High Tech

Big news of the day yesterday at work: I got the office's new flat screen monitor. Sa wakas, there's something to be happy about when I'm working.

Around the World

I seriously think that The Correspondents' mission is to make sure I don't fly back to Manila to work. Did anyone see Monday's episode about the unemployment in the Philippines? Siyempre, the highlight was the applicants of call centers with matching footage of them taking tongue twister tests. Tsk. Tsk.

Anyway, then I watched The Amazing Race last night. The contestants had to pick between 2 American Airlines flights and 1 United flight to Ireland. You should've seen my face when people were considering American Airlines. One of the contestants even said, "We won't miss our connecting flight." Folks, if you fly American Airlines, you can guarantee that you will miss your connecting flight. Whether you have 5 minutes or 2 hours of layover, you will miss your connecting flight. Don't get me started. LoL.

So, back to the drawing board: whereelse would I like to go?

• Washington D.C.
  
• Chicago
  
• Honolulu...well, anywhere in Hawaii
  
• Philadelphia (I want to go to the Hershey's amusement park, LoL)
  
• Barcelona (Hola!)
  
• Tokyo
  
• Cairo
  
• Sydney
  
• London
  
• Taipei (for my wedding with Papa Ken, LoL)
  
• Cebu/Davao/Isabela Ilocos/Aklan

With some luck, I can cross off some of those places from my list next year. Saan kaya ako pupulot ng travel buddy? LoL.

Digital Edge

I just got back from Costco: $50 to develop 5 rolls of film. I think it is definitely time to go digital. Sabi nga ni Pen, "friendship cameras" daw if I get the same one as hers. Sosyal ha, hindi na lang friendship bracelets na $0.50 lang. LoL.

So yes, I have pictures to post, but I forgot my settings for my FTP server; I gotta wait for Pen to edumacate me again. Intay pa tayo ulit.

Florida Withdrawals

I hate filling out applications! After taking a shower this morning, I pulled out my JET application, hoping to finish it today. Pero kainis naman. They want to know my college awards, scholarships, leadership roles, etc. Ano ba yan, magreresearch pa ako to figure out when and what. Couldn't they just figure it out na I was on the dean's list based on my GPA for each quarter of college?! Tapos, if I spent two years at Seattle University, couldn't they tell that I got scholarships because who in their right mind would go to that school and pay full tuition?! I'm whining for no reason...tinatamad lang po. So let's all sit down and wait for Pen to post the Disney World pictures with matching captions. LoL. Pinasa pa yung trabaho doon sa isa. HeHe.

Random Florida Memories (No recaps yet. Tinatamad, di ba?! LoL.)

• The birth of my alter ego: Ling-Ling, the foreign exchange student from China
  
• Pen's declaration that I'm a Kris and Judy Ann rolled into one (Pwee! LoL)
  
• Second night's late-night bangayan session when we should've been sleeping (and counting how many Christian Bautistas jumped over the fence!)
  
• Jen's bathroom ways (with matching announcement pa to the whole world, LoL)
  
• $2 bottles of water (kinuha ba yan sa Fountain of Youth kaya ang mahal?!)
  
• Pen's white knuckles sa Splash Mountain...so priceless! LoL
  
• Aladdin and Jasmine, Lilo and Stitch, Chip, Winnie the Pooh, Eeyore, Tigger, some random girl dinosaur...all harassed by me (hindi kasi nakakalabas sa Seattle eh!)
  
• "Mga Princessa ng Kagandahan" photo-op
  
• Guy sa Winnie the Pooh ride and Sam Coulson sa Dinosaur ride...yun lang ang mga gwapo!
  
• Seeing Pen in her natural habitat...krung-krung DVDs and vanity pics galore
  
• Visiting 3 malls...we're so Pinoy ha
  
• Crazy Cuban food (they have bananacue!)
  
• Wal-Mart is livin' large in FL
  
• Atlantic Ocean...so blue...so ganda...Ling-Ling likes!
  
• My figuring out why Pen is single in FL...puro lolos and lolas lang eh
  
• Watching Morning Star and MTB with Pen and Jen..."She looks poor!"
  
• "Don't Touch My Birdie" - Pen's farewell song for me before leaving FL (hindi ko kinaya!)

Don't you all wish you were there? LoL.

Trippin'

Not even 12 hours since I arrived in Seattle, I'm already back to the grind. I'm sitting here at work, wishing for warmer temperatures and...Aladdin. Yes, I want Aladdin. HaHa! Excuse me, that's an inside joke.

Anyway, I can say that some of my childhood dreams were achieved during this recent trip to Florida, namely:

1. Visiting Disney World
2. Having sisters (Yihee!)
3. Taking a trip with friends rather than family

I'd like to extend my heartfelt thanks to The Female Twin, Jen, and Ate Len for taking me along with them, for making sure I had food to eat everyday, for taking time off work, for being my "Bambi Fuentes," for taking pictures of me, for treating me well. In other words, thanks for treating me like family. As Rachel Ann Go would say, don't cry out loud. LoL. "Mahal ko kah-yo!"

(Pictures and recaps will follow shortly. Oh...and American Airlines sucks.)