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The House of C+K

yada yada yada yada

yay!!! i finally have internet at home again. i've been internet-deprived since Sunday, and i just got it back yesterday. i was getting so pissed at Globe already when it still was not available by Monday night. they came by on Wednesday morning and discovered that at fault all that time was the electrical wiring in my condo! some wire short-circuited on the 15th floor. and they had the gall to ask me to pay for the wire they used to replace the one that short-circuited. now i love Globe again, and i hate my condo again. and since it's nearly April, i think i will be entertaining the thought of moving out again... let's see. ------------------------------------------------------------ since a lot of people are still asking, yes i am still very busy. but i really really hope it will be over soon. when i say that, people try to console me by saying something like "well, that's ok. you're getting rich anyway". now just to put an end to all that nonsense, believe me that that is not the case. if you know me, then you know that i prefer to work, and work better during the night. it's easier for me to work until sunrise, than to come in the office before 10am. so when things matter, i give it my best. and what's best is for me to take advantage of my strengths, which translates to working at night. and unfortunately translates also to being late for work (i can't help it, i still love to sleep). and even if i get a lot of scolding for this behavior (though it's less now than before), i still believe that after all things considered, it's more beneficial than detrimental for my work. and of course, i pay for being late, literally. but i need money especially to pay for my outrageous rent. so i offset some of the salary deductions by getting paid for the extra hours i put in (at night, of course). and that's my financial story. so now, on the very rare times that i get to meet you, my other non-office friends, stop bugging me to treat you! ------------------------------------------------------------ i don't want to say that i'm workaholic. i'd rather say that i'm dedicated. ok, stop laughing. to prove that i am still not workaholic, i went out tonight (yes, friday night. social life. yay!). and that's considering i have to make a build tomorrow and i still have some code to put in. so clap clap for my efforts (please?). i finally got to watch twilight. i read the books (thanks Mapet!) so i expected to be disappointed even with my very low expectations. and guess what, i was right. what i hated:

• Rosalie, Esme and Jacob are ugly
• isn't Eric supposed to be nerdy and pimply, and not gay?
• the makeup. is it too much to ask to at least even out the pale white foundation/powder, and put some on the necks of those actors??? (and i usually don't care about this but it really bothered me)
• Jasper looks constipated
• Edward looks like he's smelling something really bad when he's supposed to be in pain, and he looks constipated also
• it could be the screenplay, or the directing, or the acting. but at least one of those is to blame for the bad story telling

what could be better:

• i wish Edward smiled more, he's supposed to have this really nice smile
• i wish Alice was more bubbly, and had more screen time
• i wish all of them Cullens would be more regal, and graceful. Edward was a slouch.

what i liked:

• the baseball scene
• Alice's pitch. did you see that right leg?!?!? she kicked so high, and her foot was pointed and all... it was so pretty.
• the dad. i think he's the only one who more or less satisfied the idea of what i had in mind when i was reading the book

the verdict: i don't regret watching it, but i won't buy the DVD (and that's a harsh punishment). however, i'll probably still watch the sequel/s if they come out. ------------------------------------------------------------ speaking of DVDs, i finally had the time to clean and reorganize my collection last Sunday (all 160 of them. no internet, what do you do? me, i cleaned my room). so now they are all so prettily arranged, and i have space again for more! yay! I HAVE SPACE FOR MORE! so now you have an idea of what you can get me for Christmas. hihihi! :D but ok, if you want specifics:

• Friends Season 8, 9 or 10
• Iron Man (i love the steel case version, so freakin' expensive though so i'm still undecided if i should it get it or not)
• Bourne Ultimatum (2-Disc), Hulk (the one with Edward Norton), Wanted (James McAvoy ftw!)
• i haven't updated it in a while but i still want these
• a revolving/rotating (?) DVD-rack
• Absolute Sandman Volume 4 (i'm waiting for Fully Booked to go on 20% off sale before i buy it)
• Fables Volume 11
• if you're rich and/or you love me, you can buy this for 11k at Fully Booked
• breakfast! (yes, i love breakfast food but not in the morning)
• and as always, i like things that are personal (handmade, personalized, one of a kind). but no paintings from J please, don't get any ideas. :P

(ok, back to work. advance merry christmas everyone!)

ADHD post

with the birthday and the celebration over, i've been a very very bad blogger. i've been meaning to write and i have several blog drafts to prove it. but somehow, after writing the title and the first paragraph, i always get a very very strong feeling of laziness. --------------------------------------- some people are asking if i managed to find a new apartment already. sadly, the answer is "no". and so yes, i am staying in my current apartment... yes, the one which is smack down the middle of salcedo village... and yes, the one with the very very high rent. and for some reason, when people ask and i answer this, they laugh at my face. --------------------------------------- since i'll be staying in my apartment, i've finally decided to sell my gigantic sofa. it just proven itself to be too big and useless for someone living alone. i want to get rid of a lot of my other stuff also, but this is my priority. it's about 2 years old, and it could easily seat 10 people. it's composed of 4 pieces which you could put in any way you like (just like lego!). i'm selling it for 8500 pesos, but if you could take care of delivery or transport, then i'll give it to you for a cheaper price. :)

selling that big sofa in the background (not the bed). the fourth piece is not in the picture. but see how much space it's taking already??? :D

please help me find a buyer. i just really need a lot of space right now, literally. ;) --------------------------------------- another "happening" in my life which a lot of people find very amusing is the number of weddings i have been, and will be attending this year. so far for this year only, i've been invited to 9 weddings and only 2 of which i have declined. (and i already have 2 more weddings to attend to next year). due to this, i have often been compared to Katherine Heigl's character in 27 dresses, which is not very funny because even if i'm attending all these weddings, i am not a bridesmaid! so just to clear the air, i don't have 27 dresses... only 7. the last one of which is cursed and had me ending up with the bouquet, which i managed to successfully avoid in the last X weddings i've been to (where X is positive number greater than 10 and less than 30). whoever said that the one who will catch the bridal bouquet will be married next is in for a long wait.

moving.. yet again

yes, i have to move again. and this thing in my life happens almost as often as my birthday. no one is "kicking" me out this time though. and i can still choose to stay... but at the expense of a 10% rent increase. and it's not like i'm not paying big enough already! freakin' capitalism. well i thought that with what i am paying now plus the increase, i might just get a better place. something good and cheaper will also be great. but that also means pain-in-the-ass-apartment hunting again. sigh... how i wish i am just insanely rich (or someone who knows how to save) and could just buy a place, and rid myself of this "problem" once and for all! anyway, i'm looking for a place, and housemates (i just need a room of my own. but i still prefer people around). however, i doubt that you could uproot me from makati, so a place in makati is a requirement. hehe! anyway, help please!! oh also, i intend to just enter some condominiums here in the area and directly ask if there are any units available and such. anyone wants to have a walk around salcedo village with me? :)

updates, updates, updates

ok first of all, i've moved! i've been in my new apartment for 2 weeks now, and i just finished unpacking all my stuff. i still have to get rid/sell some of my things, but at least now i can move around the house. i got a studio apartment, somewhere very near my office. rent's almost thrice my last one, but i think that's the price you pay for living alone (in makati). living alone is quite new to me. i still get late to work because i have trouble sleeping. and i can't sleep because i'm still a bit freaked. i have to leave a night light and the TV on (i need the light and the noise). i've been meaning to invite some people over for some sort of "house-warming party". but my place is much smaller now, so it won't be much of a party if we can't breathe anymore. but if you want to bring a lounge chair for my balcony (see pic above) as a house-warming gift, then you're very much welcome. hehe! i'm on the 24th floor by the way, so just think about that before you decide to look down from my balcony. the view is still nice though. anyway, if you could help me, i'm trying to sell my blue orocan drawers. the condo's got a built-in cabinet so i'm using that instead. besides, i'm trying to make the place less crowded. i initially thought of selling my gigantic sofa, but it's got sentimental value and i can't bear to get rid of it... yet. (sorry for the tons of pics, i don't have a resizing or "collaging" tool right now. :p) ----------------------------------------------------------------- last April 27, after a month of medication, i went back to have my FT4 and TSH levels checked. good news is, the meds seem to be working, my FT4 is down to 53.36 from >100. however, that is not yet normal (ceiling for normal level is 22). but i've been feeling "more normal" lately. i don't feel so warm anymore, sometimes i even feel cold (omg!). i don't pant so much and even the trembling of my hands lessened. i relatively can sleep easier now, if only i am less freaked by my new apartment. but, i became less jolly and still easily irritated. and worse of all, i am still fat! anyway, i still have to go back to ask for new medication. they need to adjust the strength otherwise, i'll have hypothyroidism instead. but i'm currently on a 11-day work week (more about that later) and things are really hectic, so i'm already 2-weeks off medication. i just hope my thyroids did not decide to overwork again just because i'm off my meds and make me start all over again. ----------------------------------------------------------------- we're going to Boracay next week!!! and the best thing about it is, it's free!! well, almost. our company outing will be in Boracay. it's going to be my first time to step on the Visayan region and i'm really excited (though i'm trying not to be). everything is paid for, except for our lunches. too bad i am still fat. but dont wont stop me from partying, drinking and eating! i dont plan to spend too much time on water though since i can't swim. anyway, i still have to buy lots of stuff for the trip. and i still don't have a big enough bag (or a bag smaller than my luggage bag). anyone willing to lend me a bag? :D

apartment-hunting

i'm apartment/condo-hunting once again. so in 3.5 years of working in makati, i'm already looking for my 4th residence. i'll be giving up our Kingswood condo. My sister, who was supposed to be my other flatmate, is going to work in Libis and you know how far that is! so ET can't stay with us too. Also, he's getting married anyway next year. it would just be like postponing my "real" problem for another year. so there, i've decided to get a solo place and live alone (then i'll get a phone and broadband connection so i won't feel so lonely). problem is, everything here is so darn expensive!!! my office is near the salcedo village area and so i DARED inquire there. well, the cheapest one I saw is a 1-br unit for 20k pesos. that's not even furnished! and my max budget is only half of that. i was even hoping i could find a rent-to-own unit with that price. *sigh* anyway, please help! if there's anyone who knows of a studio or 1-br apartment/condo in the makati area, please give me a heads up. i'm starting to get desperate as i'm sure i have to move out before the end of the month. and now, i won't even be able to afford to stay in a cheap condotel. i wish we have some sort of housing allowance or company housing. but that is definitely impractical since most of my officemates live in metro manila. or i wish i have a friend or relative who has a place here in the area but doesn't really live here. and they'll let me live in their place just so someone can take care of it, cleaning or maintaining it. i wish!!! huhuhuh....

sick and other things

i catched something last monday afternoon which cost me two days off work. you think some people would be happier to miss work, but i just felt so terrible that i'd rather be at the office than be sick at home. i just got back yesterday, still feeling a bit terrible. My throat hurts (you know that cold that is just starting and is still in your throat?? grrr..) and my head too for oversleeping (well, what do you do if you're sick?!?). I was constantly hungry since Tuesday, but i had no appetite, (which is why i was constantly hungry). Besides, i cannot swallow food very well because of the ball of phlegm in my throat. And so, you might have guessed.... i already lost 6 pounds (... or maybe more!). anyway, i feel so much better now. i ate some spicy food which helped "release" my cold. and the "ball" in my throat is probably reduced to a fourth of it's original size now since i've already spent 2 rolls of tissue for blowing my nose. well, the only downside is, my nose hurts and it's red (just in time for christmas! i can be rudolph!). --------------------------------------------------- my officemates were joking that i probably got sick from eating too much Krispy Kremes... hehehe! yep, the Krispy Kremes everyone is talking about. last Saturday, Allen and I fell in line, for only 20 minutes, to know what is the big deal with those 30-peso donuts. well, i was meaning to get a dozen, to try several flavors. and i was thinking of buying only 2 pieces of the original glazed ones. Allen wanted 6 pieces only of assorted donuts. but everything changed when we got near the cashiers area.... you see there's this person who is giving free original glazed donuts to everyone in line (well, once you get near her, she's not walking around, mind you). all i can say, the glazed ones is worth the 30-peso price! it was really good, sorta melts in your mouth but not really... well, can't describe it! :) so Allen and I got a dozen of the original-glazed donuts and another dozen of assorted ones (and we split them). i think the girl who was serving us was a bit annoyed since we were suddenly at lost as to which donuts to get. anyway, here's the assorted ones we got, they look great, right? the 3 donuts on the left-most column are "crullers". they're kinda hard so i didn't like them. the middle one on the second column from the left is Caramel Kreme Crunch.. it was great!! until i get to the part of the donut with the caramel-filling... it was too sweet, even for me. and i guess that is where i got the "ball" in my throat. hehehe! for the last two columns, they were Allen's share so i dunno what his experience was. i haven't tried the rest (uh-oh!), because i was sick and i didn't feel like eating anything sweet (see, i was really sick). so, *sigh*, i think i wasted some of the donuts... who would want to eat almost-a- week-old donuts???? :( --------------------------------------------------- hmmm.. i am looking for another flat-mate... or maybe another apartment if i can't get one. my current flat-mates decided that they can't stay anymore... so there. (i don't really know why the wind suddenly blew on the opposite direction, but no hard feelings). anyway, i needed two people. i already got ET on board... i need another one... and i need to find that other one, or another apartment, before the end of the month. anyone interested??? please please please!!! if you're wondering why i'd rather stay than find a new apartment... well, it's because of the ameneties. with the rent, i can get free use of the gym and the pool (which i intend to really use this time now). anyway, if you also know of an apartment in the Salcedo-Makati area where i can have my own room and free use of the pool and gym, which will cost me less than 9k a month, please just point me to the people i need to talk to. thanks! --------------------------------------------------- Blogger just offered me the option to switch to Blogger Beta.. so apparently, i don't have to leave pisay98 blog anyway. yey!