a rhetoric

so how have i been? apart from the weekly/monthly rendezvous that you see in my blogposts? you should know, photos are my excuse for effortlessly unloading my memory of so & so epsiodes in my not-so eventful existence on earth & tell the story. there are several other unphotographed events in between those posts that are worth writing about but i have a tendency to forget dates, ergo, skipping tales. rye brought me a belle de jour 2009 planner which i have committed to scribble on past & future events in my life but've been too preoccupied recently (or utterly lethargic whichever comes first ahehe) thus unintentionally being forgetful when i am about to write about what i was supposed to write already.

i've always been a sucker for journals ever since high school. i have a knack in documenting everything worth remembering. but beware for it has its cons too. the pros are quite obvious & one of its cons made me regret owning one. i ran away from home back in college to support a fraternity brother outside manila, who was then my boyfriend, out of forced responsibility (i am a loyal member of the same org.). my parents worried, they rummaged through my personal stuff & soon enough got a hold of my then-called diary which i rashly placed in a closet my sister & myself shared & neglected to bring along. they read everything they should not have. stuff about my privy musings, stuffs that plagued my thoughts, secrets that should've just stayed in my own foolish head. sigh.

anyhoo, here are a few updates & thoughts (spontaneously typed, in no particular order ehehe):

gadgets & gizmos - i am feeling a bit woozy as i write this because of insufficient sleep. it was my tulog-off yesterday (day off from a graveyard shift) but i really did not sleep. rye & myself invested on our most expensive conjugal (but we're not married, i just like the word hihi) property. we bought ourselves a brand new car!!! yebah!!! we just relied on tough luck when we posted our old car in cyber buy & sell pages which surprisingly garnered several inquiries & got effortlessly sold the next day! we dedicated the next few days on scouting for a new car. 2 days ago we made a fixed decision which one to get. the following day, we got what we wanted! we will be sharing the herculean task of paying the monthly car loan expenses for the next 5 years. my father too is going to replace his company car w/ the new honda city, one i was initially eyeing for. soon there'll be 4 black cars parked in our garage. our car, dad's, my brother's & my cousin's hehe.

home improvement - we also replaced our old crabby room air conditioner last month which makes our room all nippy even on a summer afternoon. that drew a border line w/ regards to our house's electric bills. i was only responsible for the phone & internet bills but when that new aircon got installed, it was time rye & i shouldered our own electrical consumption.

occasions - yesterday was also my nephew's 2nd month 'birthday'. my sister prepared carbonara & tacos yum! looking forward to 9 more months of delicious pasta!

- took a vacation leave for a couple of days dedicated to my partner's birthday. on april 13th, rye's birthday, he devoted his day to his daughter & partner (moi, whoelse?). we had lunch at italianni's, watched 'monsters vs. aliens' in the afternoon, bought him spalding sneakers as my gift & visited his family at his old place in the evening. we wrapped up the day w/ a bottle of san mig light each. the following day, we fetched his mother & sibling for a yellow cab treat, went to sm for some home (room actually) improvement shopping & brought home a kfc chicken bucket treat for everyone at home . by wednesday (ahem, ang haba ng birthday neto a! hehe), he brought us to bigoli for early dinner, sent our daughter home & spent the rest of the night w/ other friends at the freska & burby's bars. i ordered oysters, a pinacolada, a jack-coke combo & a mojito.

shopping - twice last month, i brought my nieces to greenhills for shopping splurges & expensive dinners. if i save enough money again, i will grant them whatever their tita can afford. our paltry savings for the next 3 months will be due to the 1st 3 most costly downpayments rye & i'll be throwing in for our new car. it'll nearly suck our atm's dry...we should be back in our feet after that.

pets - our puppy ebony died last feb, seemed inevitable. i had a duschand a year ago who suddenly died w/ similar symptoms. i believe it was called a parvo virus. when that duschand died, i lost interest in bringing home dogs. i couldn't dismiss the epidemic that's killing the canines in our neighborhood. cassy, ebony's mom, incredibly is still living & healthy. ebony, hope you're getting all the milk & fun you need in dog heaven!

tv series - so i succumbed into sleepless nights watching gossip girl & currently, house. i find house amusing despite my lack of understanding of hardcore medical lingo. dr. house's brutally honest demeanor is enough to keep me glued on the tv every night. i'm now on season 3.

cyberweb - facebook & twitter addiction. i still open my friendster account but i seldom do updates. facebook & twitter are relatively more fun.

i need to work so this rhetoric stops here. if i think of somethin' else, i'll post a part deux tomorrow.