So i thought i’d do this one too because i enjoy reading Lollipop26’s post..

Here it is:

1) I studied CompSci for my bachelors and Internet Computing for my masters. i did the latter here in Australia.

2) i wear contact lenses and can’t have lasik surgery for some reason..

3) I never thought i’d leave manila and settle somewhere. I am glad i did. After my first semester in uni here in Australia, i decided to stay and now i am a full pledge Aussie! (Aussie, Aussie, Aussie, oi oi oi)

4) I had a very weird pet peeve… pointed objects! i can’t handle someone playing with their pens or sewing! just imagine my highschool years in philippines.. those home economics units!

5) I’ve always loved makeup but it’s only now that i am acting on it..

6) i am inlove with my iphone

7) i don’t plan 5 years from now or something like that. i used to! i was known for the girl who plans to plan. But after my mum passed away my whole perception in life changed hence now i believe that NOW is the most important part of your life. Have goals and work towards it and enjoy life.

i enjoy facebook more than my space

9) growing up i thought i can sing until my neighbour asked me if he can record it and i said yes. after that he made me listen to it and i was horrified! now i know i can’t sing. i was 9 years at that time. memories still haunt me.. haha

10) since i can’t sing, i tried dancing and the only dance i can do is belly dancing.. so yeah i did 1 year of belly dancing… hips dont lie i tell yah.

11) i hate spiders. i can easily faint or worse die at the sight of those big hairy ones.

12) I used to be a shoe addict until i was introduced to MAC and now NARS

13) most of friends know i am YouTubing… hehe

14) I’d like to watch the movie first then read the book! that way i can appreciate the movie..

15) A guilty pleasure… tabloids and gossip magazine. After a long day at work my way of unwinding and getting back to reality is head to Borders and read gossip magazines! i wanna know who’s pregnant or if Brad Pitt is now available..

16) Growing up, i wanted to have fair skin, i even tried bleaching my skin when i was 15.. haha then when i came to Australia everyone was tanning… i felt home!

I am tagging anyone who wants to do it

on a land very far far far away, but not too far from the train station, there is a not-so-fair lady who had nothing better to do but to fix things, answer telephones, answer emails, think, solve formulas, improve things and blog. She spends most of her time on fixing things or at least she tries to.

Her mighty ruler decided to leave and with such regret, the land not so far far far away from the train station hired an outside force of goodwill and more technical intelligence from the Technical Intelligence kingdom to come visit and help the not-so-fair lady.

The Technical Intelligence kingdom sends out so many helpful person every week and on each week the not-so-fair lady meets a different helpful man.

In most days, she likes the helpful man as he’s helpful and very intelligent. he has all the answers to her stupid questions and sometime she has the answers to his not so stupid questions.

And in other days, she doesn’t like them that much. Just like today, the helpful man came with full of enthusiam and joy that he’s indeed the helpful man of the day. He’s fine, friendly and just like the rest of them very technically intelligent.

On a slow day like today, all you can hear are their fingers tapping and murmurs of uncertainties. And the tragic tale begins.

The not-so-fair lady was all about fixing things today when a terrible smell started to touch her nose. The smell is familiar but definitely not coming from her.

She followed the trail of smell discreetly and it lead her to the helpful man.

She immediately turned around and composed herself. She thought, he wouldn’t do that.

Minutes then hours have passed, the smell is back. Again, she followed where the smell is coming from, discreetly of course and it led to the helpful man again.

The not-so-fair lady, spoke with such insanity (meaning talking to herself) and utter “someone had roast beef and potates last night”, with the intention of just making herself laugh, the helpful man heard it and answered with such joy “i did”

And that’s the story of the farting machine…

have a laugh..

well, most of you don’t know but when it comes to surprises, the last person you should expect organising it is Momo.
why? well, just say that he’s good but not that great. (i still love him so much though)

anyway, so the surprise. it came out to be a really surprise. i had no clue at all… but the build up of anger was something else.

rule of the thumb.. when planning a surprise party, the celebrant shouldn’t know or get a hint of anything.. it’s always good to let the celebrant think that nothing is in-store, no plan, no thing special, no surprises..

and learning from the experts (papa nic & feli), momo did all that.. i didn’t suspect anything! all i know is that he SHOULD take me to dinner. i expected him to do that.. i can’t see him organising a  surprise party.. really can’t…

his plan was to only invite close friends.. and he did..

mid day my birthday, momo sms me and asked me what i want for my birthday.. thinking that it’s already my birthday.. i got upset because he doesn’t have a plan at all.. all my hopes that he will take me to dinner at least is gone, thrown out the window..

in fact here’s the conversation:

(setting, chikee is at work waiting for home time and momo is home doing some mischief)

momo: what do you want to do tonight my love?

chikee: aren’t you suppose to plan that weeks ago? like at least take me to dinner, you know.

momo: ok, i’ll take you to sizzlers!

chikee: (already upset for the fact that nothing is planned) well, i can go to sizzler on my own at any day!

momo: how about harry potter?!

chikee: you know that i don’t follow harry potter! (already angry.. not upset but angry)

momo: then i give up, i don’t know what to do…

chikee: well, let’s just stay home and i will cook dinner (*now note this line, this is a mind game… i am waiting for him to say “no, it’s your birthday, we should go somewhere”)

momo: OK, i’ll come home after uni

chikee: and what time will that be?

momo: when you’re done cooking..

(i tell you my nerves are about to pop! i was that upset.. birthdays are meant to be special. and i have a dress to wear, new shoes.. the works! and he just wants to eat at home.. and i cook?)

chikee: whatever! you go with your brothers to KFC and leave me alone!
momo: i love my baby… hehehehehe

(chikee didn’t reply)

i then sms all my close friends. i message some of them, inviting them on the last minute for my birthday dinner… all of them said they were busy and it was so last minute.. now because i was sooo upset, i didn’t care taht all of them have the same excuse.. i trully bought each of that.. so i sms them back and told them that i will re-schedule when everyone can attend)
so i went home.. take note, no one picked me up! no one! and when i got home, no one is home!

i cried and went to bed..
i somehow fell asleep crying and hating my birthday.. time is only 630pm

7pm.. phone call.. it was momo..
he said to get ready he’s taking me to dinner..

what did i say?
“i don’t like sizzlers and i don’t like harry potter, let me sleep”

then he chuckled! mind you, he chuckled!!

all i can say was “arrggghhhh!”

so after a long exchange of please get dress and me saying no, leave me alone..

i then got ready. wore my new dress, new shoes. did my make up… after all it’s my birthday and i don’t want to completely ruin it..

he took me to this eat all you can fine dining…
when we got there, i saw a friend and i wonder what’s he doing here.. then momo said, it’s just someone who looks like him..
and again, i bought that.. i was that upset and hungry that i didn’t care at all…

anyway, the waiter is bit slow.. slow in picking up “codes” and signals… so the whole plan of hiding my friends didnt work out as expected.. but when i saw them i was on the verge of hitting momo.. like is this a surprise?!

it was indeed a surprise..
i loved it.. and i thank everyone for being there.
it was a job well done for momo…

at the end of the day, i couldn’t thank momo enough..
although i told him don’t make me upset that much again.. not on my birthday at least..

it was a great night

i am 27… and i am happy

i was raised to basically do house chores…hehehehe

you see, I was the eldest and the only one old enough to help out my mum or my aunties on house chores.

i think it’s great because at least i know i will survive living on my own. i can cook, clean, do the laundry, iron, food shopping..  gardening maybe not but you get the picture.

we used to get help around the house when i was young but that didn’t stop my mum from teaching me do things which to tell you started some small fights between us… i was a kid.. can’t blame me.

i must admit that there was a time that i was really lazy and decided not to help out. like i know how to do it but because i know someone is paid to do it, i got this thinking that “i don’t have to do it”.. then again, i was kid, can’t blame me.

now i don’t have that someone-paid to do everything for me or my mum to help me out so it tends to get a bit over whelming at times when i have so much to do.

last night i realised that i am doing almost everything for everybody and i am losing precious time of Sheryl. my me-time.

i think i spoiled them too much.. so i think it’s just time to let them do it!
what say you?!
hopefully, i can! i’ll let you know of my progress.

now that’s a fact for my future.. i am capable of spoiling my future kids and my future husband..