adik. well, it's not so obvious that i just messed up with the title, eh? nyahaha. *belat*

do the math. what do you get? another increase in my dear sister's age! happy birthday ate jho! birthday wishes? tons of later birthdays to anticipate, good health and an eternally pretty self. charing. but seriously, wish you all the best. that shows juat how much me loves you! *hugs* aww...

just a couple of months and my sister's gonna graduate from uni. wee~! and she'll gonna pay for my schooling. nyahaha. i knew i should have taken medicine; it'll be worth it! (just kidding.) anyway, teh, good luck on your future endeavors! i'm looking forward to the trip to america, okay? want me to bring you a winter coat? *winks*

okay, so what now? i'll reserve the rants about my trip to the elementary school and junior high school for later posts. i don't feel like having the time now. (huh?)

know what? it was my exam week. as in week. i had my end-term tests (autumn's) last tues up to thurs, and i had my japanese language proficiency test kanina. really, talk about a week. stupid me actually thought it would be my last set of exams at school. ow, i guess i'd be taking another set after winter break though. *sighs*

anyway, i didn't know why but i caught a cold yesterday. i felt like i just want to melt under the futon and be lost. okay, not really. my head really didn't feel like breaking into two, but i get this weird feeling when i try to read.. well, anything.. so i never really got to do some last day studying for today's test. which is a pretty special one by the way. so anyway, i woke up at 11, ate lunch and slept until 6. how about that? and after sleeping the whole day i wasn't sleepy at all at night. read manga (lovely complex, a total sweetie. i wish i could take the series home!), and finally decided i was sleepy at one (or probably forced myself to be sleepy. like, who will be reading manga until the wee hours and anticipate the most special test of the year the next day? i'm probably the only crazy girl in the world.) zzz...

so anyway, i think i got better today anyway. although i still had the occasional weird feelings. especially with this guy stalking me. he was on the same exam room, and he actually managed to light up a conversation during the first break. but it was rather creepy when he was waiting for me at lunch. thank heavens for the thai woman who was seating in front of me! she was like the kind-motherly type (well, at 40, she really is like my mother), and when she smiled at me and asked where i'd be eating, i immediately suggested we eat together. now aint that nice? i get to shoo the stalking sri lanka guy and i get to do a good turn for the lady (who turned out to be a very strong woman, having gone there even though she has this sickness, like somewhere near her heart.) but she told stories eagerly, and she even showed me a picture of her very cute son. *beams* i don't regret having eaten lunch with her.

the most difficult moment of the test? i sneezed, and my nose started running. i definitely couldn't open my bag to get the tissues, or the proctor will show me the yellow card. so i just tried to sniff (my pride?) and hold on until the test ended. that took about an hour of torture. shame. *hides face*

results are to be delivered by mid-feb. to here. and from here to my real home. *sings the national anthem*

ate dinner at my grandmas. got a bar of chocolate with orange and almond slivers from my dad. well, he brought home lots of chocolates. yum. he said he went to a choco shop at tokyo after watching eric clapton's concert. ^^

oh, by the way, i went to church last sunday, and practiced choir afterwards. and then the adults (yeah, they were all like adults in the choir. and there were about five of them) invited me over to lunch. wow, one of the tito's owns a yakiniku shop! it's like there are these tables with grills, and you get to order raw meat and stuff and cook them yourself. loved that. and they also prepared sinigang (hands up for filipino food!), and i swear i would have cried in sentiness if i wasn't hurrying up eating (because my mom would pick me up). yummy sinigang. asim! *grins*

and then, me and my host mom went shopping. she bought stuff that she'd send moe to america, including a silver necklace as a christmas gift. so gorgeous! and i was like so shocked when she said she'd buy me the matching earrings! they were so lovely! with one reminder that i should hopefully remember moe whenever i use the earrings when i'm back at the philippines, she purchased the lovely set. also adding a promise to buy me my real christmas gift at tokyo disneyland. really, don't you think i'm one lucky daughter here? i think so! and i know you do, too! haha.

this piece really reminds me of winter. it's sure to come sooner or later. i just hope i won't catch any more colds.

okay, better be sleeping now. my class is assigned to sweep aside fallen leaves this week, which means some people will need to go to school at 8 in the morning on assigned days. glad my shift is on tuesday. whew.

hmm.. probably sneak a few peeks at lovely complex when i get upstairs. *laughs out loud* for now, God bless and good night! *peace*