Monday, November 30, 2009
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Today is technically the last day of my leave, but it officially ended last Friday. :( I'm not sure how to feel about going back to work... It's kind of strange to get back in the working mode again! I'll ease into my day tomorrow... Let's see about my To Do list: 1. GET WELL - yes, I think I am well enough. I do not have cough anymore, although sometimes, I still hack. I have my voice back, though! I hope I don't go back to that dazed state. It was so bad. 2. Rest - Done! A lot! Lots of naps and lazing around to get well. 3. Declutter - I took out a lot of old shoes and clothes. My shoe rack has been cleaned out, lots of clothes gone. I could have kept on going, but I realized I wouldn't have anything to wear tomorrow (yes, my clothes are that shabby). I threw out a lot of shoes! Threw away lots of papers, bills, etc. But you know what, it's still not enough. 4. Get a massage - yes! I loved the hilot to remove the lamigs from my back. 5. Blog - err, not so much. But I have a lot of drafts. :) 6. Hang out with friends - yes! yayayayayay! :) Happy clam. Lots of catching up, feeling how it is to be... me. 7. Start Christmas shopping - teehee. I was in a fretful mood of being unable to shop online and considered being impersonal and giving unromantic gifts, but my brother brought me to St. James bazaar and I've pretty done most of my shopping. I just need a few more gifts. :) 8. Revamp ze wardrobe - ngek. I think I only bought shoes. I still need jeans! :( 9. Dentist - done! My cleaning was so quick in Megamall. As in 20 minutes. Anyway, I am so relieved it's done and convenient for me to go to. Other things, I picked up a habit of watching America's Next Top Model Cycle 6 on TV (even if I followed it before already), as with reruns of Whose Line Is It Anyway? and Friends. Gah, couch potato much. I also saw 2012 (that's one tiring movie) and New Moon (Jacob to Bella: "It's just blood, Bella" then removes his shirt. What is up with that! Snickers all around the theater. Hahaha!). :) Overall, it was... a long leave. I don't really like very looong leaves like that, but the year is ending so I really had to use it all up already - was saving my leaves for Christmas shopping. Anyhow, back to reality already - I was enjoying this life a little too much. Well, not really because I know how it feels, but yeah back to reality. Eeee. Labels: random
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Thursday, November 26, 2009
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 Isn't it gorgeous? It's the Estates Theater in Prague. I have taken to watching The Amazing Race 15 and in the latest episode, they're in Prague! Love, love it. It looks gorgeous and I would love to go there one day (channeling The Secret). When the challenge was in the Estates Theater, my jaw literally dropped when they showed the interior of the theater. So beautiful. Not sure if I blogged this before or was it in my journal? Anyway, ever since college, my friends and I have been wishing and hoping to join The Amazing Race. They did come up with an Asia version, but I haven't been able to follow that so I don't quite know how it compares to the original version. Funny, we used to think of the different team combinations among us friends - Ate Ina and me cannot be a team because we like to eat, Tessa and I can't either, we're both unfit and unbalanced and so on. The Amazing Race can make you hop from one country to the next, but I wonder how much of that country can you see and enjoy? It's pretty after being edited for TV, but ugh I can imagine the stress and hassle of jumping in and out of planes, carrying that huge rucksack everywhere, doing extreme challenges and having a camera constantly in your face. No chance to wander around leisurely and be suprised with little hidden discoveries. Still, I imagine it would be quite the trip. Oh, to travel. It's definitely one of the things I will do in my life and I want to see the world! It's always a very interesting and inspiring experience to visit another country and experience their culture, even for a very short time. I am also happy to have friends (and a brother, too) who share this wanderlust and I am hoping the I felt bad at first writing this because I thought it was quite funny to blog about travel - this year was a travel-less year - not even locally. I was pretty frustrated, especially with my very long leave. Had more travels last year, but I believe (and hope) that being travel-less this year is a sign for a huge, fabulous trip in the works next year. This is me sending this out to the universe. ;) Photo from here Labels: life
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Wednesday, November 18, 2009
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*mentally kicking self* I can't do number 7!!! Shop online for my Christmas gifts. Because there is no more stock. So I have to drag myself out of the house (and the office, within the next two weeks) to look for gifts! Waaah I had it all planned out already. :(
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Wednesday, November 11, 2009
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Things to do while I am on break: 1. GET WELL. Oh my gosh. Flu for the nth time this year! :( 2. Rest. Need my friends (ahaha so many sermons from them to do so) say more? 3. Declutter. I have to clean out my closets and desks. Boo, too many accumulated and unused things. 4. Get a massage - my guilty pleasure. 5. Blog, write - oh how I missed you so. 6. Hang out with friends - check!!! Excited. Even just planning to go out with them is enough - well okay it would be nice to have it materialize. But at least communication is the first step! 7. Start Christmas shopping - ahhh. And I think I will shop online this year. :) 8. Revamp ze wardrobe - I know, my clothes are achingly shabby and old already. :( Have to seriously do something. 9. Dentist - ahhh!!! I don't have the numbers! My dad said my brother is going on retreat this weekend. So envious. Last time I went on a silent retreat was in college yet and it was pretty okay. None this year. Was thinking of hieing off by myself for Art of Doing Nothing again, but I figured I need to bring the car first to the service center for maintenance before taking it on a long drive. Need to do something for the restless and weary soul! Hmmm... Labels: random
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Tuesday, November 10, 2009
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Gaahhh I would totally love a Toffee Nut Frappuccino right now. :( Yes, it's the sticker-planner season, but since I am sick without voice again (for the nth time this year), I have not had it yet. Sigh. I am sick. Again. I have no idea why I am so sickly this year, I have been hitting myself up with Vitamin C twice a day (I didn't do that before!) and trying to keep healthy and all, yet is still am sick. Gah. I missed the marathon last Saturday, missed seeing Crissy run 5k, missed a lot of stuff. Gosh. I hate being sick and unproductive. :( On a weirder note, I woke after a strange dream today. Like my parents had a choir serenade me when I woke up because I was getting married! But when I asked who I was marrying, they were looking through this planner and couldn't answer! Haha wah one of my strangest dreams ever! The other most recent, weird one had something to do with a hospital, someone I was mixed up with before, the brother. the mom and my brother! What is up with my dreams, I swear. Must be all the medicines. ;) Labels: random
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Saturday, November 07, 2009
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My body is rebelling badly (traitor!!!) to - I suppose - the pressure I am placing on myself the past few weeks. I've been with flu-like symptoms that, I think, will go away if I could spend a day resting. But nooo the very obstinate me is still pushing my body to its limits, after all, I will be taking a break for almost three weeks. Sigh. If I could just take it for a few more days... On a stranger note, what would it mean if a semi-acquaintance who does not know I know something about her and someone (with whom I was sort of mixed up with) deletes me from her friends list in FB? Haha just wondering about etiquette on social networking sites. Oh well, little things. Labels: life
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