no more winter layout

the winter layout is gone. it's a freebie from this website i hopped into and everytime i check my blog, it kept showing screwed up codes. so i took it off. everything seems to be in a mess these days. first, my ipod mini automatically resets itself and supposedly "updates" itself by deleting ALL THE SONGS in it. so i install all my music files (or at least those i have back-up files of..). today it happened again! i made up my mind. if it happens again i'm going to the apple store this time and maybe have it checked up. maybe it caught a flu or something. hehe.

went to Tiendesitas with my father and sister. we had dinner there. i love the sisig at Sisigland! and barbecue. it was slightly raining while we were there and the sun just set so it was chilly. the last time i was there it was saturday also and there was a live band. i thought we'd get to see that. we went around the shops and then left for home. i got an Emily the Strange combe, a rainbow celphone thing, and a head band. small stuff but i think it is but right after spending last night at the last day of the World Trade Center Christmas bazaar. i went there with my school friends after hanging out at starbucks in robinson's ermita. yesterday starbucks was more of like one of them busy fastfood chains instead of a coffee shop where people can relax. it was a busy day for the mall too because of the sale. i really had fun with pao, bea, chezka, van, tal, her baby gab, and matt. we roamed the bazaar for hours until my legs finally gave up. we also had a picture taken with the Precious Moments couple at the Precious Moments house. haha!

when i woke up in the morning my body still hurt. ack. must have been all the walking we did yesterday. at least we burnt all the calories we consumed during the block christmas party. that was so much fun :) my blockmates and i decorated the room the last minute (thanks to cheap crepe paper, staples, and a pair of scissors). oh, thanks to pao too for being so tall. he was the one who stuck the crepe things to the ceiling. there were lots of food, games, laughter, and fun in general. it was cool how we were able to pull it all together like that. i got an Amy Tan novel from Darlene. it's called The Bonesetter's Daughter and a certificate that entitled me as "The Blog Queen". Darl also described me as "childlike, fun to be with, and SIMPLE". if there's one trait that everyone attaches me with, it's BEING SIMPLE. but i take it as a compliment because i was never the girl to be super kikay. i'm so low maintenance that sometimes i want to give myself an imaginary kick just to spice things up a bit. HAHA! but... i cannot change that. wearing something fancy shmancy other than a pair of jeans/cropped pants, a shirt, or a button down blouse will so not be the essence of being "Gail", the plain jane. but i do have moments where i want to dress-up for no reason at all. but fat chance. i love being in my jeans, flip-flops, and shirt.

so anyway...

i'm not in the mood right now. maybe i should go to the kitchen and make myself a steaming mug of hot chocolate. so i'm out. i hope the cloud hanging over my head clears up. hmp.