My Marrying Age Is...

[x] I know how to make a pot of coffee.
[x] I keep track of dates using a calendar.
[x] I own more than one credit card.
[ ] I know how to change the oil in my dads car.
[x] I do my own laundry.
[ ] I vote every election.
[x] I can cook for myself.
[ ] I think politics are exciting.
[ ] I balance my checkbook.
[ ] My parents have better things to say than my friends.
total: 5
[ ] I show up for school/college/work every day early.
[ ] I always carry a pen in my pocket/purse
[ ] I've never gotten a detention.
[ ] I have never smoked a cigarette.
[x] I have never gotten completely trashed.
[ ] I have forgotten my own birthday at least once.
[x] I like to take walks by myself.
[x] I've watched talk shows.
[x] I know what 'credibility' means without looking it up.
[x] I drink coffee at least once a week.
total: 5
[x] I know how to do the dishes
[x] I can count to 10 in another language.
[ ] When I say I'm going to do something I do it
[x] My parents trust me. (or atleast i think so)
[x] I can mow the lawn.
[x] I can make adults laugh without being stupid.
[ ] I remember to water the plants.
[x] I study when I have to.
[x] I pay attention at school/college
[x] I remember to feed my pets.
total: 8
[x] I can spell 'experience' without looking it up
[ ] I work out on a regular basis.
[x] I clean up my own mess.
[ ] The people at Gloria Jeans know me by name.
[ ] My favorite kind of food is take out.
[x] I have gained weight since middle/high school.
[ ] The first thing I do when I wake up is get caffeine.
[ ] I can't go out of the store without getting something I don't need.
[ ] I understand political jokes the first time they are said.
[x] I can type quickly.
total: 5
[x] I have realized that the weather forecast changes every hour.
[ ] My only friends are from my place of employment.
[ ] I have been to a tupperware party
[x] I have realized that no one will take you seriously unless you are over the age of 25 and have a job.
[x] I have more bills than I can pay.
[ ] Most of my friends are older than I am.
[x] I can say no to staying out all night.
[x] I use the internet every day.
[ ] My wardrobe hasn't changed in a while.
[x] I can read a book and actually finish it.
total: 6
add up all the numbers: 28

Hmmm.. Kahit 35, ok pa rin for me.

And I thought NY was badass..

Most Dangerous Cities 2007 - AOL Money & Finance

Sunday at Sosi

1. First off, what's your name?
2. Okay, but what does your bestfriend/s call you?
- deb, debz, bebang
3. Have you ever kissed someone with braces?
- yes
4. Who is the fourth received call on your call log?
-my mother
5.If you could change your eye color what would it be?
- wouldn't change it, sana lang malinaw eyes ko.
6. What is the wallpaper on your phone?
- i don't really play with my phone. i have the wallapaper it came out with originally. phones to me are purely for calling and texting. some calculator and alarm paminsan.
7 . How many pillows on your bed?
- 2 standard size, 1 jumbo, and my little mermaid pillow.
8. Who was the last text message you sent to?
- mm.. Tere asking about her ticket to manila.
9. What color is your shirt right now?
- black
10. What was the best thing that happened to you last year?
- i got my greencard, lol.
12. Who's the fourth person on your contacts list?
- my colleague, Alona Isaman
13. When was the last time you cried from laughing so hard?
- i don't remember
14. What school did you attend in elementary?
- P.S. 11 and St. Claire
15.do you have a crush?
- yes, a gay prof in my college
16. Who was the last person that made you laugh?
- mm... this is depressing, i don't remember too, which means ang tagal na.
17 . Do you like Quiznos?
- believe it, i haven't tried it.
18. Who do you make fun of the most at school?
- Ying Xu
19 . What's the longest time you've ever talked on the phone?
- shucks nene pa ko nun, like when i was 13? but then i've never really been a phone person. You want to have a conversation with me? Come see me.
20. Do you think you've gotten more handsome/pretty since grade school?
- actually no. i think my younger years, i was better looking.
21. Have you seen your bestfriend cry?
- yes and it crushed my heart.
23. Do you dance in the car?
- yes,
24. What do you think of hunting and fishing?
- never done it
45. How do you like your steak?
- i rarely eat steak. i don't like it. but if i have to, it's mandatory that it be well done
46. Who's in your house right now?
- shiloh the pit
47. Where did you get your last bruise from?
- my friend Rica burned my wrist from a steamer.
48. Where did you last go out to eat?
- perlas, with my mom.
49. List three things that keeps you going in life.
- optimism, dave, and my beautiful future
50. Is there someone you can't stopthinking about?
- uhmm actually there's 2 zlol

Car shopping

• It's cool to know that online petitions DO work. I was one of the proud Filipinos to sign the petition demanding a recantation from ABC's Desperate Housewives.

We got it!

(I have in my lap the Oct 22 Us Weekly issue, and there's a half page article about "Teri's Filipino Faux Pas")

• My brother used to be a very modest, cordial man. Since he started making some bucks, he's forgotten the word R-ES-PECT.
  

I went car shopping with my mom and brother in Queens, Manhattan, and Westchester. Granted, car salesmen have dollar signs plastered on their eyeballs, but a person's behavior towards you should not be the basis on how you should treat them back. Too embarrassing how he acted today that I'd rather not mention what went on.
I'm not perfect myself, hence my rationale to distance myself on people who treat people like pigs.
There's definitely a fine line between classy and gaudy. It's very sad to see such an abrupt transformation from someone you knew from way back.

• CURRENT TV ADDICTIONS: Top Chef (You totally deserved to win Hyung Huynh!), What not to Wear, Gossip Girl, The Hills (Heidi, you gross me out in every way), The Goslins, Little People Big World, Marimar in YouTube, Desperate Housewives, The Cosby Show reruns, The Wonder Years in Ion channel, and can't wait for Project Runway!
  
• Dave is in Reno with Jimmy for Sandy's wedding (thanks in a big part to ThankYouNetwork for the $300 savings). I miss him loads, but see, in a way, it's refreshing to know in your heart that you can trust your man to be with his friends. And Dave deserves to relax and have fun because he's been working hard, and in this small 3-day vacation, I'm sure he'll have lots of laughs (and beers) with his buddies.
• I have been out of capris 1 day, 9 hours, 13 minutes. YEY!
  

You have smoked roughly 8,760 cigarettes!

Smoking cigarettes costs you $22.40 per week, $97.33 per month, and $1,168.00 per year.

Based on the national average of cigarettes smoked and the average seven years of life lost due to smoking, smokers lose 5 1/2 minutes of life per cigarette smoked. At this rate, your life may be shortened by as much as 268 hours per year by smoking 8 cigarettes a day.

This works out to 11.15 days lost per year.

Over the last years, you may have already shortened your life by 33.46 days!

If you continue smoking you will smoke 2,920 cigarettes over the next year, 14,600 cigarettes over the next five years, and 29,200 cigarettes over the next 10 years. Don't forget that each of these cigarettes decreases your lifespan too!

http://www.tobaccofreeu.org/calculator/index.asp

• I am in love with the Scion xB. I can't wait to graduate on March!
  

note to self: stop checking ebay, pep, shopcrazy, yahoo, msn, and friend's blogs when trying to make drug cards.
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i browsed through almost ten retail shops in five hours. mind you, this was not fun. 1400 sq ft for $5500 - in a really crappy area too. bunch of sunogs just bumming out. NO WAY will we make profit with rent like that. bastard gentrification (did i spell it right?).

you know what else i really hate? FINE PRINT. I have to pay $107 for taking out my CD 5 freaking days late. citibank is a full of sh*t.

p.s.
i'd like to thank my friend, ms. capri, for getting me through the hardest times in life.

Six Weird Things About Me

1. I don't like clubs/bars/pubs/discos
- I probably never will too.
2. I love, LOVE horribly gory movies. I’ve only gotten that way in the past year or two probably. I love when limbs get hacked off and people eat other people and blood and skin fall off people (HOSTEL & SAW ROCKS!). I don’t really know why. I guess because I get all entranced by it. Maybe that seems a little gross or messed up to some people, but I find it incredibly visually pleasing to my eyes.
3. I want all cats dead and go to hell.I hate cats passionately. I had a dream waaaaay back about cats ruling the world. The jist of it is that the a group of ghetto cats killed my entire family. Totally gruesome and scary.
4. I am the packiest pack-rat you will ever know.- I am thousands of miles away from my hometown, and when I migrated to US I brought EVERY LITTLE THING WITH ME. To this day, I still have receipts of my college tuition fee billing, a P250 weighing scale I bought in SM Appliance World, even prescription for an extraction I had five years ago. I do not like throw things away, even if they hold no signifcant memory. Maybe one day they would.I also don't like throwing away magazines and newspapers. I like scrapbooking and little odds and ends become usueful when I am fortunate to find the time to do it.
5. If you see my hair in a high ponytail, you will be freaked out that I have unevenly microshort cut hair on the nape of my neck.- Winter makes my hair soooo dry. I sort of like winter season because my hair gets a much need volume. On the dark side, my hair gets very dry to the point where anti-tangle sprays don't even work. I get very frustrated so even if there are tons of hair involved, i just cut it
6. I hate extremely dark entrees like pusit and dinuguan.
7. I usually don't answer the phone. It's partly conditioning from my executive assistant job where nothing good ever came from answering the phone, and partly from having known psychopaths & people with stalker tendencies. Lately it's due to laziness. Also, I don't always hear my cell phone because it's stuck in one of my bags or I've forgotten to take it off from silento. Keep calling, text me, or email me instead, and I'll eventually get back to you. It won't be the quickest reply, but it has better chances than you leaving voice messages.
8. I refuse to read, watch, or listen to the Iraq/terrorism/Al Qaeda news, because I have no desire to know what is going on in that side of the world. I realize that this makes me ignorant of my safety esp being in NY (anthrax mail will kill me instantly), but ignorance is bliss.
9. I have a very strange obsession with the number NINE, that's why I jaust had to go up to 9.

John Q, the Bed, and the Physician

So i'm watching John Q, movie which revolves around the insurance technicalities that i think too many people experience in life, and i couldn't help but think that in a few months, when Dave changes his career plan, we wouldn't have coverage anymore. I'm big on using our current benefits, and I think it wouldn't hurt to purchase coverage ourselves. But then again I could go home to pinas and have my checkups there which would lower my costs immensely, but what about in case of an emergency, right?

I want to marry John Q.

I decided to throw out my white bed which i bought in June for $300, mattress included. It wasn't bad since I did get to use it for a good six months, and i will continue using the mattress with my new bed frame, which i love, kaso the foot board is too big for my teeny room.

I bought a cute hamper for my nephew, Kiel.

I was telling Dave that I will bet my life that 80% of the people who live in the tri-state area, well, let's exclude Connecticut and the Hamptons, has some sort of Ikea stuff in their house. Myself, i think there are a few select pieces in Ikea na, puwede like mats and other trinkets (please wag pillows, they have the worst), but furniture wise, i wouldn''t invest on it IF I HAD MONEY (which i don't), for the following reason:

• Most of their "wood" furniture is fake wood on top of particle board, but for some reason you just ignore that when you realize that in a short amount of time (and usually for a relatively good price), you can completely furnish your house or apartment. The other wooden furniture utilize the cheapest, lightest materials.
• If you plan to move, don't count on bringing most of your Ikea stuff, they are meant to stay in one sanctuary FOREVER and if you disobey this, you will regret the time and effort spent on dismantling it and you will definitely find cracked and loose holes somewhere.
• Remember IKEA = DISPOSABLE
  

Ikea, I hate you. But I'll be back in your labyrinth (YES, ET I"M USING THE WORD) within 2 weeks to pick up another hamper, find more great deals, and eat your 50 cent hot dogs.. Damn you.

I went to a physician too, yesterday just because. She said I am physically fine, and i asked if there was an annual checkup i should do, like an EKG if you have a heart disease in your family or if you smoke, mammogram, blood tests, Pap test to check for stds or cervical cancer, booster shots against tetanus, even my cholesterol! I will undergo two of the above, rest she said is not necessary. It's my first time with this doctor, and this may be my last year with her too, because i thought her receptionist (who had hot pink hair and was on the phone 46% of the time) was a wacko and her office was too dingy.

Sidenote: Thank you hairy for putting together the bed, the chair, and the mirror. I love you.