♪….if it feels right.. ♫

Oh-damn-right it feels right!

There are just so many things happening in my mind as I am writing this post. It’s like my left and right brain are totally going separate ways and as if my brain is not enough to contain all the thoughts inside. Labo labo na! Upcoming opportunities, plans, resolutions, improvements among others. I am just overwhelmed with glee and nervousness, simultaneously. 

Everything is just like WOAH! But it is a very good feeling of WOAH, lemme tell you that. :-)

Above all these, I thank Our Good GOD. To Him be all the glory. :-)

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So.. 

I know everyone has this one ALL TIME DREAM JOB, right? Well mine is being a news anchor, a broadcaster of some sort, a current events girl, I’d dig being a court-side reporter if given the chance too.

It just seems uhhhhhh-MAZING!!

I know that it takes a lot of studying, experience and well.. confidence to be a noted broadcaster. Not to mention knowing a few people in the industry (it does help, you know).

And my most favorite news anchor is..

CHER CALVIN!!

Still remember her? She was a host for a lifestyle show on ABS-CBN Channel 2, was a news anchor for Studio 23’s News Central and ANC. Too bad she moved to the United States. Good for her though, she is now an anchor for KTLA5.

She’s such a foxy lady!

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Now I may not be a foxy news anchor, nor a risk-taking field reporter (not yet,though. haha) but I do have my own way of reaching the public(??).

How about live hosting?

I don’t know how it started. I just fell deeply in love with event hosting. No, scratch that. I actually know how it did, it was just a tad vague since it happened way back when I was 15 years old. Family weddings and school activities made up my stints back then. All because I was REQUIRED to do it. I’m not complaining, I’m just saying. (haha)

And my inspirations for live hosting are:

TONI GONZAGA

She is just so witty! She’s the perfect mix of formal and comedic.

BIANCA GONZALEZ

A graduate of De La Salle and Ateneo, how exactly do you beat that? An intelligent lady with captivating morena beauty, will surely make anyone pay attention to her.

Sarah Meier

Saw her hosting an event welcoming Nigel Barker. She was so eloquent and exudes a lot of confidence. What? With that towering height? I wouldn’t really wonder.

GEORGINA WILSON

Need I say more? Just look at her. See? Yes, she’s got your attention already. That is not even her most flattering photo!! (I am so not bitter) She has a bachelor’s degree in commerce with a double major in accounting and finance, by the way.

KC CONCEPCION

Some would think that her fame and followings are the effect of being the child of Sharon Cuneta and Gabby Concepcion. But the girl CAN TALK, people! And all those talking are backed up by lots of thinking. Good ones, I must say so myself.

MARC NELSON

With that face and physique, tell me where he’s talking, I’ll be there! (haha) He’s a fixture in pageants and sports programs. You gotta love his accent too.

EDU MANZANO

He’s very engaging. Say, made a blah auction to a bidding frenzy. Fact. Was there when all gathered funds were awarded to charity. :-)

KC MONTERO

He is outright honest and is smart too. Love him on MTV. Love him still. ♥

RYAN SEACREST

Wow. The richest and most famous of all live hosts. Witty, funny, opinionated and quirky at times. I’d faint just to the thought of being like him. 

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Now..

JULIANNE JUAN

Oh.. Pwede naman di ba? Achieve! :-)

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I know that I’ve got that sparkling star in the sky for me, and with the help of my inspirations and a lot of hardwork and perspiration, I won’t stop ‘til I reach it!

Closing Spiel: This has been Julianne Juan, saying thank you and good night! ;-p

**LOVE and HUGS**

First Saturday of 2012 and I had to go to work. A total fun pooper for some, but for me, okay lang. It’s fine.

Good thing my good friend Jonny had work on that day too, so may kadamay ako (haha). Like what we usually do, we decided to hang out after work but had not really thought of where we’re headed to. We just know we’re starving.

Even if we pretend say that we want to go some place else, we end up going to Glorietta or Greenbelt instead. It always has been the most convenient for us, not to mention how it’s very conducive for hanging out too.

So after a good hour of walking around, we headed to Super Bowl of China for an early dinner.

And these were what we ate.

Okay na din, ‘di ba? :-)

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So after we ate, we went straight to Greenbelt 3 to catch the 6:20pm screening of

There were a lot of choices among the entries in the Metro Manila Film Festival, but this movie had that feel-good vibe to it. So ito nalang.

The movie tackles the relationship and responsibilities of the husband and wife in their household. The husband being the provider and the wife being the nurturer, but it all went complicated when the situation changed in full 360. It ended pretty well naman, you just gotta watch it to know. :-)

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It has been customary that men provide for their family and women care for their husbands and children at home, at least from where I grew up.

But has it always been that way? If yes, why?

I don’t see anything wrong with men being the homemakers. In fact, I’ve seen quite a few situations already. A man being the nurturer at home won’t make him any less of a man. It takes a lot of hard work to take care of children and to keep one’s home in good state.

I know its rare that we find men the ones at home, I guess its just a matter of dealing with circumstances. In any case, I don’t think any man being a “house husband” should be treated little. We always say that being a housewife and a mother is the noblest of all jobs, I’d say a house-husband and a father is equally noble.

Nowadays, both men and women provide for their families. They are both given the chance to work and flourish in their careers. They also both have the chance and ability to provide for their families.

Labeling men and women separately as the provider and homemaker should be put in the past. Both of the former can be both of the latter. :-)

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As for me, I have yet to experience being a homemaker and provider, but I am definitely looking forward to it. :-)

**L♥ve and hugs**

This book I ordered finally arrived! Yey! :-)

I know My Love has been eyeing on such read, but had not decided on what book to buy. So I did him a favor and got him one. :-)

Met up with my love after work and gave it to him, he looooo♥♥♥ooooved it! Yieeeeeee… I’m so proud of myself! Haha.

I’m sure he’ll get lots of good stuffs from this book. Even more sure I’ll benefit from the outcome. :-)

It pays when you’re boyfriend is a photography enthusiast. *winks*

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My boy had to go back to work and finish it ‘til 5:30 so I made myself busy by meeting up with my college bestie Charry. I missed her soooooooooooo much! In fact, I even dug into my digital baul to get some of our old photos together.

So here’s one showing how CLOSE we are.. (I feel weirded-out whenever I see my old self. LOL)

And another showing how sweet she is..

Kidding! :-p

Ito talaga kami.. Back then. Like two peas in a pod. :-)

Its fun looking back and seeing how and what we used to be. Its just kind of saddening how these photos are still our “most recent” photos together.

After graduation, we still kept in touch. But I don’t know, we just didn’t have the chance to see each other. The last time I saw her was March of 2009. Imagine that?

How come we waited that looooooooooooooong to get together again? I ask myself. Frankly, I have no idea. There was a point I even thought I already lost our friendship. :-(

This day proved that thought wrong.

Charry even said, “Parang kahapon lang nung huli tayong nagkita sa school!”

Very true Charrz!!

It just amazes me how after all these years, nothing has changed. You’re still the same bubbly (and majestic) you and I’m still the same maarte me (your words, not mine. haha).

I’m looking forward to spending more time with you. Two Cavite girls strutting the streets of Makati! Lezzzgo! :-)

**L♥ve and hugs**

Some gay guy from where I was working at before told me, “Girl, ang pretty mo pero magpa-skinny ka!”

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Pffft. I am not skinny. I have never been skinny. And I don’t think I will ever be one. Why? Dahil malaking bulas akong babae. Big boned as some would put it. So I don’t think I will ever achieve that skinny modelish physique.

Even if I wanted to… to become a supermodel or a true-blue pageant queen.

So I’d say I have to pass on that.

But I have tried, in the past, to shed some weight off. So as to fit into gowns and all that shizzles.

I remembered how I did it. I was 18 and it was summer break. I started running every morning the very first day of that summer break and would not have dinner. Did that for 2 straight months everyday, did not miss a single one. True enough I lost weight and dropped to 50kg, probably a good size 2 but never a size zero. I was happy to have achieved that back then.

On our first day back in school for our Junior year in college, I got comments like, “Girl, nagkasakit ka ba? bakit ang payat mo” or “Girl, what happened to you?”

As if I contracted a severe case of Tuberculosis (Dear God, forbid).

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Fast track to  when I was already working. Totally different environment and different lifestyle as well. Gained a good 20 kg. Imagine that?

So once again, it seemed like an issue to everyone who sees me. I, once again, got the  ”Girl, what happened to you?” comment now accompanied by “Bakit ang taba mo?” with matching baffled looks. And whenever that happens, it never fails to irk me. Seriously.

I used to just walk away from the conversation when such comments turn up. I get pissed eh. But when I shifted jobs to the metro, I took it all in. Getting names like Chubz, Chabelita, Big Boned, Taba, sucked it all in and still managed to smile. Besides, It was true. I was on the heavy side.

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But then one day an epifany came to me. Just kidding. There was just this one particular day when I woke up and decided I wanted to run. Run for my dear life. Yes that’s right. You see, I wanted to be healthier. Not necessarily thinner (but that’s a plus, totally) but a lot healthier.

I would lie if I’d say that all those name-calling and nasty comments didn’t bother me. It did. It really caused me part of my confidence. It would make me feel ugly, which my boyfriend would always say otherwise (I Love You. ♥).

Most especially, it made my heart weaker. It ain’t drama, really. You see, I noticed my heart was palpitating like crazy and I would pant to the most minimal of activities. Uh-oh, I said to myself.

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So I started running. It wasn’t an everyday run though, but it was as often as I could. A good run at a park near my office. I don’t do kilometers (haha), not yet though. I watched what I was eating too. I still eat everything I want but now in moderation. Moderation is such a good word, lemme tell you that. ;-)

And so far, I have been getting compliments (yieeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee) and not “those” comments anymore. I looked through photos from a few months back and I saw quite an improvement. I’d say I look healthier. (hehe)

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With a little discipline and a lot of self control, everything is possible.

I am still not aiming to be skinny. I embrace my curves with all my heart. I just want to be a new version of me. Healthier, fitter and fabulous!

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Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaand, I’m not asking for “large” when shopping anymore. :-)

**L♥ve and hugs**

Why the title, you ask?

Well, I thank Twitter’s Trending topics today. :-)

So now, why blog, you ask again?

I’ve been meaning to make one since my university days, but didn’t find much to write about. Which was so ironic, since I was a writer for our student’s publication back then. But even then, I was already fond of reading blogs, mainly because they belonged to my friends. (haha)

When I started working, I got even more hooked on reading them to kill some downtime at work (hoping my boss won’t read this). Stumbled upon some amusing but interesting blogs nevertheless.

What do I get from it? I ask myself.

Back then: My friends’ rantings about anything and everything under the sun.

Now: Reviews on consumer products, film, books and many others that I like. Plus, rantings of my friends still. Oh and yeah, celebrity and non-celebrity gossips too (haha).

What am I expecting out of it?

Oh please surprise me. I really don’t know. Or I guess I am the one to surprise you.

We’ll see it from here. :-)

P.S.  Happy New Year to me and to everybody! Go Dragons!! :-)

**L♥ve and hugs**