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My voice never grew up. I wonder why.

February 27, 2012 9:58 pm
"Date a girl who reads. Date a girl who spends her money on books instead of clothes. She has problems with closet space because she has too many books. Date a girl who has a list of books she wants to read, who has had a library card since she was twelve.

Find a girl who reads. You’ll know that she does because she will always have an unread book in her bag.She’s the one lovingly looking over the shelves in the bookstore, the one who quietly cries out when she finds the book she wants. You see the weird chick sniffing the pages of an old book in a second hand book shop? That’s the reader. They can never resist smelling the pages, especially when they are yellow.

She’s the girl reading while waiting in that coffee shop down the street. If you take a peek at her mug, the non-dairy creamer is floating on top because she’s kind of engrossed already. Lost in a world of the author’s making. Sit down. She might give you a glare, as most girls who read do not like to be interrupted. Ask her if she likes the book.

Buy her another cup of coffee.

Let her know what you really think of Murakami. See if she got through the first chapter of Fellowship. Understand that if she says she understood James Joyce’s Ulysses she’s just saying that to sound intelligent. Ask her if she loves Alice or she would like to be Alice.

It’s easy to date a girl who reads. Give her books for her birthday, for Christmas and for anniversaries. Give her the gift of words, in poetry, in song. Give her Neruda, Pound, Sexton, Cummings. Let her know that you understand that words are love. Understand that she knows the difference between books and reality but by god, she’s going to try to make her life a little like her favorite book. It will never be your fault if she does.

She has to give it a shot somehow.

Lie to her. If she understands syntax, she will understand your need to lie. Behind words are other things: motivation, value, nuance, dialogue. It will not be the end of the world.

Fail her. Because a girl who reads knows that failure always leads up to the climax. Because girls who understand that all things will come to end. That you can always write a sequel. That you can begin again and again and still be the hero. That life is meant to have a villain or two.

Why be frightened of everything that you are not? Girls who read understand that people, like characters, develop. Except in the Twilightseries.

If you find a girl who reads, keep her close. When you find her up at 2 AM clutching a book to her chest and weeping, make her a cup of tea and hold her. You may lose her for a couple of hours but she will always come back to you. She’ll talk as if the characters in the book are real, because for a while, they always are.

You will propose on a hot air balloon. Or during a rock concert. Or very casually next time she’s sick. Over Skype.

You will smile so hard you will wonder why your heart hasn’t burst and bled out all over your chest yet. You will write the story of your lives, have kids with strange names and even stranger tastes. She will introduce your children to the Cat in the Hat and Aslan, maybe in the same day. You will walk the winters of your old age together and she will recite Keats under her breath while you shake the snow off your boots.

Date a girl who reads because you deserve it. You deserve a girl who can give you the most colorful life imaginable. If you can only give her monotony, and stale hours and half-baked proposals, then you’re better off alone. If you want the world and the worlds beyond it, date a girl who reads.

Or better yet, date a girl who writes."

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February 23, 2012 12:23 pm

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February 5, 2012 9:02 pm

“Yung feeling na selos na selos ka na kahit hindi naman kayo.”

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January 17, 2012 7:42 pm

thedreamcheyser:

Want to win any of these?

Join TWR’s Anniversary Giveaway HERE. :)

December 1, 2011 8:17 pm
thedreamcheyser: Does this wedge seem familiar to you? Yes, its the same pair I used in these posts! Smiles & Hues A Life Full of Soul Now you have the chance to own a pair thru joining this giveaway! :) (OPEN TO PHILIPPINE READERS ONLY) Know how to join HERE.  :) Goodluck! 

thedreamcheyser:


Does this wedge seem familiar to you? Yes, its the same pair I used in these posts!
Smiles & Hues
A Life Full of Soul
Now you have the chance to own a pair thru joining this giveaway! :)
(OPEN TO PHILIPPINE READERS ONLY)
Know how to join HERE. 
:)
Goodluck! 
November 29, 2011 7:29 pm

For sale :))

Guys, we’re selling Nokia Bluetooth Headset - 503 Original. Package includes charger and manual. For inquiries, pm me: vidamagbual@yahoo.com :)) <shameless plug haha>

September 29, 2011 8:59 pm
YMAGINUS: Being Informed is a Weapon

ymaginus:

PLEASE READ FOR YOUR SAFETY AND SECURITY.

I’m not certain if this is true or just made up, but being informed would definitely give us an edge when this situation comes.

It was about 3 weeks ago, I was at the Shell station getting diesel. It was about 11:30pm .. I was approached by 2 men…

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September 26, 2011 11:40 pm

Westlife: So many memories. If at the age of 12 I already believed in love, they were my puppy love. <3 memorized their names, birthdays, and such.

11:36 pm

Backstreet Boys: One of the BEST Boybands EVER! Also in my elementary days. LOVE them so much.. <3

11:32 pm

Aaron Carter: Fan girl! when I was in grade 6. I wanted to marry him. haha of course, it was only a dream. :)

11:20 pm

A1: my last year in elementary.  bought a lot of posters and songhits because of them. even made a fake letter stating that they are coming to visit our school. up until now, 11 years later, i still have no idea how come my classmates and batchmates believed me (or they never really did? and they were just playing along?)

September 22, 2011 12:43 pm

The “wicked oreo comeback” when I get home

After eating at Flaming Wings many times already, I decided to try my own wicked oreos. So when I went home last May, I suggested to my brother that we cook wicked oreos. Of course, he got excited, as he usually is when it comes to food. Anyway, so there we went to the market because our mom asked us to buy ulam. We decided that we should use our own money to buy the ingredients. BUT when we arrived at the grocery store, our money was not enough to buy everything. Oreos were not even in our budget so we looked for other options. Why not presto cream as they are cheaper? But our money still wasn’t enough. So we ended up buying chips instead. Hahaha

But when I get home this October, I’m going to enlist my brother’s help again (and I know he will be as excited as before) and we will definitely be successful this time.

*crossing my fingers that my next post about wicked oreos are pictures of our very own cooked ones. :)

September 14, 2011 12:59 pm
I will tickle your catastrophe !: September Blog Giveaway

crissey8:

To celebrate my 705k+ page views, I am giving away these random goodies to two (2) of my lucky followers <3 Just my way of saying THANK YOU for all the support!

Each goodie bag consists of:

1. Tony Moly FLORIA white sheet mask

2. Majolica Majorca Lip gloss (Peach or Pink)

3. NYX…

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August 27, 2011 8:25 pm

“When the one you love’s in love with someone else,

Don’t you know it’s torture? I mean it’s a living hell.
No matter how I try to convince myself,
This time I won’t lose control.
One look in your sad eyes and suddenly
My heart can’t tell you no,

My heart can’t tell you no!”

August 16, 2011 12:11 am
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soothes me. how weird can i get?