Just finished watching episode 13 and bad news is... it is, after all, season 1's SEASON FINALE! What would I do now every Thursday Tuesday morning?

That was a great season finale. It almost had me crying. Well, I kinda have grown fond of Blair and I felt for her when everyone turned their backs, even her army, on her. Yes, I am on Bitchy Blair's side and I'm super irked at Little J for turning her back on Blair. It was bad timing. Blair snapped at her just before the scandal came out. I remember fully well something like this happened in my school... she's not exactly the queen bee (but maybe she thinks she is) but when the scandal broke out, her posse of not less than 10 have turned their back on her and actually cracked jokes about her "condition" when she was not in class. In her case, it serves her right. Social-climbing, stapler-napping b*tch (she really was). Going back...

It amazed me how the story turned around. The season started with Serena coming back from boarding school. It was to run away from guilt she was feeling when she slept with Nate, Blair's boyfriend. When she came back, Blair was nothing but super mega over hard on her and this aggravated when she found out Serena had slept with Nate. They made up. Blah, blah, blah. N and B broke up. B slept with C. N wants B back, they slept together. N found out about B and C. B's army turned their back on her. And now B was about to run away to France just like what S did.

Whew! That's pretty hectic... for 17-year-olds.

The season can be summed up with this line: "The best friend and the boyfriend, pretty classy S and B." Both committed the same booboo. Kawawa naman. But all's well and Blair's staying since she had Serena to help her fight her battle... ika nga, been there, been that. Bwahahaha!

I'll be counting the days until the next season. Maybe I should buy myself the second book of the GG book series. Just finished the first book and the best way for me to distract myself from missing the series is to read the book. I will... when I get paid.

I got your back, B! Sabi nga ni Balto, dontchuwori.

Kalokohan

Third post of the day. Obviously, I've been spending too much time in front of the pc once again. I'm waiting for the Gossip Girl's 13th episode to finish downloading.

But this time, I'm done with ranting. In fact, I will be gushing. As pathetic at it may sound, I have a superduper huge crush on Dan Humphrey, a fictional character. Dan is one of the characters in CW's hit TV series, Gossip Girl. Usually, I crush on pop stars, actors and some random people who doesn't even know I exist which is already pathetic. And now I'm even more pathetic that I have a crush on a person that was only created by one person's imagination.

Technically, Dan Humphrey is only a representation of the guy I would crush on. Intelligent, cute, nice and polite- what more could you wish for? That is, if you already have the guy. But the worse part is I still haven't found that guy. And I wish that I will. But until that guy comes along, the fictional character would suffice.

Dan Humphrey, I ♥ you!

So Lord if you're reading this entry (I know you are since you're omniscient), please grant my wish. Please grant me my own living, walking, talking and thinking Dan Humphrey.

Anyway, I'm sort of mourning over the impending supposed season finale of Gossip Girl. Due to the screenwriters' strike, they only have until episode 13. Waaaah! And there were supposed to be 22 episodes! I just hope they won't make me wait too long for the second season.

Bentang-benta!

Things you don't want to hear during your own surgery:
-san yung gunting na bago ? Bat may kalawang to?
-10ml? may nakasurvive na ba dyan? Sabi ko 5ml lang!
-doc, ubos na po pala yung anesthesia.
-kanina pa bukas yung tiyan, asan yung pantahi?
-sunog! Sunog! Labas lahat!

MEKANIKO: sir, hindi ko po naayos preno ng kotse niyo.
CUSTOMER: ha?! Pano yan?
MEKANIKO: nilakasan ko na lang po ang inyong busina! Happy trip na lang po!

JAIME ZOBEL DE AYALA: 1/2 Pinoy, 1/2 Spanish.
HENRY SY: 1/2 Pinoy, 1/2 Chinese.
LITO ATIENZA: 1/2 Hawaiian, 1/2 Polo.
MIKE ARROYO: 1/2 Pinoy, 1/2 pork.
JOHN OSMENA: 1/2 Pinoy, 1/2 Pinay.
PROSPERO PICHAY: 1/2 Unggoy, 1/2 gulay.
GMA: 1/2 ... only.

thought to ponder on:
hindi kaya ang dahilan ng pagbaha sa panahon ni Noah ay pinutol niya lahat
ng puno para gumawa ng napaka laking arko? ano sa tingin mo?

PEDRO: niloko ko yung tindera kanina.
JUAN: paano mo naman niloko yung tindera?
PEDRO: nagpaload ako eh wala naman akong celfon.

kung totoo ang ' Darwin 's theory of evolution' na ang tao ay nagmula sa
unggoy, bakit may mga taong mukhang kabayo?

Sari-Sari Store Mentality

I'm going to rant about the Filipinos' frickin' sari-sari store mentality.

Being a third-world country, sari-sari stores (aka convenience stores) are sprawling everywhere! In our village, there must be one in every street. More so in squatter areas where sari-sari stores exist side-by-side! Although they really sound so third-world, I don't really condemn the existence of sari-sari stores since they're so, well, convenient. Where else can I get my daily fix of Coke and junk food? Or if you forget to buy an ingredient or whatever, there's always the trusty ol' sari-sari store.

What I abhor about this is that when your neighbors see that your store is doing good, they suddenly get the idea to put up one, too. How do you expect 6 sari-sari stores existing side-by-side to actually earn something? Don't they think that a single store would be enough for a given area? OA na kung OA but I think that the government or DTI or whatever government agency responsible for giving permits regulate them. At, diba... how original! May sari-sari store na nga kapitbahay mo, magtatayo ka pa? Are you stupid or are you stupid?

What got me writing about this is, again, related to the sudden proliferation of salons inside the village. We conceptualized ours even before the wellness trend hit mainstream. We put up a nail salon in the area since a decent one doesn't exist in the area. And now that there is one in the area (ours!), at least 10 other people want to put up their own nail spa. I mean, the village isn't even a big one. And people, it doesn't earn big bucks! I frickin' want to tell them to go find their own brilliant idea and not copy someone else's.

Boosit!

Happy Birthday Merry Christmas!

Happy Birthday Lola Christmas!

You make me vomit. Blech.

I'm trying so hard to do this positive thinking and attracting the good thing but it seems that it isn't working. Or maybe I have to try harder. Much. Much. Harder.

I'm frickin' pissed off. It seems that there's always this never ending streak of problems. I am so full to brim with these people. Ang hirap sa kanila, siraan sila ng siraan. Bakit hindi na lang nila gawin ng maayos trabaho nila? Nakakapika na eh. Eto si tanda kala mo kung sino magsalita e bwisit din naman. Gusto niya ako kausapin ngayon... tungkol sa kalaban daw namin na parlor. Lechugas naman! Ilang beses na nga sinasabi na ayusin lang nila trabaho nila kahit paligiran ka ng ilang parlor diyan kung maayos ang serbisyong binibigay mo, babalik at babalik pa rin ang tao sa'yo.

Alam mo parang ayaw ko na nga eh. Kung puro sakit lang ng ulo dulot nito. Nakakainis!

Nako, I'm succumbing to my negativity again. Good vibes! Good vibes! Release the good! Haha, Little Nicky ba 'to?

Although due to experience, these people are all the same, I know I can find some people who aren't like that, who are truly concerned about their job and not just what you give them. You give them so much more than what is due them and still they ask for more. Ano sila sinuswerte? That's why I'd rather dabble on business I can do myself- para walang sakit ng ulo. I guess I have to start looking for new people, better people.

Can't I just live in frickin' peace? Hay.

Feliz Año Nuevo and Resolutions

FELIZ AÑO NUEVO A TODOS!

I can't bloody believe that it's already 2008! Seems as if 2007 just whizzed by.

I was planning to do a year-ender post but we were busy preparing for our New Year's celebration and so I wasn't able to make one. I haven't even come up with my resolutions for this year. However, I just came across this newsletter from one of those websites I subscribe to and I liked how she did her year-in-review and resolutions for the coming year. Ergo,

I would like to be able to tell you that in the past year I...
* lost 30 lbs.
* successfully lessened my soda intake
* generated an ROI for our business
* finished reading El Zahir
* traveled outside of the country
* earned my first million
* was more hands on with the business
* spent less time on the net


Instead, I have to tell you that in the past year I...
* haven't lost a single pound
* still drink Coke almost everyday
* still haven't generated ROI
* have tried reading El Zahir but wasn't successful
* traveled outside the city limits
* was too lazy to go be hands on with the business (esp. because I have to deal with them)
* am still struggling with my Spanish tenses
* rekindled my want for Lucky and Teen Vogue magazines
* am addicted to the net more than ever, esp. now that there's Facebook

However, in the past year I also...
* started this new business and it is starting to do good
* made the decision to be happy
* read more books than the year before that
* have discovered Gossip Girl
* met a cousin for the first time
* read about the secret

In the next year, I am hoping to...
* be more hardworking
* lose 30 lbs.
* make both businesses make LOTS of money, gimme my ROI!
* reconnect with friends I haven't seen for a long time
* travel to Thailand
* go on a scholarship to Spain (Salamanca, here I come!)
* speak impeccable Spanish
* visit my other cousins living abroad
* read a book every week
* find better employees (skills and personality-wise)
* complete the Harry Potter, Gossip Girl, It Girl and Shopaholic books series ( I know, all are ditzy books)
* see the Eiffel Tower
* be able to drive
* "accept myself, forgive myself, and get back up whenever I fall down," as quoted from Rozanne Paxman

The new year brings me hope since I often view the new year as a start, a clean slate. I often see the new year as an opportunity to start something. But the new year also makes me anxious... since I'd be a year older and would have to face real responsibilities (even if not now, eventually... yikes!)

I just wish that this year will be THE YEAR for me. I wish myself prosperity and all the good things in life! Of course, the same wish goes to everyone important in my life.

Happy New Year!