Weekend Plans

Another weekend has passed but this weekend was a fun one.

Last Saturday was my first day for my new level in Spanish. Yahoo!! I am already in nivel 12 although I think I don't deserve to be in that level. I really lack practice. I don't exactly like their music and movies but I like learning the language. Do I really have to love everything about Spain or anything Hispanic to want to learn the language?

Anyway, we're back to our old 9-12 am schedule which is better than having classes in the afternoon. We have a new teacher who is from Ecuador. We thought she was Filipina cos she looks like one. She strikes me off as the nerdy kind. I liked Anna better. Well, maybe because Anna seemed nicer and more fun. Whereas, this new teacher of ours is so serious. She made us write an essay on the first day. Although the good thing about it is I am forced to really learn this time, hahaha!!! The not-so-good aspect of being in level 12 is... new people! We have two new classmates and I believe we'll be having two more. Jenny from UP whose taking up European Studies/Languages (not so sure) is nice. But that conyotic mestizo who annoyingly sounds like an amboy learning Tagalog, slang and all, is semi-irritating. Well, I can't judge him cos I don't really know him but he's irritating. Oh well, maybe we're just insecure cos he can speak it rather fluently (So the question why does he have to learn it?). But it is still annoying when he pronounces me llamo as "me llamow," or something to that effect. Anyhoo... that means I really, really have to take it seriously now.

Sunday. The day started early for us. At around 8 am, my daddy said that they'd be going to SM Mall of Asia and if we want to come with them then we should get ready already. Of course, we do! So the six of us (minus Bacteria) left at around 9. But first we had to go somewhere in Quezon City to go to my daddy's former officemate. We went to Banaue, somewhere near Mayon St. While looking for the street, I was also looking for Christmas' street cos I know she lives in the area but I didn't find it. My sisters wanted to see some baskets, etc. so we scoured Mayon St. to find them but we only saw a few at the back of the market. And another discovery was sushi by the bilao. While waiting, my sister bought a 10-piece California Maki porque ya tuvímos mucho hambre! Yum-yum!

After that, we went to Mall of Asia. We had lunch first. We ate at K.K.K. It was my first time to eat there. They serve Filipino dishes there and my sisters ordered Binagoongang Lechong Kawali, Garlic Pusit, Inihaw na Talong and Chicken Inasal. I liked everything except the chicken inasal cos I don't really like inasal to begin with. And that my rootbeer tastes more like beer. After eating, we strolled for awhile but after a few minutes, we went to the iMax lobby to wait for our movie. I was so excited cos I've heard so much about this iMax. We watched T-rex: Return to the Cretaceous. I was excited as I entered the theater and laid my hands on those 3D glasses. So that's how 3d glasses looked like. I thought they were made of paper and cellophane. Anyway, the movie started and I was expecting an exciting dinosaur movie like Jurassic Park.

But I was disappointed cos it was so baduy. As in! Baduy. Nakakainis yung ending. Ka-level niya yung mga sumasayaw na eksena sa beach sa mga pelikula nung 80s. Pero ang pinakawagi na reaction ay yung sa daddy ko. As the credits were rolling, tinanong nya ako, "Anak, tapos na ba yun?" Sabi ko, "Opo." Sabi niya, "Naloko tayo dun ah." Hahahaha!!! Natawa talaga ako kasi totoo nga namang naloko kami dun. Imagine paying twice the price of a movie ticket and not even liking what you saw. During the movie, I wanted to sleep so badly but I was really saying to myself not to cos this iMax crap costs so much. Sayang naman pag tinulugan ko. Ayun. Nahilo ako pagkatapos.

After the movie, we then went to a family friend who is sick. We stayed there for awhile then we went home already cos we still had to attend mass. After the mass, my sisters wanted to watch The Devil Wears Prada and as usual, gusto ko ring sumabit. However, when we went to Sta. Lucia, they weren't showing the movie anymore. We went to Metro East and again, no Devil Wears Prada for us.

On Monday, AB didn't have work so we went to Gateway and watched The Devil Wears Prada. It's nice and funny. I really liked it. I enjoyed watching it as much as I did watching Clueless and Mean Girls.

The movie was funny without the main characters trying to be funny. The movie just reminded me why I don't want to be in a corporate work set-up. I don't think I can deal with anything like that. Anne Hathaway's clothes are so nice which makes me want to dress up and fix myself up but then again, I am much too lazy to do just that. I like clothes and shoes and bags. They're nice to look at but I don't want to wear them. If I were to wear an outfit like that, I'd be tugging my dress the entire time. Loved the movie!!! I'll be watching it again a little later since my other sister bought a DVD.

I am frustrated with regard to a lot of things. Right now, everything seems so bleak. I really intend on envisioning a bright future for myself but somehow fear gets the best of me and then I start to think about the scary shit.

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Moving on to the good stuff that happened this past weekend.

I had my birthday celebration last Saturday. We had a small family gathering here in the house since Manang Cathy, Marco and Ashley are home from Italy. I didn't bother inviting anyone over since I know they wouldn't go naman. Anyway... the celebration was just an excuse for me to eat all my favourite food, drink lots of Coke and have them buy me Becky's Kitchen's Swiss Chocolate Cake. It was nice getting together with family you haven't seen for awhile. Usap-usap. Ashley Rose was sleeping the entire time. It was a bummer that I didn't get to play with her.

Then last Monday, I accompanied MM to some agencies somewhere in the Manila area. I feel for her with regard to her sentiments and frustrations. I kind of know how she feels and could relate to her since I think that I, myself, am going through such. I don't wanna go into specifics. And I know family members only want to help and rev you up but sometimes they have no idea that what they're doing puts you down and leaves you even more frustrated and with a dwindling self-esteem.

I really believe that money doesn't equate to happiness and success. Just because some people are contented with what they have, that doesn't mean that they don't have any ambition. Maaaring hindi lang talaga sila ganid sa pera. May ibang tao na gusto lang naman ay simpleng buhay~ basta nami-meet lahat ng pangangailangan, okay na. Pero may mga tao rin na gusto lahat-lahat, kumplikadong buhay at walang kakuntentuhan. And most probably, those people who think that they would be happier if they have more money end up more miserable because of their love for money and for being materialistic. Money and material things only give you a fleeting sense of happiness. I think it's time we enjoy the simpler things in life. Buhay talaga, or better yet.... tao talaga! Kasi nga naman, simple lang ang buhay pero ginagawang kumplikado ng tao.

MM and I watched You are the One in RP. It was so nice of MM cos she treated me to lunch and movie. The reason why we watched it was because AC specifically instructed me to let MM watch it for MM is the girl in the movie. We feel that she could totally relate to it. And what's really funny was she would go "Ako yan!" or "ganyang-ganyan si *** pag pumupunta ako sa agency." Nyahaha.

not so happy birthday

It was my birthday yesterday. It wasn't really a happy one. More like a typical day... daming ka-bad trip-an. I did try to make it happy for me. But hell, it it didn't work.

I got nice gifts though. I got 2 shirts, a magic wallet and Paolo Coelho's El Zahir. My mom gave me a religious meditation book. Ya. Okay. I think she thinks I'm possessed by evil spirits. Okay lang kasi alam ko hindi totoo. Nyahaha. Yay! Daddy is coming home on Saturday... for my birthday. And before I forget, I got myself a screen guard for my phone... for my birthday. How bongga is that? %(

I bought pancit from Ado's to treat the girls at the spa. We had dinner at Lasa. The food was good especially the baked tahong and crispy pata. But the shitty part was when mommy decided to unearth all the drama and talk about it over my birthday dinner.

I just wanna say I miss my fuchsia birks. They're missing and I really, really miss it. Boohoo...

Doraemon's Words of Wisdom

"Hindi mo dapat iyakan ang nakaraan. Isipin mo, bakit sa harap nakalagay ang mata? Iyon ay para lagi mong makita ang hinaharap."
~ Doraemon

Pick Flick: My Girl and I

Title: My Girl and I (Cha Tae-hyun, Song Hye-gyo)

I initially thought that this was a comedy since it was a Cha Tae-hyun movie and based from all the pictures I've seen on the forums.

But during the first few minutes of the movie, I somehow knew that this would be a drama. And I knew that someone would die at the end. And I knew it would be Song Hye-gyo judging how pale her complexion was in the movie. I used to hate SHG during her Autumn Tale days but I grew fond of her when she starred opposite Bi in Full House. And although she is also sick in this movie, as also her role in Autumn Tale, she wasn't portrayed as a weakling.

I liked the movie although I fell asleep for a wee bit while watching. This is a tearjerker but I cried not at CTH and SHG's scenes but at the grandfather's scene.

The grandfather told his grandson (CTH) of his first love. Apparently, his halmone (grandma) wasn't his grandpa's first love. Him and his first love were separated cos her family disapproved of him due to disparate family backgrounds: the typical rich girl falls in love with poor boy. So they went on with their lives, he married somebody else and hasn't seen the girl since then. Then one day, a woman who turned out to be a daughter of the love of his life went to his place of business (he operates a funeral parlor). She asked him if he could prepare her mother's funeral. The saddest part was when he was wrapping the body in a cloth while the family stood there, watching and crying. After he was done wrapping the body, everyone left the room and that was the only time when he started to cry. He even apologized to her that he wasn't able to buy her clothes when they were still together and to just settle first with the cloth he has wrapped her with, saying that he made it for her (I suppose he was referring to the embroidery on the cloth).

I like this movie. I just hate the fact that it made my head hurt from all the crying.