My Stuff

My wife and I recently moved out our apartment, where we lived for 3 years. Now, we're living in my family's house (more of my house, if you'd ask me! Hehehe! I'm such a bitch!) where we relatively have more organized storage. But for some reason, we never have enough storage space for my stuff! I have a lot! And I really mean A LOT!!!

My big sister, Ate May keeps on telling me I'm such a pack rat. I have way too much stuff that can actually be disposed of, but I never do. Well, I guess I'm too sentimental. As I always say, I'm Ms. Long-term Everything. I'm into long-term relationships, my friends now are my friends since forever, and the stuff I actually use i.e. clothes, shoes, bags gets really old before I replace them. Worse, I pretty much keep everything my friends give me -- even a simple note written in tissue!

Honestly, I wish I can change that about myself. I wish I could be a little less sentimal -- just like my dad and my wife. Makes spring cleaning and moving in/out a lot easier.

But just the same, I have a number of stuff I call My Most Priced Possessions. These are stuff that are not really expensive nor important in terms of function, but I just can't let go of for whatever reason. Here's a really quick list of those stuff:

* My POG collection. During the late 90's, Coca-Cola had a promo for POG caps. They had 24 designs, all of which I was able to collect. I want to have them framed. For me, it was an achievement.
* Speaking of achievement, I love my Starbucks rocket tumbler -- imagine, 58 fraps in 62 days. Apart from being well, expensive, it reminds me of all the friends I was able to hang-out with because of that promo.
* VCD collection of Mandarin movies + DVD collection of Seasons 1 and 2 of Six Feet under. These are among our recent acquisitions. My wifey bought them from HK when she went there this month for a business trip. We were so thrilled to actually own original VCDs of movies done by our favorite HK superstars -- the likes of Karen Mok, the late Anita Mui, Stephen Chow, Sammi Cheng and Cecilia Cheung.
* School projects. I have a thing for collecting my school projects. They remind me of my younger self, groupworks remind me of old friends, papers remind me of how hardworking I was -- having to use our ancient manual typewriter. Even if my grades aren't always impressive, I'm always proud of my works even as a child.
* Letters from friends. As I've said, I'm very sentimental. I love reminiscing the good ol' days. Makes me even happier to know most of them are still very involved in my present life.
* Cat Collection. No, I don't collect cats -- I collect cat stuff. I'm crazy about cats!!! I love my feline siblings soooooo much!!!

Well, that's it for now! Have nothing else to say! Heehee!

Nininuninu... What to do, What to do...

I've been wondering... I've been thinking of writing a short story... I already have at last three plots in mind but I'm having a hard time deciding which language to use. I think I'm comfortable enough to write in English. But I feel that I'm able to express more emotions in Tagalog. Writing in English might make all my characters sound alike. With Tagalog, I can be kikay, bading, perhaps even astig. However, I'm a lot more sarcastic and bitchy when I write in English... Haaayyyy... what to do, what to do...

Happiness -- Warning: I'm in "random thoughts" mode!

Things that made me happy recently:
Constantine Maroulis is out of American Idol.
So is Scott Savol, who got a major case of airheadness all of a sudden to the point of sheer "whatthefuckness"?
Survivor jerk Rob and Survivor winner Amber didn't win in Amazing Race 7.
Uchenna and Joyce did. Well deserved.
My best friends visited me today -- err, yesterday.
I was able to talk to another one of my close friends the other day after a few months of being busy with our lives.

My entry got published in a Bo Bice blog.

I ate pizza and mojos yesterday. YUMMY!

Things that pissed me off recently:
Average Joe winner wasn't an average Joe -- kinda defeats the title, don't you think?
Meredith and Gretchen got eliminated from the Amazing Race 7.
My work. Same o' same o'!
11-hr power interruption last Monday, May 9th from 9PM to 8AM. I now have rashes all over my body -- ITCHY!!!
My old cable company is screwing me up.
I'm dead broke with tons of IOUs to my name.

Etcetera
I miss my baby, who's currently in HK for a business trip.
My older sister is going crazy over an ex -- again. I wish she gets over it ASAP.
I feel bad that I'm not able to write for myself as much.
I wish I can "design" some stuff for #lezvillage.
I'm tired. Have to sleep. Have to work again later.

Lotsanewthingzzzz!!!

Oh my gawd!!! We've finally done it! We've finally setup our effing PC!!!

Lotsa new things going on with me and my honey.

We're out of our humble abode-slash-lovenest and we're now at "my house. Gawd! Moving in is ssssooooo tiring! Lots of stuff to clean, organize, sort... AAAARRRRGHHHH!!! It's driving us nuts! But it's fun!

Will keep "you" posted... that is, as soon as I find the time to write something longer!

Gotta get back to work!!! =)

Challenge for the day: Writing Travel Articles

I'm a semi-bum. Semi because I already have a 3-month trial contract with a company, but just the same, I don't earn as much as I did and well, it's just a trial period. At this point, I'm trying to get into as much companies as possible so I can stick with having a home-based job.

I just finished an article about buying art -- very interesting and educational. But the real challenge I'm facing right now is writing a travel article. I was thinking, I don't think it's the genre I find difflicult but my topic. You see, I need to write about my hometown. About the usual stuff you'd typically find in a travel article -- places to go, things to do, etc. I've lived in Pasig all my life -- on the outermost portion of it. Sad to say, I've spent my entire life "living" in other parts of the metro. I studied and worked in Quezon City, my fun leisure places are Quezon City, Makati, Mandaluyong and even Cainta, and the one place I'm truly fond of and wish to be a citizen of is Marikina City. Not to diss my supposed hometown, but I guess I'm just not a Pasigueño by heart. In fact, there are a lot of places in Pasig, which I've never heard of, morever gone to! Sad to say, I need to do tons of research about Pasig! Oh man! What to do, what to do...

I'm seriously thinking of not submitting the article -- tantamount to withdrawing my application and screwing up my chances of having additional income... but I know that's really impractical and totally stupid.

Oh well, gotta get back to work. :(

Funny Things Around Me

Have you ever experienced going somewhere through public transport then you saw some interesting stuff in the street -- so interesting that you wish you have a digital camera to capture them?

Well, this morning, I went to the only barangay hall I know -- it's not necessarily the nearest one in my area, but I'm the kind of person who's more comfortable with something familiar over something well, practical. So anyway, on my way there, I was on a jeep and I saw this gotohan. The sign says GOTOHAN, ATBP. OPEN 24HRS... but when I looked at the actual store, it's closed.... Hmmmm... Is it me, or...?

Then while I was on the tricycle... I like riding at the back of the driver, by the way... I saw this guy -- a dirty ice cream vendor -- peeing on the wall. When I looked at the writings across his ice cream cart, it reads SANITARY. Yeah, right...

Lastly, I was on my way to KFC with my wife and my big sister, May, when we saw a policeman looking through the goods of a "stall" selling pirated CDs. And trust me, he looks nothing like raiding the store or arresting the vendor. We were even thinking he might be buying porn for his horny self.

Oh well, ONLI IN DA PILIPINS!

Updates

I just realized that I post too much about the things I bitch about... things that makes me sad... but never about the things that happen afterwards. So, where do I start?

Well, I'm no longer pissed with my phone... I was able to get in touch with the Nokia Helpdesk where a rep assisted me via phone in troubleshooting the problem. As it turns out, there has been a conflict with my mRouter... probably because I use the same USB port for Bluetooth and the HotSync cable of my PDA. Everything's back to normal with my phone.

About my supposed job... well, they totally screwed me up. After the "job offer" meeting with "the boss" here in Manila (he's from CA), they totally ignored me... my immediate supervisor even had the gall to login in YM in invisible mode -- like I wouldn't figure it out -- and as of the last meeting, which was Tuesday, 12MN MLA time, "the boss" talked as if nothing happened... he said there was no position ever offered... Whatever. Anyway, I withdrew my application and told him how unprofessional they were in handling these matters... but then I was polite enough to say "Thank you for your time" GAG ME

So there, I've been having a hard time sleeping night after night... I can't believe they screwed me like that! Oh well, I belive in karma... So there... oh and of course, that makes me a professional bum... As such, I've been very busy submitting my samples and other application documents to different Web Content companies. My mission is to find a home-based writing job... a good-paying one... and of course, one that will not screw me up!

So far, I've landed a 3-month trial contract with one company, which I feel is very good -- not to mention, I'm dealing with Filipinos. I'm hopeful that things will get better from here.

I've also been working out like hell... I vow to lose a portion of my adipose tissue by the 25th anniversary of my existence. I've been playing badminton, lifting weights, doing some "so-so" yoga and has significantly reduced my food intake. And mind you, I'm eating healthier too. Can you imagine that's even possible?! Well, welcome to my TWILIGHT ZONE!

So there... that's it for now. Everything else seems normal. I'm still madly in love with the same woman for the past 4 years and some months, We've been staying at my parents' house during weekends -- frying our brains with the CATMANIA 1000-pc Jigzaw puzzle I've had for years. Oh well, we've been doing it for the past couple of weekends and intend to finish it this weekend. I've been watching a whole lot of TV as usual (a lot of CSI and American Idol) and I'm still madly in love with the same woman for the past 4 years and some months... So there!

'Till next time!