the most delightful habit in the world

He forgot the life about him. He had to be called two or three times before he would come to his dinner. Insensibly he formed the most delightful habit in the world, the habit of reading: he did not know that thus he was providing himself with a refuge from all the distress of life; he did not know either that he was creating for himself an unreal world which would make the real world of every day a source of bitter disappointment.

~ W. Somerset Maugham, Of Human Bondage, 1915

Stop Calling Me

How do you tell a guy who calls you in the middle of the night from some island in the Pacific to move on with his life? If a simple stop calling me does not do it, what will? If after almost three years and he still cannot comprehend that he is out of your life for good, there’s really no point in making him understand, is there?

picture-perfect, flab-free body

Come February, my friends and I are planning to spend the weekend of Valentine at the beach. The plane tickets and hotel accommodations have all been taken care of. The only thing missing are the picture-perfect, flab-free bodies that would go well with the sun and the pearly white sand of Boracay.

The pressure is on. We all need to lose weight.

Hell-bent on getting me those washboard abs, I almost enrolled at a nearby gym but thought better of it. It is definitely a luxury I can do without, so I stuck to my stairs workout. Starving myself free of some extra pounds also crossed my mind, but I immediately dismissed it. By now I think I have learned the futility of depriving myself of food at the expense of my mental and physical well-being.

I decided not to do anything. Why would I stress over a bulging tummy and unsightly stretch marks when I know that my friends wouldn’t mind seeing them on me (and vice versa)? We’re going there to have fun, and fun--I’m certain—we’ll have with or without perfect bodies.

chopping it all off

My unruly hair has been stressing me out for the past several days. Chopping it all off felt really good.