Aches and Pains

Oh.

My.

God.

My limbs feel like they're going to fall off.

I had to run, not jog (in my opinion), for 12 minutes on the treadmill.

I had to lift weights for biceps, triceps, hamstrings, shoulders, whatever, for 12 freaking reps (for each body part). Then the trainer lightened the load (a bit) for 18 reps. I felt my joints were being ripped apart.

Then the abdominal exercise, wherein I was lying down and had to lift up my slightly bent legs up to a certain point, then bring them down, but not touching the floor. I almost wanted to smack the trainer for pushing me to finish those 3 sets of 15 reps. My stomach and back were crying out for help, and all he can say was, "Last 5, kaya mo pa yan".

The best thing about the routine yesterday was the stretching part. Everything was stretched and pulled and oooh... actually, it felt soooo good. The trainer was so surprised, he actually gave me a compliment, "Uy, flexible ka pala ha." Of course, I took ballet lessons when I was a kid noh!

And then we were finished for the session.

And this morning, when I woke up, I can feel every part of my body complaining and throbbing with pain.

Oh shit.

I still have that Spanish orals later.

Good luck to me, heheheh.

Toodles ^_^

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P.S. Sobrang natuwa ako sa Fitness First talaga. Even though I'm experiencing a hella lot of pain right now, I am so going back on Friday. Then after the Halloween weekend, I plan to visit every Wednesday, Friday and Sunday. And if sipagin ako, sige pati Monday na rin hihihi. Shoot me if I still don't lose weight by next year.

Astig na Blogger Templates

I was browsing for a new template for my kasal when I came across this: BLOGGER TEMPLATES :: A template for my blog!

Ang kulit sobra nung Yahoo! template hehehe... kung puede lang gumawa ng kalokohan na blog, gagamitin ko yung template na yon eh ^_^

Work It Out

Ahh, it's a new week ahead.

Yesterday, we went to Robinson's Metro East so that I could finally *finally* sign up for Fitness First. Look out world, a new low-fat, low-carb missyosigirl will emerge. Hahahahha =D

So now, my week will be jam-packed. I have Spanish classes on Tuesdays and Thursdays, so I have Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays for the gym. Mejo bad timing nga lang pagsali ko kasi we have exams for our Spanish class this week, then comes the Halloween weekend. Next week siguro kaya ko pa MWF (ha, I really wish I could). Ay wait, di pala puede Monday kasi nasa Fontana pa kami non. Baka Wednesday or Friday na lang.

But no wait, next week, my team mates and I will be attending the Sun Tech Days at the Makati Shangri-la. Oh well, hope I don't get too tired so I could still work out after the seminars. And, will they make me go to Spanish class pa after the Thursday seminars? Aargh, yoko kaya!!!

Haaay... so many things to do. Today is the software development deadline of our team's major enhancement. Actually, tapos nako, I just need to do a *really* thorough testing to see if it *really* doesn't have any more bugs.

And one good thing about today: me and Drei are meeting for lunch. Hooray! Kahit na ma-miss ko yung review session para sa exam (seryoso talaga kami dun sa Spanish exams na yan ha), oks lang, kasi mish na mish ko na si Drei! See ya dude! (by the time you read this, we have seen each other hahahaha)

Toodles ^_^

Rollercoaster

This is going to be really long and emotional, so if you don't want anything too heavy, move on...

Gawd, the rollercoaster of love. You think you're on a smooth ride, then life throws you a loop and a steep fall. Then you start to climb, and you hope that you spend a long time up there before the next loop or fall.

And that's where I am at right now. There was a loop, then a steep fall, and I'm pretty sure I'm on a climb. Better a climb, than to fall all over again.

First the loop. There was this huge fight which started with me asking him "Di mo ba ihahatid yung kambal?". You'd think that was such a simple question, but no, he had to answer in a sarcastic, ang-bobo-mo-talaga way, that I just had to respond in the same manner. It progressed to a full-blown fight, with things thrown across the room, the door being kicked open, and curses flying like there was no tomorrow.

I didn't mind those things actually. I was used to his temper, I was used to the way he'd get mad, I knew how it was going to end. But he said one thing that made me furious and disappointed at the same time: Wala ka namang ginagawa dito sa bahay. And he supported his "assertion" with things like, I couldn't even fix the bed before I leave and that he would left his things on certain places and that he'd wait to see if I'd do something about it. Watdafuck???

Rantings from a man who does nothing but play Ragnarok on his computer. From the first second he wakes up in the morning, up to the last conscious breath he takes before he goes to sleep. He just had no fucking right to tell me that I was doing nothing.

And I know you're going to hit me for this, but we made up that same night. He was downstairs studying with his friends (he had a final exam early the next day), while I was trying to get a good night's sleep. He went up to the room, said he had a hard time studying since he was still all worked up. He said he was sorry. We kissed and made up. I didn't resist because of that final exam. If I didn't accept his apology, he just might give up on that exam, fail it, then add one more semester before he could *finally* graduate. (Was that even logical?)

And now, the steep fall. When I went home that Friday night, I learned he got caught cheating on his final exam. His teacher filed a case for the Student Disciplinary Tribunal. He could get expelled.

I couldn't believe my ears. He had two subjects to go. That subject with the final exam, and another one he was going to take next semester. And then he was going to be expelled? And then what? What about his degree, his diploma? His work? Our future?

Down the fucking drain.

But then I saw that he felt so bad about it. I came from Galleria that night with my parents and sisters because of the 3-day sale, and he sent me a message that he wanted me home asap. I knew it was either something was up, or that he just wanted me home to take care of Darice so he could play Ragnarok. But I chose the first option (hoping against hope that something was really *wrong*, because if he just wanted me home so he could play uninterrupted, I'd really wreck his computer), and asked him what was wrong. (Good thing?) I was right, because he replied that he'd just tell me about it when I get home.

I just didn't expect it to be so "wrong".

But wait, there's still hope.

By Monday, he talked to his teacher and they ironed things out. But the case was already filed, and it was up to the Dean of Eng'g if it was going to reach the SDT or not.

And now, may I ask who the Dean of Eng'g is?

None other than my thesis adviser, my ex-boss (I was her student assistant), and our soon-to-be ninang for our wedding.

Coincidence or destiny? Gawd, maybe that's why I had her for my thesis adviser, because *this* was going to happen. All that hard work as a DSP member and a gopher for her was focused on this one event, so that she would (I hope) go easy on Dar.

And now, we wait it out.

One good thing: for the first time ever in our history of being together, he owns up, and admitted that it was his fault. He said he had so many things going on at that time - his thesis, then he hit somebody's car and so he had to take care of that, his root canal - that he just lost focus, and eventhough he was *studying* for days before that final exam, nothing was going in his head.

But I did tell him that if he could just spend more time studying, instead of sitting in front of his computer to play Ragnarok, then things could've been better. I had to deal with so many things during my thesis, but I still got through my sem without *rampant* cheating. (I did fail CoE 115 that same sem, and if I was doing rampant cheating then, I would've passed, if I wasn't caught by Looney Gueta) Gusto kong ipukpok sa ulo niya na mawawalan kami ng kinabukasan dahil sa paglalaro nya.

I asked him if he learned his lesson. He sheepishly replied that he will never cheat again. (Good enough, even though he didn't get it that he should lessen his time on the PC) I gave a smirk and said, I hope we're talking about cheating in all aspects of life... He understood, gave me an embarassed smile, and hugged me like he meant it.

And what about me, what lesson did I learn?

Maybe for my next post. (I've written such a long entry already! Hahaha...) I still have a lot of feelings and emotions to sift through. I actually do not know how to feel about him anymore. It's like I'm in limbo with him.

Right now, I'm just hoping I can still keep up with the emotional rollercoaster that is our love.

Toodles. ^_^

Avilon Zoo, Part Deux

To those who have been asking where Avilon Zoo is, it's in Montalban. And I'm sorry I can't be more specific because Dar, Darice and I slept on the way to the zoo, and as we left the zoo. But Dar said we did pass by Commonwealth Avenue, then turned right at Litex, then passed Payatas on our way to Montalban. Hope that little information helped.

^_^

New Layout!

Been working on the new layout since last week and ngayon ko lang naayos ng mabuti for blogger. ^_^

Since aliw ako sa girl-with-a-yosi pic ng previous layout ko, I used it again for this new layout. It's based on seventendesign's template found in blogskins, which I already used for my wedding preps blog. So definitely I'll be changing the layout of that blog too.

I really think it looks better than the previous layout, coz it looks more neat and maayos.

What do you guys think? ^_^

Anyways, read on for more kuwento!

Toodles!

Wet and Wild Trip

I took a leave today to accompany Darice, together with Dar, on her field trip.

There were 4 stops on the itenarary: Sugarland, Pag-asa Science Park Planetarium, McDonald's Quezon Ave., and Avilon Zoo. The Sugarland stop was kind of corny because it took about less than 5 minutes to tour the whole plant. Darice slept halfway through the Planetarium lecture (although I immensely enjoyed the lecture on the constellations ^_^). We stopped by McDonald's Quezon Ave for for lunch and a tour of their kitchen.

But it was at Avilon Zoo where we had a real trip. By the time we got there, it was drizzling already. The tour guide said it was a good 2-hour trip. *gulp* So we zipped up Darice in her jacket, brought out our flimsy 75-peso umbrella, and prayed that the rain would stop.

One of the first animals we saw were the miniature horses. Darice was really fascinated with them ^_^






Up next were some deers. Ako mismo nagulat na merong mga deers sa 'Pinas.





Then we went to the aviary. There were a lot of different species of birds, but Dar and I were fascinated by the blue pheasant. [Although, sadness, it doesn't look really blue here in the picture]





On to the amphibians and reptiles.

First, some frogs. That's a horned frog, and the orange-y one is a tomato frog.







And an albino snake. Ayaw lumapit ni Darice, scared sya eh!





There were some turtles, a few alligators (or was it crocs?).

And then after that, we got separated from the group.

Hahaha. Nahaggard kami sa kakahanap sa kanila. We did catch up with another group from the school, but both Darice and Dar were complaining already, and they wanted to go back to the bus. I was still willing to brave the strong drizzle, but I got tired of their whinings.

Di naman obvious na wala na kaming gana noh?



Of Phonemes, Glottis and Slides

Na-time-warp ako kagabi sa Spanish class.

After a long, long, long, loooooooooong time, narinig ko na naman ang mga salitang phonemes, glottis, and slides . Ilang taon ko na ring di naririnig ang mga katagang yon. Ilang taon ko na rin di naisip kung ano ang mga phonemes na nagfo-fall under glottal stops, slides, vowels, nasals, fricatives and affricates.

Bumalik ako sa mundo ko sa DSP at mga pinagdaanan ko concerning speech. Nung sinasabi ng Spanish teacher namin na iba-iba ang phoneme sets ng bawat lenguahe, nakikita ko na ako lang ang nag-na-nod in agreement! Ako lang nakakaintindi sa kanya hahahah!

Sa totoo lang, na-enjoy ko ang speech sa DSP. Di lang kasi technical know-how yun eh. Kelangan din ng left-brain capabilities ang speech technology. Sabi nga ng guro namin sa Spanish, you need to know sounds, or you have an ear for sound, to learn a new language and to speak it the way natives do. For consultants and analysts, the first thing na mage-gets nila is grammer. Coz the first we do naman daw kasi is to analyze the sentence, and get the meaning based on context. Rightly so, the first thing na 'gets' ng speech technology is grammer and language (ramil and reghz, ano nga ba yung n-gram something something na yon?). The next step siguro is to make the computer answer the way a person does (make him sound less and less like a robot). And that will definitely entail an ear for sound, and reproduce that sound to perfection. And sorry na lang siguro kung tone deaf ka hahahha =D

Hay... napunta nako from Spanish to speech. Definitely learning more Spanish (but don't expect me to write anything Spanish muna kasi hahanapin ko pa yung mga baligtad na question mark na kelangan para sa question na statement).

And definitely missing DSP... haaay kelan kaya makakabisita sa EEE?

Toodles!

Red-hot

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You are the color red. You are the most controversial of all the colors. You are often easily angered, but as easily as you got excited, you come down. When angered, do you have the tendency to be malicious? Afterwards, do you end up begging for forgiveness? Maybe.

But you're incredibly generous, and, odd enough, needy. You love to hate, and sometimes, you hate to love. This color describes you as generally edgy. When in a bad situation, you're pessimistic, and when you're in a good situation, you're extremely optimistic. You're painfully temperemental, and sometimes it hurts the ones you love. But with an exciting and stimulating attitude, you enjoy talking to people and being social. But aside from your bold and outgoing attitude, you're attention-needing and attention-getting. This color is associated with lust and desire--and you are both lust (?) and desirous. You're a protective person when it comes to the people you love. You're incredibly sharp-witted and powerful (not to mention intelligent!).

What color are you? (Amazingly detailed & accurate--with pics!) brought to you by Quizilla