In Between

yes my dear readers, i know that i am overdue.  but that is life and sadly there were some hiccups lately and i needed a mental health break.  but here i am now ready to provide a blow by blow account of what has been happening in the city of sails (yeah that's what they call Auckland). i have debated with myself whether i should combine weeks 2 and 3 in one entry.  unfortunately, i don't think it will fit.  there's just too much to talk about and i don't want to cramp all that information in one long post. so here goes....enjoy! comments!

this is by far the most interesting week, though in a way, the most depressing one as well.  but where to start?  hmm.  well, i finally found the courage to actually walk-in and ask for a part-time job.  and knowing what a geek i am, where do i do that exactly?  at the city library of course.  haha.  how fucking crazy is that?  anyway, i wanted to go to that art film thing and since it's just next to the library, it was a 2 birds and 1 stone scenario. the library people just basically told me to fuck off which wasn't cool haha.  so i went to the cinema hoping it gets better.  when i got there, there was no one around.  i walked around a bit.  went back and the place was still deserted.  then i saw a doorbell thing and it says "academy cinema" or something to that effect.  so i rang it.  some rude guy picked up and basically told me to wait until 6pm and to fuck off.  what the hell is up with the universe? anyway, long story short, rude guy showed up. sold me

Professional Skills Development started this week.  i really do not have the energy to explain what this is but its a program that is compulsory but not graded.  go figure. most of my classmates are from india.  there are some "smellies" but i can't seem to point out exactly who.  ugh.  it's very frustrating.   school is a complete waste of time.  during one of the sessions, the professor or whatever spent about 30minutes explaining the importance of remembering names.  paulit ulit paulit ulit paulit ulit.  its crazy. though, i must admit, i really don't mind the whole lecture thing as long as i get to sit in my chair and space out.  so you can just imagine my frustration every time i hear the teacher say,  "let's count off by 5" "let's group ourselves into 6" pootangina lang talaga, and one time, may nagpapaimportante sa class.  inaantok raw sya.  pwde raw ba mag group work na lang.  yung teacher naman puma

disclaimer:  i cannot seem to get myself together.  i've been away from home for almost a week and my head is still in safe mode or something.  my thoughts are just completely out of whack and it may take a while before i reboot.  so please bear with all the unnecessary bullshit, grammatical errors and insane language. a lot of friends have been asking me how things are over here.  well...contrary to what people say (and by 'people', i meant my agency), its not as easy as they make it out to be. but i am getting ahead of myself. first things first. before i arrived in auckland, i had to endure a long and bitter flight from manila.  since there is no such thing as a direct flight, my itinerary said that i have a 4-hour layover in Singapore.  this is fine.  my ticket also included meals and 40kg worth of check-in luggage.  i carried a backpack and a sling bag for my carry-on with the latter starting to (horribly) disintegrate a few minutes after i left our ho

and so it begins... this will be a very short post.  i am quite busy unpacking and figuring out what else i need to do. my thoughts are still blurry.  i think i need time to calm down.  everything is happening so fast.

i have very mixed emotions about my june travel plans.  don't get me wrong, it's awesome.  i'm just a bit worried about the funding.  ugh.  i hate it when money never overflows.  at least, not in this side of the world. ok, let's try to be more grateful. i had a great weekend.  it was simple, very relaxing.  i spent time with a friend, saw a really kickass movie called 'The Cabin in the Woods' (which was butchered by MTRCB, but still worth watching).  upon checking my email, my boss said some really nice things about my work which is just awesome.  i love how they appreciate the work we do here.  i feel very very lucky.  so there.  i will NOT complain about anything tonight.  because right now, at this very moment...life is goooooood.