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Next Month

Next month will be my 24th birthday. Twenty-four. Whew.

I feel young at 23. When I say I’m 23 years old, I feel so young. However, when I think that I’m turning 25 next year, oohhh, I feel like a lost child getting old unprepared.

Anyway, I relish each day of my life. Even with the stress of life and of work.

So what do I want for my birthday? I have a long list of wishes…

I want:

* My own place here in Metro Manila – a condo unit with parking space or a house with garage, strategically located (near Makati and Quezon City)

* Digital SLR, or even just a point and shoot digital camera that takes good quality photos

* Computer that doesn’t test my patience (laptop preferred), at least 1G RAM, lots of disk space as well

* A very reliable camera phone

I also want:

* Jacket for sort of formal occasions (but not too formal), in neutral color

* Sarong

* Book(s)

* Backpack good for work and out of town trips

* A bag for my camera

What I really want:

* Simple life full of adventure and beautiful moments

* Good health, fit body

* The love of people I love

* Continuously being edited at http://katefarrales.multiply.com/journal/item/27/Next_Month. I’m now starting to like Multiply over this blog… Hmm…

May 15, 2008 Posted by Kate | celebrations, just another day, kate, me | | No Comments Yet

Happy Earth Day!

I have just realized that yesterday was April 22 and Earth Day.

Despite being late, I have to greet the world a HAPPY EARTH DAY! It’s still April 22 in other parts of the world, anyway.

Moreover, a lifestyle that is not destructive to our dear earth should be lived everyday.

I can’t write much about Earth Day, so here’s just an article I found in MSN — click here.

April 23, 2008 Posted by Kate | celebrations, environment | | No Comments Yet

The UP Rifle Pistol Team is another reason for me to apply for the graduate studies in econ. Huhuhu, deadline of application is on Monday, yet I still don’t have a decent essay of why I want to apply and I still don’t have recommendations. That’s another story.

Last night, I went to UP Fair with Marcie, Bebang and Ed. Not as so fun as it used to be. (Maybe because I am — and should be — losing that college feel already; or that I don’t know the bands — it’s fun to hear Kadangyan from a distance, anyway; or that there are less activity booths this time.) But, still FUN (despite some heightened personal arguments on my way home — and that’s another story again.)

How would I not enjoy it when I was able to shoot five out of the five tiny targets of the UP RPT in their rifle shooting booth?! The last time (and that’s the only time) I tried shooting in their booth was about four years ago, where I missed only one target.

The RPT member who guided me was Ina, a sweet young lady who somehow managed to pressure me to shoot all the five targets. It almost felt like forever trying to find a comfortable position or stance or whatever to shoot the last standing little piece of wood shaped like a super small animal (was that wood?). By that time, my hands (and arms and legs) were already shaking and hard to control from the weight (and pressure) of that heavy rifle. I managed it. Ang tagal nga lang. Whoa!

So I got a bullet keychain. Yabang!

P.S. Ina, did I remember your name right? Peace!

Astig pa rin ang UP Fair

I maintain another blog for the trips, event, celebrations and whatever happenings around me in this country. Prior to my (re-)posting of the 2008 UP Fair schedule, and that’s for about two months, my blog had an average of only four pageloads per day, or 292 in all. After that and until now, for only about two weeks, my blog got 742 hits or an average of 62 pageloads per day! ‘Recent keyword analysis’ proves that the sudden upsurge of pageloads is due to ‘up fair schedule.’

Oh, di ba?! That’s how UP Fair is loved. That’s to show that probably, it’s the only topic I’ve posted that many people think is worth posting. I’ll still write more about anything, anyway. I can’t be stopped! Hahaha!

February 16, 2008 Posted by Kate | UP, celebrations, environment, r&r | | No Comments Yet