Shabu Times Two

Ate Ricci and Tom (cousin and cousin-in-law, respectively) arrived from Colorado earlier today. For the first time in my whole entire life, I was the one behind those railings in NAIA, waiting on someone to arrive from the States. Man, I've never felt like such a local until today. HeHe. And to make sure that my cousin was safe, I arrived at the airport one whole hour before her expected arrival. *Ahem.

For lunch, we decided to have shabu-shabu. I've always wondered what the heck it is since I've seen the shabu-shabu restaurant at The Podium every time I go there. Well, since you learn something new everyday, I guess shabu-shabu was my lesson for the day. Although, I still don't know why they call it as such.

Money Talks

For the first time in my website history, I am going to say this:

This Christmas, I want a boyfriend. A rich boyfriend.

Yes, that one little adjective has been left out in all of my past angst-filled posts (because supposedly, I understand what true love is. *Ahem). But this Christmas, I have nothing so let me be greedy in wishful thoughts. LoL.

While finishing my Christmas shopping today, I thought of at least one hundred things that I would like to buy had I been employed. How easy it would've been to just splurge on me, me, me. However, this Christmas, I have no buying power. None. Zilch. No Amazon deliveries. No electronics. No siblings or children for Kulay or Papa. Absolutely nothing to make me feel a little warm despite being single.

Hence, a rich boyfriend would be good. A "sugar daddy" as Homer puts it (hopefully, just as sweet as sugar. Yihee! LoL).

Yes, I can see God in heaven right now, staring down at me with His hands on His hips, saying, "What do you really want?! You're confusing me!"

*Sniff. *Sniff. A career (ay, ang gulo nga ng bata! HaHa!). Someone please bring out the blankets for the nth time in history. ;P

Fantasy Forever

Sometimes, when we lose something, it only means that we didn't take enough care of it to be able to have it forever.

My question is: if it's not mine, whose is it?

Interview #11 (I Think)

It's been awhile. It's been awhile since I wore one of my "professional" outfits and went to an interview. The last one was back in October. Today was my first interview in over two months! Yikes! And it's not your typical interview since I had to do a 15-minute PowerPoint presentation before anything else.

How did it go? Like all of my past interviews here in Manila: it went well.

Confidence. Check. Communication skills. Check. Smile. Check. Knowing my material. Check.

Weakness? Posture! I've been meaning to fix that since college ended, but obviously, I haven't been doing a good job about it. So please, the next time you see me, if you see me slouching, be sure to point it out to me. Must continue to increase those ganda points! HaHa!

Displaced Disposition

Crap. I can't believe this is happening again.

1. Glasses
During my first week here in Manila, one of the screws got umm, unsecrewed and I thought I had to buy a new pair of glasses. Thankfully, Tet and I were able to get my glasses fixed at The Podium for free.

2. Cellphone
Over the last (almost) five months, I've begun to cherish the darn thing. It may not look as cute as Kulay or Papa, but it works and that's all I need it to do. But on one fateful morning at Pancake House, I spilled some water on it and it started going crazy. I thought I had to buy a new cellphone. Thankfully, it fixed itself. It still goes on a fritz once in awhile (like mixing two messages in my inbox together), but I don't have to buy a cellphone and that's all I care about.

3. Watch
Guy sa MRT: "Miss, sa iyo yata yun."
Me: (looks on the floor and sees my watch) Ay, salamat po.

First of all, there are some good strangers in this country. That man could've easily picked up my watch and walked away with it, but he didn't. Anyway, the screw on the strap got umm, unscrewed and the screw went flying away somewhere. I brought the watch to one of the watch places at Shangri-La and I was told that they didn't have a screw to fix it. If I had the strap extender, they could take a screw from there and replace the one that's missing, but where's that extender? In my lovely room...in Seattle. Hence, for the past two months, I've been living my life without a watch. Not a pleasant thing for someone who always wants to be on time for everything.

4. Earrings
This is my latest misery. I didn't bring any jewelry to Manila except for my watch and earrings. The watch went bye-bye and whaddayaknow, the earrings seem to have gone with it. Monday was the last day I wore them because that was the only day this week that I ventured outside (nagtitipid kasi). I took them off when I got home and I put them somewhere. Where that somewhere is, I don't know. Yesterday, when I was getting ready to go out, I couldn't find my earrings. I looked everywhere, but ended up empty-handed. Before I left the house, I told Manang Luz to look for them when cleaning the room. When I got back last night, I was sad to find out that those earrings were still MIA.

You're probably saying, "Mina, there are so many earrings at tiangges!" I'm sorry, but Mina doesn't wear fake earrings. Ang taray! LoL. Seriously though, just like most things this holiday season, I can't afford to buy anything extravagant. A new pair of earrings is not an option.

So, dear earrings, please appear soon because I don't want to cry over you day in and day out. Besides, I need you to make me look like a girl day in and day out, too. HaHa!