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BF Resort Drive (right across Elizabeth Seton School)
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Open everyday from 9 am to 9 pm
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Aguirre Ave. (between Elizalde stoplight and Presentation Church)
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It’s cram time once again and I’m nearing (if not already) in a state of panic. I accumulated a lot of backlogs in readings because of those stupid papers we had to pass for each of our subjects. It’s just so crazy. Last week, I didn’t have a weeknight that I wasn’t doing any paper. This is uber-crazy indeed.
So it’s almost 3 am and I haven’t slept. Not that I can make myself sleep. When I feel all panicky, I get restless and hyper and I don’t get as much sleep as I have to. Besides, I’m still supposed to blog about personalized books. But I can’t seem to rack my brains out. Pffft.
Anyway, I’m thinking about doing a major revamp of this blog. I dunno. I’d probably start doing that next week - that is if I finally manage to have the time after the exams. Whew.
Since it’s just a few weeks before Christmas, I bet people are flocking to the malls (especially when they’re on sale) to buy Christmas presents for their loved ones. Just recently, the Trinoma mall held its very first mallwide sale. I purposely shied away from that mall on the dates they were on sale. I just know how I wouldn’t be able to stand the traffic and the crowd. Apparently, my hunches were right as I heard from the radio review of the traffic last Sunday that the whole stretch of Quezon Ave. to North Ave. was bumper-to-bumper. When Bryan and I met last Friday, he was supposed to drive ourselves to Trinoma for dinner - until I begged him not to (or else, we would have ended up ketotic in that traffic. :P)
I get psyched up when I do my Christmas shopping. I’ve been giving presents to my family no matter how big or small since 2nd grade and it’s so often that I end up clueless as to what to give them for the holidays since I’ve already ran out of ideas. Just a few weeks ago, I chanced upon a branch of Regalong Pambahay at SM Southmall and was amazed at all the good stuff they’re hiding in there. I know - it’s not as if the store is new, it’s just that I’ve always associated that store with mommies looking for gifts for their kumares. LOL. But now, I’ve figured how the age group I belong to is slowly entering that stage. In fact I have a handful of people I personally know who have already started building their families (Dana, are you reading this? :P) Just to make things clear though! I’m not getting envious alright! It’s just that maybe I should include useful - and of course - pretty household items in my shopping list (I usually get them personal stuff, you see). 
Take this for example which will be perfect for my mom’s newly repainted modern bedroom:
Since the stuff I still have to do before Christmas remains to be up to my neck to this day (which reminds me of the paper I am supposed to be editing now), I’d probably be just contented at the moment listing down gift ideas or frequenting online stores instead of wasting my time at the malls. Argh. Med school is the biggest grinch of Christmas. So, you think I’d be able to finish my gift shopping on time? Only God knows. LOL.
No. This isn’t a simple ‘warm’ greetings for the holidays that is just around the corner. Have you noticed how it’s been a warm November we’re having now? Or is it just me and my deranged physiology? I remember back in the days how I’d cover up in 3/4 shirts, long sleeved blouses and keep my jackets handy as soon as November kicks in but now, the only place where my jackets serve their purpose is inside the cold, air-conditioned classroom.
I’ve always associated the crisp scent of the cold weather with the Christmas cheer. It perks me up and puts me in the mood to do my Christmas shopping. Now that there’s no ‘crisp scent of Christmas’ to speak of, I cannot imagine how we’ll be spending Christmas in this very warm weather we have now.
As all of you should have known by now (unless you lived in a rock for the last couple of years), the shift in climate is affecting everyone and anyone globally. Just a few minutes ago, I finished reading an article on how the climate changed has caused some rare swans to stay in warmer Siberia when they’re supposed to be flying back home to United Kingdom. Seems like some found the climate change to their advantage. 
Nevertheless, the message is clear. There is global warming and it’s as real as your next-door neighbor annoying you early in the morning. I still can’t believe how there are still a handful who thinks that all these brouhaha on global warming is just a figment of the imagination. I tell you, it’s them who are psychotic.
I wonder how the Persimmon trees are keeping up.
You know you need to lose some weight when suddenly your jeans won’t zip up no matter how much you try. I was surprised when one fine afternoon, I had trouble fitting in my jeans - and they weren’t even the pair I had back when I was slimmer. My thighs have indeed grown larger. I know it’s supposed to bring me good news, but then I remembered how I haven’t been taking the weight-gain supplements for a couple of months now. It then only means one thing: I’m in auto-pilot mode. I now gain weight without the help of food supplements. Although gaining weight has been my goal since time immemorial, I don’t want to end up weighing more than I’m supposed to weigh. No. I don’t want to end up having big and flabby arms. That’s just scary, considering how stick-thin I used to be. And so, I’m back again to my weight loss regimen: keeping fit while having fun. I recently just signed up for another 15-session pilates workout and in fact, just got back from playing badminton with my roommate and Jessa. We realized how ironic it is to be future caretakers of health when we don’t exactly live a very healthy lifestyle ourselves. From now on, we’ll make sure we do something else other than reading books and making patient papers and being physically active tops that list. So who’s afraid of wearing a bikini next summer? I know I ain’t.
Funny how I really had to document this! =P Mela in green, Jessa in blue.