a la mode...

fashion has always been and will always be my passion. dressing up makes me happy. though i don't get to dress up much often as i want to. you see, i'm currently stuck with these white hideous nursing uniforms. it sucks! and i honestly hate it! this is the price i pay for wanting to go off-shore (read: U.S.A). anyway, i really like what's happening with the fashion scene at the moment. it's quite laid back and more people are coming out of their shells by going freestyle. no pressure of being out dated though i think there is still some room for improvement. and it's like people in general don't just follow trends but they try to mix and match pieces depending on their own personalities which i think makes it more interesting. but on the other hand, i think there's nothing wrong with going with the trend just as long as it looks good on you. don't wanna go overboard and look like some fashion victim. i won't deny that from time to time i still check hot new items that hollywood celebs are wearing. i try to find stuff that matches me coz as they always say "what works for other people doesn't necessarily mean would work with you". i went gaga over couture shorts a couple of months ago and i'm on the verge of getting tired of them. skinny jeans are the "in" thing right now. it seems like every celeb in hollywood is sporting it. and i love it! i'm still on the prowl for skinny jeans that would flatter my body type. you see, i'm kinda bottom heavy. maybe i just have to get one with a darker wash. i checked out lee over the weekend and i was able to fit into one but i just didn't like the wash. the previous skinnies that they released were much better. too bad, they ran out of stocks in my size. so i guess the hunt for the best skinny jeans is still on. will update when i get a hold of the perfect pair. weehee! i leave you now with my fave celebs in their skinnies.

mischa b. looking gorgeous in her skinnies
la lohan skinnies - casual yet fab!

cut me some slack!

ok. why do i feel like everybody's asking me to spend less time in front of the pc when i haven't been slacking off? yes, i don't care if i don't ace the exams as long as i get by. i always do what needs to be done and i've been working my butt off in school every single day (READ: school has taken over my social life which is so non-existent at the moment. i miss hanging out with my friends!!!) so spending time on something that i enjoy i must say is guilt free.

while we're on the subject, i already got most of the results of my prelim exams. and i guess all of my efforts paid off. and surprisingly, only two students in our physics class passed the prelim exam and i'm proud to say that i'm of 'em. yey!

whew!

As promised I've got tons more stuff to talk about. A lot of things came about this weekend and classes have been suspended two days in a row. Thanks much to typhoon Glenda. you rock! Hahaha! Now I have some spare time to update my blog. Weeeheeee…. And I might get to cook spaghetti later as requested by Honhon. Oh, we did the grocery yesterday. Fun. Fun. Fun. It always is. We also took the car to a muffler haus to get it fixed.

here's manong the mechanic fixing the car's muffler

another photo in the muffler haus this time with honhon
and dusty patiently waiting to get the job done
( picture is a bit blurry, taken using my camphone)

Finally, I was able to buy a new digital camera last Saturday. Yey! I got myself a canon ixus 60 model. The cam is so sleek and compact with a very large lcd to boot. at first, i thought that my money was just enough to buy the cam itself. But I was stunned when I learned the price of the cam. It was a really a good deal. I even managed to buy a 512 mb Kinston SD card with a lifetime warranty, a camera case and the slim film for the lcd. Yey! Gawd, I’m so happy with my new baby!!! Kudos to Henry’s Camera shop for giving a very reasonable price! next thing on my wishlist would be a tripod. You see my hands get shaky at times so it would be nice to have one.

my new baby....yey!

enough memory... i hope! weeheee!

Last Friday, I technically received a text message very late at night (but was able to read it the following morning) from Jen, my high school best friend, asking me to be the godmother of her new baby boy this Sunday. Of course, I accepted. Our friendship traces way back from our high school days. I used to hang out everyday after school at her house, just talking about crazy stuff. It would go from boys to music to gossip to other stuff in school. Jen is a very carefree person. Seeing her now all settled down came as a surprise but I guess she’s happy. Honhon and I attended Baby Cedrick Jamir’s (“Zenki” for short) baptism and here are some pictures...

jen, baby zenki and ninang (READ: GODMOTHER) cathy

zenki's godmothers (l-r) dorothy, me and laura. MARE!

look at that little angel adoring her ninang cathy silently! haha. guess what?!
he didn't shed a single tear while i was carrying him.
very much an angel. super behave!

Life has been so full of surprises lately. i don’t usually open my mail not unless I need to. yesterday, as I was going through my inbox, one of the messages caught my attention. The mail came from yahoo 360! (which I haven’t opened for ages) and the subject goes: gOrGeOuSz_eLLa has sent you a message. for those people who don’t have a clue who she is, ella's one of my closest friends in my entire stint as a tech support rep in convergys. Amidst all of the shift changes and the chaos in the office, I enjoyed every moment spent with this cool and ultra bubby girl. She’s one of a few friends that I’d very much like to keep. The news of her leaving the country took me by surprise. Nonetheless, im happy for her and I wish her well. She fairly deserves it since she’s a very good person. You go ella! You take care and have a safe trip. Please do keep in touch. I’m just an email away. Haha… luv yah! Misshu!

me and ella in happier times. wish you all the best on
your trip! you go girl!

Before I end this entry, would like to greet SAM, my nephew in Canada, a happy birthday! You go have fun kid! Lots of huggies** from aunt cathy! You take care of mommy. =)

happy birthday, SAM! here's a picture of marvin and
aunt cathy sending all our love here in the philippines!

random thoughts....

i really want to get some shut eye after a very disastrous physics exam but on the other hand my body is telling me to start up the damn computer and type this silly entry. i guess my day wouldn't be complete without going online. it has become a habit. hence, i sometimes deprive myself of sleep and thus i'm beginning to look like a zombie with these nasty eyebags. yikess!! just hope it won't turn into fugly dark circles. =(

how do you know if you've become an addict? i'm not just talking about drugs here but addiction as a whole. perhaps this occurs when your life solely or frequently revolves around a specific thing, person, or object. does computer dependency count?? if that is so....then i'm an addict. ha! but i dont' care. i'm here to please myself! weeeheee!

moving on to other stuff, i saw my crush today. awwww!!!! i dunno what's with me. but i get so tongue-tied and i seem to lose my composure whenever he's a few meters away from me. all along, i thought that i'm done with this stage. but i guess you'll never know. some of my friends would tell me, "bakit ka pa nagkaka-crush? andyan naman si marvin!" well i honestly think that it's not a sin to have a crush on someone even when your very much into your boyfriend, since it's just a crush. it's like you just happen to see something in that person that struck your fancy. however, taking it to another level is another thing which i don't dare delve into. you see, i love my honhon in the entire world! don't want him to get hurt in any way. so there... i like my crushie but i heart my honhon! see the difference?!

speaking of honhon, i can't wait to go to the camera shop with him tomorrow. yey! i'm gonna buy myself a new camera. i've waited for so long. my old cam died on me ages ago. and taking pictures on my phone has been difficult. getting very good pictures rarely happens especially under low light conditions. after my very last exam tomorrow i'm gonna head straight home. weeheee! i hope i can get a good deal at moondust's cam shop. anyhow, still not setting my hopes too high so i won't get disappointed in the event that it doesn't meet my expectations. regardless, the thought of posting pictures on this blog leaves a ridiculously goofy smile plasterd on my face. haha! what's a blog without pictures?! it would be a bit dull. and most people are into visuals. count me in. haha. though a good read is still a good read.

i feel like i've already gabbed too much. so i'll save my other thoughts for my next post. till then....ciao!

boring...boring...boring...

i just finished a series of exams today. damn, i'm so exhausted after having racked my brains in microbiology this morning to chemistry and ncm lecture and lab in the afternoon. whew! it's so hard juggling one subject to the other. now i dunno if my brain still has enough memory to suck up more information for the next series of exams tomorrow. heaven help me! maybe i should try those memory enhancers that my mom was talking about last night. she kept on telling me to take one. but as not to hurt my ego, i decided to decline and bear with it. now im thinking.... it actually sounds like a good idea. two more days and i'm done with those nasty preliminary exams. yey! but then again the thought of receiving not so good marks next week would be depressing. nevertheless, i'm still hoping for the best. haha.

my mind goes.....

it's exam week again. one of those dreadful days were my mind goes boink, caput, or just wander to some far off place. hmmm, i realized that i have a weird habit of slacking off during exams. i get so sluggish and sleepy. yet, when exams are over i get so animated and energetic to the extent of staying up all night. the truth is i'm lazy as a log. i can even play couch potato all day. is it with the weather these days? maybe. maybe not. i've been trying to steer clear from the computer but it seems like my hands have a mind of it's own. here i go again, putting a new blog that i know i may not maintain. but i don't care. i miss bloggin'. it's just so therapheutical. a good way of talking to yourself when nobody else is around to listen without looking like a friggin' dork. been up so early in the morning to study. i've been memorizing the same 2 pages the whole day but to no avail. i hate memorization. i suck at it! i was never a bookish person. but sad to say most of my subjects right now need lots of memory work. darn it, i'm screwed?!! i guess my heart is not into it. been fighting the urge to go online. i've turned on the desktop thrice and my laptop twice. swearing of just trying to take a peak really didn't help. hahaha. who am i fooling? ding?! honestly, i sometimes ask myself if i chose the right path. is this road really destined for me? i never imagined i would be back in school at my age. but things happen for a reason. so might as well accept it and just make the best of it. i used to be so stubborn and too carefree. i was too wrapped up with myself, mindless of the future. spent lots of money on clothes, gadgets and what have you. then again, i still wasn't satisfied. i felt like something was terribly missing. like happiness was so temporary. more like a fleeting moment. i was just working for myself. however, maybe with age, people's mindset changes. i feel like i want something big not just for me but my immediate family, and of course my future family. i want something that spells long-term. i hope i make it with all the distractions around me. there i said my piece so i'll go back to where i left off hoping that i can accomplish something so i can hit the sack early.