can there ever be a doodle with a point? i'm babbling...

better than ezra

i'm currently updating my youtube playlist and i discovered another wonderful song from my favorite band better than ezra :) you have to listen to this:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fh1t951IMNY&feature=iv&annotation_id=event_307059

now it's playing in a loop :P

i want a cat!

you can spend all day looking at all the cat pictures here...(i did)

http://icanhascheezburger.com/

#3 spirals

for the wonderful lady who made our delightful souvenirs - bonnie! check out her shop on etsy:

http://www.etsy.com/shop.php?user_id=5394719

she makes cute rattle balls, turtles, and more!

my last post got me thinking about our wedding again, and this is one of great discoveries that we made while hunting for gifts and souvenirs.

hope you like this bonnie :)

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#2 staircase

my second sketch.

this view is from a seminary in lipa, batangas. jaydee and i went there last september for a pre-wedding interview with the priest. we waited for him in a really big room, with a high ceiling and very limited furniture. the place was really old, but very clean, and very very quiet. there was light coming in from the window, and the shadows made the place look really mysterious....like you can make up a lot of stories about it. i wanted to look around, but i'm pretty sure they don't allow it.

it took some time for me to cover the entire walls with colors, and the brush strokes are so sharp. i realized i needed a bigger brush :P

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#1 anchorvale link

that's in singapore. and that's where we're staying right now. nice place... very orange-y :)

i saw this view from the hallway, and i really liked the colors. i took a picture on my phone and did this watercolor. i realized i don't have to go outdoors to sketch and paint! i just need to take a picture first hehe...

it's been a while since i last held a brush. it was awkward at first, i was scared of wasting the watercolor paper. i guess it turned out ok (i hope). my husband liked it...but then again, he's my husband :)

if you're wondering what's that orange thing on top of the building, i have no idea. but it looks nice against the blue clouds :)

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ehem... :)

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my first post

finally decided to start a blog. again. actually, i started about 2 or 3 blogs before, but i just ended up deleting them. i couldn't post anything :D i felt like i was wasting web space...

i hope this one lasts.

welcome to my blog :)

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