When a cat is also a hog

That's the first thing that came to mind upon seeing this.

This cute, sleeping cat has occupied half of the bench in Ortigas Park!

It's kind of amusing to see the people sitting at the edge of the bench so as not to disturb the cat.

After all, you should let sleeping cats lie.

(Or is that "dogs?")

Dive right in

Seeing this sleeping cat reminded me of Olympic divers.

His sleeping pose looked like he was in the middle of doing a dive. It looks like his legs were locked into his arms, and the way it's stretched is very sporty looking.

Guess this cat made sleeping a sport.

Sunday snoozers

And the sleeping cats saga continues.

It must've been a super lazy Sunday for this cute cat.

Sleep spot

What is it about our office building that makes it a fave sleeping spot of cats?

A week after taking a snap of that comfortable catnapper, here’s another one!

Times like these, you can’t help but want to be a cat.

Never too Leyte: to let sleeping dogs lie

If there's a cat post about Leyte, there should be a dog post, too.

This sleeping dog was at the hut where we stopped by to eat pineapples. 

When we got there, he was already at that spot, asleep. We were there for about 30 minutes, talking, laughing and making a lot of noise. The peculiar thing was, the dog never flinched and was asleep the whole time!

He must've been dog tired.

Let sleeping cats lie and escape

Good thing our car wasn't going anywhere this morning. It would be a shame to wake up this extremely asleep and extremely cute cattater.

Makes you want to go back to the house and sleep some more.

Wake up feeling like a million bucks!

That must be how it feels to wake up on this bed.

Yup, the bed is a million bucks. Literally. P1,000,000! You can find it at the 4th floor of Shangrila Mall in case you need to see what a million peso bed looks like.

If I had this bed, I probably won't get out of it under any circumstance. Hahaha.

Sleep up

Last week, my client from Uratex gave me a SensoMemory pillow. Now, I'm very sensitive when it comes to pillows. In fact, when I was still living in HKG, I had to go through 20+ pillows before finding one that I could actually sleep on.

Since it felt nice and firm, I decided to try on the pillow tonight.

It was AWESOME!!!

It's the most comfortable pillow I've ever encountered. So comfortable, in fact, that I find myself falling asleep a few minutes after laying my head on the pillow. The downside is, I find myself falling asleep even if I don't plan to sleep yet.

FMM: Yawn!

If there's one thing people aren't getting enough of this holiday season, it's sleep.

Aside from having to contend with work, there's the matter of Christmas shopping, gift wrapping, and all other holiday related activities. It's something I can relate to since I get an average of 6 hours of sleep because of everything that's going on.

That's why when the holiday break kicks in, here's one thing that I'm sure I'll do.



Now that's something to look forward to!

Pillow talk

One thing I learned about myself while living abroad is that I can be very, very finicky when it comes to pillows.

It took long for me to find a flat to eventually rent and move into (3 months), but it took longer to find a pillow that I was comfortable with (around 4 months.)

During the pillow searching process, I went everywhere from Ikea to Tempur to Dunlopillo. I tried pillows of different materials, from goose to foam to memory foam, even the different contour pillows. Almost all of them didn't work, though. In fact, by the end of the process, there were about 16 pillows scattered all over the house.

Eventually, I found the right pillow. And when I moved back to Manila, I brought that pillow with me to pair with my existing "Manila pillows."

Now, the "Manila pillows" - or the pillows I've always used at home - are more than a decade old. They're hard and heavy pillows made of very firm fiber. My head is used to it, that's why I haven't discarded them despite the fact that they're obviously very old. As the adage goes: "If it ain't broke, don't fix it."

But last week, one of my clients gave me a pair of pillows as gifts. They were Uratex fiber soft pillows.

Visually, they looked very appealing. They were pristinely white, and they were almost bursting. The texture was very smooth, and it was on the hard side.

The pillows sat in my room for a few days, mainly because I was already happy with the "Manila pillows" and wasn't actually looking for a new one. Eventually, I gave them a try, and boy, I'm glad that I did.

It had the right combination of softness and firmness. Soft enough that your head sinks once you rest it on the surface, but firm enough for it to stop at a certain point and support the weight of your neck. My head felt cocooned in the pillow, which made it very restful.

Of course, the torture test is whether it was comfortable enough for a full night's sleep without interruptions. And it passed it with flying colors. I slept soundly all through the night, which is a rarity when I'm using a new pillow.

Now, I can give my pair of old pillows a rest. Yes, they'll still be there on the bed since I like sleeping with a lot of pillows. But there's a new pillow in town, and I'm sure they'll get along fine with the old pillows.

Tired...

I must have been really tired last night.

The moment I entered my room at around 9pm, i didn't even bother to turn on the lights. I proceeded to lie down, and automatically fell asleep. I woke up at 2am, still wearing my jacket, jeans and shoes. While i'd normally stand up to change and wash up, i just decided to sleep some more.

So there I was. Room without airconditioning (was too lazy to even turn it on), still wearing my office clothes (complete with shoes), and slumped on the bed.

I woke up at 6am, then changed to my white shirt and boxers, then fell asleep again. By 9am, that's when i became lucid and really awake.

All those nights sleeping after midnight are beginning to take their toll.