light up my sky. ;p

**WARNING: before reading, i suggest you hold onto something, anything. kumapit ka.**

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don’t tell me i didn’t warn you.. ok, ready?

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my wedding phase mode is ON. ;p

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ok, imma give you time to recover.. good? :)

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so, i have a wedding phase. how ironic considering my love life is somewhat, err, dormant. but still, i love weddings! when i was a teenager, i hated weddings, having to dress up, with over the top hair and being overly made up. ugh. in my early twenties [omg, i did just type that right? early twenties. what a rude reality check. so i think my QLC mode is ON too.] , i still hated weddings for that one single event in the reception: the bouquet toss. but now, i've come to realize that the bouquet toss is not the event, its only a part of the main thing. plus, i've managed somehow, to skip almost every bouquet toss at every reception i've ever attended, sometimes intentionally. i'm not the girl who boxes out other girls for that bouquet. haha! i know it is tradition, and it is the couple's day, but i just don't want to participate in something i don't believe in. i gotta give credit though to couples who change it up a bit. my cousin did her bouquet toss using text messages. i just think that the bouquet toss is sort of discriminatory to single girls. [defensive much?!] i know it's supposed to be done for fun but i keep thinking if i was the unlucky one, i'd have huge reality checks all up in my face. not good for me, reality checks keep me up at night for weeks. i'm thinking of alternatives to this part of the reception.. maybe instead of single girls & guys participating in the bouquet and garter toss, why don't unmarried couples participate instead? ooohh.. pressure! hahaha!

so anyway, this entry isn't about the bouquet toss, i just found myself typing away. i recently attended my blockmate's wedding, prijm & karla's wedding. [congratulations dude!] i definitely envy their wedding date, august 8. i even asked prijm if i could copy that wedding date IF and WHEN. [really huge IF and WHEN. haha!] it was an awesome wedding! and here i am, contemplating the after effects..

as much as i love weddings, sometimes i dread it because it triggers love life issues into overdrive. as expected, a wave of uncertainties came upon me that same night. there is really nothing much i can do about where i am right now, haha, so i cope up with these things the only way i know how, by drowning myself more in it. my sort of sadistic tendencies take over. if i am heart broken, i listen to songs that would break my heart even more. if the green archers [yeah, i really just had to include them.haha!] lost by not making a valiant attempt to play the game, i still watch the replay. i don't avoid pain. i let it sink in. so.. i listened to wedding songs. :) as my luck would have it, richard poon just released a single entitled you and i. i loved it. and i love richard poon. *swoon*

you and i - richard poon

you and i have travelled far together
we've pursued our little star together
we are happy as we are together
we may never get to heaven
but it's heaven, at least to try

you and i are going on together
till the time we have is gone together
watch the evening drawing on together
growing older, growing closer
making memories that light the sky
that only time can make
that only love can make
that only we can make
you and i

you and i are going on together
till the time we have is gone together
watch the evening drawing on together
growing older, growing closer
making memories that light the sky
that only time can make
that only love can make
that only we can make
you and i

**credits to PixeleyesMedia for the video, i do not own the video, i just love it enough to want to share it. :) lyrics are not mine either, haha, check google.**

[i have been blabbering away.. i know.] i really love this song! i spent the entire day listening to it. on a technical note, the video is really good, very vivid and a must watch on HD. gahd. i love it. it's official. my wedding phase mode is ON. :P

shot straight through the heart >>--->

i am in love with the team everyone loves to hate. the more you hate them, the more i love them. yeah, i am generalizing a bit, i'm sure not everyone loves to hate the Green Archers, but, well, you get the idea. i am sleep deprived, i have yet to blog about the ADMU vs DLSU game last Sunday but that line is pretty much stuck in my head. still and always, always and forever, i bleed green. Keep the faith, ANIMO LA SALLE! >>--->

RIP Tita Cory.

as usual, i have the download speed of a dial-up connection when it comes to these things. i still don't know how much i am affected by her death, but i cried when her daughter kris broke down on national television. my mom would often remind me that during the edsa revolution, she and my dad were there. separately. and neither one of them knew that the other one was there too. if edsa had been bombed that day, i would've been an orphan. apparently, the pilot who had direct orders couldn't do it because looking down, he saw a cross. thank God for people power and that didn't happen.

being a scholastican, i think tita cory is ora et labora personified. pray and work. a woman with strong faith who served the Filipino people.

RIP Tita Cory. Filipinos are forever grateful for your gift of democracy. I admire you for your courage, your kindness and most especially your faith. I am sure you are happy now with your husband, Ninoy. Thank you to you both.

lara spencer apparently knows how to wear pants.

i know right?!?!

i am not a regular viewer of the insider, but i get to watch it at least once a week. the segment i hate the most is lara spencer's look for less. given, i am a girl, i should love clothes and shoes, and i do, but this segment just makes me cringe. she always wears the same thing! tight fitting above the knee dress. lo and behold, when i tuned it to the insider now, lara spencer was wearing a long sleeved polo, a vest.. and get this PANTS! i know, it's so shallow, but i just can't get over this pet peeve of mine. i can't find a picture on google but here's a link to her "wardrobe cam." now i'm figuring, am i supposed to like her now, since she's changing her wardrobe? hmmm..

you're the new classic. >>--->

it turned out to be another intense, heart stopping basketball game. 8.2.09, DLSU vs UST, first round UAAP Season 72. 2 OTs and DLSU def. UST, 101-92. hell yes. i now want to watch every DLSU vs UST game. classic.

got our best lower box seats to date. this is so frustrating considering scoring tickets for the DLSU vs ADMU game is such a challenge. ugh. it's all a money making strategy. grr.

post game comments:
*any statistics that appear here are not my own, meaning i did not take down every point a player got, haha. credits to greenarchers.ph and/or inbound pass.*

• arvie bringas is showing his potential. he scored 21 points, his career high (he has only played, what, 6 games in the UAAP.. LOL). he is still recovering from a groin injury. this kid truly belonged to the animo squad. i loved it when he dived for the ball and landed into an area full of photographers. (i sat there thinking, omg, the cameras! the lenses!) and the way he holds onto the ball everytime he rebounds, as if he is never letting it go. that is pure heart.
• bader malabes has been highly criticized these past few days. i admit, i have started to think negatively of him. but watching him live, i really felt for him. there were times when he drove to the basket only to pass it to a teammate. in this game, he committed no errors, scored 10 points and made 7 assists. it was a good game for him, BUT i saw hesitation in his eyes a few times. i hope he continues to play an error-free game, but of course, he's only human. i just hope he gets better at playing the game. i'm keeping the faith for bader.
• i remember when ust was leading by 3 points in the dying seconds of the first overtime. surely, a three pointer would be the only option. la salle has no hot three point shooter. they can shoot, they just can't hit it. when pj barua entered the game, it was like hoping against all odds. they were obviously aiming for a three. Lord, please let them be hot. basketball seconds are the longest seconds ever, and the play was executed well, leaving pj open for a three. and he hit it. YEAH!
  
• the team has no star players. yet. but they work AS A TEAM. 5 players hitting double digits: Bringas 21, Mangahas 18, Co 13, Webb 10, Malabes 10.
• the boys are fighting now. thank you very much.

still, game related comments:

• i think coach franz has a lucky shirt. :p haha!
• that game was so good, even those seated at the patron section, known as the zombie section, were up on their feet.
• it's been a while since i've watched a game live and la salle actually won. i've forgotten the feeling. haha!
• booooooooooooo for the sportscasters. good thing i watched live. but then i also watched the replay and i wanted to put it on mute. my BP was rising.
• la revilla is included in every huddle. holding the white board. i look at him and see a kid. he has really lost a lot of weight. i hope he gets better in controlling his condition that he is able to play basketball again in the future.
  

the win was such a morale booster for the archers and just in time for the game against ateneo. the tables are turned (it is a case of classic school rivalry) but the pressure is on ateneo this time, being defending champs. watching this game will probably be hazardous to my health, (haha, ok i'm exaggerating) but i'm still going to watch, do or die. (i'm off limits to fatty foods starting friday. haha!) keep the faith!