Sunday, May 06, 2007
Postscript
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On a Sunday
Today was expensive, but overall, pretty good. Well, aside from the potentially bad news I received this morning, which I choose not to divulge before Wednesday's confirmatory tests. And no, I could not possibly be pregnant, although from the rate my bilbils are growing, I wouldn't blame people for thinking that. Hahaha! I swear, everything I eat bypasses my entire digestive system and gets stored ASAP. Tsk tsk... Need physical activity...
Oh, by the way, I finally got around to making an Excel file for our bills. I was so obsessed about the 219 pesos I thought we were being overcharged, I took out all our bills since 2004 and read through each and every one of them. Conclusion: we weren't being overcharged. And two hours of study time down the drain.
In any case, I went to mass with my roommate earlier. I just have to say, that was one of the funniest masses I've ever been to. And then off to Red Ribbon to binge. And then to indulge my school supplies addiction. I'm so proud of myself, I only spent 375 on supplies this time. Yipee!!! Anyway, after Ngangi dragged me away from the pen section to the cashier, we picked up our takeout and went back to the condo. And the War of the Roses started. The heart of the matter? We 20-something-year-olds are ill-equipped to deal with teenagers. Particularly sensitive vain ones and their issues. Oh well. Teenagers. I didn't understand them when I was a teenager, and I don't understand them now. So anyway, Chi and I decided to jump ship. I decided to retrace my roots back to my freshman year study place: Coffee Bean Eastwood. My turf. Haha! (FYI, I don't actually call it that. It's an allusion to something someone we used to live with once called Starbucks Katipunan. Hehe!)
I don't actually have any life-threatening addictions, but the things I'm addicted to are pretty expensive. Word of advice, NEVER go on a grocery, bookstore or shopping trip with me. I swear, I'm bound to drive you crazy. I'll make you smell all the different brands of soap, shampoo, conditioner and lotion. And then I'll spend two hours browsing through the rest of the grocery items and randomly throwing stuff into the shopping cart, and the next hour trying to persuade myself that I don't actually need most of the things I threw in there. Same thing goes for National Bookstore. Although there's nothing to smell there. I do try out all the pens and highlighters and browse through most of the books and assorted supplies there. Bookstores, ahh... my heaven. Never let me near one if you know I'm close to broke. I'd trade good food for a good book any time of the day.
In the middle of studying, I decided to take a break and check if the books I ordered from A Different Bookstore had arrived yet (Day and Dawn (Elie Wiesel) and Grimm's Fairy Tales (the complete compilation, translated from the original). They hadn't. So I figured I'd browse through the rest of the books there. And chanced upon a copy of the best book ever---C.S. Lewis' A Grief Observed. LOOOOOOOVE IT. (We read it for Philo class in college, but I couldn't find a copy then, so I had to photocopy it.) Half an hour later, I couldn't convince myself not to buy it, so I decided to just go ahead and get it. That's one more book to add to my C.S. Lewis stash. Yay!!! And the store manager gave me a discount card. Woohoo!!! (10% off on cash purchases, 5% for credit card purchases) He was supposed to just give me 10% off for the book I was buying, then he said he was giving me a purchase tracking card (To get a discount card, one's supposed to purchase at least 12,000 or 6,000 pesos' worth in a year), and then he handed me a discount card. What can I say, nerds connect. My charms still work. Although I wasn't really using them. Hehe!
Anyway, I was so happy I decided to get myself a Swirl card from CBTL. Cost me another 125. But it came with a free drink, so... Yay!!! It's a pretty good deal actually. I get a 5% rebate.
The best thing about today is I was actually able to get some serious studying done. Although I had to go home at 9pm before I got frostbite. And I just got an email that my Ateneo Alumni Association card's ready. So now I get a discount from Fully Booked as well (same rates as A Different Bookstore). Yipee!!! If only I didn't have to review for the bar... And if only I was rich enough to buy all the books I want... Oh well. Long and short of it is, today was a good day. I guess the rosary in my pocket worked. I should go to mass more often. If only the masses at the Gesu were held every Sunday instead of just on the first and third Sundays of the month. So many if-only's.
So there. Back to the books. I'm going upstairs to the condo in a while. I hope the cold war is over. It's really tough getting caught in the middle of sisters (one of my roommates and her 13-year-old sister) fighting. Or at least not talking.
Oh, by the way, I finally got around to making an Excel file for our bills. I was so obsessed about the 219 pesos I thought we were being overcharged, I took out all our bills since 2004 and read through each and every one of them. Conclusion: we weren't being overcharged. And two hours of study time down the drain.
In any case, I went to mass with my roommate earlier. I just have to say, that was one of the funniest masses I've ever been to. And then off to Red Ribbon to binge. And then to indulge my school supplies addiction. I'm so proud of myself, I only spent 375 on supplies this time. Yipee!!! Anyway, after Ngangi dragged me away from the pen section to the cashier, we picked up our takeout and went back to the condo. And the War of the Roses started. The heart of the matter? We 20-something-year-olds are ill-equipped to deal with teenagers. Particularly sensitive vain ones and their issues. Oh well. Teenagers. I didn't understand them when I was a teenager, and I don't understand them now. So anyway, Chi and I decided to jump ship. I decided to retrace my roots back to my freshman year study place: Coffee Bean Eastwood. My turf. Haha! (FYI, I don't actually call it that. It's an allusion to something someone we used to live with once called Starbucks Katipunan. Hehe!)
I don't actually have any life-threatening addictions, but the things I'm addicted to are pretty expensive. Word of advice, NEVER go on a grocery, bookstore or shopping trip with me. I swear, I'm bound to drive you crazy. I'll make you smell all the different brands of soap, shampoo, conditioner and lotion. And then I'll spend two hours browsing through the rest of the grocery items and randomly throwing stuff into the shopping cart, and the next hour trying to persuade myself that I don't actually need most of the things I threw in there. Same thing goes for National Bookstore. Although there's nothing to smell there. I do try out all the pens and highlighters and browse through most of the books and assorted supplies there. Bookstores, ahh... my heaven. Never let me near one if you know I'm close to broke. I'd trade good food for a good book any time of the day.
In the middle of studying, I decided to take a break and check if the books I ordered from A Different Bookstore had arrived yet (Day and Dawn (Elie Wiesel) and Grimm's Fairy Tales (the complete compilation, translated from the original). They hadn't. So I figured I'd browse through the rest of the books there. And chanced upon a copy of the best book ever---C.S. Lewis' A Grief Observed. LOOOOOOOVE IT. (We read it for Philo class in college, but I couldn't find a copy then, so I had to photocopy it.) Half an hour later, I couldn't convince myself not to buy it, so I decided to just go ahead and get it. That's one more book to add to my C.S. Lewis stash. Yay!!! And the store manager gave me a discount card. Woohoo!!! (10% off on cash purchases, 5% for credit card purchases) He was supposed to just give me 10% off for the book I was buying, then he said he was giving me a purchase tracking card (To get a discount card, one's supposed to purchase at least 12,000 or 6,000 pesos' worth in a year), and then he handed me a discount card. What can I say, nerds connect. My charms still work. Although I wasn't really using them. Hehe!
Anyway, I was so happy I decided to get myself a Swirl card from CBTL. Cost me another 125. But it came with a free drink, so... Yay!!! It's a pretty good deal actually. I get a 5% rebate.
The best thing about today is I was actually able to get some serious studying done. Although I had to go home at 9pm before I got frostbite. And I just got an email that my Ateneo Alumni Association card's ready. So now I get a discount from Fully Booked as well (same rates as A Different Bookstore). Yipee!!! If only I didn't have to review for the bar... And if only I was rich enough to buy all the books I want... Oh well. Long and short of it is, today was a good day. I guess the rosary in my pocket worked. I should go to mass more often. If only the masses at the Gesu were held every Sunday instead of just on the first and third Sundays of the month. So many if-only's.
So there. Back to the books. I'm going upstairs to the condo in a while. I hope the cold war is over. It's really tough getting caught in the middle of sisters (one of my roommates and her 13-year-old sister) fighting. Or at least not talking.
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