Coming Soon: 2009

And I am so excited because...

I have a 3-day break from work because I need to use up all my remaining Vacation/Annual Leave -> unlike in Manila, only the 25Dec and 01Jan are declared as public holdays here. So, I'll spend the last 3days of the year cleaning up our place, running errands and catching up on things I had no time to do before.

I am entitled to a new wishlist. :) ---->

I'll be home for a week (Yey!)!!! I'm already preparing my list of things to do and food to eat (as well as things to buy hehehe) while I'm there. Oh yeah, and people to see.

Konting tulog na lang... :D

Merry Christmas!!!

It's been a wonderful and happy Christmas despite our being away from our parents. I was able too complete the nine-day Novena-Simbang Gabi (Yey!) and was singing one Christmas song over and over again. We got the things we wished for and more. Spent the day with my sister and friends and had a fun time singing our hearts out. I wish next year we'll be able to celebrate it with our family and have a crowded and sumptuous noche buena...

Again, a Blessed Christmas to all!

Misa de Galo

It's been a while since my last blog, it's not that I'm too busy, though a lot of things did happen - I went to Malaysia!!! Yey! - It's just that I'm getting a bit lazy... So, I will start my December blog with the appropriate topic of Misa de Galo.

Unlike in Manila, Simbang Gabi here is a bit more fun, that is, it sometimes becomes an adventure...



See how challenging it is to complete the 9-day novena... Moving from church to church isn't that easy especially if it is your first time in that area, but the Parish makes sure it'll be worth the challenge as they will serve free meals for all after each mass. Oh, if you're wondering, the 10th day is actually the anticipated Mass Celebration for Christmas.

So I guess I'll spend my next few nights church hunting. :)

funny funny funny

A couple of really really funny clips i found on youtube.
Enjoy!

This one is from the (hilarious) series "How I met your Mother".



"Step on the break sometime in the next 20 minutes." - Ted Mosby


The next is from one of Jeff Dunham's (a ventriloquist) show.



"Silence! I kill you" - Achmed

60 more to go

It has been a busy, very fun and quite tiring weekend for me. My friends from Manila was here on vacation and I got to spend a lot of time with them... happy happy happy... they made my next 60 days here bearable.

A day in high heels... literally

Yes, I barely wear one, I think the last was a year ago when I was in Manila. It was much convenient there because of the less walk, unlike here wherein you have to walk a lot to get where you are going. But I did wore one today. 

Hmmm, it was fun, at first. Me in the 3-inch heels was liberating. It's like stepping out of my box for a while. I felt tall and more confident than usual. At the end of the day though, it became quite uncomfortable. I guess I still have to get used to it. 

So, I'm back to my comfy flat shoes tomorrow. Pretty pretty high heels I'll see you again next week. Hopefully it'll get more comfortable if I get used to it. :)

Elephant's memory

We cross our bridges when we come to them and burn them behind us, with nothing to show for our progress except a memory of the smell of smoke, and a presumption that once our eyes watered - Tom Stoppard

There are days when you wish you'd forget, these are the days wherein you wake up and realize things are not right. You try to make a conversation but all you can see is your reflection in their eyes. You wanted to run, but you won't because you can't, because it'll hurt and you'll end up where you left off. And nothing, no one can make you feel alright. And as the night comes to an end, you wish tomorrow will not be as futile as today.

It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas... Nah!

I took a day off work today (Yey!). Still have a couple of leaves left and I intend to use them all before the year ends. I ended up cleaning the house and pampering myself (cut myself in the process though). I then decided to go to Orchard to get a haircut and see if any Christmas decorations are already on display. The only decorations I saw was the lampposts on Orchard road decorated as candy canes. It's less than two months before Christmas and I don't feel anything remotely resembling what one should feel when Christmas is approaching.

So, after getting a haircut I went to Border's even after telling myself to not buy any books yet 'cause I have plenty more to read but, since I have a 30% off coupon (thanks to Sara), I decided to purchase just one book.

On my way home, I almost bought a blouse (good thing their size small is still a little too big for me, hmmm, may be it's because I'm not well endowed) and bought a pair of flat shoes. The latter I feel guilty about since I have plenty of flat shoes and I was planning to buy something I still don't have such as a pair with stiletto heels or boots. But I still managed to think of an excuse - I still don't have a pair of black flat shoes (hehehe).

A haircut, a pair of shoes and not feeling excited about Christmas... Hmmm... Kinda reflects my current mood huh.