Christmas 2004

Happy Holidays to all! (Yes, I'm being politically correct!)

How can you guys not blame me for being a grinch when I'm here at work on the day Christ was born (unless you've read The Da Vinci Code and now feel otherwise). And as if that's not enough, God must truly hate me for what happened yesterday. I was trying to be a good Catholic and went to church yesterday at 4 p.m., thinking that there would be less people at that time. Well, my sister-in-law and I thought wrong because the place was packed. We ended up standing at the back of the church along with the rest of the world. So there I was, trying to converse with God (while trying to erase vivid The Da Vinci Code excerpts from my head as I stared at the Crucifix) for half an hour when I started feeling light-headed. Instead of puking in front of my fellow Catholics, I asked my sister-in-law for the car keys and went back to the car instead. Hence, I didn't finish mass. I didn't even get to say "Peace be with you" to anybody. *SIGH. Sorry God...again.

Anyway, afterwards, the family celebrated Christmas together at our house (I had to put Pen's latest batch of Krung Krung DVDs in the backburner). As always, I was the only partner-less person around, but the great thing about my brothers and sisters is that they don't give me a hard time about this issue unlike the relatives. That, people, is what immediate families are for. LoL. Although, goodness, the Pogi Boys and Ganda Girl are majorly growing up. If these kids beat me to having a significant other, I'm surely going to have some major old maid issues. HaHa!

As I type, my sister-in-law and Ganda Girl are on a plane bound for Manila. Kuya will follow in two weeks' time. They're not going to Boracay at all, so I'm not that jealous...yet.

Smarter than Average

I picked up my new glasses at Costco today. I love them and because of that, I plan to wear my glasses more often than my contacts now. Hopefully, they're beneficial in attracting smarter guys this coming year. Yihee! HeHe.

See Right Through You

I got home just in time to see the last ten minutes of FPJ's funeral coverage; I had no idea it was even going to be covered. I'm no fan; I've never seen a movie of his and I have no clue what the Panday movies are about. The sadness that I felt was more for the realization that the adults that I know are getting older and events such as this in my family will be unavoidable in the years ahead. Sana lang, I'm a stronger woman by then.

When I first heard Susan Roces say that she didn't want politics to have anything to do with the funeral, I smiled because that's how I felt. But then, she took back her words today and I so wished she had not. I stand by what I'm going to say and that is politics did not do anything good for FPJ. If anything, politics tarnished his name and reputation. Hence, I would have preferred if politics was out of the picture during his wake/funeral as to avoid being used again for the second time around.

Jolly Days

I hate it. I hate it when people start talking about Thanksgiving when Halloween isn't over yet. I hate it when people start talking about Christmas when Thanksgiving isn't over yet. I hate it when people start talking about New Year's when Christmas isn't over yet. One at a time, people! Help me slow down my life at least once this year!

So anyway, the other day, I finally returned all the ornaments that I bought; the tree isn't coming up this year. 'Tis another grinch-like Christmas. I'm jealous that every single blogger in the Philippines is blogging about how excited they are about Christmas while I'm just ho humming along. Am I the only one who doesn't feel like it's Christmas around here? I mean, I see that it's Christmas with all the traffic everywhere, but I don't necessarily feel like it's Christmas. *SIGH.

The Code

For two Saturdays in a row (sunny Saturdays, too!) I rushed home after work yesterday and just read until the wee hours of the night. I am here to announce that I have finished The Da Vinci Code. I can now be a willing and able participant in such discussions. HeHe. My thoughts:

1. I wish I was still at Seattle U; I wish I had taken more Theology classes.
2. I really don't know much about my religion (as taught by the Church) and should do something about it.
3. I want to travel to Europe.