Monday, October 9

Ten days

not counting today (since it’s half done and i don’t really feel like doing anything just now), i have exactly ten days to do the following:

  1. buy team manila pins to give away to my soon-to-be newfound european friends
  2. buy a new team manila shirt in the hopes that a streak of warm weather will allow me to reprezzzent!
  3. decide whether mousse or hairspray works best for me
  4. get tested for allergies (more on this later)
  5. get a long put-off biopsy for the little thingy that was found during the annual company checkup two months ago
  6. get my roots retouched
  7. box at least five more times
  8. rehearse at least five more times
  9. have one more farewell concert
  10. have extra passport pictures printed
  11. photocopy all my travel documents
  12. change money to euros (go peso!!! hold up until i leave!!! you can do it!!!)
  13. get a credit card (ang yabang ng bpi kung i-decline nila ako, ha)
  14. book cheap flights from bilbao to seville and from barcelona to bilbao
  15. book cheap hostels in seville and granada
  16. finalize itineraries with pia, jeline, jonathan, richie, mayte and miikka
  17. buy vitamins, cold medicine and bodysensor tights from marks & spencer
  18. see if i can afford that black knit hat at terranova and maybe a tube of lip venom
  19. check if my foldable payong is sturdy enough not to embarrass me in europe
  20. hunt for a small tabo and water bottle
  21. trek to janylin marikina and try on their very last pair of size six black cowboy boots - bought a very nice pair instead at half price at janylin galleria
  22. check out marikina shoe expo for leftover, discounted customized boots
  23. decide if my conscience will allow me to take the boyf up on his offer to just put those adorable black zara riding boots on his card thank goodness for payday pre-christmas sales that allow you to preserve your dignity
  24. get a trim, pedicure and/or massage
  25. figure out how to advance my october 20 and november 5 paychecks
  26. write postdated checks for mom plus the water and phone bills
  27. pack enough fasyon outfits to redeem myself from my european fashion disasters in 2000 and 2001 – and still leave enough luggage space for new purchases
  28. spend quality time with the boyf while he’s here - other than having too many weekday dinners in 24-hour places and spending saturday rushing around malls doing my tour-related errands, we managed rather well
  29. oh, and go to work every day geddammit

3 comments:

  1. wow..i wish i could have that kind of list..of things to do.. since i do tend to forget...especially those lilo yet important things..

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  2. about #12: methinks you're in luck*. the US dollar is weakening, and there is a deluge of OFW remittances coming in during the last quarter of the year (as in now), because of the upcoming christmas season. who knows, we might hit $1:PhP49 faster than we know it (lekat lang si milenyo).

    sama ako kapag nag-marikina ka! Lord knows i need to get some new shoes--and those damned shoe stores don't have my size!

    happy trip and ingat!

    *this is what you get when you work in the government's economic planning agency, and this is what you hear (and write about) everyday.

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  3. Blog hopped and ended up here. In case you're going to Barcelona, do drop by this restaurant called "Los Caracoles" near Las Ramblas del Mar. They've got great Paella! (And it's owned by my Tita's family!)

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