Ramblings of a Princess

There are times when you look for a song that matches your mood, and you successfully locate it in your library. There are also times when you don’t look for the song, but the song literally explodes out from your shuffled playlist and tells you, “I AM THE SONG FOR WHAT YOU’RE GOING THROUGH.”

This song is that song for my September 2, 2010, 11:12 AM.

Marching On
OneRepublic

For those days we felt like a mistake,
Those times when love’s what you hate,
Somehow,
We keep marching on.

For those nights when I couldn’t be there,
I’ve made it harder to know that you know,
That somehow,
We’ll keep moving on.

There’s so many wars we fought,
There’s so many things we’re not,
But with what we have,
I promise you that,
We’re marching on,
(We’re marching on)
(We’re marching on).

For all of the plans we’ve made,
There isn’t a flag I’d wave,
Don’t care if we bend,
I’d sink us to swim,
We’re marching on,
(We’re marching on)
(We’re marching on).

For those doubts that swirl all around us,
For those lives that tear at the seams,
We know,
We’re not what we’ve seen,

For this dance we’ll move with each other.
There ain’t no other step than one foot,
Right in front of the other.

There’s so many wars we fought,
There’s so many things we’re not,
But with what we have,
I promise you that,
We’re marching on,
(We’re marching on)
(We’re marching on).

For all of the plans we’ve made,
There isn’t a flag I’d wave,
Don’t care if we bend,
I’d sink us to swim,
We’re marching on,
(We’re marching on)
(We’re marching on).

Right, right, right, right left right,
Right, right, right, right left right,
Right, right,
We’re marching on.

We’ll have the days we break,
And we’ll have the scars to prove it,
We’ll have the bonds that we save,
But we’ll have the heart not to lose it.

For all of the times we’ve stopped,
For all of the things I’m not.

We put one foot in front of the other,
We move like we ain’t got no other,
We go when we go,
We’re marching on.

There’s so many wars we fought,
There’s so many things we’re not,
But with what we have,
I promise you that,
We’re marching on,
(We’re marching on)
(We’re marching on).

Right, right, right, right left right,
Right, right, right, left, right,
Right, right,
We’re marching on.

Right, right, right, right left right,
Right, right, right, left, right,
Right, right,
We’re marching on.

There I was standing in the middle of the airport, with music beating candy into my ears, bags packed and slung over my shoulder, ticket secured and stamped… and I had no idea what I was going to do in Cagayan de Oro.

Day 1: Itinerary? What itinerary?

You don’t know what we can find
Why don’t you come with me, little girl
On a magic carpet ride

Track 1: Magic Carpet Ride — Steppenwolf

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I knew there was a wedding. Of course I knew there was a wedding. That was the reason I was going, after all. But despite the fact that I began researching for this trip months ago when I booked my flight, I never actually made an itinerary. (And I researched for just a couple of hours, really.)

So as I had nice breakfast conversations with Lila and Karen in the food court, at the back of my head I was going, “No, seriously, Sarah, you’re going to Mindanao for THREE DAYS with no plan whatsoever?”

On the plane I studied the two-paragraph article on Cagayan de Oro in the in-flight magazine with utmost concentration. “Magic Carpet Ride” was playing endlessly in my head. Read the rest of this entry »

One month from now, I shall be celebrating my birthday. I make my wishlist every August 31st, but this year I thought I’d make one a bit earlier.

1. Write me a letter. Length doesn’t matter as long as it has sense.
2. Take me to awesome food. Somewhere I’ve haven’t been to yet. (Expensive food is NOT required.) You can also cook me awesome food!
   
3. Take me to a movie, or let’s watch a DVD in your house. Or mine. I have missed so many good movies recently
   
4. Gimme something
   
   
5. Get me new clothes. And—deep breath—okay, take me shopping. (I am SO gonna regret saying that, I’m sure, since, y’know, I still hate shopping.)
6. Pray for me. Bahala na kayo kung anong ipag-pra-pray para sa akin

People familiar with my wishlists probably noticed that I changed my format this year. Or not. I tried changing it on Christmas—which is okay—but I thought I’d try another style this time. And also limit the number of things I’m asking for. After all, I don’t usually get a lot of the items in my wishlists. Ahehehe. Most people get me something else, which is fine; it’s the thought that counts, anyway, yes?

Today, I took Karess out for a girls’ night out to Forever Flawless. We had originally planned to get facials, and Karess even researched on Flawless’ services that she can try. But we got stuck at work until way past seven, so when we arrived at Flawless Robinsons Galleria, the only services available were waxing. Well, that’s okay, because Karess had already considered getting her eyebrows waxed. Perfect!

We were led to the waxing room. It was a small one but surprisingly cozy. Karess was asked to lie down and relax on the bed while Normie, her beautechnician prepared the honey wax they were going to use.

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I tried Beauty & Butter earlier this month for a hand and foot paraffin treatment. But, since the place is for nails, face, and art, I thought I should also try to try out some nail art from there. It was perfect timing: I needed some pampering, and my nails are at a perfect length to get painted on.

Beauty and Butter has a myriad of colors to choose from; they have this whole shelf of colorful nail polish bottles!

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Fact: I’m skinny. Or at least my family and friends say so. They’re actually concerned if I’m eating well.

Fact: I wasn’t skinny at certain points in my life. I think it was around after college. And then I began losing pounds this year.

Fact: some parts of my body haven’t been notified that I have gotten skinny.

Fact: I don’t really care. Not enough to stop eating, that is. I don’t even care enough to start going to the gym, either.

But when I got the chance to try the Ultra Lift Treatment at Forever Flawless, I thought, “Hey, why not?” So I went to Mall of Asia, where my favorite Flawless branch was, to try it out.

Some of the Flawless MoA staff: April, Arlene, Lanie and Glen

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I love Chuck (therefore I love Zachary Levi), and I’ve always liked Katharine McPhee. And this happens to be written by Kara DioGuardi and Jason Reeves, whose songs I also like. So, naturally, I love this song, yes, yes, yes?

I’m studying this, and if things go well, I’ll be singing this next month with a friend of mine. Yey!

Side note: Zach acts, sings, drives, is a geek. I LOVE THIS GUY!!! Haha!

Terrified
Katharine McPhee ft. Zachary Levi

You by the light is the greatest find
In a world full of wrong you’re the thing that’s right
Finally made it through the lonely to the other side

You said it again my heart’s in motion
every word feels like a shooting star
I’m at the edge of my emotions
Watchin’ the shadows burnin’ in the dark
And I’m in love
And I’m terrified
For the first time
And the last time
In my only life

This could be good it’s already better than that
And nothing’s worse than knowing you’re holding back
I could be all that you needed if you let me try

You said it again my heart’s in motion
every word feels like a shooting star
I’m at the edge of my emotions
Watchin’ the shadows burnin’ in the dark
And I’m in love
And I’m terrified
For the first time
And the last time
In my only

I only said it
‘Cause I mean it
I only mean it ‘Cause it’s true
So don’t you doubt What i’ve been dreaming
‘Cause it fills me up it holds me close
whenever I’m without you

You said it again my heart’s in motion
every word feels like a shooting star
I’m at the edge of my emotions
Watchin’ the shadows burnin’ in the dark
And I’m in love
And I’m terrified
For the first time
And the last time
In my only life