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i've never been a health buff, and i think i will never be. i've never been conscious about my health, and even of my "figure." i never exercise. not until now anyway, when my officemates have convinced me to play badminton with them.

and so i find it a little funny then for since i got into this job, the people i'm working with worries (and fusses) about what i eat. my colleagues tell me everyday to eat veggies and one has even devised a whole new advocacy plan as well as strategies just to make me eat veggies. my boss on the other hand, have been telling me lately to decrease my rice consumption (either he has observed that i'm a huge rice eater or i'm just a huge rice eater for his standars) for it contains lots of sugar and therefore, can make me fat. "sige ka, 'kaw rin, mapapalitan ka" was his line, to which i reply with a laugh. 

i don't know but for some reason i'm just really never conscious about these stuff. i just eat what i want (although i lowered my choco intake for i'm starting to believe that it is one of the reasons for my migraine) and never feels guilty about it. i eat to satisfy my stomach. i eat to make myself happy. i long wanted to eat vegetables but there's this sort of pyschological conditioning that veggies taste awful and so i'm stuck with meat and fish ever since.

pero masunuring bata naman ako eh. i listen to and obey those who are OLDer to me. so now, i'm really trying to eat veggies. i'm starting with the "easy" ones like beans and carrots. eating the "hardcore" ones such as ampalaya will start in july, as stated in their plan hehe 

and as my officemate usually says (or something to this effect), "i might not be able to make a difference with this job, but i am hoping to make a difference in you." naks! drama!  

environmental governance must really be very frustrating for them for they have started channelling their efforts on me hehehe  

was browsing through our office reference materials again and i found a copy of "mindanao on the mend" among our files. wala lang. there was that fuzzy feeling in the stomach for it was the first book that keith ever gave me (and he wrote 2 stories in that book). hehehe  wala lang. friday na kc. excited nang umuwi.

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had a long conversation with an officemate last night and we reminisced our childhood days (that was a sign that we're growing old huh?!). saya! ano nga ba yung "A" dun sa larong "FLAMES"?

but tori did not sang for me last night. ebe did. maybe it wasn't coincidence that the moment i got in my room, my hand unconsciously found it's way to where sugarfree's "tala-arawan" album lay. maybe it was my heart's instinct to pick it up for in moments like last night, sugarfree is often the answer. "tala-arawan" may not be as sad as "sa wakas" but the thought that it's sugarfree, the thought that it's ebe dancel singing in your ear as you stare into space and think of nothing, sad na yun.

kelangan lang talaga kasing mag sad trip paminsan. kung kelangan. kung walang magawa. at mag-isa. kung masaya at kelangang ibalik ang puso sa kinalalagyan nya.

sometimes you feel the need for a "sad trip" even if you're not sad. sometimes you feel the need for it when you haven't found yourself alone in a while. when you were often surrounded with people and noise. when you talk all day and can't seem to stop. when you're filled with so much things to do, you can't take it out of your head. when you're just simply fine. and okay. and satisfied for the moment.  

sad trip lang paminsan-minsan. healthy yun, parang gulay.

sharing you this article written by my college classmate deewai mabunga-rodriguez, published in the inquirer today and posted in their website last night.  congrats, dee!