These days what men can do women can actually do just as well, if not better. We have a neighbor who goes up to their roof to fix it or the antenna. She doesn’t wait for her husband to come home from work to ask him to do it. She does it herself and fast.

Another neighbor can be seen tinkering with cars during the day. She’s a band vocalist by night. During the day, she’s one of the best car repair specialists in a store nearby.

I must admit that although I am no superwoman like my two neighbors, but I can also do almost every thing a man can do. And I am mighty proud of it!

In Felicity, the main character relocated to another state after high school graduation so she could be near the man she had a huge crush on. In her quest to be close to the man of her dreams, she discovered a new version of herself. She realized that she’s more than just a country lass. She’s actually capable of being a great woman. And so she got to understand herself more with each and every person she’s met and became connected with over the course of her college life.

She realized that she relocated primarily for the man she had a huge crush on. But the underlying reason why she moved away from the place she’s grown up at was because she wanted to prove to herself that she could be so much more than she could ever dream of. And that there’s more to life than the four corners of where she came from.

I really like Leann Rimes. Controversy aside, she’s really a good singer. I Need You was a big hit and you can still hear it being played in some mellow stations. Plus her other hit songs. It’s just too bad that the controversy regarding her cheating on her husband overshadowed all her work in the past. All you can read about her these days are the cheating allegations and her subsequent divorce. Which is too bad because I am sure she can do more than that.

When I was a little kid, I remember wanting to become a ballet dancer. I just think that it was cool and that the girls who danced ballet were so graceful in their movements. My mom also put it in my head that I wouldn’t get fat because I’d be dancing most of the time.

I really wanted it. But I guess it was not meant to be. I was supposed to go to school with the ballet lessons after class. Unfortunately, my mom and I were late for enrollment. I ended up enrolling with the same school I was previously in. I also had to say goodbye to my ballet dancing dreams because I concentrated on something else.

I once wrote something about an old friend. I didn’t mention her name. But she guessed it right away. She got mad at me for writing it. On my own web page. Without any mention of anything that would point to her.

It’s probably partly my fault why she got mad. We’re friends for almost two years while we’re working for the same company. And then something happened where she turned her back on me. Office politics, baby! We were fighting for the same position and I thought we were beyond politics. Apparently, I was wrong.

I just saw that she’s already married with a kid. It just brought to mind that you can never really trust someone who’s considered competition. Even if you tell each other both of you are beyond petty office politics, at the end of the day, it’s really who’s tougher and cutthroat who will emerge the winner.

Sorry, I may be tough but I was not cutthroat. Yet.

I can’t be a soundboard all the time. I can’t listen to you talk about your love life all the time. Because I have a life, too! And I have things to do.

I appreciate the fact that she tells me personal stuff. But then it gets tedious when you are hounded by text messages at odd hours. She knows my schedule. She knows when I am asleep and when I am awake. It just annoys me sometimes when I get a text message saying that she’s paranoid and that she thinks he doesn’t like her anymore… because of a ym status message! My goodness!

There are boundaries to this kind of thing, right? I don’t know if I’ve ever hounded any of my friends like this. I hope not.

Gilmore Girls is a great show about how a unique relationship between a mother and a daughter. The lead stars are both named Lorelai in the series. I love the show because the Lorelais are not your usual mother-daughter tandem. They are best friends and they are so close to each other that they tell each other almost everything that’s happening in their lives.

It’s an ideal situation peppered by conflicts brought on by changes in their lives. If only all moms and daughters can treat each other that way…

I was close to my mom but not that close that I could tell her everything. We even became closer during those months before her death. But it would have been great if we were like the Lorelais.

What about you, what’s your relationship with your mom like?

There’s nothing wrong with being feisty. As long as you are not stepping on someone’s dignity. We have a neighbor who’s rude and feisty and doesn’t care who she steps on as long as she can express herself. She walks all over her husband even in public. She would raise her voice to him, sometimes ridicule him in front of other her friends, and is doing all these things in front of their two kids! Do you know that their youngest, a girl, takes after her mom? She also raises her voice to her dad!

I think the guy is putting up with her foul-mouthed wife because he does not want to ruin his family. But at some point, he has to put his foot down and tell his wife to shut the hell up! And he needs to demand respect from the women in his life.

She left her shoe somewhere, thinking it might bring her the one she’s waiting for. I am just wondering if it’ll happen…

Or the other shoe will be lost forever.

“That women are mysterious and unknowable is something every young man grows up believing.”

- Chris Abani

I have to ask my male friends about this

I saw this at a friend’s Friendster shoutout… “If you love someone, tell them! Hearts are often broken by words left unspoken.”

It reminded me of someone I know who was always shy when it comes to saying how much she cared for her partner. She kept telling her friends how much she cares for them but when it comes to the one who should really know…

Her partner figured in an accident a few years ago. Guess what? She suddenly realized that there were so many things that she needed to tell him that she was neglecting in the past. Good thing it was not yet too late for her to do something about it.

Some are not so lucky.

Tell him/her that you love him/her! It might be the only thing s/he’s waiting…

Ate Esper was pregnant with her first child. She was craving for prawns and was asking her husband if they could buy some. She was really drooling for even a bite. But then, her no-good husband just told her that they didn’t have the resources to afford one. Oh, but he could shell out some for his vices! Ate Esper was crying, pitying herself, and most probably her hormones were rioting as well. Her mom found her and was immediately filled with pity, love and compassion for her daughter. She bought a kilo of fresh prawns and a piece of lobster for her. She didn’t ask for anything more for the duration of her first pregnancy.

I don’t know why there are men who gets married and promptly ignores their wives at the first possible opportunity. I really couldn’t fathom why.

Her name is Amie. She’s an only child and her parents are both abroad, traveling extensively. She’s left at the care of a trusted nanny. She grew up thinking her parents have more important things to take care of and cannot be bothered with her. But she is not bitter about it, just resigned to the fact that she’ll be all alone, without a family. She just couldn’t understand why even cousins, aunts and uncles, and her grandparents won’t even visit her. She just consoles herself with the fact that she’s free to do whatever she wants to and she has money, because that’s one thing her parents do not forget to give her.

She had her bout of rebellion. No, she didn’t take drugs, was never an alcoholic though she learned how to drink when she turned 16… but she goes in and out of relationships like she’s just discarding old clothes. She’s never contented. Until she met Norman.

Norman is a very protective guy. He grew up with the knowledge that he is the protector, being the eldest and his dad already gone. He knew Amie because they both have the same set of friends but that’s it. He also knew that she had a huge crush on him, ending on them having that one night stand that both tried so hard to forget but couldn’t.

Three years after that eventful night, they got stuck in a downpour. Amie’s tipsy already, being her birthday and all. Norman was quite angry because his friends left him behind, his car was at the repair shop. He saw Amie getting in her car. He went to her and asked for a ride home. Amie was shocked because Norman was ignoring him ever since that night. Norman was also shocked to find himself alone with her for the first time since that night.

Want to know what happened?

I was tagged by Courtney to write down 7 things about me. This is actually long overdue. But better late than never, right?

Here goes the 7 things about me…

1. My name is not Adrienne. Ode to Adrienne is actually all about the inspiring women in my life, my mom being the top in my list. She passed away a few years ago and this blog will try to give you an insight on what kind of a person she was. There were other women who inspired me to become who I am right now. They will also figure in this blog.
2. I had a really great childhood. I was a brat back then. I got what I wanted all the time. But one thing I can proudly say is that I was never a bad kid. I knew how to share my blessings with other kids.
3. When I cry, expect a downpour. I easily get depressed when the negative things concern my family. I remember one time I was aboard a public vehicle and I couldn’t hold back the tears anymore. I cried like a baby on board that PUV. People were staring but I didn’t care. I needed that release. I am that type of person, I guess.
4. I belong in the finance industry but I don’t know how to save money. I am not proud of it. I don’t have savings to tide me over during tough time. I am trying hard to save but with the amount of bills I have to pay every month, I don’t think that’s possible now.
5. My secret dream is to become a singer. Hahaha! Nah, I just want to be able to sing. But my voice is just a tad pleasant than the frog’s croak.
6. I don’t like strawberries, melons and anything with their flavors. Weird, I know. I just don’t like the taste.
7. Given a chance, I would love to explore the whole world!

I enjoyed answering the tag. I will pass this on to Pauline, Xixi, Goldie, and The Couch Potato.

I totally neglected this blog already. But here I am to correct that mistake.

Been too busy surfing the net and I found this blog where the blogger (a woman) is really irritating. She already has a daughter, supposedly in her mid-30s now, but she is still unsure of what she truly wants in life! Imagine that! Her daughter is already in her teens, for crying out loud! I read that her family back in her country finds it hard to make both ends meet most of the time. But there she is, working abroad, and instead of thinking of how to alleviate her family’s condition, she is dreaming of owning a fancy camera!

I know every one of us, regardless of age and marital status, has the right to dream and own things. But going over and above what is normal, dreaming of extravagant things, when you know your family, especially your daughter, is hardly eating… well, that is something truly preposterous to me.