dad and the boob tube

Spotted: my dad watching One Tree Hill. I've caught him watching the show quite a few times now so I decided to take a pic.

Haha. I don't even get to watch one tree hill anymore! Maybe I should ask dad about the show's current storyline and character developments. Or ask him about the new characters who I don't even know. I think I stopped watching OTH after the 5th season. Dad probably knows more of the current season's cast than I do! :P

p.s. I think my dad's fave channel is ETC. Even when he channel surfs, he lingers more on etc than on any other channel. :D

orange haven

My phone's current wallpaper is the lower half of my bedroom's bookshelf. Kaya naman ang saya saya ng aking 'inner geek' kapag tinititigan ko ang phone ko. :P I know, I'm such a nerd. Haha. :)

I'm also posting a picture showing a peek of my bedroom. What do you think? Is my wall color a bit too much? I love it, though. It makes me feel chirpy, happy, perky all day long. :)

getting back on track

3 months akong nawala. hindi lang sa blog na to. sa social networking sites at pati na rin sa pagpaparamdam sa kahit sino. for 3 months i shut myself away from the world. life got me, big time.

i disappointed a lot of people, and worried a lot more. but trust me, no one could have been more disappointed or worried for me than i myself was at that time. it was a long and brutal period and yes, maybe it was a little on the extreme end of a midlife crisis. (at this point, most people would correct me and say that its a quarterlife crisis since i'm only 25 but i always tell them i'll probably die at 50 anyway. all that nicotine, alcohol and fat intake would never let me live past 60, no exercise at all would considerably decrease my lifespan to way lower than that.)

on the bright side, i am not suicidal. ayoko ngang magbigti, chaka ung may bakas ng lubid sa leeg. ayoko ding uminom ng lason, malamang bubula ang bibig ko, chaka din un. at mas lalong ayokong tumalon galing sa mataas na building. ayokong isipin kung ano magiging itsura ko pag ganun. on top of it all, pano pag hindi ako nagsucceed? eh di pinahiya at pinahirapan ko lang ang sarili ko! (tapos sasabihin kong hindi ako suicidal! haha.:P)

in case you get any ideas, joke lang yang mga methods of suicide na nilista ko. pramis. yan din ang sinasabi ko dati pa kapag may nababalitang nag-suicide eh. so just in case may nagbabasa nito na nagworry bigla, hindi ko talaga gagawin un. promise. there are a lot more things worth living for. besides, al iz well. :) (yes, 3 idiots pun intended)

on a serious note: it was stupid, inconsiderate and immature of me na maglaho na parang bula at bumalik ng ganun ganun na lang. i am well aware of that. some may say that i have very shallow reasons behind the disappearance. i can't even apologize out loud, not to the faces of those people i've worried. but i really do feel bad about doing that. and i am truly sorry about the things i may have made you guys think or feel. but my emotions were too strong and could not be reasoned with then. reason tried to fight those emotions but was unsuccessful. my emotions beat my reasons black and blue.

sorry, tumagal ng ganun. i didn't really expect or want to keep myself in seclusion for that period of time. i just couldn't bring myself to go and see other people when i was a wreck. my pride just kept me from showing such a vulnerable side of me to anyone else. i wanted to go back once i've settled all the turmoils that were boiling deep inside of me.

this is basically an apology post. for an apology i can not bring myself to blurt out. just something to release my thoughts out there. just something to say that i'm ok... that i'm past that crucial point in my life... that i will try my hardest to never worry anyone else again... that i'm pushing forward... that i'm getting back on track. hopefully, there will no longer be any falling off the wagon for this one. :)

separation anxiety

as i was about to go to sleep, i checked my phone and realized that today is the 5th of february. i got really sad, then i broke down and cried. 4 days from now, one of my closest friends will leave the country to try her luck out in another country. i get really emotional when someone i've gotten really close to leaves me behind.

and although we've already agreed upon me visiting her after a few months, it still isn't the same. she used to be just a text away. she used to go to my place to cheer me up when i'm sad. she used to be the first person i'd call whenever life gets to me. i wish i could make her stay here, just for my selfish reasons.

but to be selfish is a crime. so all i can do is wish her well on her new endeavor. and remind myself that in this era that we live in, there will always be ways to communicate. and it'll be just as if she's here.

and so, dear friend, bon voyage. someday, we'll see each other again..

ganging up on mama

This is me and my sister chatting about our mom's horrible singing voice. Everyone knows our mom can't sing on tune to save her life. Even my mom herself knows that. It's actually been a long time running joke with our relatives. But that doesn't deter her from hogging the microphone whenever we go to family gatherings. In fact, she bought our Magic Sing just for that purpose. To sing anytime she wants to.

So if I get off-key when I'm singing, please don't blame me. What can I say? I got it from my mama. :P

reminders

just want to jot down a list of the things i have to do for the remaining 11 days of january. from my shopping list to school stuff to managing my finances. it is hard not having a planner. i am now reduced to using this blog as a make-shift planner.

1. shop. 
i miss shopping. will do this sometime this week. i will maybe drop by sm north? or megamall? or rob pioneer?
must buys:
- navi planner. boo. more than half a month into 2011 and i still haven't gotten one.
- will scour bookstores for lee kuan yew's from third world to first. for recreational reading. and because i haven't added anything to my book collection lately.
- bb cream? i've been wanting to buy one since last year but have consistently been putting it off because of budget crunches. but then again, i rarely go out anymore so do i really need to get one? oh well. i'm not really a girly-girl who needs her makeup but just this time, vanity is winning.
- if shopping in rob pioneer, get those earrings i've been eying last december at silverworks. because my ultra short hair makes me look like a boy and i need earrings to warn others that i'm not. :P

2. have my globe line reconnected
i've been pretty much unreachable mobile-wise for the past months because i am too damn lazy to have my prepaid account loaded with credits. globe's technohub branch would probably be my best bet for having the shortest queue for customer service. and maybe i can get a chance to meet up with former officemates still working at technohub.

3. get a new bpi savings account
because the old one has been zeroed out and probably closed by now. since i'm getting my globe account reactivated, i need a bpi account so that lazy me won't have to go to a globe branch and queue for payments. weeeh! i will once again have bill-paying powers at the tip of my fingertips through bpi's online banking. :) i'm still trying to decide if i'll open one at the maginhawa branch or at the technohub branch. btw, i'm also keen on doing this 'cause i've lost some of my money for some reason i cannot fathom. i now say it is a bad habit to have cash just hanging around in your house. :(

4. enroll for a new sem!
and yeah, i'm saving the most important for last. must stop procrastinating and get this done!

ayt! i'm all set. :) now if only i can get my ass away from this stupid laptop, i'd maybe actually get something done instead of writing about doing them. :P

more of pinas, please. :)

i've had this post sitting around in my drafts since november but never got around to posting it. this makes me realize how much of a stranger i still am in my own country. how disappointing. :( so for this year, i am planning to visit at least one place each from luzon, visayas and mindanao. for luzon, i'm planning to go see the hot air balloon fiesta in clark on february 12. on my luzon list as well is palawan. for vizayas, i've already got plane tickets to cebu by the end of this year (thanks to cebupac's piso sale) and am planning to go to bohol within this trip as well. also planning to hit boracay this summer if i've got enough money. lastly, for mindanao, i'd like to experience davao this year. :)

plans, plans, plans..

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