on shoes...flowers..and cory

the death of former president corazon aquino last aug. 1 has renewed the sense of patriotism in every filipino and stories about her life of service and simplicity has touched me and moved me into tears. the past days, everytime i turn on the tv or read the daily news on the paper about her passing, tears would stream into my eyes and can't help myself from getting emotional. (i am such a cry baby). the biggest regret that i have right now is not being able to experience the people power revolution in 1986...not being able to feel the love, the intensity aND passion for democracy...not being able to take part in cory's fight for our freedom. crying in those times would surely be worth it.

on a lighter note...it was revealed in the stories by people whom cory have touched about her penchant for flowers. most of her paintings given as gifts to her friends are flowers. i, too love to draw flowers..not just because they are the easiest thing to draw in this world but because of their beauty and the calmness and joy they bring. i love flowers...i love them on my notebook or on my dress... i love flowers in my classroom...and i love to be in a secret garden full of flowers!

last week, my brother brought the pair of shoes from carmille which she offered to sell to me super cheap. when he opened the paper bag and handed them to me...i gasped and hugged them in excitement. it was a thing of beauty even though the shoes are in different sizes (dont know how her mother got them hahaha) one is size 6 and the other 6 and 1/2....well it doesn't matter...people would not care and would never notice the size difference anyway :) wink wink! what made this shoes extra special is the flowery designs all over...very dainty and super nice nice nice! these American eagle flats with slingbacks are really perfect on a weekend day out.

a leader just like a pair of shoes is not hard to find. they are almost everywhere. most politicians come and go- some leave with good marks but most have left with a legacy of corruption and immorality. but a leader with passion, deep faith and sincerity just like cory aquino is like a rare pair of shoes that comes to you by destiny. She was God's gift to the Philippines for she gave us back our democracy and led our ailing nation with moral leadership. the filipinos are indeed destined to have tita cory as a president, in a very same way that i was fated to have this simple yet odd flowery shoes which i will forever cherish in my shoe memories. how i love serendipity!

eye candy

i was at sm northwing cebu last May and was in ecstacy. i was in total high when i entered the charles and keith store....the shoes were super jaw dropping. wished i had the money to buy a pair just to feed my shoe- hungry craving that moment.

my money was just enough to take me home to davao....so clad in my ever durable havaianas green flipflops with my canon digital cam in hand.....might as well tour the whole northwing to discover eye candies enough to bring me back to davao in high spirits!

i was looking through the pics which were mostly stolen awhile ago and felt a different kind of need to blog another shoe story of mine. window shopping was the best thing a moneyless shoeholic like me can do when stricken by a fever called high heeled flu. thats a new one hahahahaha. its a damn flu i would love to get over and over again...

im happy and so much alive right now. thanks to shoe therapy :)

birthday shower

when it rains...it pours

it was wet and gloomy today on my 3oth birthday (arrghh!) i woke up with the sound of a heavy downpour on my window and i thought...what an odd way of welcoming this day. i hoped the shower would end so soon but it didn't... forcing me to take a taxi and paid 70 pesos for it (arrgghh x2).

but the rain did not dampen my excited birthday spirit at all. the greetings were all over and the surprise blessings poured. it was declared a "no class" by the mayor due to the rain and bad weather...so i freaked out in joy :)

with my new cheap mary jane brown shoes...i huddled the rain with excitement along with my two girl friends sally and ermie. we had a heavy pizza trip with ate arlene at greenwich with ube macapuno roll from goldilocks yum yum yum! then off to Shrine hills and prayed to Sto Nino...and finally to jack's ridge for a breathe of cool air, little girl chatting and a free access to their overlooking-the-city comfort room :)

it was a birthday like no other...simple may it be, this day was a way of making me feel that i am still blessed with the best things in life that are priceless- good friends, family and a special someone out there :)

happy birthday to me :)