lazing around

had a very busy week. we might be moving to a new place (finally!) soon. it's pretty near our grandma's house. i'd get to decorate the sala and my room. i'm thinking of a japanese themed home, very minimalist but really comfortable.

i'm planning to buy an mp3 player. i was looking around and fell in love with the zen micro and the iPod. then my dad said, "what are you going to do with 4-5 GB of memory? Pustahan tayo yung 256 MB hindi mo mapapakinggan lahat sa isang araw..." good point. most of the people i know who are music maniacs already had the Ipod or the Zen Micro. it's a status symbol as well (who cares?) and besides, the smaller the memory, the cheaper it will be for me. so i'm settling for the 512 mb muvo slim. am going to the mall later and swipe my card (hwehehehehehe)

my mom's premonition

I picked my mom up from the airport this afternoon, and we chatted as I drove us home. She ventured asking me about my lovelife (or rather, the nonexistence thereof) and I, of course told her truthfully that there wasn't someone in my life right now. (There hasn't been anyone at all-I'm still a card carrying member of the Single Since Birth Club and I don't see myself giving up that membership anytime soon. Hehehe) She then said, "Hmm... alam mo, ang kutob ko sa 'yo, kapag nagka-boyfriend ka, yun na."

"...yun na, meaning...yun na yung mapapangasawa ko? Parang yung kay Tin?" I asked.

"Oo. Eh ewan ko lang, magaling ako sa kutuban, di ba?" my mom answered.

Yeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee. It was nice in a way, because I really believe that the "First and Last" thing could happen, and I'm hoping it will happen to me. But hearing my mom say it made me half-scared. I know I don't want to married yet (heaven forbid). Opened up a lot of topics in my mind. Mothers.

and we have a winner!

my friend guessed the correct answers in about 5 mins after he read my post. damn. but he's not over in manila yet, so it would take time before he could claim his prize. hwehehehehe.

III

Second week gone, third one's coming. Got a call from a lunatic yesterday at lunchtime that made me lie and say that I am married so that he could conveniently get off the phone (I swear, that has got to be the cheapest way to meet girls) and off my back. After I hung up, one of my colleagues was grinning at me, and said "E----, may asawa ka na pala, hindi namin alam!?!" Grrrr...

"Look inside my heart, love is all you'll see..."

I just had my first paycheck for the year, and most of it will go to my credit card bills. I can't do any more shopping as much as I used to because I've just made a major financial decision (and expense, if I may add) that's going to cut my usable funds by one third. Aaaarggghhh.

"You touch me and something in me know what I could have with you..."

Met someone last night through my friends at Diner's. He's nice.

"There are these changes that we cannot end..."

I gained weight!!! Yey!!! I'll be out of my office on Monday and Wednesday doing 'official business' outside! Double yey!!!

"Free to scream, free to bathe, free to paint my toes all day..."

The italicized words are lyrics of songs that have a common theme. The first one to guess correctly the songs and its common theme gets a starbucks frappuccino from me. Of course, you have to go to Ayala Avenue to get your free drink. Ciao!

first day

back to work!!! ha, it was not as bad as i thought. sure, i still had deadlines, and i have to wear our uniform that makes me look like a teacher-slash-flight attendant, but all in all it was pretty good. i love the way the uniform fitted me perfectly. i loved the way everyone greeted me happy new year. i loved the way how the people at the 4th floor looked oh so spiffy and ready to take on another year. and i'm saying this from the bottom of my heart ^_^ oh, except for ms. la bamba and her jasmine trias look and pompom skirt. hehehe.


1. What did you do in 2004 that wished you'd never done?
- wala. i have no regrets =) oh, maybe i shouldn't have charged that much to my credit cards, but that's it.

2. Did you keep your new years' resolutions, andwill you make more for next year?
-i never make resolutions on new year. i make them all year round =)

3. Did anyone close to you gave birth?
- no, but next year one of my dear friends will give birth

4. Did anyone close to you die?- no

5. What countries did you visit?- sing

6. What would you like to have in 2005 that you lacked in 2004?
- uh, boyfriend?

7. What date from 2004 will remain etched upon your memory?
- marami eh. feb 19 - the day i learned i passed my revalida

8. What was your biggest achievement of the year?
- putting up with her

9. What was your biggest failure?
- trying not to charge to my credit cards

10. Did you suffer an illness or injury?
-yup, i got sick for twelve whole hours

11. What was the best thing you bought?
- my phone

12. Where did most of your money go?
-phone and credit card bills and endowment funds and food!

13. What did you get really, really excited about?
- the promise of a new year

14. What song will always remind you of 2004?
- the most oversung of all, rainbow by south border. and hollywood by madonna

15. Compared to this time last year, are you:
i. a little bit of both - ????
ii. thinner or fatter?-- fatter! yey!!
iii. richer or poorer? -- richer mwahahahaha

16. What do you wish you'd done more
- to have talked to my friends in faraway lands more. babawi talaga ako

17. What do you wish you'd done less of?
- spending cash for (gasp!) clothes

18. How will you be spending Christmas?
- with my fam

19. Did you fall in love in 2004?
- fall out was more like it

20. How many one-night stands?
- ako? asa pa.

21. What was your favorite TV program?
- none. i always channel surf

22. Do you hate anyone now that you didn't hate this time last year?
- none. i try to keep the negative out

23. What was the best book you read?
- aside from the Bible and the left behind series, the chronicles of narnia, atlas shrugged and one hundred years of solitude

24. What was your greatest musical discovery?
- i went back to madonna =)

25. What do you want to get?
- aside from more money, one whole month of vacation without any interruptions from work. hehe.

26. What was your favorite film of this year?
- before sunset

27. What did you do on your birthday, and howold were you?
- i turned 23 and i lazed around the whole day in my PJ's. sarap!

28. What one thing would have made your year immeasurably more satisfying?
- getting unlimited free massages

29. How would you describe your personal fashion concept in 2004
- i bought more clothes for hanging out, nights out, the beach more than corporate attires. go figure.

30. What kept you sane?
- my friends (even those who are not in manila, i'd talk to them for hours on end) my family and the gym

31. Which celebrity/public figure did you fancy the most?
- i AM a shameless fan of erik santos.

32. What political issue stirred you the most?
- the elections

33. Who do you miss?
- my friends and my mom

34. Who was the best new person you met?
- persons ito eh. the adorable japanese cook, mr. max brenner, ms. lola and the whole fourth floor in my office. i love those guys =)

35. Tell us a valuable life lesson you learned in 2004:
- be ready to use your heart in every way you can. fall in love, reach out, know when it's time to hold on and when to let go. oh, and have lots and lots of patience.

the calm before the storm

I did so many things today. I watched one of my cousins pluck and shape her eyebrows with the skill of a highly trained surgeon. I played skribbage with my cousins, read my current thrashy, girlie novel entitled "The Devil Wears Prada" many times over, ate one pack of hello panda biscuits and then two pairs of bread with sweet pork. I read "Left Behind" in one whole day, slept for 12 hours, tinkered with my phone, checked my friendster account and answered so many surveys just to keep my mind off one thing: TOMORROW, January 3, 2005.

Why?

Because tomorrow, I will be going back to being a corporate slave. Deadlines, bosses, resigning boss, targets, budgets, area meetings. Just thinking about it makes me feel so nauseous.

Of course, there's always lunch time and gym time, which I always, always look forward to. And also paydays. Hoo boy. I don't want this day to end. Seriously.

the beginning

I was trying to decide what template to use...choices, choices.

I had my heart set on the pink colored template, but wisely decided against it. I have too much angst to be construed wearing rose colored glasses, and the pink theme was SO legally blonde 2. So i decided on a nice, sensibly(?) colored template but with a pink section.

what the heck am i saying?


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