After just 4 hours (with my lunchtime included), I finish the novel. The rest of the day, I just lied down on my bed staring at the ceiling in the hopes of electricity coming back soon.

But it doesn’t. At least until the next day. When I woke up that day, I was so happy to realize that we finally have electricity. I immediately charge my laptop and boot it up. However, upon opening Firefox, I was greeted by a “Problem Loading Page” page. What? I did a hard refresh but still garnered the same result. That cannot be. I see the wireless connection icon on my taskbar and it’s looking fine. I ask my mom if there’s anything wrong with the internet and she says that there’s no cable and internet until further notice because of some shit I didn’t even catch anymore.

The rest of the day, I watched One Tree Hill (thank God it’s still on my hard drive) and House (on DVD). I just realized how much our lives (or at least mine) revolves around modern technology and just a day or two without them will drive us nuts. I swear to God that if this happens again, I’m so gonna move into another country.

One Sunday evening, after enjoying a very good dinner, I roamed around the mall looking for the perfect pair of jeans (at least for me). As I went in and out of the shop doors, I suddenly realize that this was harder than I thought. It was late, and we were tired. I suddenly decided to declare a ceasefire and go back on the hunt the next weekend.

The next weekend came, and as usual, I went in and out of shop doors with empty hands. Leafing through the racks, I realize that the perfect pair of jeans didn’t exist — they were an urban myth created to give consumers a faint spark of hope. I then grabbed three pairs in my size, went into the fitting room, and bought two.

As I reached home, I fitted my new buys yet again and I suddenly felt guilty for having neglected this piece of clothing for so long. I now, therefore, promise to wear jeans more often.

What about you? Do you like jeans? Do you find it difficult to find a good pair? Share your thoughts!

For two days, I helped pack relief goods to be brought to places that were greatly affected. As I was packing bottles of water, kilos of rice and packs of noodles, I saw the sympathy in the eyes of the people around me who also devoted their time in helping the victims of the storm. That’s one of the things I am also thankful for: the kindness of people.

Another storm hit us this afternoon, with winds as strong as more than 200 km/h. So far, I’m thankful that no heavy downpour has occurred yet, just strong winds.

Oh, and btw, for those interested, I found this gallery in Time’s website about the storm.

I wish junior year would never end. That way, I do not have to face the fear of the unknown.

Day 1

1. Economics – This was kinda hard. I was surprised especially since the quizzes and the long tests they gave were easy.
2. Geometry – Easy.

Day 2

1. English – Long, but it was okay. I just realized that I love the name Persephone.
2. Physics – Easy.

Day 3

1. Filipino – Easy.
2. Algebra – Surprisingly easy. My tests were always at the borderline of pass and fail and while I was reviewing last night, I was pissed off to see that most of my mistakes were just brought about by carelessness. *sigh*

Philosophy was supposed to be the first test but it was moved to next week since some things weren’t clarified yet. I don’t need to study for it since the things you study won’t really help you in the test. I need wisdom. And luck.

• Peanut Butter – I just love peanut butter! I put it on bread, on crackers…I sometimes even dip Koko Krunch in it! Growing up, I never really liked peanut butter, but recently, things have taken a 180-degree turn.
• Romance – I’m pretty sure most of you know that I absolutely adore romance! I’ve spoked incessantly about my love for it (even made blog posts about it). I just love the warm, mushy feeling you get whenever there’s romance somewhere.
• Fashion Magazines – As of today, I want to be a magazine editor one day. Sometimes, I want to be a stylist; other times, a fashion director. Either which, they’re all connected to fashion. I don’t know why, but there’s just something about flipping through the glossy pages of a fashion magazine that makes me feel so happy.
• PostSecret – I love gossiping. However, reading anonymous people’s secrets enclosed in postcards gives me a greater high. I actually remember visiting a site similar to PostSecret, only they find these “secrets” on the street. If anyone knows about it, I’d really appreciate it if you share it with me as I’ve been dying to go to that site again.
• White Shoes – I don’t know why, but I just love white shoes.

What are some of your guilty pleasures?

But today, I feel regret for something I shouldn’t even feel it for. I feel regret for not talking to a person I may never ever see again and that this day was my one and only chance. I don’t know why I’m feeling so remorseful out of the entire situation especially since I don’t even know the guy.

It may sound confusing to you, but if you hear the back story of it, I’ll most probably end up sounding even stupider than I already am.

I hate adolescence.

• One Tree Hill – I really, really love this TV show because on top of all the drama, you can actually see a part of you (well, at least me) in each of the characters. Also, being a teenager, I can pretty much relate to the things going on with the gang at Tree Hill.
• Love Actually – I especially love the scene where Mark knocks outside Juliet’s door on Christmas holding cardboard signs saying the sweetest things a guy could possibly say.
• Gossip Girl – I’m in love with Chuck/Blair. ‘Nuff said.
• P.S. I Love You -I haven’t read the book yet, but the movie really sent me to tears so I might read the book soon too.

Recommend me some more love stories?

But wait, they’re in cocktail dresses.

Ok, I thought they were just a bit overdressed, but when we entered the function room, oh my, (almost) everyone was wearing cocktail dresses and dress shirts. And I was wearing a v-neck shirt, white shorts and Chucks (thank God as I was thisClose to wearing flip-flops). To make things worse, we were asked to sit in the front table. In the end though, it was ok as some also arrived in a similar attire and the hosts forgot to pick-up the invitations so they all just made calls and sent text messages to inform people.

What would you have done if you were in a case like this? I, of course, just held my head up high and acted as if nothing was wrong.

Well, on the first day, I would want to take a long walk in the busiest city in the country and see man for who he really is — happy, sad, frustrated, accomplished, miserable. I’d like to see businessmen rushing to attend a meeting they’re already late for, chic ladies strutting whilst holding numerous shopping bags and students going out for a snack after a long day of studying. All this I shall take with me as I sleep.

On the second day, I’d like to see everything the technology has to offer. I’d like to watch television, go to a movie theatre, browse the internet, look at the colorful pages of magazines (as I can’t read the alphabet) and play video games. Finally, I could see what everyone’s been raving about. These things shall animate my dreams at night.

On the third day, I wanna go to the beach with all my friends and family and have fun with them. We’d go scuba diving and see the beautiful marine life. We’d cook barbeque for lunch, play beach volleyball in the afternoon and watch the sunset at twilight. When night comes, we shall build a bonfire and sleep around it. When morning comes, I shall open my eyes and see only darkness.

If you were only given three days to see, what are the things that you would like to see, do and accomplish?