I did it! I was finally able to cross out one of the goals I have in 43things.com: “join (and go to) a gym”
I had woken my lazy and sorry behind, got off the computer and hit the gym. I was planning on doing this for the longest time, but it got delayed due to my crazy schedule and the fact that I don’t have suitable gym shoes (the delay for buying was also caused by reason #1).
What drove me to finally start working out? Well, I think my idleness and sedentary lifestyle is causing my body to breakdown. (my idleness is killing me… *to the tune of Britney’s song*) I get tired easily and there are times when I feel like I’m running out of breath. Hopefully, a little exercise will do the trick.
And hopefully I’d lose the bilbil (love handles) in the process so I could fit into the dress I’d be wearing for the Christmas Party. Haha! 
It was a good two-hour workout at the firm’s gym. I haven’t had this much “movement” for a long time! (haha) I felt good and refreshed afterwards. This of course didn’t last long because the following day, my shoulders hurt like hell.
I’ll try to make this as regular as possible. Hopefully I can squeeze a gym work-out into my already hectic schedule.
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PLDT, woe to you!
It’s been exactly a week since my DSL connection stopped working properly. I get disconnected every 5 or so minutes, it’s frustrating! I called them 4 times already and hadn’t seen any improvements yet. Are these guys even trying? And just this afternoon, I called and they said that they “regret” to inform the subscribers about their current internet problems. What-evs. 
Very poor service.
If only there’s an alternative DSL provider in our area (Globe or Bayantel maybe?), we’d switch right away. But there’s none so we have to deal with this incompetent provider until a better one comes along.
Bulaga! Surprising Eloi at her house. 
My friend Eloi and her family are leaving for the States tomorrow and will be staying there for good so my friends and I threw in a surprise despedida dinner for her last Friday. I’m not quite sure whose idea was it originally. Way, Tiff and I just found ourselves one night calling and texting people up to inform them of our impromptu get-together. Oh it was nothing big.. we just spent the evening hanging out in a cozy restaurant, eating pizza, taking pictures, sharing stories, laughing at each others’ craziness and reminiscing about our past. We had a great time! I wish we’d do things like this often not only when someone’s going away. 
To Eloi: Good luck! I wish you and your family well! Be good, ok? Don’t forget to drink lots of milk! Haha! (I found out that her relatives were also telling her that milk in the States tastes good. I found it funny cause it’s the same thing our relatives had told us before we went there. What’s with the milk? But yeah, it really tastes good. Just a side story. Hehe. )
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Migration part 2
In other news, my migration from Windows to Linux is going pretty well. I already found a calendar program to replace my Rainlendar—Google Calendar. It integrates nicely to my Evolution (a software similar to MS Outlook) and also syncs to my Palm. It also emails me notices for upcoming events. I like it because I like integration. Adobe Photoshop CS though, is still irreplaceable. While there’s Gimp Image Editor, I find it lacking of the essential tools that I use in PS. But it’s ok—I’ll just borrow my brother’s computer every time I need to edit some photos.
Which was what I did with Eloi’s despedida pictures that you can view under the cut.
How’s that for an integrated entry.
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I’m counting the days ‘til I start working. There is no definite date yet, but hopefully, it’ll be around June. In the meantime, I’m stuck at home doing some cooking (among other things of course). The picture above is my take two of the Baked Teriyaki Salmon I prepared about a week ago. I was able to take a picture of it this time so there’s no need for me to “borrow” photos. I served it straight from the broiler. Because 1) the pan was too hot, I didn’t bother transferring it to another plate and 2) I may cause the salmon to break making them unphotogenic.
Yup, I do most of my baking using the trusty turbo broiler. Since our oven hasn’t been working for more than fifteen years, we bake our goodies using other means. Hey, whatever works.
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Geeking
Speaking of the “other things” that I do, I was bored yesterday so I downloaded an ISO of Ubuntu and installed a second OS. Yes, I’m officially a Linux n00b. I played with it for a while—customized my desktop, installed stuff, chat with it, surfed with it—I actually had a blast trying it out. But at the end of the day I realized that I miss my windows. So I’m back to my sluggish, bulky and problematic XP. It’s only here that I get to use my Rainlendar and experience fully my Yahoo! Messenger (can’t get enough of those pinoy audibles—weird voices and all. ). So until they develop something like those two, I guess I’d be switching back to windows.(or probably get myself a Mac. Muahaha! :wink
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Congrats CPA’s!
Kudos to my beloved friends who passed the CPA Board Exams. I knew you guys would do well. I’m so proud of you!
LIBRE! LIBRE! 
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After tweaking with Mr. Andy Peatling’s gorgeous Word Press theme, I was finally able to customize it to my own liking. I totally dig this shade of green and pink! Still need to fix a few things though, since I can’t seem to make the “torn look” work in Internet Explorer. (so get firefox now and save yourself from the suckiness that is IE :wink I hope I’ll figure that one out eventually. 
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In other news, Tinay and I will go shopping hunting for a potential graduation dress tomorrow (change of plans! ). There’ll be no spending involved, since I’ll only be trying on dresses to see what style is suitable for my built. (..that is devoid of sexiness) I was told to bring a camera so I could take pictures of myself in those dresses and see how’d I look in them. Now I find that weird at first. But after she told me that the other purpose of that is so we could look for a similar dress supporting a much reasonable price–I changed my mind and now think that it was a brilliant idea. (cheapskate! 
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Speaking of graduation dresses, I remember Cynthia and I browsing through prom sites a few weeks ago looking for dresses. I came across some pretty cute ones
like this,
this
and this.
I personally like the third one cause I like that it’s simple yet elegant at the same time.
And I thought once your done with all of your subjects and passed all your requirements, you’ll no longer worry about school. Boy was I wrong. I never imagined my graduation to be this demanding, not to mention expensive. 
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