Dream Sequence

Setting: In the cafeteria, first floor of the office building, 8:45 a.m.

Guy: So, do you like Chinese food?
Me: Yeah, I do.
Guy: Would you go to dinner with me tonight?
Me: Sorry, I'm busy. Gotta go, I'm going to be late for work.

Setting: In the office, second floor of the office building, 10 a.m.

Co-worker: There's so many people outside! One of the guests in the room across the hall is getting a make-over from Queer Eye for the Straight Guy!
Me: No way! (Opens the door a tiny bit to take a peek. Sees lots of camera lights and people running around.)

A couple of hours later...

(A tiny toy, plastic teeth to be exact, slides under the office door)

Tiny Toy: MiNA, would you go out to dinner with me?

(Co-worker and I giggle.)

Me: Sorry! (slides the tiny toy back to where it came from)

The clock strikes 5 o'clock. Co-worker and I open the door of the office.

Queer Eye Guys: There she is!
Queer Eye Staff: Hi, are you MiNA? Would you please go to dinner with the guy? It's part of the show. It would mean a lot to him.

(I look towards the guy while he's looking into a camera. His hair is much shorter now. He's clean-shaven. He's wearing a royal blue polo shirt, a white shirt underneath, blue jeans, and white sneakers.)

Me: Fine, fine, I'll go to dinner with him.

Setting: Restaurant. I was asked to sit at an empty table with 20 chairs. A big group of people entered the door and headed towards me. The cameras continue to roll behind them. The guy sits next to me; his mom sits next to him; the rest of his family sits around the table. Both of us don't speak to each other for a good 20 minutes. Finally, I lean over.

Me: Sorry about this morning.
Guy: No, problem.
Me: When you asked me to dinner this morning, did you know that it was part of the show?
Guy: No, I just wanted to ask you.
Me: Oh.

The guy and I continue to lean towards each other, keeping our voices low so that the cameras don't pick up what we're talking about.
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Then, I woke up. I only get dreams once in awhile and when I do-just like this one-certain things don't match up. For example, the people from Manila are in a U.S. location with me. Also, the faces of the people that I encounter are blurred. However, by far, this is the vividest dream I have had; it was vivid because of the royal blue shirt. It was also vivid because I knew that the guy in the dream was a white guy. In the dreams that I've had before, I never knew anything about the guy.

Anyone know how to intepret dreams? LoL.

Frustrated

I didn't have a very good day at capoeira today. I was a frustrated little girl. What I want is basically for someone to hold my hand, babysit me, and show me the sequences slowly so that I can pick them up. Unfortunately, my instructor is not that person, eventhough I would like for him to be that way. Ugh! I also think that I need to work on my endurance, so hopefully, I can get myself to go back to my 6 a.m. walks starting tomorrow.

But I am keeping things in perspective. Before class, since I was the only one there, The Instructor and I had a little getting-to-know-you session. Since, I'm not really the type of person to ask for personal information (I would rather have the other person volunteer that information), I basically got interviewed by him. In the process, I realized that a guy is a smooth talker if he asks me if I'm 35 years old. The whole world knows that I don't look 35, so he was just trying to get on my good side for sure. And yes, he did. LoL. In addition, you know how women don't reveal their age? Well, who knew I was capable of doing such a thing? I didn't mean to, but it turned out that way. It also turns out that he's had a pinay gf before. Yiheeee! LoL. Then, during our stretches, he did his share to help me with my flexibility. Since my site has always been (and will always be!) PG-13, I won't get into the details at all. LoL. I'll just say that touching amongst adults is a very, very beautiful thing. LoL. ::throwing some cold water at myself:: HaHa!

Vancouver

I went to Vancouver today with the sister-in-law and Ganda Girl.

Before going anywhere, I realized though that it would really be nice to have a boyfriend right now. LoL. The Brother was harping on me again about not maintaining my car correctly. Well, hello?! No one bothered to teach me these things. All I know is that I need to get the oil changed every three months and to make sure the tires are inflated well. His reply to me? "You have a manual, don't you?" Ugh! In addition to wanting my boyfriend to be a personal trainer and baskeball player (I've always wanted to learn how to shoot a 3-pointer; don't ask. HeHe.), I would like for him to be an expert at cars also so that I can shut my brother up when he starts going off about things that I don't know about.

Anyway, I don't think I set any records today as far as making it to the border. Remember that my current record is 1 hour and 50 minutes. Since Ganda Girl was in the car (and it's the end of the month were the cops are out and about), I drove more sanely this time around. HeHe.

We basically just went to Galing-Galing, Goldilocks, and Chinatown. To whoever said hi to me at the parking lot of Goldilocks, sorry I was deadma and didn't even bother to look at your face. =)

While at Chinatown, I bought My Sassy Girl, My Tutor Friend, and Asako in Ruby Shoes, all of which are Korean movies. Geez, just when I have finally expanded my Mandarin phrases, I have moved on to Korean movies. The thanks go to Pen as usual. LoL. You gotta admit though that the Korean guys look less metro than the Taiwanese guys I've grown to love so it was slightly inevitable. ;P I was hoping to find Il Mare, but didn't since the salesclerks were being shady and wouldn't tell me where I could find a Korean DVD store. I might have to go eBay on this one. LoL.

This is my last "out-of-town" trip of the summer. *SIGH. Summer flew by for sure.

No Day, But Today

I saw RENT today at The Paramount. Loved it! Absolutely loved it! I'm glad that I splurged on having a front row seat for this one. Hence, the tears during certain scenes. HeHe.

What did I take away from the show? The words, "No day, but today." I must admit, I'm no risk taker, something I inherited from my mom. I need to start learning that I should do the things that I can do today instead of putting them off for another day. When you're stuck at work for 40 hours/week, life does seem to pass you by and it's no easy feat to "live life to the fullest." Let me work on that.

And since today is one of those "let me ponder about my life" days, here's something that I got from my cousin's blog:

"Never let the odds keep you from pursuing what you know in your heart you were meant to do." -- H. Jackson Brown, Jr.

My response to that is, "Pilipinas, game ka na ba?" HeHe.

Il Mare

Il Mare is now one of my top three favorite movies (While You Were Sleeping and Sana Maulit Muli are the other two). It is so good! How good is it? I watched it three times in two days! The first time I watched it, I was crying my little Vaness-like eyes out. Grabe, tinamaan talaga ako for many reasons, but instead of divulging those reasons on here, let me just post some unforgettable quotes (or maybe they're forgettable kaya kinailangan kong isulat?). Anyway, I left out a few that got me pretty bad (and will just give all my secrets away, hahaha), but here's the majority of them:

• "I thought love meant eternal bliss." (Charing!)
  
• "We're tormented because love goes on...not because it goes away." (Loved this one!)
  
• "I cannot accept my father's death nor my love for him."
  
• "There are three things a person cannot hide...coughing, poverty, and love. The harder one tries to hide them, the more they rise to the surface." (Ows?)
  
• "Love is a self-inflicted pain." (Ahh, this quote must be from a martyr. LoL.)
  
• "Love comes to us in different ways..." (Sige na nga, LoL.)
  
• "True love comes from true independence." (I haven't heard the term "true love" in ages. As you get older, I think you truly become less idealistic.)
  
• "Are you ready to trust me?" (For you, Lee Jung-jae, I will! LoL.)

Anyway, for those who have seen the movie, I have one question. They said that the house was designed for his true love. So, Sung-hyun designed the house for Eun-joo eventhough they have never met, and he considered her his true love eventhough they have never met? Puwede ba yon?! If that's the case, ang haba ng hair ni girl ha! LoL.