Was singing my heart out to an Incubus song when I was doing my laundry.
Isn't it interesting what you would do alone and with the thought there's no one to witness whatever it is you do.
I admit. I have a tendency to really sing (my heart out) when alone. Or dance to my heart's content. To talk to myself. To practice a line (that I might say some time in the future).
Although I'm sure the monsters have witnessed a few of my "secret" quirks. Tinker tends to grumble and jump me while Rebel just rolls his eyes at me.
Those reactions I can deal with. Unlike the possible reactions from friends or complete strangers.
So in a way, despite how tiring it is to do my laundry, it's an outlet or a secret place from the world.
I try to avoid going to the malls during sales. However I was unfortunate enough to be in one during a sale, a holiday sale, a holiday midnight sale.
Too many people and too many stuff and getting a cab was beyond frustrating.
To top is off, I wasn't able to find a green dress for Albert's wedding nor was I able to get any gifts since the people I planned to give them to were with me.
*sigh* epic
So...I would brave the malls again this weekend before I head home to Tacloban.
Wish me luck. I would definitely need it.
Animal beanies are fun. The panda beanie my cousin Rem is wearing is one of 4 I had my friend Jayvee ordered from Star City.
It makes for an awesome photo prop. =)
I remember when I got them and had to bring them to the office with me. My office mates took turns wearing them and having their photos taken. For a few minutes the entire department wasn't focused on numbers. LOL
Aside from my camera, my laptop is a constant companion.
Sounds rather materialistic I know. But to be honest, on times I am on my own, I spend productive and non-productive stuff with my laptop.
Aside from blogging, uploading photos,and a few times working, I read ebooks both for learning and lieasure.
I still appreciate actual paperbacks. However, since I live in a country where most books that get on our book stores are the popular ones...I don't get to read some of the books I want. Thus I end up with ebooks as an alternative.
So far, I think I have been reading too much lately. LOL
Been trying to bring my camera to work lately since our IT guy says it's okay to do so.
This is a decor on the "Chinese" corner where my fellow trainees and I are currently stationed on the floor.
Despite the idea of working in an industry I've barely had any idea, work or training so far has been interesting. Adding the fact that I am actually interacting with people than I used to is surprisingly nice.
This could be adding up to why I am really looking forward to the holidays this year. The endless possibilities and the memories I am looking forward to be making with new people in my life.
I may sound like a broken record but I have to say it again: I am not a morning person.
To compensate for the ungodly hour or you could also call it a strategy to get my head out of thinking what time of the day it is, I try to think positive. Nothing beats color to hammer that down when I'm sleep walking on the current routine I am in.
Despite being a loud, slightly disturbed dog, I love that Tinker tried to greet me every morning and when I come home to the apartment.
Here he is when I got out of the bathroom. Still guarding even when his humans are home.
One of the very few decors in the apartment.
Since we live with monsters, my sister decorated the apartment with wall (door) Christmas decors to lighten up the place a bit and to have the place in a festive mood with Christmas a few days away.
Now that I'm back on the employed listings...I find it hard waking up early in the morning in order that I can beat heavy traffic to work.
I am not a morning person. My brain is barely functional at this time of day.
I hope to be set on the EMEA shift so I could have my mornings free to sleep in or to work on some chores PLUS I won't have to deal with heavy traffic on my way to work and on getting back to the apartment.
For now, I am dealing with the early hour. And coffee is my only friend.
Ohayo!!!!
The Manila venture seemed like a day trip since my sister and I had to be back to Cebu on Monday.
We made the earliest flight out so I could make it to my training class.
Since there were only a few passengers, we opted to take photos as the sun rose up. The window glass was a bit dusty and I didn't get the best seats since we had an obstructed view. Still...shooting away at clouds and the sunset. Trigger-happy moments.
Despite going to Manila for the VW 2012 Exhibit, which I definitely enjoyed and had taken tons of photos, my sister and I also met up with our cousin Ace so we could visit his place and his dog Basti.
We ended up walking the dog around the condo grounds while talking or more like catching up since the last time we were together was on our cousin's wedding last June.
I am looking forward to being home this December for Albert's wedding as well as spending Christmas with my family. Been a while since I've been home for Christmas. Often I'm there for New Year.
However, I am near panic mode with having no time to buy gifts and getting a bloody green dress for Albert's wedding. *sigh*
Who doesn't love iced water or just cold water?
Living in the Philippines, as they say, water is life. It's a tropical country where officially we have only 2 seasons. Sun and Rain or more like Summer and Spring. The rest are just different degrees in between them.
I too am curious about Autumn and Winter. I have no idea about those two except what I've read from encyclopedias and from what I've seen from the telly. More specifically on the Nat Geo channel.
The closest thing I've got to winter is the darn freezer on the ref.
"I don’t know winter like you do; I’ve never felt snow melting
It’s whiteness is a mystery for me. It’s moisture
Just like its coldness, I could only relate to a machine
I have nothing to compare it to, as I have never met your ice mistress
I only know of summer and raging storms
Both feral, both dynamic. An unending motion of everything
It is sand and mud and dust that I am familiar with
Not your silent and arctic planes"
Cravings are often frustrating specially when it comes to food. You want something specific to eat and when you can't have it for any other reasons and then eat something else instead, it would seem like you're either unsatisfied or still hungry despite having already eaten.
I guess it would be one other reason why I did try to learn how to "cook" pasta, the other one because I had to cook for the monsters.
I have a tendency to crave pasta out of the blue, often times at very odd hours when there isn't any place open.
So far, I have moved to Tuna pesto from the regular tomato sauce. Maybe I would tackle Carbonara next...we'll see.
You know those days when everything was running smoothly; was almost perfect and something comes up to ruin everything? I seem to be having that day.
Despite being late for training earlier, I had fun at the office with my batch mates. I feel like I've gained insight on the things I needed to know at work.
Then I went out with my friend Steph to watch Samurai X. Yes that damn awesome movie. To top it all off, the credit ending song was One Ok Rock's "The Beginning" and here comes the asshole to ruin my parade.
I don't know. I don't know how I feel anymore. So right now, I'll just let everything go. I won't make one "undefined" event ruin what has been a most awesome day. I won't spend more time thinking over something I don't even have a clue where it came from. Blind-sided. Yeah. I might regret what I might have said in return but it's done. Just letting it go.
Despite loving the cold weather, the storm has Rebel upset, because he now understands that rain means no walk for him.
Here he is lying by the gate in our garage watching the rain. Poor Rebel. If dogs know how to pray then God must listen to them often, the storm has passed already and I'm sure he's anticipating his walks.
Busted my glasses be
fore my trip to Iloilo. SO I was there half blind. LOL
Since I only busted the frames, I opted to just get new frames than also getting new lenses. Less costly that way.
And since this would involve either a smaller frame or the same size, I chose for the same brand and the same model. Unfortunately they no longer had anything in black. Went with grey than brown or red.
red would have been cool. But, I like neutral colors better.
I love dining in places with interesting decor, of course with really really good food.
Aside from the opportunities to take photos, there's the sense of wonder and to look up things within the place while waiting for our orders to arrive.
I have to admit that the unused VW shell smack in the middle of the diner was nothing usual for me. Added the fact that it's a VW, I knew my dad would like the place.
Speaking of VW, I can't wait for this weekend's event. I definitely would have more photos on VWs.
Chicken is a very very common factor at home.
We often have chicken for lunch or not dinner. It's not that I don't like chicken. I actually love them, as food I mean.
I think it's the frequency on how we have them for meals. I guess a contributing factor would be the monsters. They tend to love chicken. Added the fact that Rebel was in the pound once for escaping and raiding a household and their chickens.
(There's no chance I'll ever see them as pets. My family used to have a poultry and chicken have been introduced to me as food at a very young age. Frogs have a higher percentage of being a pet than chickens would ever have in my book.)
Giant Christmas tree is the in thing in malls.
I have to admit that they're rather fetching in the over abundance of decor and pulled it off quite well without being gaudy. So kudos to their "designer" if malls actually hire such for mall decorations and such.
We don't have the best lighting in the apartment, thus despite the full length mirror in the second floor landing, a smaller one is pretty handy. Specially when putting on make-up. LOL Yes I did say one of the M words.
Come to think of it, mirrors used to scare me. It might have been because what we have in the living room back in Tacloban is an antique one. During power outages and having gas lamps and candles lighted, the mirror became creepier than usual.
Or it could just be my imagination running away from me again. I mean, it's the same house where I used to have nightmares of sharks. Yes...right after watching Jaws.
I believe I'm a rational person even when I was younger. I knew for a fact that under my bed is solid ground and that sharks do live in the ocean, I still imagine the darn things under my bed.
So right now, I don't really find mirrors in the apartment all that scary. But I still don't look at them directly in the dark either. Some things not up for discussion.
Came home from Iloilo with Christmas decor on my bedroom door.
It seems that my mother has asked my sister to put up Christmas decor this year. And since we can't have the traditional Christmas tree since we live with monsters, she opted to have decors on doors and walls.
And of course we have our fingers crossed that the monsters do not get too curious what the decors are.
I am the type of person who do not delete images from my camera's memory card despite backing up copies on an external Hard drive and on my laptop, as well uploading them on G+.
There were times where I did delete images to save space for newer or more images. However, since having being unfortunately robbed of my cameras and external hard drives before, I have made a decision not to delete any images on my memory cards. Just in case. Sounds like paranoia. I know.
However, despite being rather more costly this practice has served me well. I have a tendency to delete files from my laptop and even on my external hard drive (between photos and anime, anime wins all the time).
So now, I try to store my memory cards safely and in rather unusual places.
