Okay, Valentine’s Day but since a lot of people will get laid, I might as well call it Vagina. V Day means nothing to me. How could it when almost all my life I’ve been single. Even when I was in a relationship I didn’t get shit except a crappy eyesore of a card. A lot of people, single or taken, are making a big deal out of it so I decided to write about the damn day.

So what will I be doing for V Day? Absolutely nothing special. I’ll just go to work, do some errands, go home, watch some telly, and go online. Just the usual day. Maybe I can squeeze in a few pages of the book I’m reading. That would make the day a bit special.

Although the day doesn’t really mean anything to me, I am still giving mom and my sister presents. I bought a bunch of bag organizers from a multiply seller so I gave them one of each. I have an extra gift for mother because I got a coupon for free roses when I bought my digital camera. The three red roses were delivered today and mom was surprised. Hehe. I know it’s just a freebie but it’s still nice. I received a few presents as well. I got money from mom. Jesus Effing Christ!!! I just checked the envelope she gave me and there’s 4,000 bucks inside. I was only expecting to receive 500 or a thousand from her. I guess our company is doing well then. Wow. 4,000 pesos. *shakes head* I got a box of chocolates from Auntie Noemie and even more chocos from Tita Amor. Sweet. They shouldn’t have given me anything.

Should I give gifts to people I love on V Day? Even platonic love or familial love? My notion of V Day is it’s just a day for couples. Ugh. Is this weird? Or am I correct?

I should be asleep now but what the heck. Happy Valentine’s Day, dear readers!

I might be without internet for a couple of days. Fuck. I know I’ll have withdrawals. My mac is in the office already and my sister needs the laptop most of the time. I think my moblogging set-up is fine so I might post if something interesting happens. I guess now I’ll have time to catch up on my readings.

I’m so damn tired. I need a long rest and I’m glad there’s no work tomorrow. That’s it for now. See ya when I see ya.

I think I’m coming down with something. Just colds or cough but I feel tired as hell lately. Maybe it’s burnout. Anyway, I asked permission from work and I just slept the whole day. I was very refreshing. I also had the grandest dream during my rest. So FUCKING AMAZING!!! I wish I never woke up at all

I was finally able to watch The Prestige last night. I found it okay, entertaining, but not that great as some people opined. I was able to guess how the magicians did their tricks at once so the ending didn’t surprise me at all. I loved the all-star cast though. I was surprised that David Bowie (as Nicola Tesla) is in it. I liked the props and the costume design. I also liked their play on Tesla and Edison’s rivalry, echoing Angier and Boden’s obsession with outdoing each other.

I watched the film with my friend Phoebe. I chose the 10:45 PM showing at Greenbelt 3 and made reservations through sureseats. Ticket is expensive, 160 pesos, but cheaper compared to watching it abroad. We arrived in Greenbelt around 9PM so I had enough time to eat supper. I chose National Sports Grill since I’ve never eaten there. Good choice. I loved the San Francisco Burger with Sourdough Parmesan bread. Yum. The fries were really good too. I ate too much though. While I ate, Phoebe mostly read the Time magazines she bought. She ate at home already so she just picked on my fries. She isn’t into American food.

We were supposed to watch Cine Europa yesterday but I woke up very late. 5:15 PM to be exact. Yay me!

Tonight we will have a family dinner to celebrate mine and my sister’s birthdays. The relatives will be coming and I hope it will be fun. We decided to have it at Burgoo in Rockwell. I love their salmon and Seafood Caesar Salad.

I was waiting for the SONA all day but I was just too sleepy and nodded off a few minutes before it started. I’m waiting for the news to rerun it but, as I heard from ANC, people found it short and pretty uneventful.

My sleep was quite pleasant today. Quite a change from the other sleeps this week. I didn’t wake up feeling agitated at all. I also didn’t have weird dreams. I didn’t take Melatonin so I know that’s why. Melatonin is totally crap but I can’t afford Stilnox. I just have to just deal with it.

I made reservations for me and Jenny to watch the Sunday Live A.I.D.S. show. I can’t wait! I hope it lives up to my expectations. I’m sure my orgmates worked hard on the show but sometimes the jokes just bombed.

Crappy entry but I’m restless. So I’ll stop.

I can’t believe it! I stumbled upon a fellow UP CAST (UP Cinema Arts Society) member. Seeing the pictures in his posts brought back memories of my days in UP and how it was like in the organization. I remember the fun we had back then. *sigh* I don’t want to be nostalgic but I can’t help it. I thought UP CAST isn’t active anymore but I just found out that it’s very much alive. I smell a UP CAST reunion coming up. Anyway, I saw his site listed at Pinoy Top Blogs because I was checking the *ehem* competitions. I whored myself and joined it so if you like this blog, vote for me by clicking the button on the sidebar.

I had a couple hours of sleep again. I woke up shivering and feeling very cold. I turned the fan on at full blast and directed it to me. I often do this but it’s the first time I felt that chilled. Very odd. I couldn’t sleep after that eventhough I really wanted to. My mind just suddenly went into hyperdrive and I didn’t want to take Melatonin again.

I’ve been in this zombie state the whole day but I still drove the car to Greenhills for a family dinner. Mom hates driving during weekends so she asked me to drive. I just couldn’t say no. We didn’t meet any accidents but I forgot to take the parking ticket from the attendant. I just drove on and looked for a space. Then while we were walking towards the restos, I couldn’t recall if I took a ticket or not. Mom couldn’t remember either but I just assumed that I left the ticket in the car. It turns out that I really forgot to take the ticket. Good thing the attendant took note and kept the ticket for us. Otherwise, we would have to pay 150 pesos. Eek.

The dinner was good. Some of my relatives were there too. We ate at Bizu which is a really nice patisserie/cafe although quite expensive. After dinner we had some coffee at Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf which is my favorite coffee place because of their The Ultimate Mocha. A lot of people were just hanging around which is uncommon for a Sunday night. It turns out that there’s no work tomorrow because the President will give her State of the Nation Address. We were there for a couple of hours, just talking and joking around. It was very pleasant and the people around us were in good moods because of the holiday. If I were a corporate slave, I would really be glad too but since I am a bum, everyday is like a holiday. Kinda.

There’s nothing new about this but again, i fucked up my sleeping habit. it’s by choice this time because the other night when I was feeling awful, I didn’t want to sleep early. So there. I’m just saying this to avoid confusion because if I say “today I went out with so and so” and people see the time I posted is 3am, that would seem quite odd.

Today I went out of the house. The first time for this week.

Just writing those two sentences make me want to crawl under a rock. But I kind of made up for the hermetic life since I went out twice. The first was with my cousin. He went over for some graphic commission and he treated me to a scrumptious dinner as gratitude. I also bought Gonuts Donuts which I was craving. My cousin is a bad influence since he’s always going on and on about them. FYI, Gonuts Donuts is Philippines’ equivalent to Krispy Kreme. Going back to the story, we shopped around a bit with my cousin doing most of the shopping. He ended up buying a jeans and shoes while I ended up buying a Harry Potter book. The 4th installment. A lot of blogs are raving about the latest release and here I am, just starting on The Goblets of Fire. So yes, I bought that book which is a bit hard for me because I have really little money these days. But I really needed to stimulate my mind because earlier, I couldn’t even remember the spelling of “dinosaur”. How pathetic is that?

My second step out of the house was with Louie. She went here for some dorama-related problems then we chatted for awhile. During our conversation, she mentioned that Fruits in Ice Cream’s ‘Pastillas de Leche’ is really good and she wants me to try it. I guess she became obsessed with me trying it that she invited me to go to her place to taste it. So off we went to her place and I ended up eating quite a lot of ice cream. Of course this means that flavor is really good. We chatted some more there but it was getting late. She dropped me off to my house around 2am I think. Maybe even later.

So that’s how my day went. It is now almost 7am and my day is just ending. I’ve read a few pages of the book and I believe that my brain is functioning again. I think it’s quite evident in this entry.

Man! I need to fix my sleeping habit again. I don’t find sleeping at 6am fun anymore. It messes everything up. I logged off at 3am yesterday, watched some telly, then slept at 5am or 6. At 10am the heat got to me so I woke up and watched more tv. Slept again at 2pm then woke up at 6pm. Fucking messy.

Eh. Not in the best of moods lately. I guess the happy vibe was just a result of the Gaiman experience instead of the medicines. Bummer.

I’m at my cousin’s house right now. I was doing some graphic work for him when my ISP (Destiny Internet) bogged down. My cousin needs it early tomorrow so I had no choice but to go here to give him the stuff. I don’t really mind since I can use his internet and it’s faster than my current one. He subscribed to My PLDT DSL and doesn’t seem to have problems with it.

Bah. Today is a low day compared to the excitement yesterday. I miss the fun. I miss the new friends. I miss hanging out with JB and Sherwin. I miss Neil Gaiman. Ewwww so sappy but it’s true. I read in Neil’s blog that he wants to return someday to the Philippines and he felt so loved here. Yay! I’ll have my other stuff signed.

I had a really hard time sleeping last night. I don’t know why since I was sleepy and very exhausted. I had to take sleeping pills because I was feeling miserable. I sometimes cry when I couldn’t sleep because it’s just so frustrating. I hate this insomnia! Anyway, I guess my normal sleeping pattern is gone again. I don’t feel the least bit sleepy right now. Right now I don’t really care.