I want j00.

Others would normally call this a wish list, but I'm choosing to call it a list of the things that I don't have yet.

1. Nintendo DS.

Isn't this just a beaut?

It's too cute a gadget to pass up. Also, I've been saying that I want one of these for the longest time. Anyone wanna buy my (one year and four month old) PSP for a reasonable price before Norbelle sells her DS to someone else?

2. Angels & Demons: Special Illustrated Edition.

Eet haz piktchers!

I chanced upon a nice review of this illustrated edition recently and I was sold. I don't care what they say, I love the book to bits and having an illustrated version would be fantastic.

3. Bath Gloves.

Scrub-a-dub-dub, abumelt.

Bath gloves are great to use in the shower, makes me feel extremely clean and scrubbed. The ones I currently use are very worn and the ones I bought recently seems to be missing in that dump I call a bedroom.

4. Safety pins.

The answer to peek-a-boobies.

Please don't think I'm kidding? These are very useful things for preventing accidental cleavage views and I always seem to run out of them. Srsly.

5. Tazo Tea, English Breakfast flavor.

Tea is good, tea is healthy, tea is love.
Um, what?

Favorite tea in the world! Well, not the one in the picture, but I couldn't find a good picture of the English Breakfast one. I've been meaning to get me a box, so I can drink tea instead of coffee to wake me up.

6. Pastillas de Leche.

*drools*

The combination of milk and sugar is just too irresistible for my sweet tooth. Also, chewy, home-baked ones are the best kind (and should be the only kind there is).

7. Mouse wrist support.

The picture doesn't look very wholesome, from an angle. But it is, I swear, it is!

I work in front of the PC for more than 8 hours per day, therefore, I use a mouse more than 8 hours in one day, and Carpal Tunnel doesn't sound like fun. So, preventive. Besides, they have a lot of cute, and relatively cheap ones over at the malls. I just always forget to get me some.

8. Mini brush with dustpan.

If someone can find me something this cute,
I'd pay you five times its actual price.

These little dust brushes are very useful for small amounts of dust and dirt. I used to have one, but my baby cousins (who like playing house in my room) seem to have misplaced mine.

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So there it is. There goes my list. Don't take me too seriously, pzl, I just needed something to write about.

*all pictures were Googled, none of them are mine, credits go to the kind strangers who actually took them.

Nope, I'm not what you think I am.

Time for a new entry. Why? It's the last day of the (not-so) long weekend and I'm not quite ready to think of the workweek up ahead. I thought of finding people to talk to/with, but I decided against it eventually. Instead of chatting with strangers, I figure this is a better way to spend the hour. Yes, spilling my guts out to the vast world of the intarwebz.

Some people seem to think that I'm rolling in money. It annoys me because I know that I'm definitely not rich, I make the same amount of money as anyone from the same age bracket does. It frustrates me, when anyone insists that I am rich, because all factors considered, I probably earn less than your average Joe, because I shifted careers very recently. In other words, I had to start from scratch again and had to take a pay cut (and I still wonder, from time to time, if I did the right thing). So anyway, I asked a few people why they think what they think about me, and here's what I came up with.

Here are the Top 3 Reasons Why People Think I Don't Have Money Problems.

1. Having studied at DLSU.

The school seems to have a reputation of breeding no-good, dumb-ass, and bratty rich kids whose parents can afford to burn money as if it grew on trees. This stereotype isn't quite fair, in my opinon. I have met many sensible, polite, and smart kids who came from this school. They had the best Information Technology curriculum (or at least, one of the better ones) in my time. Also, tuition was high, but my parents bought one of those college assurance plans and all they had to pay for while I was college was my allowance, my school books, and other minor miscellaneous expenses.

2. Using a car to work.

Sure, I use a car, but only because commuting from my house to work is a hassle and is pretty expensive too. I drive a second hand, 2003 Mitsubishi Lancer bought from a family friend at a very good price. It's a pretty nice car, and I have no complaints with it, but it's not mine because I didn't pay for it, my mom did (with money that she worked for), because I don't have that kind of dough on me. I pay for gasoline, toll and parking fees though, which amounts to around p250 per day, or at least p5000 per month, and that's assuming I don't go out on weekends. The maintenance and running expenses eats up a big chunk of my salary too.

3. Travelling to different countries.

Okay, I like experiencing different cultures, eating their food, seeing their traditions, buying their stuff, also getting a break from the monotony of daily life. Travelling is one of those things I'd shell out good, hard-earned money for. I don't necessarily spend beyond my means on these trips, they come few and far in between, and are considered as treats to myself.

Also, I was a bum for half of last year, I dipped so far into my savings that I don't have one anymore. Now I'm trying to pay up my debts little by little and at the same time spend for my daily living expenses, all on a salary just a bit above minimum wage. Just like you and the rest of the world (who isn't Paris Hilton), I have bills that need to be paid and debts that catch up on me.