So, Natalie gifted me this Hot Sauce Collection on my birthday.

She knows I love to punish my mouth, destroy my tongue and mess up my stomach every time I eat.

This was a perfect gift.

I would love to put it on everything but I normally just use it on my pizza.

Putting hot sauce on my pizza is a tradition I learned back when I frequently visit the 3M pizza place in the Philippines where I grew up.

I started with this one called “Abducted” because you know how much I love Sci-Fi stuff.

I finished this one a couple of days ago though I must admit, It was quite disappointing.

The taste wasn’t what I expected. It was a little bland and underwhelming.

Except afterwards when I went to the bathroom. I felt like some alien probed and prodded my ass.

The sounds it made was like Chewbacca screaming after hitting his head at the Falcon’s front gate.

Anyways, join me as I go through all of these flavours and go down the #SaucyJourney

So, here’s another Friday Five.

1. How many hours a day/night do you usually sleep?

I think I get about 5.
But, According to the sleep study I went through,
apparently, I wake up about 30 times in an hour.
That’s like every 2 minutes. Right? Is it?
I don’t know. I don’t feel like doing Math.
That’ll bore me to sleep.

2. What do you do when you can’t sleep?

I just stare at the wall all night and cry.
Come to think of it, I should do Math.

3. How often do you devote time to just thinking about something?

Are you kidding me? I live in the world of Overthinking.
Seriously. I bought Real Estate and everything.

4. If you had to choose one person to never talk to again, who would you choose?

Anyone who has done me or my loved ones wrong.
Listen. Do not believe in that forgive and forget shit.
Always choose their disappearance from your life rather than being disrespected.
Trust me on this.
I did the Math.

5. If you had to choose one person, NOT your significant other, who you would speak to every day for the rest of your life, who would you choose?

That would be my son.
No one has made me laugh as hard as that kid did.
I am very proud of what he has become.

Like I have said before, I am lucky enough to have very strong women in my life.
Friends and Family whom I have seen persevere and survive.
I have known them to accomplish great things and overcome difficult times.
I applaud each and every one of them.

Do not get me wrong.
There were also a number of women who were a part of my history that have affected me negatively.
I’d like to think that they were not happy with their lives, determined to destroy and ruin other people’s too.
I was just unfortunate to be in their way.

But this post is not about those unpleasant ones.
There will always be one in a crowd. One or two in every family.

This post is a shout-out to the beautiful women in our lives who gave their pure Love and sacrifice.
Not because they are forced to or because they expect something in return,
but because it’s just what they are.

Remembering the happiest episodes of our love today
and imagining what it will be in our future.

Thank you for making a meaningful life with me.
Happy Anniversary, Mon amour.

Did you guys ever watch “The Amazing Race?”

I’m crazy about this show. I can’t believe I never got into it before.
We’ve watched like 9 seasons in 3 weeks. I love watching travel shows like this.
Places I’ve never been to or will never have the chance to see.

I also love it when my friends post their travel pictures on their Social Media pages.
I like seeing people I care about having a good time.

So let me show you the place I visited most this past year.

Same Ontario road as before, just after the first snowfall.

Before the day ends let me just share this one story about my Father when he was still with us.
He was very adamant that he never falls asleep when he’s in a vehicle and someone else was driving.

He said, and I quote, “I just never trust anyone else’s way of driving.”
This is actually true. I’ve never seen him asleep while traveling.

Now, back in the Philippines, he and I traveled to Tarlac from Quezon City many times.
That’s about a 2 hour drive back then. Of course, I was the one who drove for the most of it.

One time as we were on our way, he got quiet all of a sudden.
So I glanced at him and what do you know …. Mr. Martell was asleep!
Bobbing his head, eyes all shut.

He never told me he fell asleep, but I was very proud of myself that day.
My old man trusted me.

It’s been 13 years since he left us.

And I still miss him dearly.