This is it. One more day and I will be successfully completing a week of no-absence-no-tardy streak. This is new for me since I've never achieved this yet throughout my stay here in this company. Haha. Pathetic.   Some of you might say that I'm just overreacting, but you should know, I'm one of the most unpunctual people you'll ever meet. So leave me be as I call this some sort of an achievement. 

Can't say it is easy though. At some point it is arduous. There are times that I have to jog from our apartment to where I'm supposed to ride a jeepney, then walk briskly from Jollibee in Acacia Lane to where I'm supposed to ride an FX, and from there, I hope against all odds that every traffic light I pass by is green and that the driver is aware that his vehicle can go faster. (Lest he doesn't know how to step on his gas pedal harder. ) Then from the point where I get off, I run toward our office building (simultaneously rummaging through my bag for my badge), and then, at that moment, I say a wish under my breath that when I get to the lobby I'm just in time to alight an elevator that is not going to stop at every damn floor on the upper rise.

It's more than physically arduous really. It's mind-boggling!  Hehehe!

One more day and I'll be passing this test of discipline I've put myself into. Oh yeah. I'm supposed to work tomorrow (which is a Saturday). Don't even get me started on how I despise that company policy.  

In case they're lurking again -- *Peace* sa mga boss ko! Hehe! Try ko po pumasok bukas. Hahaha! 

PS: To my good friend, MELISSA, who I miss and who doesn't seem to have plans in going back home -- zhu ni sheng ri kuai le! Hahaha! All those mandarin lessons paid off! Tnx sa translation!
Happy Birthday! 

{EDIT}  01.28.06- I'm here at work, and I wasn't late! Yahooo!! Now, you guys can congratulate me! Nyehehe!  {/EDIT}

I'm starting to feel weird about myself lately. It's beginning to become like a cycle already, or something. There are things that I need to think/worry/pray about right now. And whenever I get to think about the (new and big) problems my family and friends are currently in, I feel really, really bad. I always feel that there's something I need to do for them. And when I cannot give more than I can anymore, I feel the need to punish myself for being so powerless and helpless. All these what-if's and if-only's start to creep into my mind... and if that's not enough, they slowly creep into my heart as well.

Then, when I get the idea I've punished myself enough (when I've stared too long at nothingness, with a pounding head and bloodshot eyes), I then try to clear my head and my heart of the bad condition I'm giving them. I tell myself that there's nothing to be sad about. That's it's going to be all right. That I should just get on with my day worry-free like I'm supposed to, because there are things that I need to do, like work.

Hours would pass without me thinking about those problems. Suddenly, I would realize that I'm having too much fun. That I'm smiling and laughing more. That I'm spending most of my time on things that are making me happy and forget.

Then, not long after that, I would hear myself yell at me saying, "WHAT ARE YOU DOING??! THIS IS NOT WONDERLAND! THERE ARE MORE IMPORTANT THINGS THAT YOU NEED TO THINK ABOUT!"

Then, I find myself back to square one again. This time, I'm not just feeling sad, but guilty as well. What a combination.

Hmm. I wonder how long this will go on.

Pinoy Big Blogger.
I just read about this Pinoy Big Blogger who has been religiously updating his weblog with Pinoy Big Brother updates and has accumulated over a million hits and thousands of replies from net surfers and bloggers worldwide. He was interviewed by ABS-CBN about his PBB blog entries and he was told that they're going to include his interview in one of their shows after PBB ends. But sadly, that particular segment was scrapped by ABS-CBN because apparently, "(ABS-CBN mgt) feel like Retzwerx and the blogging community didn’t made an impact on their shows...".

One of the defenses of those who are pro to ABS-CBN's decision is that PBB's market only measures in terms of viewers and not readers. But isn't it that websites also help promote the show? Isn't it like an unofficial advertisement? I feel bad for Retzwerx. He worked hard to help promote PBB and after he has announced in his blog that the interview's gonna be aired in PBB's post-shows, they canceled it.. Oh well, he did manage to make use of his site's traffic through adsense!

It's just sad how some people are ignorant of the power of blogging. They haven't realized that many Filipinos now are loyal bloggers and that a weblog could be one of the most useful methods of marketing and advertising. ABS-CBN's comment was said to have insulted a lot of bloggers everywhere.

King Kong.
Yey, I've watched King Kong last week! This movie is 'action-packed', literally. I didn't expect it to be that brutal, but I think it has achieved its goal in making King Kong into this wild and yet soft-hearted animal (occasionally). He was unexpectedly enticed by a beautiful woman who was apparently offered to him as a human sacrifice (pardon me for giving out spoilers). This film is a mixture of comedy, drama, suspense, and action above all. Incidentally, I was surprised that MTRCB actually rated it as PG-13 (as said in the news). True, there are things that kids can learn from the movie, but most scenes are way too morbid. I, even, found myself covering my eyes and ears from time to time.

Best-sellers now in Motion Pictures.
There are two movies that I'm currently looking forward to catch. One is Disney's The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe of the Narnia series. I've read two of the books and have watched the trailers/teasers online and I must say that it's so exciting. And I can't wait! The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe is said to premier January 8, 2006 here in the Philippines.

The other movie is Sony Pictures' Memoirs of a Geisha. I've read the book back in first year college (which was the first time I cried over a book) and then re-read it a few months back. This fiction (yeah, i thought it was non-fic too) which was set in Japan and just before WWII, is one of the most dramatic and sentimental novels I've read. Sayuri, the protagonist, is played by Zhang Zi Yi, the chic who kicked a$$ in the movie Crouching Tiger Hidden Tiger. Hehe. Memoirs of a Geisha premiers February 22, 2006.

So there. I'm just sharing my thoughts.

Share lang. Found this excerpt in one of the "Touching Hair Stories" of Sunsilk online. Not to bad mouth some innocent girl's story or anything, but this part really made me laugh. Hehe. A temporary antidote to my very bad day.

"..then suddently something blew to my hair while a guy desperately trying to catch his ticket he keep on chasing it, he accidentally grabbed my hair. he strooked my hair.. nabigla nga ako... as in... that's y I turned around and just smiled. the guy longingly smiled back at me then realizing that it's the new cute guy on school. omgd! at natatameme ako bigla but he instantly just say "who said that there was NO sucH LoVE at FiRst SitE??!! raThER.. LoVE at First ToucH... =) then bigla lang ako ngsabi ng HUH??!! What Did yOu Say??!! at natawa ako bigla..."

Unknown to her (whoever she is), I laughed a lot harder than she ever did. hahaha!

bad me.