Monday, October 09, 2006
I have a bazillion things I'm itchin to blog about since that stupid blackout but I never had (and still don't have) the luxury of time so I'll have to settle for yet another numbered list.

1. Things I did during the long (get this: minus 1/4 worth of our electric bill) power failure:
.:. played DoTA and Time Crisis just before Milenyo's peak
.:. watched cars and bikes outside the mall, half-floating through the flood during Milenyo's peak
.:. acted like we were some media people looking for news article-worthy sightings right after Milenyo's peak
.:. re-read FHM, Cosmo, and T3 magazines I've been ignoring on "bright" days, sometimes with a flashlight
.:. showers in the dark (and choosing an outfit has never been that difficult a task)
.:. binged on my mom's famous tacos
.:. helped Jax make his kick-ass resume outside my house using Tammy's open trunk as desk
.:. lots of candle-lit dinners
.:. watched the break-up in the car
.:. watched the break-up in Don's ipod
.:. went from my house to Select in Makati Avenue just for a cold rootbeer in can
.:. several McDo dinners via drive-thru
.:. cooling-body-temp tambays in Don's car

2. I can't remember the last time, or if I've ever, declared a day as the worst I've had in my entire life (although there's a very big possibility I must've way back in college) but if it was to be the most recent one, it was last Thursday. I was so effing tired from the plant trial, feeling all icky with oil and grime, with barely 2 hours of sleep, a tampururot-ing baby, and the thought that I was to repeat the whole process the following week AND going home to a house with no electricity... it cannot get any worse, could it? By the end of the day, I was so freakin fragile that I broke into tears. Scrubs suits and all. At the middle of the laboratory.

3. Oh my nuts, it's just days before christmas! I've actually been waking up to christmas songs, thanks to my dad, for two weeks now and I kinda like the feeling it's giving me. I have a couple more items in my must-have list, the never-ending credit card and phone bills, and the splurge dinners with Jax but nevertheless, I'm definitely starting on my christmas list soon. *wink!*

4. I have four more days to endure. Four friggin days. It's a wild mix of emotions, really. Sad to leave friends behind, anxious of the new culture, hesitant of the yet-to-be-known pressure, happy about finally being "free", quite impressed with the "meet and greet" thingy, excited to explore the greener pastures, wondering how to deal with new bosses, and scared about keeping the most important thing in my life. But I have to push all these thoughts aside for now. I have a feeling God is putting me exactly where I should be. :)