When I was younger, I was always excited when the -ber months began.  Not because Christmas was just around the corner, but because I was going to turn a year older.  Over the years though, that excitement turned to anxiety, loneliness, and depression.  I've never had someone "special" to celebrate my "big day" with me.  Also, the strangest and most unfortunate incidents happened before, during, or after my birthday.  But more than that, I was anxious to turn a year older.  I hated the fact that when every year, on the 10th of September, I will move from one demographic to another. And now that I'm turning 24, anxiety, loneliness, and depression are at an all-time high. 24, sigh.


And to overcome anxiety, depression, and loneliness, I decided to feed my ego and re-read ALL my Friendster testimonials. It sure did help.  And here are my top 5 testimonials(In no particular order). (The rest of the Top 20 are in the cut) :)

Friday morning was HOT! Literally! We went to the 1st SM Mall of Asia (SAMOA) Job Fair to support (pro bono) our HR Team in the recruitment.  The fair was held at the gigantic open-air Music Hall of Samoa - sans airconditioning(duh, open-air!) and with hundreds (thousands?) of people flocking to the different booths of different companies. I had fun though!  What was a very quiet and semi-deserted booth instantly turned into a lively "entertainment" area.  What with the quirkiness and loud voices of the Training Team (Jopai [jp2reyes], Hayris [ayrisgreyz], Chuki [chukibear], GJ, Cockers plus Chin-chin aka Sandara.  It was a riot! We sure did get people to flock to our booth to sign up and talk to us about the company.  Thanks to lines like:

"Apply today and start working on Monday!"
"No age limit."
"Work with us and get chances of winning a brand new car!"
"Work with fun people!"

After our stint at the fair, I had to buy something else to wear since I was literally drenched in sweat!  I would have loved to hang out at Samoa but I decided to leave with Jopai and the Cybergang.  I figured I'd just go home and sleep since I've been up since the previous night.  After Jopai dropped me off at Ayala, plans have changed.  Since it was payday and I had some extra cash to spare for a new pair of jeans, I decided to go to Glorietta, buy a pair of jeans and head home.  But no! There was a mallwide sale! I ended up buying 2 pairs of jeans, a pair of dress shoes for work and a shirt.  I figured that since my birthday(Sept. 10th, FYI) did not fall on a payday (or close to it), I would buy myself gifts on that same day.  So I also ended up buying a dresser and a full-body mirror! Happy Birthday to me!

Met up with Imman [imman] and watched a supposed suspense movie called Stay Alive.  The lead actor was cute (teehee). The movie failed to make me jump out of my seat and scream like a girl, but it did make me laugh a lot.  Thanks to individuals getting surprised and screaming by themselves at odd parts of the movie!  Thanks a lot as well to people who covered their ears when a "scary" scene begins to unfold.

Got home Friday night feeling like a zombie since I've been up for more than 24 hours already. 

Gawd, 24 is a number I'm kind of scared right now. I'm turning 24 in 8 days, and I feel like i haven't done enough to make MY world a better place.  Estrus! I've decided that from this birthday moving forward, all birthdays I celebrate will be labeled my 24th Birthday.