GraceWorks

It’s time.
It’s time to make decisions.
…Make or Break

You are consistently inconsistent.

Have you tried talking to the wind? Hmmm… my favorite pasttime.

It’s quiet here now. The only sounds I hear are the clicking keyboars and the occasional sound of the door being opened. It’s really sad. I hate it. But I think I’ll get used to it. Teacher Andrea and I are the only people left in the morning shift and we’ve got the whole place to ourselves. We can throw a party here! Woohoo… Well that’s an empty woohoo. I ate lunch alone this morning. I used to have it with teacher Meg and we always talk while eating that it had been a good breather. But now she’s in Ortigas!!! Haaaay…. well I don’t regret having to stay here. It’s just that I miss my co-teachers. Everything will be normal in a few days. I hope…

This is just weird…

1. My three brothers have the same birthday although only two of them are twins.
2. I want to have twin babies too.
3. I have a long full name but a very short nickname.
4. I ended up being really close to two girlfriends when I was still studying: Tara and Denise; Aby and Cathy; Gela and Mitch.
5. I love french fries. It thrills me. I think it’s a recipe made in heaven. (potatoes, oil, and salt… yeah right.)
6. I once told a certain guy that I like him through mail. He’s miles away from me so I was really gutsy.
7. I used to cry a lot. I would cry in not-so-cryable situations.
8. I wear my watch on my right hand. But I don’t wear it all the time.
9. I love challenging my patience by waiting on people and waiting on long lines.
10. I loooooooooove kids.
11. I like it when a kid smiles back at me.
12. I once tried smoking by using a rolled up paper (just an ordinary one) and lighting the other end. I coughed a lot when I puffed. I hate smoking.
12. I like guys who shave their heads.
13. But I also like guys with facial hair… goatees are in.
14. Guys with long hair get my second look though.
15. I still don’t know how to swim.
16. I just learned how to ride a bike when I was in 2nd year college courtesy of Kathy. It only took me the entire afternoon.
17. I once had a staring-at-the-sun challenge. I wanted to see if the sun is really round.
18. So I really love the sun… sunsets and sunrises.
19. I recently developed a liking for sunflowers.
20. I get paid talking to Koreans.
21. I still can’t use chopsticks properly.
22. I tried to learn Hangul (the Korean alphabet) but I got lazy. At least I can spell my name!
23. I never thought I’d have this job (on-line English instructor).
24. I want to be a social worker/ literacy worker/ missionary.
25. I think I want to work in Africa.
26. I want to study piano again.
27. Playing the piano makes me really happy.
28. I have a lot of things to say but I don’t end up saying it… most of the time.
29. I can’t talk when I’m really angry. I have yet to learn how to put words to my emotions.
30. I love spontaneity but I’m rarely spontaneous.
31. I can be really talkative.
32. I sing my thoughts loudly during Sunday mornings to wake my brothers up.
33. The moon and stars take my breath away.
34. I have pimples on my face. But I used to have it only on my left cheek. Now it’s on my chin, both cheeks and my nape. It sucks big time.
35. My pimples appear only when I’m about to have my period.
36. I want to have a puppy. Only a puppy. I never want it to grow up.
37. I don’t think I’ll ever love another dog as I loved Fox… the dog I had when I was in high school. He’s the handsomest.
38. I love Aslan. But the lion I first fell in love with was Mufasa.
39. I also want to have a lion cub for a pet and hope it never grows up.
40. I am really a snob. I don’t want to admit it… but I’m a snob.
41. Even when I get close to a person… I can still be a snob.
42. But when we’re really close… you’ll wonder why I can’t be like that to others.
43. Some of the guy friends I had think that I’m a tomboy. Defense mechanism, eh?
44. My boyfriend thinks I was a tomboy.
45. My parents were scared I’d be a tomboy.
46. But attention everyone… I’m a girl.
47. I want to get married when I’m 25. Almost non-negotiable… but for Paul’s sake… there might be some changes.
48. I’m scared of not being able to have a baby.
49. I really hate it when people make me wait… or when a person I have to meet is late. It can make me cry.
50. If you give me a bracelet I’d be really excited to wear it but after a few days… I’d be too lazy to put ‘em on. Same thing with my earrings.
51. Our family business is a beauty salon but I rarely fix my hair or face. I don’t even put face powder. This frustrates my parents because I’m also the only girl in a brood of four.
52. I don’t know how to cook. I never learned how to because I used to be really scared of flames.
53. I used to hold out a casserole’s lid to cover the flames of a stove before I can turn it on.
54. I think it always rains during my birthday.
55. When I was a kid I couldn’t wait for my feet to grow big so that I can wear my mom’s shoes.
56. Now I hate it because I wear size 8 and my feet can’t fit my mom’s shoes ANYMORE.
57. I sleep in a fetal position. But before I actually doze off I lay flat on my chest.
58. I love to listen to other people’s stories. But not the gossip type of listening.
59. I listen to classical music and enjoy it so much that I feel like I’m eating it.
60. Same feeling I have when I hear a very good bass riff.
61. I once thought I can be a good clarinetist.
62. Reading musical notes make me really happy.
63. Being able to play them makes me happier.
64. I am a bad dancer.
65. But I used to dance in our church in my younger days.
66. I learned how to raise my eyebrows because I wanted to have a slum book so bad.
67. I hate floods.
68. But I want to run/play/sing/kiss in the rain.
69. I used to be a very shy girl.
70. I am surprisingly brave.
71. I always wish I can read my bible often.
72. I really love Jesus. I don’t think I can ever love another like I love Him.
73. I wish I could be better in showing my love for Him.
74. I’m amazed by grace… God’s grace.
75. My favorite color is maroon.
76. I once wanted to be a brain-surgeon.
77. I will name one of my kids “Mark”.
78. But that will be his second name because I want my kids to have two names like mine.
79. I like the after-rain smell.
80. Seeing a supply of Nissin’s choco wafer at home makes my eyes light up.
81. I used to wear my brothers’ shirts to school.
82. I’m still not fashionable.
83. I have yet to learn how to express my anger.
84. I’m not good in keeping in touch with friends.
85. I just had an operation on my right breast last year because of a cyst.
85. I’m not allowed, to my horror, to eat chocolates and have any caffeinated stuff because of that.
86. I’ve been disobeying my doctor’s advice.
87. Just imagining how Paul dances can make me laugh
88. I once thought that it’s okay if I don’t get married because my three cool brothers are enough men in my life.
89. Add to that my two other best friends… Tara and Denise.
90. But I met Paul in Christianster and he fell in love with me. *No dear it was not the other way around… dya s’pose he’ll read this?*
91. I wish I’m in high school again.
92. My two other best friends and I don’t have any sister.
93. All of our brothers are friends.
94. I still have almost all of the letters I got from my friends back in high school.
95. I once wanted to marry a pk.
96. I am a pk.
97. I am undergoing group counseling under Hope Alive and I’m having a good time.
98. I always ask my students “So how was your day yesterday?” as an opening line.
99. My brother Angel and I used to day dream about living in a “food world”. You can eat everything around you except people and animals of course… I mean it’s like your bed is one big cake, and the walls are chewing gums, kinda like Willy Wonka’s Chocolate factory…
100. I am a procrastinator.
101. I want to write a song but I can’t write past three stanzas. I would always worry about the melody.
102. I don’t like milk.
103. I love mangoes and I’m so blessed that the Philippines have soooooooooooper delicious mangoes.
104. I really love jars of clay.
105. I spent most of my life in Quezon City and it has been fun.
106. But when I get married I think I want to live in Upper Antipolo.
107. My ultimate dream hair style: Long curly hair.
108. I used to sing in a choir (Lyceum Chorale) in college.
109. I want to sing in a choir again.
110. Try not to ignore me. I hate it when people do that.
111. When I die I want my brother’s band to sing ALIVE by POD.
112. I welcome boredom but it’s bad for me.
113. I can change my mind really fast.
114. I think I’m a boring person.
115. I could get really cranky when I’m hungry.
116. I do crazy stuff when I’m sleepy but I try hard to be awake.
117. I’m not good in saying goodbye’s.
118. I can be indifferent. I hate it.
119. I can be really gracious.
120. But I’m never graceful.
123. I have a lot of plans but I seldom put them to work.
124. Somebody loves me… with all warts, wounds and all of me.
125. One of my ultimate dreams is to be a good mom to my kids and a loving wife to my husband. *There goes the English teacher. Palo ako… Two of my ultimate dreams pala. hehehe…*
126. I just had my first dance last Saturday (February 18, 2006) … to the tune of “Bakit ngayon ka lang…”
127. I can hike the mountain wearing some sort of a high-heeled sandals. But it ’s definitely not feet-friendly.
128. I think Laguna is a nice place to live in. In that place I know you can see the gazillion stars without the city lights, tall buildings and tree branches to obsturct your view. Wow.
129. this one’s by andrea, and I quote “I can eat a lot but still feel hungry” i’d have to agree with this but only fr a period of time…
130. I take pictures of myself and others when bored… I think I’m a frustrated photographer…
131. I looked at the sent items of my page in Friendster and I just realized that I embarassed myself too much… I hate me, I hate me, I hate me! Oopss… sorry Ian. I outgrew that na okay? Hehehe…

few more minutes to go… then I can go home! yehey! ^^

I was able to take a nap in our pantry after I had my brunch. So my back pain is not that terrible anymore. It still hurts though. Maybe I’ll go see a doctor after work.

My hair feels yucky now ‘coz I didn’t wash it this morning. ‘Twas cold eh. I almost didn’t go to work but I was able to drag myself out of my bed… Whew! Mind over matter… At least now my throat doesn’t hurt anymore.

Haaay… tumatanda na ko. Kelangan na mag-asawa. Hehehe…

Seriously.

Not!

By the way I had a weird dream last night… hmmm… twas about someone who used to be the object of my affection. I didn’t even think of him… like he’s a goner… anyway I’m not bothered by it. Naalala ko lang. Kasi may food dun sa dream. Hehehe… ^^

I have a nasty lower back pain. It’s really driving me nuts.

Anyway last tuesday bobby bartolome went to my house and tried to cook “mojo potatoes”. Well I peeled the potatoes andhe sliced it. No good man… no good. We burnt the first batch and the rest… well never mind. Then angel and leah tried to cook it again and they did it! Aaaargh… that left bobby feeling really frustrated =(

But I appreciate his effort to feed me potatoes. Hehehe… then he textedme last night just to tell me that he tried it again. Haaay… he won’t give up ’til he gets it right I guess.

Yay… it’s 214.

Paul lost his phone. How sad…

I have a new seat here in the office. I’m infront of the aircon! Yikes… (ubo! ubo! singhot!) Good thing I brought a sweater, or something. I really dunno what to call it. Well most of the peeps here are moving to the ortigas office… we’ll miss ‘em… some of us will be left here. It’s our own choice anyway. The ones left in the QC office will be handling a new account. Hmmm… anu kaya yun?

I miss my bestfriends.

I was browsing some e-cards to send my students and I found this cutesy stuff

To make things easy… I posted the lyrics here so you can’ll sing a long with my friend….

Because I taste like a booger
But I look like a worm
And I bet you never seen a booger that could squirm,
I’ll be here when you sneeze,
and I’ll be here when you cough
‘coz I’m stuck on your finger
and you can’t shake me off.

I hope nobody here gets offended. Hehehe… and I’m just totally insane…

Oh well… I’m just trying to make myself laugh. You see… I bit my tongue twice this morning (and it hurts now)… I was zapped twice too… (you know here in our office if you touch someone you’ll get electrocuted… or something to that effect… it’s a slight jolt. We still dont know the explanation to it) Then I missed a call, which is my fault because my mind was preoccupied with something else… (hmph!) But my student still renewed her contract. Then…. we are moving to Ortigas anytime soon. Wait! Why did I say WE? Actually the management will just pick out some who will be moving to PSE in Ortigas. Of course I won’t be one of ‘em coz I already expressed my desire to resign if ever. Well there’s actually an option now. They will still hold the office here but the employees who will stay here will be handling a new account.

On the lighter side of things… I so love teacher Meg for buying me the food we’ve been craving for! Well this food is from OISHI but they’re only available in Bulacan! CAn you believe that?! I mean they manufacture it or something in Cavite and you can only find it in Bulacan! Well I really haven’t scoured every nook and cranny of teh metro but what the hey… there’s nothing in 7-11. Hehehe…

the food is rice pop with nuts… and oh it’s just delicious. She bought me 10! Hehehe….

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Tomorrow is Valentine’s day. Whaduaydo? I wanna send flowers to a bunch of people but I aint got any dough… hrmph.