Material Boy

...after 21 expensive cups of coffee, I have reached the end...

Look at my wish list at the left side of this blog! One of the wishes written there has "wee!" written beside it. This means that the item is already in my possession! WEE! I'm so glad I've finally managed to complete my Starbucks Sticker Sheet. I failed to complete it last year, and it quite saddened me. This year, however, after 21 expensive cups of coffee, I have reached the end of the road! And I just love the awesome leather-bound piece of work! This is just a great way to start the new year. (I would like to thank Kenneth, Chris, Joanne, and Adam for contributing to the completion of this seemingly impossible task. I'm sure Toj would disagree, the crazy girl [lagot ka kay Kenneth-- the other Kenneth] 4 stickers away from her third planner.)

And en route from the United States (I'm getting ahead of myself here, writing down what has not yet happened, but what the heck, I'm going to risk disappointment anyway) is my red iPod Nano! I already learned how to send money to Brian in the states (Western Union rocks!), so it's only a matter of time before the amazing gadget gets here. Thanks Brian! You're the best, pal!

And in other money-down-the-drain news, I bought a Girbaud wallet. I was buying Christmas gifts for my family-- wait... there's a cockroach, I can't type yet. [few moments later] God, I just hate those nasty little critters. Anyway, just like I said, I was buying Christmas gifts for my family. Next on my shopping list was my older brother, who wanted a Girbaud wallet. I found it quite easily, but then I got distracted by how appealing their wallets looked. I was successfully enticed by the "quality" of the products, needless to say. And the discounted prices only fueled my desire to have one of those fine thingies. In the end, I bought two. My only consolation right now is that 1) the wallet is just a wonder to behold; and 2) it was on sale. Haha. Excuses, excuses.

Now I'm poor. Huhuhu! Dell's forever!

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A Tale of Two Bees

...the Jollibee in Powerplant stings, while the Jollibee in Guadalupe soars...

It was the best of Bees, it was the worst of Bees. One lay at the heart of cosmopolitan grandeur, the other lay at the heart of metropolitan bourgeoisie. But alas! None has ever experienced a discrepancy as great as that which struck the two artificial Bees. The supposedly classy Bee was yet the more obnoxious, stinging its victims with helplessness and a feeling of impending loss. The supposedly un-classy Bee was yet the more hospitable, spreading its nectar far and wide with super speed and unprecedented efficiency.

The first Bee can be found, as of the moment, in a little mall called Powerplant. The second Bee can be seen hovering about Guadalupe, near the MRT station. For those who are getting annoyed with this parallel way of blogging, what I'm saying is simply this: the Jollibee in Powerplant stings, while the Jollibee in Guadalupe soars above expectations.

It would not be difficult to find the irony in this. The rich patrons frequenting the Powerplant mall would not be so keen with unresponsive waiters, wrong orders, and spilled drinks. In other words, they are less tolerant with inefficiency than those, say, frequenting the Jollibee in Guadalupe. One would expect a fantastically efficient staff in all Jollibee outlets, but even more so in places where standards are exceedingly high. Unfortunately (and how unfortunate I was, indeed), this is not the case in Jollibee Rockwell. Jittery, slow, caricatures of blunder: these are but few of the negative terms to describe the staff.

On the other hand, the people manning the Guadalupe branch of Jollibee are icons of cleanliness, friendliness, and most important, efficiency. Anyone who buys their food there would never have to wait for their food for long; will be informed if the food is going to take some time; and will be given, more or less, an accurate estimation of the time that's going to be needed for waiting. The waiters and servers themselves are courteous, quick-minded, and don't look as though their grandmothers have died last night. Without fear of stepping into the boundaries of hasty generalizations, I would have to say that they are the best staff I have ever encountered in fastfood outlets. More power to them.

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All That Which Adds to Mass

Finally, something that beats calling fastfood hotlines.

These past few days, I have been worrying about the expansion of my midsection. My appetite has truly grown ever since I've entered Actuarial. Much of it can be attributed to the food-loving culture the department has, but somewhere deep inside my tummy, a small voice says that I'm just getting hungrier. Which is not bad in itself, but as I've said, I'm just worried at the rate at which my dreams of getting abs is fading. If this goes on, I'll be like Jeland in no time. (Just kidding, Jel.)

Since we are on the subject of my increasing appetite, we might as well talk about food. Right now, Jel and I have succumbed to the simplicity of fastfood delivery services. We've been having our dinner delivered right to our boarding house doorstep. Our personal favorite is Jollibee, since we prefer its ChickenJoy to McDonald's Chicken McDo, and besides, a stomach-filling rice-chicken combo is all that you can ever hope to have delivered to your home. Our preference changed, however, when we learned about McDonald's 8MCDO online delivery service.

Finally, something that beats calling fastfood hotlines. This is advantageous for us because 1) we don't have a landline phone, and going down to the first floor to use one is just time-consuming (haha, what lazy sloths); and 2) we have an amazing Internet connection that I just absolutely love. Needless to say, we used the delivery service like crazy. We ordered breakfast. We ordered dinner. We ordered lunch. Great food, great service, great over-all.

Now I just have to go back to worrying about this little tummy of mine.

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