20 days to go December 4, 2007

and it’s Christmas already (again)! Aside from the usual Christmas songs like Jingle Bells, Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer, Silent Night, etc. I like a few songs that are not so cheery in terms of the tone & rhythm but I like them nonetheless.

• Opera of the Bells
  
• The Christmas Song
• Sleigh Ride
  
• Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas

Here are the lyrics to my ultimate favorite Christmas song (I have to memorize this!ü):

Hark how the bells, sweet silver bells
All seem to say throw cares away
Christmas is here, bringing good cheer
To young and old, meek and the bold

Ding-dong, ding-dong, that is their song
With joyful ring, all caroling
One seems to hear, words of good cheer
From everywhere, filling the air

Gaily they ring, while people sing
Songs of good cheer, Christmas is here
Merry merry merry merry Christmas
Merry merry merry merry Christmas
On and on they send, on without end
Their joyful tone to every home
Ding-dong ding-dong, ding-dong ding-dong
Ding-dong ding-dong, ding-dong ding-dong
Diiiiiiiiiiiing (ding ding ding), doooooooooong (ding ding ding)
Diiiiiiiiiiiing (ding ding ding), doooooooooong (ding ding ding)
Diiiiiiiiiiiing (ding ding ding), doooooooooong (ding ding ding)
Diiiiiiiiiiiing (ding ding ding), doooooooooong (ding ding ding)
Ding, di-di-di-di-di-di-di-ding, ding, di-di-di-di-di-di-di-ding
Ding, di-di-di-di-di-di-di-ding, ding, di-di-di-di-di-di-di-ding
Ding, di-di-di-di-di-di-di-ding, ding, di-di-di-di-di-di-di-ding
Ding, di-di-di-di-di-di-di-ding, ding, di-di-di-di-di-di-di-ding
Ding, di-di-di-di-di-di-di-ding, ding, di-di-di-di-di-di-di-ding

Hark how the bells, sweet silver bells
All seem to say throw cares away
Christmas is here, bringing good cheer
To young and old, meek and the bold

Ding-dong, ding-dong, that is their song
With joyful ring, all caroling
One seems to hear, words of good cheer
From everywhere, filling the air

Gaily they ring, while people sing
Songs of good cheer, Christmas is here
On and on they send, on without end
Their joyful tone to every home
To every home (ooh, ooh), to every home (ooh, oo-oo-oo-oo-oo-ooh)
To every home (ooh, ooh), to every home (ooh, oo-oo-oo-oo-oo-ooh)
To every home (ooh, ooh), to every home (ooh)

Diiiiing (oh-oh), doooong (oh-oh)
Diiiiing (oh-oh), doooong (oh-oh-oh-oh-oh)
Diiiiiing (oh-oh-oh oh-oh-oh), doooong (oh-oh-oh oh-oh-oh-oh-oh)
Diiiiiing (ding ding ding ding ding), doooong (dong dong dong dong dong)

Ding (ding-dong ding-ding), ding (dong-ding ding-ding)
Ding (ding-dong ding-ding), ding (dong-ding ding-ding)

Hark how the bells, sweet silver beels
All seem to say throw cares away
Christmas is here, bringing good cheer
To young and old, meek and the bold

Ding-dong, ding-dong, that is their song
With joyful ring, all caroling
One seems to hear, words of good cheer
From everywhere, filling the air

Gaily they ring, while people sing
Songs of good cheer, Christmas is here
Merry merry merry merry Christmas (merry merry merry)
Merry merry merry merry Christmas
On and on they send, on without end
Their joyful tone to every home

Ding, ding, dong, dong….
Ding ding ding ding ding ding ding ding ding ding ding ding

DONG

Here’s another unique version, kinda pop-rockish. It’s kinda long, but it’s cool.

Discoveries December 4, 2007

I just discovered this site, Joy of Baking. The link is there in my Blogroll.

So far, I’ve tried to bake Chunky Chocolate Chip Cookies. It’s a hit here at home, especially with my brother. I’ve also tried “baking” pizza dough from scratch. I want to bake a lot of stuff! And I think I’ll utilize this site soon. I’ll study our oven when we transfer to the new house; there’s more counter space there.

These recipes are on the top of my “bake these ASAP” list:

• Chocolate Peanut Squares
• Cream Cheese Brownies
• Banana Muffins

Another site (which is also in my Blogroll) that I used to frequent and just re-discovered is Blogthings. It has these random tests that you can take and post to your blog or personal site or I think even in Friendster. Some of the tests/quizzes they have are:

• What carnival ride are you?
• What’s your Native American name?
• What’s your ideal marriage proposal?

These are just a few but there are hundreds, maybe even thousands of tests available. I’m sure you’ll see them here soon.

FX December 4, 2007

I was on my home from work last Friday. Along Sucat Rd., there’s an island separating the two sides of the road. Every few, uhm, meters (?) there would be spaces in between the islands so as cars can make U-turns or go to the establishments on the other side. Since, I’m going straight, whoever’s going to make the U-turn should make a full stop and inch slowly to see if there’s any oncoming cars (like me).

Then there’s this Tamaraw FX that came out of the nowhere in full speed and I almost hit him! I wasn’t able to honk anymore BUT what made me calm down was he raised his hand in a “sorry” gesture. And that’s ok by me. As long as you admit that it’s your fault then all’s good. These Tamaraw FX’s are being used as taxis therefore they are being driven by careless, “I’m the king of the road” taxi drivers. This driver was an exception and I hope that all taxi (and jeepney and bus) drivers are like him.

Of teeth and vagina December 4, 2007

I went to the dentist last November 28 and had a prophylaxis. I can’t remember when I had my teeth cleaned prior to this so this was, uhm, uncomfortable to say the least. The dentist really had to pry and drill through the nook and crannies of my mouth. It was hell! My gums were bleeding so bad and I just wanted it to stop! Every time she asked me to gargle water I would spit out blood. Ack.

Why I went to the dentist in the first place is because the back of my lower front teeth (which are called Lower Incisors-had to research on this) were constantly hurting. Hmm not really hurting, I’m still trying to look for an English translation but the teeth were nangingilo (sensitive teeth? like what the toothpaste Sensodyne is for). It was being like that constantly. It turns out I have Gingivitis. Now, I had to research this because it sounded so horrible. Good thing it’s just inflammation of the gums - not just just, at least it wasn’t bad breath or anything. It’s plaque build up plus the fact that I don’t have my teeth cleaned regularly and I smoke. I now swear that I’ll do this twice a year so as not to undergo that horrible, horrible prophylaxis again.

After that, as I was driving home it came upon me that the 2 people in your life that you don’t want to mess with are your dentist and your Ob-Gyn. Why the OB? It’s because they can insert (excuse me for the term) instruments you know where. And even if they tell you to just relax, you simply can’t! Especially if you see the thing they’re about to use (read more about it here) So keep ‘em close and be überly nice to them even if you just see them twice or even once a year.

Go figure.