my day started around lunch time when i went to QC to meet up with college friends. we live far from home so we have nothing to do in holidays such as all saints day or all souls day, so we normally meet up. we have been doing this since college. besides, we were all volunteers to an ngo. so we hang out a lot.

we were supposed to eat together at this italian restaurant in QC, Friuli's. i have eaten in 2007 i think and i remember that the pasta there are quite good. it is also very afforable with their courses averaging to about around 150 pesos. my friend who is a science teacher at a private all girls high school in ortigas was not able to come. so there were only three of us - my restaurant manager friend and the freelance architect.

when i got to philcoa, my resto manager friend called me to say that friuli's is closed for the holiday. so we decided to meet at mcdonald's and decide there where to go next. while waiting, i gave my parents a call. apparently, they were expecting my call for two weeks now. i have never been the type who calls up their parents on a regular basis. it just so happens that they were on my mind that time given that my sister had just been engaged. i wanted to ask what they thought about it. my mom was of course very happy, but my dad. my dad was at a loss for words. haha. my parents were really looking forward to hear from me, especially my dad. my dad loves to hear about how i am doing at work, school and also ask me questions about a lot of stuff. he keeps telling me how he really thinks i would become great in the future. he would also ask if i have given some thought on what i would do with the 'land' that they gave me - if i have decided what to plant there so we can make use of it. i would just laugh about it and tell them that they can borrow it for the time being.

when it was my mom's turn to talk to me, she told me that they are also celebrating my grandpa's birthday. he turned 97 years old last october. i will never forget the year my lolo was born since it was the same year as when the titanic sank at sea. hehe. me and my lolo talked over the phone. i asked what they would be serving for his birthday and who will be attending. he said that they can celebrate his birthday as they were waiting for my uncle and his family to become available. they live five or six hours away from us so its not that easy to organize a get together, adding the fact that they have a business to run. to top it off, my aunt is currently the mayor there so that made it even much harder. my lolo also asked me if i have a girlfriend already. haha. i asked if he knows anybody available. haha. he told me that i should not rush it. he wants me to make use of my time finishing school. my lolo can still really surprise me. at 97, he still has a lot to say. haha.

so back to my friends, my architect friend brough his new SLR camera with him. he used to work for a firm in makati and we would sometimes eat lunch together. but, he got so fed up with commuting thru the mrt train, so he resigned. he told me that he doesnt need to punish himself. he can go freelance and earn more. so he has been freelance since july. and since july, he was able to get a number of projects. he is set to go to china to visit another architect - a chinese architect. he also showed me a picture of his new cat named 'ondoy'. haha. he found the cat in front of the house he is renting after the typhoon ondoy. he took it in and gave it a new name. haha.

the other person there was my who is a restaurant manager for a japanese restaurant in greenhills. the idea of eating at friuli's was hers. after she told us that it was closed, my other friend said if we can just bury her instead so we can have a reason to visit a cemetery. haha. nothing is new with her except that she is still tutoring english to foreigners online. her part time work is actually nice and easy. all she does is talk to foreigners about anything as long as they speak in english. he hassle-free is that, right? well anyway, its nice that she has something to do on her free time.

we ended up eating at trinoma and stayed there until around past 5pm. i enjoyed their company as they can really make me laugh. i am laughing right now when i think about the jokes that they have told me. my restaurant manager friend was ranting about how she was rejected to volunteer in the typhoon ondoy relief program at the AFP. on the other hand, my architect friend was excited to tell me that i could always come to him if i want to hang out at a club in a venue. i have not even heard of the club but he says its a 'cool' pub and the entrance is pricey.

after my stint in trinoma, my sister called me up to go to outback in glorietta. we are celebrating her birthday there. so actually there are two simultaneous birthday celebrations in our family today. my lolo and ate. haha. and we are celebrating their birthdays separately. thats how it is. sad but you gotta make the most of what you have.

after glorietta, my brother drove us to church. we met bryan there hearing mass as well. bryan is common friends of us siblings. bryan and i are connected because he was an officer while i was a member at the ngo i mentioned earlier. we all went home together. we dropped him off at kingswood.

right now, a yahoo message just popped up from tere. as always, she is always invisible which i called her up for. i said she is corny for being invisible all the time. well anyway, we're chatting now. bye. 

just when i was done watching Paranormal Acitivty, my brother left the house to spend the night at his friend's house in Quezon City. its 11pm right now.

i found the movie disturbing, so the first thing i did was to check it was true or not. they say its not so that was a relief. this means i dont have a reason to be scared. haha.

but just to help me forget about the movie, i found my high school friend who is working as a nurse abroad online - so we're chatting now.

towards the end of the movie, i was actually not scared anymore. i was more of pissed on why those things were happening to them. it was stupid. the movie was a little scary but stupid.

stupid because if it was real, the guy would have decided to have the girl sleep on the side away from the door. it was stupid because they are sleeping with the door always open.

i am almost done reviewing the notes for my exam this wednesday. i have yet to solve the practice questions, but the earlier i do them, the higher the possibility i would forget what i have studied as there are still three days.

i am chatting with a friend of mine in college whom i never talked to for a long time. she's been busy with her MBA. she just started. she's telling me how she's cried with how low her grades have been.

i was surprised to hear this because the last time i cried over an exam was during freshman year in UP. it was my first exam in Physics, and it was because i was overconfident. i got 36 out of 100, which really made me eat a huge piece of humble pie. i was able to make up for it and got one of the highest scores on the next exam. well anyway, that was the first and hopefully the last time.

time has passed so fast that i am so near to getting my masters degree. its only a matter of months.

my friend from cebu is visiting again next week. we are set to have lunch next week somewhere near makati shangrila.

oh my friend just told me that the construction of their new house is done. i didnt even know that her planned to build a new one. im excited to see their house. the last i went was in 2003 i think. haha

also, i read this interesting story about genghis khan. about how he killed his falcon because it was acting weird and disobedient. it turned out that the falcon was looking after him. sheesh. stupid genghis khan. hehe

my friend just said, '...namiss ko nang mkpagchat with u ha.. sa uulitin!'

i need to hear at least one good news.

i finally booked a flight home. it cost me around 2.7 thousand, which was a lot cheaper than the 4.5 thousand when i checked this weekend. of course thats only a one way ticket. hopefully i can agree with my counterpart that i would come back on the second week of january. its only fair since i would be leaving manila on christmas eve. this would mean that my parents would drive an hour and a half to pick me up in the airport.

the big news in the office is so near already. i cant wait to see the faces of my colleagues when they find out about it. a number of people already knows and i made it pretty clear to them that i do not consider it good news. to majority of the people it may be good news but not for a few of us. my initial reaction was that i felt like it was an insult. an insult to trust. of course i could not say to my managers that i feel betrayed. they too were betrayed. but my plan is really to say what i feel. i felt betrayed and they are going to hear it.

to update you about school. it has become a little bit boring. i am learning a lot still, dont get me wrong. its just that one of my batchmates had to drop out for this term. we kind of really get along so well. oh well. i guess my classmate saying that i am one of the few people she will miss is good enough for me.

again, i dont feel talking to somebody i know. this person really is very nice to other people, treating them like they are friends. but i just dont get it. this person is still keeping this secret that everyone already knows about. this person just keeps on denying it - pretending that nothing is up when obviously there is. i personally find it insulting that you act like people are stupid enough not to notice the obvious. people really do contradict themselves and there are no exceptions.

i am finally going to the bazaar booth of one of my friends in college. im going this sunday with another friend. i also plan on bringing along another person, lets just see how it would go.