i was sitting in front of the computer at the nurses station when the nurse i was working with came out of one of the patient's room with what i believe was an i-have-important-news-for-you look. "something tragic happened in the philippines!" she blurted out. in my mind i was thinking: "mother of god! what have the politicians done again this time?"
"come here, take a look. it's on CNN." she called to me.
and there it was on the patient's tv set... the wowowee anniversary stampede. such a sad way to realize that a lot of filipinos remain poor and that they would do anything, queue for hours even days and not mind if they end up hurting each other just to have a stab at luck.
if we come to think of it was abs-cbn really at fault for creating a show that promotes a culture of "pamamalimos" that dangling prizes of instant wealth and other promising stuff that would make life a bit easier have stirred up more hunger from most of these deprived people?
it's just really really sad.
2.05.2006
1.22.2006
the pacman delivers
i spent some of the time at work last night monitoring internet forums wanting to know what's happening with the pacquiao-morales match. good thing i was working with clarisse, a fellow pinoy, i didn't have to explain who the hell pacquiao is and why this match is such a big deal.
we were able to find a link to the RMN station doing a live coverage of the match. it sucks to be at work when all the guys at the apartment are over at ed and chris' house enjoying PPV on HBO. anyway, imagine our disappointment when the guys at RMN decided to stop live coverage because some network was probably waving EXCLUSIVITY to their faces. so we made do with some internet forum where somebody was patient enough (god bless his soul!) to give a blow by blow account of the match.
and so after 10 rounds, pacquiao won by TKO! clarisse called up her husband who was at the pay-per-view party and we heard how loud they've become because of the pacman's victory. i called up my sister in pinas to check if they already knew. she wouldn't believe me when i said that it was pacquiao with a TKO on the tenth round. apparently, the solar sport's channel that they were watching was still on the second round. sabi ko sa kanya sabihin kay tatay na humanap ng kapustahan.... he he he... you never know, somebody might still be up for a bet at that time.
so the philippines has again triumphed. i heard that politicians on different sides of the fence had set aside their diffrences in support of manny pacquiao. how sweet! (with matching rolling of the eyes) if they can be that passionate in their support for a sport that brings pride to the philippines, i just wish that they give the same amount of passion in doing what they are supposed to do for the country.
we were able to find a link to the RMN station doing a live coverage of the match. it sucks to be at work when all the guys at the apartment are over at ed and chris' house enjoying PPV on HBO. anyway, imagine our disappointment when the guys at RMN decided to stop live coverage because some network was probably waving EXCLUSIVITY to their faces. so we made do with some internet forum where somebody was patient enough (god bless his soul!) to give a blow by blow account of the match.
and so after 10 rounds, pacquiao won by TKO! clarisse called up her husband who was at the pay-per-view party and we heard how loud they've become because of the pacman's victory. i called up my sister in pinas to check if they already knew. she wouldn't believe me when i said that it was pacquiao with a TKO on the tenth round. apparently, the solar sport's channel that they were watching was still on the second round. sabi ko sa kanya sabihin kay tatay na humanap ng kapustahan.... he he he... you never know, somebody might still be up for a bet at that time.
so the philippines has again triumphed. i heard that politicians on different sides of the fence had set aside their diffrences in support of manny pacquiao. how sweet! (with matching rolling of the eyes) if they can be that passionate in their support for a sport that brings pride to the philippines, i just wish that they give the same amount of passion in doing what they are supposed to do for the country.
1.20.2006
i got ticketed!
so what do i do on my second out of the three days off that i got? well get a freaking parking ticket of course!
i went to the bank this morning with my housemates jade and joyce to have some dollar bills changed into quarters for that household chore we couldn't get away from that we call the laundry. i parked on the side street beside the bank and completely ignored the parking meter on the right side of my truck as i made my way to the atm machine. i knew i should've used more braincells at that moment because when i came back from the bank with two rolls of quarters in my hand, there underneath the windshield wipers is a crisp yellow parking ticket reminding me of my stupidity. dammit! there goes my 18 bucks faster than i can say kaching!
so what have i been up to lately? i've been on a reading spree the last week. i was able to finish reading memoirs of a geisha before i went to the mall to catch it's film version and have finished terry mcmillan's how stella got her groove back which ultimately got me out of the foul winter mood i'm in these days. i have also been calling travel agencies for plane ticket prices because apparently i am going back home in march! so after a weeks of wheeling and dealing with travel agents it's gonna be singapore airlines for me baby!
another thing that's keeping me up all night when i am not up all night because of work is the new sims university expansion pack that i've installed in my laptop. it kinda revived my addiction to the sims 2. it's fun because my sims get to write term papers or better yet influence someone to write term papers for them, choose majors, apply for fraternities and sorrorities, choose to live alone or live in a crazy dorm, schmooze with professors and recite these funny sounding school cheers.
can you tell how i easily get bored these days? i've finished watching the season 4 dvd of friends last night, i watched charlie and the chocolate factory, christmas with the kranks and some hilary duff movie all in one sitting the other day courtesy of my friend's netflix subscription. she was supposed to get million dollar baby and some other dvd's today but when i went to get it out of the mailbox, the mailbox was empty and a note said that all our mails are in the apartment building's office probably because we got a shitload of junk mails that wouldn't fit into their tiny mailboxes. so i am left with nothing to watch tonight except for maybe reruns of conan o'brien (he totally cracks me up!) or some paid tv advertisement like girls gone wild (joke!)
so there, i'll post another update if something more exciting happens to my life like say i get another parking ticket or if my sims gets twins the next time they have a baby. sad, sad life, i know.
i went to the bank this morning with my housemates jade and joyce to have some dollar bills changed into quarters for that household chore we couldn't get away from that we call the laundry. i parked on the side street beside the bank and completely ignored the parking meter on the right side of my truck as i made my way to the atm machine. i knew i should've used more braincells at that moment because when i came back from the bank with two rolls of quarters in my hand, there underneath the windshield wipers is a crisp yellow parking ticket reminding me of my stupidity. dammit! there goes my 18 bucks faster than i can say kaching!
so what have i been up to lately? i've been on a reading spree the last week. i was able to finish reading memoirs of a geisha before i went to the mall to catch it's film version and have finished terry mcmillan's how stella got her groove back which ultimately got me out of the foul winter mood i'm in these days. i have also been calling travel agencies for plane ticket prices because apparently i am going back home in march! so after a weeks of wheeling and dealing with travel agents it's gonna be singapore airlines for me baby!
another thing that's keeping me up all night when i am not up all night because of work is the new sims university expansion pack that i've installed in my laptop. it kinda revived my addiction to the sims 2. it's fun because my sims get to write term papers or better yet influence someone to write term papers for them, choose majors, apply for fraternities and sorrorities, choose to live alone or live in a crazy dorm, schmooze with professors and recite these funny sounding school cheers.
can you tell how i easily get bored these days? i've finished watching the season 4 dvd of friends last night, i watched charlie and the chocolate factory, christmas with the kranks and some hilary duff movie all in one sitting the other day courtesy of my friend's netflix subscription. she was supposed to get million dollar baby and some other dvd's today but when i went to get it out of the mailbox, the mailbox was empty and a note said that all our mails are in the apartment building's office probably because we got a shitload of junk mails that wouldn't fit into their tiny mailboxes. so i am left with nothing to watch tonight except for maybe reruns of conan o'brien (he totally cracks me up!) or some paid tv advertisement like girls gone wild (joke!)
so there, i'll post another update if something more exciting happens to my life like say i get another parking ticket or if my sims gets twins the next time they have a baby. sad, sad life, i know.
1.08.2006
2005 in review
got this from HERE
Find the first entry for each month of 2005 in your blog. Post the first line of it in your journal, and that’s your "Year In Review"(note: songs, announcements, surveys and blogthings do not count. they should all be legitimate journal entries):
January: i survived the holidays!
February: can somebody please slow down the time? i am running around like a mad woman here (or maybe not, but i just feel like i am) in between trying to get ready for my coming trip to pinas, meeting up my old friends from way way back and juggling two jobs.
March: because i only have 2 more full years left to have the right to claim that i am a twenty something person, let me share with you this article which had been in my inbox for a long time.
April: and so the three weeks of sheer escapism came and went. i've been really bad with blogger lately. i know it's a sin if you've got thousands of things to blog about but you don't find the time to sit down and put all those fun and memorable times into written words.
May: i've been meaning to post this entry a month ago, but between all the preparations for the vacation (that was over even before i got used to the fact that i was on one) and my work which i gladly left for a while and halfheartedly coming back to, i obvously didn't have the time.
June: i just had a dream. i dreamt that i lost my key to our mailbox and i couldn't get any of my mails which happens to be all bills of credit cards, cellphone, utilities etc.
July: it's amazing how one small thing can change my whole disposition amidst sore throat, fever and cough.
August: first things first, let me tell you why i haven't come up with an update these past few weeks. the reason is this fact: "nakakasira ng buhay blogger ang trabaho at lakwatsa."
September: WARNING: a really, really long post coming up, filled with lots and lots of pictures enough to satisfy my up coming vacationless autumn and winter so help me god!
October: i was listening to the radio one night (which i seldom do because most of the radio stations here suck anyway) and out of the blue they played the song all i want is you by U2.
November: so halloween is over and done with. what comes next is thanksgiving. but before that let me just tell you about the halloween party that we had.
December: dear santa,
how was your year? i hope you didn't worked too hard. you're not getting any younger you know.
Find the first entry for each month of 2005 in your blog. Post the first line of it in your journal, and that’s your "Year In Review"(note: songs, announcements, surveys and blogthings do not count. they should all be legitimate journal entries):
January: i survived the holidays!
February: can somebody please slow down the time? i am running around like a mad woman here (or maybe not, but i just feel like i am) in between trying to get ready for my coming trip to pinas, meeting up my old friends from way way back and juggling two jobs.
March: because i only have 2 more full years left to have the right to claim that i am a twenty something person, let me share with you this article which had been in my inbox for a long time.
April: and so the three weeks of sheer escapism came and went. i've been really bad with blogger lately. i know it's a sin if you've got thousands of things to blog about but you don't find the time to sit down and put all those fun and memorable times into written words.
May: i've been meaning to post this entry a month ago, but between all the preparations for the vacation (that was over even before i got used to the fact that i was on one) and my work which i gladly left for a while and halfheartedly coming back to, i obvously didn't have the time.
June: i just had a dream. i dreamt that i lost my key to our mailbox and i couldn't get any of my mails which happens to be all bills of credit cards, cellphone, utilities etc.
July: it's amazing how one small thing can change my whole disposition amidst sore throat, fever and cough.
August: first things first, let me tell you why i haven't come up with an update these past few weeks. the reason is this fact: "nakakasira ng buhay blogger ang trabaho at lakwatsa."
September: WARNING: a really, really long post coming up, filled with lots and lots of pictures enough to satisfy my up coming vacationless autumn and winter so help me god!
October: i was listening to the radio one night (which i seldom do because most of the radio stations here suck anyway) and out of the blue they played the song all i want is you by U2.
November: so halloween is over and done with. what comes next is thanksgiving. but before that let me just tell you about the halloween party that we had.
December: dear santa,
how was your year? i hope you didn't worked too hard. you're not getting any younger you know.
12.30.2005
just bitching
is it just me or is the stress brought about by the holidays getting into my nerves that i am beginning to get easily irritated by the people around me?
i know i shouldn't be this way. i know i am gettinga bit kinda too grumpy these days, but i can't help it. let's just put it this way. maybe i am not so much into the prepations for the parties, and nagging me with something wouldn't get you anywhere except into my nerves. but of course it doesn't help that there are those who thinks that being "makulit" is ok. well, i guess it is ok. it stops being cute however when it's too much. when you're evidently not into a "kulitan" mode and they still keep it going.
the only thing i'm thankful for is that i am able to keep my mouth shut and just think about happy thoughts because the last thing i want is to have a stupid fight over little things. so i'm apologizing for my bad mood these days. i'm sure i'll be back on my old less bitchy self.
i know i shouldn't be this way. i know i am getting
the only thing i'm thankful for is that i am able to keep my mouth shut and just think about happy thoughts because the last thing i want is to have a stupid fight over little things. so i'm apologizing for my bad mood these days. i'm sure i'll be back on my old less bitchy self.
12.11.2005
letter to santa
dear santa,
how was your year? i hope you didn't worked too hard. you're not getting any younger you know. i don't want you getting sick or worse retiring that outdated red suit because of too much stress. i want you to still be around when i have my own kids because i don't want them to grow up without ever having to believe in you. i want them to feel the magic of christmas.
anyway, remember THIS LETTER ? the one i bugged you with last year? yeah, i know you won't forget that. quite a wishlist huh? i am writing this now to let you know that i am very thankful for some of the wishes that came true on that list. i just knew that you wouldn't let me down. even if i was just semi-nice that year.
ok just to refresh your mind.....
that philippine vacation that i was planning did push through, thank you very much! that was my first homecoming and even if it was just for 3 weeks, i definitely had the time of my life.
the car that i'd been planning to buy.... i was able to park in our apartment building's parking lot in september. although it didn't had a built in navigation system i bought a portable one to help me manage the puzzling highways and interstates without feeling like a lost puppy.
now the carribean cruise never happened because we never had the time to plan it well and no efforts were made to really go ahead and do it. i guess i never really wanted that one.
as of today, even if i have a little sniffle and a lot of times my nose is pretty much clogged up, i am still thankful to you for keeping me and my family healthy and safe. i hope you stay healthy yourself as we don't want no sick santa climbing down the chimneys.
the itunes music card, the playstation and the xbox, i didn't get but thats ok because i wouldn't have time to play with them and use them anyway. that was a good decision you made to give it away to some other kid who would have spent hours developing blisters with their thumbs playing it.
santa, did i tell you that i went ahead and got myself a membership at the gym this year? oh yes! you would've been so proud of me. i was joining step classes, low impact classes, kickboxing classes. i was doing my routines with the machines without being intimidated. but then one other wish you forgot to grant me was to give me the discipline to go the gym regularly. it's been 2 weeks now and counting since i've been to the gym and i'm blaming it on the snow storm and the cold weather...he he he
the pair of crosstrainers and the victoria's secret pajamas and tank tops were too easy for you. thanks a lot. next time i'm gonna think of something more difficult.
so those were my wishes last year santa. i kinda underestimated you for a while there. i thought you wouldn't be able to grant me most of my wishes. but you went over and beyond what i expected from you. thanks! thanks! and more thanks! this year to make it up for not being the nicest girl in town, i'm not giving you a long list of things i want. i only have one wish this year and i'm not going to write it down on this letter because even withot saying it out loud, i know you know it in your heart.
merry christmas santa!
remaining a child at heart,
nerie
how was your year? i hope you didn't worked too hard. you're not getting any younger you know. i don't want you getting sick or worse retiring that outdated red suit because of too much stress. i want you to still be around when i have my own kids because i don't want them to grow up without ever having to believe in you. i want them to feel the magic of christmas.
anyway, remember THIS LETTER ? the one i bugged you with last year? yeah, i know you won't forget that. quite a wishlist huh? i am writing this now to let you know that i am very thankful for some of the wishes that came true on that list. i just knew that you wouldn't let me down. even if i was just semi-nice that year.
ok just to refresh your mind.....
that philippine vacation that i was planning did push through, thank you very much! that was my first homecoming and even if it was just for 3 weeks, i definitely had the time of my life.
the car that i'd been planning to buy.... i was able to park in our apartment building's parking lot in september. although it didn't had a built in navigation system i bought a portable one to help me manage the puzzling highways and interstates without feeling like a lost puppy.
now the carribean cruise never happened because we never had the time to plan it well and no efforts were made to really go ahead and do it. i guess i never really wanted that one.
as of today, even if i have a little sniffle and a lot of times my nose is pretty much clogged up, i am still thankful to you for keeping me and my family healthy and safe. i hope you stay healthy yourself as we don't want no sick santa climbing down the chimneys.
the itunes music card, the playstation and the xbox, i didn't get but thats ok because i wouldn't have time to play with them and use them anyway. that was a good decision you made to give it away to some other kid who would have spent hours developing blisters with their thumbs playing it.
santa, did i tell you that i went ahead and got myself a membership at the gym this year? oh yes! you would've been so proud of me. i was joining step classes, low impact classes, kickboxing classes. i was doing my routines with the machines without being intimidated. but then one other wish you forgot to grant me was to give me the discipline to go the gym regularly. it's been 2 weeks now and counting since i've been to the gym and i'm blaming it on the snow storm and the cold weather...he he he
the pair of crosstrainers and the victoria's secret pajamas and tank tops were too easy for you. thanks a lot. next time i'm gonna think of something more difficult.
so those were my wishes last year santa. i kinda underestimated you for a while there. i thought you wouldn't be able to grant me most of my wishes. but you went over and beyond what i expected from you. thanks! thanks! and more thanks! this year to make it up for not being the nicest girl in town, i'm not giving you a long list of things i want. i only have one wish this year and i'm not going to write it down on this letter because even withot saying it out loud, i know you know it in your heart.
merry christmas santa!
remaining a child at heart,
nerie
11.24.2005
only thing to do is jump over the moon
i just spent thanksgiving inside a movie theater watching RENT with the girls...and i just have to say that i adore this movie! i loved it even better than goblet of fire and being a harry potter fan, that says a lot.
the play that is still currently on broadway and the movie has it's own merits. i loved the play for being raw and for the part where the audience gets to "moooo" with maureen, but the film gives us a lot more depth as it incorporates scenes which we knew happened in the play but was somehow implied.
things i liked in the movie:
the play that is still currently on broadway and the movie has it's own merits. i loved the play for being raw and for the part where the audience gets to "moooo" with maureen, but the film gives us a lot more depth as it incorporates scenes which we knew happened in the play but was somehow implied.
things i liked in the movie:
- the tango maureen scene- they made this a bit different for the movie adding some serious tango scenes where roger, joanne and maureen were in formal get up (idina menzel is so hot!)
- the "would you light my candle" scene- it was somehow more fluid seeing it on the screen than on stage.
- the "i'll cover you" scene- i swear kinilig ako dito even if it was a homosexual love affair they were having.
- the la vie boheme scene- of course who wouldn't like this.
"there's only us
there's only this
forget regrets
or life is yours to miss
no other road, no other way
no day but today..."
11.07.2005
spooky!
so halloween is over and done with. what comes next is thanksgiving. but before that let me just tell you about the halloween party that we had. i told you the last time that i would be working that night, but the gods of halloween (if there ever is one) had been good to me because instead of going to the hospital to work, i was put on call. so four hours of the time i spent at the party, i was quite anxious that my cellphone would ring and that would be the end of all the fun.
the party was quite a success actually. most of the people who came were in costume especially the kids. i got to give out candies to the kids who were trick or treating. at one point i even wanted to go out in the neighborhood to go trick or treating with the kids but it was too cold outside so i chickened out.
so until the next holiday... i am hoping we would be able to get together again on thanksgiving. good luck na lang sa turkey namin!!! :p
with the witches and the fairies
the party was quite a success actually. most of the people who came were in costume especially the kids. i got to give out candies to the kids who were trick or treating. at one point i even wanted to go out in the neighborhood to go trick or treating with the kids but it was too cold outside so i chickened out.
these are some of the kids who came all dressed up for the party.
with pocahontas, cleopatra and some other characters
so until the next holiday... i am hoping we would be able to get together again on thanksgiving. good luck na lang sa turkey namin!!! :p
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