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Hola readers! How's summer been treating ya?! I am currently having a blast down south.....in Mexico. Here are just a few pictures of my trip to Acapulco. The rest are in Facebook.






In two days it will be officially autumn in Canada. I will really miss the summer heat and holiday of course. 8 months of hardwork, assignments, presentation will begin soon. Not to mention the cold crappy weather in Hamilton. Sigh...instead of feeling all sad about it I guess the better thing to do is to enjoy the last days of my break to the fullest. And spend as much time as I can with my other half before the cruel distance separates us once more...See you when the school opens.

Call me strange but really... I have serious problems with wedding. I rather stay at home and read a good book than attending a wedding ceremony. I am quick to reply with all kinds of excuses whenever I am invited to a wedding. The thought of listening to the infamous Wedding March tune is enough to make my stomach churns and my palms sweat. I must say I am quite successful in avoiding real weddings so far...but it is not easy to avoid those wedding scenes on TV. YES I fear those weddings on TVs too. Whenever I am confronted with one, I would automatically grab the remote with the skill of a ninja and turn to other channels. So you see...I am not really a wedding person.

Ironically I have been together with my boyfriend for five years. Sure enough I start to feel uneasy when people start to ask us when will we get married. I do not fear commitment...it is just that I fear the wedding ceremony itself. I just hate the entire atmosphere...the stares of the guests...the stress of preparing for a wedding..the pressure of the entire wedding vow ritual..the cost of the reception dinner...it is all just absurd to me. Why go through all the difficulties of telling everyone that you are committed to love someone?

So what kind of wedding is ideal for me? First and foremost I only want between 50-80 guests.Just close friends and close family members is enough for me. Unfortunately family have the habit of inviting well over 200 guests for weddings but I wont let that happen in mine. Moreover, I prefer not to have my wedding in a close setting like a church. I rather have my wedding in a garden or beach, or anywhere close to nature itself. It will give me some space to breathe and relax. Finally, I would like to have just a simple wedding dress. No 30 meters train or Victorian skirt. I dont want to look like a Bridzilla on my wedding day feeling all uncomfortable and ugly. And if possible, I do not want to hear the Wedding March tune...it is just the worst composition of music I ever known in my entire life. Tall order for someone who really fears weddings eh?

I am hoping I could cope with this whole phobia of weddings soon. I'd love to come to my friend's wedding and just enjoy the day. Any tips on overcoming my fear?

His family showed me some of the old photos of the families. Naturally the ones that I am most interested with is Daniel's baby pictures. It is hard to believe this little baby in this pictures is now the boyfriend I love. Maybe in a few years we will have the exact clone of this baby :D.




When he was just 3 days old.



Daniel and one of his uncles.



The day he was baptized.



Days when he was super cute and adorable. Now he is more of a quite and macho type.




He and his young dad



With his mom. When he was baby he looks more like his mom but as he grows he looks more like his father. There is one picture of his dad that looks so much like Daniel now. Maybe that explains why Daniel is his mom's favourite among his siblings :D



This is my personal favourite photo of him. Look how chubby he was :D:D. He was just one years old. His mom told me he loved to eat soup and beans and this time when other babies prefer milk and other baby food.



His 4th birthday with his sister Norma. Er...I don't know what he is doing in the picture.



Daniel and his godfather and his wife. His godfather passed away last year at a very young age of 50.




Those eyes...that I love so much till this very day :D He got his eyes from his mom.




I believe this is the same uncle in the earlier picture. Everyone changes a lot over the years.

There are more pictures of him but with the slow internet connection it is almost impossible to upload all of them. I even found one naked photo of him when he was three ;)

This helluva enigma baffles me for quite some time now. It's regarding what some (extremely narcissist) people do on Facebook. Well yeah it is their Facebook so it is their right but...still...there are really certain things that annoys other users who are not your close friends. So please be considerate of their walls too.

Changing profile pictures weekly/daily/hourly is pretty common. But I just don't get it when someone takes a picture of themselves...alone,and started tagging everyone in their friend's list in it. It's fine if they are trying to show that they are at the beach, or..maybe cooking pancakes, or catching the bus or whatever. But taking picture just for the purpose of showing how you look like TODAY and later tags everyone in it...that's just ridiculous. Like what the heck are they thinking??? It gets annoying when you have to untag yourself all the time from this kind of pictures -_-. Enuff said.