posting at: the office
listening to: a lot of noise [the radio is on, plus my other roomie is listening to a classical station.]
i'm feeling: alive!!!
woah! i'm sooooo worked up!!! i just finished a few tasks that i usually do on a friday afternoon... being a friday, it's the Countdown Top 7.
welp, my mind's a mess right now. i can't think of anything to blog about at the moment.... i feel sooo hyper and the cold weather is just doing good things to me.
*points to the right of the page* u all see that good-lookin' dude? heheheheh... place your mouse over it and see what he'll say to yah... ;Þ
been going out with friends/officemates for almost the whole week now, i wonder if i'm going out tonight? hmmm.... *esep²*
posting at: the office
listening to: the radio [it's Monster's Riot today]
i'm feeling: lazeeeeh!
gawd! i shouldn't even be here!!! the friggin' weather is messed up for people to be in the proper working mood... [heck! i'm not in the "proper" working mood everytime i'm here in the office! bwahahaha!!! :))]
i actually overslept, [again!] although i have set the alarms so i could wake up early.... *sigh* i guess hindi na ako nabobola ng mga alarms... heheheh! one of the newsies agreed with me during lunchtime that we should all be at home & sleeping! it's one of those times that really sux when you're working in the media industry...
i was supposed to do some actual work in the production booth, but then here comes mr. supladito barging in and starts yapping that he has some work to do and i'm in his way... so now here i am flicking my middle finger at him whenever he's not looking. >:) minsan na nga lang ako sipaging magtrabaho dito sa hellhole na ito, tas gaganunin pa ako... *grumbles*
at least there's one ray of sunshine in this otherwise gloomy weather.... :D *looks at the note in the office pantry* woooooohoooooo!!!!
posting at: the office [still here...]
listening to: a set of mp3's that my friggin' roomie keeps playing over & over & over... [he's not even in his table!!! X-(]
i'm feeling: insanely caffeinated [just drank a cup o' joe...]
Amang, Batibot, Chedeng, Dodong, Egay, Falcon, Gilas, Harurot, Ineng, Juaning, Kabayan, Lakay, Manang, Nina, Onyok, Pogi, Quiel, Roskas, Sikat, Tisoy, Ursula, Viring, Wang-wang, Yoyoy and Zigzag
guess what these names are for?
yeap! that's the current lineup of storms/typhoons for our country as given out by PAGASA. [for those overseas, that's our weather bureau] quite funny, those people, huh? whoever thought of these names should be shot at Luneta... 'coz there's no X in it!!! i protest!!! Xerex would be a nice name for a typhoon, ne? :)) we're currently at Chedeng, so i guess i was "hit-and-run-over" by Chedeng this morning. and it's not letting up, so i guess Chedeng will continue to run over some more peeps as the days go by...
don't get me wrong though, i like the rain... as long as i don't get wet by it!!! lolz! :)) i'll take the rain over the sun anytime... it's soooo conducive to sleeping, and snuggling, and cuddling... agh!!! i miss my bed & my pillows & my blanket already!!! ^______^;; oh, and it wouldn't hurt if a member of the female species that i adore would come over and sleep & cuddle & snuggle with me... *wink²* :))
posting at: the office
listening to: the electric fan as it dries out my polo
i'm feeling: wet... literally!
what a great way to start a new week! i actually left home @ quarter to 8 [a change from last week] so that i wouldn't be that much late. it wasn't raining yet, so i didn't bother to bring my foldable umbrella. as the bus i was riding on drove thru the monday traffic of south superhighway, the rain began to pour, and hard! so here i go, wishing that by the time i get to ortigas station, the rain would stop. but no, fate would play its cruel joke on me this morning. as i got off the mrt, the rain fell even harder. so without much of a choice, [and no clear shelter from the station to the office] i went ahead and walked in the rain. i used my hankie to cover my head, [like that'll stop it from getting me soaked!] as my polo & pants became drenched with rain water. when i got to the building where i work, many people were staring at me 'coz i was dripping wet like crazy! i just went on ahead and got on the elevator. after i finally arrived, i quickly unbuttoned my polo, got a shirt from an officemate & put my wet polo against the electric fan so it would dry off. at least one of my officemates was concerned and asked if i was okay and had a change of clothes in the meantime, while the others didn't give a damn... what a fuckin' loving environment, ne!?! and for the coup-de-grace, the friggin' rain stopped pouring a few minutes after i got here!!! aaaaaaaaaaaarrrrrrrgggggghhhhhhh!!!! X-(
i actually made a post last night about how lousy the last week was for me. but for some odd reason, it never got published! [i swear i clicked the "publish" button before i logged off...] anyway, the gist of that post was pretty simple: it was lousy! i was a lil' depressed for a few days; inadvertently pissed off a few people, w/c in turn pissed me off because of my stupidity; & i had an uneventful [read: BORING] weekend. maybe that was the payoff for all those great weekends i had the past few weeks... damn i hate it when that time comes around, 'coz it always bring me down, crashing down to earth and making me feel vulnerable, unappreciated, unneeded, and most certainly unwanted... *sobs*
and now this: i get drenched, people don't give a flyin' fuck about what happened, & then asking me to do my work already!!! buncha insensitive pricks! grrrrrrrrrrr.... now i'm starting to wonder how more of this i can take... :((
posting at: home
listening to: the sound of my electric fan humming
i'm feeling: absolutely great... NOT!
i'm sooooooo depressed right now.... although i shouldn't be, since i just got home a few minutes ago from watching Matrix: Reloaded. i do know what brought it about, but i'm not so inclined to share it to you all. these are the things that are best kept to one's self, and not to be blabbered out for the whole friggin' world to hear. and besides, who would want to read and know how i really feel deep down inside whenever i'm depressed? no one at all...
i think i'll just go ahead and wallow in self-pity for a few minutes... :((
i just pissed off a friend earlier, and then this song started to play over the radio... what a perfect timing... :((
"My Stupid Mouth"
My stupid mouth
Has got me in trouble
I said too much again
To a date over dinner yesterday
And I could see
She was offended
She said "well anyway..."
Just dying for a subject change
Oh, another social casualty
Score one more for me
How could I forget?
Mama said "think before speaking"
No filter in my head
Oh, what's a boy to do
I guess he better find one soon
We bit our lips
She looked out the window
Rolling tiny balls of napkin paper
I played a quick game of chess with the salt and pepper shaker
And I could see clearly
An indelible line was drawn
Between what was good, what just slipped out and what went wrong
Oh, the way she feels about me has changed
Thanks for playing, try again.
How could I forget?
Mama said "think before speaking"
No filter in my head
Oh, what's a boy to do
I guess he better find one
I'm never speaking up again
It only hurts me
I'd rather be a mystery
Than she desert me
Oh I'm never speaking up again
Starting now
One more thing
Why is it my fault?
So maybe I try too hard
But it's all because of this desire
I just wanna be liked
I just wanna be funny
Looks like the jokes on me
So call me captain backfire
Oh, the way she feels about me has changed
Thanks for playing, try again.
How could I forget?
Mama said "think before speaking"
No filter in my head
Oh, what's a boy to do
I guess he better find one
I'm never speaking up again
It only hurts me
I'd rather be a mystery
Than she desert me
Oh I'm never speaking up again
Starting now
dang! i just had another loaded weekend... and i'm tired as hell. *hingal-kabayo* here's the low-down:
Friday night, after putting 8 hours of work, i was on my way to Makati to relax and unwind with my HS classmates. but before heading there, i passed by Galleria para daanan ung isa kong HS classmate who, up till a few weeks ago, eh nalaman ko na dun pala nagtatrabaho, and we haven't seen each other ever since we graduated from HS! shiyeeeeet! anyway, so nagkita kme, and sabay na kaming pumunta sa Makati. onga pala, the reason for this night-out was nagbalikbayan ulet yung isa naming classmate [si Em] dahil namatayan siya ng lolo. i learned that the cause of death was because of malpractice. we hope that maging law na ung pino-propose na bill para naman makapag-sampa na ng kaso.
so anyway, after waiting for the others to arrive, we had a sumptuous dinner @ Krocodile sa Greenbelt 3. [ang mura ng food nila! 7 kaming lumamon, 1,300++ lang nagastos...] then lipat kme sa foodcourt ng GB3 para mai-layout na ung aming ambitious project: our 10-year reunion! since we felt our alma mater is not going to host such a momentous occasion, ung section na lang namin ang magre-reunion. heheheh... we've laid down the initial plans and hopefully put into action starting this week. we have a full year to prepare and organize, so sana magawa namin lahat ng kailangan. *crosses fingers* i'm one of the main organizers who's pushing for it kse, kaya i needed those persons na makakatulong sa akin and yung mga gusto den na magkaroon ng reunion. after the meeting, unwind na kme sa "green-tea-house-something²" [gomen ne... i forgot the exact name nung coffeehouse, basta nasa ilalim sya ng Music One sa Greenbelt] dapat sa Starbucks [a.k.a. everyone's coffeehouse!] kami pupunta, kaso andaming tao!!! so hanap kami ng ibang lugar, and dun kami napadpad sa coffeehouse na yun. after we got our drinks and settled in, start na kami ng favorite pasttime namin: reminiscing! heheheh... quite fun to do actually, kahit na pare-pareho na lang lagi pinag-uusapan namin...
naulit na naman yung tulad ng nangyari ke alex: we stayed at the place til the wee hours of the morning. [like, say, 3am? :D] and pilit pang naghahanap ng mapapag-usapan, ika nga ni ramon, since ayaw pang magkahiwa-hiwalay... kse nga naman nde natin alam kung kelan mangyayari na magme-meet-up ulet.pero eventually we all had to go home, and so we did. hatiran blues, courtesy of vince. [tenx men! sensya na po ayen, nde na kasya kse...]
the funny [not!] thing was, pagkahatid sa akin ni vince, i didn't go to sleep, 'coz i was supposed to wake up an hour later. why? kasi pupunta kami ng cavite for an overnight outing sa beach. heheheh... galing! so i just opened my PC, and watched TV for an hour, tapos ginising ko na sila so we can get ready to depart. we had to pick up my kuya and ate sa house nila, so i had to drive first. i managed fine, kahit wala pa akong tulog. after getting them, pwesto na ko sa likod para matulog! hehehe.. i only took a nap, 'coz i had my cd walkman on. and mejo bumpy den naman ung ride going to cavite, so imposibleng deep sleep agad. we arrived @ naic, cavite after driving for a few hours, got settled in, and waited for the sun to go down a bit before going to the sea to swim.
we departed from naic sunday afternoon, and got home after a few hours. after eating dinner, i got to talk to Em and chatted for about an hour, then kinarir ko ang lahat ng éX-Driver animé. [1-6, Movie, & Danger Zone OAV] i watched it without knowing what it was all about. after seeing the 1st 2 episodes, i was reminded of You're Under Arrest! & Aa! Megamisama because of the way it was drawn, plus some similarities with the character design. then i see the credits... and i learn that it was made by Kosuke Fujishima! [the maker of those 2 series i mentioned] heheheh... quite a recent one actually, [circa '01-'02] and the story revolves around these special drivers that maintain order in the streets by stopping malfunctioning AI cars. no one else except these drivers get to drive around in gasoline cars, coz the rest use these AI cars. [meaning it's automatic. majority of the population don't even know how to drive! i'd be one helluva éX-Driver if i was in that scenario... heheheh!]
got to sleep late, so i woke up late, therefore i'm late for work again...
haba na neto ah? might as well stop for now. besides, it's almost time to go home! gotta finish up now...
posting at: the office
listening to: the radio [mister mister - broken wings currently playing]
i'm feeling: full
*burp* gochisou sama deshita! *polite bow* that was a great lunch! [2 porkchops + rice] i brought baon for today, since there were some leftovers at home... [besides, tinitipid ko na pera for this weekend. :D]
lemme share a few forwards from my friends. the 1st one is quite funny, yet when you really look at it, there's some semblance of truth in it. the 2nd one are some guidelines to live by. i might try them sometime... i've put my comments in the braces. have fun reading! ;Þ
What I've Learned As I Matured :o)
I've learned that you cannot make
someone love you. All you can do is
stalk them and hope they panic and give in.
[heheheh! quite true, ne?]
I've learned that no matter how
much I care, some people are just
assholes.
[hear, hear!]
I've learned that it takes years
to build up trust, and it only takes
suspicion, not proof, to destroy it.
[we've all experienced this, haven't we?]
I've learned that you can get by
on charm for about fifteen minutes
After that, you'd better have a
big weenie or huge boobs.
[ohohoho!]
I've learned that you shouldn't
compare yourself to others - they are
more screwed up than you think.
[now this one i should remember...]
I've learned that you can keep puking
long after you think you're finished.
[hmmm... have i done this before?]
I've learned that we are responsible
for what we do, unless we are celebrities.
[thank goodness i'm not a celebrity...]
I've learned that regardless of how
hot and steamy a relationship is at first,
the passion fades, and there had
better be a lot of money to take its place.
[can't relate to it yet... don't want to either.]
I've learned that the people you care most
about in life are taken from you too soon
and all the less important ones just never
go away.
[i'd like to shoot the annoying ones...]
Thou Shall Not...
1. Thou shall not worry needlessly over mistakes.
You aren't unworthy or incapable just because you made some mistakes. Remember that mistakes are necessary for growth.
[i'll keep this in mind...]
2. Thou shall not control things.
Your way is not always the best way. Remain open-minded, and don't worry if things don't go as expected.
[for all the control freaks out there!]
3. Thou shall not blame others.
Don't make others responsible for your happiness. You are in control of your happiness, and you can choose to make the day a positive one.
[yea! don't blame lil ol meeh!]
4. Thou shall not worry needlessly.
Try not to fret about the things you can't change or have no control over. Have faith that storms never last long and tomorrow will be brighter.
[i tell this most often to my worry-wart friends... but do they lsiten?]
5. Thou shall never surrender.
You must try to climb that hill even when it seems too steep. No matter how difficult the task seems, it's better to try than to wonder if you could have succeeded.
[let's all have that "never-say-die" attitude in life, ne?]
6. Thou shall grow.
Never think that you have to stay where you are in life. Every new day offers an opportunity for change.
[erm... is this for meeh?]
7. Thou shall not judge others harshly.
Try to accept other people for who they are. Just because someone is different from you, doesn't mean they are inferior. Everyone was created in God's image.
[i've tried, but there are just those that really annoy the hell out of me!]
8. Thou shall not fret over other's opinions.
Not everyone will like you, and some people will criticize you, but you must not feel unworthy. You need no one's approval to be you.
[again, is this for meeh?]
9. Thou shall not doubt your ability.
You should always have faith in yourself. Refuse to give the negative voice in your head an audience.
["right! stay in yer lil corner, you pessimistic freak!" oh, that was me talking to my other personality. :D]
10. Thou shall not fix the world.
It's good to help others, but remember that you can't fix everyone's problems.
[uhhh... this is most definitely for meeh... no doubt about it, ryt jeng? heheheh!]
posting at: home
listening to: onegai teacher sound collection 2
i'm feeling:errrr... uhhhh.... ureshii?
ahhhhh..... nothing like a good shower, plus a cup of double dutch ice cream to cool down on a hoooot summer night....
i just finished watching the last two episodes of Prétear a few minutes ago. [neh², Kaoru-neechan! you'll love me for this. :D] i would've finished it last night, but the zZzZzZ's were just too overpowering... heheheh! anyways, at the first part of the first episode, i saw the bishies right on, and sensing that it will only be a bishie-fest, i was about to stop watching it. but after seeing the would-be heroine and her wackiness, i decided to continue watching it... and man was i hooked! it wasn't just a bishie-fest after all. lolz! as i continued to watch the rest of the series, i noticed why the complete title included "Snow White"... there was the heroine, the seven dwarfs [in this case, knights], the stepmom and stepsisters, the evil "witch", and of course, the "prince". it was an overall nice animé and it was great that they were able to include the classic elements of the fairy tale, among other things... now, what do i watch next? *esep² as i look into boxes & boxes of still unwatched animés*
oh! also, i was able to complete the trade that i was supposed to have last sunday. it will be my last for the meantime, since i wouldn't be available for one this weekend... [just when most of the adiks will have one, darn it!] arigatou shabz for the nice dinner and lil' chat afterwards... altho i still don't see that link on yer site... *wink² nudge² hint²*
me wanna see Matrix:Reloaded already... :(
[the following is a forward mail from a friend. after reading the last part, i was stumped and all i could say to him was "EEEEEEEEEHHH!?! NAAAAAAAAAAAANIIIIIIIIIII?!" DOUSHITE DOUSHITE DOUSHITE DOUSHITE DOUSHITE DOUSHITE DOUSHITE DOUSHITE DOUSHITE!?!?!?!" ]
THE PERFECT GIFT
He stood undecidedly before the glass window, surveying the various food-flavored lotions and shower gels, shifting his weight from one foot to the other. He had always hated shopping. But he had to. He knew Natalie would kill him (and probably glory in it) if he ever went to her without a gift. She actually sent him off on this errand specifically.
"Go na, hon, and buy a gift." She waved him away imperiously, even before he crossed the threshold of her garage.
"Mamaya, it'll be too traffic na and you might be late."
"Okay," he sighed, bussing her forehead. "What do you want ba?"
"Basta get me something that would be for me lang ha?" She smiled greedily, "Not for both of us."
"Fine," he said, and giving her one last hug, went back into his car to go to the mall. Two minutes later, he received a text from her. "Ups, sori, hapi vday pla J!"
He chuckled now as he thought of the love of his life. He knew Nat since way back but only realized he loved her a few years ago. Which was really stupid of him since he couldn't imagine life without her. Deciding against the raspberry bath confetti he picked up at the counter, he put the glass tube down and went out of the store. She probably had one already.
Walking randomly, he passed a video store and thought of buying her the extended version of her favorite film: The Lord of the Rings. He knew the movie quite well, remembering the first time they watched it. She was burrowed in his arms while she swooned over the male leads (whom he privately thought were a bunch of fairies). It was after watching that movie when she confided his friend Ron had been making moves on her.
"Well, you're pretty kasi eh. Does he bother you ba?" he had asked, just a teeny bit concerned but making a mental note to talk to Ron if she said he was making a nuisance of himself.
She shook her head, looking pensive. "No, it's fine." Then she smiled brightly at him. "Carry ko naman eh, me pa?" So he decided not to talk to Ron.
Suddenly remembering his buddy, he picked up a T2 DVD (Ron's all time favorite film) and paid for it. He was out of the store when he realized he hadn't bought Natalie anything. He shrugged and decided to have a look around first. If he couldn't find anything special, he'll just come back for pansy Legolas.
He sighed again, looking at a vast array of jewelry. The rings would look really good on her small hands. But then Natalie isn't really fond of jewelry. Being quite accident prone, she either lost them or got cut by them, and he wasn't going to risk it. Besides, he thought that the ring she'd be wearing soon would be quite enough.
Running his hand briskly through his hair, he frowned at the shop windows. It's hard enough for a guy to find the perfect gift, but for such a special lady. He knew what he wanted to find. Something that would tell her how much he loved her BUT without being mushy. Natalie hated mush.
"Ickle, Jake, you know I hate 'prom' music." She grimaced as she furiously jabbed at the buttons of his cd player. "Don't you have real music here?" She flipped through his CD case in disgust. "When I get married, I'll have head-banging music. And anybody who requests for anything 'senti' can go plan their own wedding!" He just smiled and nodded. He was quite prepared to let her do whatever she wanted.
It was when he decided to take a breather when the idea finally hit him. He sprinted over to Starbucks and looked at the thermos collection. Being coffee addicts, he and Natalie frequented the café and once, she pointed at the small silver flask they had on sale.
"Dream ko yan." She sighed.
"What? The thermos?" He asked, puzzled.
"Yeah."
"Then why don't you buy one?"
"Kasi, it has to be given. You know, I have this romantic dream. That before I go to work in the morning, just when I'm about to step in the car na, my Prince Charming will come over from the shadows outside our house and he'll give me a thermos full of café mocha to take to the office. Di ba romantic?" She gazed dreamily at the silver flask. "Basta I'll marry the guy who does that."
He picked up the silver thermos and approached the lady at the counter with his request. Fifteen minutes later, he was driving along the highway to meet her but the traffic jam was horrendous. She had texted him twice already, "Wru na? Ur l8. Grrr." He texted her back. "Sori hon. I'l follow n lng s hotel. C u!"
Later when he was walking up the staircase to the restaurant where she was waiting, he wondered whether he intentionally tried to be late. Holding his gift tightly, he told himself that it's too late to have cold feet. Then he saw her and felt the butterflies in his stomach morph into dragons. She's so beautiful in that white dress.
"I'm going to look like Galadriel," she had told him after she shopped for her dress.
"You'd give Cate Blanchett a run for her money." He answered fondly. And she did. He walked slowly towards her until she looked up and saw him. Her face lit up in a lovely smile.
"Jake! Haaay, I thought you'd never come eh. I'll never speak to you again if you stood me up today of all days."
"I had trouble finding you the perfect gift eh. O, eto na." He handed her the flask.
"Oh," she said, staring at the thermos in her hands. "Oh." She looked up at him, blinking back tears. "I don't know what to say."
"No need," he whispered, brushing his fingers against her cheek. "Basta be happy ha?"
She nodded. Then she turned and beckoned to Ron.
"Darling, Jake is here."
"Uy, pare, how come you weren't there sa church? I had to drag a cousin to be my best man tuloy." Ron grinned at him, throwing an arm around his bride.
"Sorry, pare, super ang traffic." Then Jake shook his friend's hand.
"Congrats. I'm happy for you. Take care of Nat ha?" Take care of her for me...
posting at: office
listening to: mariposa - sugarfree
i'm feeling: ~uguuuu
paksheth! this song reminds me of the weekend i had... i was too tired & lazy to blog at home so i'll just fill ya in on what went down:
friday night, i had to hang around the office for an extra hour after work 'coz my boss wanted me to help him fix some of the PC's here. i was actually enjoying doing those kinds of stuff than rather do my "real" job here. whenever a PC conks out, they ask me to take a look at it, and more often than not, i drop whatever i'm doing and get right on it. i guess after doing the same shiiiiiyeeeet for four years [going on five] gets to be a tad bit boring, ne? a friend has already asked me if i see myself still doin' the same shiiiiiiiyeeeeet in the next five years. what did i say? a friggin' cop out of an answer: "i don't like to make long-term plans" or sumthin' lyk dat. frankly speakin', i dunno what i'm gonna do with my life right now... ain't that sad? :(( anyway, more on that some other time. so, after i've done the PC-thingie, i was all set to go home, then two of my officemate/friends dragged me with them, and convinced me to go to our station's event/party at Intramuros. so i went with them, 'coz i guess a part of me wanted to go and have a lil' fun after a hard day's work... got to the venue, ate some food, drank some beer, and listened to great music provided by the ff. bands: Stonefree, Sandwich, Barbie's Cradle, Mojofly, Moonstar 88, Bent, Session Road, Sugarfree & Parokya ni Edgar. the event/party ended at 2am, and Jo², being the DD [designated driver] of the night, [or in this case, morning] drove us home. but when we got to Anna's, the car had a problem: it overheated. we didn't really know how it happened, so we had to stop at the gas station in Alabang to let it cool down with running water. [we must've poured about 3-4 gallons of water just to cool it down] thankfully it never overheated again after that. so i got home quarter to 4 in the morning, slumped to bed, and stayed there for most of the day. because of that, i didn't get to go to work last saturday.
since i kinda-sorta did a "jason mraz" last saturday, let's skip to sunday: mom's day. the family went to makati with me [i was supposed to have two trades that day, but only one pushed through] and we had lunch there. as expected, most of the restos are packed, since it was a weekend, plus a "fabricated" special day to celebrate... after a few hours of strolling around, we went home. and that's about it. *bow*
oh, after about two weeks of not watching a complete animé series, [i last saw DNA²] kinarir ko ang Kanon [13 episodes] kagabi. heheheh, a kawaii & believable story about a boy who came back to a town he lived in as a child after seven years. after seeing familiar faces and places, all his memories start to come back to him... i dunno, pero mas nalungkot pa ako with the events sa Kanon as against to SaiKano, 'coz i think the things that happened in Kanon can really happen in real life. anyways, me wanna see Kanon Kazahana. [a dvd bonus episode] hope to get it soon... [download or trade]
i'm in no mood to work right now... i wish it was already 6 so i can get the hell out of here!!! X-(
posting at: home [didn't have time to squeeze an entry in the office]
listening to: an album [forgiven, not forgotten - the corrs]
i'm feeling: sadly happy [?]
"sadness fills my life", as the current track screams. [from "heaven knows"] i guess that quite sums up how i feel at the moment.
i just came home from greenhills, after accompanying some officemates who decided to buy new cellphones. it's been a while since i've roamed around greenhills, so i decided to join them. as we browsed around and hopped from stall to stall, i just found myself staring at the multitudes of Nokia's around me. whenever i'm with someone who's supposed to shop from something, i feel kinda envious of them. and i felt that familiar feeling once again as they found the phones that they wanted to get, and at a good price too! good thing i didn't have money with me, or else i'd be tempted to buy one for me as well... *sigh*
my officemate consoled me and said that he was envious of me because of my budgeting skills. heh! what budgeting skills? to begin with: do i have any money to budget? ;Þ i guess i was raised by my money-wise parents who only bought the essentials in life, but had sprinkled us with luxuries every now and then.
jo² dropped us off at Landmark in Makati, so i just took the service home. as i boarded the service vehicle, i see some couples getting cozy and comfy as they wait for the vehicle to be filled up with passengers. these are the times that i feel soooo lonely... being with someone you love, talking about everything and anything and nothing all at the same time, holding each other, blah², yakkity yak², you get the picture... sheesh! i'm getting sappy here... aaaagh! [think happy thoughts...]
when the service got in front of our subdivision, i got off and walked towards home. i looked up the sky, and saw stars, lots of them. it's quite a cloudless night, and you can see familiar constellations. and then i said to myself: "nice night for stargazing... wish _____ [insert name of female species on the blank] was here with me..." aaaaaaaaagghh!?! what is this!?! shiiiiiyeeeeeet!!! what's happening to meeeeeh!?! i know, it's the corrs' fault... ["love to love you" currently playing] oh well, i've been known to be a sentimental fool sometimes, so what the heck? bring it on! :D
shoot... i wasn't able to blog yesterday. our connection here in the office was soooo friggin' slow, i can't even load the login page! jeez... someone must be havin' a field day yesterday getting stuff off the net. [aside from me of course. ;Þ] add that to the fact that i was a bit busy with work. [imagine that? me, actually working!?! hahahah]
anyway, i was supposed to blog at home last night, but i had a queued file for download that i wanted to finish ['coz i was afraid the link might be dead by tomorrow.] so i just watched WWE on Solar. i also caught the 2nd half of the semis of UEFA Champions League: Real Madrid vs. Juventus. as i expected, Real Madrid won, 2-1.
my brain is quite active today, because i've lots to do here at work. maybe i can squeeze some blog-time later during breaks...
my body's aching... i'm in serious need of a full-body massage...
/me hollers: "pam puen!!! i need yoooooooooou!!!"
anyway, it didn't come to me... [that thing i posted about last friday] maybe it was nothing... or maybe it wasn't that important for me to remember. [i sure hope so]
so, what happened over the weekend? here's the lowdown:
friday night: i did get to go out, but not with the person i was supposed to ask out. i've already resigned myself to go home that night, when an officemate asked me to go bowling. i agreed since i had nothing better to do anyways. there was a sale going on at Megamall, but there wasn't much people doing some shopping. [must've been because of the SARS scare] i had a bad feeling about our bowling session that night, like it was doomed from the start. as we got to our lanes, i learned that we were assigned to the kiddie lanes. we usually get 2 adjacent lanes whenever we go bowling, but that night, all the other available lanes were only singles. after i entered our names, i forgot to set the game for "league", [so that we would be exchanging lanes after each frame] so that was another sign. after completing our first frame, the left lane stopped responding, so our game was delayed. we then requested to be transferred to another lane, which they did do, but they just transferred us to the next 2 kiddie lanes. [agh!] after we completed our first game, the left lane's "bowling-ball-return-mechanism-thingy" kept delaying our balls, so the lane man advised us to transfer to another lane. so we went back to the first 2 lanes that they assigned us. [waaaaaah!] i guess the only good thing that happened on that bowling session was that we only paid for one game. [it was an unusual promo. we play one game each, the next game would be free, but if we play two consecutive games, no more free game. d-oh!?!]
saturday: went to work in the morning, did the usual stuff, then went home after lunch. when i got home, i got an invitation from a friend who just celebrated her birthday last friday. she was having a post-birthday dinner at a resto in makati. since i had nothing to do that night, and she was a dear friend of mine, i accepted her invite. [plus it's FREE food! who doesn't like FREE food!?! lolz!] and so i go there, had a great time catching up with her, & ate a lot! [there was a LOT of food left, actually a table-full more.] i would've let loose, drunk myself silly and still went with them to go to a club, but i wasn't supposed to stay late that night, 'coz i had a thing to do the next day...
sunday: woke up at 5 am that morning, got dressed, and drove to Antipolo. i was the designated driver of the family's annual trek to Antipolo to hear Mass at the national shrine of Our Lady of Peace & Good Voyage. we were supposed to go last May 1, but something else came up that day, so they rescheduled it. as usual, lots of people turned up at the church, and everytime a Mass would end and lots of people would go home, they'd be replaced by lots more who will hear the next one. after Antipolo, i went straight to Makati to meet & trade with peeps from our animé trading group. got home after lunch, then slept 'til 8pm. woke up for dinner, watched a lil' TV, [caught "Sweet November" on HBO, such a sappy-sad-love-story.. *sniff²*] then went back to sleep again. [i LOOOOOOOOOOVE sleeping, or isn't it obvious already!?!]
another looooong entry, ne? i would've done this at home... but i was lazy, and i didn't use my compie that much over the weekend, 'coz i wanted to catch some zZzZz;s... ;Þ
lunchtime! let's all have a good one, shall we? and a great day ahead as well... Ü
i feel that something is amiss today, like i forgot to do something... what could it be? hmmm... *esep²* oh well, maybe it will come to me later on...
it's friday! i wonder if i'm gonna go out tonight after work? with whom? and where to? i have someone in mind to ask out, but it's still pending... i better ask the OPG's if we have any agenda/s for tonight.
small rant: why does Nokia have to come out with a new model of their cellphone almost every other month? grrr... all those 33, 92, 51-somethings drive me crazy with their polymedic tones and new-fangled MMS, GPRS, IRS, SSS, GSIS bulsyet-whatnots! good thing my trusty [read: OLD] Siemens M35i is still working, and if it ever conks out on me, i'll never patronize a Nokia cellphone again, lest i want my "brand-spankin'-new" phone to be yesterday's news in just a few weeks.
new month, same old shit...
i just had a nice bath after a midnight snack. did nothing much for today: slept 'til noon, watched TV & surfed the net. speaking of TV, my cable provider had reassigned the channels, which is great, since they bunched up related channels [local, sports, movies, etc] ...but they removed animax! sure, i can't understand it [no subs], but at least i get to watch animé on TV. hope they bring it back real soon. in the meantime, i'll just continue to watch Neon Genesis Evangelion on WOWOW. ;Þ
by the way, i shaved my goatee, 'coz i got tired of it. my head is also newly shaved. feels light... Aubrey Miles is staring at me as i type this... [she's in the May 2003 FHM Calendar]
sometimes i wonder: what do other people have to say about me? who and what am i to them? although i know i wouldn't like some of the answers, i'd still like to know what they think...
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