WAHMaholic

This is gonna be a pretty long one. Don’t say I didn’t warn you.

Despite my belief that life generally sucks nowadays, here’s an extra bright ray of sunshine in my life, brought about by who else but my beloved marce club (plus two!). Have I told you yet that I love them to bits? Yes? Oh sheesh. Okay, a new line then. Je t’aime beaucoup, tu serais toujours dans mon coeur. LOL. Sorry. The French language is rubbing off me. Anyways, on to my story (at least to the people involved) before the thank yous.

So my birthday was last month. I received something on my PayPal account from Pehpot, saying (rather, instructing me. LOL) to not compose a thank you post immediately as there are more to come “because not everyone has contributed yet“. So I obliged.

Two weeks passed. Jade and I finally got to talk on messenger after.. I don’t know how long. Hee hee. Typical of me.

I knew Jade wasn’t always online these days, so I figured they might have originally planned for a camera but due to, according to Pehpot, “loads of work”, they weren’t able to pursue with it. And Jade wasn’t aware about the change of plans. So that’s settled then. My heart still believes it’s Paypal funds. Which I was pretty glad about because I needed cash (don’t I always? Hee hee).

The next day, Fedhz and I chatted on YM. She said she was going to send me the clothes that Pehpot bought for Svet, as well as the internet plug-it that I earlier asked from her. The original plan was to have my stepdad fetch it from their condo to save her the shipping fee. I told Fedhz I was going to tell her when my stepdad will come to fetch the stuff, but I wasn’t always online on YM, and she decided to just send it over. So she sent me “the clothes and the plug-it” that day.

That same day I commented on Fedhz’ post about her trip to Pehpot’s house, about how delicious Pehpot’s homemade tocino (sweet cured pork) is. At the end of the post is an über pink camera which reminded me of Niko’s own.

The next day (just to make sure we’re still on the same time line, the date was August 17. LOL), I was bantering with my cousin on my Facebook wall.

I went to sleep that day and dreamt of a pink camera which Ayie delivered to our house. Whad’ya know?

When I woke up the next day, the pink camera in Fedhz’ post was brought by Ayie!

So that was why Jade thought I already had the camera. That was why Fedhz’ post was titled “Who’s This For?”. And that was why my cousin thought I owned a gorgeous camera!

Sheesh. Honestly I was bowled over. Imagine just waking up after only about four hours of sleep and being presented with a too cute for words camera. Ayie answered Pehpot’s question of “How did she react?” by a “Wala naman“, not knowing I was still dazed by the reality of it. So here’s the (widely rumored. LOL) camera that, thanks to my marces (plus two!), I now own:

Unfortunately, I’m not artista enough to recreate my facial expression when I first unwrapped the camera from its packaging (as per the suggestion of Sam. LOL). So there’s me and my camera. Haha! But that’s not the first shot. Here’s the first ever shot:

Svet’s version of Yena’s signature pose, with one finger instead of two. LOL. She’s wearing the super cute dress that Pehpot gave her which came with the package.

BUT. This post was not made for me. It is for those who made me extra happy this year, who made me think that being the bunso of the marce club has its benefits. LOL. The camera didn’t make me cry with joy. Some other things did:

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Although I have been part of the birthday gimmicks several times before, never have I thought that I would receive my greeting cards this way. This is waaaay too sweet of my marces. I swear I was smiling and crying a little while reading your messages my dears. It warms the heart to know that I belong to a group of special ladies who goes out of their way to make me happy. So thank you, thank you so, so much Chris, Fedhz, Gene, Jade, Kikamz, Liz, Mye, Niko, Pehpot, Seiko and Yami. Although Pehpot firmly denies that you love me so much, I still believe that you all do. LOL.

But who’s the plus two that I have mentioned twice already in this post? It’s Sam and Bambie, ladies and gentlemen, two of the most caring people in the blogosphere I know. They didn’t have to, you know. It’s usually just the marces, but they went the extra mile and made me feel extra extra special.

THANK YOU GIRLS. You don’t know how much this means to me. You know I will try my best to make it up to you in my own way. Thank you for not only the gift, but most especially for the friendship and the never-ending support that you give whenever I need help. I don’t think I need to say that I owe you a lot (well, okay, I think I just did. LOL), but I do. And I’m very grateful to have known all of you through blogging. I don’t think I can ever be thankful enough for that.

And while I’m in a writing marathon of almost 1000 words (hihi), let me also thank everyone who greeted me on Facebook. I can’t enumerate you all but thank you so much for greeting me on my special day. Just taking time to post a few words on my wall is enough of a gift for me.

Thank you also to my sponsors… Oh wait. I don’t have sponsors.

Gosh. If birthdays are like this every year, don’t we all wish we have birthdays everyday? Haha!

I am hearing Pehpot in my mind saying “more, more!”. I’ll post on Facebook. When? Errrrr.. Tomorrow. Hee hee.

If envy can kill, I’d be dead by now. I have long wanted a food blog to call my own. Almost all of my marces have them. Fedhz just launched hers (when will I learn classy coding and design like that? Dang), and Pehpot, Gene, Liz and Niko (have I left anyone out?) already have theirs a long time ago. Now what’s holding me back? Three things.

• I don’t have a decent camera to take photos of food with. I want pictures that can make readers salivate.
• Even if I have a decent camera, I’m a lousy photographer. As mentioned in one of my blogs before, give me a bad angle and I’ll shoot it.
• I don’t know how to cook.

Or maybe I want a food blog because I just want to stare at food. Oh well. I better start learning how to cook properly now. And start saving for a camera. And start learning how to take pictures. Man, that’s a lot of work.

I better learn fast. I might not end up with a cute/catchy domain name because by the time I am an expert on all my requirements, all the good domain names are taken.

My first ever detractor came. I guess it was inevitable. I am getting famous, after all. Haha! I wish. I was shell-shocked when I first read the article (and no, that fugly stupid person does not get any more exposure than she already has, so no links). I even cried. That was my mistake. I shouldn’t have cried. But I couldn’t help it. I was outraged. Will you not be outraged when people tell you they do not want you to have money to feed your family? I bet a year’s worth of my income you will be.

But as soon as I saw her face (Pehpot, that researcher of a girl, hunted the author down and showed me her picture), it made me feel better. Why? Well let’s just say she’s not exactly the kind of person I’d even compare myself to, physically and skill-wise. And that’s my understatement of the year.

Wait, this is a thank you post, right?

So I’m supposed to thank people. People who’ve made me feel better, who made me realize why I shouldn’t even be wasting my time thinking about it, people who have made posts about my portfolio, killing that particular article in search results. And here’s the list of said people together with my thank you note for them. I’m also compiling this for future reference, just in case somebody tries a silly stunt again. A reminder in print that I am loved, that a lot of people believe in me.

Pehpot, you dug the dirt for me. And because of that single picture, I am at peace. Haha! Seriously, though. Thank you for being the bestest friend during the time I direly need one. You are the brains behind (as usual) the barrage of link love, and I owe you big time.

LingLing, I love you already, you know that. Hee hee. ‘Sides being über gorgeous, you also have the wonderful heart of a friend. I will be forever grateful to know someone like you.

Ayie, you’re kamalditahan comes in handy in this kind of situation, my dear sister. Thank you for feeling the same way.

Seiko, for being eternally the wise one. I will never be able to put into words how much I am thankful to have known you through the marce club.

Chris, for just believing in me and what I can do.You are the best!

Liz, I know you’re all for a war and I appreciate the kind words on Facebook and on your post. Made this episode much more bearable because you are undoubtedly one of the funniest girls I know.

Niko, (and because she loves me so much has posted about it here, too), because you are always a willing participant in the battlefield (if ever there was one), and would not hesitate to put your life on the line, not only for me, but also for all your friends.

Fedhz, who has to be coerced and threatened into making a post, I’m sorry for being such a pest. But I know you love me and you cannot deny me of that link love, and you know I love  you back,  and for me you’re a rock star.

Anne, although no posts were made, you fought closer to the fugly target than anyone else I know. Thank you for standing up for me.

Sam, I know you like to tear her head off, but we wouldn’t stoop down to her level right? Thank you for being angry with me. It helped my mental health a lot. And for writing another post for me.

Mae, I’m sorry your post is not a blind item anymore. Haha! But I just have to include you here, in case the bitch comes this way, so’s to let her know how much people dislike her post about me. Thank you so much for making me feel so, so much better.

Yami, you know you’re the sweetest, right? I sooo love you. And I hope I can talk to you on YM soon :)

Mys, I’m always flattered when you write something about me.  I seem larger than life somehow when the post is written by Mys. Tee hee. I luuurve your Fontmoochers, by the way.

The list is not complete, I am still hunting down those who have made a post of support about me. The comment section is open, though (hint, hint).

I am leaving you with this quote from The Libertine:

…you must acquire the trick of ignoring those who do not like you. In my experience, those who do not like you fall into two categories: The stupid and the envious. The stupid will like you in five years time. The envious, never.

And yes bitch. You picked the wrong person to cross. My friends are all war freaks. LOL. If not for Peh acting all Carlisle on us, your life would’ve been hell by now. But no more posts about you. Once is enough. I’m all over it already.

I haven’t seen my best friend Iza ever since we moved here to Baguio two years ago. We also lost touch because we were both busy with work, I did not (and still don’t) have a mobile phone and she doesn’t have internet connection at home. But lately we’ve been emailing each other a lot and catching up on each other’s lives, and I realize how much I miss the girl. I’ve known her since highschool, we were inseparable then and shared almost everything to each other.

She got married way before I got pregnant with Svet, but I learned that it was just several months ago that she gave birth to her darling daughter. She told me she and her husband are both working, and her baby is left with the babysitter. She doesn’t know the sitter so much, so she instructs them to go to her mother’s house (it’s not far away from where they live) while both of them are away. I suggested security cameras for protection, and she says she has in fact bought a couple and they’re just waiting to be installed. I could babysit if we were near, but unfortunately, we’re far away from each other.

I promised her I would go to their house together with Svet when we go to Bulacan in June, and I would most certainly keep that promise because I miss her so much. I realized that I haven’t been as close to anyone else as I’ve been close to her, and I don’t think I ever will. How about you? Are you fortunate like me to have found a best friend for life?