"long day" is an understatement

"does mathematics mirror reality?" that's the title of the seminar i attended this morning (it was held at the nismed auditorium). dr. fidel nemenzo was the resource person.. and he was great :) good way to start my morning, haha. too bad those two teachers from some god-knows-what school missed out on the fun. one fell asleep.. the other kept fiddling with her oh-so-loud celphone.. and both yapped on and on about how "weird" the talk was.. blah blah blah. sheesh. makes me wonder why they even bothered to attend the talk in the first place..

anyway. this morning's talk put me in a sort of mathematical/nerdy mood haha. i found myself thinking of fibonacci sequences (found in sunflowers, pineapples and nautilus shells), fractals, and other math stuff throughout the day. so it was with excitement that i went with friend mich to the book fair (world trade center) in the afternoon. we browsed through all sorts of books there - from teacher resources (for math, naturally) to children's activity books to novels, to nonfiction to religious magazines. and to top it off, friend laya (and the others from c&e publishing house) treated us and some of their authors to this yummy "ihawan" place nearby. it sure was fun! :)

i wish we had more time to look around. it was just too bad we had to be on our way back to qc before 5pm. i had to attend the grade 10 pta's parents' night (held at the executive house, up). traffic was terrible.. and mich and i were stuck for hours on the road. oh well.. at least we had some "bonding" time haha :p

so, as expected, i arrived at the executive house late. very late. about 1.5 hours late. tsk tsk. talk about punctuality :p my only consolation was that i wasn't alone in my predicament. some of the parents got there late, too (mostly due to traffic). some weren't even able to make it. but the gathering turned out to be okay. i thought it would be awkward, mingling with parents of the seniors.. but i survived (along with ma'am joanne - the only other teacher there) hehe :p

tired but feeling accomplished, i headed home (the folks picked me up at around 9.30pm). i was looking forward to an early shuteye.. but cousin almi dropped in unexpectedly from choir prax. apparently, she and choirmate john got stuck in traffic in aurora.. and she was *very* hungry.. so she decided to drop by our place first to have dinner :p hahaha. well, that was a nice surprise. it's been a while since almi came for a visit. and in spite of the exhaustion, i had fun talking with her :)

so there. guess that's the end of my (long) sharing for today. tomorrow's another day. i wonder how it's going to turn out..

nakakainggit

hay. alas tres pa lang ng hapon at sobrang pagod na pagod na ako. gusto ko nang humiga na lang sa kama at matulog nang mahimbing. naubos na 'ata lahat ng enerhiya ko sa kaaalala at kaaatupag ng tinginingining late grades na 'yan. grrr.

kakaiba ang araw na 'to. ewan ko nga ba kung bakit. sa totoo lang, hindi ako handang gumawa ng kahit ano. wala sa mood eh. pati nga matematika parang di ko magawang kagiliwan ngayon (hmm.. ganito ba ang nararamdaman ng mga kawawang estudyante ko? haha). nakakatamad na nakakalungkot na nakakaiyak na di ko mawari kung ano. pero siyempre, kapag nasa paaralan, project pa rin hahaha. tsk tsk. sadyang ganito ata talaga ang buhay.

hindi ako dapat uuwi ngayon. ay teka.. mali. hindi ako dapat uuwi ngayong hapon. may klase pa ako sa eduk mamayang 5.30pm (graduate class ko) at ang unang plano ko, dun lang ako sa upis hanggang alas singko para mag-check ng mga papel at tumambay. kaso hindi ko na matagalan ang init. at soooooobrang inaantok ako. isa pa, ang sakit-sakit ng tiyan/puson ko. letch. kaya eto. change of plans. napauwi ako nang 'di oras. at ngayon naman ay tinatamad na akong bumalik pa sa UP. hayyyy.

siyempre pag-uwi, check agad ng email. at itong larawang ito ang bumulaga sa 'kin (salamat, soulmate.. pinangiti mo nanaman ako haha!). natuwa lang ako at may mailalagay na naman ako ditong kakaibang picture. siguradong maaaliw na naman ang mga alaga kong nasaeans bwahaha.

nabanggit na rin ang mga nakakaaliw na bagay. may kinakaaliwan akong kotse ngayon. nagbabalak kasi akong bumili ng kotse. hindi dahil sa luho, porma o sa anupaman.. kundi sa mukhang kailangan ko na talaga (unti-unti nang nakakalas si dea, hu hu hu). at syempre, ang trip ko, ung auto na maliit (tulad ko haha). ang mga minamataan kong sasakyan? 1) suzuki alto; 2) hyundai getz; 3) kia picanto; 4) chevrolet (?) spark :p nangangarap na naman ako.. wahahaha.. :)

hay buhay. parang ang sarap maging escape key na lang. sana ako rin puwedeng tumakas. sana lang talaga.. *malalim na buntung-hininga*

my mystique

oh.. how true, how true, nyahahaha.

to be perfectly honest, this day SUCKS :( but still, i managed to paste this bid, wide smile on my face the entire time.

seems i'm getting better and better at this pretending thing hahaha

getting enough Zzz's

finally!! after a long, long, long, long, long... long time, i've been able to get enough sleep :D hahaha. today i woke up at the very late hour of 9:20am. ahhhh.. such a luxury for the perenially sleep-deprived! :)

well, i guess i can afford to sleep in. today we're supposed to have monday schedule for classes. and every monday, i meet my two grade 10 sections. but today, too, all upis seniors will be taking their ncae's.. so i wouldn't be having math10 classes today. ergo, i do not have any math class today. woohoo!! :p

it's not that i don't enjoy math. i do. (er.. at the risk of sounding über-nerdy do i come forward with this confession, haha) but i enjoy vacations, too. and i especially enjoy catching my zzz.. so i guess you could say today is still a happy non-math day, haha :)

*ho hum* midday and i'm feeling sleepy again. looks like my title's all wrong. apparently, i can't get enough zzz's.. :p

in the passenger seat

today i wrote a blog entry about driving and passenger seats. it's an article i included in our church's weekly newsletter. it's just one of those pieces that i'm happy writing about. it's been a while since i've been able to write an article so quickly (what.. less than 10 minutes?!).. and i'm hoping that this signals the return of my creative juices (keeping my fingers crossed) :p

anyway, for most of this weekend, i've been acting passenger. and i totally do not mind, haha. while it's appealing to be able to take charge.. to feel the freedom and independence behind the wheel, i just realized i have more fun when i'm in the passenger seat. yeah.. i really do.. :)

hmm. xerox is probably going to find it odd that i write about something as trivial as car seats, nyahaha. i don't know if anyone's ever going to research on *any* topic related to this post.. but if ever there is, i'm sure xerox will be that person, hahaha! :p

oxford adventures

this is a late post - i had an overnight stay with besps heids & lils at oxford suites, makati. here are some pix taken from our "adventures"..

this is part of the oxford lobby. as semi-cousin edwin and i observed.. the suite is located in a.. erm.. "not so wholesome" area of makati. and really.. the patrons of the place were mostly male foreigners. with exotic looking.. uhmm.. filipina partners. sheesh. it kinda makes one feel oddly uncomfortable in her own country. oh well..

besp heids was able to get an executive room for the three of us. and as soon as we got inside the room, i of course had to take a picture, nyahahaha :p can you imagine how besps and i all managed to fit in one bed?!? wahahaha! sexy na talaga kami hehehehehe :p

there's something about sheer window treatments that make me feel all warm and fuzzy inside, haha. at any rate, the view from the window is a lot better than the view from the lobby.. :)

besps heids, lils, semi-cousin edwin and i had dinner at nearby north park. the food was delish, of course.. and here are some samplers.. (though, i have a feeling friend toni would not find these the least bit appetizing nyahaha)

after buying a couple of items at the mini-mart next door, we went back to the hotel. i missed going online.. so i was understandably a bit bored. hence, the following pictures, haha:

the first pic (obviously) is just a "reminder" shot - a sort of "souvenir" of our overnight stay at oxford, haha.

the second pic is a mistake. i was going to take a picture of the makati skyline view from our window.. but i forgot to turn off my camera's flash. but i still think it's a cool pic. kinda "ghostly" nyahaha :p

hmm. i have this thing for views, huh? hehe. well, that's makati at night.. as seen from our window. it's not nature.. but hey, i still think it's cool :)

anyway.. it's been a fun weekender :p thanx to besps and semi-cousin for the company. wish there were more days like this.. :)

eureka!

grey's anatomy. csi las vegas. house. all my favorite tv series seem to be on their temporary hiatus all at the same time. *sigh* it sucks.

good thing there's eureka :)

it's a.. well.. a different kind of show. the concept sure is unique - a very advanced scientific community (a town, actually).. secretly funded by the u.s. govt. all the most advanced scientific discoveries and experiments are done there.. and so of course, the weirdest, most unimaginable things also get to happen in each episode.

haha. so i have a new tv series to get hooked on to. not to mention a new "crush" nyahaha. i love carter :D

still dreaming

i have friend randz to thank for making this day a bit more bearable.. :p

got my copy of the dreaming this lunchtime when i dropped by the stall. good thing, too.. coz i was already starting to feel a bit down in the dumps (no.. yesterday was *not* a beautiful letdown. far from it!) so i'm really grateful for the diversion.

i just got home from choir prax a couple of minutes ago. and i have to admit, the exhaustion is really getting to me. i can't help but be just a tad bit more irritable (and bitchy!!). the old saying sure is true.. when it rains, it pours. and sheesh.. i desperately need a breather :(

PS:
another weird thing happened when i got to choir prax tonight. as soon as i went down from the car, raindrops started to fall. nyahaha. rainlover.. rainmaker indeed. how i wish.. :p

an apple named orange

this is toni's pet apple.

yes. you read that right. his pet apple. it's the first time i've heard of anyone having a fruit for a pet. but with toni.. well, almost nothing surprises me anymore haha.

oh. and by the way, his pet apple is named orange. yeah. kinda like my other friend's dog named muning. talk about pets with identity crises :p

a disconcerting statement from toni:
"first i'm going to wash my pet. then i'm gonna eat it.." good thing orange is an apple.. haha :p

* * *

anyway, today was quite a.. hmm.. how should i say this.. mixture of everything!! weird stuff (like pet fruits), hectic skeds (like the bday event we sang in at century park), yummy food (i really loooooved that salmon!!!) and letdowns (tsk tsk. and to think we practised the beatles medley for such a long time.. grr..).

oh well. tomorrow's another day. i'm really tired of this roller-coaster ride. and of waiting. seriously.

perspective

whenever i pray this..

.. then nonchalantly go about my daily routine..

.. when minor inconveniences hit me..

.. and i start to rant and scream to the high heavens..

.. when i start focusing on petty troubles that hound me..

.. give me the proper perspective, Lord..

.. and remind me that YOU know what's best every time.


ü Thank You for saving me ü

making rainwishes yet again

i hate this weather. i hate the sun. i hate the bright, cloudless skies. i hate the humidity. i hate the HEAT!!!! aaauuuugggghhhh!!!

darnit. i can't stand this. i'm not made for rainless days.. :(

it was choir prax and i was seated at my usual place. i was asked to write the assignments for this weekend's open retreat, so i went to the whiteboard to post the names and attire. as soon as i stood up, rain poured down.. making a huge racket outside the venue. hahaha. and they all attributed it to me. ha. i wish! i'm rainlover.. not rainmaker. but oh, how i really wish i could make it rain any time i want.

fine. i'm ranting again. i don't care. i'm running out of positive thoughts at the moment. i think i need a break from this hectic sked in order to have a "refill" of happy thoughts again..

you make me feel all right :)

it's been a hard day's night and i've been working like a dog
it's been a hard day's night; i should be sleeping like a log
but when i get home to you i find the things that you do
would make me feel all right..

* * *

another whole-day practice for us in the choir today! prax was held at nancy's place 'coz the may-august bday celebrators sponsored our lunch (yumyumyum!!). the only catch is.. well.. the long practice hours (and also the HEAT!!!).

anyway, i sure was drained of energy coming from nancy's. but my energy's restored now. i'm not tired at all. hahaha.

it's amazing how such small things can make you feel so totally all right.. :)

rubik and his magic cube

it's only today that i found out that there's such a thing as a rubik's professor cube. nyahaha. naturally i discovered it via my favorite cousin (who's sort of gone out of hiding - but only to a couple of people, i think). sheesh. i haven't even tried solving an ordinary rubik's cube (i don't have the patience.. nor the skill, i think, haha).. and he's probably halfway through solving this one. nyahaha. well, i'm content being a simple observer. i'd like to see him try to complete his cube :p

anyway. speaking of puzzles. as i mentioned earlier, i'm not good at them. not the mathematical types. not the mechanical/psychomotor types. not the "needs even just a bit of manipulation" types. practically the only puzzles i'm good at are logic, code and crossword puzzles, haha. that doesn't mean, however, that i am not fascinated by puzzles. on the contrary, i love going to puzzle shops. if i could, i'd probably buy all those colorful or metallic puzzles in hobbes & landes. except that i always get frustrated coz i never really get to solve 'em, haha.

well. life's full of puzzles - of the "crossword/logic" and "rubik's cube" type. these past weeks, i've been plagued with all sorts of puzzles. some were those types of unexpected challenges that i really welcome. some were of the type that i sought out. and there were those few that left me extremely frustrated and stressed out.

bit by bit, though, some light shines through. oh, i'm not saying i'm not the least bit frustrated/disappointed/impatient. i think i forever will be the fidgety kind, haha. but at the moment, i'm happy :) and i'm kinda grateful for *everything* that's come my way :p i'm learning to appreciate the seemingly unsolvable puzzles i encounter. 'coz they teach me to wait. to be patient. to change. to adapt. to grow :)

things do have a way of working out.. especially when you try your best to think happy thoughts.

but i still don't think i'm up to solving that 5x5x5 rubik's cube, nyahahaha..

whatta day

i woke up before 6am this morning. and yeah, that's really weird 'coz (1) i slept at around 1.30am last night; (2) i kept waking up every hour afterwards; (3) it was raining so hard all throughout.. it felt sooooo good to just sleep and cuddle up in my warm bed; (4) there are no classes today and (5) when i woke up i didn't feel the least bit tired!! :) hmm. suffice it to say that the day started off really really well :)

around 8am, i was off to choir practice with besp heids & john. in spite of the heavy, grey clouds and the threat of traffic and flooded roads, we plowed on undeterred. haha. it was fun. and despite the extremely hectic sked (and the wonderful "bed weather"), we all braced ourselves for a *whole day* of choir practice :p

and so we stayed at st paul from 9am-12nn.. practicing the "willy cruz medley" (and i made some really major blunders, causing direk to be sungit to us alto1 peeps. sorry guys!!).. then taking a much-needed lunch break come noon. by 1pm, we were back at the compound. in the afternoon, boss rannie had us record the "beatles medley" (which consisted of snippets from 11 songs!) per voice. that took us almost all of 3 hours. and by the time we were through, all our energies were sapped, hahaha! still, it was fun. a song-medley-learning-marathon. nyahaha. it's been a while since i've been so challenge. it felt great :D

it's no wonder i'm exhausted right now. tired yet happy. i think all that positive thinking does work.

now if only it would help me get what i *really* want.. hahahahaha..

yet another (happily) rainy day

yes, i did go to school today. why? well, DUH.. wala kasing pasok kaya nasa UP ako kanina!! :p

haha. seriously, i went to upis to drop off the ateneo recommendation forms of a couple of students. apparently, the deadline for the application is today.. so i had to bring the forms to the office so they could pick it up.

i didn't really mind driving out in the rain (ha! ako pa?! rainlover nga eh!) i thoroughly enjoyed myself. except that my car's a/c isn't working!! and it was such a challenge to see the road 'coz the windshield was fogging up so bad, i had near-zero visibility :( oh well..

when i got to school, the rain just poured!! wheeeee!! nyahahaha. the winds were so strong and the raindrops were so big and heavy. it felt like i was in mini-heaven hahaha.

paurlitoni was there too (surprise!).. and we had quite an enjoyable chat (naturally, we talked about weird stuff - like freaky dreams, learning how to fly, invisible IDs and the like). as usual, he didn't like his picture taken.. so i had to be content with this one where he hid his face :p

hahaha. masaya pumunta sa school kapag walang pasok :) and there've been no classes for almost a week already!! nyahahaha. rainwishers keep wishing!! haha. if there's anything i've proven these past days, it's that there truly is power in united wishing/praying :D wahahaha

i can wait.. for now

nyahahaha. no classes again today. supposedly 'coz of the rains. but all throughout the day, not a single drop of rain fell on our roof!!! sheesh.

i don't really detest this rainless day. i don't hate the sun right now. and i'm a bit more patient in waiting for those drops to fall.

i've had my fill yesterday. i guess i can wait a bit longer.. nyahahaha

dreams of dying

i've had so many dreams in the past where i almost died. they were all memorable, actually. and quite freaky.

there was one where i was looking at myself in the mirror - and i saw my reflection move independently from me. to my horror, she grinned this evil grin and put the barrel of her gun to her mouth.. and then i woke up.

i also had this dream where i was flying. really high in the sky. i was looking down at tall skyscrapers.. and then trees.. and mountains. it took a while before i remembered that i was afraid of heights. and it took another second before i realized that i didn't know how to fly. and as soon as i thought about it, a heaviness filled my stomach.. and i felt myself plunging down *really* fast. i was hurtling from the sky at an unbelievable speed. i felt like a bullet headed straight back to earth. and i saw the ground speeding up to meet me.. and then i woke up.

at another time, i dreamed i was on my knees, along with hundreds of thousands of other people. we were all kneeling in rows. it was the end of the world. and the only way to leave this planet was (as they said in the dream) to die by stabbing. so the plan was, each person should stab the back of the one in front of him/her. then, as the stabbed victim starts to die, he/she would stab the one in his/her front.. until everyone dies and leaves this earth. it felt so eerie.. in my dream i could hear bodies slumping down and i could feel blood flowing all around. and soon it was my turn. i took a deep breath and waited for the knife to plunge. and i waited. and waited some more. and i realized that i had been stabbed already - but it didn't hurt at all. i just felt my blood draining slowly from my body. and then everything went black. and then i woke up.

but what if i didn't wake up? what if i refused to wake up? would that even be possible?

. . .

to be a female angler fish..

last night, i watched animal planet's "top 10 most extreme" and they featured the top 10 animals with the weirdest appendages. and whaddaya know.. #1 on the list is the female deep sea angler fish (freaky looking picture, huh?). some interesting facts about this weird fish:

• The females are much larger than the male. The female can be the size of a grapefruit when the male can be up to your little finger which is about 2. 5 inches.

• The male attaches himself to the female by biting into the skin and that will be the last bite it ever takes! After that they become inseparable and the male depends on the female for all food and nourishment. Their bodies will become one and the male will lose all its organs and even his eyes!
  

totally weird!! it's so strange it's way cool! hahaha.

imagine if all guys were (1/40)th the size of us females. ha! we could totally dominate them!! they'd be nothing more than an extra appendage - their bodies (the organs, nutrients.. the whole she-bang) eventually absorbed into the bloodstream. they'd just be a means of reproducing. without the hassle of any complicated relationship. nyahahahaha! (evil laugh)

ok, enough dreaming. i think i seriously need to rest..

not just another songpost..

God Give Me Strength
Elvis Costello

Now I have nothing, so God give me strength
'Cause Im weak in his wake
And if I'm strong I might still break
And I don't have anything to share
That I wont throw away into the air

That song is sung out
This bell is rung out
He was the light that I'd bless
He took my last chance at happiness
So God give me strength, God give me strength

I can't hold onto him, God give me strength
When the phone doesn't ring
And I'm lost in imagining
Everything that kind of love is worth
As I tumble back down to the earth

That song is sung out
This bell is rung out
He was the light that I'd bless
He took my last chance at happiness
So God give me strength,

God if he'd grant me his indulgence and decline
I might as well wipe him from my memory
Fracture the spell as he becomes my enemy
Maybe I was washed out like a lip-print on his shirt
See, Im only human, I want him to hurt
I want him
I want him to hurt

Since I lost the power to pretend
That there could ever be a happy ending

That song is sung out
This bell is rung out
He was the light that I'd bless
He took my last chance at happiness
So God give me strength, God give me strength

* * *

i'm not required to report to school today. the math periodic tests were held last friday, so i get a sort of "vacation" at least for this day. too bad i couldn't do what i really wanted to do for today. hmp. why do i always have to wait, anyway? tsk tsk tsk. i'm such an impatient gal. i soooo hate waiting :(

* * *

*sigh* no rains. this is such a sunny day. no cloud in sight. darnit.

* * *

i keep thinking about yesterday's mall-tripping with sam. i just realized how much i missed that dude. we really ought to hang out more often.. but that isn't always possible. tsk tsk. guess that's one of the disadvantages of having a special someone in your life.. haha. (peace! ;p)

* * *

just as i miss sam (don't worry.. i miss you in a good way, haha. but you really should tell *him* to go away more often nyahahaha ;p), i miss a couple of people too. like mumsie. and songbird. and meshi. and pocnat. and dogfish. and hazel. and amour. and ever-help. and silent-threat. and zeezee :(

* * *

this crazy-hectic sked is getting to me. it's not just that everything looks so bleak and grey. but really.. while i'm constantly amidst so many people, i do find myself feeling more and more alone.

* * *

if you had only 24 hours left to live, would you want God to tell you?

i used to think i would want to know. i used to think that if i knew i had only one more day, then i'd shape up in hyperspeed.. make-up with my enemies.. say my sad (or not-so-sad) goodbyes.. and (hopefully) go to heaven to meet the Maker.

but now, i don't know. i think i just realized that there are some things that i'm not sure i ever want to know. there are just some stuff that are too scary to find out about.

and denial can be such a sweet sanity-savior.

* * *

are you good at stitching? are you good at untying knots? can you connect the dots? or do you read between the lines?

snip snip

this from friend oviler's multiply.
love the snippets.
i totally agree with the last frame.

hanging

it's only recently that i learned to appreciate this song. well, i guess it's 'coz i never really tried to understand the lyrics (haha.. admittedly, it's still quite difficult for me to comprehend the message in its entirety). but hey.. it's been a while since i last made a songpost entry. and for now, this is the one playing inside my head. and with good reason..

sana'y maghintay ang walang hanggan

doon ka, dito ako
hindi magkatagpo
tawag ko’y di marinig
ba't kay layo mo

lapitan man ay di mo matanaw
bingi’t bulag sa akin ay walang pakiramdam
sayang na pagmamahal
paano na'ng pag-ibig kong walang hanggan

sana'y maghintay ang walang hanggan
hanggang makilala mong ako ang iyong mahal
baka ko matutunan kita’y kalimutan
baka pangako ko’y dumating sa kailanman

sana'y maghintay ang walang hanggan
sana ang iyong paglingap ay muli kong matikman
subalit kung paglimot ay di mapigilan
alalahanin mong kay tagal kitang hinintay

narito ang puso kong inilaan sayo
pagod na nanginginig, baka magtampo
naghihintay ang labi kong uhaw
handog nito’y ligayang di mapapantayan
sayang na pagmamahal
parang hangin lamang sa iyo’y nagdaan

sana'y maghintay ang walang hanggan
hanggang makilala mong ako ang iyong mahal
baka ko matutunan kita’y kalimutan
baka pangako ko’y dumating sa kailanman

sana'y maghintay ang walang hanggan
sana ang iyong paglingap ay muli kong matikman
subalit kung paglimot ay di mapigilan
alalahanin mong kay tagal kitang hinintay

night owl

hahaha. it's nearly midnight and i'm still so wide awake. darnit.

just got home from choir prax a couple of minutes ago. as usual, we had a challenging time at prax. we learned another new song (er.. part of a new song, that is) - sana'y maghintay ang walang hanggan. i'm enjoying the prax sessions a lot coz it's such a challenge to learn the piece. still.. it does eat up a lot of my time. that's practically my only regret.

anyway, just call me night owl. tomorrow's another prax day. *sigh* i wouldn't mind so much.. except that we also have formation class in the afternoon (3-5pm). oh well..

i really have to learn how to turn in earlier..

rainy happy people

thank god for suspended classes, nyahahaha :p

it's been quite some time since mom, dad and i had the chance to just go out and enjoy ourselves. most of the time, we're with other people - friends & family - and we don't get the opportunity to go to those newly opened malls. but today, for a couple of hours, we got to go malling, haha :D

here are some pix i got earlier. i wasn't able to take that many shots. wasn't in the mood, haha. i'd rather look around. besides, i didn't have the good camera with me.. all i had was my camphone.. so there :p


just some shots of the yummy food we ate earlier. we had late lunch at around 2pm (yeah, i know.. we eat at weird times) at superbowl. we ordered steamed fish with garlic, honey-glazed pork and banana balls. yumyum :p




these were taken at the entrance to the mall (north ave side). i just like the greens. and the water. and the way the mall looks like a big park you can laze out on. it's just plain classy :)

do you find it weird that i go malling with my folks? haha. well, i don't. quite frankly, i don't mind spending time with mom & dad. i kinda enjoy it :p and not just because i don't have much of a choice (it's true.. i may not have a "honey" or "sweetie" at the moment.. but that's not the point). i enjoy going out.. with friends or with parents, haha. i love shopping. period :D

anyway, the trinoma experience was okay. we rode the mrt going there - just for kicks. the mall itself isn't quite done yet. there are still lots of vacant spaces for those soon-to-open stalls. but i like the layout. it's classy. it's like a cross between glorietta and greenbelt. great place to hang out :) i plan to go back there when it's really, really finished.

oh heck. i plan to go back there whenever i can, hahaha. i, the shopaholic, will go to practically any mall just to entertain myself, bwahahaha :p

tomorrow it's back to work again. hahaha. well, i don't mind. not that much :p thank god for the chance to just relax and recharge. *sigh* it's a good day :)

happy / sad

MORNING
no classes today! wheeeee! (oops.. i forgot.. UP people don't have classes every wednesday nyahaha)

oh what the heck. it's a good day. especially for a rainlover like me. woohoo!! nice, cool weather. gusty winds. the pitter patter of raindrops on the roof. aaaahhhhh. this is the life!!!

it's a good day for goofing off. i got to sleep in. i surfed the net for practically half the day, haha! and i didn't have to go to school today (hence, no department meeting. nyahahaha!)

yup. it's a nice day, all right :p

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NIGHT
waaaahhh!! i have a terrible, terrible headache :( i think it must be 'coz i forgot to eat. i skipped lunch unintentionally.. and i didn't feel hungry enough to eat dinner. haha. i only remembered to eat when my parents told me hunger must be causing my headache.

hunger issues aside, i think my head is throbbing 'coz of the "Repressed Rage" sam mentioned earlier. hahaha. what an ironic turn of events. i mean.. *really* ironic.

weird how the day could start out so wonderfully.. only to end in such a bitchy way. *sigh* that's life..


classes are suspended again tomorrow. another day, another opportunity. half empty or half full? hmmm. i'm still keeping my fingers crossed..

that secret scent

i just got home a couple of minutes ago. yeah, well, it's been a looong day. but hey, i survived! :p hahaha. i'm feeling accomplished today. yup. for starters, i was able to have the periodic test (math10) mimeographed. review class was fine, too - for trigo and for geom. alma (my former student-turned-co-teacher) was absent today coz her child was sick.. so i substituted for her in the afternoon.

besp heids picked me up at around 4.30pm to go to choir prax. hahaha. we were so paranoid about the new song (sana'y wala nang wakas). man, that was *really* difficult to learn!! sheesh. we've been listening to the digital recording for hours on end and we still couldn't get it :p hahaha. boss ran must really have confidence in our group.. tsk tsk. too bad for him, nyahahaha. well, learning the willy cruz medley is fun. it's *super challenging* but it sure is exciting. makes practices feel so alive hahaha :) no room for boredom for me. yipee!

on to the wake afterwards. we went to arlington again for jude's wake. i enjoyed the ride from makati to araneta. we braved the strong winds and the rain (it's here! it's *finally* here!!!! woohooo! i soooo love the rain.. :p).. while wally kept us all laughing so hard in the car :)

during the mass, i found myself seated directly in front of this huge wreath filled with white orchids. besp heids and lau didn't want to stay there coz they said they didn't like the smell of the flowers. i, on the other hand, love it. hmm. i dunno. i just happen to like the scent of those wreaths. i especially like those made of orchids. weird? i don't know. but they did kinda look at me funny when i told them i liked the smell hahaha :p

oh well. i'm kinda bushed. i'm happy we're getting some rain once again.. but i'm still waiting for more. *sigh* still keeping my fingers crossed while charging my wishing powers to the highest level hahaha :p