Almost Christmas
Christmas is this Saturday already! I can’t believe it’s only two days away and that it’s been too many days since I last posted. *lol* (If you want) You can catch up on some of the happenings in my life in Inseparable - our joint blog. Hunbun and I have each written one entry. Yup, that’s how busy this holiday season has been. 
“Yays, Boos, and Awwws” by me and “Christmas Vacation At Long Last” by hunbun. Well, hunbun has just gone to their family’s annual out of town trip. He’s in Baguio right now and won’t be back until December 26. I miss him so much already. And I’ll be having a dental surgery to take out one of my wisdom teeth tomorrow. I’m not that nervous surprisingly. *lol* It’s just too bad I won’t get to each all the yummy holiday meals for a little while.
Last week was the final stretch before the official Christmas break. Of course, the teachers gave their usual long exams. The Physics one was especially tough. I was uber convinced that I was going to fail but thank goodness I passed with an awesome grade. 
And our professor was really considerate that he gave bonus points during our next meeting. Yay! I never actually thought of him as the generous type. *lol* On Wednesday (December 15, 2004), my groupmates in CS122 and I went to an informal meeting with my brother. We’re making a database program for his jewelry business, Venice Creation. Our meeting was extended very late into the evening because we needed complete information in order to start with our requirements analysis. That part of the project will be submitted on January 5, 2005. 
I hate Christmas homework!
Last Friday, December 17, 2004, I rewarded myself with a day of fun, relaxion, and shopping. 
I went with JV, Marge, and Cla to Eastwood. We had lunch at a Japanese restaurant inside the Cybermall. The food though was not at par with my taste. *lol* We then watched Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason. Hunbun was running quite late but still managed to catch the movie. It’s such a chick flick and very boring in the most part. Even the childish fight scene between Hugh Grant and Colin Firth seemed odd. I really got weirded out when Renee became a Thai prisoner. Hmm… I think I prefer the first Bridget Jones’ Diary. Afterwards we split ways because they were returning to Ateneo. Hunbun and I strolled around the mini-city for a few minutes and I picked up Dan Brown’s Angels and Demons at A Different Bookstore. We then went to Greenhills for more shopping. I got a new optical mouse with scrolling feature. Hunbun bought a USB hub for me because I have too many USB devices and only 2 USB ports! That night, we were supposed to attend Kaingin’s Christmas party but we decided to go with my family instead. We went to my uncle’s restobar opening in Metrowalk, Pasig. It’s entitled Phi. Yes, it’s that golden number and divine proportion popularized by the Da Vinci Code. It’s a really nice place but I’m not the bar-going type. *hehe* Just the smoke itself turns me off. Anyway, we had Ice Monster for dessert and even went to David’s Tea House for a midnight snack - actually it’s 2am when we got there. 
On Tuesday, hunbun went to our hardware store with me. I had a lot of paperwork to handle so I had hunbun help me a little. *hehe* Those are the perks of having a sweet boyfriend. 
He brought his laptop along and made me watch Taegukgi: The Brotherhood of War. It’s a war film which he deemed even better than Saving Private Ryan, which I never even bothered to watch. It’s about two brothers and how their lives were ultimately changed by their experiences in war. I admit the plot was nice but the whole appreciation for war movies I still don’t comprehend. They’re just special effects, gore, bloodshed, and violence all rolled into one. When we got home, we watched another DVD. This time a Korean chick flick entitled The Classic. It is such a touching story and made me cry a lot! I love the comparison and contrast of past and present events. I especially love the very mushy ending.
Yesterday, hunbun and I went to Podium for very last minute Christmas shopping. We arrived there at about 9pm giving us only an hour to buy presents for a lot of people. We went to Watsons for mommy’s extra gift from me, hunbun, and my aunt. We bought her favorite Kanebo face powder and a fuschia pink lipstick. (Extra because I already got her a yummy chocolate rum cake, same with hunbun’s mom.) We also bought for the maids each a very pretty set of hair accessories worth Php100.00. Then we rushed to Adidas to buy a gym bag for my brother. Along the way, we met a lot of celebrities such as Kris Aquino and her mom, Cory Aquino, Claudine Baretto, Marjorie Baretto, and Reymart Santiago. Hunbun and I had our “Christmas dinner” at UCC. We ordered our all-time favorite entrees there: Hamburg curry for him, garlic seafood spaghetti for me, and pane alle ciocollata for us. I had a very very wonderful time with hunbun but I lost the silver necklace my eldest brother gave me for Christmas. *sigh* Oh yeah, my Christmas gift for him is the Lord of the Rings - Return of the King Special Extended DVD Collection.
Our hardware held its annual Christmas party today. It’s simpler than the previous years because of the cost-cutting measures. All the workers and secretaries still had fun though. Achie Joan, my brother’s girlfriend, gave me my Christmas presents. Those roses are actually paper soaps. Really cute and ingenious! I want to buy some myself to give my friends. She also gave me a collectible Precious Moments princess doll. It’s in the middle. The two other Precious Moments dolls she gave me on my 18th debut. Both are in shades of lilac because it’s my favorite color.
Thank you so much to all those who appreciated my new Hello Kitty theme. 
And thank you to my online friends who gave me very lovely Christmas gifts. I appreciate them so much. Advance merry Christmas to all of you!
Theresa commented on:
December 24, 2004 at 4:14 pm
Hey Gretch! You seem pretty busy lately o.o I am too. I’m going to Korea later tonight
Anyway, thansk for the gift. i also have one for you. o.o Sorry if it’s a bit late now.. I just keep adding on names because I keep forgetting >< Anyway, maligayang PAsko! 
Take care there and have a happy holidays. That’s good that the prof gave you bonuses ;)
Theresa commented on:
December 24, 2004 at 4:16 pm
Anyway, take care there and have a Happy holiday! Merry Christmas
And that’s also nice to hear the prof gave you bonuses 
I didn’t knwo that’s possible during college!
Aaron commented on:
December 24, 2004 at 4:29 pm
Merry Christmas!
Nicki commented on:
December 24, 2004 at 5:34 pm
I can’t believe Christmas is tomorrow!! Thanks so much for your gift, it is really nice of you. Well done for getting a really good grade on your Physics exam, I am sure you deserved it. I liked Bridget Jones, I thought it was really good, I liked it better than the 1st one. Your presents are really cute, especially the soap roses. Have a great Christmas Gretch!
Nicholas commented on:
December 24, 2004 at 7:02 pm
Thank you for the email/gift!
Wow, congratulations for getting a good grade on your Physics exam. I had a teacher that gave us bonus points once too and even though he was the good type of teacher whom students can joke with and are comfortable with, I never dreamed he’d give so many points that it boosted my grade a bit too high, lol. I never really loved war movies too. The Classic sounds like an interesting movie! I want to watch it ^^; I’ll go look for it someday.
Brenda commented on:
December 25, 2004 at 1:43 am
Hey Gretch, thanks for the gift you sent me, appreciate it loads. Anyway, sounds like you are enjoying your holiday tremendously. Wishing you a Merry Christmas and enjoy your holidays, yah?
Mina commented on:
December 25, 2004 at 8:41 am
Ew, a surgery on Christmas? That’s scary o0 Hope it won’t be painful (I got the bad feeling my wisdoms will be pulled sometime, too)
Congrats on your good grade! I watched the first part of Bridget Jones and it wasn’t what I’d call uber spectacular, so I guess the second part could only be worse *hehe.. Btw, I don’t like smoke either, but bars can be a nice thing
Enjoy your holidays ^_^ and P.S. The doll you got is totally cute, I like it!
iruka commented on:
December 25, 2004 at 9:33 am
merry christmas!!!
Aneesah commented on:
December 25, 2004 at 10:24 pm
“Christmas is this Sunday already!”? Isn’t Xmas on Saturday? (Today.)
But anyway, cool, an opty mouse! Love my opty mouse *pats it* No more jerking and cleaning up the insides
I wanna read Angels and Demons tooooo! I just don’t have the book. Too expensive to buy and I can’t find anyone else who has it. Oh wait, yeah, my school friend has it. Gotta wait till school starts.
So…have a happy new year, take care, stay cool, bye, and taa-taa!
Tam commented on:
December 26, 2004 at 3:14 am
Happy yultide! Merry Christmas. Bawi ka nalang next year sa Christmas sa mga pagkain. LOL.
Physics..Grr, I hate that subject. Nakakainis, bagsak na ako dun.!
Take Care!
Sara_mrvica commented on:
December 27, 2004 at 2:25 pm
Ooooooh i watched the Classic before too! (T__T) it’s very heartbrokening…
erised commented on:
December 27, 2004 at 3:33 pm
hey hey… belated merry christmas to you
liz commented on:
December 27, 2004 at 4:24 pm
gretch happy holidays to you!
thanks so much for the email greeting.loved it. thanks also for the warm wishes,i did get to spend christmas with him.hope you’ll have a very good new year ahead of you. 
Alex commented on:
December 27, 2004 at 8:44 pm
omg! Your layout is sooo cute nad cool!
Keep up the great work and hope you hada merry c-mas and a happy new year to you 
Lauren commented on:
December 28, 2004 at 5:01 am
I love your site, it’s very organized and your layout rocks. I hope you had a merry christmas!
beth commented on:
December 28, 2004 at 6:46 am
whoa, sounds like you’ve been tres busy, hehe ^_^
here’s a link to a gift for you
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v22/speckled_fr0ggy/merrychristmas04.jpg
xx
Trinnah commented on:
December 28, 2004 at 10:11 am
I love the scrolling mouse. Everytime I’m at school, I always forget that they don’t have it, so there I am frantically trying to scroll up, but it doesn’t end up working. LOL. Glad that you got a good grade on your physics exam. My chem teacher gave us bonus points on our final test, and I didn’t think that he was the generous type either, but he was, so I’m happy. Well, n e way, happy holidays! Take care!
jessi commented on:
December 28, 2004 at 12:43 pm
hi gretch
thanks for the beautiful gift. have a great new year =]
Jen commented on:
December 28, 2004 at 1:02 pm
I hope you had a wonderful Christmas and an even greater New Year, Gretch. I quite liked Bridget Jones’s Diary. It was funny, and a *bit* different from the everyday chick flick. Angels and Demons was a lot better than the Da Vinci code if I may say so. So much more of a visual impact on the reader.
Shari commented on:
December 28, 2004 at 9:25 pm
Waaaaaaaaaaah!! Gretch! Hope you had a great Christmas! And have a safe New Year!!
yel commented on:
December 28, 2004 at 9:44 pm
cute naman talaga ung hello kitty mo eh.. wow.. sosyal.. anyway.. hmm… dami ding nangyari ano? at saka ung mga christmas homework tlaga nakakainis.. ako dina ang dami kaya?? hehe.. anways, ingat ka po ha? muah..
dian commented on:
December 28, 2004 at 11:19 pm
gretch!!!!!! merry christmas! sorri if walang gift… i just dont have time! and i’m fckin broke. Man..hay! you seem so busy ngayong holiday huh? well have fun okay? take care mwah*
ate rose commented on:
December 29, 2004 at 9:23 am
happy new year,. takecaer and have a great one! missyou much1
Meredith commented on:
December 29, 2004 at 10:12 am
Hope your Christmas went well and that everything went okay with the surgury. That’s a shame that you won’t be able to eat all the holiday goodies. =(
Santa Nata commented on:
December 29, 2004 at 12:53 pm
Ho ho ho!!! Belated Merry Christmas!!! *kiss kiss* “I saw Bunchie kissing Santa Nata…” Hehe! Just got home from Baguio a few days ago and it was fun but, Bunbun was not there
It’s ok, I was able to miss her more! Hehe!
By the way, Bunch didn’t have an operation, just a dental reconstruction! Hehe! I don’t want to say that it was a surgery because it’s just sad
I did enjoy the dinner at UCC before I went to Baguio. It was just a sweet and comfortable night fo us! (Well except for old perverts in the next table checking out the waitress everytime!)
Well, we did enjoy the night!
Hunnie, this time New Year is coming, I hope you’ll enjoy your time in cool Tagaytay!
I will miss you so much!
Hazel commented on:
December 30, 2004 at 2:11 am
hey there, thanks again for the gift. :) Anyway, so you did not celebrate christmas with him . . because you said he won’t come back until dec. 26!?? Aww.. so.. wassup with your xmas??! it’s already 4 days ago! *sigh* it sure feels good while it lasted! hahah.. baket kaya closing hours dumadating yung mga artista sa malls like podium noh?!! aryt.. i’l be back.. i’m outta here. ;)
Rap commented on:
December 30, 2004 at 9:41 am
GRETCH! belated merry christmas. i already moved to dynamikz.net, in case you still don’t know.
meron pa pala akong gift:
http://rap.dynamikz.net/newyear05gift.jpg
Jeanette commented on:
December 30, 2004 at 3:27 pm
Hey Gretch !
Ehh, I’ve been pretty busy too.. (actually maybe just lazy 
) But, thanks for the gift !! I LOVE IT, it’s sooo cute (: Well, happy extra belated christmas ? & a HAPPY NEW YEAR !
vanessa commented on:
December 31, 2004 at 1:37 am
happy holidays gretch! x0×0
Pauleen commented on:
December 31, 2004 at 7:16 pm
Merry Christmas! Happy New Year! LOL. Hope you enjoy the rest of the holidays.. :)
Cute nung dolls!
Aurus commented on:
December 31, 2004 at 10:08 pm
hey gretch, just wanted to say thanks a lot for the gift~ appreciate it. happy holidays! =]
Vivian commented on:
January 1, 2005 at 5:58 am
hey
!! thanks for the xmas gift!! i was uber happy when i received the xmas e-greetings 
hope u’re enjoying ur holidays =p btw happy new year!!! woooohooo 
danica commented on:
January 1, 2005 at 7:05 pm
At least your exams are finish, mine’s about to start…
aline commented on:
January 1, 2005 at 10:28 pm
Lovely dolls
Happy New Year Gretch :)
Ate Ems commented on:
January 2, 2005 at 3:54 pm
Gretch!! OMG am really sorry to be out of touch for a long while. Really busy plus i had to fix some stuff.. oh well.. I just wanna update you of my new personal domain, deep-reflections.net I hope you can drop by. I promise to read your blog in my next visit, kind of in a hurry cos am in the office right now.. take care my pal!
Jays commented on:
January 3, 2005 at 11:28 pm
hi gretch!! happy new year!
2005 na! gosh! tatanda na naman ako!! hehe.. stay sweet and keep on rockin!!
lab u! - jays
Angie commented on:
January 4, 2005 at 12:26 am
Sounds like you’re really enjoy your vaction. Late Merry Christmas and Happy New Year! It’s been a while since you blogged. I hope you come back soon.