the best hot chocolate ever

somebody gave this to Erik for Christmas. guess what, we consumed it in less than a week! it's that good! rich and so creamy! 

much like the thick Spanish chocolate for dipping Churros but a little thinner.  

i don't really understand this. i thought all chocolates were made from cocoa which are then made into cocoa powder. what does real chocolate mean? but never mind. it's what hot chocolate should taste like. 

seriously considering

from this article

Rakenrol lamp!

materials:

film reel

18 gauge copper wire

coffee cup lids (8pcs) for the base

bulb

bulb receptacle

cord

glue

can you see the actors?

i had a different lamp in mind when i started but i ended up with this one. the hardest thing to do for me was how to support the lamp shade. i didn't know what to do so i just coiled some wire and made it adjustable (because i couldn't make it straight haha!). you can make it upright, or slanted, or even higher or lower. 

on my decoupaged table

the shade is not perfectly shaped because i didn't measure (as usual) but it's part of the charm :) now, i have 11 more DIYs to do for my giveaways. it's a good excuse to practice my craft.

top view

oh, Quark doesn't know i have film positives of his film. maybe i should give him this? hihihi

origami rose

no glue origami flower

i like this guy's tutorial. easy to follow. after just 2 tries, i did these three very small roses on my own!

origami kudusama flowers

i finished 3 scripts (2 days each) and was so tired i needed an outlet.

so i made these flowers!

Writer not talker :-)

Ang articulate ko pag nagsusulat. Ambilis ko makaisip ng solutions as in. Pero kapag meetings na, ang tagal magsink in ng mga bagay sa 'kin. Bukod sa lumilipad ang utak ko pag nasa meetings ako. Nabo-bore ako sa maraming tao. Hay, i just realized this while writing an email earlier. If only i could be that articulate in person i could change a lot of things. Make things better.

earthquake dream

According to this link: 

To dream of an earthquake indicates that you are going through a major shift in your life. Your structural support is 'shaking.' This dream signifies your uncertainty, anxieties, and a feeling of being out of control. If you dream that you find shelter from the earthquake, then you will succeed in rising above these difficulties. If you become trapped, then you will lose what you have worked so hard for.


Very true. Good thing i survived it in my dream. 


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Anyway, this reminded me of the Feb. 25 dream of a GMA boss's son of a major flood that will allegedly put Manila underwater. The son is about 7 years old and has Asperger's syndrome, a kind of autism. But the son has special talents. He could sing ABC backwards at the age of 2. He sees dead people. Even predicts the future. Like before his grandmother died, he said, "Lola is coming home". After 3 days the lola died and when they saw the guest book in the wake, the cover title was "Lola is coming home" or something to that effect. 


This son dreamt that his cousin is drowning in a big flood on Feb. 25 and that the whole of Metro Manila is underwater. 

The family believes him so much because of his reputation of predicting the future so they all booked a flight for HK just so they won't be here on that day. 

This has been circulating in GMA and actually, some of the creatives are making plans of going out of town that day. Some are playing it safe, me for one. If 1 or 2 days before Feb. 25, there's news of a storm coming (kahit signal no. 1 lang) I'll definitely inform my friends or maybe announce it on FB na! Bahala na magmukhang tanga hahaha.