subliminal messaging

I used to read this book at the Colegio San Agustin Grade School library many years ago.

I can still remember it very clearly, down to the tiniest detail of the drawings inside.

The problem? I saw it at Trinoma yesterday, and I couldn't get it.

I already had two books lined up before I saw this one, and I couldn't afford to spend another centavo.

It was really frustrating.

I wanted to buy it, yet the bean counters in my mind were already screaming. Sure, it only cost 120 pesos, but aside from the sentimental value I couldn't find any reason to justify to my rational self the release of 120 pesos for a book which did not even reach 30 pages.

I AM SO DAMN CHEAP.

Hahaha.

Maybe I should have taken up Accounting.

Hehehe.

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I was surprised to find a Toys 'R Us store at Trinoma. (Ano 'to, tour ng Trinoma??)

For me, a trip to any mall can never be complete without a leisurely stroll inside a toy shop. Yes, even at 20 years old I still enjoy looking at toys, and wishing that they were mine.

Uh oh.

It's not that I didn't have any toys when I was a child; my parents used to bring home a new Matchbox car everyday after work, and the fact that my birthday is just a few days short of Christmas ensured double the amount of presents I received every December.

Maybe it's my childhood frustrations surfacing; the 'I want this, I want that' syndrome manifesting itself once again. I got much of what I wanted when I was a child, but quite a lot of what I wanted then slipped through my fingers.

The grass is always greener on the other side.

Hahaha.

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Starbucks.

Enough said.

Hehehe.

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BA Journalism is turning out to be a VERY EXPENSIVE course. In two weeks I've spent more than three-fourths of my allowance on transportation; finding people to interview for class can bring you to new and wonderful places which you never knew existed.

AND DRAIN YOUR WALLET SO FAST.

Yet it all can be very rewarding. You get to see new places, you get to meet new people (and make good contacts on the way!), and you learn things which you can never learn anywhere else.

Yes, it's tiring and it can cost a lot. It can also be VERY FRUSTRATING at times.

But in the end, IT'S ALL WORTH IT.

As a friend (who by the way would UNFORTUNATELY miss out on my yearly FREE PIZZA TREAT during our Christmas party) said:

ang punto ko, simple.at.malabo.

kung ang mata ko naligayahan sa nakita nya,
ang ilong ko eh nakaamoy ng pag-asa.

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I found myself singing along to one of Jose Mari Chan's Christmas songs as I went through the Cubao MRT station on the way home yesterday. The Christmas spirit is really in the air.

28 (or so) days to go before Christmas! (Sorry, couldn't resist!)

I felt so happy then; I felt that things were finally falling into place. Only a few little things remain.

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Haay... Back to work!