flaky week offs...

i've been glued lately to ghost whisperer's latest season.  that darn tv series is  quite addicting. 

today.

i bought myself a new journal. i know it's really cheesy to be keeping a journal this age of cyberspace where everyone else are blogging. but hey, you can't write everything on your blog of course. a journal is where unspoken words belong. anyways, i thought, i could get one from papelmeroti but i didn't find any because they still do not manufacture journals. they have lovely stationeries though, very eco-friendly. they even have bohemian wind chimes. 

new years resolution.

i promised myself, to not be an impulsive shopper anymore.

preparing for new years eve.
i went to the groceries to pick up some nestle cream and graham crackers for our mango float this coming new years eve. the first time again (after last year) i'd be spending my new year with my sister who was at work last year whilst the rest of the world celebrated nye with their families.

and for me, i bought my parents coffee mug presents. i wrapped them up with red japanese paper (papel de hapon) instead of the usual newspaper or bubble wraps most people use. i re-used this christmas paper bag i found at home and there you go, instant gift for less.

mewi kwismas~

hey merry christmas first and furmost! i hate to be staying home and not going out of town for xmas. i usually spend my christmas up north and i'm still sad i wasn't able to do so this year. anyways, still hangin' on. i bought kfc's christmas bucket last night after work for noche buena (even though it's just me and my sister who would be celebrating). it was a huge bucket with 8 piece chicken, 4 fixins (i picked mashed potato), 4 regular sized soda & 8 brownies. the worst part was i couldn't find any cab last night so i need to walk and was forced to ride a jeep instead, as if i had a choice. moving on, what matters most was i got home safe and sound. when i got home my sister already made fruit salad, frozen and chilled. i felt happy although we spent noche buena home alone whilst the rest of our family were up north. work that's all. and for myself, i stayed up 'til past 10pm and as much as i want to wake up as soon as the clock ticked 12 midnight i really can't. i was dead sleepy already and tired for the day.

as i'm writing this blog, it's already christmas. i woke up early to cook spaghetti and yeah it was overcooked lol. i hate using electric stove. the tomato sauce was super sweet as well. our brother paid us a visit and brought brownies, polvoron and non-fat chiffon cake.  our dad must've sent him  for christmas since we're celebrating christmas in our lonesome.  i went out later today to buy me this cute scrapbook since the one i had was all filled and that i need a new one for this year. it's like a new scrapbook for another chapter of my life. 

merry christmas. i'd be busy today stacking all the leftover pasta in the fridge. i'm still looking forward to new year's eve!

xmas rants...

this past week wasn't good to me. i was so stumped at work and even during break time i'm still doing admin stuff and i hated that. i really need balance in my life right now. i'm a bit worried lately, my hair breaks pretty easily i guess due to stress and chemicals.  i also thought, maybe it's due to hair re-bonding since i had my hair re-bonded three times already and the recent was last month. so, i bought myself this hair treatment pack with keratin and promised to at least take some time caring for my hair /go for hot oil treatment whenever possible. maybe i just relied to much in salons to take care of my hair and i failed to do my fair share in caring for it as well.

i'm a bit feeling bad because i won't be able to go up north this christmas. as much as i would love to since i don't have work from christmas day up until the 28th of december because i just can't leave my sister behind since she has work after christmas. maybe, we'll just figure something better like watch movie or cook some pasta for noche buena. sob. i feel so sad about it. why does it have to be that way? my elder sister told me she loved my gift for her, this m&s' hand lotion since it's really cold where she's based and the weather makes her hand so dry. our niece baby gab also loved the clothes i bought for her and that the little fella screams every time she would take those clothes away from her! t'was funny, i really don't know if she already knows how to appreciate it or she thought it's a toy lol. it's hard to be home alone this christmas.

christmas countdown...let's get it on!

bibingka

puto bungbong

christmas is fast approaching and you can tell by the cool wind breeze. i can feel a cold coming again. i often look forward to christmas because of christmas presents. one of my most memorable christmas was way back when i was still 6-7 years old. we're not allowed to open our presents underneath the christmas tree until 12 midnight or we won't get another one the year after lol. we used to celebrate christmas the typical filipino way where we would attend the  'simband gabi' (midnight mass) which commences the 16th of december until christmas day. after the simbang gabi we would buy bibingka or puto bungbong (only available during christmas season) unlike nowadays you could buy bibingka even if it's not christmas. my parents are very traditional people and they brought us up that way. the tradition wavered as years went by. i guess it's because as we grew older we spent less and less time together. being the youngest in the family, my twin sister and i saw how the family tradition seemed forgotten.  

let me just share when i was in kindergarten, my sister and i were conned to believe that santa claus visited us and was responsible for the candies in our socks hanging by the window. our parents never admitted up until now lol. it's so refreshing to go back and reminisce those days. life was simple yet full of surprises. those days you yearn for simple things and simple joys, nothing money could buy. it's eighteen days to go before christmas! my wish for christmas? a fruit cake lol. seriously, that's what i always wish for every year. call it crazy, but i love fruit cakes lol.

call it a day

although yesterday was the most awaited day of all because of 13th month pay, jinx did not elude me. i was not supposed to be late for work hadn't the bus broke down. the worst thing of all, our bus broke down where it's the most difficult to catch another ride. i did not bother to get whatever they're willing to refund for the fare because i had a feeling i will be late for work already. it was a long walkathon afterwards so early in the morning. the result? i was all sweaty when i reached work. how lovely, isn't it?

ukay ukay day !

my sister and i spent the day at the ukayan digging for vintage shirts. imagine, you could get 10 pieces of shirts for less than 2k? i even got myself colorful socks for only P100 (4 for P100), not bad. i tried on almost all the shirts i got just to make sure they fit right since i'm on a tight budget and i can't afford to waste not even one single shirt. 

afterwards, we had lunch at Volante along session road. i had their cookies n' cream chilled coffee and their pesto putanesca (P112 for the pasta and P45 for the chilled coffee) it  wasn't exceptional but not bad.

baguio '08

Baguio, aside from the summer capital of the country is also home to parks, botanical gardens and a lot of unexplored secret hideaways,  a great escape from the busy urban life. i love ample time off from work; it sort of recharges me and changes my outlook in life as soon as i get back to work. it makes me realize how simple things in this world is able to bring little joy in people's hearts. like a walk in a park, sitting in a bench whilst savouring the cool wind breeze coming from the pine trees. 

day 02
me and my sister took a short bus ride for Php20 to the city and then another cabbie ride to camp john hay. honestly, although we've been staying in baguio since college days, we have not been to camp john hay. yeah, it's weird because from session road it's just a cab ride away. the cab driver drop us off in mile-hi (cjh's shopping center sort of). we told the driver to drive us off to the cemetery of negativism but for some reason it appeared like he's not aware the place exist. so, we decided to just walk around since the cjh is such a beautiful places due to the american looking town houses surrounding the area. i decided to ask this guy in a hotel uniform where the hell the cemetery is located since we won't risk walking around having no idea where to go. he told just it's just a few walks away and as soon as we see the steep stairs that's it. the instruction was pretty vague but we both managed to find the lone yellow stairway to the park. the park itself was a haven, the pine trees swayed in unison. we saw this little playground while looking for the cemetery and took the swing like we're little kids. we miss riding a swing since the last time wedid was waynback kindegarten. 

~cemetery of negativism
we paid P30 for the entrance fee, we wondered why since it was such a small place. not much to offer except for the silly tombs lol. it looked more like a pet cemetery. we took photos of each and every tomb there was and it was a cool place, unusual but cool.

~bell amphitheatre
afterwards we further and found the bell amphitheatre. hyundai will be hosting an event that afternoon in the amphitheatre. how we wished it was a rock concert so we could've stay a little late.

~bell house
we never knew who mr. bell was but we were told by the construction workers around that we could get inside the house, never mind the renovation. we found this huge wooden statue of a naked igorot woman  in the veranda which was about 7 ft. tall. it was quite spook inside because it was dimly lighted. our digital camera kept flickering on its own as we take pictures on the hallway so right before we got to the master's bedroom we decided to leave because i told my sister we might be disturbing unseen inhabitants lol.

~history trail
few more walks and we reached the history trail. as we're about to leave, the park coordinator offered to take our pictures near the bell house, right next to the totem pole. he told us that he's been seeing us walking around and on top of that he thought we're part of the hyundai event. we told him where we're from and what took us in baguio, which is primarily just to unwind. he led us back to the bell house so we were able to take more pictures. 

walking around camp john hay will make you sweat out but will not completely tire you because of the cold weather. after hours of taking pictures, we headed off to mile-hi again and checked out the souvenir items. they were pretty expensive, a bag which you could buy for less than P500 they sell it for P700! since i haven't been to the mansion i told my sister to take another cab bound to the mansion. we weren't able to come inside because the president was there during our visit. 

call it jinx.

as far as i can remember i tried changing my mpin because i enrolled my account in mobile banking for my convenience. call it lazy but i want to maximize all resources that's available to me (may it be mobile, online banking etc). unfortunately i found out that i lost my card 2-3 days ago when i was about to change my mpin again since during the first time i did not receive the sms (which i was supposed to receive) containing my new mpin. i tried remembering what happened i failed. 

i reported i lost my card in one of those bpi kiosks in megamall and spoke to this annoying bpi employee who's tone i did not like. he let me sign this whatever form and advised me that they will debit the charge for the card replacement and he didn't even bother tell me how much it'll cost. ok fine. the only useful piece of information that asshole provided me was the card will be ready by tuesday (just this past tuesday). ok i set aside my worries for a while. as soon as i got home i called the bank's call center and reported i lost my atm card so they'll put a block on it and i learned that they charge P50 for card replacement. no worries, i have no problem with that as long as they replace my card. i was assured i'd be able to pick up my new atm  card soon.

tuesday...

made a call from the office phone and confirmed with the bank that the atm is ready for pick up.

wednesday...

i took my one hour lunchbreak to go to the bank which walking distance from my office. i walked all the way from rcbc plaza to philamlife, took 2 underpass and ample walkathon. as soon as i reached the bank, i gave them 2 valid id's and the teller advised me to change my pin after an hour. of course i have not taken my lunch yet so as soon as i got back in the office i had lunch and spent only 30 more minutes for my supposedly one hour lunch. after my shift i passed by this mall and attempted changing my atm pin and atm machine ate my card. yeah i was really fuming mad that moment and since it was late and no phone booth around so i decided to go home instead. i made another phonecall to the bank's call center to report that my new atm card was eaten by the atm machine!  i was advised to call the office who's responsible for the atm machine the next day so they could give my card back. i even begged my sister to call the number provided to me since i hate using office phones and she told me via sms that i could pick up my card and that's what i did the day after.

thursday...

i hurriedly left the office on the dot to get to the mall before 7pm. i made it on time and went through all the hassles again; i tried my atm card again and call it jinx it was captured again although i was able to get it outright..i even provided a photocopy of my company id, sss id, atm card. as soon as i got home i called the bank's call center again to confirm if there's a block on my new atm card and how come i got debited twice for the card replacement while i only requested it once. yeah right. the lady told me to try changing my pin again. lo and behold the atm machine ate it again. i really lost my patience and called the bpi's call center one last time and was placed on hold many times. i don't know what's going on and they don't know either. i lost my cool when i was advised my card needs to be replaced again and that i need to go back to the bank where my account was set up.

friday...

it's my off from work and it's a payday friday yet i exerted effort to go the bank to have this whole atm thing issue settled once and for all.  i got my salary over the counter and the teller asked me if i have my atm so i raised the issue that the atm machine captured my card. i told her that, i got my card back early this morning but when i went to the back where my account was opened, i was advised the reason why i can't change the pin was because the card i was trying to update is currently blocked on their system and the new atm card that i just got was tagged as lost on the bank's end as well. yeah right. i kept my cool and the teller told me i need to pick up my another new atm card on tuesday again next week. i hope so, and i HOPE the trouble ends there. 

one piece of advise, in case you lose your atm card, don't call their call center. they are only able to answer basic inquiries but they will just aggravate the whole thing and just mess your card up by locking it. it'll best to just visit your bank. moving on, my sister and i ordered this monster pizza called Jugno's. and when i say it's a monster pizza, it really is. double yellow cab, that's how huge it was. we had their mixed flavor spicy taco monster! check it out http://maniladelivers.com/menus/jugnos.htm

over all, i'm still fine. happy pizza. my vacation is four days to go, i can't wait!

"I was born to learn, to grow, to expand, to love, to create, to enjoy, to see the beauty in all things including myself. . .But I was NOT born to be perfect."

chill out season

i feel like a child again every time i see christmas lights, it's just a sappy sight to behold. i hope little things in this world makes everyone happy, things money can't buy. christmas is in few days, another year is about to bid adieu again, time flies, people get older. why am i suddenly so sad? melancholy and the infinite sadness. maybe i need another time away from my life here in the city. i need to be away from work, leave all the job stuff behind for a while and just chill. every job gets toxic (even if you don't spend so much time in the office) when it consumes your every waking hour. i miss bus rides to Baguio. i'm crossing my fingers my vacation leave would push through or else i'm gonna go looney. it's a gloomy saturday. the rain cloud is blanketing the sky again. my sister and i just finished another Thai horror flick called 'the art of the devil.' it was gruesome. so much gore on a saturday afternoon. yeah right.

Null.

i love 7:00AM shift although i hate waking up early. i like being alone at times so i can free my thoughts from things that are work-related. every time i leave the office, i make it a point to leave all stuff about work behind. there are days when i prefer to walk alone, listen to music whilst walking in an underpass then take the escalator, walk again towards the bus stop, my own little stress reliever. i love walking when the roads are empty and the sidewalks are not hogged by commuters. i love quite empty air-conditioned buses on my way home. either i watch the movie playing on the bus, listen to the radio or just sight-see from the bus' window. life is simple and like i always say, let's not make it complicated.

horror movies galore

home alone on a spooky saturday. today is 1st of november, all saint's day.

my sister went home yesterday to our family house just for the weekend. i thought about heading home myself because i don't want to be alone on a halloween night because it's been said that spirits roam on the eve of november the first! early this morning i was awakened by a telephone ring, t'was my sister calling from a landline just to tell me she just had her breakfast and that she couldn't find her guitar amplifier. what a good way to wake people yeah? i think it's going to rain today. i did all my errands. i was famished after i did my laundry, washed the bedsheets, pillow cases and curtains my sister left drenched in soap last night. i'm not even aware she did not rinse them and left them overnight. On the side, I watched this Thailand horror film called '13 Beloved.' it was weird really and quite gross but i did enjoy it nonetheless.

i realized how imaginative asian movie makers are. Korean horror films have this distinct character when it comes to their horror movies. most of their movies evolves around avenging ghosts found in all girls high school and ambiguity with their plot as well. as for Japanese horror movies, there'll always be 'jumpers' or those who would commits suicide and jump off the building, the crawlers like sadako and most of all they will bore you because their horror movies are lenghty.

Thai horror movies are pretty interesting. They have this eccentric and eclectic character to it, they often delve on the rationale. the scare factor is there but in the end most of their horror movies will boil down to one core, love and the feeling of neglect and being forgotten. they have this belief about soul cleansing and rebirth, reincarnation. over all their horror movies are quite profound and they don't stick to mediocre endings.

back to hollywood. i watched 'vacancy' last night in hbo, it was ok. it's just very typical wherein  a car broke down and the characters need a place to stay and the only lodging around is this cheap motel sort of stuff.

in fairness i liked 'House of Wax' despite Paris Hilton's cameo role in the movie. 

happy halloween!

thank god it's friday! the week could've been endless hadn't i missed work last tuesday. i hate going to the doctor like i always say but let's face it medicines work. after a dose of Toclase (which is an antitussive) my cough dissipated like hey am fine now and i think a silencer just shut my cough away. however, medicine often has its side effects every time i close my because eyes there's just this infinite silence in my head like i want to go to slumberland or something. my doctor actually warned me that the medicines she prescribed will make me sleepy. i'm still on my 4th day of medication for my allergic rhinitis and i started missing taking them because i refuse to bring those with me, i hate carrying a lot of stuff most especially a cough syrup, i don't wan't security people suspect me for a druggie hello? seriously (as much as i hate medicating) as you get older, you just need to be careful with your health and just follow what the doctors say, that's their expertise. being stubborn will definitely fireback someday. i've been sick almost every other week and am literally sick and tired of it as well so the best thing is to just go to the doctor and take whatever medicine they want me to take. prescribed medications do make wonders. so what am i to do this weekend without shelling out money? let me find ways. 

pre-halloween jitters

rcbc elevator...
i took this elevator in rcbc by my lonesome after my lunch break at work which was around 1PM past, as soon as the elevator door closed there's this strong puff in my ear as if someone unseen just blew on my left ear! i was spooked and i was totally weirded out as well because it's queer when you feel something yet you can't see them. i just shrugged it off cuz i've been hearing a lot of spooky stories about the rcbc elevators.

second spooky story...
this one just happened this week and i was all alone in the ladies rest room. while i was brushing my teeth after my lunch break (again) the water in faucet (with sensor) suddenly started running without me even touching it. i was like yeah right, whatever makes you happy. i'm not the kind of person who is easily spooked by the unseen or the unknown but i things like these freaks me out too.  what can i say? trick or treat! :p

happy halloween felluz!

in sickness and in health...healthcards are oh so useful!

i missed work today as much as i don't want to. i wished i could've completed one full month without being absent but. my cough is aggravating and i could barely talk without coughing out, so embarrassing. i went to the company accredited clinic and used my health card. i love cashless consultations but when it comes to buying medicines, it's still heavy on the pocket. i hate going to hospitals/clinics, i hate waiting in vain. some hospitals are not organized and some are some. anyways, no pain no gain. enough of the annoying stuff, my favourite dog Jacko is home. he even went straight to my bed as soon as the furry fella arrived with my sister. he never fail to remember i was his same housemate lol.

lemon is the cure maybe???

i may have caught a cold bug because i'm sniffing and sneezing for days. the company held this halloween party last friday but i was not able to go since i wasn't feeling well. when i woke up this morning my joints are aching, a bad sign i might be having flu. i've been drinking a lot of green and yellow tea. i need to bombard myself with vitamin C. i had my late lunch almost 2pm. i cooked some food for myself and had this blueberry flavoured bagel i got yesterday. my sister and i spent our boring Sunday watching Bangkok Haunted and Sweeney Todd, yeah, gore at its finest. i hope i feel better tomorrow and once i get a chance i'll take a long vacation because i need it badly.

music to listen to on a cold rainy day....

Magic

Colbie Caillat

You’ve got magic inside your finger tips

Its leaking out all over my skin

Everytime that I get close to you

Your making me weak with the way youLook through those eyes

But all I see is your face

All I need is your touch

Wake me up with your lipsCome at me from up above
Yeah, oh I need you

I remember the way that you move

Your dancing easily through my dreams

Its hittin me harder and harder with all your smiles

You are crazy gentle in the way you kiss

Oh baby I need you

To see me, the way I see you

Lovely, wide awake in

The middle of my dreams

All I see is your face

All I need is your touch

Wake me up with your lips

Come at me from up above

I ….. I need you

scribbles...

it's been quite a while since i went home. i mean, revisited our family home for twenty years. my mom cooked food for us and i love eating real food. she make it a point to cook nutritious food for my sister and i since we started working and strictly no processed food. she just hates our eating habits and unhealthy lifestyle. i'm beginning to appreciate fruit shakes because it kills hunger. anyways, enough of the whole fruit shake thing.

i went to church this morning with my sister and 

i can't even remember when was the last time i went to church and i feel so guilty and unreligious (if ever there is such a word). we went up to the mantle of the black mother mary and it was so serene there.

after church we bought some chocolate chip muffins for Php25 a piece. we bought one for our mom as well. she never fail to bring us treats as if we're still kids. 

follow the hybrids

finally done and over with product training and assessments at work and it felt like being in school all over again. one month of weekly assessments. help! brain drain. and now it's all over.

on commutting   

i love taking those big air-conditioned buses on my way to work. my sister even coined a name for those hybrid buses, we now call them 'washing machines' because they look bulky lol.

weekend with ryan

i finished my weekend errands today past 1pm. so i decided to watch ryan gosling's flick called 'half nelson.' it was ok, i was not able to understand the movie though since it was dubbed in french. i even downloaded english subtitle but it wasn't helpful since the subtitle didn't sync with the scenes. i thought, i was better off without the subtitle, i just love ryan gosling lol.

just a trivia, he's rumoured that he underwent rhinoplastic surgery. i couldn't tell if it was true or not but hey he's hot. he looked even better in the movie 'fracture.' anyways, 'nuff of this whole ryan gosling stuff. what can i say? he's really adorable.

loving the morning shift

i was really busy today. i got up in the morning home alone since my sister has work today. there was a downpour last night again and for all i knew when i looked out of the window it's already flooded outside. good thing i no longer work night shift thank God. that's what i HATE about working in the evening, that's when the rain pours and all he hassles. damn. i 'm not saying it's not a big hassle during the day, it's just that you feel safe in broad daylight even if it rains really hard.

yesterday was payday so i treated my sister for pizza, as usual. that's our happiness during the weekend. just have pizza and some iced tea. nothing more better than that. i love weekend. i love working day shift. we just got our actual work id's and the guard told me that i look chinese on my photo id. really? well, that wasn't the first time anyways. i'm overjoyed, i got a sweet complement yesterday and my ears clapped. whatever. simple things in life sometimes just makes us happy ;)

busy today. i went out earlier and checked out this vintage shop a jeepney ride and few walks away from our flat. i got myself 6 tees and this cute baby pink jacket plus this cute messenger bag. i love shopping regardless if it's cheap or not. something new fo myself just makes me happy. well, just a treat for myself for passing one of my assessments yesterday.

new workplace, new people. i love seeing new people. what i had for breakfast? a left over pizza from yesterday. loved it. i did my laundry today and pressed my clothes. weekend rocks really especially if you don't sleep you weekend away. i will never trade morning shift for anything else in this world. just practically cool. weekend...weekend!!!

new generation of guitar heroes

i have never been stunned by an 8 year old kid. hey he's awesome. i've seen his guitar riffs in youtube. i'm just speechless. c'mon play blues at a tender age of 8? though i find him a bit weird, maybe it's just his antics. maybe it's cuz he's a prodigy. hey, his name is Tallan Latz by the way. and if you think he's the only one...nope you're absolutely mistaken. here's another dude from Japan, Yuto Miyazawa. what's wrong with the kids today? i should literally say. promil kids maybe or just simply prodigies?

more...cheeba! (morcheeba)

i'm so hooked listening to Morcheeba right now after my twin introduced me to the awesome group. she let me listen to this cut from morcheeba's dive deep album 'enjoy the ride.' i found it spiritual. i remember an old friend of mine who also love trip-hop (wherever he is right now, possibly back in illinois or whatever). i listen to few snippets off their 'dive deep' album and i'm currently loving it. more stuff about morcheeba, please do check out their myspace site http://www.myspace.com/morcheeba

live it up...

i'm still in the process of adjustment with my new job. new people, new workplace and yes i'm back to zero.  my new work place is pretty organized, and everything is provided for you. what i like about my new job is that i'm not going to work at night anymore yey! i'm so yearning to sleep in the evening.

saturday.
my sister spent her whole day re-formatting our almost five year old desktop computer. the audio isn't working again due to driver issues. i slept early saturday night because my entire system is shutting down.

sunday. 
went to church around at seven in the morning. the weather is cold due to the typhoon according to the news. what a rainy sunday morning. i listened to the homily because i did not feel uneasy since the weather was nice. we greeted our mom happy birthday yesterday. she just turned 62 and thank God for her excellent health. they celebrated her birthday in Baguio and we were left out (sigh). anyways, our sister told us over sms that they had cake and spaghetti for her. that's it for now.

rainy days

it's been a rainy week. good thing, it's been dress down (employees get to wear jeans instead of corporate attire) for almost a week now. i hate dressing up in business clothes duing rainy season, so uncomfortable. according to the news, typhoon helen which left me somewhat unhappy because we're going to go back wearing business clothes, like we have a choice e? i love sleeping during rainy seasons and work gets in the way every time. i'll be off to my new job in few days and i'm excited. i don't know why but maybe it's been awhile (well 2 years to be exact) since i became newbie in at work. anyways, i'm feeling good and even had time answering silly surveys lol.

You Are: 10% Dog, 90% Cat

You are are almost exactly like a cat. You're intelligent, independent, and set on getting your way. And there's no way you're going to fetch a paper for anyone!

Are You More Cat or Dog?

You Are A Little Snobby

And being a little snobby every once and a while is totally allowed. Because if no one was ever snobby, no one would ever try to dress up or look pretty. And while you do enjoy the finest things in life (that you can afford), you tire of superficiality. You know there's more to life than what's just on the surface.

so i got a new job...what's next?

things went on pretty fast, for all i know i got a new job! i hate job applications really. such a pain in the ass. i never expected things will run smoothly so i haven't quit my job yet just to make sure i have a fallback in case (although at the back of my mind i'm confident i'll get the job).  it wasn't bad at all except i need to get used to the morning shift, rubbing elbows with fellow commuters, the snarling traffic jams, scorching heat of the sun and last but not least, endure 'standing' on the bus. sucks. all i need is to be able to have morning job and be able to sleep in the evening. i just want a normal life for crying out loud. my current officemates were shocked. nobody knew i was leaving in the first place. i hate saying things right before they happen. i don't like blabbing about my future plans like it's their business.

my fave!

photo ctto

i love food. and that's the reason why i can never be as skinny as japanese or korean movie stars i've seen on asian horror films. i watch my weight but i was never super skinny, ever. i'm not really into japanese food because i'm mostly into italian or mexican stuff until my sister introduced me to Tokyo Tokyo's Best Chicken Teriyaki. 

BEST! Chicken Teriyaki originally cost Php129.00 which my sister and i normally pair with red iced tea. so, the meal would cost you Php181.00 per head more or less. my sister told me she loved the way it was cooked since it wasn't fried. well, how are we supposed to know? all i know is that it's really tasteful. 

moving on, i hope typhoon frank is departs soon before it gets destructive. one electric post just collapsed yesterday which might be the reason why we didn't have electricity the whole day long. 

survey to kill time...

1. Name someone who can always make you laugh?

` animal antics, Conan O'Brian

2. What were you doing at 10:00 this morning?
` walking around the house, no electricity...whadda hell??!

3. What were you doing 30 minutes ago?
` cab on my way home, there's a new typhoon called 'frank'

4. What time did you sleep last night?
` normally way past 8pm

5. What color is your hair brush?
`translucent brown hair doctor

6. Have you text voted for an American Idol?
` not available in my country.

7. Hot tea or iced tea?
` both. hot tea for colds, iced tea - no colds

8. What was the weather like today?
` stormy.

9. Where did your last hug take place?
` good question...i last hugged our dog early this year

10. What are you excited for?
` shopping

12. Closest thing to you that is green?
` eww, i hate color green except for trees, greeneries...

14. Last person you spoke to?
` siblings

15. Are you very random?
` no

16. Do you want to get your hair cut?
` no

17. Are you over the age of 25?
` yes

18. Do you talk a lot?
` depends on the topic.

19. Does your screen name have an x in it?` n/a

20. Do you know anyone named Stephanie?` used to

21. Do you make up your own words?` i do.

22. Are you ticklish?` no

23. Are your ears pierced?` yes

24. Bar soap or body wash?` body wash (love st. ives..butter shea.)

25. Are you a jealous person?` depends...vindictive yeah..just kidding....

26. What brand of shampoo do you use?` sunsilk conditioner, don't use shampoo very often to
take care of my hair

27. Do you have curly hair?` long & straight

28. Where did you go today?` mall, groceries. ate tokyo tokyo's best chicken teriyaki.

29. What 1 item do you always pick up at the grocery store?`nothing in particular

30. What do you say a lot?` 'uhuh'

31. Red or White Wine?` red

32. Do you think you are pretty?` i can't answer that.

33. What are you doing tonight?` surfing the net, answering this weird stuff

34. Who was your last missed call?` n/a

35. What should you be doing right now?`lying in bed. resting.

36. Do you have a nickname?` philly

37. Are you a heavy sleeper?` no

38. What are you listening to?` sound of the electric fan behind me

39. Is there anyone you like right now?`TJ Trinidad, i saw him on cinemaone yesterday, local movie.

40. When was the last time you did the dishes?` today.

41. Did you cry today?` no.

42. Saddest dream?` can't remember.

43. Do you know someone with the same birthday as you?` yes.

44. How many pictures/paintings are hanging in the room you are in?` one. band poster of sandwich.

45. Does anyone like you? i guess.

46. Do you collect anything?` not any longer, i used to collect music cd's

47. Last time you went on a date?` n/a

48. What's mouse pad?' a thin rubber mat you use with your mouse.

49. Do you like coffee?` yes

50. Do you know anyone in the military?` no

51. Number of pillows you sleep with?`4 (small and big ones)

52. Could you live without a computer? NO

53. What age were your parents when they got married?` ?

54. Favorite flavor of ice cream?` cookies n' cream

55. Do you drive? not anymore. blame the traffic.