Tuesday, January 23, 2007

Slam book fever!

A couple of weeks ago during lunch time, I had a good laugh with Danj and Shey over one of our fondest childhood memories: the ubiquitous slam book. Who hasn't heard of slam books? Who hasn't signed one?? We were laughing because we remembered the ooky (and sometimes stupid) answers we put in there. Here we go down slam book memory lane (and oh, don't deny you didn't put down these answers!):

Phone number: 22nog2nog
Motto: Time is gold >> Because this is the shortest one. ^_^
Hobbies: PEDROS >> I never got around to deciphering this but my friends say, it stands for "Playing, eating, drinking, running, outing, swimming :P
Friends: MTM >> short for "Many to mention". As if you didn't know!! This was a safe answer because you wouldn't want to name names and risk forgetting to write down somebody's and hurt his/her feelings.
Likes: friendly
Dislikes: plastic >> Which eventually evolved to "Tupperware"
Favorite book: Sweet Valley, Archie, Funny comics, Gospel comics
Favorite actor: Romnick Sarmienta and Robin Padilla were common favorites
Favorite actress: Sheryl Cruz, Aiko Melendez and other names I can't even recall
Favorite singers: Lea Salonga was so popular then. ^_^
Favorite food: Chinese, Italian, American >> As kids, we loooove siopao, siomai, pansit, spaghetti, cake and ice cream. Hence, the answers. Hehe.
Favorite color: ROYGBIV >> Pa-impress pa.
What is love: Love is blind. Love is like a rosary that is full of mysteries >> Come on!
What is crush: Crush is 'panghanga' >> You don't say!
Who is your crush: Common answers are "Secret" or some cutesy codenames like "Mr. Bogus", "Superman", "Cute eyes" and whatever sappy names we could come up with.
Who is your first love: Parents >> Wahaha!
Who is your first kiss: Parents >> Nyahaha!
Most embarrassing moment: Secret

And what is a slam book without 'heartfelt' dedications? Most of us usually started with Thank you for the opportunity to sign in your cute slam book because we wanted to sound cool and intelligent (Hey guys! I can spell "opportunity"!). The dedication usually ended with the extremely 'cute' abbreviations:

J - ust
A - lways
P - ray
A - t
N - ight

I -
T - rust
A - nd
L - ove
Y - ou

B - ooks
B - efore
B - oys

M - an
A - lways
R - emember
L - ove
B - ecause
O - f
R - omance
O - nly

Hekhekhek! Oh youth! Why don't we all dig up our ancient slam books and laugh till our sides hurt?! ^_~

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Monday, January 22, 2007

あけましておめでとうございます！

It's the third week into the new year and my blog still hasn't been updated. Sorry, very busy with...stuff. Ok, tis the time to make resolutions again. First, here's a review of my 2006 plans and how I fared:

  • Debt-free 2006 - Check. I've managed to fully eradicate my credit card debt. Wipee! Thanks to my super supportive boyfriend! Well, I still have some balance left, but that's because of Christmas shopping and nothing else.
  • Manage my finances well - Check. I've been frugal, buying only the things that I needed. And NO MORE ONLINE SHOPPING! CD Japan what?
  • Study for JLPT level 1 - Not accomplished. I did try to study for the JLPT but I stopped even before March. :P
  • Be a better penpal - Not accomplished. Sad.
  • Take good care of my health - Check. I've been eating healthy and exercising whenever I can. I walk, walk, walk a lot.
  • Find a new job. Not accomplished. Bren-duh was the reason why this item was in my to-do list last year. But she was fired so I never looked for a job.
  • Go back to grad school - Not accomplished. Never had the time or the money for it.
  • Get part-time jobs - Small check. I guess you can count my CD business as a part-time job. :P

For this year, I'd be keeping those that I wasn't able to keep last year:

  • Remain debt-free and keep on managing finances well
  • Study for JLPT level - I already am!! :P
  • Be a better penpal - I've already started with Miho and Ji Hye and I hope I can renew ties with my other penpals...if they still remember who I am :P
  • Stay healthy
  • Go back to grad school
  • Continue to find ways to earn money - Translation, tutorials and what-have-you. I really think I should start earning money for the crafts I do. I can also enrol in seminars for home industries (I'd really like to learn sewing. Not just dressmaking, though. I'd like to learn how to sew bags, hats and other everyday items).

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OK, it's official: I'm going to start studying to be a Japanese teacher starting this year. ^_^ Wipee! Schatz and I dropped by the school on Saturday and we were able to discuss stuff with Betty-sensei. The teacher-training course is a 2-semester course aimed at enabling teachers to teach lessons 1-20 of the Minna no Nihongo series and with this, lesson plans, teaching methods and others. I'm really nervous, and excited at the same time. I found out from Sensei that Gail is going to be my classmate again. Hehe. After so many years, we're reunited in the same class ^_^ Oh well. 一生懸命頑張ります！

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