Sometimes I’m wondering why I buy stuff. I mean… I want them, or wanted them, or thought I wanted them, or need them, or needed them, or thought I needed them… and then one day I just realize that I’ve hardly touched it or used it.

I remember when I spent hours after hours, days after days, researching about digital cameras and what would be the best model to buy. After I got it, I played around with it for a few days, and now it’s forgotten most of the time.

Currently I have 4 domains and I’ve hardly been using the 3 other ones that I acquired this year. But I thought I wanted them before, or needed them. Now I don’t know really what to do with them.

Today, I went home late because I passed by a toy store and I bought a pillow (again. I’ve got 2 of them already. they’re all the same kind, just different colors), and balls. I thought Teacup would play with it, apparently not. And Taba is just being his sissy self and afraid of the ball.

But spending makes me feel better when I’m down. It doesn’t matter if I’m spending for myself or for someone else, like buying stuff for someone… Bleh… I need to stop it though :( It’s unnecessary.

My new work schedule, at least for this month, is 2am to 11am. And what a world of difference is a few hours. When I get out of work, the mall is open, shops are open, there’s sunlight, and I feel my day longer. I just had my rest days and I felt like I had 3 days off instead of just 1, like with my 9pm to 6am schedule.

On my way home today, I passed by SM and they had the stands for ready to eat fruits and salad and what not. And I thought of an idea… recently, I haven’t been doing my no-rice-in-the-morning diet because I get home around noon now. And since the Salad Bar is already open when I get home, I’m thinking of just getting salad on my way home every . day and have a veggie diet for lunch. Maybe some fruit. It should be easier now since the mall is open. I just need to get into the habit of it.

I really would like to take supplements along with this diet, as I’ve mentioned over and over again, but I’m not sure if there really are weight loss pills that work that I can easily afford and obtain. So far, Fitrum seems to have stopped working on me and lately I was drinking weight loss tea, and it seems to have stopped working as well.

*sigh* I really just need to get into the habit, but it’s so hard. Not getting into the habit is a vice. hahaha

I don’t really feel the season coming. I wonder why, when it’s “Christmas season” I feel like I have to force myself to be in the mood… I’ve given up on receiving gifts and stuff, but I want to feel the occasion even if it’s glaring at me in the face, because I still don’t feel it.

Some people start buying gifts. Some people start booking trips and ski vacations. Some people start listing Christmas wishlists and New Year’s resolutions. And me? Nothing really. I’m looking forward to the double pay. But things have got to change. If I don’t feel it, I’ll have to touch it.

So I’m reviving my #roflmao project couple of Christmases ago wherein I sent Christmas/Hannukah cards all around the world. So far I’ve collected 20+ addresses (I don’t plan to stalk them) and I’m making the cards. As of writing, I’ve made 13 cards… lol. I’m slow. I started doing them 3 weeks ago and I kind of stopped. I’ll continue them tomorrow.

To whoever is reading this, do you want a Christmas card? or whatever card? Hannukah? New Year’s Card? Email me with your mailing address and I promise not to stalk you. Just don’t expect too much because I’m not artistic.

There are times when I feel like I don’t really have friends at work. Sure there’s Jennie but now that our schedules are different, I feel so alone during the time that she’s not around.

I don’t know exactly what’s wrong with me. I think I’m nice. I may not always be smiling but I think I’m approachable. I do my best to “ride” with other people as long as I understand what they’re saying.

A couple of weeks ago, Jennie introduced to me someone from another team, who then introduced to us someone from her team. They’re loud, lewd, and they always comment on other people’s looks or clothes. Like it they need a Plano cosmetic dentist they’d say it out loud, although not directly to the person. It’s practically their pastime. Jen warned me before that I’ll have to brave it and learn to get along or else I’ll be the topic and I’ll cry. lol. … orz

Ah… well… I’ll try to talk to more people.

I mentioned a couple of days ago that I was going to go out of town to visit the Taal Crater but weather had decided to not cooperate with us at the last minute. And because one member in our group had decided to force what he wants to do with regards to how we were going to get there and also buying something at the last minute although we had already asked him to tell us what else he needs since we went to the groceries earlier that day, we ended up arriving there almost 5pm already, when some of the tourist attractions have already closed. So we just stayed home that night and grilled the food that we bought.

Come evening, Cavite was announced as Storm Signal #3 for Typhoon Santi. From inside, I could hear howling and whistling as the rain crashed against the windows and the roof. I even started to wonder on what kind of guaranteed issue life insurance my parents could claim in case the house I was living in just suddenly collapsed of if there was a landslide at the place we were staying at. It was scary.

Come morning, the winds and rains were gone, and the sun was out. But we couldn’t really go anywhere because the tourist places like People’s Park were closed. A lot of trees fell and most employees didn’t come to work. We ended up just going back to Manila then we went malling.

I’m thinking of investing my money on something after I get most of it back. So far I’ve got PhP35000 loaned out and I don’t know when I’m gonna get it back. I know I want to buy a house and lot even if I’m not gonna live on it yet. The cheaper, affordable ones are soooo out of the way, but I reckon the railway system will be extended to those areas soon. If only there were motor homes here, that would be awesome. I think that would be really affordable and even if I didn’t know how to drive, it won’t really be a big problem since there are motorhome towing services … maybe call for emergency because I can’t move it. lol.

I’ve invested in a digital camera already and although it’s now 25% cheaper than when I bought it, it’s still a good buy and I can use it for years. I’ve got a netbook I can play around with but I still want a good and sturdy desktop that’s for my rough use. I don’t need a car since I don’t drive. I don’t want to try the stock market because… well… because. So… Real Estate might be my best bet for now. I’m still looking into other options. We’ll see~

It’s been about a month and a half since I started my no-rice-in-the-mornings diet and so far I’ve only broken it twice. And it was only last week that I did.

I don’t really feel any effects yet, just that I know I’m not overstuffed before I go to sleep. I know I was thinking last time to maybe take something like a supplement or diet pills but I keep being lazy to get some. I could ask my Pop but I always forget.

Well, the people I’ve consulted said that it will be slow since I’m still eating rice in the evenings and for “lunch” but hopefully, I’ll be able to cut it down more. In fact, I’m thinking of not taking rice in the evenings now, before going to work.

We’ll see how it goes~

I found out something just recently. Tagaytay is in Cavite and with minimal traffic, you can get there from Makati in about an hour and a half.

All my life, I had always been thinking that Tagaytay is somewhere near Baguio and that it’s a minimum of 4 hours to get there. I’ve only been there twice. The first time was on a field trip, and the second time a family a trip, both during grade school. I’m not one who likes long rides, so an hour trip feels like forever to me.

Anyways, me and some friends are planning to go to Tagaytay next weekend to unwind and do some sight-seeing. We’re planning to go to the Taal Volcano crater.

See the one where it says “A”? I want to go there!

My problem, though, is to get there, we’ll need to do a lot of walking, then I think there’s horseback riding (I’ve done this… once?), a boat ride (never been on a boat, big or small), and then some hiking (done this a couple of times). I’m big and lack exercise. I get tired easily, and my sprain from before starts hurting after a couple of minutes of walking. Here I am, trying to figure out a fast way on how to lose belly fat because I’m so lazy, and I’m wanting to do hiking!

Well… I’ll endure it. Coz I really wanna visit the crater!

I had a major headache recently. I got a call from a customer who was insisting that it was our fault for getting her computer infected. She got infected by a Windows Protection Suite virus because she refused to assist the technician who installed the service to her PC in removing her pre-existing antivirus software from her computer so that the tech could install the ISP Provided antivirus software which is McAfee. She had Norton. So of course it would be conflicting. She claims that the technician didn’t tell her that it was conflicting and just left her hanging.

Well, tough luck for her. We tried going to a website that had instructions in removing the Windows Protection Suite from her computer, but I don’t know if she’s just slow or something, but we weren’t able to remove it from her computer in the end. She said she’s going to sue the ISP. I didn’t bother following up on that, because I think she realizes its her fault in the first place.

Yey! I really love taking escalations.

What with all the typhoons coming and going, plenty of people have lost their homes, their lives, their businesses etc, all in just 2 weeks. Other people got it worse somewhere, yeah, but that doesn’t mean that those who are better off didn’t lose anything.

What with all the things that have been happening, I wonder what the future government will be doing to rebuild what was lost? Will they be raising a project for manufactured homes for areas that got wiped out or completely sunk for weeks? Or will they just continue to strut their behinds and fluff their feathers?

I’m not really patriotic, but whenever I see the news, I feel like crying. Nature is so vengeful.