while i was writing one of the blog entries below in a internetless place, i happened to scratch my nose and i noticed that i have a pimple. not just an ordinary pimple. a big red juicy looking pimple. i quickly went to the bathroom to see it on the mirror and when i saw it i immediately thought "its a sign!".
i normally dont have big red juicy looking pimples on my nose unless i have strong feelings for someone. i first realized this coincidence back in 2009. back in 2009, i had a big red pimple just like the one i have now. i thought back then that the last time i had such a pimple was in 2006. it left a mark (actually these kind of pimples leave noticeable impressions of their two week stay and yup, it usually lasts for more or less two weeks). i remember when it manifested itself in 2006 because i was bothered going out on a date with such a big red pimple. then i started to notice the other pimple marks and i remember the one i had during the latter half of 2000. it was the first big red. then i noticed another pimple mark and i realized it was during the latter half of 2004. thats when i started to see the pattern. i get these eye magnet pimples every time i really like someone. when i say "really like", i mean those that make me entertain the thought of being in a serious relationship. the fact i have one now confirms that coincidence. or at least somehow convinces me that im developing serious feelings for someone i thought i was just fooling around with (cant believe i put that much trust on a pimple).
of all the possible manifestations, it just had to be a big, shiny, red pimple on my nose which leaves a mark after it goes away. a constant reminder of my strike outs. well, the first big red pimple isnt a strike out since i wasnt even able to initiate anything. she was gone even before i could do anything. as for my current pimple...it wont be a strike out since im still bound by my promise. unless i decide to be like peter parker in the recent spiderman movie where the best promises are the ones you cant keep. i should get a tattoo on my right hand which says "NO!!!" so whenever i have to urge to break my promise, all i have to do is look at my right palm and remind myself how painful it is to get the tattoo.
Tuesday, July 24, 2012
captains log, july twenty third, eight o five p.m.
im here in bicol for a hearing im attending tomorrow. since there is no internet connection where im staying, i would probably post this on the same date of my hearing, meaning the same date i come back home in QC. im only staying here for two days and a little over than 24 hours. got up around 3:30am so i could be at the airport by 4:30am for a 6:30am flight. on my first day here, i met some clients to ask for clarifications and have them check their affidavits (and sign the affidavits if its in accordance to what they stated). normally, its the clients that would visit me in the law office in QC but since im here in bicol already, might as well do as much to maximize the trip (aside from the fact our law firm partner instructed me to do so). on my second day, im attending a labor case. right after the labor case, im just going to have lunch, get my stuff then head to the airport.
the hours in between meeting clients and attending a hearing, i used to look at my "stuff to think about" folder. yup. i just made a folder called "stuff to think about" the night before i left for bicol and put files that i need to think about. i figured, i wont be spending an entire day reviewing the case file for my hearing so might as well get other things done. since its going to be quiet and peaceful being alone in a guest room, just like being holed up in a hotel during the bar exams, might as well do those stuff that needs a bit of contemplating or serious thought. and after getting some thinking done...which involves spending lots of money...im tempted to roll the dice yet again. God doesnt play dice. but i do. unfortunately, i do. like being in the heat of the moment then the realization there's no condom in my wallet and i ask "risk it?" and she answers quickly "risk it!!!". if im in the mood to be a jerk i would ask "are you sure?". she would say "yes! damn it". then i would take out a waiver form freeing me from any liability that may arise nine months after the incident (wow. i think this waiver is a nice idea. not as a binding agreement of course since its like courting disbarment but it would be nice to see the facial expression the form will induce). hmm. i think im good with this kind of gambling. i just hope i can make people give their consent and sign contracts this way. so you want to risk your half a million savings to a currently stable company in an unpredictable economy? wait...according to my "stuff to think about" folder, im the one being asked to risk it. sigh. most likely i will. life is a crapshoot.
the hours in between meeting clients and attending a hearing, i used to look at my "stuff to think about" folder. yup. i just made a folder called "stuff to think about" the night before i left for bicol and put files that i need to think about. i figured, i wont be spending an entire day reviewing the case file for my hearing so might as well get other things done. since its going to be quiet and peaceful being alone in a guest room, just like being holed up in a hotel during the bar exams, might as well do those stuff that needs a bit of contemplating or serious thought. and after getting some thinking done...which involves spending lots of money...im tempted to roll the dice yet again. God doesnt play dice. but i do. unfortunately, i do. like being in the heat of the moment then the realization there's no condom in my wallet and i ask "risk it?" and she answers quickly "risk it!!!". if im in the mood to be a jerk i would ask "are you sure?". she would say "yes! damn it". then i would take out a waiver form freeing me from any liability that may arise nine months after the incident (wow. i think this waiver is a nice idea. not as a binding agreement of course since its like courting disbarment but it would be nice to see the facial expression the form will induce). hmm. i think im good with this kind of gambling. i just hope i can make people give their consent and sign contracts this way. so you want to risk your half a million savings to a currently stable company in an unpredictable economy? wait...according to my "stuff to think about" folder, im the one being asked to risk it. sigh. most likely i will. life is a crapshoot.
Sunday, July 22, 2012
i dont remember why i was at the mall last week
i was with my siblings at SM North last sunday and we ate at Bon Chon. first time i ate there, i really didnt get why people like the place so much. i didnt like the chicken. but my brother said he liked it so a few weeks later, i found myself trying it again. well, i wont say its good but close enough. its not as bad as the first time i tried it.
anyway, im writing this not because of the food but because of the service. we were there around noon so the place was crammed. there werent any seats available so there were some "vultures" roaming around looking for tables with its occupants finishing their meal. i hate being a "vulture". my mother always asks me to do that back when we always ate at food courts. while standing in line, she would tell me to try to snag a seat once a table becomes vacant. so, i would stand beside a table, watching those occupying it finish their food. i know it makes them uncomfortable because ive been at the receiving end several times but what can i do, were an overpopulated city and thats what we get when we dont control our population. comfort and convenience becomes a luxury the more populated we get (but then again, comfort and convenience are creatures of luxury, operating more within the zone of "wants" and not under "needs").
back to bon chon, since we were all hungry, i said since the line is long most likely by the time we get our orders taken, some seats would be vacant. the nice thing i liked about the service is that while we were standing in line, someone from bon chon asked if we have a table already. when we said we dont have one yet, the staff personally looked for a table for us. once she found a table for three, she reserved it. of course, everyone who was standing in line with no tables got the same treatment. there's no guarantee we will get a seat but the effort to give us seats by the time we get our orders taken is much appreciated. i hope other fast food restos adopt this kind of system.
anyway, im writing this not because of the food but because of the service. we were there around noon so the place was crammed. there werent any seats available so there were some "vultures" roaming around looking for tables with its occupants finishing their meal. i hate being a "vulture". my mother always asks me to do that back when we always ate at food courts. while standing in line, she would tell me to try to snag a seat once a table becomes vacant. so, i would stand beside a table, watching those occupying it finish their food. i know it makes them uncomfortable because ive been at the receiving end several times but what can i do, were an overpopulated city and thats what we get when we dont control our population. comfort and convenience becomes a luxury the more populated we get (but then again, comfort and convenience are creatures of luxury, operating more within the zone of "wants" and not under "needs").
back to bon chon, since we were all hungry, i said since the line is long most likely by the time we get our orders taken, some seats would be vacant. the nice thing i liked about the service is that while we were standing in line, someone from bon chon asked if we have a table already. when we said we dont have one yet, the staff personally looked for a table for us. once she found a table for three, she reserved it. of course, everyone who was standing in line with no tables got the same treatment. there's no guarantee we will get a seat but the effort to give us seats by the time we get our orders taken is much appreciated. i hope other fast food restos adopt this kind of system.
This seems appropriate at the moment
"Joke me something awful just like kisses on the necks of "just friends". We're the kids who feel like dead ends. And I want to be known for my hits, not just my misses. I took a shot and didn't even come close at trust and love and hope. And the poets are just kids who didn't make it, and never had it at all. And the record won't stop skipping. And the lies just won't stop slipping. And besides my reputation's on the line. We can fake it for the airwaves. Force our smiles, baby, half dead from comparing myself to everyone else around me. Please put the doctor on the phone 'cause I'm not making any sense. Blame everyone but me for this mess. And my back has been breaking from this heavy heart. We never seemed so far. I'm hopelessly hopeful, you're just hopeless enough. But we never had it at all" - I've Got A Dark Alley And A Bad Idea That Says You Should Shut Your Mouth (Summer Song); FOB
i dont know. this song just felt appropriate when i was listening to it earlier while walking inside the mall.
im on the brink of another financial crisis due to overspending and impulsive investments (and im contemplating spending even further once i get the phone call on wednesday. but its still manageable. will have to tap reserve funds). this is the kind of gambling i do. and i know that im not good with gambling. but no matter how much i lose, i never fall into debt. i can risk it all but i never risk more than what i have. and if i do risk it all, my disciplined self kicks in to get myself out of bankruptcy. sometimes i wonder if i purposely fall just to be able to summon my disciplined side which never gets tired of rising up again.
in addition to financial matters, im still drowning in a sea of work (still manageable) and despite having a lot of important matters to attend to, im trying to insert a relationship which i cant determine whether its serious or romantic or whatever it should be called. i underestimated myself yet again. im starting to see a 2-3 year cycle here. crap. my head hurts and sleep wont be able to make it go away.
i dont know. this song just felt appropriate when i was listening to it earlier while walking inside the mall.
im on the brink of another financial crisis due to overspending and impulsive investments (and im contemplating spending even further once i get the phone call on wednesday. but its still manageable. will have to tap reserve funds). this is the kind of gambling i do. and i know that im not good with gambling. but no matter how much i lose, i never fall into debt. i can risk it all but i never risk more than what i have. and if i do risk it all, my disciplined self kicks in to get myself out of bankruptcy. sometimes i wonder if i purposely fall just to be able to summon my disciplined side which never gets tired of rising up again.
in addition to financial matters, im still drowning in a sea of work (still manageable) and despite having a lot of important matters to attend to, im trying to insert a relationship which i cant determine whether its serious or romantic or whatever it should be called. i underestimated myself yet again. im starting to see a 2-3 year cycle here. crap. my head hurts and sleep wont be able to make it go away.
Thursday, July 12, 2012
no coffee, no cigarettes
earlier today, while sitting in my office, staring at the ceiling i thought, "gawd how i wish i have a cigarette in my hand right now". i wish i can still smoke. i was sitting in the middle of room, working with my door closed. it was mostly silent and peaceful (unfortunately, not deafeningly silent). ive been busy for quite some time now and suddenly having a moment to block out work thoughts and just stare at the ceiling in my quiet office room made me wish i can still smoke. it would calm me despite the pile of scattered paper on my desk and the blinking cursor on the affidavit that i was doing.
well, i can still smoke but ive programmed myself to remember how painful it is to cough whenever i pick up the nasty habit. and how terrible i felt whenever i catch a cold. just thinking about it made me think its not worth spending a couple of pesos for a stick of cigarette.
to make things worse, my body has developed an aversion to coffee. my immune system drops whenever i drink more than a cup of coffee. i also start to feel sick sometimes even if i just consumed one cup (depends on how stressed i am). i cant even drink one cup of coffee daily. if i do drink more than a cup of coffee, half of the time, i do get sick. it sucks. really does.
i really try not to drink coffee unless im desperate or cant control my craving for one. i cant remember the last time i even drank a cup of coffee. it wasnt that long, thats for sure. but its not as recent as three weeks ago. i was told i must have overdosed myself with coffee thats why my body developed some adverse reaction to it. who knew drinking half a liter of coffee in one sitting was too much? cant blame my coffee maker for being able to brew a lot of coffee. and i really cant blame myself for not being capable of throwing that much good coffee down the drain. i just had to brew that much coffee whenever i use the coffee maker. now it just sits there gathering dust because my body rejects coffee like a virus to be purged.
im seriously going to be depressed the moment my body starts having a similar reaction against chocolates.
well, i can still smoke but ive programmed myself to remember how painful it is to cough whenever i pick up the nasty habit. and how terrible i felt whenever i catch a cold. just thinking about it made me think its not worth spending a couple of pesos for a stick of cigarette.
to make things worse, my body has developed an aversion to coffee. my immune system drops whenever i drink more than a cup of coffee. i also start to feel sick sometimes even if i just consumed one cup (depends on how stressed i am). i cant even drink one cup of coffee daily. if i do drink more than a cup of coffee, half of the time, i do get sick. it sucks. really does.
i really try not to drink coffee unless im desperate or cant control my craving for one. i cant remember the last time i even drank a cup of coffee. it wasnt that long, thats for sure. but its not as recent as three weeks ago. i was told i must have overdosed myself with coffee thats why my body developed some adverse reaction to it. who knew drinking half a liter of coffee in one sitting was too much? cant blame my coffee maker for being able to brew a lot of coffee. and i really cant blame myself for not being capable of throwing that much good coffee down the drain. i just had to brew that much coffee whenever i use the coffee maker. now it just sits there gathering dust because my body rejects coffee like a virus to be purged.
im seriously going to be depressed the moment my body starts having a similar reaction against chocolates.
Tuesday, July 10, 2012
either...
the guy who who was supposed to synchronize the audio with the video had a hangover or the girls just find it difficult to sing in japanese...
Sunday, July 08, 2012
i even changed my ringtone to Run Devil Run
more than a week ago, or last 30 june 2012, i tried to register for Outbreak Manila...half heartedly. i went to Toby's Sports at SM North EDSA The Block. The girl near the counter said that registration is at their main branch located at the main part of SM North EDSA but she was informed hours earlier that the registration was already closed since the slots were filled up earlier that day. my reaction was "oh. ok." i didnt feel disappointed. i didnt feel happy about it either (since i saved some money by not being able to participate).
thats why i said half-heartedly. although i do want to join the race, im not that eager to fight for slots. im thinking, i might not be in the mood come race day so i would prefer to register near the last day of registration. well, unlike voter's registration, the runners/participants dont wait until the last day of registration. it took just a little over a week since registration started before the slots were filled up. since its my first time to hear of this event, i was surprised how fast people registered. but then again, ive never been interested in participating in this kind of event so i wouldnt know the average time for slots to be filled.
well, even if im not going to participate in the event, at least i still jog whenever i have time (i try not to run since my left knee is acting up again). unfortunately, ever since i started jogging again, i rarely have time. i miss my "at least thrice weekly" routine. im lucky to be able to jog twice in a week.
thats why i said half-heartedly. although i do want to join the race, im not that eager to fight for slots. im thinking, i might not be in the mood come race day so i would prefer to register near the last day of registration. well, unlike voter's registration, the runners/participants dont wait until the last day of registration. it took just a little over a week since registration started before the slots were filled up. since its my first time to hear of this event, i was surprised how fast people registered. but then again, ive never been interested in participating in this kind of event so i wouldnt know the average time for slots to be filled.
well, even if im not going to participate in the event, at least i still jog whenever i have time (i try not to run since my left knee is acting up again). unfortunately, ever since i started jogging again, i rarely have time. i miss my "at least thrice weekly" routine. im lucky to be able to jog twice in a week.
Tuesday, July 03, 2012
coincidence? not really. more like haunted by a name, number and a song
is it coincidence that i asked for rain last night and i was given rain today? maybe. maybe not. im not sure if i believe there's no such thing as coincidence. that everything happens for a reason. if there's no such thing as coincidence, then i dont know what to call most of the things in my life. i mean, my life is filled with a lot of coincidences.
a recent example is that i accidentally opened an old research file. i have an annoyingly malfunctioning mouse which double clicks by itself. while i was hovering the mouse pointer and scrolling down the list of research files, it suddenly clicked and opened a research file i made a year ago. i got pissed then closed it. minutes later, my boss called asking if i still have a particular research file because he was looking for his copy and he cant find it. surprisingly, the research file he was looking for was the one i just accidentally opened. so it saved me time finding it.
then there's the two digit number. ive been haunted by a two digit number for weeks (until today). its like everywhere i look, the number pops up. its on the building address, my computer clock, my order number, my receipt indicating the total price of the items i bought, some random person's basketball jersey, etc. but then again, ted mosby said that we have the tendency to see things we want to see. so do i want to see this particular two digit number? i dont know. when i randomly look at things, the number is there.
then there's the female name. this name only haunted me for a week. how many sales ladies and cashiers have this name? whenever i look at the receipt (or their ID) on that particular week, their name is _____. meh. its just coincidence.
then there's the song "little respect" by wheatus. my favorite line in the song is "what religion or reason would drive a man to forsake his lover". i remember looking annoyed as i told a college friend about the lyrics. he was humming that part of the song because he cant remember the lyrics and i told it to him and it annoyed me because of all the parts he could forget in the song, thats the part he just had to forget. anyway, i was surprised to hear it at 6am in the morning in a fastfood restaurant. i havent heard it for more than half a decade. then later that day, when i opened my music player, wheatus' album was in the playlist and the last song the music player played was "little respect" (because when i clicked play, its the song it played). huh? that cant be right. am i having one of them fight club episodes? i keep hearing the song in various establishments days later. its just weird (especially the fact its the last song my music player played when i opened it).
a recent example is that i accidentally opened an old research file. i have an annoyingly malfunctioning mouse which double clicks by itself. while i was hovering the mouse pointer and scrolling down the list of research files, it suddenly clicked and opened a research file i made a year ago. i got pissed then closed it. minutes later, my boss called asking if i still have a particular research file because he was looking for his copy and he cant find it. surprisingly, the research file he was looking for was the one i just accidentally opened. so it saved me time finding it.
then there's the two digit number. ive been haunted by a two digit number for weeks (until today). its like everywhere i look, the number pops up. its on the building address, my computer clock, my order number, my receipt indicating the total price of the items i bought, some random person's basketball jersey, etc. but then again, ted mosby said that we have the tendency to see things we want to see. so do i want to see this particular two digit number? i dont know. when i randomly look at things, the number is there.
then there's the female name. this name only haunted me for a week. how many sales ladies and cashiers have this name? whenever i look at the receipt (or their ID) on that particular week, their name is _____. meh. its just coincidence.
then there's the song "little respect" by wheatus. my favorite line in the song is "what religion or reason would drive a man to forsake his lover". i remember looking annoyed as i told a college friend about the lyrics. he was humming that part of the song because he cant remember the lyrics and i told it to him and it annoyed me because of all the parts he could forget in the song, thats the part he just had to forget. anyway, i was surprised to hear it at 6am in the morning in a fastfood restaurant. i havent heard it for more than half a decade. then later that day, when i opened my music player, wheatus' album was in the playlist and the last song the music player played was "little respect" (because when i clicked play, its the song it played). huh? that cant be right. am i having one of them fight club episodes? i keep hearing the song in various establishments days later. its just weird (especially the fact its the last song my music player played when i opened it).
having freedom makes it not so bad
a friend dropped by several times in my office a month ago and said that my office life aint that bad. i have the freedom that's rarely found in other law firms. sure i dont have a mentor but at least i have a fellow lawyer i can ask when i have questions. i dont have a law firm partner to supervise me but im a self-taught kind of guy. ever since 6th grade, i studied on my own (my mother being a teacher always supervised and helped us with our studies. whenever we have exams coming up, she would make questionnaires to test how well we mastered the subject). im a product of trial and error. fall down seven times, get up eight. as my friend said in law school, we belong to the order of the phoenix. we crash and burn and then rise from the ashes. we struggle, we fight, we live. thats how we managed to become lawyers (well, for me, i just kept on moving). of course we acknowledge the wisdom of our professors and we are grateful for what they have taught us but we always recognize the fact that it will always boil down to how eager we are to learn and our capability to think by ourselves (meh. we live, we learn. i think, therefore i am).
going back, being in a law firm which i described years ago as a sinking ship isnt as bad as it looks. its as good as any other firm. it offers variety of law practice and wide range of experience. it just depends if the person is willing to learn. it doesnt depend on mentors or partners. well, they help but their presence isnt really indispensable. if im after legal knowledge and experience, my current law firm is more than adequate compared to most small law offices and maybe even at par with some prestigious law firms. it just so happens that im starting to feel the difficulties of having a non-competitive salary. thats why ive been whining lately about working in my current firm. financially, i have no future if i stay in my current law office. but other than financial matters, there's nothing to complain about my law office. well, there's the lack of some utilities and other usual office essentials. but the beautiful thing about it is that we still manage to survive. the struggle gives it color.
going back, being in a law firm which i described years ago as a sinking ship isnt as bad as it looks. its as good as any other firm. it offers variety of law practice and wide range of experience. it just depends if the person is willing to learn. it doesnt depend on mentors or partners. well, they help but their presence isnt really indispensable. if im after legal knowledge and experience, my current law firm is more than adequate compared to most small law offices and maybe even at par with some prestigious law firms. it just so happens that im starting to feel the difficulties of having a non-competitive salary. thats why ive been whining lately about working in my current firm. financially, i have no future if i stay in my current law office. but other than financial matters, there's nothing to complain about my law office. well, there's the lack of some utilities and other usual office essentials. but the beautiful thing about it is that we still manage to survive. the struggle gives it color.
creature of consistency
i eat almost the same stuff every day. well, not exactly.
take my breakfast for example. i only eat one type (or a particular brand) of breakfast cereal (kellogg's coco pops) and i eat it every morning. when i run out of it, i eat a particular type of oatmeal (quaker oats instant chocolate oatmeal). the breakfast cereal is my primary breakfast and the oatmeal is just a back-up when ive completely consumed the supply of breakfast cereal.
i dont like my breakfast being changed without prior notice. it pisses me off. i dont care if ive been eating the same breakfast for over a year (or years). if its still available, thats what im going to eat. so i only eat something different when i prematurely consume my breakfast cereal and oatmeal before i buy the groceries.
im very sensitive with what i eat in the morning, given that im not a morning person. when i wake up, my mind is already programmed that it will eat either cereal or oatmeal (except sundays. on sundays i eat fastfood breakfast after attending the sunday mass). if i see a breakfast other than cereal or oatmeal, my brain has to process it so it can inform my digestive system of the change (so i will have to sit down for a few minutes). the deviation in my breakfast increases the chances of me throwing up. i always have to urge to vomit whenever i eat too soon in the morning and the change in food doesnt help. if my brain gets surprised or wasnt expecting to eat the food, i regurgitate it. thats why i dont like eating rice for breakfast. the adjustment time is too long and i really need to focus on swallowing the food so i wont throw up.
then there's my milk tea habit. i always order the same milk tea that the people in the milk tea place already knows me and my order (i go there at least once a week). i rarely change my order. if i do change it, its because of my mood. if im not in the mood of my usual order, i have a secondary usual order.
then there's korean food rotation. i usually eat only three items in the menu of the korean restaurant i go to. i dont like bulgogi so i never order it. im limited to two types of "rice meals" and ramyun. i usually eat ramyun when its cold or when its raining. i eat bibimbap only when im not in the mood to eat the primary rice meal i order. i only eat one type of korean ice cream (kamacoon). so i have a rigid hierarchy of food orders.
then there's mcdonalds. ever since i found out about Big N Tasty months ago (if im not mistaken, it was the night of april 27), i never ordered anything else except the Float and Fries combo. i eat this damn burger thrice a week.
my mother complained that i buy the same stuff whenever i buy the groceries. well, i dont get tired of eating it. for a person who demands variety, im sure rigidly consistent when it comes to food. well, food i really like.
take my breakfast for example. i only eat one type (or a particular brand) of breakfast cereal (kellogg's coco pops) and i eat it every morning. when i run out of it, i eat a particular type of oatmeal (quaker oats instant chocolate oatmeal). the breakfast cereal is my primary breakfast and the oatmeal is just a back-up when ive completely consumed the supply of breakfast cereal.
i dont like my breakfast being changed without prior notice. it pisses me off. i dont care if ive been eating the same breakfast for over a year (or years). if its still available, thats what im going to eat. so i only eat something different when i prematurely consume my breakfast cereal and oatmeal before i buy the groceries.
im very sensitive with what i eat in the morning, given that im not a morning person. when i wake up, my mind is already programmed that it will eat either cereal or oatmeal (except sundays. on sundays i eat fastfood breakfast after attending the sunday mass). if i see a breakfast other than cereal or oatmeal, my brain has to process it so it can inform my digestive system of the change (so i will have to sit down for a few minutes). the deviation in my breakfast increases the chances of me throwing up. i always have to urge to vomit whenever i eat too soon in the morning and the change in food doesnt help. if my brain gets surprised or wasnt expecting to eat the food, i regurgitate it. thats why i dont like eating rice for breakfast. the adjustment time is too long and i really need to focus on swallowing the food so i wont throw up.
then there's my milk tea habit. i always order the same milk tea that the people in the milk tea place already knows me and my order (i go there at least once a week). i rarely change my order. if i do change it, its because of my mood. if im not in the mood of my usual order, i have a secondary usual order.
then there's korean food rotation. i usually eat only three items in the menu of the korean restaurant i go to. i dont like bulgogi so i never order it. im limited to two types of "rice meals" and ramyun. i usually eat ramyun when its cold or when its raining. i eat bibimbap only when im not in the mood to eat the primary rice meal i order. i only eat one type of korean ice cream (kamacoon). so i have a rigid hierarchy of food orders.
then there's mcdonalds. ever since i found out about Big N Tasty months ago (if im not mistaken, it was the night of april 27), i never ordered anything else except the Float and Fries combo. i eat this damn burger thrice a week.
my mother complained that i buy the same stuff whenever i buy the groceries. well, i dont get tired of eating it. for a person who demands variety, im sure rigidly consistent when it comes to food. well, food i really like.
im tempted to ask for more but i wont
it rained all day! well, almost. there were minutes when it wasnt raining at all. anyway, its nice that the heavens do listen.
i woke up hearing the rain outside my window and i said to myself, "yes!" this is what i call rain at the very least. it put me in such a nice mood that i suddenly found myself singing while putting on my socks. that rarely happens.
its not "damn! its cold! brrr" kind of weather but cold enough. i wish it was much colder but well, this amount of rain and cold weather is godly generosity for me. i didnt manage to eat my spicy ramyun without breaking a sweat but the cold weather helped me enjoy it. i didnt crave for a hot beverage but the cold weather made my hot chocolate tastier. i wore three layers of clothing and it was nice that i didnt feel uncomfortably warm. i didnt shiver at all but...well, i wish it was cold enough to make me shiver. im not even asking for blistering coldness. just "holy crap! now this is some goddamn cold weather". this cold weather is still far from forcing me to use a blanket.
unfortunately, i might be the only one enjoying this weather. while other people are cursing the heavens for these rains because it makes them miserable, im savoring every minute of it. i would like to ask that this weather continue until....well, at least for a couple more days but...well, i guess i should be contented with a one full day of rain. sigh.
i woke up hearing the rain outside my window and i said to myself, "yes!" this is what i call rain at the very least. it put me in such a nice mood that i suddenly found myself singing while putting on my socks. that rarely happens.
its not "damn! its cold! brrr" kind of weather but cold enough. i wish it was much colder but well, this amount of rain and cold weather is godly generosity for me. i didnt manage to eat my spicy ramyun without breaking a sweat but the cold weather helped me enjoy it. i didnt crave for a hot beverage but the cold weather made my hot chocolate tastier. i wore three layers of clothing and it was nice that i didnt feel uncomfortably warm. i didnt shiver at all but...well, i wish it was cold enough to make me shiver. im not even asking for blistering coldness. just "holy crap! now this is some goddamn cold weather". this cold weather is still far from forcing me to use a blanket.
unfortunately, i might be the only one enjoying this weather. while other people are cursing the heavens for these rains because it makes them miserable, im savoring every minute of it. i would like to ask that this weather continue until....well, at least for a couple more days but...well, i guess i should be contented with a one full day of rain. sigh.
Monday, July 02, 2012
where's my rain!?
its raining right now. sort of. i can hear some raindrops on the roof. this cant be rain. its like some leaking faucet with one small drop of water per minute. i want real rain!
yup. im being unreasonable and insatiable.
i woke up earlier today feeling the cold air and said, while half-awake, that this isnt enough. its cold, yeah sure but i want it to be colder! much, much colder! i want to shiver! i want to crave for some hot beverage because its too damn cold. i want to eat spicy ramyun without breaking a sweat. i want to wear layers and layers of clothing and still feel the cold air fighting against the warmth. i want to be forced to use a blanket when i sleep. i havent used a blanket for years. my grandmother gave me a blanket as a gift two christmases ago and her present is still unopened up to this day because i have no use for it.
what does the rain have to do with it? well, if its raining, its bound to get colder. i dont think its possible to ask for a colder weather without asking for rain in this part of the planet.
if the heavens do decide to give me rain, i mean, the rain that i want, i bet its going to give it to me in a way that will make regret cross my mind and my pride will attempt to reject it from going any further inside my head. i think pride will win.
yup. im being unreasonable and insatiable.
i woke up earlier today feeling the cold air and said, while half-awake, that this isnt enough. its cold, yeah sure but i want it to be colder! much, much colder! i want to shiver! i want to crave for some hot beverage because its too damn cold. i want to eat spicy ramyun without breaking a sweat. i want to wear layers and layers of clothing and still feel the cold air fighting against the warmth. i want to be forced to use a blanket when i sleep. i havent used a blanket for years. my grandmother gave me a blanket as a gift two christmases ago and her present is still unopened up to this day because i have no use for it.
what does the rain have to do with it? well, if its raining, its bound to get colder. i dont think its possible to ask for a colder weather without asking for rain in this part of the planet.
if the heavens do decide to give me rain, i mean, the rain that i want, i bet its going to give it to me in a way that will make regret cross my mind and my pride will attempt to reject it from going any further inside my head. i think pride will win.
brand loyalty
due to the busted computer last week, i got paranoid of losing all the data in it. although some of the data have back-up copies, ive been thinking of buying an external hard disk for quite some time now. since im going to buy it eventually anyway, i told myself to buy it now. the busted computer served as the catalyst.
since ive got a lot data (more than a decade of accumulated data), i bought myself a 1 terabyte portable hard disk (i havent backed up all the data and ive managed to use 600gig of disk space. i might need to buy another one). ive been a seagate user since 1998 and so far, none has failed yet. so obviously, i already have some brand loyalty.
my first seagate hard disk had a 2 gig capacity. it had a windows 98 OS and lasted more or less six years. the reason it crashed was because i downloaded too many songs from napster that i unknowingly filled it up to its maximum capacity. well, it didnt really become unuseable since it seems to be still working fine because i managed to retrieve the files in it. it just so happens that a 2gig hard disk in 2004 is just too small and reformatting it isnt advisable. so i upgraded to a 20 gig seagate hard disk (and a pentium 4 processor with a windows XP OS).
after more or less half a decade, i bought another seagate hard disk with a 250 gig capacity. a couple of years later, i bought a back up hard disk with a 500 gig capacity. then when i upgraded our desktop PC, i bought a 1 TB hard disk for it (with an intel core i5 processor and 64 bit windows 7 OS). and now, i bought another 1TB hard disk (out of fear of losing data). this time a portable external hard drive. hopefully, its as good as internal hard disk drives (ive read online reviews of portable hard disks and half of it arent good when it comes to reliability)
i think all of our laptops have seagate hard disks too (120gig, 500gig and 750 gig. all Lenovo. again, brand loyalty).
its difficult for me to change brands especially when i have a good personal history with it. like intel processors. well, maybe not much personal history but good marketing when it comes to processors. i mean, its not like i notice how good the processors perform compared to other processors. its just our guest speaker from intel in one of my elective class back in college gave a lecture that made me fear using AMD processors (a spontaneously combusting processor traumatized me. seriously, it did). and the fact the girls' generation endorsed the intel core processors made me buy intel core i3 and i5s. so i cant say its really because of personal history with the processor that made me keep on buying intel processors. well, the fact that it hasnt gone haywire on me makes me prefer it too over the competing brand.
since ive got a lot data (more than a decade of accumulated data), i bought myself a 1 terabyte portable hard disk (i havent backed up all the data and ive managed to use 600gig of disk space. i might need to buy another one). ive been a seagate user since 1998 and so far, none has failed yet. so obviously, i already have some brand loyalty.
my first seagate hard disk had a 2 gig capacity. it had a windows 98 OS and lasted more or less six years. the reason it crashed was because i downloaded too many songs from napster that i unknowingly filled it up to its maximum capacity. well, it didnt really become unuseable since it seems to be still working fine because i managed to retrieve the files in it. it just so happens that a 2gig hard disk in 2004 is just too small and reformatting it isnt advisable. so i upgraded to a 20 gig seagate hard disk (and a pentium 4 processor with a windows XP OS).
after more or less half a decade, i bought another seagate hard disk with a 250 gig capacity. a couple of years later, i bought a back up hard disk with a 500 gig capacity. then when i upgraded our desktop PC, i bought a 1 TB hard disk for it (with an intel core i5 processor and 64 bit windows 7 OS). and now, i bought another 1TB hard disk (out of fear of losing data). this time a portable external hard drive. hopefully, its as good as internal hard disk drives (ive read online reviews of portable hard disks and half of it arent good when it comes to reliability)
i think all of our laptops have seagate hard disks too (120gig, 500gig and 750 gig. all Lenovo. again, brand loyalty).
its difficult for me to change brands especially when i have a good personal history with it. like intel processors. well, maybe not much personal history but good marketing when it comes to processors. i mean, its not like i notice how good the processors perform compared to other processors. its just our guest speaker from intel in one of my elective class back in college gave a lecture that made me fear using AMD processors (a spontaneously combusting processor traumatized me. seriously, it did). and the fact the girls' generation endorsed the intel core processors made me buy intel core i3 and i5s. so i cant say its really because of personal history with the processor that made me keep on buying intel processors. well, the fact that it hasnt gone haywire on me makes me prefer it too over the competing brand.
busy friday
last wednesday, i was going to transfer some movies from my laptop to our desktop PC so i can free up some hard disk space. but when i plugged the AVR to the wall socket, the power supply of the CPU suddenly sparked and then i smelled something burning. what the crap just happened? i quickly unplugged it and thought, i guess im going to have to go to gilmore as soon as possible.
since the service center is only open during weekdays, i informed our docket officer that i will be at the office only on friday afternoon so i can have the CPU repaired on friday morning. when i was having it repaired, the repair guy told me that the power supply is busted and needs to be replaced. the good news is, the motherboard, processor, hard disk and other peripherals werent damaged. thank God. since the power supply was still covered by the warranty, i didnt pay anything for the repair. thank God again. another good thing about it was that i didnt have to wait for the replacement. according to the warranty, the store will have to check the availability of the replacement and whether the manufacturer will approve it since it had to check if the defect is covered by the warranty. well, the power supply suddenly sparked and got busted for no reason. it has to be a manufacturing defect and should be covered by the warranty.
i finished having the CPU repaired around lunch time. before heading home, i dropped by Copytrade to buy one ream of bond paper since its cheaper there. by the time i got home, i was told the phone and internet bill just arrived. sigh. its two weeks overdue so i had to go to bayantel because the payment centers might not accept it anymore since its beyond the due date. then there's our old desktop computer. my mother told me to have it checked if it can still be used. i have to go to another repair shop to have it diagnosed. by this time, i texted our docket officer that i wont be able to go to the office since i still had stuff to do (little did i know that our law office was also having a busy day at work because for some strange reason, clients suddenly decided to make themselves felt that day).
after paying the bill, i bought me self some chimichanga at mexican express. after having the CPU diagnosed, i then bought me self some milk tea at cha dao.
since the service center is only open during weekdays, i informed our docket officer that i will be at the office only on friday afternoon so i can have the CPU repaired on friday morning. when i was having it repaired, the repair guy told me that the power supply is busted and needs to be replaced. the good news is, the motherboard, processor, hard disk and other peripherals werent damaged. thank God. since the power supply was still covered by the warranty, i didnt pay anything for the repair. thank God again. another good thing about it was that i didnt have to wait for the replacement. according to the warranty, the store will have to check the availability of the replacement and whether the manufacturer will approve it since it had to check if the defect is covered by the warranty. well, the power supply suddenly sparked and got busted for no reason. it has to be a manufacturing defect and should be covered by the warranty.
i finished having the CPU repaired around lunch time. before heading home, i dropped by Copytrade to buy one ream of bond paper since its cheaper there. by the time i got home, i was told the phone and internet bill just arrived. sigh. its two weeks overdue so i had to go to bayantel because the payment centers might not accept it anymore since its beyond the due date. then there's our old desktop computer. my mother told me to have it checked if it can still be used. i have to go to another repair shop to have it diagnosed. by this time, i texted our docket officer that i wont be able to go to the office since i still had stuff to do (little did i know that our law office was also having a busy day at work because for some strange reason, clients suddenly decided to make themselves felt that day).
after paying the bill, i bought me self some chimichanga at mexican express. after having the CPU diagnosed, i then bought me self some milk tea at cha dao.
sometimes the universe is just plain weird
last week, i was supposed to have one hearing on june 28 and another hearing on june 29. the one on june 28 was supposed to be at 8:30 in the morning and the one on june 29 was supposed to be at 2pm.
the week before last week, i was told by our docket officer that according to the trial court, my june 29 hearing was at 830am and not 2pm. i thought, thats weird. we should have been notified if there's a change in the schedule. im sure it was 2pm. anyway, it doesnt matter since it doesnt conflict with any scheduled hearing.
when i reminded my clients about our june 29 hearing, they wondered why the schedule was changed from 2pm to 8:30am. so i asked our docket officer to confirm if the date and time was correct. he then informed me, after calling the trial court again, that we were actually scheduled on june 28 at 2pm. ok. thats another change in the schedule. so now the time is correct but the date is different. again, no biggie. still no conflict. although now i have two hearings on june 28, one in the morning and one in the afternoon.
june 28 came. i went to my first hearing scheduled at 8:30am. i checked the court calendar and saw that my scheduled hearing in that court was moved to 1:30pm. what the crap is wrong with this week? i then went back to the law office, waited for my clients and then asked my clients scheduled at 2pm to just inform the court that im requesting for a second call because im attending another hearing.
my 1:30pm hearing came. i was told there was an error in the scheduling. i was supposed to have been scheduled at 8:30am. due to the error, my scheduled hearing was reset this month. great. just great. ive never had this kind of crazy scheduling ever since i became a lawyer.
anyway, at least my 2pm hearing pushed through so it wasnt a waste of time to go to court that day.
i then bought some kimbap, dukbokki and burgers on my way home.
the week before last week, i was told by our docket officer that according to the trial court, my june 29 hearing was at 830am and not 2pm. i thought, thats weird. we should have been notified if there's a change in the schedule. im sure it was 2pm. anyway, it doesnt matter since it doesnt conflict with any scheduled hearing.
when i reminded my clients about our june 29 hearing, they wondered why the schedule was changed from 2pm to 8:30am. so i asked our docket officer to confirm if the date and time was correct. he then informed me, after calling the trial court again, that we were actually scheduled on june 28 at 2pm. ok. thats another change in the schedule. so now the time is correct but the date is different. again, no biggie. still no conflict. although now i have two hearings on june 28, one in the morning and one in the afternoon.
june 28 came. i went to my first hearing scheduled at 8:30am. i checked the court calendar and saw that my scheduled hearing in that court was moved to 1:30pm. what the crap is wrong with this week? i then went back to the law office, waited for my clients and then asked my clients scheduled at 2pm to just inform the court that im requesting for a second call because im attending another hearing.
my 1:30pm hearing came. i was told there was an error in the scheduling. i was supposed to have been scheduled at 8:30am. due to the error, my scheduled hearing was reset this month. great. just great. ive never had this kind of crazy scheduling ever since i became a lawyer.
anyway, at least my 2pm hearing pushed through so it wasnt a waste of time to go to court that day.
i then bought some kimbap, dukbokki and burgers on my way home.
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