MMMiii!

Pop told me that my room is too messy. I said my usual reply.

“It’s ORGANIZED!”

I know where most of my things are when i need them. In the event that I don’t know anymore, I do agree that it is messy. And I start tidying some stuff up.

Ever since I got my computer 2 weeks ago, my room’s been a complete mess. My clothes strewn everywhere, art materials and papers everywhere because of the Christmas Mailing List project, my dog, my pillows, bags, plastic bags, trinkets and remnants from the flood 2 months ago… Yes. Definitely, my room is a mess.

I haven’t been able to get around to buying spiral cable wrap for my PC and the other cables. I don’t need a split loom, not yet anyway. The cables aren’t on the ground and are in no danger of getting stepped on. I don’t really intend to put them on the ground since I’m afraid of flooding. All the wall outlets here in my room are about a foot and a half high from the ground anyway.

~Ah.. I need a long vacation. I need to do a major clean-up. Maybe I’ll apply for a long leave this January, or I’ll check out what available dates are left for December.

tsukareta.

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This started 3 years ago, the same year I created my channel called #roflmao on Rizon. I also sent out cards the year before, but it was only to other people who were going to send me cards too.

Back when #roflmao was still alive and flourishing, there was always activity, talking, games like Uno and Scramble… And so come Christmas season, since I was the queen in that room, to show my gratitude to my “people”, I created the Christmas Mailing List or the CML. It was just for fun, and I wasn’t asking for the others to send me cards as well. I just wanted to do it in the spirit of the season. I’m also happy doing that.

I can’t remember anymore how many cards I sent that time. I know that I paid around P500+ for all of them.

This year, I sent 32 cards in 4 postal regions: South America, Pacific, Asia, and Europe and USA. The paper I used for the envelopes were colorful and handmade. The woman at the post office even commented on it. I was kind of embarrassed because they must have looked childish when I brought them to the window to have them stamped. I made up some excuse that I met all those people from a conference and that we promised each other to send Christmas cards. It’s too difficult to explain to old people who probably don’t even know how to operate a computer that these people are all from the Internet and I haven’t even met any of them in real life.

All of the cards, not just the envelopes, were handmade as well. I just used some fancy panda printed and glittery paper. Some of them I stuck little things like stickers or foam sheets, some I painted on them.

Next year, I intend to use christmas photo cards or something. Or just post cards so that it’s cheaper. That way I could send to MORE people with not too much effort. I must admit that there was a point where I thought I bit off more than I could chew because I ended up sending cards to more than 30 people (I forgot some people. They’ll just have to be on the next batch).

But the excitement! The feeling! I don’t have any regrets sending out the cards. Maybe one day I’ll be remembered for this! hahahaha

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What if your skin is too thick? And I mean that in a literal way.

Occasionally, I put on some creams and moisturizers on my skin and sometimes I buy a new one even if I’m not yet done with the old one. I would buy soaps, creams, moisturizers, facial washes and scrubs, not really for the purpose of making me pretty, but they make my skin feel better and smoother and I like it that way.

One thing I haven’t been spending much money on is eye cream. Not that I already have wrinkles or anything, but I’ve got dark shadows under my eyes like a panda, and since my face is big, I’m thinking that if I lose some fat from my face, I’ll start having wrinkles. I think I’ve got the best eye wrinkle cream already, which is from Mary Kay, but I haven’t been able to use it much yet. I keep forgetting since I don’t have the said wrinkles yet.

Should I start putting it on more regularly for precaution? So that I won’t have the wrinkles there in the future?

*sigh*. I’m not even one to look at my face much.

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I gave Taba a bath recently in the bathroom, and we could hardly fit. Wouldn’t be nice to just have walk in tubs and be able to move freely? I also want to take long hot steaming soaks in a tub.

I know my main reason for wanting a tub isn’t normal. It will just clog up with Taba’s hair, although I do have a drain strainer thing so it’s easy to clean up

Speaking of his recent bath, I think the new shampoo I got for him is attracting fleas. He didn’t have any fleas when he was so filthy, then after I gave him a bath with that new shampoo, he started having a lot crawling all over him. :(

And to think it was the vet who suggested it. (>_<)/

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Have you ever noticed the cashiers in SM Malls? I think they’ve upgraded their POS systems and before they had to have a different reader for each credit card service. Now they’ve got just one for everything. And they’ve got routers everywhere as well, so that these things are wireless. I guess that’s why they started offering free wireless as well. I mean, since they’ve got it all over the mall, why not just let the shoppers use it as well?

It’s pretty convenient and it’s a win-win for both the mall and the shoppers.

Speaking of malls… I need to go to the mall in a little bit to buy food.~

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It makes me happy. It makes me feel good. It makes me feel like I’m in heaven. I used to take these drugs often. Everyday. A couple of times a day. Until I told myself, “STOP!”

So I stopped. For a day. Then I went back.

I thought to myself, “Hell, at this rate, I’ll need to be in drug rehab.”

I tried to stop. I stopped for a couple of days. I stopped thinking about it until I start feeling the symptoms of needing it. And I said, “This substance abuse has REALLY got to stop!”

So I piled stuff on the box where I keep my noodles. I tried to eat other stuff, like lettuce. I needed to start eating healthy.

Since I wasn’t seeing my noodle stash, I seldom think of it, or seldom remember it. I’ve always got healthy food in my fridge now.

I haven’t completely given up on my noodles. I still eat a pack maybe once or twice every two weeks, but it’s not as often as before.

My next agenda is the GYM!

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Hell no! I’m not an island girl! I’m a big island girl. I live on a biiiig island. Sure, it’s in the tropics, but the weather isn’t all that great for me anyway.

It’s either hot or sticky, or weirdly cold. Thank goodness we don’t have snow here, but still!

I like bathing in hot water, almost scalding, and I like being in a really cold room wearing warm clothes or hiding under a blanket. I really want to have a heated blanket… those electric blankets are cool, I think. You can adjust the temperature and stuff.

The feeling when it’s cold outside the blanket and you’re warm inside makes me feel really fuzzy and comfortable, but I don’t like the cold. I don’t like the heat either. What the heck do I really want?

okay, enough rambling.

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Our team is going global! Meaning, we’ll be THE support group of the other call center sites for our account. Even agents onshore will be calling us for help. It’s kind of amazing and overwhelming, and scary. Probably 10% of our calls are escalations because the customer wants to speak with an onshore representative, and maybe about 10% of that 10%, the customer either agrees to troubleshoot with us or they think they’re already speaking with an onshore representative.

We had this meeting in the room where our former team leader announced that he was leaving us to move to another account and that he’ll be treating us pizza. We couldn’t expect much from him though since he just bought a new car. As we were meeting about the future plans for our team, I was thinking about my own money matters. Since our team will also have delegations from one other site, I was thinking about moving to that other site that’s really a LOT closer to where I live. But the status of the team members there will be different from ours so they said for now it’s not likely.

Right now, for our site, we’ve got free parking. But I don’t have a car. I think I want a truck, though, and buy some truck accessories. I joked about getting a scooter or a bike and just use that for my 40-minute travel back and forth. Pop said he’ll just break my legs if I did that.

Iks said I should just get a car, and he’ll teach me how to drive. >_< I don’t think I can learn how to drive. *sigh*

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I was miraculously at the kitchen today washing my noodle bowl and I noticed our 3-step water filter system. It’s kind of like rusty and it’s not white anymore. I think our water filters need to be replaced already … but of course, no one in this household cares at all.

Well… everyone who knows me I don’t mind eating expired food as long as they’re not moldy and it still tastes right to my taste buds. It’s not exactly the same with water for me though. I want to know where it’s coming from, and that it’s clear, and that there are no floating little things. I don’t want to drink amoeba juice. I wouldn’t drink water from a public toilet tap, that’s for sure.

Hmm… this over 1 year expired asian salad dressing is still good!

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On my way home today, the bus I was on made an offense and contested it with the MMDA so they were taking forever to be on their way. While waiting for like 20 minutes while they try to talk it out, my phone rang and saw an unfamiliar number. I rejected it the first and second time, since I was in EDSA and it was pointless to answer the phone. The third time, I picked it up. I could hardly understand what the other person was saying so I just said to call me back after 30 minutes.

I got the callback after an hour. It was a Fin Morales from Philippine Prudential Life telling me that I got picked to be qualified in a raffle to win a Honda Civic(?). In order to completely qualify, I needed to go to SM Megamall and participate in a contest. Just by going there, I’ve already got a (1) guaranteed premium item. I’ll also be immediately eligible for a (2) raffle coupon for US$10,000. Aside from that, if I win the game, I could (3) win a Honda City(?) right then and there. I said that I’m far and it will take me about 3 hours to get to SM Megamall, but they said that they’ll give me a time to commit, and if I can be there within that time frame, I also instantly get an (4) additional gift. All I needed was to be there and bring an ID and a bank identification, either a credit card or a checking account. I said I had a credit card.

I asked if I can just do it tomorrow since I work at 2am and I had just arrived from work (that was almost 2pm already). They said it was a once-in-a-lifetime chance and I could win, but the slots for eligibility were limited. I said I didn’t want it. I had work and no way am I going to jeopardize my health for something that isn’t a sure thing. She said I could have someone represent me instead like my mom. I just have to have her bring my ID and credit card.

Well, I thought, I could just go and check it out and go straight to work afterwards. I never really said okay. I asked for the details, like where to go. I mean, sure, why not, if I’m going to win, I could go eat Cuban food and sit by the beach in any hotel miami could offer with $10,000. Here are my notes of that call (because she said I needed to write it down)

I told Yu that I was going to go and check it out, but he was afraid it was a scam so he told me to bring someone with me. I called Iks and he said it was a scam. They’ll make you buy insurance. I didn’t want that. He said that maybe I could check it out anyways because I’m not getting any younger and I should really think of getting insurance. But he can’t accompany me.

Well… Okay. I figured I’d search it first on Google and I found Arpee’s article on the Philippine Prudential Life scam.

*Sigh*

It was too good to be true. Good thing I thought of checking it out first.

I think people are easily scammed because of the need for money or freebies. It’s such a sad world.

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