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Wwwaaahhhhh!! I have no internet! I should’ve paid my bills so this stage in my life could have been avoided. The reason why I haven’t paid my bills yet is because I am waiting for the bills to be delivered here at our home. But a friend of mine told me that they (internet provider) don’t do that old stuff anymore. He told me that in order to check for my bills, I should go over their website and verify it there. And so it was done an I just found out that my internet connection is due this Friday thus I have to pay for it this weekend or it’s bye, bye e-life.

Back in college days, me and other 4 people started our own “company” per se. This was because we share common feelings when it comes to working – we hate having a boss telling us what to do and what not. We formed an alliance to have a freelance company specializing at what we love to do best – animation, graphics, website programming and design. We then started on our little baby, purchasing our own domain and building our corporate website that will serve as the portal for our would-be clients. We had a couple of sleepovers and a lot of sleepless nights in order to make this work. But like a hatchling finding its way to the world, we were devoured by the world wide web and our own egos. Our stronghold of an alliance quickly crumble, together with our dreams of establishing our own company. We had no direction back then and was frustrated not being able to meet the hype of the expectation that we set. Had we only some consultant affirming our actions, then the outcome might have been a lot different. Dennis C Carey on board placement would have been a lot of help if I only knew he’s existence earlier.

But we ain’t giving up! We are merely back on the drawing board and concocting our next move. This time around, everything’s planned to avoid unnecessary glitches.

It was her birthday and that was all the reason I needed to put a smile on my face. I had this idea of having some flowers delivered at their office just to surprise her but somebody beat me to it. During lunch, I heard that all too familiar ring from my phone and I pretended that I didn’t heard it. My immediate supervisor and friend picked up the phone and she smiled as she was giving me the handset.

Me: happy birthday dude!! Did you receive the flowers? (though I didn’t really gave her any)
Liezl: wow!! So it was you that gave those flowers!! Thanks! Thanks!
Me: *somewhat astonished* ye.. yeah.. no prob!
Liezl: thank you so much!!
Me: *decided to tell the truth* frankly, I didn’t send any flowers. I was planning to do that but I guess someone beat me to it.
Liezl: hhhmmm.. I wonder who’s it from!?
Me: maybe it’s from your boyfriend… *it’s as if there are swords stabbing my heart as I sez this line*
Liezl: probably…
Me: *sadness befell* so uuhhmmm, it’s already luchbreak so I guess I’ll just call you later… happy birthday!
Liezl: ok. I’ll just call you later.
*I hung up the phone*

After the conversation, I lost my focus to eat and work. A lot of stuff are dancing in my head – mainly a lot of what if’s. I passed most of the on afternoon on either staring at my monitor pretending to work or looking at my notes and doodling some stuff. 4 o’clock came and that familiar ring on the phone was heard. I answered the phone and heard her melodious voice and infectious laugh which are enough to eradicate all my doubts.

Liezl: how’s ya day dude? (she’s fond of calling me dude)
Me: *sarcastic* it’s a bit slow.
Liezl: oohh I see. Nways, I found out who sent the flowers
Me: *utter silence since I have a hunch*
Liezl: it was from my boyfriend. He sent it and surprised me earlier by dropping by here at the office.
Me: *wearing a poker face to hide the hurting* see!? I told you.
Liezl: yup!! I was so surprised!
Me: ne, can we meet later? I think we should go home together since it’s your birthday
Liezl: sure!! I’ll be waiting for you at the bus terminal ok!?
Me: un! I have a gift for you!
Liezl: really!? Ggahhhh! I can’t wait! I have something to give to you too.
Me: ayt! See you after office then

As planned, we met at the designated bus stop. That was the first time that I went to such place and hurdle everything just to see her and be with her even for that short moment. Roughly one hour had passed when she and her friend came to the station. Her explanation was unnecessary to me, what’s important is she was here in front of me. Her friend, who lives within the area, left both of us in the terminal where we waited for the bus for 30 minutes. To pass the time, I pulled my trusty Ipod to listen to some good music but as soon as she saw mo grooving, she immediately pulled the earphones. At about 9:30, we boarded the bus and picked a good seat where it can be both of us because we tend to have our own world when it’s just the two of us. While waiting for the bus to depart, she pulled something from her bag and gave it to me. It was some sort of cookies and peanut butter so we can have a bite while waiting for the bus to go. She again, reached her bag and pulled something out of it. It was a necklace – her gift to me which she bought when she was in some province. As we traverse the expressway, I gave to her my birthday gift. It was a half-torn paper with a lot of creases, it had been obviously in my bag for quite a while. I reached out and gave her the poems that I specially composed for her. She asked for me to read it aloud, I hesitated but I gave-in in the end. I read the poem for her as heartfelt, as sincere and as best as I can because these few lines hold all the emotions, all the feelings that I have for her. After I was done reading, tears were slowly forming in her eyes and she gave me a hug for that wonderful gift….

- To be continued -

Choosing the right attorney that will best represent someone is almost as important as one’s life. Come court session, your attorney will be your ally, your shield and your bestfriend that will support and defend you in your cause. I have a cousin that WAS into law but seemingly stopped her studies for a call center life. The only reason that I can come up with that is either she needed some serious, serious dough or she had fell in love with that type of work. We were joking before that whenever I was in a pinch, she’d be there to defend me in court and bail me out. But I will never lose hope in her as well as her studies. In the meantime, I’ll let some Lawsuit Funding find the perfect attorney for me, not that I’m in any kind of trouble. I’m just making sure and just being prepared for something that might happen. Their website is awesome! They have an awesome rule/terms and conditions also! You can have your case approve in as little as 48 hours and they’ll give you the perfect attorney for your situation. They also offer an online application to speed-up the process.

In the future, my cousin will be one of the top lawyers in our place but for now, it’s fundmycase.com for me.

I was told by a friend that smartbro internet service provider (which we’re both using) is having some glitches lately. I told him that my bro (as I termed it) was working perfectly. He told me that some sites that he visits were unable to load properly or the session has timed out. I didn’t believed him since it has yet to happen to me… until earlier. I was surfing, as usual, when I visited my site (www.middlepower.org) to check up on things when this weird thing happened – I can’t seem to open my site and the page always times out. I told this instance to my friend and he told me that that is a sign that bro is malfunctioning. I was skeptical at first since I can surf most of the sites that I usually visit. I asked him to check the site and he told me that it was working perfectly! He suggested to use a proxy site to access my website.

Bottomline is this – if this thing keeps on happening on a frequent basis, I will not be getting my money’s worth! I am paying a lot of cheese for this so called wireless internet and yet their facilities are crappy. Had I only an alternative, I wouldn’t even think of getting close to bro since there had been a lot of complaints. What’s worst is that I might miss out a lot of job opportunities! Nnnnnooooo!!!!

Curse you bro!!! ayusin nyo ang pamumuhay mo ah!!!!

Just today, I went to an eye specialist just to solidify my hunch of me having an astigmatism. The eye specialist was a friend of my folks so we became acquainted in no time. I first select my desired frame for the lens and I never thought that it will be that tedious and that hard. Until I finally came down to my choice frame when the saleslady presented me with another frame. I didn’t mind so I fitted it anyway and I notice the comfort that that frame had and it ended me choosing that frame instead of my original one.

It finally came when the eye specialist is to check my eyes. Before we had our session, I told her that I felt that I have an astigmatism. After all was said and done, she told me that my hunch was right and the only way to remedy this was to wear a pair of glasses.

The glasses ain’t cheap but I’d rather pay thousands than to lose my ace.

I arrived an hour early today as I cannot contain my excitement and I so look forward for today’s lesson. We continued where we left yesterday – the “connect the dots my love” activity. The final participant gave us a review on what had been said the last time and gave his own piece and a conclusion. In ending, we come up with a fascinating story not meant for the faint of hearts hehehhe.

Lesson proper now woooohhoooo!! Idiomatic phrases were the hot seat topic for the first half of the day. There were a lot of them that it chunked our whole day just to cover the most basic and the widely used idiomatic phrases. We covered the colloquial, slang and the very formal idiomatic phrases that our western brothers used. And as if the words and phrases in the manual weren’t enough, we were presented with this voice file showing these idiomatic words and phrases in action.

As always, I had fun with today’s lesson and caroline – the goddess of smile, just made it a lot more enjoyable. I don’t want tomorrow to come because it signals the last day for this session. I don’t wanna part ways with the instructor and the folks at the training (especially caroline) for they’ve made a difference in my life!

The instructor now is becoming our second mother and I now refer to her as nanay Linda.

I’ve tried to use the local yellowpages in order to find the best local restaurants here at my area. I’ve never been to a fancy restaurant, I guess for as long as I live and I definitely won’t mind experiencing it now.

Actually, now that I realized it, it’s not just the restaurant that I am yet to take advantage off but a lot of things – including the business opportunities here at my area as well as the establishments (fast food chains, malls and the likes). I was never that excited in the great outdoors but that belief changed when my Nikon camera came into my life. It taught me how to be adventurous in order to experience the culture and tradition that was way out of my norm. I did a local search where the happenings may be at this time of year. Am sure enough to find a couple where I can put my “photography skills” to good use. True enough, I just found out that there will be a cosplay competition to be held on October 5th and 12th. A friend also told me that there will be an event by the end of the month but I am skeptical whether I’ll be going.

Can I buy you a cellphone so we can talk and exchange SMS on a regular basis? I’d gladly buy you a cellphone if it means we can talk until we fall asleep. I’d switch to a different network provider so we can make the most of our money. Can I buy you a cellphone so I can be assured that my messages were received? It’s a dilemma for me, I don’t know whether you received the text and just ignored it or otherwise. I’m planning to buy a new phone since the one that I have right now is really showing its age. Will you accompany so we can pick out your cellphone as well?

Of course, the cellphone only solves one problem. We also have to worry about your credits so you can send a sms and/or make a call. I am waaayyyy ahead of you. We’ll just have to apply for a plan that comes with a brand spankin’ new phone. This way, we will hit two birds with one stone.

So now am asking you, can I buy you a new phone?

Last night, I had the most wonderful dream – that I was in some college or university the same that the slumberdoll is attending. Details are a bit blurry as to how and why I was there in the first place. I know for a fact that I love going back to school, studying and learning new stuff but most especially, I love going back to meet that someone. I don’t know who she is but I wanna meet her as I feel that my grasp on reality is beyond imaginable. Anyways so there I was, wandering about in the school grounds (probably familiarizing myself on the new ambience) when this girl, riding a bike, came. I fixated my eyes on her because I knew she was all too familiar to me. At the back of my mind, I continued to search for her information until it hit me – she was the blackmage9! One of the most adorable, most lively and top-notched cosplayers here in our area. How could I have not recognized her!? I was literally in awe in her presence as she flaunts that exotic smile that makes her fanboys “aaaaaaaawwwwwwww”. I cannot make a word of what she’s saying when she opened her mouth as I am still star-struck. Until reality slapped me as the blackmage9 giggles. She knew that I was somewhat shocked and that my mind has fallen into pieces. I composed myself and talked to the blackmage9, finally. She told me that slumberdoll is waiting for me at our usual waiting place. I was like “WTH!? Are you serious!?” I told her that she must’ve had the wrong guy since slumberdoll never knew that I existed much more my name so why in the hell would she be waiting for me. Blackmage9 thought that I was kidding and frankly, I hoped that she’s not lying. She told me to just go and meet her at the usual meeting place. Meet her at the usual meeting place!? Where the hell was that!? I just let my feet do the walking all the while thinking of what to say and how to act in front of the slumberdoll. Until my feet stopped, I slowly lifted my head, and there she was! Her eyes are shining and her smile was surreal but magnificent – and they were all for me! I stood outside the classroom just to admire this beauty before me and to savor the moment. I felt my heart smiled and thumped, my mind unable to process the sudden surge of emotion as I slowly approach the slumberdoll. Now she was right here in front of me and the neurons on my mind were literally in short-circuit mode since I don’t know what to say first. When I opened my mouth to say something *poof* I suddenly woke up. Wwwwaaaaaaaahhhhhh!! talk about bad timing!! Just when finally, the slumberdoll is smiling for me and right in front of me, I was pulled away from the slumberland *sad*.

I hope that I can return to slumberland one more time and this time, when I’m there, I won’t be coming back to the 3d world.