text.

From my Dad.

"Lei and Aldwin, happy anniversary. kahit wala pang apo hehe"

Ayos! He used to campaign on the phone whenever we call them... then, in his e-mails... seems like he found a new medium hehe :0)

525,600 Minutes (of 2007)

How do you measure a year?

In daylights.

In sunsets.

In midnights.

In cups of coffee.

In inches.

In miles.

In laughter.

In strife.

How about love?

Measure in love.

How can you measure the life of a woman or man?

Let's celebrate.

Remember a year in the life of friends.

Remember the love.

Measure in love.

Seasons of love.

Happiness

"I keep remembering one of my guru's teachings about happiness. She says that people universally tend to think that happiness is a stroke of luck, something that will maybe descend upon you like fine weather if you're fortunate enough. But that's not how happiness works. Happiness is the consequence of personal effort. You fight for it, strive for it, insist upon it, and sometimes even travel around the world looking for it. You have to participate relentlessly in the manifestations of your own blessings. And once you have achieved a state of happiness, you must never become lax about maintaining it, you must make a mighty effort to keep swimming upward into that happiness forever, to stay afloat on top of it. If you don't you will leak away your innate contentment. It's easy enough to pray when you're in distress but continuing to pray even when your crisis has passed is like a sealing process, helping your soul hold tight to its good attainments."

- Eat, Pray, Love by Elizabeth Gilbert (italics and emphasis, mine)

Awww.

Honestly, na-touch ako sa limbic system :0D

The Lovely Bones Movie

I read in Vanity Fair that Dreamworks was able to buy the movie rights for Alice Sebold's The Lovely Bones. And if that was not enough to get me excited, Peter Jackson is going to direct the movie!

I love, love, love this book! I remember first reading The Lovely Bones during a flight going to Fukuoka (Japan) . I finished the book even before we landed but would reread it again and again throughout the whole trip and even after that.

I love this book so much that I bought all of Alice Sebold's other books. Even though I like the others too, The Lovely Bones is still my favorite.

I am usually wary of movies based on books I like. Somehow, the big screen doesn't always capture the magic that the book weaves around you. With this one, I think I will reserve judgement. The Spielberg-Jackson team-up desrves it :0)

According to IMDb, the movie will be released Spring of 2009. Sigh, still more than a year of waiting. Never mind, I have NPH to look forward to next year hehe :0) (I also love Harold and Kumar 1. I'm weird like that.)