A new day holds so much promise.

So many possibilities. So many opportunities to do good, be good, feel good.

Don't waste a single moment of it.

Sometimes stuff I read on Facebook are actually interesting. Here's a link that I followed which includes some questions designed to fast-forward the getting-to-know-you process of any relationship. This process usually takes weeks but these questions could ideally be answered within one hour. Confession: it took me a few days going back and forth on this while working in the office.

1. Given the choice of anyone in the world, whom would you want as a dinner guest?
The Avengers including Loki and Joss Whedon. In costume.

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It's actually a good story, but sometimes all that brooding, sparkling, stalking vampire thing gets a bit old. When is Breaking Dawn out?

Oh and I stumbled upon this list, which made me smile because it mentions knitting. Edward, I have plenty of spare needles and my yarn stash is bigger than your collection of graduation hats so feel free to climb into my window any time.  My daughter Eibee would love that.

Snagged from gateruner

A is for age: 39 (in a week's time!)
B is for beer of choice: Rootbeer. I don't drink normal beer.
C is for career right now: Personal Assistant
D is for your dogs/cat's name: Don't own either, for now anyway
E is for essential item you use everyday: My PC
F is for favorite TV show: Supernatural, if I had to choose just one
G is for favorite game to watch: Chess, it's riveting! LOL, seriously though I love to watch football, the American variety
H is for hometown: Manila, Philippines
I is for instruments you play: None, I can do the scales on the piano but that's it
J is for favorite juice: Red orange
K is for whose butt you'd like to be kicking: My own, because I do need it
L is for the last place you ate at: a Chinese restaurant at the mall
M is for marriage: 19 years next January
N is for your name: Jocelyn
O is for overnight hospital stay: 8 years ago, prior to having my youngest son, my blood pressure was way up
P is for people you were with today: Husband, boss, co-workers
Q is for what your best quality is: Willingness to help others --> I have to copy Shelby's reply since I can't say no at work
R is for what you're currently reading: The Alchemyst by Michael Scott, as recommended by my son who devours every book in this series like it's a Nutella sandwich!
S is for your relationship status: Married
T is for the time you woke up today: 6 AM, but I got up at 6.20 (thank you snooze button!)
U is for type of underwear you have on: white, no-line panties
V is for vegetable you love: Almost everything!
W is for worst habit: Procrastination
X is for x-rays you've had: Chest
Y is for some yummies: Gooey, sticky, warm waffle with vanilla ice cream on top from Spurs. Divine!
Z is for zodiac sign: Sagittarius: Traditional Traits : Optimistic and freedom-loving, jovial and good-humored, honest and straightforward, intellectual and philosophical. On the dark side....blindly optimistic and careless, irresponsible and superficial, tactless and restless. Sounds about right!

Yes, still alive. I keep forgetting that this is a permanent account and will still be waiting for me even though I am now more active in my blog, on Ravelry and Facebook.

I still love my LJ. I need to spruce it up maybe, change the layout or something. Anyway, I thought I'd kick things up and as you to do something for me, gacked from nadiamdq

Ask me for photos - my room, posters, books, my car, my fridge, my street, my city, where I work, where I like to hang out, the bar I usually go to, anything - and I'll do a post with your requests as soon as I'm done taking the pics.

There, this should be interesting.

I have the little prayer booklet which I found off the streets a long time ago and it has stayed with me. I carried it around in my wallet at all times, until I got married and then gave it to my husband when he moved away to Dubai for the first time in 1993. He now carries it around in his wallet.

Filipinos are probably the most sentimental lot so I have more stashed away in boxes and files. Photos mostly, some magazine cut-outs of trivial stuff which I can never throw away.

I like to go through them every now and then and get lost in the feeling of way back when.

It's a harsh thing to do but yes, sadly, there are people in my life who would not be missed if I never had them or met them.

The only reason I can think of them being gone from my life and memory is the pain they have caused me. People hurt people all the time but when that pain is inflicted with very clear intent then that is inhumane. That is the worst thing another human being can do to another.

I put the pain these people have caused me in that category.

It breaks my heart to think of these people this way but I cannot think past the pain they caused. Nothing short of turning back time and making it right would ever change the way I feel about them.

I don't think I have failed them. I don't think I have not given them enough love and attention. I gave them plenty of second chances, but maybe they didn't know that they needed those second chances so they blew it all.

Sorry, R and V but I'm better of without you.

Eighteen years ago today, I said "I do".

Highlights of the past 18 years:

>> 1 amazingly patient husband
>> 4 beautiful children
>> 6,570 days of married bliss peppered by not-so-blissful moments
>> 157,680 hours of studying in the "School of Life"

To reward ourselves, we are spending the evening at the Burj Al Arab. Deluxe suite, dinner, jacuzzi, alone time.

Bring on the next eighteen years and more!