Today is the last day of 2014. I've got a lot of things to thank for. So many. With all the joys and frowns, the comfort and pain, the victories and struggles I've had, I'm thankful for surviving the year without losing my mind. Flashback to January 1, I remember my prayers back at 1/365. The conclusion is: God has answered my prayers and my heart's desire. It was truly a wonderful year for me. I've learned so much about life, I've experienced happiness, and I've received invaluable things that money can't buy. It's true that I've lost and failed on some trials, that I've disappointed a few people, and that I've made a number of mistakes in life this 2014, but how I overcame all of these is what I cherish the most. God carried me throughout 2014.

You know at the start of 2014, I've had this belief that 2014 will be a stepladder to something greater. I nod in agreement, because it does seem like it is a stepladder. It's a stepladder to something greater this 2015. However, I shouldn't let it get inside my head; I pray to God that I won't fall off this stepladder. Honestly, I pray for an even greater year this coming 2015. The first thing that I pray for, is an even greater space for Spiritual comfort. Let me know more of you, my Lord. I pray for an even further spiritual growth this 2015. Let Your will be done.

While I'm writing this, I've realized that it was difficult to write everyday. It was tiring. It was brain exhausting. My cousin K stopped at day 39 because he didn't know what else to write. I was also on the brink of quitting, but when I read that I was over at entry 100, I decided to push on.

One time, I got tired of writing online and almost quit altogether even though I've made over 100 entries. However, I remembered that the whole point of this task is to go back to the basics of blogging. I kept writing on my notebook instead by keeping the main points of the day. It worked and I would transfer my 'drafts' to the Internet once I get a free time. Once a blogger, always a blogger.

I confess that there were times when there was nothing noteworthy and this is also the reason my cousin K stopped writing. I guess I personally didn't want to quit, because I want to become better in writing and documenting events. I want to immortalize my past. This brings me to a spiritual revelation of how the Bible was written. In comes the Exodus too. Remember how the God's people kept complaining while Moses was leading them to the Promised Land despite the miracles of God that they've seen with their own eyes. Well, I don't want to be like that-- I don't want to forget God's goodness when I'm out of the season. I want to write what happened to me by God's grace when I needed help, when I was down, or when I was feeling depressed. I want to read back to how God took care of me during my weaknesses. For it is a spiritual achievement to be able to remember clearly and identify God's favour. So I decided to ultimately continue until the end.

Thinking about it, the whole 365 project wasn't easy. Not everyone likes to write. I think I'm the only one in the family who likes to write. There are 365 written entries and some of them won't even make sense to other people, but as long as it makes sense to me, as long as I can remember what happened to that day, then I'm all satisfied.

During the time I've started writing this, 2014 will be over in 6 hours and we're off to another start again. Something's telling me that 2015 will get even better. Well for one thing, I'll be going back to the Philippines on January, and I'll be there for 5 weeks. That's something to look forward to, isn't it? Well, what are my plans for 2015? I have a few ideas, but I can't tell them yet. There's one thing I can tell you, expect a vault at the end of 2015.

What I hate about this year is I lacked the drive to resume writing my novels. Ugh. The reason is either being busy or being too bored to come up with anything. But if I was bored, then I shouldn've known better and squeezed my brain to write something. The ideas didn't flow well this year, but that's my fault. It's hard to resume something you forgot how to resume. When you stopped writing an ongoing story and come back at it after a while, you just can't figure it out how to write its continuation without reading the previous entry and brainstorming again. And you have to make sure that what you supply would not make your story inconsistent.

It's frustrating to have the time, but couldn't find that essential piece to place on the story's puzzle. I don't want to decay next year. I have to be firm to myself that I should keep writing no matter how bored or bland I feel. Good, I wrote that. Let it serve as a reminder. I hope that this year was a lesson for me that I should be consistent in writing my novels -- if I ever want them to work for me in the future. That's right, I'm seriously going after publishing a book.

Speaking of consistent, don't even get me started on my fansites. Ugh. Remember that June deadline? Yeah, I don't remember too. There are only 3 published sites on beta out of my planned 16.

I had a lot of first hand experiences this year. 2014 was the year when we've created our channel at Youtube. And it's also the year where we've started DOT Games, where we make apps for the iOS. I don't know if the whole deal is worth mentioning. But yeah. May we find favor in our endeavors.

I've met a lot of people, made new friends, and I don't recall making enemies at all -- funny right? I've made new relationships. It's going to be fun having a company of such people from now on.

What's worth mentioning is just this July 2014, I've found that relationship I was looking for. My girlfriend is a Christian and it's what I've been praying for ever since I remember. It's sad that I lost that blog entry where my prayer was kind of specific and it was written also during a new year. I might have written it back in the new year of 2007. But yes, I've confessed to God my heart's desire and I can only shake my head looking at how He had answered my prayer. I meant by 'how' is the time involved and the events leading to finding her. How long have I been waiting? I don't know. What's important is being patient, for patience is a virtue we must all have. I didn't know I had it in me to create cheesy music videos too. Like seriously. I remember my classmate remarked one time that if find my girlfriend I'd be a cheese factory.

A cheese factory? Me? Pshh. As if. I'm just honest. As honest as the sun shines on the flowers to their delight that which the sight of her completes my day. As honest as never holding back in giving forward all of within me as many times as it takes just to hear those words of 'I love you.' As honest as nothing will compare to the joy of seeing her smile. No. I don't think I'm a cheese factory.

I tell you, there were a lot of pleasant surprises. To think that I passed my term this year despite missing a lot of classes while preparing for my sister's grand debut. And I mean, I missed a LOT of classes. I even thought of dropping it. But no, it is a pleasant surprise and a big deal for me to pass everything. Even my joke of buying a new TV this year became true. I remember uttering such a joke back in December 2013. And now I have it. 50" and all. A Smart TV too. For God provides. It's my sought after 120hz TV too. And it's not even a big deal for me anymore. It's time to look after my new project in life.

Yes, I believe so that 2015 will be a greater year for me. 2014 is the stepladder. I remembered my Pastor's message this Sunday, that I should show God and to other people that I am improving as a Christian. I leave it to my Creator where I would find the new frontiers of my life. I will forever cherish these memories as I move on. Now that 2014 comes to its conclusion and the 365 project is finally complete, I just want to ask: what's next?

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One thing worth mentioning and which that took me by complete surprise is the passing of Christine Cavanaugh. She's the voice of Dexter from Dexter's Laboratory, Chuckie from Rugrats and Babe. All of these are my favourite childhood characters -- especially Dexter. A moment of silence to my favourite voice actress... rest in peace Cavanaugh-sensei.


We had a Bible study held at home today. When was the last time we had Bible study at home with the folks from my old church? I forget. It's not important. My sister had work today, and she told me that she also works on January 1. Wow. Mom and I cleaned the house like it's the last time we'll do in life, it's silly. I told her that we can still clean the house before leaving for the Philippines. We still have time. Excited much?

The Bible study went well even though there's a extreme cold warning announced from the news. It's no problem. The house is warm. I was reminded of how gracious God is; "As far as the east is from the west, so far has h removed our transgressions from us." - Psalms 103:12. God is good. The Bible study started at 7:30pm. Dad lead us, and he thought that Pastor M was going to bring the message. Although he had prepared something already. His message was based on Mark 5, from the story of the woman that touched Jesus's cloak to the story of Jairus and his daughter. The verse to look out for is Mark 5:36: Overhearing what they said, Jesus told him, "Don't be afraid; just believe."

My take on it: The world had declared that it is hopeless. But God ignored what the world is saying and tells us "Don't be afraid; just believe." Imagine putting your shoes at Jairus' place. Your daughter is dying. Your cherished daughter that you've worked and toiled for. Your daughter whom you've sacrifice yourself from work, from the sweat, tears, and all the exhaustion you've encountered in life. And now she is dying. Of course you want to save her! And then you find out that Jesus is coming. You rush over to where He is. Your heart is racing and pumping, because He is the solution you're looking willing to try out and the solution you've chosen to take. You're very eager to save your daughter. You're desperate. You can't do anything else, because it's out of your hands. But there are a lot of people, but you find Jesus. You tell Him that your daughter is dying. In your head, you're thinking that you can still save her. There's still time. However, there are just too many people in this time of emergency and that you're poise is slowly crumbling. You're almost out of your nerves on your way home. Come on! Get out of the way! My daughter is dying!

And then you see some people from the house approach you and heard this news: "Your daughter is dead. Why bother the teacher anymore?"

Imagine now how would you feel? The world crashes. Your heart skips a beat and gets torn. Sorrow. Grief. Disappointment. Maybe Jairus fell on his knees and shouted. Everything falls apart.

What if someone had told you something that's hopeless? What if you had a problem beyond yourself? What if you're facing something right now that everyone else thinks that it's too late? What if you need help and everyone else thinks there's no more what anyone else can do?

Overhearing what they said, Jesus told him, "Don't be afraid; just believe."

Jesus ignored them and said to Jairus not to be afraid but just believe in Him. Jairus called looked for Jesus because he believes He can heal his daughter. Jesus told Jairus to keep that belief in his heart. Keep his faith.

And we see that in Mark 5:39-42. He went in and said to them, "Why all this commotion and wailing? The child is not dead but asleep." But they laughed at him. After he put them all out, he took the child's father and mother and the disciples who were with him, and went in where the child was. He took her by the hand and said to her, "Talitha koum!" (which means "Little girl, I say to you, get up!"). Immediately the girl stood up and began to walk around (she was twelve years old). At this they were completely astonished.

Do not get swayed from the thinking of man when they think that everything is too late. It's never too late with God. If God is by your side, who would be against you? If the Creator says, "Don't worry. I'll take care of it." Then we forget all the worries the world has thrown at us. Amidst the daily struggles happening in our lives, God is faithful and His grace will consume us if we truly love Him; it's God's treat and He will take care of it.

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I've started transferring more entries from my notebook to the site's 365 project. Wow, two more days and I'm over this project. I don't know if I'll be able to do this type of thing again. This also means that it's almost time to go back to work. Well, none of us is going back to work yet, but soon. I'm expected back on Friday, January 2. My purchase from Amazon arrived today, those a Playmobil dollhouse, a Playmobil school set, and a Call of Duty Mega Bloks Light Firebase set. The Playmobil ones are for my cousin Ga, because I haven't seen her for her whole life -- haha. And I always send my cousin Gi a toy every year. At first, I was thinking of getting him an RC Copter, but I think he's still too young to have that. I'm thinking he should be old enough to claim responsibility for flying an RC helicopter should he hit someone accidentally with the rotors. Anyway, that's that. I'm thinking that I'm missing only the three messenger bags.

My dad and I also went out today. My dad had to service the car first, so I waited until 4pm. We went to Sobey's first, because I had a parcel waiting for me there. Then, we went to KP to get my mom's medicine. We walked over to Rogers, because dad wanted to ask questions if he can switch my mom's phone for something else. Although it's still expensive to do so. We walked to Sears next, because my dad wants to use his gift card. Although he didn't find anything. We drove to Burger King next. And I stopped over at McD's for a double double coffee. I'm also back playing Animal Crossing New Leaf. As they say in Filipino: "Sarap sarap buhay muna." Let's enjoy what we have for the mean time.

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Went to church at 10:30pm. It was hilarious on our way to church this morning. My dad kept forgetting stuff at home. Twice. First he forgets his wallet. We had to turn back. Then on getting ready, he forgets the envelope for the Happy Birthday Love Offering. We had to turn back again. Just to break the ice, I asked my sister if she had forgotten something. That Happy Birthday Love Offering is for our church building. We do it annually and match the amount of money we'll give to our current age. It's not mandatory of course, but it's for the glory of God. I have mine saved, because I want my container filled and give it all.

The Bible study was about Gospel vs. Post-Modernism. It's true that we're living in a different time now. And it's true that Christians are being branded as the 'villain' to the truth. We're seen as the kill joy of all sorts of stuff to the world. But that's fine. The old sense of toleration is not the same anymore. Previously we agree to disagree and respect each other's opinion even though we're in disagreement. But now, tolerance goes as not telling what's right even though people are doing what's wrong. It's also Merry Christmas, not X-Mas even though people mean well on it. X is supposed to be the the short for Christ in Greek, but for me it means you're putting an 'X' over Christ. It's like you're crossing out Christ from the most waited holiday yet of the year! Would it kill to write a few more letters as 'Christ'mas instead? And there's also Santa. I know Santa is based on Saint Nicholas, but December is not the day for Santa. As St. Nicholas would also say, it's to remember the birth of Jesus Christ.

Praise and Worship went well. It felt really different playing here. It's because I've grown with these people and I've been with them from the start, so I understood the flow better. The Pastor's sermon served as a summary for his teaching the whole year. The bottom line is we should be improving the better as a person and as Christians; like we shouldn't be stuck at level 1. Live life while hold firmly to Him and never let Him go. Because the times are changing.

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Saturday started off messy. So messy, I went to my room and took a nap. I sent a text message to sis. J that I'll be spending the Sunday with my family at the WFGC. It's the last Sunday of the year and I want it to be with my family. Since that I'm already going there, I might as well show up for the praise and worship practice. While browsing my Facebook yesterday, I discovered that my protege played the drums last Sunday even though he was sick. It's time to give him a break this Sunday. Here I am, back to where I started. It felt like I had to familiarize myself with everything while I was practicing. Maybe it was just because the drums weren't set for my comfort, and maybe because the fact is I haven't played there for a year, or maybe the drumsticks were heavy, but I had some difficulty playing. When I got home, indeed I thought the drumsticks were heavy. My right wrist and my right forearm were hurting. Anyway, it's not anything serious. I'm excited to play tomorrow.

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Boxing day. We're talking about the shopping sale not the sport of boxing stuff inside boxes.

I remembered last year's Boxing day. It was awesome. It was the first time I had it in me to wake up at 5:45am and brave through the crowd to buy stuff over at Future Shop and Best Buy. We bought two laptops, one 32" LED TV and a 40" LED TV for the living room downstairs. That was last year. But this year's Boxing day is equally exciting too. I just stayed home, because of the previous rush of things. My cousin K and ate C went out for Boxing day today.

Ate C bought a $45 7" RCA tablet for her daughter. I told her that it's a fine buy, since RCA isn't that bad brand. Also, if it's just for her daughter being able to play Angry Birds then it's fine. Even if I had the money for Boxing Day, I wouldn't be buying anything. I have what I need. I have a lot to save for.

Oh yeah, and we're talking about the 5 days of the year!

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Christmas day. 12:00am. Merry Christmas everyone. Come and adore Him. Jesus Christ, my Lord and Saviour. Thank you Lord for your continued providence, protection and guidance.

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My mom wanted to go shopping for presents until now. Dad told her to just stay home instead, because there will be traffic outside now that it's December 24. Long story short, she should've stayed home instead, because she also had to prepare some food for the party after going home. She just went to KP. When she got home, she made mami, noodles, with chicken stock, sea food, eggs and squid balls. I begged to save some for home. I love mami. But what I don't like is that she made herself tired when it was time to go to the party. My sister, brother and sister-in-law had to go ahead, so mom can rest. Going to the mall was counterproductive.

Christmas eve. We went to the tito P's house for the Christmas party. Too many food. Tito E had also prepared turkey for us. I lead the prayer before everyone ate dinner. And then everyone dug in. Truly, this food is a blessing. I pray there'll be more blessings to come such as this in the future.

I wanted to chat on Skype with my girlfriend, but I think she's still asleep. I'm sure she stayed up late on their Christmas party since their time is ahead of us. Anyway, I found a quiet place to check on my messenger and while waiting for the exchange gift. I was able to see my girlfriend on Skype one time, but she couldn't hear me through my phone. I just told her we'd chat next time instead. I think it's time for the program.

My mom won $10 (lol) on the raffle program. The top prize was $100 and A won it... again. I say, she won the top prize too from last year's Almario clan reunion. I wanted to win too. $100 can really help me. Tonight wasn't really cold for some reason. I'm liking this temperature. I hope it stays like this until the end of winter.

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Our family Christmas party is tomorrow. No one wants to do anything today, except for my mom, I guess. She wanted to do some shopping, but it's a mad world out there with everyone rushing for giving gifts. I say, if people get headaches from thinking what to get people presents for Christmas, then they're missing the point of Christmas. Christmas does not equal buying gifts. It does not equal receiving them either. It's about the birth of Jesus Christ. We don't even know if Jesus was born on December 25, but the whole point is we remember His birth on Christmas day and that salvation is through His grace and by putting our faith in Him as Lord and Saviour. This is the greatest gift that God has given to us and the good news. We remember His birth on Christmas day. Jesus Christ, be the center of my all.

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3 days left til Christmas? Time's are going by fast. I'm on my first weekday of my Christmas break! My dad and I had to leave for the evening to find presents. It's crazy out there, and it's unusually not cold. We knew that there'd be traffic in the day, so we chose the evening. Anyway, we were just looking for presents to the exchange gift. I bought my tito E a Canadian Tire giftcard since it's what he wants. I told dad that we'd drive there first. We parked, I went inside and then I headed out to the checkout. If it wasn't for a temporary holdup on the cashier (I meant the transaction went longer than it should've been), I could've gotten out of there in less than a minute. Think about it, I spent a minute looking and buying my present. Well, it's just a gift card, but such a short trip is amazing this Christmas rush.

Off we went for my dad's exchange gift. We drove to Target and boy, I didn't expect myself to buy the shirts I was looking to buy. And they're all on sale too! I was debating with myself whether I should put it off later, although when I found out that the sale is only until the 28th, I grabbed my exhausted debit card. They're graphic tees and licensed tees too. I don't know why they're that chea-- inexpensive. I bought a shirt for myself too. I couldn't help it. It's a Spiderman shirt, since I'm a Spiderman fan-- although I'm not a fan of spiders. The only stuff left I don't have for my trip home are chocolates.

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Four days left before Christmas and ten days left before the end of the year! It's Sunday! I woke up early and preparing my mindset for later's Praise and Worship. I had breakfast and proceeded to keep listening to my lineup over and over. Despite that practice yesterday was a bit off the mark, I don't care. I'm willing to sing for God and it is beyond me what will happen. I went to church at 10am with bro. G picking me up. Today's also the church's Christmas party. Actually both WCFM and WFGC are having their Christmas party today.

When it was time for Praise and Worship, I actually adored singing for God. I just told the congregation not to mind me and just concentrate on worshiping God. Come to think of it, I also sang for my former church's Christmas party for the praise and worship last year. Coincidence? I don't know. The service went well and I guess that's it for me. I was thinking I could head over to my old church to join them at the last minute, but my sister called and said that they were off at 2pm. So I just stayed put. I got more presents by the way. Ate C and I went home around 2:30pm. She had to go because she has work today. Now that the church Christmas party is over, I'm looking at our family Christmas party this Wednesday. I still have to buy a gift card for my tito. I'll do that tomorrow.

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And just like that there's only 5 days left 'til Christmas!

Today's the WCFM youth Christmas party. But it felt really different from a Christmas party, because there was hardly any party activity. Anyway, I received a pair of drumsticks from my exchange gift. It's what I need. I'll be leading the praise and worship for tomorrow. I'm so happy. We went home after 6pm. I should meditate and reflect later.

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Friday was such a mess. I'm not doing that mistake anymore. Anyway, I'm off for the Christmas and New Year's break! Let's make this count!

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I asked for help since I didn't have a ride today so I can find presents for Saturday's youth Christmas party. I also wanted to have my haircut today. I look like Andrew Bynum. My hair's all poofy.

My cousin M called me at 3:30pm and we rode out to Toys R Us first. I had a good idea what to get since I got a girl for the exchange gift. Our minimum agreement is $15 which is reasonable. I also got my godson a present for Christmas. I wasn't able to find presents for my two little cousins back at home. I'm checking the web later. When I got everything set at Toys R Us, we drove to my preferred salon for my haircut.

It was only a 15 minute wait for everyone. Then the three of us had dinner at KG Saigon. My cousins remarked that they're looking forward for their presents on our family Christmas party. I told them I would surprise them with a gift if they gave me money. My poor bank account.

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I woke up at 6am hungry. The wireless Internet stopped working early in the morning. I don't know whether they're conducting their maintenance over at Shaw, but it has been difficult connecting to our wireless router recently using my laptop. I wanted to leave a message to the folks at home since Christmas is almost here. Fortunately, I was able to leave them message before the Internet went completely bonkers before I went to sleep. Good thing that everything looks fine now.

I had breakfast at 7:30am and then I went back to my room to watch anime. I eventually fell back to sleep at 10am. I woke up drowsy at 2:46pm. I pushed myself so I can go to work. If today is difficult to go to work I wonder how difficult Friday is going to be. Well, Friday is my last shift in December. It's unreal! And you know what's up on January!

Work was fine tonight. I didn't work as an advisor tonight. Fine by me. I actually preferred it to be like my usual shift. The evening got exhausting at one point, but nothing too serious.

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Tonight's Christmas dinner at work. I've been waking up at 3am lately. Well, that's because I've been overnapping, duh. Obviously you can't find overnapping on the dictionary, but I'm still calling it overnapping when you excessively nap over than the length of time you expected to nap. Work was pretty simple tonight. I wish there was more like these days throughout the year. The extra 15-minute paid break is very much appreciated. There were sandwiches and snacks in the kitchen and I stuffed myself since it's all good and free. I changed my schedule today too so that I don't work next week. I've become eager for it. When I got home, I readjusted the bands of my dad and sister's watches. It was annoying how to use that band adjuster at first, but I got the job done.

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Monday morning. I started playing Halo Reach. This is what I'm talking about! Remember how my cousin K bought Halo Reach Legendary Edition without even having an Xbox 360? Well I borrowed it right away. Shameless. But what I'm talking about is waking up on my bed and grabbing the controller to play Xbox 360. I've toiled a long time for this moment. The watches I bought from eBay finally arrived today too. I looked at myself on the mirror and there are still patches on my face from yesterday's allergic reaction. I took a nap in the afternoon and 'overnapped' until 9:30pm. Then I played Sims 4. I don't really want to bother of the outside world right now.

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I woke up at 3am. I played a videogame, because I wasn't able last night. Lo and behold I had a sudden allergic reaction. I knew it. At first, I had a burning sensation at the sole of my feet. Then I had hives and swelling on my face. It was hilarious. I found it funny instead of getting worried about it. I still needed to go to church. I didn't think such a reaction could stop me. If they ask what me what's wrong, I'll just tell them it's an allergic reaction. I'm thinking it's from last night's supper. It just confirms that I'm partly allergic to shrimp, and that type of shrimp; I've experienced this before. But it was a long time ago. I've confirmed that I shouldn't eat the flesh inside the 'head' of those prawns-- shrimps-- or whatever. I forgot what they call them in English, but it's buntukin in my native dialect. Sis. J said that those are toxic anyway.

I got to church by hitching a ride with my dad, because I thought ate C was going with me. Church was okay despite my allergy. It's just that the swelling on my face that's bothering me. I was also given an exchange gift slip. So I guess I'm participating in the exchange gift. I got home after 2pm and napped to take a rest. There are still signs of my hives on my face. Man, I've had plans for today too!

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Today's the last day of having a sequential date, 12/13/14. I'm glad I was a part of it. Anyway, I sent a text message what time will practice start. I just got a reply that practice is at 3:30pm, the usual time. We finished practice at 5:30pm. I'll be attending at WCFM tomorrow. When I got home, we went to film to open my cousin K's Halo Reach Legendary Edition. It's episode 11 of Unboxing in Life! I also ate those shrimps with large heads for dinner. Then I went home at 11:30pm and slept.

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The Shaw technician arrived an hour early to replace our PVR. I was out of sync with my sleep last night. I couldn't sleep properly and I had my eyes barely open when I opened the door. It took him less than an hour to replace our PVR, show me the features of our new box and check everything else. There was still time to go back to bed, but I couldn't go back to sleep afterwards.

It's time to go to work. My cousins called me on my way to work. I was wondering what's up. I was wondering where they were going. They're asking me if I'm home. Ugh. I wish. I told them no, and that I was happy that I'm going to work. They said that they were on the way to the post office to pick up my cousin K's package. Hmm... what is it this time?

It's a Halo figurine. Wow.

When I reached the office, I suddenly felt like throwing up. I think I may have eaten something bad this afternoon. I need money right now, so I can't really go home. Thinking that my period is already unsatisfactory, going home will just make it crash to the pits. I need to be okay for next month.

Maybe I should test the waters how far I can get. At 6:30pm, I went to the washroom. I didn't throw up, but I was burping like mad. Now, this is getting silly. I returned to my desk and thought of 7pm. Time felt slow at 7pm, but I tried to hang on little by little. I managed to push myself to holding out at 7:30pm. I gave myself a pat on the back.

Now if I reach 8pm, I'll be super fine. I'm taking my break at 8:30pm and that means only an hour left of work til quitting time. I don't know why, but Friday is just unusual. How come it felt difficult? Was it really? It should've been a walk in the park. There are other factors weighing me down, I think. Time to move on.

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The 3 gaming mice arrived today! They're from California and I paid no tax or import duty! None at all! It's my estimate that I'll be paying $30 for the tax or import fees, but I saved it! And Fedex delivered it too! I'm sure I saved. They're for pasalubong and I need a new mouse too.

I decided to game early in the morning, but I found myself switching between gaming and bedding -- that's lazy talk for lying on bed. It's cold outside and I don't know where to go. Anyway, it's troublesome to go outside too since I was waiting for the Fedex guy. My nap got extended to 7pm and I wasn't pleased at all. The irony is I wanted to just nap for a couple of hours. I should've done more things today.

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Wednesday. It's time for advising. I taught someone with another advisor observing me. I've been doing this for a long time, but the last time I advised was last year. A whole year has passed and I'm feeling rusty. I can tell that I got home tired. It's a good change from the monotony to advise though.

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Tuesday, time for work. Nothing to see except that my girlfriend is sick. I just wanted to make her smile a bit and I took a photo of my gift for her niece. It's that Polly Pocket Ultimate Wall Party! I get giddy too! I bought it on sale at Amazon. I want it, because it looks like her niece will enjoy it. The original price of it around $129.99 and I bought it at $59.99 with no tax! I was still hesitating whether to buy it now or not, because they were selling like hotcakes! There were 9 available and just two days have passed, I'm looking at 3 of them on stock. I thought that the time is now! So I clicked the place order button with full intensity.

I also bought three gaming mice for $32.99 each, and I paid no tax.

Awesome.

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What I really want to do is play the Witcher series. I don't know if I can hold out for a Witcher marathon, because the 3rd one is coming next February. It's an RPG for the PC, but I want to know the story of it. I really don't know what I had in me, but I'm not satisfied with what I accomplished today. Maybe my blanket was extra fluffy that's why I was one with my bed today. It's a deep routed fatigue is what I'm thinking. It's like I'm telling myself to take this day and hurry by staying in bed. I was fighting the feeling of staying in bed though, but the blanket had a herculean grip over me. It was really hard to get up. And just like that, I bought more stuff on eBay tonight.

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Early morning, I decided to port my code to the Internet. It works! But what soured my day and perhaps the rest of my life as a member of Photobucket, is that they're no longer hosting pictures with a dimension greater than 1024x768 resolution. What does that mean? It means that anything bigger than the restriction will automatically be re-sized into something smaller. It's silly, because you can have a smaller file size with a bigger dimension to their limit. With screen resolutions getting larger, I will be relocating my photo uploading to somewhere else where it's free and no resolution restrictions.

1024x768 has been the normal resolution of screens since 2005, and it's already the ending of 2014! I don't really know why they have to re-size uploaded photos for the free members when they should be limiting the file size instead to accommodate their servers. It's annoying. I have 1920x1080 wallpapers that are only 400kb, but I can't upload them on photobucket anymore. I have to pay for my subscription if I need to upload larger images. It's also annoying to find a new host that's reliable, private and safe. When it comes down to it, I may have to buy my own server.

I went back to sleep afterwards. We went to our former church as a family at 11pm. Everyone was surprised and delighted to see me, especially my protege. He's telling me to sub him, since he's getting tired too. I told him, "Now you know how I feel until now." I took a nap when I got home at 3pm. I'm wondering why I woke up at 10pm when I could've waken up earlier. Well, it's no big deal. I cooked my own dinner and tried syncing again with my personal projects.

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Saturday. I've told my brethren at WCFM that I'll be visiting my former church, the Winnipeg Foursquare Gospel Church. I didn't have to go to practice and I stayed home for a much needed brain and muscle rest. The only thing that I didn't like today is that I couldn't make up my mind what I wanted to do for this rare day off. I can't go wrong napping though. I'm in the process of rekindling my novels and perhaps my webdesign. I realized that it's difficult to go back into a creative rhythm. It's not like you can find the muse in one moment. For example, resuming my novel means I have to read the previous entries or even the whole story leading to the missing chapter. And as for webdesigning, that means trying to figure out where it is I left off. It also means scouring the web for inspiration. I shouldn't have left them hanging in the first place. Lesson learned.

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My gift for mom and dad arrived in the afternoon. I kinda' wished it could've arrived yesterday, since it was my day-off and I could try it out for the day. Anyway, I'm glad it arrived. I could tell that mom was very happy. The packaging is huge. Of course it's a 50" Smart TV. As mentioned, this is my first time making such a major purchase online. I hope that this purchase doesn't give us more problems than my needed satisfaction. Yeah, come to think of it, tonight was very straightforward. And so here comes the 5 days off!

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Finally, the exams are finished! Finally! It's also my day-off. My gift for mom and dad was supposed to come today, but it got delayed from missing a connection. Again. I just played videogames and napped. Good times. This also means that the term is over! I just leave everything to God. I've done what I can and there's nothing more to do. The waiting game commences for the grades. I think I won't expect to see my grade until the end of the year. Somewhere around there, even though they say it takes two weeks to compute everything. Anyway, I won't be minding over academic things for a while. Don't expect me to be philosophical anytime soon. I'm looking forward to my Christmas break! But the irony is, now that school is over, it's time to earn money and focus on work. I'm thinking that's a sad thing.

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I told my supervisor at work that I just need to finish tonight's shift and I'll be free. I just have to keep it together until Thursday to finish my finals week. Tomorrow is my much anticipated rest. Work was pretty straightforward tonight. My gift for mom and dad is still not here. It's supposed to take 2 days or more, but there were delays. Missed connection flight or transfer, bad weather and such. Purolator.

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Final exam. I'm going to finish everything on Thursday. Let's do this!

Short story for today, I finished my exam and I though I wouldn't. I really thought I wouldn't finish. I kept looking at the time, but I just kept writing my solution. It was slow, but sure. I managed to hang on and I'm very pleased.

I just have to keep going. I found out on the news that there's another super typhoon approaching the parts of my home country where the typhoon Haiyan (known as Yolanda in the Philippines) unleashed sheer destruction last year. I shook my head in disbelief. Those parts are still recovering and this happens?

My brain was so depleted when I got home. I'm totally glad that I finished this exam. I was so quiet during my ride home. My brain's exhausted to just utter even nonsense.

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Monday feels a bit strange going to work knowing that I have the start of the finals week tomorrow. It's when I start thinking that going to work is a hassle and it takes time away from my studies. Funny, right? I just want to get everything finished. Let's just get this over with. I studied at the end of my work. When I got home, I tried to tie everything in my head. I hope my brain remembered to tie it properly though.

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