Bag post!

Because I'm too lazy to come up with a decent entry, I'm going to post some pictures that I wanted to post ages ago. I would've posted these sooner but I haven't really had the time to do it. I'll do a series of picture posts to make up for the lack of interesting entries as of late.

Unboxing my Neverfull
Last April 17, for my 26th birthday (actual birthday's April 20), my husband bought me an MM Louis Vuitton Neverfull. I'm not really into designer bags but I really wanted the Neverfull so he bought it for me.

Here are several photos I took when I unboxed this beauty.

Excited for tomorrow!

I feel bad that I haven't updated for a while, but I didn't want to post the all gory details of the negative things that happened to me recently. Long story short, I was finally able to submit my resignation letter to my boss but they want me to think about my decision and they want me to stay. They told me yesterday to mull things over one more night and if I still want to leave, they'd accept my resignation. I'm leaving, and that's final. Accept it.

Okay, so now that I've gotten that story out of the way, what I really want to blog about is the upcoming Harry Potter movie, The Half-blood Prince. I'm really looking forward to watching it tomorrow! I'm also psyched that I'll be watching it with my husband, my brother-in-law, and two of my good friends. Bonding time!

Tomorrow's screening is a private screening hosted by my best friend's sister's organization. I'm glad that we're attending a private screening because it's opening night and the theaters will be packed for sure.

I think I'm gonna scour the net for book summaries since I didn't have time to reread the books. I want to be prepared in case my husband asks me to explain something to him :)

I just hope this stupid cold doesn't develop into something more serious that will prevent me from fully enjoying the experience. It worked for me before so I'm taking tons of vitamin C and plenty of cold meds to combat the virus, but I think the virus is winning.

Go fish!

For now, let's try to forgot my work dilemma. Let's just focus on the bizarre water/fish-related things I found while surfing the net. Why I suddenly found these interesting is also a mystery to me so don't even try asking me why I'm reading up on these things

1. Nomura's Jellyfish


One of my contacts in Facebook posted an article about how the Nomura jellyfish are encroaching on the waters of Japan. These creatures apparently can grow as big as a sumo wrestler! The Nomura jellyfish are usually found in the Yellow Sea and East China Sea. Researchers monitoring the activity of giant jellyfish in Chinese waters are warning of a potentially historic and catastrophic invasion of Japanese waters this year.

Here's the link: http://www.pinktentacle.com/2009/07/japan-fears-massive-jellyfish-invasion-this-year/

2. Cichlid




There's nothing really special about this particular fish but I just found out today that this is the english term for what is more popularly known here in the Philippines as tilapia. This is my achievement for today--learning another name for tilapia!

3. Paedocypris Progenetica




Apparently, the pandaca pygmea is no longer considered as the smallest fish in the world. That title now belongs to the Paedocypris Progenetica of Sumatra.

bisous,
Mrs Materialistic

photo credits:
http://www.pinktentacle.com/2009/07/japan-fears-massive-jellyfish-invasion-this-year/
http://sankei.jp.msn.com/life/environment/071110/env0711101900003-n1.htm
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tilapia
http://fishindex.blogspot.com/search/label/Paedocypris%20progenetica

I know I said I won't post any rant entries, but this is not a hardcore rant entry, I promise!

Today, I filed my letter of resignation. I've been meaning to do this for a while now but it kept getting postponed since my boss was on leave for almost two weeks. My colleagues were discouraging me from resigning via email but the thought that it kept getting postponed just burdens me so much and I seriously stress about it big time.

Honestly, I wanted to talk to her in person because I wanted to explain some things to her. It's just that I wanted to get it off my chest already and it wasn't clear when she was coming back to work. My husband was trying to make me feel better last night, saying that if she was going to react negatively to the resignation, it won't matter whatever method I choose because it will result to the same reaction.

I sent her a text message last night, asking if I could call her because I have something important to say. But she chose not to reply to my text so I decided to make my move and just email the letter to her.

My colleagues were telling me to consider her condition and all, but I'm just tired. I'm tired of giving way, I'm tired of understanding, I'm tired of always bowing down, and I'm tired of people treating me like dirt.

The reason why I wanted to talk to her instead of just emailing the resignation is because I want to show her some courtesy. My friends tell me that an email would do and it would still be considered as a fulfillment of a professional obligation. At first, I didn't want to do it because it seems impersonal. Detached even. But I'm getting emotionally affected already and I think it's time that I do something nice for myself.

Sending that email made me feel liberated. Even if she doesn't read it right away, at least it's there already. Sending that email made me feel lighter. I have a feeling she's going to make a big deal out of it, but I'm just telling myself that at least, I won't have to put up with her attitude much longer. I'm on my way out anyway.

I never really noticed how much this job has changed me. I've gotten moody, cranky, and bitchy. It's like another person took over my body and I had no control over it. I think along the way, I've also lost respect for myself for not having the backbone to stand up for myself, for allowing other people to trample on me.

I know I've hurt a lot of people because I've been emotionally impulsive and I feel bad about it. But I know I can make it up to all the people I've hurt. As cheesy as this might sound, I need healing. I need to rebuild myself and I need to learn how to love and respect myself again.

I've never been as candid on a blog entry as I am with this one. I've forgotten how therapeutic blogging is. I hope I continue to find solace here in my tiny nook in cyberspace. I hope I can chronicle my progress on the mission to rebuild a new and improved April. Wish me luck!

bisous,
Mrs Materialistic

So it begins

Since I abandoned my LJ account and several other blogs on different sites, I've been wanting to create a blog that I can update frequently. For my new blog, I've decided against blogging about a specific topic like food or traveling because I want to be able to write about any topic without it going against the entire theme of my blog.

I've also decided against rant entries. My previous blogs were riddled with them and I just want to lessen the negativity. Things are going well for me right now so it's better for me to focus on all the happiness than dwell on positive things. If some random person happened to stumble upon my blog, I don't want him to get the impression that I'm such a downer.

This is not going to be a very serious blog though. I'll definitely post trivial entries like shopping finds (after all, I am Mrs Materialistic, and I live for shopping) and restaurant discoveries along with family and work-related entries.

Anyway, speaking of family, my husband, Andrew, and I are celebrating our second year of marriage today. Happy, happy, joy, joy! I can't believe it's been two years since we got married! We're blessed with a gorgeous baby boy named Cole, who just turned one last July 2. Happy birthday again my son!

So you see, July is a very important month for me. I think it's fitting that I started this new blog at a time where there are a lot of important things happening to me. So there, first of many entries (hopefully)!

bisous,
Mrs Materialistic