at forty-five minutes past nine in the morning, i said goodbye to my holiday curse, my tooth.
supposedly, i was to meet my dentist last tuesday but she wasn't feeling well so it was rescheduled. i can only sigh. this tooth has bugged me for more than a week now, spoiling my noche buena and noche buena aftermaths.
i had really not-so-good memories about my tooth getting pulled up by dental pliers. so, this is such a remorseful state on my part. havin your tooth extracted at the age of 26 when your tolerance for pain has long dissipated.
so when i was asked to sit and then gargle and keep my mouth open as though i have to swallow whole an entire tiramisu cake [by red ribbon, of course, my current fave, oh how i wish], i diverted my attention to something more horrifying - the mere thought of the bar examinations results. it was pleasurable.
our batch has kept this yahoo group account so as to keep ourselves updated on employment problems, application booboos and more chismis. one of my classmates, julie, said that somebody she knows from the supreme court whispered that the results will be out by may. however, another classmate, bruce, wrote that some professor [won't name names, hehe] said to him that it will be on the 2nd week of april. wow.
tin, okay lang ba?
it was my dentist. i was about to answer, "hindi po, kabadong kabado na po ako" when i realized that she was referring to my tooth. the left portion of my mouth has gone really numb, after the several shots of anesthesia that my dentist injected in my gums. i wish i can have my mind injected as well - only to keep myself numb from the idea that months from now, my future will be unfolded.
finally, it was gone. leaving one vacant lot of my lower left gum. it was still painful but i opted for a one-time-big-time pee-inducing pain than endure days of miniscule torture.
goodbye tooth.
hello ice cream. loads of ice cream. haay. if only there is an ice monster store nearby.
and yeah, hello bar results. same with my tooth extraction, i can only pray that you will never haunt me ever again. once is enough.
p.s. so tooth fairy, can i now make a wish? er, can you make it two? =)
Thursday, December 29, 2005
Wednesday, December 28, 2005
thanks!
many thanks to the following people who greeted me last christmas [if youre not on the list, be very assured you'll be forgotten next year, hehe]:
rica, 09209251591, ethel, joyDiaz, brandon, deo, ara, joyceCastaneda, allanBusmente, nep, eric, bumbo, rheagregorio, ateJoLasan, janTejano, pamPulmano, jenCasimiro, graceAquino, chane, roxanne, atty.jpRefuerzo, genesis, jaja, jessica, jun, atty.moniqAlmeida, ian, rowie, joanCallos, atty.mariePahate, atty.dangMontemayor, laureen, thea, raphy, gailGeromo, tria, jackieBautista, 09213023333, albert, laiza, jenOlba, yayo, jet, ivyCalma, alisher, george, jongRodio, cha, ateEloi...
i sent an sms to the others and as expected they replied... these people took the initiative and spent a peso to greet me and wish me a happy Christmas. and it meant a lot. =D
rica, 09209251591, ethel, joyDiaz, brandon, deo, ara, joyceCastaneda, allanBusmente, nep, eric, bumbo, rheagregorio, ateJoLasan, janTejano, pamPulmano, jenCasimiro, graceAquino, chane, roxanne, atty.jpRefuerzo, genesis, jaja, jessica, jun, atty.moniqAlmeida, ian, rowie, joanCallos, atty.mariePahate, atty.dangMontemayor, laureen, thea, raphy, gailGeromo, tria, jackieBautista, 09213023333, albert, laiza, jenOlba, yayo, jet, ivyCalma, alisher, george, jongRodio, cha, ateEloi...
i sent an sms to the others and as expected they replied... these people took the initiative and spent a peso to greet me and wish me a happy Christmas. and it meant a lot. =D
merry christmas....despite an aching molar
merry christmas everyone!
better be late than never, as they always say.
in my case. this has been the rule and not just one of those darn cliches. hehehe.
minus the unpleasant sensation that this tiny fluoride-sucker cavity-hater tooth has been giving me since december 19th, my christmas was fantastic. the whole family, close relatives, the gifts, the food. let me not get so sentimental; otherwise, you might infer that this is all but a part of the many symptoms that indeed, i am getting old. =D
i hope Jesus was as happy as i am, moreso that it's His birthday. i was not able to get him the present as promised. but i hope that He will still accept late ones. =D besides, i know how happy He was that this sleep-hungry monster was able to complete the nine-day novena mass [aka misa de gallo] for His birthday. yipee! although i know, i can imagine Him scratching His head every 4am whenever He sees me snatching some sleep - during the Homily, or the prayer of the faithful, or the 1st reading. sorry po! and oh, by the way, did i mention that i was not even sitting during mass? =D
christmas is also a great time when you get to see and be with people you hardly get time to be with. last year, i remember seeing my entire december fully loaded with christmas parties, get-togethers and reunions. this year, i only had two. but these were just as special.
december 22nd. i met with carol, joyce and mayette at glorietta 4 to catch up on forgotten and never been shared chikas. i was two hours late. we were supposed to meet 12 noon and have lunch. unfortunately though, i woke up past 10 and was hurled with the SLEX heavy traffic on my way to makati. tuloy, i was penalized. =) after a few chitty chats, we went to starbucks for mayette's stickers and made more chitty chats - ranging from the kalokohan of our blockmates during 1st year, the still kalokokohan during last year's ever first block reunion, the diminishing popularity of some chief of a lion's den, school stuffs, bar worries and with the latter of course, we have to shift to talkin about our block, 1J.
ours was a really special block. first year, college of law, san beda. seemed too serious? nah. hilarious will perfectly decribe the many escapades that our nine-female-and-the-rest-is male section has undergone. from a flying bat captured in our room, to the synchronized 'happy birthday' ringtone that caused the ire of a prof at the adjacent room, the drinking bouts... the memories of those happy 'gago' moments with our block will surely outlast the provisions we have etched in our minds.
next stop.
after the long overdue meeting with my hairstylist paolo at fix salon [christmas gift for myself hehe] and my 'make-me-look-as-if-im-one-bella-flores session with the eyebrow 'threader' [hehe,if there is such a word],i met with my UP friends/orgmates, my fellow sandiganistas at the recipes, GB3. we were supposed to meet at 7pm. i came in an hour late. at least i am consistent!!! =D
there, after five long years of not seeing them [well, you can make it 'almost six' after i have been really dq-ish on my fourth year in up], blue, betong and rhea, monds and christine, and later on, mommy twinx! boy i was so happy relinquishing the tambay moments, the asaran... sobrang saya. there were lots of catchin up, especially on my part and i was so happy to be with them again. but there were not-so-goody stories as well. we went home before 12am. bitin. there's work the following day pa [ako lang ata bum, hehe] so we were left with no choice but to part ways early. twinx drove me home, which gave us more chika time. well, i am just as hopeful that this isn't the last! =D
uh-oh, have to sleep. there'll be tooth eviction in a few hours.
better be late than never, as they always say.
in my case. this has been the rule and not just one of those darn cliches. hehehe.
minus the unpleasant sensation that this tiny fluoride-sucker cavity-hater tooth has been giving me since december 19th, my christmas was fantastic. the whole family, close relatives, the gifts, the food. let me not get so sentimental; otherwise, you might infer that this is all but a part of the many symptoms that indeed, i am getting old. =D
i hope Jesus was as happy as i am, moreso that it's His birthday. i was not able to get him the present as promised. but i hope that He will still accept late ones. =D besides, i know how happy He was that this sleep-hungry monster was able to complete the nine-day novena mass [aka misa de gallo] for His birthday. yipee! although i know, i can imagine Him scratching His head every 4am whenever He sees me snatching some sleep - during the Homily, or the prayer of the faithful, or the 1st reading. sorry po! and oh, by the way, did i mention that i was not even sitting during mass? =D
christmas is also a great time when you get to see and be with people you hardly get time to be with. last year, i remember seeing my entire december fully loaded with christmas parties, get-togethers and reunions. this year, i only had two. but these were just as special.
december 22nd. i met with carol, joyce and mayette at glorietta 4 to catch up on forgotten and never been shared chikas. i was two hours late. we were supposed to meet 12 noon and have lunch. unfortunately though, i woke up past 10 and was hurled with the SLEX heavy traffic on my way to makati. tuloy, i was penalized. =) after a few chitty chats, we went to starbucks for mayette's stickers and made more chitty chats - ranging from the kalokohan of our blockmates during 1st year, the still kalokokohan during last year's ever first block reunion, the diminishing popularity of some chief of a lion's den, school stuffs, bar worries and with the latter of course, we have to shift to talkin about our block, 1J.
ours was a really special block. first year, college of law, san beda. seemed too serious? nah. hilarious will perfectly decribe the many escapades that our nine-female-and-the-rest-is male section has undergone. from a flying bat captured in our room, to the synchronized 'happy birthday' ringtone that caused the ire of a prof at the adjacent room, the drinking bouts... the memories of those happy 'gago' moments with our block will surely outlast the provisions we have etched in our minds.
next stop.
after the long overdue meeting with my hairstylist paolo at fix salon [christmas gift for myself hehe] and my 'make-me-look-as-if-im-one-bella-flores session with the eyebrow 'threader' [hehe,if there is such a word],i met with my UP friends/orgmates, my fellow sandiganistas at the recipes, GB3. we were supposed to meet at 7pm. i came in an hour late. at least i am consistent!!! =D
there, after five long years of not seeing them [well, you can make it 'almost six' after i have been really dq-ish on my fourth year in up], blue, betong and rhea, monds and christine, and later on, mommy twinx! boy i was so happy relinquishing the tambay moments, the asaran... sobrang saya. there were lots of catchin up, especially on my part and i was so happy to be with them again. but there were not-so-goody stories as well. we went home before 12am. bitin. there's work the following day pa [ako lang ata bum, hehe] so we were left with no choice but to part ways early. twinx drove me home, which gave us more chika time. well, i am just as hopeful that this isn't the last! =D
uh-oh, have to sleep. there'll be tooth eviction in a few hours.
Wednesday, December 21, 2005
hiatus
i am back.
after two months of blog-hibernating, and numerous blogables to be immortalized in an entry, i have decided that it is high time that i awaken my now snoring blog account. so many events had passed; all of which summoned entirely different emotions. inexplicable, to say the least.
hence, let me recapitulate what was i up to for the last two months by enumerating what have i learned, if any, from those experiences...
i have learned and realized that...
1. that being a mom is one huge responsibility, which cannot be messed up because it cannot hardly be redone.
i have spent weeks taking over mom's chores and i was sooo exhausted i barely had the time to watch my favorite shows on tv. i had to get up as early as 4 in the morning to prepare dad, ate and my nephew's breakfast. it's difficult to cook especially for a person like me who wasn't domestically-engined. yeah, i was raised as an "eater" and never the "cook." it was harder thinking about the menu for the day. and i realized that i would think a hundred, or even a million of times if i will ever go for motherhood.
2.that cooking is a good way of workin out those flabs.
be it fried, nilaga, tinola, sinigang, sopas, or just rice, i have learned them all! hmpf! =D however, i do not eat whatever i have cooked. i dunno, they just taste so different.
3. it is scary being a woman.
mom had a hysterectomy last october 22, a saturday, 7 in the morning, at the asian hospital. her entire uterus had to be removed so as to eradicate the possibility of cancerous cells growin [can't explain it well, ala-omar,hehe]. with GOD's help and thru the prayers of family and friends, she is now okay and had a speedy recovery. while i was in college, she had a DNC [aka 'raspa'] and she had undergone the same before her uterus were removed. her obstetrician-gynecologist explained that women must undergo tests and check-ups of their reproductive system regularly, whether married or not. good heavens naman! we, women, had to suffer for 9 long months to give birth to our husbands' mini-clones and still had to look after these longganisa-looking reproductive organs [segway, i just found out that the uterus pala are so small, parang the size of a small basin lang, but they expand talaga to the extent of carrying fetuses, amazing!]. the many strengths talaga of the women. hehe.
4. things are a lot better when i was in highschool.
since mom had to rest and i took the helm, i was the one who had to accompany and send my nephew to school every morning. the feeling was unexpected. i miss school. i miss my highschool days. the early flag ceremonies, the resounding sermon that the teachers and administrators flood our ears with, the anticipation of seeing crushes... haaay... sweet highschool. but seeing the "kids" nowadays [read:teeners], i let out a deep sigh and realize that nothing compares to what i had. sure we were soooo baduy back then and things are simpler. but the simpler things are far less complicated. kids now are trendier and more in touch with the wonders of technology but, can it outbest the thrill there is in handwritten letters and notes, unfussy fads to deal with and cheap joys?
5. in the employment kingdom, underbars and single-degree holders are just the same insects. only that, the former can apply in call center companies and not feel devastated.
i am speechless. =D i cannot pass this opportunity to make an entry for this.
two months in the outside world.
p.s. many thanks to those who sneaked in for updates --- moniq,demz and tokti.
and hi alish, welcome to my world! =D feel free to comment, no liabilities,i promise! hehe =D
after two months of blog-hibernating, and numerous blogables to be immortalized in an entry, i have decided that it is high time that i awaken my now snoring blog account. so many events had passed; all of which summoned entirely different emotions. inexplicable, to say the least.
hence, let me recapitulate what was i up to for the last two months by enumerating what have i learned, if any, from those experiences...
i have learned and realized that...
1. that being a mom is one huge responsibility, which cannot be messed up because it cannot hardly be redone.
i have spent weeks taking over mom's chores and i was sooo exhausted i barely had the time to watch my favorite shows on tv. i had to get up as early as 4 in the morning to prepare dad, ate and my nephew's breakfast. it's difficult to cook especially for a person like me who wasn't domestically-engined. yeah, i was raised as an "eater" and never the "cook." it was harder thinking about the menu for the day. and i realized that i would think a hundred, or even a million of times if i will ever go for motherhood.
2.that cooking is a good way of workin out those flabs.
be it fried, nilaga, tinola, sinigang, sopas, or just rice, i have learned them all! hmpf! =D however, i do not eat whatever i have cooked. i dunno, they just taste so different.
3. it is scary being a woman.
mom had a hysterectomy last october 22, a saturday, 7 in the morning, at the asian hospital. her entire uterus had to be removed so as to eradicate the possibility of cancerous cells growin [can't explain it well, ala-omar,hehe]. with GOD's help and thru the prayers of family and friends, she is now okay and had a speedy recovery. while i was in college, she had a DNC [aka 'raspa'] and she had undergone the same before her uterus were removed. her obstetrician-gynecologist explained that women must undergo tests and check-ups of their reproductive system regularly, whether married or not. good heavens naman! we, women, had to suffer for 9 long months to give birth to our husbands' mini-clones and still had to look after these longganisa-looking reproductive organs [segway, i just found out that the uterus pala are so small, parang the size of a small basin lang, but they expand talaga to the extent of carrying fetuses, amazing!]. the many strengths talaga of the women. hehe.
4. things are a lot better when i was in highschool.
since mom had to rest and i took the helm, i was the one who had to accompany and send my nephew to school every morning. the feeling was unexpected. i miss school. i miss my highschool days. the early flag ceremonies, the resounding sermon that the teachers and administrators flood our ears with, the anticipation of seeing crushes... haaay... sweet highschool. but seeing the "kids" nowadays [read:teeners], i let out a deep sigh and realize that nothing compares to what i had. sure we were soooo baduy back then and things are simpler. but the simpler things are far less complicated. kids now are trendier and more in touch with the wonders of technology but, can it outbest the thrill there is in handwritten letters and notes, unfussy fads to deal with and cheap joys?
5. in the employment kingdom, underbars and single-degree holders are just the same insects. only that, the former can apply in call center companies and not feel devastated.
i am speechless. =D i cannot pass this opportunity to make an entry for this.
two months in the outside world.
p.s. many thanks to those who sneaked in for updates --- moniq,demz and tokti.
and hi alish, welcome to my world! =D feel free to comment, no liabilities,i promise! hehe =D
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