Fewer Non-Working Holidays in 2011

No more holiday economics in 2011.  Hmph!  Just when I desperately needed the most sought-after breaks from work and school...

I should have taken advantage of the two long weekends during the recent Christmas season.  I should have gone home in Surigao and used my P1 Cebu Pacific promo ticket, which by the way, was unfortunately forfeited as I forgot to rebook it.

Question:  Why would I be allowed to rebook when the ticket I purchased is on promo?  Answer:  Well, I have my reasons.  And Cebu Pacific took considerations of it.

Back to the topic, fewer holidays mean I would have less opportunity to take out-of-town vacations or  even just have a leisure rest at home.

Now, who voted for P-Noy?  I miss GMA. :(

Impulse Buying...

The festive mode of the Christmas season gave me a lame excuse to splurge.  In fact, I just purchased five pairs of leather shoes/sandals and four pieces of casual dress days after Christmas parties were over.

As if that was not enough, I ordered two pieces of furniture which is due to be delivered on the 2nd, if not 3rd week of January this year. Good thing, I was able to avail of a 6-month, 0% interest promo of BDO credit card at SM MOA, the 1st intallment payment of which is due on April yet.

Further, I was almost tempted to buy that chic lampshade which costs almost seven thousand bucks at Blims in Glorietta 5 just recently.  I know the urge to possess it won't take long.. as I am planning to visit that store again sometime soon.. (I must have it!  I must have it!)  

I feel guilty.  I am not used to this so-called extravagance.  What came over me?  I don't know..  I just console myself by thinking that my current state of insanity is just... temporary... ;)

Getting Used To It...

I have a confession to make... Remember when I blogged about my plan of watching a marathon of movies during my Christmas vacation?  The truth is, I already took a peep at one of those movies mentioned.   About a week ago, I gave in to the temptation of checking out the movie entitled ,"If Only", as I was trying to recall if I had already seen that film before.  Well, I haven't.  Not until that one fine Sunday evening..

The movie was so touching that I cried towards the end of it.  Here's one of the memorable quotes that I can relate to:

Samantha Andrews: Ian, if I were to stay in London now, it would be for you. For us. And I would do that in a heartbeat if I knew we were really special.
Ian Wyndham: We are.
Samantha Andrews: Really? You never tell me how you feel or talk about yourself. You don't want to meet my family. You forgot my graduation. We run into my favorite student and you act as if he has something contagious.
Samantha Andrews: Ian, I know you have the best intentions, but I feel like I'm a really high second priority to you. That hurts. And the worst part is I'm starting to get used to it.
Ian Wyndham: I don't understand.
Samantha Andrews: I know. That's what kills me.
Samantha Andrews: If there had just been one day Ian, one day where nothing else matters but us.
Ian Wyndham: I adore you.
Samantha Andrews: I don't want to be adored, I want to be loved.
Samantha Andrews: I can't do this anymore.

 ;)

My Christmas Vacation Started Last Sunday afternoon.. and so i thought..

I was already looking forward for the afternoon of Sunday, December 19, when I was supposed to officially declare it as the start of my "Christmas vacation".  Don't get me wrong.  I did not file for an application for leave although i still have one day Special Privilege Leave (SPL) and some other accumulated leave credits left.

Anyway, when I got home last Sunday afternoon, I rested for a while, then my mama and I proceeded to Market! Market! to buy some groceries for the holidays.  Sadly, it took us two hours at the supermarket, one hour strolling around and buying some of "i-forgot" gifts, and one hour waiting for the taxi when Market! Market! is just less than 15 minutes from home.  In other words, we were exhausted afterwards but still have the energy enough to attend the Misa de Gallo at 730 o'clock that night.

As if that stress was not enough, I found out just yesterday that I have a deadline to beat which is due the following week.  I thought it would have been a week after next yet.  Waaaahh!  Will I be able to spend the Christmas vacation I so long for this season???

Merry Christmas everyone!!! :)

Why December 15 Means Something To Me..

I would never fail to reminisce the birthday of my high school crush every December 15 of the year.  Up to this time, I still giggle (minus the blush, of course!) every time my cousins and I talk about him.  The giggling act, however, was just part of my trick to taunt, if not, to annoy them. Hahahaha!  Defensive...

Actually, the last time I went home I didn't realize we were on the same plane not until we landed at the Surigao airport.  He still has the same beautiful eyes that I admire in high school.  Of course that was just an infatuation.  I just wish him and his family well.

But this post is not just all about him.  Last December 15 also happens to be our Christmas party at the office, and the night before, with the management.  We had fun, as usual.  And I'm proud to announce that I won in the trip to Jerusalem parlor game.  Hehehehe!  But it was embarrassing to admit that we made use of eggplants and male species instead of the chairs.  Now, I'm blushing...  Nonetheless, I'd like to emphasize that, despite of my 4-inch, high-heeled sandals paired with my one-piece mini black dress, I still succeeded in holding that vegetable in my hand.  Hahahaha!

On the other hand, when I arrived home that same night, I saw that people in the neighborhood were already preparing for the Misa de Gallo which will be held at the Multi-Purpose Hall.  Good thing, it was just adjacent to our building and the mass starts every 730pm.  Will I be able to complete the nine mornings, err, evenings considering the proximity of the venue, not to mention that, I don't have to wake up very early in the morning?

Hmm... we'll see...

What I Long For This Christmas

I have been to a lot of multi-tasking activities these past few weeks, even on weekends, that the word "rest", for me, is now becoming synonymous to "luxury".  Now I understand what "Christmas break" means...in every sense of the word..

I just made a mental list of what I am going to do with my "luxurious" vacation.  One of  which is  just to spend my time  relaxing while watching movies at home.  Although somebody advised not to watch "too-good-to-be-true" films anymore, I could not help it.  The hopeless romantic in me would just like to temporarily escape from harsh reality and enter the world of feel-good and make-believe stories.

Movies in my mind include:  Love Affair, Dear John, Somewhere In Time, Love Story, Legally Blonde, Fireproof, The Notebook, My Best Friend's Wedding, If Only, and Shrek.

I already watched some of these movies before but because they made me cry, in the spirit of Christmas, I would like to cry again, once more (hehehe) ;)

Gone Too Soon..

In the midst of my unimaginable major, major hectic schedule (which explains why it took me about a month to update this blog), please allow me to be sentimental just for this moment..

A realization just hit me..  That is, sometimes you'll never find out how much a person means to you not until he/she is gone...

I hate to admit it but maybe, I just took his existence and his kindness for granted... And that, I deeply regret..

Nonetheless, I am so much thankful that I found a dear friend and a kuya in him although we've known each other for  just a short while..

I don't have any right to even ask him to stay.  I just wish him all the happiness in his journey through life.

But I'm wondering, will our paths cross again.. somehow? someday?