injured!

funny how you can injure yourself while sleeping.

that's exactly what happened to me this morning. woke up at around 5am to go weewee when i felt this irritating pain on my right leg. the kind you get when you strain your legs walking all day.

anyway, i thought it was nothing but when i woke up it was still there! only the pain crept down to my foot, more specificallyto my achilles tendon. could barely walk.

anyway i didn't have a car today so i had to commute. i was debating with myself whether or not to go to the ER this morning or later in the afternoon.but it was so friggin' hot inside the fx so i decided to have my foot checked in the morning.

well, the doctor said i had tendonitis, this injury common to athletes.
well... athlete naman ako ah. i engage in marathons. marathon shopping walks hahaha!
he said that normally they do an MRI on the patient but since mine looked like a minor case, an x-ray would do.

i love the ER of the new Medical City. i've been to a lot of trips to the ER of the old Medical city (which is now a parking lot) and it was soooo tiny and cramped. Anyway, i don't know if i like being on a wheel chair. it makes you feel so helpless. my 90 something year old lolawould rather stay upstairs than move to the 1st floor of her house because she doesn't want to be stuck in a wheel chair.she doesn't want people to see her and say, ay ang tanda or something like that.o di ba ang taray ng lola ko!

on the way back while being wheeled to the waiting area, i saw one of my friends from highschool pa, Maite. What a shock for her to see me of all places in the freakin' ER!

anyway, so the x-ray was normal. i was prescribed mefanamic acid,had my right foot bandaged, told me to put an ice pack every now and then and told me to veer away from high heels. and avoid carrying a lot of weight.ha! and i'm leaving on sunday for the US so goodluck to me!

i hate being immobilized at this time when i have a run of errands to do.i have to go to kamuning, to shangrila and to megamall all by saturdayto get my clothes and pasalubongs for my titos,titas and cousins.

who knows if i can bring in/smuggle some Excellente Ham to the US? my tita in Sanfo's been craving for it. now i'm craving for it.

and who knows if the grayhound is ok? as in the bus...?

can't wait to get away again and mobilize my right foot again!

bad hair day.

disclaimer:
This will be a 2-in-1 blog.

Today i think was a productive day for me compared to yesterday (where i did nothing but sleep, sleep and sleep).After lunch I drove to Kamuning to have pants done and see if my tailor could make me a nice suit to go with the other pair of pants I had copied and altered...with my size (-1 or 0) it's impossible to find something that ACTUALLY FITS, so whenever I score some clothes, I would have to purchase them or have shopping nightmares that would haunt me for all eternity. Luckily, for shoes, I am blessed to have a normal shoe size.

ANYWAY, after that, I went to my salon, Piandre, to get a trim. My hair was sooo long already and I could see the split ends surfacing (eeek)na. I've been going to that Salon since 2004 and found a good hairstylistin Marlon (who,I just found out last December, is not gay).

Unfortunately, he's been relocated to the Alabang branch. So I asked for the one who replaced him to cut my hair instead.HOLY CRAP.I was explaining to him that I wanted to have a trim (5 inches off the length)and to have my hair a bit layered to add some volume. My hair is supah straight and needs a whole lotta body at times.

ANYWAY, so he starts snipping away...and the process seemed to go on for eternity. i think he kinda noticed i was getting a bit anxious and he asked me, "hindi naman kayo nagmamadali di ba?", to which i smile sweetly and said,"hindi naman". pero shetterz. ang tagal! he was cuttingfor around almost an hour. anyway, viola.

i think he cut 5 inchess off EVERYWHERE.

my hair is so freakin short! I was discussing having a haircut ala Nicole Ritchie with Joes one time but was having second thoughts about it. this was not what i wished for. I don't want to post any pictures of my new haircut. good thing ill be leaving next week and will be away for 3 weeks haha. i hope my hair sucks up all the pro-vitamins in pantene for it to GRRROOOOWWW away!!!

my hair looks like agot isidro's bob cut, slightly layered and with bangs.basta.umoo na lang kayo.
i don't know how in the world i'd be fixing my hair. short hair has always been THE HIGH MAINTENANCE of all hairdos.dammit.

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Blog that should have been posted last April 19,2006:

all i want to do right now is go home and sleep.for hours and hours and hours or years or for all eternity until my prince charming wakes me up with a kiss from my deep slumber.i just hope i wake up without the dark circles under my eyes.anyway, im counting the hours til i get out of this cubicle.i am going to look like a freakin Christmas tree in the middle of summer later. i have so much to carry! and the dimwits evenwanted to let me bring home this suitcase for me to bring to the US for the tradeshow this May. WTF!!!

i am so proud of myself for having successfully packed my stuff in my teeny weenie luggage. my clothes look like spring rolls now.that is what you call the art of packing. if i were to assess if this trip was productive, i'd say, so-so.what i loved the most about this was that i was able to see a good friend of mine from highschool, Nadine. The first time i went to Hong Kong she was here too! But we only got to spend the afternoon together. This time, it was 2 days offull time shop til you drop at Causeway Bay and TST, particularly at Granville.Haha! Kudos to Fong for patiently waiting for us while we rummaged through the different stores to find our scores.

Taking a break from shopping along Granville

They were looking forever for this restaurant called Spring Deer.Spring Deer is famous for its Peking duck. yum yum yum! We ordered wayyy tooo mucch food for the 3 of us. Nadine was craving forSweet and sour pork, Fong was craving for sharksfin soup and peking duck and i just suggested shrimp balls and yang chow fried rice. We could've fed 6 people with what we ordered. After that of course we checked out the Esprit Outlet store again to do more shopping. I got another jacket (to brace myself for San Fo weather).We had to extremely go weewee and we couldn't even think of any other place nearby but the Peninsula Hotel (which was just across the street) to go pee.Love the place. If I were to have my honeymoon in Hong Kong, I'd love to stay there.(But I don't want my honeymoon to be in Hong Kong bwaha.)
Anyway, my flight got super delayed. it was supposed to depart from HK at 740pmbut because of the stupid runway construction at the NAIA,we left HK at around 9pm instead.I think NAIA only has 2 runways, and the other one as mentioned will be under construction until July, if I'm not mistaked. Sooo, more flights delayed!
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It's good to be back home, although I haven't really unpacked. Need to figure out how many suitcases to bring for 3 weeks.
Last week was such a blur... This week will be hell week. Have to settle my finances and shit!
I know I still have stuff to say but my mind has gone blank.
boohoo!

disconnected

i left my celfone at home and i just realized that when we were onthe bus already on our way to work. nothing to fret about, im sure i'll be seeing a blinking green light anyway later.

got lost at yau ma tei yesterday. for some reason i was made to believe i was in mongkok and led my comrades to the way where i thought the train station was.
oops. my bad.

i'm getting my day off this Sunday! Wow. asteeg. Sunday pa talaga eh noh.And fortunately, Monday is a public holiday too. I want to go to Disneyland but I don't think I'll be able to get someone to go with me.Hongkongers hate mainlanders and Disney's the place to get jiggy with the tour groups and all.Or probably visit that big-ass Buddha too. I'm hoping Nadine's game for this.

My colleagues are planning this barbecue for tonight. BBQ. I have no idea where it's going to be and i don't think they have the least bit idea that it's raining! Well, it's been raining since last nightand it's pretty cool outside. Of course, I had to leave my camera at home!(and my f*cking fone)
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*It's going to be at Sai Kung (or somethinglike that) by the beach. SOMEWHERE.

The dimwits didn't tell us we could wear jeans today, and so of course I'm clad in slacks and longsleeves. But good move on my part, I'm wearing my sneaks.Black suede puma speed cats rule!

I'm dreading Saturday afternoon when i have to meet not one, but 2 Koreans!
SHET.Sorry i don't mean to sound racist but it has something to do with friends back homewho have this notion of Koreans as KOREYANOS (say it with
me now), spikey funky hair,weird looking and just uhm, weird.

I don't have have a rat's ass of what to expect too and I'm hoping discussionswon't get too technical and i'm hoping they can't speak english that well too so that if I can't understand them, i'll just have to smile, grin and say,I'LL SEND YOU AN EMAIL!

Wow. I'll be disconnected from the world and be back online come Tuesday.I'm feeling a bit sad now...it seems that days are going by just soooo fast.Parang I don't want to go home.Parang I want to stay here.ALONE.
But maybe I need them to ship my dog.


HOORAY FOR THE WEEKEND!

HAPPY EASTER!

Steppin' Out...

my head is in a whirlwind.
i am stuck in an all too familiar place again, literally and figuratively.only this time, new characters have been added to the thinning plot.

why did i have to be thrown into isolation while everyone is home, having fun?
not that i'm complaining...but maybe i am, of course i am.what's new?
i am in hong kong for the holy week, and will be working my ass off at the peakof the holiday, from good friday til monday. and when i get back, i don't even have time to rest, nor leaves to spare as i barely have enough left.

i hate it. i hate to be stuck in a rut with nothing else to think about but the trail i left behind.
i hate how it's affecting every little bit of me, in all aspects.
i hate how i am not a better person because of this whole shithole i got myself into.
i hate how i became this indecisive person, dragging myself out of bed just to get the day over with.

yes, in the baduyest of all terms to relate how i feel,i probably lost my mojo.

let me be the tramp you think i am, but i am just really one confused soul.really.

maybe i thought i could have it all... maybe i thought i could have my piece and eat it too.
since that was what they were doing anyway.
but as the cliche goes, you can't have it all.you can NEVER have it all.

anyway, a little pinch of reality:
yesterday, i got lost in Ikea wandering about the lamps and lanterns and shades of all shapes and sizes. i wish i could have my own little ikea. to step in and out of, occassionally.i mean, i feel like i've been in this endless quest of opening doors, why not put some flair and decor to make it more enjoyable? whoopeedoo. i could definitely live in Ikea.seriously.

lesson learned: know your comrades' celfone numbers-- at least the ones that are working, to avoid window shopping/shopping delays. time is precious.

i just realized what side of Hong Kong our new office is located. for quite some time now,i've been thinking, where the hell is Kowloon Bay? yesterday, i surmised, it's just a place a shade shadier than Kowloon side, Tsim Sha Tsui to you voyagers.
Of course not your typical Central but as long as you're a train ride away from shopping havens(at least for me) like Mongkok and TST, plus you have one big-ass shopping mall next door to conquer ,you're good to go. Oh! This is also where the Mother MTR station's located.

lesson learned: be in your comfiest foot wear, marathon shopping calls and i'd rather be prepared than suffer a foot full of calluses and sport ACL on both knees.

i am starving LITERALLY and FIGURATIVELY.stomach grumbling, i can only gulp a mouthful of air for what lies ahead.

FEED THE HUNGRY!

fools like me.

i think i will always be one. my realization for today.

anyway, as they say, you can't have it all.
but you're not cut out to settle but oftentimes you end up doing so,
to keep your sanity in tact perhaps?

and yes, chivalry is dead... or so.. as i'm made to believe.
(this statement to open up a heated debate to be tackled in another blog soon)

you get caught up in the moment but as the momentum slows down
and the blurry whirlwind comes to a halt...
you find yourself there... your moment of clarity.
do you drift along with it, or oppose?

but ... to what extent?

it isn't funny anymore. i'm not having fun anymore, that's for sure.
make a stand, let me know. don't go around in circles.
stop running around my head, i can't keep up anymore.
i can't go chasing forever.

TAG. you're IT.