generated random thoughts

yiiiiiihaaa! yen is on a roll... i've read somewhere that this is the lowest record of USD against yen, in 14 years. click here for the graph.
i was thinking, to buy or not to buy USD...
to buy because, hello, it's cheap!
not to buy because, i have no more yen :D hahaha.. this problem can't be simply solved.

actually few days ago, i've read from kiyosaki's mail magazine about the vulnerability of USD and he's really genius... see it's moving downward... so should you still buy?
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nakakainis ano, yun mga taong umaastang hari sa teritoryong gawa gawaan lamang ng panandaliang paniniwala na sila ang makapangyarihan. boo! lakad ng lakad, wala naman tintrabaho. heh!

hay ang beauty ko, nanunuyo sa inyo.
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i was thankful that yesterday i was able to have a chit-chat with someone... she shared to me her experience about conceiving stuffs... it was a coincidence that she too had a miscarriage, has only one FT, and had undergone fertility treatment... but it was when she gave up with the treatment and let things happen their own way, she got pregnant!
and now she has 2 beautiful kids.
i'm thankful that she shared these stories and few more (hehe) because i'm really tempted to try medical assistance to try to conceive again.

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binigay ko kay J ang link ng blog ko. sabi niya marami na raw pala akong nasulat.
at napansin niya na barok ang english ko, parang hapon na daw.
J, ganyan na talaga ang english command ko dati pa hihihi... :D
kaya nga ako nag-blog para mag-improve.. kaso parang hindi :D

i am an alien

i have heard from one of the people in a children birthday party that we have attended a few weeks ago, that our place has many undercover policemen. their only task: to check if you're a legal alien or not.

and what do you know, after about 4 years of my total stay in japan, this is my first time that i was flagged by mr. undercover policeman. well there was this one time but it was not me, but my husband who was checked :D and we're together.

anyway, my complain is he didn't even bother studying my alien card.

so he flagged me on my out to the turnstile and he showed me his police badge. i was actually thrilled because this is the first time i have seen a real police badge :D at that point i knew it already. so i started to look inside my bag for my everdearest wallet.
but i was having difficulty going through my bag to look for my wallet - which my husband can explain why it's that difficult - and mr. U.P. even helped me by holding my bag hehe. he asked me daijoubou ne.. and i said hai so desu. mondai nai desu :D and after i found my wallet in my jungle bag and opened it, i haven't even pulled out my alien registration card yet and he said.. ok ok..
i'm somehow disappointed...

my 2 cents is, mr. U.P. if you're checking for these things, kindly commit to the act.

actually about a month ago i was on my way to gotanda to attend a survey and the man beside me on the platform was also checked by 2 men. at first i didn't understand them and so i thought they were friends. then when we were on the train he phoned someone and i have heard that he was checked by undercovers -- and he didn't have his alien card. he said that he reasoned that he works in an embassy and they are not required with that. ingenious. actually i don't know if his excuse was correct for the undercover but he escaped the trap.

well good for him. but this event really showed me that i'm an alien. i know it's a drill and it's needed but still, i felt that i am an alien. well the name of the card is alien registration card -- so what do i expect, right? i have just renewed my visa and i'm still a legal alien here for 3 more years .

futomaki everyday

i know it's too much... but it's the only food i can buy from 7-11 that makes my tummy happy while still not gaining too much calories.. actually it's not everyday -- everytime i have no time to prepare food, futomaki is my default lunch. i particularly like the 270 yen tuna and salad futomaki - promise it's yummy!

anyway, i feel guilty because i always tend to yak about my figure and how fat i am because of my eating habits and chosen lifestyle, while there are so many kids and adults alike, who have nothing to put on their plate. how can i reconcile this two opposite problems? actually i don't know.

well i may say that, instead of buying unnecessary nibbles, chocolates and pastries, i will just donate the money to charities who are involved with food giving to the needy -- but i know even if i do this, i will still treat myself with those sinfully delightful edibles :D
by the way, the roppongi catholic church distributes 350 onigiri everyday to the homeless people in shibuya. they raise funds for this, you can ask their office if you want to contribute.

next, i can join fun run and other fund raising events. so while i burn calories from doing voluntary work, i can contribute to the efforts of solving hunger. ok now you beauty pageant contestants, i think you should change your answers from world peace to feeding the hungry. :D
if you know some organizations in tokyo doing this, kindly tell me and let me come with you!

any other suggestions?

in case these come up in the Who Wants To Be A Millionaire questions

ok i need to write it down while it still lingers in my memory...

i have just learned that Bridgestone is a Japanese company.
it doesn't sound japanese, i told my colleague.
and he told me, you know, it came from the name of the owner of the company.
his name is mr. ishihashi... and then i was puzzled...
he said, translate it to english..
ishi = stone and hashi/bashi = bridge...

o ha... interesting right? but now, shouldn't it be Stonebridge? :D

and then he added.. also Suntory.
ok i said yeah i know it's japanese company.
then he said, yeah but it also came from the name of the owner..
so i quizzed my sanity and then started translating to japanese..
but i'm stucked...
then he told me, his name is Mr. Torii.
Torii-san in japanese..
so if you say it continuously it sounds like.. Santorii..

o ha... another trivia.

ok, don't hold me responsible if these are not true... i haven't checked yet.
wait till i get home.

this one struck home

last night i watched Bones and the story involved the grandpa of Seeley Booth, whom he calls grandpops. and again, in the ending of the story i shed a tear.
you'd say, nothing extraordinary about me crying again because i'm such a cry baby. ok, i plea guilty.

but anyway, the story is about Seeley's grandpa staying with him for a while because he needs to move out of his retirement house. but while Seeley's solving the burnt unknown foot case with Brennan, his grandfather has been causing trouble when he's not around like being lost, burning the kitchen and forgetting to refill his medicines.

this story involves the topic about retirement homes.
and for some reasons i feel so very involved with this topic. i know you know why. because my folks are the likes of the residents in these homes. before, i felt strongly against this concept. but eventually, it won me over and thought that it's something inevitable but there must be some very good reasons for me to go with it.
very first is, YOUR LOVED ONE MUST LIKE that he'll be staying in the retirement house. of course, HE still needs to be happy and deserves to make sound choices for himself. and this is the case with Seeley's grandpops.
second, frequent VISITATIONS are a must
and third, THERE's NO OTHER OPTION available. by this i mean like there's definitely no other option available. i remember this one story segment from Balitang K where the mother - an Ulirang Ina Awardee - was asking her children if they could just build a room for her in their house where she can stay, but they still sent her to a retirement house, because they reasoned that she'll be cared more there. how sad right? your own children thinks that other people can provide more care for you than themselves. i mean who am i to judge them. they might have their own reasons. but for me, i know they'll be haunted by their mother's wishes when she passes away.

anyway, i started to write this last night on my phone but couldn't continue because my phone is not that smart enough to recognize that this text space is editable so i can't type anything. and with that, the things that had been running through my head last night popped out of the idea bubble.

all i can say is that i miss my tatay. and that old man reminded me of him. so smooth with the chicks and doesn't mind problems. when tatay died, i fully comprehended the thoughts being shared by the people who have lost their special someone -- "to show our love to them while they are alive" -- and this is exact and accurate and right on the nerve. because even though i know i have shown love and affection to my father, when he died, i felt that it was not enough. like there are still many things that i want to provide and share with him, but i can't do it anymore. i can convince myself that he'd still know my intentions cause he's just watching me from afar... but there are times when this was not enough...

but time heals and life is moving forward.

feels like i'm in a freezer

no doubt, autumn is already here and winter is just lurking around the corner.
it's so cold today. yahoo.co.jp says that it's 9C outside. no wonder, as i sit inside this heated room, my hands still feel cold.
this seldom happens (not the cold hands), but i dread to go home because i know it's much colder outside. and it's raining!

again, i hate the rain! and i have to drop by the supermarket to buy ingredients for dinner...
so what will dinner be? i still don't know. will decide when i see the best deals for today. for sure it will not be beef cause we had "nilagang baka" last night.

i think arroz caldo will be perfect for tonight... yum...

manny pacquiao is legendary!

oh my golly! pacquiao is definitely unstoppable and simple legendary.
all those punches he threw and all those punches he endured to test the water before he plunged, are just proofs that he's a great great fighter and a true champion at heart.

manny, you made my mother happy today by winning and with this you made me happier hundredfold.

congratulations and keep soaring high!

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manny pacquiao beat miguel cotto on the 12th round by TKO. cotto was also a worthy opponent and he stood his ground as far as he could.
oh i love boxing!

friday the 13th... awwwoooo

if you're expecting some scary or unfortunate event for this entry... i'm sorry... hopefully i have none (the day is not yet over).

anyway, doesn't it always feel right to come to work if you have important things to do at work! well, it has been daysssss since i felt this and today i did! yatta na...
my reason is nothing spectacular but you could imagine that's how unfilled i am these last couple of weeks. but today, i felt i'm on a roll! yey!

happy friday!

how's it going?

ahmm.. things are going ok and there's nothing much to rant about.

of course, except for yesterday's rain that stuck out throughout the day.
and it made my shoes and pants drenched in rain.. so i ended up hanging my stockings under my table, on top of the extra chair in the office. it's a good thing that i have the room for myself yesterday.

one more is that, i feel that i'm on piranha mode right now. i will take a bit of any work that will be thrown at me. it has been a while since i've been assigned something relevant and sometimes it makes me re-evaluate things... and this makes me somehow confused and feel unfulilled. hmm...

well other than this, i feel good!
today is a dryer day. no rain. but still no sun but atleast no rain. but i'm loving the cold wind. it has been days since i felt it was already autumn. even the leaves of the momiji seem confused.

also, i'm proud to boast(redundant eh?) that now i can pull a pushup! woohoo! i'm not talking about hundred of pushups.. i'd say i can do atleast 5 in a row. i know this is kinda pathetic. but for me this is a big step forward. i can't even push myself up once before and now, i'm doing 5 in a row! maybe this is because of too much sugar intake and no other means of releasing the energy. i've continued to ride the stationary bike at home while playing the iFighter game on my phone. and i don't even notice that i finished 10 minutes! a good find indeed -- for just 115 yen.

btw, last sunday, i kinda invaded the Mt. Takao hike of the RBS people. i know i shouldn't have been there but because of me, my husband joined. :D (self-justification is always needed inside my head). here are some of the pics...