Exercising my writing skills

Stumped. with. my. proposal. Taking a breather.
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Yesterday, I got to spend my day with Rye. It's been a long time since we last had a "date" cos we've been spending most of our weekends at home cooking and watching DVDs and series (to save money, that's why! Haha.).

After bringing Mommy to her "office" in Makati, I drove to Podium to meet up with Rye where he had brunch with his Nestle batchmates at UCC. Since they were not yet finished, I strolled around the mall for a while and bought myself a couple of shirts from Dorothy Perkins and visited Globe to inquire about the iphone 4. When they were done, I joined them in UCC and strolled around some more to kill time. We said goodbye to Rye's friends from Nestle cos I was getting hungry. Ended up buying "healthy" sandwiches from Subway cos we needed to go to San Carlos for my YE meeting with the youth. Rye got the chicken slices in honey oat sandwich while I got the cheese and steak in Italian bread. I enjoyed mine, but Rye said his tasted too "healthy" for him. Oh well. He eats anything and everything anyway. Haha.

From Podium, we went to San Carlos and I did my thing this time while Rye slept in a corner. Poor him, he got only a couple hours of sleep the night before. When the meeting concluded, we went to Greenbelt to confess and hear mass. The homily of the priest stirred something within me, as if the Lord is telling me to keep the faith and carry on. The gospel was about having faith as small a mustard seed, a passage we all know too well, but often hard to live out. He said something like "you don't have to increase your faith cos you have it in you already, it's God's gift. You just have to increase your faithfulness to God."

After hearing Mass, we zoomed to the cinemas to buy some food before the movie started. We were so hungry. I told Rye that the "Subway" lunch does not fit our lifestyle at all. We ended up buying the Blockbuster Meal (upsize) from NYFD which includes half bacon and egg cheesedog sandwich, a tub of meatball spaghetti, fries with dip and large drink. Rye added another large tub of fries (with 3 dips) only because we were THAT hungry.

Watched Wallstreet and spent half of the time analyzing the business jargon. Rye said I am really a preschool teacher - clueless about those kinds of things. Haha. I missed watching movies (in the movie house) with Rye. I like sitting beside him, holding his hand, and taking occasional glances at him. Makes me fall in love with him more each time. I can still remember our first "official" date when we watched "Mr. Deeds" in Galleria. Prior to that, we watched several movies together, with different dates, that is. Wahaha. Oops. After the movie, I had to rush home cos I was driving alone. Dropped Rye off at Cable Car for the CSA Batch 2000 reunion, for his "me" time.

One thing we realized yesterday is how we have managed to live our own lives (somehow) apart from our relationship. The "we" in us won't really work out if the individual "me" is not satisfied. There seems to be a pattern - when we spend too much together, I become more clingy then he pulls away. After that, we end up fighting. At least for now, especially that we are not yet married, it's good to spend time apart. It's actually healthy... that even if we ever end up marrying each other, Rye already told me that he wants his own "me" room, where he can be himself.

Okay, enough of this. Just a short sharing of my weekend as I was getting board writing about the Developmental Niche framework. Hoohah. Cos today, I have my "me" time, which equivalent to finishing this paper due tomorrow, while Rye is having his as well at the Tattoo shop.

Ciao!

YOU know me

Psalm 139
(1-3, 7-8, 9-10, 13-14)

O Lord, you have probed me and you know me; you know when I sit and when I stand; you understand my thoughts from afar. 
My journeys and my rest you scrutinize, with all my ways you are familiar.


Where can I go from your spirit? from your presence where can I flee? 
If I go up to the heavens, you are there; if I sink to the nether world, you are present there. 
If I take the wings of the dawn, if I settle at the farthest limits of the sea, even there your hand shall guide me, and your right hand hold me fast.

Truly you have formed my inmost being; you knit me in my mother’s womb. I give you thanks that I am fearfully, wonderfully made; wonderful are your works.