Loving the rainy season for 2 reasons only

I'm not a big fan of the rain. Seriously, when you're stranded in school (UST, España for that matter) with no way home because your ride's stuck in EDSA, and you don't know how you'll get to the nearest LRT Station half-dry, half-drenched from the rain, you won't love the rain. However, floods in España give way to class suspensions almost all the time. The School Administration of course panics when they see heavy rains pouring like crazy, and suspends classes ASAP, which I love of course, only when I'm home pa and that's the time I find out that classes are suspended. The other reason I love the rain is because I feel like there's nothing I should do but sleep, because the sound of the rain just makes me feel sleepy. I don't like the rain though because it's sort of depressing, don't you think? And I hate it when I get back to class with my dirty legs and dirty shoes from the rain. Eeeck talaga! So thanks to Anna Lo for saving my butt last Wednesday! If I hadn't seen you in the building and got a ride with you, I would've been stuck in UST til 3pm (left the school at 11 something - but classes were suspended at 10)

Chi and I went to Shang yesterday with an agenda. When we got there, we bought tickets to (oo na, haha) A Love Story, then went to the American Eye Center to have our eyes checked. She still has 20-20 vision (good for her!), while my eyes just worsened by .25 and .50 lang naman (OD and OS respectively). The ophthalmologist who checked on me told me that by next year, I could have the LASIK na, which I really really want because glasses and contacts are just plain hassle. On the other hand, I don't want to have it done yet because I'm afraid of the residual grade that I might concur in the coming years or so. She told me naman that growth of the eye and all its structures stop by 20, so I'm a potential candidate na.

Okay, back to what Chi and I did yesterday, after having our eyes checked, we watched the movie. Okay. Movie review. I didn't like how Angelica Panganiban portrayed the character. This is my opinion naman, she seemed (sorry for the word) slutty. Tsk. I don't know. I have high regard for flight attendants and with how she acted on the role, she just seemed, I don't know, cheap? The character lang naman, not the person per se. But Aga Muhlach is just sooo hot. Haaay nako! Haha! But the crazy part about my watching the movie was the couple sitting beside me. I heard them making out making all smoochy noises while the guy kept grabbing the girl pa! I kept nuding Chi and we were sooo grossed out! I wanted to yell at them and tell them, "Get a room!!" but I was too shy. Pero grabe naman. I wasn't ready for that. They were like right beside me talaga. Sana if mga 2 or 3 seats apart from me. But noooo! Yuck. And to think the couple was like in their late 20's or early 30's. Tsktsk. In Shang Cineplex pa ha. Eeeew.

So after the movie, Chi and I had our late lunch/early dinner at Cibo. Diet. I only ate fish. O diba, see, I'm making an effort to lose weight na naman talaga eh. Then after that, we went to Fino to check out the bag I've been wanting since early June! When I got there, I saw it on display, and the lady behind the counter told me they only had 1 item left of that kind and color. I was so torn between buying something I really really liked and saving the money I had. In the end, I got the bag I've been eyeing in forever, because I hate the feeling, knowing I should've gotten something that I could've gotten. I don't want the bag to be something that got away. Haha. Drama, but it's true. In a VMars episode I recently watched, Veronica and Piz said something like, "why settle for anything less? I mean, when you really want something, you go for it." So. I went for it, and now I'm bankrupt. For the first time IN MY LIFE, I splurged on something big and from my own money. I mean my Mama didn't pay for it, I didn't use my Papa's credit card to be able to get that bag I wanted. But I like the feeling. I feel fulfilled, in a way. Pero dang, I don't have money anymore. Good thing no classes today, I won't have to spend a single cent.

In Andy news, I stayed up til past 3 this morning because I caught Andy playing live at the Cincys. He was playing against this newbie Ferrer guy, but unfortunately lost to him. I wasn't disappointed though. (How come I never get disappointed with Andy? ie with his matches - I wouldn't know) I really thought he had a big chance of winning, but I went to sleep after he lost the tie-break in the first set because my eyes just couldn't take it anymore. I love Andy Roddick forever. :)

Great game tonight

It's a Dindin vs. Chichi match tonight.

Andy Roddick will be playing against Novak Djokovic (Chi is totally obsessed with this guy) in the quarterfinals of the Rogers Cup. This is their first meeting on court, and I hope hope hope that Andy marches thru the finals easily. I like Novak because he's just my age and he plays really good, but I love Andy, as simple as that.

I only went to school once for this week, yet I'm dead tired. I hate being sick. Tsk tsk.

Crunch time for thesis. It's gonna be a loooooooong 2 months.. We have to be done with everything by the first week of October. Lord, we need your help BIG TIME. :)

I really hope Andy wins! Go Andy!!! :D I'm gonna stay up late just for you tonight :)

Busy in this drought

I have been nothing but busy these past few weeks. Too busy in fact, that the stress has affected my whole being. I got sick and I wasn't able to take care of my body because I couldn't let the stress get out of my system. I have accepted the fact that the stress won't leave me any time soon. It's a fact. I mean, it's almost crunch time for our thesis. I need my healthy self. And because I don't want to get any much worse than I already am, I have been feeding on skyflakes and soups all week. And I intend to continue this diet until I am fully well. I have absented myself from duty last Monday, and I know it means make-up duty, but it is better to have make-up duty than to aggravate my condition. For the first time, I felt like I did something right (regarding my health). I have been known for hating make-up duty and wasting time, but this time, I wasn't wasting time, this time, I was concerned about my well-being. I hate being the patient. That's the weird part about being sick, I know most of the interventions, yet whenever I'm in pain, I want my Mom to be here. With her by my side, I feel like things are going to be much better. So much for me being a 'young adult'. Haha. I still desperately need my parents.

On a happier note, Papa celebrated his 51st birthday with a big birthday dinner with our family. We had dinner last Saturday (August 4th - his actual birthday) at Heat in Edsa Shang. I have always loved Heat. And am still loving it. I think it's partly the reason why I got sick in the first place. I think I ate too much. Ohwell. It was a sort of dramatic night. We all had birthday messages for Papa, and I cried while I was saying mine. I have always been close to both my Mama and my Papa, and some think that Papa has always spoiled me, but he doesn't spoil me that much naman, I mean normal lang naman eh. And I needed to thank Papa for everything. As in everything. I mean he and Mama have always given me more than what I wanted. More of si Papa, cos Mama doesn't want to spoil us at all. And if it weren't for my Papa, I wouldn't have been enrolled in UST. I would have followed my dream and come next year, I would not know what I would want to do with my life. Because of him, I have direction. Thanks Papa. I love you!

Any blog entry of mine wouldn't be complete without Andy news. :) He won last week in the Legg Mason Classic Tourney in DC. I don't know who he beat since I wasn't able to watch it, but I'm so proud of him. He also won his match yesterday in the 2nd round of the Rogers Cup in Montreal, Canada, beating Arnaud Clement. He's booked himself a seat into the 3rd round. Yipee! My sister was able to watch, but I slept early last night eh. See! I'm still updated even if I'm crazy busy with school.

By the way, before I forget, we had our Grad pictures taken last Tuesday. Yes, I was still sick then (still am now), but I hope I managed to get good pictures. I hope I hope :) I would post the pictures as soon as I get hold of them :) Check out my multiply nalang for the pictures, if you want.

Back to school na naman tomorrow. I just realized, I haven't gone to school in almost a week. Darn I hope I get better na. Was absent once lang naman eh, luck was just on my side the past couple of days :)

God bless everyone :)