harry potter and the prisoner of azkaban, out on june 2nd in the philippines. can't wait, can't wait, CAN'T WAIT!!! i swear, i will wake up at 7am on june 2nd so i can catch the first full show of poa. ^_^
i'm starting my graduate school course today. my classes are mondays and wednesdays, 6-9pm. i'm quite nervous but very, very excited. i hope i make lots of friends really quick. friends, as in, buddies, and not people to copy homework from, hehe.^_^
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got an email from my friend rin...she and her husband hisao are coming to visit the country again next month!! ^_^ yay!! the long-delayed promise! she also told me that they are planning to have a baby soon because they are coming home to the philippines for good!! how's that for a surprise?? can't wait, can't wait! i have to email her before she comes here so she won't forget about the magic mike, hehe. (that new karaoke bar in greenbelt, red box, doesn't have enough japanese songs, btw. no gackt, no "aitai kimochi" or "winter again"...sucks...right, george?)
i'm really happy about that baby. ^_^ at least, this one is sure to live, unless something bad happens. *knocks on wood* she's had an abortion before, when she was in japan and we (cel, gigi, grace k. and myself) were stunned when she told us, and in a really nonchalant way. it was like she was talking about getting a haircut or something. as usual, cel was the first one to recover and kinda admonished her about it. but i am silently praying that nothing of the sort happens again. it was the first time that a friend of mine had confessed about having an abortion and believe me, i felt really bad. i guess at that time, she was really young and she didn't have much choice but there is such a thing as protected/safe sex!! so there was no excuse at all! i do hope she has a jizo statue for the baby...
i love kids and i really can't imagine that some beautiful creatures do not have the chance to experience how wonderful life is. that's why i am really thankful whenever i see children like kozue, daichi, yoshi, muffy, my cousins having fun, laughing, playing...they are lucky to be born and be able to experience life and love. i can only cry for babies who will never get that special chance.
enough about that, it's getting me down.
Posted by Unknown at 13:52
my last day of work
i'm so nervous. i know i don't have a reason to be. i mean, i just have to say goodbye to everyone and go out of that door. but i don't think it's going to be that easy. for one, i will be leaving these people who have grown so close to me for the past one and a half years. we are more than colleagues, more than friends. we are siblings and today, i will leave that family behind. i will miss the clowning around, the yucky jokes during lunch time, the insults, the happiness that comes with receiving our salaries, bonuses and overtime pay, all the exasperation and frustration that come with being yuppies (young urban poor, hehe), everything that has anything to do with being in team mpo.
wow, this is really a big step, a step in the right direction for my career and i am ready. but this sure required a lot of guts for me! considering everything i will be leaving behind today, it wasn't an easy decision at all!!
みんな、さようなら！また会えるでしょう。元気でね。仕事がんばれ！
i hope you don't miss me too much, hehe. ^_^v
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lemme try the new and improved blogger...^_^
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some things i am thankful for today
happy birthday, koyasu takehito! the anime world isn't complete without this talented "weiss kreuz" creator, this man who made girls (even guys) go gaga over four 2D characters: aya/ran, ken, yohji and omi. koyasu is also a boon to people with mutant teeth. kampai!
hanshin tigers vs. hiroshima carp 14-1 YAY! way to go, tigers!
my
friendster testimonials haven't gone missing after all! ^_^
i can now wake up late and still be on time for work with the new light rail transit (lrt).
joy is here...and so is my "gackt:: crescent" cd!
here is a
color personality test emailed to me by clem. it's interesting! my results:
house = red = You have a strong personality that likes to take risks if the rewards are worth it. You don't like being told what to do and prefer to take matters into your own hands. so true!
shirt = blue = Preferring a more casual appearance, you are more comfortable in jeans and a t-shirt than in a suit. You don't like over dressing for any occasion, although you never look scruffy. that's me, alright!
rose = pink = Variety is the spice of life! You are comfortable in any crowd or situation, and always come away with new friends. on the contrary...i always come away with new enemies, haha! kidding!
car = blue = You are a very practical person. It's more important to you that the things you own are useful, rather than nice to look at. but it can't hurt if something is useful AND looks nice at the same time, right?
cellphone = blue = A good listener. You are comfortable allowing others to take the spotlight and share their adventures. You are protective about your friendship and ensure the best for your friends. too protective...
bear = brown = You are a no-nonsense, practical person. You make sure that you are there when your friends need you, and like to solve their problems for them. in short, the all-around do-gooder.
Posted by Unknown at 16:21
it's mae-chan's birthday!
happy birthday to my "imouto", my "baka saru", mae-mae! ^_^ you're now 18 years old. (you sure don't look like it!) i haven't really seen you grow up but we've spent the last few years of our lives as friends and i can say that it is always great having you around. you're always genki and noisy at times and you're fun to be with. i hope we will stay friends forever. God bless and enjoy your day! and as george would always say "enjoy glay!" ("dosanko shiisaa" playing in the background, hehe). mwah!
waiting for "ryota-kun" ^_^
what is freakin' happening to me?? i couldn't understand it, but maybe
rein would; it happened to her too. last night, i felt something different...like i was in love. but how can that happen?? there is no one, my love life is zero. not that i'm bitter about it. no way. but somehow, i'm feeling something. then this morning, i was listening to
ryota mitsunaga and the feeling got more, er, intense. especially with the song "kimi ga suki dakara" (because i love you). heehee! nice song! so now i am doubting my sanity...but wait, my friends have already been doing that for me! some friends!! anyway, there might be "someone", i'm not sure. i don't even want to talk about him, this person i would just call "ryota-kun". but it's not mitsunaga. (as if i have the remote chance of meeting the real ryota mitsunaga. dream on, cat!) it's someone else, not as famous as mitsunaga. he's a friend, though not a lot of people know him, people from my circle. basta!! don't ask me about it; i'm not telling a single soul. i already emailed
rein, and told her about it. she said, it really doesn't matter if you understand the feeling or not. what's more important is that the feeling infects you with something nice and keeps you happy. such words of wisdom! ^_^ yeah, she is so right! now i am happy (a bit giddy, perhaps) and smiling stupidly as i am writing this. geez...the only key to this mystery is the arrival of "ryota-kun"...until then, i will just have to keep on smiling and waiting for him to come. ^_^
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my favorite babies ^_^
kozue, my best friend (hehe)
daichi, my sort-of second best friend
yoshi, not his father's son, hehe
muffy should be here too, but i still have to get a solo shot of her...paging jimmy and violy-sensei! care to give me a copy? ^_^
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one of our class' pics from melvin's going-away party. from left: melvin, gigi, me, alfred-sensei and maricel.
Posted by Unknown at 14:40
whew! haven't posted in such a long, long time. we had to get used to a new system in the office and everyone was quite confused. missing files, inaccessible websites...nice. my blog doens't show up right, i can't access my hello kitty mail, i can't upload files to my yahoo briefcase, blah-blah-blah. but hopefully, things will be better this week. after all, i have quite a lot to finish before i go. my last working day will be the 14th of may and i want the transition to be as smooth as possible.
anyway, had a great week last week! i had a couple of interviews already (from the same company) and i might have another one this week. ^_^ i'm keeping my fingers crossed!
wednesday -- i got the books (kanji and grammar) takashi sent me from japan. ^_^ compared to the grammar book of the kanzen master series, the grammar book he sent me (?????????g????{??\?????^?T?O?O/donna toki dou tsukau nihongo hyogen bunkei 500) is far more useful. i can even use it for self-study, whereas kanzen master is a little bit difficult to understand at times. as i was telling takashi, i don't have a reason to fail the 2nd level of the japanese language proficiency test (jlpt level 2). >_<; thanks a million, takashi...you're such a great bud, mwah!!
i also got the "2003 kouhaku utagassen" video cds i ordered from kei (of the j-music mailing list at yahoo groups). ^_^ YAY! mojica-sensei has the whole thing on vhs tape but we weren't able to watch the entire show. now, i can!! but of course, i did promise gigi-san that i will lend the cds to her, together with my gensomaden saiyuki series. which means, i will have to spend at least an hour a day to watch one cd, hehe. >_<
when i got home, i went online to email takashi about the books and found out that melvin had already sent us the pictures from his farewell party. ^_^ nice! turns out, he forgot all about it, hehe! the pictures turned out really nice. it was dark inside the karaoke room but the pictures were bright. wow.
friday -- grace makino (toyama, japan) gave birth to a 7.5-pound baby girl!! seira takes after her dad seishi, but she's really cute. when i got an email on my cellphone, i had a feeling it was from grace...it was a picture file "feeding time". i was like "what?! she gave birth already??" for a full 30 minutes, my fingers were busy texting everyone i know to tell them the good news. ^_^
saturday -- labor day so no work and no school. it was also corrie-sensei's baby shower in valenzuela. the original arrangement was, cel and i were to go with gigi-san in her car so we could go to valenzuela together. then maricel texts us in the morning, telling us that her husband (whom we call "herbert", because of his resemblance to herbert bautista) is also coming and they will meet us at teriyaki boy at 10 am sharp. ok, fine. then gigi-san texts back, asking for an additional 10 minutes because she still had to prepare. ok, fine.
maricel was telling us to hurry up because they were already in ayala. i thought all along that "they" meant "herbert, maricel and gigi". so i was "geez, late again!". when i got to ayala, i learned that maricel and herbert decided to drive by the international school first (he probably got tired of waiting) and gigi just got to teriyaki boy. hehe, so who was in the car with them?? so finally, they returned to teriyaki boy: inside the car were herbert, maricel, kozue, daichi, and dorie (maricel's younger sister). whew, the whole family!! i didn't really mind; i was actually hoping that she will bring the kids. ^_^
it was a long ride to valenzuela, and one could easily get lost along the way. but we had a map and herbert turned out to be a really good driver. we got there in less than two hours; we could've gotten faster if not for the traffic and bad roads. we got there at just about the same time as alice-sensei, alfred-sensei (of course), joy-san and jun-sensei (?). i wasn't introduced to him and i don't really know him. i used to see him at the philippines-japan alumni center (pjac) when we still had classes there. well, one couldn't help but notice him...how could i ignore anyone with anime hair?? hehe. just a few minutes later, jimmy-san, violy-sensei and muffy arrived with kimiko-sensei, keli-sensei and juvy-sensei (?). it was the first time i saw juvy-sensei and she seemed so quiet unlike the other teachers.
it was really good to see corrie-sensei after [counts] eight months. the last time i saw her was in september 2003; i was in tokyo and i went to tokyo disneyland with her, manuel-san, rin and yamagishi-san. she looks so different now...her hair is straight, her skin is lighter, her tummy is bigger (of course, duh!)...she has that certain glow...that motherhood glow. ^_^
the long trip to valenzuela was worth it...i mean, i would do it all over again if it meant getting to eat all those delicious food!!! YUM! seafood galore...shrimp, tilapia, oysters...then camote tops and eggplants with bagoong (fish paste). green mangoes and bagoong. cold, cold buko juice. for dessert, buko pandan and ube halaya! i wish i had a larger tummy!! ^_^ i swear, if corrie-sensei decides to adopt me for a month, i will turn into a pig. oink, oink!
i wish we could've stayed longer. but herbert wanted to go home because it was too hot. duh! we never even got around to the opening of the baby shower presents! and i was looking forward to it too!! well, it's not as if our gift was so special or anything. i mean, it is special in the sense that maricel and i spent some considerable amount of time inside goodwill bookstore to find some books on parenthood. i thought it was wise to give them books on the topic because this is their very first baby. the baby stuff (clothes, bags, etc.) will just have to come during the baptismal. ^_^
anyway, we got her a couple of books: the first one was on general parenting and the second one was on baby's first foods. it was stupid of us not to get wrapping paper, so on friday night, i was looking through my stuff for some nice gift wrapper. nothing boyish (sensei's having a boy). so i went to the "ever-reliable" supermarket near our house and found a baby shower themed wrapper -- in pink. sheesh! so i had to make do with anything boyish, nothing pink and flowery. then i just put my creative talents to use...i made a rattle out of blue (or light purple...i can't remember...i'm color-blind sometimes, anyway) board paper, and decorated it with glitter glue and a strip of blue ribbon. cute, no? ^_^ well, it has to be cute...because whoever is going to open the present will have a terribly hard time. i wrapped the books in newspaper, then a lot of packaging tape!! ^_^v forgive me, sensei...i was just trying to be funny...^_^
herbert dropped us off at greenbelt; kozue looked really cute, waving goodbye. we're really good friends now!! even daichi recognizes me as his mama's friend. ^_^ gigi-san and i had coffee at greenbelt, a nice ending to a nice day. ^_^
so even if some freakin' virus had deleted almost all of my friendster testimonials (i only have two remaining), i couldn't care less. i'd rather have the friends than the testimonials. with all my friends around, it looks like i am having a much better life than someone i know who is having a difficult time moving on, hehe. life is too precious to wallow in the bitterness of a failed relationship...keep the lesson and throw away all your hate and bitterness. move on, live, love, eat!! danke, wolfgang puck! i used your by-line without your permission, hehe.
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