I have been thinking of updating my blog more often, but as I said, I only thought of it, I didn't do it. There are (and were) so many things I wanted to write about, while on the bus, on the subway, or just in my room, inspirations comes but I am too lazy to write about it, I just keep filling my mind with thoughts of it. I am the queen of procrastination, the princess of laziness, the godmother of hasta mañana.

My room is a classic example. I thought of rearranging everything and replacing the entertainment cabinet with a smaller one so I can have more space in my little room. My closet is full, I need another "aparador" to put some of my clothes. Since this country has four seasons, so you can put away the clothes which are not "in season". I bought two plastic containers but with my ever growing line of clothes and papers piling up, I need to throw away more clutters (READ: I've donated one big box of clothes to Salvation Army already). But I always have this excuse of tiredness even when I am not and I just want to pretend I am (working downtown and living up north is a passable excuse, waking up 5am everyday just to get to work on time). All I need to do now is put all the clutters (i.e. souvenirs from weddings and/or baptisms, picture frames, the stuff) in one box, detach my old cabinet (throw it in the garbage or give it away), and ask my cousin to put my new cabinet which has been sitting in the garage for half a year. I promise to do that in this coming Thanksgiving long weekend, and I will... unless another birthday party comes up. I hate parties! Papers also keeps piling up in my room, I don't know why but I keep throwing away papers in the recycle bin every week, but my bedside table never clears up. I think I need a bigger room, or maybe a new house.

I remember when I was still in school (any level of school, I never changed), I would always wait for the night before an exam before I study my lessons. Cramming up every information I could put inside my memory (yes, I am a big "memorizer"). That is because I was very good in memorization, I would memorize one subject before I sleep, then I'd wake up at dawn or maybe at midnight to memorize another subject. I could pile a million information into my brain just like that. But the danger in this is when I forget a word or a phrase, I will have to redo the information from the start and try to remember the forgotten phrase. That explains why my grades in Mathematics, and any other subjects that required analytical thinking, were so-so. Sometimes "pasang awa, tres lang", but at least I survived. With the exception of Statistics and Analytical Geometry all my other math subjects were just passing, hehe. It's not because I am not good in numbers, I just didn't like them. Any problem that involved numerical analysis for me was stupid, why would I concern myself with triangles, ellipses, and rectangles and their areas or their circumferences? I was studying to be a programmer or data management manager, not an engineer! That changed a bit when I took a course in UPLB, those nutty professors forced me to study my lessons everyday and to prepare for exams at least a week before. I was able to memorize (again!) all the formulas in my Computing Theory textbook because I had to, including the examples and how they were solved. I couldn't believe when my professor friend told me I got the highest score in our 3rd long exam in Computing Theory (taught by her husband). Our friendship had nothing to do with it, as she became my friend only after I almost failed the subject she taught (Discrete Mathematics - solving problems not with numbers but with letters). Hu-hum... this story made me miss UPLB, Freedom Park, Ellen's Fried Chicken, PRV (bakit!?), Pautang, Dimzon, Ging, and Haydee.... not necessarily in that order.

Now, I admit, I sometimes feel that my memory has deteriorated. I can't even memorize a bible verse without having to read and re-read it a couple of times. Sometimes, I can't even think of the right word to write or to say when I am writing or speaking. My excuse is because I don't get to write that often anymore, I speak English most of the time but the vocabulary we use is simple because they are just simple conversations. I am convinced, however, that I need to revisit my Thesaurus and Dictionary just to upgrade my brain ;) Or maybe because I am speaking Investment and money matters, not Computer science matters anymore... anyhow, I will begin my quest to memorize all the words in my little english dictionary.... unless...