Here's to a great 2007!

I SURVIVED MY RUN! A grand total of 1 hour and 11 minutes. :D Bwahaha! Now my body hurts but my gosh the feeling of triumph! It's absolutely exhilirating. :D In fact, I think I should do it at least once a week. It's an excellent way to clear my head. And the crowd's great. Okay, they're not really a "crowd", but you come across other runners, walkers and bikers and it's a great motivational thing to run with them. So there, pat on the back for me! :D Totally a great way to end the year.

I was sitting in my room today, watching tv, and my eyes came across the loot bag Tito Mike gave me during one of our dinners. Yes, at my age I still get loot bags. And until now I'm still regarded as part of "the kids". I'm 21, and I really don't mind getting those things, but it just makes me wonder... when am I going to stop getting loot bags? And I mean that figuratively.

I mean, I don't see the lolas giving my mom money and I know that at some point they did do it and at some point they stopped. So when will mine stop? When am I going to be recognized as an adult in the family? Don't get me wrong, I'm not being bitter or anything. I'm actually thankful that I still receive money from the family. Just makes me wonder, you know?

On something less serious/reflective: I was searching my cabinet for something to wear to the Hitachi interview. It says in the invite that I have to be in a "business suit"--hence I am required to wear a blazer. I don't think anything but a black ensemble will be formal enough to wear, but when I wore my black pencil skirt and black blazer... EEEK. I looked like crud. So I fitted another blazer, and I think that was a winner. I just looked like a suman wearing it. Darnit. This just reiterates how much I need to lose weight. Okay lang yan, Diet for another 10 days. I'm sure I'll make it... oh... 10 days? Fitrum is starting to sound good. :) Teehee.

I made a livejournal account in the middle of this month... and I really didn't know when to part with my blog. I have so many hang-ups with this blog, to tell you quite frankly hence I think it's about time I move on to another site. I was contemplating when exactly I should do it. And I've decided that this will be my last post here. O diba? Tamang-tama, new year, new blog (er, livejournal I should say.)

So thank you blogspot for hosting my thoughts for the past few years. It's been great. :)

Hello, LiveJournal. :)

2007 has been an excellent year. I think my resume's gotten a good whipping what with all the things I did this year (naks!) I lost love, but most importantly I've found love. And I think this one is a keeper. I think despite all the pain and happiness this year has brought me (all the travels and experience to boot), I must say this has got to be one of the best years ever because of Dino. Seriously. If there's anything I'm proud of, it's got to be him. So there. Here's to happy, giddy me who is so in love with a funny boy from Caloocan. :)

Grade 2 daw kami, sabi ni Dino. Maybe next year Grade 3 na. :)

RUNNING SUICIDE

Ok. So I didn't run today. Hehe, I did the total opposite.

But tomorrow morning (at totoo na ito) i will try a new route. After mass we drove through it so I could estimate how long it was. According to the kilometer counter thingy in the car, it's around twice what I normally run. Haha so basically I'm committing suicide tomorrow. Normally you'd go through it gradually. But then I decided that if I can't run the whole way and my body can no longer take it, I can always sit on the sidewalk or simply just walk. :) no biggy. Hahaha! It's going to be fun I bet. :) And I have my new "french spring time" playlist in my ipod so I'm good to go.

I honestly have no idea why I want to do this. But as Jim says, "It's a test of character." Yeah, I'll see how far I can push my bodily limits. :)

Running is love. ;)

(And besides, it's a really awesome way to end the year!)

This does it.

Tito says I'm not fat, I'm "DELIGHTFULLY PLUMP". Since when did being "plump" ever be delightful? That's the last straw. I'm declaring a war on food. Starvation camp, here I come!

I'm going to run tomorrow morning. I'm going to run tomorrow morning.

Breathe in, breathe out.

On a lighter note, I finally got to watch our JPES round, along with the rest of the clan. Hahaha! (side note: I miss my long hair.) So many people texted me that they were watching. What was amusing was that they never really commented on the debate, but on the fact na magkatabi kami ni Dino. Hahaha! Kinilig naman ako.

Winner line from Ms. Macy: "isa pa naman kayo sa favorite couple ko." yun yun e! hahaha

I love this picture. It's a great friend picture.

Can't wait til Dino comes home. 'nuff said.

Chose to run early this morning because Anil tells me that running at night is bad for the heart. Huwell, as far as I know my blood pumper is important so I don't want to risk it. I guess Anil was also right when he told me you burn far more calories in the morning than you do at night. It took me forever to stop sweating... which is a good thing I guess. :) Will run again tomorrow. :)

Going to the LYC party tonight. That's definitely going to be an experience. Hahaha! Good luck to me! :D

NO RESERVATIONS

This movie reaffirmed why Catherine Zeta-Jones is my favorite actress.

Her love interest wasn't the hottest guy, but my oh my I'd like to nominate her snog with the guy for one of the sweetest on-screen kisses ever. :) And I tell you, rarely ako kinikilig sa mga kisses on screen. :)

In fairness, it was a kilig movie. Sobrang babaw ng away nila (and they made up right away), but the kilig moments were really kilig for me. :)

Haay... this movie is going on my favorites list not because it has the most amazing plot (hallurh, "raising hellen" de ja vu) but because i got kilig watching it. hahaha

as anil said, i am a cupcake.

AND I MISS DINO. :( I hope he's safe and having fun in Thailand. Greetings to the king! :D hehehe I bet if Dino does one of his mind games for the king, he'd get hired as a jester. hahaha may ganun ba sa Thailand? :)

The Great Debaters

My must watch movie for 2008. :)

Today was a NICOLE day! :D

Well, yesterday pa actually was NICOLE day.

I got my lens hood yesterday and i went out for a much needed jog... and I got a much needed conversation with Dino. Those are probably the 3 things that can keep me sane: taking photos, running and Dino. :)

So today! today was a Nicole day! Started with my usual cup of java from starbucks (planner is going to Dino's sister... we decided that last night.) Took time to sit down and read one of the millions of books i have lined up for christmas reading. :) Went home for lunch, watched Stepmom (one of my favorite movies of all time), then I went to the mall...alone. :) Got a much needed manicure (wahoo, dark red nails! how scandalous--it's a pokpok color you see), then went to the spa. I super missed the sauna! hay, sarap pawisan and walk around naked without people staring at you maliciously. la di da! Got a sea salt body scrub (feel my skin! it's really smooooooth... bwahahaha) then I got a really great massage..... haaay. :) Then I ate subway!!! Waaah, i missed subway. :) felt bad walang parmessan oregano bread and chocolate chip cookies though. :(

Haaay, what an uber great day. I think that manghuhula was right! I needed time for myself. Or... I shouldn't forget to have time for myself coz it's uber fun! But I still miss Dino. :( Got him a really cool Christmas gift which was inexpensive---tap on the back for me! hahaha, that rarely happens.

Anyway, was in a reflective mood this morning and I was thinking about the past term. This is my biggest "aha!" moment for the day: My getting low grades in law this term is probably God's way of reminding me that I have to WORK HARD for the things I really want. Feeling ko if he didn't give me those grades, I wouldn't have worked as hard for my acads next term (and to think I want to graduate with latin honors) and lalo na for elections (which I'm super lagging sa preparation). Kasi naman, everything was handed to me on a silver platter this term. From NSYL, APLYC8, JPES, Hitachi, AYLC. Well, yeah I had to work din naman for those things, pero parang toward the end of the term kasi I just got the good bits of it (i.e. getting that proudly lasallian poster, getting in AYLC and Hitachi) so feeling ko lumalaki na ulo ko. And I needed a piece of humble pie. And God had to remind me that I can't just get awards/recognition/a sense of fulfillment if I don't work first for it. Ayun lang. I'm blessed. But God sure as heck won't let me go through it easy. :) Tama rin lang, para I give value to the things I do.

So uunahan ko na yung new year's resolution post ko and i'll put something na: study hard. Acads mode and elections mode next term! Tama muna Dino. JOKE LANG! :D Of course I'll give time for him. Love ko yun e. :)

Speaking of Dino, i'm not being my usual tamporurot self coz I want it to be HIS time first. I don't want to be a sagabal girlfriend lalo na when it's a really important time for him. So yeah, I won't expect time muna from him til he gets back, but I just super kaduper miss him! :( I'm dino deprived! But I love him. So if he can't give me time right now, I'll try my hardest to understand. I know this is an important time for him. :)