this is the life you'd love to lead
another day of utter sh*t
Sunday, May 30, 2010 10:13 PM
i'm just kidding! today wasn't really utter shit. at least it was better than yesterday - a day of utter shit.
there's not really that much going on. i've abandoned the treadmill but i plan to get back on it tomorrow. in a little more than a week, i'll be having my first day of college. can't go around looking fat. i've decided to really stick to it this time and be prepared. my first experience taught me a lot (plus i finally read some tips on the internet). also, i've been snacking on junk food like crazy because that's what i do when i have nothing to do. that and watch TV. i've discovered this show on velvet called make it or break it and i really like watching it. at least it's not set in some high school like 10 things i hate about you (which i tried really hard to like, but i ended up liking 90210 more. go figure.)
after going to mass, my mom and i went out for dinner at luk foo (it's awesome having a really good chinese restaurant within walking distance from our house) because she says she's too tired to cook. she called it our reward for being "help"-less for the past week. as in, we don't have a helper here in the house. it's hard because there's no one to wash the dishes, feed the pets, clean up after the pets, keep the floors clean, etc. those things that i took for granted because i never really had to do them. it's a reward dinner because my mom has managed to make me do those things (with her nagging) and i've managed to do them (with a lot of grumbling). you see, our helper's baby got really sick (she said it might be dengue) so my mom let her go home last sunday. the thing is, she said she would return on monday, and she never did. we got one text from her (since she doesn't have a cellphone or a landline) that said that no one was around to watch her kids. it's really terrible because we've gotten used to her and she was becoming a real asset to the day to day activities here in the house.
oh well. mom hired a part-time helper for now, just to keep the house clean. sheesh. a'ight. i gotta go. gotta have some "me" time. (rolls eyes)
Labels: bored, chores, food, tv
working out
Wednesday, May 26, 2010 5:16 PM
currently listening to: we'll be alright - travis mccoy
so, hey! i said i would post more so here i am. i even logged into blogger before i checked my tumblr which is a first for these past few months. today started out like my other days. check it out.
- wake up before lunchtime to the sound of the phone ringing. it's my mom telling me what to eat for lunch.
- when i start feeling hungry, i eat lunch.
- i watch tv. gotta check if there's anything good on HBO or star movies. watch some tv show if there's none.
- boot up the computer and surf the internet until dinner.
that sounds really bad but i guess that's how life is for me. i'm home alone most of the time and i don't have a lot to do. i usually just eat and eat and eat.
that got me thinking. how am i supposed to look good in any of my clothes if i'm fat? so after watching cadillac records on HBO, i decided to lay off the nissin chocolate wafers for a while and go use our treadmill machine. the computer thing on our treadmill machine is broken because it was attacked by ondoy. but it still works, you just don't get any of the stats like how far you're going or your speed or how many calories you've burned. i decided to just put some running shoes on, crank up my ipod and start running. bad idea. the treadmill was inclined and i don't think that's good for someone who's just starting out. i would have fixed it but i didn't know how to do it manually. so i say to myself, run for an hour then do it again tomorrow.
i lasted for less than 30 minutes. halfway through i was dripping with sweat (i didn't have a towel with me and i was too lazy to go up to my room to get one. after all, i was on a roll.) and the music coming out of my ipod wasn't jiving with the high energy i needed to finish the whole hour.
so i've decided to just google some tips for a treadmill workout and make a playlist that's full of upbeat songs. there. i'll try again tomorrow.
but right now, let me be sad for missing 3/4 of the latest episode of glee on ETC. the only thing that makes me kind of happy right now is it's the finale of american idol in less than an hour. booyah!
*i just ate a cinnamon roll and half a bottle of pringles. good thing i worked out today :))
driving, UP, and being a homebody
Friday, May 7, 2010 9:38 PM
currently listening to: one time (my heart edition) - justin bieber
i totally just stumbled upon that edition of one time. being a fan of his music, i immediately had to get it on my ipod. haha. i'm pathetic.
anyway, i went to calapan last week to learn how to drive. i was taught by one of my dad's drivers there, Kuya Pikoy. during lessons, we were accompanied by either Lara or Angel. i really owe these guys for their patience with me. lots of driving around calapan ensued and at one point, we reached naujan, the city after calapan. but the real lessons started when my dad started teaching me. his teaching style often left me in tears which is really horrible. he would start yelling at me for not following his instructions. the kind of yelling where his face goes red and spit starts flying out of his mouth. i really hated him during those moments. honestly, how can you expect me to get it right immediately. the first time it happened, he was teaching me to get the car in reverse and turn it into the path. he would also get mad if i went too fast during reverse. boy, that really gets him going. he also can't comprehend why the car keeps dying on me and he hates it when i start the car in the wrong order. he's a really bad teacher in the sense that he can't understand it when mistakes are made. he's a really good teacher in the sense that you wanna get it right already so he can stop his angry shouting. gawd.
we get to manila and we practice driving around here some more. we were driving along quezon avenue, a really busy street with jeeps, buses, and cars galore. a jeep cut in front of me while the car behind me was trying to overtake. he really got mad at that one. he told me i should have stopped because the road in front of me was narrowing because of the two cars. he went on and on about it until we reached UP. he seriously did not stop shouting at me until i got out of the car for the freshman orientation. he just didn't stop which i thought was crazy. he really doesn't know when the listener has had enough. jeezuz. he says i'll be a better driver for it but i just scoffed at that. after all, i'm a teenager.
as for the UP experience, i said my piece in an email to my sister which i will share with you :)
Dear Ate Heny,
Hi! Mom, dad, and I went to UP today for the enrollment/registration. We had to get there before 7 AM because the car is color coding. Anyway, we went straight to the college of business administration for some orientation and advising. The college dean, Dr. Erlinda Echanis, gave some welcoming remarks then the College Secretary, Prof. Manny Manuel discussed the policies and curriculum of the 2 courses under CBA. Apparently, BSBAA gets 6,000 applicants a year, making it the most popular course choice in UPD. BSBA is the fourth. I found out that the guy seated on my right was a high school valedictorian and so are the two girls seated next to me on the left. At that point, i just wanted to transfer seats :)).
After the advising, we had to go to the OUR. We even got lost because the map i got off the internet was outdated. Loooooong lines at the OUR. From confirmation of the pre-enlistment course choices to the assessment of tuition fees. Especially the assessment. There were 3 people doing that and they weren't very fast about it. The line extended all the way outside the conference room. Since yesterday was a holiday, the people who were supposed to enroll yesterday joined us. SUPER HABA TALAGA NG LAHAT NG PILA. Good thing we got there early so we beat the rush hour. We left the OUR at 1:00 PM. I was in there for nearly 3 hours. Goodness gracious.
My tuition fee amounted to P27,000+. (1,500 per unit * 17 units)
Dad left to go to the bank (to beat the bank deadline and the color coding) so mom and i took the jeep to get out of UP.
So ends the very headache-inducing enrollment. Mom said it was worse during your time because there was no pre-enlistment and computers :)) I have to go back tomorrow for the Freshman Orientation and again on May 11 to get my Photo-ID.
Check out my schedule for the first sem that i attached. My PE is table tennis which i find weird but i guess i could live with it.
Aight. Bye!
-Chica
so that's it. right now, i'm just enjoying the peace and quiet here at home. i'm even taking a break from driving practice because my body started aching in parts after 1 week of solid driving. especially my legs. curse you, clutch! but it's ok. i find it cool that i can get drive from one place to another now. the next hurdle now is parking. but i'll get it eventually. someday, i'll read "Defensive Driving" and "Understanding Road Signs". that day will probably be the day before i take the test for a non-pro license. but not if my dad has anything to say about it. and you just know he does.
Labels: bored, college, driving
chickening out
Thursday, April 8, 2010 6:06 PM
currently listening to: the silence
yet another day of wasting away in my house. i was supposed to go to eureka's but i chickened out. i hate myself for this. i should be able to go out of the house and go places! i'm going to college next school year for chris'sakes. but somehow the idea of commuting at night daunts me. so here i am at home, stuffing my face with food. i desperately want sims 3 so that i can do something fun (but i have to admit, still unproductive). my dad wants me to go to calapan so i can really learn how to drive. i dunno. i really do not want to go alone. if ever, i only want to stay a week or so. after all, i still have stuff i have to take care of but can't be bothered to take care of now. i suck, i know. meanwhile, i haven't talked to daryll in ages. where has that girl gone off to and why isn't she calling me? has she gone to isabela? not even a text? really? life would be much happier if there was someone i could go around the town with. with a car preferably. i used to with my sister. but she's so busy now so we never get to hang out or go to the malls. yeah, i miss my siblings. at least i had someone to talk to then. now, i often find myself alone here at home. such is the sadness of my existence. i desperately want to go to the new national bookstore that opened up near our house to buy books and magazines. i'll slowly die if i don't feed my brain more.
let me go watch american idol first before i finish this post.
my sister is here now. some company at last! bye for now :)
my sister is here now. some company at last! bye for now :)
bored
Sunday, April 4, 2010 4:22 PM
currently listening to: world of our own *shakes head* it has arrived at this point
bored like crazy on this fine easter sunday.
i'm gonna go to school tomorrow for that usherette thing i'm supposed to do. i pray that AB will go to so i'll have someone to talk to.
save me, friends!
Labels: bored
lazy sunday
Sunday, January 17, 2010 4:15 PM
currently listening to: falling down - selena gomez & the scene
woke up today, took a shower, got dressed, and went right to the church. i didn't know it was the feast of sto. niño. all kids were asked to come forward to be blessed. a part of me really wanted to join them, since i'm technically still a kid. why? because i want some blessings. i really want to pass UP. somehow, i didn't fit into the age group. then they asked for kids from 10-15. goodness. i'm a year off. cut me some slack.
anyway. boring. cleaned up my room so i could inhabit it once more. i haven't been able to do my homework there since my desk is all cluttered up with stuff from christmas and new year. sheesh. talk about putting work off. anyway. it's time to get my act together so cleaning day it is.
opened up the computer to see if the upcat results are out. not yet. ahhh. i felt both tortured and relieved. sigh. we'll see.
as i said. super bored. kinda hungry. i'll just watch tv now.
my neck, my back...aches
Wednesday, June 24, 2009 4:02 PM
currently listening to: lines, vines, and trying times by the jonas brothers
classes were suspended today because of a storm. it's a good thing too because last day was so physically draining.
we had the physical fitness test in PE yesterday. such terrible timing (you don't wanna know). since my body is reacting badly to the strenuous activities, i can only come to one conclusion: i am not physically fit. i'm not surprised. i haven't been playing any sports and even if i i did, i'd still have a very sedentary lifetyle.
i already finished the mind numbing assignments so i'm free for the day. unless you count the reading we're asked to do for religion.
today is the perfect day for suspension because today marks the release of Transformers 2 here in the philippines. too bad i have no one to watch it with. sigh.
someone come and rescue me!
in other news, we finally invested in an LCD monitor. two words: worth it.
Labels: bored
wiling away the days
Friday, June 5, 2009 11:42 AM
currently listening to: paparazzi - lady gaga
less than three days left before class officially starts. i considered putting this on my facebook status: "guys! say you have the A(H1N1) so classes will be suspended for 10 days!". but i know that it's a terrible and distasteful joke, so never mind. facebook has been my favorite time-waster these days, now that my review classes are over.
sam and co. moved here in QC so i hitched a ride with them on the last day of the review classes. we had greenwich food delivered which arrived in 20 mins. probably because the store was across the street. looking back, we definitely looked like lazy fat-asses. the day before that, i commuted with christelle back to her house. it was her first time to go on a train so she had a lot of fun. it was really amusing for me, a seasoned train traveler, to see a total novice go about it. we got to her house safe and sound and i ate lunch there.
at the moment, i'm just keeping my room tidy and making sure all of the things i need for school are in order. i'm approaching my last year of high school so i want to make sure everything goes smoothly. i'm also reading The Inferno, just to get a head start on things. i'm liking it so far. the book and the concept of hell.
a'ight. report over.
p.s. missed the JB live chat this morning. the weather just made me want to stay in bed all day.
Labels: books, bored, public transportation
back in black
Monday, April 28, 2008 2:50 PM
listening to: infatuation by maroon 5i'm bored out of my mind. i sooo need to get out of the house. immediately.
Labels: bored
the most exciting thing that happened today
Tuesday, April 15, 2008 5:49 PM
here i was. sitting in front of the computer. i hear my mom call my name from her room. i drag my overweight body over there to see what's up. she points to a glass and a cup. she tells me to get her cold water. i walk away, glass in hand. she calls me back, saying that the cup would probably hold more water. i put the glass back down and proceed to pick up the cup. she tells me to bring the glass downstairs as well so our maid can wash it. i pick up the glass. as i turn towards the direction of the door, she reminds me:
"lagyan mo ng malamig na tubig yung nasa right, ah". woah, hold on. i'm holding the glass in my right hand. so, i clarify things with her.
"ano? lalagyan ko ng tubig yung baso?" she shuffles some papers and looks at me, exasperated.
"sinabi ko na nga. lagyan mo ng tubig yang tasa. bumobobo ka na talaga dahil sa computer na yan" i walk away, insulted. but i still go downstairs to fill the cup with cold water + ice. i put the glass near the sink, so our maid will know that it's for washing. i go back to her room and give her the cup of ice-cold water. she says nothing. i walk out, making my way over to my chair. and here i am now. sitting in front of the computer.
"lagyan mo ng malamig na tubig yung nasa right, ah". woah, hold on. i'm holding the glass in my right hand. so, i clarify things with her.
"ano? lalagyan ko ng tubig yung baso?" she shuffles some papers and looks at me, exasperated.
"sinabi ko na nga. lagyan mo ng tubig yang tasa. bumobobo ka na talaga dahil sa computer na yan" i walk away, insulted. but i still go downstairs to fill the cup with cold water + ice. i put the glass near the sink, so our maid will know that it's for washing. i go back to her room and give her the cup of ice-cold water. she says nothing. i walk out, making my way over to my chair. and here i am now. sitting in front of the computer.
Labels: bored
the bum lifiestyle
Monday, April 7, 2008 4:11 PM
gawd. it's official. i'm a bum.
no. i'm not a pair of buttocks. i'm just useless, depending solely on others for my existence. i do nothing all day. shall i describe how a day is spent in my life?
1:00 AM - go to sleep
12:00 PM - wake up
actually, never mind that. i'm too lazy to plot out how i actually spend my day. i just basically sleep, eat, watch TV, and surf the net. my mom occasionally makes me do chores for her. and i do them, albeit grudgingly. i might call up my friends to see how they're doing. it takes so much effort for all of us to actually get together and so even if we want to, it doesn't happen. everyone always has issues as to why they can't go. i'm tired of hearing excuses whenever something is suggested. hanging out would be fun if everyone stops making their alibis and start figuring out how they can make themselves available. until then, nothing will ever happen.
ok. bye.
no. i'm not a pair of buttocks. i'm just useless, depending solely on others for my existence. i do nothing all day. shall i describe how a day is spent in my life?
12:00 PM - wake up
actually, never mind that. i'm too lazy to plot out how i actually spend my day. i just basically sleep, eat, watch TV, and surf the net. my mom occasionally makes me do chores for her. and i do them, albeit grudgingly. i might call up my friends to see how they're doing. it takes so much effort for all of us to actually get together and so even if we want to, it doesn't happen. everyone always has issues as to why they can't go. i'm tired of hearing excuses whenever something is suggested. hanging out would be fun if everyone stops making their alibis and start figuring out how they can make themselves available. until then, nothing will ever happen.
ok. bye.
Labels: bored
=)
Tuesday, April 10, 2007 10:32 AM
its been a while since i last posted. last month to be exact. haha. basically because there's been nothing to write about. i have a boring life. another reason is because my family and i went to baguio for the holy week. yes, the whole family. there has been so much stress on my part because i just want the whole family to go but mom and kuya jay threatened to not go. ahh well. everything turned out great. we went sightseeing, ate loads of food, took 3 naps a day, and ate more food. oh yeah, we bought loads of stuff too. i got two more new shirts. haha. i luv shirts! we stayed at baguio pines garden villas. it was a'ight. we had two rooms, living and dining space, and a kitchen. there was cable tv too. haha. can't do without the tv. =) we took tons of pictures everywhere we went because we have an awesome new camera. its olympus and its just so kewl. what else? summer classes are starting soon. ahhh. i'm taking violin lessons just coz i'm the only one who is. but i like it. i really wanna learn but i don't think i'm gonna be part of an orchestra or anything.
Labels: bored, family, summer, violin
nothing much
Friday, March 16, 2007 4:08 PM
well, i just wrote a post but it accidentaly got deleted coz i pressed something or other. oh well. not that disappointed. it was crap anyway =) i'll just post a picture (again). its the english press con. kewlness. anyway, i just called belay. she's bored to death but she'll probably do something tomorrow because her mom is coming back from bacolod. ugh. i'm jealous. anyway...buh-bye!Labels: bored
the countdown to better looking skin begins
Tuesday, March 13, 2007 2:31 PM
9 days to go
there's really not much to write about. i just feel like blogging right now =) this has to be the most useless post ever. i'm currently playing virtual villagers: the lost children. its fine but the game moves so slowly. it takes eons before something exciting happens. gawd. =) no one is online. ahh. oh well. see ya later when i have something post-worthy to uhh post =) ahh...i want to add something more but it totally escaped my mind...oh there it is. the enchanted thing seems to be a blessing in dusguise! during mondays and tuesdays, enchanted kindom is closed so it would have been pretty useless if we went there. its open only on wed-friday at 10-7 pm and sat and sundays 10-10pm =) starting march 26, its open daily but mon-fri its open only during 10-7 and sat and sunday sched stays the same =) great. some advertising for ENCHANTED KINGDOM...WE GOT IT ALL FOR YOU! is that their tagline? it may be something else' =)