Troubled Me

Tuesday has become my least favorite day of the week. I hate the thought of going back to work. I don't feel good, honestly. I envy my sister she's moving on to a new department but same account just not as toxic compared to where she was for two years. Well, as of me I'm stuck. I have a choice to drop this if I want to but I don't want to do something careless at this point, it's Christmas time if you know what I mean. Two weeks before 13th month but I'm becoming more depressed as Christmas time is drawing near. Sissy's definitely going to enjoy the most important holidays of the year while I'll be praying hard that I'll have the same fate. I hope next year's a good year for a career leap. Change is inevitable and risky at the same time but without the risk, there's no room for growth. 


Whatever it is I'm up for the challenge.

New TV

Another busy rest day as always. I just had two hours of sleep but that didn't stop me from hitting the punching bag real hard I must say that I had a good work out. I had a bucketful of sweat gotta burn 'em all carbs. 


Twin sissy and I got home past noon, our two-year-old niece greeted us like there's no tomorrow hehe. Our elder sister told us that she is the only one supposedly coming over but dad, our other sister, and fourteen-year-old niece tagged along with her. Our elder brother drove all of them here so it's a family day affair kinda thing. Dad brought us  Suman (rice cake) fresh from Antipolo. When everyone's gone twin we head over to Robinson's Galleria and checked out Saizen where I bought a vegetable bag and key holder for myself. We're starving after strolling the mall for almost an hour and spotted Burger King so we had our uber late lunch. We haven't eaten in BK in years so we miss ed Whopper JR that's what we ordered but for some reason, it doesn't taste as good as the old Whooper anymore and the size of the burger is a lot smaller than it used to be, just saying. We miss the food in BK but our food trip at Brothers Burger last week was more satisfying. 


We went to SM Megamall later to scout for an LCD  TV our not so old TV is still under repair by Manong Guard who happens to be an electrician too but there's no update yet if he's able to fix it we don't want to wait for another week without TV, luckily we found one in Western Home Appliances. Our new sharp 22 inch LCD TV has a sleek design, we liked it a lot I think we found our dream TV. 


Sissy is fast asleep as of this writing and she wants me to read the manual to learn about the features of our new TV I told her I'll try because I hate reading manuals I find it boring plus she did TV support back in Sony so why would I bother? but I won't tell her that of course zip it, zip it! haha. I always tell her that she can count on me when it comes to troubleshooting our Internet or computer but TV is not my thing I find it too complicated.

Cable Signal Problems + The Myth of the Human Body Exhibit in Taguig

It's a rainy-gloomy Tuesday morning. It's All Souls Day but it's no holiday for me because I have shift at work. Holiday or not I still come to work I just care about holiday pay. When I was a kid I get excited about the holidays because there's no class. 


I woke up early so it wouldn't be difficult for me to sleep later since I've been off from work for five days and almost getting used to normal night sleep. Sad to say I'm back to being a vampire again. I'm going back to work whether I like or not. Yesterday was my interim off and tonight is the start of an earlier shift from 9:30 PM to 7 AM. At least I can go home before sunrise, great. 


Our cable lost signal again. An error popped up on the TV screen saying "e06 smart card failure." Every time I see this error on our TV I tell my sister if we can only buy that darn smart card I'll just buy that just to make it stop. I think we need to change our cable provider this is such an inconvenience, it's not funny anymore. Since our cable provider digitalized their system we've nothing but problems. I love the crystal clear reception with the help of our digital box but I'm not happy with frequent signal interruptions it's getting annoying especially when you're in the middle of watching something important. Poor customers like us can complain as much as we want but albeit that a big cable provider like them can't be shut down. I guess we're stuck with what we have. Actually, we've already switched providers before the one we had is far worse than this. What can I say? A song goes I'm just a small voice.

The Neobabylon Building

Let me talk about this interesting exhibit I saw in the news last night called the Myth of the Human Body. The exhibit opened on October 15, 2010, at the Neobabylon Building along Bayani Road in Taguig city and housed donated bodies transformed into art forms. Pretty scary right? I know, they're just wax-like figures but they're still cadavers so the thought of getting locked up in a museum like that gives me goosebumps. Kinda freaky and disturbing at the same time but I find it interesting because those are real bodies and parts I'm sure that it's truly a painstaking task to put them all together. I read from Jessica Soho's post on Facebook that the entrance fee up to date is Php 350 but I'm sure it's worth a try especially if you're up for something educational and far out at the same time. I'll check out with sissy if she'll be interested since it's a once in a lifetime experience. The "Myth of the Human Body" exhibit will be in the country until April of next year. For more information read the article from www.gmanews.tv.

All Saints Day

It's All Saints Day and it's a holiday. I like it when there's no traffic and the streets are not busy. It's drizzling when I left earlier to attend a week day mass in Quiapo Church. The travel time is only 30 minutes would you believe it? How I wish everyday's a holiday and the weather is humid so everyone's relaxed. I still get confused with November 1st as All Souls Day and the 2nd for All Saints for some reason. 

It's my first time to see an "e-burol" or electronic burol (wake) I saw this while watching the news on ABS CBN years ago. I just happened to remember maybe because it's All Saints Day. "E-Burol" was introduced by the St. Peter Memorial Chapels. It's an online viewing facility geared towards overseas Filipino workers who face problems on finances and proximity. Let's say an OFW family member dies and can't go home due to financial constraints, they can view the burial online 24 hours provided that they have Internet access from where they are just by simply logging on to St. Peter's website so it's like being in the wake too. When I first heard about e-burol from an officemate I thought it's kind of freaky. I mean seriously? So anything is possible nowadays because of technology? I think it'll be really beneficial not just to OFWs but also to families who are in the province who cannot travel to their far away loved ones to attend another family member/relative's wake. Although technology cannot replace the presence of a loved one but e-burol is quite practical. 

Happy Trick or Treat

It's a busy day today, twin sissy and I woke up early and work out together. Supposedly, we'll hear mass at Quiapo Church after our weekend morning routine but we had a change of plans when our elder sister texted me to meet up her and our niece at the mall. I hate going to the mall especially during the last day of sale it's too crowded not to mention that it's the eve of Halloween so expect kids in costumes, trick or treating. I'm just wondering why they call it "trick or treat" when obviously no one dares do to a trick. 

Today is the last day of my leave but I'm still off from work tomorrow so I can finally go to Quiapo Church to hear mass I had it postponed again today we left the gym around noon and I prefer a morning mass. I think I have accomplished a lot so my time off was worth it. Of course it's payday weekend, time for shopping yay!

Emoti-Me

Rest day + 2 days on leave + interim off, awesome! I filed my leave last week just out of whatever. Well, everyone at the office is going on leave why can't I? I'm supposedly saving my leaves for December but who cares now? I just wanna give myself a break. I'm no heroine I can't save the queue, darn it. 

I'll be real busy on my time off so I'm looking forward to it. Anyways, I got all the ear candies I ordered online via Multiply yay! I'm happy they're real cute,  I love all of it. I was scouring the web for some cool stuff when I came across these "emotibuds" from a Multiply site that sell Ipod charms. I got excited I fell in love instantly with these cute emotibuds so I placed an order immediately before they ran out. They're so cool and cute as a button I imagined myself wearing 'em on my headphones. 

It's pay day tomorrow, music to my ears. 

Here Comes the Rain Again

It's raining all day our weather notifier says that the sky is overcast and it feels like 29 degrees celcius today. It rained this morning just when I'm about to leave the house to go to the gym...great. But that didn't stop me from working out I feel like I need sweat out. So, I work out by myself despite the heavy rain. The sun came out for a few minutes then it started drizzling again as soon as I left the gym. 

I checked out Royal Sporting, a factory outlet in Crossing that sells brands like Reebok, Umbro and Vanss sporting shoes and other stuff like bags, shirts, etc. for a much cheaper price located just across Elorde. I had to use the foot bridge to get there I find it kinda scary it's like I'm going to fall or something. Anyway, I didn't find anything nice that's worth buying I head over to Edsa Central instead and bought myself a Celloshine from HBC. I colored my hair "red wine" I'm happy, I liked it. 

I had "tortang egg" with lettuce and crushed chilli pepper the one from Yellow Cab, we collect them it gives any dish a spicy twist. I goes well with toast for lunch. I finished all my chores early I had plenty of time to surf the Internet and rest. Sissy and I craved McDo for dinner we ordered twister fries and chicken nuggets. I miss eating fast food sometimes but I can't give up my diet, no way and not anymore. Losing this much weight never felt so good.

Ear Candy

I woke up early and finished my work out before lunch time. I had a good one it was worth all the sweat I feel light again. After my work out I dropped by at David's Salon to get a haircut I thought somebody else will do my hair thank God my hairstylist was just on time he arrived while the receptionist/assistant is blow drying my hair. I love my new haircut I'm happy with it so I gave my hairstylist a tip for a job well done. It's lunchtime when I got home I had my favorite Pecho meal or PM 2 to go from Mang Inasal. I got hungry from working out earlier I devoured my food immediately. Before leaving for the supermarket Manong guard hand me a package I got excited I hurriedly open it and found out that it's the ear candy I ordered online. I almost forgot I had I got excited I took off my old studs and put it on. I'm expecting another pair next Friday I'll be a lot happier if only I can get it sooner.  

Shoot, I forgot that it's the start of the three day sale at SM Megamall I fell in line for almost two hours to get a ride home. Bummer.

Toxic

Rest day + payday tomorrow, yay! Work is becoming so toxic, I hate it. I come to work just to wait for my days off and payday. Can it get any more obvious? I love my job (with much sarcasm) I say that while banging my head on the wall. Just how I'm feeling these days and pardon me if I've been ranting a lot I just have to so I can let this out of my head. 


I slept for a couple of hours but still a little tired. I'm enjoying my newfound hobby, shopping for cutesy earrings online. It's keeping me busy recently. It's like a therapy y' know. No better cure for burn out I guess but finding something that makes you happy than to dwell on nonsense. I'm excited I can't wait for my ear candies to arrive.

No Rice

Another rest day is almost over. As usual, I work out in the morning then finished all household chores a few hours ago so it's mission accomplished for me. I had 10 hours of sleep today I got totally exhausted from yesterday. Imagine, I worked out after my shift, bought groceries after and did our laundry. I swear to I'm not going to work out after my shift again. Rule of thumb, don't work out if you haven't had sleep yet or you'll end up ready to pass out good thing mind over matter prevailed I told myself I can't collapse at the gym that would be totally embarrassing. 


Tell you what, I survived without rice for a week believe it or not. I usually eat rice during my cheat day which is the day before I work out but I just don't feel like eating rice for a week. I lost a couple of pounds this week I'm happy about it.

Hello October

Oh great, the sun is finally out it's been hiding half of the day. I'm done with my usual day off routine: work out in the morning and house cleaning in the afternoon. I just had two pieces of Skyflakes for lunch I can't eat rice anymore I already did yesterday plus fast food because twin sissy and I went to the mall yesterday to buy some stuff. 

I filed my leave for November two days ago I haven't been on leave for a month to focus on my metrics... my what? yes, you read it right, my metrics believe it or not. I failed CSat last month so I was under pressure to pass this month. Here comes October, new month, new stats and new challenges. "Ber" month is up again which means that Christmas is just around the corner hopefully I don't get to work on Christmas and New Year's eve or else I'm not going to be happy I don't friggin' care about holiday pay at all, please.