Leap of Faith...

It's a Leap Year!

The date today only comes once in 4 years.

Happy happy joy joy! The pre-selección period has ended. I am not expecting to get selected since my Spanish is terrible. Well actually, since day 1 we were not expecting na naman. We just pushed through with the workshop kasi nga certificate din yun. Anyway, we were interviewed after classes to ask us whether or not we have the time and the means (ie. do you have a computer and an internet connection chuva). Although the chances are slim, I hope I get chosen since I meet all the criteria: 1) that I can speak Spanish; 2) that I have a computer; and 3) that I have an internet connection. I don't speak perfect Spanish but I can manage. I think... Ano'ng ginagawa ng elmundo.com, et al? And also, this could be an opportunity for me para mejorar mi español.

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I'm scared that I might have ulcer already. If I don't get to eat on time, my stomach hurts. And it's not just your regular hunger pangs cos it feels different. I just hope it's not ulcer. Or maybe I'm getting too acidic cos my excessive soda intake?

Speaking of my soda (aka Coke) intake, I've had a relapse. I quit drinking Coke when I went on a South Beach diet. The diet was short-lived. And so was the promise to not drink soda anymore. I drink coke everyday... again. I have to practice self-discipline before my fats outgrow me and then I'll be one huge mass of lard. I've tried Coke Zero and it doesn't taste like Coke regular, as it claims to be. Surprisingly, Pepsi Max is better. Coke Zero has an after-taste which is akin to the after-taste rootbeer has.

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March na! After this month, hello Gossip Girl! I miss GG. I miss Dan. And I miss the pretty clothes. I wonder how they'll pick up from where they left off. That was a perfect season ending~ when what happened to Serena happens to Blair. I liked the twist. Supposedly, in the coming episodes, Chuck will have a new love interest. Oooh.. interesting. I'm so excited to watch new episodes!

I'm thinking, if they resume GG this April, will it be a new season altogether or just a continuation of the first season? If it's a continuation of the first season, when will they air the second season? Cos I kinda liked it when they shoot GG during the autumn season since I like fall fashion- the tights, boots, trench coats, etc. I really really hope that when season 1 ends, they'll air season2 right away. I don't really like lengthy waits.

I am fighting the urge to blog... but as Fergie says, the girl can't help it.

Only one week until my civil service exams and I haven't reviewed yet. The workshop keeps me busy every morning. I know I still have the afternoon to do everything else but when I get home and turn on the computer, everything in my to-do list is forgotten. I need to review for the exams on March 9 because it would be a total embarrassment if I flunk it. Supposedly, it's something similar to college entrance exams so I assumed it would be easy but a lot of people who took it already said it is actually difficult. Hmm... I just wish I'd pass this one. And so I need to rehash my fractions, algebra and science. I should have taken this right after graduation. I should have listened to my father. Tsk..

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One day more and we're done with pretending. Whew! Time really flies... even when I'm not having too much fun. The workshop was fun at times and mostly boring but at the same time it also caused me panic attacks. And whaddyaknow, it is Friday tomorrow! I never thought I could make it alive 'til tomorrow but I did. But for the past 4 days, nosebleed to death! Today, we had to prove our translating skills and I think I just proved how much of a loser my Spanish is. In an hour, I was able to translate only a page and I am frickin' unsure whether or not my sentences actually made sense. How do you exactly translate Indonesia's Shadow Play into Spanish? I translated it verbatim, as in juego de las sombras, but is it? Sheet. We were allowed to use a dictionary but there were some words not in it, like depiction. Mierda, I just checked the translation of depiction online and it is representación and I put representante! Grrr...

Hmm.. but I guess if I were to do some translating without the time pressure and with the online dictionary and with my notes, I'd do just fine...

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I'm sick. Better yet, I think I'm going to get sick. I am not yet sick-sick.. but I am going there. This has been my pattern for forever! In my 25 years of existence, the sore throat comes first and then everything else follows, i.e. cough, colds, fever, in other words, the flu. If it were two years ago, I would welcome the flu with open arms since it justifies my bum-ness. But now I need to do lots of things, I can't because I don't feel too well. Wrong timing naman. Body ache and eyes feel hot, indeed the signs of an impending fever.

Sore throat, be gone!

I just finished with Day 2 of pretending I know more Spanish than I actually do. I'm really half-hearted as to whether I'll push through with this but I think I will go along if Kosh and James are still up to it. Anyway, it'll be the third day tomorrow and after that just two more days to go and voila... ya esta. Plus, I already put myself to shame in front of my classmates so what could be worse than that? I've lost face already so what else could go wrong? We had an impromptu activity requiring us to speak into the mic. Friends know how much I abhor public speaking, much more impromptu speeches... but it was inevitable, I had to do it. I was asked to deliver a closing spiel on the De Isla En Isla segment and introduce a new one and it was horrible. He should have made us prepare a script first before going into the mic. I know I won't be selected to do this project since my command of the Spanish grammar is horrible. I'm in it for experience since I attended na rin last Monday. I mean, for once I should finish what I started.

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I'm not happy with the way I'm spending my money. I used to be frugal and wise in spending. What happened? I want my old self back... I may be stingy but I prefer that than spending my money then feel guilty about it afterwards. I guess it has something to do with feeling down in the dumps. I don't buy expensive stuff... my money is spent on junk food and coffee-bingeing, ballpen-hoarding, etc. I have to avoid National Bookstore and grocery stores...

Speaking of ballpens, I'm somehow OC when it comes to ballpen. Not as of quality, but quantity-wise. My pencil case should always be filled with ballpens even if they're just black and blue pens. But yesterday, I was able to buy me 4 more pens. Ballpen heaven! I bought 4 Stabilo liners (they're meant to be used as liners for readings, etc.) which I'm going to use to design my mini-planner or to write on my journal. And while I was waiting on line, I got myself the new Stabilo exam grade eraser. Oh joy!

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Once again, I was sucked into the ZTE-NBN Scandal vortex. I was supposed to go to visit the place of business but I got absorbed in all the controversies that were being dished out. Another witness testified that Sec. Neri referred to the president as an evil woman. Patay tayo diyan...

But I do believe that some senators were grandstanding. Oy mga ambisyoso, malayo pa eleksyon! I swore to avoid using the word nakakainis but this time I just have to. And in this investigation, I believe that the senators shouldn't be too obvious as to which side they're on. The senators' judgments were already preempted on whether they were with the administration or the opposition. Obvious naman that they're biased... and I think that that shouldn't be the case... because they should put aside their personal issues with the president, listen to all the statements of the witnesses first, then make their judgments.

And please ha... why were they asking Lozada to narrate as to how corruption works in the government system. As if hindi nila alam. All of them are aware of the 10% SOP commission for every project, actually 20% na daw ngayon. Please, huwag silang magmalinis. Sana tamaan sila ng kidlat... nakakadiri silang lahat.

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Lastly, I would like to comment lang on Edison Chen's sex scandal...I am not and was not an Edison Chen fan. I just happen to know him because I was once obsessed with HK and Taiwan entertainment (during my F4 days when I used to watch CETV's showbiz program although I can't understand anything!) And he was in one of my favorite movies of all time- Infernal Affairs. Plus, I also think he's cute. So bad boy pala ang lolo mo??? Although the news didn't shock me I still thought he was a good boy because he looked like a good boy. But Juno disagrees with me... mukhang pilyo daw si Edison Chen at hindi gagawa ng tama. Tama nga.

But that was really stupid of him to not get rid of the pictures and videos before having his laptop repaired. Stupid, stupid boy.

But here's what shocked me... one of the girls was Gillian Cheung of the duo Twins. I was really shocked because she really looks angelic and sweet and innocent. Hmmm... Looks can be deceiving talaga. And too bad, this scandal has cost her her happily ever after as her marriage was called off.

Yes, I'm a slut but I'm the best slut in town...
Joke... that was actually a line out of a Tagalog telenovela.

Haaay... kawawa naman sila. To be rich, beautiful and famous... and stupid.

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Cathartic Song of the Moment

Leona Lewis Lyrics

Closed off from love
I didn’t need the pain
Once or twice was enough
And it was all in vain
Time starts to pass
Before you know it you’re frozen

But something happened
For the very first time with you
My heart melts into the ground
Found something true
And everyone’s looking round
Thinking I’m going crazy

But I don’t care what they say
I’m in love with you
They try to pull me away
But they don’t know the truth
My heart’s crippled by the vein
That I keep on closing
You cut me open and I

Keep bleeding
Keep, keep bleeding love
I keep bleeding
I keep, keep bleeding love
Keep bleeding
Keep, keep bleeding love
You cut me open

Trying hard not to hear
But they talk so loud
Their piercing sounds fill my ears
Try to fill me with doubt
Yet I know that the goal
Is to keep me from falling

But nothing’s greater
Than the rush that comes with your embrace
And in this world of loneliness
I see your face
Yet everyone around me
Thinks that I’m going crazy, maybe, maybe

But I don’t care what they say

And it’s draining all of me
Oh they find it hard to believe
I’ll be wearing these scars
For everyone to see

Hopeful.

Juno, Ycel and I watched Vantage Point last Saturday at Gateway. Ycel pointed out that that was the first time that we watched movie or did anything in another mall other than Robinsons Ermita. Going to Gateway has its own share of pros and cons. Number one pro is the cinemas! Robinsons Ermita charges P130 for a movie while Gateway charges P141. And the disparity between the two cinemas is soooo huge! RP cinemas smell like your lola's baul and cinema seats aren't comfortable. While Gateway cinemas smell like popcorn and seats are cushiony-soft. But what I like about RP is its hugeness, most especially now that they have opened their new wing. In Gateway, you can finish going around the mall in mere minutes! So after the movie, we must have went around the mall at least four times... walang magawang iba. Ycel treated us to lunch since it is her birthday today... Happy Birhday Lola! Maraming salamat sa pakain. Hehe.

And now about the movie... Vantage Point.
Ever since I saw the movie's trailer, I already wanted to watch it. I originally planned to watch the movie alone like what I did with 27 Dresses. Good thing was instead of watching it alone, I got to watch it with my friends.

The movie was good. I enjoyed it but it left Ycel obsessing about the movie and its inconsistencies. Perosnally, I think the movie could have been better had they done without the "rewinding" effect. Medyo makulit kasi. Juno even joked that they were going to show what happened from different vantage points of all the people in the plaza. Parusa... I also kind of predicted the twist. Masakit lang tanggapin na si Matthew Fox ang traidor... gwapo pa naman. What I also liked about it was that it was set in Spain. And I still have to read the subtitles... pathetic, for someone who's supposed to be in nivel 18 of the spanish language course.

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After our movie date, I had to go to Shangri-La Mall to watch the Wadaiko Drums of Japan. It was good but it was also boring. As in towards the end of the event, my eyelids were getting heavier. When the event ended, we thought we would be able to go home and sleep but there were some change of plans and we ended up spending 3 more hours...

Waiting for our sister to finish doing what she had to do, we hung out at Starbucks and had coffee. But coffee doesn't actually make me any less sleepier. We must have waited for an hour and half at Starbucks when my cousin asked if we could go somewhere where he could have some beer. The nearest bar in the area is Watering Hole. Turned out a show band will be performing that night. If the P100 entrance fee wasn't consummable, I'd say give back our money. The band wasn't worth my hundred bucks. First, they weren't presentable. The lead male singer looks like the Nathaniel character of the movie Enchanted. The lead female singer looked like Geneva Cruz but way, way worse. She was wearing band-aid mico-mini skirt and the female back-up was wearing uber short-shorts... okay na sana only they weren't toned enough to get away with it. Oh please... cellulite-galore! I know I ain't perfect... I have cellulites, stretch marks, etc, but I don't go wearing short skirts and shorts for all the world to see.

So medyo na-entertain naman kami. Haha!

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Napasubo ako...

The Cooperación Prensa de Cadíz (I think..) is looking for their new becarios. My classmates and I signed up for it. And so we showed up today for the briefing chorva. Mierda! Hindi kinaya ng powers ko... Nanliit ako bigla. Nosebleed na the entire morning. As in, I couldn't absorb anything. I don't think I'm ready for anything like this and earlier today, I decided to back out. But James and Kosh goaded me to go on... kung hindi man matanggap, at least I tried and certificate din 'yun. Kosh said that it was my pride that was making me back out. She has a point. I think I withdrew from law school because of pride (among other things). So now I won't back out... but I'm so so so scared of this undertaking.

I just hope that I'll get through this alive... I just have to attend tomorrow until Friday and the culminating event will be on Saturday. Sana lang hindi ako panghinaan ng loob.. Aja Aja! Fighting!

And so I have to go now and do my assignment for tomorrow. I have to do this well or else nakakahiya...

Aydol!

I have a new addiction... American Idol!

I'm totally rooting for Ramielle Malubay! Not only because she's Filipina but also because she's so good! I hope that people will vote for her. If voting for AI is available in the Philippines, I bet mananalo siya. But voting isn't available here, so we just have to pray hard and hope that she wins this.

Oh... Sunrise!!!!

Woke up early one day and got up to go to the bathroom and saw the sun rising just as I opened the door. Outside my window was the beautiful sunrise. It's been awhile seen I last saw one. I hurriedly ran inside the room to get the camera so I could take a picture. I was surprised at how beautiful the scene was even if I took it through the window grills, with my neighbor's roof in sight.

Speaking of sunrise, I remember writing a short story entitled, Sunrise, Sunset. It was a requirement for our Philippine Lit back in second year. At that time, I was at the height of my Savage Garden fixation and was also kind of a little demented and obsessed. My characters were Darren (after Darren Hayes), Colby (after Hayes' ex-wife) and Casey (just a random name). The story was Casey likes Darren, Darren likes Colby, Colby likes Darren but she doesn't show it since she knows her sister likes Darren and Casey had just been stood up in her wedding. The ending was tragic with Casey killing both Darren and her sister... hmmm, actually, I already forgot how it ended. Basta it was tragic. But I still remember my last line, Casey wished that the sun would rise and shine on her life once again but realized that the sun has set on her once again...

My teacher commented that my short story was tragic. And that time, I meant it to be tragic. But looking back, I think it's kinda silly. And I actually cringe at the thought that I was that obsessed back then. Tapos, bakla lang naman pala siya ngayon! Hay.

Basta... sunrise symbolizes hope. And for me, that is just what I need right now. And I know that there is hope... And I hope that I can go to Mandy Moore's mini-concert at Eastwood to promote her latest album, Wild Hope. Baboo!

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Another day, wasted.

I was slipping into relapse. Today, I was about to go back into one of those sulky days. Well, I kind of did but nothing picks me up like a bottle of Coke and a bbq can. Not totally out of the rut but I'm working on it. As we speak, I'm immersing myself into happy things and happy thoughts.

This self-employment stuff sucks. Take me to where the people are!!! I would like to believe that I am actually a social being therefore I need to interact with other human beings.

And because I have no life I get to think about a gazillion unimportant things... like this~ Rihanna and Neyo's Hate That I Love You is actually the 2008 version of Atlantic Starr's Secret Lovers.

Atlantic Starr- Secret Lovers


Rihanna feat. Neyo- Hate That I Love You


Useless.

Hairy Problem

Why do I have to learn the friggin hard and expensive way?

I've been contemplating on whether or not I should get a new haircut for weeks because I got this awful haircut last December and I wanted to have it fixed. And so I decided to get one yesterday. At Tony & Jackey.

I know now that the haircut I had last December wasn't awful. It is my hair. I just have to accept the sad truth that my hair is the problem. Frustrating, really. And after splurging on a haircut that I don't like... I am thinking of having my hair rebonded. But I'm practicing self-restraint here because my idea of damage control may actually be doing more damage than control. So... I'd be impatiently tapping my fingers on the table for a few months while waiting for my hair to grow out and then I'll have it straightened then have it cut.

The horror of having a haircut in a Korean salon! First, they're not friendly at all. Nobody was smiling, not even their Filipino staff. Second, I can't seem to communicate to them what I want to do with my hair. I said I want my hair shorter but still with layers and maybe bangs. Then she asked me, "what l*%$@$$@?" What! She must have asked me three times before the Filipino staff translated what she wanted to say, "What length?" Ahhhh.... Okay.

Basta. Next time, should I decide to splurge on a haircut, I'll go to Piandre instead. Naisip ko lang, when I go to Tony & Jackey, I'll make the Koreans rich. But when I go to Piandre, I'll make my fellow Filipinos rich.

tsk... tsk...

I just had a total boba moment this morning.

I went to the Civil Service office this morning to apply for the exam civil service career exam on March 9. I had the form filled-up months before but there were a few questions I didn't even bother answering so I left them blank. But they insisted that I had to answer everything.

There was a question that asked would I be willing to work for the government... Sa palagay ko, if I'm taking the exam, hindi ba obvious? And there were 2 follow-up questions, What are the top 3 government agencies I would like to work in and what position. I don't really have anything in mind so I just put the government offices where my daddy used to work and where my sister is currently working. As for the position, I don't know and I DON'T REALLY CARE. So I left it blank.

The lady who processed my paper insisted that I indicate what position I would like to apply for. I said nothing in particular and I'm just taking the exam for eligibility purposes (and that my father wants me to). And because I really don't have anything in mind, I asked her what positions are there... to which she replied, "Standing."

Ako naman si engot, agad-agad ko sinulat. I was totally oblivious that she was actually making a joke. I thought it was some term they use in government offices. Boba!

New series alert: Cashmere Mafia

A few months back, I asked my cousin whether or not she watches Gossip Girl (since she lives in the States). At that time, the series was only on their 4th episode and wasn't making waves... yet and given that she is a busy career woman, I understand why she doesn't know that such series exists.

In her recent email, she said that she's into this new series Cashmere Mafia. She thought I might like it cos it's like Gossip Girl... with adults! Ha!

I tried watching the first two episodes and I got bored. Hmm... maybe I should try watching 2 more episodes and then decide if I like it or not. She doesn't like GG but she's into Cashmere Mafia? "Weird," I thought. But then searched for something about it on youtube, like a trailer or something, and got this...

Ivy league education... CEOs by the time they're 30...
Ohhhhh....kay, she can totally relate to it! She's basically them! Now I get it. Haha!

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Curbing weekend blues

I've been a good guard dog and I've been to my place of business for 4 consecutive days. Things were getting a little disorganized and I feel that I have to grace them with my presence more often. Plus, I have to closely monitor the new competition.

I, naturally, am a tense person and business is not doing me good. I've become more high-strung than ever. Now, I abhor my cellphone and I hate getting text messages and calls. If only I could do without a cellphone...

And now, on to happy stuff...

I'm now in level 18 in my Spanish course. That's nivel avanzado and I can't bloody believe it! Well, I guess my teachers would find it harder to believe when I start to speak in my still very much flawed Spanish. But the good thing is that we have a new teacher- a real teacher! Only he's too stiff and strict and he doesn't smile, not even a smirk. It must have something to do with him being half-German, Nazi-ish. But I'd rather have a teacher like that than a teacher whose chika but doesn't really impart any knowledge. Nazi actually reminds me of Luis but Luis is more chika. Anyway, I am really excited to go to school on Saturday cos it means I'm going to learn something new! weeee...

After Spanish class, Juno and I went to RP to watch 27 Dresses. Ycel confirmed that she was going but then she had to cancel since she has just came home from work at 5am and had to have some shut-eye first. The movie was scheduled at 4 pm so we ate lunch first at Sbarro, where we bumped into Dani. Dani was with a classmate so we didn't really have time to catch up. During lunch, I pestered Juno with my business-related angst. I've never experienced this much pent-up angst, irritation and frustration combined. Before it was just frustration and angst... but now there's irritation and also the urge to kill someone! Arghhhhh!!!

Thank you Juniper for going with me to watch 27 Dresses. Thanks for listening to me rant and fume about the things (and people) that are currently driving me nuts. Thanks for lending me your Shopaholic books. Next time, we decide to watch a movie, 'wag na sa RP. Imagine, paying P130 to watch a movie in a baul-smelling cinema with flat, de-cushioned seats. Not good.

I'm slipping back into my gloomy days and I have to stop myself from doing so. Hence, the happy books. And happy movie.

Tumpak!

“If a cluttered desk is a sign of a cluttered mind, of what then is an empty desk?” - Albert Einstein

Chongga Strikes Again

Chongga see, Chongga do
Stupid Chongga

Chongga must have thought that I wasn't in there yesterday. She went in and upon seeing that I was there, just said that we are all invited to their nail spa's opening today. But I know she didn't go there to just invite us to their stupid opening. Stupid Chongga.

Unang una, I won't attend your stupid opening because we're not friends. Why would I be friends with someone who just ripped off our idea and tried to pirate our employees, hence the line "'Pag magtayo ako nail spa, take all ko kayo." And please, she's putting up her monochromatic, cheap-looking nail spa just two stalls away from us. So there.. we can't be friends and I will not go to your stupid opening/blessing... baka may lason pa pagkain niyo.

And I bet had I not been there, she could have stayed longer and talked shit and persuaded again my employees to transfer to her eyesore spa. I don't care if I sound like a competitive lunatic here... You know what... I wouldn't be this furious had she put up her nail spud somewhere far, far yonder and had she not tried to pirate my employees. But she did that's why I am fuming...

And I don't care if she's frickin' rich because she still doesn't have frickin' taste. Money can't buy class after all. Manggagaya na nga lang, mas pangit pa! F*ck off, Chongga and don't ever let your frickin' stubby toes enter my domain or else... I will frickin' wish for you to bleed to death... Bwahahaha!!!

Hmmm... I was actually thinking of doing something mean. If you think about it, it is not bad or mean... but the fact that it might affect them is somewhat... mean. But I studied all about patents and trademarks and I know that if I take a picture of their ugly tarp and give it to _______, they might be actually forced to think of an original name. Ano ba 'yan! Lahat ginaya! Intsik nga sya... lahat imitation- Made in China!

After all, imitation is the best form of admiration...
Ultimo lalagyan ng nail polish pareho kami.

A Movie Date with Myself

I am in love with this movie.

I watched it today. Alone. I think this must be the second or third time that I went to the cinema all by myself. Basta, alam ko the first ever movie I saw alone was Mission Impossible for an assignment.

I love this movie because:
1. It is a romantic comedy (which is the movie genre I like best).
2. It is set in New York.
3. I like her wardrobe (not the bridesmaid dresses)

I swear there was never a dull moment while I was watching this movie. I came in 20 minutes late but I still got into the flow of the movie. I kind of enjoyed that I was watching it alone since I was focused on watching the movie. When I watch a movie with someone, I always get this urge to talk to her in the middle of the movie, I don't know why... just like when I attend mass with someone.

I totally agree with what Kevin (James Marsden) said that brides make their bridesmaids wear horrendous gowns so that they won't steal the spotlight from her. So maybe that's it... most especially of the bride's ugly.. Haha! Speaking of James Marsden... I never noticed how cute he was until now. Wala lang... Crush of the day lang 'to. Tomorrow, my attention will be back to Noel as I continue my Felicity marathon.

The funny thing about this movie is that I have a sister who is very similar to Jane Nichols (Katherine Heigl). My sister has been a bridesmaid for quite a number of weddings already. I don't know the exact number but it must be more than 10 times. Maybe 15. I don't know. She doesn't hang them in a cabinet, she stores them in an old suitcase. But she has already given some away so I guess I'll never know the actual count.

I want to watch it again.

Last Friday, I was thinking of how nice it would be to meet with friends on a Friday night and watch movies or have coffee or something- just like what we did Friday nights back in college. After classes, we would stay for an hour or so, have a burger at KFC or just hang out at the Octo Garden and talk about the week that had just passed. I missed that. Now that I'm all cooped up inside the house by myself almost everyday, I'm kinda missing the times when I always had someone to talk to.

Anyway, the thing is I was thinking about that up until Saturday. I guess I was channeling the secret since at around 5pm, Crissa texted me and asked if I wanted to watch Rambo with her. I was hesitant at first since it is kinda late and I've just arrived at the plaza to do my manning duties and I'm kind of in the brink of moving my lazy ass off the chair. Good thing I decided to go. I had a great time with Crissa. She treated me to dinner and I paid for movie. Surprisingly, Rambo was okay. Armida and I have watched far worse movies than Rambo. The movie could have gotten funny at some point and Stallone's face isn't really a pleasant thing to look at. The entire consisted of an hour and a half of body parts flinging everywhere and going splat on the screen. Gory. Crissa actually felt sorry that she dragged me into watching Rambo with her when the type of movies I want to watch are the likes of 27 Dresses (which I'm going to see this afternoon, by myself).

After movie, Crissa and I went to Powerbooks so she could use the gift certificate her student got her. Originally, I wasn't planning on buying anything but since it was 20% off on everything, I decided to get the second Gossip Girl book. Crissa said she could share her GC with me and so I ended up getting the book for free.

Speaking of books, I have a number of books in line but it's taking me ages to finish this book I am currently reading. As much as I would like to get into reading one book per week, there are a lot of distractions such as this internet, TV and a hundred other things.

Okay, new topic. I'm watching Felicity right now although I'm not really watching since I'm doing this. So I keep on rewinding to go back on the scenes I didn't get. Just like with season 1, I'm hooked on season 2. I slept at 3am last night (or morning) because I can't help but watch it one episode after another. I just realized that I'm kind of annoyed at Felicity not just because she's indecisive but that she's also kind of... I don't know... slutty? She must have had 4 boyfriends in a span of 2 years! I don't know.. maybe things are really like that over there. Another factor why I'm addicted to Felicity is the character Noel. It seems that I have this huge propensity to gravitate towards boys who wear flannel shirts. (Of course, I'm talking about my boys in the tv series I watch. Nothing about real-life.) Just like Dan Humphrey, right? Haaay...

Some quotes from Sally Reardon, the woman to whom Felicity sends those audio tapes to.

The hardest part about moving forward is not looking back.

I guess when your heart gets broken, you sort of start to see the cracks in everything. I'm convinced that tragedy wants to harden us, and that our mission is to never let it.

I guess I'm learning, little by little, that we decide what our lives are going to be. Things happen to us, but it is our reactions that matter.

I've become a real believer in not defining every single thing. Seems like everytime you think you've figured out what something is, it just becomes something else.

You can't know who that person is, the person who will become your ultimate confidant, your soul mate, or your lover.

Love is complicated -- full of sacrifice and compromise. But maybe that’s the best part.

Maybe getting over someone you’re in love with isn’t impossible. Unless, maybe you don’t actually get over it. Maybe you just learn to live with it.

Sometimes bad things just happen -- no reason, no purpose. They just occur and we're left to pick up the pieces the best we can.