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| Tagging game, so they say! RULES Link to your tagger and post these rules List eight (8) random facts about yourself. Tag eight people at the end of your post and list their names (linking to them). Let them know they’ve been tagged by leaving them a comment on their blogs. I've been tagged by Lauriemariepea  8 Random Facts about ME 1. I almost ALWAYS wear my hair up 2. I am almost ALWAYS cold 3. My toes almost ALWAYS wiggle uncontrollably 4. I have never said the word "ALWAYS" these much before 5. I have never had a second job (still on my 1st one) 6. My right foot is bigger than my left (isn't everybody's?) 7. My brain is getting really foggy right now 8. I wish my dad would finally get rid of the stranger promoting some "alternative beneficial energy" at the door. My 8 tagging prey! 1. In Your Dirtiest Pants 2. David McClain 3. GG very happy 4. Nada 5. welkerdeb 6. bymydesigns 7. andrew 8. dizzyduck Have fun! |
| Today I actually got THE e-mail from WdC. The one with the subject that says... Earn 1,000 Gift Points on Writing.Com And the body that says... Hello, Tin! When you log into your Writing.Com account on Thursday, October 11th, 2007, you'll automatically earn 1,000 Gift Points!... Okay, so I actually got a couple of these over the past months. And when I was in the Philippines I never, ever get them, cause I log in like, two, three times a day. And that's a bad day! I clicked on Blogs up top and saw many unfamiliar names. I remember clicking on that and knowing each and every one of you out there. I gulped and scrolled down, finally breathing a sigh of relief when I spotted Lauriemariepea and David McClain . Maybe I sound like a broken record by now, cause I say this every time I actually do blog, but I miss you guys. I really do.I admit that I have only scanned a couple of Laurie's and David's entries. NaNoWriMo for Laurie, and Tor having his last day at Wal Mart. Man, so many things have changed! If anybody can update me on Blogville, please, be my guest. I'd pay you, yes you, 100 GPs! (Great. Not only out of the loop but cheap as well.  ) You've got to bear with me, you guys.Right at this moment I'm still switching back and forth between tabs, still scrolling down the blog page, trying to find someone familiar... there you go, good ole Kåre Enga going to Montana  ! MMMUUUAAAHHHH I could just kiss you Kare!  Forgive me if I'm missing apostrophes and spelling your names wrong... I'm just too excited to care.  Surprise, surprise, I still know how to use WrtingML. I guess it's just something that sticks with you, regardless of how long you actually don't do it. A year ago, out of a lack of better topic, I guess, I blogged about months and characteristics and how accurate they are for some of us. Today I'm going to say things that might surprise a lot of you... well, those of you who know me, that is. Here's the lowdown: I'm happy I'm still in love Maricor's almost in college Made up with my best friend Best friend's pregnant Another friend pregnant And married And me, I'm almost married. I'm getting married in 6 months! God-willing.  |
| WOW. I can't believe it's been a year. I've turned older again. I'm 22 years old and living! Thank God! Things are so different from last year. I can't even begin to describe how. They're just... different. I was supposed to go to Wonderland for my birthday but we canceled it cause there's gonna be rain and thunder tomorrow. Wonderland is like a big thing in the summer here. I'm not too hot about rides, always thought of them as being only for kids, but they really forced me to try it. So I guess I might as well. But it got canceled, so there. It's raining on my birthday And that means more blessings. |
  See? Haha. There are lots of pictures there. And I almost got thrown into the pool! Enjoy! EDIT: Like David McClain suggested, I updated the titles and descriptions for more info. I guess I was cheating you with a super short blog entry and descriptionless photos, eh?! |
| Exactly a year ago I wrote several lists of fives on this very same blog. I can still remember the day clearly—I was alone with the computer, the sky outside was dark, and my father was sleeping on the couch. Time goes by so fast. Today the same sky outside is dark. But the heat is pretty ugh. Well, might as well enjoy it now cause only a month more to go and it's gonna be cold again. Can you believe that it's been like a month since I last wrote in here? Maybe two? For updates, things are going good. I've been "promoted" to being baker at work, if you can call it that. I like baking, I really do, but the job is hard on me physically. You'd think baking is all about rolling doughs and designing stuff, but most of the job's all about being in a -20 walk-in freezer most of the time and lifting very heavy boxes. But I am coping, with God's help. I told my manager I can't deal with it everyday, though. So I only bake like twice a week. I've been working really hard and she asked me if I wanted to take some rest and she'd give most of my hours to Maricor. I said yes, while E's still on vacation, why not, right? So next week I'll only be working 30 hours, and E, 40. Good, cause I really want to rest! And, hey... I want to apologize to everyone who sent me e-mails. I read them, yes I did, I just didn't have the time to get to all of them. Especially to Startiara . She has been nothing but a great friend to me. And to GG very happy , and welkerdeb, and Lauriemariepea . They've been such good friends. That's why I feel so bad because I feel so... detached from all of you.It has been some time. Things change. Yes, most times changes are good but I don't think that this is. Completely dropping out of WdC these past months made me realize that you guys have really become a part of my life. The other night I felt this ache when I remembered each and every one of you. I miss you all like I miss family back in the Philippines. The banters on our comment boxes were really fun, weren't they? Then I make myself say "I'm going back to write tomorrow." But the next day, it's either I'm too tired, or too unmotivated. I sit down in front of the computer and I would feel so... dry. Have you guys ever felt like that?I would like to be a regular member again, like I used to be. You know what I mean! I really miss that. My premium days are ticking and I'm ashamed to say that I am not making the most out of it.  As much as I would like to be with you guys everyday, like it used to be, I'm just not going to promise that to myself anymore. I don't want to beat myself up if I can't keep it |
| 4:10. Bus. Work. Late. Coffee. Butter. Window. Front. Pots. Break. Deli. Leak. Off. Lounge. Wait. Cellphone. Call. Conversations. Heat. Bank. Deposit. Withdrawal. Humidity. More heat. Car. Subway. Downtown. Food. Korean Grill. Eat All You Can Baby! Meat. Rice. Kimchi. Tofu. Chicken. Squid. Salmon. More meat. Iced Tea. Mango Shake. Refills. Gerard, Jimi, Dennis, Genar, Nicky, Maricor, Raymond. More rice. Burp. Full. Travel. Traffic. Laughter. Mall. Free drinks. Tims. Take-outs. More food. More laughter. More heat. |
| When I was in the Philippines I wasn't that hot on answering phone calls. I usually let it ring a couple of times, and when no one seems to be too hot on getting it either I finally get off of my lazy butt and answer it. "Hello? Hello, pwede po ba kay Christine? Sino to? Bakla si Sheila to. O baket? Wala lang..." So you didn't understand a word, but that's fine! Ooooh, I wanna cry!!! I wanna wail!!! I SO miss answering the phone and hearing my own language! I SO miss going to McDonalds and ordering in my own native tongue! I SO miss traffic, and Jollibee, and shopping for 12 in 1 DVDs and fake softwares in the Metropolis Mall where pickpockets and thieves thrive! Oh, the agony! So I wasn't hot on answering phones before, but now I am freaked out by it The first phone call I made in this country (besides calling my mom on the airport) was to the bank, to activate my brand new Visa card. I think that was the longest conversation of my life. So she asked for all my personal information and I gave it to her promptly. ("Her" being the nasty, manipulative, annoying bank woman.) Then she started offering me this life insurance thingy that would only cost me like 85 cents per purchase or something. She went on and explained every little thing about the insurance and as I listened to her ramble on for three minutes straight about accidents and deaths and unfortunate incidents I put in the occasional {i]"I'm sorry?" every time she asked me a question. (Hey, you guys talk too fast! it's confusing!) After her speech about all the benefits of insurance I finally burst out the words that had been drying to get out of my mouth ever since she started talking. "No thanks," I told her, and you know what she told me? "WHY?" Not in a nice way, but in a "are you kidding me?" type of way. I told her I wasn't interested and she said, "Yeah, you're probably thinking that because you're still young so you wouldn't need it, right?" I said yes and I thought that would be the end of the conversation but silly me, she went straight on again and explained every little detail about it, but you know what made me hate her the most? She made me say yes!  I still have a hard time talking to Canadians on the phone sometimes. It may be their accent or how fast they talk and little by little, I am trying to get used to it, but it's hard. See, they have all this greetings and what nots and I didn't know that at first, but now that I do, I still smirk about it. I call it mindless conversation. "Hi, Michelle, it's Carrie, how are you?" "Good, you?" "Not too bad, say..." They talked about work and afterwards commented on the weather and each other's voice and on each other's hair. After my mom hung up the phone I asked her if she was friends with that Michelle person. My mom said "No, this is the first time I talked to her." And then overtime I found out that it's customary here. Don't get me wrong, I think it's good to be respectful and nice, but sometimes it just seems silly. I didn't even know that when I don't get or hear something right away I'm not supposed to say "What" but "I'm sorry?" or "Pardon?" My coworker laughed at me the first few days I was working at Tims cause I told a customer, "WHAT?" It's still a joke over our workplace. They imitate my voice and face all the time  So up to now I still haven't called the IT job thingy. You can guess why |
| I'm down with a cold and an aching throat but nothing can make me sad today. I have this feeling of peace and contentment right now, and I don't know if it'll still be here tomorrow when I have to get up for work at 5 am once more (), but I'm making a decision to just enjoy everyday life. (NOTE TO SELF: LOOK BACK TO THIS ENTRY WHEN YOU'RE FEELING ESPECIALLY SUCKY.) I got a 25 cent raise from work and I know that's very little, but it really made me happy. I'm only reaching my three-month stint at Tim's and I have a couple of coworkers who's been working there for over a year, but I earn more than them already. It's definitely a favor from God. I know a lot of people have been praying for me, especially my dad, and I know that God listens. So I give Him all my thanks. Last Friday I was at the bus on my way to work when someone suddenly called me. It was Virginia, my mom's friend, and she gave me a calling card. She asked me if I was an IT graduate and I said yes. She told me to call the person on that calling card. She knows the man and she said that he is also a Filipino and that he helps newcomers to this country get a job in the IT field. I think it's an agency for IT people. I'm going to give it a shot. Things with Ramon have been great lately, too. Long distance relationships are really hard, but we seem to make it work just fine. I just always tell him to pray and rely on God. I do a lot of praying too or else I would lose it Social life's also been picking up, I've been going out with a couple of coworkers/friends, and it's all good. Weather's getting warmer, in fact some days it's just plain hot, but I like it better than the cold weather. That way I don't have to bother with sweaters and jackets and stuff. (The only downside is that I can't wear hole-filled, tattered shirts anymore.) My friend tirong convinced me to sign up for this site Flickr. I'm not a good photographer like him but I thought it would be fun, so I finally signed up last week. If you'd like to take a look here's my link:http://flickr.com/photos/lyts/ If you'd like to see better stuff here's Ty's link: http://flickr.com/photos/tirong/ Enjoy! |
| It's 12:10 in the morning here and I just got home from work, back sore and neck aching Oh the agony of acquiring money. Oh, and I almost got killed Kidding! I'm exaggerating. It's just that my bus was scheduled at 11:22 and I was waiting for my coworker Nicky to finish up quick cause we take the same bus. At like 11:18 we go out of the store and I see our bus just braking at the stop. What do I do? I run, of course. The next bus is at 11:55, and I don't want to wait that long! Nicky's forced to run too (or he'll miss the bus) and just as I zoomed in front of the bus and into the door the driver stepped on the gas and then braked. He was like, "Are you trying to kill yourself?" I was like, "Noo, I was just trying to get home." Kidding again, I told him I was sorry and it wouldn't happen again. Nicky was nagging me too and then the bus driver lectured me about not trying to kill myself. Oh for Pete's sake. Okay, so it seems like I have an issue with the streets of Canada. You know there are certain crossing places, right? Well, when I first got here, I followed that for like a week, and then became a loyal jaywalker since. Is that what it's even called? Anyway, my father's laughed at me cause one time he saw me and a Canadian cross the street, and when the cars slowed down for a red light I maneuvered around them and got across quick, while this woman stayed put until there were absolutely no cars in sight. And then there's this guy. We take the same 6:15 bus every morning, and get off at the same stop. The both of us are lawbreakers when it comes to crossing the street, but he RUNS across it even when the cars are still very far away or even when there's none in sight. Well one day he seemed to have gotten embarrassed cause he noticed that he was always running while all the time I am walking normally. So in mid-run he stopped, then walked. He hasn't run since People here just always run even when it's senseless to run. It's funny sometimes. Sorry if I sound mean, I'm really just amused! ** Images For Use By Upgraded+ Only ** My Bus Stop (a crap picture, but hey, it was taken from a phone.) PS: I typed BUST stop like three times. |
| I got a package from Ramon yesterday. He sent me CDs, those lovely slippers I told him I wanted, which can only be found in the Philippines, and a card. His message made me smile. Last night we were talking on Yahoo Messenger and after about two hours were making silly conversations with the emoticons provided. At first we were both laughing but when he suddenly typed 'I love you' the tears came. The feeling of missing him was just so strong that I couldn't help it. He then asked 'babe umiiyak ka ba?' (was I crying). He said he could hear me and I told him that I couldn't help it. After a couple more minutes we said good bye because he had to eat lunch and I had to go to sleep. A while ago we were texting but suddenly the topic of our worst day together came up, and I don't know what's wrong with me, but I could still feel a pang every time I remember how he treated me the days before we broke up. It's like there's a need in me to make him feel sorry for it every time, even though he had apologized and made up for it countless times. Now I'm not texting him because I want him to ask me what's wrong, and it's like I want him to make up for it all over again. Sometimes I just don't know myself at all. |
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