A funeral and sore throat

Okay. So my dad came home from China now. And the first thing that my mom told us was that we’re now grandparents — our cousin’s kids have kids now. To which my sister asked her, “Why are you so happy? That means you’re great grandparents now (referring to her and my dad)!” 

So then we went to the room to view the pictures from the wake and funeral. And we noticed one thing:

The guys are BALDING.

Oh man. I’m so glad I’m not a guy! Add to that the fact that my dad’s hairs fast becoming white–it’s a disaster (old age)!

Oh. Interesting fact. We have an uncle who’s a science teacher, and one who used to be an Olympic swimmer. Yay.

Oh. And dad had this weird black thing on his eyebrows earlier this evening.

My sister asked, “What happened to your eyebrows?”

My dad went, “I’m dyeing it black. White eyebrows are scary.”

This comes from the same guy who gave our dog a Strepsil because, according to him, doggie had a sore throat.

HAHAHA.

I LOVE MY DAD. 

My Dad: The Big Spender

If you have to know, my father used to have a Globe postpaid plan which cost us around Php2000 a month. When he went to China for a year, my mom “inherited” the line and I got hers. Now dad’s back and mom finally ditched the 2k line. I gave her back hers and dad’s now a prepaid user.

If you check his account balance, you’ll see that he has 5400 free texts. He was in China from late 2006 to early 2007. So that’s a year and a few months that he’s been back.

A Globe 300 denomination load has 35 free texts. But he doesn’t usually load a 300. Sometimes, he loads a 100 denomination load, and sometimes, mom uses GCash to load his account.

Roughly calculating that, if there’s 35 free text for every 300 denomination load, then that means that he has loaded 154 300-denomination cards (a rough estimate) — not counting GCash and his other means of loading. So that’s 46,200 worth of load in a the span of a year plus a couple of months. My dad, the big spender.

When he found out that I have a Bayantel wireless landline, he started using it when we’re both home. And told me that after Bayantel’s promo, to ask if we can keep it so that he can continue using it. So far it’s been cutting down his spending. But not by a lot — yet.

So…

Dear daddy, can you just give me the huge bulk of money you spend on loads? I wanna buy some clothes, shoes, bags, alcohol, more clothes, Hello Kitty, movies — I’VE GOT LOTS TO SPEND ON!

P.S. This isn’t really an advertisement for Bayantel. They’re not paying me to write this.

Let’s see

There’s Benjamin Button whose selling point was Brad Pitt’s hotness.

And then the baconator, which I couldn’t finish. 

You should seriously try it.

By the way, Wendy’s also does the planner thing. 12 meals and you get it. Maybe next for me, huh. 

And then we went to Aunt Susan’s house for dinner.

Tips when kids are around:

1. Have Avatar (or any cartoon) on your laptop so they finally settle down.

2. Have a camera phone for them to play with (if you don’t want them to play with your phone, hide it).

3. Drink coffee before engaging them.

My Hello Kitty Fanatic Tendencies

Akshully, the interview I answered for level up games was wordier. Heehee. I just kept writing and writing and writing about Hello Kitty. Heeheeheeeeeeeeeeeeeeee.

Read: UP Student Shares Love for Hello Kitty.

I refuse to read it because I might have come off as ishtupid. 

NBI Clearance

It took me two hours of lining up to get mine. 

Guy monitoring the line exclaimed, “Chinese or Filipino?” in this loud voice and everyone turned their heads to look at me. I meekly said, “Filipino,” and he waves me off to the line. Geebus. 

But… True fact: UP lines train you for the real world. 2 hours of lining up is NOTHING! NOTHING compared to the lines at NBI clearance! 

Okay. So… Seriously– I can’t seem to hold on to cellphone pouches. Our house probably has a black hole for cellphone pouches.

I bought one for 10Php and lost that one a few hours after buying it! Meh.

Updates

So I’ve been busy. I failed my first Bio 11 lab exam as it turned out, and will not be exempt from the finals. Meh. So I’ve been studying. 7am classes everyday is shiz. One of the highlights of my week, though, would be getting the BDJ planner from Paopei (she sold it to me for 350 bucks. ILU!) and then getting my acceptance letter from Nagoya Gakuin University! Yay! 

My expected arrival date is on March 27. I’m supposed to wait for the scholarship results etc before I get my visa and plane ticket! Positive thinking! 

I’m not really super looking forward to it. So if it doesn’t push through, I’ll be fine. I just keep thinking about what I have to leave behind (mom’s effect on me). So anyway, turns out that Sun prepaid cards can’t be activated for roaming. Although Globe sim cards are capable (another change of number, uh huh). 

Tiffy’s 50Leaves

I plurked about my goal of reading 100 books by the end of this year. Because of this, Christa had an idea and launched her 50Leaves project. 

My reading list:

1. Breaking Dawn by Stephenie Meyer (January, 2009)

2. In Sunlight, in a Beautiful Garden by Kathleen Cambor (February, 2009)

3. Beedle the Bard by J.K. Rowling (March, 2009)

4. Phantom of the Opera (April 21, 2009)

5. Elements of Style by Strunk and White

6. Snakes and Earrings by Hitomi Kanehara

7. Live & Work in Japan by Erica Simms

8. Love Story by Erich Segal

9. Bro Code by Barney Stinson with Matt Kuhn

10. Letters for Emily by Camron Wright

11. Vampire Blood Trilogy by Darren Shan

12. Who Moved My Cheese? by Spencer Johnson

13. Dead Poets Society by N.H. Kleinbaum

14. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory by Roald Dahl

15. Nate the Great by Marjorie Weinman Sharmat

16. A Wild Sheep Chase by Haruki Murakami

17. Kira-Kira by Cynthia Kadohata

18. Kiss Kiss by Roald Dahl

19. Over to You by Roald Dahl

20. Melancholy Death of Oyster Boy and Other Stories by Tim Burton

21.  Ever Wonder Why? by Douglas B. Smith

22. Phantom by Susan Kay

23. Dreams from my Father by Barack Obama (August 17)

24. Silence by Shusaku Endo (August 22)

25. To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee (August 26)

26.  Howl’s Moving Castle by Diana Wynne Jones

27. Shawshank Redemption by Stephen King

28. Eragon by Christopher Paolini 

29. The Earthsea Quartet by Ursula K. Le Guin

30. Kafka on the Shore by Haruki Murakami

31. Charlie and the Great Glass Elevator by Roald Dahl

32. Tales from Earthsea by Ursula K. Le Guin

First day blues

Since silly me woke up at 12 midnight, I was able to sleep again at 4. Now that’s not really good especially if you’re supposed to wake up at 5 for your class at 7. 

I ended up being a zombie in my first two classes. 

Thank god that my during my third class, we had games. Yay. 

So I was really feeling under the weather. I got home at 1, and I was asleep by 1:30 (or was it 2:30).

I was even supposed to get that NBI clearance thing. I asked my mom to wake me up when she got home but then I really wasn’t feeling well so she let me sleep. LOL. 

How to get your NBI clearance:

1. Most people get it at the Carriedo Plaza Building.

2. You need two IDs (and your birth certificate (?))

3. Do not get a fixer. The lines are long but it’s easy to get it. 

Thank you, Plurk friends! 

Jologs… and Starting Anew

Taken From Jolina-Bebong breakup confirmed - INQUIRER.net, Philippine News for Filipinos

According to sources, the couple separated before the Christmas holidays. They said the still undetermined cause of the break-up was so severe that the singer-actress initiated the breakup and indicated there was no hope for any reconciliation.

Cause I’m jologs like that. Imho, I like Jolina — jologs that she is. She’s boyish and she looks sincere. Meh. Methinks the guy two-timed. Think about it. A relationship THAT long? That’s close to ending in marriage. But it didn’t. So I’m thinking third party. Either that, or one of ‘em didn’t like the idea of marriage.

[CHANGE TOPIC]

Okay. I admit. I like change. 

Changing emails, that is. But this is the last time, I promise. (It’s the new year — my promise holds truth!)

It’s so hard writing tlc.911[at]gmail.com to stuff cause I’m afraid people might mistake the 1 for an l and the l for a 1, vice-versa. And where the heck did tiffany1434[at]yahoo.com come from? Seriously! D: 1434?! 

So I’m now tiffychua[at]gmail.com and tiffychua[at]yahoo.com.ph

So there. 

Thea’s been trying to assure me that I’m not as fickle minded as I’m sure I appear. 

Tomorrow, I start my new life. Last week was a New Year’s practice trial. 

I will become a “better Tiffy”

Doing Nothing

Taken From StephenieMeyer.com | Twilight Series | Midnight Sun

I’d rather my fans not read this version of Midnight Sun. It was only an incomplete draft; the writing is messy and flawed and full of mistakes. But how do I comment on this violation without driving more people to look for the illegal posting? It has taken me a while to decide how and if I could respond. But to end the confusion, I’ve decided to make the draft available here (at the end of this post). This way, my readers don’t have to feel they have to make a sacrifice to stay honest. I hope this fragment gives you further insight into Edward’s head and adds a new dimension to the Twilight story. That’s what inspired me to write it in the first place.

Doing nothing would entail me reading Stephenie Meyer’s Breaking Dawn. And I saw this in her site. “The writing is messy and flawed” — but her published work is the same. What’s the diff? Tee hee.

Okay. Now stopping being mean. But seriously. Intellectual rights and all — very serious stuff. People should respect that.

But I bet ya she’s earning a lot anyway. So what’s the beef? (What with the royalties to Twilight and all)