Mauie Flores

I feel so stressed out. Been having an emotional rollercoaster lately. Maybe its from the hormone theraphy I'm forced to undergo to cure my PCOS that I blogged about earlier. I'm having a hard time sleeping. I just want to have a break. I can't write about what's bugging me particularly these days. Somebody from the family might be able to read it. I want to keep it a secret between me and Daddy Jun. I'll tell him about it today. I don't care if he thinks I'm being bitchy. Ubos na ang pasensya ko. Said na said na. I am really pissed off!

My mom's adding to my stress. Imagine, she's Hermana Mayor in our village fiesta and she's ordering me to go there and help them cook! Ordered ha, not asked! As if naman I don't have a household to run and a child to send to school every @#$%$%$ day! Hay naku. I'm hurt. Kapag ako ang may kailangan hindi ko naman din sila maasahan. Buntot ko hila ko. Now she's torturing me with all this ingrata drama of hers. Eh bakit siya nag-Hermana hindi naman pala kaya!

Got to take a deep breath inside the shower NOW. Yep, that place has been my only private nook lately. Shit!

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Rap had football practice yesterday and since it was also Daddyjun's rest day, I obliged him to go to school with us. We had less than four hours to kill before Rap finished his class and we decided to watch Casino Royale. We weren't planning on watching that movie but it was that or "Wag Kang Lilingon". Between the two, Casino Royale was more worth the 110 bucks.

I'm not really a huge 007 fan. Ate France was the one who introduced me to Ian Fleming's gorgeous killing machine. I think I've watched only three or four Bond movies in the past. I would say that Daniel Craig would be the most "human" James Bond I've ever seen.

Bond is shown in Casino Royale as a spy struggling on his first mission. The flick showed Bond's soft side with long romantic scenes with Vesper Lynd. Bond also gets battered all throughout the film. Not to mention the "testes whacking" torture scene. Bond was also shown making mistakes in judgement during the poker game with his target Le Chiffre. I enjoyed the movie because I've seen a realistic James Bond. He really got beaten up and dirty. In the past Bond flicks I've seen, Pierce Brosnan still looked handsome and slick even after having a brawl. With Daniel Craig's Bond, maaawa ka talaga! Before the movie was shown, critics have written about him being not so handsome enough to be James Bond. I beg to disagree. His puppy eyes just made my heart melt!

No fancy gadgets were introduced in the movie. It somehow disappointed me since I was looking forward to the new gadgets that they will assign to the new 007. The OST was totally forgettable too. I would have loved another female diva sing the latest offering's OST.

Daniel Craig will be back I'm sure. The movie ended with him as a cold-hearted James Bond who has learned his lesson during his first mission. He met with a Mr. White who got his hundred million dollar winnings from Casino Royale.

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An article of the same title by Andrea Pasion-Flores in the November 2006 issue of Good Housekeeping Philippines inspired me to write my own view on this matter.

Daddyjun and I have been married for six years. We will be having our 7th Wedding Anniversary on January 15, 2007. That would be, as everyone warned me, the official start of the "7th Year Itch". Scary. But I'm excited to go through it and survive it! Yeah, that's the spirit!Why do I love being married? Let me count the reasons why...

First, I get to hear a daily dose of I Love You's. Isn't it great to hear that you are loved, constantly, at least twice a day? Sometimes, I feel that we have become too familiar with the sentence that it has become just one of those expressions. Like when you do a favor for a friend and she goes "You're a life saver! I love you, talaga!" But it's a different thing when you hear it from your husband. Up to now, I get kilig when I hear it from him. It's like falling in love all over again.

Second, I have a 24-hour best friend. Daddyjun has become my best friend ever since we have become a couple. He's a confidant in every true sense of the word. He's a good listener, we can just laze around on the couch and talk about anything under the sun for hours. If you're a woman, you'll understand the importance of having someone listen to you anytime of the day. He knows my deepest secrets. I know I can count on him no matter what. As long as we're together, I know I have somebody I can share my hopes and dreams with.

Third, I feel important. Daddyjun asks my opinion in every decision he makes. It may be as simple as his office get up for the day or as complicated as our financial undertakings. This is a big deal for me especially now that I am not able to contribute financially. He makes me in-charge of everything. In our home, I am in command.

Lastly, I love being married because I enjoy being part of a whole. It's a natural psychological human need. I love it when I am being introduced as my husband's other half. Daddyjun makes me feel that I belong to him but he gives me room to grow. He makes me feel that I am his and because of this he is going to take good care of me. We are not a picture of marriage bliss. We have our fights and misunderstandings. Most of the times, I get to say things that I regret saying to him. He has habits that I hate. I had done things that got him disgusted. At the end of the day, we try to resolve all of this.

As the saying goes, marriage is not always a bed of roses. For me, it is an adventure and I choose to enjoy every minute of it, even if I get scrapes and bruises along the way. Wounds heal, anyway. It's the learning that you get from these wounds that counts. I just got lucky that God gave me the best adventure buddy.

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I have just bought these cute cellphone trinkets last Monday at Shopwise. They're so cute, aren't they? I got them for my cel and Ralph's.

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