A little bit of hell week

So, I took a sick leave again today. And my nose is runny na. I am overwhelmed with work, I have a ton of things to do and I am scared of not delivering properly. I am very anxious waiting for the LAE result which will come it in about a couple of months (ang tanggal???). I feel so down right now. The only thing that can somehow make me happy is when I go out with Mark and just spend time with him.

The other week, we ate at Rico's Lechon in UP Town. I liked the food and I said I would definitely eat there again. So today, I Grab-delivered Rico's lechon and I was not satisfied! Medyo hindi pala siya masarap??? Anyway, I spent like 600+ pesos because I also bought dessert and 2 cups of rice. Boy, I felt cheated, haha!

Anyway, I don't wanna go back to work tomorrow, but I need to! Good thing holiday sa Monday and that's additional rest day, thank you, Lord!

Just updating this blog. I finished watching Pose today! Masaya! And finally, I fucking finished reading Fire & Blood which took me like almost 2 months to read! Ang effort basahin noon ha! Next book is Choke, which I borrowed from Mark. And then after that, I'm gonna read the book he gave me last Valentine's.

I hope this week just goes well. Sad kasi this weekend, Mark will go to Bangkok for 4 days. I ain't gonna see him from Friday to Monday.

A first proper Valentine's Week

So, this is my second blog post for the day. In recent years, this is RARE. I almost always only write here, like, once a month or so. And I noticed today that usually I'm on leave when I write here. Ibig sabihin, hindi ko talaga nabibigyang pansin ang magsulat nang magsulat sa blog na ito para ikwento ang mga pangyayari sa life ko these days. It's more like pagnaka-leave ako, nawawalan ako ng gagawin kaya naiisipan kong mag-blog na lang.

And since today, naka-leave nga ako, I will talk more about my week. Specifically, my first proper Valentine's week. Ayyy! Also, I really do promise to blog more often. It is so nice magbasa ng old posts seeing pictures and random moments. Sige, I will post more pictures starting today!

And why 'proper'? Well, as I have hinted in my post last November, I started dating again. Five and a half years after that disaster of a shit hole that happened to me and my close friends, I think kaya ko na ulit makipaglandian (hahaha). But more on that event five years ago next time.

I have been dating Mark (a different Mark, mind you) for almost 4 months now, and have been exclusively ever since. Girl, this is the longest 'relationship' I had. And probably it's his as well. Anyway... we had a simple dinner at Provenciano along Maginhawa. It's a nice Filipino restaurant in the likes of Manam or Mesa. Pero medyo saks lang yung food, or baka medyo di ko lang trip 'yung na-order na pagkain.

Here we are after we were done eating. Sana nga ay nakapagpalitrato kami nang may pagkain pa!

We order three dishes: pako (fern) with mango, pininyahang manok and Batangueño adobo. I like the manok and adobo, but the pako not so much.

A gift

He also gave me a gift, the book A Brief History of Mankind by Yuval Noah Harari, na hindi ko pa mababasa kasi hindi ko pa tapos yung hindi ko matapos-tapos na Fire & Blood by George RR Martin. I was so surprised because hindi nga kami ma-gift sa isa't isa. But probably because I gave him a Haruki Murakami gift last Christmas, he decided to give me one this Valentine's.

It was a simple dinner which I like. We actually decided na we don't like grand gestures, and that giving gifts is not our love language (except when they are books!).

The dessert we had which I really, really liked! Para siyang suman with cheese.

But Valentine's was not only felt that day. Actually, a day before, may pakulo yung Grab called Grabbae. And the my officemates decided to give it a try!

Booking a Grabbae

In fairness naman sa Grab ha, it was a nice PR thing they did. At marami talaga akong nakita sa social media na nag-try. After posting pictures on Instagram and tagging Grab and using their hashtags, the Grabbae we got even interacted and answer my stories poll.

My officemate (Meg) and Grabbae (Edrei)

They even gave us promo codes through this cards na pinamigay nila

Here's the view last Feb 14 morning. As usual, maraming ganito sa Katipunan tuwing araw ng mga puso. I mean it's cute, but I don't buy these stuff kasi I don't like giving gifts and kasi environment!

To end this post, here something I saw online:

Naalala ko tuloy yung pagsisisi ko na hindi ako makakaboto this coming election. I am so annoyed with myself because of this. I promise to vote on 2021. :S

Anyway, it's nice to post something like this!

See you later!

First Step to Law School

This is it! I took the Law Aptitude Exam for UP yesterday morning. I wouldn't say that I prepared well, but I wouldn't say I wasn't ready for it also. I never enrolled in review classes and never memorized stuff. I just bought review materials and practiced answering sample exams so that I can get used to the time pressure and the techniques on how to answer questions quickly.

Yesterday, I evaluated the exam right after. And this is my judgement: If I do pass, I know the reasons why. If I don't, I also know the reason why. During the first half of the exam, I really felt pressured. I feel like I don't have enough time that is why I got tensed answering if the simpler ones. It was overwhelming. I did guessed some of the items because of the time. One thing I realized is that it is bad for me to skip questions. If I do skip questions, I definitely won't be able to answer that questions later on.

During the second half of the exam, I found it easier, since there was Math and Abstract Reasoning. I am pretty sure that when I know my answer is correct, it is correct. I hope!

When I finished the last subsection, General Knowledge, I just observed the entire exam room (Room 110 of Malcolm Hall) and think of all the possibilities that can happen after taking the exam. If I pass, this would probably be one of my classrooms. The proctor could probably be one of my professors (not sure, but I was terrified of her; although, when all of us were going out and one of us asked her a question, she seemed nice). I could be friends with the other exam personnel. I could be friends and blockmates with those other examinees.

After leaving the room, I went straight to my apartment here in Katipunan. I don't know what to feel. I couldn't gauge it. I really need to wait for the results around May. Again, this is my only choice--UP. I did't take exams for other law schools because I really want UP. It's UP or I won't enter law school. If I fail, I'll just take the exam again next year. But I do wish and hope to pass it this year. There may be time to take in the future, but I can't afford to spend another year at work.

Yesterday, I also got a guide for a possible admission interview. I practiced some of the questions. If ever I passed and would be required to have an interview, it would probably be around June.

It's a waiting game, and I'm just dying to know the results. T_T