ready for the trip

just 3 more days to go! now, i am officially excited. i have been keeping myself from the feeling since i was leaving room for disappointment. but now, there's very little room left for it, and i think i'll be able to handle it now whatever happens. my Spain trip is also pushing through. so i'll be staying in Oslo for 3 weeks and 6 days in Madrid. i'll try to chronicle my adventures in Europe through this blog, so i'm making a new label for it. be sure to check it out! :D in other news, i just finished watching Pinoy Big Brother, and i found that Bodie just got evicted. it has been a long standing "joke" in the office that we're all hoping for him to be kicked out since we need him back at work. but now i feel a bit guilty about not voting for him these past weeks. the truth is, we were all confident he'll make it to the Big Four... but, well you know what happened. too bad i'll miss his first time back at work (if he ever gets back soon). i wanna see for myself what kind of ruckus he'll bring to the building. now that would be exciting. :D

leaving on a jet plane... again

but this would be farthest and longest trip yet. this is the first time i'm going on a trip for Colibria. way back in ePLDT, i used to travel 1-3 times a year for conventions or seminars, etc. i was already starting to feel bad because i still haven't been sent anywhere in the 1.5 years i've worked here. but this, THIS has definitely made up for all that! no more "hindi maka-handle ng inggit" for now! :D i'm going to Norway, work in our Oslo office for a while. 4 weeks to be exact. there's also a chance that i'll spend the last week in Madrid, Spain instead. it is definitely exciting!!! not even the 15-hour flight can dampen my spirits. so i'm leaving on sunday and i won't be here for the whole month of July. only thing i am worrying about is that i MIGHT miss all the good movies showing this coming month, like Harry Potter. i'm just hoping that i'll find a movie date there. a cute movie date won't hurt either. :P i'll be broke before leaving. but if anyone wants to meet up, i'll be glad to. so, who's still free this week? :)

i wish i have a passion. i wish there is something that i really want and cannot live without so i can just go after it. until now i don't know if i want the situation i am. sino ba talaga? ano na ba talaga? do i really want to be in this career? is it the one for me? do i really want to get married and be a housewife? or do i just want to be a housewife because i don't think i want to do what i am doing forever? what do i want? well, all i know right now is that i am getting tired of waiting. i want to be certain. i want to know my future now. i'm already standing on the side of the river. on the other end, i don't know which parts of me will remain. of course on that end, i'm just hoping the way will be clearer. to cross, i just have to have the courage. the problem is, i also don't know if i want to have that courage.

i need an alternate life

i am currently bored with my life. nothing new is happening and this is supposed to be when i am enjoying it the most. wouldn't it be fun if you could pick out from your character the traits that you like and just live as that person? that also means that you could remove traits that you have that are bringing you down. like at this moment in my life, i just want to be the outgoing, generous, "kaladkarin", astig and game me. then i'll temporarily unload the conservative, sensitive, insecure, high maintenance and caring-too-much-what-other-people-think me. then i'll drive my friends mad until they agree to join me in doing everything i want. maybe we could go to a club and dance on the bar. talk to a cute stranger or go on a blind date. go to the airport and take the next flight out. buy a car on a whim or hitch a ride. join a reality show. change careers. ask to TRY 10 different flavors of ice cream and not buy one afterwards. sigh, i hate being an adult. still, i have to ask... anyone up for a week of alternate life?

fine, fine fine -> tagged: weirdness

kuya bry and mark tagged me. and since i am bored here at home, being sick and all, i better just do this. ok, so here it goes! -------------------------------------------------- Each player of this games starts with 6 weird things about you. People who get tagged need to write a blog of their own 6 weird things as well as state the rule clearly. In the end, you need to choose 6 people to be tagged and list their names. Don’t forget to leave a comment that says you are tagged in their comments and tell them to read your blog. 1. i can never watch a movie alone in a movie house. NEVER. 2. i absolutely love and adore mangoes, they make me happy when i eat them. but i don't like it in any "other form" thus i don't drink mango juice, eat mango-flavored stuff, etc. oh, except maybe dried mangoes which i still consider as a "regular" mango. (hey! that's two weird things in one!) 3. i don't like different viands to touch or mix. and when i eat them, i also assign different parts of the rice (yes, rice) to eat them with. 4. i like eating chocolates with chips. the saltier chips and sweeter chocolate, the better. for example, i want to eat kirei with m&m's plain milk chocolate. 5. i don't like having serious fights with anyone, but i sometimes like to "pick a fight" to have a good-natured screaming fest with someone. i like to shout. obviously, i'm loud. 6. i hate ketchup. i had my first hamburger and pizza when i was already in first year high school because i never thought there was a hamburger without ketchup in it, and that's when i discovered the bacon cheeseburger of Wendy's. and that's also when i learned the difference between tomato sauce and ketchup. i even stopped eating spaghetti on 2nd grade because that's when i first saw the sauce separate from the noodles. i usually don't tag people, but ok.. let's see what's weird with you guys: faye, mark, jae, chris, buddy and chau. enjoy! :p

the class

when i first saw it on eTC, i think it was the second episode, i was immediately hooked. then i learned it was a David Crane creation, who is one of the makers of Friends, and that just made it more interesting. i wasn't able to follow it weekly, but i'd catch an episode every now and then during the weekends. and just last weekend, i saw a cliffhanger episode and i know i just can't wait anymore. mapet "provided" me with a copy of the first season last thursday. now i'm done watching all 19 episodes. obviously, i loved it. the cast is great. similar to Friends, there wasn't just one protagonist, rather there's 8 (which became 7) of them. i think the idea was original. and you can totally relate to all of the characters. and it was funny, really funny. which is why i am crushed and depressed. in my excitement for the second season, the first thing i did today was to search online when it will be starting. and what i learned is that just last May 15, CBS decided to cancel it. i really want to cry. apparently, it won the People's Choice Awards for Best New Comedy Series but the ratings were not that great. and CBS said it was affecting the ratings of How I Met Your Mother (which i also liked but now I HATE). and that they'd rather keep New Adventures of Old Christine rather than it. DAMN YOU CBS!!! i wonder if there's still hope that it'll be picked up again. i wish though i know it's unlikely. all i can do now is to ask all of you, my friends, to watch it too. watch and see how great it is. and just remember it existed. *cry*