We kind of abused our dog horribly today, poor thing. One of his dewclaws had grown too long, and was already digging into his pawpad. (Lesson: Get your dog accustomed to having his paws handled.) We noticed it over the weekend, and it took a couple of days to get in touch with the vet and schedule an appointment, because we can't take him to the ( Read more... )

Tapos na rin sa wakas ang kinakatakutan na pagsusuri ng aming kaalaman. Dalawang Sabado din kaming naghirap. Hinihintay na lang ngayon ang paglabas ng listahan ng mga pumasa. Posible daw na sa Biyernes ay may malalaman na kami, pero malamang sa isang linggo pa.

Kung aasa ako na ako'y pumasa, wala na kong aalalahanin. Maaari na kong magkaroon muli ( Read more... )

... for good news

... for 4pm, Feb 14 (end of exams)

... for the results of the compre

... for graduation

... for the end of CDW shutdown

... for March 6 (alcohol+sea+sun = relaxation)

Gacked from Dante.  I actually have a book on it, but there were questions per chapter and I was too lazy to take the test using pen and paper.

It does sound like me, doesn't it?  Maybe you should try it too....
The Asserter (the Eight)

Asserters are direct, self-reliant, self-confident, and protective.

How to Get Along with Me

• Stand up for ( Read more... )

I've never actually had a facial, but I've had cosmetic surgery. How silly is that?

I got my xanthelasmas removed. The ones on the upper eyelid were excised, so I now have two little bandages on my eyelids. They look quite scary without the bandages actually... I have to take them off tomorrow so they can dry up properly.  The left one needed three ( Read more... )

I seem to be getting these annual odd ailments that require a visit to the doctor and some sort of testing.  Last year, it was unexplained metrorrhagia, with negative findings via ultrasound, and which has not recurred in the past year.  This year, it's xanthelasma.

From wikipedia: Xanthelasma is a sharply demarcated yellowish collection of ( Read more... )

After I graduatedfrom college, my mom decided that 20 years or so of cooking our Noche Buena and Media Noche was enough, and that she was passing on this task to me and my sister. Last year's themes were Spanish for Christmas, and Southeast Asian for New Year. She usually starts badgering us for the menu by the last week of November, as she ( Read more... )

... if you know lorie, you need to congratulate her as she's now officially a PhD candidate!

From the NY Times:

“Iceland is bankrupt,” said Arsaell Valfells, a professor at the University of Iceland. “The Icelandic krona is history. The only sensible option is for the I.M.F. to come and rescue us.”

I can't imagine how a country can go bankrupt, but apparently, it's possible.

Business Week says that Iceland's banks used wholesale funding to ( Read more... )

I've kind of been on a continual (not continuous) shopping spree ever since the mid-year sales we went to for Joy's trip to LA. I've even found myself buying items that I never would have picked up before: knits (I'm careless, they catch on stuff and unravel), prints (they make me look matrona), yellow (practically the same color as me), orange ( ( Read more... )