Miss World

In no particular order ^_^

Love, Actually
Bridget Jones Diary
Gone with the wind
The Wedding Planner
ThaPhantom of the Opera

Not in a bad way, but in a weird way...
I'm not of a public speaker, and guess what? I have a presentation to give to a complete department here @ work.. *yikes* 
I even woke up this morning totally freaking out and thinking I should find a way to postpone this :S but I keep telling myself that I HAVE to do it wither I like it or not :(

I seriously applaud all the people who can speak publicly... its much easier for me to sit in my cubicle and be invisible ^_^  anyone seeing me like this would think I know nothing on the subject, well, truth is, its completely the opposite :S I have to give a presentation on an application that we've integrated into our systems a little less than 8 months ago.. and I've been using and showing people (only 101 demos) how to use them.. now I'm frozen once told to do a presentation for that department. *sigh*

I'll have to gather some presentation material though, so I'll be visiting Microsoft's HQ later after work.. they are helping me, lol :)


I'm off now.. gotta prepare those materials..

So today is the last day of the year.. and out of no where, things are going crazy at work.. EVERYBODY wants something! :S things that could have been done yesterday or a week before and aren't urgent (which means it could wait till next week)..  This is my first break since 7AM (its now 1:24 exactly as I'm writing this) .. but I'll be stuck after working hours because some of the "colleagues" have gone out on unplanned leaves (which my boss weirdly approved) and out of 5 engineers, there are only two of us and that guy is finding ways to dump work on me :(

Can't wait till the day is over though :S and I won't be able to celebrate New Year's eve as I want because I have work to do (annual backup of servers and services) and will have to get up before 6:30 tomorrow morning (1/1/2009) to check if the systems are working .. once thats done, I'll be able to breath :D

on a different note, its my younger sister's birthday on the 2nd of January :D we've made a reservation for the party @ TGI Friday's (cuz they go crazy noisy and all hehe) .. I still didn't find her a present :S  I don't know what to get her yet.. she kindda bought everything she had in mind lately LOL


So... how is everyone going to spend their new year's eve? :D I hope everyone has fun tonight and may you all have a fantastic new year :D


xoxo
me :)

I hope everyone had a fantastic Christmas :) and I hope you all have a wonderful new year *hugs*

Lately I've been feeling quite inspired.. I've done a lot of thinking the past couple of months (yes, it took me that long!) and I realized that the only reason I'm depressed most of the time, is that I'm not doing ANYTHING for myself! I don't do any activities anymore, been ignoring lots of my interests, and it even got bad as to ignore my friends! my real friends! how is that possible! ignoring (and sometimes hurting) the people who care about you the most.

My bestfriend, I wonder how she puts up with me, and I can only get it down to one thing... she really cares. I'll forever be grateful for her understanding and support.

earlier today I got out my writing pads and I've actually started writing letters that I've been promising people to send for over a year ago! sad, isn't it? but I'm doing it and I'm putting down a list of things that I have to do  (my to-do list.. and God knows I DO follow my lists - seriously!).

Hopefully this inspiration rush doesn't fade :)

 Last week the weather was crazy and we had a lot of sand storms and I ended up with a lung infection and was ordered complete "bed rest" for 4 days (added to two days of the weekend = 6 days) .. although I was excited about the amount of rest days, I couldn't enjoy them becasue I simply couldn't breath.. I had to go to the hospital twice a day to have a nebulizer session  (of 10/15 minutes) ..  at that time, I would have done anything to get my lungs to function, lol.. the capacity was cut down to a painful 10%.. couldn't breath at all. 

anyway, i'm somewhat better now and can breath without the sharp pain .. but  I went back to work on Sunday barely able to concentrate, and on monday my second cousin texted to tell me that his mom had passed away. I went to the funeral, it was very sad. she was an old lady and had lived a full life, but will greately be missed for she was a very careing and loving person. May she rest in peace. 

 I would just jump in and start playing.. I'm the type that prefers figuring things on her own rather than read manuals or so.. if at a later point I find that I need to read, then so be it, but never before playing. 

I can't believe it myself. I've been dealing with this stalker for the past 2, almost 3 months! it only got bad recently. At first I thought it was just some fool who kept calling my phone (I don't answer # i don't know), and decided to ignore.. you know when you think "he'll get bored eventually!" ... well, he didn't!

He started texting me non-stop.. calling me at crazy hours (like 2 AM!)... sending me text messages like " %myname%, answer me please" .. I texted back once asking him who he is, but it only made the non-stop calls worse! 

The thing that got me all freaked out happened yesterday. I had friends visiting from a different city (2.5 hrs away) and I had taken them to the mall for lunch... 10 minutes after we got in, I get a text message that says "have fun at the mall" ... This blew his cover ofcourse, because I now know who exactly he is... he's a guy who rents a house across the street from us!!!! and he's supposed to be with the police or something like that!!! could you believe it! a law-enforcement official is a stalker!!! !@#$(*!@#%&* I'm so freakin' pissed off!! He got all my details from the DNV! my car is registered in my name (me must have checked the plate number) and he's been bugging me on the phone I have registered with them! I have other numbers but they are as silent as if they are never used!

I don't know if this is stupid or I'm going crazy... but if he has gotten as far as knowing where I work, when I leave home, when I get home, where I hangout... whats next?! should I be scared for my safety?! would he like suddenly jump into my car or something in the morning or when I come home in the evening?!




on another note, I want to apologize to you guys for not staying intouch more often as much as I wish I wanted..  everything going on right now is driving me crazy... I'm so sorry.

 There are so many things that I'm thankful for... 

1- Family (esp. siblings)
2- Health
3- Knowing what its like to have loved and been loved
4- God (having faith)
5- My job
6- Friends
7- Being creative!
8- Water & food
9- Having a roof over my head
10- Waking up every morning that life goes on

I still have more like I said.. but these came to mind first.. 

Its been a long day so far.. hopefully things will cool down a bit.. There isn't much to do at all today and to be honest, I'm getting sick of being in IT.. I should do something more creative, more designing or at least something to do with PR! *sigh* anyways, I started packing for my trip *yaaay* I'm done shopping for comfy clothes and a new ballerina shoes, well, flats actually :D Its so adorable, me loves it!


on another note.. the internet has been crazily slow! I couldn't download last week's "Heroes"! its been downloading since last week and all I got was 65% of the episode :S I asked a friend to burn in on a CD for me so I could watch it today instead of waiting for the download :) and I just got the DVD *yaaaay*   << enough with the yaays! :p


gotta bounce now, but I'm sure I'll be back to update ^_^

So lately I haven't been feeling well.. seen a bunch of doctors but no one seems to know whats wrong so I decided to go to Thailand's Bangkok Hospital [ http://www.bangkokhospital.com/eng/index.aspx ] .. I've already seen a couple of doctors who don't know whats wrong, and I've been seeing a bunch of docs about my acid reflux since I was almost 12 and still no improvement :(

A friend just came back and she's doing a million times better, and my parents and lil brothers.. so I decided to give it a try.. wish me luck :)

and for the girls I met as penpals/swap pals.. I'm sorry for not sending the letters out.. I will send the letters and the swap-boxes by the end of the week... hope you guys like the stuff I got.. plus, if you have certain items that you want, please let me know :)

oh before I forget, I'll be leaving on the 24th till the 29th .. this isn't the first time I visit Thailand, I'm kindda excited since I LOVE shopping there :D MBK is a great place to shop, Siam, the Emporeum :D   full medical checkups are for one full day and you get the results the following day or so.. this way I'll have plenty of time to shop :D 

I've also decided to put LJ as my homepage so I make sure that I update more often ^_^


till next time..

so I called the Japanese Embassy today to ask about the required documentation for the Tourist Visa.. OMG the details the require.. I honestly don't mind it but it would be awkward to as my company's HR department to issue me a "no objection to travel" letter! will ask my boss later.. and they also asked for confirmed two-way travel tickets, two forms, two passport size photos, confirmed hotel and transportation resevations, and a detailed plan of how we'll be spending our days there! 

I guess I'll just look for a travel agency and get them to deal with all the paperwork :)


on a different note.. I've finally spoken to my boss about  a promotion [2 years late!] and hopefully he'll process it this time. 


lately I've been considering having an online "garage sale" of some of my stuff.. I've moved to a new house recently and I realized that I have TONS of stuff that I don't really need [some are still new with their price tags!]. Not sure if I'll post them here or in a forum I'm a member off.. will have to think about that (this would logaically help financially ^_^ hehe). 

You Are a Ring Finger

You are romantic, expressive, and hopeful. You see the best in everything. You are very artistic, and you see the world as your canvas. You are also drawn to the written word. Inventive and unique, you are often away in your own inner world. You get along well with: The Pinky Stay away from: The Index Finger

Your Ideal Relationship is Marriage

You've dated enough to know what you want. And that's marriage - with the right person. You're serious about settling down some time soon. Even if you haven't met the person you want to get hitched to!

You've Changed 72% in 10 Years

Compared to who you were ten years ago, you've changed a great deal. In fact, you're probably in a completely different phase of your life - and very happy about it!

LOL, this one is so true! I never knew! thought my sister was just teasing me when she said this about me ages ago!

You Are 56% Lady

You're part lady, part modern woman. Etiquette is important to you, but you brush aside rules that are outdated or silly.

I'm currently in a phase where I'm totally lazy. I've been trying to get myself interested again in things I like, but once I start, I give up! today I'm being dragged to the gym by my brother [finally]... hopefully that will get me started :)

I'm hoping to keep updating my LJ as much as I could[want].. will just have to put it in my daily "To Do" list I guess!

I'm not really new to LJ, but I've finally decided to actually keep a journal.  had a number of blogs that I have no intention of keeping [or linking to].