at the airport.

Wowie! I'm in the Singapore Airlines lounge right now. My mom and dad got free miles, so they got free business class tickets. The kids only have economy class tickets but they somehow got us all in here. And they have free Internet usage here! *whee!* They have YM too! So, I'm YM-ing with Nikki now who's for some reason awake at 8 o'clock on a Sunday! Maybe we could meet up there or something. Anyway, I better keep this short and simple. Oh yeah, did you know you have to take your shoes off now at the airport? I dont' think I've ever experienced that before. And I made the wrong choice of wearing this studded belt! It keeps making the metal detectors beep! *laughs* Oh well, I gotta go! We're boarding any minute. Ciao!

5 things...

Got tagged by Cel!

10 years ago I...
.. was a real-life Bugs Bunny (think big teeth, scrawny legs).
.. wanted to be a writer or an architect.
.. went to Australia and fell in love with the kangaroos.
.. ate candies/sweets everyday. (Chocnut, Hany, Orange Swits, Tarzan, and much more.)
.. loved to recite in class. (Whatever happened to that?)

5 years ago I...
.. welcomed the new millennium at the Makati Shangri-la hotel.
.. had a teacher who answered that green was the combination of red and blue. *slaps forehead*
.. joined my first table tennis tournament.
.. had braces.

1 year ago I...
.. was in Bacolod for the Unigames with the tennis team.
.. had my first shot of tequila.
.. rode a jeepney for the first time.
.. was a self-proclaimed boy-hater.

Yesterday I...
.. had tennis training at Ateneo.
.. ate Chickenjoy with Vane and Carla at Jollibee!
.. watched Hitch on DVD.
.. tinkered around with Photoshop.
.. took an afternoon nap. (Sleepyhead!)

5 snacks I enjoy...
.. peanut butter sandwich with Yakult!
.. Greenwich lasagna.
.. butter toast.
.. chips, chips, chips!
.. anything banana! (toron, banana que)

5 songs I know all the words to...
.. Someday We'll Know, Mandy Moore and Jonathan Foreman.
.. If You Come Back, Blue.
.. Can't Fight The Moonlight, Leann Rimes.
.. So Yesterday, Hillary Duff.
.. Backstreet Boys' songs! *laughs*

5 things I would do with 100 million dollars...
.. whatever my family and friends want, pricey stuff they wouldn't buy/do for themselves :p
.. donate to a charity that supports livelihood programs (not one-shot deals)
.. invest, save and transform what's left into another 100 million dollars I can again spend for all the people I love :D


5 places I would run away to...
.. can I just not answer this? hehe I don't think I'll get to fill up 5 spaces! running away to a cousin's house would be pointless. Run away, and go right next door? *laughs* Or run away to the house on the street behind ours? or to the house two streets up?
.. most practical, and it would still legitimately be running away, Cel's house. (I don't know how exactly to get to Jill's even if the distance should be just about the same. :p )

5 places I would love to go to..
.. Egypt.
.. Prague.
.. the Carribean.
.. Alaska.
.. back to the Salt Mines between Germany and Austria.
.. (for the 100-foot slides!)

5 things I would never wear...
.. giant polka dots.
.. hot pants.
.. a mohawk.
.. commando boots.
.. Catwoman's leather outfit.

5 favorite TV shows...
.. Tru Calling.
.. CSI.
.. Ambush Makeover/ How Do I Look? / Queer Eye for the Straight Guy/ The Look for Less.
.. Knock First/ Clean House.
.. The OC.

5 bad habits...
.. playing with my watch's clasp when I'm nervous or impatient.
.. blocking out sound or my surroundings.
.. perpetual forgetfulness.
.. not knowing the difference between sentimental value and trash.
.. reluctance to accept accountability.

5 biggest joys...
.. eating Haagen-Dazs ice cream, milky chocolates or cheesecake.
.. daydreaming.
.. finishing a project. the feeling of accomplishment.
.. laughing, hanging out with friends.
.. having a great game of tennis/basketball/pingpong.

5 fictional characters I would date...
.. Human Torch! (ditto Cel!)
.. Legolas.
.. Peter Parker (not Tobey Maguire)
.. Seth Cohen!
.. Chichiri in Fushigi Yuugi.

good morning.

First, a birthday greeting: Happy 20th Birthday Cel!

Girls night-out in celebration of Cel's birthday was so fun! I got home at exactly 12 midnight, just in time for my Cinderella curfew. Everyone was so dressed up (dangling earrings, pointy shoes, fancy bags, the works!), it was a bit strange having that feeling that we've all grown up. And as we sat at the Manila Penn's lobby, with 3 frozen margaritas, a Manhattan and a Singapore Sling on our table, plus 2 huge bowls of ice cream (!) , it felt somewhat surreal. I still can't believe we're 20 now! (Okay, I'm still 19, but that's only till a couple more weeks.) For some weird reason, I feel stuck at 18. Every time someone asks me my age I'll have to concentrate real hard in order to remember that I've turned 19, and that I'm turning 20 in 2 months! Odd indeed.

Anyway, it was fun just hanging with the girls, after that horrible SMEG sem, catching up on each other, waiting patiently for their stories to be told, just sitting there having our own "talk show", yakking on and on and on about anything and everything we could think of. It was so relaxing to bask in their presence, sink into the cushioned sofa and watch the animated conversations go back and forth. It was amusing to observe Jill as she tried to look behind her back nonchalantly in order to catch a glimpse of Richard Gomez and Lucy Torres-Gomez (who by the way was stunningly simple and beautiful). Think perfect posture, perfect skin, perfect ponytail. And yet, everything came together not as a glaringly in-your-face type of beauty, but a subtle glow, even as she wore the average white jeans and shirt. As for Richard, let's just say if it was a wee bit darker in the Manila Penn last night, I don't think I'd see him save for his orange shirt. *hehe* I know that sounds mean, but I just didn't really think he would be that tanned! I mean that in the nicest way possible.. *smiles innocently*

Ah yes, you must be wondering why I am typing away here while it's ony 8:16 in the morning. We were supposed to have tennis training today at 7:30 but lo and behold, the courts were wet! And so, because Vane texted that valuable piece of information, halfway to Ateneo, achi and I turned right around and went back home. And so here I am, back to my sedentary lifestyle! (Did you know that sedentary means characterized by or requiring much sitting? Wala lang. I didn't know that's what it mean literally or by definition until a few days ago.)

Anyway, I better go ask permission from my mom if I can play badminton later on with Tersh, Cel (if she goes) and the others. I need my exercise! I don't know if it's going to ruin my tennis, but one day of badminton isn't going to hurt much... I hope! :p

made it past 50!

I've finally driven a golf ball beyond the 50-yard mark! Yipee! *laughs*
October 19, 2005- It was a day I will remember as the day of my first golf victory!
Hoping for many more "victories" to come! Next stop, the 75-yard mark!

I dedicate this milestone to Muri, Rickett and Aaron who did not laugh their butts off even as I was laughing my own butt off! For trying to correct my awkward stiffness, and for being patient with a laughing hyena of a student who did not seem to pick up that well! *laughs*

Ang saya! Nati! We should try this out again next time! It's fun!

four days in.

It's the fourth day of the sem break and already I've given myself a drastic new change. I chopped off around 6 inches of my hair! *laughs* I'm not sure exactly how I like my hair now, some times of the day when I catch my reflection I think "Yipes!" Other times, I think "Hey, it's cute." and most of the time I just think "It's okay. If people don't like it, it'll grow right back!" If you want to see a pic you'll have to ask me! I'm still trying to look for the USB cable for the camera! *laughs*

The good news is, we got the plus 30 for our paper! Yey! Too bad I can't get the paper back, and it was so preeeettty! *laughs* Of course, I'm just saying that because I designed it. I'm not exactly my own worst critic! Anyway, I've got to go eat lunch, take a bath and pay the Am Express bill for my dad. Tsk tsk, I don't even know how! *laughs* My sister always did it, never I. But if it the process is the same as Citibank's (i.e. pressing buttons on an inanimate object), then I guess I'll do okay!

5 days of hell left.

I'm taking a break. (Lookie, with some luck, I was finally able to fix my Archive links! I took away the horizontal rules separating the months too, and it looks much much better to me!)

I'm not really sure how I'm going to fare in my Theology Finals tomorrow. I feel much too calm for my own good. Still, maybe that's a good thing because, I do tend to get better scores when I'm calm than when I'm bothered by a feeling of disquiet.

There are only 5 days left for this semester, but they seem so long! I don't know how I'm going to be able to sufficiently study for the next 4 tests after Theo. I just don't have the time! I need to be able to think up some points for our Philo Orals thesis statements already. I can't cram both OR and Philo at the same time! What was I thinking signing up for a Wednesday schedule? Still, it's better to get everything done as soon as possible. I have no desire to prolong the agony! I just wish the OR test would be easy.

Maybe it could go like this! One Branch and Bound problem. One Cutting Plane problem. One Transportation problem. One Assignment problem. Two linear programming formulations. One Simplex problem. One Dual Simplex problem. And that's it! That's going to take an awful lot of time though, the Stepping Stone Algorithm thing for the Transporation problem takes quite a bit of time. So does the cutting plane! Ayayay! I forgot all about Game Theory! Goodness, our OR test could be about anything! Can't anything be easy? I swear, this semester is really getting on my nerves! I want it done! And fast! (But hopefully with a decent QPI.)

And when I say decent, I don't mean a 3, that's way above decent! Let's just say my standards have lowered significantly since the start of this sem. Anyway, I think I've wasted too much time ranting here. I better get back to my Theology notes.