Jam?

Today for the first time I really felt Nils not being here. I was at the grocery store trying to get some spread, I saw that there were preserves, and then there were jams. Beats the heck out of me what the difference is. I remember I asked Nils that question before, and he told me what the difference was (or are they the same? I forget.). I stood in the aisle for a bit, looking at both bottles. Didn't occur to me to look at the ingredients. Called Nils but he didn't pick up (turned out he was on the other line with his realtor). I stood there some more, and then picked up the Nutella. Looked at the calorie: 2 tbsp = 200 calories. Too much. I knew that if I got preserves/jam, I'd put a thin layer on my toast, but if it's Nutella, I'd pile it on. Too yummy to resist! Hell I might end up snacking just on the Nutella. So I looked more at the preserves and jam. Couldn't decide, so I just walked away. Now I only have bread, no spread. Guess I'll be having plain toast tomorrow. :-S See, Nils would know things like that. How on earth did I manage to know so little about groceries?

Malasnya!

Please help me. I've become extremely lazy and demotivated. I just want to sit home and do nothing. The best hour of my day is lunch time, when the three of us sit in a car with our tapioca drinks and laugh at everything and anything. Once lunch hour is over, I go back to my desk and try really hard to get these papers moving again (these days I am a paper pusher). I. Just. Can't.

I bought my tickets to Sydney today. I've yet to tell my boss that I'll be taking a few days off in September. Hopefully I can talk A and C into going with me. Otherwise it'll just be me. Not even sure if Isz will be there. Haven't heard from her yet.

School is almost starting. Orientation is next week. I better send in those transcript this week. Let me add that to my to do list. *sigh*

Here we go...

Name 5 people who are currently on your current list of “most favourite blog mates”

Even in cyberspace I'm antisocial. So I don't think I have even 5 blog mates, let alone 5 favorites. For whatever it's worth, they've gotta be: MC, Idlan, errr who else? And these two I knew from school. Ok, 2007 resolution, must make more friends.

Name 5 types of people who irk, amaze, amuse, disgust you.

… irk: people who can't see a good idea unless it comes out of the mouth of someone with a management title. (synonym: see asshole, idiot)
… amaze: people with a good heart, selfless, who have done so much with their lives, in their lifetimes, and yet are still humble and down to earth as if they are still trying to figure out what it is about life that they love.
… amuse: Like in a good way? Nothing comes to mind right now. I'm gonna have to shelve this one.
… disgust: people who don't know their shit but want to put up an act like they have a clue on what's going on. What's wrong with admitting you don't know?

Name 5 hot male/female celebrities

Male:
… Michael Vartan
… Hugh Jackman
… Ashton Kutcher
… Shahrukh Khan
… Matt Czuchry (hehehe...)

Female:
… Keira Knightley
… Rachel Weisz
… Kate Hudson

Name 5 things you are passionate about.

… absorbing information about random things.
… shopping around for a deal when I decide what I want to get.
… making something a little bit easier. For anyone.
… about whatever it is that I have my mind set on at a particular moment. (This is when Nils will say: "Burr alert." As in burr up ass. Hey, I'm a go-getter. When I see something I like, I go get.)

Name 5 blogs that you love reading.

In no particular order, ok?
… Organized Chaos. Oh ok, Organised Chaos
… My Nothingness
… Misadventures, grasshopper (I still miss Anuar's blog)
… Macvaysia
… Annotations
… Minishorts
… Rhetorical Letter
… Esty's Own

And many more.....

Give 5 phrases that describe you

… “Hang the code, and hang the rules. They're more like guidelines anyway.” --- Yes, this is from that movie...
… “Hey, that thing's expired!”
… "Are you crazy?”
… “klako lah ko ni”

If you feel like it, consider yourself chosen...

Settling down

I've been meaning to post for a while. Honest. Things are a little wild what with the moving and what not. I came back from North Carolina on Monday. It was Nils's usual family vacation. We decided we should both go, have fun, and take it from there. Now he's permanently moved to the East Coast. (Sob sob...) He's still trying to settle down, looking for a new place. I'm still slowly unpacking, throwing out as much stuff as I can. I'm doing it differently this time. Instead of taking everything out of the box, this is what I do:

1) Wait until I'm looking for something, for example, say I have a headache and need aspirin. Then I would...
2) think hard about where in the apartment I would look if I were trying to find aspirin.
3) Dig in my unpacked boxes until I find my aspirin.
4) Take 2 tablets.
5) Put the bottle at the place I identified in Step 2 above.

This way I have a place for everything, and I know where everything is. How good is that? Maybe after 6 months, if I still have unpacked boxes, I could just throw them away, since obviously I do not need or miss them.

Now if only I can find a tiny computer desk to put my laptop and software disks in. Maybe more of a stool with drawers. Hmmm, that reminds me, they have that at the office. The drawers with the cushion top. I wonder if they make a home version of that.