Pig Loves Cow

Date and time	Status		Location Service Area
6/23/2010      7:41 am	With delivery courier.		Victoria, Canada
7:15 am	Arrived at DHL facility.		Victoria, Canada
6/22/2010      5:45 pm	Depart Facility		Richmond, Canada
4:06 pm	Transit through DHL facility		Richmond, Canada
4:03 pm	In transit.		Richmond, Canada
12:45 pm	Processed at DHL Location.		Richmond, Canada
8:52 am	Clearance processing complete		Richmond, Canada
8:43 am	Processing for clearance		Richmond, Canada
8:43 am	Clearance Delay		Richmond, Canada
5:23 am	Depart Facility		Cincinnati Hub, OH
4:32 am	Depart Facility		Seattle, WA
4:22 am	Processed at DHL Location.		Seattle, WA
4:10 am	Transit through DHL facility		Seattle, WA
2:43 am	Processed at DHL Location.		Cincinnati Hub, OH
1:54 am	Transit through DHL facility		Cincinnati Hub, OH
6/21/2010    11:00 pm	Depart Facility		Northeast Indianapolis, IN
10:59 pm	Processed at DHL Location.		Northeast Indianapolis, IN
6:45 pm	Departing origin.		Northeast Indianapolis, IN
6:35 pm	Shipment picked up		Northeast Indianapolis, IN

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It can get pretty cold in KSA, especially during the winter. So when I cam to the Philippines, I never get cold easily. My blockmates used to tease me that they’ll build me an air-conditioned coffin because even if they were all already freezing in the room, I still wasn’t cold.

6 years later, I got accustomed to the sun. I would feel cold from the slightest drop of temperature. Heck, I always wear my jacket even if it was sunny!

Anyway, when I came to Victoria, I don’t feel cold easily. I’d even go out without a jacket; I’d just hang it onto my arm or bag. I don’t know why suddenly I’m back to not being cold again. It’s weird especially because the locals here wear jackets while I just walk like it’s always sunny!

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I’m here. I flew to Seattle and took the ferry for 2:45 hours to get here. I received my work permit from the customs officer at the inner harbor. We arrived at Richard’s apartment at around 8 or 9pm already, yet the sun was still up. Yes, the sun’s still up until 10pm. Sometimes I like it, sometimes I don’t. I like it because it allows me to go out until 10pm without realizing it’s already 10pm. I don’t like it because I see less of the night, and I’m such a night person.

I’ve been here for a week and I’m loving Victoria. I love how the city seems to be one with nature. I love how friendly and laid back the people are. I have yet to discover more things about this lovely little city in an island called Vancouver Island (not to be mistaken for Vancouver).

I take the bus to the office, located in Sidney, everyday. It’s just about a 20 min drive from Victoria but the bus takes around 30-45 minutes to get there. I love how there’s no traffic jams or too many people in a certain area. I love how you can walk anywhere without feeling scared (oh I’ll miss the horror stories in Manila). I especially love the fact that the whole country is on air-conditioning mode…and that you need a heater instead. I can’t wait to get to know more of Victoria!

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Everything happened so fast…but since I wanted a job where I did more application development, a great opportunity came to me. The thing about it though is that it’s in Canada, which means I need to move to Canada. It was a tough decision to leave the country where I have lived for the past 6 years, but I feel that this experience will be great. I accepted the job and got ready to move to Canada.

During my last few days in the Philippines, I made the most out of it by saying farewell to my good friends and doing things that I will most likely won’t be able to do for the next couple of years. Mark surprised me by taking me to a dinner date.

We went to CWC to wakeboard.

My family and Mark drove me to the airport.

On April 20, I flew to LA to take the risk of processing my papers there. I didn’t want to process them in Manila as it would take much, much longer. God was, and still is, good to me. My second grade teacher, and my mom’s previous co-teacher Tita Virgie and her husband were staying near downtown LA as Pastors in a church located in West Temple St. I stayed in their rented room while I filed my application. The Canadian Embassy was just a 20 minute bus ride away from their place. After a week of filing my application and getting a medical exam, I was fortunate that one of my closest cousins, kuya Jay, went to LA for the weekend even though they lived 7 hours away in Sacramento. He and his wife, ate Daks, picked me up and we went to Disneyland. I could never thank them enough for their hospitality and kindness as they picked me up from where I was staying until they offered to drop me off at kuya Jay’s eldest brother’s house, kuya Nestor, even if it was out of their way. I was really glad I was able to spend time with them as I haven’t seen them for years.

Kuya Nestor and his wife ate Adela and their kids live in Salinas. God has especially been good to them as he has given them a lot of blessings. They too were as hospitable and kind as kuya Jay’s family. I couldn’t thank them enough for everything they have done for me. They let me stay in their house for almost three weeks. Their kids, which are technically my nephew and niece are also one of the coolest people I have ever met. I was barely a teenager when I last saw them, and we were too shy to hang out back then. But now they’ve grown into two wonderful people who showed me a great time in Salinas.

I took the Amtrak train back to LA on the 23rd of May to follow-up on my application. When I got there on Monday to inquire, as it turns out, my visa was already stamped since the 18th and my application has been approved. I booked a flight to Seattle and a ferry to Victoria (c/o Richard) and made the most out of my last week in the States, LA most specifically!

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I know the two titles are very much unrelated, but these are stories that are in my mind lately.

I have recently read the book Stardust by Neil Gaiman. I had seen the movie first before the book so I already knew the story. I still enjoyed the book, but this is probably the first time I would say that I liked the movie more than I liked the book. In the book, there is no humor, everything is fantasy and serious. Also, Tristran (Tristan in the movie) had “powers” in the book, which comes from being the descendant of the royal family. He’s a pathfinder…he knows where things in Faerie are when you ask him, even if he hasn’t even heard of the places yet. Also, their time at Captain Shakespeare’s ship wasn’t detailed (oh and the captain isn’t gay in the books. He’s not a terror either). But what really disappointed me was the fact that no fight scene occurred at the end. Septimus (the last surviving son of the King) was killed because he opted to revenge his brother by burning the witch’s hat, but the witch summoned/turned into a poisonous snake and bit him. Tristran also didn’t leave the star Yvaine without any warning, as he still had feelings for Victoria. Victoria had feelings for Mr. Monday…she never liked Tristran and was set to marry Mr. Monday. Tristran also wasn’t allowed to cross the wall coming from Fairie at first. He returned to Wall only to realize that he loves Yvaine, and said goodbye to Victoria and his family. When he came back, he fell asleep and Lady Una talked to Yvaine. When she left, the witch came for Yvaine and told her that she was going to cut her heart out (the witch seemed nice!), but Yvaine said that it wouldn’t be possible anymore because she had already “given her heart” to Tristran. Oh and they got married but didn’t rule yet; they traveled throughout Faerie for years before they decided to rule.

On Sunday, after Mark’s basketball game, we watched Sherlock Holmes (last full show) at 10:45 at ATC. We also bumped into Tel who was going to watch the same movie at the same time. I enjoyed the movie! I love the whole bohemian effect to it, and the fact that it was all about logic and mysteries. It’s an old movie with effects of the 21st century, yet the charm remains and wasn’t butchered. I love how every major character played their role. It’s a bit similar to The Prestige…wherein magic relies on scientific inventions, and the secret(s) is/are revealed at the end. The only thing I didn’t like about this movie is Watson’s fiance. I couldn’t seem to like her, and had always been hoping for her to be the bad guy.

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My lens is currently in the repair shop, hence the lack of updates.

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I can’t describe how I’m feeling right now. The day isn’t over yet, but there are butterflies in my stomach, and tears forming at the back of my eyes.

It’s the 13th of February, a friday. I don’t really believe in bad luck…in fact the opposite happened today. I’ve been the drama queen for the past week, since I’ve been having a bad year, I was expecting this day to be the same…as any day – fun, happy, yet…ordinary and casual. I didn’t think I could bear the year anymore so I was freaking out.

I was awake since 4 in the afternoon even though I didn’t have to go to work until 9. I wanted to play WoW haha. He said he was going home early so we can play together. I waited for him to get home while I played WoW in my pambahay clothes. At around 7, I heard the bell rang. I thought it was my neighber wanting to switch parking spaces with me, but no. It was him! He was cradling the loveliest boquet of roses. They get better each year, I swear. But what was even better was that…he brought along his guitar and serenaded me. He sang the song “Nakaturo Sa’yo” by Razorback. He took my breath away and I was almost in tears! I guess that’s how it feels to be serenaded by someone you love.

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My sister took the car with her, and, since the car was on coding, I had to wait for 8 o’clock so she can pick me up. I decided to go to Shangri-La. I stopped by the dermatologist to buy medicine for my scalp and went to PowerBooks to look for stuff to read. I found their last copy of Twilight, to my delight, and bought it in a rush. Seriously, there was a guy holding it before I got my hands of it; I stared at him for a good minute before he let go and I grabbed it and brought to the counter. It was just 5 in the afternoon and I wasn’t feeling well, so I decided to order coffee and sit at Starbucks to kill time.

It was amazing – I read through 200 pages and didn’t realize it was already 7:30 if my sister hadn’t replied to my text message. And then it dawned on me: am I getting the best, or the worst, of both worlds? And by worlds I mean ‘gender’.

Twilight is, an Anne Rice novel for chicks – teen chicks. Seriously. It feels girlier than Christopher Pike’s books! But nevertheless, I can’t get my hands off it. I love stuff that normal girls love –butterflies, the color blue, books, romance, hugs and kisses, roses, surprises…but I’m not that girly enough to love pink, baduy love stories, well actually 90% of love stories haha…and a lot more girl stuff…

I also love stuff that normal boys love — the color blue, chucks/vans, games (ie GW, WoW), PC stuff, programming, driving, drinking…but I’m not very much hard core into everything.

I’m really stuck. What the hell am I? A cross breed? I stuck between both worlds, and I don’t know if it’s a good thing or a bad thing

I can’t relate to most girls when they talk about I don’t even know what. I can’t relate to most boys when they talk about hard core gaming and PC stuff (altho hard core programming…YEY!). Where do I even belong? :/

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I had a pretty nice day actually. I woke up at 6 in the morning, took a shower, got dressed, and went to work. I got lucky on parking space, there was one free slot available so I quickly parked the car. I dropped by the infamous coffee shop that I now miss, Starbucks. I miss the surroundings of our old office; being there makes me feel young as its corridors are crowded by students of UA&P.

I got lucky again that the night shift people haven’t gone home yet, so I got in. I was afraid I wouldn’t get in because I don’t have a key to the office. I got a couple of interesting tasks at work. I left an hour later than my shift ends, and went shopping for a bit. I dropped by the “kawaii” “notebook shop” that Gracia told me about, but I couldn’t find anything that I like. Actually, I found one, but I couldn’t stand the English plus I felt it was useless to me and expensive for what it’s worth. Since I was waiting for 7pm, the time the coding on my car ends, I had a lot of time to myself. I tried to withdraw the money I was going to use to pay my bills, but when it was my turn, the ATM went berserk and kept me waiting for a good 10 minutes before finally telling me that it didn’t have any hundred-dollar bills. I tried thrice to make a transaction; to no avail. I switched over the the other ATM and good thing that was working. Since I was itching to buy a notebook/draft book, I decided to pay bookstores a visit, and went insde Powerbooks. Boy, do they have a lot of nice stuff, too bad they’re pretty expensive. I got a pretty decent notebook that costs P200, and a copy of this month’s Reader’s Digest. On my way to the bank, I stopped by the pet shop. I’ve been meaning to buy a cat one of these days, and I found a “cute”, very fluffy persian cat (misspelled by the shop as “Pearsian Cat”). Unfortunately it’s already 5 months old and priced at P15,000. I’m not rich, so I proceeded to deposit my money to to bank and pay my bills instead…

I walked my way back to the car, which was a good 20 minutes’ exercise away. I was so dehydrated and exhausted so I stopped by a nearby 7-11 to grab something to eat and drink, and finally, went home…

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