It's a pretty forgetful Monday-- but hey! It's the last day of March. We've mowed down the first quarter of the year already. I mean, given that its Spring, with 1/4 of the year already gone, I guess we could say that we're moving to the 2/4 of the year, the first half of the year? Truth is it's just 1/3. For all of those who think they haven't done much until now since the start of 2014, there's still a very very very... long way to go. So cheer up. Besides, I still need to do a lot of saving for my trip home. So I need all that time.

I felt tired working on the video project, so I shunned away from it. April's making me nervous for some reason. Whatever. I'll just grab something to eat.

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Just an easy Sunday. I've been able to regain myself with a much needed rest and I thank God. They replaced our water heater this morning. I'm going to miss our old water heater -- I'm sentimental. It's because no one else knows how to turn on its pilot light and so whenever there's a problem with hot water, I'm the only guy who knows how to solve this simple problem. It all started since day one of moving in this house. 6 years, huh? Anyway, It's done, and the new water heater has its own flasher, and LED. I don't have to crouch and peek at the bottom if the pilot light is on or off. Come evening, I focused on working past the two minute mark on my video project. And that's my Sunday.

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Saturday was crazy. I woke up 8am, 2 hours too early, I heard my ate's toddler crying. I didn't want to get up, and I called my little sister via cellphone to attend to her. She likes so much. I just couldn't go back to sleep afterwards. And my head was throbbing with a headache. I just told myself to hold out for today until the evening and go sleep when I come home. I felt like I couldn't go fasting this Saturday, because I might collapse in the office. So I had breakfast and left home at 10:30am.

I was all smiles when they gave me the easy project. I worked on it without grumbling as it was relatively the lighter load. The high profile study for the city of Calgary was really difficult. I didn't want to work on it at 11am. After two hours in the office, I felt really drowsy and with my head feeling heavy. My head was throbbing with a faint headache, and I felt like I was going to pass out. But I had a nosebleed instead. While I was on the phone, I had a nosebleed and I didn't know whether to laugh or go home. How could I go home? After the call, I just walked to the washroom to check myself. And then I went back to the office.

I was just minding my own business and my own computer. But I had a good run. Around 3pm, they needed help. So I offered my help. 3:45pm, I took my break. And then I went back at 4pm. I took my break again at 4:45pm. And I went back at 5:15pm. I couldn't leave the work hanging, even though they dismissed us early, so I had to stay until 6pm. Ironically, I was feeling better and the headache was gone.

I was still 30 minutes early for my bus, so I grabbed a cup of coffee. And I shake my head for making such a miscalculation; I totally forgot that they were preparing downtown for the Juno awards. I had two buses on my way home, but the stops were on opposite blocks. I chose the faster bus, but then because of the Juno awards, the Portage street was closed. The faster bus was rerouted on the opposite block and so I was waiting for nothing while both of the bus going home were sneaking past behind me at the opposite block. I shook my head, but I'm glad it's not that cold outside. I walked to a bus stop where all three buses home converge and the schedule said that the next one will arrive around 20 minutes.

With time to kill and the feeling of using the washroom, I decided to stroll back to the office and use the washrooms there, then go back to the bus stop. It worked. I did cardio on the spot.

At home, I received news that our water heater broke down. I checked the water tank and it was leaking. Hassle. They'll replace it tomorrow morning. I was just too exhausted to do anything else. I just made it past the office without passing out, and wandered around the downtown for an hour, I didn't grab a bite and I chose to go to bed. This bed.

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It's that Friday. I couldn't rest easy. While on my way to work, I thought that it would be nice to just cancel my shift. But I didn't. I can't really type anything long right now, because I'm so tired. All three of us in the car were tired Friday night. And I have work again this Saturday morning. It's past 11:30pm and we're still out on the road. Work was utmost tiring. The first two and a half hours were fine, but then I started working on the long and harder project. I could only wish that the day be over. It was really exhausting. When I got home, I just had dinner. I need to sleep, because I still need to get up tomorrow morning.

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I've made it to the one minute mark. I'm pleased with the progress and so I went to bed. I still couldn't lie still until I calmed down before 5am. I don't know why I had a nightmare but I woke up from it at 10:30am. It involved the zombie apocalypse and I was one of the four survivors. Anyway, I got up and walked upstairs to eat breakfast. There wasn't any, so I prepared one.

Noon, my brother sent me a message about my high school teacher. She was our advisor of our high school newspaper. I just told him about the bad experience I had when I was the layout artist of the school newspaper. It's just really bad. Apparently, he's looking for a background information for my sister-in-law's cousin. The cousin's boyfriend is my advisor's son. To be honest, her family is nice and accommodating. I guess my bad experience isn't related to what they were asking me. But whatever.

Respite time. I just wanted to take care of myself today. I want to unwind and get ready for a back-to-back shift tomorrow. Still, I racked my brains figuring out this website layout. After finishing the initial stage, I'll have a set of three layouts ready. It's going to be a big progress towards my June deadline. I didn't work on my video project today though. I'm just going to sleep instead.

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Before going to sleep in the early morning, I had a sweet and wonderful chat with my beloved girl. Honestly, I like her. I admit that it's hard to show how much I love her with mere words, and I seem callous about what I'm telling her. It's a long distance relationship of some sort. But I'm telling her, I really can't wait to come home and get to be with her in person. I want to tell her face to face, side-by-side, how I really feel. I still have a lot of surprises for her.

All I could say is that I'm glad I made it home. I'll be resting tomorrow instead so I can get ready for a two-day grind. Another back to back shift. Work was full today and I was just a little bit behind. Just a bit. But it was still hard work. I don't know, it's like Wednesdays are turning into one of those very busy days again. When I got home, I've officially started working on my first video project.

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I don't know what to feel while I was on my way to work. At first I thought that I just had to survive today, but I'm so frustrated at myself why I let my work dictate my happiness and my lifestyle. It's like the nature of my work is so dreadful that it's sucking up the happiness from my life. Which is outrageous. It's really outrageous, I tell you. This is a life lesson, there is nothing in this world that should dictate your happiness.

I wasn't able to go to work on Saturday, because of my cold. Now I understand how each day serves as a second chance. I'm not worried. I shouldn't be. I'll be working this Friday. It's one reason why this week is going to be very busy.

Anyway, I reached the office around 4:45pm. And there isn't really anything much to tell except that I felt tired. This is because I wasn't able to sleep properly last night. Even one of my supervisors looked tired. Today wasn't very productive on my part, but it went well. I got home around 10:25pm, and my dad was telling me about how we had a problem with our Internet connection.

I went to my room and inspected the router. I just did a simple troubleshoot, unplugging the power, disconnecting the coaxial, and waiting for 10 seconds before plugging everything back on. Well, the Internet didn't properly reset as the Ethernet connected desktops also wouldn't connect to the Internet. I just thought that the ISP might be doing their maintenance. It felt like the stone age for a moment. So I waited. 11pm, the Internet returned and we were back to civilization.

My dad suggested that I'd send a resume to Bell. I don't even know what I'm applying for. And I'm not even sure if they're talking about THE Bell Media. But I don't want to apply for something that involves telephones as I'm already doing a lot of calls at work. If I am going to look for another job, it would be in the university campus. That's my plan.

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I grabbed my PSV and played Valhalla Knights 3 in the evening until 9pm just to relax. I found myself engrossed again. The PS Vita craving comes and goes. We had kare-kare for dinner. We were watching Philippine news while eating. I remarked how my mom wants to live there when she gets old. But who would take care of her when she goes back to the Philippines? This is what I wonder. On another note, the news about Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 has come to an 'end' as the Malaysian Prime Minister said that the plane crashed somewhere in the Indian Ocean. Honestly as for me, if they find the plane's black box, then that would be the time to come to a closure. I turned my computer on to do my webdesign. I was supposed to work on my video project today, but meh. I felt that I had more inspiration on webdesigning. I'm pretty pleased with my recent layout with a character named Fuyumi Ai. There. A hint. Before I forget, it's going to be a very busy week for me.

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I woke up past 9am. We went to church and arrived around 10:10am. After the Sunday school, the Pastor decided to go ahead with the preaching. Usually, it's Praise and Worship first before the main dish. But I guess they've changed the plan for today. I can almost feel the holy week.

The message was about the 4Ds, Denial, Deliverance, Dedication, and Distribution. You cannot serve Christ if you don't deny yourself. When you claim that your life is Christ's and deny yourself, there will be deliverance from pain and sin; Christ will deliver to eternal life. When you deny yourself, you can dedicate your life to Jesus Christ and be able to serve Him well with all your life, with all your soul, with all your spirit, with all of your all. When you dedicate your life to Christ, Distribution of blessings will pour onto you as you cannot out-give God.

Praise and Worship followed, and it was all Filipino songs. Then a number of people shared their testimonials, followed by prayer for the family. Finally, the benediction.

We left church around 1:30pm. I was so hungry, but I didn't want to spend today. After withdrawing from the bank so we can send money to the Philippines, we went home. We didn't have any more time to think what we should cook, and I was so hungry. We had bacon, some leftover salmon and opened a can of sardines. It was all good. My driver cousin called me and asked me what we're going to do today. I told him that I'll just call him back. Frankly, I don't know.

4pm. I called Gamestop and asked about the their product, the Power grip for the PS Vita. It's the last item on their stock. And there's no more in Winnipeg. The clerk said they'd close within the hour. I called my driver cousin right away. He arrived at 4:30pm. It felt like the amazing race from there.

I rode shotgun. He pulled the GPS from his glove compartment. We entered the address. It was 4:31pm. The GPS calculated, we'd arrive at 4:45pm. I had 15 minutes left. After sticking the GPS just above the dashboard, on the leftmost area, we couldn't move yet, because there was an oncoming truck on the other lane. We had to wait for it to pass. 4:32pm. We had to hurry. 4:36pm, we made a mistake and had to do re-route. 4:37pm, there was traffic at the intersection. 4:40pm, we made it past the intersection. There was traffic some more. The GPS said we'd arrive at 4:54pm. We still had to travel more than half the total distance. I really thought we weren't going to make it. 4:51pm, we made it and I think the GPS over-calculated the time. When I got off the SUV, a thought popped out of my head, 'what if someone bought the last stock?'

Phew. I left the building with my purchase with 2 minutes to spare.

Well, there was really nowhere to go when I bought my power grip. I was full and it was just the two of us. But I wanted to ask for his help with this video editing software. We went back home. And I felt so nappy, because it's a Sunday afternoon. Around 7pm, both of us just watched the TV and I was passing out. Before going home, I asked him to help me with the video editing software. He came back home at 9:30pm. I think I know now what I'll do.

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Saturday. Is. One. Of. Those. Call. In. Sick. Days.

I have a cold. And I didn't want to go to work today. I just had to call in sick. I went back to bed. I woke up in the afternoon. And it's just like that. My Saturday is over. I didn't want to do anything hardcore today, so I just stayed in bed lazying around. I'm gonna need to make up my shift on Friday so I can get paid in full on pay day. Sighs. I can imagine what will happen on Friday. Go to work in the evening, go home at night, sleep, wake up in the morning and go to work at 11am Saturday for 7 hours. So. Yeah. Whatever.

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I thought that I would wake up early this Friday. But I didn't. I overslept. Nothing interesting. I don't feel my Fridays anymore. It comes and goes. Nothing interesting happens Friday evenings too. I started contacting my help in the Philippines for another plan this coming April. It's still a secret. Oh, I've made some progress in my videogame.

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It's the first day of spring! All I could say is, where have you been?!

More importantly, it's not only that it's the first day of spring, spring has also come to my life because of a certain person. Someone special. Someone one and only. Someone that makes me happy. Someone that gives colour to my life. A certain person that is unique in my life. Yes, that person. A woman that makes me feel the best. Anyway, I hope spring is all the way.

I've started working on my webdesign again. I've made a big progress with one layout. I haven't worked on my videogame today. I just wanted to take it easy in the evening.

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Wednesday was such a hassle. Well, I'm just thankful that we didn't work on that long project today. I went home past 10pm, because I had to relay a message to my boss. Then off I hurried home. When I got home, my dad had a leg cramp and asked me to go with him pick up my mom from work. Even though I was tired, I was in the mood to go out. Mom was exhausted when she got off from work. I decided to treat them on our way home. She said that I should also send money to my auntie in the Philippines because it's her birthday. I told her that I would, while we were eating outside. We came home at 11:30pm and my sister should consider herself lucky, because I brought her food too.

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Went to work in the afternoon, and Spring is just a couple of days away. It was a bit chilly out on the road, but nothing too cold for me. Work was super busy. I thought I had the last two hours in the bag, but I had to work on an extra difficult project for the city of Calgary. Fortunately, they let us go home 30 minutes early. I got real exhausted there. When I got home, my cousin asked me about the game group's logo. Eventually, we were able to come up with our game group's logo. It's still too early for us to announce our work, I'll just end it here.

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After two months, I finally overcame my writer's block for my ongoing novel. I'm just happy that it's finished. It took me three days of writing so satisfy myself with the work. I've been adjusting the pace, and racking my head how to keep the flow interesting. So far so good. Now, on to the next chapter. Ugh!

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It's a rest easy Sunday. I wasn't all too well this Sunday. The weather is changing. I woke up to a sore throat. It only dissipated at night. My driver cousin visited to give me the installer of the movie editing software. He came home at 9:30pm. I tried it out at and I just got lost. Windows Movie Maker really is a breeze to use, I thought.

I also translated a worship song called Through it All in Tagalog. It's about to get revised, but I just tried writing my Tagalog version. To be honest, it needs to get polished.

I'm setting a March date and an April date. I can't believe what I'm doing right now.

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I slept right and woke up right today. I showered and left the house at 10:30am. Then off to work at 11am. The time got super slow between 1 and 3pm. Despite that we're going home at 5pm, I just couldn't wait any longer and I wanted to go home. I got so bored in the office, but I managed it through. I took a break at 3:37pm. And went back to my finish the last string of work.

I arrived home at 5:45pm. I had a light snack at 6pm, because my fasting ended. I logged into my Facebook so I could chat to my friends, and greet my girl a good morning. My sister told me that we were going to Marigold to try out the food there. She's planning her debut in that venue. We got there at 6:50pm.

The ordering was a mess at first. It was really mess and the waiter got confused. Fortunately, my older brother and my sister-in-law, the people who invited us, arrived and took over. I was so hungry despite my light snack earlier. Food got served past 8pm! The food was good and we were able to plan a menu for the banquet.

We went home at 10pm. I asked my cousin right away if he could bring over his video editing software. But since he read my text too late, he can't. Maybe tomorrow. I was just real tired to do anything else. So I decided to go to sleep early.

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It felt like I just wasted my Friday day off. I don't even want to talk about it since I woke up at 4pm! Outrageous. I tried to salvage whatever is left by working on different tasks. On a little plus side, I made significant progress on one of my website layouts. And then I turned to my bed at 11pm. Truly, Friday just came and passed by.

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Thursday. Oh boy, I'm glad to see you. No work today. It's just straightforward in the day, and chilled in the night. But my easy Thursdays might not last as I'm thinking of adding a shift to Thursdays. Say it ain't so. I'm thinking of adding a shift because I get three paydays in April.

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It was busy at the office today. I got home stressed that I was just glad the day's over. This is how I am, always coming home in the evening. I just want to concentrate on studying, but I can't do that this year. I just need to endure this year. I'm saving money, because I want to make it an amazing experience when I go home.

After eating dinner, I continued working on my videogame project. For now, my goal is to design one level / map at a time until June. I will release an alpha version at that time. It's a story driven RPG. I hope it catches the eye of visual novelists or manga artists, because I'm writing a decent story for it. It's my simple childish dream that mangakas of my favourite manga would send me a greeting or autograph. Authors like Jin Kobayashi of School Rumble, Natsuki Takaya of Fruits Basket, Ken Akamatsu of Love Hina, Umino Chica of Honey and Clover, Tsuda Masami of Kare Kano, and more.

It pissed me off that my laptop crashed and lost my drafts tonight. Argh! My laptop just closed its display to conserve power, but then when I slid my finger on the touchpad, it hung. It's probably the second time it did such an odd thing. The laptop's fairly new, about two years old. After restarting it, I played a game of Frozen Throne on my desktop so I could simulate the situation again. After idling for 15 minutes, the display turned off, and I pressed a key to turn the display on. It didn't hang or anything. I just shook my head.

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It's the 10th week of 2014, everyone. 42 more and it's the end of the year. I woke up at 7:30am. The one girl that I like sent me a message about her making an investment on an accounting software. She was asking for my advise. I suggested another software like Quickbook since they only have a small business. However, she said that they need a more flexible program as Quickbook is too simple for their need. Then she asked for my advise whether to pursue a certain programmer's offer. She told me the expense if she would take up on the programmer's offer. And then I remembered her initial budget.

If she pursues this investment, the current costs is far cry cheaper than her original budget. Since she prayed for a inexpensive software and since that particular software offered is tailored for their needs, I advised her to sleep on it, wake up and then take up the offer. However, if she notices that there's something odd or even if it feels that something's wrong, don't take it. I told her that she might be overthinking, because this might be her answered prayer. What's important is that they would solve her accounting problems.

Our chat ended at 8:30am. It was time to start the day. But I could sum up work with just one sentence: all I could say is that work was stressful. I still managed to work on my videogame when I came home.

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I woke up at 2:30am from a weird dream. I wanted today to be somewhat productive. So I tried to stay up doing all sorts of things like reading and writing. I ended up sleeping at 5am. I woke up again at 8am to start my day.

Evening, I opened my email and saw a video sent to me by the girl I love. It was quirky. She's as beautiful as ever. I logged into my Facebook and told her that I received her video. I told her that it made me smile. I posted the photo from yesterday's impromptu photoshoot to my Facebook. It got more attention than I was expecting.

I also started designing maps and working on my layout this evening. I have to meet the June alpha deadline.

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It's Sunday. I totally forgot to set the clock 1 hour ahead before going to bed, so I opened my cellphone, my laptop, and the checked the Internet. It turned out that I didn't have to set anything and the time was right, 7am. I'm early, I thought.

I checked my Facebook to see if there's any update. There was more feedback than I anticipated on the drawing that I posted. Then I chat a bit with the girl that I like best. They were having samgyupsal, a Korean dish, instead of Steak. We talked about barbecue too. Both of us love barbecue *drools like Homer Simpson*. The sauce needs to have that it factor. I miss the Philippines when it comes to barbecue. To be honest, when I saw their pics, I wanted to teleport there so I can eat with her.

8:30am. I started preparing for church. We got there at 10am. In summary, church improved. It's certainly has been better than these past Sundays. Everybody was alive during Praise and Worship, the Holy Spirit was with us, the Pastor's message was insightful, and there seems to be some reconciliation after closing prayer. We're just waiting for our own church building.

For some reason, I got really sleepy afterwards. My mom and dad wanted to drop by the local supermarket, while I wanted to go home immediately. I was passing out in the car, and I wanted to take a nap, because we're going for a Sunday night out later with my driver cousin. I called him to see where he was; he sent me a text message earlier that he wasn't home. When he picked up, he said that he was just eating at McDonald's. He works there and he eats there often. I don't know. He said that he's coming over after eating. I told him that we weren't home yet, because we're buying groceries. After 15 minutes, I called him again and asked where he was. He was driving at Main Street already. Just in time, because we were already leaving.

We came home at 2:30pm. I asked him who else is going. He said that my cousin, codename Shamcey, wanted to go with us to Polo Park. Loaded, eh? He called her again to double check, but apparently, she was baking something. We said we were leaving at 4pm. I was still nappy when I got home, and I couldn't take a power nap, because there was no time. 4pm, we left. Shamcey said next time, because she was engrossed with baking. My little sister tagged along instead.

First, we walked straight to the shoe store. Just because we felt like we had some money with us, we browsed shoes and jerseys. But again, since it was just a 'feeling' that we had money, we left the store without buying anything. It gave me an idea what I could buy for someone.

I wanted to have a look in the videogame store. I thought that it was a good time for them to buy Starbucks. I gave my sister money, so she can buy her whatever latte with glitters cup. They left me checking the games boutique. I still couldn't find that PS Vita power grip and it has been more than three weeks. I want that power grip, because not only does it add a comfortable grip, it also increases the PSV with 50% more battery life. I found myself abstaining from my hoarding tendency. It was painful to leave empty handed this time.

With a Starbuck on each hand, the three of us went upstairs to the lounge. I'm seriously getting drowsy. I wanted to rest my butt for a moment. But we found ourselves taking pictures there. There wasn't much traffic of people in the lounge. Ironically, we felt embarrassed taking pictures in public, we live here, and then other people, probably tourists, were taking photos of themselves. I shook my head and said have at it, guys! Why should we feel embarrassed? It's not a big deal to take pictures of ourselves in the mall.


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It was the first time that we made it up to the mall's closing. We head to the washroom first before heading for dinner. My driver cousin talked about how astronauts took a few photos in the moon and then most women take at least 50 selfies in the washroom.

Previously, I mentioned that I was craving for some Vietnamese food. Like any responsible brother, I covered for my sister's bill. Dinner made me fool. I don't know about them though. My driver cousin made a bit of mistake by ordering pork chops and making his dish spicy. They made it super spicy for him, and he didn't finish it. A lesson learned anyway. My sister also ordered the shrimp fried rice. There was hardly any shrimp there. She still had a lot of fried rice left, and she didn't want my curry shrimp on hot plate, I gave her a piece of my deep fried chicken. Next time, let's not order shrimp fried rice, okay? I won't order curry too.

We got home around 7pm. My older brother and my sister-in-law were home with us. We already had dinner, so I went downstairs to use the computer. I could hear that they were planning on something grand. Maybe they're planning about the summer. Oh, and it's my sister's debut too. Big deal *laughs*. Anyway, I'm planning for at least two trips this summer, with the family and with just the cousins.

My cousin left at 8:30pm, because he's picking up auntie. Around 9pm, I called him to bring his Mad Catz STRIKE 3 keyboard so I can check it out. I want to buy one too, because of the bright illuminated keys. Mine isn't as bright. When he brought it over at 9:30pm, it was amazing indeed. The keys were really bright and it felt comfortable using it. The keys can be turned to Red, Blue and Purple. I like the red best. I'm planning to purchase one soon. Now, I don't know where I'm going to put my Thermaltake Challenger Pro gaming keyboard.

Remember I said that I wanted to take a nap since after church? When my cousin left at 10pm, off I go to bed. Finally.

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I couldn't really sleep. It's one of those Saturday early mornings where I could only toss and turn on the bed. I tried thinking of different ways to tire myself. It's because I woke up at 2am and then it's just a struggle from there. I went upstairs to grab a bite and maybe to calm my body. It turns out that I was also a little hungry. I came back to my bedroom to read some things. Reading calms me down and tires me too. I was able to sleep past 5am. I woke up at 9:50am. I got ready and left for work at 10:40pm.

The shift started out flat and normal. Around 1pm, I got a message that the shift would finish early. I thought that was a pleasant surprise. I wouldn't mind working until 6pm, but whatever. I got excited that I would come home early. But around 3pm, they changed their mind and sent a message that the shift would end at 6pm. What gives?! I could hear people groan in the office. Anyway, as for me, since I knew that I would be in the office until 6pm, I just thought to myself, 'bleah'. I left the office at 5:30pm actually. And work was productive this Saturday.

I got home at 6pm. I always fast every Saturday until 6pm. When I got inside the house, I immediately searched for something to eat. My dad was giving me a hint that he wants to eat outside. A buffet. I was tired. So tomorrow perhaps. After resting my nerves and my muscle for a few minutes, I logged into my Facebook for some social media update. I posted a drawing that resembled my high school classmate, and it got more feedback than necessary.

There's a meeting about our MMO venture later 11pm. I tried doing various things to keep myself occupied. I was also falling asleep, but I didn't want to take a nap, because I didn't want to miss this discussion. It's an important meeting, at least for me. So while waiting, I thought I could draw something instead or webdesign. Indeed, I was too tired to do something else. I lied on my bed instead. My eyes were drooping, but I kept them open while waiting for 11pm.

11pm, one member logged in. It's my cousin. Of course he would log in, because he's the one that set up the appointment. 11:20pm. No one else was still showing up. And that was it. No one else showed up. Just like our past 4 meetings since February. My cousin dropped a line that we should probably shelf our plan. I still want to let it happen. My cousin explained that he would just concentrate on his app instead. I told him I would concentrate on my own projects instead too. I went to sleep instead.

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Friday early morning, I checked my Facebook again for updates. Apparently, she said that we will have to wait for next Tuesday for further news on their business matter. I tried to talk about other things instead. Just random things, so I could perhaps entertain her; you know, keep her mind away from the pressing issues. We talked about things like hoarding our favourite stuff. As for me, I like hoarding gadgets, computers, consoles, videogames, speakers, TVs, anime figurines. The only thing missing is a manga shelf. Unfortunately, manga here is very expensive and there's just a few selection.

By the way, I'm planning to enroll in a Japanese course this coming school year. I want to do it, because I want to help scanlating manga and I also want to go to Japan as well. I have an auntie who lived there since she was little, and she's currently living with us. She said that if I get the itch to travel, I would tell her. At least when I know how to speak Japanese.

During our chat, we also talked about house decorations and setting up our own businesses in the future, wishful thinking. But judging from our experience, I didn't want to shoot down this idea. Hey, dreaming is free. So don't give up on your dreams yet; keep sleeping!

I feel bad for missing out on her messages. But any hint of communication is important at this stage, so I just try to reply or leave her a message as I can.

I spent the night drawing so I could light up the chapter on my To Be Continued Project. It happened again when I was drawing that my drawing seemed familiar in real life. It's an accident and so I didn't draw the face on purpose. Half-way through working on it, she seemed familiar, like my classmate in high school. I chuckled and moved on.

When I hit the bed, I continued making up NPC names for my videogame.

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I couldn't just sleep yet since I wanted to talk to that one special girl that makes my heart race. I wanted to recharge, because Wednesday was all stress. When I asked her if she was busy and she said no, she said that their business is currently having an issue. Furthermore, since I wanted to talk to her, she wanted to tell me her problems, so she thought that she'd probably add more stress instead of me getting to unwind.

The issue is a confidential matter, and I can't tell it here, but it's a serious problem. But I didn't find our chat quite stressful. If only I could take that stress away from her in some way, that's what I was thinking. And I listened until it was early morning. I can't really grasp the gravity of their situation, but judging from a third person's perspective that's abroad, I hope that justice is served. I prayed for God's favour on their family. I suggested that we pray 9:30pm, their time, because we want to agree upon her prayer request and I wanted to hear her voice as well.

I woke up 7am, so I could meditate a little bit before calling her. It's just that I thought it would be important to search my heart and consecrate myself, because I didn't want to be a stumbling block on this important case. 7:37am, that's 9:37pm their time, I called her via Skype and we prayed together. I suggested that she'd lead first and so I could hear if she had any further request for me to follow through. And then I would end it with my prayer that we would be agreeing on this matter. But she said that I could go ahead and pray on her behalf. At first, she thought that she put me on the spot, but I told her that's not the case at all. I prayed. After praying, I wanted to talk to her more about other stuff, but I stopped myself from deviating. I wasn't being strict or I wasn't implying anything, I just wanted to stay away from worldly matters and let her sleep. Her Friday's pretty loaded.

I went upstairs to look for something to eat. I ate breakfast, and I kept my Thursday simple. I played a session of Skyrim before going to work. Evening came and I checked my Facebook to see any updates, but there wasn't any. I couldn't get any webdesigning done today. I've started laying out characters for my videogame project instead.

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Just one word, stress. I never knew one day could give me so much stress. First, the weather, and then work. Inhale. Exhale. Today was just awfully busy. Getting to work was already difficult with all that blowing snow from out of nowhere. And then I talked to a lot of difficult clients. I just-- ugh. Out of all the weekday shifts this year, today took the bacon for being the most stressful. I recall the times when my Wednesday shifts were mostly terrible. I've been having normal Wednesdays in the past, but then today just dropped the bomb again. Despite this stress, it has been a productive day for me. Work is picking up again. It's probably time to change my schedule. The snowfall died down on my way home, and going home was a breeze. It felt like going to work and going home was a journey in Skyrim.

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I had to concentrate on my other work today. I know that the deadline is still months away, but this is a big project for me and I'm going to be super swamped when summer comes. I wanted to do what I could finish today. Then I found a big problem at Blogger. I started to pick up Skyrim again so I can exercise my new monitor. But this new monitor is just not the same. It's not as bright as my old one. Somehow it gives me a slight dissatisfaction. I'm still wondering what went wrong with my previous 23" display. I intend to figure it out later.

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Work is still slow and so I was given the day off tomorrow. Work should pick up this week. Nothing much happened. I woke up in the afternoon today and it's still cold outside. The cold temperature will persist until tomorrow. For the mean time, I will enjoy this temporary slow living.

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We went to church today. It was communion Sunday. Church was fine and they also had a meeting for our new building. I'm really anticipating on having our own church building.

Lunch, we decided to eat at the all you can eat buffet, just the three of us. Afterwards, I purchased a HP Pavilion 23BW so I can replace the busted monitor. I intend to troubleshoot the broken display further. It's really a hassle.

My sister was sick today. She went with my auntie for a checkup, because her daughter was also sick. When we came home, they asked if we had already eaten. My auntie was supposed to treat us to buffet today. After church, we didn't want to call and ask if it was still a go, because she had to take her daughter to the hospital. I mean, it's embarrassing. Well, the truth is, they said that they didn't eat yet, because she knew that she'd be treating us. But then again, we already ate at the buffet. I just laughed in my head about it.

In the end, we just ordered out for dinner. They didn't want to cook. It was also cold outside. It was Sunday and they just wanted to relax.

7pm, my cousin dropped by because we're supposed to watch the Non-Stop starring Liam Neeson. Our movie starts at 8pm. I thought that he was early. But we left at 7:30pm. We had to pickup my other cousin first. On our way there, we talked about certain things. Gift-wise. 7:50pm, we arrived just in time for the movie; it took us about 20 minutes to sort out the tickets and our food. I had strawberry shake, but I knew that I had to limit my drinking so I won't leave the picture for a bathroom break. It's my number one lesson. Still we picked seats near the aisle.

I'm getting myself hurt often this couple of days. Just inserting the straw to my drink cut the bottom of my finger. I wasn't really aware how I hurt myself.

To make the long story short, Non-Stop is a good movie. Watch it. It'll keep you second guessing. It's a good movie to watch in the theater too.

We left the cinema just before 10pm. There was no Starbucks session today. As for me, I'm happy. I didn't spend a lot. It was also their treat for the food. I'm just shaking my head that my driver cousin only consumed about 4/5th of his popcorn. He didn't want to take it home with him. Nobody else wanted it. We had to dispose it. He also kept his M&Ms with him and his large rootbeer drink. It's not that it wasn't good; nobody paid much attention in eating in the cinema I guess. Non-Stop is a good watch for an action film.

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It's finally March everybody! 20 more days and it's going to be the end of winter!

I honestly couldn't go to sleep until it was 4am. I woke up a bit just before 6am, because of the dawn watch at home. It's a bible study basically. My sleep... no my nap was on and off. I had to get some power snooze, because I have work this morning. To be frank, I woke up and felt fine. I wasn't cranky or anything. I don't know why I woke up past 12am, because it wrecked my chance to potentially sleep straight. Off to work, I was almost late in the office. Saturday shift never changes to be dreadful. Anyway, today wasn't really bad. I was kept second guessing when we're going home, because it's still slow.

Work finished just before 5pm. I got home around 5:20pm, and it's really cold today. It's going to be cold until Tuesday. I'm just happy that I get Monday off. When I got home, the folks at church were at home again to practice some songs. Things wrapped up at 7pm. But it wasn't a pleasant Saturday when one of my LED monitors failed. It's truly a hassle and I don't know what happened. My dad was just casually using the computer, then he called me to check out what was happening. Next thing I knew is that my monitor apparently burned an image inside its display, there are lines and then the screen is flickering. Something was definitely wrong, but it isn't the videocard, because the other two monitors (I have a 3x1 Eyefinity setup) were okay. I tried to troubleshoot it, but nothing happened, and it's still showing up the old window, the image burned in, and the screen's corrupted with lines and pixels. It's such a hassle, I thought. What happened? What did I do?

Tomorrow is Sunday. I'm going to have to seek for redemption.

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