yup. today was relatively a good day.  i spent the morning just chillin' out on my couch, cross-stitching and listening to some music.  had a great lunch while watching a CSI marathon on the tube.  met up with a couple of friends to check out a bookstore warehouse sale where i bought 3 great books for only 200 bucks!   And oh, on the way I got a free ride on the MRT...i dunno if it's usually like that on sundays (heck, if it was i'd save my riding the train on sundays   .  afterwards, we checked out this new shopping place called tiendesitas.  it's actually a big area subdivided into several sub-areas categorized according to what the shops were selling: food, clothes, plants, pets, furnishings, etc. 

     for 70 bucks, i had a full dinner.  although we did leave the food area smelling of smoke given that almost all the stalls there were selling all sorts of barbecued dishes.  yummy!

     so yeah, a free ride...cheap books...cheap dinner...what more could a girl ask for on a lazy sunday?

     Oh! and see this! this is what i would like to have for christmas.   I saw this cutie at the tiangge pet shop...   

      and here's our new baby...hershey, a black lab of about 2 months.

     so for my closing...i figured i'd do something different. i'm taking off my virtual pet here...it's time to let go. after all it's been over a year.