Sad but True

I've read this text somewhere and with what I'm feeling right now, all I can say is, "Ouch!"

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You know what's sad about love?

It's when you happen to know that there's just no hope for you being together yet you still pray to make it work.

It's when your mind says let go but your heart says hold on.

And most of all, it's when no matter how hard you try to forget, you just can't. Because of the fact that you still love that person and you just don't know why.

"Try loving someone you've loved before and you'll realize that it will either lead to the same thing that happened before of something better.. not hard isn't it? But why not try loving someone who doesn't love you back, it's either you see your self giving up or dying daily." --Grey's Anatomy

"If you love and get hurt, love more. If you love more and get hurt more, love even more. If you love even more and get hurt even more, love some more until it hurts no more." --William Shakespeare

The gauge of how much you really treasure something or someone is not how happy you are with them..but how sad you are when you lose them.

One grows distant from another not because of indifference but because of FEAR. There's the fear that the hurt gets greater as one gets closer. A recognition of the tendency to fall deeply, consequently drown in a quicksand of stupid irrationalities.

Sometimes what drives one away is not the absence of emotion, but the overwhelming presence of it.

Falling in love is never a decision - always by chance.

Staying in love is never a chance - always a choice.

And falling out of love is never a choice - always a decision.

Attraction comes to us by chance. But true love that lasts is truly a choice.

Fate brings you together, but it's still up to you to make it happen. We may meet someone by chance, but loving and staying with that someone is still a choice.

"Just because my eyes don't have tears doesn't mean my heart does not cry."

"Just because you always see me strong doesn't mean there's nothing wrong."

"Sometimes I choose to pretend I'm happy so that I won't have to explain to people who would never even understand."

Smiling is always easier than explaining to all when I am sad. It's never the tears that measure the pain, sometimes it's the smile we fake.

A person who truly loves you is someone who sees the pain in your eyes, while everyone still believes in the smile on your face.

The person you love the most has the best capacity to make you the happiest in the world. And may give you the worst heartache you can never imagine.

Time can heal wounds but it can never get back what we once had and lost.

Time can't tell when or how we would move on after all was said and done. Because God gave us time and we never valued this gift He has given us. So learn to treasure the ones you choose to love now, because when they go, there won't be time to have them back.

In life I have done every way of fighting, heard every painful truth, been in every breathtaking scene, and felt every dreadful feeling. I thought going through it all will then make me realize that I have to stop the fight to at least save a little for myself.

But you know what's funny? It's when I seem to be tired of it all but still I can't just quit no matter how hard it is. And I have to continue hoping that one day I'll be able to find someone who could love me not just "right" but "real".

Love is like giving someone a gun..having them point at your heart, and trusting them to never pull the trigger.

I don't know why we all hang on to something we know we're better off letting go...It's like we're scared to lose what we don't really have.

Some of us say we'd rather have that something than absolutely nothing, but the truth is, "to have it halfway is harder than not having it at all.

The Morning Rush for Nov 18

I missed Nov 18's TMR. Thank God for http://cdtop10.blogspot.com/ I was able to listen to the "Top 10 Tourism Slogans for the Philippines (or a Province, or a City)". Being a travelholic, I can't let this topic pass.

These are my favorite entries from the show:

siquijorgwarts

major major phils

go na to laguna

bohol: go to hills

boom mayon, bye bye albay

papaparanaque/papapapampanga (to the tune of Lady Gaga's Paparazzi)

bonggang bongga zambongga

make roro to mindoro

bulacan can

haller baler

pilipinas, ganda mo 'teh

di ka malolost sa malolos

thanks for coming, camiguin (come again)

more asia than malaysia

more incredible than india

more amazing than thailand

make a baby in macabebe

virac you rock

sure na sure ang pleasure sa cam shur

tatatetetititototutuban

weee tawi-tawi

sa marinduque malalaki ang pu-so

BDO and PayPal Withdrawal

I withdrew my PayPal money last Sunday and after 2 business days, I got the money! Linking was very easy too. Great job Paypal and Banco de Oro.

Before using my existing BDO account with my PayPal, I tried applying for Unionbank's EON account to curb on withdrawal fees made by the local banks.

But I opted not to have a Uniobank EON account because:
1. The application process was too much of a bother.
2. The staff in their Pasong Tamo (La Fuerza Bldg.) branch was not accomodating.
3. There are no branches near my house and my office. Imagine having to go to their Pasong Tamo branch and only have an encounter with the bitch in #2?

I'll be using BDO when withdrawing from PayPal for now but someday, I might apply for a Unionbank EON account.

Puppy/Dog Bite

Yesterday morning, I was playing with my puppy, and she accidentally bit me in the face. There was a minor scratch from the teeth but no blood came out. The pup doesn't have her anti-rabies shot yet since she's only 1-month old. She cannot have it until she's 3 months.

After a whole day of thinking and research, I decided to go to San Lazaro Hospital for treatment. In Manila, San Lazaro Hospital is the authority when it comes to dog bites . The hospital is government-run so expect the people (especially the office personnel) to treat you haughtily. We had to go to the ER since we arrived 12MN and the OPD is already closed.

Here are the steps we went through:

1. Filled out some information sheets.

2. Paid OPD card fee: P150.00 (I don't know what this is for)

3. Submitted the sheets.

4. Waited for the guard to call us for history taking.

5. History taking. Here, my category was III since I was bitten in the face. Read more about category III here: http://www.doh.gov.ph/faq/show/451.html

6. Waited again for a doctor to give us prescriptions and go signal for the skin tests.

7. Went to the nurses' station to have myself checked for ERIG allergy.

8. Waited 30 mins for the nurse to assess the test.

9. Looked for people to share half of the PVRV. The total price of the drug including syringes is P995.00. This if or 2 persons already.

10. Nurse assesses the skin test

11. Get the PVRV shot.

12. Buy ERIG if you're not allergic to it. I needed 3 ERIGs and it cost me P3,974.10 including the syringes.

Some might need anti-tetanus shot but I had one last March. It costs 45 pesos I think in San Lazaro. After 4 hours, we still have to go back after 3, 7, and 30 days to have another PVRV. That's another 995/2 X 3 visits.

All in all, it'll cost me roughly P6,000. It's a small price to pay for the peace of mind of being rabies-free.

I think if you have the money or HMO, opt for the private hospitals for faster treatment. But I've heard some of them do not have stocks of the medicines. If that's the case, San Lazaro Hospital is still there.

HSBC and PayPal Withdrawal

Last month I withdrew 11,000 pesos from my PayPal account to my HSBC credit card. PayPal's fee is 250 pesos so I expected to receive 10,750. After 4 days, I got the money as expected but my points were 1,075 less (10 pesos = 1 point).

I called their contact center and clarified the issue and after 2 weeks, they told me that that's their business rule. If it's a credit and not a payment, points will be deducted.