looking forward to monday

my mom will be arriving on monday! yay!!!

then there will be a firm-sponsored dinner in honor of the promotees. unfortunately, my "preferred company" won't be able to make it . joke lang. wala. may pwedeng company, pero masyadong pressure to bring somebody that people will be scrutinizing and sizing up, thinking: ito ba ang S.O. nya?

so on monday night i will be giving my sort of acceptance speech, without preferred company.

damn damn damn. it's true, it's lonely at the top. LOL.

i don't care. just show me the money!

it's 12:34 am. am tired and grouchy and need to send an opinion out. monday was supposed to be my "big day" but really it wasn't.

i texted a few friends that my elation lasted for 5 minutes. in fact, i had a much huger experience when i:

(1) passed the bar
(2) passed my math 100 removal exam
(3) was falling in love.

but since i don't need to take either the bar or math 100, ever again --- this is just as good as it gets. fall in love? COME ON, who are we kidding?

i was informed that there was going to be a welcome dinner next week, with the partners and their spouses. i was told to bring "preferred company". they should have made me partner when i had one.

ok na. so this is how a partner feels.

a non-legal supervisor told me not to be sungit despite the change in my status. i told her i'd try. but really, what does that mean -- that my becoming this would transform me into someone else?

i seriously don't think so.

as B loves to say: you can take the girl out of cubao, but not cubao out of the girl.

in other words, i'm still me. i'll still eat fishballs. and buy stuff only if it's on sale.

the last day.

just came out of a "meeting" that sort of helped me understand the real deal.

am moving next door in august.

i'm viewing the photos taken on the 4th of july sent by my cousin. they looked happy on a cool yet sunny chicago day.

best of all, i'm looking at photographs of my mother, whom i haven't seen in more than one month. she has been gone too long, we think. papa has even shed tears on more than one occasion. out of longing, out of desperation.

in a lot of ways i am impressed that my parents have stuck to each other over the years. they seem to truly love each other, almost like brother and sister, maybe, but even then, it's still love. it's truly amazing. personally, i don't think i could ever be with anybody for that long a time. a lifetime? am not sure. i don't think there is anyone else out there who is like my father.

i've been told that the price of gasoline per liter is expected to rise as high as 91 pesos in 2008.

now i reeeeealy want to get a small car.

who wants to split a picanto? or an alto?

last sunday at boni hi street,

with my darling dears


my beautiful, wonderful girls

i'd always thought that i didn't like federer. but after last night's epic wimbledon finals that spilled into early monday morning, and reading the write ups on it, i feel sorry for federer. not so much because he lost to nadal, but because he could've placed himself alongside wimbledon legends such as Borg and McEnroe who won 6 consecutive wimbledon titles. of all matches to lose, federer lost the most important match of his career.

i regret not having watched the match but by 1130 pm i was already very sleepy. i was told that the match ended around 4 am today (Philippine time).

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of course my BFF is all happy about nadal's victory and i can't blame her. i keep making comments about nadal and she cuts me by saying "i know you're not a fan." hehe. she loves nadal, as in. as for me, like i've always said, am a fan of the sport. i like seeing underdogs turn the game around. unfortunately for federer, he was not able to.