24 deg outside, 39 deg inside

i'm sick with fever. the 24 deg-celsius temperature in manila is the one to blame. my friend says there is a cold front in the country now. it's raining outside, not so hard though. but i got drizzled on this afternoon running to and from the registrar and the cashier as i processed my certificate of graduation (done with my masters--woohoo!) and transcript of records to submit to NUS (on to PhD??? only God knows.) I've been waiting for cooler temps like this to finally figure in my side of asia and now that it's here, i end up with a fever, wrapped in a thick blanket and curled up on the bed, bituin sympathetically snoring (an oxymoron?) at my feet. drats. just another addition to the body of evidence proving i'm never ever contented with what i have. ;p

other thoughts on this cold, wet, and sick (if only for myself) day:

1. book i'm reading - After The Apple: Women in the Bible-Timeless Stories of Love, Lust and Longing
2. song lyrics that keep repeating in my head - "This is the time when I decide what's inside of me, this is the time when I decide what I believe" from Jill Phillips
3. color I would love to be looking at now - Orange
4. cartoon character I hoped would be here with me right now - little simba or wushu
5. movie i want to watch - (still) chicken little
6. flavor of ice cream i wish i were eating - chocolate
7. what i wish i would be doing tomorrow instead of holding class at UP (to my students--don't take this personally, ha...) - sit on the white sands of Boracay, bask in the sun, and wait all day for the sunset

Alrighty, then. Enough dreaming when awake--might as well head to sleep to dream (Fiona Apple). Better turn in now if I want to make it to class tomorrow... (Lord help me though another 6 hour marathon). Here's to a good night's sleep to all tonight. And, more importantly, to a brighter day when we get up in a few hours--sunshine or no sunshine.

"Better days are on the way, my friend, just a ways on down the line, i believe that just around the bend, everything's gonna be fine... (from Point of Grace)."