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i'm ecstatic. but now that i think about it, the word is inappropriate. i'm proud. that's the more apt word to describe how i'm feeling. but no, i didn't do something heroeic or anything remotely noble or grand. i'm just proud that i was able to harness my inner plumber last night [hehe, i know, i know - i'm weird]. but seriously, i managed to change my own water supply line with no help from anyone. the task sounds so daunting, but actually it's not. nevertheless i feel as if i've accomplished something really big. if you google "how to replace a toilet water supply line" you'll see how simple it really is. that's what i thought at first, too. i was so confident that i can do it on my own. but, when i was down on my knees trying to twist the angle valve and attach it to the water supply pipe, i was cursing expletives in my head. it's quite difficult because i only had about an inch or two of space to work with. i couldn't e...

a couple of weeks back, i set my eyes on cleaning my bathroom's shower head. after religiously cleaning it, i tried to attach the showerhead back onto the goose-neck shower arm. when i hand tighten it, the pipe nipple fell into pieces. great! as buying a new showerhead was not part of the month's budget, i went without a shower for a few weeks. so when i received my pay yesterday, i readily went to ace hardware at sm to buy myself a new showerhead. wow! the store carries a wide range of showerheads that are pretty neat and EXPENSIVE. as i didn't exactly know the size of my showerhead's pipe and couldn't bring myself to ask one of the store attendants, i went ahead to getting the cheapest kind they had at the store. i got the showerhead that once cost PhP174 for a discounted price of PhP 150 [start rolling your eyes, i'm weird this way]. to my mind, i'd just get the cheapest one so in the off chance that i get the fitting all wrong, then i would have wasted ...

this year, i vowed to be healthier [except for the coke habit, er, coca cola]. well, at least i try to. so in line with that goal, i readily grabbed the opportunity when my sister texted that her company is offering discounted rates for flu and pneumonia shots to their employees and family members. so early saturday morning, i headed to their office. she and my parents were there too to get the said shots. me, i opted to get both as i'm paranoid this way. the event was rather uneventful. saw garry, an old high school classmate with his wife and baby, there too. it was very interesting to see little children with their different reaction towards needles. there's one brave 4 or 5-year old girl who was really cool about the whole injection thing. whereas there was her cousin, probably two years older than her and a boy, who was wailing not to have the injections. it was a funny and endearing sight. there was also this boy whom doctors kept egging not to look at the needle during t...

the past week/month was kinda hectic. i didn't do much but it felt and seemed that way. anyhow, just to rid myself of that busy feeling - i'll just make a run through of the week/month that was: - flew to bangkok last april 13 despite having doubts and healthy degree of fear. a few days before our flight, i've read nothing but terrible news of deaths and injuries of soldiers and rally-ists alike in central bangkok. luckily, when we were there - bkk was as peaceful as peaceful could get. thus, we truly had a blast. loved, loved the thai's cultural show "siam niramit." jumped with joy when i saw the magnificent ruins in ayutthaya. was amazed at some women who showed immense vaginal muscle control at bkk's famed patpong area. got all wet and white on our last day in bkk during their songkran 'new year' festivities. - had dinner with him who will never be last april 23. as always, had fun talking about anything and everything that eventually led to hi...