Schools to Teeth

First week of school started last week. As always, 1st day is always a pain. It's not that I don't like going to school, it's just a pain. You know what I mean?

It is my third day on pain killers. Why? Well, my last wisdom tooth is growing. Well, I think it is the last and hopefully it is. My mom told me that when I was a baby, I used to have fevers if my teeth are growing. That explains the pain I am feeling right now. It's really not so bad unless I start eating lunch and dinner. I feel so old right now since I can't munch on my food so I choose foods that are really easy to bite and swallow. The worst feeling is when you get up in the morning. Sometimes, it just hurts so much that I wake up because of it.

So much for wanting to gain some weight for the past two weeks. My friends told me I look more haggard and thin since they last saw me. I also can't eat too much sold foods since my tooth hurts. How can I gain some weight???

BTW, if you're wondering what happened to my last post, well, I did not get any tickets. I know, it sucks. Sex and the City is not my thing anyways. But, oh well. I'm still pissed whenever I remember it.

that's it for now. Hope when your wisdom tooth grows, you don;t feel the pain I am feeling right now. haha. Smile :)

Disappointment

I can't put into words how disappointed I am right now. It just made my good day turn into a very bad day.

I woke up in the morning and noticed that today is not as hot as these past few days. I thought to myself that summer will soon be over. I went out of my room and down to the kitchen to do my usual routine every morning which is to clean up the messes made last night, put the dished back where it belongs and make ice. When I went down, my mom was already awake and did most of the things I intend to do so instead I made the ice. Once done, I took my seat in front of the TV and watch.

While watching, I saw our cable provider's(SkyCable) ad last Saturday. They were giving out free 2 tickets to Prince of Persia for this Friday for the first 80 subscribers who would call. I called last Saturday and inquired if those tickets were still available. They told me they were so the agent told me that they already reserved me the tickets. She also told me that They will call again to give me the details to when and how it can be claimed. I said ok and waited.

Tuesday came and still no call. I was passing the time until 10am because it was the time when the people responsible for the freebies start or whatever. I called and wanted to inquire when can I claim the tickets. The agent I am speaking with told me that they would call me again for around 10-15mins. So I waited. Good thing, they really did call me back. The agent I am speaking with told me that the tickets were no longer available. I was not able to reserve the tickets and they already ran out of tickets to give. I was so pissed off ! The agent I spoke to told me she already reserved the tickets for me last Saturday and now this other agent is telling me I did not. Of course, I will not go down without a fight. I asked her now what do we do. It was their error and not mine. She offered me the next premiere movie which is Sex and the City 2 showing in June 2. But then, they still cannot give the ticket so she would call me again when they can give the tickets. I just agreed since I think that would be the best thing she could have offered to me. If they did not call, well, I just have to make a scene again.

I was really patient enough to be calm and all since I sympathize with the call center agents there. It's just that I had my hopes up for this movie and wanted to watch it. They confirmed it and all. Now... There is nothing to watch anymore. I got so disappointed until now.

Anyway, last night I missed making manipulated photos so I did this and this. Which do you think is better?

Two weeks of Bum-tastic Tragedies

I have been actually procrastinating to write this blog since I have been so lazy these past two weeks. I have so much to tell that is why I am lazy to do so. haha.

First of all, I want to tell you my first job experience. It's not actually related to my course. It's more of a seasonal job but it I think I'll consider this my first real job experience. I got my first job in a call center company. Although I told myself I won't end up there... with the harshness of life, I was forced to apply there.

Here in the Philippines, call center is a fast growing trend because it's high paying, easy money and does not actually require a degree. I got a seasonal job for 1-800 flowers.com (I think this flower shop is quite famous in the States). It was a 2week job. So, for the 1st week we had training and then the following we went to the floor to go live. It was a fun experience especially people I met there and become friends with. If ever you called or ordered flowers from 1-800 flowers.com for mother's day, maybe you have spoken to me :P

With that, I can now say that a call center job is not for me. Everything we had to say was scripted. Everything was repetitive. On top of that, it was a graveyard shift to accommodate U.S. time frame. I had to be there by 11pm and my shift ends at 10am. I get to arrive home by 11-12pm. I lost my sense of time. I did not even know what day it was. The worst part there is that it is summer. It is so hard to sleep in the afternoon when it is very hot. May be if it was not summer, it would have been better. I also lost weight because of that. So these past two weeks that I have been bumming around, I want to get my weight back and chuck a few extra pounds. It's not good to be too skinny.

Next is that I found a good blogger. I stumbled upon his blog somehow from link of links. I like his way of blogging. It reminds me how I blog. You can go check it out here and these are my two favorite post from him here and here. This is also my first time to promote another fellow blogger. I hope you find him funny and witty.

By the way, to the people who are commenting here I encourage you to comment something about the blog post not just saying random "that's great" or "I like it" then leaving your blog link after. I would really appreciate it. Thanks :D

Why I Lost Faith in Filipino Police Movies

This is not to criticize the Police force in the Philippines. They already have too much of that.

This is not to criticize other Philippine movie genres. I do have comments but I'll keep it to the people who also share my sentiments with regard to the topic.

This is to scream for something more innovative. More original.

1. I lost the trust long long ago in the Philippine police force. With all the "kotong"(don't know the English translation) and "lagay" (under the table), who wouldn't? There seems to be no justice here.
2. There aren't any "hot" ordinary police men. There isn't also any good looking police man. They are just a bunch of fat guys with big beer bellies wearing uniforms. Do I have to tell you what they do in their spare time? *ahem* *ahem**drink beer* *ahem*
3. One of the biggest question, is there really an undercover agent here who is wearing maong (denim) or leather jacket? It is just too hot here to wear those silly things. I also thought, may be they were wearing it during colder days like December. HELLO!? Running and shooting with the jacket. You'll just die of heat. If the heat did not get you first, you'll just turn out to be conspicuous in that get up and blow your cover.
4. Too simple and too repetitive plots. You know, they're the same plots just with different character names and title. Well yeah, you can say the movie is so "Filipino" and you can't take it away. But how long will you dwell in that kind of thinking? It doesn't exactly make us move forward.

Summer heat at its peak

At last! After the few months I have been saying that I plan to change my banner, I did it. I finally! The one above is my 5th banner. Usually it would be a digital art but since I have (kinda) a camera, in celebration to it I made my banner one photo I took while I was in Baguio.

You can look at the banner here ( link) and if you are interested looking at the previews banners I made you can visit it here (link). The banner's background I captured it myself. It is from here (link). That would be the 2nd shot I did. This is the 1st shot (link).

Do you know what kiamoy is? They are dried plums preserved dried plums. It's color red. The taste is a little sweet, salty and very sour. When I was in Baguio some street vendors were selling this. They were the plums before it was made kiamoy. Hahaha.

We also went to Baguio Botanical garden. They are so many flowers. Baguio is also a cold place so the flowers there are very lovely. Here are some of the pictures I took. The gumamela (link), sun flower with a bee on it (link1, link2)and the sunflower (link)

I look forward to taking more beautiful pictures next time with my cam :)

Bye bye Baguio and hello heat waveeee.

Summer Holiday

I am saying hello to the virtual world from the Philippines. It's so damn hot here. It's 11:13pm and the heat still continues to torture me. Thank God for air conditioners. It saves lives but it consumes too much electricity. Of course, it is still important to conserve electricity. But when you live near the equator, it is quite hard to live without it in the summer.

I am taking a holiday starting tomorrow until Sunday. I am going back to Baguio to fix some stuffs and hopefully get some rest from the stressful term. It is a little colder there since it's high up in the mountains. We will travel around 6hrs or so to get there.

I hope our thesis will do fine. We have been working on it the whole term! BTW, the deadline is on Saturday, so I am counting on my groupmates :D wish us luck! I don't want to repeat agaaaaain.

I also can't seem to find a summer job. I did not want to rely on my parents again to pay for my tuition. If I still can't find any, I really have to study hard. I am thinking of studying web development on my own since there is a lot of money there. My my, I should have paid more attention to my web development class.

Can anyone help me find something to do? Something profitable?

Sometimes I think I am not competent enough that is why no one offers me a free lance job. SIGH. I have to do better than this.

break

I need a break from everything

from expectations

from love