Sick and Sipunin

I started an entry earlier but I am not in the mood to finish it now. Maybe tomorrow.

I am sick. And I hate the feeling.

I am nursing a terrible terrible cold and my throat has been sore since this afternoon. My nose is red as Rudolph's and I've wasted too much tissue.

I had coffee from Figaro in school before class because I wanted something hot to bring temporary relief for my throat. I didn't want tea because it was not worth it. 70 pesos for a bag of leaves. Now, I couldn't sleep.

I actually didn't anticipate getting sick today. I was perfectly okay this morning. I was so in the mood to be with the kids. My voice was even extra pitchy and I was extra madaldal to them. I only had one student present for my playgroup. Luckily, it was Martina. I had fun playing with her and chatting her up. She is the cutest. My throat started to ache and my colds emerged a bit after class. Maybe it's because of my kadaldalan today. I don't know. Basta, I am not feeling well now.

I almost didn't attend my master's class today. I didn't want to go down the car because of the nagging feeling of sickness throughout my body. But I dragged myself to the library to "study." I downloaded the readings and because it took some time to finish, I ended up not studying at all. For almost 2 hours, I busied myself with non-school stuff -- surfing the net for vacation spots in Cam Sur, looking for cheap flights, calculating our expenses, emailing Rye to fix his flights, and chatting with Jon in Facebook to convince him to book their flights already. I really think my travel agency idea could work out in the future. I am getting good at this.

Next year, our goal is to conquer Asia. Let's see. No, it will happen! Rye wants something unconventional like Cambodia but it sounds scary. I don't know why. I wanted HK cos I'd like to see Disneyland (Rye thinks it's corny) or Singapore. Maybe we'll go to Thailand and visit the beaches on the Southern end (Phuket?) cos I've been to Bangkok already.

The Attack of the Annoying Classmate

I have this annoying classmate. Actually 2. One is the type who recites and recites for the sake of reciting. Even if she doesn't know the answer, she would still talk and talk and Fr. Waji would bluntly tell her that it's not what he was asking for. She also asks questions irrelevant to the topic at hand. Fr., who is such a nice person, would patiently provide her with the answer. What a waste of minutes! And the other is the type who recites to make pasikat of her very "cultured" life and lifestyle. There's never a day that these 2 annoying classmates of mine won't speak up in class. The first one is also paki-alamera. Since I have colds and I was blowing my nose in class every 3 minutes, she asked me twice if I was "sipunin." The heck. I know the difference between allergy type and the viral type of colds. Yes, I also have the allergy type but I told her that this is the viral type and I don't get this often. Since she knows I work in a preschool, she kept on saying that kids are sipunin, and even judged me as Vitamin C-deficient. Well, I am but that's not the point. She even said that I should sanitize my hands!! The other one's responses are often out of topic and not value adding to the class. There's always a mention of a foreign land (today, it was Germany, Nigeria, and France) to let the whole world know that's she's been around, or an artist or historical figure or a museum she's been to. She even mentioned Aesop's fable about the bird who gathered and dropped stones into a jar with water so it may drink -- relating that to animal cognition. Hello!? You're in a Psych class. We don't need literary works or travelogues to back up theories, we need real researches, empirical evidence. Hay. There are times when it's better to shut our mouth and not speak at all.

To My Only Reader

I told Rye to check my blog this morning. He said he missed me more when he read it. He never realized that we go to Powerbooks or Fullybooked everytime. Cute.

Thanks for viewing it. This is partly for and because of you, dear. You're my only reader! Hehe. And thank you for understanding me and my needs especially now that you're there and I am here... For making the effort to speak in my language of love. I really appreciate it!

I really miss you and I am so looking forward to see you! I love you. =)

I have to rest now. I hope I feel better in the morning.

After all, I am sipunin as my classmate called me. I am weak. Tsk.

Ciao!