Here's To Surviving The New Year.

    I'm sure everyone's scrambling around trying to make a list or accomplish their New Year's Resolution. The gym's probably going to be packed, or the membership sales are going to skyrocket in the next week or two. The streets will be filled by gasping-for-breath amateur runners with their newly purchased running gear. Of if you're me, you started a crazy online project/resolution that will most likely feel like a job after a few months.. maybe even two weeks.
    But whatever you guys are doing today, be it sleeping the day away, catching up on your life, or starting new ones.. have a safe and happy first day of the rest of the year!!

"..we only have one life to live, let's roll the dice."

1st Blog of 2011

    I really want to be a serious blogger, but as always, I have all these ideas running all over the place. Let's see if I can manage to organize it right now.

itsmy365.tumblr.com
..365 photos of my daily life
..365 movies to watch
..365 letters

thenameisjaja.tumblr.com
..all the stuff that interests me and catches my eye

mymarriedfriends.tumblr.com
..all the noteworthy arguments/conversations my married friends have

lightscamerawrite.tumblr.com
..a creative writing outlet for me

iamjajadevicais.blogspot.com
..a serious blog i would want to maintain (of my comments, suggestions, and violent reactions.. etc.)
..will include my 1 book a week project

jajacooks.blogspot.com
..will try to learn one dish a month (that's 12 for 2011!)

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    I think that that's all for now.. my eye is itchy. I hope that I can keep up with this.. and I hope you guys can help me! Oh, and I hope everyone had an awesome start to the new year.. God bless y'all!

xoxo, jd

One Last Hurrah.

    Tomorrow is my last chance to redeem what little time I have left for the rest of the year. One day. One last day of redemption. This is my to-do list for tomorrow:

..write a year-end blog
..catch up on uploading my albums
..get around to making my "barkada"  gifts
..get my resolutions together
..do some #reverb10s
..make a 2011 bucketlist
..organize my 365s.
..aside from stopping by at work and going to the mall with kc of course.
..sign off on 2010 and welcome 2011 with open arms and a huge smile.

Surprise Surprise

    Some things still never fail to surprise me. Can I get this life over and done with? It's too.. surprising to speak of it out loud.

#reverb10

I am a coward.


I have a friend who is currently participating on a #reverb10 project. If you don't know what it is, screw that, look it up yourself. But anyway, I looked into it and I really want to participate. But did I mention I'm a coward? Looking at the prompts, I know I'm going to have to "dig deep" seeing as it seems like it's going to be emotionally tedious.

For the past year, I have learned (and have apparently become really good at) skimming on the surface of emotion. I'm not sure if I want to go through that exploration and bravery and shiznits. But the new year is around the corner and I want to try and leave baggage behind.

It's not even a question of "Should I do it?" It's more of.. can I?

Ladies and gentlemen, my name is Jaja and I'm a coward.

Things To Do.

I haven't been my usual Miss Things-to-Do-List lately. But I do need a major overhaul. With the new year coming up, I need to declutter my life. One project I wanna start though is this #reverb10 I've been seeing at my friend's blog/tweets. I was curious so I looked it up. I'll MAYBE start tomorrow. I'm kinda sleepy already. :D

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..because happy is what happens when all your dreams come true

    The last few days (weeks even) have been a rollercoaster of events and emotions. A few rocked my world (more in a bad way so), but it did not deter my heart from swelling with happiness.
    I have not been happy in a while (more like the past year), but out of nowhere, I would find myself smiling allowing myself to feel happiness. Don't get me wrong, and I'm sorry that this sounds so negative, but I'm still in that point where I'm too scared to allow myself to be happy (and that stupid wall is still up, anyway). But anyway, it's almsot 1am and I don't feel the need to write paragraphs. I'm just going to start rambling random words and phrases.

Thing That Made Me Happy In The Past Few Days
..chasing after the Flirty Cupcakes blue van
..trying Molly's cupcakes two weeks in a row
..dimsum adventures with Diana
..JuRin!!
..watching movie after movie after movie after movie
..food!!
..watching my tv shows in hulu
..reconnecting with my knitting and crocheting hobby
..learning how to make rice krispy treats
..vicariously living the young love scene through people i know
..pretend birthday at JuRin
..Rocky Horror Picture Show with the ladies
..deb's halloween birthday party
..dressing up as a Snooki/Ke$ha/JWoWW crossover
..Bethany's musical in Rosaty High School
..talking to my sisters
..Diana's family making me feel like I'm part of their family
..going to the best candy store in the world
..Danny passing his NCLEX
..Maria getting engaged
..Michelle getting engaged
..Reizl's birthday
..trying to make the effort to go to church
..talking to boycrushes
..random Chicago trips
..talking to old friends
..meeting new people
..getting my care package from California from the Philippines from my sister

..and that's just from stuff I can remember. I can't wait for more good times to come!! :D