♥

Dear long weekend, you have been lovely. ❤ 

Lily: Don't Ted-out about it.
Ted: Did you just use my name as a verb?
Barney: Oh, yeah, we do that when you're not around. "Ted-out": to over think. See also "Ted-up". "Ted-up": to over think with disastrous consequences. For example, "Billy Tedded-up when he-"
Ted: All right, I get it.

From How I Met Your Mother S01E07: Matchmaker

I just love seeing greens juxtaposed with buildings. It's a sight that never fails to make me happy, and that's why I love walking in Ayala Avenue particularly in Ayala Triangle Gardens.

Anyway, no one can stay long in this not-particularly-sad-but-feeling-completely-empty state when listening to Jason Mraz's songs, who incidentally is celebrating his birthday today. Happy birthday, Jason! Thank you for your gift of music. Here's hoping you visit Manila again soon.

And here's more hoping for the best, whatever that may be.

1) Ana and I on our dinner/ movie-date two Saturdays ago | 2 and 3) Far, Rica, and I on the first workday of the second half of the year | 4) Lunch-date with Eiyan and Far last Tuesday | 5) Breakfast with my carpool-mates last Wednesday | 6) Home movie + pizza with my best friend Jerome, his girlfriend Dale, his twin brother Jonas, and Jonas's girlfriend Trisha yesterday | 7) Pizza party with my The Breakfast Club-mates Mike and Ralph. We're missing Chum and Sheila in this photo.

Image source

"The great moments of your life won't necessarily be the things you do. They'll also be the things that happen to you. Now I'm not saying you can't take action to affect the outcome of your life. You have to take action. And you will! But never forget that on any day, you could step out the front door and your whole life could change forever. You see, the Universe has a plan kids, and that plan is always in motion. A butterfly flaps its wings and it starts to rain. It's a scary thought, but it's also kind of wonderful. All these little parts of the machine constantly working... Making sure that you end up exactly where you're supposed to be, exactly when you're supposed to be there. The right place, at the right time."

- Ted Mosby, How I Met Your Mother

"When you think about it, everything is fleeting. Every second of every minute of every hour.

The race and the rush and the choices and the chances.

The love that grazed your fingertips, possibilities that brushed past you on your way out to work or play or save the world, a happy ending you may have believed in with a faith beyond anything you could have imagined you were capable of.

We shove each other for space, we lament the loss of time as we scatter it throughout the vast landscapes of our lives.

When we count the broken pieces, we realize that we will not be here forever, so we chase after these moments, seize them, and try to make them last and last and last.

But maybe the best we can do is to understand that there is

one thing in particular that should always come first."

- Table for Two by Marla Miniano

Carpe that freakin' Diem. Cheers to peace, love & lipgloss! ♥

You may not be her first, her last, or her only. She loved before, she may love again. But if she loves you now, what else matters? She's not perfect - you aren't either, and the two of you may never be perfect together but if she can make you laugh, cause you to think twice, and admit to being human and making mistakes, hold onto her and give her the most you can. She may not be thinking about you every second of the day, bu she will give you a part of her that she knows you can break - her heart. So don't hurt her, don't change her, don't analyze and don't expect more than she can give. Smile when she makes you happy, let her know when she makes you mad, and miss her when she's not there.

- Bob Marley

*This is my 21st of 30 posts for the 30-Day Blog Challenge.