half asleep!

i will never prepare my lunch half asleep. i decided that i needed some hot sauce in my lunch meal this morning. too bad that the only existent hotsauce in my house is one that has been dubbed: dave's insanity sauce. the plan was to dab a tiny bit onto a spoon and mix it in but in my half asleep state managed to hold the bottle over the food and spill a rather large amount of hot sauce.

now for someone who loves hot sauce this might be a good thing. for someone (like me) who doesn't handle hotsauce well, it's not. trust me it's not.

i got chased by a dog... i hate dogs.

to counter the i-don't-watch-the-superbowl-and-tbs-is-running-a-chick-flick-marathon blues yesterday, i went for a run. the plan was to make it to the video store to rent a few dvd's and spend the afternoon vegging.

so i run to the video store, rent something and start my run back home. now the run back home is far more challenging because it's uphill and it's fairly steep. i have the physique of jared before the subway commercials; i take a lot of breaks. while i was leaning on a light post, resting, a stray dog was walking around. it barked at me and i, of course, get scared silly. i managed to drop the dvd, scream and run in the opposite direction with the gracefulness of a mackerel that had just been run over by a monster truck. it chased after me, through the street, up the steep hill, into my house. it's funny how adrenalin works, i was able to out run it.

i managed to make it home safe and sound. i hate dogs.

its been raining nonstop.

this year has been really weird in terms of weather. january is almost over and its still quite warm. in the mountain, it hardly snows. maybe el nino took a page out of p. diddy's book and made a part 2 remix of some song only worse? right now, it's supposed to be snowing but it's not cold enough so it's pouring rain.

don't you wish you could have a book load of movies to watch, pajamas, wireless laptop and a warm heated blanket at home? instead, you get a wet jeans and a thin jacket, a sore throat, stiff neck at work.

lately, its been a juggling act.

between work, school, more work, housework, blogging and friends. it's been a real balancing act. last night i realzied that i've been satisfied where my life is going. my aunt from the philippines called me. she said something about reading my website and wondering, "when does this boy sleep?" it was nice to hear her say: this boy. she always had a way of making me homesick and happy at the same time.

so who wants to see vin diesel break dance (and for those who can't see the video... look screen shots)?

thats the problem with having girls obsessed with you too much. the more insecure guys find a way to make you look like a totally dork. like, err... me?

man, mcdonalds is soo evil!

i caved in. i was hungry and sore. the only quick solution was the evil golden arches. i opted for the "healthy" alternative, the number 8: blt bagel meal with orange juice instead of coffee, since i read something about healthy living prior to going. who knew that a blt bagel comes with 3 cup fulls of mayonnaise and that greasy hashbrown.

so much for healthy living.

all i gotta say is...

thank god for snowboarding helmets.

yes people, wear your helmets. it only takes one good hit on the noggin to make it worth it. all i can say is: mine is definitely worth it.

my neck, my back...

oooowwww! man, my whole body is hurting. actually my knees are bruised till next snowboarding season. it was fun last night, everyone was there. a lot of friends + falling down the mountain = fun. really it is! although at some point it just hurt to watch people falling on their tailbone, their face and falling down 150 75 feet down the mountain.

most memorable moment of the night? it's all about the ming waaaaaaah!

ps: i still hate chairlifts!

depressing...

you know, i tend to get depressed when i do my accounting. it's not because i'm in great debt because i'm not. it's not because i don't have money to pay off my monthly expenses because i can. it's not because i don't have any savings because i try to always put some money away. it's nothing financial.

i get depressed because i do all my accounting online. i haven't seen a teller since i was 16 years old. to me, tellers are scary mythical creatures that parents tell their children to force them to go to bed. i never see any money because my paycheque gets delivered straight into my bank account. once it comes in on a bi-weekly basis, the bank has some "memorized transactions" to pay the mortgage, save and pay off my other monthly bills. my account balance gets reduced without even touching my bank card. welcome to the real world.

discovery...

did you know that if you microwave day-old krispy kreme doughnuts they're almost as good to getting them fresh? a discovery that will change the way i buy krispy kremes. "hi, can i get 50 dozen krispy kremes? yea. you heard me: 50 boxes of krispy kreme doughnuts."

oh you think i wouldn't do it?

so what do you do when you figure out that krispy kreme is only an hour away from canada?

yes folks, you drive there because an hour away doesn't sound too bad. that is until you calculate that it takes a good hour to get to the border from your house and that one short hour to doughnut goodness is only a one way trip. which then makes the grand total for the trip 6 hours. good lord?! is it really worth the effort and humiliation? yes. yes! oh god yes.

but whats this humiliation you ask?

border crossing lady: how long were you in the states for?
me: just this afternoon ma'am
bcl: how much do you...good lord, how many boxes of doughnuts do you have?!
me: uumm ...
bcl: anything to declare besides those?
me: uummm 20 dollars of clothes, and 40 dollars worth of doughnuts...
bcl: good lord... *shakes head*

i actually switched it around. it was supposed to be 40 dollars worth of clothes and 20 dollars worth of krispy kreme but i get hella nervous at the border crossing and i usually forget all communication skills.

today...i applied to starbucks.

i want to be a barista secretly in another life. i'm not sure if anyone of you guys have applied to starbucks and had to fill out their application for employment questionnaire. the questions are completely crazy, for example, what do you like about coffee? i mean i suppose they only want to employ people who display some sort of passion for coffee. a coffee connoisseur of sorts i guess.

i don't think i should tell them that i had instant nescafe with nestle hazelnut lactose-free cream this morning huh?

my mom...

earlier this week, my mom underwent surgery. it was scheduled and expected so we had time to prepare for it. what we didn't have time to prepare for was the lack of organization that we faced with the hospital staff. i'm sure they could use some sort of patient and family tagging in there somewhere. aside from the confused chinese nurse that kept my dad and i waiting for 2 hours in the waiting room when my mom was already transferred into her room and the slight confusion with her "private" room being shared by 3 other elderly ladies hacking up green and gray phlegm, the whole experience was generally good.

she's ok now. last night when i visited, she was walking around the floor with my dad's help.

back to normal...somewhat.

it seems that life has gone back to the regular grind. everything seems to be back to normal. everything is in it's place, kinda. i've already managed to set a new record of breaking a new years resolution of eating well (approx 2 hours after the countdown, i binged on filipino food). i'm back at work and everything here is normal, it seems. i'm well on my way on my yearly goals list and thats always a good thing.

life has been really good to me and i'm planning on counting my blessings more this time around.

ps: i am working on a redesign. really, i do have some design skills.