Damage

My Tito and Tita left for Chicago today. Balik drama na naman dito sa bahay. Anyway, let's see how much damage was done in the last 10 days:

- Sansrival from Goldilocks-Vancouver
- Manicotti and Tiramisu from The Olive Garden
- Filet Mignon from The Keg
- 2 trips to 2 Chinese restaurants
- 1 Caramel JavaKula, 1 Javanilla Shake from Seattle's Best Coffee
- 2 bags of roasted chestnuts
- Cinnabon eaten at home
- White Chocolate & Macadamia Nut cookies from Mrs. Fields
- Shakey's Pizza
- various Filipino foods eaten at others' houses

*Sniff, *Sniff. My two weeks' worth of walking/jogging everyday went down the drain. Sayang talaga, but then again, I had fun tagging along. Since it was a male blood-relative of my dad's (versus his sisters), walang pintasan na nangyari about my weight. Wala ding pintas about my lovelife, but the subject did come up numerous times.

"Madaming foreigner sa Boracay kapag Pasko."
"Eh, ayoko naman po ng foreigners."
"Gusto mo talaga Pinoy, no?"
"Opo."
"Ano mas gusto mo, mga Pinoy laking Pilipinas or Pinoy laking dito?"
"Sa Pilipinas po."
"Dapat yung self-made man."
"Oo nga po, kaso mga ka-age ko, puro umaasa lang sa mga allowances from their parents."
"Ay, hindi ka na hahanap ng mga estudyante. Yung mga graduate na sa college, no!"

May point si Tita. Medyo natahimik ako pagkatapos kasi naisip ko si Atenista. Siguradong hindi pasado siya sa criteria. HeHe. So maybe, I should wait some 5-7 years to go back to the Philippines para yung mga med students ngayon eh mga doktor na at that time, and the less ambitious men among the rest will be easier to detect. {;P

FYI, the Christmas trip is still up in the air. Pero I mentioned to my mom the alternative plan: if I don't go to the Philippines this Christmas, will she let me go next summer to find a job there. Medyo mas okay ata sa kanya to do that because she mentioned how much cheaper the ticket will be then, and that I should get a ticket in March if that's what my plan is going to be. Trust me, that's a lot coming from my mom.

I've personally harassed asked a few people about their opinions regarding this topic. By all means, if you want to sway me one way or the other, please sign the guestbook or send me an e-mail. I would love to hear people's pros and cons about working in the Philippines. If you want to call me tanga in the process, okay fine whatever sa akin din.