It Worked :)

Young, Broke & Fabulous

About a month back, the night before we left for Vancouver, I got pulled over for the very first time (first time = just like the movies meaning panicking, shuffling thru papers, not being able to find my insurance, boyf in the passenger seat, etc). I do admit I tend to ignore the speed limit most of the time but surprisingly I didn't get pulled over for speeding... "driving an unregistered vehicle" is the unlawful offense that I have committed. Um, well I'm pleading guilty tomorrow, although I'm gunna try to play the I-didn't-get-notified-in-the-mail-that-it-was-going-to-expire-there-should-be-a-grace-period-(it was only 2weeks expired)-I'm-a-poor-student card in hopes that the judge will sympathize for/with me. If all else fails, including pulling out my ugly sad puppy-eyed face, then well, it's not like I could do much with $230 dollars anyways...

=/

Who knew that a "surprise" visit from the CEO & founder of your company could cause so much stress? Even though I'm not working tomorrow for his drop by, I'm working tonight to prep the store for it. Uh if you ask me, I'm not quite sure which one is worse?

Tips ? More Like Scare Tactics

From: Peter Bowal <@haskayne.ucalgary.ca>
To: All
Date: Wed, Apr 29, 2009 at 12:14 PM
Subject: Block Week Tip #5: P2009BSEN395L10
Mailed-by: haskayne.ucalgary.ca

Do NOT bring cell phones to class (or put them away, and turn them off, if you must carry them). Also, do not surf the internet during classes, you will need to pay FULL attention in order to succeed this course.

GGGB Weekend Wrap-Up #8: Textual Healing

Now for an update...

Friday night was spent watching another Prestige practice, it was the perfect opportunity for me to test out the camera even more (as if I hadn't enough already that night), and I have to admit that taking sick action shots is difficult. I still have a good feeling about this and am confident enough in my ability to learn so that as the season progresses, one will notice the hockey photos only getting better from here. Us girls may not be on the ice, but we all have a part on the team! Photographer, Gatorade Girl, The Bringer of food/candy/snacks, and any others that may arise or be placed upon us unknowingly throughout the season.

Our boys' first official game: Tuesday, May 5th 2009.
Come cheer on Prestige Worldwide-Wide-wide!

I'm supposed to be studying... Moving on, something very unnecessary and annoying is occurring in my life thru constant text messages, calls and rendezvous', those in which are creating stress that I'm sure at this point in time (finals) I do not need right now. If I knew you were going to be this much of a hassle, I wouldn't have done this for you in the first place. There shouldn't be a fine line between "business" and a "favor for a friend"; but thank you for confirming that I would much rather have the former than the latter, as I don't think I'd like to call you a friend anymore.

"Hustle Of The Year"

In preparation for Block Week, the professor of the course that I'm taking feels the need to send us daily e-mails. The one I got this morning went like this: "Block Week is rigorous. Plan on following a routine or system of attending class each day, postponing television, outside employment and social engagements until after the course, and getting good sleeps and eats."

FML during Block Week.

Mom's finally home from the Philippines/Las Vegas, Dad left this morning for Phoenix again. Wish they would take us with them, but I'm not bitter because most of the time we can't book off work or miss school and so it's our own circumstances that prevent us from being able to go. But last night, Mom came into my room asking whether I'd be able to take a week off in July, and another two weeks off in December. Um, hell yes I would be able to and if not I would do all that I could to make it possible, if it means going on vacay!!! Nothing's confirmed, but let's just say family trips may be in the works, which would undoubtedly satisfy the repetitive words of "I need a vacation" that come out of my mouth every day.

Hopefully that should be enough text to break up the slew of visual overload on GGGB, back to studying!

GGGB 4sks #7: How Do You Multitask?

04/23/09:en route to my Sociology final

Official "Valley Girls" Poster

05/11/09:

OMG I can't wait to see the ruckus and rebellion that Lily caused as a teenager...

An exciting spin-off to add to the already extensive list of shows that I watch on TV download.

SOURCE // GGINSIDER

GGG Down Memory Lane #13: You Just Jealous

Rockin' Wayfarers since 91!

Let's Get Unpredictable

only in calgary...





does the weather go from a high of 23°

to a low of -3° in the same week. =/

Countdown To The Crown: 22 Days

In light of my "reign" almost coming to an end, I've decided to post a slew of photos in reminiscence of the Pageant. I can't believe that this was all just 3 years ago, I find myself looking at the pictures only to feel like I haven't changed all that much. But to be quite honest, although I may not have contributed to the Filipino Calgarian community as much as I should've/could've, I am so glad to have had this opportunity and I truly do feel that it's had an impact on my life. Earlier today while studying for my Sociology final, I came across the term dramaturgical analysis; which is basically looking at your life in terms of a theatrical performance. Our presentation of self and our demeanor reveals information about ourselves to others everyday. I like to think that over the course of the past 3 years, I have carried myself in a way that I am proud of; the decisions I've made, the temptations I've stayed away from, the effort that I've put into making my life fulfilling. Being deemed Miss Teen Philippines Calgary did not make me see myself as a "role model" to anybody but myself. With or without the title, I'm proud of who I've grown up to be today and I hope that regardless if you get the Crown this year or come out as Runner-Up, that you will come to be happy with the choices that you make/are going to make in your life, as I am. Good luck and best wishes to everyone!

GGGB Quotables #2: First Lady

"He’s always asking ‘Is that new? I haven’t seen that before.’ It’s like why don’t you mind your own business? Solve world hunger. Get out of my closet."
— Michelle Obama, on dodging her husband’s inquiries about her shopping

Get Well Soon Card

Especially love the front of the card...

Spring Cleaning

December

2008 Reason Why I Love You #29.





April

2009 His messy room.

My room however is 10x worse. But to be honest I actually love Spring Cleaning. There's something about going thru my belongings and being stuck in my room for hours while the sun is shining that I genuinely enjoy... sounds imprisoning but once I get started I just can't stop. I've heard it before and it's true that you feel so much more centered when your room is in tact, plus it's liberating getting rid of useless clutter. The majority of my time however is spent organizing my clothes and making sure the closet is up-to-date. By that I mean that I have a lot of things I don't wear, and every year I make something good out of this and put them in bags for my Mom to send back home to the Philippines. My dad always says that before I buy something new, I need to counteract it and get rid of something old. Not always the case, but he makes a good point.



I'll have to literally set a date aside to do my Spring Cleaning, in the meantime my room reflects my life right now dead-on: laissez-faire and scattered. AH!

Ya'll Were Thinkin It, I Said It

Trying to open our ACCT assignment saved on my friend's USB port


Me: For some reason, the computer isn't reading it

Allison: Aren't you just supposed to stick it in, and it'll just pop up?





... that's what SHE said!!!

Fill Me In

Drove the little punk to school this morning. I felt like a Mom in my attempt to stir up conversation with him wanting to get an update on his life: How's school? Do you like any girls? Isn't it weird that you're graduating from Junior High this year?
Good. No. I dunno, kind of. At least I tried, haha. Whenever you're ready to talk, I'm here for you Lil Bro.

Two Words

On the computer, minding my own business while Chloe's watching TV. Noticed she got up to go somewhere out of my sight; figured she was just getting a toy in her room or something. Continued doing my own thing.

Couple minutes later...



"I'm dooone!"



It came from the bathroom, and right away I knew what I had to do. FML.