she’s all that

before Gabrielle Union "brought it" and Paul Walker became "2 Fast, 2 Furious"; before Anna Paquin became a "mutant" and Dule Hill walked the corridors of "West Wing", they all joined Freddie Prince, Jr and Rachel Leigh Cook create one of our times best teeny-bopper-romantic-comedy flicks - She's All That!

see, last christmas, people in my department decided to have a little "Secret Santa" thing apart from the one that we have for the office party. each of us wrote a wish list and my list included "She's All That" DVD or VCD (i'm really not that picky.. hehe.. :p). it took Pam long enough to buy a DVD copy (it seemed like her gift was more of a pre-Chinese New Year present) so she opted to get the VCD copy instead. And when i got home yesterday, i immediately popped it into the DVD player and savored every moment..

i don't know what it is with "She's All That" but when i watched it, i felt like there was someone blowing on my nape. creepy.. i know!! i mean after five years, you would think that it would just pass as another teeny-bopper film that you just wanna watch over and over but the truth is, the kilig factor's still there. it probably has something to do with regression, you know, when seeing things associated to the past brings your psyche back to that era… and watching it brought me back to the time when i was, nonetheless, a hopeless romantic waiting for a bad-ass jock to knock me off my feet..

persuasive, but not conclusive..

while i was checking friendster's bulletin boards, i noticed that one of my friends had a post with the subject: persuasive, but not conclusive. i got curious so i read it and i would have to agree with her. read along and you'll see why the message posted had that subject.. 

For all those men who say, Why buy a cow when
you can get milk for free. Here's an update for you:
Now days, 80% of women are against marriage,
WHY? Because women realize it's not worth
buying an entire pig just to get a little sausage.

Men are like…Parking Spots…..All the good ones
are taken, the rest are handicapped.

care to comment? feel free to do so.. it is an interesting topic after all..

happy friday the 13th :D

being born and raised a Filipino tends to make you superstitious. as for me, i believe that things happen for a reason and that we are in charge of our own luck. it's not that i don't believe in all these superstition nonesense but like they say, there's absolutely no harm in trying, right.

 today, we celebrate one of the most feared days - friday the 13th. etymologists have even coined a term for people who fear friday the 13th (paraskevidekatriaphobia). the question is… why?!

we all know that 13 is "suppossed" to be unlucky. here are some facts about the infamous number that you'll find interesting..

• French socialites (quatorziens) would make themselves available as emebery guest fill-ins for dinner parties which held 13 names so they could be the 14th guest.
• Threats on computer viruses run amuck on Friday the 13th often needlessly scaring many users.
• Otis Elevator Company says that 90% of skyscrapers (and many big hotels) have no 13th floor
• Many hospitals, hotels, office complexes, etc. have no Room 13
• Universal Studios in California has no studio lot 13
• Many airlines, sports arenas and auditoriums eliminate a "seat 13" or even a row 13
• Many business (or CEOs) don't like starting a business trip or even signing a contract on any 13th of any month, especially if it's Friday the 13th.
• The airport in Fresno, CA doesn't have a Gate 13
• Many folks will not have 13 as a house number so the Post Office gives them 12 1/2. And in France , to replace the number 13, they use 12 two times (1212)

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hot triple grande irish cream half-decaf foamy caramel macchiato

as the cliche goes, to each his own. we all have our own beliefs, our own sense of style, and yes, our own quirks and zaniness, and yes, our own comfort foods. i know it’s way to early to be thinking about food but, hey, i work in a contact center so i guess i’m exempted.. hehe..

 i don’t know why, exactly, but lately, i have had this feeling that something’s wrong. everything seems perfectly normal but something’s definitely not right and i can’t really put my finger to it. i’ve been having these weird vibes ever since i got back to work after the holidays. post-holiday depression?! could be.. or is it possible that i’m just questioning the “system” since everything turned out fine.

i was really bummed during the first three hours of my shift and as much as i want to conduct telephone interviews (after all, this is what the company pays me to do), i can’t since there are no records available.  so what i did was read CHARMED episode spoilers, update my gmail address book, write testimonials on friendster, organize my desk, jazz up my planner and look up information on the resumption of Canadian citizenship (long story). And as preoccupied i was, as it seemed, it still wasn’t enough to kick the boredom out of me. so, during my first break, i immediately went to starbucks valero to get a triple grande irish cream half-decaf foamy caramel macchiato.

when i got back, i decided to write an entry on my comfort food, or rather, drink. And then it suddenly dawned on me - i’m no different from it or better yet, my life is no different from it.

now, what it’s basic form, really? it’s just a grande caramel macchiato - two shots of espresso, vanilla syrup, caramel syrup, steamed milk and caramel drizzle. but to make it a bit more interesting, what i did was add an espresso shot, irish cream syrup, and made it foamy and half-decaf. i could have opted for two shots and left it as is and it would have had the same caffeine jolt that i was looking for. but instead, i had to add an espresso shot for a stronger coffee taste and had 50% of it’s stimulant substance just so that i wouldn’t suffer from hyperventilation due to caffeine overdose. i could have also just left the foam to it’s regular state but instead, i had to make it foamy because i love the way the caramel drizzle clings to it. complicated?! not really.. seems like it though, huh?!

i guess my point is that whenever we get what we want or whenever what we want is already there, we can’t help but ask for more. i mean, it’s already there, right in front of us, but all we do is could we just dismiss wanting more as “human nature”? perhaps.. i just can’t help but wonder, why do we keep on wanting more when everything is already provided for us. it’s not like we really need that extra shot or extra syrup. but we do not because of anything else but simply because we want to..

year end survey

i don't know about you but i actually enjoy answering those surveys that are posted on friendster's bulletin board section. i find it to be an effective way to kill time and (the same time) allows you to know your friends a little more better (sometimes, even more than you ought to know.. hehehe…)

so here's a year end survey (courtesy of flowe). i just thought it would be nice to post it here.. let's just say it's my own way of saying sayonara to the year that was… 2005!!

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