How My Brain Works…

I discovered this very cool toy courtesy of Mike. It’s called Bop It Extreme. I’m warning you, this could get you hooked! If you want to test how good your mind and hand coordination is, this is the thing to try.

There are five moves in this game…Twist it…Pull it…Flick it…Spin it…Bop it.  All you have to do is follow what the voice dictates.  But do it fast and do it right, or else that voice you hear will insult the bejesus out of you.  It’s kind of hard at first but once you get used to it, you’ll never want to put this toy down.

The first time I played Bop It Extreme was yesterday.  Mike handed it to me in the car and told me I should try it.  I think the main reason he gave it was to keep me occupied and stop me from taunting him while he’s driving.  It worked!  Anyway, the first tries were very frustrating!  There were times when I even wanted to throw the thing away because of sheer irritation.  But once I got the hang of it, it was totally fun, especially when I played a perfect game…eight times in a row!  You could just imagine the look on Mike’s face upon seeing my smirk…pure annoyance!  Priceless!!!  I think he realized that giving me a taste of that toy was absolutely a mistake.  So, he took the gadget away to cure me of this new addiction.  But deep inside I know that he’s just hoping to top my score!  HAHAHAHAHA!!!!!

Now there goes our social life…  ^_^

At one point or another, have you ever felt that you’re the worst version of yourself?  I have!  That moment is today…

My day has not been a blast…It was blasted!  You could have figured that out by now.  For one, I got to have a quick peek at how shady our government really is.  It’s like, nothing moves without some bucks pushing it.  But then, who am I to complain when I had been one willing accomplice to this crime I blatantly condemn?  Talk about hypocrisy!  Then, when I was being hopeful on something I’ve sincerely wanted, something came up and totally ruined everything I’ve planned.  It seemed as if a dark cloud had set in when all I wanted to do was look at the sun! What a bummer! Is this day mocking me or what?!

At times, life really has a wicked way of kicking your butt.  When you try your hardest to be a better you, it suddenly throws something your way that just makes you want to be otherwise.  When you want to prove to the world that you can be the person you’ve dreamed to be, it suddenly finds a twisted way of saying that you can’t.  Are these just tests to gauge my limits?  Because they really push me through the edge!

Weekend’s done…Fun is over…It’s time to face reality and get back to work…These were the first thoughts of my waking mind.  You could only imagine the willpower I had to exert just to get up from my bed and take a cold shower to revive my still sleeping senses.  Because I’d rather have my forty winks than eat, I missed breakfast and drank milk instead.  Poor substitute, I know, but that always got me through ’til lunch.

Running a little late, I was tempted to drive faster than usual but I chickened out because I was not supposed to be driving at all.  My license had already expired Monday last week, and I only realized this last Friday.  But no biggie, ‘cuz I’ll be fixing everything tomorrow.  I’m just glad I wasn’t caught driving without a license. ^_^  Anyway, I got to work on time.  My colleagues and I still had our chance to have our daily morning chitchats before pandemonium started.  Then…ting!  At 9:00 A.M., the battle began and our little office turned into a live combat zone.  The rest is history.  The day was toxic is all I can say…

But then, all day has to end, thank God!  I just wish this day ended sooner!  Now, I’m home at last!  Ahhh….coming home really is a breather after a long day of madness!

Heat really makes my head hot, literally and figuratively speaking.  And so to avoid the biyatch in me to come out, I decided to drag Mike and our dear friend Allen to the mall just to cool ourselves down.

With no particular place to go to in mind, aside from the fact that three of the most undecided persons in the world were all together, we went to the nearest one instead — Shoppesville.  This was obviously not the smart move to make, one that I realized way too late (my bad!).  Traffic within the area was horrendous.  Human traffic everywhere was even worse.  And the most annoying thing is, the air conditioning system was almost non-existent!  ARGH!!! It totally defeated the purpose of us being there!  We had no choice but to make the best out of the place.  The guys got their PS2 games…I had good food…we got to drool at the sight of the new sleek PSP console…all in all, the day turned out to be ok…enjoyable even!

Now, to cap off this entry, let me enumerate the lessons I learned from today: First, if you can’t stand the heat…go to the mall!  Just make sure that you choose a cold one!  Second, if what you have isn’t what you want and you have no choice but to deal with it, learn how to make the best out of it, instead of letting it get the best of you.  Third:  In times like this, it would be good to have the best company around, people who could shift your attention away from the sticky situation you’re into…just like what I had this afternoon.  Now, could I be any luckier?!  ^_^

Just tonight, as I was driving along the stretch of Araneta Avenue, I saw a shooting star…I think.  I didn’t know you could still see such a thing past these bright city lights, hence the doubt.  Anyway, uncertain as I was, I still made a wish…just in case.

It’s amazing how a simple sight could bring back a somehow forgotten childhood.  I remembered the first time I saw that kind of spectacle from the sky.  I was in Batangas having my summer vacation at my cousin’s house.  As a kid, that first sight was overwhelming!  And now, having seen one again after so long brought back that same old feeling.  After being an adult for quite some time now, such a scene was like a breath of fresh air coming from the past.

I’m glad to realize that I could still seek pleasure from things as simple as that, some might say, "only a kid can appreciate".  I know not everyone could be as lucky.  Others would even think that what I saw was just a regular comet, a ball of frozen gases that happened to pass by.  But for me, I prefer to believe that what I saw was a shooting star, a means for my wish to come true, an outlet for the child in me to resurface…even just for a while.