#200 Cuddling while watching a movie

#199 Holding hands with your loved one while watching a movie

#198 High water pressure

One of the good things about living in a building with own water pump and tank is having great water pressure. Shower heater functions perfectly. Washing clothes is faster especially when its time to rinse when you need volumes of water.

#197 Friends who share your similar interests

#196 Tossing something into trash can and making it in

#195 The Jeopardy thinking song

Everyone knows this song by heart (well in America maybe). I was tuned in to Chico and Delamar's morning show one day and they use it as a background song. I think it has spawned all the other knowledge game shows on the planet and one of its trademark is this famous tune. Oh by the way, Jeopardy! still airs in the Game Channel.

#194 Learning new and interesting words and slangs

It may be from the book you are reading, or the movie or an article from the internet. Or even in the news.

Learning that zeitgeist is the taste and spirit of the times, that moonson in tagalog is habagat, plethora means abundance or excess, necromancer is someone who communicates with the dead spirits or involved in black magic, and that paramour is a lover involved in an adulterous relationship.

I love looking up for terms in the dictionary, learning new words along the way, while finishing a novel.

Not just those english terms, it can also be those urban slangs like RAWR, which means i love you, or YOLO, you only live once, or what 'epic fail' means, or the meaning of imba!, or FTW!

#193 Spice Girls reunion performance at the Olympics closing

Video can be found here

#192 0% interest credit card installment

Credit cards nowadays get a bad rap and been put in the bad light, as more and more Filipinos become buried in debt, as interests and balance compound. But used wisely and properly, it is a very good thing to have. One thing that if used rightly, is to get some stuff you really really need but cannot pay in full right away but know deep inside that you are able to pay the monthly. =)

#191 Getting that antok and falling asleep after attempting

#190 Watching the synchronized swimming event in the Olympics

This is by far one of my favorite events in the Olympics! (Video is not in the Olympics, can't find any due to copyrights, but this same team won the gold, its Russia)

#189 When you finally finish paying off a loan

You can breath a sigh of relief. Yeah! After all the months of scrimping to pay it off now you have extra money for something else. I just finished off a company loan, and yes I have a bigger breathing room now for those other expenses.

#188 No storm lasts forever

Physical and metaphorical storms in life, no storm lasts forever. Science says so.

Woke up at around 11AM. And woke up without rain, Mister Sun starting to smile and the blue sky starting to peek. Yey!

Floods have receded outside, I just hope floods in other areas recede soon.

#187 When life gives you lemons, make a lemonade

Filipinos are good in making lemonades. They are such resilient beings. Pope John Paul II tagged them as 'joyful' race. Despite nonstop calamities, government corruptions, literal and metaphorical storms and injustices and poverty, they always get by with a smile, ika nga sa isang linya ng Eraserheads.

Martyr Nyebera's? Bring it on!, sabi nga ng mga Pinoy. And they manage to weather the storm with a smile on their faces. They not only endure the bitterness of lemons, but still manage to make a lemonade out of it, enjoy the moment and make fun out of it. And I am sure this recent calamity is chicken feed. Babangon at babangon ulit.

#186 Being recognized for your performance

My boss just awarded me with a recognition! Ahahaha. My performance has been recognized, and the contribution has been felt finally. Grateful.. grateful!

#185 The Blade Runner

This post is about one story of triumph of the human spirit. His name: Oscar Pistorious

Born without fibula, his both legs have to be amputated before he was a year old. Despite the odds, grew up competing, tried different sports  and as of the moment has qualified and is going to run in the London Olympics for the 400 meter heat. You can read his story here.

#184 Good body ache

You know that feeling when, after an ardous workout, or marathon, or when you pushed your body than normal, that night or the day after when the muscles and body ache, but instead of feeling bad or grouchy about, it feels good and you actually like it ..

#183 When friends come to you to join a lakwatsa or gimik

#182 The London Olympics opening ceremony

James Bond and Queen Elizabeth (video located here), JK Rowling, Voldemort, Paul Mccartney and Mr Bean FTW!

And the awesome fireworks display!

You can download the entire Olympics opening ceremony on torrent =)

#181 Safely tucked in your bed clasping your blanket and pillow while its raining hard outside