hmmp!

i'm upset! 


jessica sanchez didn't win american idol!  =(


hahaha!


even if she wasn't half filipino (she's half filipino, half mexican, 100% american), i think she is the best singer from the group, not perfect, but the best out of all the contestants.  i voted for her, but apparently, the support she got was no match to teenage girls who have nothing to do but vote for the cute, white boy with his guitar.  


i think philip phillips has got great talent.  is he the best singer on idol?  not even close...but then again, i have to remind myself that idol really isn't a singing contest but a popularity contest.  


so as not to be dubbed a sore loser....Philip, congratulations!  I pray for your health (I heard another surgery is to come) and a great career ahead of you. 


and that is without bitterness.  the kid worked hard..maybe even harder than the other kids especially given his health.  


what got me upset was some of the facebook posts i saw from people i know...one comment that irked me so much said (referring to be being filipino in america)..."Not surprised. A second-class citizen will always remain second. Still proud of my kabayan. Hehe"  what second class citizen????  Jessica's not a second class citizen?  Jessica's as american as philip...her opportunity here in the land where she was born is just the same as mine, just the same as Philips. Whaaa?  


i was so mad!!!  i don't consider myself a second class citizen.  i would be livid if anyone ever called my daughter a second class citizen because of her ethnicity...i came so close to sending that person a private message and let him know that his comment makes him look ignorant (and this person is proud of his smarts!).  i had to keep my cool and tell myself that everyone's entitled to their own opinion.  i think the comment was wrong but what does that person know?  the person doesn't live here so he doesn't know what life here is like and the freedoms and opportunities this country provides for its people.  it's not a perfect place but i think it's better than many other places i've seen.  

i need to

i need to go back to school.  if i want to accomplish what i've told myself i want to accomplish, i should start now.  it will take me 4 years to finish if i go to school part time.  i will be in my mid 30s by then.  while that's not old, if i keep delaying this and putting it off, i might be 40 by the time i complete this.  i need to focus and strategize and make this work if this is what i want. 

oh Lord, please guide me and give me clarity.  if this is your will for me, let your will be done and i will obey. 

5 servings of fruits and vegetables

because i've been sick several times in the last couple of months, i started to really change what i eat and add more fruits and vegetables to my diet.  i noticed that when you eat 5 servings of fruits and vegetables a day, there's not a lot of room to eat much of anything else...and that's a good thing especially for me who has been trying (unsuccessfully) for the last 3 years to lose weight.  i think this time though, it's not just because of vanity that i am trying to lose weight.  my body has begun to protest all of the crap that i've been feeding it and it's about time i pay attention.  

i have lost 3 lbs since then and i've been squeezing in some excercise (still not as much as i should, but it's a start).  i hope to undo ALL of my bad habits pretty soon. 

*bell's palsy update:  i can blink normally....i have regained almost all control of my facial muscles.  i think by next week, i'll be at 100%.  praise God!  

the avengers

i love watching super hero movies.  they are very entertaining and most of the time (with the exception of the first hulk movie) the story lines are very well written.  


i have been looking forward to watching the avengers after i saw thor and captain america on dvd recently.  today, we went to intel's private screening of the avengers at the amc 20 in santa clara.  there was a pre-party before our movie played at 10 am.  there was an airbrush tattoo desk, a little corner to create your own super hero mask, draw your own comic strip, and a radio disney dj booth.  it was a nice event and very well attended.  the food wasn't free though, but we got to watch the movie for free so pwede na rin.  =) 

captain america air brush tattoo

sparkle girl

the movie was great!  i really liked how they brought all the characters together.  we were a little hesitant to take michelle to the movie because we were not sure how she'd react to the fight scenes in the movie but since there was the pre-party that we thought she'd enjoy, we took her with us.  before the movie started, i told her that it was just a movie and it wasn't real...that the super heroes will be fighting with a lot of bad guys but the heroes will definitely win.  during the movie, she was a little scared in the beginning but later on she was watching and laughing at all the punchlines.  she said she really liked the movie and that it wasn't scary.  the avengers is approved by this 5 year old girl.


i must say, as much as i love the x-men, the avengers might be my favorite super hero movie.  i am already looking forward to the next one!


since we were in the south bay, we did not pass up the opportunity to eat at boiling crab again.   my dad liked it.  =D

day 17, bell's palsy

i'm feeling more and more 'normal' but my left eye still gets extremely tired at the end of the day.   


i am also feeling under the weather AGAIN! urgh!!!!  i really need to adjust my diet so that i am eating more and more fruits and vegetables so i can boost my immune system.  i've been really good with taking my multivitamins but it doesn't seem to provide me with all the nutrients my immune system needs.  dinner tonight was miso soup, blueberries, and a banana.  i don't really have much of an appetite. *sigh*

2 weeks!

it's been two weeks since i was diagnosed with bell's palsy.

i noticed that the area around my left eye (the forehead, temple, socket) feels tender and slightly painful.  it's not terrible, but i have been taking advil here and there to help with the discomfort.  other than that, things are starting to go back to normal.  =D