Wednesday, March 30, 2005

Havianas-ing

I am a demented ditz with attention-deficit disorder. i can't seem to function at all here at work. but actually i think it'd really make you feel good if you knowyou'd get compensated in time for you to pay your bills.

bills. bills. bills. i hate this part of being grown-up. i feel likeall my money goes to GLOBE!

just finished reading Plum Syke's Bergdorf Blondes. The book really puts you into ditz mode. not that i care though. i'm actually into books like these nowadays. Not in the mood for philosophical shit or action-packed books that will make me think. I'm really not into thinking mode.

i'm addicted to chocolate brown. And all the more addicted to laying my hands (rather, feet)to a pair of chocolate brown 1" Havianas flip-flops. I had a pair reserved at Souk last month. They said that the stock'd arrive around 1st week of April. I called them again yesterday to double check. They said stock'd arrive August. I was so devastated. Tried calling Rustan's but the Shangrila tower didn't have any in stock. The last pairs of brown Havianas were old stocks and none of them were my size!

So this morning, I got a text from Souk telling me to come over coz the Havianas just came in. Frantically excited, I took the liberty of using my lunch break to head over and buy me my lovely slippers.

POTEK. They did have new stock but no chocolate brown! It seems that everyone's going gaga over the color. I don't want white or pink... i want chocolate brown!!!
no amount of whining'd get me anywhere near a pair of my coveted slippers. i just wish i stumble upon a havianas store in HK and satisfy the craving within. tomorrow im getting a foot spa!



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Tuesday, March 22, 2005

All Dogs Go To Heaven.

Early morning today, March 22, 2005, Swish passed away. Her almost a week of battle to kidney failure has ended. It's been a great 9 years we've spent with you and we will really miss you. No more carrying of our socks everywhere, no more deeptoned barks, wala na magsasalubong sa min pag nasa gate na kami, wala na tatapak sa feet ko, wala na babalandra sa ilalim ng chair ko sa dinner table...wala nang tatama ng tail sa face ni hope, wala na rin aawayin si dylan pag madaling araw.
ALL DOGS GO to HEAVEN! We will surely miss you!

Monday, March 21, 2005

PMS-hits!

im trying very hard not to be a man-hater right now. im leaving already, i think i have around 2 weeks left. priorities, priorities. nakaka-inis talaga. im writing this blog (hey this is a freakingweb journal right? wag na magprotesta kung binabasa mo to at natatamaan ka)because im so pissed. kung ano ano pa ang inuuna. AALIS NA KO!
and more depressing news, we just visited Swish this afternoon and seems like her condition isn't getting any better. she isn't responsive anymore, and she puked yellow stuff. feeling so emotionally unstable right now. hate and sorrow. what a merry mix!

Saturday, March 19, 2005

Swish!

it's my mom's birthday today. but instead of rejoicing, everyone seems to be depressed here in the house. Swish, our golden retriever is now confinedin the hospital and we aren't sure when she's going to be back, or, if she's ever going to be back.

it all started the beginning of the week. she didn't eat her food. she vomitted. we were joking around that her vomitting had something to do with the bad weather--way too hot.like humans, when it gets too hot, we get headaches, get dizzy, etc. then she couldn't seem to climb the stairs. it was such a struggle. see, Swish sleeps in my parents' room, Hope naman, in my room. she likes it therekasi aircon. the golden retriever that she is, she naturally needs to be in a cool place. my sister said she was crying as she was struggling to climb the stairs. yesterday she could barely stand up. she wasn't eating her food. but she still ate the eggnogs i gave her. she struggled to go out of the house to do her stuff. come night time, the maid and i had to help her go out so that she could pee and poop. she didn't though so we just brought her back inside.
this morning when i woke up my mom said her condition did not get any better. Swish however struggled to get up to go to the kitchen in the middle of the nightto do her stuff. when she walks,she wobbles. parang laseng na bigla na lang bubulagta sa harap mo. KAWAWA TALAGA !!! ='(

just got off the phone talking with john. i had to cry my sorrow out to someone who'd understand. earlier when i got home, my mom said that the doctor called to say that Swish was dehydrated and had a high level of urea. And that there was this parasite that came from fleas that was insider her body, that caused this. Then, the vet called again to tell my dad the results of the lab test. really high creatinine level = KIDNEY FAILURE. i guess this was because of her diet. our dogs aren't fond of dog food,instead my mom buys meat for them and tells the maid to have them cooked, without any salt. sometimes i catch the maidsfeeding them leftovers. i know there's no use pointing fingers but i just feel really really depressed.

dejavu at dinner. last saturday when i had my teeth pulled out my dinner was jollibee spaghetti and as i was eating, i broke into tears coz of the pain and frustration of trying to open my mouth and chew my food. tonight, i had spaghetti again for dinner and broke into tears again begause i was getting senti-hits remembering Swish.

Swish i think is almost 9 years old (that's 63 dog years). When we were going to buy a dog, initially we were supposed to get her brother who was super hyper. Swish seemed timid and shy. Why Swish? Kasi nung time na yun, uso mga Italian brand na jeans -- Girbaud, Moschino, CLOSED, Armani, etc. My dad used to go to Italy and he bought us these pair of ultra super BASTONATION na jeans, named Swish.

She's such a good dog. One new year's day, somebody left a slice of pork chop thinking they could trick our dogs into eating it, poisoning them so that they could break in our house. WRONG. Swish took the piece of meat to my mom--as if to say, look what they left, i didn't eat it! She's been with us for such a long time it breaks my heart thinking that maybe her time is almost up. SHIT!!! Naiiyak na naman ako! parang ayoko na magka-aso na malaki, ang hirap pala alagaan. Nakapadpad na nga yan sa White Cove, before when the bank (UCPB) sequestered the property from Gotesco. It was my dad's company outing and we took her along. She even swam! And nakapadpad na rin siya ng Tagaytay. She was a regular at Starbuck's Libis before when my dad and I used to have breakfast there during Sundays. Super friendly dog, kahit yung magnanakaw dito sa bahay ata namin gusto niyang i-friend!Hyper too, mahilig manapak ng paa. Nakakainis lang siya kasi sobrang stink bomb. Now I'm thinking, SHIT! I should've done my part cleaning her ears... (tis no big joke, ako lang dito sa bahay ang may tiyaga maglinis ng tenga ng mga aso dito!)ako lang may tiyaga mag gupit ng nails nila. kung kaya ko nga ata paliguan yung 3 aso namin gagawin ko din eh.

TANGINA! I think this is my longest blog ever. it's just so hard. i want to be really optimistic about seeing her again. we thought na kaya siya uugod-ugod maglakad kasi medyo oldie na siya. i think that's a reason. the vet even gave her medicine before for her hormonal imbalance ekek.
im writing this in my dad's room and my dad is just beside me. i think he's depressed din. kasi siya talaga yung AMO ni Swish. As in whatever my dad tells her to do and wherever my dad goesnakabuntot sa dad ko. When we go out with her,she's unleashed. She just follows.
ARRRGH!!! Pray naman for her. PLEASE! Kahit I know all dogs go to heaven, ayoko pa.
SWISH... uwi ka na!!!



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Thursday, March 10, 2005

PATOK

feeling quite slow and unreceptive here at work. been running around paying the bills. seems that next week will be CRUNCH TIME as i have to show interesting customers. apparently those i have seem to be boring my boss (and me as well) out of our wits. i've been suffering from toothaches. tomorrow i'll be having 3 of my wisdom teeth pulled out (OUCH!). i don't know how i'll survive not being able to eat normal food. i haven't been eatingnormally since yesterday as my dentist had to fill in my teeth with pasta (left side). i had to chew on my right side which i had a hard time dealing with since my wisdom tooth on my right sidehad an inflammed gum. come lunch time i ordered macaroni which really sucked so i tried munching on my mom's barbecue. chewing the pork felt like chewing rubber meat as i tried masticatingusing my front teeth. not a good idea. dinner was potatos from the adobo and had 2 bowls of arroz caldo later on when i got home. apparently, i discovered last night, that our maid makes good arroz caldo. jumakpot din sa wakas.
i need to take a dip pretty soon. plans of scuba diving before i go on a 3-month hiatus seem to be bleak.baket kasi ang aga ng Holy week! kahit swimming pool lang pwede na. i don't think aasa pa ko sa beach.
looking forward to this hong kong trip to help me manage my finances (hehe lol!). scary thought really. i don't think i'll be able to live on my own with how much money i'm making here. such a cruel place, the world out there is.

I have this obession for Exhibit D at ETC. Tuesday nights will never be complete without me watching One Tree Hill (which was a re-run of last week's episode...grrr!) and The OC! I think Adam Brody rocks. His loser, sarcastic character makes him more endearing to the audience. And what a twisted plot!

ok so im just blogging..ranting ... rambling. off to work!

Wednesday, March 02, 2005

leap of fatih.

listening to MYOP's version of Julia Fordham's Love Moves In Mysterious Ways this afternoon (music courtesy of Honey) in the office made me think of my blog's title...taking a leap of faith. "we make plans but then love demands a leap of faith."
When is enough really enough? When you've reached breaking point, there's nothing you can do but take those occassional "breathers".
men are bitches personified. they're crankier, whin-ier.
OK so maybe that was way too harsh. but it's just an observation... at home, at work...
sakit sa ulo grabe. just think of being a teacher to a class of boys hitting puberty, rowdy little annoying perverts. same goes for college boys , testosterone loaded, and then there are the dirty old men. and they can't think, you'd have to literally dictate what ticks you off.

last night was the season finale of Man Hunt, twas a toss between city boy Rob (who turns out to be freaking gay [and i was convinced for the longest time that he was just exaggeratingly Metrosexual] ) and stoking Jon Johnson. one couldn't wait to pose naked in front of the camera and the other just couldn't get it on. well anyway, for the love of straight men, Jon Johnson won. I don't have anything against gay men, love them to bits.

whoever psychologist formulated the theory reverse psychology please come see me, i need tips to make it work. either that or the person's just WAY SLOW.

time is running out, i'll be gone soon.

i'm stuck in a rut, waiting, waiting, waiting, have taken leaps of faith and just to take about one more, quite uncertain still.

MEN-- CAN'T LIVE WITH THEM, CAN'T LIVE WITHOUT THEM!







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