Start 2006 with a Bowow
In Chinese Astrology, 2006 will be Year of the Dog
— my, Ryan and Hugo’s (my housemates) birth year. Is that to our
advantage or to our disadvantage? Well, I have yet to know the
predictions for my sign. You see I am a big fan of astrology/horoscope. Typical Pinay indeed! Mwehehehez
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FYI: I have (daily) subscription to Yahoo Horoscope via my celfone…Hehehe
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What I look forward to in 2006:
1) at least one technical certification (Brainbench is an exemption)
2) commute instead of driving to/from work
- I just swapped my $20 gas voucher with Ryan’s FlexPass (he loathes public transpo) which is good for a maximum of $4.75/day fare and expires in one year. One way is only $1.25.
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with so many bad Washington drivers, soaring high gas prices and not
having medical insurance, I definitely need to carpool/commute
3) SQL / T-SQL
- they pay minimum of $18/hr @ Microsoft for a Contract Support Analyst position. If you’re a direct hire, then probably around $25+/hr
- work for Google?!
Err hopefully in the coming years but I’ve read they require people
with excellent C/C++/Java coding skills only to make them "play" with
Javascripts @ work. Heh!
4) emotionally and financially rewarding job
- currently I have an emotionally rewarding job with (above-minimum) DECENT salary… =p
- Am not into coffee (Starbucks? ewww) but I wanted to be a part time barista… Probably because of the so called "coffee frenzy" nowadays (For the record, I saw a two-year old girl sipping Starbucks Frappuccino!!) meaning :
more coffee patrons = more tips/extra money *wink*
5) new living quarters
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actually I look forward to moving out here in my Kirkland apartment
next year. Living here for 5 months made me appreciate and thankful
that I was born, Filipino. ‘Enuff said.
- I was advised by Ryan (my housemate) that I should buy myself a condo/house back home in the Philippines while I am still working here in Washington state. Good idea but mine is better:
given a high-paying job, I’ll purchase a condo here . After several years, sell it, go home and buy a house in Batangas/Makati/Tagaytay… how is that?!
For now it is just *wishful thinking*. Too bad.
6) Xmas/New Year in the Philippines
- I definitely missed my lifestyle back home: MRT/jeepney/tricycle rides, tinapay sa umaga, hapon at gabi (bread for breakfast, lunch and dinner!), solitary loitering in the bag/filipina/home appliance section of SM Megamall during weekends, hawker foods, underground punk gigs, hiking, mall strolling, karaoke…. and the list goes on
- been wanting to go to Batanes; shopping galore (Philippines clothes and accessories are the best!) and not to mention food trip (lechon, sisig— yum!)
- countless reunions which means you are always the spender but why? hehehe jk!
I got the chance to watch Rex Navarette’s Badass Madapaka dvd and he said one mistake he did prior to going home in the Philippines is informing his relatives…. Why? Go Figure!
7) Filipino friends in WA state
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it is nice to have foreign friends (in my case, here am the
"foreigner"!) but nothing beats having your kababayan friend here in WA
state which unfortunately, I doesn’t have. That is why a week ago I did
a Friendster
search for Filipinas (age ranges from 20-24) living here in Kirkland.
So far I befriended three among 15 that I chanced upon. You can call me
names but I am hesitant to befriend a Filipino/Filipina who are MORE Americans than real Americans - physically, emotionally and socially. From my experience, they are the one who badmouths/makes fun of Philippines infront of other race(s). To this I tell them, "Hey yo! Mukha ka lang namang unggoy na binihisan." =p Bad Vemsan. Very bad Vemsan.
That’s all for now! Happy Prosperous New Year!
