You and Me Against the World

Because of you, my life has changed, thank you for the love and joy you bring
Because of you, I feel no shame, I'll tell the world it's because of you

You had me at "Hello"...


You gradually showed your true colors...


You opened up to me some more...


I think I'm in love...


After one and a half weeks of tracking the package on UPS' website, my Powerbook has finally arrived. The wait was well worth it. I can't call it a late Christmas present anymore; I guess I shall regard it as an early Valentine's Day gift to myself. Can you feel the love? LoL.

I've decided to call it "Papa." Yes, it's my first time naming one of my things. Papa the Powerbook. That sounds just about right. Together, Papa and I will travel the world, give birth to one or more children (our first born will be called iShuffle, but we'll have to wait for another year because I want to spend some time with Papa first), and simply make sure that we spend enough time with eachother. (It's sad though that I can't use Papa yet because I have no money to buy Adobe Creative Suite for Macs and Microsoft Office 2004 for Macs. That's an "I'm begging" announcement, in case none of you were able to pick that up. HeHe)

No, I haven't gone mad; I've just made The Switch. =D

Hear My Prayers

Every single time I'm at RiceBowlJournals.com, I always have an agenda. Last month, I was there to find an American Bae Yong-Joon; I failed...miserably. Today at work, I was on the site, checking the Japan category for JET Program participants. I found a couple of them. From looking at all their pictures and travel stories, I now totally wish and hope that I get accepted into the program. I want to experience what they're currently experiencing. And because my heart is so set on this, I'm scared that I won't get in. God doesn't usually give me what I really want. He usually comes back another time and gives me more than what I initially asked for. But Lord, please hear my prayers this time around. Eventhough I'm selling all of my Sanrio stuff on eBay right now to make way for more technosexual gadgets, I would still love to pay homage to my beloved Sanrio Puroland. *SIGH. I wonder how many more whinings I'll be posting on here. HeHe.

Touchy Feely

You know, it is true that when you have little of something, you value it more; and when you have plenty of something, you take it for granted. For "normal" people, it was a three-day weekend; for me, it was a one-day weekend and I was quite happy with it. There were no ringing phones, no stupid questions, and no bipolar disorders. It felt damn good.

After taking my car to get an oil change, I went back home to actually get on the treadmill. When I'm a happy camper, I exercise. When I'm not, you can find me laying on the couch. For the past two months, it has been the latter. Anyway, after a quick shower, I battled the rain and drove to the spa to indulge in a 50-minute massage. My back has been giving me problems lately (probably from laying on the couch too much, HeHe) and I'm also dying a slow death from all the stress at work. Hence, I decided to cough up the money for a massage eventhough I seriously think that any spa service in the U.S. is way overpriced.

Normally, I would be uncomfortable with a stranger touching my nekkid body like that, but it felt good. She can touch my body all day, let me tell ya. Throughout the 50 minutes, I kept remembering Friends' Phoebe though. Tsk. Tsk. I watched too much TV during my heydays. LoL.

As I try to figure out my life and its path in the next two months, I'm looking forward to these massages as my salvation. I think I finally understand how important it is to pamper yourself; not necessarily to look good, but to feel good. Although I'm sure, they go hand in hand. Now if I can only get my spiritual side jumpstarted, I swear, no one can dampen my spirits.

All By Myself

It's a fact: hell exists on this Earth. Our Marketing Communications Manager has turned in her resignation. I only have three weeks left of having someone at the office that keeps me sane from all the madness. After that time, I have four weeks until "March 2005." Crap! It's not so much of meeting the deadline that I have set for myself, but more of how I'm going to be able to handle all the stress that will arise from L not being there. I can only buy and eat so many gallons of ice cream. God help me.

Speaking of which, last night, before going to bed, I prayed long and hard to God. He doesn't expect me to stay at my job for my entire life, does He? At least, I hope not. I have at least 50 reasons, Sir! Hey, maybe I need to enumerate those tonight to Him. The Guy doesn't seem to be listening to me half of the time. ;P

Please feel free to pass on any interesting and fulfilling job openings to me. It will be greatly appreciated. Guaranteed.

Monopolized Entertainment

Remember back in the day when ASAP stood for ABS-CBN Sunday Afternoon Party (Yes, we already had TFC around 1995)? Back then, the hosts were Martin, Pops, Dayanara, and Ariel; The Streetboys and Manoeuvres provided all the dancing; and the "Pare Ko Gang" were the youngins. Even when they decided to add Jolina into the mix, I still enjoyed the show.

Nowadays, I ask myself, "WTF happened?!" Instead of being entertained, I am now annoyed every single Sunday (and yes, I still watch it nonetheless). Does the show really need 5 billion "regulars"? It's such a circus! If ABS-CBN can't get these people decent projects, by all means, let them go to other networks instead of placing them all on ASAP!

If you already have a ZsaZsa, why do you need a Kuh? If you already have a Vina who can sing and dance, why do you need a Rica? If you already have Bea and Shaina, why do you need Anne (of all people!)? If you already have Sarah, Mark (my beloved promdi), and Papa Christian, why do you need Erik, Gumby, Poor Girl, and Frenchy (I don't mind the recent addition of Raymond though)? Then, there's The Hunks...why are they all trying to be wanne-be rockstars? Stop the madness!

I'm not even going to get started on ASAP Fanatics. I just need some good entertainment. I realized that I only watch a handful of TFC shows nowadays, all of which are from the News & Current Affairs Department: The Correspondents, Pipol, and Straight Talk (I keep missing the MYX shows on Saturdays!). And yes, I watch The Buzz, but not for long if they're going to change the format like they did today. Tsk. Tsk. Let's raise the bar of quality, people, because I seriously don't believe that what I'm watching is what the Filipino audience really want...at least, I hope not. And yes, I'm probably talking about this subject because I'm simply having Good Morning, Kris withdrawals. GMA-7, hurry up and get a satellite up in space! Now na!