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Through an act of supreme sabaw-ness, uber stupidity, and sheer laziness I went into cellphone silence (something like radio silence..) since Wednesday night, Sep-17 til this morning, Sep-21.

I sorta left my phone in my brother's car thinking I can get it the next morning, but low and behold my brother left with his car early next morning for an out of town business trip bringing with him my cellphone. damn..

anyway, for those who texted me anything important, please text it to me again
And for those who texted me to drop a line, i'll see you around i guess, haha!

peace out!

30 days drinking nothing but water

I've just gone through 30 days of drinking nothing but water, no soda, no juice, no alcohol, just plain and simple H2O.

After reading a post in the simple dollar about how Trent decided to go through a year not buying a book, I was thinking if I could do something similar. And after finishing a bottle of stella artois I decided to give up alcohol for 30 days (well I didn't think I'd last if I decided to skip on beer for a year, hehe). While I was on that particular train of thought, I might as well leave out soda and juice so that just left me with water.

Why?
I entered myself into this challenge to test my willpower and to come up with a little savings to make up for the excessive and unnecessary spending in July and in the start of August.

Was the experience worth it?
Well, yeah I was able to save up and spend on necessities that got compromised because of my excessive spending.

And yup, my willpower got tested. During the weekends at my grandparents' place, where everyone there drank soda, I nursed my water bottle. During those times when my friends and I meet up and they start drinking beer or what-have-you, I stuck it out with my glass of water. It was hard when there's a constant nag whispering in my ear that 'one bottle of beer would be ok tonight and i can always go back to water therapy in the next day'. Sure it may sound stupid that I actually put myself in the spot to get tempted, but i thought it useless if I couldn't put something against my willpower to test it.

Also the experience taught me the value of being mindful of my goals, no matter have trivial they may seem. If your goals are constantly in the forefront of your thoughts the only thing that will stop you from achieving it is yourself.

What's next?
It must be something that isn't detrimental to my health.
It must entail that I give up something that I would miss.
It must be a challenge that I would benefit from.
I was thinking about going vegan for 30 days (no chicken, beef, pork, not even fish)
Or I was thinking of cutting back on smoking to the point of actually kicking the habit.

Any suggestions for what I should do in the next 30 days? Please share them in the comments! Thanks!

July 2008

JULY 2008 Recap

Wow! Its been 7 months since my shakedown and I'm still standing and sane (or should i say, inXane!) and I don't know if I'll be happy that I haven't done anything stupid yet (at least I think so!) but what I do know is that its been a struggle.

Everyone has their own battle and this is my battle and I'm not going to give up just yet. Just like Po (from Kung Fu Panda), Doug & Jimmy (from Fight Quest) and Jake (from Never Back Down), they faced their own battles/ challenges and never gave up. Also, facing these challenges with friends like the Mochees always makes things seem easier.

Mochees get together

The Mochees got together to celebrate Tono's Bday at his house. Ate good food, played props and laughed. I hope we would be able to do this again soon.

Pictures here.

Kungfu Panda

A really nice movie with a great story and a lot of morals to pick up. Scouring the web, I came across this post that lists some quotes that have a lot of meaning behind them. Here's my favorite "Yesterday is history, tomorrow is a mystery, but today is a gift. That is why it is called present." - Ooguay. This is just points to living in the now, Carpe Diem! The writer of the post, Evelyn Lin, added that it is necessary to "let go of our past, doubts and fears, if we want to be happy."

Update on my 'To Dos' from my June post:

I've finished reading Suze Orman's the Money book for the young fabulous & broke and I am already drafting a post to share with you the interesting stuff i picked up.

I partially accomplished fixing my room. I find it particularly vexing that after I clear an area in my room I find myself filling it up again with stuff. Then I clear the area again and the cycle continues. Maybe I should really devote one whole day into fixing my room and try to finish clearing the mess in one go.

No go on volunteering for our parish. Unfortunately I wasn't able to visit our parish's office to check if there were any activities I can volunteer for. My weekends have also been kinda full, running errands for the house. Maybe I'll try to visit the parish office next month (September).

To do:

Read Getting Things Done by David Allen

Touch base with a good friend I haven't seen in a long time

Lesson learned for July:

"Yesterday is history, tomorrow is a mystery, but today is a gift. That is why it is called present." - Ooguay

Photo of Kung Fu Panda from here