irc
now that i'm enjoying to chat again, i might as well download the new mIRC version (5.82). i wonder how different it is.

boo-hoo
we're limited to only one ringtone download a month. ugh.

glory days
i was rummaging through my old college papers and notebooks, and it's such a wonder how well i managed to survive back then, what with chemistry, zoology, pol sci and what not! and i could even draw! TEETH!!!

long distance
it's so unfair! just when i got to make net2phone to work, it limits its calls to the US to five minutes. darnit!

passed?
is it just my imagination, or is it true that everytime i post here, all ramblings stop?

snap snap
i'm so grumpy this morning. i woke up so early to take my mom to the bus station. i hated every corny thing that came out of my sister's mouth, hated her driving, hated the fact that she kept calling me a backstreet (it's back*seat* damnit, at least get it right!) driver.
sometimes she's just so unbearable.
and i feel guilty because she bought me breakfast. agghh!

ding dong, the witch is dead!
In a tribal council that sent millions of television viewers into absolute rapture, jerri, aka jerricoot, aka satan in a blue bikini, aka the bitch.. has finally been eliminated from Survivor.
What a great episode! Colby threw Jerri around like a sack of potatoes during the reward challenge, and even though Jerri thought that their reward was like a honeymoon without sex, Colby was VERY emphatic that he did NOT like jerri at all! Nick won immunity, and HAH! Jerry finally got voted off! And naturally, the only person who didn't vote against her was her minion, Ambore. hehehehe!
Jerri is gone.
And everyone saw that it was good.

oscars
i watched the academy awards on rpn..all five hours of it, including commercials. it was *so* long. i even got to finish dream for an insomniac through the commercials alone, can you believe that?
so anyway, i was waiting for the fancy production numbers that billy crystal used to do (last year's was AMAZING!), but they didn't have any of that this year, which was disappointing. it was actually kind of boring, and if not for the fact that i wanted to find out who would win, i definitely wouldn't have stayed.
russell crowe won, gladiator won, crouching tiger won, julia roberts won..pretty much what was expected.

10 Things I Hate About You
I hate the way you talk to me.
I hate the way you talk to me
and the way you cut your hair.
I hate the way you drive my car.
I hate it when you stare.
I hate your big dumb combat boots
And the way you read my mind.
I hate you so much it makes me sick
It even makes me rhyme.
I hate the way you're always right.
I hate it when you lie.
I hate it when you make me laugh.
Even worse when you make me cry.
I hate it that you're not around
And the fact that you didn't call.
But mostly I hate the way
I don't hate you.
Not even close,
not even a little bit,
not any at all.

-Katerina Stratford (played by Julia Stiles)
10 Things I Hate About You

dang
what a copycat! survivorBLOG is still way better than this.

MoM
i sent in applications to MoM yesterday. Will it help? Time will tell!

mailing list love
i guess love really moves in mysterious ways. i found out recently that two of my batchmates (mike and noey), who live in two different continents, found each other through the bene95 egroup, and are now engaged!
amazing.

greymatter
hmm..another blog helper?

prodigal blogger
it's been a while since i've blogged. partly because i've been doing other stuff, partly because my phone line got too crappy to connect, and also partly because i just got plain tamad. i've been reading survivorblog a lot, and most of the time, i'm either in OzOrg's #quiz, or in Chatpinoy, joining #word-war, which is pretty interesting, and it kinda brings out the competitive part in me, i guess.
i got to watch Bait the other day with anami, rica, trondz and steven. pretty interesting movie, and jamie foxx was funny in that talaga. and now i remember where he also appeared in!

prodigal daughter
L. finally decided to come home. I haven't talked to her, though, because she's been sleeping since she got here! more details later...

jeff
heh...he's still so funny even after the game. s2, of course.

paranoia
i sent my application form to the PUB last night, and now I'm worried that I should have just filled up the form on their website, and also that they might not have received it at all.

irony
isn't it ironic that i cut my hair for someone who won't even see it in the first place? how dumb is that?

balikbayans
The number of filipinos abroad makes online shopping/delivery sites seem entirely feasible. this is, of course, because people here in the philippines expect pasalubong from their family/friends, etc, whenever these people go abroad, no matter if it's a short trip, or if they're balikbayans or something. that's something that I dread when travelling. Not that I don't want to give these people stuff, but just because it gives travelling a bit of a pressure. Aside from the fact that you need to buy stuff for them (did they give you any money? nooo! but they expect stuff, just the same!), if you don't give them something, or if they feel that someone got something better, they'll even feel tampo with you! Ack!

haircut
i went to peach gp today to cut my hair -- to satisfy j. of course.

travel tips
have you ever wondered where your unclaimed baggage go?

child stars
ever wondered what's going on right now with mayim bialik? mark-paul gosselaar? and other former child stars?

private eye
hmm..this site would be a good one to visit if you're a budding nancy drew.

the eyes have it
wanna know how you would look like in eyeglasses? this website actually lets you try on all sorts of brands, shapes, sizes, etc. of eyeglasses!

my diary
i just updated my old diary at Diaryland!

pizza and movies
went out with psqk and teedj today..watched survivor at p's house, then ate at magoo's ... yum yum! teedj and i watched miss congeniality (third time for me!) again!
oh yeah..hit me big time, baby!

dream computer
man, i am DROOLING, just absolutely drooling over the all new power mac G4 (ultimate!). you can make dvd's, your own cd's, it's so fast...wow! i am absolutely breathless! too bad it's wayyyy out of my reach, though! i checked out the virtual singapore store, and it costs S$6,105.00, which translates to more than P170,000. *sigh*

Survivor 2 [3/8]: post-show
Well, well. Highlights of the show: it's girls night out for kucha, boys night out for ogakor. They are sent to the opposite tribe, supposedly to scout it, only to be told that they will be moving to a completely new location. As soon as they reached their new home, they found wine and cheese and bread, and start eating up. They start building their new shelter, but before they can accomplish much, they had to face an immunity challenge. This time, it's an endurance test; whoever stands on a beam in the middle of the river the longest will win the immunity talisman. Nick's the first to go, followed by Colby, then Jeff and Rodger. lured by hot fudge and ice cream, Jerri jumps out (yeah yeah, we all know her little chocolate fantasy by now), and of course, if Jerri jumps, we all know Amber will too, don't we? (like the little lamber that she truly is). After more than eight hours, the sun has set, with only Elisabeth, Alicia, Tina, and Keith still standing. Poor Elisabeth looked like she was freezing, so with the promise of a boat ride back from Jeff, she steps down from the post. After more than ten hours, Alicia finally decides to give up. Tina looked like she was going to stay, but with a plea from Keith (i need this, Tina), decides to join Alicia in the boat. Jeff gives Keith the immunity necklace.
During tribal council, as expected, there is a tie, and it's between Jeff and Colby. In a vote that was an exercise in futility, the vote became deadlocked. Since Jeff already had one (known) vote against him, while Colby had none, Jeff became the next survivor to be voted out of the outback.
What will the implications of this vote be? Will the rest of the Kuchas just be picked off one by one? (Noooooooo!!!) Will new friendships and alliances emerge, or will original tribal alliances run deeper? I can't wait for the next episode! Heh..at least we'll get it one day earlier!
6 days to go! As Tina said before...let the games begin.

girl power gone?
seems like sporty spice does not want to be part of the spice girls anymore. sporty intends to break away from the spice girls, once touted as the biggest british phenomenon after the beatles, the girls have been slowly losing their spice. first, with the decision of ginger spice, aka gerri halliwell, to leave the group. second, was the lukewarm reception to their album (which, admittedly, was definitely not as strong as their previous ones). could this be the demise of the spicy girl group? could strike three definitely mean out? sporty spice, according to most people, is the best singer of the group, and i really can't see the spice girls holding up as a trio. so i guess it's bye bye, baby? and posh and scary? :)

re-creating history
i was reading newsweek and i saw a site that supposedly, does just this. it does so by creating isometric screenshots: computer graphics that are in the style of video games. but they really do look, realistic (in a bizarre video game-ish kind of way)! it has jfk and lee harvey oswald, the elian gonzales seizure, and the martin luther king assassination. it even has the sound of music! there are only a few pictures there, but it's pretty nice to look at.

obligation?
i just found out from psqk that teedj is *inis* at me, supposedly because i haven't been calling. i think this is a bit too much because it's only been two days since we last talked! i mean, c'mon, give me a break. it's not like i'm obligated to call him up or anything. he's not my boyfriend, for goodness sakes! so what's the big deal if i haven't been calling?
i hate it when i am made to feel that i should do something when i don't really have to.

pre-merge
yay! it's friday again, and i'm just a few hours away from watching the next survivor 2 ep. it's amazing, really, how this show can just hook you. with their reward and immunity challenges and all the petty fights and what not, it's just really appealing to the voyeur in most people. it's fun catching a glimpse of how people live their lives, and how social dynamics really affect us.
I mean, whether it's for a million dollars or for a promotion, a lot of the things that are happening in survivor are also happening in our lives. it might not be as blatant, and the characters might be different, but those things really can, and do, happen.
teehee, i just read an article about that witch, jerri. totally on the mark, i must say!
that said, i can't wait to tune in to axn tonight!

rant
after around five months of job hunting, with no concrete fruit of my search, it's starting to make me think about my worth. i know that i am definitely qualified for a lot of the jobs, but it's really puzzling why until now, i still don't have one.
it's not like i'm not looking for a job either, and i've really been searching wherever i can. i admit that there have been quite a few jobs that i kinda *let go* of, but it's because i felt that i wouldn't like it. it would be pointless to work somewhere that you don't like, right?
and speaking of working in a place where i would like, i guess my being jobless right now also has something to do with the fact that i am looking for something in singapore, which is a little difficult, given the fact that i am based in manila right now. but i always specify that i am willing to move there anyway, so what's the big deal?
i remember talking to gerald of east west who actually discouraged me from trying to go further with my job application there because i'm not currently based there, apparently, the salary isn't that high, and according to him, the cost of living in singapore is too high. and i really wanted to say...it's my life! if i want to apply for it, and i will be going into it with my eyes wide open, then it's my choice, right? the least he could have given me was an interview, and if they don't like me after that, then fine. if they like me after that and they want to give me the job, then it's my problem as to how i will manage to live there in singapore.
so now, it's back to the old jobhunt for me. i read somewhere that the right attitude is also important. so from now on, i will be confident that i am good enough, and that i will get the job that's perfect for me (in singapore, no less!), and it will just take a little more time and patience.
so there.

definitely the end
today with kris aquino just ended today, and i got to watch the last episode, which was all about changes and saying goodbye. in the last ten minutes of the show, kris was in tears as she thanked her advertisers, her audience (me), her staff..it was actually pretty touching, because you could feel her sincerity. she was also saying that even if she'd be moving to another show (it's not like she'll be left jobless or anything), it was still different.
aww.

republishing
is it the republishing archives option that doesn't work?? if this works, i am never going to hit republish archives ever again!

archive
ok..i just tried the site earlier and the archive worked. i made a few minor changes, and *hopefully* the archives will still work. my site is now as simple as simple can be, but it's the content and the accessibility that i'm after anyway, so this should be good enough, i hope! *crosses fingers*

blog this
i saw another site that helps make blogging easier, but archive problem or not, i still like blogger better. i went as far as opening an account there, but it just wasn't userfriendly enough for me to keep on wanting to blog there!

yumm
i love my red ribbon empanada! i had two of them for breakfast just now, and they are just perfect. it's not greasy, and it doesn't feel too fattening. it's just the right amount of sweet. really good!

ugh
i'm getting more and more frustrated with the archive problem here. i guess if there's any consolation, it seems like it's not just because of my stupidity, since there are a lot of other people in blogger who are having this problem. i hope it gets resolved soon, though.

studio 23
well..that's that. i didn't show up for my copy test today. i hope i don't regret it in the long run.

enough!
enough experimenting!! i need to take a nap.

horoscope
i just received my horoscope for today via e-mail, and it seems to be very apt! (not that I give too much credence to horoscopes, mind you, but it's amusing when it seems to hit the spot occasionally).
One of the hardest things for you is to be alone. Ironically enough,
however, this is probably one of the most important places for you to be. Now
is a time in which you need to learn how to be content when you are completely
apart from other people. Don't look upon this as a punishment for yourself.
Look at it as a time when you can grow and develop more of your own inner state.

archive
if i can get my archives to work right now, i'd be a happy girl.

semi-charmed life
a lot of people would probably want to be in my shoes right now. i don't need to work, i'm just staying at home, doing whatever I feel like doing at the time. But how I wish I can be out there, working!

nappy
i'm so sleepy. i only had around four hours of sleep, and it's not like i even had to wake up! zzz

ackk i don't get it. i give up

trivia
i've been so addicted to joining the trivia channel at undernet lately. some of the questions are silly, some are relatively easy, while most are just downright absurd! absurd in the sense that it's difficult to comprehend that you actually know the answers to those questions not unless you take a wild guess, or you've just stayed in the channel long enough to answer the questions!
For instance: She played the lead role in Coal Miner's Daughter (Spacek), In what U.S. state were the Library of Congress's original copies of the U.S. Constitution and the Declaration of Independence kept during World War II? (Kentucky), Armored knights raised their visors to identify themselves when they rode past their king. That custom has become the modern military __________. (salute)
Amazing, isn't it? :)

go get some sleep, girl!

the lines
some of the lines that cracked me up: (i can't exactly quote them, but they're as near as i can remember them)
vic: i'm sorry, i was distracted by the half-masticated cow ----(can't remember exact words) in your wide open trap.
gracie: i haven't had sleep (...), i have gel in my hair, i'm starved, and i'm armed. don't mess with me. (walks a few steps, then trips). i'm cool.
gracie: dalai lama, dalai lama..
gracie: (during an interview question): harsher penalty for parole violators. (absolute silence. pause). and world peace. (wild applause, gracie smiles)
vic: (something along these lines): you're probably how my daughter would have turned out to be (cut to sandy with a touched expression on her face), which is absolutely why i never reproduced (LOL!!)
vic: (after gracie's top 5 intvw question) a brief shining moment...and then the mouth.
vic: (after gracie's fabulous swimsuit performance) are you drunk?
gracie: (when asked whether female fbi agents are required to wear masculine shoes) oh no, i had these specially made by the guy who tattooed my butt.
gracie: (upon seeing vic carrying fake boobies) you'd better say those are candy dishes.
kathy: ...dennis rodman in a dress looked better than you!
frank: (with a perverted leer) hi washington, nice apples.
i can go on, and on, and on...but there are just tooooo many funny lines in that movie! i swear, it's now one of my absolutely favorite movies!

snippets of miss congeniality
scenes i love: the wrestling scene, the gliding scene, the whole transformation sequence, everytime sandy tries to get food, (particularly the one where she stuffed donuts inside her gown, and the dog sniffs a donut in her gown again and she has to toss it back out and she calls michael caine the donut nazi..lol!), all her practice scenes, the one where she's parading in her swimsuit and she's trying so hard not to break up so she keeps muttering dalai lama to herself, the talent portion scene (both of them!), the coming out of the hangar scene, the scene where she teases benjamin bratt (you think i'm gooorgeous, you wanna hug me, date me and marry me, you wanna ki-i-i-ss me..)...i just really loved the whole movie, what can i say? :)

gracie lou freebush
with three beauty pageant references today (first was the dear chix and del situation, second was twka's topic about beauty queens, and third was the opening of miss congeniality), i decided that i just had to watch miss congeniality today, with or without someone. so it turns out that I had to watch it alone because I couldn't find anyone, and boy, i was so NOT disappointed. it was a lot funnier than i expected, and it was actually great that i watched the movie alone because I got to watch the whole movie again (which I wouldn't have gotten to do if someone had watched with me)! it was great!
this, for me, is sandra bullock's best movie ever! it's funny, there are so many witty lines, it's totally believable, and the transformation from ugly, sloppy fbi agent to gorgeous beauty pageant contestant (with traces of the clumsy one still lingering) was so great! with so many great situations in the entire movie, you would hardly notice the time as you're sitting in the theater. i know i certainly didn't!

vicky!
oh my gosh..now i'm in a nostalgia trip...i did a search for tiffany on yesterdayland, and i came across the small wonder page...awww...i miss that show!!

all this time
i was looking at tiffany's pictures in the fury homepage, and i was like...is that her *real* hair color? it looks so brassy!
but then seeing her made me remember her old songs...i think we're alone now, all this time (which was a favorite of mine before!), could've been, etc...
it's odd how i came across this. just a couple of weeks ago, i read an article where deborah (debbie) gibson emphasized that debbie and tiffany did not have a rivalry going on.

only in my dreams
weird dream alert: i went to e-telecare using the cr-v to have another interview, presumably with joan. things went well, and they were kinda offering me the job already. when i went out to go home, the cr-v was GONE. the guard saw someone driving it away (and didn't stop it, damn!). suddenly, i was in pilar, and i was trying to run really fast in the direction of where i thought the carnappers must have gone (what was i thinking?? like i can actually catch up with a car that already had a lot of headway..). i saw my mom and my sisters in church, and when i was tearfully telling them that the car had been stolen, my mom just laughed at me. i thought that she must've just gotten it in an attempt to scare me, but no, it had actually been stolen. so anyway, that's that. i went to up, saw some of my friends, and had a weird lunch. finished.
btw, i almost fell out of bed this morning.

so tell me..am i hot or not?
hmm..there is actually an asian version of amihotornot. they even look kinda the same..or at least, the format is, anyway. the site is called Infatuasian ... a rating site for the asian eye. I think I'll try posting my pic up just for kicks..just to see how I'll rate. In amihotornot, i was around a five and a six..i wonder how different it will be here. we'll see.
tried it, but there was a problem with their server..i guess i'll never find out if i'm hot or not. lol.

holing in
i have my own little world here in my room. i spend probably around 80% of the day just holed up here; reading, talking on the phone, surfing the net. i even eat here at times! i'm so used to my *own* space where i can be free, and be comfortable, and just be myself. in here, i can be dirty or clean, nice or naughty, lazy or a workaholic...it's just really nice to have a place that i can call my own.

product placement
i love my nivea visage gentle facial scrub! it makes my face feel so soft and smooth after i use it, it's fantabulous! ;)

*sigh*
i never imagined that job hunting could be this tough!

another day, another job search day. nooninoo. it's actually amazing how many job sites there are! aside from the obvious jobstreet and jobsdb, i went to j-hunter, talentlab (which looks really cool, btw!), job site...and a lot more. i just hope that my endless searches will finally reach an end, and will finally get me a job in sg!!

who's got it?
i wonder just what exactly the Forbes 100 most powerful list means. The list seems so random, actually...you've got Tom Cruise (at no.1), together with Anna Kournikova, the Beatles, Michael Jordan, Darva Conger (the *winner* of Who Wants to Marry a Multimillionaire), and Richard Hatch!

star circle batch...1960?
got linked to a cool page featuring old philippine stars. what a great idea! i just saw pictures of old beauty queens, actors and actresses like chanda romero, tina revilla, etc. aliw!

the amir of bleeechh
my sister g. recommended this website to me, knowing how much i hate carlos agassi, that wannabe rapper who seems to keep popping up in most local shows that i watch. abs-cbn is building him up so much, and he just sucks, man! as a rapper, he just keeps repeating everything that he does. as an actor...ugh. i wonder if he's ever seen how he acts on the soap that he's on! he has just one expression, i swear. and it's not even nice. geez! and i don't find him cute either. this site has to be right on the mark.

wake up, boys!
can estrada and his cronies be even more delusional? after the supreme court has voted unanimously that gloria is truly the president, they still have the nerve to claim that it's unconstitutional, blah blah blah. ahh stop your bitching, boys!

tummy tuck
note to self: do 500 sit-ups every day. please.

end of an era?
i can't believe that today with kris is ending! apparently, kris will be replacing korina on balitang k (to be renamed balitang kris?), because korina will be anchoring tv patrol. hmm..now what shall i watch when eating lunch??

bdsm
i was fiddling around with yahoo! messenger, and i got to click on conversations. one thing led to another, and i reached this guy's website. it says here that he is looking for a "sub" or a "slave," and his requirements are so strict..and he has to have *full* control over the girl. this is SO odd. why would anyone want to do this? i mean, i can understand how some people would want to be masters, but why would anyone want to be a slave? And I quote, "This person would have no rights except those given to her by her Master, and no limits except those set by her Master." Is this guy for real, or what? Apparently, he has another slave, but he "prefers" to have another one who would be willing to kneel before him "with her eyes lowered and honestly say the following "I give myself freely to you, you own me and I belong to you completely, use me for your own pleasure." "
I mean, really.

gulp
*does the dance of joy* I got me some thai iced tea! yummm!
i had dinner at dusit thani with my family, that's why i am definitely stuffed! to hell with dieting!

why
how come it always ends up that *I'M* the one who's wrong?

craving
mmm i want my thai iced tea!!!

jobhunting
i hope that i am not just grasping at straws when i keep sending my application to singapore companies. i hope that one of these days, one of these companies will see my potential. i hope that soon, i will finally get a job in singapore and start working. now, change all that to i *know* i will get a job in singapore soon, and i'll be all set.

woohoo!
what a great survivor episode! *the one with mike's accident*

[my money]: it's all in their hands
got to count the money that i have for my last phone bill; i finally managed to come up with the *surprise* amount of P5,108.60. i say surprise because i was really shocked that the bill was that high for last month. i figured that it would be around 3k, but this is just waaaaay too much. i still have to pay another exorbitant phone bill next month, and hopefully that will be the end of it. i can't bear to see my money just get drained away into globe..it's especially painful for me to see that thick bundle of money in my globe envelope, just waiting to be paid. it reminds me that this is the money that i could have spent for buying stuff for myself..or to treat my sister or my mom or something..instead, i need to be really stingy with myself, i can't even buy *anything* for goodness sakes! i really feel truly pathetic..i have this allowance which i cant.even.spend.for.myself. damn.

one long day
wow..i'm really tired today. i had to wake up at six am (slept at 1 am the night before) because of my studio 23 job interview at ten. of course, since i live all the way out here, i had to leave by seven just to make sure that i'm not late (trying to follow the advice of all the job sites, and common sense, of course!). checked mail, had a little breakfast, then took a bath. got to leave by seven ten. traffic in coastal road was so bad! right after the toll gates, the traffic had *already* piled up, and it was that way until that traffic light right before baclaran. thankfully, after that, it was pretty fine. i got to abs-cbn by 9:30, which is pretty good, i guess! for once, i got to enter abs without any trouble! headed for the studio 23 creative group office, where i filled out my application for employment. i had to twiddle my thumbs for quite a bit before i got interviewed, and when i finally did...well...i don't know. it was alright, i suppose, but if i want to pursue the job, i need to go back for a copy test, and i'm a little scared about it, actually, because that is definitely not my forte, but we'll see how it goes.
i went to up, and it was actually pretty lucky that i went, because today was (apparently) the last day to get a sablay. i had to make a downpayment of a hundred bucks, which was practically the only amount i could spare, since i only put two hundred bucks in my wallet today (i actually wasn't planning on putting anything at all..i'm *that* broke). anyway, had lunch with ma'am malou and just kept chatting with her and stuff. after lunch, headed over to broadcast city...i wanted to try to see if i could get a job at wave 89.1; unfortunately, there are no job openings in production anymore. too bad.
i went to cha-cha's house before going home, and i had a lot of fun, actually..it's been quite a while since i've last seen her, and it was really pleasant spending the afternoon in the company of one of my high school friends..part of my original barkada..it just really made me miss my barkada even more. aww.
pretty tiring day; i got home by six something, and i was *really* tired and sleepy! i think it was because from the very beginning of my day, when i was contemplating about whether i should get up to go to my s23 interview. my mind had already been set that i was "fatigued" so to speak because of lack of sleep. bummer.