updating from work.
POSTED AT 11:09 AM

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day 2 at wyeth.

here i am at my cubicle, bored out of my mind.

in my 9 hour day, i spend only 1 hour meeting with the boss. another hour is spent typing and still one more hour is allotted for lunch. the rest goes to... internet time because theres NOTHING else to do.

VISIT ME FRIENDS!! chino roces ave isnt that far, believe me. lets have lunch and catch up, i have all the time in the world im telling you...

the working life aint all its cracked up to be.

summer again, please?

POSTED AT 02:26 PM

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its days like these that the memory of white, powdery sand, the feel of the sun on my bare shoulders and the sea breeze ruffling my hair, just makes me feel so depressed.

because im stuck HERE in this freezing office listening to the hum of the printer and copier, the sound of telephones ringing simultaneously and feeling numbness in my legs from too much sitting down. im HERE instead of BORA where i was frolicking three weeks ago.

DAYYYYYYM.

Currently feeling: tired

POSTED AT 09:00 AM

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day 3.

damn this is a cushy ojt. TOO cushy if you ask me. i wanted a challenge!! i wanted real life work experience!!

so far i've just been modeling my "business attire" outfits, typing away at my cubicle, and squandering the daily allowance Wyeth gives me.

on the bright side, i've also already downloaded ten million things to pocholo's usb hahaha

AND reread old journal entries, etc.

BOOOOOOOOOREDOM.

 

Currently feeling: cold

TO FACEBOOK OR NOT TO FACEBOOK.
POSTED AT 11:17 AM

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this is what boredom does.

POSTED AT 08:31 AM

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hellooooooo, it's day 4. good morning!

damn, christine's brilliant meebo idea DID NOT WORK.

i miss my barkada. 1/2 is out of the country! you girls have to come home soon

Currently feeling: cold

daily update #2
POSTED AT 09:50 AM

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i think i may have a new talent!

i can now tell, just by someone's approaching footsteps, if the person is a man/woman.

im SO serious. this is all thanks to the hrd's wooden floors and high cubicle walls that make it impossible to walk in high heels without disturbing the entire office (for the former), and see who enters/leaves the office (for the latter).

ctk 15 weekend begins tomorrow!! who's so excited to staff? i cant believe its been 15 batches already.. and 6 years. whoa. thats a long time. i can still remember a gangly 15-year old (with braces!!!), all giddy and nervous, about to take her days. and now, 6 years later, im STILL staffing in my community. i think thats pretty cool

so random
POSTED AT 03:24 PM

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was i ever a giggler? friends, help me out here. i mean, i know i was never a flirt but would i ever GIGGLE when talking to a guy?

this is why im so happy to be out of the whole 'single and ready to mingle' scene. because people look funny when theyre making pacute. or papansin or whatever. and its hilarious to watch, just because a part of you (or at least, a part of your past self) identifies with the person's need to be liked back or whatever. am i making sense? sorry, the cold here in the office is getting to me.

no, i dont think i was ever a giggler. i was MAJORLY pacute and papansin, yes. but i never resorted to GIGGLING. eeeeeeew.

Currently listening to: take it to the floor (yes naman, gianna's cotillion memories!)
Currently feeling: sleepy

POSTED AT 01:31 PM

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all i wanna do is find a way back into loooooove...

the temperature in the office is killing me. i half expect my fingers to fall off any minute now. and the sounds are tooooooorture (see above.)ohwell. i guess way back into love is better than the high school musical song that was on before this.

five hours down, three more to go.

the entire weekend gave me like a total of eight hours sleep lang, and the cold here is so not helping. think the boss will kill me if he catches me stretched out on the couch, snoring my head off? haha. and with the way i sleep, with my mouth wide open in a totally wa-poise manner, im guessing people are NOT gonna be happy seeing me as they enter the office.

oh wait, now the song is power of two. uhhh, grade 7 memories? homaygosh.

was supposed to zambales today. but noooooo. cannot miss work. alam mo naman, gotta focus. haha. sorry ree! next time, next time.

hopefully i can squeeze in one more beach trip before my last sem starts. reg is coming up, and im keeping my fingers crossed for a LIGHT sched. with lotsa free days. no long breaks please, squish them all na sana in one-two days para i have days free to bum and relax and... do my thesis. kjasdhfkljabsfkjasdf. MAY THESIS PA PALA AKO. hahaha

i miss my barkada soooo much. thanks to christine's brilliant idea, we came up with a yahoo group. angbaduy (joke lang xtine) but its actually serving its purpose of keeping all of us in touch. except for tessa, who looks like she's having too much fun in new york and is not making paramdam whatsoever. tums is tampo.

heeeeeey, the song on now is iris! i love this song. city of angels was the sweetest movie EVER. i wanted to die when meg ryan died. whhhhhhyyyyy oh whhhhhyyyyy.

okay, this entry has kept me busy for three songs. i will now go and be productive (whe?).

hello, BOREDOM.
POSTED AT 09:46 AM

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it was SO HARD getting out of bed this morning. i cant believe i get up at 6am every single day (at least on weekdays) and come home at around 7pm every night. i dont even get up THAT early for school. i feel so awang-awa for myself huhuhu. i hate 'work'. and its not even real work yet, its just ojt. can i stay in school FOREEEEEVER?? coz im so not ready for all this, not just yet.

i miss the lazy summer days i had just one month ago. stupid me, i didnt even think of relishing it when i had it. now im stuck in this daily routine that frankly, i just want out of. buti if i were being paid! ugh. whoever thought of subjecting students to ojt, should be shot. and hanged. and tortured.

AND THEN right after my 180 hours here comes my last semester in college. shiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiit. thesis is temporarily on hold, because hash and i are both on ojt, but its still pretty much looming over our heads. i'd take school over work any day though. i'd take THESIS over being here, any day.

so what else has been happening lately? my social life has been kaput for the past few weeks, i havent gone out in so long my last date (as in real date) with cholo (meron pa bang iba? haha) was like two saturdays ago pa, when we had dinner and went to watch ironman. i originally wanted to watch when love begins, but was overruled by my kj boyfriend. just kidding, babe ironman was good though, i liked it.

ctk 15 kept me busy too. and as with any days batch, the weekend hangover is still present. especially for cholo, malamang. it was a good weekend, albeit slightly disorganized. its sad that for ctk days, only the latter batches come back. ctk09 and earlier, where are you guys?? i can count on my ten fingers the people who are left nalang. saaaaaad. im happy though that i saw lots of people i havent seen in so long. and im so proud of ryan! good job, good job. itaas ang bandila ng ctk08 haha staffing in ctk is always the best, and so different from staffing anywhere else. there's no place like home nga, diba?

can you tell im so freaking bored? not to mention restless. im currently making brochures, hello hello. 48 hours down, 132 to go? haaaaaay

this weekend's looking promising. keeping my fingers crossed!

POSTED AT 02:05 PM

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wow. this blog has been alive for 4 years and 2 months now.

and no, im not planning on moving out and making a new one anytime soon. the archives alone makes me smile whenever i view it. http://tums.tabulas.com has been gooooood to me over the past 4 years.

so even if i can count on one hand (or maybe two naman) the people who regularly visit this blog and read about my *ahem* interesting life, im keeping this alive for ME. just because one day i know im gonna want to read all this.

2 months to go.
POSTED AT 11:51 AM

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today it hit me that im turning 22 in 2 months.

howooooow. thats old. i think up until 20, youre still considered young. but past that, and its helllooooo responsibility, work and employment.

22. what exactly will my 22nd year bring me? I HAVE NO IDEA. im just excited to celebrate another year haha

i ♥ casual fridays.
POSTED AT 08:16 AM

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If you wanted someone to get to know you but could only do this by giving them a box, what 20 items would you put in it that would best represent you? (You are not allowed to put your diary in or to give the person a link to your blog.)

1. a dvd of sixteen candles / pretty in pink / sabrina / diry dancing. four of my favorite classic movies EVER. (okay, so technically molly ringwald and patrick swayze movies do not count as classics but oh well.)

2. Johnson's baby cologne, Heaven.

3. assumption tarts. all hail.

4. a camera, any camera. just coz no day is complete without even just a little bit of camwhoring. and coz tums abello is known for her addiction to pictures

5. a bikini. im such a summer baby, even if i dont swim, dont tan, and refuse to do water sports.

6. a pink hair doctor comb.

7. my DWTL cross.

8. my dilapidated and dying capezio dansneakers. gamit na gamit? proof of my one and only passion.

9. my favorite pair of white shorts with its broken zipper (that REE broke). i looooove shorts.

10. contact lens solution.

11. the cross necklace that cholo gave me for our first anniversary, which i wear every, single day.

12. a copy of 'The Notebook' by Nicholas Sparks. yes, its one of the most gasgas love stories but its the one love story i've read that i actually want to live out.

13. kleenex mini tissue packs.

14. Nokia 3660. the phone i had for the longest time, and my most over-used phone. (also my favorite)

15. any white bag. im EXTREMELY addicted to bags (like a fat kid is to candy), and white bags especially are my number one fave.

16. a cd of jojo / chris brown / usher / justin timberlake. my top 4 favorite artists EVER.

17. a bunny stuffed toy. who can forget my bunny days? when i actually had 13 of them (at one time!) for pets??

18. cheese pimiento sandwiches.

19. mint chocolate kisses.

20. DECOLGEN FORTE :D

POSTED AT 10:39 AM

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i was able to catch 'dahil mahal na mahal kita' on cinema one at around 12 midnight last night (this morning?), and i was a happy kid.

theres nothing like hearing rico yan saying all those cheesy, scripted lines to make a girl happy.

or at least, this girl.

read.
POSTED AT 12:46 PM

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Who’s the fairest camwhore of them all?

routine schmoutine.
POSTED AT 11:15 AM

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with cholo starting work, and me 'working' at wyeth for the past two weeks now, this weekend made me realize just how much things have really changed.

i cant imagine not being able anymore to meet up for lunch during the week. or for a movie during either one of our long breaks, or for me to make pacute and ask him to pick me up from school and bring me home. or even just for those random san lo park tambay and yakisoba moments, or for him to accompany me and my friends on whatever thesis / requirement errands.

its different now, and there are a lot more responsibilities to consider. now, weekends are the bright spots and the (week)long-awaited breaks from reality. i miss the weekends of one, two, three, four years ago when all we would do was really just bum and laze around. now, saturdays and sundays go by so fast and before you know it, its back to work again.

we really have grown up. damn. if only college could have lasted forever.

POSTED AT 08:15 AM

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its been four years since http://tums.tabulas.com/2004/05/20/@283287/

heehee THAT was one of the reasons why summer 2004 will always be THE BEST summer ever.

or, so far.

Currently feeling: sleepy

because before there was gossip girl and grey's anatomy, there was...
POSTED AT 09:48 AM

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DAWSON'S CREEK. easily my FAVORITE tv show of all time.

who can forget the rise of katie holmes (and the resurrection of joshua jackson)? the bentang benta lines of the characters, that seemed so fake considering they were only in highschool? the unrequited love storyline between joey and dawson (at least during the first season), culminating with that memorable albeit horrifying performance of 'on my own' by joey? I LOVED DAWSON'S CREEK, i swear. bring it back, bring it back!!!! :D

 

(click.)

4 danced with me!

POSTED AT 10:52 AM

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im not even halfway through the day yet, and already im itching to go home. or anywhere else, actually.

Currently feeling: bored

20 today.
POSTED AT 08:47 AM

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its the 20th today and that means its a cholo-tums day! hooray!

work has become monotonous and blah again, and tums is getting restless. 13 days to go though, so im waiting it out. i mean, this is still experience (of some sort) and i was warned about dealing with the routine and the monotony of having a desk job.. this is what you get for deciding to go the industrial route, tums. had you gone clinical, then all you'd be worrying about is the emotional pagod, not the routinary one. oh and the occasional disturbing and traumatic experiences.

okay, im so rambling.

i am currently suffering from a chocolate craving. as in, i want a kitkat chunky NOW NA. somebody stop me from dragging myself down to the overpriced canteen to grab a candy bar.

Currently listening to: somewhere down the road is playing here in the office

random.
POSTED AT 11:47 AM

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its so funny coz my cubicle is somewhere in the middle of the office and when a person on one side wants to talk to another person on the other side, they call each other up. and i can hear both sides, which makes me want to just stand up and RELAY the message to both of them. to save them both the trouble of having to lift the phone.

lunch in 5 minutes. come to me, candy bar...

Currently feeling: restless

THANK YOU TIMMYPOO.
POSTED AT 08:51 AM

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i didnt understand this whole 'twilight' craze that everyone was going through

UNTIL LAST NIGHT.

when i started reading it. and i honestly couldnt put it down, except i had to coz i got home late na nga, i was super tired pa.

AAAAAAAAAAH. i love bella-edward. now my favorite literary loveteam. haha or one of my favorites. along with lizzie-mr darcy, noah-allie and a few others i cant remember at the moment.

so, starting today, my next three days are gonna be as light as can possibly be, which leaves me with LOTS OF TIME to read and enjoy im sooooooooo happy to be reading something new again!

AND i heard there's gonna be a movie coming out? like by the end of the year? i hope its as good as the book. okay, i cant think of any movie that was better than the book but who knows right?

speaking of books being turned into movies, the alchemist is also coming out this year (i think. or maybe next year). i didnt really SUPER enjoy the book, so yeah. not really going crazy over that. CONFESSIONS OF A SHOPAHOLIC, that im excited for. i saw the pictures on imdb.com though, and the lead actress looks NOTHING like how i imagined becky to look like. ohwell.

Currently reading: twilight

twilight is love.
POSTED AT 10:37 AM

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"Dont be self conscious. If i could dream at all, it would be about you. And I'm not ashamed of it."
-Edward to Bella

aaaaaaaah. KILIG.

 

Currently feeling: relaxed

last entry for the day, i promise.
POSTED AT 11:33 AM

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i finished twilight already!!! I LOOOOOOVE IT, i swear im so hooked na. i cant wait to go home and read the second book!!! waaaaaaah, edward i loooooove you   

(tagged by tims.)

11 days to go.
POSTED AT 09:38 AM

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done with book 2, now reading book 3. i want my own copy of all three books! hi baby haha

NOW I KNOW WHY EVERY TEENAGE GIRL (who's read the book, at least) IS SO IN LOVE WITH EDWARD CULLEN. i think every girl just dreams to meet that one guy who'll protect her and make her feel safe and loved and.. fuzzy. haha :D

came to work 30 minutes late this morning because of the terror traffic en route to makati. i DO NOT understand why on normal school days the traffic is bearable, but since ive started working the traffic has just doubled. weird.

just to give you an idea of how close together our cubicles are situated, i sprayed cologne on just now and immediately received comments on how 'amoy baby' it seemed bigla. and they all knew at once it was me haha SO, AM I THE YOUNGEST?? uhhh yeeaah.

its a thursday today, which means its friday tomorrow, which means the weekend is ALMOST here. i wanna reeeeest. work has gotten to me (and to pocholo) so much that we're both cranky and tired and so stressed. lets relax and spend quality time together boo. we need it. okay? okay!

(picture of the day.)

POSTED AT 11:40 AM

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i am limiting myself to two entries a day. THAT'S IT.

notice my usericon, please. someone's definitely addicted...

lunch in a few minutes. then im going back to my reading. no more typing for this girl!

wow, the day's about half done. yipppeeeeee

its the weekend again!
POSTED AT 08:46 AM

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little ms. teapot (you know, short and stout) is bugging the hell out of me. she's way too perky for my life. she's irritating just coz she butts into conversations and forces her way into things.

i only met her this week, and ALREADY im sick of her. can you please go back to where you came from??

hay. end of rant.

so, its a friday again loooooooove it. the end of another work week, and the start of the WEEKEND. i've been living for weekends lately.. oh and i have a date with pocholo tonight! its been a while since we've had that too, so im kinda excited

just gotta get through this day and then im freeeeeeee

i want another book/series to read! im done with twilight and it sucks coz im so nabitin

just because i feel bad about missing all the trainings, and possibly not dancing for FO :(
POSTED AT 02:00 PM

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(picture of the day.)

the (work) day's ALMOOOOOOST over 3 hours to go!! whoohoo!

the teapot is back :S and i thought we'd gotten rid of her when she left for lunch.. daym. of all the luck. now i have to endure an afternoon listening to her grating voice and her pacute tactics. hayayay.

POSTED AT 09:11 AM

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haaaaaay. work again.

i CANNOT believe may will be over in just a few more days. where oh where has the summer gone?? i miss the heat, the days that seemed to pass by in a blur, and the carefree hours. THE WORK-FREE HOURS, in particular.

ohmygod, i wanna go back to school. ojt, be over NOW please

haha
POSTED AT 10:57 AM

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oh my god, im so huling huli sa chismis!! this is so not me to NOT know haha (<- did that even make sense?)

LINDSAY LOHAN HAS A GIRLFRIEND PALA??

hmmmmmm

im hungry. one hour to go till my lunch break.

is it the weekend yet? daym. work is a snooze fest, i swear.

i shall find something new to read!

POSTED AT 02:07 PM

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HALF AN HOUR??? ARE YOU FREAKING SERIOUS???

busy afternoon ends in.. oh 20 minutes.
POSTED AT 04:41 PM

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if there's one thing my ojt has taught me, its that no amount of charm + respect is too much when you're asking for a favor, or youve been sent on an errand, or youre being utusan and you need to find out more coz you have absolutely no idea what to do.

thank god my afternoon was busy. i actually did something, yahoo. i felt useful! haha and i can go home with the feeling that i actually accomplished something (other than oh say, brochures and recipe books and other mindless projects i've been assigned to)

mid-week bluuuuuues.
POSTED AT 08:39 AM

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(picture of the day.)

so its wednesday again and im THIS much closer to the weekend. AGAIN. the days are flying by! im so excited for work to end. i waaaaaant to rest. i waaaaant to bum. AND, most importantly, i want to go shopping! haha my last major shopping trip was all bikini- and summer clothes-oriented. time to buy new clothes for the rainy season! whoohoo

im anticipating a busy day today, just because my busy afternoon yesterday was in preparation for today's activities. or, maybe not. maybe that was it na haha. ohwell.

SEX AND THE CITY opens today!!!! im thinking i can watch it on friday. or saturday. basta this weekend for sure i cant wait!

then, next tuesday is already true light 7's 1st year anniversary!! wow wow wow. i cant believe its been a year. one whole year since all that. (of course, all that includes so much more than the actual batch..) im excited to get together with my kids and to just spend time with them, hopefully all can go coz we're always incomplete

life has been good. happy, even. of course, it would be even better when my barkada comes hooooome and we can finally go out! i cant wait. i miss my girlies. TOO MUCH.

lots to look forward to in the coming weeks and months. tums is excited. tums cant wait for life to move forward.

but first, tums must go back to work.

POSTED AT 08:59 AM

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(spot the difference.)

quote stolen from ana, some random thoughts and my entry for the day :)
POSTED AT 09:11 AM

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"In my opinion, the best thing you can do is find a person who loves you for exactly what you are. Good mood, bad mood, ugly, pretty, handsome, what have you, the right person will still think the sun shines out your ass. That's the kind of person that's worth sticking with." - Juno

I've been really tamad lately, and getting through the days just for the sake of getting through them. i think its mostly because i have had NO form of exercise whatsoever. my everyday is just basically work, house and sleep. and of course, stuffing my mouth throughout the day, whenever i feel like it. I WANNA DANCE AGAIN. i cant believe im gonna miss out on performing with the team for the freshman orientation saaaaaaad

im on the search for a new school bag! white, preferrably. will hunt for it tomorrow, or on the weekend. i cant wait bags are loooooove. im so excited.

my mother mentioned a possible boracay family trip on october (with my balikbayan relatives) and another one in march (for another relative's wedding). woooow, at least, something to look forward to  i cant imagine how bora (off-peak season) will feel, smell and look like. just to be on the safe side, im gonna start (just-in-case) bikini shopping na. you can never be too prepared!

so its thursday, FINALLY. im counting this as my last work day for the week, just coz tomorrow is wyeth's family day which, im told, is more or less like a free day the whole day. apparently the office is gonna be overrun by bulilits of all shapes and sizes tomorrow, as well as magicians, puppet show people and other entertainers. oh, and cotton candy/ dirty ice cream/ popcorn vendors. im bringing my camera and who knows, i may even have fun getting into the day's activities. haha.

POSTED AT 03:06 PM

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im currently searching for a list of male and female superheroes on the net. dont ask. its for work, malamang. did you know that Dyesebel is a superheroine? isnt she just a mermaid? this is what you get for not watching GMA shows.

you really do learn new things everyday. another trivia: Darna was the first solo superheroine in the world to get her own feature-length motion picture in 1951. whoa. shamazing.

good, relaxing day so far. sat in one of the boss' meetings, and was surprised to realize that i actually like the people here. i mean, not just like because i have to get along with them or anything. of course, there are those that you really have NOTHING in common with, but most of the people here are genuinely nice.

it was just funny coz right after lunch, i desperately needed to pee and i couldnt because the boss met with me, then i had to go to the meeting after that too. so for two and a half hours, i was torturing my poor bladder.

was that too much info? haha. sooooorry.

off to carlo's lolo's wake after work, so im anticipating an okay end to a pretty okay day.

hmmm... i've noticed that when the teapot is here, i tend to have not-so-good days. wonder why that is..

here's to hoping she doesnt turn up here tomorrow  i dont think i can stand seeing her. hello, even just the mere thought of her makes me want to barf/gag.

i totally violated my '2 entries a day' rule, but this was too fun to pass up :)
POSTED AT 04:21 PM

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- Pick 15 of your favorite movies.
- Find a quote from each movie.
- Post them here for everyone to guess.
- Fill in the film title once it's guessed.
- Commenters-- don't use the Internet, no cheating, that's no fun!

(my top 15.)

POSTED AT 11:34 PM

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im such a contradiction. i cant sleep right now, just because i keep thinking about today and how happy it made me. okay, so my previous entry talks about how unhappy i am with certain.. things and situations. BUT, i must admit today was gooood. REALLY good. ecstatically happy, even.

butterflies galore and that amazing feeling of being close to the one who makes you smile.. sorry, it must sound cheesy but its so true.  when you wish time would just stop and you could stay beside the person forever.

and even the presence of other people around you cant distract you, and keep you from being hyperaware of everything that person does.

i think i will finally be able to go to sleep tonight, just coz i know i'll be thinking and dreaming of you.

good night. dream of me too?  

POSTED AT 12:09 AM

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i say, anyone who even knows what (who?) i'm talking about when i say 'babar', deserves a prize.

or a hug? haha GAME. NOW NA.