…a brief glance…

Happy Birthday to meeeeeeee!!! Okay, I got that out of my system! Hehe. Well at quarter to midnight last night I received my very first phone call from Ate Grace. Followed closely by Winnie whom for a moment I was ready to disown because I thought she had forgotten. Then my Ats called, my Mom, my Aunty Esty. So safe to say that I didn’t get much sleep last night. I had intended to go to Mass this morning but I woke up late, and by the time I would get to church the mass would be finished….however I went last night just in case I couldn’t get there today.

I had brunch at Mickey D’s no less. Sad isn’t it? Come all this way and eat McDonalds for your birthday? Oh well. I had no plans for today except loiter around, maybe shop. I’ve been wanting to watch a couple of movies and I thought why not today. It’s half price and it’s probably the only time I’ll get to do it, so here I am having my very own movie marathon. Look, as sad as it may sound, it’s fun. I haven’t seen TV for like four weeks so it’s a TREAT to see a big screen. I watched The Prince and Me, and as Ate Grace said it would be, it was a really cute, kilig movie.  I’m killing time before the next movie. I might watch Mean Girls. Ann and Jes said it was good.

Afterwards I’m meeting the girls back at the dorm for a PIZZA night. I haven’t had pizza since Phils so I’m definitely looking forward it.  I’m enjoying the day. It’s definitely different than normal, but hey I came to London for new experiences right?

On Friday I went to Shakespeare’s Globe Theatre to watch a matinee of Romeo and Juliet, it was really good. Aside from the whole standing for three hours thing. Towards the end I found myself muttering ‘die already, die die already!’ Afterwards I hung out at Leicester Square, which has become one of my favourite hangouts. Wandering around and what not.

Saturday was a killer day. We woke early to explore. Isabelle, Christina and myself. We left at 9:30am, headed for Whitechapel markets….by foot. Of course it rained, and of course we didn’t have an umbrella, therefore I had to invest in one. Needless to say as soon as I did, the sun came out and it became a sunny day. Which was good because we went to see the Tower Bridge, we didn’t go into the Tower of London because we wanted the whole day to do it.

We headed home (by foot) for lunch where we rested for about an hour, before heading over to Camden Markets….by foot. Are you guys getting the picture? We arrived home about 8:00 and yes, aside from the lunch break, the rest of the time was spent WALKING. We were literally DEAD and DELIRIOUS by the time we made it to the residency.  We SLOWLY got dinner ready, after which I took my shower and collapsed on my bed.

The next day we had plans on going to Harrods and visit Hyde park, but we got only as far as Harrods because we got separated. From there Christina and I walked (slowly – still suffering from the previous day’s hike) around Oxford Street. When we were too tired we called it quits. I headed for Hillsong, and she headed for the residency. When I finished at Hillsong I went to Ate Fe and Kuya Dodie’s to pick up my mail.

Yesterday I had an interview with the Chelsea Building Society and it sounds promising, but we’ll see. I’m not counting my chickens yet. I have an interview at the WALDORF hotel tomorrow….yeah it’s a little LA DI DAH! So hopefully one of these interviews will materialize into a job. I have extended my stay in the dorm, I figured, job first accomodation later, just so I knew where to look for a place. Ate Fe’s place will remain my mailing address, no matter where I move to.

Thanks to everybody who messaged me for my birthday. It meant a great deal to hear from you guys. Vlad and Val sorry I missed your call. Thanks for calling though. I miss you guys heaps also!

Ummm…that pretty much covers it.  I’ll keep everyone posted with latest happenings….job wise, accomodation wise, sam wise….sorry, I was on a roll there. All Jeswina’s fault. She started it. Anyways… thanks again for the greetings and for remembering me on my birthday. It feels weird because it doesn’t feel and different from any other day….I guess I am getting old huh?

Oh well…gotta go…the clock ticks. Take care… love lots…