A. For weeks now, i kinda feel soooooooo ugly (aesthetically).  Shallow as it may seem, but the comments I’ve been hearing weren’t that kind that they somewhat knocked off some of the very meager self-confidence I got. 

•          One, when I had my haircut, the girl who did the service suggested that I should try having treatments for my hair (hehehe, how un-girly of me, I forgot what the heck the stuff she mentioned).  I declined saying I’m in a hurry (I really am naman, but add the fact that I see them as waste of my strained finances at this point).  Then, she asked how about fixing my eyebrows (are they broken?!!).  No, thanks (I am in a hurry, I have hair follicle problems, and again waste of money).  Thank goodness my trim was over soon.

•          Two, in a questionnaire Kris and I had to answer, there is this question about what we don’t like about each other.  For lack of anything to put, Kris grudgingly (according to him) answered that i seldom ‘fix’ myself.  Ganun?  Ok, there is some truth in that answer; but I would like to explain that I do not exert efforts in ‘not fixing myself’ and that the term ‘fix’ pertains to acts beyond the usual hygienic rituals/basic grooming (trust me, I am very meticulous about those).  I do not ‘fix’ myself to the extent my other ‘girlash’ friends/cousins do because I am not used to.  Make-up and hanging out in salons weren’t familiar when i was growing up ‘coz I lived with my dad and bro.  Then, the times I had to use make-up (recitals, ball, grad pictorials), my face would just produce huge pimples!  Eeeew and ouchie!  Also, I think I subconsciously did not yearn for these aesthetic products/treatments because at an early age, I knew the value of money; thus, I’d rather expend my allowance on necessities or on books. Kinda absurd to ask money from my dad for those beauty things when I knew there were so many payables he had to attend to being a single parent and all. 

•          Three, a couple of my officemates were encouraging me to get rid of my eyeglasses ‘coz sayang daw eyes ko to hide behind them. Eh, I’m practically blind without my glasses eh.  I can’t do contact lens ‘coz I always get foreign objects (particularly my own eyelashes) in my eyes (Abel says getting ‘puwing’ is just nastily painful with contacts on — nge, katakot na); besides I think contacts are more expensive in the long run. 

•          Fourth, a couple of relatives are saying I’m so ‘taba’ these days. 

B. Congrats to Mel, AJ, and Chet for passing the February 2006 Medical Board Exams!

C. Get well soon, Kris!  That big gash from playing softball is just soooo freakin’ly nasty (hehehe)!

D.  I stand corrected (by Allan).  Michelle Kwan can still skate but not just as actively as before (like competing in the Olympics).  True enough, I heard from the news that she will be skating for Disney. 

E. Speaking of figure skating, grabe, sweep ng Russia ang gold sa Torino Winter Olympics!

F. I caught the start of the oral arguments on the petition for the declaration of  the unconstitutionality E.O. 464.  For four hours, the Supreme Court Justices grilled Senator Joker Arroyo on the Senate’s petition.  Grabe, his salary is truly worth our tax money!  I am not entirely favoring his arguments but I was awed with his reasoning and the way he withstood the intensive questioning of the Magistrates of the Highest Tribunal of the land.