I am my suppressed cold symptoms...

A happy belated holidays to all...it's been a while...yet again. Well, the first of the holidays has come to pass and we are quickly approaching the next...New Years...man, what a year. And with that, I definitely have to write my "Year in Review" post...which I'll set up eventually, but not now...right now, I just want to show one pic...


actually, make that two pics...

HA HA HA HA

That's right...LAKERS!!!! Whoo hoo! It was so awesome to be at that game. Thanks 2nd greatest game I've ever been to live...the 1st being the Laker/Pho series a few years back when Kobe hit the game winner. We'd go on to lead the series 3-1 and eventually lose....damnit. But it is a new season, and my only Christmas wish came true...we beat them celtics!!!

You can fool anyone by giving them what they think they wanna see. My biggest gripe right now is this big word, "Trans Fat." The latest craze nowadays is that this product has ZERO trans fat. ZERO. Now at first glance, that sounds like something that would be awesome. 0 Trans Fat, must be better for you. I just took out a packet of Maruchan Ramen instant Noodle Soup. There is a big 0 grams of Trans Fat marking on the front. But upon looking at the nutritional information on the back of the packet, there is in fact, 0 trans fat. HowEVER, there is a total of 11% of Total Fat, of WHICH 18% is made up of SATURATED fat. Now in front of me, I have one of my favorite chocolates in the world, Whatchamacallit: Total Fat = 11g, of which 40% is SATURATED fat...YET 0 transfat! Hmmm, curious...curious indeed.

55 small things you can always do
42. Praise in public; criticize in private.
Definitely good advice...but I'd like to elaborate and say criticize constructively. Negativity doesn't help anything. Stating negative facts just to be negative is unbecoming, and constructive criticism's aim is to help and improve... I don't really know what else to say...maybe I'll start working on my year-in-review now... :)

I am a bear's hibernating psyche...

I am in the rut of ruts lately. Maybe it's because I was on vacation for two weeks, maybe it's because of the cold and rainy weather, or that I'm trying to fight off being sick(allergies are acting up for some reason), or the fact that the office is so much quieter, or the general aura about the economy...or a combination of all the above. Whatever it is, I am just stuck lately. Not wanting to get out of bed, just zoning out, and being completely unmotivated to do anything...that pretty much sums up my attitude about things lately. I go through these random phases every year, where I'm just blah about everything. I would've that that the Christmas spirit would've picked me up by now, but it hasn't yet. It's only a little over a week away. Maybe I'm gonna have one of those Ebinezer Scrooge dreams or something tonight...some one please bonk me on the head and wake me up from this daze and confuzed state I'm in...but not literally, please, he he he.

It sure is nice to be back tho; and yes, I do feel a little bit disjointed, because I got pretty comfortable being away and just hanging out in the PI. It's tough to get back and work work work. I do have some other things I can be doing, but again, I am currently lacking the motivation to do so. At least I have enough energy to write...Lord knows I haven't done much else lately... Scratch that...I did sign up for the HB half; so there's a bright spot on my laundry list of haven't-gotten-around-to-yet...but I really really REALLY need to get to training; there's only about 7 weeks before the actual event. You know what, maybe that's it...I haven't really exercised in a while...maybe that's the cause of this whole rut thang. I'll try to squeeze in a run tomorrow morning, weather-permitting, and see what happens then.

55 small things you can always do
41. Be a good winner; be a good loser.
I bet you missed these...well, that's if anyone's been keeping up lately. I missed them, so that's all that counts. =p I think I'm pretty good with the former, but on the latter, I could definitely use some work. It's not that I'm a sore loser, I just can't shake them - the losses, that is - very easily. Ask my friends about losing one of our league game this season when a foul(albeit a phantom one) was given on a 3 pointer that gave the other team a chance to tie the game and eventually win...or after the Lakers lost last year to the Cel....I can't even say it - sheesh. It takes me a little longer than usual to let go of losses, be they my own or one of the teams I identify with (reading between the lines - Detroit Lions - ) But it is important to realize that a loss is just a loss, whether or not it's a regular season game, or championship game. When 20-30 years has come to pass, that loss will probably not affect our lives significantly(unless you're one of the players on teh Buffalo Bills from the early 90's, but even then...30 years down the line, it'll be a mini-headline). Although it is one of the lines a woman should just NOT say to a man, it is afterall..."Just a game."

"If I have belief that I can do it. I shall surely acquire the capacity to do it even if I may not have it at the beginning."
- Mahatma Gandhi

I am one day more...

Been tryin to post...but i keep havin problems. I want to post ALL my pics already...but this'll do for now.

Boracay at Sunset. This is the view from our cabana in front of our hotel... Takes your breath away, n'est pas?

I love being on vacation, but I do miss my friends back home...and it's only been a week. Makes me wonder what it would feel like to actually move somewhere far away...

ingat!