another strange dream
woke up to a strange dream today. probably caused by the two full servings of chicken rice i had before i slept. i finally cooked rice in chicken broth, so might as well help my self, hehe..
bro was supposed to be my literal brother in that dream and we had a sister, who i don't recall now who she resembles or if she had a face to remember to begin with. we were eating in a kiddie table (by "kiddie", i mean the colorful, tough plastic ones) sitting on our kiddie chairs. i believe we were having breakfast, since i remember seeing an orange juice on the table and a vase of white flowers. we were on a patio, overlooking our back garden (a la forbes park), beside our parents' table, so i guess we're rich(?)
bro and my other sibling were saying mean things to me as we were eating breakfast. i can't remember what things they were exactly, but just think how myrtle belittles lilo in "lilo and stitch". i was shouting at them at first, but then they really pissed me off and felt like crying so i ran away. then our father followed me, comforted me for a while and brought me back. i'm not sure if our mother was in that dream.
our father then talked to bro and my other sibling about not teasing me anymore. "bati na kayo," he kept on saying. and before i get to know what happens next, i woke up with a full bladder that i had to hurry down to pee.
anyway, i got some backwage yesterday from ust. the ab dean's office texted me up last thursday and told me to call. ate janet said i have some amount to collect from the payroll department due to the collective bargaining adjustment, which apparently was retroactive. i didn't get much though; it was short of a month's salary, which is below minimum wage to begin with.
but i am glad getting one. i'm having a financial crunch again since i'm paying for a ph.d application in dollars. though i really feel guilty because i haven't been teaching for about a year now and the idea of still receiving something doesn't feel right. i know getting it was just due and i really do need it now, but i dunno.. it just feels weird for me.
launched my new blog this week. it's a commentary sort of a blog, which, unlike this, will not talk about my personal life. i figured i really need one already, if only to practice writing again and help build up my opinion at the same time. and i wanted to publicize a blog where people wouldn't know about my lack of lovelife, haha! i'm don't believe in screening readers, erasing comments or making certain entries private, so instead of launching this one, i'd rather have a new one. it's good too, since i could have some fresh start. visit it at publicfiction.wordpress.com.
also started my facebook account. i figured i have to keep in touch with the people i met during the two conferences i attended last month and most of them don't have friendster. apparently, it's only popular in south east asia now and most of the people i made good friends with are from europe and america.
saw "my sassy girl" yesterday too. good feel-good film, really gives you the mush, hehe.. ali and ainj said there wasn't so much change in the plot when compared with the original korean version. i'm pretty impressed with how the story is uncharacteristically asian, but the meanings behind it (like the interpretation of destiny) still seems patently oriental.
i'm gonna be 24 in some minutes now. hope this year brings a lot of good luck, being the year of the rat. i'm crossing my fingers.
bro was supposed to be my literal brother in that dream and we had a sister, who i don't recall now who she resembles or if she had a face to remember to begin with. we were eating in a kiddie table (by "kiddie", i mean the colorful, tough plastic ones) sitting on our kiddie chairs. i believe we were having breakfast, since i remember seeing an orange juice on the table and a vase of white flowers. we were on a patio, overlooking our back garden (a la forbes park), beside our parents' table, so i guess we're rich(?)
bro and my other sibling were saying mean things to me as we were eating breakfast. i can't remember what things they were exactly, but just think how myrtle belittles lilo in "lilo and stitch". i was shouting at them at first, but then they really pissed me off and felt like crying so i ran away. then our father followed me, comforted me for a while and brought me back. i'm not sure if our mother was in that dream.
our father then talked to bro and my other sibling about not teasing me anymore. "bati na kayo," he kept on saying. and before i get to know what happens next, i woke up with a full bladder that i had to hurry down to pee.
anyway, i got some backwage yesterday from ust. the ab dean's office texted me up last thursday and told me to call. ate janet said i have some amount to collect from the payroll department due to the collective bargaining adjustment, which apparently was retroactive. i didn't get much though; it was short of a month's salary, which is below minimum wage to begin with.
but i am glad getting one. i'm having a financial crunch again since i'm paying for a ph.d application in dollars. though i really feel guilty because i haven't been teaching for about a year now and the idea of still receiving something doesn't feel right. i know getting it was just due and i really do need it now, but i dunno.. it just feels weird for me.
launched my new blog this week. it's a commentary sort of a blog, which, unlike this, will not talk about my personal life. i figured i really need one already, if only to practice writing again and help build up my opinion at the same time. and i wanted to publicize a blog where people wouldn't know about my lack of lovelife, haha! i'm don't believe in screening readers, erasing comments or making certain entries private, so instead of launching this one, i'd rather have a new one. it's good too, since i could have some fresh start. visit it at publicfiction.wordpress.com.
also started my facebook account. i figured i have to keep in touch with the people i met during the two conferences i attended last month and most of them don't have friendster. apparently, it's only popular in south east asia now and most of the people i made good friends with are from europe and america.
saw "my sassy girl" yesterday too. good feel-good film, really gives you the mush, hehe.. ali and ainj said there wasn't so much change in the plot when compared with the original korean version. i'm pretty impressed with how the story is uncharacteristically asian, but the meanings behind it (like the interpretation of destiny) still seems patently oriental.
i'm gonna be 24 in some minutes now. hope this year brings a lot of good luck, being the year of the rat. i'm crossing my fingers.