Bored, part 2

hayy. Still bored, I reaaaally can't figure out what to do with my remaining uhmm..three days of freedom. Ang konti na lang pala. But as boring and as uneneventful these past few days of bumming around the house were, I don't want it to end so soon. Nakakainis, soon I'll be back learning stuff na naman. Hehe. I know I'm bad. I really should learn to value education. Especially when it's worth around...p2500. The price range of say, a good pair of Converse shoes. Not that I want to trade my review classes for a pair of shoes. hehe. Gusto ko naman pumasa ng boards, if God permits. And go to the states,where I can earn lots and lots of money, I mean piles of it, so that later on, I could build a pool filled with money and I could swim on it all day, till eternity. hehe. Joke lang. But once, I really did dream of that, nung bata pa ako. Must be from reading too much Richie Rich comics. I don't know why I'm feeling so materialistic lately...

Anyway, out of boredom and too much free time these past few days, I decided to try to commute, I mean not just taxi, pero as in yung real thing, I mean jeepneys, MRT, bus,LRT, yung mga tipong siksikan and everything. Yung tipong mafi-feel mo na Pilipino ka talaga. hehe. Tipong, sobrang init na and lakad ka pa rin ng lakad to get to the next sakayan. The other day, I went to Megamall using the MRT. I had to walk the whole stretch of Annapolis na tanghaling tapat, sobrang init umitim ako talaga. The MRT was packed, as in packed talaga that I just stepped once inside and yun na yung lugar ko sa loob as in squished near the door of the MRT. And what's worse hindi ko alam na may men's and women's coach pala, so as usual sa men's coach ako nagpunta. So I was squished in between a lot of men na amoy araw, among other things, and the MRT door. Buti na lang five minutes lang papunta, or else feeling ko kung ano na nangyari sakin. I got through that, pero, I will never take the MRT, ever.
And then, the other day naman, I went to Recto to look for cheap books. I didn't know where it was exactly, so I just walked and walked and walked til I got lost. Somehow, after thirty minutes of wandering aimlessly and figuring out if nadaanan ko ba yung store na yun or what, nakita ko yung LRT station and I just followed the tracks. I really didn't want to ask around, kasi I might give them the impression that I didn't know anything, like I was this naiive kid, gullible therefore easy to trick and manipulate. I mean, ganun nga ako in real life, pero syempre, I had to pretend, like I had my best uhm, "mature adult" face on, strutting my best "I know-this-place" walk, so that I could get out of Recto alive! Grabe sobrang gulo dun. But, nakaalis naman ako, managed to walk again in the sweltering heat of Quiapo, and board the bus going to Greenhills. It was a humbling, learning experience for me. I learned, that in the event na konti na lang pera ko, I should just make utang and take a taxi. AND, next time, go to Recto with a friend who knows the place. Gosh. I feel like my wisdom's growing every minute. Hehe. Just kidding.

So those were my public commute adventures. Si Toffee, nagiingay na naman. Bukas, I have to take her sa vet. This white circular thing on her eye is really starting to bother us. We suspect it might be a cataract...and I suspect na baka may DM si toffee, I mean she's literally peeing all over the place. Plus she's fat. I'm not really sure if that's connected. I should know this, cause I'm a nurse. I mean, a soon-to-be-nurse, if God permits. Hoooh..sana talaga maging RN na ko, I mean sana walang maging complications. At sana...maging competent RN naman ako. Sana talaga!!!

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ganyan itsura ko ngayon...parang dead...hehehe...sobrang boring kasi now that medyo-halos-konting-konti-na-lang yung mga school work...halos napanuod ko na lahat ng DVDs dito...ang ganda pala ng The Departed...puro mura nga lang, as in f***words, yung mga ganun.

medyo mahaba yung break namin till graduation. Dapat lang noh...pero nakakainis I can't find productive things to do...ang ginawa ko lang is kumain and matulog plus nuod ng TV. I'm hoping na at least tumaba ako sa ginagawa ko, so that when I come back for school...mas mataba na ko. la lang.

Kanina... I bought this DVD ng March of the Penguins, tapos nung pag saksak ko it was in french, I tried to watch it pero di ko ma stand yung accent! It was so weird the girl narrator sounded so drunk...actually all french sound drunk pero siya sobra...anyway, syempre di ko na tinapos. Kakafrustrate. Medyo na depress nga ko eh. Na-deprive ako of seeing those cute baby penguins na nasa cover ng DVD...

yun lang...share ko lang,hehe...ang nonsense nitong entry na to..hehe..i'll go back to watching tv now...

Völker des gutenabends!

My one talent, speaking German! hehehe...thanks brain. and thanks babelfish.

Y'know my dad said na our descendants were Germans. But I highly doubt that...hehe. My dad likes to invent stuff for our amusement. Once he said he had an IQ of 300. And I believed him, that is, until grade school. I remember, I got so upset because I thought that I had such a low IQ, I mean after all, it was out of 300 right? Oh well.

These past few weeks, though ridiculously hectic, had been full of pleasant surprises. I didn't expect much from the retreat, in fact, I was sorta planning not to go (though I constantly had to remind myself na nakabayad na ko dun)...but then it turned out to be one of the most enlightening moments of my life. Thanks to Caluruega. And to Fr. Stephen. And to my classmates. RLE including, of course. And then, right after we had to go through our Psych protocol (our last one), and it just so happened that I was the leader and I had to act like a decent one, even if I really wasn't. Making a layout for a wall sized tarpaulin, and using that computer murderer program Adobe Photoshop, literally turned my brain into mush. I was never really good at making stuff from computer programs. Glad that was over. I was kinda worried, but our protocol turned out well. Psychiatry turned out to be really interesting. Then of course, the finale. Our thesis, which had been the biggest source of headaches, stress, heartaches, tears, and basta, all of those things bad for the body and soul, nanggaling dun sa paggawa ng thesis namin...well, it turned out to be so worth it. Worth the three week long cough and colds we all endured dahil walang pahinga. I'm happy, and it's not just because of the feeling of having the first honors, and because parang mga superstars kami this week, but because of that other blessing this thing has brought us. It's ironic to think that this thesis, which had once threatened to shatter us, break us apart, is now bringing us closer and closer together. Like old times. But with more respect for each other, and more depth of friendship. And what's funny is that hindi yung retreat ang gumawa nito but yung thesis namin, haha :) It's so nice!!! I hope it lasts though. Dahil...mabilis ang mga exacerbation periods ng mga tao. Especially in our group, hehe. For now, I'm hoping that we get that other kind of blessing. The monetary kind I mean. We had one, but I want MORE!!! Our thesis is groundbreaking, fer crying out loud! Our miracle tool will work its magic! It's going serve millions of temporarily nonvocal, intubated patients and their families! So it's just right we to ask for a bit of material compensation. I am really not kidding. And now I couldn't help but realize how greedy I am. And I don't feel bad about it. HEHE :)

Anyway...tinatamad nako now that I think the heaviest part of our troubles have passed. Still have tons to do, but definitely lighter. I think. I hope. But knowing myself...I'm one prone to eating my words. Sad but true :) Supposed to be doing requirement stuff, but instead, nag-ayos lang ako ng blog. Ang tamad ko talaga...