Teardrops on My Guitar (by Taylor Swift)

I haven't had my heart broken in loooongggg time (romantically speaking that is) but i still have a penchant for love songs that speaks of unrequited love.

I've been on roadtrips for the past three weekends and one of the highlights of every roadtrip is that you get to hear songs inside the car either from a CD or the radio. During our Port Stephens roadtrip, I heard this song from Hilda's CD while we were on the way home and the following week, she sent me a copy via snail mail (How romantic is that??? I miss receiving snail mails!).

Last Friday while cleaning the house, I kept on playing this song over and over again...learning and memorizing it. This is the kind of song that makes me regret not learning how to play the guitar (But it isn't too late yet right? Maybe one day I'll get the discipline to learn it!).

And this song has been playing inside my head thousands of time since then...this morning, I found the MTV on youtube.

Teardrops On My Guitar lyrics

Drew looks at me, I fake a smile so he won't see
That I want and I need everything that we should be
I'll bet she's beautiful, that girl he talks about
And she's got everything that I have to live without

Drew talks to me, I laugh cause it's just so funny
That I can't even see anyone when he's with me
He says he's so in love, he's finally got it right,
I wonder if he knows he's all I think about at night

[Chorus:]

He's the reason for the teardrops on my guitar
The only thing that keeps me wishing on a wishing star
He's the song in the car I keep singing, don't know why I do

Drew walks by me, can he tell that I can't breathe?
And there he goes, so perfectly,
The kind of flawless I wish I could be
She'd better hold him tight, give him all her love
Look in those beautiful eyes and know she's lucky cause

[Repeat Chorus]

So I drive home alone, as I turn out the light
I'll put his picture down and maybe
Get some sleep tonight

He's the reason for the teardrops on my guitar
The only one who's got enough of me to break my heart
He's the song in the car I keep singing, don't know why I do
He's the time taken up, but there's never enough
And he's all that I need to fall into..

Drew looks at me, I fake a smile so he won't see.

Sunday Snippets =)

Morning: Dedication of Baby David Gabriel. Congratulations to parents Jonathan and Pam and welcome to the Christian World David!

Lunchtime: Celebration of David's dedication and the never ending and noisy chitcat of our group.

Afternoon: Surprise roadtrip to Blue Mountains!!!!

Just so we can have hot chocolate and cake at

Thank God for friends and surprise roadtrips!

Friday Special

Friends have been wondering why I'm almost always on a day-off on Fridays. The simplest explanation would be, in my office, an employee is entitled to 2 days-off per month given that he/she is able to render 140 hours. That's why some weeks I only go to work for four days. I usually take Fridays off coz Mondays are the craziest day at the office so I need to be there.

Anyway, this day-off is the first time in 4 months that I spent by my lonesome (just like old times) because the husband already started work this week (thanks to everyone who prayed and gave their enormous support). I was actually looking forward to another day out with him but surprise surprise, he got called in to start work last Tuesday. So now, I'm back to spending one whole day of "Me" time.

To make my day a little more special I decided to watch Mamma Mia! (I enjoyed it very much) and try out a new cafe named "Cafe Mondeo".

I've been thinking of having coffee at Cafe Mondeo for like a year already but the location of the cafe doesn't allure me. However with the closing of Starbucks, I thought that today would be the best day to try it out.

I only ordered my usual Cafe Americano and a Caramel Cheesecake.

But I didn't eat the caramel bit.

I got amused by their chair...do you remember the chair from Pepper Lunch? Now look at Cafe Mondeo's chair...

Eyeluvit!!!! I swear when I get rich, I'll get myself someone who can customize my chairs for me and have something carved on it.

Then they have this very big photograph on the wall with a quote that said...

Poetic but very true. =)

I had a very long day today. Slept late last night because we attended Fr. Suarez's Healing Mass (that's a different blog altogether as I'm still collecting my thoughts from the wonderful and miraculous thing that has happened to me) and woke up early still because the husband wanted me to prepare breakfast for him and see him off (and I thought I could sleep in late but noooo). Was up at 5:30am, did the laundry while getting dressed, then at 10am I was already at the mall. Home at 3:00pm, went online, cleaned house, folded clothes, prepared dinner, cleaned up the kitchen. Now, we just finished the koreanovela we were watching for the past two weeks or so. Wow, I had a productive day. I feel happy, tired but relaxed! Pwede bang maging tired pero relaxed???? Maybe, coz that's what I'm feeling right now.

Okay, I'm off. I'm really sleepy now. Need to catch up on lost sleep. Good night and have a a great weekend!

Snowy Mountains - Epilogue

An entry I made on my Ibyang Doodles site:

Monday, August 11, 2008

After The Snowy Adventure

If only I could capture a certain moment in my hands and just enjoy watching it again and again, I would capture my Snowy Mountains trip.

The trip was one of the most perfect travels I've had. A shared travel with my husband and friends, it was planned but we managed to make it spontaneous, it was full of laughter (a pure celebration of good times), the weather was beautiful (sunny and windy during the roadtrip...then snowfalls all throughout our stay in the Snowy Mountains), safe and sound travel, spur-of-the-moment stopovers...it was sooo much fun. I dreaded going back home to our normal lives.

It was beautiful while it lasted.

Posted by Ibyang Sanchez at 10:26 AM

And now let me just say thank you to our wonderful friends: Jojo, Jackie and godson Caleb; Jore, Pam, baby David, Mamita and Jenny, for the lovely company all thruout the trip. It was fun and fabulous!!!! Until now our laughter resonates so loudly it still very vivid in my head (and heart!).

And thank you to my husband, whom I've waited for so long just so I could experience a LOVEly winter adventure. In The coldness that the Snowy Mountains weather has brought me, you have been my source of warmth . This is my 3rd winter as a migrant in Australia and I've been putting off going to Snowy Mountains for the past two years, just because I want to experience it with the husband. Just like any other shared experience with him, it was all worth the wait.

Each Snowy Mountains memory will never be forgotten.

From the preparation:

Mr. and Mrs. Smiley's Going on a Winter Adventure

To the more than 6-hour roadtrip:

Off We Go to the Snowy Mountains

To arriving at Alpine Village and waking up to the morning greeting of snow:

Arrival at Snowy Mountains

Good Morning Snowy Mountains

To enjoying then snowfalls at Perisher Blue:

Snowy Mountains I Love

Snowy Mountains - Before Going Home (Video)

To finally having our last stopover on the way home:

Stopover at Parliament of Australia

Some things you need to know:

• That Australia's winter is from June to August. You usually hear Aussies say "Christmas in July" or "Christmas in August" because when the other side of the world is experiencing the hottest of days, we are experiencings the opposite.
• Not all of the states in Australia has winter. We are such a big continent that the other half doesn't have winter.
• During roadtrips, you will see endless landscapes of Australia. This is such a beautiful country, it's so mesmerizing. And expect animals crossing the street!!!--and kangaroos skipping infront of your vehicle (gasp!).

One amazing thing I learned:

That when snowflakes fall on you, it is indeed star-shapped! I thought it was only true on TV/movies that I see...but it looked like star crystals. If only it won't melt, I could've kept it.