MMMiii!

At work, the newest gimmick is for every 100% customer satisfaction survey score (CSat), the agent can have a go at the pachinko board. The grand price would be this robotic arm thingie light with the company logo on it. I wanted to win it but they were only counting the CSats from August 15 until present and most of my perfect CSats were prior to August 15 >_<

I'm such a sucker for promotional items… I really really wanted the trinket because it had the company logo. A couple of days ago, I bought 2 tubes of Mentos for the cellphone dangle which I didn’t really need because my cellphone already has a really nice dangle.

I’m tempted to buy the Dove package because of the notebook which is just blank anyway. I want to get the Jollibee 30th Anniversary mug. I’m so annoyed that I wasn’t able to get any of the McDonald’s Olympic glasses thingies.

I’m the type of person who, if something comes free on something and I like that freebie, even if I have no real use for the product that has the freebie, there’s a 70% chance that I’ll be getting that product…for the freebie.

*sigh*

I’m controlling though. I’m really controlling!!! I’m controlling myself…. control… control… control….

*goes to Jollibee later*

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I will admit. Whenever there’s a new product that interests me on the shelves, my tendency is to go and get them. I’ve probably tried all kinds of local shampoos, conditioners and soaps. I’ve tried almost all facial washes (that I can afford) and lotions and hair stuff. I’ve tasted all of Century and Blue Bay and 555 Tuna flavors. I’ve tried all flavors of Lipton and C2 iced tea. I’ve tasted all the instant noodles that I could get my hands on. I’ve also probably tried all the sanitary pads and pantiliners that are usually on the shelves.

And what’s funny? For the non-edible stuff, I end up not really using them, or they just become a part of my collection. I guess I’m easily entertained and convinced by ads (but now I don’t really watch TV or read newspapers, I get blinded by packaging).

Recently, I just bought the Clean and Clear Active Clear Pimple Clearning Speed Gel. I’ve already tried all the Clean and Clear products. This one was just a little too expensive… but my officemate uses this other brand and it doesn’t seem to work. I know C&C works well on me so today I finally got one. I do have an acne treatment cream that Eelai gave me once, and wonder of wonders, I know where it is. It’s just that I’ve only used it once. And I’m not really sure if I’ll be using it again.

You’d think that with all the creams and lotions and stuff I’ve been buying for my face would ruin my skin. But no. Fact is I hardly use them. It’s wasteful on my part. That’s why recently, I’ve been sharing extras.

But I’m proud to say that I’ve really been controlling myself with those stuff. Like really really, to the point that I run out of shampoo and conditioner now (I used to have at least 2 bottles in stock). I don’t buy tuna anymore. Of course, there are still some things that I would prefer not to run out of, like noodles. For shampoo, there’s always Taba’s shampoo for backup (it’s human shampoo that I use on my dog).

Now, I have to be practical if I really want to go to Hong Kong and meet Mumu this year or Japan next year or around the world in the years to come \o/

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I want funny t shirts T_T. T-Shirt Hell has these crazy sales that I want to avail of, but shipping is soooo expensive and I don’t want to spend that much (almost 20 usd) just for shipping alone. I could buy funny T-shirts from a local store..

*sigh*

I like cute stuff… but I can’t always afford cute stuff. I need to really start saving already. I need to have a lot of money in cases of emergencies like what happened to Taba.

but… But…..

I still want funny t-shirts.

I’ll check them out next week at SM. I really want to get one. I used to have two. One said “Don’t Know. Don’t Care” and it had a picture of a yellow smiley with an ugly frown. The other one said “Don’t Bug Me!”

I don’t know where those are already =/ *sigh* I wish someone would give me funny t-shirts (that fit).

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When I re-arranged my room, I found out that I had a lot of girly pampering stuff. I had a lot of facial washes, lotions, moisturizers, acne clearer, shampoos, hair conditioners, powders, and so on. Some even had doubles of the same brand and kind. They come in large, small, and packet sizes. I realized how bad that habit of mine is–buying stuff that I think I need and end up not using them.

These products are just the things that I have accumulated in less than a year for most of them. Some I’ve had for 2 or more years and I’ve barely touched.

I’m crazy and stupid and wasteful, I know.

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Last Tuesday, I was so frustrated with my last call and the new announcement that I was crying at work. Two weeks ago, our new schedule was announced and that the change of schedule would be from Saturday to Sunday, so from closing shift to opening shift, we’d kind of have a day off. So, I announced this to my Amigaz and since this would be a good time to go out with them because it’s Lori’s birthday the next day. But that day, they announced that it was going to be Sunday to Monday instead… I’ll talk about my call in another post… but in any case, I was so frustrated that I was crying.

On the way home, I sent a message to my Team Leader and whined about it.

When I got home, I got a message from my teammate Melvin with a message from TL asking me to call him. At first, I was stubborn and didn’t want to call him because I already told my Amigas the bad news… but I called him anyway.

He asked me what was I whining about and I whined some more. Then he asked me, “Don’t you understand why?”

“I don’t understand it that’s why I’m whining!”

He explained and explained, but I still don’t understand. I still think it’s unfair. But he suddenly told me that someone canceled a leave that was already filed and approved… and he said if I wanted, he’ll file it for me! W00T!?

Sooo.. I was able to go out with the girls.

We ate at Cyma (Read Sarah’s review] and interestingly, with my camera phone, I only took pics of the food. And Lori asked me to do the honor of the prayer before meal for her … she called it my once-a-year prayer (which is true =X)

After that, we had too much time to kill before we could go watch The Dark Knight. We went to the restroom and the girls prettified themselves while I only washed my face with paper soap (coz I came straight from work and I look haggard already). I’m glad though that even with my ungodly work hours, I don’t get a lot of pimples so I don’t really need major treatments for acne and I don’t need a lot of makeup because I’ve got a natural blush (I’m vain) and I also don’t need to use a comb to get my hair to behave because I can just run my fingers through it and it behaves (and I always tie it up anyway).

Enough of my oversized vanity.

We went to Starbucks to kill time. I got Lori White Mocha Frappe and a brownie (Forgot what it’s called) and I drank Whole Milk (It’s free!)

We went by Burger King because we’re supposed to get a free meal there, but we kind of decided to just drop by after the movie. Because I asked them what do we have to do, and the girl said we’re going to be given a free meal each and then we need to eat it there, and we need to observe their service, the food, the place, and answer a survey afterwards.

Going to the theater, we passed by AstroVision and Lo and Behold, the earphones that I’ve been drooling over for more than a year and been searching for months was in stock. Without really looking at the price, I said I wanted it. I only really looked at the price when I was getting money from my wallet and realized that I didn’t have enough cash (hahaha)! Good thing they accept EPS so I just paid with my ATM card. It’s a Philips in-ear ear-hook earphone thingie. Having the best of both worlds! (And yes, it sounds great, and No, I won’t leave it lying around anymore for my dog to eat).

And off to the movies! I realized that I don’t know how to do math anymore because I was insisting that 180*4 = 640 and that we got overcharged. Until I actually brought out my phone and did that math -_-;

The Dark Knight movie was … disappointing. Maybe because of what happened that night… I’ll just link that post here. But nonetheless, I came home happy! It’s so nice to be with friends after a long long time!

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July 15, 2008

3:00pm

We went to the East-West Bank(?) ATM at the lobby of PBCom Tower, Ayala Ave, Makati City to check if we got our salary already. And we did (although I’ll have to question mine coz it doesn’t seem right). Jennie and I withdrew P1000 each. Melvin and Jes just checked how much they got.

3:10 pm

The four of us ate at McDonald’s because we were starving (our shift ends at 12pm). After which, we traveled to my place.

5:00pm

We arrived at my place. Did some preliminary planning and some work and went to Anson to check out some toys to butcher for our car lantern and to Hi-Top to see if they still had that instant Lemon Cheesecake that I brought to work.

6:00pm

We went to Anson, Hi-Top and National Bookstore. We ended up buying a toy Humvee coz we suddenly realized that we were already too lazy to create one from scratch. We wondered why we had to do all these things when we were just mere tier 1 agents…

8:00pm

We waited for a bus so that Jes could go home to her Cavite.

8:30pm

We came back home, ate buffalo wings dinner, and did some work on the Car lantern.

12:30am

We went to the office and waited for the Sodexhos we earned from last month.

2:30am

We got our Sodexhos and RJ wanted to eat out first.

2:35am

Jennie tried withdrawing again from the ATM. It kept giving her an error telling her that she didn’t have sufficient balance to withdraw. She had P0.00 balance, according to the ATM. We went to the other ATM, PBCom, and checked the balance. It still said P0.00

2:40am

We went to 7-11 to check the BDO ATM there. Jennie’s account is still showing as P0.00. Melvin tried withdrawing money, he got P1000 and his balance is correct. I tried withdrawing too since we’re going to eat out. It said I had P0.00 too.

dun dun dun DUNNNN!

All my monies were gone, down to the last centavo.

3:00am

We went to Chili Pepper (I think that’s the name of the place) and ordered some food after some coaxing by Melvin and RJ despite me and Jennie being depressed about our P0.00. We tried calling BDO’s customer service but all of their representatives are currently assisting other customers for 10+ minutes. Yu refused to check my online bank for me because of risk of fraud investigation (as if it exists here).

4:45am

Unable to stand it anymore, we went back to the office to use the lab PCs. Mine was really showing P0.00 but the transaction history won’t load at all. We informed our Operations Manager and she said she’ll look into it and file a report since our Team Leader or immediate supervisor wasn’t around (it’s our rest day for crying out loud).

5:00am

We just went home.

6:00am

I arrived home, checked online and my money was back. I checked mail and fixed up some cereal and later on passed out in bed (I don’t know the time. I think it was 7ish). I was awake for a total of 30+ hours.

10:00am

I woke up, sent a message to my mother asking where she is and if I could order my bunk bed already, but passed out again before I got a reply.

4:40pm

It was too late to go out to order my bed (read: I’m too lazy to go out already) and my mother was home already. I told her about the disappearing monies and Pop said BDO has been having problems with that even before.

SHOULD I BE GLAD That I’m not alone?

It was a scary feeling. I was about to cry when I told OM that our money disappeared. Jennie has had bad experience with banks stealing money from her so she was really worried. Knowing how the country’s system works, I was afraid I wouldn’t get it back either. I didn’t think it would be a bank problem since Melvin was able to withdraw money between me and Jennie getting P0.00

*sigh*

but it’s all good now. I’m going to withdraw it all tomorrow first thing and deposit it to my trusty BPI account. Maybe one day I’ll be able to save enough and do some travel. I saw some good deals for Outer Banks rentals in North Carolina. I wonder if these kinds of deals will still exist 20 years from now…

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I ordered laptop RAM from my boss. It’s a little pricey and it’s not exactly genuine Mac memory. It’s more expensive than what I can get from PCX but the warranty will be for 2 years, as compared to 1 year from PCX. Last time I checked the PCX price for the Kingston 1GB laptop RAM was P1180 and from my boss, it’s P1450. That’s a lot of difference, I know. P270*2 = P540. I could eat out twice or thrice depending where for that amount already. But then, if I buy from the mac store itself (I can’t remember what they call their shop), it’s three times my boss’s price, so never mind.

I also ordered a Power Supply Unit from him. Generic Twin Fan at 350W. I bought a Dynamo PSU from PCX less than a year ago as well. About 7 or 8 months ago. PCX warranty for the PSU was only 6 months. I can’t remember the price anymore, but the Dollar exchange was a lot higher that time so it was pricier as well. Since it’s out of warranty and it’s broken, I can’t have it replaced anymore. The warranty will be 1 year for my boss’ source so…

About the memory, should I be sacrificing a cheaper price for a longer warranty?

About the PSU, should I sacrifice quality over price and dire need?

I DO want to get my Computer back up and running as soon as possible but the better brands are not available from my boss’ source. I’m eyeing the Enermax which is very expensive and I do NOT want that to have just half a year of warranty.

Yes, I keep talking about warranty. I’m really considering that a lot now ever since my PSU died on me in just over 6 months.

Warranty really sucks big time here and quality is just something that can’t be guaranteed anymore. I just want to be sure that the amount of time of the warranty is at least a little more than the time it will or might fail on me.

Lifetime warranty doesn’t seem to exist or is pointless in this country. My boss originally got me Transcend RAM and it says there it’s Lifetime warranty, and to check the warranty card for its terms, but the vendor has already removed the warranty card. So it’s really stupid.

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I have a friend at work. She lived in the UK for about 5 years and just came back a little over half a year ago and she’s really funny sometimes.

A couple of weeks ago, she was arguing with another workmate and their topic of argument? Shower.

Here in the Philippines, a Shower doesn’t necessarily mean, in Jesma’s words “You know, like rain?” More often, it would mean a half-bath. Usually, it’s skipping the shampooing part.

And then a bath doesn’t mean a soak in a tub. It means soaping and shampooing–That’s Philippine English for you!

Anyway, I have another friend, Yu, who used to correct me all the time whenever I said shower because our bathroom didn’t have a working shower. Or so I thought. I just was scared to try because I had visions of it spewing rust all over my face. Since in the Philippines, baths are mainly done by using a dipper (Tabo) and a big pail (balde), he tells me that I shouldn’t use the term “shower” instead use pail-and-dipper… or something like that.

Anyway, I found out that the shower doesn’t spew rust, although it spews water EVERYWHERE. It needs to be replaced. I’m planning to buy a showerhead so I can really use the shower properly. I’m not sure how much that will cost as well.

The bathroom is also small and will need some decent bathroom lighting, however it’s a really small bathroom and a round fluorescent light should be good enough, I think. Our bathroom isn’t really glamorous. In fact, the sink has a leak so we don’t use the sink at all. XD

Anyways… I’ll check out showerheads once I get my computer out from it’s coma.

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Corvettes are Sexy. Don’t you agree?

But Corvettes will never have a place in this country. Well… maybe in showrooms, or really mad rich filthy filthy rich car collectors. I want a corvette though. Although I’m not sure if I’ll ever be able to afford one with my meager salary, but dreaming is free, right?

I’ll probably be dressing up my corvette or keep customizing it. I’ll be adding stuff like fancy stylish wheels or housing for the headlights. I’ll decorate it with stuff like wings maybe, like Ayu’s backpack… somehow.

Inside, I’ll make sure it’s got nice floormats with matching seatcovers and matching steering wheel cover and … well… and an uber cool dashboard–matching as well. I’ll probably end up having a set and I’ll go broke just prettifying my car.

To top it all that, I don’t drive at all.

I’ll have to live in the States for it to have meaning (or reality) and since http://www.corvetteguys.com ships out their parts for free this July, I’ll probably buy from that site.

Well, to sum it all up, my pet corvette will be like my baby Taba who is high maintenance because I buy all sorts of stuff for it without it giving me anything in return. Except maybe an empty pocket and a headache.

P.S. He (Taba) chewed on the other ear of my Sennheiser earphones (that he mangled a couple of days ago).

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I dote on my doggie, Taba. I buy him stuff that sometimes is really a waste of money, but I just wanted to buy them for him. He has 3 collars. Or maybe 4… or 5? I can’t really remember. Of course, these are just cheap collars. He’s not a really huge dog so they’re not too expensive. Does he wear collars? No, not really. He doesn’t like it. Sometimes I make him wear them though. Right now, he has a piece of a pant-leg on his neck. … Choker?

I buy him chew-toys. Like milk bones, or that croissant chew thingie. He really loved that croissant thingie, but when it flooded here, it was one of the few things that I forgot to save coz he had it in his apartment. It’s usually just in my room but he must have ran away with it and I forgot about it. So I bought him a milk bone. Same material as the croissant thingie, but in a shape of a bone. And he hasn’t touched it at all. It’s just gathering dust. =_=

I got him milk sticks instead. Those, he kind of likes, but they get eaten up too fast. What Taba really likes are cables. And dangling stuff. And my monkey fridge magnet. And pillowcase zippers. And my shoe laces. And my pop’s shoes and slippers. And chicken bones. And pork bones. And beef bones. And the bathroom door. And his leash. And my expensive Sennheiser CX300 earphones.

I also bought him doggie treats, but he doesn’t like it. Mama says I waste too much money on Taba. I’d rather just buy him chiffon cake or sponge cake. He likes those better. Rather than expensive doggie stuff.

My brother thinks otherwise. Orc thinks I should just buy baby gifts for his baby. But the baby isn’t even here, why should I buy him gifts? And sadly, I don’t really feel any attachment for his baby, even if he is my first first-degree nephew (or is he really? XD).

I’d rather be spending and wasting my money on people and things I love (and my dog).

orz… I can’t even sit still or sleep properly if I know he’s not in my room. =_=;;

I LUB TABA~

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