1. A day free from work that one may spend at leisure, especially a day on which custom or the law dictates a halting of general business activity to commemorate or celebrate a particular event.

Comment on this entry and I will give you a letter. Write ten words beginning with that letter in your journal, including an explanation what the word means to you and why, and then pass out letters to those who want to play along.

(Thanks pala kay Daniel for the tag.)

1. Letters - I love letters. Any kind. Be it e-mail, snail mail, notes passed in class, post-its, etc. and whether it's for me, for a friend (yeah, yeah, invasion of privacy, whatever (I only read my friend's mail with his/her consent, promise)), for all of mankind, I honestly think, that it's my favorite kind of "literature" to read. It's just so natural, don't you think? Like, one of the best sources for insights into someone's personality. *dreamy sigh* I even wrote an entry about it (which I now realize is worded in exactly the same way as this one :P), which you can read here.

2. Little - I've always been very little, in height, my whole life. Unlike some girls who were tall in elementary school and then would stop growing when they get to high school or college, I've never experienced being at the back of a "by height" line, not even in the middle. But it never bothered me. When people tease me about being little, they think I get offended, but really I don't. I usually find it funny, and sometimes flattering, that they even noticed. :P And besides, "It's the little things that count." (Not saying I'm a thing, but you get the point.)

3. Lag - I think this term was first used (or at least that's where I first encountered it) in the online chatrooms. When it would take a while for your message to reach the person you're talking to or vice-versa, people would say there's a lag. I don't chat online anymore, but still often use this term to refer to my feelings. I usually say that my feelings are lagged, because sometimes it takes a long time before I react to a certain event. It's somewhere along the lines of the sentiment "realizing too late". Example: 2 of my former officemates had resigned, and we had a farewell party for them Friday night. But I didn't cry, or feel sad, until Sunday night. Really.

4. Language - I really like listening to different languages. I think being able to speak several languages is so cool, and one of my most favorite moments in life is when someone tells you, or you hear from a song, a sentence you don't understand, so you look the translation up and then find out it means something really nice and sweet. (Ex: the time in Meteor Rain (yeah, yeah, jologs ako) where MeiZhuo met a Japanese girl and before she left she told him something, and then later on he asked a waiter in a Japanese restaurant what it meant and he said that it meant "I'll think of you when I'm in Japan." XD)

5. Literature - I actually feel a bit sad that I'm not more knowledgeable about this topic, despite my fondness for writing. Still thought, I think this is one of my favorite interests, and I'm so glad I'm one of the people who likes to appreciate it.

6. Lazy - That's me! A little hard to believe, considering that nearly all my friends are soo studious and soo smart and soo have plans for their futures, but, whatever. I think I'm smart too because I found out early on that if you make friends with smart people, it doesn't matter how lazy you are, other people will think you smart too. Hehehe. >:)

7. Labyrinthine - I came across this word once as I was looking for synonyms for "puzzle", and I must say that it sounds so cool. I think it's one of my favorite adjectives. It of course refers to anything that's like a labyrinth (maze)--confusing, maraming pasikut-sikot, etc. and though I can't think of anything in my life that it can describe, it'll remain a spare word I can use for anything weird that happens to me in the future. :P

8. Lime - as in the flavor, not the fruit (well, I don't think I've ever seen an actual lime fruit before). Anyway, this is my favorite flavor of candy (or gummy bears), so if ever you're giving me any sweets, remember that the green ones are my most preferred.

9. Life - Gah, why did I choose this word? Is it really possible to describe what life means, even just to me? I don't think all the letters of all the alphabets using all the words of all the languages can suffice.

10. Love - Um, just because I can't think of another word that begins with L. And it's a shame to let this one, with all its popularity, go to waste.

Hay, natapos din. Ang hirap naman ng letter L! I've been working on this since last week! :P Well, hope it makes sense. Comments, anyone? I promise I won't give L anymore. Hehe.

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NOW I feel giddy. But only now, and "now" does not include yesterday, or Saturday night or Friday evening. So whoever said I was giddy before is still wrong, because really, it's only happened now. Not even now, but already about an hour ago, when I woke up, and that hour's over, so I don't really feel giddy anymore. Not really. And what is with the word "giddy" anyway? It's so annoying.

As to the reason why I felt (as in, past tense) giddy, suffice it to say that my sister bought me an Abarai Renji keychain (kawaii!! XD), I got to see a movie last Friday (even if it's not a very good one), I talked with my friends all weekend, and I know that when my mom and my sister come back from their trip, I'm going to have new clothes (Woohoo!). Really, that's the reason.

And as to why I don't feel giddy anymore? One word will suffice: work.

Gah, I hate Mondays. Kahit pa medyo masaya ang gising, Monday pa rin. I actually hate mornings in general. Kahit pa maganda ang bati ng mga tao. Umaga pa rin. Nakakatamad pa rin umalis ng bahay, at magpunta sa trabaho, kahit pa bago mag-9:00 AM 'eh makakapag-blog ka.

Okay, NOW I'm not making any more sense. (Was I ever?) End of entry na.

I absolutely HATE having to change URLs (or anything, really). Really. I mean, updating links is one of the most boring parts of maintaining websites. Ugh, yuck. But, some situations call for drastic measures.

I saw my Dad reading my sister's blog.

And, okay, it's not mine, but it's almost impossible to know where my sister's blog is and not know where mine is. And I know there's nothing particularly incriminating about my parents in my blog (actually, the situation is a lot LOT lot worse for my sister), but still, if there's any one person that I don't want sticking his/her nose into my blog, that'd be my Dad.

He's not a bad person of course. But, I'm sure you all know how it sucks when your parents think they know you.

I can't even imagine how my sister would feel when she finds out. And I'm not looking forward to it as I'm sure it'll be really ugly. I don't even know how my Dad found our URLs, as I'm sure we are very careful to always erase the URLs we've visited. But I don't want to think about it anymore.

Just, well, that's the reason I changed my URL. *sigh* I hope nobody neglects to update their links, and I don't get too tired from asking people to change them.

This really sucks.