My birthday has come and went… honestly it wasn’t as notable as last year’s due to some factors like the “people change” factor. Almost all of my friends were really busy with their own lives and of course I couldn’t just force them to stop and make me go after them begging for attention, and at the same time the entire family’s attention was focused on my uncle (Dad’s younger brother) who suddenly passed away a few days back. Basically the everyone was grieving, at the time I was supposed to be celebrating another year of my life. Ironic.
Putting the sad thoughts away (shrugs), despite the insignificance of my celebration for this year, I simply celebrated it by giving myself a few presents.
Francais
I have been wanting to master the French language ever since I can’t remember, lol, but I finally got the chance to take a formal class (thanks to my friend Ice who referred me) at the Alliance Francaise de Manille. Classes will begin on August 14, and I’m so excited! I’m looking forward to learning French in a formal setting and have a chance to be with Ice in classes again. It just reminds me of the high school days that I missed so much. 🙂
A new… tumbler?
I left my tumbler in Winnipeg (?!??!) so I didn’t have anything I could use to completely utilize the water dispenser in the office, so during the first days at work, I used to buy bottled drinks every morning and recycle the container, but since the plastic containers from those drinks aren’t really suitable to be used a lot of times because they become cancerous over time, I had to buy a new one every day! And the expenses were unimaginable, so I forced myself to buy a new tumbler so that I won’t have to spend dough every morning just to have a drinking container. And since it’s my birthday I thought of getting something special – and I got the idea from one of my friends at work. And voila – I got a Starbucks tumbler!
…a widescreen LCD monitor!
Geeks, gamers and computer enthusiasts would no longer ask why! I got myself a new monitor the moment I arrived here. It’s been one of the things I have been planning to buy, so I didn’t let the opportunity pass. Who doesn’t enjoy watching films and playing games on a large screen? 😀
…a new Archie comic issue
For those who didn’t know, I have been a fan of the comic series since I was still in high school. I used to save my allowance so I could buy a new issue and I would often borrow some from my classmates. For this year, I also bought myself a new issue. It’s been so long since I have last read one of these.
Somehow, these little things, the simplest as they seem, have made my day. It’s really the smallest things that count – it just takes a little more amount of appreciation. 🙂
But that’s not really all – I also got a present from my aunt. It’s one of them Japanese women figurines – she’s got a lot of them here. (I’m currently staying with her and her husband who is a Japanese, by the way) Some of which she bought when she was in Japan, and today I finally get to have one of these! 😀
By the way, I would also like to express my sincerest thanks to the people who actually spent a moment of their busy lives dropping me a greeting on almost any medium possible – SMS, emails, personal greetings, Twitter and of course – Facebook. I never expected that greetings would actually pour down on my wall which used to be really empty. I had never expected that a lot of people actually spared me a thought. That goes straight down my life’s history book. 🙂
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