Signs of Shitty Week Ending...?

Body's still sore from my daily one-body-part-day workouts with Lyndon, though I skipped today since he "had" to catch an acrobatic show. Meanwhile I walked around all afternoon with my idiot landlord looking for a seemingly nonexistent office to deal with my (previously) disconnectd ADSL. Turns out all I had to do was go to the bank, fill out the form, then the bank calculates the amount owed. SHEESH.

On the brighter side of today, rehearsals for our dance number tomorrow night went well. Hope Manol and keep up his end of the deal, though.

And the Results are In...credibly Stupid

Boy, my midterm grades suck. Suck so bad, suck like a black hole and sucks so many donkey balls it's ridiculous. Even the ones I expected to do well in were sub-par. On the bright side, there's nowhere else to go but up, unless I like wallowing in the bottom heap, w/c I don't.

Rock of Nature

This past week or so I'd been getting sometimes painful, somtimes itchy sensations when peeing, not to metion a dull pain in my lower right side of my abdomen. Googgled UTI, but its symptoms were different. This evening I may have found the cause. While peeing I felt something... pop out. It looked (and upon further inspection, felt) like shiny petrified ear wax. Or a small fragment from a crystal cave.

Then I realized: Geez, it's a kidney stone. I actually passed a kidney stone. So it can fit thru the urethra... kinda cool. Ouch, still some pain.

Invited Diedre over tonight for a Simpsons mini-marathon, but then her sister called so she wasn't even able to stay past midnight. Slightly disappointing.

And I Thought Mandarin was Hard...coi

Missed tonight's satay (spiced goat meat on a skewer) eating contest at TAKU, but I'm guessing neither Arsenio, JP nor Dess won. Will confirm later. I was waiting for Maricel to call to tell me that they were going to the bar but no call came. Managed to steal some nap time, in the meanwhile.

Busy day, this last day of midterm exams, a cycle of hard-easy-hard-easy tests for me these past 4 days. After lunch I went with a buncha guys to shop for Xmas party prizes (some I agreed with, some not so but 'Nols was more in the spirit of things so whatever) and the bike lock I kept delaying to purchase. We came back late, but not too late that I missed my recording session with Nokia.

My turn at the mike. The Chinese rep just sat me in front of a laptap where I read 463 words and sentences, ranging from names of places and celebrities so lines from the Constitution. Being tired and a bit groggy I managed to flub a couple of lines, but me and all the other Pinoys who got into this knew that we could let this pass since the Chinese rep didn't understand a word we were saying. A bit unprofessional on my part, but 300RMB is still 300 RMB.

No homework, but still so much to do. Photos to edit, comics to read, TV shows to watch and immediately delete afterwards...

Oh, and in the world of coinkidinks: Manol's friend Carl? Turns out his employer is Engelbert.

Aladdin (the Disney one) Would've Approved

Geneva's birthday/ farewell party (she goes home on Friday) was at the 1001 Nights Restaurant, kinda like our school's Muslim resto to the 10th power. Good thing it didn't smell like it. Food was better, too, specifically the tuna paste appetizer and skewered beef main course. Indian music wasn't to my taste, but the 2 hotties who started dancing to the Indian/ Arab singer's tune weren't hard on the eyes. Hell, they were hotter then the real dancers the restaurant hired that evening.

Speaking of entertaining, a more colorful group of customers came in as we ate dinner: bunch of women wearing outlandish wigs (even the ones with seeming natural hair colors looked fake) and black t-shirts with a fake URL printed on the back (www.rachshensnightbeijing.com.cn). One of them even had a tiara, w/c led me three guesses, namely that one of them a) got married/ had a birthday; b) had undergone chemotherapy and lost her hair, hence the wigs or c) leaving Beijing the next day so she an her lesbian friends are in wigs for shits and giggles.

Hey, I never said they were good guesses.

On the Other Hand...

The PC's (or more specifically, the unlimited ADSL connection) is proving to be a distraction from my studies. And to think I once thought of having the thing stashed in some friend's apartment in Hua Qing, taking advantage of their Internet connection while at the same time distancing me away from this temptation.

Now I'm in apartment not questioning how I'm able to log on Blogger so quickly this time, as Saint Takeyourtime, the patrion saint of procrastination, looks down upon me..., a big, lazy smile upon his face.

On the upside, I might be able to get some more novel Xmas gifts to friends in the form of audio books, CDs, or maybe even porn.

Jeez, FINALLY...

Blogger's been a bitch to access these past few days. Short updates:

SUNDAY- Hiked up SiMaTai section of the Great Wall with a bunch of Pinoys (and 1 Indonesian). Almost got frostbite, but the 5:30-11:30 AM trip (with 2:30 departure time from Hua Qing) was worth it.

MONDAY- A stupid dream had me pissing myself. Dreamed I was using the urinal when alla sudden a hole pops out on my right side with piss coming out. The lack of blood and pain should've clued me in right away that it was a dream, but instead I ended up reliving my childhood mornings.

Had dinner with Dess, Jackie and Ange at their dorm, with Dess' adobo as the main course.

TODAY - While greeting Geneva Happy Birthday I found out that she's recovering from a concussion she received when she was recently attacked by a Korean student with a brick because he was supposedly offended by her short skirt. (Yep, my entries get too bizarre sometimes... but all true, nontheless.) First thought that came to my mind was to get a bunch of Pinoys together, find that guy and kick his ass. Unfortunately I heard he's been already deported. If not, well, Gene's unable to help in the identification department.

Was supposed to do a recording session today but my female counterpart literally jumped ship (or car, in this case) at the last minute. May reschedule.
Got a call from Ma tonight.

Weekend Plans

About 10 Pinoys (and Danielle) left for Guilin this (Friday) morning. Bea's set to go to Shanghai with her folks Saturday night. Shopped for gloves and thermal underwear (though I think I was shang danged again with the former) with Lyndon, Maricel and Dennis at Wudaokou. Had dinner then watched The Borne Supremacy at Dennis' apt. (the term pigsty may be an understatement, I'm sad to say) with them, along with David, Renee and "Jeek." All in all a quiet birthday celebration for Manol.

Party for the Parting

Just came back a hour ago from our surprise party for Manol (with a cake sporting a pig's body and horse's head), and before that it was a despedida party at Big Pizza for KV, who's going to Shanghai tomorrow to work for Coke. Met KV's cool friend Keiko (from Japan), who's another next door/building neighbor. Building 10, specifically. (Did I mention Diedre's in building 8?)

Diana and Mendel finally dropped by for a visit this afternoon. Fed them an apple. Fuji.

I have got to get around to studying. Midterm exams in 2 weeks.

Freezing Hills

Went to Fragrant Hills with Manol, Fernds and his girlfriend Abby (visiting). After the long bus ride we met up with Hy-C, her roommate Nat, Candice and newcomer Chloe. Maybe it was the weather (freezing) but the place wasn't as awe-inspiring as I thought. I think it was the fact that we never made it to the top of the hill that put a downer to the trip. Min Bao for dinner. Freezing weather makes me long for Nov. 15, when the heating for the apartment is scheduled to turn on.