Tag! Not it!

I was tagged on Facebook. I was to write 25 random facts about me. Now, I'm not going to go around tagging everyone, but I would like to share what I wrote. It just gives everyone another opportunity to get to know a little bit more about me.

1. I hate horror movies.. but LOVE watching shows about supernatural and paranormal stuff..

2. I watched nothing but Filipino stuff and Tagalog stuff for about a year and a half.. until my mom made me stop cuz she said I was developing an accent..

3. I am freakishly afraid of bugs.. even when they are encased in glass.. and dead..

4. I would love to have a kid some day.. but I am deathly afraid of the weight gain and stretch marks..

5. I was born in Rhode Island. I only moved to California when I was two years old.

6. I would rather email, text, or chat online with a person than talk on the phone.

7. My current boyfriend is my first Filipino boyfriend. I had attempted to date another Filipino in college but that was just a very wierd situation.

8. I didn't sing for many, many years because I was always very self-conscious about my singing voice. I still cringe at the thought of hearing myself sing, and I always look for approval. I am terrified of being off-key.

9. I did background work for the television show, Boston Public. I had recorded every episode I appeared it, then my dad taped them over with whatever show he wanted to record.

10. I have a weakness for purses, shoes and other accessories. The more expensive they are, the better.

11. If I find a quote I like in a movie or a TV show, I will use it until everyone gets sick of it. Sorry!

12. When I was younger, I told my parents that when I grew up I wanted to be a waitress at McDonalds. True story.

13. My boyfriend thinks I cry too easily. I just tell him I'm not a robot devoid of feelings.. like him. That usually shuts him up.

14. I know every line to the Sound Of Music and can recite it along with the movie. This was because I spent a few summers watching that movie everyday growing up.

15. I want to run my own business and be my own boss, but I'm not quite sure what I want my business to be.

16. I like doing crafty things, like crocheting and cross-stitching. However, I can't knit to save my life. I have been known to throw my knitting needles across the room out of frustration.

17. If I could, I could eat any kind of Asian soup everyday.

18. I used to make Christmas goodie platters for friends and family during the holidays. One year, some people paid me to make some for their friends and family. I wish I had more time to do that again.

19. I have a weakness for French Fries.. especially the fat and soggy kind.

20. If I could, I would pay people do things for me.. but I don't have that kind of money.

21. I barely saw a picture of my paternal grandmother last year when I went to Guam to visit my dying Grandfather. My little brother is the spitting image of her.

22. I'm allergic to wine.

23. I can sing on a stage for any show, but singing the meditation song, or doing the responsorial psalm at Mass makes me nervous to the point that I want to throw up!

24. I recently forgot how to tie shoe laces until someone had to show me again.

25. I will fall in love with any guy that will bake me chocolate chip cookies.. someone should tell Joe..

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Scattered thoughts..

There isn't much to say at the moment.. I need to vent some feelings out and I really don't know where to start.. I tried about eight times to start this entry.. and everytime.. I deleted it because it just didn't sound right..

I'm not insecure.. I'm not depressed.. I just have things on my mind that need to get out.. I'm confused.. maybe worried.. a little scared.. I just know I'm not the me I was this weekend..

I'm just out of sorts again..

I was settled last week.. this week.. I'm not so sure..

I feel complacent.. I need movement.. I need something exciting to come.. move me forward..

I started this year so pumped... I started this year so inspired that things were going to change for the better..

My impatience is getting the best of me as I look at the end of January and find that I went no where..

I really need to learn to just give myself time.. I thought I trusted in God and His time?

Sometimes I seem to forget that.. this is that "sometime.."

I need a day out.. I thought I got that in Vegas.. and I did.. but as much fun as I did have.. there were places to go that I didn't go to.. things to see that I didn't see.. we just ran out of time..

And that's the thing I always feel like I'm running out of.. time.. there is never enough time to get all that I want done.. it's discouraging.. when it should press me to move on.. and to work hard to get as much done as I can.. should it?

That should be my new outlook.. life is short.. time is scarce.. I gotta make the most of the time I have.. work hard to get as many things done as I can.. and look back and know that even if I didn't finish it all.. I sure did a lot with my life.. and for that I should be proud..

If it were only that easy.. but lets work on that..

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Easing back into life..

Well.. my Vegas vacation came and went.. my boyfriend came back home from his three week long Asian adventure..

Life is slowly coming back to the same routine.. the same comfortable pace that we had left behind during the Christmas season.

I've noticed how much calmer I seem to be since my boyfriend came back. I no longer have that worried feeling that nags behind me in the back of my head while he was away.. I am a lot more easy going now that he's back.. I didn't realize how much I was going to miss him while he was away.. and I didn't realize how much I want to see him now that he's back..

I'll be seeing him this weekend, so that makes me happy.. I can't wait!

School is also in full swing.. so I've been dealing with that..

Life is moving on.. holidays are over.. vacations are over.. it's time to slip back into "real life.."

I'm still very excited for what this year is going to bring.. like last year.. I believe that this will be a great year..

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I'm going to Disneyland.. someday..

Disneyland.. I'm an annual passholder. I have been an annual passholder for the past two years. It was a lot of money, but it worked for me because for the years prior to that.. I was going several times a year and paying full price for a ticket. Getting an annual pass just fit my visitation to the park financially.

A lot of people think I'm crazy for wanting to go so many times. A lot of people think I'm a little too old to be visiting a place like that. But I am at the age and point in my life that I can afford to do things that I have always wanted to do and going to Disneyland a lot was one of them.

Does it really matter what everyone else thinks? I'm not using their money to pay for my pass...

I haven't been to Disneyland since November.

I missed out on a Disneyland Christmas. I always loved going to Disneyland during Christmas time.. everything is soo festive and beautiful..

February.. definitely February..

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Sloooooooow..

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I am seriously going out of my mind with the slow pace of the week. I already knew that this would happen since I am looking forward to something on the weekend.. but this is ridiculous..

I kinda also expected my workdays to feel longer after we switched around our rotations and I got a set of jobs that tend to be slow on some days.. and hectic on other days.. I think we're going through a slow period right now..

I honestly don't mind being swamped..makes the time speed up and the week fly by..

The week flies by when I'm at home doing homework.. so I guess that's my consolation..

Tonight.. I have another excercise class. Looks like I've got 2009 off to a fairly good start.. I hope I keep it that way..

I figure I'll just take one month at a time.. it doesn't seem as overwhelming when you think of it in shorter intervals..

Slow and steady wins the race.. or so I've been told..

Monday.. before Vegas..

It's the work week before the Vegas trip. I'm looking forward to it. The one thing I am NOT looking forward to is the drive out there.. I'm driving there and my daddy's drivin back.

I'm going to need lots of caffiene and lotsa good music..

There you go.. gotta remember to pack some CDs..

I am sooo bored right now. Monday's are always slow for the rotation I am in right now. Nothing comes in on the weekends, and so there isn't anything to do.. ugh.. but I gotta look busy cuz being idle doesn't fly at work..

This past weekend was fun. I got to spend time with my favorite best girlfriends in the world. We had lunch at this great dim sum place in San Diego. Watched a few movies.. had a lot of laughs and talked about stuff..

That is always fun.. and I always look forward to the times that I can do that with them..

Well.. the clock is ticking and tocking at the slowest pace known to man.. but I gotta go and look busier than I am already pretending to be..

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I think I'm goin' outta my head..

Half an hour.

I have half an hour until I can finally go home.. eat.. do some homework.. then go to choir practice.. go home.. prep the christmas gifts I have for my best friend and her daughter.. then sleep..

Only to wake up early and start my day..

Sounds busy.. but it helps make time go faster in a time that i want time to go faster..

It's actually gotten a lot easier over time.. dealing with missing the boyfriend.. it's not as agonizingly slow.. and it feels like when he's back home and we can't see each other for a few weeks..

It's pretty much the same thing.. except he's halfway around the world..

I knew that time would make it easier.. but it doesn't mean I miss him less.. and I really can't wait to see him..

But at least I'm not all outta sorts about it now..

At least I don't think I am.. maybe I'm just in denial..

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Rockin... and rollin.. and whatnot..

Yesterday I was watching The Notebook..

Gosh.. I love that movie.. it's like.. love.. in it's most perfect form..

Nicholas Sparks really knows how to tug on the heart strings with all his love stories.. he's the same man who wrote "A Walk To Remember.." another one of those perfect love stories with perfect love all around..

What I would give to have a guy like Noah.. or a guy like Landon.. from The Notebook and A Walk To Remember.. respectively..

But life and love aren't perfect.. at least in the human sense.. it's just a matter of working through life and love.. and keeping our heads above water..

Those two movies are definitely on my top 5 movies to watch whenever you need a good cleansing cry..

They were playing at the same time on TV.. I stumbled upon the end of A Walk To Remember after I finished The Notebook.. I own both movies.. so I don't have to worry about missing it..

Made me miss my boyfriend tho.. but he'll be home before we know it..

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Change rotation..

We changed rotations at work.. so now I have sooo much time on my hands..

I think I liked it better when I was running around like a chicken with its head cut off..

I'm also under the weather.. I'm a little dizzy and it's hard to breathe.. and I'm experiencing some tachycardia right now..

Ugh.. I usually go home.. but I got things to do at work.. but if really can't handle this.. I better go home.. so i don't get worse!

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Tension..

I'm doing it again..

Clenching my jaw so that the whole lower half of my head hurts.. I dont know why.. I guess I've just been so tense and out of sorts lately.

Again.. I didn't realize how much of an impact missing my boyfriend would have on me.

Top it off.. the internet connection in his hotel room is tripping out and so he has to go to an internet cafe to get a hold of me or any of his internet obligations..

We were talking at least once a day.. now I don't know when I'll talk to him.. I suppose this makes it easier.. without hearing from him I'm just going to have to deal with it..

Sometimes it makes me miss him more to read emails and texts from him.. but again.. I'm not complaining..

A little less than two more weeks and he's home.. and I'm gone..

I hope I can have fun in Vegas.. I need it.. I need the diversion.. and Vegas is always a good place to have such diversion..

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Workaholic..

So.. I worked all weekend at my old job in Orange County. We finished the big bulk of the project we've been working on. All that's left are the repeats which he can do on his own hours in the lab on the weekdays.

I'm tired.

I've got a full week's work ahead of me and the classes for my MBA are starting up again.

I can feel the headache coming on.. yikes!

Well.. whatever makes the time go faster.. and the faster the time goes.. the faster i get to go to Las Vegas..

Actually.. the one thing I am looking most forward to is the return of my boyfriend back home.. even though I won't be seeing him right away.. I find a comfort in knowing that he's only an hour and a half away from me.. and not a whole half-a-world away from me..

I seriously didn't think I'd miss him as much as I do.. it's surprising..

How the Eve went..

My countdown to 2009 was rather eventful.

Not in the way that most people would think. It all had a happy ending, but getting there was pure torture.

It started off like any other day off. I slept in.. then ran some errands. Got my nails done and threaded my eyebrows in preparation for the nights festivities.

In the afternoon, I proceeded to take a nap. I knew it was going to be a long night of partying and I learned that as I am getting older.. it gets harder and harder to stay up later and later. I realize I am not longer the spring chicken I used to be..

Anyway.. during my nap I get a text message from my best friend.

She tells me not to worry but just wanted to know if Joe was ok because there was a fire in a club in Bangkok and several people were killed and hundred or so more were injured.

Of course.. I start to worry. I hadn't heard from him the whole day. Usually, by the late afternoon and early evening I would have heard from him.. either through a text on my phone or through an email.

I hadn't heard from him at all.

So my mind starts racing. I'm frantically emailing him.. I tried calling.. and obviously his phone was off..

I was a mess.

By the time the family had to leave to go to my aunts house for the countdown.. I was a huge pile of tears. I neglected to do my makeup.. and I forgot my camera and I was totally not my chipper-self.

My mind and prayers were on the other side of the world hoping that he was just asleep or busy elsewhere..

Luckily.. after about three or four agonizing hours.. I hear from him telling me he was ok and that he hadn't realized there was a club fire. Thank God he was at another place ringing in the new year.

I was able to relax the rest of the night but it really exhausted me. I hadn't realized until then how much I actually cared about him and how badly I would have felt if I wouldn't have him around anymore.

It was a wake up call to how I seem to really feel about him.

God likes to speak to me.. but He didn't have to scare me half to death!

There are methods to my madness..

So.. one way I have found to not miss the traveling boyfriend so much is shopping. The day after Christmas I found myself in the local mall in the city that my cousin and his family live.

I bought shoes.. makeup.. and some sweaters.. and tea.

They have this awesome tea shop that sells custom teas. Marvelous. They had these sample teas and so we bought some. I can't seem to replicate how well the made the tea. For some reason my version is always a little too watered down. I think that I need to put more leaves and possibly steep it for much longer. I also don't seem to put enough sweetener as they do.

I'm determined to make this tea as flavorful as they store did. I'm getting close!

The shopping is only a temporary fix to trying to not miss this boy so much.

I mean, it's not like we don't spend this much time apart as it is. It's going to be four weeks apart. He's gone for three but I'll be gone the weekend he gets back.. so we'll have to wait another work week before we can see each other.

We've done four weeks apart before.

Does the distance really make a difference?

Or is it the fact that he isn't as readily accesible via text messages like he is when he is at home?

Is it a combination of all those things?

This weekend I will be able to keep myself busy because I will be working with my old boss on the project we have been trying to finish for a few weeks now.

Then the next weekend will be spent with my closest girlfriends. It'll be a girls-only thing because they know that I am going nutso missing my boyfriend while their hubbies are all with them.

The weekend after that is the weekend he returns but it is also the weekend I will be in Las Vegas with my family.

So.. when you look at things according the calendar.. it really doesn't seem like much time will pass.. and it looks like time should move quickly..

But reality is not making it so.. for the first time in what seems like years.. time is moving waaay too slow for me..

Madness..

New year.. brings new.. blogs?!

Happy New Year everyone.

May the Lord bless each and every one of you with a happy and healthy and prosperous 2009.

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I'm not neglecting this one. I am going to juggle the two blogs.

Feel free to join me there too..

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