12.27.2003
SHOPPING DURING THE HOLIDAZE
So I went to tutuban mall and there were soooooooo many people! its incredible! i felt like i was in a mosh pit my head spun like crazy. but so many good buys around. i bought really sosyal blouses for 150-180, which normally sell for 400 in the malls. Pants for 170 that will PROBABLY sell for 500-800. an avocado bra for 20 pesos. there were pirated dvd players for 2800. i love divisoria/tutuban! it just really sucks when people swarm all over you like bugs.
i kept losing my folks whenever they cross the street because there would be a steady stream of people crossing and you'd have to wait for an opening (strangely like when you drive on EDSA during rushhour). People were constantly bumping me and men carrying boxes swung them around like they owned the stupid mall. i almost got bruises (good thing i got tough skin) but got mostly annoyed.
my mom lost her bag of bras (sadly, those werent the 20peso variety that i got) somewhere and after i ate the worst chicken of my life at the foodcourt, we looked for some more clothes, dealt with those annoying taiwanese sellers & their busangot salespeople. Then we went home. I was pretty happy with my purchases.
But very tired. Tutuban really drains your blood.
HOW I SPENT MY XMAS AND ALL THE PRESENTS I GOT:
What presents? hehehe. Got bags bags and mostly bags. And jewelry. Shyet, wala na bang maisip ang mga tao? Bakit hindi nila tinignan ang blog ko?? Kelangan ko din pala ng bagong mouse! hehehe Tsaka speakers ni clang ang gamit ko!
I love the presents I gave out though. I think it should be a rule: you cant just buy things cause you think they will like it or they will need it no matter how ugly it is. You have to like what you're giving out also.
If you're giving clothes, it should look somwhat presentable, cause you're gonna be hanging out with this person. you wouldnt want him/her to look like s*** when you walk down the streets together, now would you?
Kung wala siyang style, bigyan mo this xmas, diba? I'm confident enough to know ive enough style (and im kinda practical too) that people will like what I give them. If I do recycle some gifts, I recycle the nice ones & make sure the not so nice ones are given to those who WOULD appreciate them. I would never give (or recycle a gift & give) my mother something in neon for example, because its so bleh and my mom and i go out a lot. Like most moms, her taste is a little misguided (nasobrahan sa hippie days) so I make sure I give her something even I would wear. All us girl kids are mommys personal pro-bono fashion consultant (and vice versa). Least we can do for them.
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So I went to tutuban mall and there were soooooooo many people! its incredible! i felt like i was in a mosh pit my head spun like crazy. but so many good buys around. i bought really sosyal blouses for 150-180, which normally sell for 400 in the malls. Pants for 170 that will PROBABLY sell for 500-800. an avocado bra for 20 pesos. there were pirated dvd players for 2800. i love divisoria/tutuban! it just really sucks when people swarm all over you like bugs.
i kept losing my folks whenever they cross the street because there would be a steady stream of people crossing and you'd have to wait for an opening (strangely like when you drive on EDSA during rushhour). People were constantly bumping me and men carrying boxes swung them around like they owned the stupid mall. i almost got bruises (good thing i got tough skin) but got mostly annoyed.
my mom lost her bag of bras (sadly, those werent the 20peso variety that i got) somewhere and after i ate the worst chicken of my life at the foodcourt, we looked for some more clothes, dealt with those annoying taiwanese sellers & their busangot salespeople. Then we went home. I was pretty happy with my purchases.
But very tired. Tutuban really drains your blood.
HOW I SPENT MY XMAS AND ALL THE PRESENTS I GOT:
What presents? hehehe. Got bags bags and mostly bags. And jewelry. Shyet, wala na bang maisip ang mga tao? Bakit hindi nila tinignan ang blog ko?? Kelangan ko din pala ng bagong mouse! hehehe Tsaka speakers ni clang ang gamit ko!
I love the presents I gave out though. I think it should be a rule: you cant just buy things cause you think they will like it or they will need it no matter how ugly it is. You have to like what you're giving out also.
If you're giving clothes, it should look somwhat presentable, cause you're gonna be hanging out with this person. you wouldnt want him/her to look like s*** when you walk down the streets together, now would you?
Kung wala siyang style, bigyan mo this xmas, diba? I'm confident enough to know ive enough style (and im kinda practical too) that people will like what I give them. If I do recycle some gifts, I recycle the nice ones & make sure the not so nice ones are given to those who WOULD appreciate them. I would never give (or recycle a gift & give) my mother something in neon for example, because its so bleh and my mom and i go out a lot. Like most moms, her taste is a little misguided (nasobrahan sa hippie days) so I make sure I give her something even I would wear. All us girl kids are mommys personal pro-bono fashion consultant (and vice versa). Least we can do for them.
NEWYEARS RESOLUTIONS
well well now i am back in the relationship loop. di nako nadedepress sa mga kissing couples etc. CLANG kse eh!
out of like 8 consultancies, prolly 5 or 6 said GET OVER IT! DAMI PA JAN! Ciempre, easier said than done. I owe my happiness to (tantanannnnaaaan!) Norms, who gave me so much hope and then he was also my office spy he updated when clang was in a good mood. Diwata also told me if i was depressed kelangan ako talaga magpasensiya para walang away, para hindi ako madepress.
So ayan ang new years resolution ko. to be more patient, be more happy and generally nicer to everybody (esp my family and clang and bandmates).
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well well now i am back in the relationship loop. di nako nadedepress sa mga kissing couples etc. CLANG kse eh!
out of like 8 consultancies, prolly 5 or 6 said GET OVER IT! DAMI PA JAN! Ciempre, easier said than done. I owe my happiness to (tantanannnnaaaan!) Norms, who gave me so much hope and then he was also my office spy he updated when clang was in a good mood. Diwata also told me if i was depressed kelangan ako talaga magpasensiya para walang away, para hindi ako madepress.
So ayan ang new years resolution ko. to be more patient, be more happy and generally nicer to everybody (esp my family and clang and bandmates).
12.15.2003
Meanings
sometimes i wonder, if id ever make it through...
I found myself singing and relating to a lot of sad (baduy) songs lately. ganun talaga i guess. you try to find comfort in everything, in the thought na misery loves company, na youll find meaning in somebodys universal truth.
In fact, Ive recently tried singing Adrienne, a song written by NancyDrool (Myla & Haya).
...I cant believe you could just leave
all that we are
...i dont know if i should wait around
for you to find out
it doesnt get better than what we had
... everythings changed and i stay the same
feels just like
everybody's over you but me....
Now, it absolutely makes sense! Eureka!
Onto the next song:
...Last Christmas, I gave you my heart...
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sometimes i wonder, if id ever make it through...
I found myself singing and relating to a lot of sad (baduy) songs lately. ganun talaga i guess. you try to find comfort in everything, in the thought na misery loves company, na youll find meaning in somebodys universal truth.
In fact, Ive recently tried singing Adrienne, a song written by NancyDrool (Myla & Haya).
...I cant believe you could just leave
all that we are
...i dont know if i should wait around
for you to find out
it doesnt get better than what we had
... everythings changed and i stay the same
feels just like
everybody's over you but me....
Now, it absolutely makes sense! Eureka!
Onto the next song:
...Last Christmas, I gave you my heart...
12.11.2003
nasty nasty nasty
Guys are asshole drivers, thats a given. Okay, most of them, especially in Manila. But it annoys me to see a bad woman driver on the road, expecting me to give way to her, when ive just come from a highway type road and just turned into the road shes coming from. Since the street isnt so big and there are parked cars on the side, theres not enough space for both our cars.
But why cant she just back up her car to let me pass? She cant expect *me* to back up into a frikkin HIGHWAY! Just because shes an idiot driver and a WOMAN dont mean she gets liberties, no way.
*sigh* And do you notice how some people dont know road signs, like that giant boxed X in the middle of an intersection (like, youre not supposed to be on it, DUH). Or following signs that say NO RIGHT TURN WHEN LIGHT IS RED (or something to that effect). Sadly, traffic enforcers dont really enforce ANYTHING. Maybe they should give everyone violation tickets just to make them attend seminars. I sure learned a lot when i got a ticket for swerving (do you know that there is no such violation in the US?)... but most signages are not used, and if they are they are not observed.
Thats why i dont think so highly of Bayani whatzisface, the MMDA chairman. He hasnt done anything for Manila. Look at what he did to Quezon Ave... he turned it into something like Commonwealth and EDSA, no intersections, just U-turns. Tendency of vehicles is to speed up, but ideally they need to stop at the red light in the now quasi-intersection to give way to pedestrians (of course no one does). You see, there ARE no overpass bridges on Quezon Ave (at least Commonwealth and EDSA does).
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Guys are asshole drivers, thats a given. Okay, most of them, especially in Manila. But it annoys me to see a bad woman driver on the road, expecting me to give way to her, when ive just come from a highway type road and just turned into the road shes coming from. Since the street isnt so big and there are parked cars on the side, theres not enough space for both our cars.
But why cant she just back up her car to let me pass? She cant expect *me* to back up into a frikkin HIGHWAY! Just because shes an idiot driver and a WOMAN dont mean she gets liberties, no way.
*sigh* And do you notice how some people dont know road signs, like that giant boxed X in the middle of an intersection (like, youre not supposed to be on it, DUH). Or following signs that say NO RIGHT TURN WHEN LIGHT IS RED (or something to that effect). Sadly, traffic enforcers dont really enforce ANYTHING. Maybe they should give everyone violation tickets just to make them attend seminars. I sure learned a lot when i got a ticket for swerving (do you know that there is no such violation in the US?)... but most signages are not used, and if they are they are not observed.
Thats why i dont think so highly of Bayani whatzisface, the MMDA chairman. He hasnt done anything for Manila. Look at what he did to Quezon Ave... he turned it into something like Commonwealth and EDSA, no intersections, just U-turns. Tendency of vehicles is to speed up, but ideally they need to stop at the red light in the now quasi-intersection to give way to pedestrians (of course no one does). You see, there ARE no overpass bridges on Quezon Ave (at least Commonwealth and EDSA does).
12.09.2003
Picture yourself on TV
Fear Factor fukks me up bad. But there was this one episode i watched recently where the challenges were kinda easy (no swallowing of creepycrawlies, for one).
The challenges were: 1) Go through a maze with attack dogs who will bite your ass through those trainer paddings as fast as you can, 2) Stay as long as you can in room filling with teargas, 3) Drive a car up a ramp attached to the back of a moving truck as fast as you can.
I wouldve won because I can charm the dogs, hold my breath and drive like a maniac. its what i do best :)
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Fear Factor fukks me up bad. But there was this one episode i watched recently where the challenges were kinda easy (no swallowing of creepycrawlies, for one).
The challenges were: 1) Go through a maze with attack dogs who will bite your ass through those trainer paddings as fast as you can, 2) Stay as long as you can in room filling with teargas, 3) Drive a car up a ramp attached to the back of a moving truck as fast as you can.
I wouldve won because I can charm the dogs, hold my breath and drive like a maniac. its what i do best :)
12.07.2003
FRODO FRODO IS OUR MANNNN!!!!!
You are most like Frodo. You're very friendly, and you have a great personality. Although you like to have fun, you can also be pretty serious at times. It's pretty hard to get you mad, but once you're mad...everybody better look out! Keep that temper under control and realize that you're better off than you may think.
take the test
Waaah! malapit na ang supposed world premiere ng LOTR but i heard its not showing here yet!!! darn it! i promised to get premiere tickets for somebody for that show. andaya naman, matrix was shown w/o any premieres and it was helluv cheaper.
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You are most like Frodo. You're very friendly, and you have a great personality. Although you like to have fun, you can also be pretty serious at times. It's pretty hard to get you mad, but once you're mad...everybody better look out! Keep that temper under control and realize that you're better off than you may think.
take the test
Waaah! malapit na ang supposed world premiere ng LOTR but i heard its not showing here yet!!! darn it! i promised to get premiere tickets for somebody for that show. andaya naman, matrix was shown w/o any premieres and it was helluv cheaper.
