Current mood:

chipper

chopstick training
watched "kung fu panda" with ali, kay and jo early tonight, after having dinner at "amici". it's been quite a while since we last saw each other (and boy, has ali got a lot of love life stories to share, haha!) and oh, amici's authentic italian cooking reminds me of giada. that celebrity chef's really growing on me, hehe..

the movie was "awesome!" as po would say it. i obviously indulged in the visuals and musical score (hans zimmer's signature style's really good for soundtracks but sam concepcion's version of "kung fu fighting" really irritates me). and i especially loved "master oogway"; i've been a turtle lover since a kid. but what really caught my attention was po's training with shifu, when they battled for the dumpling with chopsticks. i suddenly remembered how i did something similar to ainj when i made him eat rice using chopsticks, hehe.. it was hours after a long meeting slash planning for the upcoming jrnsoc elections then and i told him dinner's on me on one condition - whatever you order, you eat with chopsticks. he was so hungry then and kept on complaining and i always replied, "patience is a virtue," hehe.. ah, the good ol' days..

passed by legaspi park on my way home. stayed for about an hour and a half. i, uh.. swung on the swing(?) i'm not sure if that made any sense but i think anyone reading this gets the point, hehe.. and since the playground didn't have monkey bars, i played (read: climbed and did acrobatic-like stunts) with the swing's frame instead. then i went to the jungle gym and did some more. seriously, it feels good to just be care free and climb poles again (i was once some sort of "king of the monkey bars," you know, hehe..)

since sir niki didn't give me a load again (surprise, surprise), i was thinking i should seriously consider enrolling for swimming lessons and maybe kung fu too. i mean, it's not just because of "kung fu panda" (it's more because of "avatar" haha!), i just really want to do something out of the box - it's fun, it's interesting and well, it's a good work out. i'm thinking, after kung fu basics, i want to learn chu gar and hung gar styles.

i'm also preparing to take the toefl and ielts anytime soon. if chances of teaching in ust would still be bleak in the next few semesters (or months), i probably should fast track my ph.d. plans and agreesively apply for admission and scholarship to study abroad first (and i found a new school too! it's perfects since it's an ivy league university and anyone admitted to the program becomes a full scholar, wow! hope i get that one) i'll probably take the civil service exam and whatever exam i should take for government service, just to widen my options.