so, I was sick (and look how many variations of barf I can say)

yesterday, I woke up having the stomach pains and the chills. thinking it was the usual "that time of the month again" I took a shower and went to the office.

Halfway there I felt this need to ... upchuck. All I wanted was to run to the nearest bathroom and spew my guts but since I cannot just toss my cookies, I waited until I was at the office, asked the little boy for a platic bag and raced to the bathroom, half-tottering, slipping in my pointy flats.

Let me tell you. Doing the technicolor yawn felt so good that time. All I wanted to do was to barf and barf until everything was out. I didn't mind people coming in hearing me puke. This was life and death.

I finished after around 2 minutes to wash myself off and went up to the office, still feeling the chills. It was 8:03...

at 9:00, I was getting the chills, my hands are cold. Niña and Ben felt my shivering hands and had resulted to measures like socks at my hands and after, gloves from Sally, I already called it quits and skivved off for a whole day sick leave after the CTC insuance. At 10:38 or so. I went to the doctors, and went home to tumble into bed at 1pm.

For the past 20 hours I was probably sleeping. only to wake up for meals and meds then drift off to sleep. I knew I was feeling better then I woke up 3am today and the light-headedness was gone. The headache also and the nausea. and I couldn't sleep anymore. I was alive enought today to play fatal frame 2 the whole afternoon, only flinching when I hear the phone vibrate or the thunder made the controllers vibrate.

Now, I will be driftng off to sleep. and hopefully will be ready to go to work tomorrow.

tumatanda ngunit bata parin..

the halo halo. a filipino delicacy. If the americans have their hot fudge sundae, the chinese have the shaved ice and fruits with mix beans, here we have the halo-halo. from the filipino word halo which means mix/or a variant, it could either be mix-mix, or mix-variant, or a variant-variant, you be the judge.

milky way's halo halo at powerplant

the usual halo-halo can have...

the "fillings" namely but not limited or does it contain all of the following: Kaong (sweet sugar palm), preserved coconut strips drenched in syrup, langka(jackfruit), leche flan (similar to egg custard), sweet banana, unflavored or sweetened gulaman (gelatin) in different colors, monggo beans, and ube hilaya. If there are toppings which I managed to forget, please do pardon me. sometimes sago or tapioca is also placed.

after all the sweet stuff is patted at the bottom of the tall glass, a nice snowfall of shaved ice is filled to the brim, poured over condensed milk or regular milk and sugar syrup, and if you're lucky, a scoop or two of ice cream (preferably ube) tops the whole thing with a flourish. (if not, regular ube hilaya or leche flan is on top).

i'm particularly picky when it comes to eating halo-halo. they don't call it halo for nothing. after you salvitate looking the the devious conction it takes another 2-3 minutes (5 if you're anal like me) to mix everything until the whole thing is purple from the ube. it is a messy and a fun thing to do to see layers of colors turn all purple. and such a satisfaction to cool of the hard mixing, a challenge not to drip or topple the ice cream off the glass, or splatter ice shavings everywhere.

Or you can be a goddamn jackass and eat it in the order you see it like i (the jackass) tried to, but there is not point since that is not the true essence of eating halo-halo.

something about milky way's halo-halo I liked, since eating the ice on their halo-halo isn't like eating glass shards. but like soft snow. it totally won me over.

the meme: me in a box

So, say you were meeting a new person — blind date, new friend, who knows. And you wanted them to have some idea of what kind of person you are, and who you are. But you can't actually tell them in so many words. Instead, you have to give them a box, with thirteen things in it for them to look at / read / listen to / taste / whatever. What would you put in the box? And a copy of your journal or a link to your LJ would be the same thing as just telling them directly, yourself, so that's not allowed.

1. Wilson (My Laptop)
2. The Killers' Sam's Town CD
3. A Starbucks tumbler
4. Adeline Yen Mah's Falling Leaves
5. A notebook of poems
6. My 5 year old 2MP Sony DSC Camera
7. My DLSU ID
8. My NEC Telecom ID
9. Leather choker/leather armband with spikes
10. My Red and black checkered tie
11. A pleated mini skirt
12. A PS2 Memory Card
13. my black necklace with a silver cross

insult everything but NOT my god damn music.

Tuesday, I was "forced" to pick up my mom and sister at work since the driver didn't come in. On the way to pick up my mom (we were still around the magallanes area when she saw her "friends"/co-teachers who all hitched a ride to edsa.

The Killers was currently playing that time, I hear murmurs of confusion and even amusement, the words tunog-addict (sounds wasted), Elton John, John Bon Jovi, was heard

Damn them, I said, wishing I installed eject chairs and I can just throw anybody out if they insulted what was on my car stereo, or just turn the music on higher

For someone who already is just hitching a ride, they sure got the guts to pick on what i was listening, let alone them joining us added an uncessesary 15 minutes of travel time since Edsa's Taft --> Buendia has short lanes and really far u-turn slots.

I even told my sister after they got out of the car,

Tangina, don't insult my the killers, and I won't insult their Pelita Corales.

sunday.

another sunday. another rockwell day. the sunday post should be : the things i've scored.

I bought another plaid polo on sale for php400. and a beautiful striped skirt for 1XXX at bayo.

today, without my usual silver eyeshadow, I opted for blue eyeliner. i missed eyeliner. I love how it looks smokey on my eyes. :)


yesterday was a Tagaytay saturday. I would post pics if i had the chance. It was a whirlwind ride. and the food. :D Bag of Beans was no disappointment. :)

wala lang, just a bunch of randomness

You wear a real short skirt, I wanna look up, look up, look up, yeah, yeah...

Since I was having The Killers' Sam's Town on repeat on most of my car rides, I was missing my Hot Fuss CD. Now that I have conveiniently located it after the cleanup , this was my music for the morning.

I remember skipping over a few tracks 2 years ago when I first listened to it, although i have to admit Somebody Told Me, Mr. Brightside, and the Midnight Show was my favorites and even skipped tracks to get there since it was Tracks 2,4, and 10. But when I popped it in the CD player I was cruisin all the songs. Even the slow ones I have gotten to appreciate it very well. Like Believe Me Natalie , Glamorous Indie Rock and Roll, Smile Like You Mean It and some others. It's either I'm maturing with regards to music or I was very closed minded before.

Then Sam's Town appeared 2 or 3 years after Hot Fuss. And I can say, this album was one of the best albums I've heard for 2006, together with Panic! at the Disco's A Fever You Can't Sweat Out... It took a while before I got to play all the tracks, and did a mental reviews of the songs. But the Interlude and Exitlude was kickass and hilarious. Plus, my personal favorite Sam's Town was my anthem while driving along EDSA. (and yes, as far as cover design is concerned, hello! There is a chick and a goat. what could be more better than a chick and a goat beside a beatup looking warehouse? haha)

Anyway, I have to work...and the little boy is looking over my shoulder as I write. I don't mind people reading my entries really, but the fact that he does it while I write is a bit awkward...no offense though >:D<

Saturday OT, Alone times, and ♥

Another saturday at the office...new project, new responsibilities. if this was DotA talk, i'd say my twin and i have been promoted to the macho creep stature.

it's still weird. people coming and going... nobody stays, everybody just tries to leave something for you then walks away...

maybe someday people will want to stay

Swallowing eel bone hurts like f*ck

Sunday, the usual rituals. Mass. And my aunt who had a surprise birthday bash last night at Alex the III at Wilson, San Juan, invited us over to have a birthday lunch at their place at Wilson.

The food was yummy take-out from Gloria Maris. Tossed Long Life Noodles (misua), Hot shrimp salad, salt and pepper spareribs, leftover Oxtongue in mushroom sauce, Sauteed Broccoli and Baby Corn, and the not-so-yummy eel.

I'm not a big fan of eel, in fact eating one earlier was a torture. I swallowed the eel bone by mistake, which is like the soft white bone of the chicken, and it took a long time going down to my stomach. which i hope was digested already, or i'll probably be admitted to the hospital for another unecessary operation u_U

we headed over to powerplant i don't really know why. I was already tired, but lo and behold they were having a sale. This was my Haul for today. (Separate pictures at the bottom)



Books from Fully Booked
Books for sale appeal to me like my sister or my mom with mango/zara having a sale. I got 3 new books.
Grimm's Grimmest Tales - The Grimm Brothers
Beijing Doll - Chun Sue
and Fearless FBI Book 2 - Francine Pascal
Wallet from Girbaud
My wallet is already bursting at the seams...I needed a new one since I noticed I carry too many cards / papers for my own good.


Laptop Sock for Wilson
I saw a really cute laptop sock for my lappy Wilson, It's a dark army green with the words Web Site Story printed on the front.

i'm ryan from the OC, book favorites atbp

Which O.C. Character Are You? Find out @ She's Crafty

Aside from watching the last ep on season 2, I never did try or never had the courage/effort to watch the series again. Although if its staring at my face maybe, I will...

These are one of those times I'm facing a dose of writer's block. Like a big dam was trying to keep hold all my words my thoughts and ideals.

Recently, I have seen the booklisters community and i must say it gave me second thoughts and even humbled my reading capabilities. When a certain Lj friend gave me thought regarding what books I loved/read that was published before the 1900s...my mind went blank. Aside from the Filipino classics Noli Me Tangere and El Filibusterismo...I was shell-shocked to find none. You can say that modern writings fascinate me more, and I'm not very fond of the thee art thou although Macbeth seems like a nice read and Edgar Allan Poe seems fascinating.

I could now go on and continue Sun Tzi's The Art of War which I let my mom borrow for a while. And I have that 500php gift card for Fully Booked from my sister....which I will be looking for new books to read.

Inspired by their apps, I recently began compiling my Top 15 Books. Here are some of them. (Reviews soon to follow)

1. Falling Leaves - Adeline Yen Mah
   
2. Shanghai Baby - Wei Hui
3. The Joy Luck Club - Amy Tan
4. Nip 'n 'Tuck - Kathy Lette
5. Heaven and Earth (Book 2) , and Books 1 and 3 from The Three Sisters Island Trilogy - Nora Roberts
   
6. Harry Potter and the Prizoner of Azkaban from the Harry Potter Series - JK Rowling
7. Of Love and Other Demons - Gabriel Garcia Marquez
   
8. Digital Fortress - Dan Brown
   
9. Memoirs of a Geisha - Arthur Golden
10. The Gangster of Love - Jessica Hagedorn
11. Tuesdays with Morrie - Mitch Albom
12. Kiss (book 5) from the Fearless Series - Francine Pascal
13. Stick Figure - Lori Gottlieb
14. Blue Orchids - Julia Fenton
15. The Little Prince - Antoine de Saint-Exupéry

it might change or something. I'm not particularly sure. but anyhow. pics and reviews of the book to follow maybe

A day of random sorts

today, i had plans to shop for a chest of drawers with ben, plans were turned around abruptly since my little sister had no company at home, so i tagged her along. which made me not do the thing i was planning. (which was to buy a chest of drawers).

we met ben at Timezone around 11ish. And went to EGG for a quick PS2 fest. Trying out the game I was chickening out for a long time already which the zomgzwtfbbqsauce Fatal Frame 2 : crimson butterfly. To prep me, I read up info (no spoilers) from the Fatal Frame 2 official site.

It was broad daylight. We had a cool plasma tv and the slim PS2 plus a controller with a faultyR2 button. I was the one controlling it at first, but when I saw the first appearance of ghosts...i freaked and let him controlled most of the parts. :P

after another few minutes of TMNT, and Metal Slug 6, we headed to Teriyaki Boy to eat, Chicken Teriyaki don for him, kani salad for me and tempura for my sister.

Enteng Kabisote was beyond my expectations. After seeing the failed Karma, I vowed not to watch any MMFF films anymore. But since here is my sister, who compromised Enteng for her wanting to watch Mano Po 5, I had no other choice. The review would probably soon follow.

After that Timezone fest. Played DDR after the longest time, the dance maniax Upper Right Sensor for center playing (or the Upper Left Sensor for 2nd Player) was busted. Tried the UFO catcher, and played HOD4. Zombies no problem. Something abour carrying ancient cameras, creaky sliding wooden doors and eerie fog all around gets me :|

A late afternoon snack at Cafe Breton with Roel and Harmony ended the good day.

To have waited for my sister who already went home :| was the pits. It was dizzy walking around calling about 20 or so times for her to answer...Gah. I already forgot to bring home some roast beef from dayrits :-<

well i'm glad i'm home. i got to talk with a certain friend of my mom's who treats us like family. She asked me if I was the one who wanted a job in Shanghai, I told her "Why not? :D" She told me to apply :)... I'd be keeping that in mind...but not yet maybe...someday :) if i feel i'm ready :D

the start of the year...

happy new year.

Eating at Harbour Court at Wilson, San Juan on the 1st of each year was becoming normal for the Ting Clan.

New year. New Beginnings.

new year surveys

1) PLACE YOU HUNG OUT THE MOST IN THIS YEAR:
Starbucks The Fort, Office.

2) FAVORITE NEW PLACE YOU DISCOVERED:
Sakae Sushi? :P

3) PLACES YOU WENT ON DATES:
err...hmm Powerplant, Greenbelt, Glorietta, Starbucks.

4) FAVORITE VACATION SPOT FOR THE YEAR:
Palawan, Cebu! HURAWR

5) PLACES YOU MADE OUT IN (OR MORE) THIS YEAR:
......

PEOPLE:
1) PERSON/S WHO TAUGHT YOU ALOT THIS YEAR:
Myself, Ben, Renan, Roel, Niña, Frank I guess a lot.

2) AN OLD FRIEND YOU REDISCOVERED THIS YEAR:
Frances

3) PERSON/S WHO TOLD YOU THE NICEST THING ABOUT YOURSELF:
Ben? hehe

4) PERSON WHO DID SOMETHING REALLY GREAT FOR YOU (AND WHAT):
Ben...:P

5) PERSON YOU SPENT THE MOST TIME WITH THIS YEAR:
Ben, he was my seatmate for almost the whole year, we even went on the Cebu BT together :)

6) PERSON YOU DID SOMETHING REALLY GREAT FOR (AND WHAT):
errr... I'd have to say it's err..i don't know

7) SOMEONE YOU WISHED YOU TALKED TO THIS YEAR:
I don't really know...

8) SOMEONE WHOM YOU STARTED A GREAT NEW FRIENDSHIP WITH:
Niña, Frank, Renan, the PWLAN team

9) OLD ENEMY/S YOU MADE PEACE WITH THIS YEAR:
harhar....i'd rather not.

10) SOMEONE YOU LOST THIS YEAR:
you can say i lost san. but i already lost him a long time ago.

11) PERSON/S YOU KISSED THIS YEAR:
^_^

12) PERSON WHO MADE YOU LAUGH THE MOST:
PWLAN crew, June05, Roel, Rajah

13) PERSON WHO MADE YOU CRY:
Argh, let's not talk about it.

14) PERSON/S WHO YOU DISLIKE WHEN THE YEAR BEGAN BUT ENDED UP BECOMING GOOD FRIENDS WITH:
none

15) PERSON YOU HAD A CRUSH ON THE ENTIRE YEAR:
hmmm... i'd rather not say...:P

16) SOMEONE YOU WISHED YOU APOLOGIZED TO:
no one..

17) PEOPLE YOU WENT OUT ON DATES WITH:
i guess with a few people....

18) FRIENDS YOU WENT OUT WITH ALOT:
June05, Niña, the PWLAN team, Roel, Rajah

19) COOLEST PERSON YOU MET THIS YEAR:
Err....i don't know.

STUFF:
1) CLOTHING ITEM YOU WORE MOST THIS YEAR:
my bell bottom jeans and my collared shirts

2) NICEST PRESENT/S YOU GOT THIS YEAR:
The 2GB Flash Disk,the philips neckband headphones, the fedora hat and the php5k from relatives yeah.

3) FAVORITE SONG FOR THE YEAR:
They long to be (Close to You) - The Carpenters
How to save a life - The Fray
Do what you have to do - Sarah Mclachlan
Making love out of Nothing at all - Air Supply
Vertigo - U2

4) COOLEST EVENT/S FOR THE YEAR:
NSP Christmas Party, Beach Party, and the Cebu BT

5) NEW HOBBY YOU PICKED UP THIS YEAR:
Playing the Guitar

6) BEST BOOK/S OF THE YEAR:
that i read...hmmm Marrying Buddha - Wei Hui

7) BEST MOVIE/S:
The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift - hahaa

8) MOST SHOCKING NEWS HEADLINE OF THE YEAR:
Saddam Hussein was executed zomgz.

9) FAVORITE FOOD FOR THE YEAR:
Yoshinoya's Set D, Cheesy Volcano Pizza

10) FAVORITE NEW ARTIST THAT CAME OUT THIS YEAR:
i don't have one..

LESSONS:
1) WISEST THING YOU DID THIS YEAR:
Unfriend ASAP the stupid tard. Went along with a friend's wishes for something. and finally, maybe, learning to let go...

2) STUPIDEST THING YOU DID THIS YEAR:
there was a whole damn lot. but probably liking all the wrong people sums it up pretty well...as well as hahaha, some i will probably keep to myself.

3) BIGGEST CHANGE IN YOUR LIFE THIS YEAR:
starting something new...

4) BIGGEST CHALLENGE OF THE YEAR:
Trying and yet failing to control the emotions for...

5) SOMETHING YOU LEARNED THE HARD WAY:
That you can't really make someone stay...no matter how much effort you try.

6) GREATEST LESSON YOU LEARNED ABOUT:
see #5

7) BEST JOKE YOU'VE HEARD ALL YEAR:
I can't really remember... ahahha

8) BIGGEST DISAPPOINTMENT OF THE YEAR:
when my module got booted out. work stuff.

9) BIGGEST BLESSING OF THE YEAR:
My friends.

10) BIGGEST THING YOU DISCOVERED ABOUT THE WORLD:
There's still alot i have to learn about it.

AND LASTLY:
1) GOALS/DREAMS FOR THE NEW YEAR:
Eat less, spend less, work out more, study more, work harder, better.

2) PREDICTIONS FOR THE NEXT YEAR:
I'm no fortune teller, but I'm sure it would be another helluva roller coaster ride.

* * *

1. What did you do in 2006 that you'd never done before?
snorkelled on 30 feet waters. went to palawan. went to cebu by myself (well without family)

2. Did you keep your new years' resolutions, and will you make more for next year?
I dunnow, I didn't make any last year.

3. Did anyone close to you give birth?
Not that I remember

4. Did anyone close to you die?
Nope.

5. What countries did you visit?
None.

6. What would you like to have in 2007 that you lacked in 2006?
Money.

7. What date from 2006 will remain etched upon your memory, and why?
March. and December

8. What was your biggest achievement of the year?
Being alone, independent.

9. What was your biggest failure?
My Module

10. Did you suffer illness or injury?
had Fever and suffered a week away from work

11. What was the best thing you bought?
oooh my neckties, my collared shirts, mostly clothes.

12. Whose behavior merited celebration?
i don't know

13. Whose behaviour appalled you and made you depressed?
aha, this goes right to guns-ablazing girl. plus the retard i met in Cebu.

14. Where did most of your money go?
Clothes. Coffee. Gas. u_U

15. What did you get really, really, really excited about?
The Cebu BT and the supposedly other BTs to come.

16. What song will always remind you of 2006?
Panic at the Disco's The Only Difference Between Martyrdom and Suicide is Press Coverage.

17. Compared to this time last year, are you:
i. happier or sadder? Happier
ii. thinner or fatter? Fatter, so as Mr. Big says :P
iii. richer or poorer? Richer in someways

18. What do you wish you'd done more of?
Saved Money u_U

19. What do you wish you'd done less of?
Oh...the lots and lots of....

20. How will you be spending Christmas?
The usual family rituals.

21. Did you fall in love in 2006?
Yes....

22. How many one-night stands?
^_^

23. What was your favourite TV program?
Queer Eye for the Straight Guy...

25. Do you hate anyone now that you didn't hate this time last year?
Yes.. :P Hate is good. >:)

26. What was the best book you read?
Marrying Buddha and The Virgin Suicides

27. What was your greatest musical discovery?
Panic at the disco, Snow Patrol and The Fray :D

28. What did you want and get?
hmmm The Killers' Second Album, Panic at the Disco's album, Snow Patrol's album, the necktie at people are people the 2gb flash disk, the philips neckband earphones and of course my LAPTOP! yay.

29. What did you want and not get?
err, an ipod :| boo

30. Favorite film of this year?
The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift

31. What did you do on your birthday, and how old were you?
Spent it with friends....it was fun. I was 22.

32. What one thing would have made your year immeasurably more satisfying?
Aiming for JLPT Level 3...i chickened out.

33. How would you describe your personal fashion concept in 2006?
I did the preppy rockstar look. collared shirts with funky ties under a long sleeved sweater or shirt, basically i also got into the whole layering thing. I also sported the japanese schoolgirl look. complete with knee high socks + sneakers or loafers. mmhmmm

34. What kept you sane?
my friends. and alcohol, and coffee

35. Which celebrity/public figure did you fancy the most?
Angelina Jolie and Kate Beckinsale RAWR.

36. What political issue stirred you the most?
Saddam Hussein was executed zomgz

37. Who did you miss?
:)

38. Who was the best new person you met?
The Pwlan crew, Raj, Renan, Frank, Niña :)

39. Tell us a valuable life lesson you learned in 2006.
You can't let someone stay just because of all your efforts. if he leaves then he leaves.

40. Quote a song lyric that sums up your year.
Oooh, Sawa na akong magsorry

Ayaw ko ng magsisi...
pasensya ka na
mabilis lang akong mataranta
ako ang Hari ng Sablay...