Simplicity is Beauty | Perfectly Imperfect

I have this wishlist written in my Multiply blog. Just thought of doing so before the holidays last year (someone might give one to me as a Christmas gift right?). It was like my top 10 goals. Actually, two people (my best friend and step-brother) already gave me my no.2 wish as a gift for Christmas and I was so thrilled because I really didn't expect it (was going to tears of happiness when I received them).

Last week, as soon as I logged-in to chat with my husband, he asked me where my wishlist was in my Multiply site. I said it was in the blog section. I don't know why he asked but I think I already have a clue. You see, I don't have a very nice computer here at home. My old desktop PC is broken and I'm now using either my step-brother's PC or my sister's laptop. I don't have my own. And to think that I'm working as a part-time Graphic Designer, a computer is really a necessity. My husband and I were chatting about him buying me a new computer since he left. He wanted a laptop for me and I think he wanted to see my wishlist because I have a laptop posted there so that he'll know what laptop to buy. My wish was a color skyblue laptop, with specs for Graphic Design and some gaming.

I really am so excited as to what laptop he'll buy. I don't know if he can find a laptop really similar to the one posted in my wishlist but as long as it's from him, it's so ok with me. I really am so touched because he was the one who thought of buying me one. I didn't asked for it (I tend not to ask my husband for anything). He really is worried about me too. He worked overseas in the first place because the salary is much higher, he can now save some money for us to have a secure living, not worrying of the financial difficulties in life. We just both want a simple life, a simple happy family. Maybe he wants all my wishes to come true...And I want all his wishes to come true too...Oh, I love my husband so much...

I was so happy when my cousin told me you were online. It was 1am here and glad to be still awake. I really didn't expect it. I just told my best friend that I haven't talked to you since last week so I was really happy to see you, to talk to you yesterday. I knocked on my sister's door, woke her up, to borrow her laptop and webcam so you could see me too. I was panicking to set it all up. I know I should be fast because we don't have much time. I really am so happy. You were so handsome in your white shirt and cap. All the people here also had a glimpse of you and had the chance to talk to you. They all miss you so much and they were just so glad to finally be able to chat with you. I really miss you so much...I can't take you off of my head even for just one second. Seeing you yesterday really made my day. It made me think of you more...My oh so handsome husband...I wanted to hug you, I wanted to kiss you, I just wanted to be with you...Wish you were here with me...I miss you...

Pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis (also spelled -koniosis, 45 letters) is a lung disease caused by breathing in particles of siliceous volcanic dust. This is the longest word in any English dictionary. However, it was coined by Everett Smith, the President of The National Puzzlers' League, in 1935 purely for the purpose of inventing a new "longest word". The Oxford English Dictionary described the word as factitious. Nevertheless it also appears in the Webster's, Random House, and Chambers dictionaries.

HEPATICO­CHOLANGIO­CHOLECYST­ENTERO­STOMIES (37 letters) is a surgical creation of a connection between the gall bladder and a hepatic duct and between the intestine and the gall bladder. This is the longest word in Gould's Medical Dictionary.

SUPER­CALI­FRAGI­LISTIC­EXPI­ALI­DOCIOUS (34 letters), a song title from the Walt Disney movie Mary Poppins. It is in the Oxford English Dictionary.

HIPPOPOTO­MONSTRO­SESQUIPED­AL­IAN (30 letters), pertaining to a very long word.
From Mrs. Byrne's Dictionary of Unusual, Obscure and Preposterous Words.

Pseudopseudohypoparathyroidism (30 letters) is an inherited disorder that closely simulates the symptoms, but not the consequences of pseudohypoparathyroidism, thus it has mild or no manifestations of hypoparathyroidism or tetanic convulsions.

Floccinaucinihilipilification (29 letters) is an estimation of something as worthless. This is the longest word in the first edition of the Oxford English Dictionary. Interestingly the most common letter in English, E, does not appear in this word at all, whilst I occurs a total of nine times. The word dates back to 1741. The 1992 Guinness Book of World Records calls flocci­nauci­nihili­pilification the longest real word in the Oxford English Dictionary, and refers to pneumono­ultra­micro­scopic­silico­volcano­koniosis as the longest made-up one.

Antidisestablishmentarianism (28 letters) is the belief which opposes removing the tie between church and state. Probably the most popular of the "longest words" in recent decades.

HONORI­FICABILI­TUDINI­TATIBUS (27 letters) means honorableness. The word first appeared in English in 1599, and in 1721 was listed by Bailey's Dictionary as the longest word in English. It was used by Shakespeare in Love's Labor's Lost (Costard; Act V, Scene I):

"O, they have lived long on the alms-basket of words.
I marvel thy master hath not eaten thee for a word;
for thou art not so long by the head as
honorificabilitudinitatibus: thou art easier
swallowed than a flap-dragon."

Shakespeare does not use any other words over 17 letters in length.

ANTI­TRANSUB­STAN­TIA­TION­ALIST (27 letters), one who doubts that consecrated bread and wine actually change into the body and blood of Christ.

DIS­PRO­PORTION­ABLE­NESS and IN­COM­PREHEN­SIB­ILITIES (21 letters), these are described by the 1992 Guinness Book of World Records as the longest words in common usage.


Just want to share this to everyone...Some say SMILES is the longest word because there is a MILE between the first and last letters! hahaha! Yeah right...

Transport strike hits the whole country last March 11, Tuesday, due to oil price increase. Classes were suspended, and a number of people especially workers who commute daily to their jobs got affected.

It's a good thing I don't have work that day and my sister got home safely but she really had a hard time commuting. The transport groups had a quiet protest to address their needs to the government through this transport holiday. Oil prices increase and increase and they say it will still increase before the year ends. The oil companies say they can't do anything about it also because of the spiraling cost of crude and petroleum products in the international market.

This means everything will also go up. All the prices, especially food, will all go up. Last Monday, the cheapest rice in the store I buy is P25, but now it's already P27. I remember last year I can already buy enough of groceries for P500-P1000, all for food here in the house, but now, I can't buy enough for the same price!

I just wish the government will do something about this rather than spending time getting money in their pockets from Chinese companies.

As the rain starts to fall

As the rain starts to fall
Hoping the days would quickly roll
Will do everything, whatever way
Just to forget that you've gone away...

As the rain starts to fall
That handsome smile I last saw
Trying so hard to suppress the feeling
Just not to see the heart aching...

As the rain starts to fall
Seems like the heavens call
With the dark sky and winds cold
Seems like it wants something to be told...

As the rain starts to fall
Still staring at the dark wall
Suddenly tears fell from my eyes
As the rain falls, I silently cried...

I wrote this poem when my husband just left...Originally, this poem was written in my native language, I just translated it to English for everyone to understand...

Not like other cellphone owners who use the most famous brands like Nokia, I decided to buy a different brand just to be unique from all of them. I bought a Panasonic VS6 from my Mom's friend 3 years ago which I didn't even know existed at that time. I didn't know that there was a Panasonic cellphone, I thought they only sell appliances. Anyway, it was a really nice flip-top camera phone, with features that I think exceeded top brands like Nokia at that time, it was cheaper and brand new. I even had a discount buying it. Main features include:

• 2 megapixel camera with 5x digital zoom and photo editor
• Video camera
• Display: TFT, 16 million colours, 320 x 240 pixels
• 40-voice polyphonic MP3 ringtones
  
• Messaging: SMS, MMS
• Games: Sonic the Hedgehog, 3D Football, plus downloadable Java games
• Connectivity: Bluetooth, InfraRed
• WAP, GPRS class 10
• Memory: 32 Mbytes
• Vibration alert
• Size: 96 x 46 x 21 mm
• Weight: 101g
• Talk time: 2 - 8 hours
• Battery standby: 150 - 430 hours
• Triband

Pretty neat huh? I'm still using it right now and it still looks and feels brand new (I really know how to take care of my stuff). I want to stick with this phone, I love it (my husband bought it as a gift for my birthday that time) and I don't want to buy a new one anymore, but I'm having quite a little problem with it right now. The battery broke months ago (after 3 years! and my Mom said I should change batteries after a year...) and I don't know where to buy a new one. I already searched cellphone shops, every mall, every Panasonic outlet, every Panasonic appliance store (thinking maybe they have the battery I needed) here in the city where I live in but to no avail. Then there's the internet from where I searched for the website of Panasonic here in my country. I found their site, then found their Customer Service e-mail after hours of browsing, contacted them and they responded fast. They told me where their Part-Sales office is located which is where I can buy the said battery and the price. Problem solved? No...because their Part-Sales office is located in another city far from where I am. Yes, I can commute there (2 hours approximately) but I still have to search for the exact place and I'm bad at that. I'm familiar with the city, I know how to get there, but I don't know how to get to their exact address! I e-mailed them again asking if I can order the said battery online (ordering locally then shipping it is cheaper than ordering internationally, so I don't have to go to their office anymore) or do they have any other shop, store, outlet near my home where I can purchase the battery. They responded and said that I can't purchase it online, and that the said Part-Sales office is the one and only place where I can buy the battery I needed. And I thought "Huh?!". What if I live in another region? I still have to fly to where the Parts-Sales office is just to buy the battery? Wow...very poor customer service...Maybe they only have satisafactory service(s) with regards to their appliances. It was just too bad...Very unlucky for me...Now I don't know if I just have to go there (and suffer the hassles of finding the place), order internationally online (and suffer the high costs esp. shipping charges, and risk being a victim of online scammers) or just get rid of my cellphone and buy a new one with the same features (maybe Nokia because it's everywhere! I surely wouldn't have any problems like this with this brand). In any way, I'm surely going to spend over my budget, just have to go with the option where I can spend less. This is just the real disadvantage of a not so famous cellphone brand compared to the likes of Nokia, Motorolla and Samsung...the parts are hard to find (in my country), and I'm facing that right now...Maybe if this cellphone breaks/crashes/had malfunctions, I wouldn't be surprised if the cellphone repair shops here wouldn't even know how to fix this...

Last February 28th was one of the saddest days of my entire life. At 3am in the morning, me and my in-laws accompanied my husband to the airport. His flight was at 6:30am in the morning going to another country. He's going to work abroad for 6 months and I'm not going to see him until then. It could be longer than 6 months if he decides to work for another month or so if the company approves so that he could be home with us in time for Christmas. I was so sad, about to cry, but hid my feelings. I know his parents felt the same way. He too felt the same way but he didn't show. He just gave me a cute smile before he walked through that airport door...

That morning was so cold and then the rain started to fall as we were going home after dropping him to the airport. Everyone was so quiet inside the van. When we got home, we got ready to sleep again but now I was all alone in this dark room. I was staring at the wall, lying in bed, thoughts running through my head, having mixed emotions. Then it hit me, everything just sinked in, tears fell from my eyes, my husband isn't by my side. I silently cried that night, was about to make a noise, but then somehow still composed myself to stop crying and thought positively. First, I didn't want to wake up my in-laws because of my crying and I don't want them to be worried. I want them to see me strong and that I am just alright. Second, I want to be strong for my husband. I know he's sad too, I saw it in his eyes, and he cried when I cried the other day (read post "Tears"). So I want to be strong so that he could be strong too. I want him to be inspired and not to be down. That even though we're apart, even if we just talk in Yahoo Messenger, even if there's no cuddling, kissing or any physical contact, we could at least be happy. I know he did this for us, for our future, and I know sacrifices should be made to achieve what we both want. I just tell myself that time flies so fast and that 6 months will just quickly pass then he'll come home and we'll be together again...

Last night I got to chat with my husband. He already arrived at his destination. He was staying in a hotel and he was so relieved that there was free internet there that he contacted me right away even though he was still tired from the trip. We chatted again today and he just texted me on my cellphone a while ago that he already started work and to tell the news to his parents.

It's just been 2 days but we already miss each other so much...I know we just have to be strong and endure the pain in our hearts. I pray that "He" will take care of him and I know "He" surely will, that's all I ask. Yes, he's so far away physically, but in my heart, he's just there and he will forever be here with me...