Hi Abby! Would just like to say I enjoy reading your blog. Hope you don’t mind if I add you to my blogroll. I’m also a n@wie : ) Thanks!
hi tricia!
i know who you are! hehe!
thanks for visiting, i’ll add you to my links too.
Mug Shot
I was never good with talking about myself, but let’s start with one of my favorite lines and let’s see how it goes.
“When I was young I thought the moon followed me.”
I read that phrase in a NY Post article a few years ago and somehow it stayed in that comfortable corner in my mind. And no, it doesn’t hold any significance in my life whatsoever, I just liked the way it sounded. The same way I’m partial to particular memories of childhood where I was onboard a fast moving vehicle and I thought the trees we passed by ran a lot slower than the car I was in. I clearly (and weirdly, I might add) remember staring in pity and disbelief at those trees that were left behind.
Oh. As is the story of my life, once again, I digress.
I was uprooted from Manila two days shy of my 18th birthday, the supposed age when girls that side of the world become young ladies. Blech. Until then, I have never gone on a place farther than a few miles from my family’s house on my own. And no, I am the farthest thing from being spoiled and my family has no ill-gotten wealth to speak of. To say the least, I was just scared shitless going anywhere farther than my comfort zone alone. You can just imagine my horror, when from mere miles I was transported to the other side of the world and traveled by my lonesome self.
It’s been more than a decade in the big, bad city and i’m still in the roller coaster ride.
What do you know, perhaps the moon has been following me all along.
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I love to eat, cook, travel and read. In no particular order.
Responses
By: Tricia on October 23, 2006
at 9:07 am
hi abby!
you have a cool blog! i’m adding you to mine, too. thanks for dropping by my site! i actually have 2 blogs (one for my ramblings and one for my photos. hehe.)
By: aby on December 22, 2006
at 1:20 am
hi abby! hows life in NYC? i had a wonderful time reading your blog. cheers!
Hi Arnel! Pleasant surprise, thanks for visiting!
By: sardonic nell on March 30, 2007
at 1:00 pm
nice page design
By: jun29 on July 31, 2007
at 12:41 pm
thanks jun29!
By: abbyG. on August 1, 2007
at 3:21 pm
I don’t normally leave a message on other people’s blogsites…it’s a bit strange, I think especially if you don’t even know who I am.
I found your blog through other people’s sites. Anyway, I just have to say that your blog is bar none THE funniest, most down-to-earth blog read. Kwela! Your pinoy humour makes me miss the Philippines even more. However well-versed one is on the English language, masarap pa rin makipag-away in tagalog!
By: weng on August 10, 2007
at 7:23 am
*palakpak tenga*
hi weng! buti na lang nag-leave ka ng message, kung hindi… I KEEEDD! 
maraming salamat sa pagbisita! next time let me know where i can bug you with comments of my own!
By: abbyG. on August 10, 2007
at 8:53 am
so what made you move to NYC at the age of almost-18?
By: kat on October 12, 2007
at 1:29 pm
Hi Kat! We were petitioned to come here, so it was not really my decision. Back then, I wasn’t fully aware of what the pros (and cons) of our move was- all i know was I was going to the US and live here, for good. I didnt think too much of it before, but now I guess I understand why families, and people in general migrate. Im glad we did, it opened my eyes to things I never bothered to know before.
By: abbyG. on October 12, 2007
at 4:15 pm
oh wow. so did you move to ny right away? and did you meet your hubs here?! sorry for being nosy…i’m just really fascinated. we moved here when i was 12-going-on-13, but stayed in cali first.
By: kat on October 15, 2007
at 3:20 pm
Hi Abby! Got here through Weng. Thoroughly enjoyed skimming through your fabulous site Hope you don’t mind adding your site in my blogroll.
Have a blessed season ahead!
By: Pinky on December 14, 2007
at 3:30 pm
Hi Pinky, thanks for dropping by! Happy Holidays to you and your family!
By: abby on December 14, 2007
at 4:24 pm
Hello Abby. Just stopped by to say hi as I am a big fan of NYC as well. I enjoy reading your posts about anything related to the city. Looking forward to more. Thanks.
By: R on December 19, 2007
at 12:32 pm
hi, hope it’s ok that I added you to my blogroll. I enjoy reading your posts =) Am based in DC and just like you, I was pulled out of the Philippines right after I turned 18 and was only given 2 wks notice that we were leaving. Bummer! It was difficult but the lessons I learned (and still learning) are priceless.
By: bata on May 25, 2008
at 11:00 am
