Webs… Spider webs on my website :)

It’s weekend finally! I couldnt be happier!!! I’ve been busy the whole week - not that migrane-inducing busyness. SO far, I still enjoy what I am doing.

So, it’s weekend already and I’ve got tons of extra hours for my nappies - the company mobile phone SHALL be put to silent mode while I’m asleep. Lotsa hours to enjoy the internet
BUT here’s a secret (something I read everywhere *such as books or internet* NEVER TO DO): I took home some work stuffsssssss.

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Some stories :)

I used to hear that money should never be an issue or a source of discussion in a relationship. Which is what I learned to do early on the relationship. We share, give and take. That was the happy part. The untold – and unspoken part was – we had to save. Together.

We reached to the point when we found ourselves in the middle of a plan – which was previously planned out by us – but we failed to see the whole picture. Neither of us heed when we saw the signs. Maybe we were both thinking that we can solve it as it come. But it didn’t.

Apart from the usual shallow-green-eyed monster fights we used to have, the last argument was the biggest deal of them all - saving together which we didn’t really give greater weight before. We knew we had to face it sooner or later, that lack of savings together wont get us anywhere near the altar.

We didn’’t fight over money or the lack of (savings) it. We had a misunderstanding because of different views and time frames. But we learned. So right now, I am on my another quest, a quest really new to me:– saving up and budgeting.

I ran a few search on the internet and I am still lost as to where to start. Here are the plans we want to do over the next few months:

1. List down all our expenses everyday to see where the money goes.
2. Transparency how much we earn and spend in a month.
3. Try to come up with a reasonable amount to save every month.
4. Know and set a realistic time frame – and we should be both honest about it. There comes a time when we find ourselves on different pages. I was too advanced while he was too careful taking life one step at a time.
5. Make number 3 and number 4 WORK at the same time.

I asked him, after what happened last Saturday (the big fight) what could be worse? I felt like nothing could be worst than that. He answered me “That’s giving up on us”

Sweet.

Moving on….

There’s just one thing I am not willing to give up - that’s my happy little corner in Starbucks every lunch break (ie, 145 for my Iced Tall Praline Mocha). I really can’t explain but I love how I get a tiny SPACE away from work in the middle of the day. I get to talk to my boyfriend and at the same time, I spare myself from ‘news’ people talk about during lunch break. I don’t like to gossip because I dont want to be gossiped about.

UPDATE: I cannot bring myself to try the new shoes in the office. I am too scared for my limbs that I might break them during one of my usual ‘busy’ day with the stairs. I have to go to different departments (on different floors).

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OKAY….

It’s Christmas already. I remember when I was a kid, Christmas season was a huge deal. There’s something about Christmas wind that I was crazy about. It means chilly nights and warm food on the table. But while I was growing up (and old) I already forgot that feeling.

I miss my Christmas vacation in Batangas with my grandparents, I used to stay with them longer during holidays and we go to church (Simbang Gabi). I miss that. That’s one thing every kid should enjoy - because when you start working you can’t just NOT show up at work because you took an early vacation.

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Oh, speaking of vacation - there’s a vacay coming up this holidays - with my family, just the four of us. But I’ll keep mum about it for now. I am excited about I don’t want to jinx it. :p

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My new toy!

My good ol’ Moleskine with my new Dymo Label Blaster!!!! Oh, toys

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Some things.

Okay now, I got my Starbucks 2008 planner already! I already have my second sticker on my second sticker card. Two more planners and I’m done with this killing-me-softly-with-tall-praline-mocha drama!!!

I was so excited when I got my planner - but I was kinda disappointed when I got to write on the pages. They should have chosen a nicer paper. Using moleskine for quite a while now, I really felt the difference. But I love love love it… I just love having one. The question is: I am so dependent now on my digital planner (aka PDA phone - XDA IIs [my dad’s] and my E61i) so I guess the planner would just be a journal for the secret stuffs.

And oh, I got me-self my very first bag from Mango. It wasn’t love at first sight - but for years now I’ve been wanting to have one.

I also got a killer high heels. I was supposed to get one from Aldo, but their shoes are very expensive so I got a pair from Janilyn instead. It’s a killer high heels - Literally. After falling hard on the stairs in the office - I commend myself for getting another 4-incher. Guts guts guts. No guts no glory.

Oh, shopping. i don’t know when I’ll be able to splurge again. I need to save up.

Lately, I’ve been really busy everyday - making time for work, family, LOVE and everything else. I miss the internet and blogging. I don’t get an internet connection at work +_+ Precious data perhaps that they’re scared people might leak… I don’t even get a wi-fi signal from nearby buildings. So every weekend I try to do everything I want to do all at the same time. BUT I am not complaining. This is the best job I’ve ever had - so far. Loving every minute that I am busy with something. I am really happy when I get a task done. AND the best thing is I have two Starbucks nearby. I might not have enough money to spend for the day, but I always make it sure I get a dose of coffee (to unwind away from the work place AND to collect the much needed stickers for the planner)

On to the more serious stuffs - we watched One More Chance. Call me jologs - but hey, I want no brainer movies. I love love stories. The story is typical, one person in the relationship felt like there was something wrong with a kinda perfect relationship and wanted to get out. Is it wrong to love yourself and think of ways to make us happy?

It’s human nature, sometimes, I also find myself in that situation. Everything works great but there’s something that’s lacking and we wanted to get out. And that’s what I don’t want to feel - when Bea finally wanted Popoy back - the latter was too broken to love her whole heartedly again. It’s a lesson in love that they had to learn the hard way. Sometimes we just needed to get hurt and move away from the scene to see things differently. We needed space but we find ourselves lost and wanted to go back to our comfort zone only to further realize that the comfort zone was gone and we had to learn to live on our own. It wasn’t a cry-me-a-river- kind of movie but it was truly great. People should watch it - and learn things the easier way.

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Tags: Love, Starbucks Planner 2008, Starbucks planner, One More Chance, Movies, Manila Life, Aldo, Janilyn, Mango Bag

Star*ucked.

OH, just an update, I am on my 22nd sticker on my Starbucks sticker card! Two more and I can get the planner already - then I have to start collecting stickers AGAIN - because I have to get one more before the 5th of December and another one before the year ends. +_+

Well, I might get a Moleskine instead… Spare 1,000+ worth of drinks and just get a Moleskine (which is quite expensive for a notebook/planner) but way cheaper than the Starbucks planner…

To be continued…

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Gawd. I am tired. Have I mentioned I am tired?! But it was fun. I’ve been busy the whole week, I didnt even get to mention that last Saturday was my birthday. I spent the day with my boyfriend and with my best friend in Tagaytay.

I learned lots stuffs this week - and I really want to write about them all when I get a chance. But now, I am just tired to write about some other sensible and fun stuffs.

Oh, and my car’s wipers are broken. Kaching. kaching. +_+ NOW that’s the reason why I have to work. Aw, gawd.

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It’s the most wonderful time of the year!!!

OMG. It’s the caffeine-overdose time of the year again!!! Starbucks now offers their NICEST (2008) Planner ever. Wooohooo. *Gulp* Goodbye Moleskine (at least for now)…

So, I still have 23 more stickers to go… Wanna have coffee? Don’t worry, it’s on me

Happy Days…

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I am not a kid anymore…

…that’s why I am trying to control my emotions - but I am on the verge of switching my “Kid Mode” button on and start throwing tantrums because I can’t wait to get this fone.

I am still thinking whether to get this E90 or the XDA Zinc - there are lots more apps avaible for the latter but feature-wise (and the issue of syncing with the Mac) I think I’d have to go with the Nokia E90. So, the next logical question is: where would I get money to get this? That is the question that makes me wanna brawl like a little child in a department store. I don’t know where I’d get the money but I want one!!!

BUT since, I am trying to grow up, I’ll handle this with utmost maturity - I wont brawl, I’ll just stare out the window and just let the tiny drops of tears run down my cheeks (think Judy Ann Santos).

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Tags: Nokia, Nokia E90, Geeky Chic, Gadgets, Zinc, O2 Zinc, XDA Zinc

Weaving the web

Before anything else here’s a happy happy note - it was my B/F’s birthday yesterday!!! ^_^ I’ve got TWO best friends (I am so thankful for that) actually, but this entry is more about the friendship with my girl best friend ^_^

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Moving on, the four-day weekend was GREAT. I had to make time to visit my best friend. Her mom died last week, as I’ve mentioned, and was buried two days later - and I didn’t get to visit her. So I made it a point to visit my best friend as soon as my schedule allowed me to. My B/F and I drove all the way to Bulacan (it’s not that far though but insofar as the GAS expenses were concerned, that still makes me sigh). I picked up my B/F from his office yesterday morning (3:45am) and we arrived at my best friends house at exactly 4:30am, could have been earlier if it weren’t for those maze-like streets of their subdivision.

We got a chance to bond again. Months ago, while she was in Dubai, I felt like we already lost the connection we once built, those laughters and all that we shared. There were those times I promised myself that I’ll forget her already - we lost communication because of work and it wasn’t clear to me if I still have a best friend. Through it all, we still somehow tried to communicate. Calls came often around September this year, she said she’ll be home by April next year. Until something happened and she told me she’s coming home soon, she arrived the next day.

While we were together yesterday, I just realized, you cannot just throw something away just like that. You cannot forget friendship you once built, just like that. The other day, I also got to watch Charlotte’s Web on DVD. It is the best movie about the value of friendship. Seldom that we meet a person who’d stick with us no matter what. We spend lotsa times together and we call them our best friends. We do things for them - not because of what they can do for us, but because we love them and we just want them to be happy. We share things to them not because we want to flaunt what we have, but because we know that that person was the sibling we never had - and siblings always share.

You have been my friend. That in itself is a tremendous thing. I wove my webs for you because I liked you. After all, what’s a life, anyway? We’re born, we live a little while, we die. A spider’s life can’t help being something of a mess, with all this trapping and eating flies. By helping you, perhaps I was trying to lift up my life a trifle. Heaven knows anyone’s life can stand a little of that.

Charlotte, “Charlotte’s Web”

A very memorable quote from Charlotte. Someday, when I have kids of my own, I’ll teach them the values I learned from this movie. I’ll always cherish the friendship I have with My Best Friend. When I told my mom about the whole day I just spent with my best friend, she said she’s envy, because she can’t call anyone as her best friend. She said she’d meet people who’d call her as their “best friend” - borrow money from her, won’t pay her back, and completely erase her from their lives. Yes, sometimes, we try to weave webs for people we call friends, only to find out that they don’t see us as their friends. Or sometimes, they’re just around for the ride. There are people who come and go, people who have no plans of being with us for good. It’s sad when people treat us bad but we should never close our doors to the chance that the person sitting next to us - would be the best friend we never thought we’d have - just like how I found mine.

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