I came to the bathroom and there was a maintainance guy who was cleaning there. The moment he saw he me scuffled away and went to clean the men’s room on the other side. I looked at his cleaning things; the mop, the buckets of soapy water, the garbage. And then I remembered the importance of finishing college and thanked God that I managed to do so.

Not that I’m saying that finishing college is an absolute must, nor that a job in maintainance is something to laugh about. But we are in hard times, and not all people can be successful with only a high school or no education to back them up. That takes tremendous drive and perseverance and not all have that.

So, my hats off to all those hardworking people out there.

Thanks to my parents as well, for getting me through everything. =)

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Yey! It’s going to be my birthday in less than twenty four hours. I’m going to be -beep- years old.

-silence-

-sudden realization-

What?! I’m getting a year older again? Then why the heck am I acting like a twelve-year-old still? Snap out of it, you!

My passive self: I can’t help it! *holds head in hands* I stopped counting my age when I became sixteen!

I’m bored. There you go. With so many wonderful and exciting things in this world, I’m bored. Think. Think. If I had every resources in the world, with no worry for consequences, what do I really want to do this very moment? Let’s see. . .

• Go to Japan and ransack every anime and manga store there.
• Hail Maki Murakami for creating the manga Gravitation.
• Investigate whether Kenshin Himura really existed and what really happened to him.
• Hunt down the voice actor of Kyou Souma, Kamui, Haru Glory and just sit there and listen to him talk.
• Pay Nickelback to perform a private concert for me.
• Eat cookies and cream ice cream.
• Learn how to swim.
• Buy a sakura tree.

Right. Now if you’ll excuse me, I have to buy ice cream on my way to the airport. Don’t want to miss my flight to Japan. . .

What we love, no matter how trivial or silly we think it is, is what defines us. It reflects us in a very unnerving way. I wrote some of the things that define me here. So, what defines you?

• purple tulips
• bubble baths
• chocolate
• writing
• collecting stationeries
• anime
• reading
• listening to music
• the feel of silk and velvet
• cute stuff toys
• the smell of crisp bacon
• Atlantis
• blue roses
• the color blue
• watching underwater shows