poor rex!

my mother had to rush today to bacolod to attend to my brother, Rex, who had an appendectomy just this afternoon. poor Rex! being all alone in bacolod, my brother had really no one to rely on but our mom.

mom's itinerary includes also a trip to bogo, our hometown in cebu. she plans to visit my ailing grandmother, who's still recovering from her hip fracture. i think she's also dropping by because it's my lola's birthday on the 3rd of march.

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i was typing our missalette this morning using MS Publisher. it was really a breeze because you can format the publication into a booklet. since, in a booklet, the pages are not printed chronologically in one sheet, i had no idea how to go about it if i just used MS Word. with Publisher, however, they automatically do that for you. all you need to do is just encode whatever text you have. really a big convenience!

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got this poem from Mik's blog. my sentiments too... :(

Today is Sunday, and you are holding your ticket instead
Of my hand and traveling the short distance between
“Arrival” and “Departure,” the broken wing of a line-Please
stay-caged in my throat, the flight of words terrified of heights.

good news

for a while, we have been worrying if it was really possible for us to get married civilly in august without being so stressed about the waiting period for the issuance of our marriage license. normally it takes around 10 days before the municipal hall gives it to you. but since joseph will only be here for 2 weeks, we weren't quite sure if we could accomplish everything within that period of time.

we got word today though from joseph's friend-cum-lawyer that i can apply for our marriage license without joseph's presence. this is possible because we secured a special power of attorney from him before joseph left for oz in january. now i can do things related to wedding preps in joseph's behalf. i am so relieved!

i plan to apply for the license some time first week of august so that we can get married as soon as joseph comes home on the 18th of the same month. this lessens our troubles a whole lot. now, we can devote the rest of the fortnight to more bonding time and other wedding preps (measurement-taking and pre-cana). can't wait!

10 months to go...

our countdown says there are only 300 days 'til our big day. that's practically 10 months away. wish i could press some fast forward button to bring us closer to that important moment in our lives. but then again, it's the preps that make the whole thing a worthwhile and memorable experience.

stuff to do

looking back on the things that i've accomplished for the coming wedding, i realize that i still have a lot of stuff to do for the big day.

here are just some of what i still need to finish:

*decide on a color motif/theme. i am still clueless. we're choosing between tiffany blue/silver/yellow (or seafoam green) and wine red/forest green/matte gold. didn't realize it would be this mind-boggling.

* book a make-up artist. my OTD told me to book real early because our wedding date falls on peak season. i'm considering barbi chan for her air-brush make-up.

* decide on a hairstyle. i'm contemplating still on whether to have an up-do or a half-do. i'm a bit inclined to get the half-do (see picture on left) because i have this unsightly birthmark on my neck. need to cover that up badly! some big curls on the ends would probably be nice as well, for a softer look. ;)

* request for our NSO birth certificates

* secure Aussie visa requirements

well, these are just some that i've remembered. i may have left out a few other things though.

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it's been a pretty long week for me. i had to work for 4 straight days because of the holiday tomorrow. that meant that i had NO middle-of-the-week break because i had to reschedule all my friday patients to wednesday of this week. well, at least, i'll be having a really long weekend. sarap! :D

humanmetrics

i am a fan of personality tests, in the hope of understanding myself and other people more.

joseph referred me to the humanmetrics site, which, to our surprise, was very accurate! really cool! i found out i'm an introvert sensing feeling judging (ISFJ) individual. how about you? what type are you?

this little piggy...

i was blog-hopping again and was tripping on the "next blog" link that you see in the upper right-hand corner of your screen.

i ended up with a blog by lisa of the UK. she had this really cute link. click on the little piggy to de-stress. ;)

patient deluge

there's a been a large number of referrals that i've gotten lately from our rehab doctors. when i say large, i mean i'm running out of slots for these new patients. i can hardly fit them into my oh-so-super tight schedule. i've even opened up another day just to accomodate these poor people but they just keep on pouring in.

it's probably the time of the year. there's always a huge influx of new patients after the holidays (maybe from all that partying?!) and most especially during the summer.

you might say, "what is this girl complaining about? more patients mean more moolah!" but hey, if you look at the other side of the coin, it also means that more and more people are getting sick. that isn't good news at all.

i guess my only saving grace is to get extra help so that all these patients can be accomodated. i'm still on the look-out though. :(

on wedding preps and other matters...

i was blog-hopping a few minutes ago when i dropped by tin (ni roland)'s blog. they've pretty much accomplished everything already and they are on schedule in their preps.

in our case, things tend to come in waves, like when we booked our major suppliers. joseph and i were in a frenzy during the christmas break meeting with all our possible suppliers. now, i don't have anything to do yet since the wedding is still in august (civil) and in december (church). pretty long way to go.

i suppose with the visa application coming up after the civil wedding, i need to gather all these documents/proofs that a really genuine relationship exists between joseph and me. with all our chats online, i guess we'll be presenting hundreds of pages. i better start printing them out immediately!

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there's going to be long weekend this coming week since the 25th is a non-working holiday. i'll be meeting up with friends (my colleagues) for a little send-off lunch for our friend janet. she's leaving for the states for a vacation. we'll be missing her, that's for sure.

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i'm quite excited about the major changes in my life that are to take place this year and the next. not only am i having my civil status changed, i'm also migrating to a whole new different place. i love travelling and seeing new places so i'm really looking forward to this. it can be really scary, come to think of it because the culture there is unlike ours. but with my husband-to-be by my side (god, i'm glad he's pinoy!), i'll be okay.

i'll probably have that famous aussie twang in the years to come. hehe! now that's cool. ;)

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i visited my OB yesterday for my monthly dose of medication for my endometriosis. turns out he wasn't going to be the one to inject me with it. he got somebody else to cover for him. according to his secretary, he has been confined for almost two weeks now for reasons which have not been disclosed to us. poor doc! must have been his hectic lifestyle that got to him.

i find it quite ironic. you know, being a doctor and all. they say, doctors are the most difficult patients to deal with. no offense to anyone in the medical profession ha.

anyway, i hope he gets well soon. from this experience, i hope he realises that his health is more important than anything else.

in heat!

is it me (and my medications) or is it just the weather? i noticed that it's been terribly and quite unusually hot and humid the past few days. don't tell me the summer season has already started. initially i thought i was just having hot flashes (side-effect of my medication for endometriosis). but it turns out everyone has felt it too.

today was particularly awful. when i arrived at work this morning, my co-therapist, Hazel, informed me that there was a brown-out. unfortunately for us, the generator cannot accomodate the power demand of all the offices in the hospital so we were stuck with our one and only electric fan.

all my patients for today were kids so that meant that i had to perform the mat exercises with them. i was really sweating it out! the heat must have been really overpowering as i still felt so hot even when the electricity came back.

i am soooo drained with all the heat, humidity and fatigue. this calls for a cold shower. if only they allowed us to wear spaghetti strap blouses and shorty shorts at work! hehe! that would be the day.

i'm a prophet soul...

You are a Prophet Soul

You are a gentle soul, with good intentions toward everyone. Selfless and kind, you have great faith in people. Sometimes this faith can lead to disappoinment in the long run. No matter what, you deal with everything in a calm and balanced way.

You are a good interpreter, very sensitive, intuitive, caring, and gentle. Concerned about the world, you are good at predicting people's feelings. A seeker of wisdom, you are a life long learner looking for purpose and meaning. You are a great thinker and communicator, but not necessarily a doer.

Souls you are most compatible with: Bright Star Soul and Dreaming Soul

What Kind of Soul Are You?