Back in Business

I almost fainted when I found out that my domain is back in working order. I thought I would have to cough up some dough to a) transfer my domain back to my old company or b) buy a new domain name. I'm glad I didn't have to do either one. Hooray!

To make things matters worse, I was having problems with my computer at home. I kept getting DNS errors which meant I couldn't view any pages (I didn't know how to fix that). How sad is that?! So I'm hoping that the ISP is the problem and not my computer. Let's see what happens in the next two days.

So what did I end up doing while being ISP-challenged? I read...and read...and read. Be like me and check these books out:

1. He's Not That Into You
Single ladies, please read this book. Unsolved mysteries about boys will be solved. I guarantee it. How did we learn to make excuses for boys and their shortcomings?! Who taught us that?! In 2005, I'm not making, nor taking, any more excuses. Hmph! Singlehood forever, here I come. HeHe.

2. Angels and Demons by Dan Brown
My gosh, I've lost sleep trying to finish this book. Make sure you set aside some time (like no plans for the weekend) before you start this book. Good stuff.

3. The Da Vinci Code by Dan Brown
I'd like to think that some of the hype has died down, hence I decided to start reading it. I really hope it's as good as Angels and Demons!

What else is there to tell? Oh, I have to mention this because it's quite unbelievable. You got to realize that I don't really get many dreams while sleeping at night. Once in awhile I do, but things/people in the dream don't usually make sense. Guess who was the star of my dreams the other night which made me wake up with a smile that following morning? Christian Bautista! I swear, I was like, what the?! It was a PG-13 dream of course, but I couldn't believe that he was in that dream with me. That boy better watch out. HaHa!

For Culture

I saw the Broadway musical of The Lion King last night from my beloved front row seat. If you ever have the chance to see it, go see it! It was pretty cool to see how they translated the scenes from the movie to the stage. Simply amazing!

While watching the two kids that played the young Simba and Nala, I had to ask myself why I was never introduced to stage plays when I was younger. I don't remember having any opportunities back then at St. Scho. Now I understand (and appreciate) what Ayen Munji-Laurel was trying to do when she produced Rama at Sita for the Philippines a few years ago.

Dirty Pop

Lintik na Target. Everything that I bought yesterday is now on sale this week: my boxed glass ornaments and the Bratz dolls that I bought for Ganda Girl. Now, I gotta haul all of those back to the store. It's a good thing I couldn't find our Christmas tree last night, or else the ornaments would've been up already.

On to more serious topics, I've had it with that pop-up ad that keeps appearing whenever I enter my website! I have stripped the soul of this website (umm, that would be the javascripts), but it's still there! Argh! Anyone have any ideas (because I'm this close to losing my sanity as a geek)?

Wanted Daughter

Yesterday, we met our new boss at Job #1. He's basically our boss' boss (It's amazing how corporations aim to have a flatter organization, but not the government). Anyway, so how did my boss introduced me to the new boss? "This is MiNA. If I had a daughter, I would want her to be MiNA." Exactly how does one respond to that?! This isn't the first time I heard such a thing from an adult (I'm so lovable kasi eh, LoL), but this is The Boss at Job #1! She and I aren't exactly close. Sure we bonded over decorating the office earlier in the week and we've been talking more, but she's not exactly my best friend and I don't think she will ever be. So basically, I just want to know if she truly meant what she said or she just had to say something to the new boss and that's what came out of her mouth. Because all this time, I thought she doesn't like me or doesn't think highly of me. Oooh, as the world turns! HeHe.

No Two Turtle Doves Around Here

My holiday shopping has begun. As always, I bought more for myself. It's the time of the year that I'm actually not afraid to splurge because my motto is simply "Love thyself!" My two pairs of jeans came in the mail today and two books will be coming next week from Amazon. I wonder when I'll be able to declare on here that my iPod or PowerBook is coming. *SIGH. ;P

Anyway, this year, I plan to get more books for people than I have in the past. After almost 365 days, I have figured out that many people are simply clueless about their lives. Hence, books for the co-workers at Job #1. Then, we have the three Pogi Boys and Ganda Girl. Since, I'm enough of a horrible aunt to the boys (I don't know what they want for Christmas and they're always shy about telling me), I think I'll just give them money this year. When I was at Target today (Locals, check out the new Federal Way one, it's huge!), I saw a 4-pack Bratz collection so I'm thinking Ganda Girl will get her birthday wish one month late from me. Now, I just got to figure out what to get for both of my bosses. I'm more worried about my boss at Job #2 because I want to get her something uber nice since she really did go out of her way to write me a reference letter for my JET application. People, have any ideas?