Merry Christmas~ :)

It's December 26 already. Christmas day has finally passed. But the feel of the season stays 'til next month. So what has happened since the last time I blogged?

Well, like what I've said below, I went out December23 with AJ to watch Avatar at Rockwell Powerplant Mall. The movie was awesome. I never thought that even the smallest details had been scientifically-based. This movie made me wish for my own Avatar. Grool! :D

And then December24 we had our Noche Buena around 11.30pm at mother's-side house with my grandma Ency, Uncle William, Ate Jenny (my brother's girlfriend who lives with us), my sister Kishi and with two of Mama's longtime friends, Ate Connie and Tita Delia. We had sooooo much to eat and by midnight I was begging for it to stop. We had to go home to father's-side house 'cos there was also a celebration going on with the cousins. Party ended by 3am. Whoo!

December25 was gift-giving day. We had exchange of gifts among the relatives and another getting-super-full lunch and then went out at the mall to do some shopping. My feet were sore from walking for 5 hours on high heels. Gawd! Should learn from previous mistakes - never wear high heels for strolling!!!

Voila! That's how we celebrated our Christmas Day. :) Parties just keep coming. My cousin's birthday's 2 days from now. And we got bigtime celebration for New Year. So yea, be back for more updates. See ya~

Excited for Avatar.

Listed update again. :p

• I'm sorry if I haven't blogged for a loooooong time. I've been busy, and sick, and lazy. I'm so sorry, dear.
• Christmas is around the corner.. and I will be very thrilled to receive Christmas gifts from friends and family. :D Hahaha. Thank you, in advance.
• I'm wishing all the best for my friend, Maxine Martinez, who just left Phils to Dubai for work op. Will be waiting for your arrival babe. :) Enjoy it thurr. Pasalubong ko ha? :D
• Current mood - STILL PISSED. I hate it when someone doesn't do what he/she promised to. Especially when other people's situations are at stake. Just when would you learn to stick up for what you said huh? You're such a big PITA, girl. Tss. Boo you, BIGTIME. >:(
• I should be working right this moment, but NO, I'm blogging. 'Cause this effing notebook has some audio probs and the other effing netbook is too slow to function. Rarr. Must fix these soon. I can't not work; I won't be able to live next month without salary (note to self: self-supporting sucks).
• I'll be out tomorrow to watch the most talked-about movie now - AVATAR. Someone suggested to watch it in IMax, but since I'm too broke to even watch in moviehouses, I just asked AJ to treat me tomorrow in a moviedate. Haha. And he said yes. Awww. Thank you~

• That's it for now. I'll try to update more frequently I promise. I'll let you guys know what I think of the movie. :) Again, Christmas gifts will be very much appreciated. Don't be shy to send me some love. :D Haha. Thank you~

things to do.

i got a lotta stuff to do today and tomorrow. i only have one day and a half to accomplish everything on time. and to think that i still hafta work tonight for 4 hours. OMG.

• mp3 remix for my sister's korean pop idol competition
• story outline of a film presentation for LIS161 major report this friday :s
• 4 pages of homework from french class
• blog post homework in LIS161
• missed activity catch-up for LIS62 :s
• songlist to send to ma'am tal for hydroaerobics P.E.
• finish reading the following:

* Sophie Kinsella's The Undomestic Goddess

* Mario Puzo's The Godfather (and then i gotta watch the movie after)

* Meg Cabot's All-American Girl

• [DONE!!! :) ] attend the birthday celebrations of my grandmother, and 2 uncles TODAY so i should finish this soon and prepare to go back home. aaaaah. so many things to do.

darn.

i'm having a hard time now. bigtime problems accumulating. this is so depressing and frustrating.

i seriously want to quit rarejob but i can't 'cos it has a good set-up which is very much convenient for me (read: the flexi-time). but at the same time, majority of its policies are crap and i don't think are fair enough for its employees. (we don't even get benefits and much incentives for our work.)

now what i'm thinking is applying for a real SEXCom-registered company that is stable enough to give me sufficient wage to support my monthly expenses. i'm having difficulties with this self-support thing. i dont know how to divide my wage to pay for my tuition fee, have enough for my monthly allowance, to pay the apartment rent, water and electricity bills, my phone bill and still give money to my father (WHICH ISN'T SUPPOSED TO HAPPEN BUT IS STILL HAPPENING 'COS HE HAS NO CARE WHATSOEVER LEFT IN HIS SYSTEM). everything is just too difficult. thinking about all these just makes me want to cry.

and what happened today was i didn't attend my morning classes because of that piercing ache on my temporals. when i got online a few hours ago to check my rarejob schedule page, all i can see were 208-Reconfirms plastered all over the class slots. and guess what, the 208s stay until the 26th of the month. what the hell?!?!?! the new 204-208 policy states that 208 will be set for ONE WHOLE WEEK if i cancelled a class, clearly not THE REST OF THE MONTH. and the shocking thing was, I NEVER THOUGHT ITS IMPLEMENTATION STARTED ALREADY. another what the hell! a personnel told me two nights ago that the new policy was still under planning. that the company is still gathering opinions from the tutors before it gets implemented. but why the hell am i seeing 208s on my page til Nov 26?! sht!

Update.

i haven't been updating this blog for some time now. sorry for those missed updates. been busy and lazy at the same time. but uh.. i have a lot to share now that the stories accumulated already. anyways, this'll be a random post. i'll blab about anything i can remember, ohkays? :)

* i'm super fat. i need to exercise regularly. and to crash diet.

* just celebrated all saints' and all souls' day. on the 31st we went to my mom's grave. then me and my sister stayed there overnight (we slept on the grass! cool!) beside my mom. i gotta say.. it was depressing. last year there were days of the months when i slept beside mama, that was when we had to stay in the hospital for some days while blood had to be transfused to her. that time we would sleep on one hospital bed eventhough it was prohibited (companions aren't allowed to sleep on the bed) but she would insist that i sleep by her side. anyways, last night it was a different setting. now you can just imagine how depressing it was for me. *cry*

* i just received rarejob's wage statement for the workdays i had from october 1-30. though it's very small, i am still happy 'cos i wasn't deducted 25%. glad i made it to 14.8% cancellation ratio (25% will be deducted from salary if a tutor got 15% cancellation ratio). it was soooo near! whew! :D

* i've been looking at photos of puppies for sale on the internet and i can't help but drool! there's a loooootta cute puppies. i seriously want to buy a t-cup maltese (the hairy dog that would fit a beer mug!!!) but it is super expensive (price ranges from 10,000 pesos to 30,000!) :'( i hafta think a lot before i delve into buying a pet. shouldn't fall for impulse buying. ok.

* tomorrow i'll be out with my college friends. :) we'll be shopping in Divisoria! yeyyy~ but i gotta remind myself not to spend too much because the rarejob salary i got is for my tuition fee in university. self-supporting is kinda hard, you know. :s

* i'm having dreams every day. and the dreams are quite interesting. haha. i just hope i don't get nightmares. anyways, next time if i can remember some dreams, i'll post them here. :)

* it's 6:30pm now! i need to prepare for work. actually i should have slept from 5-7pm but i can't. haaaays. don't be depressed, Zeng. find your happy place.

Random.

To love. To be loved.
To never forget your own insignificance.
To never get used to the unspeakable violence
and the vulgar disparity of life around you.
To seek joy in the saddest places.
To pursue beauty to its lair.
To never simplify what is complicated or
complicate what is simple.
To respect strength, never power.
Above all, to watch.
To try and understand.
To never look away.
And never, never, to forget.

~ Arundhati Roy ~

Last Song Syndrome :)