Miserable Weather
Posted on December 8, 2007 by Ching under Sponsored Post.
It is 20 degrees outside right now with freezing rain to boot. Yuck! It is days like these that I really want to leave here, temporarily move to the Caribbean where there is nice tropical weather, and just come back when it’s late spring or early summer. I hate the cold weather, specially when the roads are bad.
Brian and I actually fishtailed in Bebot on the way to Bonefish today. The curvy street inside Waterfront (a short cut that Brian likes to take) is really slick. We should have known better than to take the side roads because they do not get salted.
Anyway, it doesn’t help when you constantly get emails about last minute holiday specials — makes it really tempting to get away for the holidays. There’s actually many last minute specials going on right now. I so want to go. Winter is a yucky time of the year. I’d like to skip it altogether. It’s a shame I only have two days of vacation left. Money is pretty tight, too. There are some great deals, though. So if vacation time weren’t an issue, we’d be so outta here!
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Hairspray
Posted on December 5, 2007 by Ching under Life, Movies, School.
I should really be studying. Instead I am watching Hairspray
It was a nice break from the craziness that is this week..
- Monday, I had to turn in book review number two for Marketing Management. The due date was December 3, but we could have turned it in without penaltry through noon on December 10. I didn’t want to do that, though, becuase I had other deadlines.
- Tuesday, I took Part I of the final exam in FIN 860: Cases in Finance. It only took 30 minutes, but looking back I really should have spent an extra couple of minutes to double-check my math. I think I made some really stupid calculation errors because my WACC is whack! Pun intended! Tee hee! I am a nerd. Not as nerdy as Chad, though. =P
- Wednesday, would be tonight. I just watched Hairspray and we are now watching Superbad (another movie that we did not get to see in theaters because of my busy schedule). I am taking a much-need break from school work. I really should be studying, though.
- Thursday, I have to take Part II of the Cases final. Then after that Brett, Chad, Anna, and I turn in our group project in FIN 620: Investments. Tomorrow night is the final class night in for my Thursday classes.
- Friday, is poker night. Naturally.
- Saturday, I have my regular every-other-week waxing (now at Beau Monde, previously at Individually Yours but Patricia moved so I moved with her) and then Brian and I are getting an hour-and-a-half couples massage (also at Beau Monde). This is our Christmas to each other. There will be no presents this year. We need a massage more. Stress is bad for your back. At least, it is bad for mine.
Saturday afternoon we are playing in the $1500 poker tourney for BCPT. Brian and I both qualified! Hurrah for us! Brian barely made it. He didn’t qualify until November 30 when he took 8th. It was the last possible day for him to qualify. LOL.
- Sunday, this will be my day to work on my individual project for Investments. Hopefully, I can get a lot of it done. Otherwise the rest of the coming week will be spent working on it until the due date. I would really hate to be working on this project all of next week. Ugh. Miserable.
- Monday, I take the final in Marketing Management. I need to find some time between now and then and squeeze some studying time in my busy schedule so I don’t completely bomb the exam. I really want to get an A.
Life is pretty boring. Mainly it’s just work, school, homework, poker. That’s pretty much it, with a few movies squeezed in. Hopefully, we can find time on Saturday night or Sunday night to celebrate my 3.875 GPA before it comes crashing down. Just kidding. If I don’t get any Bs this sem, it will actually go up to a 3.90 so cross your fingers for me. I am so looking forward to the end of this sem already!
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Great Gift Idea
Posted on December 5, 2007 by Ching under Sponsored Post.
Here’s a neat gift idea! How about some pearl earrings? Purepearls.com has the best selection. They’ve got Akoya pearls, Tahitian pearls, Freshwater pearls, South Sea pearls. Just about any kind of pearls you can imagine.
They have more than just earrings, too. They have bracelets and necklaces. You name it, they’ve got it! All their pearls come with a GIA appraisal also, so you know what you’re getting.
It’s not too late to buy those last minute gifts. Pearls will sure to please her this Christmas!
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What a Joke!
Posted on December 4, 2007 by Ching under Flickr, School.
I attended the OMA Academic Achievement Recognition Celebration yesterday and it was a bust. I can’t believe I invited anyone to go with me. In a way, I’m glad mom and dad didn’t make it because it they would have just been mad.
I had confirmed through the email address provided in the invitation but when I arrived they didn’t have a name tag printed for me. I figured something must have gone wrong with the RSVP but I didn’t think anything more of it because women at the check-in desk found me on the list and wrote my name on a blank name tag. She told me to pick up a program and sit in the appropriate section (according to academic distinction).
After I picked up the program, I went right back to her to ask if there was a separate section for graduate students. She told me that there are rows reserved for graduate students separate from the undergrads and then she goes, “Have you already checked in?” I should’ve known right then that there was a problem.
Anyway, it was one huge fiasco after another. Several key people were late. Dr. Beggs didn’t even show up, I don’t think. Speakers weren’t prepared. At least, it didn’t seem like it. If that was a prepared speech, I would hate to sit through an unprepared one. The very least you could do is pronounce “success” right, if you are going to say it several times. It’s “suCCess” (suk-‘ses) not “suSSess” — the last time I checked there were Cs in there. LOL. Several people didn’t get recognized, myself included. It was a waste of time really. I never should’ve gone.
I think the tardiness and the lack of attendance of key university officials was discouraging (if not altogether disrespectful). It seemed to send a message like you guys aren’t important enough. This isn’t important. But I can understand why people didn’t want to attend. It seemed like something that was thrown together at the last minute. To call it disorganized would be an understatement.
I really hope they are not using the academic achievement of the individuals honored last night to justify the so-called mentoring program. From what I saw, only two people out of everyone that attended last night used their services. If the mentoring program is anything like the event, then it is probably a huge waste of funding.
Actually, they probably could have saved the money spent on the event. I don’t quite understand why they even have it. I’m guessing it is to encourage minorities to continue to do well because if their goal was to give recognition, they failed miserably. The encouragement area is completely unnecessary. I think people who do well and excel academically are going to anyway.
One last thing… How come there isn’t a celebration like this for white people? If there is one, then why have separate ones? Why not just have one big one that includes everyone? It seems very separatist to me.
I guess it’s just one of those things… I’m glad I’m graduating in May so I won’t have to endure these things any longer. I really hope it improves, though, for the sake of all the students who have sit through it year after year. Then again, if it doesn’t improve then people will just quit going and then it will go away on its own. Maybe it is for the best as it is completely unnecessary anyway.
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Makati’s Buildings
Posted on December 4, 2007 by Ching under Flickr.
This photo is by angrylittleboy.
Whenever I get homesick and want to go to the Philippines, I just look on Flickr and I’m all better. One of these days Brian and I will get to go. Let’s set 2010 as our target deadline. We must go before December 31, 2010.
Gotta start saving!
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