Stoked!

Damn it. I'm supposed to be stoked. But no. It ain't happening...AGAIN. My life sucks.

It's another daddy dilemma day. Jeez. Whenever we try to have a decent conversation it ALWAYS ends up being a frikkin' sermon! We were just making suggestions on the interior of the house and he suddenly blabs about how we're not working our asses off. For goodness' sake! He wants to turn the house upside down! And for the nth time, he's complaining why we're no good, how brats like us, ain't gonna make it in the real world. Oh puh-lease. We almost didn't watch Meet the Fokkers. I had to pull that silent treatment. It worked. Haha.. So finally I've watched Meet the Fokkers. He's so like Jack. When he's pissed and I'm pissed, I'll call him "Assshhhh-ole". Gaaawwwddd.. He's really like that. And I'm already saying to them that I'll find in-laws as crazy as the Fokkers just to make him miserable. There's this line in poster that's really cute: Family is misery. Hah!

Ah yeah..my last entry. It's time to talk about the boys, huh.

First stop: Ted. Haha! We don't even get to spend time together anymore, except during Markcu. He's one hell of a funny guy, I must say. He cracks me up everytime. He'll probably end up as one of my thesis mates. He's a good friend, but I don't want him to be a thesis mate, honestly. He's smart but when it comes to school work, I don't like working with him. He likes rock music a lot and he's like this bonjing guy. It's funny because he's a big guy and he jumps a lot with a big smile on his face. Imagine that.

Chris. Ah yeah. He's a nice guy. Too nice, actually. Smart and he has some people skills. We like the same TV shows. We used to text a lot just to tell that our shows are on, and once in a while, just to chat or whatever but most of the time, school stuff. He's just a groupmate last term. Used to have a little crush on him, but that's about it. The more I got to know him, the more that I realized, it ain't going further than a crush. We're good friends, though not as close as last term. We ain't group mates no more. Hehe. Too bad! I like working with him.

Aga. We hang out on our free time. We talk about all sorts of things. From the shallow to the deep. We're open to talk about personal stuff. We make fun of each other, we help each other out, and believe it or not, that's about it. We're tight. It's just weird though that since people are like trying to make something out of nothing, I try to look at him in that way and for some time now I try to. Gaawwwdd. I know girls who dig him and physically, I get that..a little. It's just weird. I never looked at him that way, and now, I'm like..forced. But..ain't happening. It's so weird, it's funny. It's like I know too much already. Haha!!! Criminy, I paid for the parking, the toll, and even gas when he gave me a ride! Sheesh.

Jam. We hang out on our free time. There's 3 of us, actually: Me, Aga and Jam. Jam and I have, what we call "miserable lives" being single since birth. Oh yeah! He's my dance partner during PE! I even remember having a crush on him for like 5 seconds. Haha! (Like my 5-second crush for Joaquin Pheonix). Then I realized. "Oops! Di pala!" Anyway, we have a lot of things in common. We spend time spotting people for each other. He points out my "leg jiggling". We're tight. He got my back, I got his.

And there you go, "My Boys". Oh and by the way, George, my carpool-mate, we just watched a frikking movie. Nothing to it! Gawwd. And puh-lease!!! Not because I'm hanging out with a guy, he's like "my boy". Criminy. I have a lot of guy friends, but they're just that. I'm one of the frikking boys. Now, I dunno if that's a good thing. Hehe. But at least there's balance. I have a bunch of girlfriends, and I have a bunch of boyfriends. Haha. But technically, like I told Ida, there's only 2 bf's: Aga and Jam.

Hhhhmmm...Oh fuck. I'm gonna start "Run for My Life" tomorrow. Hehe. Every day, I'll wake up early and I'll jog around the village (well not around the whole village) for a healthier life. Haha!! It's like lying to myself, huh! I dunno if I'll be able to wake up that early...7am! I regularly put my cellphone on alarm and when it does alarm, I wake up then turn it off. Haha. But I'll try. Hafta turn those flabs to abs. Haha! Gawwdd I'm rhyming. Ok, I'll stop now.

Ooohhh the Waves...

The good news is I'm feeling a lot better and there are no classes tomorrow which means I'll be able to rest to better prepare myself for Saturday when I'll go surfing which I'm really excited about. Haha. Long one. It's difficult to read without the punctuations, huh? Hayyy...

What's up, what's up? Oh yeah..the bad news. There has to be bad news. This sucks. Well...how we're getting there is kind of a blur. I'm supposed to take the bus with Noelle and her friends, turns out they're not taking the bus. Then Sugar, whom I'll be having the lessons with is all of a sudden, not sure if she's going because her posse ain't going. Man oh man. So the plan is, I'll be hitching with Sugar and we're leaving... Friday night or early Saturday morning. Why did this have to happen?! The waves are there rain or shine, we have rooms reserved already, the surf boards and the instructors are just waiting for us. THIS HAS TO PUSH THROUGH!!! I'm calling all the Gods out there... MAKE THIS HAPPEN!!! PUH-LEASE!!!

Other than that...everything's fine. Oh yeah, I forgot to write about Ate Mahal's party last Saturday. I don't wanna talk about Ate Erin bitching all the way from CSB to Paco all because she was hungry. We got there alive, nevertheless. It's a good thing we're having those parties. We're trying to make up for the time lost, trying to forget the past. What a good way to start the new year. We spent the night drinking and singing. I left the drinking part to them. I had the sore throat and it killed me everytime I drank Vodka... I'm just really disappointed I wasn't able to enjoy the Tequila Rose...oh The Rose.. at least, I sang my lungs out, once again. The night wouldn't have been complete without "The Talk". All the girls gathered around the table to know what's up with everyone else's love lives. Typical. At least, I'm not the only one there who doesn't have one. Whew! But my siblings keep on insisting with Aga, Ted and Chris. For crying out loud.. I'll save that for tomorrow's entry...

Floating Down The River???

Floating..floating..my ass. Damn it. More like sinking sinking.. Took out my nose ring. It's been out for a week. Should have taken it out when the year started. Oh great. Perfect way to start the year. Dad would be jumping for joy! Woopee. I've heard somewhere that people born in the Year of the Ox are lucky this year..Well..not much luck so far. Then again the Chinese New Year is still to come..I need all the luck in the world..PLEASE!!!

Hmm..The highlights of the days passed.. Oh yeah. J.A.'s lola died. Not that I'm glad she passed away..don't even know her.. Mom and I went to the wake and saw people you'd normally see in the lifestyle section of newspapers or TV: Cory Aquino, Danding Cojuangco, Dodot Jaworsk, Chyna Cojuangco and her mom, Solita Monsod, and a lot more. There were politicians there of course. We were waiting for Kris Aquino but she never came. Didn't get to talk to any of those prominent people, FYI. Just talked with the biggest flirt the whole time as he introduced me to his cousins who assumed I was one of his girls. Gawwd NO. Eewww..he's sooo...BONJING.

My parents gave me the thumbs up for my surfing this weekend. Yey. Finally. Something to look forward to. I'm tired of this routine.

Oh yeah the weekend. The forsaken weekend. We were supposed to watch a frikking movie. For two Sundays now, we haven't gone to the Cinemas all because of my Dad's itchy ass. We spent the whole day cleaning the den, arranging the books by height, re-arranging the CD's. Argh. I'm really pissed with my dad. And I' getting the same vibe from him. Well I feel that way because he feels that way with me!! DUUUHHHH. For months now actually. I dunno. Sometimes I give him my punchlines, then he cracks up and everything's fine but most of the time, he gives me his punchlines that end up as mere punches on the head. For sooo long, he tells me I'm fat just to annoy me. He perfectly knows I'm the only one who goes to the gym regularly in this house! How Zaza's legs are perfect and how my legs are just tooo big. Then there's the frikking haircut Zaza and I should have had together. One day, I go home to find out she's had her haircut and not just in any salon, but in Franck Provost. Better yet, he rubs it in. And when I ask for money for my haircut, he goes "Inggit ka lang eh kase si Zaza..san nagpagupit? Franck Provost". MY ASS. Oh and yeah..whenever he looks for his CD's he blames me. What the fuck?! And every weekend, he'd want ME to wash the frikking dishes. Not my brother or my sisters...ME. And I had to be the one to clean the den, and the books. What the fuck is up with that?! Thank goodness I'm not here for the weekend!!! (Shit..dapat gumaling muna ako...)

Breathe, Edel. Breathe!!!

Gawwd..speaking of breathing. I'm catching my breath..given that I have the common cold. Perfect timing!!! Why did this have to happen this week?! Why not next week when I'm done with my surfing?! I have to get stoked this weekend!!! I'd kill myself if I won't be able to come this weekend to La Union... I drank calamansi juice but one of the greatest annoyance of my life "Ahehehe-ate-Mannyb-oy" had to drink all of it, so I had to settle with green tea (I'm not sure if that's any help at all) and water, I've gargled Bactidol and warm water with salt for like a thousand times...thew up a hundred times..just trying to get rid of this disease.

Blah blah... I wanna go surfing on a regular basis but it's sooo expensive. Criminy..3500/wkend! Then of course, I have to worry about school, which I'm enjoying, btw.

Blah blah..

*cough* *cough* HELP ME!!!!! What's the fastest way to get rid of this thing?!

Me and My Big Mouth...

My stupid mouth has got me in trouble
I said too much again
(To a date over dinner yesterday)
And I could see she was offended
(She said "well anyway"just dying for a subject change)
Oh, another social casualty
Score one more for me
How could I forget
Mama said "think before speaking"no filter in my head
Oh, what's a (boy) to do?
I guess he better find one soon

Oh I'm never speaking up again..
Starting now..

Well..that pretty much sums up my weekend. But of course, I can't just NOT speak up. Oh puh-lease. I make stupid mistakes but c'mon..never speaking up again just ain't me. Hehe.. I won't want to elaborate on that one cos I'm trying to forget it..

Saturday started pretty fine. Went to the gym then got back. 1:30pm, Zaza and I left. I had this JEMA interview. The interview was fine..I could've done better, but oh well. Then afterwards, I met up with Kathy. We were going to G4 because of the SALE SALE SALE!!! Oh yeah.. I was really excited about that. I want those Aerosoles shoes!! 50%!! That's huge. It was just too frikking bad, my left foot is abnormal. Size 7 1/2 fit my right foot perfectly but my left foot is slightly smaller. Damn. Got out of the mall with a white Topshop shirt.

Oh yep. Aga was there, but not the whole time. He came when I was fitting the shoes. There were 3 of us, so PUH-lease it's not a frikking date. But even if it was just the 2 of us, it still won't be a date, and we're NEVER going on a date. We're just tight.

After shopping, Aga and I headed for Jam's party in Multinational Village. We both didn't know how to get there. So we had to follow the directions from the text of his friend. Of course, I was the navigator and he was the driver. I wasn't the best navigator, but we got there alive and just on time. 9pm sharp. Some of our blockmates were there, and once we got there, they were all screaming.. "ISSUE!!" But once again, I repeat. We're not going there or anywhere near there.

Then of course the party. Most of the block were there and we had a couple of drinks. We played pusoy dos and whoever loses will have a shot of tequila. We all had to lose, one way or another. But the bad thing was that whenever I lost a game, I lost twice in a row, and it happened twice. So those shots just kept coming. But I was still up, far from being drunk. I had the hit already, but I wasn't tipsy yet. Then they decided to stop. Aga and I decided to play one on one, so the games were fast. I lost, then he lost, then I lost again, then he lost again. So all in all, I already had 6 shots. (There we were, the driver and his navigator taking tequila shots endlessly..) I was still pretty good, but I lost again so I had another one. It was hitting me hard, so I had to stop. So I did. I watched them play but for some reason, I had another one. Haha. It's like I couldn't stop myself. Then Jam wanted a shot, but there's only room him and one more shot, which I took..again. Then we had another game, which I lost..damn! I kept getting shitty cards! So I had to drink half of bottle of beer. Jeez. So yeah, I got tipsy. We were having a great time then. But my big mouth had to say something. Gawwdd. It was embarrassing. But it has nothing to do with me, confessing to anyone out there about my love or whatever. Haha.. not THAT embarrassing. Let's say..I was just tactless which offended someone. OOPS! It was just sooo bad. There was almost a cat fight. But I wasn't drunk, so I knew perfectly well not to get involved in that.

Then of course, I had to go home..in tears. I just felt really bad about what happened. But my blockmates are the bestest. Aga and Leejay took me home, and it was all good. When I got home, it was brown out. Being good friends that they are, they stayed for about an hour and we were just talking, literally under the stars. It was soo frikking dark, I couldn't see their faces anymore. But it was all good. Then they went home.

The next day, I had to apologize to them for the thing...and now..it's ALLL GOOD!

BABOY!!!!

BABOY TALAGA! BABOY!!!

My friend just invited be to go surfing and I was just so excited about it. This morning I went to the gym (YEAH!!!) cos man oh man..my flabs won't be good in my swimsuit. I also started taking that Ripped pill. Then there's the huge huge sale in Rustan's and I just had to go there!

When I got back from the gym, it was almost 11 am and Ate Erin asked me to go to Town. WHY NOT?! The thing is, my class was at 2:30pm and my carpool would pick me up at 1:15. So we rushed ourselves. I had a big breakfast so I wasn't really hungry but I thought I had to eat something for lunch. We got to Town by 12:15. Ahhh..the smell of Rustan's knowing there's a sale is the best. I saw this surfing shirt in Billabong and it's pretty cheap for the brand so I got it. (I'm just sooo prepared for this surfing thing). Then I was checking out Aerosoles when the sales lady told me that it was 50% off. HUWAT?! I've been wanting those blue suede sandals and it's 50% off! I had to have it! But it was the last frikking pair. It's half a size smaller. ARGHHHH!!! Then Top Shop...the jeans were also 50% off but the corduroy jeans didn't fit me nicely. I looked at my watch and it's already 1:05. Ate Erin was paying for her jeans and I had to get my school stuff from the car. So I had to go down three floors then walk to the parking lot, get my heavy bag and walk under the hot sun to the other side where my carpool told me she'll pick me up. She wasn't there yet so I had to go back in, check out the stores with my bag. I was also waiting for Ate Erin since the car keys were with me. 3 minutes later, Ate Erin came and 10 minutes after that, my carpool came. When I entered the car, I felt really tired...and hungry!!! Damn. I was thinking to myself, I shouldn't have eaten YOGURT for lunch. Grrrrr.. We passed the Skyway and I got to school at 1:45! Imagine that! I met up with my friends and as usual, did nothing but wait for the bell to ring. My classes were from 2:30 to 4:40 straight. When I finished that, met up with my friends. I thought Mom was picking me up cos we're having dinner for Mama and Papa's 49th year Anniversary (OH YEAH!). Turns out I had to wait. I waited actually til 6:45. I was with Jam. I was so hungry that I told him we'd eat in McDo. I was craving for cheeseburger since the day before (thanks to my Marketing class! argh!). I ordered the Cheeseburger meal with Twister fries. I was literally moaning with pleasure. Haha! Going "Ahh..sarap!" or "Shit ang sarrraappp!" after every bite. Then after that I got totally guilty. Plus, Jam told me how gross he feels after eating McDo, and I did too, after. URGH! That was just sooo wrong. My work-out, once again is useless.

We had that single talk again. Haha! We went back to La Salle and sat in one of the benches there pointing out random people (not the best looking ones) and ask one another if we'd consider dating them. We're just getting pathetic more and more everyday. Hayy nako... Hahahahaha!!

Then Kuya Nono finally came with Kenneth, Mama, Tita Chona and Tita Liber. We went to G4, and as expected we got lost, but found our way, eventually. We ate in Kwan Tong. It's a pretty good restaurant. We had that Chinese meal with like, 8 entrees. Man. I was soo full that I decided to just taste the food. But when the Peking Duck came. Damn...I just can't resist. I didn't eat any other food. Just that. I had about 5 servings of that. It was sooo good but it was sooo oily and fattening, but I just had to eat it! Urgh. And now..I'm feeling soooo bloated. I keep farting! And it smells like Peking Duck (okay..I'm really gross now). And when I burp, even now, I've aleady brushed my teeth which took me 2 minutes to do by the way, I can smell the frikking Peking Duck!!! Arghhh...

NOTE TO SELF 1: Don't eat Cheeseburger Meal with Twister Fries and eat 5 servings of Peking Duck an hour later. (3 servings is enough).

NOTE TO SELF 2: Work out without the proper diet is useless!!!

PROMISE TO SELF: Today, January 14, 2005 is the last time I'm eating Cheeseburger and Fries (regular or Twister).

Random Thoughts

My friend joined this photo contest and the deadline was today. The theme was "Anything Pinoy". We should've done it during the holiday season but I totally forgot about it. So yesterday we tried caputring Pinoy moments like the mamang sorbetero, the pedicab driver with an unbelievably expensive cellphone, the fishball vendor, taho vendor, and the old man who has only one tooth left with a huge smile amidst poverty. We were cramming yesterday. I printed out four of the best pictures taken. Turns out the deadline was moved to Feb. 25. Jeez.

Last night, I was watching My Big Fat Obnoxious Fiance. It was hilarious. Steven, an actor who plays as the big fat obnoxious fiance is driving Randi crazy. The goal is for Randi to convince her family to go to their wedding, with no one objections, for a million dollars. Randi has no idea that Steven is an actor hired to make her life a living hell. Randi comes from a middle-class family whose parents have taught them values and all the good things every child has to know. Last night's episode was when Steven and Randi was gonna meet each other's families. First was Steven's family, who happens to be a bunch of actors too. They had a belching contest, went to the hot tub with Steven's sister of about 23 playing dead, the dad taking off his trunks in the tub and the mom talking about how her son should know Kama Sutra. Then while preparing dinner, the mother measures Randi's hips if it would be fit for child birth and asking how big her nipples are since she breast fed Steve until he was 5. Hahaha!!! It was just soo funny. The next day was when Steven meets Randi's family. On their way to the yacht where they were gonna meet, Steven was pretending to have panic attacks. He even stopped the car and went to the side of the road to just lie down. What Randi didn't know was that Steve will play it really cool when he meets the family. So far, Randi's family likes Steven. What'll happen next week will even be better...Can't wait for that.

Another show I can't wait to see is The Amazing Race 6. There's this couple who annoys the hell out of me. Jonathan and Victoria. The guy's the biggest asshole in the face of the earth and Victoria does nothing but let herself suffer. Gawwd. But there's also this couple Kris and Jon who are very supportive of one another. They're just having a good time, no fights. They're both sexy too! Then there's Adam and Rebecca. The most immature couple there is. They're just so childish. Adam has the semi-kalbo cut but he has bangs in front that is tied in two. He was named hellboy by the Aaron and Hayden. They're both actors and Hayden is just annoying. She doesn't do anything actually. And then there's Lori and Bolo! The professional wrestlers. They keep making these stupid mistakes of whether to take a cab or the subway, making them behind but when it comes to physically demanding road blocks, they catch up but then they get lost on their way to the pit stop. Haha! Then there's the dating models, who does nothing but complain in the 3rd world countries they've ever been to. The guy wants to save money on hotels but the girl just had to take a bath or whatever. Argh. And then this week, the father-daughter tandem Gus and Hera were eliminated. It was expected though since Gus was a a fat man who is just slowing doen Hera. It's just really cute everytime Hera calls out "Daddy." I don't know what's gonna happen next week. I'm just excited to know where they're going, what extreme sports they will do and how these couples (groups of 2, but all who were left are couples) will do it.

It's just fun watching people in these reality shows. Makes you think, what would I have done or how I would have reacted when I'm placed in that situation. I mean, you get the chance to win a million dollars! What would I do for a million dollars...

A million dollars is a lot of money. I'm a very materialistic person. There are just sooo many things I'd like to have right now. I still have a couple of money left from my aguinaldo's and I can't wait to go to the mall and spend them. I've recently bought two tops and a pair of lorts (long shorts). I still want a pair of shoes and jeans. Gawwd. I'm even thinking of what I could do to earn money!!! I want more!!! Criminy. I feel guilty about it actually. I have this Ernie bank (It's Ernie from Sesame Street and not Miss Piggy..WEHH!) and it's just filled with coins. Before Christmas I asked mom to convert the coins to bills so I could spend them, right? But my parents told me to just donate it to this church and the money will help street kids go to school. That's good! So I agreed. Then my cellphone gets stolen. All of a sudden, I wanted to keep the money. Gawwwdd. And now that Dad replaced my phone with a new one (2nd hand 6610..not bad right?), I still don't want to give the money away! Ayayayayayay!!!

Hmmm...what else? Oh yeah let's talk about my love life. Or should I say my non-existent love life and the fact that I'm the only one in this house (literally..even our helpers have love lives..I dunno about Myra though..) who doesn't have one. Generally, I'm okay with it. I mean, in school, we're all not in a relationship. For some odd reason. Most of us has never even been in a relationship. We just laugh about it and we have this countdown that we're all turning 20 or 21. Then from iv-2, I have this single-since-birth-association or something.. I forgot. We all want a boyfriend but there's just no one around! We have this plan, actually where we'll switch schools (Tal's from Ateneo, Nina's from UP and I'm from La Salle..yes 3 members..but there's more SSB'ers..). I mean, I don't think I'll find him (whoever he will be) in La Salle. And they don't think they'll find it in Ateneo or UP. Hehe. Laugh trip all the way when we talk about it. It's like we're bitter but we're not.

And then I go home. Criminy. It's just frustrating. Like I think it was just 2 weeks ago. The four of us were going somewhere. Kuya Nono was driving and he asked Ate Erin what Jan gave her for Christmas. Then he asked Zaza. Then they asked him. I was just silent the whole time looking outside and listening to their conversation. Then they asked what he gave to Tricia. Then he threw it back at them. So I'm like totally OP'd. He asked me "Eh ikaw, anong binigay mo kay.." then he laughed. I knew it was a joke and I knew it was coming. So I just replied with a sarcastic laugh. Then I hear Ate Erin say to him like she was whispering, "Gago ka talaga.." Hmmm!!! So now they treat me like a leper and they just feel sorry for me? Criminy. So my brother tries to pretend like it's not a big deal, he asks me what if my barkada exchanged gifts or whatever. JEEZ.

So here's the thing. YES. I want a boyfriend. Actually that's not right. Having a boyfriend just for that sake of it is pathetic. I want to fall head over heels in love. Why the hell do you think with Before Sunrise, Before Sunset, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, Never Been Kissed, My Bestfriend's Wedding and Meet Joe Black are my favorite movies?!?! I've been wanting to fall head over heels since I was what, 15? Among us here, I'm the one who wants to fall in love so bad. Everyone says I'm just soooo picky but c'mon. How do you expect me to just fall in love right away. I want that you'll-just-know feeling and I haven't felt that with anyone yet. It's too ideal, yes, but isn't it supposed to be ideal? But then again, what do I know, right? I'm just a romantic who has not experienced how it is to fall in love. What I do know, however is that a person can fall in love a lot of times in her lifetime but to fall head over heels in love I believe could only happen once. I don't know when that'll happen for me. All I know is that I can't hardly wait...

I know it's a cornball thing but love is PASSION, OBSESSION, someone you can't live wihtout. If you don't start with that, what are you going to end up with? I say, fall head over heels. Find someone you can love like crazy and who'll love you the same way back. And how d you find him? Forget your head and listen to your heart. I'm hot hearing any heart. Run the risk. If you get hurt, you'll come back. Because the truth is there's no sense living your life wihtout this. To make the journey and not fall in love--well, you haven't lived a life at all. You have to try. Because if you haven't tried, you haven't lived. Stay open. Who knows? Lightning could strike.
-Meet Joe Black


Love is when you look into someone's eyes and suddenly you go all the way inside, to their SOUL...and you both know, instantly. I always imagined I would fall in love, nursing a blind soldier who was wounded in battle. Or mayube while rescuing someone in the middle of a blizzard, seconds before the avalanche hits. I thought at least by the age of 15, I would have a love life. but I don't even have a 'LIKE' life...
-My So-Called Life

Butong Pakwan Sessions for the Not So Typical Holiday Season

Hey folks it's 2005!!! Year of the Rooster. It's a good year says that creepy looking guy who happens to be calles "The Nostradamus of Asia". I never really believed in those things before but when I learned he predicted about FPJ's death and the fires...well..maybe he can predict the future. But as what Dad kept saying, the future is not predicted. Yep. I've always believed in that.

Woohoo...got to be with the SARMY ARMY. I miss going to Villasis with the whole Sarmy Army. We used to have a tree house there and the duyan!!! We'd all take a bath in the palanggana in the poso. Those days. Life was so much simpler then. At least we still get to spend a lot of time together, still having a good time.

When we got there, we immediately watched Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory (for a movie with forgettable songs and characters..it wasn't so forgettable) in Tito Ernie's laptop since all the TV there didn't seem to work. We tried to squeeze all our butts in the tiny bed, but we were too big. Some stood up and some sat on the floor. Hayy... All that to watch a movie with pink-faced midgets sing. After the movie, we all got out of the room to see that they bought a brand new flat screen TV and VCD. YEY!!! We didn't have to punish ourselves! Haha..Then that night, we had the "party". There was this magic mic from Tito Ging and Tita Baby then we had the gift-giving. I got a picture frame for the exchange gifts. WOOPEE!! (I'm not complaining...I just wanna know..why?!). It was fun though. Hehe..

After that, we took full advantage of the new TV and VCD player so we watched Ring 0 (well..we didn't even finish the 1st CD..we were getting to the good part when I heard Kokoy snore). So I decided that we just all go to bed. The next morning was the Ubaldo reunion. It was the typical family reunion with kids singing and a few games. The moms chat about everything and the dads are somehwere outside sitting in a table drinking lotsa beer. The funny thing was that I have this distant cousin. She kept sending me these testimonials in Friendster. It's really flattering that she finds me very pretty and she wants me to talk to her when we see each other. Sure, right? But I just find it awkward to talk to her. Well, we were able to interact with each other a little when the clowns were having the magic show. But after that, I was with the PTF the whole time and we were just having a good time by ourselves so we weren't really able to talk. Then we had to go so that was that.

When we got back to the house, we watched Dreams. Unfortunately, Tito Eddie and Tito Rolly had to go so Eona, Denden, EJ, Earl and Elyza weren't there anymore. Well, Eona was the only one who would probably appreciate the Kurasawa movie, but it's sad that they had to go. Then we watched Before Sunrise. And as expected...only Kokoy, Ikay and me were up for it. Hehe. Ikay, Kokoy and I were sooo high up the clouds after the movie when we began talking about the movie. Then we talked about love. Hehe... Then Ate Erin, Zaza and Isay joined in. Yep. Just listening to each other's love stories (I listened all the way in this part since I didn't have anything to share..haha!) to the serious stuff (I got to ask those silly questions I've been wanting to ask), to our dreams (the literal sense..as in the things that happen when you're asleep). Well..unfortunately, Kokoy and I were the only ones awake when we reached the dreams part. Isay was just about to close her eyes when Lola with her big hair came into the room. It was time for them to go. Oh well...

I'd call those bonding sessions as Butong Pakwan Sessions. We seemed to have enjoyed eating those while watching the movies. We kept eating them non-stop! Our lips survived, I'm happy to say. No bleeding or anything. I still have to learn how to eat them right though. (My mom does the whole process with just her mouth. Amazing. She cracks it then bam! It's inside her mouth).

Then we got home 8am the next day. On our way home, I swear I had one of those out of body experiences I was telling Kokoy about. But this time, I did it consciously. It was scary. I wanna do it again, but I was so scared cos I felt like I was gonna die when I saw flashes of colors... It was creepy! I was sleeping the whole ride. I woke up and we were in Ubay already.

We spent this holiday season very differently. We didn't have Noche Buena. There weren't quezo de bola or hot chocolate Christmas Eve. We prayed, however at 12 midnight. For New Year's, we were at the Bellevue hotel instead of being home watching fireworks. We had the countdown with Mitch Valdez singing on a stage (it was a good show, btw) and a few socialites. After that, we went straight to our 19th floor suite and watched fireworks from above. We didn't eat that 12 round foods since there were only grapes (and I don't eat those) so I wasn't able to have my usual 12 wishes on New Year's. I was confused, really if I liked it or the traditional way better.

I'm still thinking if I should make a New Year's Resolution. Haha. Yeah right. I'll end up thinking if I should have and by the end of this week, I'd have forgotten that I should make one. I never keep 'em anyway.

Hmm..so does that mean that every year is the same for me? Through the years, have I changed to be a better person?